an emollient medicine, lotion, salve, etc.

to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by 'of')

a guide who gives information about antiquities and places of interest to sightseers

to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain

to use or address with harsh or abusive language; revile

adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful

to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person

to laugh loudly or immoderately

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

very loud or powerful in sound

a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather

to attribute or ascribe

to think out; devise; invent

a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named

strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust

outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended