of or relating to a biological virus; or spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest.

a small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.

Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc.

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

Wearing a robe; a long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.

A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner.

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.

covered or abounding with scales.

simple past tense and past participle of shine

Funny, whimsically amusing; laughable; ridiculous.

pertaining to marriage.

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.

An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.