(n) a small house with a single story

(s) used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters"

(s) lacking or showing kindness or compassion or mercy

(s) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

(s) (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war"

(n) movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

(n) any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"

(n) a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"

(n) street names for flunitrazepan

(n) a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"

(n) an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"

(n) ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle"

(n) something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle"

(v) form a circle around; "encircle the errors"

(v) travel around something; "circle the globe"

(v) move in circles

(v) be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"

(a) overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days"

(n) the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions

(n) the way two individuals relate to each other; "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"; "a mysterious alchemy brought them together"

(n) steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"

(v) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"

(v) make steady; "steady yourself"

(v) become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

(v) make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

(s) marked by freedom from agitation or excitement; "the rioters gradually became calm and slowly dispersed"

(a) (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas"

(s) not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"

(s) characterized by absence of emotional agitation; "calm acceptance of the inevitable"; "remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country"

(n) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer"

(n) the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

(n) the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

(n) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"