phalera
noun
phal·era
ˈfalərə
plural phalerae
-əˌrē,
-ˌrī
: a metal boss or disk (as of bronze or silver) worn in ancient times on the heads or breasts of horses or sometimes by men as signs of military rank
also : a cameo worn as an ornament
Word History
Etymology
Latin, from Greek phalara, plural; akin to Greek phalos horn of a helmet and probably to Sanskrit hvarate he bends, hruṇāti he gets lost
- tetrasubstituted
- tetrasulfide
- tetrasyllabic
- tetrasyllabical
- tetrasyllables
- tetratheism
- tetrathionate
- tetrathionic acid
- tetrathlons
- tetrathyridium
- tetratomic
- tetratonic
- tetravalence
- tetravalences
- tetravalency
- tetravalent
- tetraxial
- tetraxile
- tetraxon
- Tetraxonia
- tetraxonid
- Tetraxonida
- tetraz-
- tetrazene
- tetrazine