bloviation (en)

(verb) to speak or write verbosely and windily

clerestory (en)

the upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows

intercessor (en)

a person who intervenes on behalf of another, especially by prayer

minyan (en)

a quorum of ten men (or in some synagogues, men and women) over the age of 13 required for traditional Jewish public worship

passel (en)

(informal) a large group of people or things of indeterminate number; a pack

rusticating (en)

go to, live in, or spend time in the country

Sturmabteilung (de)

(German for Storm Detachment) the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, which was effectively superseded by the SS after 1934; also known as "Brownshirts"

tovarish (en)

(in the former Soviet Union) a comrade (often used as a form of address)