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noun • a special situation • an action • a special abstraction • an artifact • an event • a vaguely specified concern • a statement regarded as an object • an entity that is not named specifically • any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence • a special objective • a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion • a separate and self-contained entity | ||||
| 42% | 9 | Word that derives from “animated, enliven, excite”, yet is used to describe an inanimate object in the form of a cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, courgette, cucumber or other edible part of a plant | ||
noun • edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant • any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower | ||||
| 37% | 4 | Inanimate object with a tongue | ||
noun • footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material • (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time • U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof • a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation verb • furnish with shoes | ||||
Word For Any Inanimate Object A Living Creature Or Informally A Love Affair Phobia Or Slight Obsession
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THING which was last seen in the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword.
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THING
Updated: October 12, 2023
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A dark grey rain-cloud; an artistic representation of an aureole, gloriole, halo or luminous mist encircling an angel, deity or saint; or, any surrounding colour or lightFrom a word for “blue”, the cerulean-coloured mineral chessylite occurring in malachite, used as a pigment since Roman times
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