William Golding's Lord of the Flies

a young pig

the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight)

grow feathers

any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats

a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods

plant that grows on or among rocks or is suitable for a rock garden

the act of gripping something firmly with the hands

large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk

having or producing or covered with scurf

a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth

a young pig

fecal matter of animals

containing or composed of fat

any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves

a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface

a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates

tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover

timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial

exerting traction and serving to pull

water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill

`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins

low-growing bristly shrub of southern Oregon and California with creeping rootstocks and usually corymbose flowers

a drop of rain

move over something with pressure

in an experimental fashion

the lower lip

a dyspneic condition

a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.

a male hog

one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower

any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry

redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

the musical director of a choir

housing that a church provides for its clergy

having developed feathers or plumage

a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

frequent and watery bowel movements

the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist

a place of political unrest and potential violence

a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air

any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping

make a low noise, characteristic of bovines

the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock

an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae

the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily

in a tense manner

the steady movement of the body's blood-pumping organ

singing in a soft low tone

labor done with the hands

a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)

wind moving 7-10 knots; 3 on the Beaufort scale

travel on an overnight flight

capital of the state of Wisconsin

doing arduous or unpleasant work

made different or shown to be different

all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

departure from what is ethically acceptable

English physician who first described Down's syndrome

engage in a rehearsal (of)

a connected series of events or actions or developments

the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

a horse trained to trot

a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis

plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae

fleshy hindquarters; behind the loin and above the round

the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation

an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious

someone who ascends on foot

the lowest female singing voice

a chair mounted on rockers

German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)

small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible

a covering to disguise or conceal the face

tree bearing edible fruit

a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy

of or being the essential or basic part

a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.

burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud

in an appropriate manner

the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate

disregarded

relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean

having a circular shape

a natural elevation

1/60 of a minute

a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints

the act of entering into or through something

a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year