the control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.

a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.

To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

A kitten or young cat.

being or like a nerd; a person who is intellectual but generally introverted.

simple past tense and past participle of scald; to burn with hot liquid.

a dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer.

foremost; first or highest in quality or degree.

to study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.

simple past tense and past participle of scrape; to draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.

a cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.

plural of dormouse; any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.

to deserve.

a single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.

the location of an event that attracts attention.

to cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged; to cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state.

Of or related to itinerant herdsmen, or any habitually wandering person or animal.

To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

a pig (the animal).