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Doubtful or uncertain especially from being obscure of indistinctl; unclear in meaning because of being understandable in more than one way |
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| Existing or present on all sides |
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| Holding opposite feelings and attitudes at the same time toward someone or something; sontinually wavering between opposites of alternate courses of action |
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| An oval or circular building with an open area ringed by rising tiers of seats, used in ancient Rome for contests and spectacles; a large modern theater or stadium |
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| Lasting a day only; lasting a very short time |
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| A plant that obtains its nutrients from the air and the rain and usually grows on another plant for support |
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| An inscription on a grave or tomb in memory of the one buried there |
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| A descriptive word or phrase occurring with or in place of the name of a person or thing; an insulting or demeaning word or phrase |
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| A person usduly concerned with health and often suffering from delusions of physical disease |
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| A pretending to be what one is not or to feel what one does not really feel |
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| Subnormal temperature of the body |
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| Involving an assumption made for the sake of argument or for futher study or investigation; imagined for purposes of example |
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| Of, relating to, or caused by heat; designed to insulate in order to retain body heat |
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| The region in a body of water that divides the warmer, oxygen-rich surface layer from the colder, oxygen-poor deep water |
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| A device for mesuring temperature that makes use of the way different metals respond to heat |
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| Of or relating to the changes in the nucleus of atoms with low atomic weight, such as hydrogen, that require a very high temperature to begin |
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| Showing a variety or a change of colors; multicolored |
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| One who can speak or write several languages; having or using several languages |
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| A chemical compound formed by a reaction in which two or more molecules combine to form longer molecules with repeating structural units |
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| Music consisting of two or more independent but harmonious melodies |
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| original or primitive; first in importance |
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| Bearing a first offspring; having borne only one previous offspring |
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| An exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son of a single set of parents |
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| First created or developed; existing in or from the very beginning |
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| One or two or more words pronounced and/or spelled alike but different in meaning |
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| Of the same or a similar kind; of uniform stucture or compostion throughout |
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| Developing from the same or a similar part of a remote ancestor |
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| One or two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning or derivation or spelling |
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| The bending or spreading of a beam of light especially when it passes through a narrow opening or is reflected from a ruled surface; similar changes in other waves, such as sound waves |
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| To spread widely as if by sowing seeds |
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| To cause to spread out to the point of vanishing; disperse; to spend wastefully or foolishly; squander |
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| Fromed or used for a particular purpose or for immediate needs |
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| Marked by an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the arguments made or the issues raised |
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| A trusted friend or personal representative; the opposite side of a personality |
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| Being such in practice or effect, although not formally recognized; actual |
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| Done, made, or formulated after the fact |
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| A usual way of doing something |
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| A practical compromise or arrangement that is acceptable to all concerned; a way of life |
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| upon, besides, attached to, over, outer, after |
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