DOUBLE CONSONANTS
A soft song for a child going to sleep
a lullaby
Enthusiastic applause by an audience on its feet
a standing ovation
An oometer is used to measure the size of these ova
Eggs
Carl Sagan knew that this number is the first to contain a "B" when spelled out
billion
About Sgt. Croft's platoon:
"The ____ and the Dead"
Naked
It's another name for a mongrel dog
a mutt
The permanent professional infantry force of a nation
a standing army
Used to measure length, mass & time, the fundamental units of the MKS system are the meter, the kilogram & this
Seconds
When spelled out this number has as many letters as its value
Four
An autobiographical 1913 novel:
"____ and Lovers"
Sons
Proverbially, to perform a futile act is to do this to the deck chairs on the Titanic
rearrange
A permanent legislative group in Congress that meets regularly
A standing committee
Sailors can use a basic sextant to measure this at local noon, then check navigation tables to calculate latitude
the altitude of the sun
This multiple of 10 is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order
Forty
A Dickens tale:
"____ and Son"
Dombey
It's found in the sky between Scorpio & Capricorn
Sagittarius
Performing ostentatiously in order to impress or gain attention
grandstanding
8-letter word for the level of NaCl in your solution
Salinity
Alphabetically, it's the first Roman numeral
C
Made into a Ralph Fiennes/Cate Blanchett film:
"____ and Lucinda"
Oscar
A 1992 film was titled "Dr." these small laughs
Giggles
When the British want you to rise, as for a judge, they say, "be" this, also referring to an honorable citizen
upstanding
It's not a pig cranium, it's a unit of measure equal to 63 gallons
hogshead
This number, one of the first 20, uses only one vowel (4 times!)
seventeen
A struggle to write:
"The ____ ____ & the Butterfly"
Diving Bell