Word-of-the-Day, Difficult

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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: - 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: - brevier - (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: - petrology - (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: -