n. a difficult problem; brain-teaser (*) enigma (*) talon (*) emptor (*) spate

n. the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse (*) depilator (*) cynosure (*) ford (*) pillock

n. beautiful handwriting; chirography (*) harbinger (*) acclivity (*) masochist (*) calligraphy

n. the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability; comradeliness; comradery; comradeship (*) guck (*) ovalbumin (*) camaraderie (*) pecs

n. a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike (*) leeway (*) whiff (*) chantey (*) regeneration

n. a duplicate copy; twin (*) rift (*) counterpart (*) testator (*) hooks

n. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; alluvion (*) figment (*) biquadrate (*) troth (*) deluge

n. a sudden jarring impact; shock (*) jounce (*) dross (*) sedateness (*) venison

n. trivial nonsense; piffle (*) garrulity (*) balderdash (*) caste (*) corollary

n. a dissenting clique (*) parameter (*) phenomena (*) faction (*) yokel