| bathos | (noun) triteness or triviality of style | - |
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| (noun) a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one | Synonyms: anticlimax |
| (noun) insincere pathos | Synonyms: mawkishness |
| benthos | (noun) organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea, lake, river or stream | - |
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| (noun) a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones | Synonyms: benthic division, benthonic zone |
| ethos | (noun) (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era | - |
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| merobenthos | (noun) benthos consisting of organisms in pre-adult stages that later become adult in the plankton. | - |
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| microbenthos | (noun) microscopic benthic organisms that are less than 0.1 mm in size. | - |
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| pathos | (noun) a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) | Synonyms: poignancy |
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| (noun) a style that has the power to evoke feelings | - |
| (noun) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | Synonyms: commiseration, pity, ruth |
| pothos | (noun) any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus | - |
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| (noun) evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage | Synonyms: Epipremnum aureum, golden pothos, ivy arum, Scindapsus aureus |