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Posted By: wwh sortileger - 12/04/02 06:31 PM
2:01 -- When a kid from Illinois spells "sortileger" (someone who tells fortunes), the
judges use instant replay to make sure he spelled it correctly (nope). For God's sake,
even the Spelling Bee instituted instant replay before the NBA did. Unbelievable.


Posted By: wwh Re: straiten - 12/04/02 06:33 PM
straiten
vt.
1 [Now Rare] a) to make strait or narrow b) to hem in closely c) to restrict or confine in scope, range, etc.; hamper
2 to bring into difficulties; cause to be in distress or want: usually in the phrase in straitened circumstances, lacking sufficient money


Posted By: wwh Re: guttate - 12/04/02 06:35 PM
guttate
adj.
5L guttatus < gutta, a drop6
1 in the form of drops
2 spotted, as with drops


Posted By: wwh Re: epiphora - 12/04/02 06:39 PM
EPIPHORA: An overflow of tears down the cheek, often due to blockage of the tear ducts that normally direct the flow of
tears from the eye down into the nasal cavity.Definition from Hurnik et al., 1995.


Posted By: wwh Re: pelisse - 12/04/02 06:41 PM
pelisse
n.
5Fr < OFr < VL pellicia, for pellicia (vestis) < L pellicius, made of skins < pellis, a skin:
for IE base see FELL46 a long cloak or outer coat, esp. one made, lined, or trimmed with fur


Posted By: wwh Re: culgee - 12/04/02 07:08 PM
A rich figured silk

Posted By: wwh Re:paraclete - 12/04/02 07:42 PM
Someone to give aid or support

Posted By: sjm Re:paraclete - 12/04/02 07:47 PM
Also what many sportsmen have on the sole of their shoes. ok, it's a stretch

Posted By: wwh Re: troching - 12/04/02 07:52 PM
One of the small points of a stag's antlers.

Posted By: wwh Re: uveitis - 12/04/02 07:53 PM
Inflammation of the iris of the eye.

Posted By: wwh Re: morigeration - 12/04/02 07:54 PM
Servile obedience.

Posted By: wwh Re: brevet - 12/04/02 08:09 PM
I think the definition give for brevet in the spelling bee may be unsatisfactory.You will often
see it in Civil War history, where temporary commissions were given that increased
authority but not pay or permanent rank status.
bre[vet
n.
5ME < OFr, dim. of bref, BRIEF6 [Historical] Mil. a commission nominally promoting an officer to a higher honorary rank without higher pay but, sometimes, with greater authority
vt.
3vet4ted or 3vet4ed, 3vet4ting or 3vet4ing to give a brevet to


Posted By: wwh Re: lucarne - 12/04/02 08:18 PM
lucarne
n.
5Fr, altered (by assoc. with OFr luiserne, lantern: see LUCERNE) < OFr lucanne < ? Frank *lukinna, a lamp, dim. < *luk3: for IE base see LIGHT16 a dormer window


Posted By: wwh Re: porraceous - 12/04/02 08:22 PM
A clear light green color

Posted By: wwh Re: hirundine - 12/04/02 08:28 PM
hirundine. a. pertaining to or like a swallow; n. such bird.

Not to be confused with enzyme blood sucking leeches use as anticoagularnt
hirudin 1
n.
5orig. a trademark: < L hirudo, leech + 3IN16 a substance found in the salivary glands of leeches that prevents the coagulation of blood


Posted By: wwh Re: balmacaan - 12/04/02 08:33 PM
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

balmacaan


SYLLABICATION:
bal·ma·caan
PRONUNCIATION:
blm-kn, -kän
NOUN:
A loose, full overcoat with raglan sleeves, originally made of rough woolen
cloth.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Balmacaan, an estate near Inverness, Scotland.

Posted By: Wordwind Re: morigeration - 12/04/02 09:49 PM
Morigeration makes me think of bodies in a morgue. But I suppose that would be morguigeration.

Posted By: Wordwind Re: lucarne - 12/04/02 09:51 PM
Is this lucarne absolutely limited to dormer windows? What about other architechtural structures that stick out from a rooftop?

Posted By: Wordwind Re: porraceous - 12/04/02 09:52 PM
What was that light yellow color we wrote about this summer? Oh, yes. Primrose.

Porraceous sounds sickly. Yucky, in fact.

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