Showing posts with label words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label words. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Hobo vs. Tramp

What is the difference between a Tramp and a Hobo?

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Cricket Toothpaste

What word is both a term in the sport of cricket and the word for a wavy dab of toothpaste?

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Pencil Part

What is the name for the metal band that connects a pencil to its eraser?

Friday, March 4, 2011

Super Orderly

The position of orderly in the British army shares a name with what superhero?

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Borborygmus

What is a Borborygmus?

Friday, November 26, 2010

Blank Page

What is the name for a blank page in the front or back of a book?

Friday, November 12, 2010

Cygnets

The young of what animal are known as cygnets?

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Group of Jellyfish

What is the word for a group of jellyfish?

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Number B

What is the smallest integer that, when written out, contains the letter B?

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

A Blushing Crow

What is the name of a transposition of the initial sounds of two or more words?

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Penumbra

During what occasional event might you observe a penumbra?

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Left of Evil

What English word can mean "evil or corrupt" and also means "On or toward the left hand"?

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Language or Shiny

What Heteronym can either refer to a proper name of a language, or the act of making smooth or shiny?

Friday, July 16, 2010

Apairy

What does one keep in an Apiary?

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Armsaye

What is an armsaye?

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

mt ending

What word in the English language ends in 'mt'?

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

All The Vowels

What English word contains all 5 vowels in alphabetical order?

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Five Vowels

What word, common in British usage, is the only English word that contains 5 consecutive vowels?

Friday, February 26, 2010

State of Letters

Besides X, Y, and Z, what three letters do not begin the name of any U.S. state?

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Long Syllables

Name a nine letter one-syllable English word.