Airs, desiccates |
DRIES |
Army officer |
SUBALTERN |
Attempt; piece of writing |
ESSAY |
Break down (food) |
DIGEST |
Butterfly or moth larva |
CATERPILLAR |
Ceramic worker |
POTTER |
Conversion to a particular measurement system |
METRICATION |
Cumbrian lake |
WINDERMERE |
Curdling agent for cheese |
RENNET |
Dealings between people |
INTERCOURSE |
Destructive to both sides in a conflict |
INTERNECINE |
Determined at all costs |
hell-bent |
Direct from the factory |
ex-works |
Dominating influence (A, not E) |
ASCENDANCY |
Electrical device converting AC to DC |
RECTIFIER |
Extra time in bed |
lie-in |
False or misleading account |
MISREPRESENTATION |
Freudian theory |
PSYCHOANALYSIS |
Given something in recognition of effort |
REWARDED |
Glass container |
BOTTLE |
Grass like plant |
SEDGE |
Having the opposite of the desired effect |
counter-productive |
Highly unsuccessful |
DISASTROUS |
Impossible to understand |
UNINTELLIGIBLE |
Improve |
ENHANCE |
In its original condition |
PRISTINE |
In which one is reminded of things as they are |
reality check |
Inability to endure (something) |
INTOLERANCE |
Indian lute |
SAROD |
Intermediate |
in-between |
Jewish scholar |
RABBI |