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Puzzle ID: #40520
Submitted By: TRILLIONAIRE Corrected By: TRILLIONAIRE
Submitted By: TRILLIONAIRE Corrected By: TRILLIONAIRE
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Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.Language
Start with a seven letter word and I'll give you a clue to its meaning. The next word will have one letter less and may need unscrambling. Begin to add letters at question #7.
1. Demanded as being one's property. (7 letters)
2. Situated towards the midline of the body. (6 letters)
3. To have pointed a weapon in the direction of a target. (5 letters)
4. A coin used in the United States and Canada which is worth ten cents. (4 letters)
5. To stop functioning as a living breathing human being. (3 letters)
6. Short for "in other words". (2 letters)
7. To try to mislead someone by not speaking the truth. (3 letters)
8. A unit of length equivalent to 1760 yards. (4 letters)
9. A soft mucous substance produced by a slug. (5 letters)
10. A figure of speech used to compare two things things that are not alike. (6 letters)
(Hint will reveal answers to #1 and #10)
1. Demanded as being one's property. (7 letters)
2. Situated towards the midline of the body. (6 letters)
3. To have pointed a weapon in the direction of a target. (5 letters)
4. A coin used in the United States and Canada which is worth ten cents. (4 letters)
5. To stop functioning as a living breathing human being. (3 letters)
6. Short for "in other words". (2 letters)
7. To try to mislead someone by not speaking the truth. (3 letters)
8. A unit of length equivalent to 1760 yards. (4 letters)
9. A soft mucous substance produced by a slug. (5 letters)
10. A figure of speech used to compare two things things that are not alike. (6 letters)
(Hint will reveal answers to #1 and #10)
Hint
1. Claimed10. Simile
Answer
1. Claimed2. Medial
3. Aimed
4. Dime
5. Die
6. Ie
7. Lie
8. Mile
9. Slime
10. Simile
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