Monday, December 12, 2011

Voca-bear-lary

All the answers contain the letters b-e-a-r
  1. Take into account or having remembered.
  2. Hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
  3. Causing, predicting, or expecting a fall, as in the prices on the stock exchange.
  4. A rich sauce containing egg yolks, butter, vinegar, and tarragon.
  5. So unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable.
  6. The practice of setting dogs in a chained bear.
  7. A shrub native to North America and Eurasia, having small leathery leaves, white or pinkish urn-shaped flowers, and red berrylike fruits. Also called kinnikinnick.
  8. Acting in a dictatorial manner, arrogant, domineering.
  9. One of several funeral participants who help carry the casket of a deceased person.
  10. Also known as a bodylock, this is a grappling term in wrestling for a clinch hold and stand-up grappling position where the arms are wrapped around the opponent, either around eh opponent’s chest, midsection, or thighs; sometimes with one or both of the opponents arms pinned to the opponents body.

    And the answers are.........

    1. bear in mind
    2. beard
    3. bearish
    4. Bearnaise sauce
    5. unbearable
    6. bearbaiting
    7. bearberry
    8. overbearing
    9. pallbearer
    10. bear hug
      Thanks for playing!!!!

    Trivia from "Bear-ology" by Sylvia Dolson

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