of or related to an offensive, unpleasant, or disgusting as an odor

to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate

to cut something; to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument

(of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting

to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation

to suppress or omit; ignore or pass over

to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally

of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement

cheerful; merry; blithe; glad

a breach of good manners or etiquette

childishly foolish, immature, or trivial

neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping

to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

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

to scald briefly and then drain, as peaches or almonds to facilitate removal of skins, or as rice or macaroni to separate the grains or strands

erratic and unpredictable in behavior or direction