bucolic
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen; pastoral / (adjective) relating to or typical of rural life / (adjective) idyllic
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the residential care facility with the bucolic name
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the residential care facility with the bucolic name
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charnel
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(noun) a building or chamber in which bodies or bones are deposited
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He confesses, "I collected bones from charnel houses [...]"
I feel like I see this word everywhere. Can't believe I didn't know it before
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He confesses, "I collected bones from charnel houses [...]"
I feel like I see this word everywhere. Can't believe I didn't know it before
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vainglory
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(noun) excessive or ostentatious pride especially in one's achievements / (noun) vain display or show; vanity
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He learns from Frankenstein's mistake of vainglorious isolation
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He learns from Frankenstein's mistake of vainglorious isolation
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puerperal
(en)
of, relating to, or occurring during childbirth
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the puerperal fever that killed her
of Mary Wollstonecraft (mother of Mary Shelley)
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the puerperal fever that killed her
of Mary Wollstonecraft (mother of Mary Shelley)
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hematopoiesis
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(noun) the formation of blood or of blood cells in the living body
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The process is called "hematopoiesis," from the ancient Greek words for blood and for making.
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The process is called "hematopoiesis," from the ancient Greek words for blood and for making.
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vanitas painting
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a still life that contains collections of objects symbolic of the inevitability of death and the transience and vanity of earthly achievements and pleasures; it exhorts the viewer to consider mortality and to repent; most notable during the 16th/17th centuries in Flanders and the Netherlands
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The still life with lobster by Abraham van Beyeren is supposed to be a vanitas painting because of the pocket watch
defined as "about the futility of human cravings, aspirations, and attachments in the face of the transience of all things"
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The still life with lobster by Abraham van Beyeren is supposed to be a vanitas painting because of the pocket watch
defined as "about the futility of human cravings, aspirations, and attachments in the face of the transience of all things"
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appurtenances
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(noun) an incidental right (as a right-of-way) attached to a principal property right and passing in possession with it / (noun) a subordinate part or adjunct / (noun) accessory objects; apparatus
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domestic scenes with the appurtenances of still life
used like "accessories" here
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domestic scenes with the appurtenances of still life
used like "accessories" here
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animalcule
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(noun) a minute, usually microscopic organism
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Dutchmen looking through the first microscopes were discovering the world of animalcules
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Dutchmen looking through the first microscopes were discovering the world of animalcules
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propitiate
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(verb) to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of; appease
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I propitiated the knife-wielding deities with presents of books.
Referring to her surgeons
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I propitiated the knife-wielding deities with presents of books.
Referring to her surgeons
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perfidy
(en)
(noun) deceitfulness; untrustworthiness
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