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.