maternity home or centre

The room in which a woman is delivered, a laying in chamber

pregnant woman, woman who has recently given birth

show extreme ill-temper

a narcotic den where addicts gather, an unkempt, disorderly place, house or room

be very angry, be surly, pounce upon

slaughterhouse, abattoir, butchery

house or hall for physical exercise, gymnasium

chamberlain, steward

fall on one's back

waste-yard, junkyard, room where scrap or junk is stored, lumber-room

aviary, zoo

garage, carriage house

respond or react with violent anger

(met.) a person whose appeal is not heard

torture chamber

warden or superintendent of jail

officer in charge of artillery

expenditure exceeds the income

devour food hastily and greedily

a baseless story

an enemy under the semblance of a friend

coffee-house, tea-house