| Money for expenditure on small items |
petty cash |
| North American tree used medicinally |
slippery elm |
| Of lower quality |
INFERIOR |
| One looking for something |
SEARCHER |
| Performed exceptionally well |
EXCELLED |
| Person who rejects accepted opinions |
FREETHINKER |
| Pig tender |
SWINEHERD |
| Relating to the rule of priests |
hierocratic |
| Reversal of policy |
U-turn |
| Riding over snow |
SLEDGING |
| River of West Africa |
NIGER |
| Second largest city of Japan |
YOKOHAMA |
| Semi-arid region of West Africa |
SAHEL |
| Sharp reprimand |
Talking-to |
| Silly behaviour |
TOMFOOLERY |
| Site of significant eruption in 1883 |
KRAKATOA |
| Small songbird |
ORTOLAN |
| Song by Irving Berlin |
alexander's ragtime band |
| Station (troops) in a town |
GARRISON |
| The —, historic mission in Texas |
ALAMO |
| The adding (of territory) to one's own |
ANNEXATION |
| The measurement of potential or currents |
electrometry |
| Type of cell division |
MITOSIS |
| Type of Indian classical dance |
kathak |
| Uncontrollable emotion |
HYSTERIA |
| Very wet and soft |
SOGGY |
| Weapon using blazing fuel |
FLAMETHROWER |
| Wise men |
MAGI |
| Without a clearly-defined shape |
AMORPHOUS |