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”)

fortification; a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work

performed in a workmanlike, valiant, and useful manner, especially in situations involving a great deal of effort

to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily

to let pass without notice; disregard

lateness; delay

Meteorology—a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon

serving as a protector, guardian, or patron

a knife, especially one used as a weapon.

marshy; wet

with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward

humanity or fellow feeling; kindness

physical beauty; comeliness

an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations

a vicious or depraved person; villain

of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation