the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion
(noun) an ultimate end (from Greek)
(noun) unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition; rashness recklessness / (noun) a rash or reckless act
(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine
(noun) a strengthening crossbar, in particular one set above a window or door
(adjective) thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment / (adjective) heavy with smoke or mist / (adjective) deficient in clarity or purity; foul muddy / (adjective) characterized by or producing obscurity (as of mind or emotions)
(adj) serving as a farewell OR (noun) a farewell address
causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep
tributary of the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania
a chameleonlike person who is unusually ubiquitous (from Woody Allen film "Zelig")