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a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge

provide with military equipment

provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military)

a Protestant movement in the 16th century that believed in the primacy of the Bible, baptised only believers, not infants, and believed in complete separation of church and state

a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings

one retired from society for religious reasons

any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma

one or more large merchant ships

any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind

(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy

a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip

decorate

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 water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot

tell or spread rumors

small lead shot for shotgun shells

a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin

a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask

small donkey used as a pack animal

a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids

made for or formed by carving

the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates

a sloping edge where two surfaces meet at a non-right angle

arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico

having knowledge of

a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma

based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

a triangular bracket of brick or stone

type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes

a medieval musket

acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing

a cheap lodging house

(geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets

with little or no preparation or forethought

of or relating to or containing iron

any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus

someone who is a very fierce fighter

Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)

(Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone

cut into a desired shape

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

a heap of dung or refuse

a gambling card game of Spanish origin

having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs

a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive

someone who walks about in their sleep

any receptacle for the burial of human bones

a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves

affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor

a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person

the murder of your own father or mother

a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim

any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry

hunting and killing other animals for food

resembling or being a phallus

an outer adjacent area of any place

whip with a leather thong at the end

a long woolen or linen scarf covering the head and shoulders

the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen

a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment

the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm

the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball

the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends

strangle with an iron collar

a long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by Mexican men

pressed together

the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

a downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles

a suspension of insoluble particles usually in water

a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

coins collectively

a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army

a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling

(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation

gear for a horse

someone who drives a truck as an occupation

having divergent strabismus

building material consisting of interwoven rods and twigs covered with clay

any of various hard colored rocks