Approximate calculation |
ESTIMATE |
Backboneless creature |
INVERTEBRATE |
Beer producer |
BREWER |
Before the usual time |
EARLY |
Blessing |
BENISON |
Bone breakage typically affecting children |
greenstick fracture |
Bright green colour |
EMERALD |
Brilliant deep blue |
ULTRAMARINE |
British commando |
green beret |
Business co-worker |
COLLEAGUE |
Car pedal |
ACCELERATOR |
Climactic point |
CULMINATION |
Competent, thoroughly qualified |
PROFICIENT |
Contrition, remorse |
PENITENCE |
Deceptive appearance |
ILLUSION |
Deliberately hurtful remark |
BARB |
Doomed |
FATED |
Earnest plea |
ENTREATY |
Eg, a footman or maid |
SERVANT |
Enforcing strict obedience |
AUTHORITARIAN |
English mathematician and physicist |
Isaac Newton |
English novelist |
DEFOE |
Feeling blissful happiness |
BEATIFIC |
Feeling of fear or agitation |
TREPIDATION |
Force (to do something) |
COMPEL |
Fruitful interaction of ideas (Z, not S) |
cross-fertilization |
Having three faces |
TRIHEDRAL |
In usable or working condition |
in commission |
Like Shakespeare’s fat knight |
FALSTAFFIAN |
Nightclub entertainment |
CABARET |