| cocoon |
a covering made by young insects and some other arthropods to protect themselves while they change from a pupa into an adult. Some spiders make cocoons to hide their eggs. |
| coil |
to wind into circles. |
| direct |
to give instructions that lead or guide. |
| grasp |
to take hold of with a hand or other thing that is capable of holding. |
| jab |
to poke with a pointed object. |
| mature |
fully grown. |
| mount1 |
to climb. |
| nibble |
to eat in small bites. |
| petrify |
to turn into stone. Minerals left behind by water petrify wood by replacing woods cells when they die. |
| pleasure |
a feeling of happiness, delight, or joy. |
| quench |
to satisfy. |
| retrieve |
to bring or get back; recover. |
| secrecy |
the condition of keeping or hiding something from others' knowledge. |
| socket |
an opening into which something fits or is put. |
| steady |
firmly fixed in position; stable. |