arras (en)

(noun) a tapestry of Flemish origin used especially for wall hangings and curtains / (noun) a wall hanging or screen of tapestry / (geographical name) city N France SSW of Lille pop 40,535

bolus (en)

(noun) ; a rounded mass; as / (noun) a large pill / (noun) a soft mass of chewed food / (noun) a dose of a substance (as a drug) given intravenously / (noun) a large dose of a substance given by injection for the purpose of rapidly achieving the needed therapeutic concentration in the bloodstream / (adverb) all at once

carom (en)

(noun) a shot in billiards in which the cue ball strikes each of two object balls / (noun) a shot in pool in which an object ball strikes another ball before falling into a pocket / (noun) a rebounding especially at an angle / (verb) to strike and rebound; glance / (verb) to make a carom / (verb) to proceed by or as if by caroms

clerisy (en)

(noun) intelligentsia

crescive (en)

(adjective) marked by gradual spontaneous development

douceur (en)

(noun) a conciliatory gift

irredentist (en)

(noun) a political principle or policy directed toward the incorporation of irredentas within the boundaries of their historically or ethnically related political unit / a person advocating the restoration to their country of any territory formerly belonging to it

lanugo (en)

(noun) a dense cottony or downy growth of hair / (noun) the soft woolly hair that covers the fetus of some mammals