any organic body or cell capable of spontaneous movement and of an existence more or less apart from or independent of the parent organism.

meat cooked over an open fire.

a young swan.

out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.

a restaurant patterned on the cellar of a German town hall, usually located below street level.

to utter a long, wailing cry; howl or screech.

a temple or sacred building, usually a pyramidlike tower and typically having upward-curving roofs over the individual stories.

the act or process of learning during sleep by listening to recordings repeatedly.

having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.

fearless; intrepid; bold.

the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle.

a warm, dry wind descending a mountain, as on the north side of the Alps.

to comment or discourse at great length.

to act in a manner showing excessive deference or eagerness to please.

a kerchief or shawl, generally triangular in shape, worn draped over the shoulders or around the neck with the ends drawn together on the breast.

a bony or chitinous shield, test, or shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of an animal, as of a turtle.

an informal session at which folk singers and instrumentalists perform for their own enjoyment.

a devotee of archery; archer.

producing darkness.

pertaining to or noting a language characterized by combining morphemes (meaningful word elements) without fusion or change.

protection; support.

of or having the nature of a cherub, or an angel represented as a rosy-cheeked child with wings; angelic.

extremely unpleasant or distasteful.

a tip, present, or gratuity.

used as a hunting cry when the chase is at full speed.

an Irish dish made of cabbage, kale, or other greens, and potatoes boiled and mashed together.

yielding or containing gold.

a very hard rock, anciently quarried in Egypt, having a dark, purplish-red groundmass containing small crystals of feldspar.

ragged; unkempt or dilapidated.

a two-step, especially one done to Latin American rhythms.

prosperous, happy, or peaceful.

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.