A German married woman working in the home |
HAUSFRAU |
A large bottle of champagne |
MAGNUM |
A narrowly avoided collision in seminars |
NEARMISS |
A snare for central parts of amphitheatres |
ARENAS |
Act as go-between |
LIAISE |
At sea, on board ship |
AFLOAT |
Block forming the base of a column |
PLINTH |
Brave OAP being better than average |
ABOVEPAR |
Building housing book collection, may be public |
LIBRARY |
Elevate to the sainthood |
CANONISE |
Evil spirits that rob graves and eat corpses |
GHOULS |
Gold-coloured alloy used for decorating furniture etc |
ORMOLU |
Great beast of the Bible |
BEHEMOTH |
Hero of Virgil's epic poem |
AENEAS |
Imaginary line through the centre of an object on which it spins |
AXIS |
Informally ditto, I think as you do |
SAMEHERE |