n. water saturated with salt (*) brine (*) pillory (*) explosion (*) sentinel

n. a detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise (*) prodigy (*) alacrity (*) outpost (*) pedagogics

n. the study of force exerted by the motion of liquids (*) forethought (*) hydrodynamics (*) grimace (*) buffoonery

n. the nobility (*) peerage (*) precedence (*) hawthorn (*) descent

n. a measure that defines the amount a person can hold (*) onset (*) armful (*) benediction (*) shriek

n. poverty (*) clemency (*) witticism (*) indigence (*) sergeant

n. person who attends to correspondence, keeps records or does other writing for others (*) vicissitude (*) secretary (*) lawmaker (*) nucleus

n. an annual allowance, payment or income (*) motto (*) annuity (*) desiccant (*) radiance

n. the act of taking back or taking again (*) moat (*) cosmos (*) resumption (*) pentahedron

n. any person who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence (*) contagion (*) autocrat (*) inefficiency (*) ultimatum