menopause

commendation/ senna

ignore

binary

audibility

goldsmith/ hammerman/ jeweller

troy

barb/ spearhead

announce/ chide/ narrate/ proclaim/ relate/ tell

hyacinth

prop

assist/ catch/ curb/ help/ hold up/ maintain/ manage/ punish/ retrieve/ set right/ support/ sustain/ take over

keep up

pace

carefully

gate keeper/ watchman

watchdog

dulcimen/ zither

zitherist

ermine/ grey squirrel

border/ frill/ hem/ jabot

dignity/ gravity/ seriousness/ sobriety/ solemnity

gravely

seriously

weighty

irrigation/ irrigation system

certificate/ charter/ degree/ diploma/ document/ imprimatur/ patent/ precedent/ proof/ qualification/ testament/ writ

certify

certified/ diploma holder

maggot

macrocosm

deserted/ lone/ lonely/ quiet

swish

hissing/ simmering/ tingling/ zing

excitement/ sensation/ thrill/ tremor

sensational/ thrilling

nipper

sensationalism

lunacy/ mania/ vagary

conch

poison

arsenic

crackers/ crackpot/ oddball

stone/ weight

foundation stone

hail

granite

heartless

heartlessness/ induration/ inhumanity/ mercilessness

relentlessly

grit

sandstone

pelting

stone

corundum

gypsum

quartz

marble

zoiste

milepost/ milestone

accompany

intercourse

orange

heartless

callously

hilly/ rocky/ stony

confluence/ conjuction/ interfluence/ junction/ juncture

interfluent

adornment/ toilet

vanity

pyxis

make up

vanity case

embellish

caltrop/ saligot/ water chestnut

chorus

bayonet

give ear/ hear/ heed

quietness/ silence

handcraft/ handicraft

era/ year

gilt/ golden

hey!

harken

rectification

correct/ embellish/ improve/ preen/ rectify

improve

yearly

hearsay

recluse

teapoy

tripod

(late)afternoon

midweekly

triliteral

triennial

triple

quarterly

aid/ assistance/ dependence/ ground/ help/ prop/ reliance/ shore/ support

lean/ lift/ nourish/ prop/ rest/ support/ underpin

lean

sustain

resource

underpinning