All the plants of a region |
FLORA |
Closely associated or connected |
HANDINHAND |
Declamatory or ranting public speaker |
TUBTHUMPER |
Derogatory term for a tourist in south-west England |
GROCKLE |
Farm worker employed to do odd jobs |
ORRAMAN |
Formal notice or warning |
CAVEAT |
Heresy, belief contrary to authorised teaching |
HETERODOXY |
Horse that became the greatest steeplechaser of all time 1957-70 |
ARKLE |
In music, played with a quivering effect |
TREMOLANDO |
Island centre of early Celtic Christianity |
IONA |
Large and conspicuous jewellery |
BLINGBLING |
Malignant female water-spirit in German mythology |
NIXY |
Monster supposed to inhabit the Himalayas |
YETI |
Moving quickly and lightly |
NIMBLE |
Official of St Paul's Cathedral known as the 'Gloomy Dean' |
INGE |
Old word meaning stoppage of the pulse |
ASPHYXY |