| ETHOS | • ethos n. The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement. • ethos n. (Rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or… • ethos n. (Aesthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by… |
| BATHOS | • bathos n. Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos. • bathos n. (Now uncommon) Depth. • bathos n. (Literature, the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience… |
| LITHOS | • lithos v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of litho. • lithos n. Plural of litho. • LITHO v. to make a lithograph. |
| METHOS | • METHO n. (Australian slang) methylated spirits. |
| MYTHOS | • mythos n. Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale). • mythos n. A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture… • mythos n. (By extension) A set of assumptions or beliefs about something. |
| ORTHOS | • orthos n. Plural of ortho. • ORTHO n. short for orthochromatic plate (a photographic plate). |
| PATHOS | • pathos n. The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially… • pathos n. (Rhetoric) A writer or speaker’s attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of… • pathos n. (Literature) An author’s attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character. |
| PITHOS | • pithos n. (Historical) A large ceramic jar used by certain ancient civilizations that bordered the Mediterranean. • PITHOS n. (Greek) a type of Greek storage jar. |
| POTHOS | • pothos n. Epipremnum aureum, a vine widely cultivated as a houseplant, once classified in the genus Pothos. • pothos n. (Uncountable, botany) Pothos, a genus of plants consisting of subtropical and tropical, climbing, flowering… • POTHOS n. a climbing plant. |
| BENTHOS | • benthos n. The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water. • BENTHOS n. (Greek) the flora and fauna of the ocean floor, also BENTHON. |
| PORTHOS | • PORTHOS n. (historical) a portable breviary, also PORTAS, PORTEOUS, PORTESS, PORTESSE, PORTHORS, PORTHOUSE, PORTOUS. |
| CALATHOS | • calathos n. A basket-like ornament in Ancient Greek architecture. • CALATHOS n. (Greek) a vase-shaped Ancient Greek basket, carried on the head, also CALATHUS. |
| LEKYTHOS | • lekythos n. A pottery flask with a narrow neck, used in Ancient Greece for storing oil. • LEKYTHOS n. an oil jar used in ancient Greece, also LECYTHUS, LEKYTHUS. |
| AKOLUTHOS | • AKOLUTHOS n. (historical) the head of the Varangian guard of the Byzantine emperors, also ACOLOUTHOS, AKOLOUTHOS. |
| ACOLOUTHOS | • ACOLOUTHOS n. (historical) the head of the Varangian guard of the Byzantine emperors, also AKOLOUTHOS, AKOLUTHOS. |
| AKOLOUTHOS | • AKOLOUTHOS n. (historical) the head of the Varangian guard of the Byzantine emperors, also ACOLOUTHOS, AKOLUTHOS. |
| MESOBENTHOS | • MESOBENTHOS n. flora and fauna living at the bottom of seas 182 to 914 metres deep. |
| PHOTOLITHOS | • PHOTOLITHO n. (short for) a photolithograph. |
| PHYTOBENTHOS | • phytobenthos n. (Biology) benthic organisms that are plants or algae. • PHYTOBENTHOS n. plants living at the bottom of water collectively. |