| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |