n. skeptic
(a) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals; dross
(b) someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive
(c) someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
(d) someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs; doubter
n. vent
(a) a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
(b) the property of giving off bubbles; frothiness
(c) activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
(d) the act of submitting
n. usury
(a) the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
(b) the quality of disagreeing
(c) a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)
(d) a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair
n. hydrophobia
(a) the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
(b) manifestation of a deity or spirit in an earthly form
(c) the condition or result of being changeable
(d) an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); lyssa; madness
n. hybrid
(a) vigilant attentiveness; weather eye
(b) crossbreed
(c) a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)
(d) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair; twist |
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n. smattering
(a) the cognitive process of supposing
(b) group; team; friends
(c) a dissolute person; rounder
(d) a slight or superficial understanding of a subject
n. circlet
(a) antecedent; predecessor
(b) decorated metal band worn around the head
(c) someone to whom private matters are confided
(d) slope; grade; slant
n. centrifuge
(a) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension; separator
(b) shelter; refuge; mental home
(c) a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians
(d) possessing muscular strength; muscle; muscularity; sinew; heftiness
n. enologist
(a) an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking
(b) a specialist in wine making; fermentologist
(c) act of guessing or inferring
(d) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
n. verbiage
(a) a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
(b) the manner in which something is expressed in words; phrasing; phraseology; choice of words
(c) a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled; rowboat
(d) act of plotting or scheming; conspiracy |
