A period or time where there is little activity, productivity, low income etc.
A drawn-out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time; shorter and not as severe as a drought.
A period of time without sexual intercourse.
Poverty.
A desire, wish, longing.
Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
Lack, absence, deficiency.
A mole (Talpa europea).
To make it easy or tempting to do something undesirable, or to make it hard or challenging to refrain from doing it.
To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave or demand.
To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.