WHICH WORD?

NO. 1850

1 AMADOU (a) Fungi growing on trees used as tinder and in surgery (b) An Oriental children’s nurse (c) A protein in sweet almonds

2 BILATERAL (a) Two-lipped (b) Relating to two sides or parties (c) To split into two 3 CANDOCK (a) A yellow water lily (b) A ornamented lampstand (c) A false rumour 4 DENIGRATE (a) To give name to (b) To note or mark off (c) To blacken a reputation

5 EPAULE (a) The shoulder of a fortification (b) A fencing sword (c) The governor of a Greek province

6 FALANGE (a) A Spanish fascist group (b) A combined hood and cape (c) A kind of madrigal

7 GLASNOST (a) A gentle slope in a fortification (b) Russian policy of openness and forthrightness (c) A native or citizen of Glasgow

8 HAVELOCK (a) An Indian sergeant (b) General destruction (c) A light-coloured cover, with a neck flap, for a military cap 9 INDUNA (a) A South African overseer (b) An insect larva case (c) A blue pigment 10 KOWTOW (a) A tree with yellow flowers (b) A former Chinese custom of touching the forehead to the ground as a sign of deference (c) A Japanese musical instrument

11 LOKSHEN (a) Noodles (b) An evil god in Norse mythology (c) The lower house of the Indian parliament

12 MICMAC (a) A wild young bull (b) A member of a native North American people once living in Canada (c) The black-tailed marmoset

13 NUCHA (a) A Mediterranean delicacy (b) A beverage made from South American ground nuts (c) The nape of the neck 14 OZEKI (a) A champion sumo wrestler (b) A mark of reverence (c) An aniseed liqueur

15 PATEN (a) A typewriter roller (b) The kneecap (c) A communion plate 16 REVALENTA (a) A flour mixture made from lentils and barley (b) A daydreamer (c) A short instrumental passage 17 SCOLIOSIS (a) Hardening of tissue (b) Lateral spinal curvature (c) Bleeding of the gums

18 TEIL (a) The linden or lime tree (b) In Scotland, a tithe (c) A sheep in its second year

19 URTICANT (a) In the greatest degree (b) Smooth mannered (c) Something that causes stinging

20 VITELLARY (a) Yellow like an egg yolk (b) Expressing intense ill-will (c) Very bright