Charnel (noun)
char-nel
A building or vault in which corpses or bones are piled.
Late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin carnale, neuter (used as a noun) of carnalis ‘relating to flesh’ (see carnal).
Example sentences
“Europe in the immediate post-war period had become a charnel house.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
