baroque (en)

extravagantly ornate, florid, and convoluted in character or style

cetology (en)

the branch of zoology that deals with whales, dolphins, and porpoises

Daedalus (en)

(Greek mythology) a skillful craftsman and artist; father of Icarus; creator of the Labyrinth on Crete

incommensurability (en)

having no common measure; origins in ancient Greek mathematics and popularised by philosopher Thomas Kuhn

macramé (en)

the art of knotting cord or string in patterns to make decorative articles

Percy Lubbock (en)

an English writer whose 1921 volume The Craft of Fiction was one of the first major works of literary criticism to focus on the novel as a form

Piranesi (en)

an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons

virtuosic (en)

from Italian virtuoso; requiring a high level of technical skill