hypochondriac - someone who lives with the fear that they have a serious, but undiagnosed medical condition, even though diagnostic tests show there is nothing wrong with them.  


Inimitable - so good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique.

"She was truly inimitable in speech and beauty."


Juliette Balcony Providing a 'guard' or security barrier to sliding doors or inward opening full-height French Doors on a first-floor room or above, a Juliet balcony lets in more natural light, and fresh air when the doors are open 

Kawaii - the quality of being cute, or items that are cute. 

Minatory - expressing or conveying a threat.

"he is unlikely to be deterred by minatory finger-wagging"

Necromancy - the practice of magic involving communication with the dead – either by summoning their spirits as apparitions, visions or raising them bodily 

Objurgate: rebuke severely; scold.

"The old man objurgated his son."

ParadigmA typical example of something

Quiescence: dormancy or inactivity

"this method has been shown to induce sleep-like quiescence in adult animals"

Rebus: representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. R U 18 is a rebus for Are you 18 

Sextant - a doubly reflecting navigation instrument that measures the angular distance between two visible objects

tachyphylaxis
noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
  2. a decreased response to a medicine given over a period of time so that larger doses are required to produce the same response.

  3. Ubiquitous: existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent - ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.

Velleity:a wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action

Windage - the air resistance of a moving object, such as a vessel or a rotating machine part, or the force of the wind on a stationary object, the effect of the wind in deflecting a missile such as a bullet

"when zeroing my new pistol, had to adjust for windage on the rear sight"

Yare - (of a ship) responding promptly to the helm; easily manageable


Zealous -  filled with or showing a strong and energetic desire to get something done or see something succeed; marked by passionate support for a person, cause, or ideal

Addle - ad·dle
/ˈadl/  make unable to think clearly; confuse