to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.

each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, especially by degrading or frustrating means

having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork

in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter

a hand in which no card is higher than a nine

an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.

a person whose hobby is using a metal detector

extremely small; an indefinitely small quantity

a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief

personification, as of inanimate things

to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with)

acting like an uncle, as in being kind, patient, generous, etc., especially to younger people

calm; peaceful; tranquil

a person living in seclusion

an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock