cylindrical beads made from shells, pierced and strung, used by North American Indians as a medium of exchange, for ornaments, and for ceremonial and sometimes spiritual purposes.

of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky.

deep sorrow, compunction, or contrition for a past sin, wrongdoing, or the like.

a truck, as for military supplies.

a portion of a country geographically separated from the main part by surrounding foreign territory.

ostentatious glitter or sophistication.

of or relating to the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.

to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.

incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.