| Not meant |
UNINTENDED |
| One studying harmful micro-organisms |
BACTERIOLOGIST |
| Opposing progress or reform |
REACTIONARY |
| Peaceful in character |
PACIFIC |
| Pipe for cables or air |
DUCT |
| Plant of buttercup family |
CELANDINE |
| Portion of time |
PERIOD |
| Predatory insect |
MANTIS |
| Prejudiced towards a cause |
PARTISAN |
| Rare or unusual object |
CURIO |
| Resolutely firm |
STEADFAST |
| Restricting |
LIMITING |
| Self-restraining feeling |
INHIBITION |
| Sledge |
TOBOGGAN |
| Small flute |
PICCOLO |
| Small warship |
DESTROYER |
| Something with no bearing on the subject in hand |
IRRELEVANCY |
| State of being harmed or damaged |
DETRIMENT |
| State of high activity |
OVERDRIVE |
| Strip of bacon put on cooking meat |
LARDOON |
| Stronghold |
FORTRESS |
| Tall structure |
TOWER |
| The Queen’s banner |
royal standard |
| The sum of the matter briefly |
the long and the short of it |
| Thwart, severely restrict |
HAMSTRING |
| To some extent |
to a degree |
| Type of communist |
MARXIST |
| Use of words sounding like what they name |
ONOMATOPOEIA |
| Well known |
NOTED |
| Wild uproar |
PANDEMONIUM |