A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.

A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.

To detoxify, especially from alcohol or recreational drugs.

a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

To go to (a place) for pleasure, on an errand, etc.

Natural latex rubber, especially non-vulcanized rubber, such as is used in making gloves and clothing.

to make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth.

involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.

The act of pressing clothes with an iron.

simple past tense and past participle of emerge; to come into view.

a collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

to make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).

present participle of tilt; to slope or incline (something); to slant.

angered, made furious, made full of rage.