Armamentarium

ARMAMENTARIUM

-noun

1. the aggregate of equipment, methods, and techniques available to one for carrying out one's duties

2. a fruitful source of devices or materials available or used for an undertaking.

Fact:
A house never has enough cupboards
Or closets
To hold all the armamentarium
We think we need.

Snifter

SNIFTER

-noun

1. a pear-shaped glass with a short stem and a bowl that narrows towards the top so that the aroma of brandy or a liqueur is retained

2. informal . a small quantity of alcoholic drink

Getting lost in a snifter
An intoxicated gold fish

Goldfish appears courtesy of WadeM at Flickr

Inquisitive

INQUISITIVE

-adj.

1. excessively curious, especially about the affairs of others; prying

2. eager to learn; inquiring

 Shy yet inquisitive
This kitten is asserting its cat nature

Ampul

AMPUL

-noun

a sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.

Also: ampule, ampoule

Ampul shaped view

Bottling the city for preservation

Rue

RUE

-verb

1. to feel sorrow, remorse, or regret for (one's own wrongdoing, past events with unpleasant consequences, etc.)

-noun

2. archaic . sorrow, pity, or regret

-noun

Any rutaceous plant of the genus Ruta , especially R. graveolens, an aromatic Eurasian shrub with small yellow flowers and evergreen leaves which yield an acrid volatile oil, formerly used medicinally as a narcotic and stimulant

 Hiding in the shade

Lost flotsam from another world

Do they ever rue their exodus?

Appropriate

APPROPRIATE

-adj

1. right or suitable; fitting

2. rare particular; own:

-verb

3. to take for one's own use, especially illegally or without permission

4. to put aside (funds, etc.) for a particular purpose or person

Ô gritty windows
Appropriated for art
By graphic squatters

Ventose

VENTOSE

-adj.

given to empty talk; windy; flatulent

-noun

Ventôse. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.

It made sense

Ventôse, the months of flatulent speech

The perfect period to hold elections in

Before the weather got too hot

And they all lost their head.

Phloem

PHLOEM

[floh-em]

-noun

the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibres and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.

I watch air and light

Make their ways into blooms

Gone with the phloem

Morsel

MORSEL

-noun

1. a small piece of food : bite

2. a small quantity : fragment

3. a tasty dish b :

4. something delectable and pleasing

5. a negligible person

-verb (trans)

6. to divide into or distribute in small pieces (often followed by "out")

A glass fish plate

Bursting with succulent morsels

Eaten with your fingers

A start to summer

Sybaritic

SYBARITIC

-adj.

1. ( usually lowercase ) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure.

2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Sybaris or its inhabitants.

No need to go to Sicily

To find a sybaritic world:

A cushion, tender morsels,

Willing minions with nimble hands

Usually do the transportation trick.

Totipotent

TOTIPOTENT

-adj.

Biology . (of a cell or part) having the potential for developing in various specialized ways in response to external or internal stimuli.

I've started to look upon life
As a totipotent creature
Polymorph and flexible
In its quest for survival.