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aqua
AWK-wuh; AK-wuh <Latin light greenish blue
drapery
DRAYP-uh-ree <French<Old Provencal<Greek curtains; material hung in loose folds
siege
seej <English<French<Latin the encirclement of a fortified place by an enemy intending to take it
suburban
suh-BUHR-buhn <Latin of the residential areas on the outskirts of any city or large town
guttural
GUT-uhr-uhl <French<Latin produced in the throat; raspy
arrears
uh-RIRZ <English<French<Latin overdue debts
bivouac
BIV-wak <French<German a camping out for a night
cannoli
kuh-NOH-lee <Italian<Latin tubes of pastry fried in deep fat and filled with with a sweetened mixture of ricotta cheese, cream and flavoring
prelapsarian
pree-lap-SER-ee-uhn <Latin + Ecf characteristic of, or belonging to, the time before the fall of man
machicolation
muh-chik-uh-LAY-shuhn <Latin<French + <Latin an opening on a parapet of a battlement for the purpose of dropping missiles upon assailants attacking from below
