adumbrate (en)

report or represent in outline; foreshadow or symbolize

adventitious (en)

(adjective) coming from another source and not inherent or innate / (adjective) arising or occurring sporadically or in other than the usual location

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

badinage (en)

(noun) playful repartee; banter

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

caesura (en)

(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse / (noun) a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot / (noun) break interruption / (noun) a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody

caesura (en)

(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse / (noun) a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot / (noun) break interruption / (noun) a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody

calumny (en)

(noun) a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation / (noun) the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another's reputation

Canute (en)

referring to an apocryphal anecdote illustrating the piety or humility of King Canute the Great, in which he demonstrates to his courtiers that he has no control over the elements (the incoming tide), explaining that secular power is vain compared to the supreme power of God

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

cathexis (en)

(psychoanalysis) the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea

caviling (en)

(verb) to raise trivial and frivolous objection / (verb) to raise trivial objections to

clerisy (en)

(noun) intelligentsia

crepitate (en)

(verb) to make a crackling sound; crackle

crescive (en)

(adjective) marked by gradual spontaneous development

douceur (en)

(noun) a conciliatory gift

echt (en)

(adjective) true genuine

factotum (en)

(noun) a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities / (noun) a general servant

gloaming (en)

(noun) twilight; dusk

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

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

noetic (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or based on the intellect

noumenal (en)

(noun) a posited object or event as it appears in itself independent of perception by the senses

noumenal (en)

(noun) a posited object or event as it appears in itself independent of perception by the senses