A state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas. / A city, the county seat of Story County, Iowa, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains.

guided by practical experience and observation rather than by theory / (idiomatic) hardheaded, stubborn / (of a person) tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.

A lively Brazilian dance that is similar to the samba. / The music of that dance.

(informal) An instant; an extremely short time.

(US) An inexpensive, easily obtained handgun. / (business) An unexpected takeover bid that gives its opponents little time to respond.

A short poem or song for children, mostly anonymous or handed down by folklore

A fictitious name used by an author in place of their actual name; a writer's pseudonym.

(taxonomy) A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.

The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and is therefore obscured. / The moon when it is in conjunction with the sun. / The phase of the moon when it is waxing.

(of communication) In a form other than written or spoken words, such as gestures, facial expressions or body language.