Wordscapes Level 1295 Answers

AIM - The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.

CAM - A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.

MIL - An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1/6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1/6000 and 1/6300 are used in other countries.

LAM - Used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding.

CALM - Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.

MAIL - To send (a letter or parcel) through the mail.

CLAM - A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

MICA - Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.

CLAIM - A demand of ownership made for something (eg. claim ownership, claim victory).

ACCLAIM - To shout; to call out.