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- Animals which live on meat – Carnivorous
- Animals which live on fruits – Frugivorous
- Animals which live on grass – Graminivorous
- Animals which live on plants/grass – Herbivorous
- Animals which live on human flesh – Cannibals
- Animals which live in flocks – Gregarious animals
- Animals which live in water – Aquatic animals
- Animals which live both on land and in water – Amphibious animals
- Animals which suck their mother’s breast – Mammals
- Animals with four legs – Quadruped
- Animals with two legs – Biped
- The act of talking impiously about sacred things – Blasphemy
- The act of speaking aloud one’s thoughts when alone – Soliloquy
- Anything that counteracts putrefaction – Antiseptic
- The act of literary borrowing without acknowledgement – Plagiarism
- Two brothers born at one and the same time – Twins
- A bird that comes and goes with the seasons – A Migratory bird
- A book published after the death of the author – A posthumous book
- A battle which puts an end to all controversy – A decisive battle
- A battle which is attended with much bloodshed – A sanguinary battle
- A biography of a man written by himself – Auto-biography
- Beyond the power of nature – Supernatural
- Cessation of arms before a formal treaty is signed – Armistice
- A cinema show in the afternoon – Matinee
- A collection of poems – Anthology
- A child born after the death of its father – A posthumous child
- Disease peculiar to a country – Endemic
- Destitute of knowledge – Ignorant
- Habit of excessive eating – Gluttony
- Incapable of being read – Illegible
- Incapable of being understood – Unintelligible, Incomprehensible
- Incapable of being blamed – Irreprehensible
- Incapable of being heard – Inaudible
- Incapable of being conquered – Invincible
- Incapable of being seized – Impregnable
- Incapable of being passed over or surmounted – Insurmountable, Insuperable
- Incapable of being seen – Invisible
- Incapable of being wounded – Invulnerable
- Incapable of being exhausted or tired – Indefatigable
- Incapable of being reached or approached – Inaccessible