a loud, confused noise, as of many voices

friendly; agreeable

causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful

to join closely and intimately

to act in a blustering, domineering way; be a bully

having little or no meaning; making little or no sense

of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it

to associate on very friendly terms (usually followed by 'with')

to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents

refuse given to hogs; swill

well-deserved; fitting; adequate

exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant

(of a word) containing many syllables

choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity

to communicate; impart; make known

obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained