neurasthenia (en)

(noun) a psychological disorder marked especially by easy fatigability and often by lack of motivation, feelings of inadequacy, and psychosomatic symptoms

neurasthenia (en)

(noun) a psychological disorder marked especially by easy fatigability and often by lack of motivation, feelings of inadequacy, and psychosomatic symptoms

nexes (en)

plural of nexus

noisome (en)

(adjective) noxious harmful / (adjective) offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell / (adjective) highly obnoxious or objectionable

nominalization (en)

the use of a word, which is not a noun, as a noun, or as the head of a noun phrase, with or without morphological transformation (e.g., the noun legalization from the verb legalize)

occidental (en)

(adj) relating to the west

occlusive (en)

(adj) occluding or tending to occlude (stop, close up, obstruct, etc)

ontic (en)

(adj) relating to entities and the facts about them; relating to real as opposed to phenomenal existence (philosophy)

ontology (en)

(noun) a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being / (noun) a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of things that have existence

ostinato (en)

(noun) a musical figure repeated persistently at the same pitch throughout a composition (from Italian)

otiose (en)

(adjective) producing no useful result; futile / (adjective) being at leisure; idle / (adjective) lacking use or effect; functionless

otiose (en)

(adjective) producing no useful result; futile / (adjective) being at leisure; idle / (adjective) lacking use or effect; functionless

pace (en)

(preposition) with due respect to (someone or their opinion), used to express polite disagreement or contradiction (e.g., "narrative history, pace some theorists, is by no means dead")

pallid (en)

(adjective) deficient in color; wan / (adjective) lacking sparkle or liveliness; dull

pansophism (en)

universal wisdom or knowledge; omniscience; also known as "pansophy"

pappus (en)

(noun) a downy, bristly, or other tuftlike appendage of the achene of certain plants (e.g., dandelions)

parousia (grk)

(noun, ancient Greek) presence, arrival, or official visit

parricidal (en)

relating to the act of killing one's parent

parturition (en)

(noun) the action or process of giving birth to offspring

parturition (en)

(noun) the action or process of giving birth to offspring

pellucid (en)

translucently clear

penumbra (en)

the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object

peripatetic (en)

traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods

peripatetic (en)

traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods

petitio principii (en)

"assuming the initial point"; a fallacy of circular reasoning