n. confinement (a) one who earns his bread by physical labor (b) self-distrust (c) restriction within limits or boundaries (d) any ointment or lubricant for local application
n. subsistence (a) protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position (b) one of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class (c) existence; being; something which supports or maintains life or existence (d) toleration
n. vinery (a) the communication of disease from person to person (b) the skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain (c) a greenhouse for grapes (d) relative disposition of parts
n. mausoleum (a) a tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions (b) the state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty (c) in prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet (d) a trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation
n. continuance (a) a formal token of regard, often presented in public (b) a certain time of year (in July) (c) permanence (d) a man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements |
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n. trickery (a) a person against whom a suit is brought (b) artifice (c) a petty male monarch (d) a note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies
n. interrogatory (a) the earliest victim in any cause (b) impetus (c) a treasurer (d) a question or inquiry
n. countryman (a) scarcity, as of something customary, essential or desirable (b) a rustic (c) the branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms (d) emptying of liquid; channeling; sewage; waste water
n. epidermis (a) a smoke-duct in a chimney (b) the outer skin (c) deceitfulness in dealing (d) the act of moving or going downward
n. ire (a) a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line (b) preconceived opinion; bias; sentence passed before proper examination of the circumstances (c) a superficial amateur (d) wrath |