smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness

the state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one's feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship

a person who likes cats; cat fancier

pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual

a person given to voluble, empty talk; nonsense; blather

objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome

(of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting

beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

intestinal cramps or other intestinal disturbances due to anxiety

the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent; often used for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect

combat with the fists

to cut something; to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument

a colorless plum brandy with a bitter almond taste

(of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness

a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages

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