“The Process of Becoming Old”.

“The mouth, often used when the mouth in question is either not human, or purely metaphorical.”

“Like, or of, the shiny material comprising the exoskeleton of insects”

“Rounded and protuberant: the the most basic level, ‘bulb-like’”

“A type of red pigment, originally from plants in the madder genius, and now known to be a particularly cute hydrocarbon.”