penetralia
121interior — adj 1. inside, internal, on the inside, in the inside; inward, further toward the center. 2. inner, inmost, innermost, Scot., Irish. benmost; private, privy, nonpublic, intimate, personal, confidential; restricted, reserved, privileged; secret,… …
122recess — n 1. respite, interval, interlude, intermission; rest, relief, breathing spell, breather; time out, playtime, pause, lull, Inf. letup, break, coffee break, Inf. taking five; day off, long weekend, holiday, vacation. 2. nook, niche, cranny, corner …
123womb — n 1. uterus, Law. venter, Archaic. matrix. 2. beginning, origin, source, starting point, place of issue; base, basis, foundation, derivation; wellspring, lifeblood, fount, fountain, fountainhead; seed, germ, taproot; family, house, line, lineage …
124bowels — [n] insides belly, core, deep, depths, entrails, guts, hold, innards, interior, intestines, penetralia, recesses, viscera, vitals; concept 393 …
125privacy — [n] solitude, secrecy aloofness, clandestineness, concealment, confidentiality, isolation, one’s space, penetralia, privateness, quiet, retirement, retreat, seclusion, separateness, separation, sequestration, solitude; concepts 388,631,714 Ant.… …
126recess — [n1] niche, corner alcove, ambush, angle, apse, bay, break, carrel, cavity, cell, closet, cove, cranny, crutch, crypt, cubicle, dent, depression, depths, embrasure, fork, heart, hiding place, hole, hollow, indentation, mouth, nook, opening, oriel …
127pen|e|tra|li|um — «PEHN uh TRAY lee uhm», noun. the most secret or hidden part: »The novice…may be found unworthy of acceptance in the inner penetralium and be rejected (George Steiner). ╂[< penetralia] …
