(n.) the largest tarsal bone in the human foot that forms part of the heel

(n.) an instrument with two hinged legs used to measure thicknesses and distances

(n.) a powdery metallic residue left after a mineral or metal has been roasted or burned

(n.) a lightweight, closely woven white linen or cotton fabric. named after a city in northern France

(adj.) resonant or richly melodious

(v.) to surrender to an opponent or unfriendly demand

(n.) a method of divination performed by looking at the movements and shapes made by smoke after a fire has been made

(n.) a hard, bony or chitinous shell covering the back of a turtle of crustacean

(n.) a helmet, or helmetlike structure, such as that on the bill of a hornbill or cassowary

(n.) a method of divination performed by letting down a mirror into water for a sick person to look at his face in

(n.) a method of divination performed by observing how well objects burn in a fire

(n.) a transparent sheet on which a character or scene is drawn or painted, constituting one frame in the filming of an animated cartoon

(n.) a collective word used to refer to a number of badgers together

(n.) a loaf of white leavened bread, typically braided, traditionally baked to celebrate the Jewish sabbath

(n.) a knight

(n.) a pincerlike claw of a crustacean or arachnid, such as a lobster, crab, or scorpion

(n.) water present in the soil and available for plant absorption

(v.) to drink down in one swallow

(n.) a small, rectangular keyboard instrument similar to a piano, but producing softer, more delicate sounds

(n.) the scientific name for the 'collarbone' in humans that extends from the sternum to the arm joint

(n.) a cavity at the end of the digestive tract for the release of excretory and genital products in birds, reptiles, amphibians and most fish, but not in most mammals

(n.) a native of East London

(n.) the small, triangular bone at the base of the spinal column in humans and tailless apes, formed by the fusion of vestigial vertebral bones

(adj.) belonging to, resembling, or characteristic of crows, especially in color

(n.) a young swan