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MARLIN

That could go to R->A ANIMAL, but R->Y MAINLY I prefer

add Y

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Y > A



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LAMINAR

add G

MARGINAL

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A > E


GERMINAL


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GERMINAL

L ---> A

GERMANIA

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GERMANIA

- I

..in tres partes, said I guy I knew once, quite the military

MANAGER

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M > T


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TANAGER

+ I

..those little holes in the golf course green

AERATING ..watch how that first word is pronounced

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AERATING

+ O

ARAGONITE

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Each of many shades of gray is a

ARAGONITE
E --> D
GRADATION

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G > I


RADIATION


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RADIATION

I ---- > O

..the shades have been lifted from my eyes, I can clearly offer

ADORATION

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ADORATION

O ---> L

TRAINLOAD

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-D


RATIONAL


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R ---- > N

..may someday be this kind of hero

NATIONAL

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N > B


ABLATION


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ABLATION

A ---- > U


..before we pray

ABLUTION ..Does Tide market a 'cleansing' version?

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UNITABLE

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JUBILATE

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JUBILATE

E ---- > N

..was Jubilation T Cornpone

JUBILANT ..jubilate igitur...Jubilate Agno..Dio mio (Deo meo?)

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TRIBUNAL


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..I'll go with STP rather than some others that come to mind

LUBRICANT

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- C

..in the shape of a cone resting on its apex

TURBINAL ..Learn somethin' new every day ..Jenny, Jen, Spinny spin ..

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have at it a third time, Endy, I can't do anything with this.


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If I may, I'd like to propose something .. can we go back to

JUBILATE

whence we seem to have gone off the deep end .. a J ---- > S

would allow something

SUITABLE .. with your indulgence.. Thank you! joe

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fine by me

S > D


DUTIABLE


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DUBITABLE

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DUBITABLE

B ---- > S

..but not much else

STUDIABLE

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D ---- > N


UNBESTIAL

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N ---> M

SUBLIMATE

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IMMUTABLE


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IMMUTABLE

B ---- > N

ALIMENTUM

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M > C


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CULMINATE

C ---- > F

..I can't reduce long words by a letter enroute to a change

FULMINATE ..that'd usually give us more alternatives

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F ---> A

ALUMINATE

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-A (here goes ones)

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LUMINATE

..there are MINUTIAE that we can get INTIMATE with, in order to

MITIGATE the impact of eight-letter words, lest we earlier plights

IMITATE ..and I sincerely hope I'm not doing just that

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IMITATE I-->E


and it's

TEATIME

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MEDIATE


whatever you said, I agree. I'm not a friend of those 50 cent words


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MEDIATE

I ---- > S

..or got to come clean

[B]STEAMED[/B ..Could've fooled me; I've long been impressed with the arcane & esoteric terms you nail, sending me scrambling to my heavy Amer. Heritage Dictionary ...chemical compounds, etc.

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