Anodyne

anodyne |ˈanəˌdīn| (an-uh-DINE)
-adjective
not likely to provoke dissent or offense; uncontentious or inoffensive, often deliberately so : anodyne new age music | I attempted to keep the conversation as anodyne as possible.
-noun
a pain-killing drug or medicine.
• figurative. something that alleviates a person's mental distress : "the husband's dull agony and wild bewilderment, his poor, clumsy tries at finding an anodyne in little lively ladies" - Constant Reader

ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek anōdunos ‘painless,’ from an- ‘without’ + odunē ‘pain.’

Muzzy

muzzy
-adjective
1 unable to think clearly; confused : she was shivering and her head felt muzzy from sleep.
• not clearly-thought-out; vague : society's muzzy notion of tolerance.
2 (of a person's eyes or a visual image) blurred : a slightly muzzy picture.
• (of a sound) indistinct : the bass and drums are, even on CD, appallingly muzzy.

[ORIGIN early 18th cent.: of unknown origin.]

Repine

repine
-verb poetic/literary
feel or express discontent; fret : you mustn't let yourself repine.

[ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from re- [again] + the verb pine 2 , on the pattern of repent.]

Ventrifact

ventrifact
-noun
a rock that has been abraded, pitted, etched, grooved, or polished by wind-driven sand or ice crystals.

Minacious

minacious
-adjective rare
menacing; threatening.

[ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin minax, minac- ‘threatening’ (from minari ‘threaten’ ) + -ous .]

minatory
-adjective formal
expressing or conveying a threat.

[ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from late Latin minatorius, from minat- ‘threatened,’ from the verb minari.]

Rugose

rugose
-adjective chiefly Biology
wrinkled; corrugated : rugose corals.

DERIVATIVES
rugosity |roōˈgäsətē| noun
ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin rugosus, from ruga ‘wrinkle.’

Trochiline

trochiline |TROH-kih-leen|
-adjective rare
of or like a hummingbird.

Pavonine

pavonine
-adjective poetic/literary rare
of or like a peacock.

[ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin pavoninus, from pavo, pavon- ‘peacock.’]

Tintinnabulation

tintinnabulation
-noun
a ringing or tinkling sound.

[ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin tintinnabulum ‘tinkling bell’ (from tintinnare, reduplication of tinnire ‘to ring, tinkle’ ) + -ation .]

Vitreous

vitreous
-adjective
like glass in appearance or physical properties.
• (of a substance) derived from or containing glass : the toilet and bidet are made of vitreous china.

[ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin vitreus (from vitrum ‘glass’ ) + -ous .]

Lacuna

lacuna |ləˈk(y)oōnə| ( pl. -nae or -nas )
noun
1. an unfilled space or interval; a gap.
2. a missing portion in a book or manuscript.
3. (anatomy) a cavity or depression, esp. in bone.

[ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘pool,’ from lacus ‘lake.’]

Noetic

noetic
-adjective
of or relating to mental activity or the intellect.

[ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Greek noētikos, from noētos ‘intellectual,’ from noein ‘perceive.’]

Tenebrific

tenebrific
–adjective

serving to obscure or darken; gloomy; dark; producing darkness.

[ORIGIN: 1640–50 from Latin tenebr(ae), darkness, + -i- + -fic]

Diaphanous

diaphanous /dīˈafənəs/
-adjective
(esp. of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent.

[ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanēs, from dia ‘through’ + phainein ‘to show.’]

Transpontine

transpontine /trøn(t)ˌspɑnˈtaɪn/
-adjective (dated)
1. on or from the other side of an ocean, in particular the Atlantic.
2. on or from the other side of a bridge.

[ORIGIN: late 19th cent.: from trans- [across] + Latin pontus ‘sea’ + -ine]