Proboscis-
[proh-bos-is, -kis]- noun- any long flexible snout, as of the tapir- 1570–80; < Latin < Greek proboskís elephant's trunk, literally, feeder, equivalent to pro- pro-2 + bósk ( ein ) to feed + -is (stem -id- ) noun suffix
Centrifuge-
[sen-truh-fyooj]- noun- an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities- 1795–1805; < French, noun use of centrifuge (adj.) < Neo-Latin centrifugus center-fleeing; see centrifugal
Breach-
[pey-guhn]- noun- one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks.- 1325–75; Middle English < Medieval Latin, Late Latin pāgānus ‘worshiper of false gods’, orig. ‘civilian’ (i.e., not a soldier of Christ), Latin: ‘peasant’, noun use of pāgānus ‘rural, civilian’, derivative of pāgus ‘village, rural district’ (akin to pangere ‘to fix, make fast’); see -an
Bestial-
[fil-i-gree]- noun- anything very delicate or fanciful- 1685–95; earlier filigreen, variant of filigrain
Morgue-
[mawrg]- noun- a place in which bodies are kept, especially the bodies of victims of violence or accidents, pending identification or burial.- 1815–25; < French; name of building in Paris housing unidentified dead bodies