occurring occasionally or at regular or irregular intervals; periodic | | |
the outer covering of a fruit or seed; the frame or body of a ship or boat exclusive of masts, yards, sails, and rigging; the main body of a usually large or heavy craft or vehicle (as an airship or tank | | |
feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression | | |
lift, raise; especially: to raise into position by or as if by means of tackle; drink | | |
(n)something (as a rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so that it can range only within a set radius; the limit of one's strength or resources; (v) to fasten or restrain by | | |
subnormal temperature of the body | | |
an alloy of mercury with another metal that is solid or liquid at room temperature according to the proportion of mercury present and is used especially in making tooth cements; a mixture of different elements | | |
unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true; skeptical; incredible; expressing incredulity | | |
a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius; something resembling a maelstrom in turbulence | | |
(n) a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely; (v) to strike with; to thresh (grain) with | | |