Only half listen, catching 'One's a predatory female' (7)
Answer: LIONESS
8 March 2022 | crossword, puzzle, women |
Right-o, sweetheart! (8)
Answer: TRUELOVE
14 February 2022 | crossword, puzzle, love, valentine |
It's hard to put your finger on why, but some words are just awful. These are some to be avoided as much as possible.
B
C
- chunky
- clogged
- coitus
- crevice
- crust
- curd
D
- damp
- discharge
- doily
- dripping
F
- fester
- fetus
- flaccid
- flaps
- frothy
G
- giblets
- goiter
- gurgle
- gushing
H
I
J
L
M
- maggots
- moist
- moreish
- mucus
- munch
O
P
- panties
- pantyhose
- phlegm
- prideful
- pustule
Q
R
- renal
- riddle
- roaches
- rural
S
- secrete
- seepage
- slacks
- slurp
- smear
- sputum
- squelch
- squirt
T
U
V
W
Y
12 February 2022 | words, list, horror |
Why nary a peep exchanged in timely greeting? (5,3,4)
Answer: HAPPYNEWYEAR
1 January 2022 | crossword, puzzle, happy new year |
Excellent banger at Christmas dinner, standard (11)
Answer: CRACKERJACK
25 December 2021 | crossword, puzzle, christmas |
Picture a winter diversion of children (5)
Answer: SLIDE
21 December 2021 | crossword, puzzle, winter |
It's hard to put your finger on why, but some words are just beautiful. These are some of my favorites to see on a page.
A
- achromatic
- aeon
- anosmia
- antediluvian
- argle-bargle
- aurora
- autumn
- azimuth
B
- bioluminescence
- braggadocious
- broccoli
C
- coalescence
- conciliatory
- crepuscular
- cretaceous
- crystalline
D
- deciduous
- defenestrate
- deooxyribonucleic acid
- didactic
- discordant
- dodecahedron
E
- elastic
- elegiac
- endeavor
- entourage
- ephemeral
- epistemology
- ethereal
- exacerbate
- exquisite
F
G
H
I
- indubitably
- infinitesimal
- insinuate
- iridescent
J
L
- lackadaisically
- lamentation
- lepidoptera
- liminal
- lithe
- loquacious
- lullaby
M
- macabre
- machiavellian
- malefactor
- melancholia
- mellifluous
N
O
- october
- onomatopoeia
- opaque
P
- parhelion
- persnickety
- perspicacious
Q
R
- requiem
- ricochet
- rococo
- rudimentary
S
- salubrious
- scrumptious
- serendipity
- shenanigans
- shroud
- silhouette
- slake
- snickerdoodles
- subcutaneous
- sumptuous
- susurrus
- sycophant
- synecdoche
T
V
Z
12 December 2021 | words, list, beauty |
Loving this infographic showing the etymology of the spices, created by @etymology_nerd.
The award for Most Enlightening goes to the origin of vanilla, but my favourite is the etymology of basil coming from the Greek for royal plant.
2 December 2021 | english history, etymology, spices, food |
Thanksgiving set up supporting first of Pilgrims (6)
Answer: PRAISE
25 November 2021 | crossword, puzzle, thanksgiving |