given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating

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

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 mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula

anything that transforms, purifies, or refines

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

a person who likes cats; cat fancier

(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb

a hand in which no card is higher than a nine

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

(of sound in a movie, television program, etc.) occurring within the context of the story and able to be heard by the characters

to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.

a lover of words

lacking in wholesome vigor; decadent

beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

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