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Calipers an instrument consisting of two curved legs used to measure a thickness or distance Conscription compulsory enrollment, especially for the armed forces; a draft Leviathan something unusually large of its kind Rococo a style of art marked by elaborate decorations Cupola a domed or roof or ceiling Newel a post that supports a handrail at the bottom of a staircase Chronometer an extremely precise timepiece Incredulity disbelief Hydroponic cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in soil Elixir a substance or medicine believed to have power to cure all ills Scintilla a small amount; a spark or flash Plangent loud; expressing or suggesting sadness Turgid swollen or distended ; bloated Spicules a small needlelike part Tarn a small mountain lake, especially one formed by glaciers Sedge any of numerous grass-like plants Innocuous not harmful; harmless; not likely to offend Cache a hiding place for storing provisions; a place for concealment Garish loud and flashy; gaudy Flinders bits, fragments, or splinders Viands an item of food; a very choice delicacy Warren a space of limited area in which rabbits breed or are Okapi an African animal related to a giraffe but having a much shorter neck Titanic very large, huge Marrow the soft fatty tissue that fills the cavity of most bones Dappled a spotted condition; an animal whose skin is spotted