| Kind of long-grained rice |
BASMATI |
| Large church building |
BASILICA |
| Lunar occurrence (which almost never happens) |
BLUEMOON |
| Open jar for holding flowers |
VASE |
| Palpitate |
THROB |
| Projectile (sometimes guided) |
MISSILE |
| Ridiculous combination of two figures of speech |
MIXEDMETAPHOR |
| Roman poet, d. about AD17 |
OVID |
| Scornfully mocking |
SARDONIC |
| Unquenchable |
INSATIABLE |
| Yes-man |
STOOGE |