WHICH WORD?

NO. 1851

1 ANCON (a) A standard-bearer (b) The elbow (c) A small Mediterranean fish 2 BUSHIDO (a) A martial art (b) The art of growing small trees in pots (c) A Japanese code of chivalry 3 CIRCUMJACENT (a) Bordering on every side (b) Cautious (c) Flowing around 4 DECRESCENT (a) Lying down (b) Becoming gradually less (c) Extending downward 5 ENATE (a) Growing outwards (b) Like an arch (c) Having colours burned in

6 FATUOUS (a) Prophetic (b) Appointed by fate (c) Silly 7 GAGE (a) A pledge (b) A hoax (c) A flock of geese 8 HALITOUS (a) Vaporous (b) Pertaining to fishing (c) Causing delusions

9 IMAGO (a) A type of Japanese porcelain (b) An adult insect (c) The leader of devotions in a mosque

10 KANZU (a) Indian grass allied to sugarcane (b) A large Chinese water jar (c) A long garment worn by East African men

11 LEVITY (a) Disposition to trifles (b) Floating of heavy bodies in the air (c) Heavy unnatural slumber 12 MOLLIFY (a) To annoy (b) To make moist (c) To make someone less angry or upset 13 NUCIVOROUS (a) Nut-eating (b) Recurring every ninth year (c) Cloudy

14 OLID (a) Oily (b) Smelling extremely unpleasant (c) Of a brownish-green colour 15 PILOSE (a) Hairy (b) Puny (c) Pine-cone shaped

16 RATITE (a) Agreeable to reason (b) One of a group of large flightless birds (c) In the form of a net 17 SHRIEVAL (a) Pertaining to a sheriff (b) High-pitched and piercing (c) Wrinkled

18 THEIC (a) One who drinks excessive amounts of tea (b) The ball of the thumb (c) Pertaining to divine intervention

19 UVA (a) The fleshy conical body suspended from the palate (b) A grape (c) A chamber in the inner ear

20 VITRICS (a) Edible substances (b) A plantation of vines (c) Glassware