adobe (en)

(noun) a brick or building material of sun-dried earth and straw / (noun) a structure made of adobe bricks / (noun) a heavy clay used in making adobe bricks / (noun) alluvial or playa clay in desert or arid regions

adze (en)

(noun) a cutting tool that has a thin arched blade set at right angles to the handle and is used chiefly for shaping wood

autochthonous (en)

(adjective) indigenous native / (adjective) formed or originating in the place where found

burnooses (en)

(noun) a one-piece hooded cloak worn by Arabs and Berbers

camellia (en)

(noun) any of a genus (Camellia) of shrubs or trees of the tea family / (noun) an ornamental greenhouse shrub (C. japonica) with glossy leaves and roselike flowers

catechism (en)

a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers, used for the instruction of Christians

chary (en)

(adjective) dear treasured / (adjective) ; discreetly cautious; as / (adjective) hesitant and vigilant about dangers and risks / (adjective) slow to grant, accept, or expend

cyclamens (en)

(noun) any of a genus (Cyclamen) of Old World plants of the primrose family having showy nodding flowers

dialectic (en)

a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments

edifying (en)

(verb) build / (verb) establish / (verb) to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; uplift / (verb) enlighten inform

encyclicals (en)

(noun) an encyclical letter / (noun) a papal letter to the bishops of the church as a whole or to those in one country

fomenting (en)

(verb) to promote the growth or development of; rouse incite

game leg (en)

a bad or lame leg

Gorgon (en)

(noun) any of three snake-haired sisters in Greek mythology whose appearance turns the beholder to stone / (noun) an ugly or repulsive woman

helots (en)

a subjugated population group that formed the main population of Laconia and Messenia, the territory controlled by Sparta (in Ancient Greece)

inexpiably (en)

(adjective) not capable of being atoned for / (adjective) implacable unappeasable

Kadarization (en)

a reference to Janos Kadar, a Hungarian communist leader who assumed power in 1956 with the putative support but not the trust of the Soviet Union (I think)

kepi (en)

(from the French képi) a French military cap with a flat top and horizontal brim

lathe (en)

(noun) a machine in which work is rotated about a horizontal axis and shaped by a fixed tool / (verb) to cut or shape with a lathe

lianas (en)

(noun) any of various usually woody vines especially of tropical rain forests that root in the ground

mawkish (en)

(adjective) having an insipid often unpleasant taste / (adjective) sickly or puerilely sentimental

moraines (en)

(noun) an accumulation of earth and stones carried and finally deposited by a glacier

pandanus (en)

(noun) screw pine - a kind of tropical tree

pharisaism (en)

(noun) the doctrines or practices of the Pharisees / (noun) pharisaical character, spirit, or attitude; hypocrisy

portico (en)

(noun) a colonnade or covered ambulatory especially in classical architecture and often at the entrance of a building