Bundook - An Indian musket.
Chalybean - Pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient nation of Asia Minor.
Buckety - A paste used by weavers when dressing their looms.
Simpsonize - To water down milk.
2. Duopsony?
Answer: Two buyers for one seller in a market place
Doupsony - Two buyers for one seller in a market place.
Fausen - A large eel.
Thranite - A rower who had the longest oars in a trireme.
Moxa - The down of the mugwort plant of China.
3. Mastotheca?
Answer: The pouch of a marsupial mammal.
Mastotheca - The pouch of a marsupial mammal..
Anabiosis - The capacity to revive after a period of apparent death.
Fructicist - One who classifies plants by their fruit.
Umhofo - The South African name for a rhino with 2 horns and smooth skin.
4. Lipper?
Answer: A thin piece of blubber for wiping up the decks on a ship
Lipper - A thin piece of blubber for wiping up the decks on a ship.
Tapayaxin - A Mexican horned toad.
Whimbrel - A small northern surlew with a white rump.
Murnival - Four cards of the same value in the game of Gleek.
5. Agomphious?
Answer: Having no teeth in the gums
Agomphious - Having no teeth in the gums.
Nillibist - A person who denies the soul's existance in space.
Breastweed - A lizard's tail used to cure inflammation of the breast.
Mugwump - A chronic political party critic.
6. Aphallatosis?
Answer: Brain disorder caused by a lack of sex life
Aphallatosis - Brain disorder caused by a lack of sex life.
Hamfatter - A very poor, untalented actor.
Foulimart - A foul smelling polecat whose fur is used for making paintbrushes.
Hoveling - One method of preventing chimneys from smoking.
7. Juglandin?
Answer: Compound derived from the juice of walnut shells
Juglandin - Compound derived from the juice of walnut shells.
Chukker - A period of play in a polo game, usually about 7.5 minutes.
Motmot - A bird native to Mexico and South America, named for its cry.
Siphuncle - A little tube in a mollusk.
8. Synadelphus?
Answer: A fabled monster with 8 legs
Synadelphus - A fabled monster with 8 legs.
Tewfikose - Suger in the milk of the Egyptian buffalo.
Meleagrine - Pertaining to a turkey.
Lignose - An explosive mixture.
9. Bonassus?
Answer: An extinct wild ox
Bonassus - An extinct wild ox.
Sweeney - A horse's muscle which in wasting away from lack of use.
Roineck - A begrading name the Boers called a British soldier because his neck was red from the sun.
Velivolant - Under full sail.
10. Bdolitic?
Answer: Prone to break wind or gas
Bdolitic - Prone to break wind or gas.
Numud - A thick felt carpet originally made for the dirt floors of Persian tents.
Apoplymatic - Forever filthy.
Sesquipedalian - Pertaining to excessively long words.
11. Barbastel?
Answer: A bat with hairy cheeks
Barbastel - A bat with hairy cheeks.
Fardingbag - The first stomach of a cow.
Torgach - A red-bellied English lake trout.
Sparadrap - A soothing medical bandage.
12. Colophon?
Answer: A printer's mark with the date and place of publication found at the end of a book
Colophon - A printer's mark with the date and place of publication found at the end of a book.
Glockamoid - Shaped like an arrow.
Turdine - Pertaining to the thrush family of birds.
Dicynodont - Buck-toothed.
13. Moccado?
Answer: Cheap imitation velvet
Moccado - Cheap imitation velvet.
Keesh - Carbon flakes found on bars of pig-iron.
Furibund - Filled with fury.
Copprolite - Fossilized bird.
14. Chalaza?
Answer: The white twisted cord in an egg which holds the yolk in place
Chalaza - The white twisted cord in an egg which holds the yolk in place.
Boobook - An Australian bird whose cry sounds like 'more pork'.
Caliculate - Shaped like a cup.
Snirtle - To snicker mockingly.
15. Belleek?
Answer: Porcelain made in Belleek, Ireland
Belleek - Porcelain made in Belleek, Ireland.
Chitterlings - A ruffled frill on the front of a shirt.
Hoick - Cry used to incite the hounds in a fox hunt.
Guidguid - A rock wren whose cry resembles the yelping of a puppy.
16. Acockbill?
Answer: A nautical term describing an anchor with both ends turned up
Acockbill - A nautical term describing an anchor with both ends turned up.
Abomasum - A cow's fourth stomach.
Chiroplast - An instrument to guide the hands when learning to play the piano.
Annotine - A bird which has been alive for one year.
17. Epollicate?
Answer: Lacking either a thumb or a hind toe
Epollicate - Lacking either a thumb or a hind toe.
Goban - The checkerboard used in the Japanese game of gobang.
Tuckamore - A low clump of trees.
Briarean - Relating to a fabled giant with 100 hands.
18. Miskin?
Answer: A little bagpipe
Miskin - A little bagpipe.
Toucang - A speedy East Indian boat.
Fossicker - An Australian gold field scavanger.
Whitehaws - Sausages stuffed with oatmeal.
19. Constuprate?
Answer: To violate or ravish
Consturprate - To violate or ravish.
Rafflesia - A plant with huge smelly flowers and no leaves, named for Sir T.S. Raffles.
Nymphalid - A family of butterflies.
Stychomythia - Dialogue alternating between prose and poetry in ancient Greek dramas.
20. Galapago?
Answer: A defense made of large wooden, overlapping shields
Galapago - A defense made of large wooden, overlapping shields.
Agapetae - Churchwomen who live platonically with celibate churchmen.
Dockmackie - A North American shrub.
Bursten - The past participle of 'burst'.
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