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inimical
adjective formal
UK /ɪˈnɪm.ɪ.kəl/
harmful or limiting:
inimical to Excessive managerial control is inimical to creative expression.

briar noun (FOR SMOKING)
(also briar pipe)
a wooden pipe (= a short tube with a bowl-shaped container at one end) for smoking tobacco:
Prime Minister Macmillan was frequently seen puffing away on his briar.

perspicuous
adjective formal
UK /pəˈspɪk.ju.əs/
clear and easy to understand:
This theory provides a simpler and more perspicuous explanation than its rival.

asperity
noun [ U ] formal
UK /əˈsper.ə.ti/
the quality of being severe in the way that you speak and behave:
the asperity of her manner

espalier
noun
UK /ɪˈspæl.i.eɪ/
a tree, usually a fruit tree, that has been made to grow in a flat shape against something such as a wall or fence:
Her gardens always include espaliers.
Grow the shrubs as espaliers, in the same way as you might an apple or pear tree.

martinet
noun [ C ] formal disapproving
UK /ˌmɑː.tɪˈnet/
someone who demands that rules and orders always be obeyed, even when it is unnecessary or unreasonable to do so

impedimenta
noun [ plural ] mainly humorous
UK /ɪmˌped.ɪˈmen.tə/
the objects that you need for a particular activity that are heavy or difficult to carry:
We were weighed down with sleeping bags, gas cookers and pans - all the impedimenta of camping.