[ is-muhs ]

a connecting, usually narrow, part, organ, or passage, especially when joining structures or cavities larger than itself

[ blath-er-skahyt ]

a person given to voluble, empty talk; nonsense; blather

[ heb-i-tood ]

the state of being dull; lethargy

[ svelt ]

slim; slender in figure or lithe

[ ker-muhj-uhn ]

a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person

[ lahy-sen-shuhs ]

unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral

[ mur ]

an aromatic resinous exudation from certain plants of the genus Myrrhis, especially M. odorata, a small spiny tree: used for incense, perfume, etc.

[ mam-uh-niz-uhm ]

the greedy pursuit of riches

[ ak-ruh-nim ]

a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation; a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately; an initialism