tantalusA stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood stork, Mycteria americana.
constrictTo narrow, especially by application of pressure.
oblateA person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
transmigrationDeparture from one's homeland to live in another country; migration.
despondencyThe loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
stoicismA school of philosophy popularized during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress.
IllyriaA vaguely-defined geographic region in Southeastern Europe in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, approximately coincident with modern Albania.
PhaedraThe wife of Theseus, who falls in love with but is spurned by her stepson Hippolytus, then commits suicide, but is the cause of his later death (details vary between versions).
meconiumA dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.
penninesA mountain range of hills stretching through north central England.
HerculaneumAn ancient town in modern Campania, Italy, which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin.
submersionThe act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; immersion
cuniculusA burrow or low underground passage, such as a rabbit warren, mine, or catacomb.
CheopsKhufu, a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza
FluxusAn international movement of artists, poets, composers and designers of the 1960s and 1970s, noted for experimental syntheses of different media and disciplines.
reverberateTo cause (a sound) to be (repeatedly) bounced against one or more surfaces; to re-echo.
aditA horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage, used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.
TauriAn ancient people who inhabited the Crimean Mountains.
TimotheusTimothy, a companion of Paul. (biblical character)
menesA male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Menes, uniter of Upper and Lower Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty of Egypt.
mysteriumAny of various unknown elements thought to make up existing forms of matter, or a substance seen as an elemental or pure form of something else.
Esdrasany of four books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha of the Bible.
ferruginousSynonym of ferrous, of or related to iron.
scapularA short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint.
AstarteA Semitic goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war, cognate in name, origin and function with the goddess Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart) of Phoenicia.
percolateTo pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.