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)

missal (en)

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

versts (en)

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