(n.) the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism

(n.) a skillful computer programmer, sometimes using computers to gain unauthorized access to data

(n.) pellets of frozen rain

(n.) a northern marine food fish that is the largest of the flatfishes

(v.) to experience a seemingly real perception of something not actually present, typically as a result of mental disorder or drug use

(n.) a square of material, typically intended for wiping one's nose

(v.) to gather a crop when it ripens

(n.) an animal that feeds on plants

(n.) something traditional that is passed down from preceding generations

(n.) a person living in solitude, or one seeking to do so, especially as a religious discipline

(n.) a magic spell or curse

(v.) to pass the winter season in an inactive state, as many animals do

(n.) a system in which people or things are ranked one above another, based on their importance

(n.) a main road, especially one connecting major towns or cities

(v.) to create difficulties for someone or something, resulting in delay or obstruction

(n.) a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles

(n.) a person who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or money

(n.) a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done

(n.) an assignment given to a student to be completed outside the regular class period

(n.) a children's game in which players take turns moving on one leg into and over squares marked on the ground, to retrieve a marker inside one of these squares

(n.) the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet

(n.) an institution providing medical and surgical treatment, and nursing care, for sick and injured people

(adj.) feeling the need for food

(n.) a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean

(v.) to cause a person to lose their power of voluntary action and become highly responsive to suggestion and direction