childishly foolish, immature, or trivial

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

a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things

to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate

an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound

the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist

a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent

overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof

to form small squares or blocks, as floors or pavements; form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic pattern

utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent

gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted

fine arts; a sinuous, spiraling, undulating, or serpentine line or linear motif

a small, dry one-seeded fruit that does not open to release the seed

glowing or glittering with red or golden light

a fear of the number 13

portraying strict and inflexible judgment