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Topic Options #86495 - 11/10/02 05:15 PM abient wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Spelling bee word again. Medical Dictionary Abient Tendency to avoid or move away from the stimulus. Top #86496 - 11/10/02 08:31 PM Re: abient wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3774 Loc: Worcester, MA Not to be confused with "ambient," in the immediate vicinity ("within one's ambit"). Is there "adient" also, meaning tending to move toward the stimulus? Just think of the Anagrams possibilities: --adient + s + r = strained --adient + o + i = ideation --adient + e + l = entailed --adient + g + r + h = threading Top #86497 - 11/10/02 08:59 PM Re: abient wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 I thought "abient" was a stage direction, similar to "exeunt". Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users

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