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- clamor
- loud and persistent outcry from many people
- retort
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- scree
- a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
- stoke
- stir up or tend
- seething
- in constant agitation
- ziggurat
- a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
- libation
- the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony
- wisecrack
- witty remark, make a comment, usually ironic
- puny
- (used especially of persons) of inferior size
- tarp
- waterproofed canvas, canvas cover
- shimmer
- a weak and tremulous light
- caravan
- a camper equipped with living quarters
- sycamore
- thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground
- muzzle brake
- A device attached to the muzzle of a weapon that utilizes escaping gas to reduce recoil.
- caprice
- a sudden desire, A whim.
- winch
- lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds, pull or lift up with or as if with a winch
- flail
- give a thrashing to
- pitiful
- inspiring mixed contempt and pity
- unruffled
- free from disturbance
- embalm
- preserve a dead body
- fecal
- foul with waste matter
- penitentiary
- a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes, used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers [from Latin paenitentia, penitence, from paenitēns, penitent. See penitent.]
- wad
- (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
- caldera
- a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression
- hieroglyphic
- a writing system using picture symbols
- turret
- a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
- cradle
- hold or place in or as if in a ~
- gravel
- rock fragments and pebbles, be a mystery or bewildering to
- mote
- (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything, small speck
- sedan
- a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
- manacle
- shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist
- carotid
- of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck
- pharaoh
- the title of the ancient Egyptian kings
- bandanna
- large and brightly colored handkerchief
- talus
- the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
- sooty
- of the blackest black
- pantheon
- (antiquity) a temple to all the gods
- hindquarter
- the back half of a side of meat; The posterior portion of a side of beef, lamb, veal, or mutton, including a hind leg and one or two ribs.
- mottled
- having spots or patches of color, marked with spots of different color
- propitiate
- make peace with
- effigy
- a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
- sling
- bandage to support an injured forearm, hurl as if with a sling
- masonry
- the craft of a mason, structure built of stone or brick by a mason
- definitive
- supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
- matrilineal
- based on or tracing descent through the female line
- incessant
- occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted, uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- bolt
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party), run away
- laminate
- a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers, split (wood) into thin sheets
- averted
- turn away or aside
- flap
- any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge
- impermanent
- existing or enduring for a limited time only
- etch
- To cut into the surface of.
- unequaled
- radically distinctive and without equal
- portico
- a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area [Italian, from Latin porticus, from porta, gate.]
- reptilian
- any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including to rtoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms [from neuter of Latin rēptilis, creeping, from rēptus, past participle of rēpere, to creep.]
- lumber
- move heavily or clumsily
- alluvial
- pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
- pneumatic
- of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas)
- haul
- draw slowly or heavily
- manumit
- free from slavery or servitude, To set free from bondage. [from Latin manūmittere : manū, ablative of manus, hand + mittere, to send from.]
- squeal
- a high-pitched howl
- observe
- show respect towards
- subcutaneous
- relating to or located below the epidermis, Pertaining to below the skin, as a subcutaneous
- dribble
- # To flow or fall in drops or an unsteady stream; trickle; # To let saliva drip from the mouth; drool.
- sedentary
- used of persons or actions, Involving or requiring much sitting.
- revolver
- a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
- subjugation
- the act of conquering, forced submission to control by others
- hereafter
- the time yet to come, life after death, following this in time or order or place
- mesmerizing
- attracting and holding interest as if by a spell
- jerk
- a sudden abrupt pull
- phantasmagorical
- characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions, a shifting series of phantasms
- knack
- a special way of doing something, ability todo something easily
- sty
- a pen for swine
- plow
- a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
- rudder
- (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel
- spool
- wind onto a spool or a reel
- barque
- a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
- idolatry
- the worship of idols
- fellahin
- peasant farmers; poorest Egyptians [Arabic fallāḥ, from falaḥa, to cultivate, till.]
- denomination
- identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others, a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money
- cantilever
- projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only, construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed, project as a cantilever
- hurl
- a violent throw
- superlative
- an exaggerated expression (usually of praise)
- caw
- the sound made by corvine birds, utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens
- squirm
- To twist about in a wriggling, snakelike motion; writhe.; To feel or exhibit signs of humiliation or embarrassment.
- carom
- a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other; A collision followed by a rebound.
- gurgle
- the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck
- penchant
- a strong liking
- drum magazine
- A cylindrical container for feeding cartridges into the firing chamber of a submachine gun or light machine gun.
- furgle
- slang for fornication, slang for sex
- stillbirth
- a natural loss of the products of conception, a dead fetus expelled from the body after the 20th week
- priesthood
- the body of ordained religious practitioners
- scoot
- run or move very quickly or hastily