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| a mythical animal, like a horse, with one horn in the middle of its forehead |
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| the only ruler of a nation or state |
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| the state of being double |
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| a combination of two letters representing one sound (i.e. "ph" in phone) |
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| a plane figure with three angles |
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| an athletic contest that includes swimming, bicycling, and running |
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| a series of three related works |
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| using four channels for sound reproduction (four different types of speakers) |
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| any creature with four feet |
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| a closed plane figure with five angles and five sides |
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| a line of verse with five metrical feet |
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| an athletic contest that includes five events |
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| a person between 60 and 69 years of age |
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| an arthropod (jointed feet) with three pairs of legs (i.e insect) |
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| the 7th month of the Roman calendar, which began with March |
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| a group or series of seven |
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| a space of eight degrees (notes) between musical tones |
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| a musical composition having eight voices or instruments |
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| a marine animal with eight arms |
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| a line of verse with nine syllables |
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| a group or series of nine |
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| a group or series of nine |
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| a number expressed as 1 followed by 30 zeroes, which is 9 groups of three zeroes after 1,000 |
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| pertaining to a number system of base ten (tenths) |
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| one who is 100 years old or older |
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| a period of one hundred years |
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| a period of one thousand years |
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| A number expressed as 1 followed by 6 zeroes, which is 1 group of three zeroes after 1,000. |
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| A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters. |
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| A unit of storage containing 1,048,576 bytes. |
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| A region consistiong of one or more large cities. |
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| Enlargement of the heart. |
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| One billion units of electricity. |
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| To speak of or treat with contemptious mirth. |
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| Words or actions used to make fun of. |
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| Deserving or inspiring ridicula; silly. |
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| The loss of the ability to write. |
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A little known item of biography or history.
A short narrative of an interesting incident or event. |
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| Lacking direction; unwise. |
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| Not able to be called back. |
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| To cause to be doubted or distrusted. |
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| Widespread damage, so named from the belief that these events are caused by unfavorable aspect of the stars. |
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| To give an oral or written account. |
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| A pragraph or message added below the signature as an afterthought; abbreviated P.S. |
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| Impairment of the ability to write. |
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| Dealing with the vocabulary of language. |
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| The person who writes a dictionary. |
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| Not able to read or write. |
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| Taking words in their exact meaning. |
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| All of the writings of a specific period or country. |
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| A unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter. |
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| A straight line that measures the distance through the center of a circle. |
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| A device for measuring distance traveled in a vehicle. |
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| The act or process by which knowledge is aquired. |
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| To know from past experience. |
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| A V-shaped cut used for keeping a record. |
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| Impairment of the ability to read and understand words. |
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| A general feeling of ill-being. |
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| An imaginary, dreadful place of toatl misery. |
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| Showing a couraous spirit, esp. in forgiving. |
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| Beautiful in a magestic way. |
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| The quality of being brief in duration. |
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| A symbol placed over a vowel to show that it has a short sound. |
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| Having physical energy and power; the ability to change and progress. |
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| An energetic and forceful person. |
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| To twist or bend severely out of shape. |
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| Causing severe physical or mental pain. |
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| A rotating column of air usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud. |
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| Bringing about or supporting a political or social change. |
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| One that rolls as part of a mechanism. |
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| A turn or twist about a center; a spiral. |
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| a leader who obtains powere by appealing to prejudices and emotions |
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| a schoolteacher who teaches in a pedantic manner |
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| a Jewish house of worship |
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| learning the nature of a disease by examining the symptoms |
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| Judging someone's character from his or her facial features |
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| systematic arrangement of words |
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| art of mounting the skins of animals |
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| science of classification of organisms based on common factors |
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| a drug that relieves pain |
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| homesickness; a painful longing for the past |
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| a statement expressing regret or asking forgiveness for an error |
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| a mark used to show the omission of letters |
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| to draw together by appealing to emotions |
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| a systematic list of items |
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| the church that contains the bishop's official throne |
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| view of a wide area to appear as a continuous scene |
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| wild uproar and confusion; home of all demons |
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| a creature that eats both meat and plants |
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