Pollex

A

Male sexual organ of the Javanese Fire Orchid

B

A double star system

C

Thumb - first digit on the fore limb on all animals

D

Goldsmith apprentices in their first year on the job

Lunula

A

Type of jellyfish, or medusa

B

White, crescent shape at the base of the fingernail

C

Tribal council of the ancient Celts

D

Nervous disease which causes crescent shaped blemishes

Borborygmus

A

Rumbling in the intestines

B

A spearman in a Greek army

C

An eskimo term for a whale’s blowhole

D

An evergreen tree of the pine family that grows in Western Samoa

Tergiversate

A

Boring – particularly as a stage entertainer

B

Three-sided

C

A disease of goats leading to bent horns

D

To turn one’s back on

Troat

A

To graduate to hard drugs after using soft drugs

B

A three-sided boat

C

The cry of a rutting stag

D

An old English term for getting engaged

Incunabulum

A

Early form of Egyptian writing

B

The early stages of development

C

A four-wheeled bicycle

D

A type of Roman bed

Frottage

A

Any produce after being frozen

B

Medieval duty paid on imported vegetables

C

Sexual pleasure obtained through interpersonal rubbing

D

A type of cheese made in the Isle of Man

Callipygous

A

Pertaining to the measurement of the human body

B

A group of Pacific islands

C

Acting like a Japanese wrestler

D

Having well-shaped buttocks

Anadiplosis

A

A hereditary disease in which ole leg is shorter than the other

B

Extreme drunkenness

C

The study of ancient coins

D

Repeating the last words of a sentence at the start of the next

Manyplies

A

A old fashioned dress with an excessive number of pleats

B

Third stomach of a ruminant

C

The vessel used in the Catholic church to hold the host after consecration

D

An alternative name for the octopus

Carphology

A

The study of communications on the move

B

The study of the world’s deepest lakes

C

Delirious fumbling with bedclothes

D

An obsessive preference for eating fish

Zygal

A

H-shaped

B

Descriptive of horses that pull ploughs

C

A type of Portuguese bloodhound

D

A two-wheeled taxi used in Cambodia

Sciamachy

A

Any form of futile conflict such as shadow boxing

B

The science of lifting heavy objects through a system of pulleys

C

A smooth-sided mountain in Scandinavia

D

An underground water channel

Captious

A

Excessively and obsessively concerned about one’s health

B

Chewy

C

Fond of raising objections

D

Being a team leader

Sciolist

A

A tilting downhill movement

B

Someone who pretends to have knowledge – a bullshitter

C

Someone who compiles catalogues

D

Another name for a Mormon

Catachresis

A

A Scottish term for a disaster

B

The harvesting of crustaceans

C

Incorrect use of words e.g. a malapropism

D

The written doctrine of the Roman Catholic church

Procrustean

A

A member of a breakaway Christian sect in the 4th century

B

A supporter of the movement to abolish income tax in 18th century Britain

C

Long drawn out

D

The enforcement of uniformity through violent means

Entelechy

A

A freedom movement in the Balkans just after the end of World War one

B

Small electrical current that is transmitted through the body’s central nervous system

C

Mind reading

D

The realisation of individual potential

Estivation

A

Eating snakes

B

Going somewhere for the summer

C

The act of building a nest

D

The art of creating new words to represent entire sentences

Buccula

A

An extremely ugly young woman

B

A person with huge eyebrows

C

A piece of firewood

D

A double chin

Hadeharia

A

The practice of constantly using the word “hell” in speaking

B

The crime of beating a person in their own home

C

A government of saints

D

Anything considered holy or sacred

Hoxter

A

Any drug which relieves depression

B

Someone who teaches magic

C

One who advocates equal rights for men

D

The inside pocket on a suit or coat

Glabella

A

Plinth on which Holy works were placed, whilst the reader recited the words

B

Small metal covering that appears on the toes of some shoes

C

Small hammer-like object found inside a bicycle bell

D

Space between the eyebrows

Palimpsest

A

A token used by Pacific islanders to ward off evil spirits

B

A papyrus, that has been written on more than once

C

A box carried on carriages allowing passengers to disembark without having to jump

D

In Medieval France an envoy who carries messages up and down the Seine

Undine

A

Unit of measurement used by brewers

B

One of the basic tenets of the Zoroastrian religion

C

An ancestor of the cow roughly the size of a large German Shepherd

D

A water sprite, who can obtain a soul by marrying a human

Sitatunga

A

An amphibious antelope found in central and eastern Africa

B

The shallow tray in which the tree is cultivated in bonsai

C

Ancient Celtic god to whom sacrifices would guarantee victory in battle

D

A place used by the Cherokee people to smoke meat

Odalisque

A

In Muslim folklore the soul of the victim of a violent death

B

The hybrid offspring of any two separate species of orchid

C

A female slave or concubine in a Turkish Sultan’s harem

D

A communication device used by agents during World War 2

Haptic

A

A type of cleaning agent used in bathrooms

B

A type of antibiotic commonly used in field hospitals in warfare

C

Of or relating to the sense of touch

D

A type of small lichen

Gallimaufry

A

A hash of various kinds of meat

B

A tall, awkward fellow

C

A protective hedge around a village or camp

D

A passageway leading to a tier of seats in a theatre or stadium

Merkin

A

A type of small lichen

B

A pubic hairpiece worn in Medieval times to impress your lover

C

A very large ancient Greek wooden battle ship

D

Another name for a child’s spinning top