Each of the upper and lower bony structures in vertebrates forming the framework of the mouth and containing the teeth. (pl)
The action of being rescued or set free.
A thick oily substance, especially as used as a lubricant.
Extensive tracts of heavily eroded, uncultivable land with little vegetation.
Difficult and full of obstacles or problems.
Reduce (a food or other substance) to a uniform mass by crushing it.
An object made to resemble a human figure, set up to scare birds away from a field where crops are growing.
A figment of the imagination; an illusion or apparition.
An arrangement of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines.
A detective.
A complex of runways and buildings for the takeoff, landing, and maintenance of civil aircraft, with facilities for passengers.
A liquid preparation for washing the hair.
A group of ships or vehicles travelling together, typically for protection.
Entertainment held in a nightclub or restaurant while the audience eat or drink at tables.
A sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction.
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