epistolary (en)

written as a series of documents: letters, diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents

espalier (en)

(noun) a plant (as a fruit tree) trained to grow flat against a support (as a wall) / (noun) a railing or trellis on which fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow flat / (verb) to train as an espalier / (verb) to furnish with an espalier

excelsior (en)

a Latin word often translated as "ever upward" or "still higher" / NORTH AMERICAN: softwood shavings used for packing fragile goods or stuffing furniture.

excise tax (en)

an indirect tax charged on the sale of a particular good and paid by the merchant/producer

expiate (en)

atone for (guilt or sin)

extranovelistically (en)

outside of a novel

fetters (en)

a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles

flocculence (en)

flakiness; containing or made up of small particles that have been aggregated

fractious (en)

difficult to control; unruly; irritable and quarrelsome

Gemütlichkeit (de)

comfort, coziness (like the Danish hygge)

gestalt (en)

form or shape

glasnost (en)

the Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues; instituted by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s, beginning the democratization of the Soviet Union

Gothamite (en)

a journalistic nickname for New York City OR an English village, proverbial for the foolishness of its inhabitants.

homily (en)

(noun) a usually short sermon / (noun) a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme / (noun) an inspirational catchphrase or platitude. homiletic: the art of preaching or writing sermons

immanence (en)

philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world

indelibly (en)

in a way that cannot be removed or forgotten

ingress (en)

(noun) the act of entering; entrance / (noun) the power or liberty of entrance or access

inimical (en)

(adj) hostile, obstructive

interstice (en)

(noun) an intervening space

inurement (en)

accustomed to something, especially something unpleasant

inveigh (en)

(verb) to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently; rail

invidious (en)

(adjective) tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy / (adjective) envious / (adjective) of an unpleasant or objectionable nature; obnoxious / (adjective) of a kind to cause harm or resentment

invidious (en)

(adjective) tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy / (adjective) envious / (adjective) of an unpleasant or objectionable nature; obnoxious / (adjective) of a kind to cause harm or resentment

jeroboam (en)

(noun) an oversize wine bottle holding about three liters

keister (en)

(North American) buttocks