a small three-legged table or stand.

a reward, recompense, or requital.

scattered members; disjointed portions or parts.

of or relating to marshes.

(of rocks) containing iron and magnesium, with little or no silica.

to engage in a drunken revel.

fancifully varied in color, decoration, etc.

incapable of being evaded; inescapable.

of or relating to Easter or to Passover.

a diacritic (ˇ) placed over a letter in some languages, as Czech and Lithuanian, and in some systems of phonetic transcription, especially to indicate that a sound is palatalized.

a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.

to throw (a person or thing) out of a window.

a dense growth of shrubs or small trees.

prepared with mixed vegetables, as with water chestnuts, mushrooms, and bean sprouts.

having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive.

having the ability to shape diverse elements or concepts into a unified whole.

a misapplied or inappropriate name or designation.

the series of small, jerky movements of the eyes when changing focus from one point to another.

good-humored ridicule; banter.

the north.

tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.

a full day's travel across a desert without a stop for taking on water.

a cordial flavored with rose petals, cloves, cinnamon, or the like, popular in southern Europe.

any complex instrument or mechanism for a particular purpose.

somewhat reddish; tinged with red; rufous.

the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.

having or exhibiting a variety of colors.

a Japanese poem consisting of 31 syllables in 5 lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the others.

rich in verdure; freshly green; verdant.

well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate.

an Etruscan black ceramic ware, often ornamented with incised geometrical patterns or figures carved in relief.

an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.

abstract or metaphysical.

a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.

a dish of rice and black beans baked with various kinds of meat and sausage.

a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes groundwater underneath.

an act or instance of fighting a shadow or an imaginary enemy.

a feat requiring unusual strength, skill, or ingenuity.

the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.

to ascertain the number of; count.

semiarid country; scrubland.

consisting of or abounding in woods or trees; wooded; woody.

a person who loves or collects books, especially as examples of fine or unusual printing, binding, or the like.