in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter

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

to wipe out; do away with; expunge

requiring painstaking care

a sudden and favorable resolution of events in a story; a happy ending

to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault

a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

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”)

a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings

a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things

of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent

keenly distressing to the feelings

of or related to an offensive, unpleasant, or disgusting as an odor

an airship

speaking or expressed in a concise or terse style; using brevity of speech

menacing; threatening