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the food and drink that people, animals and plants need to live and stay healthy.

To prevent or hinder the progress of something.

To be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment

To damage the purity or integrity of something; to defile.

To wrap someone, especially a baby, in garments or cloth

To turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course to avoid something in front of you.

To be enough, sufficient, and adequate.

Various items not important enough to be mentioned individually

A broad strip or area of something

A quick swallow of a drink

Walk or behave in a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive way

Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions

Move with a hissing or rushing sound

(of the air or weather) hot and humid

Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible

Bad-tempered and unfriendly

Stylishly luxurious and expensive

Dark-skinned

Uncomfortably hot

Splendid and expensive-looking

(of insects) move in or form a swarm

To give something and be given something else instead

(of a crowd or a natural force) move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward

To hit or attempt to hit something, especially an insect, with a sharp blow from a flat object

Excellent

To not be able to resist and finally to give into pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.

(of authority or an office, or someone holding it) superior to all others

To move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backward and forward or from side to side

Move in a twisting or spiraling pattern

Turn around a point or axis or on a swivel

More than is needed or wanted

Extremely good, enjoyable, or Heavenly

Food that is delicious, soft, and full of natural liquids

A very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive gait or manner

A fraudulent scheme or action

A hissing or rustling sound

An occurrence of fainting

A large or dense group of insects, especially flying ones

An act of exchanging one thing for another

A sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the waves or tide

A quantity of something moving in a swirl

To speak with involuntary disruptions or repetitions of sounds, often at the beginning of words, due to a speech difficulty.

To put or sink completely underwater: To cause something to go below the surface of a liquid.

Willing to obey others unquestioningly; submissive.

To become less intense, violent, or severe; to gradually decrease and go down to a lower level.

Of considerable importance, size, or worth; or strongly built or solid in structure.

Gloomy or depressing in mood or appearance.

The highest attainable level of achievement or success; also the highest point of a hill or mountain.

A person who is extremely talented or admired in a particular field.

Guaranteed to produce a desired result.

The quantity of goods or assets exceeding the demand or requirement.

Extensive or wide-ranging in effect or scope, having a major impact; far-reaching or thorough.

Enlarged beyond normal size, often due to injury, infection, or inflammation.

Quick to act or respond, moving very fast.

A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what might happen.

A person who is easy to fool and cheat.

Charming and confident in manner: Especially in a smooth, polite way.

Clever and indirect in approach or meaning.

A very lovable person, a darling, used as a term of endearment.

Referring to someone or something as being the best, the longest, or the most incredible among others.