actively poisonous; intensely noxious

having little or no money; penniless; poor

smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness

the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off

(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb

sleepy; drowsy

something small, delicate, and exquisitely wrought

marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable, humiliating

to associate on very friendly terms (usually followed by 'with')

a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion

inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious

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)

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

strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust

of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use

a playful trick or prank; caper