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Crosstips helped to find the following words this month:
English (GB)
- fraternal
of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men - aquavit
Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds - cognac
high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France - anklet
a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle - amicable
characterized by friendship and good will - alignment
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines - hagar
Hägar the Horrible is the title and the name of the protagonist of a comic strip syndicated by King Features Syndicate Created by the late Dik Browne, it is now drawn by his son Chris Browne. ... - dahlia
any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia
Français
- usure
détérioration due à l'usage;
action de ce qui use;
état de ce qui est altéré par l'usure - orgueilleuse
arrogante, prétentieuse;
qui dénote de l'orgueil;
qui est fière, qui tire orgueil de - volute
en forme de spirale;
(architecture) enroulement en spirale ornant les chapiteaux ioniques;
(zoologie) mollusque gastéropode de la famille des volutidés - bourg
village ou agglomération en milieu rural - minauderie
fait de minauder, de faire des manières pour se faire remarquer - rechigné
- retardateur
qui retient un mouvement, qui le retarde;
qui provoque un retard;
qui ralentit un processus chimique - valve
(technologie) soupape à clapet;
chacune des parties d'une coquille;
chacune des parties d'un fruit sec - vassaux
(histoire) relatifs au lien avec un suzerain;
(histoire) personnes qui étaient liées à un seigneur ou à un roi de qui elles tenaient leurs fiefs - santés
English (US)
- zygote
(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell) - ayes
When Members vote yes. - myriad
a large indefinite number - eyesore
something very ugly and offensive - twelve
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one - evolve
work out - hugest
Superlative form of huge: most huge - jurist
a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations - rudest
Superlative form of rude: most rude - huxley
English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917) - duress
compulsory force or threat - quadrants
quadrant - a quarter of the circumference of a circle;
quadrant - any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes;
quadrant - the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle - turntable
a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played - queasy
nauseating: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench";
nauseated: feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit - substandard
deficient: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" - aussie
Australian: a native or inhabitant of Australia - lugosi
United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956) - stanza
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem - itemize
place on a list of items - ester
formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water - usage
the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written - isolde
Iseult: (Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other - pseudo
(often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of - iraqi
a native or inhabitant of Iraq - preponderance
superiority in power or influence - erato
(Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love poetry - pro
an argument in favor of a proposal - bract
a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence - drought
a shortage of rainfall - freeload
live off somebody's generosity - armenia
a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed ... - irate
feeling or showing extreme anger - eras
Eras is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Albert Boton (April 17, 1932, Paris) and Albert Hollenstein (b. Lucerne, 1930 – 1974), and released by the International Typeface Corporation (ITC) in 1976. A distinct and curious feature of Era - ironic
characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is - tradition
an inherited pattern of thought or action - ordains
ordained - appointed: fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time");
ordained - invested with ministerial or priestly functions; "an ordained priest" - treasurers
treasury - the funds of a government or institution or individual;
treasury - the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues - equine
hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck - gordian
extremely intricate; usually in phrase `Gordian knot';
Of or pertaining to Gordium, capital of Phrygia (now Yassihüyük in Turkey); Of the Gordian knot; Twisted; convoluted; tied as a knot - rostra
- homeowner
someone who owns a home - togae
- cockatoos
A cockatoo is any of the 21 species belonging to the bird family Cacatuidae. Along with the Psittacidae (the true parrots) and the Strigopidae (the large New Zealand parrots), they make up the parrot order Psittaciformes. ... - sofa
an upholstered seat for more than one person - zoom
move along very quickly - eon
the longest division of geological time - undone
not done - anise
native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery - inheres
Inherence refers to Empedocles' idea that the qualities of matter come from the relative proportions of each of the four elements entering into a thing. The idea was further developed by Plato and Aristotle.;
inhere - be inherent in something - encroach
advance beyond the usual limit - enrage
put into a rage; make violently angry - enduring
patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble - anon
at another time - alvaro
Álvaro Aparicio Fernández (born 29 September 1977) , commonly known as Álvaro, is a Spanish futsal player who plays for ElPozo Murcia Turística FS as a Midfielder. - elude
escape, either physically or mentally - blasphemous
grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred - skewered
A skewer is a thin metal or wood stick used to holding pieces of food together. They are used while grilling or roasting meats, and in other culinary applications. - birthplace
the place where someone was born - sirred
- nineteen
the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one - fictional
related to or involving literary fiction - tientsin
Tianjin: a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China - dijon
an industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons - violet
any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers - nicole
The Pink Panther is a family comedy film released in 2006. It is a reboot of the The Pink Panther film series. In this film, Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) is assigned to solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and the theft of the - wiseacres
wiseacre - wise guy: an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments;
wiseacre - One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; an insolent upstart - cigar
a roll of tobacco for smoking - tighter
Comparative form of tight: more tight;
tightness - stringency: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit - thea
(Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology - rhubarbs
rhubarb - pieplant: long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened;
rhubarb - plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous - theorem
a proposition deducible from basic postulates - ahem
hem: the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn ... - agencies
agency - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority";
agency - a business that serves other businesses - ufa
a city in the European part of Russia - afresh
again but in a new or different way - peon
drudge: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work;
The words peon and peonage are derived from the Spanish peón . It has a range of meanings but its primary usage is to describe labourers with ...;
A lowly person, a peasant or serf - newness
the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness - rehabilitate
help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute - keenest
Superlative form of keen: most keen - reverse
a relation of direct opposition - leeriest
Superlative form of leery: most leery - denser
The density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ρ (the Greek letter rho).;
Comparative form of dense: more dense - reappear
appear again - kellie
A female given name, variant of Kelly - educate
give an education to - adornment
a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness - oddness
the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two) - ado
bustle: a rapid active commotion;
The Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Optanten für Deutschland (German for Association of optants for Germany), abbreviated ADO, was an association for ... - adonis
any handsome young man - oculist
optometrist: a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses;
ophthalmologist: a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye;
An ophthalmologist; An optometrist - basra
the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq - samovar
a metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea - zany
a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect - garish
brassy: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish ... - banter
light teasing repartee - hadar
Multiple Biblical characters with the names Hadad or Hadar existed. Ishmael had a son that is referred to by both names; the last king of Edom also has both alternative names. One Hadad ben Bedad was an earlier king of Edom. - paean
(ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) - earthen
made of earth (or baked clay) - jainism
sect founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism
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