Canaan

noun: A land of promise, abundance, and fulfillment.

Elysium

noun: A place of perfect happiness.

helotage

noun: A state of servitude or bondage.

canterbury

noun: A rack with open top and slatted partitions for magazines, sheet music, documents, etc.

occiput

noun: The back part of the head or skull.

lunation

noun: The time between two new moons, about 29 and a half days. A lunar month.

bissextile

adjective: Relating to the leap year or the extra day in a leap year. noun: Leap year.

saturnalian

adjective: Marked by unrestrained revelry, overindulgence, licentiousness, etc.

aderation

noun: The act of giving a monetary value to something.

cogitate

verb tr., intr.: To think, reflect, meditate, etc.

exuviate

verb tr., intr.: To shed or cast off.

interpunction

noun: 1. Punctuation. 2. A punctuation mark. 3. The insertion of punctuation marks in a text.

swan

noun: 1. Any of various long-necked large waterbirds, usually in white plumage. 2. Someone or something of unusual beauty, grace, purity, etc. …

scend

verb intr.: To rise or lift by, or as if by, a wave. noun: The rising movement of a wave or a …

infame

noun: A person having a bad reputation. verb tr.: To defame: to attack the reputation or to disgrace. adjective: Having a bad …

deacon

noun: In a church, a person appointed as a lay leader to a position below a pastor, priest, etc. verb tr.: 1. …

pinion

noun: 1. A feather or a wing, especially the terminal segment of a wing. 2. A small cogwheel engaging with a larger …

gratis

adverb, adjective: Without payment; free.

agley

adverb, adjective: 1. Awry 2. Wrong.

sinistrad

adverb, adjective: Toward the left side.

astern

adverb, adjective: 1. At the rear of a ship or another vessel. 2. In a reverse direction. 3. Backward.