a person who tunes a piano or organ; a device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch.

a musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.

The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, formerly (historical) usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.

any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; also, an arbitrarily chosen object serving as a reminder to check whether one is awake or not, to aid in having lucid dreams.

a child's nurse; a grandmother; a female goat.

comparative form of rare: more rare (very uncommon; scarce)

not known; unidentified; not well known.

superlative form of hot: most hot; relating to heat and conditions which produce it.

a partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.

not heard.

ellipsis of tomato ketchup; a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners.

to survey, look at something in a wide angle.

any salt or ester of nitric acid.