Trisha's test 1 Crossword
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1) A term, usually an adjective or adjectival phrase, that describes or characterizes something or someone, such as "Richard the Lion-Hearted" or the simple adjective in "a brave woman."3) (1) To nag, grumble, complain (mostly Scotland and Northern England); (2) to chatter mindlessly.4) (1) Pleasingly plump, a bit roly-poly, healthily chubby, zaftig (for which see our Archives); (2) jolly, happy, joyful (archaic); (3) obedient, pliable, submissive (archaic).5) To bring back from the brink of death by restoring breathing or consciousness.6) (1) A domesticated ape or monkey; (2) an annoying child; (3) an impudent fellow.7) Operating below the threshold of consciousness.9) (1) Ignorant, lacking knowledge; (2) agnostic, believing that man is incapable of understanding the nature of the universe.11) Clear (of liquid), transparent (liquid or writing style).13) Happy, light-hearted, pleasant, carefree, cheerful.15) To forcibly open or remove, using some object for leverage.16) (1) The twittering and chattering of birds; (2) a specialty dialect, such as medical jargon and legal jargon; (3) unintelligible gibberish.18) Exaggerated or melodramatic in behavior or speech, extremely theatrical.20) Something dreamed up, fabricated, without basis in reality.23) (1) Free, obtained at no cost; (2) Unnecessary, for no reason, uncalled-for.24) (1) All-encompassing, all-inclusive, world-wide, catholic; (2) related to the promotion of unity among various churches, especially the Christian ones.25) To come together, to contact (as two osculating circles); to kiss.27) (1) Meat and vegetable produce (plural only); (2) a small store where these products and household supplies (soap, mops, pots and pans, etc.) are sold.29) The stain of deepest dishonor, such as disgrace from evil behavior; hatred or repulsion elicited by degenerate acts.31) A conversation or discussion, oral or written; a small conference or short course organized to discuss a narrow topic from different perspectives.32) (1) The central core of elongated objects, such as the center of a flower stem, feather, horn, or log. (2) The metaphorical core or center, the essence as a source of strength, as the pith of an idea (or an idea without pith).34) Resembling an uncle in appearance or behavior, related to an uncle or uncles; mature and tolerant.35) To wave or otherwise display ostentatiously, flashily; to wield or flourish defiantly.37) A violent, unfeeling gangster; a brutal hoodlum. Capitalized (Thug), it still refers to the members of the gangs of Indian robbers mentioned in today's Etymology.38) A person who speaks two or more languages.39) Wide-spread presence, presence everywhere, commonplaceness.41) (1) One of the two days in the year when day and night are of equal length—12 hours each; (2) the two points at which the sun's path, as seen from earth, crosses the equator.45) (1) To separate the chaff from the grain by tossing the grain into the air on a windy day, to separate the bad from the good, to filter out; (2) To move by blowing, as a breeze winnowing the whispering trees. |
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2) (1) A high-ranking male member of the nobility, especially the son of a king; (2) a perfect person.8) (1) Wound tightly, girded; (2) compact, condensed, concise.10) An oversupply, a superfluity, a superabundance.12) (1) A small jot, the dot of an [i], cross on a [t], the beard on [ç], or a diacritic such as the tilde on [ñ]; (2) minute, incredibly tiny, smaller even than an iota—indeed, an iota (Greek short [i]) is capped by a tittle.14) (4) the stories spread by a gossip in sense; (1) A sponsor, a godfather or godmother (to the end of the 17th century); (2) a familiar acquaintance, especially a woman invited to be present at a birth of a friend (to the end of the 19th century); (3) a person, especially a woman, who spreads stories about others that they would prefer not known;17) Abundant, plentiful, copious (as a fulsome meal or harvest) hence, of a body, overly plump, fat and, perhaps, repugnantly so; (2) Exceeding the bounds of good taste, excessive in flattery and hence offensive, repugnant, repulsive in general.18) Outlandishly evil, extremely atrocious, abominable, enormous.19) To habituate someone to something undesirable, especially after they have endured it for a long time.21) An onion-like plant of the genus Allium sativum with an edible bulb that separates into distinct sections, called 'cloves' (from cleave, i.e. cleft sections) and which has a strong smell and taste, used for seasoning.22) Caused by a doctor, contracted in a medical facility (said of a disease or disorder).26) (1) Characterized by unscrupulous cunning, deception, or expediency; (2) manipulative, resorting to exploiting and misleading others in pursuit of one's personal goals.28) 1) The backwoods, the sticks, the boondocks;—an area far removed from any urban or highly populated area (plural); (2) the region immediately behind a coastline.30) More than satisfactory, fine, running very smoothly, going quite well.33) A teeny-tiny, barely discernible sin or fault.36) (1) Attached directly to a base, as a leaf or flower might be attached directly to a stalk without a stem (pedicle). (2) Firmly attached and immobile.40) A small (small) village.42) An exclamation to alert passers-by of slops or dirty water about to be dropped from a window above their heads.43) (1) Resting its weight on something else, leaning or resting on something, as a leaning post incumbent on a rock. (2) Dependent, up to,
as it is incumbent on me to get Bertram to work in the morning. (3) Responsible for the duties of an office, as the incumbent mayor of the city.44) (1) Clearly and elegantly articulated (speech), sonorous, full of deep, rounded sounds; (2) bombastic, pompous.46) (1) In the US: A private meeting of representatives of a political party or special interest group in a governing body, to determine policy or strategy. (2) In Britain: committee within a political party whose purpose it is to determine policy and focus political action.47) A microscopic, often trivial item; the smallest detail.48) (1) The glove of a suit of armor. (2) Two lines of tormentors with flailing sticks between which someone must run as punishment or initiation.49) (Italian-American Slang) A godfather, patron, mentor—or just a buddy, especially one of Italian ancestry. |
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