Fount
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

CASE
A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"

FACE
The striking or working surface of an implement

FONT
Bowl for baptismal water

SPIT
The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

TYPE
A small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up"

VEIN
A layer of ore between layers of rock

WELL
An open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

SPEW
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"

LODE
A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

MINE
Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

ROOT
The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support

RUSH
Physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

HEAD
Oral stimulation of the genitals; "they say he gives good head"

GERM
A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

GUSH
A sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words"

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SPURT
Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

SPRAY
Flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage

SPOUT
An opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain

FOUNT
A plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water

FLUSH
Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

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SPRING
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

SOURCE
A facility where something is available

STAPLE
(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

SQUIRT
Cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"

QUARRY
Animal hunted or caught for food

ORIGIN
Properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"

GEYSER
A spring that discharges hot water and steam

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BONANZA
A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"

SPURTLE

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FOUNTAIN
A structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises

RESOURCE
Available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

GOLDMINE
A good source of something that is desired

TYPEFACE
A specific size and style of type within a type family

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RIVERHEAD

HEADWATER
The source of a river; "the headwaters of the Nile"

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WELLSPRING
An abundant source; "she was a well of information"

MAINSPRING
The most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism

CORNUCOPIA
The property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"

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FOUNTAINHEAD
An abundant source; "she was a well of information"