a person employed to guard something

"A policeman stood sentinel at the entrance"

the occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way

the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible in restricted light against a brighter background

an office or post with no work but high pay

(of bodies) to move easily and quickly across a surface while twisting or curving

"She watched the snake slither away"

enjoying or affording warm secure shelter or cover opportunity for ease and contentment

a temporary stay at a place

"His sojourn in Italy"

a pole that is attached at an angle to a boat's mast and holds the highest point of a sail

an attractively tall, graceful, and dignified woman

to sit or stand with one leg on either side of something

"She straddled the horse and rode off into the sunset"

the action or state of strangling or being strangled

"Death due to strangulation"

affected by an unpleasant feeling

to ask for something in a humble way

a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system

the ability to say or do the right thing without making anyone unhappy or angry

the place where animal skins are tanned and made into leather

the weight of a vehicle or container when empty

a person who does not drink alcohol

a person who never drinks alcoho

a violent, overbearing, turbulent, brawling, quarrelsome woman