pellets of ice made of mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes; or (chiefly UK, Ireland, New England) precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.

to be; have existence; have being or reality

a combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.

To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.

present participle of eke; chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.

something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

to mark or fix the limits of.

someone who starts, or who starts something.

to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

superlative form of high: most high

a couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.

present participle of leaf; the usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.

the simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.

a violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

the quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

a tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.

present participle of tease; to separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).

simple past tense and past participle of stash; a collection, sometimes hidden; a reserve.

any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.

a shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers; a reddish plant substance, prepared from the dried leaves of this plant, used for temporary tattoos and hair coloring.