This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -ene
buckminsterfullerene
contravene
damascene
gangrene
hygiene
limonene
obscene
reconvene
supervene
xanthene
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -va
baklava
balaclava
bodhisattva
conjunctiva
guava
supernova
vulva
yeshiva
zelkova
zyzzyva
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -tude
desuetude
etude
verisimilitude
decrepitude
pulchritude
vicissitude
latitude
ineptitude
amplitude
magnitude
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -lion
tatterdemalion
postillion
perihelion
dandelion
battalion
ganglion
vermillion
rapscallion
stallion
bullion
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -us (but not -ous or -ius)
ankylosaurus
borborygmus
emeritus
hippopotamus
homunculus
meniscus
sarcophagus
succubus
trolleybus
walrus
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -ack
bladderwrack
barrack
crackerjack
googlewhack
haversack
knickknack
quack
stickleback
thumbtack
thwack
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -ine
asinine
concubine
entwine
fettuccine
labyrinthine
migraine
ovine
praline
serpentine
thylacine
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
This year our Ten Things column each month is alternating between composers and artists a century at a time from pre-1500 to 20th century. As always, there’s no guarantee you will have heard of them all!
Ten Artists Born in 20th Century
David Hockney
David Hockney; Nude, 17th June 1984
Ed Burra
Adrian Daintrey
Tracey Emin
Andy Warhol
Jackson Pollock
Eric Ravilious
Alberto Giacometti
Graham Clarke
Damian Hirst
This year our Ten Things column each month is alternating between composers and artists a century at a time from pre-1500 to 20th century. As always, there’s no guarantee you will have heard of them all!
Ten Composers Born in 20th Century
Philip Glass
John Cage
Olivier Messian
Olivier Messian
György Ligeti
John Rutter
Judith Weir
Constant Lambert
Benjamin Britten
Dmitri Shostakovich
Luciano Berio
This year our Ten Things column each month is alternating between composers and artists a century at a time from pre-1500 to 20th century. As always, there’s no guarantee you will have heard of them all!
Ten Artists Born in 19th Century
Amadeo Modigliani
Amadeo Modigliani; Reclining Nude
Piet Mondrian
Jacob Epstein
George Braque
Constantin Brâncusi
Henry Moore
Paul Klee
Paul Nash
Henri Matisse
Auguste Rodin
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