key pattern an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
Cape Hatteras a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina
pattern a repeated design, structure, or arrangement
patronize provide support for
bitterness the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
spattering the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
patronise assume sponsorship of
patterned having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
Gaius Petronius Roman satirist (died in 66)
paternal characteristic of a father
pecopteris Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb
Decapterus scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan in distribution
patroness a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
sputtering the noise of something spattering explosively
battering the act of subjecting to strong attack
bettering changing for the better
mecopterous of or relating to mecopterans
Phegopteris beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris
mecopteran any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera
bittern relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes