nepenthe
A drug providing relief from emotional pain such as grief or sorrow.
nocturnal
Only coming out or occuring after dark.
skulk
To move in a furtive fashion as if trying to avoid detection or suspicion.
liquidation
Selling off of the parts of a whole either in an attempt to avoid closure or as part of the process of going out of business.
transformer
Appliance which reduces or increases the voltage of alternating current of electricity.
imperious
An attitude of arrogant superiority; haughty and dictatorial.
obstinate
Inflexible and stubbornly unyielding.
maniacal
Acting in way that could be intrepreted as evidence of a serious mental condition, but is probably just a case of overexcitement.
shellacking
An embarrassing and humiliating defeat; getting creamed; taken to the
pang
A sharp, piercing emotional pain stimulated by the longing for someone who doesn't long for you.
mischief
Roguish and slightly puckish misbehavior.
cannonade
A barrage or bombardment of artillery.
deviation
A divergence or aberration from the norm.
pomade
A scented oil applied to hair to keep it slicked back.
apparatus
A machine or part of a machine that fulfills a specific purpose.
robophile
Someone obsessed with or sexually attracted to robots and androids.
proboscidian
Pertaining to the order mammalian order Proboscidea, characterized by the shared anatomical feature of having a trunk.
rubicund
Having a ruddy complexion.
concupiscence
The quality of possessing an unusually strong sexual urge.
cybernetics
The study of automatic control systems and the processes of communication in machines and organic beings.
