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an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients

any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers

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

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

edible young shoots of bamboo

the idolization of William Shakespeare

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 broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle

meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun

a hole for the escape of gas or air

migratory American songbird

very pleasing to the eye

poorly done

a loop knot that neither slips nor jams

parched crushed wheat

a genus of Dasypodidae

Old World climbing plant with bottle-shaped gourds as fruits

the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage

an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products

inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus

made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust

a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other

having a deformed foot

flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first

small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)

resembling a cur; snarling and rude

complex and ingenious in design or function

rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper

waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing

a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea

a clay pipe with a short stem

animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds

decorative needlework

an ill-defined state of irritability and distress

a firework that fizzes as it moves

(British informal) poorly ventilated

a boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets

footwear usually with wooden soles

something that bulges out or projects from its surroundings

indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial

a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol)

rum cut with water

a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes

the handle of a weapon or tool

the hole that an anchor rope passes through

bother persistently with trivial complaints

a message that seems to convey no meaning

masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women)

tropical American thorny shrub or small tree

a zoologist who studies fishes

armor plate that protects legs below the knee

a humorous remark intended to provoke laughter

female donkey

mouselike jumping rodent

a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon)

New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood

Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara

small pearl-grey gull of northern regions

severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein

a successful womanizer

(Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage

the driver and keeper of an elephant

tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum

fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast

third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy

a magic power or magic spell

an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls

(of birds) leaving the nest shortly after hatching

an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present

loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes

the process of flowing out

an important or influential (and often overbearing) person

a small pan or cup (usually of tin)

a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

(informal) small and of little importance

(informal) small and of little importance

a dense winter fog containing ice particles

a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers

marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects

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

any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings

dish originating in Indonesia

an acute infectious viral disease of cattle

a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines

someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

amber-green muscadine grape of southeastern United States

leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot

a unit of force equal to 1000 newtons

murder and robbery by thugs

a game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk

edible greenish substance in boiled lobster

of warm coasts from Australia to Asia

bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

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

a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals

an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions

money received from the state

an evil spirit

without missing a week

(nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge

a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature

form or weave into a braid or braids

look with amazement; look stupidly

fighting with knives

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

a roll of coins wrapped in paper