WHICH WORD?

NO. 1800

1 AUTOPHANOUS (a) Self-devouring (b) Shrinking from making any reference to oneself (c) Self-luminous

2 BIGHT (a) A wide bay (b) An Indian land measure (c) Blind or excessive zeal 3 COCK-A-BONDY (a) An imaginary country of luxury and delight (b) A fly for angling (c) A fabulous monster like a serpent

4 DIDYMOUS (a) Two-fingered (b) Fitted or intended to teach (c) Growing in pairs 5 EXEGESIS (a) Interpretation (b) A thing to be imitated (c) A pressing necessity 6 FASCICLE (a) A board bearing a shopkeeper’s name (b) A bunched tuft of branches or fibres (c) An organized political group

7 GRENADINE (a) Undyed cloth (b) A registrar (c) A thin silk or mixed fabric 8 HYDATOID (a) Watery (b) Like glass (c) Pertaining to rain 9 INSUFFLATE (a) To treat with indignity (b) To breathe on (c) To introduce artfully 10 JABBERWOCK (a) A large Brazilian stork (b) Rapid indistinct speaking (c) A fabulous monster created by Lewis Carroll

11 LINSTOCK (a) Cloth made of linen and wool (b) A staff to hold a lighted match for firing cannon (c) A timber or stone over a doorway or window 12 MORDANT (a) Biting (b) Dying away (c) Unwholesome 13 NOCTIVAGENT (a) Hurtful (b) Wandering in the night (c) Growing among snow 14 OSTREICULTURE (a) Oyster-farming (b) The study of bones (c) Treatment consisting of massage and manipulation 15 PHAROS (a) Title of a king of ancient Egypt (b) A fancied vision (c) A lighthouse or beacon

16 ROLLMOP (a) A baked or steamed pudding (b) A rolled and pickled fillet of herring (c) A hero of the Charlemagne legend

17 SLOE (a) The blindworm (b) A sluggish arboreal animal (c) The blackthorn fruit or bush

18 TROCHE (a) A round medicinal tablet (b) A coarse-grained igneous rock (c) A concave moulding 19 UNIVARIANT (a) Involving only one out of several (b) Having one degree of freedom (c) Adopted by both sexes 20 VITICIDE (a) A vine pest (b) Glassware (c) Intense ill-will