FANCY A WORD?
OCCUPATIONAL VERBS
PARTS OF THE WHOLE
RING "TONE"S
ENDS IN "X"
200
It can mean extracted & filtered white sugar but also describes a cultivated woman with great "taste"
Refined
200
To sip a drink slowly, making it last longer
To nurse
200
Jacket,
spine,
leaves
Book
200
An unchanging way of speaking without variations in pitch or inflection
Monotone
200
This secretion is slang for a person's unwanted concern, as in "none of your..."
Beeswax
400
A classy citizen of the world, it comes to us from the decidedly unclassy Oscar the Grouch of ancient Greece, Diogenes
Cosmopolitan
400
To alter something in a tricky way; it may be done to a baseball or to a photo
To doctor
400
Cow catcher,
smokestack,
coupler
Train
400
Penance for doing wrong
Atonement
400
Adjective meaning curved or bowed outward
Convex
600
A gentleman with an "air" of confidence may be this adjective, from Old French for "of good lineage"
Debonair
600
TV cops get frustrated when a suspect in custody does this 2-word slang phrase meaning "get an attorney"
Lawyer up
600
Lhotse Face,
the Death Zone,
Khumbu Icefall
Mt. Everest
600
A vocal range one deeper than tenor
Baritone
600
This 4-letter gemstone is often used to make cameos, like the one seen here
Onyx
800
The name of a hotelier in the early 20th century gives us this 5-letter adjective for posh & fancy
Ritzy
800
To steer, as a captain may steer a ship through rough waters
Pilot
800
Idea balloon,
panel,
signature
Comic strip
800
I love your dress; 18-5424 TCX in this color system really brings out your eyes
Pantone
800
This wild goat with impressive curved horns nimbly scales the cliffs of the Alps and is also found in parts of North Africa and Central Asia.
Ibex
1000
Physicists often praise a theory with few assumptions and wide explanatory power using this 7-letter adjective; alternatively, you might use it to praise someone with simplicity and grace
Elegant
1000
As a noun it means a clergyman; as a verb it's to attend to another's needs
Minister
1000
Myelin sheath, dendrite, axon
Nerve
1000
A high-protein diet can lead to the formation of these compounds that raise the risk of kidney stones
Ketone
1000
It's the collective name for a flower's sepals
Calyx