a large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.

In a state of entanglement or conflict (with).

A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.

To growl angrily by gnashing or baring the teeth; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.

To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.

A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.

a mild disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract, and characterised by a rash of pink dots, fever and swollen lymph nodes.

an objective to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.

present participle of unite; to bring together as one.

Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.

a burst, split, or break.

present participle of bury

gerund of loom: the condition of something that looms or towers.

simple past tense and past participle of avenge; to take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

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

a method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces

of or pertaining to idylls; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.

a weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure

A selection, an array.

To leave out or omit (something).