Stickeen

an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC)

perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng

large genus of brambles bearing berries

a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906

English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599)

a suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts

the largest national park of the United States

a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year

side by side

make numb or insensitive

possessing or existing in bodily form

the main stem of a tree

a thorny stem or twig

a grouping of a number of similar things

occurring close together in bunches or clusters

make soiled, filthy, or dirty

in a relative manner; by comparison to something else

a narrow opening

in a diagonal manner

having a debilitating effect

abundantly covered or supplied with

aimless wandering from place to place

flowing in drops

hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

of a very dark black

usually good-naturedly mischievous

live in or as if in a tent

twisted together in a tangled mass

organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals

a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs

in a glaring manner

the activity of flying a glider

relating to or suitable for growth

a natural elevation

the act of lifting something with great effort

without care or concern

a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

an arm off of a larger body of water

directed or moving inward or toward a center

an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog

a person who is markedly small

accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier

the next day

a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot

an implement used to propel or steer a boat

a forceful forward rush or flow

covered with water

located or originating from above

tire excessively

be obliged to pay or repay

any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth

any soft or soggy mass

young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

(of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back

any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)

the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object

a long thin implement made of metal or wood

an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line

having decorative ruffles or frills

a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

toward one side

covered with bright patches (often used in combination)

elastic; rebounds readily

made steady or constant

fill by packing tightly

from that place or from there

from that time on

not clear and resonant

vibrating slightly and irregularly

marked by skill in deception

ride at a gait faster than a walk

toward the source or against the current

having passed out of existence

walking with your feet in shallow water

someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

a short time

the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth

move along very quickly

any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)