liaise v.i.  establish and maintain contact; co-operate.  Liaison, n.  communication, contact and co-operation; illicit sexual relationship; thickening agent for soups and sauces; pronunciation of normally silent final consonant before word beginning with a vowel.

delectus n. chrestomathy.

peduncle n. flower stalk; stem.

sculpsit (Latin) ‘carved (it)’; engraved (it)’.