appoggiatura (en)

(noun) an embellishing note or tone preceding an essential melodic note or tone and usually written as a note of smaller size

clonic (en)

(noun) a rapid succession of alternating contractions and partial relaxations of a muscle occurring in some nervous diseases

cucurbitaceous (en)

the family of plants that inculdes cucumbers

davening (en)

(verb) to recite the prescribed prayers in a Jewish liturgy

gambrel (en)

(noun) a stick or iron for suspending slaughtered animals / (noun) a roof with a lower steeper slope and an upper less steep one on each of its two sides

indoles (en)

(noun) a crystalline alkaloid compound C8H7N that is a decomposition product of proteins containing tryptophan, that can be made synthetically, and that is used in perfumes / (noun) a derivative of indole

melisma (en)

(noun) a group of notes or tones sung on one syllable in plainsong / (noun) melodic embellishment / (noun) cadenza

moiré (en)

In mathematics, physics, and art, moiré patterns are large-scale interference patterns that can be produced when an opaque ruled pattern with transparent gaps is overlaid on another similar pattern

pari passu (en)

(adverb or adjective) at an equal rate or pace

riparian (en)

(adjective) relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (as a river) or sometimes of a lake or a tidewater / (noun) a right (as access to or use of the shore, bed, and water) of one owning riparian land

tessitura (en)

(noun) the general range of a melody or voice part / (noun) the part of the register in which most of the tones of a melody or voice part lie