1. (n.) The act of kissing; a kiss.

2. (n.) The contact of one curve with another, when the number of consecutive points of the latter through which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve.

Arabia Deserta Death Valley Sahara action aerial combat affray air brush air-dry anhydrate armored combat art paper attouchement back country backlog backwoods bake ball the jack barrel barren barren land barrens battle battle royal bavin beak bed bed down besom blot boom boondock boondocks borderland boscage bowl along bracken brake break breath breeze breeze along bridle broom brush brush by brush off brush-off brushwood bullfight bump bunt burn bush bush country bushveld camera lucida camera obscura canvas caress cauda caudal appendage caudation chalk charcoal chuck clash clash of arms clean clip cockfight collide combat come in contact con conflict contact contingence copse crayon cue cure curry currycomb cut along cutaneous sense dab dehumidify dehydrate desert desiccate desolation dismiss disregard dock dogfight drain drawing paper drawing pencil drench drier dry dust bowl easel embroilment encounter engagement evaporate exchange of blows exsiccate fagot fantail feed feel feeling fight fillip fingertip caress fire fire fight firewood fixative fleet flick flip flirt flit fly fly low fodder foot forests fray frontier gather gentle glance go fast go over graze groom ground ground combat grove hairbrush hand-mindedness hand-to-hand combat hand-to-hand fight handle harness heath highball hinterland hit hitch house-to-house combat howling wilderness ignore impinge impingement impingence insolate karroo kiln kindling kindlings kiss lambency lap lay figure lick light touch litter log lunar landscape lunar waste make knots manage maulstick medium melee milk mummify naval combat nip nudge osculate osculation outback outpost outstrip the wind paint paintbrush palette palette knife parch passage of arms pastel pat peck pencil pick pigments pigtail pile pitched battle pour it on put aside quarrel queue rap rattail rebuff refresh restudy review rip rub rub down rumble run-in running fight saddle salt flat scorch scramble scrape scratchboard scrimmage scrub scrubwood scuffle sear sense of touch set-to shave shoving match shrivel shrubwood shrug off siccative sideswipe sizzle sketchbook sketchpad skim skirmish skirt smoke snap soak up spatula speed sponge spray gun