of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it

settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like

modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence

a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side)

the Dutch practice of jogging or walking into the wind, especially in the winter, for the purpose of feeling invigorated while relieving stress and boosting one’s general health

to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal

in a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; counterclockwise

a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck

to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does

(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb

a bell tower, especially one freestanding from the body of a church

gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted

knitting; to knit with a reverse stitch

having a pleasant odor; fragrant

high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious

beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage