| Hint | Word |
| the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to (last rung), absorbing all light incident upon it. | |
| to be remiss in respect to (some matter, duty, right, etc.); shirk; leave undone | |
| a more or less orderly pile or heap | |
| the stem or main axis of a plant | |
| not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread. | |
| a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material | |
| any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers | |
| a period or interval of time | |
| a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to (first rung). A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites a | |