| A | B |
| blasphemy | a contemptous or profane act |
| dentigerous | having or furnished with teeth |
| concatenate | to connect or link in a series or chain |
| gordian knot | a very hard problem or dead lock |
| spigot | a faucet |
| cloud-cuckoo-land | cloudland |
| aphrodisiac | a sexual stimulent |
| achille's heel | a semmingly small but actual mrtal weakness |
| mickey mouse | unimportant |
| lexis | the totl set of ords in a language |
| xanadu | beatiful place |
| man friday | an efficient faithful male aide or employee |
| big brother | older brother |
| dolly varden | a colorful spotted trout |
| byzantine | of or relating to the ancient city of byzantium |
| trojan horse | a subversive group |
| bridewell | a prison |
| tabby | a rich watered silk |
| mammonism | The greedy pursuit of riches. |
| inchoate | In an initial or early stage; incipient. |