studded with gems

pitchers

others, rivals

growling

horse

to invent

Abandon somebody to the care of strangers

house of cards, house made from clay, children's playing house

befall (as trouble or sickness)

Greenwich Mean Time, the mean solar time at the Greenwich, adopted as the standard time in a zone that includes the British Isles

keep a close eye, watch closely

a kind of bird

go round and round, whirl

family, household

a water bird resembling a stork

stare at, staring

fast or sound sleep, deep sleep

growling, roaring, crying out, making loud or threatening noise

vertigo

wife, housewife

meticulous, nagging

dumb, irrational

horseshoe

be much abashed

to look carefully, to watch carefully, to to study deeply