Lizard-like amphibian with an elongated body and tail and short limbs, once thought able to endure fire

Calm, dependable and showing little emotion or animation

Past tense of stride; to walk with long steps

Slightly burned; scorched

A medieval singer or musician, especially one who sang or recited lyric or heroic poetry to a musical accompaniment for the nobility

A duct for smoke and waste gases produced by a fire, a gas heater, a power station, or other fuel-burning installation

A pass or cause to pass easily or gently through or as if through the air

Lighting or light

An appliance for ventilating a room or other space

Call upon (a spirit or ghost) to appear, by means of a magic ritual

to alter or restore a ray of light when it enters at an angle

A puppet worked from above by strings attached to its limbs

In a way that is so slight, gradual, or subtle as not to be perceived

A building, especially a large and stately one, housing a tomb or tombs

A hard fatty substance made from rendered animal fat, used in making candles and soap

Reduce to fine particles

A layer or a series of layers of rock in the ground

A small venomous Eurasian snake that has a dark zigzag pattern on its back and bears live young

a medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision