hypocaust (en)

(noun) an ancient Roman central heating system with underground furnace and tile flues to distribute the heat

idiolect (en)

(noun) the language or speech pattern of one individual at a particular period of life

imago (en)

(noun) an insect in its final, adult, sexually mature, and typically winged state / (noun) an idealized mental image of another person or the self

imprecate (en)

(verb) to invoke evil on; curse / (verb) to utter curses

imprecate (en)

(verb) to invoke evil on; curse / (verb) to utter curses

jejune (en)

(adjective) lacking nutritive value / devoid of significance or interest; dull / naive, simplistic, and superficial

lachrymose (en)

(adjective) given to tears or weeping; tearful / (adjective) tending to cause tears; mournful

laconic (en)

(adjective) using or involving the use of a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

lambent (en)

(adjective) playing lightly on or over a surface; flickering / (adjective) softly bright or radiant / (adjective) marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression

lissome (en)

(adjective) easily flexed / (adjective) lithe / (adjective) nimble

louche (en)

disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way

louche (en)

disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way

lucent (en)

(adjective) glowing with light; luminous / (adjective) marked by clarity or translucence; clear

Mammon (en)

(noun) material wealth or possessions especially as having a debasing influence (from the New Testament)

mendicity (en)

(noun) the condition or activities of a beggar.

mephitic (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or resembling mephitis; foul-smelling

misprision (en)

(noun; historical; law) the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony; (literary) Harold Bloom's term for when strong writers misinterpret their literary predecessors so as to clear imaginative space for themselves

neurasthenia (en)

(noun) a psychological disorder marked especially by easy fatigability and often by lack of motivation, feelings of inadequacy, and psychosomatic symptoms

panegyric (en)

(noun) a eulogistic oration or writing / (noun) formal or elaborate praise

panegyric (en)

(noun) a eulogistic oration or writing / (noun) formal or elaborate praise

parturition (en)

(noun) the action or process of giving birth to offspring

parturition (en)

(noun) the action or process of giving birth to offspring

picaresque (en)

(adjective) of or relating to rogues or rascals / (adjective) of, relating to, suggesting, or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist / (noun) one that is picaresque

plangent (en)

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

plangent (en)

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy