Inquizition's Missing Words4

Answer: Sun

Sunbeam, sunburn etc. A sunflower has a very tall, thick stem with large flower heads with yellow rays. Its seeds are used as food especially for poultry.

Answer: Hand

Handbrake, hand grenade etc.

Answer: Gas

Gas oil is a fuel obtained in the distillation of petroleum with a boiling point between paraffin and lubricating oils.

Answer: White

Whitebait is the young of sprats or herrings which are cooked and eaten whole as a delicacy. A white elephant is a possession that is unwanted by its owner. The White Sea is an inlet of the Barents Sea on the coast of northwest Russia.

Answer: Thunder

A thunderbolt is a flash of lightning accompanying thunder.

Answer: Pig

Pig iron is poured into moulds in preparation for making steels, alloys or wrought iron. It is basically crude iron produced in a blast furnace.

Answer: Pressure

A pressure cabin is the pressurized cabin of an aircraft or spacecraft. A pressure gauge is any instrument for measuring fluid pressure. A group of people who seek to exert pressure on legislators, people who make or enact laws, in order to promote their own ideas are called a pressure group.

Answer: Fox

A foxhole is a small pit dug to provide individual shelter against hostile fire during a conflict.

Answer: Russian

The Russian Empire was the tsarist empire overthrown by the Russian Revolution of 1917. The Russian wolfhound is a less common name for borzoi.

Answer: Rock

A rock cake has a rough surface resembling a rock and contains dried fruit and spice. A rockhopper is a small penguin. Rock lobster is another term for the spiny lobster. Rock salt or halite is a white mineral sometimes tinted by impurities.

Answer: Silver

Silverfish are wingless insects with long antennae occurring in buildings and feeding on food scraps. A silver lining is a hopeful aspect of an otherwise desperate situation. Silver service in restaurants is serving food using a spoon and fork in one hand like a pair of tongs.

Answer: King

A king cobra feeds on snakes and other reptiles and extends its neck into a hood when alarmed. A kingcup is a yellow-flowered plant. The king penguin is a large penguin found on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle.

Answer: Fish

A fishplate is a flat piece of metal joining one rail to the next in the laying of railway tracks. A fish tail is a step in ballroom dancing in which the feet are quickly crossed.

Answer: Box

A box camera is a simple box-shaped camera having a basic lens, shutter and viewfinder. A box kite has a boxlike frame open at both ends. Boxwood is hard yellow wood of the box tree and is used to make tool handles.

Answer: Star

Starboard is the right side of an aeroplane or boat when facing the nose or bow. Stargaze can mean to daydream.

Answer: Wind

Wind chimes are a decorative arrangement of metal discs or shells which when hung near a door or window, shake together with a tinkling sound in a draught. A windlass is a machine for raising weights by winding a rope or chain upon a barrel driven by a crank or motor.

Answer: Church

A churchman is a clergyman.

Answer: Flying

A flying boat is a seaplane whose hull provides buoyancy in the water. A flying circus is an exhibition of aircraft aerobatics.

Answer: Pepper

A pepper corn is a small dried berry of the pepper plant. A pepper mill is a small hand mill used to grind peppercorns. The pepper tree or kawakawa is an aromatic shrub or small tree of New Zealand held to be sacred by the Maoris.

Answer: Welsh

A Welsh dresser is a sideboard with drawers and cupboards below and open shelves above. A Welsh Mountain is a common breed of small hardy sheep mainly found in the mountains of Wales. Welsh rarebit (rabbit) is a savoury dish of melted cheese on hot buttered toast. This quiz was dedicated to fun trivia player 'Timence' who enjoys such a challenge.