| arabesque | (noun) an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design | - |
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| (noun) position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose | - |
| arboresque | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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| burlesque | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a burlesque | - |
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| (noun) a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) | - |
| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
| (verb) make a parody of | Synonyms: parody, spoof |
| churrigueresque | (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresco |
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| desquamate | (verb) peel off in scales | Synonyms: peel off |
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| desquamation | (noun) loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales | Synonyms: peeling, shedding |
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| esquire | (noun) (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood | - |
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| grotesque | (adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: antic, fantastic, fantastical |
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| (adjective) distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous | Synonyms: monstrous |
| (noun) art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants | - |
| grotesquely | (adverb) in a grotesque manner | Synonyms: monstrously |
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| grotesqueness | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesquerie, grotesquery |
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| grotesquerie | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesqueness, grotesquery |
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| grotesquery | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesqueness, grotesquerie |
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| kafkaesque | (adjective) characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger | - |
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| mesquit | (noun) any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar | Synonyms: mesquite |
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| mesquite | (noun) any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar | Synonyms: mesquit |
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| picaresque | (adjective) involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction | - |
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| picturesque | (adjective) suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture | - |
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| (adjective) strikingly expressive | - |
| picturesquely | (adverb) in a picturesque manner | - |
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| picturesqueness | (noun) visually vivid and pleasing | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid | - |
| sculpturesque | (adjective) resembling sculpture | Synonyms: modeled, modelled, sculptural, sculptured |
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| sesquicentennial | (noun) the 150th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | - |
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| sesquipedalia | (noun) a very long word (a foot and a half long) | Synonyms: sesquipedalian |
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| sesquipedalian | (adjective) (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables | Synonyms: polysyllabic |
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| (adjective) given to the overuse of long words | - |
| (noun) a very long word (a foot and a half long) | Synonyms: sesquipedalia |
| sesquipedality | (noun) using long words | - |
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| statuesque | (adjective) suggestive of a statue | Synonyms: Junoesque |
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| (adjective) of size and dignity suggestive of a statue | Synonyms: stately |
| unpicturesque | (adjective) without beauty or charm | Synonyms: unlovely |
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