front 1 revelations | back 1 a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way. |
front 2 strychnine | back 2 a bitter and highly poisonous compound obtained from nux vomica and related plants. An alkaloid, it has occasionally been used as a stimulant. |
front 3 quivering | back 3 trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion. |
front 4 spigot | back 4 a small peg or plug, especially for insertion into the vent of a cask. a faucet. |
front 5 quills | back 5 any of the main wing or tail feathers of a bird. The hollow sharp spines of a porcupine, hedgehog, or other spiny mammal. |
front 6 mimeograph | back 6 a duplicating machine which produces copies from a stencil, now superseded by the photocopier. |
front 7 switchboard | back 7 an installation for the manual control of telephone connections in an office, hotel, or other large building. |
front 8 navel | back 8 a rounded knotty depression in the center of a person's belly caused by the detachment of the umbilical cord after birth; the umbilicus. The central point of a place |
front 9 felicity | back 9 Intense happiness. The ability to find appropriate expression for one's thoughts. |
front 10 congenial | back 10 (of a person) pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own.(of a thing) pleasant or agreeable because suited to one's taste or inclination. |
front 11 impertinence | back 11 lack of respect; rudeness. |
front 12 skulk | back 12 to hide or move around as if trying not to be seen, usually with bad intentions |
front 13 delirium tremens | back 13 a violent delirium with tremors that is induced by excessive and prolonged use of alcoholic liquors. |
front 14 fatuity | back 14 something foolish or stupid |
front 15 frieze | back 15 a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling. |
front 16 florid | back 16 1)having a red or flushed complexion.2)elaborately or excessively intricate or complicated. |
front 17 arabesque | back 17 a posture in which the body is supported on one leg, with the other leg extended horizontally backward. |
front 18 derision | back 18 contemptuous ridicule or mockery |