Scripps National Spelling Bee

Any plant of a genus of Asian herbs with large pointed leaves and flowers close to the ground

The highest quality

out of action

Those versed in the study of the shape of the skull for mental abilities

Fever resembling malaria marked by sudden attacks of chills, fever, and sweating that recur

French Protestant in the 16th and 17th centuries

Signal usually sounded by a bugle at sunrise summoning sailors to the day's duties

Slender woody stem of an Asian rattan palm used for walking sticks

Musical composition usually for pipe organs

Small artificial hill or mound (as over a grave)

Familiar

a person who is associated with a particular type of work or who performs a specific duty

European police officer, especially one from France

Relating to any of numerous conditions characterized by inflammation in muscles or joints

The act of performing more than is necessary to complete an undertaking

Member of the lowest rank of a French order or merit

of or relating to what cannot be known except from experience

Small object carved in wood used by the Japanese as a toggle to fasten a small pouch to a sash