the responsible overseeing and protection of something considered worth caring for and preserving.

a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category.

a hooded pullover jacket originally made of fur and worn in the Arctic, now made of any weather-resistant fabric.

a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.

a tau (T-shaped) cross with a loop at the top, used as a symbol of generation or enduring life.

any member of the family Hominidae, consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes, and all their immediate ancestors.

a group of stars.

overparticular; fussy.

a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.

a soup or sauce made with beaten eggs, lemon juice, and usually chicken broth.

to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.

a cold and dry southwesterly wind that sweeps down over the pampas of Argentina from the Andes.

somewhat salty or briny, as the water in an estuary or salt marsh.

a school or practice hall where karate, judo, or other martial arts are taught.

given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating.

fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.

a shaman in Inuit society.

to entertain by dancing, singing, reciting, juggling, etc., on the street or in a public place.

a sepulchral vault or other structure with recesses in the walls to receive the ashes of the dead.

proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.

an irrational or disproportionate fear of night or nighttime darkness.

feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.

a person who returns as a spirit after death; ghost.

sacrificing spiritual values for power, knowledge, or material gain.

the part of the earth’s surface where, at temperatures below 32°F (0°C), the water is frozen solid.

a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.

to grow or develop quickly; flourish.

a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.

exceptional ability, good luck, success.

relating to or being a shadowy, indefinite, or marginal area.

a South Korean conglomerate, usually owned by a single family, based on authoritarian management and centralized decision-making.

the highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to contain the pure element of fire.

to bewitch; practice witchcraft on.

a training technique, used especially among runners, consisting of bursts of intense effort loosely alternating with less strenuous activity.

the armhole opening in a garment through which the hand, and then the arm, passes, and to which a sleeve may be attached.

occult learning; magic.

to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly.

a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.

to be sparing or frugal; economize.

golden or gilded.

courteous and gracious.

a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder.

a soil common in cool or temperate semiarid climates, very black and rich in humus and carbonates.

any supplement; appendix.

an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly above the surrounding land.

a three-pronged instrument or weapon.

womanly nature or qualities.

pertaining to or occurring in late summer.

displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.