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Brainteasers 21: Word Seeds


Here are word puzzles like seeds. You start with a short word seed, and build longer words on the short word. Example:

_M_ _A_ _D_ Angry; insane.
_M_ _A_ _D_ _e_ Constructed; created.
_M_ _A_ _D_ _a_ _m_ Polite form of address for a woman.
_M_ _A_ _D_ _r_ _i_ _d_ Capital of Spain.
_M_ _A_ _D_ _i_ _s_ _o_ _n_ Early president of the United States.

1.
T_ H_ E_ Article (in grammar).
__ __ __ __ At that time.
__ __ __ __ __ Not the ones over there, but the ones here.
__ __ __ __ __ __ Subjects; topics.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ Where you go to see a movie, play, concert, or opera.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Comprehensive ideas about phenomena.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ A form of government in which religious leaders have political power.

2.
E
_ A_ R_ What we hear with.
__ __ __ __ To acquire money by working.
__ __ __ __ __ This planet.
__ __ __ __ __ __ Whitish substance that forms in the hearing organ.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ Flap of skin at bottom of the hearing organ.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Opposite of latest.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Seriously; sincerely.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Small, sinuous, legless creatures in the ground, often used for fish bait.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Large, sudden movements of the surface of this planet.

3.
C_ A_ R_ Automobile.
__ __ __ __ Ace of spades; or 3 of hearts, for example.
__ __ __ __ __ The load that a ship or a truck carries.
__ __ __ __ __ __ The life-work of a person.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ A line of camels crossing the desert.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ A bright red bird.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ What you cover a floor with.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Mixes air and gas on a car engine.

4.
M_ A_ N_ Male human being.
__ __ __ __ Hair on the back of an animal’s neck.
__ __ __ __ __ Crazy; hyperactive behavior.
__ __ __ __ __ __ Doing something by hand, such as --- labor.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ Humanity.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Multiple; large quantities.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Required; necessary.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ To use; to handle something.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ To use machinery to make something.

5.
T_ A_ R_ Viscous, black liquid made from oil, used to repair roads and roofs.
__ __ __ __ Sour; tangy.
__ __ __ __ __ Late.
__ __ __ __ __ __ A tax.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ To cause a metal to lose its shine.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ A spice.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ A large spider.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Large coverings, often used on trucks to protect cargo.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Italian dances.

Now, here are three harder ones, this time without the starting word.

6.
__ __ __ Obese; overweight.
__ __ __ __ Destiny; kismet.
__ __ __ __ __ Resulting in death.
__ __ __ __ __ __ Male parent.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ Tiredness.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Death from accident or injury.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Causing an increase in weight.

7.
__ __ __ A wrong action, in religion.
__ __ __ __ Basin; a place to wash things.
__ __ __ __ __ Trigonometric functions.
__ __ __ __ __ __ Hero of a sea story in the Arabian Nights.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ Honesty; earnest.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ The study of Chinese history, language, and culture.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Moving smoothly and gracefully.

8.
__ __ __ To be victorious in a game.
__ __ __ __ Mild alcoholic beverage, often made from grapes.
__ __ __ __ __ Forceful movement of air out-of-doors.
__ __ __ __ __ __ Opening in a wall for light and air.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ A speaker who doesn’t know when to stop speaking.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Large machine to get energy from air movements.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ To prepare s.t., e.g., a house, for the cold season.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Objects for sitting, with large, expansive upper parts.

 

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