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- AVIARYA house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse.
- CLOISTERA covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially: such an arcade in a monastery; such an arcade fitted
- COLOSTRUMA form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth.
- DESTINYThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
- DULCETSweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
- EXULTTo rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).
- FESTIVALPertaining to a feast or feast day; festive.
- GRADIENTA slope or incline.
- JOSTLETo bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
- MAUDLINThe Magdalene; Mary Magdalene.
- MIENDemeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
- MUSTARDA plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
- PIQUETo wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
- PUSTULEA small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
- PUTRIDRotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
- QUADRANGLESynonym of quadrilateral (“a polygon with four sides”).
- REGENTOne who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
- SCARABA beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
- TORSIONThe act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a
- TRAPEZOIDA (convex) quadrilateral with two (non-adjacent) parallel sides.
- VAPIDOffering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- ZEBRAAny of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus quagga, or Equus zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.