Maffick

A

A particularly strong coffee popular in Ecuador

B

To beat up and seriously wound

C

A three-toed armadillo from The Andaman islands

D

To celebrate being saved or delivered from some dire fate

Strepitous

A

Noisy

B

Having a large elbow

C

Short of cash

D

Very angry

Glockamoid

A

An alpine musical instrument shaped like a harp

B

An obese Polynesian woman

C

Shaped like an arrow point

D

Coming from the steppes of Southern Russia

Cafard

A

A rhetorical device whereby the speaker links two separate words for the sake of emphasis

B

French slang for the madness produced by terminal boredom

C

An inhabitant of the mountainous region of South West Sicily

D

A small Japanese antelope

Tetrorchid

A

A fourth year student at St Andrew’s University

B

The period of the New Year holiday celebrated in Vietnam

C

A highly valued rare French truffle found in the forests of the Ardennes

D

Having four testicles

Oxter

A

Dialect word for an armpit

B

A Cornish tin miner’s lunch box

C

An East Anglian slang term for very drunk

D

Neither right-handed or left-handed

Galingale

A

Long tresses of unkempt hair

B

A small brightly coloured bird found in the swamps of Florida

C

A petticoat

D

An East Indian aromatic root with medicinal and culinary applications

Perjinkity

A

The ability to see around corners

B

A woman who pretends to be what she isn’t

C

A Scottish word for fastidiousness

D

A small coin used in the Falkland Islands in the 19th century

Winze

A

A smooth, highly woven type of linen

B

A shaft or passage between two levels in a mine

C

A tapir cub

D

An amber coloured wine produced in Bulgaria

Boustrophedon

A

Writing that is to be read from right to left then left to right in alternate lines

B

A type of poetry popular in Greece in the Middle Ages

C

A punctuation mark that indicates that subsequent text is to not to be read aloud

D

A small horse-drawn cart used in Portugal

Fustilug

A

An argument between two drunks in which they both fail to realise that they agree with one another

B

The flanged bit at the end of a wall plug

C

A fat sloppy woman

D

A old-style dolly for a TV camera

Jobbernowl

A

A slang word for an inhabitant of Dundee

B

A blockhead

C

A fold of flesh under the throat of an animal with a large dewlap

D

To waffle on endlessly about nothing in particular

Lemniscate

A

To plagiarise another student’s essay

B

The shape of the moon when it is three-quarters full

C

A closed curve in the shape of a figure eight

D

One-eyed

Rorschached

A

Made to look a fool by a stand-up comedian

B

Splotched like ink blots

C

Blinded by acid

D

Given a vote of No Confidence in the German Reichstag

Tyrosemiophiles

A

A group of bisexual worms found in Central America

B

Members of German societies established in the 1930s to support the Nazi party

C

Car enthusiasts, ‘petrol-heads’

D

Collectors of labels on French cheese boxes

Machicolated

A

Double-breasted

B

Having large, rippling muscles in the upper arm

C

Holed like a castle’s ramparts from which you can drop noxious substances on besiegers

D

With a system of storage on pallets particularly used in warehouses

Euphuistic

A

Speaking or writing in an elevated or affected style

B

A mental condition that prevents the pronunciation of consonants

C

Living on an island

D

Relating to the bamboo plant

Struthious

A

A type of tin found only in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

B

Relating to ostriches

C

Full of pity

D

Especially prone to swearing

Ambsace

A

Small indentation at the base of the spine

B

A single lamb with no brothers or sisters

C

Bad luck

D

A musical term for screaming

Franion

A

Rubber attached to the bottom of a plunger

B

An inveterate idler, a dilettante

C

A type of donkey that roams wild on the plains of Mongolia

D

A smoker’s pipe with a very wide bowl

Quaquaversal

A

Going off in all directions

B

A clock that runs backwards – i.e. anticlockwise

C

Believing in the existence of multiple life forms outside the planet Earth

D

Walking and moving upside down

Gurry

A

A slang word for an inhabitant of Genoa

B

A type of curry sauce popular in Goa

C

Goat’s faeces

D

Relating to fish guts, fish oil or some other slimy substance

Crapula

A

Proper name for the little toe

B

A hangover

C

A type of bluebell found in the Scilly Isles

D

A heavy, hacking cough

Fadge

A

An old word for a brewer’s drayman

B

To give knowing smile

C

A bundle of leather, a bale of goods

D

A type of bread made in the Highlands of Scotland

Murgeoning

A

Fishing in small stretches of water such as ponds

B

A banker’s term for applying very high interest rates

C

Muck-raking

D

Contorting, writhing

Thaumaturge

A

The ‘thumbs-up’ sign

B

A wonder-worker

C

A day-dreamer

D

A special container for holding frankincense used in the Catholic church

Watchet

A

A large cove surrounded by high cliffs

B

Type of creamy Cumbrian cheese

C

Light blue

D

A moneylender

Featous

A

Chivalrous

B

Ugly, loathsome

C

A large type of badger found in Poland

D

Handsome, good-looking

Lucubration

A

Heavy, serious consideration

B

Smooth-skinned

C

Bobbing up and down

D

The art of producing lewd drawings

Loxodromic

A

Relating to a type of competition in which rabbits race for prize money

B

Dry and sandy conditions

C

Tacking, sailing at an oblique angle

D

Fabulously wealthy