tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory

incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting

having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork

plentiful; copious; abundant

condescending; haughty

waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects

selecting or choosing from various sources

a mainly insectivorous marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea

a lover of words

either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point

vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous

of the present time; modern

powerful; mighty; potent

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

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

to attribute or ascribe