• sobriquet
    noun
    a person's nickname.
  • annulet
    noun
    a charge in the form of a small ring.
  • vavasor
    noun
    a feudal tenant ranking directly below a baron.
  • diaspora
    noun
    the dispersion of a people from their original homeland.
  • pastiche
    noun
    an artistic work in a style that imitates another work, artist or period.
  • décolletage
    noun
    the low-cut neckline of a dress.
  • plangent
    adj
    loud, reverberating and melancholy.
  • exurb
    noun
    a district outside a city and beyond the suburbs, typically prosperous.
  • cuisse
    noun
    a piece of armor for the front of the thigh.
  • carafe
    noun
    a bottle with a flared lip used to hold beverages; usually wine.
  • calumny
    noun
    the making of false and defamatory statements about someone.
  • columbarium
    noun
    a structure that holds cremated remains.
  • underfed
    adj
    insufficiently nourished.
  • skerry
    noun
    a small, rocky island that is too small for human habitation.
  • lucre
    noun
    money gained in a dishonorable way.
  • tosher
    noun
    someone who scavenges in the sewers.
  • geas
    noun
    a prohibition magically imposed (Irish folkflore).
  • yaldson
    noun
    the son of a prostitute (Old English; 15th century).
  • miter
    noun
    a traditional headdress worn by bishops or abbots.
  • augury
    noun
    divination from omens or auspices.