Patty's New List

at or near the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane

acceptance as true or valid

(of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point

composed of animal fat

excited in anticipation

dependent on chance

an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another

a kind of lemur

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

shaped like a ring

bent or curved forward or upward

of or belonging to the Apocrypha

resembling or containing or abounding in sand

growing or living or burrowing in sand

a declaration that is made emphatically

growing or extending upward

black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas

relating to or produced by or containing bacilli

(formal) ordinary and not refined

slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish

any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1

one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury

a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards

sound of rapid vibration

resembling a cluster of grapes in form

a partition (often temporary) of planks or cloth that is used to control ventilation in a mine

armor plate that protects the chest

Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

a thick and heavy shoe

tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers

a thick, rustic, slow-simmered stew of meat and vegetables

the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage

relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star)

strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')

brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters

armor that protects the wearer's whole body

of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition

having a chainlike form

a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers

a musical instrument with strings plucked by plectra

small European finch with a cheerful song

a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked

varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions

arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico

a series of dance steps and movements for stage performances

a chronic disease interfering with the liver's functioning

a stringed instrument that has a keyboard

glittering with gold or silver

squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow

make or place parallel to something

tending to consume or use often wastefully

look down on with disdain

injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of

of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America

Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw

an upholstered seat for more than one person

lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward

a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish)

surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette

in a refined manner

either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface

a leafless annual parasitic vine

having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver

a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage

the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise

periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

make sweeter in taste

the mane of a horse

an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part

measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube for measuring volume changes in chemical reactions between gases

to express great joy

having clusters of erect branches

someone whose occupation is catching fish

reproducing by fission

a firework that fizzes as it moves

an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.

chiefly a direction or description in music; loud and strong

bearing or containing fossils

butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver

a simple sugar found in lactose

the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree

a boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets

a person of French descent

a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space

large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks

slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns

tastelessly showy

tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves

in an advanced stage of pregnancy

armor plate that protects legs below the knee

a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom

a seamount of volcanic origin

a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders

any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus

a reddish coloring material found in some algae

the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

any polyhedron having twenty plane faces

not worth using

a highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence

a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution

an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa

a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths

electromagnetic radiation that can produce visual sensation

convert into wood or cause to become woody

a complex polymer

a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude

any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum

any of various small lories

small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits

(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable

the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

a tomato-flavored consomme; often served chilled

(in some countries) a military officer of highest rank

a social unit living together

relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury

an electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents

a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug

the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them

agile grizzled Old World viverrine

the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element

any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice

deeds and other documentary evidence of title to land

a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine

having nine units or components

uncontrolled nodding

the magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole

brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture

a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar

a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur

of or relating to punishment

the branch of criminology concerned with prison management

a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)

a drink credited with magical power

of or relating to seals

waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

(folklore) a small fairy-like creature that is somewhat mischievous

a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail

a small thin device used to pluck a stringed instrument

11th President of the United States

a larval frog or toad

having many meanings

senseless talk

carrying a developing baby within the body

a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense

suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

in anticipation

preceding and preparing for something

exaggeratedly proper

the branch of botany that studies ferns

a rise in the temperature of the body

the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

characterized by an absence of agitation or activity

whip with a leather thong at the end

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plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous

relating to or caused by rickettsias

rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils

a shoe carved from a single block of wood

a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group

of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism

a large fishnet that hangs vertically

silk-producing gland of insects or spiders

a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground

rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria

an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria

a contagious viral disease caused by the Variola major virus

sing by the syllables of solmization

an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound

(physics) a nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles

scatter with liquid; wet lightly

of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

a thin strip (wood or metal)

impressiveness in scale or proportion

any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor

checking bleeding by contracting tissues or blood vessels

something that can be used as a substitute

a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent

making a low continuous indistinct sound

a growing together of parts or structures

a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)

relating to or secreting synovia

the vocal organ of a bird

tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper

a crystalline metallic element not found in nature

thought to derive from meteorites

a figure of a man used as a supporting column

inflammation of tissue that connects a muscle to a bone

consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon

especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering

having or consisting of four similar parts

individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell

material for starting a fire

a specialist in tribology

a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center

pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle

any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically

being of use or service

a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

a sudden muscle spasm

a group of people summoned for jury service

a city in north central France near Paris

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a whorl of leaves growing around a stem

forming one or more whorls

someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy

wife of a viceroy

as follows

a citizen who has a legal right to vote

large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell

a human being; `wight' is an archaic term

yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks

tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes

a small loft or garret

the act of hitting vigorously

a small bottle that contains liquid medicine

a small bottle that contains liquid medicine

the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one