Brazy - A sheep covered in carbuncles.
Farandams - A mixed fabric of silk and wool.
Galloon - Trimming for hats, shoes or uniforms.
Petworth - A type of marble composed of freshwater shell fossils.
2. Sapajou?
Answer: A South American monkey often seen in zoos
Sapajou - A South American monkey often seen in zoos.
Picacho - An isolated peak or butte.
Morkrumbo - Bogus titling of people such as 'sanitation officer', for garbage man.
Medrinack - A coarse fibre of the sago palm, used in dress linings.
3. Whirtle?
Answer: A perforated plate used to reduce the size of a steel pipe
Whirtle - A perforated plate used to reduce the size of a steel pipe.
Puddening - A thick pad of rope used as a fender on a boat.
Byssus - Silky secretions shot from a mussel's foot, used as an anchor.
Madapollam - A kind of cloth originally manufactured at Madapollam.
4. Parcolet?
Answer: A fabled, magical horse which can take one instantly to any desired place
Parcolet - A fabled, magical horse which can take one instantly to any desired place.
Ploovian - The crocodile bird, which carefully eats parasites from a crocodile's skin.
Hushion - A stocking without a foot.
Sphygmus - The pulse of the human body.
5. Demipique?
Answer: A military saddle with a low pommel
Demipique - A military saddle with a low pommel.
Lutrine - Resembling an otter.
Surrpet - A curved pruning knife used for cutting cat's and dog's claws.
Pecadiglio - A sin or wrong-doing.
6. Marrowsky?
Answer: A deformed dialect in which certain consonants are relocated
Marrowsky - A deformed dialect in which certain consonants are relocated.
Tortulous - Bulged out at intervals, like a rope with knots in it.
Gadbush - The mistletoe bush which grows in the West Indies.
Plica - A disease of the hair, peculiar to Poland.
7. Boustrophedon?
Answer: Ancient style of Greek writing, alternating from right to left and left to right
Boustrophedon - Ancient style of Greek writing, alternating from right to left and left to right.
Metabolian - An insect which undergoes complete metamorphosis.
Zymurgy - The art of brewing, distilling and wine-making.
Dodkin - An English coin small in size and value.
8. Gambeer?
Answer: To hook fish as they swim alongside a vessel
Gambeer - To hook fish as they swim alongside a vessel.
Saulie - A professional mourner at a funeral.
Pilpul - Hairsplitting analysis or arguement.
Catoptron - A mirror-like optical instrument.
9. Camass?
Answer: A lily with beautiful blue flowers
Camass - A lily with beautiful blue flowers.
Fustanella - A short white petticoat worn by Greek men.
Misly - Raining in very small drops.
Calpac - A large black American cap made of felt.
10. Antipsoric?
Answer: A medicine to control itching
Antipsoric - A medicine to control itching.
Bardocucllies - A Gaelic peasant's hood.
Alcornoco - The cork-oak tree.
Nepimnemic - Memories of one's youth kept in the subconscious.
11. Gitano?
Answer: A male gypsy
Gitano - A male gypsy.
Brogger - A carpenter who uses a brog to make holes in wood.
Thylacine - The Tasmanian zebra wolf.
Miltwaste - The fingerfern.
12. Buprestidan?
Answer: A beetle which looks like it is made of metal
Buprestidan - A beetle which looks like it is made of metal.
Siamang - A large, black ape found in Sumatra.
Daglock - A dirty tangled lock of wool on a sheep.
Callithump - A noisy, raucous demonstration.
13. Wommacky?
Answer: Weak-kneed and feeble due to an illness
Wommacky - Weak-kneed and feeble due to an illness.
Orthopter - Any type of flying machine equipped with flapping wings.
Gillaroo - An Irish trout with a strong stomach.
Marmortinto - Tinting with marble dust, in 18th century Italian decorative art.
14. Tompion?
Answer: An inking pad used by lithographers
Tompion - An inking pad used by lithographers.
Myomancy - Fortunetelling by studying the movements of mice.
Brachysm - Hereditary dwarfism in plants.
Parfleche - Rawhide made by North American Indians from buffalo skin.
15. Meaking?
Answer: Removing old caulking from the seams of a ship
Meaking - Removing old caulking from the seams of a ship.
Bufagin - A substance obtained from the skin glands of toads.
Gongeristic - An item having complicated parts.
Sinarquism - Secret Mexican counter-revolutionary movement opposing Communism.
16. Fatiferous?
Answer: Fatal; deadly
Fatiferous - Fatal; deadly.
Chousinga - A fierce, four-horned Bengalese male antelope.
Eburnean - Made of ivory.
Ophryitis - Inflammation of the eyebrow.
17. Osmiridium?
Answer: Metal alloy used for fountain pen nibs and spark plug points
Osmiridium - Metal alloy used for fountain pen nibs and spark plug points.
Karabiner - A metal, spring-loaded device used on mountain climbing ropes.
Situtunga - A medium-sized brown antelope with wide hooves that enable it to walk on swamp land.
Deipnosophist - One skilled in the art of dinner table conservation.
18. Floscule?
Answer: A little flower
Floscule - A little flower.
Grueso - Mercury ore of the best quality and largest lumps.
Hypotaxis - Light sleep.
Tedesco - Germanic influence on Italian art.
19. Masurium?
Answer: A rare metallic element found in Masuria
Masurium - A rare metallic element found in Massuria.
Gribble - An underwater termite.
Brunion - A fruit like a nectarine.
Snecked - Twisted to one side like the point of a fish hook.
20. Jabado?
Answer: A French dance for four couples, somewhat like a squaredance
Jabado - A French dance for four couples, somewhat like a squaredance.
Riggish - Wanton, promiscuous.
Lovage - A sweet, pungent herb used to flavour candy, formerly used to cure dog bites and freckles.
Sounder - A group of swans.
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