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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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AIR
Travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"

BOW
Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"

EAR
The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

GOB
Informal terms for the mouth

ICE
A rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating; "the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice"

JOG
A slow pace of running

LAP
Touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"

LIP
Either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell

NUB
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

ORB
Move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"

PEG
A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

RIB
Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

TAB
A short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it; "pull the tab to open the can"; "files with a red tab will be stored separately"; "the collar has a tab with a button hole"; "the filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs"

TEA
A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"

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BATH
You soak and wash your body in a bathtub; "he has a good bath every morning"

BURP
A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth

BOIL
The temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "they brought the water to a boil"

FIZZ
An effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)

BALL
The game of baseball

BLEB
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

BLOB
An indistinct shapeless form

BOLL
The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant

BOSS
A circular rounded projection or protuberance

BULB
A rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ

BUMP
Knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree"

BURL
Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

CHIP
The act of chipping something

CORK
A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

DOWN
(American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards"

DUST
Remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets"

FLAP
Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"

FLOW
The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

FOAM
A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam"

FLUE
A conduit to carry off smoke

FUZZ
The first beard of an adolescent boy

GALL
The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

GUSH
A sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words"

HILL
(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands

HISS
A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"

HUMP
Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

KNOB
A round handle

KNOT
A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

KNUR

LOOP
A flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane

LUMP
A compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"

MIST
Spray finely or cover with mist

MOIL
Moisten or soil; "Her tears moiled the letter"

MOLE
Small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet

MOTE
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

MYTH
A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

PIPE
Play on a pipe; "pipe a tune"

PLOP
The noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash

PURL
A basic knitting stitch

RAVE
An extravagantly enthusiastic review; "he gave it a rave"

RING
The sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe

STIR
A rapid active commotion

STUD
Adult male horse kept for breeding

SUDS
A dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces)

TRIP
An unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

WALE
Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship

WART
(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus

WASH
The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

WELT
A raised or strengthened seam

WHIM
An odd or fanciful or capricious idea; "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"; "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"; "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"

WORK
Perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

WRAP
Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person

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ERUCT
Expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table"

BELCH
A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth

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BABBLE
Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby

BURBLE
Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"

GUGGLE
Drink from a flask with a gurgling sound

GURGLE
Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"

RIPPLE
A small wave on the surface of a liquid

SIMMER
Temperature just below the boiling point; "the stew remained at a simmer for hours"

AERATE
Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate blood"

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AIRPOCKET
A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

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EFFERVESCE
Become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"

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HOUSEOFCARDS
A speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"