an airship or hot-air balloon, especially one that is tethered

razzle-dazzle, or showiness, brilliance, or virtuosity in technique or effect

an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound

obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained

a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain

physical beauty; comeliness

a hand in which no card is higher than a nine

a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows

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

a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt

an instrument used for measuring the angle or elevation of slopes

to understand thoroughly and intuitively

eluding or failing to allow for or accommodate a clear perception or complete mental grasp; hard to express or define

the act of making a negative situation feel worse than it is

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

a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation