The Mega Foundation
Difficult
Word of the Day
6/18/2006:
caliculus
- (b) small cup-shaped structure
6/17/2006: moidure
- (a) Portugeuse gold coin
6/16/2006: forficate
- (d) deeply notched
6/15/2006: antependium - (b) altar cloth
6/14/2006: St. Agnes Eve - (b) night of
January 20th, when a women will dream about her future husband
6/13/2006: barbasco - (c) poison tree
6/12/2006: degust - (a) savor
6/11/2006: habdallah - (a) Jewish sabbath
6/10/2006: hornpout - (d) freshwater catfish
6/9/2006: repoussé - (c) in raised
relief
6/8/2006: fustian - (b) pretentious language
6/7/2006: epicritic - (a) pertaining
to the tactile/thermal sensory nerve
6/6/2006: sacristy - (a) vestry
6/5/2006: trompe l'oiel - (d) giving
the illusion of photographic reality
6/4/2006: objet trouvé - (a) found object
6/3/2006: gradin - (c) one of a series
of tiered steps
6/2/2006: calipee
- (a) edible part of turtle above its lower shell
6/1/2006: linsang - (b) carnivorous mammal
with spotted coat
5/31/2006: moshav
- (d) collection of Israeli small farms
5/30/2006: hafiz - (c) Muslim who has
memorized the Koran
5/29/2006: aepyornis
- (c) flightless bird of Madagascar
5/28/2006: bailie - (a) Scottish alderman
5/27/2006: table d'hôte - (a) fixed-price,
full-course meal
5/26/2006: lutetium
- (b) rare earth element
5/25/2006: Cochin china - (d) feathered-leg chicken
5/24/2006: talipot - (b) Asian palm tree
5/23/2006: ranula - (c) cyst on bottom
of tongue
5/22/2006: Beaufort Scale - (a) wind speeds
5/21/2006: Beaufort Scale - (a) wind speeds
5/20/2006: Beaufort Scale - (a) wind speeds
5/19/2006: Beaufort Scale - (a) wind speeds
5/18/2006: Beaufort Scale - (a) wind speeds
5/17/2006: Beaufort Scale - (a) wind speeds
5/16/2006: Beaufort Scale - (a) wind speeds
5/15/2006: Beaufort Scale - (a) wind speeds
5/14/2006: Beaufort Scale - (a) wind speeds
5/13/2006: Beaufort Scale - (a) wind speeds
5/12/2006: Beaufort Scale - (a) wind speeds
5/11/2006: glabella - (a) smooth area
between eyes
5/10/2006: Zend-Avesta
- (d) Zoroastrian sacred book
5/9/2006: acciacatura - (a) discordant
note
5/8/2005: quamash - (b) camas (showy
plant)
5/7/2005: parastalsis - (c) digestive
contractions of the stomach
5/6/2005: baize - (b) coarse, felt-napped woolen
cloth
5/5/2005: palsgrave - (a) feudal lord
5/4/2005: macula lutea - (d) center of
fovea
5/3/2005: Rhadamanthine - (c) strictly
and uncompromisingly just
5/2/2005: una corda - (b) soft-pedaled
5/1/2005: una corda - (b) soft-pedaled
4/30/2005: gamine - (a) neglected girl
with impish appeal
4/29/2005: laparotomy - (b) incision in
abdominal wall
4/28/2005: nappe
- (b) sheet of water flowing over a dam
4/27/2005: macaronic - (d) humorous mixture
of different languages
4/26/2005: huckaback
- (c) coarse cotton for toweling
4/25/2005: recension - (a) critical pre-editing
revision of text, incorporating most plausible elements from other
sources (as contrasted with redaction: editing for publication)
4/24/2005: ylang-ylang - (c) Asian perfume
tree
4/23/2005: donjon - (d) fortified main
tower of a castle
4/22/2005: grivet
- (d) long-tailed African monkey
4/21/2005: fleche - (b) slender spire
above the nave of a church
4/20/2005: peeler
- (a) policeman
4/19/2005: rapparee
- (d) oiratical 16th C. Irish soldier
4/18/2005: Lucina - (d) goddess of childbirth
4/17/2005: Morgen le Fay - (c) King Arthur's
enemy
4/16/2005: larboard - (b) port (right)
side
4/15/2005: tuatara- (d) New Zealand "living
dinosaur"
4/14/2005: growler-
(b) magnetizer/demagnetizer
4/13/2005: trave- (a) section of ceiling formed
by crossbeams
4/12/2005: trigeminal- (c) facial sensory
and jaw motor nerve
4/11/2005: eclosion (d) emergence of an
adult from a pupa
4/10/2005: pompelmous-
(c) the shaddock
4/9/2005: Lucullen-
(b) lavish
4/8/2005: raki- (b) anise-flavored grape
brandy
4/7/2005: Magdalenian- (a) upper Paleolithic
4/6/2005: Hypnos (d) god of sleep
4/5/2005: loment- (c) pod with seeds
separated by constrictions
4/4/2005: Homoiusian- (d) Arian heresy that God
and Jesus are different substances
4/3/2005: blue flag- (c) wild blue iris
4/2/2005: frith- (b) estuary
4/1/2005: impetto- (b) in secret
3/31/2005: suberose- (a) pertaining to
cork
3/30/2005: aleph null- (c) the denumberably-infinite
set of numbersconsisting of all the integers and all the rationals
3/29/2005: ralph- (b) to upchuck
3/28/2005: devoir- (a) expression of courtesy
3/27/2005: jess- (d) falcon's leg strap
3/26/2005: ricin- (b) deadly poison in
castor bean
3/25/2005: greaser- (c) macho/Latino male
3/24/2005: potaufeu- (c) boiled meat and
vegetables
3/23/2005: buckra - (a) Caucasian
3/22/2005: misology - (d) hatred of reason
or enlightenment
3/21/2005: elver
- (c) young eel
3/20/2005: mangonel
- (b) medieval catapult
3/19/2005: toponym - (c) name derived from a place
3/18/2005: glossal - (c) pertaining to
the tongue
3/17/2005: lac - (b) very large number
(shell lac)
3/16/2005: quintain - (a) practice target
for cavalry
3/15/2005: silique - (d) long seed pod
that splits at both seams
3/14/2005: firn - (c) partially compacted
snow
3/13/2005: chryselephantine - (b) made
of gold and ivory
3/12/2005: ascarid
- (c) nematode
3/11/2005: messuage - (c) house, outbuildings, and
land
3/10/2005: brewis - (d) bread soaked in
broth
3/9/2005: viaticum - (a) supplies for
a journey
3/8/2005: wanderoo - (b) macaque
3/7/2005: constantan - (a) Cu-Ni alloy
with constant resistance over a wide temperature range
3/6/2005: Dardanus - (c) eponymous founder
of Troy
3/5/2005: tsuris - (c) trouble
3/4/2005: grith - (d) sanctuary in church
or on king's highway
3/3/2005: rorqual
- (b) whale
3/2/2005: maniple - (d) ecclesiastic silk band
hanging from left wrist
3/1/2005: pluvial - (c) pertaining to rain
2/28/2005: silymarin - (a) milk thistle
extract
2/27/2005: langan - (b) moccasin with
knee-high leggings
2/26/2005: dittany
- (d) plant producing burnable gas
2/25/2005: rigadoon - (d) couple's lively,
jumping quickstep
2/24/2005: metalinguistics
- (a) study of relationship between language and culture
2/23/2005: sorb - (c) tree
2/22/2005: diastrophism - (b) folding
and faulting of bedrock
2/21/2005: kobold - (d) mischievous German household
elf
2/20/2005: eutectic
- (b) alloy composition yielding the lowest melting
point
2/19/2005: acarus
- (c) mite
2/18/2005: accouchement
- (a) childbirth
2/17/2005: culverin
- (c) 16th-century musket
2/16/2005: Bouvier
des Flanders - (c) cattle dog
2/15/2005: rogatory
- (b) requiring information
2/14/2005: sadhu
- (d) holy Indian ascetic
2/13/2005: repand
- (a) wavy margin
2/12/2005: borscht
circuit - (d) Jewish Catskill resort hotels
2/11/2005: chef
d'ouvre - (b) a masterpiece
2/10/2005: hearth
money - (b) money to the expenses of the Vatican
2/9/2005: misoneism
- (d) hates change
2/8/2005: greisen - (a) quartz and mica rock
2/7/2005: tilbury
- (c) two-oerson, two-wheeled light carriage
2/6/2005: painted
lady - (b) butterfly
2/5/2005: painted
lady - (b) butterfly
2/4/2005: pocosin
- (a) upland coastal marsh
2/3/2005: missal
- (d) prayer book
2/2/2005: rondure
- (c) gracefully rounded
2/1/2005: fazenda
- (c) hacienda
1/31/2005: polysticous
- (b) two or more rows
1/30/2005: lapillus
- (d) solidified lava fragment
1/29/2005: theremin
- (a) electronic musical instrument
1/28/2005: Louis Seize - (b) Louis XVI
1/27/2005: Hestia
- (c) goddess of the hearth
1/26/2005: trilby
- (c) felt hat, deeply cresed crown
1/25/2005: nosology
- deals
with (d) diseases
1/24/2005: rhombus
- (c)
equilateral parallelogram
1/23/2005: quean
- (a)
disreputable woman
1/22/2005: roman
â clef -
(a) novel portraying real people in fictional guise
1/21/2005: Sahel
- (c)
savannah bordering a deser
1/20/2005: entracte
- (d)
entertainment between acts
1/19/2005: motta
- (b)
clump of trees on a prairie
1/18/2005: cosh
- (b)
a blackjack
1/17/2005: euglena
- (c)
half-plant, half-animal protozoan
1/16/2005: bouzouki
- (a)
Greek mandolin
1/15/2005: arenaceous
- (d)
sandy
1/14/2005: trou-de-loup
- (b)
conical pit with sharpened stake
1/13/2005: haw
- (b)
nictitating membrane
1/12/2005: tod
- (c)
28 pounds of wool
1/11/2005: neritic
- (a) pertaining to the
waters of a shoreline
1/10/2005: rockaway
- (d) 4-wheeled, 2-seat carriage
1/9/2005: gramarye
- (b) occult learning
1/8/2005: fascine
- (c) bundle of sticks tied together
1/7/2005: slatch
- (a) a lull in a storm or in breaking waves
1/6/2005: cocotte
- (a) prostitute
1/5/2005: decussate
- (d) X-shaped
1/4/2005: lustrum
- (d) Roman period of purification after a five-year
census
1/3/2005: rochet
- (b) bishop's ceremonial vestment
1/2/2005: cabochon
- (d) highly polished, uncut gem
1/1/2005: ghee
- (a) semifluid clarified butter
12/31/2005: transept
- (c) lateral arms of a cruciform church
12/30/2005: motla
- (b) stand of trees on a prairie
12/29/2005: podzolization
- (c) acidification of soil
12/28/2005: furfuraceous
- (b) covered with scaly particles
12/27/2005: mamba
- (b) venomous African snake
12/26/2005: ilex
- (a) holly oak
12/25/2005: nom
de guerre - (d) ficticious name
12/24/2005: togue
- (c) lake trout
12/23/2005: conventicle
- (c) secret recusant meeting
12/22/2005: extenterate
- (b) eviscerate
12/21/2005: ankylosis
- (c) abnormal fusion of bones
12/20/2005: fatidic
- (d) prophetic
12/19/2005: portecochere
- (d) roofed carriage entrance
12/18/2005: dicksissal
- (b) sparrow-like bird
12/17/2005: nosh
- (a) a snack
12/16/2005: arrieire
pensee - (d) ulterior motive
12/15/2005: magistral
- (c) prepared in accordance with a physician's
prescription
12/14/2005: trommel
- (c) revolving cylindrical ore screen
12/13/2005: fanion
- (b) surveyor's flag
12/12/2005: variolate
- (a) pock-marked
12/11/2005: della
- (c) river rapids
12/10/2005: obturator
- (d) something closing an opening in the body
12/9/2005: reeding
- (b) convex molding
12/8/2005: ghillie
- (b) low sports shoe with fringed laces.
12/7/2005: parrel
- (c) sliding loop of rope to which a yard may
be attached.
12/6/2005: apologue
- (a) moral fable
12/5/2005: sprue
- (d) tropical disease
12/4/2005: mordant
- (b) caustic etching/color-fixing reagent
12/3/2005: mangabey
- (b) long-muzzled African monkey
12/2/2005: sphagyric
- pertaining to (c) alchemy
12/1/2005: hael
- (a) chant of praise (Hael, hael, the gang's
all here!)
11/30/2005: quechua
- (b) member of Incon ruling caste
11/29/2005: epeirogeny
- (d) continental drift
11/28/2005: unciform
- (c) hook-shaped
11/27/2005: grammatology
- (c) study of graphic scripts
11/26/2005: bistoury
- (a) growing in poor soil
11/25/2005: ruderal
- (d) growing in poor soil
11/24/2005: bacciferous
- (c) berry-bearing
11/23/2005: aulic
- (a) pertaining to the royal court
11/22/2005: tatami
- (a) Japanese straw mat
11/21/2005: Moravian
- (c) Czechoslovakian
11/20/2005: fossa
- (a) hollowed-out place
11/19/2005: Guarnerius
- (b) runner-up to a Stradivarius
11/18/2005: potatory -
(d) bibulous
11/17/2005: sackbut
- (c) trangular stringed instrument
11/16/2005: galmatis
- (c) gibberish
11/15/2005: Hudbrastic
- (a) mock-heroic style
11/14/2005: grotty
- (d) wretched
11/13/2005: conquian.
- (d) card game resembling rummy
11/12/2005: estaminet.
- (b) small café
11/11/2005: rime
riche. - (c) rhyme using homonyms
11/10/2005: habanera.
- (d) slow dance
11/9/2005: gallus.
- (c) suspender
11/8/2005: fainéant.
- (a) irresponsible idler
11/7/2005: grampus
- (a) killer whale
11/6/2005: troche
- (b) a lozenge
11/5/2005: jaeger
- (a) seabird that steals food from other birds
11/4/2005: chatelain
- (d) castle keeper
11/3/2005: Falstaffian
- (c) jovial
11/2/2005: paelia
- (c) rice-vegetable-and-meat Spanish dish
11/1/2005: jambeau
- (b) leg armor
10/31/2005: monticule
- (a) secondary volcanic cone
10/30/2005: tricot
- (d) ribbed wool fabric
10/29/2005: durbar
- (b) Indian ruler's state banquet
10/28/2005: gorgonize
- (c) have a paralyzing effect
10/27/2005: waddy
- (a) Australian aborigine's throwing club
10/26/2005: doublure
- (a) leather lining inside a book
10/25/2005: nene
- (c) Hawaiian goose
10/24/2005: micturate
- (d) urinate
10/23/2005: staddle
- (b) hay platform
10/22/2005: dicrotism
- (d) doubling of the heartbeat
10/21/2005: renminbi
- (c) Chinese coin
10/20/2005: milliard
- (c) one billion
10/19/2005: siemens
- (b) conductance (one ampere per volt)
10/18/2005: elide
- (a) to slur over, suppress
10/17/2005: Annie
Oakley - (d) free ticket
10/16/2005: rob
roy - (c) Irish whiskey cocktail
10/15/2005: traditor
- (b) betrayed fellow Christians
10/14/2005: redigote
- (b) man's long, double-breasted topcoat
10/13/2005: holus-bolus
- (c) all-at-once
10/12/2005: tabaret
- (a) moiré/satin striped upholstery cloth
10/11/2005: monotreme
- (b) egg-laying Australian mammal
10/10/2005: hemisitch
- (d) half a line of verse
10/9/2005: polytocous
- (d) producing many offspring at a time
10/8/2005: grappa
- (c) brandy made from wine residue
10/7/2005: doucer
- (a) bribe
10/6/2005: blintz
- (c) cottage-cheese-and-sour-cream-filled pancake
10/5/2005: caique
- (a) long, narrow Mid-Eastern rowboat
10/4/2005: Reye's
syndrome - (b) acute encephelopathy in children
10/3/2005: fess
- (d) horizontal band on escutcheon
10/2/2005: fess
- (d) horizontal band on escutcheon
10/1/2005: tisane
- (c) herbal medicinal beverage
9/30/2005: equipollance
- (b) fairness
9/29/2005: sagger
- (b) protective coating of fire clay
9/28/2005: pandurate
- (b) violin-shaped
9/27/2005: havelock
- (d) cap with neck cover
9/26/2005: paladin -
(c) champion
9/25/2005: primavera
- (a) wood used for cabinetwork
9/24/2005: randan
- (a) boat with three rowers
9/23/2005: non
obstatnte - (c) notwithstanding
9/22/2005: feladese
- (b) death through malicious act
9/21/2005: fastigate
- (b) tapering to a point
9/20/2005: tael
- (a) 1 and 1/3rd oz
9/19/2005: ratteen
- (a) possessing a keel
9/18/2005: madrepore- (a) tropical
reef-building coral
9/17/2005: taenia- (b) narrow band
9/16/2005: yare- (c) lively
9/15/2005: moulin- (b) vertical
shaft in glacier held open by falling water
9/14/2005: sacher
torte - (d)
jam-filled, chocolate-iced, chocolate cake
9/13/2005: cesura
- (a)
pause in a song
9/12/2005: brachycephalic
- (b)
wide head
9/11/2005: noctule
- (b)
large reddish-brown Eurasian bat
9/10/2005: laissez
passer - (d)
pass in place of a passport
9/8/2005: Hakenkreutz
- (c)
swastika
9/7/2005: gallipot
- (a)
druggists' earthenware pot
9/6/2005: spirula
- (b)
mollusc
9/5/2005: nates
- (c)
buttocks
9/4/2005: regisseur
- (c)
ballet director
9/3/2005: kvetch
- (d)
chronic complainer
9/2/2005: calipash
- (a)
turtle's upper shell
9/1/2005: fomite
- (a)
object that transfers infection
8/31/2005: abrosia
- (c)
wasting away
8/30/2005: Tartarus
- (b)
the abtyss below Hades
8/29/2005: mina
- (d)
Greek, Asiatic one-tenth-penny
8/28/2005: jakes
- (a)
a privy
8/27/2005: painter
- (a)
mountain lion
8/26/2005: badderlocks
- (c)
edible seaweed
8/25/2005: roman
â clef - (b) novel in which real people are fictionally
incorporated
8/24/2005: vambrace
- (d)
felt-napped coarse wool cloth
8/23/2005: vambrace
- (a)
armor for the forearm
8/22/2005: sial
- (c)
layer of rock underneath the continents
8/21/2005: moulage
- (c)
mold used in criminal investigation
8/20/2005: Lag
b'Omer - (b)
Jewish holiday
8/19/2005: honan- (c) evenly colored
silk fabric
8/18/2005: majuscule- (d) oversized
letter
8/17/2005: pallaise- (a) thin, straw-filled
mattress
8/16/2005: espadrille- (a) rope-bottomed,
canvas-topped sandal
8/15/2005: paxiology - (c) study of
human conduct
8/14/2005: zax
- (a)
hatchet for cutting roof slates
8/13/2005: geometrid - (d) moth family
8/12/2005: madras - (b) karge handkerchief
used as turban
8/11/2005: faience - (c) colorfully
glazed earthenware
8/10/2005: tahr - (c) Nepalese
goat
8/9/2005: ides - (a) middle of
month
8/8/2005: moniliform - (a) shaped like
a string of beads
8/7/2005: ensiform
- (d)
sword-shaped
8/6/2005: cacography - (c) poor handwriting
8/5/2005: tachymeter
- (b)
instrument for rapid measurement of distances and elevations
8/4/2005: nix
- (a)
water sprite
8/3/2005: porgy
- (c)
menhaden
8/2/2005: transhumance
- (c)
seasonal change of livestock pasteurage
8/1/2005: paillaise
- (a)
thin straw mattress
7/31/2005: roulade
- (d
roll of coins)
7/30/2005: haugh
- (b)
low-lying river valley meadow
7/29/2005: hypogeum
- (b)
ancient basement
7/28/2005: analeptic
- (c)
restorative
7/27/2005: umbel
- (a)
flat-topped flower cluster
7/26/2005: cachinnation
- (d)
ribald laughter
7/25/2005: daphnia
- (a)
tiny crustaceans
7/24/2005: lixiviate
- (b)
to wash soluble matter from
7/23/2005: kauri
- (b)
New Zealand conifer
7/22/2005: remex
- (c)
bird's flight feather
7/21/2005: couloir
- (b)
deep Alpine gorge
7/20/2005: rambutan
- (a)
fruit tree
7/19/2005: gramineous
- (d)
pertaining to grasses
7/18/2005: hispid
- (c)
bristly
7/17/2005: pozzuolana
- (c)
volcanic ash used for concrete
7/16/2005: brasserie
- (b)
beer joint
7/15/2005: in
petto - (a)
in secret
7/14/2005: allantoid
- (d)
sausage-shaped
7/13/2005: arrant
- (b)
being completely such
7/12/2005: gerent
- (d)
manager
7/11/2005: fipple
- (d)
block of wood in wind instruments
7/10/2005: oenology
- (a)
study of wines
7/9/2005: repoussé
- (c)
raised in relief
7/8/2005: unaneled
- (d)
not having received extreme unction
7/7/2005: eloign
- (b)
to remove to a distance
7/6/2005: miosis
- (a)
pupil of the eye
7/5/2005: pencel
- (a)
streamer on a lance
7/4/2005: galimatis
- (d)
gibberish
7/3/2005: tachylyte
- (d)
glassy black basalt
7/2/2005: habitus
- (c)
(physical) constitution
7/1/2005: beche-de-mer
- (b)
Indonesian lingua franca
6/30/2005: larigan
- (c)
moccasin with knee-high leggings
6/29/2005: bract
- (a)
showy leaflet under flower
6/28/2005: ribband
- (a)
wooden strip holding ship's rib in place during construction
6/27/2005: stoat
- (d)
ermine, in brown phase
6/26/2005: ligan
- (b)
jettisoned cargo, with floats
6/25/2005: valgus
- (d)
knock-kneed person
6/24/2005: dosser
- (a)
large pack basket
6/23/2005: rivage
- (a)
shore
6/22/2005: galipot
- (b)
crude pine turpentine
6/21/2005: predicatory
- (c)
pertaining to preaching
6/20/2005: ratalia
- (d)
almond-flavored cordial
6/19/2005: quagga
- (a)
extinct zebra-like animal
6/18/2005: taboret
- (b)
a low cabinet
6/17/2005: hackamack
- (c)
larch tree
6/16/2005: hackamore
- (c)
band blinding horses during break-in
6/15/2005: Nainook
- (c)
soft cotton cloth with woven stripe
6/14/2005: dalmatic
- (a)
wide-sleaved garment worn by a bishop, cardinal or abbot
6/13/2005: malversation
- (c)
misconduct in public office
6/12/2005: objet trouvé-
- (d)
a found object
6/11/2005: pico-
- (a)
one trillionth
6/10/2005: fermi
- (b)
one femtometer
6/9/2005: guillemot
- (a)
northern sea bird
6/8/2005: optative
- (a)
expressing a wish
6/7/2005: elasmobranch
- (c)
sub-branch containing sharks, rays and skates
6/6/2005: faitour
- (d)
imposter
6/5/2005: lugger
- (b)
two- or three-masted fishing boat
6/4/2005: anguine
- (a)
snake-like
6/3/2005: salep
- (a)
ground orchid roots (medicinal)
6/2/2005: balmacaan
- (d)
full overcoat with raglan sleeves
6/1/2005: glaive
- (c)
broadsword
5/31/2005: balas
- (b)
rose-red spinel
5/30/2005: damascene
- (c)
wavy patterns
5/29/2005: parang
- (c)
Malasian knife
5/28/2005: lineament
- (a)
characteristic feature
5/27/2005: marescent
- (d)
wasting away
5/26/2005: tamarau
- (c)
Philippine buffalo
5/25/2005: gadwall
- (b)
duck
5/24/2005: nodus
- (b)
difficult situation
5/23/2005: uncial
- (d)
somewhat-rounded capital letters
5/22/2005: eremit
- (a)
recluse
5/21/2005: palladium
- (b)
safeguard
5/20/2005: rehadamanthine
- (a)
uncompromisingly just
5/19/2005: lagomorph
- (d)
gnawing animal (rabbit, beaver)
5/18/2005: monopsony
- (c)
several sellers, one buyer
5/17/2005: flanerie
- (c)
loafing
5/16/2005: rebec
- (c)
pear--shaped, medieval, 3-stringed lute
5/15/2005: haef
- (a)
a trivial amount
5/14/2005: sabra
- (c)
Israeli born in Israel
5/13/2005: haplology
- (a)
shortening of a word by contraction
5/12/2005: gollard
- (b)
wandering medieval student
5/11/2005: tergiversation
- (d)
flip-flopping back and forth
5/10/2005: tamarack
- (d)
larch tree
5/9/2005: rampike
- (b)
dead tree stump
5/8/2005: magot
- (a)
Barbary ape
5/7/2005: doit
- (d)
¼-cent coin
5/6/2005: lubricoid
- (b)
resembling an earthworm
5/5/2005: cymose
- (b)
cluster of mini-blooms on a disk
5/4/2005: praedial
- (a)
attached to the land (e. g., serf)
5/3/2005: heirophant
- (b)
interpreter of arcane mysteries
5/2/2005: sui
juris - (c)
capable of managing one's own affairs
5/1/2005: ridley
- (d)
marine turtle
4/30/2005: decollate
- (a)
behead
4/29/2005: uredo
- (c)
burning itch
4/28/2005: parquet
- (c)
floor of theater
4/27/2005: culm
- (b)
grass stem joint
4/26/2005: effloresce- (d) to
give up water of crystallization
4/25/2005: brock- (c) badger
4/24/2005: placket- (a) slit,
or skirt pocket
4/23/2005: sphygmic- (b) pertaining
to the pulse
4/22/2005: prodromal- (b) disease-onset
symptom
4/21/2005: assentation- (d) ill-considered
assent
4/20/2005: gurnard- (c) fish
4/19/2005: furlong- (a) 1/8th
mile
4/18/2005: turnsole- (d) heliotrope
4/17/2005: hake- (b) cod
family
4/16/2005: madelaine- (c) small,
rich, shell-shaped cake
4/15/2005: subaltern- (c) between
lieutenant and captain captain
4/14/2005: vis
major- (a)
catastrophic natural phenomenon that can sometimes override
contracts
4/13/2005: hypercatalexis- (a) adding
extra syllables
4/12/2005: tricoline- (d) sturdy
worsted double-twilled fabric
4/11/2005: palatine- (d) woman's
fur cape and hood
4/10/2005: torticolis- (b) neck
muscles in spasm
4/9/2005: friseur- (b) hirdresser
4/8/2005: lubber
line- (c)
ship's heading
4/7/2005: steeve- (d) shipboard
spar with rope and pulley
4/6/2005: hornbeam- (a) tree
4/5/2005: duiker- (b) African
antelope
4/4/2005: exarch- (b) bishop
below a patriarch
4/3/2005: quattrecento- (c) the
1400's
4/2/2005: cuncal- (a) wedge-shaped
4/1/2005: empressement- (b) offensive
cordiality
3/31/2005: ratafia- (d) almond-flavored
cordial
3/30/2005: guyot- (c) flat-topped
seamount
3/29/2005: kakapo- (c) ground-dwelling
New Zealand parrot
3/28/2005: dinkum- (a) genuine
3/27/2005: je
ne sois quoi- (b) it is difficult to say
3/26/2005: rallentando- (a) gradually
slackening
3/25/2005: hyetal-
pertaining
to (c) rain
3/24/2005: distiches-
(c)
two rows of leaves on opposite sides of a stem
3/23/2005: acarid-
(a)
mites and ticks
3/22/2005: lamia-
(a)
blood-sucking serpent
3/21/2005: fantod-
(d)
state of nervous irritabiility
3/20/2005: tuchin-
(b)
Chinese military provincial governor
3/19/2005: indusium-
(c)
enclosing membrane
3/18/2005: condyle-
(a)
bone knuckle
3/17/2005: gannet-
(d)
large northern seabird
3/16/2005: artemisia-
(b)
wormwood
3/15/2005: -
(b)
anbormally slow heartbeat
3/14/2005: narwhal-
(c)
marine mammal with a single spiral horn
3/13/2005: gaffer-
(a)
lighting technician
3/12/2005: lanceolate-
(d)
narrow and tapering at both ends
3/11/2005: fugacious-
(c)
evanescent
3/10/2005: macrobiotic-
(c)
promoting long life
3/9/2005: touraco-
(c)
brightly colored African bird
3/8/2005: ringhals-
(a)
venom-spitting African snake
3/7/2005: patelliform-
(b)
cup-shaped
3/6/2005: talion-
(d)
punishment the same as the crime
3/5/2005: uredo-
(b)
burning itch
3/4/2005: primero-
(a)
card game
3/3/2005: manque-
(a)
unfulfilled
3/2/2005: eyot-
(c)
island in a river (same as "eyot")
3/1/2005: fulmar-
(b)
gull-like arctic bird
2/28/2005: legate-
(d)
papal emissary
2/27/2005: somnifacient-
(a)
a hypnotic
2/26/2005: ocellus-
(b)
eye-like marking
2/25/2005: erysipelas-
(b)
strep skin disease
2/24/2005: roborant-
(d)
a tonic
2/23/2005: dryopithecine-
(c)
extinct human precursor
2/22/2005: prokaryote-
(a)
nucleus lacks a membrane
2/21/2005: tachymeter-
(d)
surveying instrument
2/20/2005: echard-
(d)
ground water not available for plants
2/19/2005: viridity-
(c)
verdancy
2/18/2005: gresorial-
(b)
legs modified for walking
2/17/2005: locular-
(a)
formed of small cells
2/16/2005: rhonchus-
(d)
mucous-caused bronchial rattle
2/15/2005: falcate-
(a)
sickle-shaped
2/14/2005: noria-
(c)
waterwheel with buckets
2/13/2005: Wahabi-
(c)
strict Islamic sect
2/12/2005: palmar-
(b)
outstanding
2/11/2005: -
(d)
west-end chapel on medieval English church
2/10/2005: triste-
(a)
wistful
2/9/2005: Holarctic-
(b)
Nearctic and Palearctic regions
2/8/2005: lapin-
(b)
rabbit
2/7/2005: equivocate-
(d)
to beat-around-the-bush
2/6/2005: ansible-
(c)
mythical faster-than-light communicator
2/5/2005: grum-
(a)
grumgullion (small fish)
2/4/2005: prebend-
(b)
clergyman's stipend drawn from endowment
2/3/2005: sorrel-
(b)
brownish-orange
2/2/2005: yarrow-
(d)
yellow flower
2/1/2005: galago-
(c)
large-eted African monkey
1/31/2005: passe
partout- (a)
passport
1/30/2005: dressage-
(b)
guiding horse through complex maneuvers
1/29/2005: Merino-
(b)
type of sheep
1/28/2005: acanthoid-
(c)
thorny
1/27/2005: Balaam-
(d)
rebuked by his ass
1/26/2005: taconite-
(c)
low-grade iron ore
1/25/2005: Melpomene-
(c)
Muse of tragedy
1/24/2005: sambar-
(b)
S. E. Asian deer
1/23/2005: falchion-
(d)
short broadsword
1/22/2005: croze-
(b)
annular groove accepting barrel head
1/21/2005: herdic-
(a)
horse-drawn cab
1/20/2005: whimbrel-
(b)
wading bird
1/19/2005: imago-
(d)
sexually mature insect
1/18/2005: rick-rack-
(d)
flat zigzag braid
1/17/2005: sagittal
plane- (a)
plane that divides a bilaterally symmetric organism
1/16/2005: varve-
(c)
annual sedimentary layer
1/15/2005: brioche-
(d)
bun
1/14/2005: tartare-
(b)
steak mixed with raw egg, onion and seasoning
1/13/2005: ekistics-
(a)
science of city planning
1/12/2005: Maecenus-
(c)
generous patron of the arts
1/11/2005: ictus-
(c)
sudden attack
1/10/2005: je
ne sois quoi- (d)
"difficult to say"
1/9/2005: operculum-
(b)
flap of tissue
1/8/2005: galatea-
(c)
durable sriped cloth
1/7/2005: quale-
(a)
abstract property, such as "whiteness"
1/6/2005: aphasia-
(d)
can't articulate ideas
1/5/2005: eglantine-
(d)
sweetbriar
1/4/2005: pahlavi-
(b)
Iranian gold coin
1/3/2005: karokinesis-
(c)
mitosis
1/2/2005: acrophobia-
(c)
fear of heights
1/1/2005: daphnia-
(a)
minute shrimp
12/31/2004: falx-
(a)
sickle-shaped structure
12/30/2004: holozoic-
(d)
eats organic material
12/29/2004: catachresis-
(c)
deliberately paradoxical figure of speech
12/28/2004: bufflehead-
(a)
type of duck
12/27/2004: antrum-
(d)
sinus cavity
12/26/2004: gavage-
(b)
feeding through a stomach tube
12/25/2004: valorize-
(c)
governmental control of commodity prices
12/24/2004: ecru-
(c)
light yellow-brown
12/23/2004: cadge-
(a)
beg
12/22/2004: parenchyme-
(d)
organ tissue
12/21/2004: Laocoon-
(d)
priest of Troy killed for warning against Trojan horse
12/20/2004: graupel-
(b)
pellets of snow
12/19/2004: oblation-
(b)
religious offering
12/18/2004: fanfaronade-
(a)
bragga docio
12/17/2004: shear
legs- (d)
water dousing
12/16/2004: rhabdomancy-
(c)
a hoist made from two or more spars
12/15/2004: pyriform
- (b)
pear-shaped
12/14/2004: veronica
- (b)
bullfighting maneuver
12/13/2004: bateau
- (c)
rowboat
12/12/2004: portiere
- (a)
heavy-curtain divider
12/11/2004: obsequy
- (d)
funeral rite
12/10/2004: grisette
- (b)
working-class girl
12/9/2004: galliport
- (c)
druggists' earthenware jar
12/8/2004: Hobbism
- (c)
powerful government control
12/7/2004: tache
- (a)
clasp
12/6/2004: hornito - (c) low volcanic
mound
12/5/2004: leveret - (d) young hare
12/4/2004: Tuan - (a) sahib
12/3/2004: squib
kick - (b)
football kicked along the ground
12/2/2004: erose
- (b)
irregularly notched
12/1/2004: inspissate
- (d)
to thicken
11/30/2004: haik
- (b)
large cloth worn as Arab outer garment
11/29/2004: orthoepy
- (c)
study of pronunciation
11/28/2004: reify
- (c)
to treat an abstraction as if concrete
11/27/2004: soteriology
- (d)
doctrine of Christian salvation
11/26/2004: bagnio
- (a)
brothel
11/25/2004: paludal
- pertaining
to (b) a swamp
11/24/2004: yeshivah
- (c)
Jewish high school
11/23/2004: sagittate
- (c)
shaped like an arrowhead
11/22/2004: jeunesse
doree - (a)
fashionable, wealthy young people
11/21/2004: eisteddfod
- (c)
Welsh poets/musicians annual gathering
11/20/2004: rhumb
line - (d)
path of ship keeping same compass heading
11/19/2004: incunabulum
- (b)
early artifact
11/18/2004: fee
simple - (b)
unqualified ownership
11/17/2004: dhow
- (d)
lateen-rigged Arabian vessel
11/16/2004: livre
- (a)
French pound
11/15/2004: wapati
- (a)
large deer
11/14/2004: jussive
- (c)
expressing command
11/13/2004: palladian
- pertaining to (b)
wisdom
11/12/2004: tahini
- (a)
sesame sauce
11/11/2004: novena
- (d)
prayer for nine days
11/10/2004: ambagious
- (c)
winding
11/9/2004: ochlocracy
- (b)
mob rule
11/8/2004: umiak
- (b)
large, open Eskimo boat
11/7/2004: eclogue
- (d)
pastoral poem
11/6/2004: masnad
- (a)
female member of orgiastic cult
11/5/2004: galop
- (d)
lively dance
11/4/2004: tripoli
- (c)
porous, siliceous rock
11/3/2004: peruke
- (d)
wig
11/2/2004: coleoptera
- (d)
beetles and weevils
11/1/2004: fata
morgana - (a)
mirage
10/31/2004: spencer
- (a)
trysail
10/30/2004: huareche
- (b)
flat-heeled sandal
10/29/2004: lich gate - (d) corpse gate
(church)
10/28/2004: trochanter
- (c)
bony process on upper femur
10/27/2004: regelation
- (d)
refreezing under pressure
10/26/2004: jalap
- (a)
Mexican plant used as catharitc
10/25/2004: Pont
L'Eveque - (a)
cheese
10/24/2004: Urania
- (b)
Muse of astronomy
10/23/2004: tribology
- (d)
science of lubrication and wear
10/22/2004: Lollard
- (d)
Wycliffe's followers
10/21/2004: fjeld
- (c)
high, barren plateau
10/20/2004: elutriate
- (a)
wash, decant and settle
10/19/2004: renitent
- (b)
recalcitrant
10/18/2004: kava
- (d)
intoxicating beverage
10/17/2004: mesne
- (a)
intermediate
10/16/2004: zebu
- (c)
humpbacked Asiatic cow
10/15/2004: dalmio
- (c)
hereditary Japanese nobleman
10/14/2004: exergue
- (b)
space on coin for date, mint
10/13/2004: quadrivium
- (d)
geometry, logic, arithmetic and music
10/12/2004: jink
- (c)
quick, evasive turn
10/11/2004: llano
- (b)
South American prairie
10/10/2004: hock
- (b)
white wine-
10/9/2004: obchordate
- (a)
heart-shaped
10/8/2004: burgess
- (c)
freeman
10/7/2004: catechism
- (b)
book teaching religion by questions and answers
10/6/2004: pall
mall - (d)
game like croquet
10/5/2004: vagillity
- (d)
capacity of an organism to become widely dispersed
10/4/2004: pochard
- (a)
black-and-red duck
10/3/2004: noblesse
oblige - (d)
benevolent behavior expected of nobility
10/2/2004: gillie
- (c)
professional hunting guide
10/1/2004: margay
- (a)
spotted wildcat
9/30/2004: fauvism
- (b)
paintings with bold, often-distorted colors
9/29/2004: limnology
- study of (d)
lakes, ponds, and streams
9/28/2004: webster.- (c) weaver
9/27/2004: Eblis.- (c) Muslim devil
9/26/2004: sagamore.- (a) subordinate Indian chief
9/25/2004: dhoti.- (b) fakir's loincloth
9/24/2004: infundibulum.- (a) funnel-shaped body part
9/23/2004: retroussé.- (d) upturned nose
9/22/2004: fourchette- (c) back-of-gloves reinforcement
9/21/2004: triturate- (a) pulverize
9/20/2004: vena cava - (a) two veins returning blood to the heart's right
atrium
9/19/2004: magdalen - (b) reformed prostitutet
9/18/2004: notabene - (d) "note well"
9/17/2004: xylem - (b) liquid-conducting
heartwood
9/16/2004: obloquy - (a) abusively detractive
language
9/15/2004: loris - (c) small, nocturnal South
American primates
9/14/2004: porphyry - (c) large feldspar crystals
in an igneous matrix
9/13/2004: bulbul - (d) songbird
9/12/2004: riviére - (b) diamond necklace
9/11/2004: res adjudicata - (d) an adjudicated legal precedent
9/10/2004: unau - (a) two-toed sloth
9/9/2004: hairstreak - (c) butterfly
9/8/2004: dowitcher - (a) Northern sea bird
9/7/2004: - (b) preliminary exercise
9/6/2004: variola - (b) smallpox
9/5/2004: Guarnarius - (d) violin
9/4/2004: Delian League - (c) Greek alliance against the Persians
9/3/2004: macerate
- (c)
soften by soaking
9/2/2004: shrieval
- (c)
pertaining to a sheriff
9/1/2004: necromancy
- (d)
black magic
8/31/2004: lacunar
- (b)
ceiling with recessed panels
8/30/2004: dasyure
- (a)
Australian marsupial
8/29/2004: pallium
- (c)
Papal cape
8/28/2004: tragus - (a) ear flap
protecting the ear canal
8/27/2004: pachysandra
- (d)
evergreen plant
8/26/2004: hadal - (b) ocean depths
below 6 kilometers
8/25/2004: gadroon (c) convex orn
8/24/2004: gadroon
(c)
convex ornamental molding
8/23/2004: morello
(a)
sour cherry
8/22/2004: vervet
(a)
African Monkey
8/21/2004: brasserie (c) beer joint
8/20/2004: turbary
(a)
a peat bog
8/19/2004: tup (b) a ram
8/18/2004: courant
(b)
in fashion
8/17/2004: intervate (b) low-lying
land
8/16/2004: oneiric (c) pertaining
to dreams
8/15/2004: scrapie (a) sheep disease
8/14/2004: pulque (a) fermented
beverage made from agave
8/13/2004: runcinate
(d)
saw-toothed divisions facing backward
8/12/2004: remanence (b) residual
magnetism
8/11/2004: dunnage
(a)
baggage
8/10/2004: dragoman
(c)
Turkish guide
8/9/2004: bongo
(c)
spiral-horned antelope
8/8/2004: ecce
homo (d)
Christ wearing crown of thorns
8/7/2004: argil (a) clay
8/6/2004: lampion
(b)
oil-burning outdoor lamp
7/29/2004: uperose
(d)
laborious
7/28/2004: nuncupative
(d)
oral (unwritten) will
7/27/2004: rasorial
(c)
scratches for its food
7/26/2004: remontant
(a)
blooms more than once a season
7/25/2004: planchette (c) Ouija board
7/24/2004: sard
(b)
brownish-red chalcedony
7/23/2004: sedulous
(d)
diligent
7/22/2004: acervate
(a)
growing in small heaps
7/21/2004: hypocaust
(c)
underfloor space for heat duct
7/20/2004: palestra (c) ancient
Greek gymnasium
7/19/2004: tramontane
(d)
far side of the mountain
7/18/2004: aquilegia
(b)
columbine
7/17/2004: spelt
(d)
hardy wheat
7/16/2004: "loco
weed" (a)
jimpson weed
7/15/2004: gayal
(c)
S. E. Asian cow
7/14/2004: grenadine (b) syrup made from currants
7/13/2004: (b) bulrush
7/12/2004: geld
(c)
Norman, the Conqueror's tax on English landholders
7/11/2004: novercal (a) pertaining to a stepmother
7/10/2004: oeuvre (d) sum of an artist's life work
7/9/2004: disambiguate (c) to establish a single grammatical
interpretation
7/8/2004: noddy (b) fool
7/7/2004: piscina
(d)
church basin for ceremonial ablutions
7/6/2004: blepharitis
(a)
inflamed eyelid
7/5/2004: caracal (b) wildcat
7/4/2004: misprision
(c)
to maladminister in public office
7/3/2004: glyptics
(c)
art of carving
7/2/2004: readamanthine (a) uncompromisingly just
7/1/2004: napiform (c) turnip-shaped
6/30/2004: mutatis mutandis (d) the necessary changes have
been made
6/29/2004: exordium (c) opening of a speech
6/28/2004: metage (b) official weight measurement
6/27/2004: irredentist (a) people and countries seeking
to reclaim land
6/26/2004: hypocorism (a) term of endearment
6/25/2004: piceous (c) pertaining to pitch
6/24/2004: piccalilli (d) pickle relish
6/23/2004: discalced (b) barefoot
6/22/2004: locum tenens (c) one who substitutes for
another
6/21/2004: Hesperus (d) the evening star
6/20/2004: inanation (a) exhaustion
6/19/2004: vaticination (c) prophecy
6/18/2004: oolong (b) Chinese tea
6/17/2004: peplos
(b)
outer robe worn by Greek women
6/16/2004: tritutation
(a)
grinding into fine powder
6/15/2004: trachoma (d) contagiouus viral eye disease
6/14/2004: theorbo (c) lute
6/13/2004: velleity
(b)
wish without action
6/12/2004: remarque (a) mark in margin of engraving
6/11/2004: supercilium (c) eyebrow
6/10/2004: gargency
(b)
duck with striped head
6/9/2004: hypophysis (a) pituitary gland
6/8/2004: ouzel (c) European bird
6/7/2004: lickerish
(c)
treacherous
6/6/2004: intendent (b) Latin American district
administrator
6/5/2004: oenology (d) study of wines
6/4/2004: ruction (c) noisy quarrel
6/3/2004: papeterie
(b)
box holding writing materials
6/2/2004: stroud (a) coarse woolen cloth
6/1/2004: (d) leaves with rounded ends (hebetate
or erose)
5/31/2004: pibroch (b) dirge for bagpipes
5/30/2004: gavial (c) Southeast Asian crocodile
5/29/2004: gaur (d) bovine Southeast Asian mammal
5/28/2004: knesset (b) Israeli parliament
5/27/2004: mozetta (a) bishop's short cape
5/26/2004: usufruct (a) right to use other's property
barring damage
5/25/2004: ramekin (c) cheese, egg, and breadcrumb
soufflé
5/24/2004: netsuke (d) small inlaid Japanese purse
toggle
5/23/2004: ecclesia (d) Greek citizens' assembly
5/22/2004: homiletics (b) art of preaching
5/21/2004: duvetyn (c) a ssft twill
5/20/2004: galyak
(a)
soft fur from stillborn lamb
5/19/2004: insessorial (b) adapted for perching
5/18/2004: interpellate (d) to formally question a government
official about personal behvior
5/17/2004: eyre
(a)
itinerant royal circuit court
5/16/2004: karyotype (c) the chromosomal complement
of a species
5/15/2004: syllabub (b) wine and sweetened milk
5/14/2004: tartuffian (b) hypocritical
5/13/2004: picaroon (d) rogue
5/12/2004: pretermit
(c)
to intertionally disregard
5/11/2004: verderer (a) royal forester
5/10/2004: pappus (d) tuft of bristles on dandelion
5/9/2004: haute monde (b) high society
5/8/2004: carcanet (a) jeweled necklace
5/7/2004: enfleurage (b) odorless fats exposed to
open flowers
5/6/2004: hypnopompic (c) half-awake
5/5/2004: hong - (d) foreign trading house in China
5/4/2004: nolimetangere - (b) warning against meddling
5/3/2004: lighter - (a) cargo-unloading barge
5/2/2004: bouleversement - (a) violent uproar
5/1/2004: burbot - (c) freshwater fish
4/30/2004: lollop
-
(a)
move with bobbing motion
4/29/2004: dromedary - (d) single-humped camel
4/28/2004: consuetude - (b) custom
4/27/2004: palmer
-
(c)
palm-carrying pilgrim
4/26/2004: splanchic - (b) visceral
4/25/2004: achene - (a) small, dry, thin-walled fruit
4/24/2004: harl - (d) hemp or flax fibers-
4/23/2004: bollonia - (c) daisy-like
4/22/2004: hormesis - (c) mild toxicity stimulates
cellular defenses
4/21/2004: lordosis - (a) spine curved forward
4/20/2004: ovoto - (b) quarter-round molding
4/19/2004: sphenic - (d) wedge-shaped
4/18/2004: carminitive
-
(c)
flatulence-inducing
4/17/2004: retrorse - (b) turned backward
4/16/2004: morion - (a) crested helmet
4/15/2004: periodic
acid -
(d)
iodic acid
4/14/2004: anuran - (d) pertaining to frogs
4/13/2004: heterotropic - (a) lives on organic food
4/12/2004: palatine - (c) woman's fur cape and hood
4/11/2004: muricate - (b) surfaced with short spines
4/10/2004: champaign - (d) a plain
4/9/2004: impetate
-
(a)
beseech
4/8/2004: indaba - (a) African tribal conference
4/7/2004: apomixis - (c) reproduction from an unfertilized
ovum
4/6/2004: apophyge - (a) branch from a geological
dike
4/5/2004: deckle - (a) rough edge of hand-made
paper
4/4/2004: murphy - (d) potato
4/3/2004: arriviste
-
(c)
social climber
4/2/2004: favonian - (b) of the (soft) west wind
4/1/2004: ambage - (d) winding passageway
3/31/2004: dolichocephalic - (a) long head
3/30/2004: glacis - (b) gentle slope
3/29/2004: acromion
-
(c)
outer extremity of the shoulder
3/28/2004: wherry
-
(b)
one-man oarboat
3/27/2004: plica - (b) a fold of skin or shell
3/26/2004: caducity - (a) frailty of old age
3/25/2004: majolica - (b) richly colored earthenware
3/24/2004: ralliform - (d) pertaining to a rail or
rail-like marsh bird
3/23/2004: dudeen - (c) clay pipel
3/22/2004: periphrastic - (a) circumlocution
3/21/2004: boscage - (d) mass of trees and shrubs
3/20/2004: decrepitate - (b) to roast until it crackles
3/19/2004: harridan - (c) vicious, scolding woman
3/18/2004: baklava - (c) paper-thin sliced nuts with honey
3/17/2004: Maldives - (d) island country near Sri
Lanka
3/16/2004: mordent - (a) melodic trill
3/15/2004: ratite - (b) large flightless bird
3/14/2004: tantra - (d) Buddhist/Hindu religious writings
concerning magic
3/13/2004: playa - (c) nearly level bottom of a
desert basin
3/12/2004: meatus - (a) triangular flap partially
covering the ear canal
3/11/2004: foramen - (b) bone or membrane opening
3/10/2004: phylactery - (b) pair of Hebrew amulets
3/9/2004: weregeld - (c) compensation to family for
killing someone
3/8/2004: realpolitik - (c) expansionist national policy
3/7/2004: mouillé - (d) to soften by soaking
3/6/2004: raclette - (a) cheese on boiled potatoes
3/5/2004: duroc - (c) large red hog
3/4/2004: hidrosis
-
(b)
excessive perspiration
3/3/2004: myology - study of (c) muscles
3/2/2004: coup d'oeil - (d) a glance
3/1/2004: purlieu - (d) outskirts
2/29/2004: guerdon
-
(a)
reward
2/28/2004: mortmain - (c) oppressive influence of
the past upon the present
2/27/2004: malacia - (a) softened tissue
2/26/2004: rede - (d) to give advice
2/25/2004: malacology
-
(c)
study of molluscs
2/24/2004: lyonnaise - (c) cooked with onions
2/23/2004: paynim - (b) non-Christian
2/22/2004: leman
-
(a)
lover
2/21/2004: stiver - (d) Dutch coin of very small
value (ambsace)
2/20/2004: impetrate - (c) obtained by petition
2/19/2004: gallinule - (d) wading bird
2/18/2004: baleen - (b) whalebone
2/17/2004: galloon
-
(a)
ornamental band or braid
2/16/2004: anhinga - (b) water turkey
2/15/2004: advert - (c) to call attention to
2/14/2004: pyknic - (d) chubby
2/13/2004: colophon - (d) publisher's trademark
2/12/2004: calendula - (a) marigold
2/11/2004: calathus- (a) vase-shaped basket
2/10/2004: thurifer- (b) acolyte who carries a thurible (censer)
2/9/2004: affusion- (d) baptism
2/8/2004: thrasonical- (a) boastful
2/7/2004: garibaldi- (c) blouse
2/6/2004: chantry- (d) endowment
for prayers
2/5/2004: liripipe- (b) cord hanging from a hood
2/4/2004: puberulent- (a) downy
2/3/2004: pawky- (d) shrewd
2/2/2004: anlace- (d) dagger
2/1/2004: allopathic- (b) modern Western
medicine
1/31/2004: alcazar- (c) fortress
1/30/2004: frore- (a) frosty
1/29/2004: luxate- (d) dislocate
1/28/2004: paraclete- (b) the Holy Ghost
1/27/2004: galeate- (a) helmet-shaped
1/26/2004: langouste- (c) spiny lobster
1/25/2004: acinus- (d) seed drupelet
1/24/2004: lutus naturae- (b) freak of nature
1/23/2004: bagasse- (d) sugar cane pulp
1/22/2004: sericeous- (d) silky
1/21/2004: chamaephyte- (c) winter plant
1/20/2004: sortilege- (b) foretelling the future by
drawing lots
1/19/2004: decanel- (d) pertaining to a dean
1/18/2004: ametropia- (a) eye abnormality
1/17/2004: Atticism- (b) elegant, concise remark
1/16/2004: abigail- (c) lady's maid
1/15/2004: fescennine
-
(c)
licentious
1/14/2004: balneology - (d) mineral bath therapy
1/13/2004: palynology - (a) study of spores and pollens
1/12/2004: thetic - (a) dogmatic
1/11/2004: paludism
-
(b)
malaria
1/10/2004: agrostology - (c) study of grasses
1/9/2004: culver - (b) pigeon
1/8/2004: epithalamium
-
(d)
nuptial poem
1/7/2004: anomie - (a) collapse of personal or
societal order
1/6/2004: obtest - (c) plead, adjure
1/5/2004: cham - (a) Mongol chieftan
1/4/2004: declassé
-
(b)
downclassed
1/3/2004: agrestic - (b) rustic
1/2/2004: oscitancy
-
(d)
drowsiness
1/1/2004: pelorus - (d) magnetic compass
12/31/2003: shiatzu - (c) finger massage
12/30/2003: phraty
-
(a)
clan
12/29/2003: ala - (d) earlobe
12/28/2003: prototrophic
-
(b)
eats inorganics
12/27/2003: acatalectic - (a) complete
12/26/2003: calenture - (c) fever
12/25/2003: decanal
-
pertaining
to (c) a dean
12/24/2003: perdu - (b) soldier sent on dangerous
mission
12/23/2003: flavine - (d) reddish-brown antiseptic
12/22/2003: lanuginous - (a) downy
12/21/2003: altricial - (c) early helplessness
(e. g., a human infant)
12/20/2003: ganister - (b) furnace lining
12/19/2003: asthenosphere - (d) layer under the lithosphere
12/18/2003: gracile - (a) gracefully slender
12/17/2003: angary - (b) right of a belligerent nation
to seize the property of a neutral nation providing that full
compensation is made
12/16/2003: brisket - (b) an animal's chest-cage
12/15/2003: bowdlerize - (c) to expurgate prudishly
12/14/2003: quidnunc - (d) gossip
12/13/2003: multure - (d) grain-grinding fee
12/12/2003: ament - (a) mentally deficient
12/11/2003: azoth - (b) mercery
12/10/2003: au
gratin -
(d)
covered with breadcrumbs
12/9/2003: metonymy - (c) figure of speech ("The
pen is mightier than the sword")
12/8/2003: contango
-
(b)
interest paid by a buyer (e. g., of a new house) until she receives
the money from the sale of her old house
12/7/2003: emphytosis
-
(a)
plant disease that causes roughly the same amount of damage each
year
12/6/2003: welkin - (d) vault of sky
12/5/2003: Quetelet Index - (d) measure of obesity
12/4/2003: anastomosis - (d) union of two branches
12/3/2003: Glengarry - (c) hat
12/2/2003: circumvallate - (a) to surround with a
defensive barrier
12/1/2003: Persephone - (c) Hades' wife
11/30/2003: calotte - (b) ecclesiastic's skullcap
11/29/2003: bellonaphobia - fear of (d) anything sharp
11/28/2003: Asclepius - (a) Greek god of medicine
11/27/2003: pediment - (c) gable facade
11/26/2003: ramson - (c) garlic
11/25/2003: allantoid
-
(c)
sausage-shaped
11/24/2003: coryneform - (b) virgate (rod-shaped)
11/23/2003: hiemal - (d) brumal
11/22/2003: cancellous
-
(a)
having a spongy or net-like structure
11/21/2003: anguilliform
-
(c)
eel-shaped
11/20/2003: amentiferous - (b) possessing catkins
11/19/2003: rataplan - (a) a tattoo (of drums or hoofbeats)
11/18/2003: aleatory - (d) dependent upon chance
11/17/2003: Galatea - (b) Greek statue brought to
life by Aphrodite for its sculptor, Pygmalion
11/16/2003: esker
-
(b)
glacially deposited gravel ridge
11/15/2003: leister
-
(a)
trident
11/14/2003: marcescent - (c) withering
11/13/2003: barranca - (b) gorge
11/12/2003: dishabille - (d) only partially dressed
11/11/2003:
-
cantle
-
(d) rear part of saddle
11/10/2003: - caitiff - (a) vile wretch
11/9/2003:
-
parvis
-
(d) enclosed church courtyard
11/8/2003: - levirate - (c) to marry brother's widow
11/7/2003:
-
pudency
-
(b) modesty
11/6/2003: - aliform - (b) wing-shaped
11/5/2003:
-
osculum
-
(c) opening in sponge for expelling water
11/4/2003: - Laocoön
-
(d) killed by Poseidon for warning Trojans about Trojan horse
11/3/2003:
-
anamorphic
-
(c) different magnifications along different axes
11/2/2003:
-
parte
pris -
(a) preconceived prejudice
11/1/2003: - carrefour - (a) crossroads
10/31/2003:
-
cham
-
(b) Mongol khan
10/30/2003: - - (d) auditorium
10/29/2003: - Lucullan - (c) lavishly luxurious
10/28/2003:
-
tapetum
-
(c) plant or animal membrane
10/27/2003: - taj - (b) conical Muslim hat
10/26/2003:
-
syllepsis
-
(a) "He lost his coat and his temper."
10/25/2003:
-
crinite
-
(c) hirsute
10/24/2003: - helicon - (d) circular brass tuba
10/23/2003:
-
prosciuto
-
(d) Italian ham
10/22/2003: - bise - (b) cold Alpine wind (mistral)
10/21/2003:
-
quercetin
-
(c) citrus bioflavenoid
10/20/2003: - lares and penates - (c) household
items
10/19/2003:
-
peepul
-
(b) the fig tree
10/18/2003: - mesalliance - (a) marriage to a social inferior
10/17/2003:
-
rale
-
(d) a pathological respiratory sound
10/16/2003: - kelpie - (c) malevolent
Scottish water sprite
10/15/2003: - longanimity - (a) forbearance
10/14/2003:
-
ramie
-
(d) flax-like fiber
10/13/2003: - Erato - (d) Muse of lyric poetry
10/12/2003:
-
takin
-
(b) goat-like mammal
10/11/2003: - wamble - (c) a weaving gait
10/10/2003: - wimble - (a) handheld hole-borer
10/9/2003:
-
doyenne
-
(d) most senior woman
10/8/2003: - glissade- (c) sliding ballet step
10/7/2003:
-
paries- (c) the wall of
an organ
10/6/2003:
-
ineffable
-
(c) indescribable
10/5/2003: - aposiopesis - (a) having second thoughts
10/4/2003:
-
anaglyphy
-
(d) red-and-green 3-D glasses
10/3/2003: - cete - group of (b) badgers
10/2/2003:
-
leporine
-
(c) pertaining to a rabbit
10/1/2003: - vulpine - (d) pertaining to a fox
9/30/2003:
-
clowder
-
(a) a group of cats
9/29/2003: - kinkajou - (b) tropical American arboreal
mammal
9/28/2003: - carcajou - (b) wolverine
9/27/2003: - acajou - (c) mahogany
9/26/2003:
-
paresis
-
(d) slight paralysis
9/25/2003: - aedile - (b) magistrate
9/24/2003:
-
pelargonium
-
(a) geranium
9/23/2003: - pappus - (d) tuft of bristles
9/22/2003:
-
prosciutto
-
(c) aged Italian ham
9/21/2003: - enology - study of (c) wines
9/20/2003:
-
ragout
- (c) meat and vegetable
stew
9/19/2003:
-
carinate
- (a) keel-shaped
9/18/2003:
-
laic
- (d) pertaining to the
laity
9/17/2003:
-
murrain
- (b) pestilence
9/16/2003:
-
morraine
- (c) dirt and gravel deposited
by a glacier
9/15/2003:
-
djebella
- (a) hooded, sleeved Arab
garment
9/14/2003: - sphaguric - pertaining to (d)
alchemy
9/13/2003: -
oscitant
- (c) sleepy
9/12/2003:
-
pinote
- (b) corn meal and mesquite
beans
9/11/2003:
-
gammon
- (b) ham
9/10/2003:
-
whitlow
- (a) inflammation around
a nail
9/9/2003: - palfrey - (d) gentle horse suitable
for a woman
9/8/2003: - phthisic - (c) tubercular.
9/7/2003: - gamelan - (b) S. E. Asia tuned chimes
9/6/2003:
-
tetrarch
- (a) Roman governor of
1/4th of a country
9/5/2003: - spandrel - (c) triangular space between arch and frame
9/4/2003:
-
infundibular
- (c) funnel-shaped
9/3/2003: - langue d'oil - (a) French spoken
in Belgium
9/2/2003: - pischoge - (a) black magic
9/1/2003:
-
godwit
- (d) wading bird
8/31/2003:
-
Laocoon
- (d) Greek killed for warning
Trojans about horse
8/30/2003: - bo - (a) pal
8/29/2003:
-
behoof
- (b) benefit
8/28/2003:
-
veridical
- (a) veracious
8/27/2003:
-
apocope
- (b) "goin'"
for "going"
8/26/2003: - tuff - (c) frothy volcanic rock
8/25/2003: - breccia - (c) clastic rock made of sharp fragments
8/24/2003:
-
pedaler
- (d) tropical soil, rich
in alumina, iron, low in carbonates
8/23/2003: - negus - (a) wine, hot water, lemon juice, sugar,
and nutmeg
8/22/2003: - gallimaufry - (b) hodgepodge
8/21/2003: - merganser - (b) fish-eating duck
8/20/2003: - pyriform - (a) pear-shaped
8/19/2003: - ansorine - (d) pertaining to geese
8/18/2003:
-
rachitis
- (c) rickets
8/17/2003:
-
rachetis
- (a) main shaft
8/16/2003:
-
pectinate
- (d) comb-shaped
8/15/2003:
-
bibliolatry
- (a) fanaticism
8/14/2003:
-
debridement
- (a) cleaning of a wound
8/13/2003:
-
carnet
- (c) international passport
8/12/2003:
-
lacustrine
- (b) pertaining to lakes
8/11/2003:
-
wyvern
- (a) flying dragon
8/10/2003:
-
tocology
- (d) obstetrics
8/9/2003:
-
megrim
- (c) migraine
8/8/2003:
-
daedal
- (b) ingenious, well-wrought
(after Daedalus)
8/7/2003:
-
lammergeier
- (d) large, predatory bird
8/6/2003:
-
au
fait - (a) knowledgeable expert
8/5/2003:
-
pinna
- (c) an ear
8/4/2003:
-
pellicle
- (c) a thin skin or film
8/3/2003:
-
tamandua
- (a) tropical American
anteater
8/2/2003:
-
Lachesis
- (b) one of the Three Fates,
who cut the Thread of Life
8/1/2003: - photopia - (d) night vision
7/31/2003: - pleasance - (a) secret garden
7/30/2003: - comstockery
- (c) overzealous censorship
7/29/2003: - trochal - (b) wheel-shaped
7/28/2003:
-
helicobacter
pylori - (d) bacteria that can
cause stomach ulcers
7/27/2003: - corniform - (d) rod-shaped
7/26/2003: - campanulate
- (d) bell-shaped
7/25/2003:
-
listel
- (a) border
7/24/2003:
-
bacciferous
- (c) berry-bearing
7/23/2003:
-
limpkin
- (a) shore bird
7/22/2003:
-
graffe
- (a) bucklel
7/21/2003:
-
laverock
- (d) skylark
7/20/2003:
-
atman
- (c) universal soul from
which individual souls are derived
7/19/2003: - thremmatology
- (b) science of breeding
7/18/2003:
-
peplum
- (a) short overskirt attached
to jacket
7/17/2003:
-
adscititious
- (d) unessential
7/16/2003:
-
obtund
- (c) dull-witted
7/15/2003:
-
cumshaw
- (b) bribe
7/14/2003:
-
drupe
- (a) fleshy "fruitlet"
enclosing each individual seed (in, e. g., a raspberry)
7/13/2003: - palter - (a) equivocate
7/12/2003: - latte - (d) 1/3rd cup expresso,
1 cup milk
7/11/2003: - aiguillette - (b) ornamental military cord
7/10/2003: - patulous - (c) expanding
7/9/2003: - laeger - (a) an encampment
7/8/2003: - virgate - (d) rod-shaped
7/7/2003: - infarct - (d) oxygen-deprived necrotic tissue
7/6/2003: - amerce - (c) to fine
7/5/2003: - defervescence - (b) abatement of fever
7/4/2003: - agriology - (d) study of early cultures
7/3/2003: - potlatch - (a) feast
7/2/2003: - pellicle - (c) thin film/membrane
7/1/2003:
-
tantara
- (b) fanfare
6/30/2003: - archimandrite - (b) Grand Abbott over several abbeys
6/29/2003: - postiche - (a) toupee
6/28/2003: - capriole - (d) horse jumps completely off the ground
6/27/2003: - windlestraw - (b) thin, dried grass stalk
6/26/2003:
-
jugate
- (b) pair of pairs
6/25/2003: - pantechnicon - (a) furniture truck
6/24/2003: - clathrate - (d) lattice-shaped
6/23/2003:
-
dyslogistic
- (c) disapproving
6/22/2003: - Hansard - (d) "Congressional
Record" for British Parliament
6/21/2003: - murex - (b) mollusc, whose shell yields Royal
Purple
6/20/2003: - bollard - (a) thick post for hawsers
6/19/2003:
-
spitel
- (c) lazarette (hospital
for contagious diseases)
6/18/2003: - Whitsuntide
- (c) week after Pentecost
6/17/2003: - shearwater - (a) puffin family
6/16/2003: - tunicle - (d) subdeacon's short vestment
6/15/2003: - poltroon - (b) base coward
6/14/2003: - vade mecum - (b) handbook
6/13/2003: - testudinate
- pertaining to (c) turtles
6/12/2003: - pavonine - (c) pertaining to a peacock
6/11/2003:
-
aphesis
- (a) "squire"
for "esquire" (contraction)
6/10/2003: - seneschal - (c) medieval major domo
6/9/2003:
-
tenebrous
- (a) dark and gloomy
6/8/2003: - bonton - (d) haute monde
6/7/2003: - cacoethes - (b) pernicious habit
6/6/2003: - dyslogistic
- (d) disapproving
6/5/2003: - photopia - (c) night vision
6/4/2003: - - (a) fear of anything new
6/3/2003:
-
Aesclepius
- (b) Roman god of medicine
6/2/2003: - wombat - (b) bear-like marsupial
6/1/2003: - anacreontic - (d) amorous
5/31/2003: - hermeneutics
- (b) "science"
of Biblical interpretation
5/30/2003: - twayblade - (a) small orchid
5/29/2003: - tabard- (c) emblazoned cape warn
over armor
5/28/2003: - jeunesse dorée
- (d) fashionable young
people
5/27/2003: - hinny - (a) male horse, female donkey
5/26/2003:
-
drayage
- (b) shipping charge
5/25/2003: - syncope - (a) contraction of a word
5/24/2003: - spoliation - (a) seizure of neutral vessel
5/23/2003:
-
puce
- (d) deep red
5/22/2003: - dramaturge - (c) playwright
5/21/2003: - amphictyony
- (a) several states sharing
a common shrine
5/20/2003: - belvedere - (b) gazebo
5/19/2003: - peavey - (a) lumberman's wooden rod, with hinged
hook
5/18/2003: - brannigan - (c) squabble
5/17/2003: - decumen - (d) group of ten
5/16/2003:
-
agrestal
- (d) growing wild
5/15/2003: - terricolous - (b) living below ground
5/14/2003: - allopatric - (c) occurring in widely separated areas
5/13/2003: - kegler - (a) bowler
5/12/2003: - retroussé - (b) nose turned up t the end
5/11/2003:
-
wash
sale - (d) seller's illegal buying
of stock to boost stock price
5/10/2003: - inter alia - (d) among other things
5/9/2003:
-
publican
- (c) Roman tax collector
5/8/2003: - kedge - (a) light steering anchor
5/7/2003: - teledu - (c) East Indian skunk
5/6/2003: - anaclisis - (b) psychological dependence on others
5/5/2003: - dyscrasia - (d) blood poisoning
5/4/2003: - cachepot - (b) ornamental flowerpot container
5/3/2003: - hirsute - (a) hairy
5/3/2003: - hom - (c) island in a river
5/2/2003: - hamadryas - (c) African baboon
5/1/2003: - hamadryad - (d) naiad dwelling in tree
4/30/2003: - whilom - (b) formerly
4/29/2003: - maitre d'hotel - (c) butter and lemon sauce
4/28/2003:
-
rufous
- (a) yellowish-pink to
moderate orange
4/27/2003: - retroussé
- (c) nose upturned at tip
4/26/2003: - sphragistics - (d) study of seals/signet rings
4/25/2003:
-
droshky
- (d) open, four-wheeled
carriage
4/24/2003: - bombe - (a) stacked disks of ice cream
4/23/2003: - ex parte - (d) one-sided argument
4/22/2003: - weskit - (b) waistcoat
4/21/2003: - wether - (c) gelded male sheep
4/20/2003:
-
remand
- (a) to send back for further
proceedings
4/19/2003: - albescent - (a) turning white
4/18/2003:
-
falafel
- (d) fried-chickpea-and-java-bean
balls
4/17/2003: - rota - (b) ecclesiastical court
4/16/2003:
-
luculent
- (c) easily understood
4/15/2003:
-
dybbuk
- (c) wandering soul that
enters the body
4/14/2003:
-
stomacher
- (a) woman's embroidered
garment
4/13/2003:
-
quid
- (c) a pound sterling
4/12/2003: - rack - (b) wind-driven clouds
4/11/2003:
-
noumenon
- (d) an abstraction existing
independently of physical detectability
4/10/2003:
-
fetlock
- (a) knob behind horse's
foot
4/9/2003: - roturier - (d) commoner
4/8/2003: - oubliette - (b) dungeon accessible by trapdoor
4/7/2003: - parlando - (b) sung speech
4/6/2003: - teasel - (c) wire brush to raise nap
4/5/2003: - intragent - (a) conspirator
4/4/2003: - reeve - (b) pass rope through pulley
4/3/2003: - prorogue - (d) postpone
4/2/2003: - hallux - (d) big toe
4/1/2003: - shammes - (c) sexton in a synagogue
3/31/2003: - erumpent - (a) bursting through
3/30/2003: - pleach - (b) plait
3/29/2003: - peridot - (c) olivene
3/28/2003: - divagate - (d) ramble
3/27/2003: - panicle - (c) irregularly branched flower cluster
3/26/2003: - stolon - (c) creeper
3/25/2003: - amylum - (a) starch
3/24/2003: - plench - (c) zero-g gripping tool
3/23/2003: - hauberk - (d) chain mail,
3/22/2003: - paramo - (a) high, treeless, tropical
plain
3/21/2003: - veronica - (b) bullfighting
maneuver
3/20/2003: - maffick - (b) celebrate
boisterously
3/19/2003: - empery - (c) absolute
sovereignty
3/18/2003: - remise - (d) relinquish
a claim
3/17/2003: - eagre - (a) a bore
3/16/2003: - logion - (c) saying of Jesus not in
Bible
3/15/2003: - pediculosis
-
(a) lice-infested
3/14/2003: - melic - pertaining
to (b) song
3/13/2003: - ovoto - (a)
convex molding
3/12/2003: - retable - (d)
top shelf of altar
3/11/2003: - platyhelminth
-
(d) tapeworm or planarian
3/10/2003:
-
fiere
facias -
(c) writ to seize debtor's goods
3/9/2003:
-
pangolin
-
(b) ant eater
3/8/2003: - theriomorphic
-
(a) shaped like a beast
3/7/2003:
-
raclette
-
(d) type of cheese
3/6/2003: - pika - (a)
hare-like mammal
3/5/2003: - lanai - (c)
Hawaiian roofed patio
3/4/2003: - distrain - (b)
garnishee property for debts
3/3/2003:
-
horst
-
(b) block between two faults
3/2/2003:
-
tulle
-
(d) fine starched netting
3/1/2003:
-
lienal
-
pertaining to (a) the spleen
2/28/2003:
-
cravat
-
(b) tie
2/27/2003: - foulard - (d) silk
2/26/2003: - carl - (a) serf
2/25/2003: - atrabilious - (c) melancholy
2/24/2003: - cervine - pertaining to (a) deer
2/23/2003: - festinate- (b) hasten
2/22/2003: - premorse- (d) abruptly truncated
2/21/2003: - rutilant- (d) bright red
2/20/2003: - tuille- (c) thigh armor
2/19/2003: - sutra- (a) aphorisms attributed
to the Gautama Buddha
2/18/2003: - raceme- (d) flowers
arranged single-file along stem
2/17/2003:
-
coffle- (c) file
of prisoners chained together
2/16/2003:
-
nonesuch- (b) unrivalled
2/15/2003: - heddle- (d) set of parallel loom
wire
2/14/2003:
-
morel
-
(a) edible mushroom
2/13/2003: - drumlin - (c) ridge of glacial
deposits
2/12/2003: - disseize - (d) to
unlawfully dispossess
2/11/2003: - instauration - (a) renovation
2/10/2003: - tensegrity - (d) Bucky
Fuller's "tensile integrity"
2/9/2003:
-
fescinnine
-
(c) licentious
2/8/20023 - turbot - (b) flatfish
2/7/2003: - turbit - (b) pigeon
2/6/2003: - ruche - (a) furbelow
2/5/2003: - prevenient - (d) anticipatory
2/4/2003: - Belial - (a) Satanic representation
of wickedness
2/3/2003: - ennead - (c) group
of nine
2/2/2003: - diptych - (b) ancient
two-leaved writing panel
2/1/2003: - carnassial - (c) carnivorous
teeth
1/31/2003: - archivolt - (c) decorative
arch molding
1/30/2003: - holystone - (a) deck-scrubbing
ston
1/29/2003: - parietal - (a) cavity
wall
1/28/2003: - prescind - (d)
to separate in thought
1/27/2003: - spica - (b) counter-wrapped
bandage
1/26/2003: - hypsometer - (d) uses boiling
point to measure altitude
1/25/2003:
-
tumulus
-
(c) ancient burial mound
1/24/2003: - jardiniere - (b) vegetable
garnish
1/23/2003: - brecks - (b) trousers
1/22/2003: - retiary - pertaining to (d) a net
1/21/2003: - moulage - (d) mold for criminal case
1/20/2003: - Montagnard- someone in a mountainous region
of: (a) Viet Nam
1/19/2003: - garboil- (c) confusion
1/18/2003: - velum- (a) veil of a mushroom
1/17/2003: - totipalmate- (d) webbed
1/16/2003: - swage- (b) to shape
1/15/2003: - reseda- (a) yellow-green
1/14/2003: - revenant- (d) one who has returned
1/13/2003: - tarlatan- (c) stiffly starched muslin
1/12/2003: - raddled - (c) worn out
1/11/2003: - ex libris - (c) bookplate
1/10/2003: - gular - (d) pertaining to the throat
1/9/2003: - fulsome - (a) offensive to tast
1/8/2003: - picot - (c) embroidered edging
1/7/2003:
-
droit
-
(b) legal right
1/6/2003: - hastate - (c) spear-shaped
1/5/2003: - dieresis - (d) mark over second vowel
(ö) indicating that both vowels are to be pronounced
1/4/2003: - gudgeon - (d) socket for a pin
1/3/2003: - febrifacient - (a) fever
inducer
1/2/2003: - hermeneutics
-
(a) science of interpretation
1/1/2003:
-
dirndl
-
(b) full skirt, tight bodice
12/31/2002:
-
viatic
-
pertaining to (d) a road
12/30/2002:
-
dromond
-
(c) medieval sailing galley
12/29/2002:
-
bois
de rose - (a) grayish red
12/28/2002: - boletus - (c) poisonous mushroomr
12/27/2002: - anlage - (b) primordium, foundation
12/26/2002: - garth - (d) cloister-enclosed grassy quadrangle
12/25/2002:
-
apraxia
- (c) stroke-damaged coordination
12/24/2002:
-
pettifours
- (b) a small, rich tea cake
12/23/2002: - langue d'oc
- (b) Provencal (provincial) French
12/22/2002:
-
papilote
- (b) frilled paper cap on cooked
cutlet
12/21/2002: - haricot - (a)
lamb with peas or beans
12/20/2002: - oxytocic - (c) birth-inducing
12/19/2002: - perpend - (a) ponder
12/18/2002: - rateen - (b) thick, twilled woolen cloth
12/17/2002:
-
watap
- (d) thread made from conifer roots
12/16/2002:
-
thaumaturgy
- (d) working of miracles
12/15/2002: - agama - (d) lizard
12/14/2002: - redact - (c) prepare for publication
12/13/2002:
-
haploid
- (a) half the normal chromosome count
12/12/2002: - racemic - (c) equal laevo-rotary
and dextro-rotary isomeric concentrations
12/11/2002: - largesse - (b) generosity
12/10/2002: stover - (d) cereal-crop hay
12/9/2002: bestead - (a) to be of aid
12/8/2002: hypnagogic - (b) extreme drowsiness
12/7/2002: balmoral - (c) brimless Scottish
cap with a flat top.
12/6/2002: theodicy - (b) apologetics
12/5/2002: corybantic - pertaining to (d) frenzied religious
(Cybele) dancing
12/4/2002: chiton - (d) Greek tunic
12/3/2002: ecchymosis - (a) bruising
12/2/2002: lubricious - (a) sexually stimulating
12/1/2002: georgic - pertaining to (a) farm life
11/30/2002: montero - (c) cap with ear flaps
11/29/2002: dimity - (c) cotton cloth
11/28/2002: tetrapterous - (d) possessing four wings
11/27/2002: tournedo - (b) tenderloin wrapped in bacon
11/26/2002: gusset - (c) triangular cloth
reinforcement
11/25/2002: cesura - (a) a pause
11/24/2002: lepton - (d) low-mass, spin = 1/2 particle family
11/23/2002: pinchbeck - (b) imitation
11/22/2002: sabot - (b) wooden shoe
11/21/2002: lumbricoid - pertaining to (c) earthworms
11/20/2002: lambrequin - (a) women's head covering
11/19/2002: Cadmus - (b) sowed the dragon's teeth (Gr. myth.)
11/18/2002: burkha - (d) Muslim women's all-covering cloak
11/17 /2002: cous-cous - (d) crushed grain, meat, and vegetables
11/16 /2002: ovine - pertaining to (b) sheep
11/15 /2002: fletcher - (a) arrow-maker
11/14 /2002: bonzer - (c) very good (Austr.)
11/13 /2002: allantois - (d) abdominal sac
11/12 /2002: bosky - (a) shaded by woods
11/11 /2002: nuncio - (d) Papal ambassador
11/10/2002: tiki - (b) Polynesian Adam
11/9/2002: babirusa - (c) boar
11/8/2002: mot juste - (b) the perfect word or phrase
11/7/2002: pileus - (c) skullcap
11/6/2002: thenar - (a) fleshy base of thumb
11/5/2002: xiphoid - (d) sword-shaped
11/4/2002: musteline - pertaining to (d) badgers
11/3/2002: - (c) horses from which ranch hands choose
11/2/2002: quadrat - (b) blank type face
11/1/2002: croton - (a) castor oil plant
10/31/2002: ortolan - (d) European bunting
10/30/2002: chalybeate - (b) containing dissolved
iron
10/29/2002: caracole - (a) horseman's half-turns
10/28/2002: abulia - (d) loss of will
10/27/2002: soutane - (c) monk's cassock
10/26/2002: orc - (c) killer whale
10/25/2002: sarcopenia - (c) muscle deficiency
10/24/2002: hircine - (a) pertaining to a goat
10/23/2002: littoral
- pertaining
to (b) the seashore
10/22/2002: khedive - (d) Turkish viceroy
of Egypt
10/21/2002: spinney - (a) copse
10/20/2002: weald -
(d) woodland
10/19/2002: wold - (a) moor
10/18/2002: riparian-
pertaining to (b) river bank
10/17/2002: - vang - (b) sail boom rope
10/16/2002: - allegretto - (c) medium fast
10/15/2002: - adagio - (b) slower than andante
10/14/2002: - lento -
(a) slowly
10/13/2002: - coetaneous- (c) coexistent
10/12/2002: - hoplite-
(d) Greek footsoldier
10/11/2002: - iteroparous- (d) reproduces repeatedly
10/10/2002: - haploid-
(a) half the normal number of chormosomes
10/9/2002: - appanage- (d) natural attribute
10/8/2002: - quiddity-
(b) essence
10/7/2002: - analemma- (c) sun's annual "footprint"
10/6/2002: - quodlibet-
(a) topic for formal debate
10/5/2002: - cloche- (d) cake dish belljar
10/4/2002: - barratry-
(a) stirring up trouble
10/3/2002: - kindle- (c) group of kittens
10/2/2002: - clowder-
(b) group of cats
10/1/2002: - yataghan- (c) Turkish double-curved
sword
9/30/2002: - Uriah Heap- (a) villainous schemer masquerading
as "'umble"
9/29/2002: - diploid - (d) having two sets of chromosomes
9/28/2002: - inquiline -
(b) living commensally in another animal's burro
9/27/2002: - insipience - (b) lack of wisdom
9/26/2002: - skerry -
(c) rocky island
9/25/2002: - thanatologist
- (c) death
specialist
9/24/2002: - geomancy - (a) divination using shapes
9/23/2002: - descant - (d) speak at length
9/22/2002: - architrave - (b) bottom of entablature
9/21/2002: - Golgi complex - (c) cellular protein regulator
9/20/2002: - tumpline - (b) backpack-supporting head strap
9/19/2002: - padrone -
(d) exploiter
of Italian immigrants
9/18/2002: - hanse - (a) medieval trade association
9/17/2002: - objurgate - (d) bawl out
9/16/2002: - untrowable - (c) incredible
9/15/2002: - diplomate - (a) certified specialist
9/14/2002: - haruspex - (b) Roman priest who read
entrails
9/13/2002: - wahini - (b) Polynesian Woman
9/12/2002: - stoma - (a)
mouth-like opening
9/11/2002: - ophidian - (d) pertaining to snakes
9/10/2002: - uxoricide
-
(c)
murder of a wife
9/9/2002: - Panglossian
- (a) blindly
optimistic
9/8/2002: - biblioatry
-
(c)
fanaticism
9/7/2002: - fabaceous
-
pertaining
to (b) beans
9/6/2002: - chiropodist - (a) foot doctor
9/5/2002: - archon - (d) "Supreme Court" Athenian
magistrate
9/4/2002: - pastern - (d) horse's shank
9/3/2002: - fungible - (b) can swap one part of debt
for another
9/2/2002: - Hephaestus- (c) Greek god of metalworking
9/1/2002: - mercer- (a) textile dealer
8/31/2002: - tailings - (c) unwanted residue
8/30/2002: - nevus- (a) congenital growth
8/29/2002: - dundrearies- (b) long sideburns
8/28/2002: - dudgeon- (d) wood for knife handle
8/26/2002: - esplanade - (d) seashore promenade
8/26/2002: - mestizo - (d) European/Indian man
8/25/2002: - haw-haw - (a) sunken moat
8/24/2002: - aliquot - (c) factorable
8/23/2002: - thole - (d) endure
8/22/2002: - compleat - (b) expert
8/21/2002: - mulct - (b) swindle
8/20/2002: - palpebra - (b) eyelid
8/19/2002: - potlatch - (d) feast
8/18/2002: - paraphrastic- (a) explanatory (vs. "periphrastic",
which means "beating around thebush")
8/17/2002: - handsel - (c) earnest
money
8/16/2002: - pied-a-terre - (a) vacation
home
8/15/2002: - gallinaceous
-
pertaining to (b) domestic fowl
8/14/2002: - pastiche - (d) hodgepodge
8/13/2002: - gabelle - (b) 1790 tax on salt
8/12/2002: - shofar - (a) ram's horn trumpet
8/11/2002: - ramate - (a) branched
8/10/2002: - duodecimo - (c) half-page
size
8/9/2002: - stoa - (d) covered
colonnade
8/8/2002: - Urum and Thummen
-
(c) Hebrew oracular objects
8/7/2002: - spikenard - (b) costly
ointment of antiquity
8/6/2002: - tarot - (b) fortune-telling
cards
8/5/2002: - otiose - (c) ineffective
8/4/2002: - lazarette - (a) hospital treating infectious
diseases
8/3/2002: - argus-eyed - (d) eternally watchful
8/2/2002: - boniface - (a) inn keeper
8/1/2002: - embonpoint
-
(b) plumpness
7/31/2002: - tetter - (d) eczema,
psoriasis, or herpes
7/30/2002: - quadrille - (b) French square dance
7/29/2002: - puissance - (c) force, might
7/28/2002: - cabala - (c) exotic medieval rabbinical
theosophy
7/27/2002: - long-headed - (a) wise
7/26/2002: - carabao - (d) water buffalo
7/25/2002: - patulous - (a) spreading
7/24/2002: - tetterwort - (b) bloodroot
7/23/2002:
-
obol
-
(b) Greek coin
7/22/2002: - narthex - (d) church lobby
7/21/2002: - marshalsea - (a) London debtor's prison
7/20/2002: - levigate - (c) grind to fine powder
7/19/2002: - jacobus - (c) gold twenty-shilling piece
7/18/2002: - grangerize - (c) over-illustrate
7/17/2002: - fleury - (b) flowery
7/16/2002: - eparch - (c) very important official
7/15/2002:
-
calamary
-
(d) squid
7/14/2002: - ramose - (a) having many branches
7/13/2002: - panhandle - (a) beg
7/12/2002: - obi - (b) Japanese sash
7/11/2002: - nescience - (d) awareness
7/10/2002: - limen - (c) psychological threshold
7/9/2002: - jussive - (a) manner expressing command
7/8/2002: - ichor - (d) dragon drool
7/7/2002: - Greek calends- (c) a time that will never
come
7/6/2002: - catchpole - (b) deputy who arrests debtors
7/5/2002: - napolean - (b) gold coin
7/4/2002: - ignis fatuus - (a) something misleading
7/3/2002: - habergeon - (a) jacket of mail
7/2/2002: - franklin - (d) landed medieval freeholder
7/1/2002: - flense - (a) strip blubber from whale
6/30/2002: - iimpkin - (b) wading bird
6/29/2002: - immortelle - (c) dried flowers
6/28/2002: - hoveler - (c) unlicensed boatman at
shipwrecks
6/27/2002: - encaustic - (a) prepared by heating
6/26/2002: - deuteragonist - (c) second lead actor
6/25/2002: - crucian -(b) European carp
6/24/2002: - speculum - (d) mirror
6/23/2002: - semioitics - (c) semantics
6/22/2002: - recidivist - (d) repeat offender
6/21/2002: - peculation - (b) theft
6/20/2002: - involute - (b) folded inward
6/19/2002: - bleb - (a) bubble
6/18/2002: - burnoose - (d) Arab cloak and hood
6/17/2002: - apercu - (c) short outline
6/16/2002: - clamant - (d) clamorous
6/15/2002: - betise - (b) stupidity
6/14/2002:
-
sullage
-
(a) sewage
6/13/2002: - rampion - (a) wild scallion
6/12/2002: - quintan - (b) every fifth
6/11/2002: - oroide - (c) imitation gold
6/10/2002: - lasque - (d) thin, inferior diamond
6/9/2002: - idolum - (b) false thinking
6/8/2002: - gemmule - (a) a bud
6/7/2002: - disembogue - (c) to discharge its water
6/6/2002: - chibouk - (d) Turkish pipe
6/5/2002: - sawder - (d) flattery
6/4/2002: - regulus - (a) pure metal at bottom
6/3/2002: - psephology - (c) study of political elections
6/2/2002: - pis aller - (b) the last resort
6/1 /2002: - morpheme- (b) minimum linguistic unit
5/31 /2002: - homeopathy- (b) weak toxin builds immunity
5/30 /2002: - dimity- (d) sheer cotton cloth
5/29 /2002: - ablaut- (a) patterned change in root
vowels
5/28 /2002: - gravamen- (d) most damning part of legal
charge
5/27 /2002: - sachem - (a) tribal chief
5/26 /2002: - ret- (b) soak
5/25 /2002: - pyx - (c) portable eucharist box
5/24/2002: - orris - (d) iris
5/23/2002: - jeofail - (d) legal mistake
5/22/2002: - gonfalon - (b) flag
5/21/2002: - eclampsia - (b) convulsions during pregnancy
5/20/2002: - demersal - (a) sinking to the bottom
5/19/2002: - chanterelle- (c) edible mushroom
5/18/2002: - reticle - (a) scale in eyepiece
5/17/2002: - peignoir- (b) loose-fitting dressing
gown
5/16/2002: - natterjack - (b) yellowish-brown toad
5/15/2002: - mangone - (a) catapult
5/14/2002: - lammergeier- (d) large, predatory bird
5/13/2002: - canticle - (a) non-metrical hymn
5/12/2002: - boulevardier - (d) man about town
5/11/2002: - risotto -(c) seasoned rice
5/10/2002: - megrim - (c) migraine
5/9/2002: - iceblink - (b) sky streak
5/8/2002: - vavosor -(b) fiefdom tenant below baron
5/7/2002: - spandrel - (a) space between arch and
frame
5/6/2002:
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pedicular - (d) pertaining
to lice
5/5/2002: - maud - (a) woolen shawl
5/4/2002: - laches - (c) inexcusable delay
5/3/2002: - jokul - (a) snow-covered mountain
5/2/2002: - geodic - (a) hollow
5/1/2002: - enchiridion - (d) handbook
4/30/2002: - deadlight - (d) porthole
4/29/2002: - champleve - (c) engrailed, fired enamel
4/28/2002: - ukase - (a) Czarist decree
4/27/2002: - samphire - (b) the glasswort
4/26/2002: - lapidate - (c) kill by stoning
4/25/2002: - imprest - (b) advance of government
funds
4/24/2002: - giaour - (d) a non-believer
4/23/2002: - eschatology - (d) theology of last things
4/22/2002: - chamfer - (c) to round off
4/21/2002: - encyclical - (a) Papal public letter
4/20/2002: - distrait - (b) inattentive because of
anxiety
4/19/2002: - windelstraw - (b) weak grass straw
4/18/2002: - prunella - (a) heavy fabric
4/17/2002: - peneplain - (d) worn-down flat plain
4/16/2002: - myosotis - (c) forget-me-not
4/15/2002: - mittimus - (d) order for imprisonment
4/14/2002: - leat - (b) waterwheel feedstock
4/13/2002: - algorism - (a) decimal system
4/12/2002: - anlegate - (c) to send an ambassador
4/11/2002: - refulgence -(c) brilliance
4/10/2002: - triolet - (d) poem
4/9/2002: - largo - (b) stately music (Handel's
"Largo")
4/8/2002: - homologous - (a) corresponding
4/7/2002: - - (a) a judge
4/6/2002:
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brevier
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(c) prayer-book typeface
4/5/2002: - bergamot - (d) Fruit containing perfume
base
4/4/2002: - cornice - (c) crown molding
4/3/2002: - denary - (b) every tenth one
4/2/2002: - valetudinarian - (b) hypochondriac
4/1/2002: - teredo - (d) ship-worm
3/31/2002: - unau - (a) water buffalo
3/30/2002: - mithradatism - (b) developing tolerance for
poison
3/29/2002: - limnology - study of (a) freshwater bodies
3/28/2002: - knap - (c) to chip flints
3/27/2002: - kenosis - (d) relinquishment of godhood
3/26/2002: - hypocaust - (a) brick ductwork
3/25/2002: - chuff -(c) rude person
3/24/2002: - gault - (d) clay
3/23/2002: - dehiscent - (d) opening
3/22/2002: - Babbitry - (d) narrow-mindedness
3/21/2002: - calumet - (a) Indian pipe
3/20/2002: - ratline - (b) sailing ship's ladder-lines
3/19/2002:
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petrology
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(a) rock science
3/18/2002: - occipital - (d) lower back of brain
3/17/2002: - keelson - (c) keel stiffener
3/16/2002: - illation - (b) deduction
3/15/2002: - decuman - (b) every tenth, in order
3/14/2002: - aclinic - (d) magnetic equator... flat,
neither rising or falling
3/13/2002: -