My Favorite Words

bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels

a truncated cone or pyramid

beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae

a garment tied about the waist and worn to protect clothing

someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

a hard blow with a flat object

the slipping or falling out of place of an organ

planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock

involving active participation

any member of the mint family of plants

full of energetic and noisy activity

brought to completion

the body of evidence that constitute the offence

a kind of fluent easy superficiality

a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas

not worth using

lacking brilliance or vitality

large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes

glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together

of or relating to or giving birth

force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)

heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam

accompanied by bloodshed

an impudent or insolent rejoinder

(of soil) soft and watery

a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through

an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position

the physical condition of being stretched or strained

any of various devices for taking hold of objects

timid by nature or revealing timidity

a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic

strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise

a singer

an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America

appear suddenly or unexpectedly

a severe recurring vascular headache

(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation

cause to come out in a squirt

a member of a religious order living in common

foul with waste matter

a rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened

utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

excellent or splendid

very good

commence officially

turn in a twisting or spinning motion

the rind of a fruit or vegetable

ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy

showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness

a conductor diverting a fraction of current from a device

contemporaries of the same status

explore, often with a goal of finding something or somebody

exploring in order to gain information

grow feathers

formulate in a particular style or language

the distinctive form in which a thing is made

an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return

with regard to taxonomy

Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits

earthy and sexually explicit

fossil fuel rich in tarry hydrocarbons

formerly a high judicial officer

in a hoarse or husky voice

a small tasty bit of food

do what someone else is doing

inactive but capable of becoming active

feelings of great warmth and intensity

a small irregular movement

a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants

a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

unproductive of success

either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings

not in agreement

the taste experience when a savory condiment is taken into the mouth

pleasing to the sense of taste

biting or given to biting

a communication that belittles somebody or something

thrown together in a disorderly fashion

a hymn derived from the Bible

to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops

causing irritation or annoyance

having an oblique direction

make a sound like frying fat

someone who eats food rapidly and greedily

a sloping edge where two surfaces meet at a non-right angle

a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

the quality of rotting and becoming putrid

an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye

a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

deprive of virginity

react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way

hunting and killing other animals for food

a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression

characterized by great caution and wariness

a sharp sound made by small birds or insects

in a lewd and obscene manner