humorous or satirical mimicry

a collection of nests that a bird colony, such as rooks build for breeding

money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

the condition or state of dying without a valid will, leaving the distribution of one's estate to be determined by the laws of intestate succession rather than specific instructions in a will

the act of stealing something from someone, especially without breaking into a building

a political system governed by a single individual

the lack of interest, concern, emotions for things

a strange attitude or habit

a political system in which a small group of high-powered people control a country or organization

one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another

a worker who holds or is invested with an office

the government of the Roman Catholic Church

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

the people that a person is descended from

the number of times an event recurs in a unit of time

(phonetics) a subdivision of phonetics dealing with stress and intonation

a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold

a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed

the state of being total and complete