| love arrows | needles of rutile in quartz. | |
| Pehlevi | an Iranian tongue in which the Zoroastrian literature of the third to tenth centuries was written. | |
| ratoon | a shoot from a plant which has been chopped down. also v.i., v.t. | |
| howff | (Scot.) an abode; v.i. to reside; to visit an old haunt. | |
| /sub specie aeternitatis/ | viewed from outside of the linear flow of time. | |
| nymphae | (anat.) the inner labia of the vulva. | |
| sycee | lumps of silver with an assayer's mark, used as a medium of exchange. (formerly in China) | |
| goliard | an itinerant scholar of XII, XIII cent.; wrote Latin verses celebrating sensualism, good company. (and |goliardery|) | |
| liquidambar | a tree with maple-like leaves and round, woody, toothed fruit; the balsamic gum of the tree (|liquid storax|). | |
| propolis | a reddish gum collected by bees from tree buds, used in hive construction. ("bee gum") |