a heterogeneous mixture; jumble

very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent

settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like

free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank

the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off

a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something

to scald briefly and then drain, as peaches or almonds to facilitate removal of skins, or as rice or macaroni to separate the grains or strands

a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent