sat·ur·nine   

[sat-er-nahyn]

–adjective
1. sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
2. suffering from lead poisoning, as a person.
3. due to absorption of lead, as bodily disorders.

o·rog·e·ny 

 
[aw-roj-uh-nee, oh-roj-]

–noun
Geology: the process of mountain making or upheaval

Also called or·o·gen·e·sis  [awr-uh-jen-uh-sis, or-uh-]


orogenic or orogenetic
-adjective

orogenically or orogenetically
-adverb

in·vid·i·ous   

[in-vid-ee-uhs]

–adjective
1. calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful: invidious remarks
2. offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious: invidious comparisons
3. causing or tending to cause animosity, resentment, or envy: an invidious honor
4. Obsolete: envious

re·tic·u·lar

   
[ri-tik-yuh-ler]

–adjective
1. having the form of a net; netlike
2. intricate or entangled
3. Anatomy: of or pertaining to a reticulum

(Once I read the third meaning, I remembered the endoplasmic reticulum!

re·tic·u·lum

 
[ri-tik-yuh-luhm]

–noun, plural: -la  [-luh] for 1-3, genitive -li  [-lahy] for 4
1. a network; any reticulated system or structure.
2. Anatomy

a. a network of intercellular fibers in certain tissues
b. a network of structures in the endoplasm or nucleus of certain cells

3. Zoology: the second stomach of ruminating animals, between the rumen and the omasum.
4. (initial capital letter) Astronomy: the Net, a southern constellation between Dorado and Hydrus)

Dam·a·scene

   
[dam-uh-seen, dam-uh-seen]

–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the city of Damascus
2. (lowercase) of or pertaining to the art of damascening

–noun
3. an inhabitant of Damascus.
4. (lowercase) work or patterns produced by damascening

–verb (used with object)
5. (lowercase) to produce wavy lines on (Damascus steel) (Also, dam·a·skeen  [dam-uh-skeen, dam-uh-skeen])

damascening

art of encrusting gold, silver, or copper wire on the surface of iron, steel, bronze, or brass. A narrow undercut is made in the surface of the metal with a chisel and the wire forced into the undercut by means of a hammer. The name is derived from the city of Damascus, which was celebrated for its damascened wares as early as the 12th century. The armourers of northern Italy used damascening to decorate their products during the 16th century. In the 19th century the art underwent a revival in Europe, particularly in France and Spain. Damascened work of high quality is still produced by craftsmen there and in Egypt and Iran. --dictionary.com

pic·a·yune

   
[pik-ee-yoon, pik-uh-]

–adjective Also, pic·a·yun·ish
1. of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
2. petty, carping, or prejudiced: I didn't want to seem picayune by criticizing.

–noun
3. (formerly, in Louisiana, Florida, etc.) a coin equal to half a spanish real.
4. any small coin, as a five-cent piece.
5. Informal: an insignificant person or thing.

vit·re·ous 

 
[vi-tree-uhs]

–adjective
1. of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china
2. of or pertaining to glass
3. obtained from or containing glass

gim·crack 

 
[jim-krak]

–noun
1. a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw.

–adjective
2. showy but useless.

ve·lu·ti·nous   

[vuh-loot-n-uhs]

–adjective
having a soft, velvety surface, as certain plants

se·nes·cent

   
[si-nes-uhnt]

–adjective
growing old; aging

*submitted by isleodreams--thanks again!