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

an airship

not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable

to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like

to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.

strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust

physical beauty; comeliness

heart-shaped

to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night and by lamplight

abrupt in manner; blunt; rough

sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to)

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

a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism

a lover of words