poignant keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
Buchanan 15th President of the United States (1791-1868)
poignancy a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
pugnacious ready and able to resort to force or violence
bechance happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
poignance a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
beginning the act of starting something
Bignoniaceae trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
by chance by accident
repugnance intense aversion
benignancy the quality of being kind and gentle
patchiness unevenness in quality or performance
bonanza a sudden happening that brings good fortune
penance voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for something
repugnant offensive to the mind
mechanics the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies
scrawniness the bodily property of lacking flesh
canonise declare (a dead person) to be a saint
brininess the relative proportion of salt in a solution
bacchanal a wild gathering