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| an open cart that tilted backward to empty out its load, in particular one used to convey condemned prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution. |
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| a person who sells goods, esp. fruit and vegetables, from a handcart in the street. |
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| strong sexual desire; lust |
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(in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
• any mythical animal with parts taken from various animals. |
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(of iron or steel) given a wavy pattern by hammer-welding and repeated heating and forging.
• (of a metal object) inlaid with gold or silver decoration. |
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| a woman in charge of a large house. |
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| a hard igneous rock containing crystals, usually of feldspar, in a fine-grained, typically reddish groundmass. |
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| of, relating to, or resembling a phallus |
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| denoting or relating to the authority exercised by the senior magistrates in ancient Rome, chiefly the consul and praetor, who were entitled to use the sella curulis (‘curule seat,’ a kind of folding chair). |
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| a sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream |
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| a brilliant red pigment made from mercury sulfide (cinnabar). |
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| the period of life in which a person is old and weak |
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| sharkskin used as a decorative material or, for its natural rough surface of pointed scales, as an abrasive. |
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the women's apartments (harem) in a Muslim palace.
• another term for harem (sense 2). |
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| (of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin wire. |
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| denoting language, esp. burlesque verse, containing words or inflections from one language introduced into the context of another. |
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| having a ready insight into and understanding of things |
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the ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December, which was a period of general merrymaking and was the predecessor of Christmas.
• ( saturnalia) an occasion of wild revelry. |
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| adj. (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy |
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| a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried. |
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