Word origins

• organizedOf things or settings, having been organized; in good order.
• firewallA fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
• hopefullyIn a hopeful manner.
• ecologyThe branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.
• cookbookA book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
• watershedThe topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
• antibodyA protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
• supermanAn imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch; (loosely), a man of extraordinary powers.
• beetleAny of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
• sorrowunhappiness, woe
• privatizationThe transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.
• rainforestA forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.
• forewordAn introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).
• standpointA point of view; a perspective.
• sandmanA figure that brings sleep and dreams by sprinkling magical sand into people's eyes.
• worldviewAn individual's, ingroup's or society's view of the world and how it is to be interpreted.
• uncannyStrange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
• ZionismJewish nationalism, the movement which supported first the establishment of a Jewish homeland and now supports the continuation of Israel as a Jewish state.
• spacetimeThe four-dimensional continuum of the three spatial dimensions plus time.
• NewhouseA hamlet in County Durham, England, United Kingdom.
• planktonicOf or pertaining to plankton.
• workpieceA partially finished object (often composed of a raw material) which is subjected to various operations, worked on with tools, etc.
• sharpshooterA person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
• RhinelandAn area on both sides of the river Rhine, in the west of Germany. Roughly equivalent to the former Prussian Rhine Province, now the greater part of Rhineland-Palatinate plus the south-western half of North Rhine-Westphalia.
• flamethrowerA device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
• disenchantmentThe act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.
• overtoneA tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series.
• overmanA person who supervises others; a supervisor, especially in a mine.
• warmbloodA horse of a middle-weight classification, between draught horses and thoroughbreds.
• reificationThe consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.
• homesicknessThe characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.
• essentthat which is; an entity, a being, an existent
• blockhouseA sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
• historicismA theory that events are influenced by historical conditions, rather than by people.
• PoundstoneA surname from German.
• concertmasterThe first violin in a symphony orchestra, which normally plays violin solos.
• brewmasterA person in charge of beer production at a brewery
• earwormA tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.
• inseeTo see into; to observe acutely.
• countertransferenceThe transference of a therapist's own unconscious feelings to their patient; unconscious or instinctive emotion felt towards the patient.
• landraceAny local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work).
• choirmasterThe musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal.
• asocialNot social, not relating to society.
• lifeworldThe world "as lived" prior to reflective representation or analysis.
• beingnessExistence; the condition of a thing that is.
• stylizeTo represent (someone or something) in a particular style.
• Abderhalden reactionThe occurrence of proteolytic enzymes specific for foreign proteins introduced via parents.
• ABS brakeAntilock brake.
• academic freedomThe right to teach, learn, and (communicate) research freely without unreasonable interference from authority, or fear of reprisal.
• afterbrainA posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon.
• airbridgeThe route and aircraft used to deliver material by an airlift.
• air massa widespread body of air, the properties of which can be identified as: (a) having been established while that air was situated over a particular region of the Earth's surface (airmass source region) and (b) undergoing specific modifications while in transit away from the source region. An air mass is often defined as a widespread body of air that is approximately homogeneous in its horizontal extent, particularly with reference to temperature and moisture distribution; in addition, the vertical temperature and moisture variations are approximately the same over its horizontal extent.
• always alreadyBy definition or inherently; a priori.
• amino acidAny organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
• Ancient North ArabianRelated to the Ancient North Arabian script or language(s)
• anglerodfishing rod
• anonymous sculptureAny industrial structure whose architecture is thought to have unintended artistic qualities.
• anticipatory obedienceA situation where one attempts to predict expectations others (particularly superiors) have, without explicit communication, and to fulfill (or exceed) those expectations.
• antikingOne who declares himself king in opposition to a reigning monarch, especially in an electoral monarchy.
• anti-semiticRelating to or exhibiting anti-Semitism.
• ape-fissureSynonym of Affenspalte.
• archbutlerA head or chief butler
• archmarshalThe grand marshal of the Holy Roman Empire.
• area stateA state of Germany that is not a city-state.
• art of the possiblepragmatism, realism
• assault rifleA military select-fire rifle or carbine that fires an intermediate-power cartridge, from a detachable magazine.
• assertoricStating that which is actual, usually in contrast with modal sentences.
• AustrofascismA fascist political movement in Austria between 1933 and 1938, which was subsumed by Nazism on the occurrence of Anschluss (Austria's annexation by Nazi Germany) in 1938.
• autochthonyAn aboriginal condition or state.
• Axial AgeThe age from about the 8th to the 3rd century BCE, during which broad changes in religious and philosophical thought occurred in a variety of locations.
• badger dogSynonym of dachshund (“type of dog”).
• ball lightningA short-lived glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air and thought to consist of ionized gas associated with thunderstorms.
• barracks communismA crude, authoritarian, forced collectivism and communism where all aspects of life are bureaucratically regimented.
• Basel-CityBasel-Stadt (a canton of Switzerland).
• Basel-CountryBasel-Landschaft (a canton of Switzerland).
• beer gardenThe outdoor section of a public house, where customers can sit in the sun and enjoy their beverages. In Bavaria (Germany) often under horse chestnut trees, where you are allowed to bring your own food if you consume the restauration's beverages.
• birdglueSynonym of birdlime (“sticky substance used to catch birds”)
• black blocAny group of individuals who join a protest or demonstration, wearing black clothing including items to protect and/or conceal their faces and often engaging in violence and vandalism; the tactic of forming and participating in such a group.
• black forestA style of confectionery that is a combination of dark chocolate, cream, and cherries.
• black marketTrade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing, or price controls.
• blitz chessChess played at a quick time control, with each side getting about five minutes to make their moves. Blitz chess is played at a variety of time controls, primarily 3+0 (three minutes per side), 3+2 (three minutes per side plus two extra seconds per move), 5+0, and 5+3.
• block fluteA flute stop on an organ of 4' or 2' that is imitative of a recorder.
• bloc partyA nonruling political party that exists in a largely symbolic capacity within a de facto one-party system, particularly in communist regimes.
• blood and soilA nationalist, often fascist, ideology that sees genetic heritage (blood) and geographic territory (soil) as the most important values of a nation, typically associated with the idealisation of racial “purity”, reproductive fertility, agriculture and belligerence; examples include Nazism (cf. the concept of Lebensraum) and white nationalism in the United States.
• blood wurstblood sausage
• Bohemian ForestA mountain range in the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany.
• Book of the DeadAn ancient Egyptian funerary text of the New Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead into the afterlife, developed from the earlier Coffin Texts.
• bread-artistAn artist or writer who produces inferior work solely in order to earn a living.
• Broad PeakA mountain of the Gasherbrum, Karakoram; on the Pakistan-China border between Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Xinjiang. The 12th highest mountain in the world, an eight-thousander.
• brownshirtA uniformed member of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP), especially a storm trooper of the Sturmabteilung.
• cabinet of curiositiesSynonym of Wunderkammer.
• cannon fodderMilitary forces considered to be expendable.
• cat's silvermica
• cauldron battlebattle of encirclement
• chain smokerOne who smokes continuously, by lighting one cigarette when they finish another, as in a chain.
• character pieceA musical composition that expresses a specific mood or non-musical idea.
• Christmas treeAn evergreen tree (usually a conifer), or an artificial tree made to resemble this, which is typically decorated with lights and ornaments and often an angel or star at its tip, and used as a decoration during the Christmas holiday season.
• city stateA sovereign city, as in Ancient Greece, often part of a league of such cities.
• class consciousnessAn individual's awareness of their relative place within the class system of society.
• class enemyThe enemy of a class, in particular the working class.