(psychology) An emotional period of doubt and anxiety sometimes experienced by people who realize that their life is already half over.

A surname from the Romance languages.

A stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair. / A stiff petticoat made from this fabric. / A skirt stiffened with hoops.

(now chiefly law) A very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity.

A snack made by putting cheese on a tortilla and baking.

simple past tense and past participle of burn to a crisp

The state of being crispy

(Britain, historical) A person who is employed by a town council to make public announcements in the streets / (by extension) A gossip

(chiefly Britain) A thin slice of potato that has been fried, typically packaged and sold as a snack.

present participle of cripple