n. viand (a) a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water) (b) a date (c) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; burnouse (d) a choice or delicious dish
n. hackles (a) a feeling of anger and animosity (b) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold; oddment (c) customers collectively; business (d) either of two large muscles of the chest; pectoralis; musculus pectoralis
n. ennui (a) exception; deviation (b) the feeling of being bored by something tedious; tedium (c) a hard mass of fecal matter; faecalith; stercolith (d) an accidental occurrence
n. poignancy (a) a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) (b) a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior; systematist (c) the object of a feeling of intense aversion (d) a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
n. affidavit (a) the quality of being cloudy; muddiness (b) a loud resonant repeating noise; clank; clash; crash (c) written statement made under oath (d) large deep serving dish with a cover |
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n. regimen (a) abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open) (b) puzzling complexity; tortuousness (c) government; reign; mode of rule (d) a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; hommos; hoummos; humous
n. knoll (a) a small natural hill; hillock; hummock; hammock (b) a sermon on a moral or religious topic (c) a stroke of ill fortune (d) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field; pundit
v. cavil (a) raise trivial objections; chicane (b) send to an address (c) remove (d) initiate; start; bring about
n. couturier (a) flirt; gallivanter; womanizer (b) the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes (c) imaginary or visionary theorization (d) someone who designs clothing; clothes designer; designer
n. concubine (a) decree; command (b) shrewd or crafty management of public affairs (c) a woman who cohabits with an important man; doxy; paramour (d) absentminded dreaming while awake; daydream; daydreaming; air castle; castle in the air; castle in Spain |