(noun) a tall slender dog noted for swiftness and keen sight, used as a racing dog

(noun) arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail

(noun) backache affecting the lower back

(noun) an open-faced pastry topped with olives, onions, and anchovies

(adjective) kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of

(noun) Italian ham cured by drying and typically served in very thin slices

(noun) full-length trousers, worn for horseback riding, that are close-fitting below the knee

(noun) Christian fellowship or communion, especially among fellow Christians

(noun) a musical percussion instrument with tuned metal pieces struck with small hammers

(adjective) pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress

(noun) a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions

(adjective) derived or acquired from something extrinsic

(verb) stay in a temporary camp without cover

(verb) dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of; call into question

(noun) an artist who specializes in chiaroscuro

(noun) the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class

(noun) the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes

(verb) to avoid habitually, especially on moral or practical grounds

(noun) skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks

(verb) to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way

(noun) disuse from use or exercise

(noun) a grace note performed before a note of the melody and falling on the beat

(adjective) of, relating to, or being the earliest epoch of the Tertiary or the corresponding series of rocks

(verb) an equivalent power or force acting in opposition

(adjective) cast down in spirit; depressed

(adjective) marked by an offensively ingratiating manner or quality

(noun) weight; heaviness

(noun) a permanent executive committee selected especially in Communist countries to act for a larger body

(noun) the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work

(noun) a silly, flighty person

(noun) a progressively wasting or consumptive condition, especially pulmonary tuberculosis

(noun) a petty officer on a merchant ship having charge of maintenance and related work

(noun) a place appointed for assembling or meeting

(noun) a confusing or colorful, often gaudy action or display

(verb) to laugh loudly or immoderately

(verb) to leave somewhere abruptly

(adjective) resembling an eel

(noun) a deep and often broad crevasse on a mountain glacier

(noun) a person who talks at great length without making much sense

(noun) a wandering beggar

(noun) a credulous person; one who believes everything he or she hears

(noun) a neurological condition characterized by the inability to recognize the faces of familiar people

(adjective) given to or characterized by the use of long words

(noun) a kind of witch in eastern Caribbean folklore believed to suck the blood of her victims

(adjective) consisting of or resembling dung or feces