a poetic motif emphasizing the transitory nature of youth, life, and beauty, found especially in Medieval Latin poems.

a name derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.

a hot dust-bearing wind of the North African desert.

to reduce to fine particles or powder by rubbing, grinding, bruising, or the like; pulverize.

a small end-blown flute with four finger holes in front and two in the rear.

the study of flags.

to glide toward the earth in an airplane, with no motor power or with the power shut off.

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.