| IAMBUS | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable (6) |
| IAMBIC | Using metrical feet consisting of one short syllable followed by one long (6) |
| IAMB | One short syllable followed by one long syllable |
| DACTYL | Metrical foot in prosody consisting of one long syllable followed by two short ones (6) |
| ANAPAEST | Metrical foot consisting of two short syllables followed by one long one; the reverse of a dactyl (8) |
| SPONDEE | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of two long syllables |
| TROCHEE | In prosody, a metrical foot of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed one (7) |
| TENDON | Take care of one short tissue (6) |
| PAEON | In prosody, a metrical foot consisting of one long and three short syllables in any order (5) |
| ANAPEST | A foot of two short syllables followed by a long syllable (US sp) (7) |
| HORACE | Was poetry a chore for him? (6) |
| AVERSE | Is disinclined to give poetry a heading (6) |
| TRIMETER | In poetry, a line of verse consisting of three metrical feet (8) |
| FEMININE | In poetry, a ____ rhyme is between stressed syllables followed by identical unstressed ones, as in "merrily" and "verily" |
| TROCHEES | Metrical feet with one long and one short syllable (8) |
| RONDELET | In poetry, a short form of rondeau (8) |
| IAMBS | Metrical feet with one short and one long syllable |
| DIASTOLIC | Do italics when correctly placed show the lengthening of a normally short syllable (9) |
| RUBAIYAT | In Persian poetry, a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas |
| SIMULACRA | Images of one short promontory in vertebrae (9) |
