An adjective meaning mournful, doleful, dismal.
I always think of the comedian Tony Hancock as haveing the best example of a lugubrious face!

Inclined to war or fighting - warlike.
I have known several bellicose people over the years!  Always want to settle arguments with their fists!

A situation in which there are two choices or alternatives whose consequences are equally unpleasant!
Named after John Morton 1420 - 1500 Archbishop of Canterbury and a minister of Henry Vll who used the argument that ‘the rich must have money and the frugal must have savings’ to extract loans.

An early type of plastic.
Very hard and usually dark brown or black.  Things like telephones, light switches and  Radios were made from it.
Technically is was a thermosetting plastic made by copolymerization of a phenol with formaldehyde!
It was invented by a Belgian chemist called Leo Baekeland - 1863 - 1944

Parsimonious – an adjective meaning – to spend as little money as possible.
Example – Oh come on Dad! £1 per week pocket money is really parsimonious of you!

A lovely noun meaning - nonsense - foolishness!

A  noun - meaning slush!
Small ice crystals in water too turbulent to freeze solid.