ablation (en)

the surgical removal of body tissue OR the erosion of rock, typically by wind action

ablation (en)

the surgical removal of body tissue OR the erosion of rock, typically by wind action

aegis (en)

(noun, Greek mythology) protective mantle of Zeus given to Athena

aegis (en)

(noun, Greek mythology) protective mantle of Zeus given to Athena

aleatory (en)

(adjective) depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss / (adjective) relating to luck and especially to bad luck

ambit (en)

(noun) the scope, extent, or bounds of something

anfractuous (en)

(adjective) full of windings and intricate turnings; tortuous

anfractuous (en)

(adjective) full of windings and intricate turnings; tortuous

anodyne (en)

(noun) a painkilling drug or medicine

anodyne (en)

(noun) a painkilling drug or medicine

apotheosis (en)

the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax

aureate (en)

(adjective) of a golden color or brilliance / (adjective) marked by grandiloquent and rhetorical style

chiaroscuro (it)

(noun, Italian for light and dark) an oil painting technique developed during the Renaissance that uses strong tonal contrasts between light and dark to model three-dimensional forms

cinereous (en)

(adjective) gray tinged with black / (adjective) resembling or consisting of ashes

elision (en)

(linguistics) the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking OR the act or an instance of omitting something

eschatology (en)

the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind

eschatology (en)

the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind

genuflect (en)

to bend the knee; to be humbly obedient or respectful

genuflect (en)

to bend the knee; to be humbly obedient or respectful

Georges Perec (en)

a French experimental novelist; many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play

gloaming (en)

(noun) twilight; dusk

hagiography (en)

relating to the writing of the lives of saints; (derogatory) adulatory writing about another person

ineluctable (en)

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

ineluctable (en)

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

interstice (en)

(noun) an intervening space