| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |