(noun) a painkilling drug or medicine
(adjective) requiring immediate aid or action / (adjective) requiring or calling for much; demanding
regarding something abstract as a material thing (fallaciously); an effect of reification
relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing
(adjective) of or relating to dreams; dreamy
the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity
(noun) a reversal of circumstances, or turning point; Anglicised form of the Greek "peripeteia"
(noun) use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression / (noun) an instance of periphrasis
a economic theory relating to the origin of capital (Adam Smith saw it as a peaceful process with natural imbalances in wealth distribution; Karl Marx saw it as a violent enclosure of the commons etc etc)
(noun) the performance of miracles / (noun) magic
(adj) exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks