bowing
bending over, like a person taking a bow as a sign of respect or fatigue. Pronounced BAU-ing, to rhyme with "plowing."
Alternately, could be read as the homograph bowing, pronounced BO-ing, to rhyme with "snowing," meaning to play a stringed instrument with a bow (such as a violin). This would imply a more abstract metaphor of trees being played like violins, rather than bending.
mute
silent, not speaking
hearth
the area around a fireplace in a home; also used to refer simply to a home itself
Orion
a well-known constellation of stars in the night sky, visible throughout the world, imagined in the shape of a hunter and named after Orion of Greek mythology
Antlia
a small constellation in the southern sky containing three main stars, imagined in the shape of an air pump, named after the Latin for "pump"
Centaurus
a large constellation in the southern sky containing eleven main stars (including Alpha Centauri, the closest star to our solar system), imagined in the shape of a centaur (a half-human half-horse mythological creature)
Draco
a large constellation in the northern sky containing fourteen main stars, imagined in the shape of a long winding dragon. Latin for "dragon"
Lacerta
a small constellation in the northern sky containing five main stars, imagined in the shape of a lizard. Latin for "lizard"
Hydra
Hydra is the largest modern, named constellation of stars, with seventeen main stars and a massive length across the night sky (straddling the northern and southern skies). Imagined in the shape of a giant sea serpent, Latin for "water snake."
Lyra
a small constellation in the northern sky containing five main stars (including Vega, one of the night sky's brightest stars), imagined in the shape of a lyre (an ancient Greek stringed instrument)
Lynx
a small constellation in the northern sky containing four main stars, imagined as the wild cat species of the same name
unspectacular
not spectacular; unremarkable
synapses
the gaps between nerve cells in the body, across which electrical signals pass
