The relaxed time spent lingering around the table engaged in conversation after a meal.

"We stayed until midnight enjoying the wonderful sobremesa."

Intense, laborious study or intellectual effort, especially when done late at night.

"Months of midnight lucubration resulted in a top-percentile verbal score."

The physiological process that halts bleeding and keeps blood within a damaged vessel.

"The surgical team rapidly achieved effective hemostasis."

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

"Her pragmatic approach resolved the scheduling conflict within minutes."

An operation that produces the same result no matter how many times it is applied.

"The API endpoint was designed to be strictly idempotent to prevent duplicate charges."

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole, or vice versa.

"Calling a new car 'a set of wheels' is a classic synecdoche."