| ANAPAEST | Metrical foot of two short syllables followed by a long one; the reverse of a dactyl (8) |
| IAMB | Metrical foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one; the opposite of a trochee (4) |
| CHOLIAMB | Metrical foot consisting of two short syllables between two long ones, chiefly used in classical verse (8) |
| ANAPEST | A foot of two short syllables followed by a long syllable (US sp) (7) |
| IAMBUSES | Feet of two syllables, a short followed by a long (8) |
| EGLOMISE | Paired with "verre", an ancient method of engraving, gilding or painting the reverse of a sheet of glass to create a soft mirrored effect (8) |
| TROCHEE | Metrical foot in prosody of a long syllable followed by a short one; the reverse of an iamb (7) |
| TRIBRACH | In prosody, a metrical foot of three short syllables (8) |
| NUNCHAKU | Weapon consisting of two short sticks joined by a length of chain (8) |
| TROCHEES | Metrical feet with one long and one short syllable (8) |
| IAMBS | Metrical feet consisting of two syllables, a short one followed by a long one |
| DACTYLIC | In prosody, consisting of one long and two short syllables |
| IAMBIC | Of a metrical foot of two syllables, one short and one long (6) |
| FEMININE | In poetry, a ____ rhyme is between stressed syllables followed by identical unstressed ones, as in "merrily" and "verily" |
| IAMBUS | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable (6) |
| ANAPESTS | Metrical foot of three syllables |
| CLERIHEW | Humorous poem of two short couplets (8) |
| PYRRHIC | In prosody, a metrical foot of two short or unstressed syllables (7) |
| DACTYL | Metrical foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short |
| ALSORANS | A hairdresser finally in dishevelled salon for skinheads and, by a long shot, the losers (4-4) |