dearth

noun   1 : scarcity that makes dear; specifically : famine   2 : an inadequate supply : lack

aborning

adverbwhile being born or produced : the idea died aborning.

hellacious

adjective informalvery great, bad, or overwhelming : there was this hellacious hailstorm.

baize

nouna coarse, feltlike, woolen material that is typicallygreen, used for covering billiard and card tables and for aprons.

amaurosis

noun Medicinepartial or total blindness without visible change in the eye, typically due to disease of the optic nerve, spinal cord, or brain.

spate

noun1 [usu. in sing. ] a large number of similar things orevents appearing or occurring in quick succession : a spate of attacks on travelers.2 chiefly Brit. a sudden flood in a river, esp. one causedby heavy rains or melting snow.PHRASESin ( full) spate (of a river) overflowing due to a sudden flood. • figurative (of a person or action) at the height of activity : work was in full spate.

palaestra

(also palestra)noun(in ancient Greece and Rome) a wrestling school or gymnasium.