- Shadoof- a device used in Egypt and other Eastern countries for raising water.
- Sufflate-to inflate
- Fleche- a steeple or spire, especially one in the Gothic style, emerging from the ridge of a roof.
- Leresis- rambling
- Apostasy- a total desertion of or departure from one's religion, principles, party, cause, etc.
- penumbra- the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off.
- Apoptotic-a normal, genetically regulated process leading to the death of cells and triggered by the presence or absence of certain stimuli, as DNA damage.
- Pareidolia-the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist, as in considering the moon to have human features
- Halcyon- calm, peaceful
- Acrimony-sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition,
- Loam- a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Gloaming- Dusk
- Pusillanimous- lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
- Effete- unable to produce; sterile
- Orotund- (of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
- Gracile- Slender
- Orison- a prayer
- Moribund- in a dying state; near death
- Fecund- very productive or creative intellectually
- Coronet- a small crown.
- Catamite- a boy or youth who is in a sexual relationship with a man.
- Gumption- initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness
- Podalic-pertaining to the feet
- Virtuoso- a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
- Eschatological-any system of doctrines concerning last, or final, matters, as death, the Judgment, the future state, etc.
- Intractable- not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate:
- Effluvial-a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, esp. one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- Enema- the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- Diurnal-of or pertaining to a day or each day
- Foetal-of, pertaining to, or having the character of a fetus
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