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-the amount by which the contnets fall short of filling a container, as a cask or bottle.
-the quantity of wine, liquor, or the like remaining in a container that has lost part of its contents by evaporation, leakage, or use |
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-former, erstwhile
-at one time |
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-pertaining to the transformation of something common, usually of little value, into a substance of great worth.
-methods for transmuting baser metals into gold. |
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| to make holy; sanctify; consecrate |
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-to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like
-to perplex; mystify |
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| to infuse life into; enliven |
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-well-being, prosperity, or happiness
-a raised mark on the surface of the body produced by a blow
-(obsolete) the state or body politic |
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| a confection believed to contain an antidote to every poison |
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-Serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
-Encouraging a person to learn, discover, understand, or solve problems on his or her own, as by experimenting, evaluating possible answers or solutions, or by trial and error.
-Of, pertaining to, or based on experimentation, evaluation, or trial-and-error methods.
-Denoting a rule of thumb for solving a problem without the exhaustive application of an algorithm |
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| Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor |
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-A source of great and sudden wealth or luck.
-A rich mass of ore, as found in mining. |
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-A mixture of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge.
-A dish of many ingredients.
-A medley or potpourri, as of musical or literary selections; miscellany. |
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-Extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
-Trivial. |
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