Inquizition's Missing Words

Answer: Spanish

Spanish Armada, Spanish guitar etc. Spanish fly is a European blister beetle, the dried bodies of which were once thought to be an aphrodisiac. The Spanish Main is the north coast of South America from the Isthmus of Panama to the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela.

Answer: South

South Africa, South Australia etc. South Georgia is an island in the South Atlantic about 800 miles southeast of the Falkland Islands.

Answer: German

German measles is a nontechnical name for rubella. German shepherd is another name for Alsatian. The German Ocean is the former name for the North Sea.

Answer: New

New Guinea, New Jersey etc. New Hebrides is the former name of Vanuatu, a group of islands in the Pacific, west of Fiji.

Answer: Roman

Roman candle, Roman Catholic etc. A Roman mile is a unit of length used in ancient Rome and is equivalent to about 1620 yards (1481 metres). A Roman nose is a nose with a high prominent bridge.

Answer: Turkish

Turkish bath, Turkish coffee etc. The Turkish Empire is another name for the Ottoman Empire.

Answer: Yellow

Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of a female mosquito. A yellowhammer is a bird and the Yellow River is the second longest river in China (2,700 miles long) and has the Chinese name of Hwang Ho.

Answer: Oil

An oilskin is a cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof.

Answer: Hand

Handball is a game in which two or four people strike a ball against a wall via a gloved hand.

Answer: King

A kingcup is a yellow-flowered plant. A king penguin is a large penguin found on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle and a kingpin is the most important person in an organization.

Answer: Spring

A spring roll is a Chinese dish consisting of a savoury mixture of meat and vegetables rolled up in a thin pancake and fried.

Answer: Candy

A candytuft is an annual garden plant.

Answer: Green

The greenroom is a backstage room in a theatre where performers may receive visitors or just rest. The greenshank is a large European sandpiper with greenish legs.

Answer: Sheet

Sheet lightning, sheet music etc.

Answer: Latin

The Latin Quarter is an area of Paris which is a centre for students and artists. Latin America are those areas of America whose official languages are Spanish and Portuguese, languages derived from Latin. The Latin alphabet is another term for the Roman alphabet.

Answer: Moon

Moonfish or opah are deep-bodied silvery fishes occuring in warm and tropical American coastal waters. A moonstone is a gem and the moon rat is a ratlike southeast Asian nocturnal mammal with an elongated snout.

Answer: Pearl

Pearl grey is a light bluish-grey colour. The Pearl River is a river in central Mississippi.

Answer: Zebra

The zebra finch is an Australian songbird with zebra-like markings. Zebrawood is a tree yielding striped hardwood which is used in cabinetwork.

Answer: Christmas

A Christmas beetle is an Australian scarab beetle. A Christmas cactus is widely cultivated for its showy red flowers. The Christmas disease is a mild type of haemophilia caused by lack of protein and so named after ten year old Stephen Christmas, the first patient suffering from the disease who was examined in detail.

Answer: Candle

Candlewick can be the wick of a candle or unbleached cotton whose loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern and used for bedspreads or dressing gowns.

Answer: Oyster

The oystercatcher is a shore bird. Oyster pink is a delicate pinkish-white colour. The oyster plant or salsify has a root which tastes of oysters and is eaten as a vegetable.

Answer: Waiting

The waiting game is a postponement of action or decision in order to gain the advantage.

Answer: Ante

Antediluvian means belonging to the ages before the biblical Flood. Ante meridiem is the full form of a.m. (indicating the time period from midnight to midday ie 10am) It is Latin for 'before noon'. The word 'post' also is acceptable. Post-diluvian is the time after the flood. Post meridiem is the full form of p.m. Post natal is also applicable.

Answer: Greek

A Greek cross is a cross with each of the four arms of the same length. Greek fire is a Byzantine weapon used in naval warfare from 670AD. A Greek gift is a gift given with the intention of tricking and causing harm to the recipient as in the 'Trojan Horse' (Wooden Horse). Greek Revival is a style of architecture used in Western Europe between late 18th and early 19th centuries based upon ancient Greek classical examples.

Answer: Twelfth

Twelfth Day is January 6th, the twelfth day after Christmas and the feast of the Epiphany (Twelfthtide). Twelfth Day was observed as the final day of the Christmas celebrations. Twelfth Night is a Shakespearean play and the twelfth man is a reserve player in a cricket team. Hope you enjoyed the challenge.