perihelion /per-i-hēˈli-ən/

1. The point of the orbit of a planet or a comet at which it is nearest to the sun, opp to aphelion
2. Culmination (figurative)

• splay-mouthed
• splays
• spleen
• spleenful
• spleenish
• spleenless
• spleens
• spleenstone
• spleenstones
• spleenwort
• spleenworts
• spleeny
• splenative
• splendent
• splendid
• splendide mendax
• splendider
• splendidest
• splendidious
• splendidly
• splendidness
• splendidnesses
• splendidous
• splendiferous
• splendor