BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined.

An accident is an inevitable occurrence due to the actions of immutable natural laws.

MISDEMEANOR, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society.

PRESENTABLE, adj. Hideously appareled after the manner of the time and place.

Kindness n: A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction.

TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect ("Glossina morsitans") whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American novelist ("Mendax interminabilis").

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.