The word was malaxate, and here are the scoring results:

a) to soften and incorporate by rubbing or rolling, and mixing with a thinner substance WEBSTER’S (maverick, tsuwm, Bridget96, rodward, Geoff)

b) a badly worked piece of wood Rhubarb Commando

c) Demon-possessed Fiberbabe

d) a cleaning procedure for graffiti satin

e) to appear tense or rigid due to stiff posture tsuwm (Jazzoctopus)

f) A formula, in Alchemy, that arouses hatred in the drinker jimthedog

g) The condition that describes the abnormal positioning of the lower and upper maxilla that may result in the jaw muscles going into spasms wordcrazy (satin, Bingley)

h) a laxative in chewable form sparteye

i) A wobble on the axis of a gyroscope inducing a turning force that causes a deflection in its course. Also known as gyroscopic precession Geoff (Fiberbabe, paulb, Rapunzel)

j) v To deliberately, with ill-intent, induce diarrhoea in another Max Quordlepleen

k) a term from logic used to describe an internally self-consistent system that is in fact false because the axioms on which it is based are false. Bingley (wordcrazy)

l) adj. - of the class of drugs given as enemas to parturient women rodward (MaxQuordlepleen)

m) to purge the mind of bad thoughts paulb (WhitmanO’Neill)

n) a mildly acidic carbonate usu. found in dental fillings Jazzoctopus (Avy, Hyla)

o) dislocated; out of joint Rapunzel (Flatlander)

p) To mischop a piece of firewood WhitmanO’Neill


Five people knew the correct definition. Wow!

And the standings:

Sparteye.....................11
tsuwm........................7 + 3 = 10
Geoff........................5 + 5 = 10
flatlander...................6
Bingley......................5 + 1 = 6
paulb........................4 + 1 = 5
wordcrazy....................3 + 2 = 5
Rapunzel.....................3 + 1 = 4
Bridget96....................2 + 2 = 4
Jazzoctopus..................2 + 2 = 4
rodward......................1 + 3 = 4
wwh..........................3
fiberbabe....................3
RhubarbCommando..............3
jimthedog....................2
WhitmanO’Neill...............2
maverick.....................2
freckled_snout...............1
Jackie.......................1