a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side)

a pictorial symbol used in ritualistic magic and supposed to have supernatural power

a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism

a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows

sleepy; drowsy

eerie; weird; spooky

a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation

a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc. of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations

invented or meaningless language; nonsense

causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.

a heterogeneous mixture; jumble

a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.

to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false)

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

lateness; delay

the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off