ANIMALS
While in Spain, you might witness a tauromachy.
BULLFIGHT
From the prefix "together" and the verb "to station troops," it's the term for the arrangement of words in a sentence.
SYNTAX (σύν + τάττω)
It's the most common men's name from the Greek for "farmer."
GEORGE
With genus name from Greek and species name from Latin, it's the "tyrant lizard king"
TYRANNOSAURUS REX
A government of the people, by the people, for the people.
DEMOCRACY (δῆμος)
Tolkien suffered from arachnophobia, fear of these creatures.
SPIDERS
TELEGRAPH or TELEGRAM
The meaning of the name Irene.
PEACE (<εἰρήνη)
"Three-horn-face"
TRICERATOPS
It's a government run by the best people.
ARISTOCRACY (ἀριστος)
Its name means "nose-horn."
RHINOCEROS
It's the meaning of the Greek and Latin root behind "cybernetics" and "government."
STEER/STEERSMAN (< Lat. guberno or Gk. κυβερνᾶν)
The meaning of the name Philip.
From the Latin for "Swift snatcher"
VELOCIRAPTOR
Government by the rich.
PLUTOCRACY (< πλοῦτος)
Alopecia is hair loss, as if by one of these animals with mange.
FOX
It's the Greek-derived term for things that appear to our senses.
PHENOMENA (< φαίνομαι)
It's the meaning of the Latin behind Brett Favre and the publishing house Faber & Faber.
CRAFTSMAN or SMITH or CARPENTER
Towering 42 feet tall, its name means "arm lizard," from its huge forearms.
OLIGARCHY (ὀλίγοι)
Sepia ink is named after this cephalopod, which produces ink of a similar color, and also has a bone used for making pens.
CUTTLEFISH
Literally, this type of drug is supposed to "make your soul clear" or "manifest your soul."
PSYCHEDELIC (ψύχη + δηλόω)
"Beautiful voice" is the meaning of the name of this Muse of epic poetry.
Because the first specimen of this dinosaur was found with a skull that actually didn't belong to it, it was named "deceptive lizard."
APATOSAURUS
Rule by the worst people.
KAKISTOCRACY