Slimeantics #6

SLEEP

Also accepted: NAP, DOZE, SNOOZE, SLUMBER, DROWSE

Close, for fewer points: HIBERNATE, DREAM

• REST: Resting does not necessarily involve falling asleep.
• NOD: NOD is informal or slangy for this meaning.
• KIP: KIP is informal or slangy for this meaning.
• SIESTA: SIESTA is a different part of speech from the answer.

In a sentence:

• It was late, so the baby began to sleep with her eyes closed tight.
• I must sleep early tonight because tomorrow we wake up before sunrise.

WHISPER

Close, for fewer points: HISS, SIGH, HUSH

• MURMUR: These describe quiet or unclear speech but do not require breath without vocal vibration.
• MUTTER: These describe quiet or unclear speech but do not require breath without vocal vibration.
• MUMBLE: These describe quiet or unclear speech but do not require breath without vocal vibration.

In a sentence:

• The library is quiet, so please whisper when you talk to your friend.
• I had to whisper the secret into her ear so nobody else would hear.

RUMMAGE

Also accepted: DIG, RANSACK, RIFLE, FUMBLE

Close, for fewer points: HUNT, SCOUR, COMB, SIFT, ROOT

• SEARCH: These do not necessarily involve searching messily through a pile.
• FORAGE: These do not necessarily involve searching messily through a pile.
• SCROUNGE: These do not necessarily involve searching messily through a pile.

In a sentence:

• I had to rummage through the toy box to find my missing puzzle piece.
• Grandma let us rummage in the attic trunk for old costumes.

PRISTINE

Also accepted: UNSPOILED, PERFECT, UNTOUCHED, UNSPOILT, MINT, FLAWLESS, PURE, VIRGIN, UNSULLIED

Close, for fewer points: FRESH, NEAT, SHINY, IMPECCABLE

• SPOTLESS: Something can be clean after restoration without remaining in its original condition.
• IMMACULATE: Something can be clean after restoration without remaining in its original condition.
• CLEAN: Something can be clean after restoration without remaining in its original condition.

In a sentence:

• The museum kept the old car in pristine condition, shiny like the day it was built.
• After a fresh snowfall, the field looked pristine, with no footprints at all.

GOSSAMER

Also accepted: CHIFFON, VOILE, ORGANZA, FILAMENT

Close, for fewer points: LACE, THREAD, FLUFF, DOWN, MESH, TULLE

• SILK: These are particular materials and need not have the web-like delicacy described here.
• GAUZE: These are particular materials and need not have the web-like delicacy described here.
• COBWEB: A cobweb is an actual spider's web rather than any fine web-like material.

In a sentence:

• The fairy's wings were made of gossamer, thin as a spider's web and shimmering in the light.
• A thread of gossamer floated through the air, so light and fine that we hardly saw it.

IMPECUNIOUS

Also accepted: POOR, BROKE, PENNILESS, DESTITUTE, IMPOVERISHED, INDIGENT, INSOLVENT, BANKRUPT, PENURIOUS, SKINT, STRAPPED

Close, for fewer points: POVERTY, BEGGARLY, HUNGRY, STRUGGLING, UNDERPRIVILEGED, NEEDY

In a sentence:

• The impecunious student had so little money that he ate noodles for dinner every night.
• Though the family was impecunious, they always found a way to share what they had.

PSITHURISM

Close, for fewer points:

• RUSTLE: These can name sounds from other sources; the clue specifies wind in trees.
• RUSTLING: These can name sounds from other sources; the clue specifies wind in trees.
• WHISPER: These can name sounds from other sources; the clue specifies wind in trees.
• WHISPERING: These can name sounds from other sources; the clue specifies wind in trees.

In a sentence:

• We listened to the psithurism of the pines, the soft sound of wind in the trees.
• A gentle psithurism filled the forest as the breeze moved the leaves.