alembic (en)

(noun) an apparatus used in distillation / (noun) something that refines or transmutes as if by distillation (from alchemy)

entelechy (en)

(noun) the actualization of form-giving cause as contrasted with potential existence / (noun) a hypothetical agency not demonstrable by scientific methods that in some vitalist doctrines is considered an inherent regulating and directing force in the development and functioning of an organism (from Aristotelian metaphysics)

epicede (en)

(noun) a funeral song or ode : dirge, elegy.

exegesis (en)

(from the Greek for "to lead out") a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text

factotum (en)

(noun) a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities / (noun) a general servant

inchoate (en)

just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary

invective (en)

insulting, abusive, or highly critical language

lapidary (en)

relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing

missal (en)

(noun) a book containing all that is said or sung at mass during the entire year

oneiric (en)

(adjective) of or relating to dreams; dreamy

soporific (en)

(adjective) causing or tending to cause sleep / (adjective) tending to dull awareness or alertness / (adjective) of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy / (noun) a soporific agent / (noun) hypnotic

threnodic (en)

(relating to) a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.

versts (en)

(noun) a Russian unit of distance equal to 0.6629 mile (1.067 kilometers)