Words

a long, continuous watch

working steadily and hard

a speech given as instruction on religious subject matter or morality by a clergyman during a religious service

any speech on behavior, especially a long-winded, boring one

a navigational instrument used at sea to find the position of a ship by sighting the horizon and a known star

a broken fragment of pottery or glass

(zoology) a hard covering such as a shell, plate, or scale

one who signed an agreement, treaty, contract, and so on

to heat or fuse ore

to separate impurities from metal by heating it

small silver-colored food fish found in northern lakes and seas

the state of being temperate and not overindulging, especially in alcoholic drinks

any one of a class of cold-blooded vertebrates without scales (including frogs, newts, salamanders, and toads) that starts life with gills, living in the water, and later develops lungs

destruction of property (usually carried out secretly)

to join pieces together by weaving or intertwining (as with ropes, wires, and so on)

acting spontaneously

doing things on the spur of the moment without external incitement

acting with self-motivation

spend or use wastefully

the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events

speaking abusively to or about

fill thoroughly

to be more successful than the competition

to start something over again because a previous attempt failed

enthusiastic follower

a very inexact estimate

change in direction

everything that is involved with a particular situation

to do things exactly according to the rules or the law

resounding(sounding loudly)

to dominate a particular market

support militantly

very intense, aggressive, and merciless competition

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