Invisible Terminology

Gangrene:
verb (used with object)- to affect or become affected with gangrene
noun- necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.


Domes:
noun- a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.

Nubile:
adjective (of a young women)- sexually devloped and attractive.

Bergamot:
noun- a small citrus tree, Citrus aurantium bergamia, having fruit with a rind that yields a fragant essential oil.

Banister:
noun- a baluster

Marjoram:
noun- any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Origanum, of the mint family having leaves used as seasoning in cooking.

Onyx
noun- Mineral. a  variety of chalcedony having straight parallel bands of alterning colors.

Cornice:
noun- Architecture. any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.

Labile
adjective- apt or likely to change.

Knapsack
noun- a canvas,nylon, or leather bag for clothes, food, and other supplies, carried on the back by soldiers, hikers, etc.

Halberd
noun- a shafted weapon with an axlike cutting blade, beak, and apical spike, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Scaffold:
noun- a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.

Zodiac:
noun- a belt of the heavens within about 8° either side of the ecliptic, including all apparent positions of the sun, moon, and most familiar planets. It is divided into twelve equal divisions or signs (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces)