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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread p. 115 #104264 05/26/2003 9:59 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Ngege (Oreochromis esculentus, a kind of Tilapia) is commonly consumed throughout Africa's great lakes region. ... Nivation - snow that does not melt in summer becomes compacted and granular, and is called névé. When the névé becomes rather deep, repeated thawing an freezing causes comminution of the rock below it, and action called nivation. http://www.nps.gov/crla/notes/vol15b.htm nomothetic adj. 5Gr nomothetikos < nomothetcs lawgiver < nomos, law (see fol.) + tithenai, to make, DO16 1 giving or enacting laws 2 based on law 3 of a science of general or universal laws Also nom#o[thet$i[cal page 115 was disappointing Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: p. 115 #104265 05/26/2003 10:07 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont comminution? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: p. 115 #104266 05/26/2003 11:46 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear etaoin: comminutes is almost the exact word the man said. The Nivation article was the second of two, and in the third or fourth paragraph you will find his words: "This repeated freezing and thawing acomminutes the rock particles." Remember years ago, prison "hard labor" meant making little ones out of big ones." Incidentally, this is the process that produces the "cirques" which used to puzzle me. cirque n. 5Fr < L circus: see CIRCUS6 1 a circular space or arrangement 2 [Old Poet.] a circle; ring 3 [Archaic] a circus 4 Geol. a steep, hollow excavation high on a mountainside, made by glacial erosion; natural amphitheater Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: p. 115 #104267 05/27/2003 12:15 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont thanks, Bill. that's a new word to me. have a few students I'd like to comminute... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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