Vocabulary Quiz: 'Tar'

A road surface impregnated with creosote

Extremely hardy microscopic invertebrates. They usually live in moss but they've been into space without much harm.

You're slow and late.

Like something with a much larger capacity than its outward appearance would suggest.

A set of playing cards that can be used to tell your fortune.

The weight of something holding or wrapping goods, that must be deducted to get the goods' net weight.

A huge-eyed mammal of Southeast Asia that leaps from tree to tree.

Something marked with concentric circles, for shooting at.

Items on a list and the charges made on them.

Large hairy spiders that are native to the warmer parts of the Americas

To hang about, prolong and generally put things off.

A Greek fish pate made with roe, garlic, lemon and olive oil

A Russian film director: his work includes 'Solaris' and 'Andrei Rublev'.

Woollen cloth with stripes that cross at right angles.

What in ....?! Slang to avoid uttering the word 'damnation'.

An American film-maker known for using 1960s and 70s songs for his soundtracks

To discolour and dull the surface of a metal.

A whirling Italian dance said to counteract the bite of a spider

A member of the Lily family, cultivated in tropical countries for its edible starchy roots.

A waterproof cover you can spread over your belongings outside.

An aniseedy aromatic herb related to wormwood, added to fish and chicken dishes

Sour or sharp.