The exercise of sovereign power.

In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.

Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.

a large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

Feeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched.

A person trained to provide care for the sick.

a fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.

A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.

a very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

An academic institution, of various regional definitions.

In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.

proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees.

to raise (something) to a higher position.

any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.