WHICH WORD?

NO. 1621

1 ANGUINE (a) In the form of an eel (b) Resembling a snake (c) Inflammatory 2 BICIPITAL (a) Having two heads (b) Spongy (c) Happening every two years 3 CEREOUS (a) Mauve-tinged (b) Hornlike (c) Waxy 4 DAMAN (a) A small Syrian mammal (b) A reversible fabric (c) A copal-like resin 5 ELVER (a) A granular igneous rock (b) A church office holder (c) A young eel 6 FELICIFIC (a) Making happy (b) Quarrelsome (c) Pretended 7 GOLUPTIOUS (a) Satisfactory (b) Delicious (c) Progressive 8 HORTATORY (a) Generous (b) Devoted to horses (c) Encouraging 9 IMBRUE (a) Simulate (b) Drink in (c) Stain with blood 10 KERMIS (a) An annual fair (b) The soft edible part of a nut (c) A red dye 11 LUNULAR (a) Allied to the wolf (b) Crescent-shaped (c) Sweet to the senses 12 MIGNON (a) Small and pretty (b) In a mighty manner (c) Threatening 13 NEOTERIC (a) Of a newborn child (b) Oil-resistant (c) Modern 14 ONEROUS (a) Burdensome (b) Relating to proper nouns (c) Responsible 15 PARLOUS (a) Satirical (b) Frugal to excess (c) Dangerous 16 RADDLE (a) A red variety of ochre (b) A coarse sieve (c) Radiant brightness 17 SABULOUS (a) Prominent (b) Gritty (c) Important 18 TARPAN (a) A small mountain lake (b) A large fish (c) A variety of wild horse 19 UBE (a) A species of yam (b) Omnipresence (c) A crude rubber 20 VERNAL (a) Long and slender (b) Truth-telling (c) Relating to spring