n. monogamy
(a) hard coal
(b) the habit of pairing or having but one mate
(c) a light romantic story, especially one that is considered trite or sentimental
(d) person who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method
n. reluctance
(a) the face, countenance or look of a person
(b) hot winds from Africa
(c) disagreement
(d) unwillingness
n. midwife
(a) the science of organic functions
(b) a woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth
(c) simultaneousness
(d) interruption or intermission
n. material
(a) that of which anything is composed or may be constructed
(b) possession of eminently or unusually good qualities
(c) one who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place
(d) that which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration
n. triumvir
(a) one of three men united coordinately in public office or authority
(b) madhouse; uproar
(c) largeness
(d) a trawl for trapping fish or small game; method by which someone or something is found or caught |
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n. epigram
(a) remorseful feeling
(b) an ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling
(c) a dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion
(d) a pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation
n. emporium
(a) a large package prepared for transportation or storage
(b) a bazaar or shop
(c) the support on or against which a lever rests or the point about which it turns
(d) an artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion
n. working-man
(a) one who earns his bread by physical labor
(b) respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes or judgment
(c) the sameness or monotony of utterance
(d) the person to whom anything is pledged
n. gourmand
(a) person who delivers an elaborate or formal speech
(b) a connoisseur in the delicacies of the table
(c) a guilty person
(d) the branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms
n. coercion
(a) forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical
(b) one who calculates insurance risks and premiums according to statistical probabilities
(c) the art of examining objects with the microscope
(d) any position having emoluments with few or no duties |
