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of bluish-black or grey-blue

stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles

any of various geometric designs symbolizing the universe

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

a Hindu religious mendicant

an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash

a serpent with a head at each end of its body

form into breccia

lessen the density or solidity of

a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission

sloping upward

an embellishing note usually written in smaller size

large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa

(of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point

the act of admitting someone to enter

added or derived from something outside; not inherent

a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets; contains aluminum and iron and nickel plus cobalt or copper or titanium

any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers

a radioactive transuranic metallic element

having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either

anything carved in low relief

relating to anaphora

a kind of lemur

worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally

a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat

of or relating to eaters of human flesh

loss of the ability to swallow

being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech

a short moral story (often with animal characters)

breaking off in the middle of a sentence

the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation

any of various plants of the genus Aralia

growing or living or burrowing in sand

a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court

the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian

blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite

a tower that is part of a defensive structure

spherical deep diving apparatus for underwater exploration

dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after it is made; from the Beaujolais district in southeastern France

chief spirit of evil and adversary of God

a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies

a deep-fried doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar

a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

(formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt

occurring every two months

the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents

a port city in southwestern France

(Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders

two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast

European food fish

a city in central England

a boot reaching halfway up to the knee

a smoky yellow or brown quartz

dark and misty and gloomy

a finely woven white linen

any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers

make a half turn on a horse, in dressage

East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit

cardinals collectively

armor that protects the wearer's whole body

a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist

a musical instrument with strings plucked by plectra

any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae

a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

a person who believes in the coming of the millennium

component of arthropods' exoskeletons and bodies of fungi

a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives

any alga of the genus Chlorella

pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus

a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam

a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun

a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers

a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide

an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation

a group of cats

beetles

the state of being joined together

have a strong tendency to occur side by side

arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps

for which money is paid

one who puts written material into type

a dense growth of bushes

a small, sturdy herding dog with a long body and short legs

a printer's error; to be corrected

serving to support or corroborate

small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)

(Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church

(of limbs and feet) adapted for running

small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body

any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia

a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel

weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens

remove air or gas from

a period of 10 years

lying down; in a position of comfort or rest

someone who violates a trust by taking for his own use

someone skilled at informal chitchat

impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace

either of the two main stops on a pipe organ

a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents

the process of becoming dilapidated

a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern

many and different

a musical composition in several movements

mentally or physically infirm with age

having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver

of or relating to or provided in a domicile

shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

open to doubt or suspicion

an unrestrained expression of emotion

personal interpretation of a text using your own ideas

an opening for firing through

the rear part of an aircraft

of or relating to the sky or heavens

gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation

shaped like a sword blade

fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo

immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification

an acute streptococcal infection characterized by deep-red inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes

producing happiness and well-being

a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group

lose water or moisture

the exterior curve of an arch

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx

relating to a character who sold his soul to Mephistopheles

act or move at high speed

a lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman

a firework that fizzes as it moves

a French bean variety with light-colored seeds

someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant

a firm durable fabric with a twill weave

eating earth, clay, chalk

music in three-four time for dancing a jig

a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale

make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

an affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature by the poet Gongora

the measurement of specific gravity

a manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons)

small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face

a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress

the hole that an anchor rope passes through

a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders

a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions

any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus

of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language

characteristic of or relating to winter

United States inventor who invented a system for recording alphanumeric information on punched cards (1860-1929)

the art of preaching

strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison

someone who makes or repairs watches

a cry of praise or adoration (to God)

toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric

a French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries

any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs

a colorless fuming corrosive liquid

the act of singing psalms or hymns

use of a series of subjects with a single predicate

a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

can emit sparks or burst into flame

having a mental age of three to seven years

a person who drinks alcoholic beverages

a material's opposition to the flow of electric current

the baggage and equipment carried by an army

the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities

exhaustion resulting from lack of food

not interchangeable or able to substitute one for another

suggest that someone is guilty

not liable to being annulled or voided or undone

the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk

impossible to find

abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface

a violet photopigment in the retinal cones of the eyes of most vertebrates; plays a role in daylight vision

a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable

of or relating to James I or his reign or times

a lightweight cotton cloth with a smooth and slightly stiff finish; used for clothing and bandages

a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma

become jelly

a large drinking bowl

of or relating to Immanuel Kant or his philosophy

the appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes)

of an air current or wind

measures thermal conductivity

a nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II

arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail

an electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation

a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire

liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin

a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned

of or relating to lizards

a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue

fireflies

in a languorous manner

(Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons killing them

(of tempo) as slow and broad as possible

a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean

a red soil produced by rock decay

a young hare especially one in its first year

holds a license (degree) from a (European) university

intermediate between peat and bituminous coal

genus of Old World shrubs: privet

a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons

small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead

in a sorrowful lugubrious manner

the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain

a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water

a member of a conspiracy

a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design

spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis

doing or causing evil

the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808

a name given to a product or service

thorny shrub of a small tree having white to scarlet flowers

a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life

a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence

a Parisian salesgirl

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

a person who hates, avoids, or opposes marriage

of or relating to a popularization of art deco that used bright colors and rectangular shapes

a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds

the state of having only one husband at a time

cautionary advice about something imminent

a person who is completely color-blind

a gambling card game of Spanish origin

an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children

German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere

pasta somewhat resembling little moustaches

aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume

portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church

a person who travels through the water by swimming

pitcher plants

the branch of meteorology that studies clouds and cloud formation

(of birds) leaving the nest shortly after hatching

a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan

of or resembling chitin

a failure to act when under an obligation to do so

a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)

rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily

tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds

a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate

of or related to onomastics

any disease or disorder of the nails

a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall

brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture

a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar

heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings

large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns

an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth

egg-laying

any substance that can be used as food

mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust

tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving

a small pan or cup (usually of tin)

small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat

the sound of a drum beaten rapidly and continuously

ornamental plasterwork

of or derived from a personal or family name

a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court

a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries

a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird

a minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever)

an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice

extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous

an animal whose body temperature varies based on its surroundings

loss of color from the hair

florists' primroses

having many meanings

a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process

a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth

seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue

an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings

any plant or fossil of the genus Psilophyton

any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria

an amylase secreted in saliva

perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment

cry weakly or softly

produce buds, branches, or germinate

a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas

the worship of fire

of or relating to Pythagoras or his geometry

the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay

quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior

an issue that is presented for formal disputation

a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves

a unit of temperature on the Rankine scale

annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot

(Ethiopia) adherents of an African religion that regards Ras Tafari as divine

any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives

given or done or owed to each other

return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return

exercising power or authority

the act of remitting

a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table

capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated

an instrument for measuring the flow of liquids

of or relating to a rhizoid

any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers

a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle

relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream

a solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church

of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae

an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns

German breed of large vigorous short-haired cattle dogs

Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits

a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur

a medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin

make ruby red

composed of or inscribed on rock

a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root

a chief of a North American tribe or confederation

a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone

a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group

sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water

yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America

(Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment

any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga

sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour

an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures

(Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait

a glass for beer

the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament

the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

the act of making a print by the silkscreen method

the basic unit of money in Israel

Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill

a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper

the granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and aluminum

(usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion

a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb

dry white Italian wine from Verona

sing by the syllables of solmization

economically important Old World tropical cereal grass

a pert or flirtatious young girl

resembling a sphinx

a pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure

an aromatic ointment used in antiquity

a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit

capable of being immersed in water

underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful

capable of being inferred on slight grounds

a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage

making a low continuous indistinct sound

use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one

the relation that exists when things occur at the same time

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

a theodolite designed for rapid measurements

pasta cut in narrow ribbons

a winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art)

small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail

the act of tarrying

any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts

thought to derive from meteorites

presumptuously daring

inflammation of tissue that connects a muscle to a bone

consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon

dark and gloomy

relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas

the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states

the effect of supernatural intervention in human affairs

a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands

a container for burning incense

ring or sound like a small bell

of or relating to or shaped like a toroid; doughnut shaped

not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels

one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips

relating to the period from about 252 to 201 million years ago

being threefold

a fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls

(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments

(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs

a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot

without real or apparent crystalline form

any of various female water spirits

urn-shaped; large below and contracted toward the mouth

the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)

inflammation of the uvea of the eye

uncertain in purpose or action

a group of people summoned for jury service

any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers

a short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation

forming one or more whorls

(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia

a stock or supply of foods

relating to or based on the number twenty

large whip-scorpion of Mexico and southern United States that emits a vinegary odor when alarmed

lively, in music

wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room

a wagon maker

French painter (1684-1721)

ski, alternating directions

a type of beetle with a long snout

a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow

seventh Sunday after Easter

a human being; `wight' is an archaic term

large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts

cotton flannelette with a nap on both sides

widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green

unfermented or fermenting malt

class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land

a soft silvery metallic element

any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge

a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber