[these definitions are stolen liberally from a variety of online sources.] abrege (with accents on both e's) - a synopsis or precis of a longer work absonant - discordant; contrary, as opposed to consonant adumbrate - foreshadow, represent, symbolize, or overshadow albify - to whiten aludel - a pear-shaped earthenware or glass pot, open at both ends to enable a series to be fitted one above another, used in sublimation ambit - the scope, extent, or bounds of something : e.g. within the ambit of federal law anagogic - mystical interpretation of a word, passage, or text, especially scriptural exegesis that detects allusions to heaven or the afterlife analeptic - a restorative or stimulant (in modern usage, for the central nervous system) apostema - an abscess surrounded by inflamed tissue athanor - an alchemical furnace blagueur - teaser, joker bougier - perhaps from bougie, a thin, flexible surgical instrument for exploring or dilating a passage of the body brabble - argue over petty things brendel - a type of insect? beneplacit - well pleased, satisfied cagastric - coming from Eve and the earth, temperable, mutable, corruptible calefaction - warming calx - a powdery metallic oxide formed when an ore or mineral has been heated cambion - the half-human offspring of the union between a human male and a succubus, or an incubus and a human candent - glowing from, or as if from, high heat catchpole - a sherriff's officer, esp. on who arrests debtors catholicon - universal remedy, panacea, or a comprehensive treatise caudacity - the dropping of an unneeded appendage after it's been used; also insanity. chalyb - a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae citrinity - yellowness, as of gold clotpole - blockhead clyster - enema conspectus - a summary or overview of a subject costermonger - a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow covin - fraud, deception cucurbit - a gourd-shaped alchemical vessel cupellation - a refining process that separates noble metals from base ones deemster - a judge, specifically one of the two justices of the common law in the Isle of Man; also dempster deponent - one who gives testimony by affidavit or deposition divagation - digression; rambling, drifting, wandering dizzard - a foolish fellow, idiot, blockhead dropsic - dropsy (edema) electuary - a medicinal substance mixed with honey or another sweet substance emrod - hemorrhoid equisetum - a genus of "living fossil" plants including horsetails, used as a purgative eversible - capable of being turned inside out eviternal - eternal, everlasting exoteric - intended to be understood by the general public; opposite of esoteric fleer - to smirk or laugh in contempt or derision gasconade - extravagant boasting gelle - ? girasole - a kind of opal reflecting a reddish glow iliastric - the body that contemplates eternity and the higher sphere of the Creator indurate - to harden inginite - innate, inborn; born from within involute - intricate; inturned joskin - a country bumpkin, a hick kickshaw - a tidbit or delicacy, perhaps from "quelque chose" lincture - medicine taken by licking with the tongue litharge - lead monoxide, esp. a red form used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics lorind - ? malapert - saucy, impudent, disrespectful malison - maledictions; curses; invocations of evil (compare benison) medicaster - a medical charlatan medlar - a small, bushy tree of the rose family that bears small, brown, applelike fruits; the fruit of this tree, which is edible only after it has begun to decay melusine - a feminine spirit of fresh waters in sacred springs and rivers messuage - a house with outbuildings and land assigned to its use miniver - plain white fur used for lining or trimming clothes morient - dying mumia - ? myrach - ? nigrify - to blacken obnubility - a thing that is clouded or obscured oestrual - of or pertaining to sexual desire (as in brute animals) onager - an asiatic wild ass, native to the Middle East, Central Asia, and Mongolia ormolu - an alloy of copper or zinc that resembles gold, used in ornamenting furniture or jewelry orpiment - a bright yellow mineral consisting of arsenic trisulfide, formerly used as a dye and artist's pigment ostent - appearance, mien palingenesis - rebirth or recreation (compare palindrome) palmary - outstanding or best; deserving the palm pantologist - pursuing a systematic view of all human knowledge phagadenic / phagedenic: a destructive, eroding ulcer phthisis - pulmonary tuberculosis or "consumption" pontafels - ? prebend - a portion of revenues of a church granted to a canon as his stipend pynson (pinson) - a kind of thin shoe or slipper quean - a disreputable young woman, or prostitute quiddity - inherent nature or essence rammy - noisy, making an uproar ramous - branched, having branches recure - to restore to health, to make whole rubiginous - rust-colored rubify - to make (ruby) red saltimbank - one who leaps or mounts upon a bench scrat - a type of sprite, fairy, or pygmy? smiris - a dark granular material used as an abrasive; from the same root as emery sombresault - somersault sord - a flight or flock spagyric - matter, or medicine, prepared through alchemical procedures subvention - assistance succedaneum - something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another) taradiddle - pretentious nonsense telluric - of the earth or soil, esp. of the earth as a planet terriculament - a source of unnecessary fear tetrick - forward; perverse; harsh; sour; rugged theriac - a paste made from 60 or 70 different drugs pulverized and mixed with honey, used as an antidote to poison, especially snake venom tutia - a medicinal plant used to treat the eyes; or sulfate of copper velleity - a wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action venesection - phlebotomy, bloodletting vermifuge - a medicine that causes expulsion of intestinal worms