n. panache
(a) a feathered plume on a helmet
(b) a twisting force
(c) a laborer who is obliged to do menial work; navvy; galley slave
(d) strong feelings of embarrassment; mortification
n. perversion
(a) in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held
(b) the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
(c) a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
(d) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension; separator
n. acme
(a) frivolous banter
(b) declaration that something is true
(c) the highest point (of something); apex
(d) adroitness and cleverness in reply
n. pterodactyl
(a) foolish or senseless behavior; craziness; lunacy; indulgence
(b) extinct flying reptile
(c) front part of a vessel or aircraft; stem
(d) a person who makes plans; deviser
n. tundra
(a) the highest point (of something); apex
(b) puzzling complexity; tortuousness
(c) a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
(d) timely convenience; timeliness |
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n. orientation
(a) abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)
(b) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone; bourdon
(c) a course introducing a new situation or environment
(d) drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
n. scapegoat
(a) someone who is punished for the errors of others
(b) public statement listing policies and objectives
(c) a smooth three-beat gait
(d) the state of being imprisoned; incarceration
n. maxim
(a) expression of general truth; code of behavior
(b) mutual accusations
(c) a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts
(d) manmade water channel equipped with a valve or gate for regulating water flow
n. drooler
(a) selfishness; vanity
(b) a person who dribbles; slobberer
(c) washing
(d) the removal of covering; uncovering; husking
n. objective
(a) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
(b) a gradual increase in loudness (music)
(c) loud and persistent outcry from many people; clamour; clamouring; hue and cry
(d) aim; purpose; goal |
