n. an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps (*) ballast (*) precursor (*) summation (*) vintner

n. any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis (*) nutrient (*) shrew (*) papyrus (*) extradition

n. unequal curvature of the lens of the eye creating a distorted image (*) scamper (*) astigmatism (*) knottiness (*) conspiracy

n. frivolous banter (*) badinage (*) misogynist (*) transitoriness (*) contriver

n. someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force (*) quisling (*) patriarch (*) dissection (*) anodyne

n. one whose business is the management of funerals; funeral undertaker; funeral director (*) agio (*) reconnaissance (*) mortician (*) piddle

adj. concerned with or related to the past (*) pontifical (*) retrospective (*) contrite (*) quiescent

adj. given official approval to act; licensed; licenced (*) scurvy (*) abdominous (*) accredited (*) igneous

n. a young woman; missy; young lady; young woman (*) hoax (*) neigh (*) magnate (*) fille

n. a notable achievement (*) dispassion (*) barrister (*) exploit (*) obsequy