overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof

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

one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

(in the Roman Catholic Church) officiate as bishop, especially at Mass

natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous

a lover of words

extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible

obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained

marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable, humiliating

establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely

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

keenly distressing to the feelings

glowing or glittering with red or golden light

a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages

a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead

known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric