| aircraft |
any machine that can fly through the air, such as an airplane, helicopter, glider, or balloon. |
| clump |
a group of things close together. |
| critical |
likely to find fault. |
| disability |
something that makes a person unable to do certain things that most people can do. |
| dissect |
to cut open or apart in order to examine. |
| essential |
necessary, needed. |
| journalism |
the work of collecting news and information and giving it out to the public through newspapers, magazines, radio, television, or other media. |
| legal |
of or having to do with law. |
| original |
first; earliest. |
| rigid |
difficult or impossible to bend; stiff. |
| rove |
to wander widely, without a fixed destination; roam. |
| starter |
someone or something that starts. |
| talon |
a claw of a bird or animal. |
| thermometer |
an instrument for measuring temperature. Some thermometers are made of a closed glass tube containing mercury or alcohol that rises or falls as the temperature rises or falls. |
| tidings |
(sometimes used with a singular verb) news or information. |