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.