charnel (en)

(noun) a building or chamber in which bodies or bones are deposited

forfend (en)

(verb) forbid / (verb) to ward off; prevent / (verb) protect preserve

inveigle (en)

(verb) to win over by wiles; entice / (verb) to acquire by ingenuity or flattery; wangle

lagniappe (en)

(noun) a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase / (noun) something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure

lapsarianism (en)

the idea that humanity has fallen from a better state

Metcalfe's Law (en)

the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system

panopticon (en)

a type of building designed by English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century; allows all (pan-) inmates to be observed (-opticon) by a single watchman without the inmates being able to tell whether or not they are being watched

realpolitik (en)

(noun) politics based on practical and material factors rather than on theoretical or ethical objectives

risible (en)

(adjective) capable of laughing / (adjective) disposed to laugh / (adjective) arousing or provoking laughter / (adjective) laughable / (adjective) associated with, relating to, or used in laughter