: a French writer; a founder of the realist school of fiction who portrayed the panorama of French society in a body of works known collectively as La Comedie humaine
2. jaculate /jack-queue-late/
: to throw or hurl (a dart, a javelin, etc)
3. blowhole /blow-hole/
: an air or gas vent, especially one to carry off fumes from a tunnel, or an underground passage, etc
4. Bangkok /bang-cock/
: a seaport in and the capital city of Thailand
5. Uranus /your-anus/
: a distant planet of the solar system, seventh in order from the sun, discovered by William Herschel in 1781
6. crotchety /crotch-a-tee/
: given to odd notions, whims, grouchiness, etc
7. ramrod /ram-rod/
: a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm
8. ballcock /ball-cock/
: a device for regulating the supply of water in a tank, cistern, or the like, consisting essentially a valve connected to a hollow floating ball which by its rise, or fall, shuts, or opens, the valve
9. gesticulate /jest-tee-queue-late/
: to use gesture, especially in an animated or excited manner, with or instead of speech
10. titmouse /tit-mouse/
: a small songbird that searches for insects amongst foliage and branches
