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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread AWAD archives Apr 95 #106271 06/22/2003 3:53 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 uxorious smithereens atavism - I used to confuse this with: avatar n. 5Sans avatara < ava3, down + base of tarati, (he) crosses over: see TERM6 1 Hinduism a god‘s coming down in bodily form to the earth; incarnation of a god 2 any incarnation or embodiment, as of a quality or concept in a person lapidary palliate billingsgate truckle captious eviscerate intumesce - what Viagra promises titivate I’ve also seen “titravate” meaning to make a minor adjustment in a contrivance cephalic labile asseverate bravura conniption indite - not to be confused with “indict = initiate criminal prosecution” perspicuous - reminds me of Brit “perspex = plexiglass” scrivener - hard to imagine now men having occupation of copying legal documents apocrypha chirography - the specialty of the scrivener literatim - the way the scrivers copied amanuensis - some willing to take down things that come up unexpectedly bailiwick inveigh rapine conterminous indwell personate internecine Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: AWAD archives Apr 95 #106272 06/24/2003 5:47 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives/0495 Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,917 Posts230,540 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 2 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,332 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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