adj. a contrived intricate pattern of verbal expression, so called by analogy with a decorative style in which flower, fruit, and sometimes animal outlines appear in elaborate patterns of interlaced lines. That these designs can sometimes suggest fantastic creatures may have given rise to another sense of the term, denoting a tale of wonder or of the supernatural.

v. to provide with a reason for doing something

n. a space with nothing at all in it

n. a piece of land used for burying the dead

v. to introduce material -as a vaccine- into the body especially by injection to protect against or treat a disease

n. a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest

n. an instrument for measuring temperature

v. to give an oral or written account of in some detail

v. to cause a person to give in to pressure

adj. comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.

v. to cause to cease burning

n. materials -as paper and pens and ink- for writing or typing

n. a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders

adj. able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind