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.

gradually increasing in speed.

derived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor.

a song or lamentation for the dead; dirge.

a crescent-shaped sand dune with the convex side in the direction of the wind.

one of two marks « or » used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.

the science of viniculture.

clad in a toga.

an irrigation ditch.

one of a pair of metal stands, usually of iron or brass, for holding logs in a fireplace.

to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness.

being in the shape of a heart; heart-shaped.

said (used with nouns, and with first- and third-person pronouns, and always placed before the subject).

a rooflike shelter of canvas or other material extending over a doorway, from the top of a window, over a deck, etc., in order to provide protection, as from the sun.

anything that puzzles.

a spirit or personified natural power that works mischief, especially to children.

a word or phrase that is a seemingly logical alteration of another word or phrase that sounds similar and has been misheard or misinterpreted.