One doing wiring, etc |
ELECTRICIAN |
Opera by Wagner |
LOHENGRIN |
Out of the way |
ASIDE |
Overwhelmed by grief |
broken-hearted |
Particular font |
TYPEFACE |
Person of strange habits |
odd fish |
Perspicacity |
clear-sightedness |
Private conversation between two people |
tete-a-tete |
Raised text for the blind |
BRAILLE |
Rebel, revolutionary |
INSURGENT |
Refusal to take something offered |
non-acceptance |
Relating to an animal, plant or other life form |
ORGANISMAL |
Relating to an early Greek historian |
THUCYDIDEAN |
Retiree’s income |
PENSION |
Roman day nine days before the ides |
NONES |
Rough woollen cloth |
TWEED |
Rudeness |
DISCOURTESY |
Small house or flat |
MAISONETTE |
Smooth; metal |
IRON |
South American mountain range |
ANDES |
Special recognition of merit |
ACCOLADE |
Substance once believed to be released in combustion |
PHLOGISTON |
System to manage waste water |
DRAINAGE |
The common people |
hoi polloi |
Told an untruth |
LIED |
Turned (as if) on a pin or pivot |
SWIVELLED |
Upmarket area of Los Angeles |
beverly hills |
Urge (someone) to do something |
EXHORT |
Wall-mounted candle holder |
SCONCE |
Yeast action |
FERMENTATION |