Crosswords Flashcards
(155 cards)
1
Q
uvea
A
colored part of the eye
2
Q
olio
A
mixture, mishmash
3
Q
tau
A
“T” in Greek
4
Q
eels
A
congers
5
Q
lea
A
grassy, grazing expanse, meadow
6
Q
t hole
A
oar fulcrum
7
Q
tarsi
A
ankle bones
8
Q
taw
A
glass-shooter, marble
9
Q
monad
A
one-celled organism
10
Q
gretes
A
ridges on ranges
11
Q
dace
A
minnow
12
Q
Babu
A
Hindi: Mr.
13
Q
Erie
A
Buffalo’s canal
14
Q
Eire
A
Ireland
15
Q
abaci
A
abacus plural
16
Q
tonne
A
1,000 kilograms
17
Q
faena
A
bullfighter’s pass
18
Q
imbrue
A
steep tea
19
Q
aegis
A
armor plate
20
Q
Iago
A
Aladdin parrot, Othello’s right hand
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Q
Agee
A
“Death in the Family” author
22
Q
abase
A
badmouth
23
Q
sake
A
rice wine
24
Q
viva voce
A
oral
25
Pei
JFK Library architect
26
OBie
Off-Broadway award
27
Rafael Nadal
tennis great
28
Shiraz
City in Iran
29
slat
Venetian blind part
30
auric
gold-related
31
Milo O'Shea
"Ulysses" (Joyce) character
32
CLIO
Madison Avenue reward, best ad
33
senna
cathartic plant, laxative
34
Avila
walled city of Spain
35
raga
Hindu music, Ravi Shankar's tunes
36
Swiftboat
Vietnam War craft
37
rara aves
rare bird
38
cossett
pamper, keep like a pet
39
sprat
herring-like fish
40
Remy-Martin
cognac
41
apt
likely
42
tar
coal distillate
43
lade
load, burden
44
etre
to be (French)
45
Grimaldi
lava-filled crater
46
UAR
Egypt once
47
medoc
French claret, red Bordeaux
48
Sade
radio's "Vic and..."
49
Leo I
pope 440-461
50
meld
pinochle term
51
idee
thought (French)
52
soma
body (Greek)
53
Etonian
James Bond, e.g.
54
cretin
obtuse person
55
Baccalaureate
4-yr. degree
56
Isao Aoki
golf great
57
tapir
South American animal
58
Lorax
Seuss hero
59
FTC
Commerce agency, Federal Trade Commission
60
Marat
French revolutionary leader
61
t-note
Federal bill, treasury note
62
Freida Pinto
of "Slum Dog Millionaire"
63
bell captain
hotel supervisor
64
Veda
Hindu scripture
65
Leo V
10th century pope
66
Tige
Buster Brown's dog
67
coho
type of salmon
68
Anil Kapoor
of "Slum Dog Millionaire"
69
Elroy
Jetson's son
70
Oriforme
Jean Arps sculpture
71
Alu with Claws
Jean Arps sculpture
72
Georges Simenon
"Maigret" (movie) creator, producer
73
pea
coal size type
74
Peter II
Alexei Petrovich's only son
75
erat
it was (Latin)
76
Oola
dancer in "Return of the Jedi"
77
Nicholas Roeg
director of "Man Who Fell to Earth" (David Bowie film)
78
George Boole
computer pioneer, Boolean logic
79
dado
wainscot
80
rien
nothing (French)
81
taro
poi source, root vegetable
82
Agha
Turkish title
83
ete
summer (Frnech)
84
Ossa
mountain in Thessali, Thessalia (northern Greece)
85
nie
never (German)
86
Etna
Sicilian volcano
87
yegg
petty burglar
88
Arles
Van Gogh's French home
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rive
tear apart
90
apre
after (French)
91
corniche
road cut into a cliff
92
neu
modern (German)
93
noir
black (French)
94
R.S.A.
Soweto's nation (Republic of South Africa)
95
oda
harem's spot
96
sari
Indian women's garment, Rani's
97
in sum
briefly
98
noh
Japanese drama
99
OSS
CIA forerunner
100
erne
sea flier, white-tailed eagle
101
cob
male swan
102
sei
baleen whale, smaller than blue and fin whales
103
do rag
kerchief that covers the head
104
arn
Scottish alder
105
paean
song of joy, tribute
106
"Ni Hao, Kai-Lan"
anime cartoon show
107
MOHS
mineral hardness scale
108
viand
article of food
109
mir
to me (German)
110
Osa
explorer Johnson, female filmmaker, wife of Martin
111
ogee
pointed arch, feature of English Gothic architecture in the later thirteenth century
112
rial
Iran and Oman monetary unit, mullah's moolah
113
Jacob Riis
urban reformer, "muck-raking" journalist
114
orzo
form of short-cut pasta, shaped like a large grain of rice
115
Thomas Arne
"Rule Britannia" composer
116
Leman
Swiss lake
117
Aire
English river
118
cesta
Jai-Alai basket
119
ambi...
both (prefix)
120
equi...
proportionate (prefix)
121
AFC
FM tuner feature, Automatic, Frequency Control
122
skywave
skip radio transmission
123
naia
cobra genus
124
sloe
blackthorn, relative of the plum
125
Mali
African Federation
126
erst
former, before
127
L-dopa
drug from broad beans, fava beans
128
meme
same (French)
129
mer
sea (French
130
sie
you (German)
131
oncle
uncle (French)
132
tante
aunt (French)
133
amoi
mine (French)
134
ecu
shield, heraldry symbol, Middle Ages France
135
Ulan Bator
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia capital
136
Tana
Ethiopian lake
137
axil
botanist measure: angle between a branch or leaf and the axis from which it arises
138
Julian Barnes
author, won Booker Prize
139
Robert Donat
"Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
140
prie-dieu
prayer desk
141
Nino Rota
Italian compser
142
Ione Skye
actress, daughter of singer, Donovan
143
unos
some (Latin)
144
ange
cherub, angel (French)
145
Ulm
Einstein's birthplace, on the Danube
146
ionic
Greek column style, thinnest,
147
doric
Greek column style, simplest
148
Corinthian
Greek column style, most ornamented
149
Eris
Greek goddess of strife
150
lader
loader, stevedore
151
ente
duck (German)
152
Barbara O'Neil
Ellen O'Hara (mother) "Gone with the Wind"
153
Erte
Deco artist, Romain de Tirtoff
154
xebec
zebec, similar to galleys used by Algerian corsairs and Barbary pirates, oars & sails
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legerity
alert facile quickness of mind or body
