comparative degree of old: older, greater than another in age or seniority.

past participle of draw; to sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.

to form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.

To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.

A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue

To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.

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 photograph; a picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

a metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.

simple past tense and past participle of skim; to pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.

at or nearest to the top; uppermost; being the very highest.

past participle of rise; to move upwards.

One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.