Definitions

onager

• large specialized bit used in the final stages of well-drilling

• in cultural anthropology, an adolescent approaching puberty

• an Asian wild ass with a broad dorsal stripe

• a phrase or word that quantifies a noun

shroff

• (Yiddish) a prayer shawl worn by Hassidic Jews

• a fragment of an ancient manuscript

• (Archaic) pa.st tense form of the verb to shrive

• a banker or money changer who evaluates coin

hadal

• relating to title deepest parts of the ocean below 20,000 feet

• one of seven stations in the Islamic hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca

• a traditional Romanian folk dance performed at Spring festivals

• pertaining to Hades

chary

• discreetly cautious and vigilant about dangers and risks

• pertaining to damp, humid weather before a rainstorm

• optimistic, positive, looking on the bright side

• expensive beyond one’s means

yabby

• overly talkative, obnoxiously loquacious

• any of various Australian burrowing crayfishes

• a small, two-person horse-drawn carriage used in Victorian England

• in clockwork mechanisms, a small latch for calibrating the correct time