| A | B |
| the blue green color of water | aquamarine |
| horse's parade headdress | caparison |
| one who receives good things | beneficiary |
| the place where mothering occurs; womb | matrix |
| male head of a family | patriarch |
| to move forward in position or authority | promote |
| to move down in position or authority | demote |
| to behead | decapitate |
| fear of water | hydrophobia |
| a constellation pictured as a man carrying water | aquarius |
| a lover of good living, especially food | bon vivant |
| in good faith, genuine | bonafide |
| distant | remote |
| unable to move | nonmotile |
| fostering mother, a school | alma mater |
| good doing, kind | benevolent |
| made from water | aqueous |
| to go back over the head or main parts | recapitulate |
| apt to change one's mind quickly | capricious |
| a supporter, like one's father | patron |