This week's Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer asks "What's the Sense of It?". There are plenty of dictionaries and encyclopedias available on xreferplus, so you should have no trouble finding the meanings of unfamiliar words. Without looking them up on the website, can you say what each of these words means? Answers here.

1. Gourmand
2. Slalom
3. Seamstress
4. Diminuendo
5. Lacewing
6. Strabismus
7. Pelota
8. Fireweed
9. Babinski effect
10. Callipygian or callipygous