Intermediate Word of the Day

Intermediate Word of the Day

6/18/2006: erythropoeitic - (d) tough, supple twig

6/17/2006: withe - (c) tough, supple twig
6/16/2006: rictus - (b) the expanse of an open mouth
6/15/2006: weir - (d) dam or fish fence
6/14/2006: willowy - (d) slender and graceful
6/13/2006: fen - (a) bog
6/12/2006: Cretaceous - (d) last period of the Mesozoic
6/11/2006: cardamom - (c) medicinal plant
6/10/2006: applique - (b) decorative cloth sewn on other cloth
6/9/2006: entourage - (b) a train of attendants
6/8/2006: furfural - (a) solvent
6/7/2006: regelation - (c) to refreeze
6/6/2006: dragoon - (d) violently coerce

6/5/2006: henry - (b) unit of electrical inductance

6/4/2006: pleonasm - (a) an unnecessary, superfluous redundancy
6/3/2006: chelonian - (a) pertaining to turtles and tortoises
6/2/2006: toucan - (b) brightly colored, large-billed African bird
6/1/2006: hectare - (c) metric acre (100 meters square)
5/31/2006: chthonic - (d) pertaining to the spirits of the underworld
5/30/2006: buccal - (a) pertaining to the cheek
5/29/2006: hackmatack - (b) larch tree
5/28/2006: burgess - (b) citizen of an English burough
5/27/2006: hegira - (c) flight to escape danger
5/26/2006: alopecia - (d) male-pattern baldness
5/25/2006: intifada - (c) uprising

5/24/2006: imbroglio - (a) entanglement
5/23/2006: dacha - (b) Russian country house
5/22/2006: beluga - (d) sturgeo
5/21/2006: beluga - (d) sturgeon
5/20/2006: beluga - (d) sturgeon
5/19/2006: beluga - (d) sturgeon
5/18/2006: beluga - (d) sturgeon
5/17/2006: beluga - (d) sturgeon
5/16/2006: beluga - (d) sturgeon
5/15/2006: beluga - (d) sturgeon
5/14/2006: beluga - (d) sturgeon 4
5/13/2006: beluga - (d) sturgeon
5/12/2006: beluga - (d) sturgeon
5/11/2006: furlong - (c) 1/8th mile
5/10/2006: binnacle - (c) stand on which ship's compass is mounted

5/9/2006: candida - (d) pathogenic yeast
5/8/2005: narcolepsy - (b) uncontrollable sleep attacks
5/7/2005: bellicose - (a) warlike

5/6/2005: neophyte - (d) rookie
5/5/2005: artesian well - (b) water under enough pressure to flow as a spring
5/4/2005: terrazo - (c) polished, marble-chip tile flooring
5/3/2005: demimonde - (a) a kept woman
5/2/2005: jalousie - (a) adjustable, slatted window covering
5/1/2005: rota - (c) name roster
4/30/2005: easement - (c) right to make limited use of another's property
4/29/2005: depone - (b) declare under oath
4/28/2005: minx - (d) impudent girl
4/27/2005: taconite - (a) iron ore
4/26/2005: eutectic - (b) formed at the lowest possible melting point (for alloys)

4/25/2005: vichysoisse - (c) thick, creamy potato soup served cold
4/24/2005: tisane - (d) medicinal herbal beverage
4/23/2005: Ragnarok - (d) Norse doomsday
4/22/2005: finial - (a) ornamental lampshade screw
4/21/2005: clerestory - (a) upper half of the nave of a church
4/20/2005: polder - (b) land reclaimed from the sea
4/19/2005: lucubrations - (c) laborious studies
4/18/2005: penury - (d) extreme poverty
4/17/2005: teleost - (c) fish with bony skeletons and rayed fins
4/16/2005: obstreperous - (a) aggressively boisterous
4/15/2005: argent - (b) silver metal

4/14/2005: arrant - (b) being completely such
4/13/2005: sinter - (c) to fuse to a loosely bound aggregate
4/12/2005: geoduck - (d) very large, edible clam
4/11/2005: curlew - (a) long-legged shore bird
4/10/2005: raptor - (b) bird of prey
4/9/2005: accipiter - (d) short-winged hawk
4/8/2005: glial - (d) scaly
4/7/2005: barcarole - (a) Venetian gondolier's song
4/6/2005: astatine - (c) radioactive element
4/5/2005: squamous - (a) scaly
4/4/2005: cycad - (b) palm-like fern
4/3/2005: luminati - (d) the enlightened
4/2/2005: goniometer - (a) a device for measuring angles
4/1/2005: clastic - (a) made of fragments
3/31/2005: quire - (c) 25 sheets of paper
3/30/2005: quirt - (b) short-handled, braided riding whip
3/29/2005: empennage - (a) tail of an airplane
3/28/2005: alcalde - (c) governor of a Spanish fortress
3/27/2005: hepatic - (c) pertaining to the liver
3/26/2005: eclair - (d) custard-filled, chocolate-iced cream puff
3/25/2005: euphemism - (a) substitution of an inoffensive term for an offensive one
3/24/2005: teleology - (b) search for intelligent design
3/23/2005: dewlap - (b) fold of loose neck skin
3/22/2005: morraine - (a) rocky debris carried by glacier
3/21/2005: bandicoot - (c) ratlike marsupial
3/20/2005: diverticulosis - (d) pouching of the colon
3/19/2005: triturate - (c) to grind to a powder

3/18/2005: embrasure - (d) flared wall opening for a gun
3/17/2005: disabuse - (a) to free from misconception
3/16/2005: sigil - (a) magical sign
3/15/2005: colligate - (a) to bundle together
3/14/2005: pika - (d) hare-like mammal
3/13/2005: pedicular - refering to (c) lice

3/12/2005: linchpin - (b) shaft-end locking pin

3/11/2005: eclampsia - (c) pregnancy-related coma and convulsions
3/10/2005: buskin - (c) a mid-calf boot

3/9/2005: fugacity - (a) evanescenc

3/8/2005: disparate - (d) entirely dissimila

3/7/2005: fusillade - (b) spray of projectiles

3/6/2005: trichinosis - (a) dangerous worm infection from eating undercooked pork
3/5/2005: Cadmus - (a) sowed the dragon's teeth to found the city of Thebes
3/4/2005: landau - (c) four-wheeled enclosed coach

3/3/2005: intaglio - (b) design incised into hard surface

3/2/2005: altricial - (b) helpless when hatched

3/1/2005: laudanum - (d) tincture of opium

2/28/2005: flume - (a) water chute

2/27/2005: lachrymal - (c) Greek Fate who spins the thread of life

2/26/2005: Cassandra - (b) one who utters unheeded prophecies

2/25/2005: gait - (c) staggering gait

2/24/2005: penumbra - (c) partial shadow

2/23/2005: abalone - (d) tasty shellfish

2/22/2005: gerrymander - (a) to unfairly manipulate voting district boundaries

2/21/2005: limn - (c) to describe
2/20/2005: baleen - (b) whalebone
2/19/2005: rune - (b) letter in ancient Germanic alphabet
2/18/2005: lixiviate - (d) to dissolve out solid matter
2/17/2005: ballista - (a) catapult
2/16/2005: emetic - (c) vomiting agent

2/15/2005: immolate - (c) to kill as a sacrifice

2/14/2005: entente - (b) agreement for cooperative action

2/13/2005: junta - (d) small, secret group

2/12/2005: khedive - (a) Turkish viceroy ruling Egypt

2/11/2005: precept - (c) rule of conduct

2/10/2005: denouement - (b) clarification of a plot

2/9/2005: ricin - (b) deadly poison in the castor bean

2/8/2005: jeremiad - (d) prolonged tale of woe
2/7/2005: profligate - (a) recklessly wasteful

2/6/2005: cassava - (c) root plant from which tapioca is made

2/5/2005: diatribe - (d) abrasive denunciation

2/4/2005: vole - (b) field mouse

2/3/2005: expectorate - (a) to spit

2/2/2005: rail - (b) marsh bird

2/1/2005: parthenogenesis - (c) asexual reproduction

1/31/2005: papilla - (c) tiny nipple-like projection

1/30/2005: acolyte - (b) priest's assistant

1/29/2005: sesterce - (d) Roman coin

1/28/2005: metatarsus - (c) five bones forming the arch of the foot

1/27/2005: gyre - (a) spiral

1/26/2005: hauberk - (a) chain mail tunic

1/25/2005: Cambria - (b) first Period in the Paleozoic Era

1/24/2005: Caledonia - (c) Scotland

1/23/2005: grenadine - (d) pomegranate syrup

1/22/2005: vim - (b) vitality

1/21/2005: vendetta - (a) vindictive feud

1/20/2005: philander - (a) to casually engage in love affairs

1/19/2005: ephemeris - (c) celestial body sky location table

1/18/2005: petrel - (d) sea bird

1/17/2005: ullage - (b) liquid lost during storage

1/16/2005: misogynist - (c) woman-hater

1/15/2005: prescient - (c) foreseeing events before they occur

1/14/2005: Helvetia - (a) Switzerland

1/13/2005: callipigian - (b) having a shapely behind

1/12/2005: cuneiform - (d) wedge-shaped

1/11/2005: tergiversation - (b) equivocation

1/10/2005: pawl - (b) hinged escapement for a ratchet
1/9/2005: skerry - (a) small rocky island

1/8/2005: spar - (a) pole

1/7/2005: Cerberus - (c) Charon's three-headed dog

1/6/2005: cantonment - (b) temporary troop quarters

1/5/2005: blintz - (d) cheese-filled pastry

1/4/2005: plectrum - (c) guitar pick

1/3/2005: shallop - (c) rowboat

1/2/2005: shallot - (a) member of the onion family

1/1/2006: holographic - (b) producing images by waveform reproduction

12/31/2005: hapless - (a) unfortunate

12/30/2005: rimose - (d) spider-veined with cracks

12/29/2005: verdant - (c) green-growing

12/28/2005: palladium - (b) safeguard

12/27/2005: verrucose - (c) warty

12/26/2005: nuncio - (c) a papal ambassador

12/25/2005: stipple - (a) to speckle

12/24/2005: vicuña - (c) llama-like Andean mammal

12/23/2005: harlequin - (d) classical buffoon

12/22/2005: condottiere - (a) leader of Renaissance mercenaries

12/21/2005: alewife - (a) alewife

12/20/2005: tern - (c) sea bird

12/19/2005: kestrel - (b) falcon

12/18/2005: alveolar - (c) pitted, honeycombed

12/17/2005: revanche - (d) policy aimed at regaining lost territory

12/16/2005: salmagundi - (a) a hodge-podge

12/15/2005: scullion - (c) kitchen menial

12/14/2005: Corgi - (d) dog

12/13/2005: gros point - (d) oversized stitch

12/12/2005: adjuvant - (c) auxiliary pharmacological agent that potentiates the main drug

12/11/2005: capuchin - (a) long-tailed South American monkey

12/10/2005: cainotophobia - (b) fear of progress

12/9/2005: campanile - (d) bell tower

12/8/2005: poltroon - (c) coward

12/7/2005: gnu - (b) African antelope

12/6/2005: corpus delecti - (b) corpse of murder victim

12/5/2005: teal - (a) bluish-green river duck

12/4/2005: carafe - (a) glass bottle with flared lip

12/3/2005: circumspect - (d) prudent

12/2/2005: Rankine - (c) Fahrenheit temperature above absolute zero (-459.6 degrees)

12/1/2005: numismatics - (d) coin collecting

11/30/2005: Rosetta stone - (a) stone written in both heiroglyphics and Greek

11/29/2005: echidna - (b) spiny, insectivorous Australian mammal

11/28/2005: ghee - (d) liquified butter

11/27/2005: osculation - (b) point where two branches of a curve have a common tangent

11/26/2005: indigent - (b) impoverished

11/25/2005: escheat - (a) property reverts to the state in the absence of a legal owner

11/24/2005: invective - (c) an abusive expression

11/23/2005: auscultation - (c) listening to internal body sounds

11/22/2005: nutation - (d) the act of nodding

11/21/2005: intransigence - (b) unwilling to compromise

11/20/2005: sequela - (d) pathological condition caused by a disease

11/19/2005: Cenozoic - (c) current era of geological time
11/18/2005: illation - (c) act of inferring

11/17/2005: arcane - (a) understood by only a few

11/16/2005: diverticulum - (b) pouch branching from a hollow organ

11/15/2005: Kafkaesque - (b) surreal distortion

11/14/2005: hedonistic - (d) pleasure-seeking

11/13/2005: theodolite - (c) surveying instrument measuring horizontal and vertical angles

11/12/2005: idiom - (a) regional dialect or vocanulary

11/11/2005: pugnacious - (d) eager to fight

11/10/2005: baluchitherium - (a) huge, extinct, hornless rhinoceros

11/9/2005: chimera - (a) fire-breathing lion, goat, and serpent combination

11/8/2005: horological - pertaining to (b) the art of making timepieces

11/7/2005: Morpheus - (c) god of sleep

11/6/2005: bumbershoot - (d) umbrella

11/5/2005: Brobdingnagian - (b) gigantic
11/4/2005: accouchement - (b) childbirth

11/3/2005: dongle - (a) anything that hangs off a computer

11/2/2005: Sisyphus - (d) cruel Corinthian king condemned to forever roll a rock up a hill in Hades only to have it roll right back down again

11/1/2005: escarpment - (c) long cliff or slope

10/31/2005: villi - (b) minute projections from mucous membranes
10/30/2005: tor - (a) high rock atop a hill

10/29/2005: frisson - (a) emotional thrill

10/28/2005: dipsomaniac - (d) alcoholic

10/27/2005: vituperation - (b) blame

10/26/2005: natation - (c) swimming

10/25/2005: conundrum - (c) riddle answered by a pun

10/24/2005: vignette - (a) literary sketch

10/23/2005: rescind - (d) repeal

10/22/2005: boreal - (a) pertaining to the north

10/21/2005: nabob - (b) Moghul Indian governor

10/20/2005: kine - (b) cattle

10/19/2005: Ilium - (c) Troy (from Alexander Pope's poem, "Is this the face that launched a thousand ships and burned the topless towers of Ilium?")

10/18/2005: cachexia - (c) wasting away

10/17/2005: fresco - (d) painting on wet plaster

10/16/2005: clevis - (a) U-shaped yoke

10/15/2005: peculate - (b) to embezzle

10/14/2005: aliphatic - (d) with carbon molecules in an unbranched chain

10/13/2005: acclivity - (d) an upward slope

10/12/2005: culottes - (c) women's trousers cut to resemble a skirt

10/11/2005: cabal - (a) conspirational group of plotters

10/10/2005: Rubenesque - (b) generously roportioned

10/9/2005: stent - (c) tube holding artery open

10/8/2005: vacillate - (a) to waver

10/7/2005: mikado - (c) Japanese emperor

10/6/2005: gaggle - (c) a group

10/5/2005: anodyne - (d) pain reliever

10/4/2005: chiaroscuro - (b) technique for using light and shade in a picture

10/3/2005: painter - (d) mountain lion

10/2/2005: titian - (a) red-haired

10/1/2005: nonesuch - (b) one-of-a-kind

9/30/2005: carnal - (a) sensual

9/29/2005: portiere - (d) beaded curtain

9/28/2005: nostrum - (b) quack medicine

9/27/2005: miso - (a) thick, fermented soybean paste for soups

9/26/2005: paladin - (c) champion

9/25/2005: vang - (b) guy rope bracing a derrick

9/24/2005: aeolian - (d) deposited by the wind

9/23/2005: falcate - (d) sickle-shaped

9/22/2005: ordure - (b) excrement

9/21/2005: levigate - (b) to grind to a fine powder

9/20/2005: knesset - (c) Israeli parliament

9/19/2005: hidalgo - (a) minor Spanish nobleman

9/18/2005: rampion - (b) salad plant

9/17/2005: mackinaw - (d) heavy woolen jacket cloth

9/16/2005: dashiki - (a) African man's tunic

9/15/2005: soubrette - (a) saucy lady's maid

9/14/2005: ukase - (c) Czarist decree

9/13/2005: dojo - (b) martial arts school

9/12/2005: cordillera - (c) principal mountain range

9/11/2005: crenulated - (d) having minutely notched projections

9/10/2005: soffit - (d) underside of a structural component

9/9/2005: keister - (a) derriere

9/8/2005: pelucid - (d) transparent

9/7/2005: topiary - (c) "sculptured" bushes

9/6/2005: vichyssoise - (b) potato soup

9/5/2005: sporran - (b) Scottish Highlander's belt pouch

9/4/2005: felucca - (d) lateen-rigged, narrow sailing ship

9/3/2005: montage - (a) artistic picture arrangement

9/2/2005: barrister - (c) superior court lawyer

9/1/2005: meiosis - (b) chromosome-halving cell division

8/31/2005: coterie - (d) small group with shared interests

8/30/2005: epigone - (d) inferior imitator

8/29/2005: nubile - (a) of marriageable age (woman)

8/28/2005: discursive - (d) rambling

8/27/2005: musteline - (c) pertaining to a ferret

8/26/2005: ramate - (c) branching

8/25/2005: harbinger - (c) forerunner

8/24/2005: mensal - pertaining to (b) a table

8/23/2005: talus.- (c) rocky debris

8/22/2005: seraglio- (a) large harem

8/21/2005: peignoir- (d) woman's loose-fitting dressing gown

8/20/2005: homburg- (d) man's hat

8/19/2005: parietal- (b) forming a wall

8/18/2005: baleful- (c) ominous

8/17/2005: tonneau- (a) rumble seat

8/16/2005: scurrilous- (d) given to vulgar language

8/15/2005: brogan- (b) ankle-high work shoe

8/14/2005: farrago- (c) conglomeration

8/13/2005: epee- (c) blunted fencing foil

8/12/2005: altercate- (a) dispute
8/11/2005: hetaera- (d) ancient Greek geisha
8/10/2005: neonate- (d) newborn infant
8/9/2005: doss- (b) cheap rooming house

8/8/2005: ambageous- (c) twisting

8/7/2005: distaff- (a) staff on which tow is wound for spinning

8/6/2005: circumvallate - to (d) surround with a defensive rampart
8/5/2005: epistemology - (d) theory of the nature of knowledge

8/4/2005: druid - (b) pagan priest

8/3/2005: freebooter - (a) pirate

8/2/2005: burl - (c) large outgrowth on tree

8/1/2005: hinny - (b) male mule/female ass offspring

7/31/2005: alluvial - (b) deposited by flowing water

7/30/2005: unconscionable - (d) unacceptable

7/29/2005: astrakhan - (d) lamb's fur

7/28/2005: dressage - (a) subtly guiding horses through their maneuvers

7/27/2005: edema - (c) swelling

7/26/2005: heimal - pertaining to (b) winter

7/25/2005: agrestic - (c) rustic

7/24/2005: couturier - (b) man who produces custom-made women's clothing

7/23/2005: euchre - (a) to slyly deceive

7/22/2005: lacustrine - (a) pertaining to lakes

7/21/2005: humerus - (d) upper arm bone

7/20/2005: pilaf - (c) rice with broth and meat or vegetables

7/19/2005: salutatorian - (b) second-best student

7/18/2005: gurkha - (a) a Nepalese British-army soldier

7/17/2005: peregrination - (a) wandering journey

7/16/2005: pugnacious - (c) having a quarrelsome disposition

7/15/2005: inebriated - (d) drunk

7/14/2005: albedo - (c) fraction of light reflected by a surface

7/13/2005: congeries - (a) an aggregation

7/12/2005: bagnio - (b) brothel

7/11/2005: obsequy - (b) funeral ceremony

7/10/2005: amity - (d) friendship

7/9/2005: singularity - (a) point where quantities become infinite

7/8/2005: desultory - (c) jumping from one thing to another

7/7/2005: aspirate - (a) speech sound followed by puff of air

7/6/2005: asperity - (a) harshness

7/5/2005: patrimony - (b) legacy

7/4/2005: disparage - (d) belittle

7/3/2005: niveous - (a) pertaining to snow

7/2/2005: reticle - (c) distance scale in a lens

7/1/2005: solipsism - (c) idea that only one's self exists

6/30/2005: revetment - (b) facing used to support an embankment

6/29/2005: boyar - (d) member of Russian aristocratic order

6/28/2005: loess - (b) windblown dust

6/27/2005: bilk - (a) swindle

6/26/2005: bisque - (a) thick, rich soup

6/25/2005: dilatente - (c) dabbler

6/24/2005: scirocco - (c) hot, humid Sicilian wind

6/23/2005: friseur - (d) hairdresser

6/22/2005: druse - (b) tiny crystals lining a rock cavity

6/21/2005: lese majesty - (a) affront to dignity

6/20/2005: svelte - (c) gracefully slender

6/19/2005: veldt - (b) South African grassland

6/18/2005: divot - (b) turf gouged out by a golf club

6/17/2005: allegory - (a) symbolic representation

6/16/2005: allusion - (d) indirect but pointed reference

6/15/2005: modish - (b) fashionable

6/14/2005: ingenue - (b) an artless young woman

6/13/2005: Melpomene - (c) Muse of tragedy

6/12/2005: travertine - (a) decorative stone

6/11/2005: vervet- (d) monkey

6/10/2005: chapeau- (a) hat

6/9/2005: soliloquy- (c) conversation with one's self

6/8/2005: davit- (c) shipboard crane for loading cargo

6/7/2005: capstan- (b) ship's rotating post for tightening guy ropes

6/6/2005: gumshoe- (c) detective

6/5/2005: truncheon- (d) billy club
6/4/2005: pommel- (c) saddle horn
6/3/2005: chukka- (b) ankle-high boot

6/2/2005: missive - (a) message

6/1/2005: gandy dancer - (a) railroad worker

5/31/2005: tacit - (d) unspoken, but assumed

5/30/2005: mnemonic - (a) memory aid

5/29/2005: apochromatic - (c) color-corrected for two different colors

5/28/2005: seditious - (c) inciting rebellion
5/27/2005: burgher - (b) townsman

5/26/2005: castigate - (d) to chastise

5/25/2005: elutriate - (c) to purify by washing, settling and decanting

5/24/2005: palfrey - (b) woman's saddle horse

5/23/2005: inveigh - (b) to vehemently protest

5/22/2005: dollop - (a) a small portion

5/21/2005: wight - (d) creature

5/20/2005: bollard - (b) ship's mooring post
5/19/2005: afreet - (c) gigantic demon

5/18/2005: sapience - (c) wisdom

5/17/2005: cardigan - (a) sweater opening down the front

5/16/2005: carl - (d) rude person

5/15/2005: joey - (b) baby kangaroo

5/14/2005: Anubis - (c) Egyptian jackal god

5/13/2005: tout - (c) sells horse-racing information

5/12/2005: remittance - (a) money sent to someone

5/11/2005: potsherd - (c) pottery fragment

5/10/2005: fellaheen - (d) Mid-Eastern peasant (as in "fellow")

5/9/2005: purloin - (d) steal

5/8/2005: pedant - (b) teacher

5/7/2005: slumgullion - (c) watery meat stew

5/6/2005: exacerbate - (a) aggrevate

5/5/2005: tarheel - (a) resident of North Carolina

5/4/2005: cuirass - (b) breast and back armor

5/3/2005: ex cathedra - (d) with official authority

5/2/2005: connubial - (a) marital

5/1/2005: foolscap - (c) 13" by 16" sheet of paper

4/30/2005: bonsai - (c) method of growing miniature trees

4/29/2005: galliwasp - (b) South American lizard

4/28/2005: purl - (d) to flow with murmuring sound

4/27/2005: scrivener - (a) scribe

4/26/2005: declivity - (a) descending slope
4/25/2005: cumshaw - (c) gratuity

4/24/2005: digs - (b) dwelling place

4/23/2005: celadon - (d) slightly green or blue

4/22/2005: apiary - (d) honey farm

4/21/2005: salutary - (a) favorable to health

4/20/2005: gabelle - (b) tax on salt

4/19/2005: Midgard - (d) world (norse myth.)

4/18/2005: malemute - (c) Alaskan sled dog

4/17/2005: mahout - (c) elephant driver

4/16/2005: escutcheon - (a) shield bearing coat-of-arms

4/15/2005: faux pas - (b) gaffe

4/14/2005: valetudinarian - (b) hypochondriac

4/13/2005: gaffe - (d) social blunder

4/12/2005: troposphere - (b) lowest region of the atmosphere

4/11/2005: enteric - (c) pertaiing to the intestine

4/10/2005: allotropy - (a) one of several crystalline forms of a mineral

4/9/2005: detritus - (a) loose rock fragments

4/8/2005: homozygotic - (d) genetically identical

4/7/2005: begum - (b) Muslim lady of high degree

4/6/2005: dulcet - (c) sweet

4/5/2005: vernacular - (a) substandard everyday speech
4/4/2005: infundibulum - (d) funnel-shaped body part

4/3/2005: varve - (b) seasonal sediment deposit

4/2/2005: allay - (b) to ease

4/1/2005: dryad - (c) wood nymph

3/31/2005: palomino - (a) golden coat, white mane and tail
3/30/2005: abscond - (d) to secretly steal away
3/29/2005: joist - (b) cross-beam supporting a floor

3/28/2005: bilious - (c) irritable

3/27/2005: boyar - (c) Russian aristocrat

3/26/2005: ileum - (d) part of the small intestine

3/25/2005: miso - (b) soup

3/24/2005: imago - (a) adult retention of child's image of parent

3/23/2005: saraband - (b) stately court dance
3/22/2005: riposte - (b) retalitatory action

3/21/2005: da capo - (c) from the beginning

3/20/2005: anagogic - (a) mystical

3/19/2005: ventral - (d) pertaining to the belly

3/18/2005: alluvial - (c) deposited by flowing water

3/17/2005: a priori - (c) based upon unproven theory

3/16/2005: highboy - (b) tall chest of drawers

3/15/2005: brouhaha - (a) uproar

3/14/2005: julienne - (d) cut into long, thin strips

3/13/2005: stele - (b) inscribed upright obelisk or embedded tablet

3/12/2005: dithyrambic - (b) frenzied

3/11/2005: sommelier - (c) restaurant wine steward

3/10/2005: oligarchy - (a) government by a few

3/9/2005: phylactery - (d) an amulet containing Hebrew scripture

3/8/2005: cipher - (c) zero

3/7/2005: chenille - (c) tufted cord or fabric

3/6/2005: talisman - (a) object thought to bring good luck

3/5/2005: bustard - (b) meadow bird

3/4/2005: analects - (c) selections from a literary work

3/3/2005: sedition - (d) inciting rebellion

3/2/2005: synergy - (a) when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

3/1/2005: Benelux - (c) original Common Market countries

2/28/2005: carnassial - (c) adapted for tearing flesh

2/27/2005: viand - (b) tasty dish

2/26/2005: dehisce - (d) to split open along a line

2/25/2005: tarn - (a) mountain lake

2/24/2005: roble - (b) California oak

2/23/2005: to twig to - (b) to "catch on"

2/22/2005: dalliance - (c) dawdling or flirtation

2/21/2005: ecru - (b) grayish yellow

2/20/2005: wherefore - (a) why

2/19/2005: tawdry - (a) vulgarly ornamental

2/18/2005: quorum - (d) minimum number of attendees needed to conduct official business

2/17/2005: aperitif - (c) alcoholic drink before dinner

2/16/2005: concatenate - (b) link together

2/15/2005: mangonel - (b) catapult

2/14/2005: secant - (a) straight line that cuts through a circle

2/13/2005: surname - (d) last name

2/12/2005: gam - (c) leg

2/11/2005: hyperbole - (c) exaggeration

2/10/2005: behest - (a) urgent request

2/9/2005: Bertillon system - (b) body-measurements classification system

2/8/2005: lapidary - (d) worker in precious stones

2/7/2005: durance - (a) imprisonment

2/6/2005: anserine - (b) gooselike

2/5/2005: tor - (b) rock pile on hilltop

2/4/2005: garnishee - (c) to attach a debtor's pay

2/3/2005: tamarack - (d) larch tree

2/2/2005: peccary - (a) wild pig

2/1/2005: effete - (a) worn-out

1/31/2005: carotid - (c) major neck artery

1/30/2005: droshky - (b) four-wheeled open carriage

1/29/2005: Momus - (d) god of blame and ridicule

1/28/2005: aver - (a) relieve

1/27/2005: florin - (c) two-shilling coin

1/26/2005: requisite - (b) necessary

1/25/2005: mackintosh - (b) rubberized cotton

1/24/2005: alleviate - (a) make more bearable

1/23/2005: Peleponesian - (b) pertaining to southern Greece

1/22/2005: uxorious - (d) subservient to wife

1/21/2005: agoraphobia - (c) fear of crowds

1/20/2005: taciturn - (a) uncommunicative

1/19/2005: Belial - (a) angel who rebelled against God

1/18/2005: Glengarry - (b) Scottish cap

1/17/2005: draconian - (c) exceedingly harsh

1/16/2005: jeroboam - (d) 4/5ths quart wine bottle

1/15/2005: brisket - (d) chest

1/14/2005: flack - (a) press agent

1/13/2005: plethora - (b) superabundance
1/12/2005: homunculus - (d) little man

1/11/2005: insouciance - (a) blithe lack of concern

1/10/2005: larboard - (a) port side

1/9/2005: halitosis - (c) bad breath

1/8/2005: burnoose - (d) hooded Arab cloak

1/7/2005: kibitz - (c) to watch and meddle

1/6/2005: susurrus - (b) soft, murmuring sound

1/5/2005: intransigent - (a) stubborn

1/4/2005: pretorian - (c) corrupt bureaucratic

1/3/2005: tundra - (c) Arctic prairie between the tree line and the ice cap

1/2/2005: minuend - (d) quantity from which something is to be subtracted

1/1/2005: Dutch door - (b) split upper and lower half-doors
12/31/2004: intima - (c) innermost wall of a blood vessel
12/30/2004: gallowglass - (d) Irish mercenary
12/29/2004: agora - (a) popular marketplace in ancient Athens
12/28/2004: colloquy - (c) formal conversation
12/27/2004: ragout - (b) meat and vegetable stew
12/26/2004: luau - (d) elaborate cookout
12/25/2004: penurious - (d) needy
12/24/2004: send-up - (a) amusing imitation
12/23/2004: parterre - (c) floor under balconies
12/22/2004: acronym - (b) name formed from initials
12/21/2004: vesicle - (a) cavity
12/20/2004: homonym - (a) words that sound the same but have different meanings
12/19/2004: catafalque - (c) funereal dais
12/18/2004: tumble to - (c) to "catch on"
12/17/2004: gesticulate - (b) to reinforce speech with gestures
12/16/2004: menage - (a) household
12/15/2004: sebaceous - (d) pertaining to sebum (skin oil)
12/14/2004: devolve - (b) to delegate
12/13/2004: lexicon - (b) dictionary
12/12/2004: osculate - (c) to kiss
12/11/2004: tesseract - (a) three-dimensional projection of a hypercube
12/10/2004: impecunious - (c) penniless
12/9/2004: passerine - (d) perching (birds)
12/8/2004: Laodocian - (d) indifferent

12/7/2004: orthogonal - (b) at right angles

12/6/2004: cruller - (a) doughnut

12/5/2004: morula - (c) clump of fewer than 200 embryonic cells
12/4/2004: nolo contendre - (b) no contest
12/3/2004: obdurate - (b) stubborn
12/2/2004: ancillary - (d) auxiliary
12/1/2004: paucity - (a) fewness
11/30/2004: ebullient- (b) boiling and bubbling
11/29/2004: canard- (a) deliberately misleading story

11/28/2004: armoire- (a) large clothes cabinet
11/27/2004: catacomb- (a) burial tunnel under city
11/26/2004: amanuensis- (d) scribe who takes dictation
11/25/2004: sesqui- (c) one-and-a-half
11/24/2004: calumny (b) slander
11/23/2004: Plimpsoll line (b) legal loading line on ship
11/22/2004: dauphin (a) French king's eldest son
11/21/2004: osteomalacia (d) softening of bones
11/20/2004: antipyretic (b) fever reducer
11/19/2004: feckless (c) ineffective
11/18/2004: mystique (a) mystical attitudes about a person or thing
11/17/2004: febrifuge (b) fever reducer
11/16/2004: karst (b) cavern and sinkhole-filled limestone
11/15/2004: statuesque (d) tall
11/14/2004: ramose (a) branching
11/13/2004: bailey
(c) castle courtyard 11/12/2004: debouch (b) emerge
11/11/2004: refulgence (b) brilliance
11/10/2004: copacetic (a) on the up-and-up
11/9/2004: flense (d) to scrape off blubber
11/8/2004: melange (c) mixture
11/7/2004: marinate (c) soak in a marinade
11/6/2004: fubsy (a) chubby
11/5/2004: reticule (b) drawstring purse
11/4/2004: ralliform (a) resembling a rail
11/3/2004: peruke (d) wig
11/2/2004: palliate (a) assuage
11/1/2004: asseverate (c) affirm
10/31/2004: mitigate (d) relieve
10/30/2004: accoutrement (b) soldier's auxiliary equipment
10/29/2004: parsimony (a) stinginess
10/28/2004: evanesce (a) to dissipate like vapor
10/27/2004: alliaceous (c) pertaining to the leek family
10/26/2004: embonpoint (c) plumpness
10/25/2004: langue d'oil (b) French
10/24/2004: wainwright (d) wagon repairer
10/23/2004: mutatis mutandis - (a) the necessary changes have been made
10/22/2004: hegemony - (c) predominance of one state over another
10/21/2004: duma - (b) pre-Bolshevik Russian parliament
10/20/2004: long in the tooth - (b) old
10/19/2004: jongleur - (d) wandering storyteller
10/18/2004: brigand - (a) robber
10/17/2004: suppurate - (c) to form pus
10/16/2004: de rigueur - (d) combination spear and axe
10/15/2004: trope - (a) figure of speech
10/14/2004: carpe diem - (a) seize the day
10/13/2004: capreolate - (b) having tendrils
10/12/2004: non sequitur - (c) conclusion that doesn't fit the premises
10/11/2004: sui generis - (d) one-of-a-kind
10/10/2004: chancery - (a) archives office
10/9/2004: pelf - (d) ill-gotten gains
10/8/2004: spall - (b) flake of stone
10/7/2004: vaquero - (b) cowboy
10/6/2004: physiognomy - (c) judging character from face
10/5/2004: Avalon - (a) paradise where King Arthur went after death
10/4/2004: polder - (d) low-lying, dike-protected land
10/3/2004: ataxia - (c) lack of muscular coordination
10/2/2004: précis - (b) to-the-point summary
10/1/2004: afflatus - (a) inspiration
9/30/2004: serge - (a) twilled woolen cloth
9/29/2004: archon - (c) one of the nine principal magistrates in ancient Athens
9/28/2004: nosology - study of (d) diseases
9/27/2004: assagai - (a) African javelin
9/26/2004: falafel - (c) fried chickpeas and fava beans
9/25/2004: gunnite - (b) sprayed cement
9/24/2004: phlebitis - (b) inflammation of blood-vessel linings
9/23/2004: birl - (d) to rotate a log with one's feet
9/22/2004: lowering - (d) menacing
9/21/2004: salubrious - (a) conducive to good health
9/20/2004: sutler - (d) camp-following merchant to troops
9/19/2004: corpulent - (a) fat
9/18/2004: misceganation - (a) marriage between man and woman from different "races"
9/17/2004: immured - (c) imprisoned
9/16/2004: bailey - (c) outer wall of a castle
9/15/2004: insufflate - (b) breathe into
9/14/2004: pergola - (d) plant-covered arched lattice
9/13/2004: arbalest - (a) crossbow-like missile launcher
9/12/2004: chandelle - (b) aircraft's sudden, steep, climbing turn
9/11/2004: malinger - (b) to pretend to be sick
9/10/2004: yurt - (c) domed Mongolian tent
9/9/2004: beleagured - (d) besieged
9/8/2004: recalcitrant - (c) resistant to authority

9/7/2004: kismet - (a) fate

9/6/2004: prevaricate - (a) with style

9/5/2004: importune - (a) to beg

9/4/2004: coquina - (b) shell-based construction material

9/3/2004: elan - (a) with style
9/2/2004: collage - (d) artistic montage
9/1/2004: schlock - (b) meretricious merchandise
8/31/2004: eclat - (a) conspicuous success
8/30/2004: canard - (a) deliberately misleading story
8/29/2004: disquisition - (c) formal discourse
8/28/2004: chirality - (d) left/right handedness
8/27/2004: risibility - (c) inclination toward laughter
8/26/2004: simoom - (b) hot, sand-laden desert wind
8/25/2004: boule - (a) pear-shaped synthetic sapphire
8/24/2004: lanuginous - (b) covered with downy hair

8/23/2004: chiton - (d) Greek tunic

8/22/2004: preternatural - (d) preternatural

8/21/2004: poniard - (d) dagger

8/20/2004: poilu - (a) French front-line soldier in WWI

8/19/2004: saltatory - (c) leaping

8/18/2004: velleity - (a) wish without action

8/17/2004: preternatural - (d) preternatural

8/16/2004: metic - (c) immigrant

8/15/2004: purlieu - (b) neighborhood
8/14/2004: theodicy - (c) vindication of God for the existence of evil
8/13/2004: tesselated - (a) mosaicked
8/12/2004: daphnia - (a) tiny crustaceans
8/11/2004: soporific - (b) sleep inducer
8/10/2004: aperçu - (d) summary
8/9/2004: anemometer - (b) windspeed meter
8/8/2004: blastula - (a) early embruyonic sphere
8/7/2004: mandamus - (c) directive from a higher court
8/6/2004: vamp - (a) seductive woman
7/29/2004: mufti - (d) civilian dress
7/28/2004: reentrant - (d) pointing inward
7/27/2004: exigency - (b) urgent situation
7/26/2004: epitome - (c) brief summary
7/25/2004: doxy - (a) mistress
7/24/2004: catechism - (a) question-and-answer book

7/23/2004: denier - (b) fineness unit for thread

7/22/2004: quiddity - (c) essence

7/21/2004: consanguinity (d) blood relationship

7/20/2004: eschatological (a) theology concerned with last things
7/19/2004: derriere (b) rear
7/18/2004: licentious (d) lacking moral restraint
7/17/2004: eponymous (c) something named after a person
7/16/2004: machicolated (c) having castle wall openings to drop stones
7/15/2004: matriculate (a) enroll
7/14/2004: mendicant (b) beggar
7/13/2004: begum (d) Muslim lady of rank
7/12/2004: caveat (d) warning
7/11/2004: thalassic pertaining to (c) the sea
7/10/2004: ennui (a) boredom
7/9/2004: innuendo (d) subtle insinuation
7/8/2004: transubstantiation (c) doctrine that bread and wine are converted into the presence of Christ
7/7/2004: lentigo (c) freckle
7/6/2004: anuran (b) of frogs and toads
7/5/2004: quadroon (a) one-quarter-African Creole woman
7/4/2004: beau geste (d) gracious-appearing gesture of no real value
7/3/2004: refectory (c) dining hall
7/2/2004: milieu (d) environment
7/1/2004: gabbro (a) coarse-grained igneous rock
6/30/2004: crosier (b) bishop's crook
6/29/2004: mulct (b) to fine or swindle
6/28/2004: pinnace (c) small sailboat carried on a ship
6/27/2004: pied-â-terre (d) second house or apartment
6/26/2004: gamin (b) street urchin
6/25/2004: adagio (c) slow musical tempo
6/24/2004: cerulean (a) sky-blue
6/23/2004: effendi (a) Turkish title of respect
6/22/2004: stiver (d) something of small value
6/21/2004: polyandry (b) multiple husbands
6/20/2004: philately (d) stamp collecting
6/19/2004: stalag (c) German prisoner-of-war camp
6/18/2004: kulak (c) prosperous Russian peasant
6/17/2004: eleemosynary (a) charitable
6/16/2004: compendium (b) compact summary

6/15/2004: metempsychosis (b) transmigration of souls
6/14/2004: disintermediation (d) lenders bypass banks, loaning money directly to borrowers
6/13/2004: cognomen (d) last name
6/12/2004: toque (c) hat
6/11/2004: Lamarckian (a) pre-Mendelian doctrine that living things evolve through effort
6/10/2004: abattoir (d) slaughterhouse
6/9/2004: lepidopter (b) butterfly
6/8/2004: caudal (b) near the tail
6/7/2004: philology the study of (a) the development of languages
6/6/2004: enervate (a) to weaken

6/5/2004: eructate (c) to belch
6/4/2004: golem (d) artificial man
6/3/2004: kumiss (c) fermented mare's milk (Mongol)
6/2/2004: limpet (b) a mollusc
6/1/2004: ululate (b) to howl
5/31/2004: elide (a) to leave out
5/30/2004: indite (b) to write
5/29/2004: sept (a) Irish clan
5/28/2004: Cambria (d) Wales
5/27/2004: obloquy (c) slanderous remark
5/26/2004: lignite (a) low-grade brownish-black coal
5/25/2004: collimate (a) to adjust the line of sight
5/24/2004: yataghan (b) Turkish double-curved scimitar
5/23/2004: orotund (c) sonorous
5/22/2004: intima (d) inner wall of a blood vessel
5/21/2004: salubriety (a) good health
5/20/2004: epergne (b) table centerpiece with branching arms
5/19/2004: koan (b) a paradoxical Zen riddle
5/18/2004: calendula (c) marigold
5/17/2004: ligature (d) binding cord
5/16/2004: long-in-the-tooth (a) old
5/15/2004: megrim (c) migraine
5/14/2004: excipient (c) inert diluent
5/13/2004: flechette (b) steel dart dropped from airplane
5/12/2004: lethargic (a) sluggishly indifferent
5/11/2004: galena (d) lead ore
5/10/2004: coccyx (b) fused vertebrae at base of spine
5/9/2004: hygroscopic (c) absorbs water
5/8/2004: mensuration (d) the process of measuring
5/7/2004: laconic (a) concise
5/6/2004: lagniappe (c) an unexpected gift
5/5/2004: palliative (c) remedial
5/4/2004: surreptitious (b) sneaky
5/3/2004: conjugal (a) pertaining to marriage
5/2/2004: élan (b) enthusiastic vigor
5/2/2004: bulemia (d) insatiable appetite
5/1/2004: dugong (c) sea-cow
4/30/2004: consonance (b) accordance with

4/29/2004: reprehend (a) find fault with
4/28/2004: tituberant (a) staggering
4/27/2004: coeval (d) co-existent
4/26/2004: lachrymal pertaining to (c) tears
4/25/2004: macaque (b) short-tailed monkey
4/24/2004: eidetic (a) photographic recall
4/23/2004: malapert (d) impudent person
4/22/2004: sub rosa (b) "under the rose" in secret
4/21/2004: tintinabulation (c) ringing of bells
4/20/2004: degagé (c) casual
4/19/2004: mordent (a) melodic trill
4/18/2004: fava (a) the fava bean
4/17/2004: demarche (d) protest
4/16/2004: mulatto (b) racially mixed
4/15/2004: poikilothermic (a) cold-blooded
4/14/2004: macula lutea (a) central retinal region of most distinct vision
4/13/2004: prestidigitation (c) sleight-of-hand
4/12/2004: misogynist- (d) woman-hater
4/11/2004: munificent- (b) very generous
4/10/2004: debridement- (a) cleaning of a wound
4/9/2004: soidisant- (c) self-styled
4/8/2004: sortilege- (c) sorcery
4/7/2004: docent- (d) teacher
4/6/2004: sabaceous- (b) sandy
4/5/2004: quixotic- (a) impractical
4/4/2004: halidom- (c) holy sanctuary
4/3/2004: abigail- (a) lady's maid
4/2/2004: acrophobia - fear of (d) heights
4/1/2004: phlegmatic - (b) calm
3/31/2004: candela - (b) one candlepower
3/30/2004: murine - pertaining to (d) mice and rats
3/29/2004: recidivist - (b) tendency to relapse into criminal behavior
3/28/2004: phlebotomist - (a) specialist at drawing blood samples
3/27/2004: concierge - (c) French doorman/janitor
3/26/2004: foulard - (b) silk necktie or scarf
3/25/2004: grampus - (d) killer whale
3/24/2004: nevus - (d) birthmark
3/23/2004: antipasto - (a) appetiizer assortment
3/22/2004: dunnage - (b) personal belongings

3/21/2004: cynosure - (c) center of attention
3/20/2004: apocryphal - (c) of doubtful validity
3/19/2004: desuetude - (a) disuse
3/18/2004: smarmy - (a) gushingly flattering
3/17/2004: mantra - (c) sacred formula
3/16/2004: bollix - (d) bungle
3/15/2004: indigene - (b) a native
3/14/2004: epithalamium - (a) lyric wedding ode
3/13/2004: manumit - (a) to free from bondage
3/12/2004: glabrous - (d) hairless
3/11/2004: marl - (c) mineral-rich loam used as fertilizer
3/10/2004: sabot - (b) wooden shoe
3/9/2004: bannock - (b) pancake
3/8/2004: bariatrics - (a) treatment of obesity
3/7/2004: asperate - (c) to roughen
3/6/2004: irrefragrable - (d) irrefutable
3/5/2004: disconsonant - (a) at odds with
3/4/2004: lavaliere - (a) pendant
3/3/2004: pontificate - (c) to behave with pompous authority
3/2/2004: kuchen - (b) coffee cake
3/1/2004: orrery - (a) clockwork model of the solar system
2/29/2004: horology - (d) science of time measurement
2/28/2004: gauche - (b) lacking social grace
2/27/2004: bedight - (c) to adorn
2/26/2004: fell - (c) cruel
2/25/2004: peripatetic - (b) walking from place to place
2/24/2004: eclectic - (a) the best from diverse sources
2/23/2004: Albigenses - (c) French Catholics excommunicated by the Inquisition
2/22/2004: fovea - (d) small central region of sharpest vision in the eye
2/21/2004: rubicund - (a) "the pink of health"
2/20/2004: immiscible - (c) can't be mixed
2/19/2004: protean - (d) changeable form
2/18/2004: bête noire - (d) minor personal annoyance
2/17/2004: mistral - (b) dry, cold European north wind
2/16/2004: prole - (c) Roman citizen of the lowest (proletarian) class
2/15/2004: pragmatic - (a) practical
2/14/2004: deus ex machina - (c) In literature, an artificial plot twist introduced unnaturally out of thin air.
2/13/2004: laissez faire - (d) minimal governmental interference
2/12/2004: lassitude - (b) torpor
2/11/2004: comme il faut - (b) appropriate
2/10/2004: alfresco - (a) out of doors
2/9/2004: ken - (c) to know
2/8/2004: hurdy-gurdy - (b) crank-operated musical instrument
2/7/2004: gibbous - (a) convex (more than half but less than full)
2/6/2004: temerity - (d) recklessness
2/5/2004: obeisance - (d) expression of deference
2/4/2004: badinage - (c) banter
2/3/2004: oblate - (a) flattened
2/2/2004: oblation - (b) a religious offering
2/1/2004: choleric - (a) easily angered
1/31/2004: videlicet - (d) viz. ("namely")
1/30/2004: ablation - (c) erosion or surgical excision
1/29/2004: ablution - (a) cleansing
1/28/2004: palaquin - (a) covered litter
1/27/2004: gallimaufry - (b) a hodgepodge
1/26/2004: cornice - (d) crown molding
1/25/2004: helot - (c) serf
1/24/2004: howdah - (a) box seat on elephant
1/23/2004: atavar- (c) throwback caused by recessive gene

1/22/2004: avatar- (c) incarnation of a deity
1/21/2004: voluble- (a) talkative
1/20/2004: ungulate- (d) hooved
1/19/2004: bolometer- (b) temperature-measuring radiometer
1/18/2004: ad valorem- (c) in proportion to the valu

1/17/2004: ad hominem- (c) appealing to the emotions
1/16/2004: timbrel- (b) primitive tambourine
1/15/2004: aspersion- (a) slanderous remark
1/14/2004: bidet - (d) French commode that washes one's derrière
1/13/2004: imprecation - (b) curse
1/12/2004: mestizo - (c) European and Amerind mixed ancestry
1/11/2004: footpad - (d) street robber
1/10/2004: hiatus - (a) a discontinuity
1/9/2004: peradventure - (b) perhaps
1/8/2004: allium - (b) the onion family
1/7/2004: defenestration - (c) throwing out the window
1/6/2004: vicissitude - (d) unexpected change
1/5/2004: metier - (c) field of special competence
1/4/2004: apropos - (a) appropriate
1/3/2004: incommodious - (c) uncomfortable

1/2/2004: marzipan - (a) almond candy

1/1/2004: pelorus - (d) magnetic compass
12/31/2003: xanthous - (d) light brown or yellowish
12/30/2003: billet doux - (b) love letter
12/29/2003: sojourn - (b) to stay for a time
12/28/2003: au courant - (a) informed aregarding current affairs
12/27/2003: preternatural - (c) supernatural
12/26/2003: persiflage - (a) banter
12/25/2003: masticate - (d) to chew
12/24/2003: denigrate - (c) to belittle
12/23/2003: dottle - (b) pipe tobacco ash
12/22/2003: lucubrations - (b) laborious study.
12/21/2003: nutria - (a) a So. Am. beaverlike animal (the coypu)
12/20/2003: thaumaturgy - (d) miracle-working
12/19/2003: thrall - (b) a slave
12/18/2003: blini - (c) small buckwheat pancake
12/17/2003: gillie - (c) sports shoe
12/16/2003: scintilla - (d) a minute amount
12/15/2003: consolute - (a) mutually soluble liquids
12/14/2003: chandler - (b) candle-maker; specialty dealer (viz., ship chandler)
12/13/2003: wain - (b) big farm wagon:
12/12/2003: sine die - (c) indefinitely: to adjourn without setting the next meeting date
12/11/2003: caveat emptor - (d) let the buyer beware
12/10/2003: dissemble - (c) to conceal behind a false semblance
12/9/2003: regurgitate - (a) spit up
12/8/2003: luff - (a) to sail into the wind; to flap while losing wind
12/7/2003: wassail - (b) a toast... viz., wine spiced with apples and sugar.
12/6/2003: bedizened - (d) to decorate tastelessly
12/5/2003: vicarious - (a) experienced empathetically
12/4/2003: gazebo - (b) free-standing, lattice-sided, roofed garden structure
12/3/2003: cognoscenti - (c) connoisseurs
12/2/2003: commode - (c) low chest of drawers
12/1/2003: broach - (a) a tapered piercing tool
11/30/2003: adipose - (d) fatty
11/29/2003: lacuna - (b) gap
11/28/2003: libration - (c) oscillations of a satellite, as seen from its primary
11/27/2003: iniquitous - (a) wicked
11/26/2003: cassowary - (a) moa-sized flightless New Guinea bird
11/25/2003: janissary - (d) loyal member of elite group
11/24/2003: irredentist - (d) one who seeks recovery of captured lands
11/23/2003: heuristic - (b) speculative guide to an investigation
11/22/2003: pleasance - (c) secret garden
11/21/2003: decant - (a) to pour off the liquid from sediment that has settled out
11/20/2003: descant - (c) to comment at length
11/19/2003: crenulated - (d) having minutely notched projections
11/18/2003: crenelated - (b) notched turret tops and wall crowns of medieval castles (openings for archers)
11/17/2003: meet - (a) fitting and proper
11/16/2003: raffish - (a) vulgar
11/15/2003: cochineal - (c) brilliant red dye
11/14/2003: deliquesce - (a) melt in moisture extracted from the air
11/13/2003: portmanteau - (b) large, hinged carrying case
11/12/2003: dishabille - (d) only partially dressed
11/11/2003: immanent - (c) inherent
11/10/2003: adumbrate - (c) to partially disclose
11/9/2003: renitent - (b) opposed to change
11/8/2003: osculate - (a) kiss
11/7/2003: epiphany - (a) sudden intuitive realization
11/6/2003: auscultate - (c) listening (e. g., through a stethoscope)
11/5/2003: stanch - (d) to stop the flow of blood
11/4/2003: lubricious - (b) lewd
11/3/2003: fuchsia - (a) purplish-red
11/2/2003: eschew - (c) avoid
11/1/2003: lascivious - (d) lewd
10/31/2003: sybaritic - (d) hedonistic
10/30/2003: napery - (b) table linens
10/29/2003: coda - (a) closing musical or literary passage
10/28/2003: suppliant - (a) asking submissively
10/27/2003: xanthic - (c) yellowish
10/26/2003: stoma - (b) plant's breathing pore
10/25/2003: ineluctable - (d) unavoidable
10/24/2003: accolade - (c) an honor
10/23/2003: timorous - (a) fearful
10/22/2003: salutatory - (d) extending greetings
10/21/2003: lugubrious - (c) gloomy
10/20/2003: saprophyte - (c) plant living off dead plants
10/19/2003: Hobson's choice - (b) you have to take what's assigned to you
(Hobson forced his customers to take the horse that was nearest to the stable door.)
10/18/2003: pyrrhic - (d) victory at an unaffordable cost
10/17/2003: encomium - (a) formal praise
10/16/2003: gorp - (a) granola mix
10/15/2003: tort - (c) damage for which someone is liable
10/14/2003: sycophant - (b) flatterer
10/13/2003: obsequious - (a) fawning
10/12/2003: chrysalis - (a) cocoon
10/11/2003: foramen - (d) an opening in a bone
10/10/2003: flout - (c) to scorn
10/9/2003: satrap - (b) provincial Persian governor
10/8/2003: abreaction - (c) emotional outpouring during psychotherapy
10/7/2003: fundament - (a) rump
10/6/2003: wyvern - (d) two-legged winged dragon
10/5/2003: wallaby - (b) cousin to a kangaroo
10/4/2003: graphologist - (b) handwriting expert
10/3/2003: cerement - (c) waxed burial cloth
10/2/2003: consonent with- (a) consistent with
10/1/2003: tenebrous- (c) dark
9/30/2003: libretto- (d) the text of an opera
9/29/2003: refractory- (b) obstinate
9/28/2003: defenestrate- (a) to throw out a window
9/27/2003: cavil- (a) find fault
9/26/2003: consomme- (c) bouillon broth
9/25/2003: meretricious- (d) resembling a prositute
9/24/2003: banal- (d) trite
9/23/2003: apothegm- (b) witty saying
9/22/2003: uxoricide- (c) murder of wife by husband
9/21/2003: ethology- study of (a) animal behavior
9/20/2003: celibate- (d) has promised not to marry
9/19/2003: caravel- (b) 15th-century sailing ship

9/18/2003: mitre- (a) bishop's hat
9/17/2003: libation- (a) offering
9/16/2003: quid pro quo- (c) an equal exchange
9/15/2003: umbrage- (d) offense
9/14/2003: perspicacity - (a) insight
9/13/2003: to essay - (b) to attempt
9/12/2003: anent - (c) concerning
9/11/2003: bistro - (b) small bar
9/10/2003: parfait - (d) frozen dessert
9/9/2003: distaff side - (d) women' side
9/8/2003: letter of marque - (a) royal letter authorizing privateering
9/7/2003: gallimaufry - (b) a hodge-podge
9/6/2003: piece de resistance - (b) principal dish of a meal
9/5/2003: jejune - (c) insubstantial
9/4/2003: sessile - (d) lacking a stalk
9/3/2003: cordon bleu - (a) master chef
9/2/2003: corn dodger - (c) corn cake

9/1/2003: capote - (a) long, hooded coat
8/31/2003: jerboa - (a) kangaroo rat
8/30/2003: mallow - (d) flowering plant
8/29/2003: pertinaceous - (b) persistent
8/28/2003: vermiculite - (c) micaceous silicates used for insulation
8/27/200 engrailed - (d) indented along the edge with small curves or dots
8/26/2003: pursuivant - (a) follower
8/25/2003: cambium layer - (d) growing layer in a tree trunk
8/24/2003: algid - (b) cold
8/23/2003: invidious - (b) envious
8/22/2003: fiduciary - (c) pertaining to a legal trust
8/21/2003: - sine qua non - (a) an essential condition
8/20/2003: - trefoil - (d) three-lobed leaf
8/19/2003: - langouste - (b) lobster
8/18/2003: - dernier- (a) final
8/17/2003: - freehold- (c) estate or office held for life
8/16/2003: - callipygian- (c) having a shapely derriere
8/15/2003: - accouterments- (b) soldier's gear; trappings
8/14/2003: - autochthones- (d) native plants or animals
8/13/2003: - dressed to the nines- (a) very elegantly dressed
8/12/2003: - velour- (d) felt
8/11/2003: - pro bono- (c) free legal aid for the puhblic good
8/10/2003: - grunion- (b) small fish
8/9/2003: - putative - (a) reputedly
8/8/2003: - tyro - (b) a beginner
8/7/2003: -trollop - (b) loose woman
8/6/2003: -rogations - (d) laws proposed by the government for approval by the people
8/5/2003: -vespers - (b) evening prayers
8/4/2003: -tendentious - (c) biased
8/3/2003: -sententious - (c) given to pompous moralizing
8/2/2003: - malagueña - (a) Spanish (Malaga) fandango
8/1/2003: - andante - (b) faster than adagio, slower than allegretto
7/31/2003: - perforce - (c) of necessity

7/30/2003: - de rigueur - (d) required by current fashion

7/29/2003: - travesty - (b) grotesque parody of a lofty wor
7/28/2003: - somatic - (d) pertaining to the body

7/27/2003: - garrulous - (a) talkative
7/26/2003: - lambent - (b) luminous
7/25/2003: - Koine - (c) Hellenistic (common) Greek
7/24/2003: - Aricept is a popular drug for: - (a) Alzheimer's Disease
7/23/2003: - rill - (a) small stream
7/22/2003: - anent - (b) concerning
7/21/2003: - fugacious - (d) fleeting
7/20/2003: - rodomontade - (a) pretentious bragging
7/19/2003: - empery - (c) absolute sovereignty
7/18/2003: - palanquin - (b) sedan chair
7/17/2003: - valorize - (a) governmental price-setting
7/16/2003: - muliebrity - (a) femininity
7/15/2003: - animus - (d) bitter hatred

7/14/2003: - garner - (c) acquire

7/13/2003: - shibboleth - (b) common saying

7/12/2003: - ignis fatuus - (c) delusion (glow, near ground)

7/11/2003: - derogate - (c) to malign

7/10/2003: - hummus - (a) pureed chickpeas and tahini (Mid-Eastern dish)

7/9/2003: - atavist - (d) a throwback caused by a recessive gene

7/8/2003: - runcible - (b) combination knife, fork and spoon
7/7/2003: - a capella - (a) without instrumental accompaniment

7/6/2003: - au fait - (a) expert

7/5/2003: - onomatopoiea - (d) Words that sound like what they mean ("buzz")

7/4/2003: - ulna - (a) forearm bone on little-finger side

7/3/2003: - palindrome - (c) word or sentence that reads the same forward as backward (e. g., "ere)

7/2/2003: - skittle - (b) a ninepin

7/1/2003: - shrievalty - (a) jurisdiction of a sheriff

6/30/2003: - noblesse oblige - (d) nobility's obligation to help the commoner

6-29-2003: - mortmain - (b) controlled by the "deadd hand" of the past

6/28/2003: - peremptory - (b) dictatorial

6/27/2003: - compleat - (c) expert

6/26/2003: - calligraphy - (a) art of fine penmanship

6/25/2003: - supercargo - (d) ship's officer in charge of carg

6/24/2003: - thaumaturge - (b) miracle worker

6/23/2003: - triage - (a) priortizing treatment of wounded

6/22/2003: - shallop - (c) open boat, oars and/or sails

6/21/2003: - gallus - (c) trouser suspender

6/20/2003: - barratry - (d) sale or purchase of church offices

6/19/2003: - albacore - (c) type of tuna

6/18/2003: - redact - (b) prepare for publicatio

6/17/2003: - puissant - (b) powerful

6/16/2003: - paladin - (a) heroic champion

6/15/2003: - pusillanimous - (d) cowardly

6/14/2003: - abbatoir - (c) slaughterhous

6/13/2003: - pejorative - (a) disparaging

6/12/2003: - termagant - (d) a scolding woman

6/11/2003: ---parlous - (d) perilous,

6/10/2003: - virago - (b) loud, domineering woman

6/9/2003: - bunting - (c) flag cloth

6/8/2003: - extirpate - (a) to exterminate

6/7/2003: - abrogate - (d) to abolish by law

6/6/2003: - obfuscate - (b) to confuse

6/5/2003: - madrigal - (b) a polyphonic song

6/4/2003: - loquacious - (c) very talkative

6/3/2003: - assoil - (d) atone for

6/2/2003: - postillon - (a) one who rides a leading horse to guide a coach

6/1/2003: - pettifog - (c) to quibble ofver trivia

5/31/2003: - salacious - (c) lustful

5/30/2003: - bromide - (b) a platitude

5/29/2003: - eponym - (d) place named after person ("Pittsburgh")

5/28/2003: - execrable - (a) very bad

5/27/2003: - trunnion - (d) pivot-pins on a cannon

5/26/2003: - fuller - (c) iron-spreading hammer

5/25/2003: - marmoset - (b) type of monkey

5/24/2003: - intrepid - (b) fearless

5/23/2003: - cambric - (a) finely woven fabric

5/22/2003: - lambrequin - (d) short valence drapery

5/21/2003: - tocsin - (b) alarm bell

5/20/2003: - Iberian - pertaining to (c) the Iberian peninsula (Spain or Portugal)

5/19/2003: - caliginous - (b) dark, gloomy

5/18/2003: - savoir-faire - (b) says and does just right

5/17/2003: - madding - (a) frenzied

5/16/2003: - postiche - (c) toupee

5/15/2003: - dilatory - (a) given to procrastination

5/14/2003: - diatribe - (d) bitter denunciation

5/13/2003: - cooper - (b) barrel maker

5/12/2003: - pastiche - (d) imitation

5/11/2003: - atelier - (c) artist's studio

5/10/2003: - repartee - (c) swift, witty responses

5/9/2003: - friable - (a) easily crumbled

5/8/2003: - expatiate - (b) to expand upon

5/7/2003: - burgeoning - (d) developing rapidly

5/6/2003: - agnate - (c) related on the father's side

5/5/2003: - quern - (b) manual grain mill

5/4/2003: - hirsute - (a) hairy

5/3/2003: - gannet - (d) sea bird

5/2/2003: - de rigueur - (a) required by custom

5/1/2003: - acerbate - (a) to annoy

4/30/2003: - veronica - (c) bull-fighting maneuver

4/29/2003: - garçon - (d) waiter

4/28/2003: - hinterland - (b) remote backcountry

4/27/2003: - atabeg - (d) high Turkish official

4/26/2003: - scrapie - (a) fatal sheep disease

4/25/2003: - archipelago - (c) chain of sea islands

4/24/2003: - dissimulation - (b) deception

4/23/2003: - mendacity - (b) untruthfulness

4/22/2003: - fletcher - (d) arrow maker

4/21/2003: - allamande - (b) flowering vine

4/20/2003: - adventitious - (a) acquired by chance

4/19/2003: - ferule - (c) rod for punishing

4/18/2003: - trebuchet - (a) catapult

4/17/2003: - mordant - (d) dye fixative

4/16/2003: - trenchant - (b) forceful

4/15/2003: - birl - (c) to spin a floating log

4/14/2003: - olio - (c) hodgepodge

4/13/2003: - onus - (a) something disagreeable

4/12/2003: - provenance - (d) source of something

4/11/2003: - orthotic - (c) device supporting weakened joint

4/10/2003: - tarsier - (b) nocturnal primate

4/9/2003: -octaroon - (c) one-eighth African-American

4/8/2003: -abjure - (a) renounce

4/7/2003: -ancipital - (d) two-edged

4/6/2003: - wadi - (d) intermittent watercourse

4/5/2003: - chaparrel - (c) dense thickets

4/4/2003: - cameral - pertaining to (c) a chamber

4/3/2003: - hagiarchy - (b) theocracy

4/2/2003: - dugong - (a) marine mammal

4/1/2003: - escadrille - (b) European air unit

3/31/2003: - escargot - (d) edible snail

3/30/2003: - - (a) uncompromising

3/29/2003: - diaspora - (a) dispersion of population

3/28/2003: - burkha - (c) head-to-toe covering, with eyeholes

3/27/2003: - scrum - (b) Rugby formation

3/26/2003: - gregarious - (d) sociable

3/25/2003: - melange - (b) mixture

3/24/2003: - consubstantiation - (a) During communion, bread and wine coexist with Christ's body and blood

3/23/2003: - Eblis - (c) Muslim devil

3/22/2003: - manatee - (d) sea cow

3/21/2003: - suborn - (c) to corrupt

3/20/2003: - magister - (c) magician

3/19/2003: - autochthonous - (b) indigenous

3/18/2003: - gravid - (a) pregnant

3/17/2003: - hacek - (d) pronunciation (diacritical) mark

3/16/2003: - penultimate - (d) next-to-last

3/15/2003: - hubris - (b) self-defeating arrogance

3/14/2003: - aliquot - (c) exact divisor

3/13/2003: - manumission - (d) emancipation

3/12/2003: - hasenpfeffer - (a) rabbit stew

3/11/2003: - anathema - (b) vehement denunciation

3/10/2003: - fiducial - (a) standard of reference

3/9/2003: - Hibernian - (a) Irish

3/8/2003: - avuncular- pertaining to (c) an uncle

3/7/2003: - mulebriety- (d) femininity

3/6/2003: - coryza- (b) gives cold symptoms

3/5/2003: - colander- (a) perforated bowl

3/4/2003: - siskin- (a) Eurasian bird

3/3/2003: - quisling- (c) puppet governor

3/2/2003: - psychrometer- (d) type of hygrometer

3/1/2003: - madrassah- (b) Islamic school

2/28/2003: - eristic - (a) constantly opposed

2/27/2003: - panegyric - (b) elaborate praise

2/26/2003: - panache - (d) verve

2/25/2003: - remanence - (d) residual magnetism

2/24/2003: - erythema - (c) sunburn

2/23/2003: - remonstrate - (b) argue against an action

2/22/2003: - chatechize - (a) teach through questions and answers

2/21/2003: - cantrip - (b) magic spell

2/20/2003: - ecchymosis - (d) bruise

2/19/2003: - sartorial - pertaining to (c) tailored clothing

2/18/2003: - haberdashery - (c) men's store

2/17/2003: - sobriquet - (a) nickname

2/16/2003: - propitious - (b) suitable

2/15/2003: - suzerain - (d) mid-level feudal lord

2/14/2003: - benthic - (b) bottom of the sea

2/13/2003: - anodyne - (c) pain reliever

2/12/2003: - palimpsest - (a) erasable parchment

2/11/2003: - chutzpah - (c) brazen gall

2/10/2003: - galliard - (d) dance

2/9/2003: - venery - (d) sexual indulgence

2/8/2003: - raddle - (b) twist together

2/7/2003: - kitsch - (a) pretentious bad taste

2/6/2003: - furbelow - (b) a ruffle

2/5/2003: - promontory - (c) high rock jutting into water

2/4/2003: - gibbet - (d) gallows

2/3/2003: - primogeniture - (b) eldest child inherits all

2/2/2003: - imprimatur - (d) approval to print

2/1/2003: - perforce - (a) necessarily

1/31/2003: - abaft - (a) toward the stern

1/30/2003: - diaphanous - (b) semi-transparent

1/29/2003: - turpitude - (d) depravity

1/28/2003: - foudroyant - (c) dazzling

1/27/2003: - spikenard - (a) expensive ointment

1/26/2003: - gibbet - (a) gallows

1/25/2003: - Hymen - (b) Greek god of marriage

1/24/2003: - chartreuse - (d) yellow-green

1/23/2003: - concierge - (a) doorman/janitor

1/22/2003: - Risorgimento - (c) movement unifying Italy

1/21/2003: - enciente - (b) pregnant

1/20/2003: - curcumin - (b) yellow antioxidant in turmeric

1/19/2003: - trapezium - (d) rectangle with all sides unequal

1/18/2003: - atlatl - (a) throwing stick

1/17/2003: - ovine - (c) pertaining to sheep

1/16/2003: - ad hoc - (c) for a specific case

1/15/2003: - gamelan - (d) Javanese tuned chime

1/14/2003: - locum tenens - (a) one who substitutes for another

1/13/2003: - Pieran Spring - (b) fount of inspiration

1/12/2003: - pigeonwing - (a) dance

1/11/2003: - adamantine - (c) hard, unyielding

1/10/2003: - murine - pertaining to (b) mice

1/9/2003: - gallinaceous - pertaining to (c) domestic fowl

1/8/2003: - froward - (a) stubborn

1/7/2003: - gelid - (d) very cold

1/6/2003: - matins - (a) early part of day

1/5/2003: - prestidigitation - (b) sleight of hand

1/4/2003: - tramontane - (c) beyond the mountains

1/3/2003: - Lachesis - (c) weaves the Thread of Life

1/2/2003: - didactic - (d) morally instructive

1/1/2003: - fluvial - pertaining to (a) a river

12/31/2002: - syzygy - (b) orbital alignment with sun

12/30/2002: - natation- (d) swimming

12/29/2002: - scatological - pertaining to (b) excrement or obscenity

12/28/2002: - anchorite - (a) secluded religious meditator

12/27/2002: - credulous - (c) gullible

12/26/2002: - batrachian - pertaining to (c) frogs and toads

12/25/2002: - sedulous - (d) assiduous

12/24/2002: - baksheesh - (b) gratuity (Islamic)

12/23/2002: - chiromancy - (a) palm-reading

12/22/2002: - vernal - (d) relating to spring

12/21/2002: - equinox- (c) March 21, September 21 when sun appears to cross the equator

12/20/2002: - assiduous- (d) diligent

12/19/2002: - presage- (c) foretell

12/18/2002: - onomatopoeia - (a) using words that sound like what they mean

12/17/2002: - canaille - (b) rabble

12/16/2002: - legerdemain - (b) sleight of hand

12/15/2002: - agaric - (a) the common-mushroom family

12/14/2002: - sachem - (d) Indian chief

12/13/2002: - calumet - (c) Indian pipe

12/12/2002: - forswear - (d) renounce

12/11/2002: - largesse - (b) generosity

12/10/2002: - vermiform - (a) worm-shaped

12/9/2002: - vapid - (c) lacking pizazz

12/8/2002: - kegler - (a) bowler

12/7/2002: - firth - (d) fjord

12/6/2002: - alopecia - (b) male-pattern baldness

12/5/2002: - titrate - (c) to measure concentration

12/4/2002: - intaglio - (c) pattern incised in stone or metal

12/3/2002: - imbroglio - (a) complicated situation

12/2/2002: - emolument - (d) payment

12/1/2002: - germane - (b) relevant to

11/30/2002: - bract - (b) green petal protecting flower

11/29/2002: - imbricate - (d) to overlap in a pattern

11/28/2002: - amerce - (c) to fine

11/27/2002: - natter - (d) chatter

11/26/2002: - chanson - (a) song

11/25/2002: - dernier cri - (b) the latest fashion

11/24/2002: - fibula - (a) one of two shinbones

11/23/2002: - dray - (d) low, flat wagon

11/22/2002: - bagatelle - (c) a trifle

11/21/2002: - Buridan's ass - (d) placed precisely midway between two bales of hay, starved to death trying todecide which bale to approach first

11/20/2002: - anabasis - (c) large scale military advance

11/19/2002: - ulna - (b) bone in forearm

11/18/2002: - absolve - (b) exonerate

11/17/2002: - solstice - (a) longest/shortest day of the year

11/16/2002: - vernal - pertaining to (d) spring

11/15/2002: - petit fours- (c) diagonally-cut fourths of a sandwich

11/14/2002: - sinecure- (d) job without duties

11/13/2002: - besom- (a) broom

11/12/2002: - randy- (a) horny

11/11/2002: - diaphanous - (b) see-through

11/10/2002: - xylem - (d) woody tissue in a plant

11/9/2002: - turgid - (c) distended

11/8/2002: - fuliginous - (a) sooty

11/7/2002: - Mycenae - (d) Aegean

11/6/2002: - vixen - (b) female fox

11/5/2002: - demitasse - (b) small cup of strong black coffee

11/4/2002: - condign - (c) appropriate

11/3/2002: - gouache - (a) water-color method

11/2/2002: - dendrite - (c) nerve ending

11/1/2002: - daemon - (d) one engrossed in an activity

10/31/2002: - gazebo - (a) garden pavilion

10/30/2002: - rubric - (b) red-lettered title

10/29/2002: - inchoate - (d) incompletely formed

10/28/2002: - cartel - (b) companies organized to control prices

10/27/2002: - moraine - (c) glacially deposited stones

10/26/2002: - analemma - (c) sun's annual figure-eight "footprint"

10/25/2002: - myrmidon - (b) blindly obedient henchman

10/24/2002: - hircine - pertaining to (b) goats

10/23/2002: - egregious - (a) outrageous

10/22/2002: - cogent - (a) compelling

10/21/2002: - arrogate - (d) to unduly claim

10/20/2002: - contravene - (d) to go against

10/19/2002: - preponderate - (c) to outweigh

10/18/2002: - serendipity - (a) the making of accidental discoveries

10/17/2002: - ophidian - (b) pertaining to snakes

10/16/2002: - recuse - (a) disengage because of conflict of interest

10/15/2002: - impute - (a) to attribute

10/14/2002: - traduce - (d) to slander

10/13/2002: - moot - (c) open to discussion

10/12/2002: - scurrilous - (a) indecent language

10/11/2002: - captious - (c) quick to find fault

10/10/2002: - incorporeal - (b) not made of matter

10/9/2002: - pellucid - (b) transparent

10/8/2002: - plenary - (d) all-inclusive

10/7/2002: - dint - (b) a blow

10/6/2002: - deliquesce - (a) melt away

10/5/2002: - objurgate - (c) to chide vehemently

10/4/2002: - lupine - (d) pertaining to wolves

10/3/2002: - cervine - (d) pertaining to deer

10/2/2002: - vulpine - (b) pertaining to foxes

10/1/2002: - delinquescent - (a) hygroscopic

9/30/2002: - specious - (c) seemingly, but not really fair

9/29/2002: - venal - (a) corrupt

9/28/2002: - venial - (b) forgivable

9/27/2002: - adjure - (d) to plead

9/26/2002: - collusion - (b) underhanded cooperation

9/25/2002: - mendacious - (b) untruthful

9/24/2002: - decry - (c) disparage

9/23/2002: - descry - (a) to discover

9/22/2002: - enamored - (d) in love

9/21/2002: - gourmand - (b) glutton

9/20/2002: - palindrome - (d) spelled the same forward or backward

9/19/2002: - potable - (a) drinkable

9/18/2002: - recidivist - (a) chronic offender

9/17/2002: - fractious - (c) rebellious

9/16/2002: - spelunker - (b) caver

9/15/2002: - parsimonious - (c) stingy

9/14/2002: - abstemious - (a) sparing in die

9/13/2002: - sapid - (d) tasty

9/12/2002: - endue - (a) to provide some trait

9/11/2002: - halcyon - (a) peaceful

9/10/2002: - nefarious - (c) abominable

9/9/2002: - nexus - (b) connection

9/8/2002: - meretricious - (c) luring with false charms

9/7/2002: - lollygagging - (d) to loaf

9/6/2002: - clandestine - (b) sneaky

9/5/2002: - pariah - (a) outcast

9/4/2002: - detente - (a) lowering of international tensions

9/3/2002: - abrogate - (d) abolish

9/2/2002: - vitiate - (b) to weaken

9/1/2002: - querulous- (c) peevish

8/31/2002: - sanguine- (a) upbeat

8/30/2002: - parvenu- (c) nouveaux rich

8/29/2002: - lemniscate- (d) analemma-shaped

8/28/2002: - invidious- (d) giving offense

8/27/2002: - purblind- (b) lacking understanding

8/26/2002: - attrition- (a) wearing down

8/25/2002: - floe- (c) mass of floating ice

8/24/2002: - interstices- (b) small openings

8/23/2002: - crotchety- (b) full of whims

8/22/2002: - frond- (c) leaf

8/21/2002: - atrabilious- (d) melancholy

8/20/2002: - coadjutor- (b) assistant

8/19/2002: - pullulate- (b) swarm

8/18/2002: - refulgent - (a) brilliant

8/17/2002: - chitterling- (c) part of small intestine

8/16/2002: - astringent - (c) styptic

8/15/2002: - croft - (b) small farm

8/14/2002: - quizzical - (c) odd

8/13/2002: - crepuscular - pertaining to (c) twilight

8/12/2002: - interloper - (a) intruder

8/11/2002: - crass - (a) gross

8/10/2002: - redolent - (a) fragrant

8/9/2002: - crapulous - (b) ill from overdrinking

8/8/2002: - prurient - (d) lewd

8/7/2002: - cozen - (d) cheat

8/6/2002: - integument - (d) outer covering

8/5/2002: - covert - (a) hidden

8/4/2002: - frenetic - (b) wildly excited

8/3/2002: - astrolabe - (b) astronomical instrument

8/2/2002: - coruscate - (d) sparkle

8/1/2002: - provender - (a) dry food for animals

7/31/2002: - culvert - (a) drain

7/30/2002: - foray - (a) raid

7/29/2002: - corollary - (b) consequence

7/28/2002: - asteroid - (a) star-shaped body

7/27/2002: - convoluted - (c) coiled

7/26/2002: - insuperable - (a) insurmountable

7/25/2002: - eolithic - pertaining to: (b) earliest human culture

7/24/2002: - contiguous - (d) adjacent

7/23/2002: - propitiate - (d) appease

7/22/2002: - insinuate - (c) suggest slyly
7/21/2002: - asseveration - (a) assertion

7/20/2002: - contemn - (d) despise

7/19/2002: - redaction - (b) submission

7/18/2002: - foment - (b) instigate

7/17/2002: - concupiscence - (c) burning desire

7/16/2002: - ascetic - (c) self-denying

7/15/2002: - concordat - (b) agreement

7/14/2002: - inscrutable - (d) enigmatic

7/13/2002: - quietus - (d) release from life

7/12/2002: - concomitant - (d) accompanying

7/11/2002: - propinquity - (b) nearness

7/10/2002: - commensurate - (d) proportionate

7/9/2002: - arroyo - (b) gully

7/8/2002: - foible - (c) frailty

7/7/2002: - prophylactic - (c) preventive

7/6/2002: - cinnebar - (a) bright-red mineral

7/5/2002: - ensconced - (c) snugly settled

7/4/2002: - conch - (d) spiral shell

7/3/2002: - inordinate - (b) excessive

7/2/2002: - jape - (d) trick

7/1/2002: - cinerary - (d) ashes

6/30/2002: - concatenation - (d) linking together

6/29/2002: - fluted - (d) grooved
6/28/2002: - apprise - (d) inform

6/27/2002: - recrimination - (a) counter-accusation

6/26/2002: - prognathous - (a) having projecting jaws

6/25/2002: - cinerary - pertaining to (d) ashes

6/24/2002: - apposite -(b) appropriate

6/23/2002: - profligacy - (d) dissoluteness

6/22/2002: - fugacious - (b) transitory

6/21/2002: - floe - (c) mass of floating ice

6/20/2002: - chine - (d) backbone

6/19/2002: - emulate - (c) strive to equal

6/18/2002: - mutation - (a) variation

6/17/2002: - aphasia - (d) loss of speech

6/16/2002: - cheetah - (c) catlike animal

6/15/2002: - indenture - (a) written contract

6/14/2002: - prodigality - (c) lavishness

6/13/2002: - concatenation - (d) linking together

6/12/2002: - anthropomorphic - (d) having human form

6/11/2002: - chaparrel - (a) thicket

6/10/2002: - flocculent - (a) fluffy

6/9/2002: - relegate - (c) assign to an inferior position

6/8/2002: - motley - (d) variegated

6/7/2002: - empyrean - (a) the firmament on high

6/6/2002: - chapparel - (a) thicket

6/5/2002: - conative - relating to (a) an attempt to perform an action

6/4/2002: - anneal - (d) temper

6/3/2002: - proclivity - (d) natural tendency

6/2/2002: - incontinent - (a) unrestrained

6/1/2002: - emollient - (b) soothing
5/31 /2002: - comstockery - (d) overzealous censorship

5/30 /2002: - quagmire - (c) bog

5/29 /2002: - recrimination - (a) counter-accusation

5/28 /2002: - morganatic - (b) marriage of royalty to a commoner

5/27 /2002: - ancillary - (b) auxiliary

5/26 /2002: - baroque - (a) extravagantly ornamented

5/25 /2002: - flippancy - (a) levity

5/24 /2002: - embryonic - (d) rudimentary

5/23/2002: - garrulity - (d) talkativeness

5/22/2002: - probity - (b) integrity

5/21/2002: - incidence - (a) rate of occurrence

5/20/2002: - ana - (b) collection of odd literary items

5/19/2002: - emblazon - (b) adorn magnificently

5/18/2002: - chaffer - (a) haggle

5/17/2002: - mordacious - (d) caustic

5/16/2002: - amulet - (a) charm

5/15/2002: - fillip - (d) stimulus
5/14/2002: - reprehensible - (b) blameworthy

5/13/2002: - privy - (a) sharing secret knowledge

5/12/2002: - ampersand - (a) the symbol &

5/11/2002: - incarcerate - (b) imprison

5/10/2002: - incantation - (d) magic formula

5/9/2002: - comestibles -(c) food

5/8/2002: - verger -(c) minor church official

5/7/2002: - elegiac -(d) laudatory

5/6/2002: - effigy - (a) image

5/5/2002: - bastion - (a) part of a fortification

5/4/2002: - centripetal - (a) attracted to the center

5/3/2002: - mitigate - (a) soften

5/2/2002: - dulcimer - (c) musical instrument

5/1/2002: - predicate - (a) base upon facts

4/30/2002: - ambergris - (c) perfume base

4/29/2002: - fetid - (c) malodorous
4/28/2002: - predatory - (d) plundering

4/27/2002: - inination - (c) silliness

4/26/2002: - barnacle - (a) shell-bearing sea animal

4/25/2002: - postprandial - (b) after-dinner

4/24/2002: - reprobate - (a) sinner

4/23/2002: - minion - (d) hanger-on

4/22/2002: - fenestrated - (a) having windows
4/21/2002: - virulent - (c) venomous

4/20/2002: - baize - (c) coarse woolen cloth

4/19/2002: - curmudgeon - (b) churlish fellow

4/18/2002: - ululate - (c) howl

4/17/2002: - altruistic - (a) unselfish

4/16/2002: - extrinsic - (a) not inherent

4/15/2002: - barbate - (b) jagged

4/14/2002: - altercation - (c) angry dispute

4/13/2002: - doxology - (b) hymn of praise

4/12/2002: - miasma - (c) poisonous exhalation

4/11/2002: - feracious -(c) fruitful

4/10/2002: - alembic - (d) distilling vessel

4/9/2002: - tautology - (a) superfluous repetition

4/8/2002: - dudgeon - (b) resentment

4/7/2002: - inadvertence - (c) oversight

4/6/2002: - centrifugal - (b) flying from the center

4/5/2002: - wattle - (d) fleshy flap

4/4/2002: - plankton - (b) microscopic life

4/3/2002: - maunder - (c) talk incoherently

4/2/2002: - cenotaph - (b) empty tomb

4/1/2002: - iconoclast - (b) attacker of tradition

3/31/2002: - strepitant - (b) boisterous

3/30/2002: - hypothecate - (d) mortgage

3/29/2002: - plangent - (b) resounding deeply

3/28/2002: - fecundity - (b) fertility

3/27/2002: - extant - (d) still in existence

3/26/2002: - farthingale - (d) hoop skirt

3/25/2002: - afflatus - (d) inspiration

3/24/2002: - mastodon - (c) extinct elephant

3/23/2002: - raucous - (d) harsh-sounding

3/22/2002: - dolorous - (c) sorrowful

3/21/2002: - sluice - (d) artificial water channel

3/20/2002: - expostulation - (b) remonstrance

3/19/2002: - martingale - (b) harness strap

3/18/2002: - wicket - (b) gate

3/17/2002: - accoutrements - (b) equipment

3/16/2002: - plagiarize - (c) appropriate another's ideas

3/15/2002: - edacious - (d) devouring

3/14/2002: - daedal - (d) ingenious (from Daedulus, who was the greatest artizen, and who fashioned Icarus' wings)

3/13/2002: - pendulous - (c) hanging down loosely

3/12/2002: - scrimshaw - (a) carved, decorated object

3/11/2002: - fustian - (c) bombastic

3/10/2002: - prevenience - (d) foresighted action

3/9/2002: - baldric - (c) belt for sword

3/8/2002: - abash - (c) embarrass

3/7/2002: - posset - (c) spiced hot drink

3/6/2002: - myopic - (c) short-sighted

3/5/2002: - gnomen - (a) type of indicator

3/4/2002: - frieze - (b) ornamental strip

3/3/2002: - esculent - (d) edible

3/2/2002: - cenobite - (c) monk living communally

3/1/2002: - inanition - (b) emptiness

2/28/2002: - hobbledehoy - (a) gawky lad

2/27/2002: - diurnal - (c) daily

2/26/2002: - refection - (b) light meal

2/25/2002: - jowl - (c) jaw

2/24/2002: - colophon - (d) publisher's ornamental device

2/23/2002: - speleology - study of: (a) caves

2/22/2002: - dialectics - (d) logical argumentation

2/21/2002: - hyperborean - (b) frigid

2/20/2002: - celibate - (a) unmarried

2/19/2002: - caryatid - (d) column in shape of female figure

2/18/2002: - titivate - (d) spruce up

2/17/2002: - cinnabar - (a) bright-red mineral

2/16/2002: - succulent - (d) juicy

2/15/2002: - petard - (a) explosive device

2/14/2002: - misprision - (d) official misconduct
2/13/2002: - doggeral - (d) trivial verse

2/12/2002: - catharsis - (a) emotional purgation

2/11/2002: - debenture - (c) amount due

2/10/2002: - pilchard - (d) young herring

2/9/2002: - imponderable - (c) incapable of being weighed

2/8/2002: - privative - (b) making negative

2/7/2002: - disquisition - (c) dissertation

2/6/2002: - agglomeration - (d) confused mess

2/5/2002: - affront - (b) insult

2/4/2002: - colander - (c) strainer

2/3/2002: - exude - (c) ooze out

2/2/2002: - complicity - (c) sharing of wrongdoing

2/1/2002: - discrete - (a) discrete

1/31/2002: - capitulate - (d) surrender

1/30/2002: - arraign - (c) bring before a court

1/29/2002: - murrain - (a) plague

1/28/2002: - militate - (a) work against

1/27/2002: - lintel - (d) bar above a door

1/26/2002: - mollification - (b) softening of ruffled feelings

1/25/2002: - perquisite - (c) prerogative

1/24/2002: - pertinacious - (c) stubbornly persistent

1/23/2002: - vertiginous - (b) dizzy

1/22/2002: - comatose - (c) unconscious

1/21/2002: - covert - (a) hidden

1/20/2002: - mastic - (b) kind of resin

1/19/2002: - tussock - (a) thick clump of grass

1/18/2002: - marmot - (d) monkey

1/17/2002: - votary - (a) worshipper

1/16/2002: - subliminal - (d) subconscious

1/15/2002: - vouchsafe - (d) accept responsibility for

1/14/2002: - whorl - (c) spiral design

1/13/2002: - livid - (b) black and blue

1/12/2002: - actuarial - (d) relating to statistical calculations

1/11/2002: - pylon - (a) gateway

1/10/2002: - matutinal - (a) early

1/9/2002: - mescaline - (d) drug producing hallucinations

1/8/2002: - gastronomy - (a) art of good eating

1/7/2002: - winnow - (a) sort out by sifting

1/6/2002: - suppurate - (c) form pus

1/5/2002: - exiguous - (b) meager

1/4/2002: - adjunct - (b) addition

1/3/2002: - blatant - (d) noisily obtrusive

1/2/2002: - parturition - (b) childbirth

1/1/2002: - lectern - (d) reading desk

12/31/2001: - manifesto - public declaration

12/30/2001: - decadent - (a) deteriorating

12/29/2001: - malleable - (d) pliant

12/28/2001: - euphism - (a) excessive elegance of language

12/27/2001: - impinge - (a) encroach

12/26/2001: - ictus - (b) verse stress

12/25/2001: - polity - (d) basic structure of a government

12/24/2001: - catalytic - (a) accelerating an action

12/23/2001: - figment - (a) something imagined

12/22/2001: - complaisant - (b) obliging

12/21/2001: - pother - (c) disturbance

12/20/2001: - lanyard - (b) short rope

12/19/2001: - hortatory - (c) urging

12/18/2001: - jocund - (a) cheerful

12/17/2001: - jocose - (b) playful

12/16/2001: - breviary - (b) prayer book

12/15/2001: - batten - (d) grow fat

12/14/2001: - depredation - (d) plundering

12/13/2001: - bezel - (d) edge of a cutting tool

12/12-2001: - detrition - (a) wearing away

12/11/2001: - cadge - (d) beg

12/10/2001: - pannier - (a) large wicker basket

12/9/2001: - supercilious - (c) haughty

12/8/2001: - sporadic - (c) occurring at irregular intervals

12/7/2001: - plaudit - (a) expression of approval

12/6/2001: - pachyderm - (c) thick-skinned animal - (typically, an elephant) - "pachy" = thick, "derm" = skin

12/5/2001: - cacchination - (a) loud laughter

12/4/2001: - zany - (d) clown

12/3/2001: - ziggurat - (d) pyramidal temple

12/2/2001: - paraclete - (c) advocate

12/1/2001: - tumbrel - (c) two-wheeled cart

11/30/2001: - slough - (a) marsh

11/29/2001: - sirocco - (a) hot wind

11/28/2001: - tatterdemalion -(c) ragamuffin

11/27/2001: - vitreous - (d) glassy

11/26/2001: - perfunctory - (a) superficial

11/25/2001: - subsume - (c) include

11/24/2001: - tactile - (a) capable of being touched

11/23/2001: - capillary - pertaining to (d) thin tube

11/22/2001: - expiate - (a) atone

11/21/2001: -febrile - (c) feverish

11/20/2001: - percipience - (c) keen perception

11/19/2001: - livid - (c) sensational

11/18/2001: - talon - (d) claw

11/17/2001: - - (d) glassy
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11/16/2001: - licentious - (c) wanton

11/15/2001: - mayhem - (c) criminal mutilation

11/14/2001: - joist - (c) timber laid horizontally

11/13/2001: - levity - (a) frivolity

11/12/2001: - hoyden - (a) tomboy

11/11/2001: - homily - (c) sermon

11/10/2001: - sunder - (a) break apart

11/9/2001: - sporadic - (c) occurring at irregular intervals

11/8/2001: - calescent - (c) growing warm

11/7/2001: - symbiotic - (d) living in close association

11/6/2001: - volition - (d) power of willing

11/5/2001: - exoteric - (b) easily understood

11/4/2001: - carrion - (c) dead flesh

11/3/2001: - cantilever - (b) supporting bracket

11/2/2001: - categorically - (c) unqualifiedly

11/1/2001: - caitiff - (b) person of low character

10/31/2001: - calligraphy - (c) beautiful handwriting

10/30/2001: - whilom -(c) quondam

10/29/2001: - welter -(b) confusion

10/28/2001: - polity - (d) basic structure of a government

10/27/2001: - peremptory - (d) absolute

10/26/2001: - pennate - (a) winged

10/25/2001: - spume - (b) foam

10/24/2001: - impinge - (a) encroach

10/23/2001: - neap - (d) the lowest low tide

10/22/2001: - edentate - (c) toothless

10/21/2001: - debauch - (d) corrupt

10/20/2001: - blatant - (d) noisily obtrusive

10/19/2001: - germinate - (b) sprout

10/18/2001: - abrade - (a) rub off

10/17/2001: - sporadic - (c) occurring at irregular intervals

10/16/2001: - sleazy - (b) disgusting

10/15/2001: - peruse - (c) read through

10/14/2001: - slough - (a) marsh

10/13/2001: - euphuism - (a) excessive elegance of language

10/12/2001: - hackles - (c) bristles on a dog's back

10/11/2001: - bibulous - (a) addicted to drink

10/10/2001: - terrapin - (d) turtle

10/9/2001: - semantics - studies dealing with (c) changes in meanings of words

10/8/2001: - salver - (a) tray

10/7/2001: - panoply - (d) full array

10/6/2001: -nomadic - (a) wandering

10/5/2001: - skittles - (c) bowling game

10/4/2001: - soporific - (b) inducing sleep

10/3/2001: - upbraid - (a) chide

10/2/2001: - olfactory - pertaining to: (a) sense of smell

10/1/2001: - eviscerate - (a) disembowel

9/30/2001: - abnegation - (b) renunciation

9/29/2001: - unmitigated - (a) downright

9/28/2001: -talon - (d) claw

9/27/2001: -reticulated - (b) in a network pattern

9/26/2001: - porphyry - (c) reddish-purple rock

9/25/2001: - plinth - (c) square stone base

9/24/2001: - obsidian - (c) glassy black volcanic rock with sharp edges

9/23/2001: - nirvana - (c) compete inner calm

9/22/2001: - - (c) venomous

9/21/2001: - revulsion - (b) a drawing back in disgust

9/20/2001: - effulgent - (b) radiant

9/19/2001: - diaeresis - (b) two dots over a vowel (an umlaut)

9/18/2001: - dross - (b) worthless matter

9/17/2001: - emendation - (b) correction

9/16/2001: - desuetude - (c) disuse

9/15/2001: - sibylline - (b) oracular

9/14/2001: - senescence - (a) process of growing old

9/13/2001: - simian - (c) apelike

9/12/2001: - juxtapose - (d) put side by side

9/11/2001: - haft - (b) knife handle

9/10/2001: - popinjay - (a) fop

9/9/2001: - carapace - (c) animal shell

9/8/2001: - cabala - (a) mystical doctrine

9/7/2001: - bittern - (b) marsh bird

9/6/2001: - brummagem - (c) tinsel

9/5/2001: - palpable - (d) obvious

9/4/2001: - guise - (d) appearance

9/3/2001: - implacable - (d) unappeasable

9/2/2001: - ormulu - (c) imitation gold

9/1/2001: - beldam - (a) old woman

8/31/2001: - psitticism - (c) parrot-like speech

8/30/2001: - talesman , talisman - (a) charm

8/29/2001: - sequacious - (b) following

8/28/2001: - squalid - (a) unclean