a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather

marshy; wet

severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance

modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence

menacing; threatening

one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture

to dry thoroughly; dry up

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

a loud, confused noise, as of many voices

to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like

to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble

miscellaneous pieces of gear and material

a three-dimensional shape having twelve plane faces, in particular a regular solid figure with twelve equal pentagonal faces

yielding or containing gold

young, new, or inexperienced