English Words & Origins
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WHAT ‘N’ IS THE OPPOSITE OF ZENITH?
WHAT ‘N’ COMES BEFORE OUT, CLUB AND GOWN?
WHAT ‘U’ IS MADE FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES RATHER THAN BEAUTY?
WHAT ‘B’ IS A LORD OF THE REALM?
WHAT ‘O’ ARE WORDS LIKE COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO, HISS AND QUACK-QUACK?
WHAT ‘U’ MEANS WORN BY BOTH SEXES?
WHAT ‘N’ IS A LOOP WITH A TIGHTENING KNOT?
AN OENOPHILE IS A CONNOISSEUR OF WHAT?
WHAT ‘D’ IS THE OPPOSITE OF DAMP?
WHAT ‘B’ MEANS PASTORAL?
WHAT ‘E’ COMES AFTER SELF WHEN PEOPLE MAKE THEMSELVES INCONSPICUOUS?
WHAT ‘H’ IS REAR – AND A DEER?
WHAT ‘RH’ IS TO DASH HEEDLESSLY?
WHAT ‘Y’ IS A LOUT?
WHAT ‘R’ COMES BEFORE ROARING, TIDE AND CORD?
WHAT ‘B’ IS A TYPE OF BIRD AND ALSO A MATERIAL USED FOR FLAGS?
WHAT ‘I’ IS TO STAMP, INFLUENCE DEEPLY – AND FORCE INTO SERVICE?
WHAT ‘F’ IS THE FIRST PAGE OF A NEWSPAPER, WHERE ALL THE BIG STORIES GO?
WHAT ‘Q’ IS SOFT MARSHY GROUND THAT QUAKES UNDER FOOT?
WHAT ‘J’ COMES BEFORE FISH, BAG AND ROLL?
WHICH WORD MEANING ?TO BECOME SMALLER? IS ALSO A DEROGATORY TERM FOR A PSYCHIATRIST?
WHAT ‘D’ IS SOMETHING USED TO LURE ONE INTO A TRAP?
WHAT ‘DTTW’ CAN MEAN UNCONSCIOUS OR FAST ASLEEP?
WHAT ‘E’ IS A LONG INVOLUNTARY ABSENCE LIKE THAT OF THE JEWS IN BABYLON?
WHAT ‘V’ IS QUICKNESS IN A GIVEN DIRECTION?
WHAT ‘N’ IS A STATEMENT THAT HAS LITTLE OR NO RELEVANCE TO WHAT PRECEDED IT?
WHAT ‘O’ IS AN EXTENDED SQUARE?
WHAT ‘H’ IS VERY COLD RAIN AND A GREETING?
WHAT ‘P’ COMES BEFORE POINT, MONEY AND STRIPE?
WHAT ‘J’ IS TO DERIDE OR SCOFF AT?
WHAT DOES A FUNAMBULIST WALK ON?
WHAT ‘HOTC MEANS TO REPRIMAND?
WHAT `P’ MEANS TO TAKE AND USE ANOTHER’S THOUGHTS OR WRITINGS?
WHAT ‘AAAD’ SUPPOSEDLY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY?
WHAT ‘G’ IS ANY LIGHT FILMY SUBSTANCE BUT ESPECIALLY THE WEBS OF SMALL SPIDERS?
WHAT ‘N’ IS AN EXCAVATING LABOURER?
WHAT ‘W’ IS A MALE WITCH?
WHAT ‘A’ IS FOREVER?
WHAT ‘D’ IS A DUTCH GLAZED EARTHENWARE?
WHAT ‘C’ IS A HIDING PLACE FOR VALUABLES?
WHAT ‘N’ IS THE POINT OF THE STORY?
WHAT ‘P’ MEANS UNREASONABLY DIFFERENT?
WHAT WORD CAN FOLLOW BAND MASS AND PASS?
WHAT ‘O’ GOES BEFORE POST, LOOK AND STANDING?
WHAT ‘S’ IS A NARROW SLIT WINDOW IN A CHURCH WALL, OR A WORD FOR BEING CROSSEYED?
WHAT ‘YC’ SHOULD YOU CUT YOUR COAT ACCORDING TO?
WHAT ‘E’ MEANS TENDING TO EXCITE EMOTION?
WHAT SIX LETTER WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONTAINS TEN OTHER WORDS WITHOUT REARRANGING ANY OF ITS LETTERS?
WHAT ‘F’ IS SOMEONE WHO LITERALLY DOES EVERYTHING FOR YOU?
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