Thursday, July 31, 2014

WORD + WORD = NEW WORD II

The clues below contain definitions of two words which can combine to form a third word without any re-arrangement of letters. For example, given the clues BODY PART + BIRD'S HOME, the new word would be EARNEST, as in EAR + NEST.

1. Cooking vessel + charged particle =
2. Ocean waves + playing card =
3. Biblical "your" + objective pronoun =
4. Male deer + country =
5. Open-water marker + insect =
6. Mongrel dog + housing expense =
7. Desperate request + positive =
8. Equine sound + tedious =
9. Sloth, for one + objective pronoun =
10. Cut + possessive pronoun =

HINTS for third words:
3. An herb
5. Like a cork
7. Good experience
10. How a certain animal moves

Answers:

1. POT + ION = POTION
2. SURF + ACE = SURFACE
3. THY + ME = THYME
4. STAG + NATION = STAGNATION
5. BUOY + ANT = BUOYANT
6. CUR + RENT = CURRENT
7. PLEA + SURE = PLEASURE
8. NEIGH + BORING = NEIGHBORING
9. SIN + US = SINUS
10. SLIT + HERS = SLITHERS

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