Lose lustre |
TARNISH |
Loud noise from above |
THUNDERCLAP |
Lowest point |
NADIR |
Made an emotional appeal |
PLEADED |
Mass of bubbles |
FROTH |
Metal cutter |
HACKSAW |
Military kitchen building |
COOKHOUSE |
Nasal passage |
NOSTRIL |
Negatively-charged terminal |
CATHODE |
News, information |
TIDINGS |
Non-professional |
AMATEUR |
Not heavy |
LIGHT |
One who draws up legal documents |
DRAFTSMAN |
Onlooker |
BYSTANDER |
Pain in the back, hip or leg |
SCIATICA |
Part of a ship’s rigging |
TOPSAIL |
Providing assistance |
HELPFUL |
Put off till later |
DEFER |
Range-finding and detection system |
RADAR |
Receiving apparatus |
RADIO |
Retain the advantage of both alternatives |
have ones cake and eat it |
Showy bulbous plant |
AMARYLLIS |
Stone coffin |
SARCOPHAGUS |
Subject (of a speech) |
TOPIC |
Theatre worker |
STAGEHAND |
Unable to be endured |
INTOLERABLE |
Unfeeling |
hard-hearted |
University post |
PROFESSORSHIP |
Weapon providing concealment |
smoke bomb |
Working dog |
RETRIEVER |
Young person |
CHILD |