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- AMPHORICOf or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure.
- AUDACITYInsolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
- BONNYAlternative spelling of bonnie (“attractive”).
- CUPIDITYExtreme greed, especially for wealth.
- DAMASKAn ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
- DAUBExcrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
- ESCHEATThe return, conversion, or vesting of property of a deceased person or closed business to the government (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.
- FORAplural of forum
- FRACASA noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
- FULCRUMThe support about which a lever pivots.
- FUNEREALOf or relating to a funeral.
- FUNICULAROf, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
- LAUREATECrowned, or decked, with laurel.
- LICENTIOUSLacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
- LIMPETAny of various gastropods with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
- MENDACIOUS(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
- PUBESCENTAt or just after the age of puberty.
- QUOTIDIANHappening every day; daily.
- STRIGILA grooming tool used to scrape away dead skin, oil, dirt, etc.
- TAURINEPertaining to a bull; bull-like.
- TREPIDTimid, timorous, fearful.
- TUBULARShaped like a tube.
- VARNISHA clear or translucent liquid coating composed of resin dissolved in a solvent, which dries by evaporation to form a hard, protective, and typically glossy finish.
- VASCULUMA container used by botanists to store newly-collected samples.
- VAUNTTo speak boastfully.
- VERTA green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.