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A device dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water to prevent or restrict the motion of a vessel or other floating object. Typically, anchors have broad, hook-like arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.

Supporting or supplementary; playing a secondary or subordinate role.

The activity or skill of fishing using a hook and line, typically connected to a rod.

Without any water, especially the water that is part of a crystal structure.

To stimulate or intensify the instinctual and primitive aspects of behavior, often resulting in a loss of civility or refinement; to debase or brutalize by arousing animalistic passions.

Full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous.

Liveliness or spirited quality; the state of being animated or having vivacity.

The annual recurrence of the date of a past event, such as a special occasion or milestone, like the yearly celebration of a marriage or other significant happening.

A critical or explanatory note or body of notes added to a text.

To disturb or bother a person in a way that displeases, troubles, or slightly irritates.

Feeling irritated, disturbed, or bothered.

To cause hostility or unfriendliness; to make someone an enemy or opponent.

In poker, an established and uniform amount of money that each player contributes to the pot before the cards are dealt.

Relating to or belonging to the time before the Flood, as described in Genesis 7 and 8.

The branch of anthropology that describes the varieties of humankind and their geographical distribution.

The science that studies the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.

Characterized by the act of expecting or looking forward to something.

Opposed, averse, or contrary; displaying antipathy.

Characterized by opposition or contrast; relating to or involving the direct opposite.

A room or a group of related rooms in a building designed for use as a dwelling.

Showing little or no emotion; demonstrating a lack of interest or concern.

In anthropology and zoology, an ape is any member of the superfamily Hominoidea. There are two main branches within this superfamily: the lesser apes, represented by gibbons, and the great apes, which include humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. Ape classification is associated with catarrhines in taxonomy.

Capable of arousing or increasing sexual desire.

Expressing regret or acknowledging fault, an apologetic statement offers an apology or excuse for a mistake, failure, insult, injury, etc.

A story or fable that aims to teach a moral lesson; a didactic narrative.

A supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith.

Appealing to or stimulating the appetite; savory.

A tool, machine, or device designed for a specific purpose or use.

A person who has been officially chosen or assigned to a particular position or task through appointment.

The act of dividing or distributing something proportionally.