n. state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one (*) facade (*) bereavement (*) pediatrician (*) wisecrack

n. traditional customs of a community (*) retort (*) heyday (*) mores (*) refectory

n. a feathered plume on a helmet (*) panache (*) vixen (*) litoral (*) atrophy

n. pang of the conscience; regret; sorrow (*) qualms (*) malapropism (*) howling (*) wisecrack

n. a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business (*) compunction (*) quorum (*) homily (*) huffing

adj. not extreme (*) bantering (*) despoiled (*) carping (*) temperate

n. either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator (*) stealth (*) anthropologist (*) badinage (*) solstice

n. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people; behavior; behaviour; conduct; deportment (*) ford (*) egression (*) tidings (*) demeanor

n. a current state of general acceptance and use (*) incubus (*) haughtiness (*) slur (*) vogue

n. a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers); fascicle (*) miasma (*) acumen (*) howling (*) fasciculus