aniline dye (en)

a type of synthetic dye ("aniline" being an organic compound - an amine)

Bentham's push-pin (en)

a quote by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham from The Rationale of Reward: "Prejudice apart, the game of push-pin is of equal value with the arts and sciences of music and poetry."

brook (en)

tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition)

Burkean (en)

pertaining to the ideas of Edmund Burke, Irish politician and philosopher; widely regarded as the philosophical founder of modern conservatism

Chitlin' Circuit (en)

performance venues throughout the eastern, southern, and upper midwest areas of the US that were safe for black performers during the era of racial segregation in the US

cloy (en)

disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment

cottage industry (en)

a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home

eudaemonistic (en)

a theory that the highest ethical goal is happiness and personal well-being

evensong (en)

(in the Christian Church) a service of evening prayers, psalms, and canticles, conducted according to a set form

fedayeen (en)

Arab guerrillas operating especially in Israel and Palestine against the Israeli government, and in Iraq against the occupying coalition forces during and after the Second Gulf War

greaves (en)

a piece of armour that protects the leg

Herbert Marcuse (en)

a German-American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory

Holocene (en)

the current geological epoch which started some 11,500 years ago when the glaciers began to retreat

joists (en)

lengths of timber or steel supporting part of the structure of a building, typically arranged in parallel series to support a floor or ceiling

Periclean (en)

of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent

phantasm (en)

an apparition or specter

privatistic (en)

concerned with ideas or issues only in so far as they affect one as an individual; self-interested, individualistic

promachoi (grc)

in ancient Greece and during the Byzantine era: the men fighting in the first rank of the phalanx

proprium (en)

a nonessential property common to all the members of a class; an attribute belonging inseparably to every member of a species

tenements (en)

a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments

tsitsith (en)

any of the four tassels or fringes on garments worn by the Jews in remembrance of the commandments

vamps (en)

(in jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times