A carbonate or silicate of calcium, occurring naturally as small colourless crystals |
SCAWTITE |
A dog of a breed used in hunting |
HOUND |
A high deck at the stern of a ship |
POOP |
A musical composition, one numbered in order of publication |
OPUS |
A prison in which all prisoners can be watched from one point |
PANOPTICON |
A tree or bush with long feathery leaves, winged fruit, and dense flower clusters |
AILANTHUS |
A wheeled shelter used by Roman soldiers under attack from above |
TESTUDO |
Another name for a catkin |
AMENT |
Any European stock exchange, especially that in Paris |
BOURSE |
Author of In a Free State, the 1971 Booker Prize-winning novel |
NAIPAUL |
Capital of Turkey |
ANKARA |
City and administrative centre of Cornwall |
TRURO |
Clarence --, US inventor who pioneered the retailing of quick-frozen and dehydrated foods |
BIRDSEYE |
Country bordering the Adriatic Sea |
ALBANIA |
English Prime Minister assassinated by John Bellingham in 1812 |
SPENCERPERCEVAL |