Alternative form of sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

(idiomatic) A response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference.

A region in Southwest Asia spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris that is the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man.

Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.

(rare outside entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.

(obsolete) A member of a group of subatomic particles having a mass intermediate between electrons and protons. (The most easily detected mesons fit this definition.)

A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.

(transitive, intransitive) To connect together by interlocking, as gears do. / (intransitive, figuratively, by extension) To fit in; to come together harmoniously. / (transitive) To catch in a mesh.

A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding. / (colloquial) A large quantity or number. / (euphemistic) Excrement.

To make soiled by defecating. / To make soiled by ejaculating. / (transitive, often used with "up") To throw into disorder or to ruin. / (intransitive) To interfere.