to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition

an airship or hot-air balloon, especially one that is tethered

a rascal; rogue; scamp

impressively or overwhelmingly large, luxurious, etc.

to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master

distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar

a collection of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality: one twentieth of a ream

to blow or breathe (something) in

having little or no meaning; making little or no sense

the act or an instance of making something obscure, dark, or difficult to understand

to make valid; substantiate; confirm

razzle-dazzle, or showiness, brilliance, or virtuosity in technique or effect

gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

affording remuneration; profitable

a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation