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* ostrobogulous - strange, peculiar, indecent, or risqué
* strixology - writings about and theological study of witchcraft
* enantiosemy - an autoantonym or contranym
* gauzy - so thin as to admit light
* chaotropicity - entropic disordering of materials dissolved in water
* pococurante - an apathetic, indifferent person
* ventripotent - potbellied, gluttonous
* anxiogenic - causing anxiety
* hypnopompic - the period immediately preceding waking up
* congener - another element of the same group, usually taxonomic
* archiater - the personal physician to a monarch
* saponifiable - able to be converted into soap
* D'Nealian - a method of teaching handwriting using Latin (cursive) script
* astration - the incorporation of material into stellar formation
* hormesis - a biphasic dose response to an environmental agent characterized by a low dose stimulation or beneficial effect and a high dose inhibitory or toxic effect
* instauration - Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance <i>obs:</i> starting something new
* exenterate - to remove the bowels or entrails of something
* shturmovshchina (<i>штурмовщина</i> "last-minute rush") - frantic and overtime work at the end of a delivery cycle leading to products of low quality 
* allodium - land held totally, as opposed to that held in serfdom
* exeleutherostomized - nonce word - to speak out freely, especially in an inappropriate moment
* chinoiserie - french--the European interpretation and imitation of East Asian artistic traditions, especially in decoration
* nyetovshchik - one who says <i>nyet</i> to prevailing opinion
* sirocco - a windstorm that lifts dust and dirt
* Fremdschämen - vicarious embarassment, to feel pain due to the shame of others
* tregetour - a juggler who produces illusions by the use of elaborate machinery
* Zeiosis (Zειω meaning "to boil over") - the formation of a bleb, blebbing
* gömböc - a convex 3D homogeneous body which, when resting on a flat surface, has just one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium.
* odobenine - of or pertaining to walruses
* lorgnette - a pair of spectacles with a handle
* zellige - Moroccan terra cotta tilework covered with enamel in the form of chips set into plaster.
* grawlix - a string of typographical symbols used to represent cursing, often in comic books
* puissant - having great power or influence
* cavil - to raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
* bombilate - to make a humming or buzzing noise
* nudiustertian - of or pertaining to the day before yesterday
* mithridatism - developing of immunity to a poison by taking gradually increasing doses
* Eigengrau - 'intrinsic grey', the color seen by the eye during total darkness
* hypnagogia - the deeply relaxed state of consciousness during the transition from wakefulness to sleep
* ''Rumspringa'' - a period of world-sampling for Amish youth upon turning 16, prior to returning to the church for baptism
* parquetry - a geometric mosaic of wood pieces used for decorative effect
* aposematism - coloring adapted to warn predators that something's unsafe to eat
* trencherman - one who eats and drinks to excess; a glutton
* catafalque - decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral
* prosopopoeia - rhetorical term for speaking in the guise of another person or thing, from Greek προσωποποιία
* ''yakinaoshi'' - Japanese, a meaningless rehash.
* ''mokusatsu'' - Japanese, to "treat with silent contempt" or literally "kill by silence".
** Used in reference to the ''Saikō sensō shidō kaigi'' (Supreme Council for the Direction of the War)'s response to the Potsdam Declaration.
* hieratical - of or associated with sacred persons or offices; sacerdotal.
* ''nous verrons'' - French, "we shall see"
* ''stormannsgalskap'' - Norwegian, "the madness of great men"
* allotrion - an idle pursuit that distracts from serious responsibilities
* costermonger - one who sells vegatables and fruits in the street
* pellulate - to swarm, or teem
* lucubrate - to laboriously perfect, especially by night
* octothorpe - term for the "hash sign" (#), sourced from telephone operators' jargon
* asperand - the '@' symbol ("at symbol")
* involution - something which turns in upon itself
* endorheic - a drainage basin not connected to the open sea
* oneiric - relating to or suggestive of dreams
* alluvium - clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where it slows
* emersal - floating up toward the surface of (a body of) water
* fescue - a stick used to point when teaching reading OR a grass of importance for agriculture / sports
* ''moti mentali'' - 'motions of the mind' according to Renaissance Italian painters
* lambent - Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over
* purfling - Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, the inlaid border of a musical instrument,
* brobdingnagian - having colossal, comical size (from the island Brobdingnag of ''Gulliver's Travels'')
* callipygian - pertaining to the finest ass in the land
* distaff - characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
* tellurian - of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
* ''Rennomierschmiss'' - (facial) dueling scars, from 19th century Germanic dueling clubs
* palimpsest - a manuscript page from a scroll or book that has been scraped off and used again
* boustrophedonically - written in alternating directions
* ekphrasis - verbal description of a visual artwork
* ecphrasis - a sudden intense, self-contained verbal summary of an issue or art
* ''en passant'' - in passing, almost always with intentional reference to chess
* ''furor scribendi'' - rage for writing, a bout or attribute of compulsive and manic authorship
* lacunarity - measure of the denseness of a fractal (less is more dense/space-filling)
* trabeculation - formation of a small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane in the framework of an organelle
* sapient - acutely sagelike or wise
* acescency - the quality of actively turning sour, tart, and/or acidic
* ''sprezzatura'' - a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and effort (from Castiglione's ''Book of the Courtier'')
* murine - having to do with rats
* anodyne - a reliever of pain, adj: relieving of pain. anything taken to soothe disturbed feelings
* anosognosia - condition in which a sufferer of disability seems unaware of or denies its existence
* dirigiste - directed by a central authority (eg a dirigiste economy)
* contretemps - an unexpected, untoward accident/conflict; something inopportune or embarrassing
* ''Festschrift'' - a book honoring a respected academic, presented in their lifetime (vs. posthumous Gedenkschrift)
* nacreous - having the appearance of slick pearl; iridescent stratospheric clouds seen near the poles
* pareidolia - a psychological phenomenon perceiving significance in vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound)
* Tumah - a state of ritual impurity in Halakha (Jewish law)
* condottiere - leader of plundering mercenaries
* ''sehr einfallsreich'' - "very imaginative", used sarcastically -- an unimaginative but practical solution
* gravid - advanced with child, especially in the sense of an insect
* benthic - bottom-feeding, pertaining to the bottom of a body of water
* parusia - figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future
** as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events.
* persiflage - frivolous banter; treating serious subjects frivolously; light raillery
* afflatus -  a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration; supernatural impulse
* epithalamia - a nuptial song in honor of bridge and groom
* sybaritic - luxurious; wanton; effeminate (from the ancient Italian city Sybaris) / sybarite - one inclined to pleasure
* casuistry - argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading OR
** moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
* lacunae - missing parts, gaps
* lummox - an awkward, bumbling, fat, stupid person
* myodesopsia - the perception of protein-based visual discrepancies ("floaters")
* ''Vernichtungsgedanke'' - the doctrine of swift annihilation of enemy forces
* zetetic - one who seeks to resolve unknown quantities by direct investigation
* intercalate - to insert between others, particularly periods of time, layers of rock, or stanzas
* untrammeled - unhampered, unencumbered
* demitint - shading in a composition, that part of a painting not in full light
* cicatrix - the pellicle which turns white and becomes a scar
* anabasis - first period of a disease, journey up the coast
* volte-face - an about-face especially viz policy
* meretricious - pertaining to harlots, seeming plausible but based in deception
* orotund - ostentatiously lofty in style, characterized by roundness
* enclitic - affixed at the end so as to lose its independent accent
* étude - a composition designed for study en route to technical mastery
* morceau - a bit, a morsel, a short literary or musical composition
* desuetude - the cessation of use, a state of inactivity
* kismet - destiny, fate, the will of Allah
* ''dies funestis'' - a proscribed day of death
* moira - the deity who assigns men their fates
* perorate - to conclude a speech with formal recapitulation, to harangue
* toxophilite - a lover of archery
* epiphytotic - epidemic among a single type of plant over a large area
* larrup - to beat, thrash or flog soundly, especially with a whip
* peccant - sinning, guilty of transgression, morbid, corrupt
* sphacelate - to die, to decay, to become gangrenous
* sportula - a luxurious feeding; largess in gift-giving
* lagniappe - a trifling present, a serendipitous tip, gratuity
* suborn - to procure privately, to incite secretly, to cause false oath/purjury
* pourboire - a relatively small amount of money for services rendered
* emolument - profit arising from holding office
* guerdon - a compensation or reward
* wergild - the price paid for murder or another peccant crime
* exequatur - official recognition or permission
* nyctipelagic - regarding organisms that migrate into surface waters at night
* onychophagy - biting nails, chronically bitten-down deformed nails
* poliorcetics - the art of siege warfare and fortification
* altricial - born naked and blind and dependent on parents for food; hatchlings
* insessorial - Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds
* trichotillomania - tearing out one's own hair
* farrago - a mishmash of things adj: farraginous
* obstreperous - Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; vociferous
* opprobrium - a state of disgrace, odium, public dishonor
* Laodicean - lukewarm in religion
* exiguous - lean, meagre, lacking, dessicated
* bedizenment - the state of being dressed tawdrily; that which bedizens
* velleity - lowest wish, with no accompanying effort
* ''esprit d' escalier'' - thinking of a witty rejoinder after the fact
* trenchant - cutting, sharp, fit to dig a trench
* griffonage - illegible handwriting
* barbouillage - cramped, dirty writing
* vaticinate - foretell as through prophecy
* graveolent - having a rank smell
* ''bien pensant'' - acceptance of a fashionable or newly mainstream idea without critical thought
* rechauffe - something made up from old material; a rehash, rewarmed food
* glochidate - having barbs and bristles
* funicular - dependent on the tension of a cord
* flocculent - covered with small flakes; flakey
* barbellate - being covered with stiff hairs or quils
* pilose - covered with soft, downy hairs
* moiety - that which is left behind after settlement, half 
* phatry - people descended from a common ancestor
* pyx - box in which coins waiting assay or consecrated Eucharist is stored
* postprandial - coming after a meal
* barbican - defensive hole in a castle through which forward attacks were made
* hyperborean - frigidly cold (from the ancient Greek people of the far north)
* ''comme il faut'' - behaving according to custom
* consuetudinary - manual describing customs and practices of a sect
* sacerdotal - pertaining to priests and their divinely-inspired task
* hieratic - consecrated for holy purposes, especially performed by priests
* insufflate - to bring a powder into the nose
* rodomontade - vain, empty boasting
* quincunx - a pentuple arranged at points and middle of a rectangle
* peripatetic - pertaining to walking about in the manner of Aristotle @ Lyceum
* armamentarium - the collection of equipment and methods used in medicine
* entrepot - a depository for goods on which import is not paid
* nosism - the use of 'we' in referring to oneself
* ''sprachgefühl'' - feeling for language; an instinctive appreciation for words and idioms that are linguistically appropriate
* innominate - having no proper name when one would be expected
* corsucate - to glitter in flashes
* eutectic - of greatest fusibility: an alloy whose melting point is lower than that of any other alloy of the same ingredients.
* ''lettre-fertis'' - 'man marked by letters' - pretender to learning
* contumely - a debasement ; a rudeness and haughtiness
* odalisque - a female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan
* brocade - silk stuff woven with gold ornamentation
* hypocoristic - a lesser name of the given name
* saccadic - jumpy like the movements of an eye
* amanuensis - one who is employed to take diction or copy another's words
* tergiversate - to use ambiguities and evasions, to equivocate, or to change sides/apostatize
* autonomasy - use of a common word to refer to a particular: "gone to town" for "gone to Atlanta"