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: