Professional Pursuits
A person whose job is to cut designs or words into hard surfaces like metal or glass.
Engraver
To stop doing something before it is finished, or to leave a place/person forever.
Abandon
Something that takes a lot of time to do.
Time consuming
The type of experience, training, or education that a person has in their past.
In or to a foreign country.
Abroad
To formally choose someone to do a special piece of work, such as painting a portrait or composing music.
Comission
A phrasal verb meaning to provide evidence to prove that what someone is saying is true, or to support them.
Back someone up
Sudden and unexpected, often in a way that is slightly rude.
Abrupt
A new idea, method, or invention that is being used for the first time.
Innovation
A flat piece of metal used in printing or as a sign.
Steel plate
This 10-letter noun refers to a person who is the first to do something or discover a new method.
Trailblazer
To make a word or phrase shorter by leaving out letters.
Abbreviate
Slightly wet, especially in a way that is unpleasant (like a towel or weather).
Damp
A way of communicating information or an artistic method (e.g., "Photography is a popular ______").
Medium
Moving toward the direction that is behind you.
Backward
An analysis of a particular person, group, or situation over a period of time to show a specific principle.
Case study
To finally understand something or find the solution to a problem after thinking about it.
Figure out
Extremely expensive; requiring a large amount of money.
Costly
Physical harm caused to something which makes it less attractive or useful.
Damage
A piece of furniture with shelves or drawers used for storing things.
Cabinet
The legal right to be the only person or company to make or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
Patent
To use numbers to find out a total amount, distance, or cost.
Calculate
Used to describe something that is very particular and clearly defined, rather than general.
Specific
In a way that is very unusual or surprising; surprisingly well.
Remarkably
The skill or power to do something.
Ability