State Words

one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell

aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia

warm-water lobsters without claws

a tomato-flavored consomme; often served chilled

the quality of being insalubrious and debilitating

presence of abnormally large amounts of uric acid in the urine; symptom of gout

a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail

large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork

an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds

sloping downward toward each other to create a trough

fit or suitable to live in or with

variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges

the birds of a particular region or period

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

slender and graceful

a village council in India or southern Pakistan

an area of ground used for some particular purpose

a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

visual impairment without apparent organic pathology

breaking off in the middle of a sentence

a lapel on a woman's garment

a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine

a sudden muscle spasm

abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye

very hard mineral used as an abrasive

a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)

down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds

a gamete; used especially of lower plants

an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.

egg-thickened veloute

a message that departs from the main subject

the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene

tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries

of or relating to the uvea of the eye

a decorative framework at the top of a window casing

the process of mountain formation

neuralgia along the sciatic nerve

of or relating to the substance that forms a sheath around the axon of some nerve fibers

come together or open into each other

a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis

deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood

an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black

tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired

of or pertaining to agrypnia

pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings

inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards

type genus of the Troglodytidae

a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)

the nymph or spirit of a particular tree

dark and misty and gloomy

personal interpretation of a text using your own ideas

abnormal downward or back placement of the tongue

a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass

a shutter made of angled slats

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

producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body

constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement

a light open casque without a visor or beaver

a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear

the state of being an adult woman

abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels

serving to sustain or support