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

of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious

to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely

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

the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent; often used for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect

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

a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior

a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula

an instrument used for measuring the angle or elevation of slopes

arrogantly superior and disdainful

marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable, humiliating

outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended

necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility

a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism

beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance; showing or indicating woe

satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune