fanlight: semicircular window above a door or another window, often with fanlike ribs
barratry: vexatious litigation, judicial bribery, corrupt preferment, or maritime fraud
symplegades: cliffs at the entrance of the Black Sea said to crush passing ships
usufruct: the right to use or profit from a thing not owned or thereby damaged
vatinian: intense or bitter, only of hatred (after Vatinius, a much-hated Roman)
superfetation: development of a second fetus when one is already present
sfumato: in painting, shading or gradation between areas of different color
proslambanomenos: in ancient Greek music, the lowest note on the scale
manqué: unfulfilled, unrealized, or frustrated, particularly in one’s calling
thole: upright pin in a boat’s gunwale used as a fulcrum for an oar
belletrist: one involved in belles-lettres (i.e. aesthetic literature)
glair: egg white or something resembling or derived from same
winze: a vertical or inclined shaft in a mine; or in Scots, a curse
tergiversate: to practice evasion, ambiguity, or apostasy
farinaceous: starchy or mealy in composition or texture
ebriety: drunkenness or exhilaration (i.e. vs. sobriety)
breenge: a violent forward movement, lunge or dash
wadmal: a thick woolen fabric for outer garments
chunter: to mutter or grumble incessantly
tormina: severe stomach pain
snath: the handle of a scythe
spadassin: a swordsman
colliery: coal mine
algid: cold