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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, often to an exaggerated or unrelieved degree.
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of, relating to, or resembling a goose.
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a single upright rough monolith usually of prehistoric origin.
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of or relating to women who love women.
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to drink alcohol, especially habitually.
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the person in charge of a gaming table, gathering in and paying out money or tokens.
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the interplay or contrast of dissimilar qualities (as of mood or character).
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a military engine formerly used to throw missiles.
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a heavy catapult used in ancient and medieval times.
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a secretly plotted and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government.
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silent, quiet, or speechless.
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a violent, targeted riot or mob attack directed against a specific ethnic, religious, or national minority.
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a projection bearing a tuft of hair on the back of the leg above the hoof of a horse or similar animal.
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a usually cotton or silk ankle-length garment with long sleeves that is common throughout the Middle East.
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a procession, especially a funeral procession.
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a Roman cavalry officer in command of 10 men.
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to boil down; concentrate.
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a percussion instrument used especially by dancers that consists of two small shells of hard wood, ivory, or plastic usually fastened to the thumb and clicked together by the other fingers — usually used in plural.
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to utter or send out with denunciation.
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a long bundle of sticks of wood bound together and used for such purposes as filling ditches and making revetments for riverbanks.