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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 55 of 101 1 2 … 53 54 55 56 57 … 100 101 Go to page... EPHEMERAL - deaf (hear today, gone tomorrow) wofahulicodoc #231849 05/16/22 03:04 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA EPHEMERAL PRONUNCIATION: (i-FEM-uh-ruhl) MEANING: adjective: Lasting a very short time; transitory. noun: Anything short-lived. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek ephemeros (short-lived), from epi- (upon) + hemera (day). Earliest documented use: 1576. ____________________________ PHEMERAL - pertaining to the upper-leg bone e-pH EMERALD - a highly acidic green jewel, with a log-hydrogen-ion concentration of -2.718281828... EPHEMERAW - I know it hurts now, but it'll be better by tomorrow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter CETACEOUS - Moby wofahulicodoc #231850 05/17/22 02:18 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA CERACEOUS PRONUNCIATION: (suh-RAY-shuhs) MEANING: adjective: Waxy. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cera (wax) + -aceous (resembling or relating to). Earliest documented use: 1768. __________________________ ACERACEOUS - sharp, barbed CELACEOUS - titillating, suggestive CERVACEOUS - beery [not to mention the homophone "Serratious" - pertaining to a bacterium of the genus Serratia] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter HEBDOMADA - a fleet of seven ships wofahulicodoc #231851 05/18/22 09:12 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA HEBDOMADAL PRONUNCIATION: (heb-DOM-uh-duhl) MEANING: adjective: Weekly. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin hebdomas, from Greek hepta (seven). Earliest documented use: 1612. ______________________ HEBDO-MEDAL - like Mark Spitz (winning seven Olympic events) HEBDONADAL - seven championship tennis players HEBDOMANAL - pertaining to the digestive viscera Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PISCINE - don't do it to a Parisian swimming pool wofahulicodoc #231852 05/18/22 09:21 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PISCINE PRONUNCIATION: (PY-seen, PIS-ayn) MEANING: adjective: Fishy. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin piscis (fish). Earliest documented use: 1670. [and of course there is Pisces, the astrological sign, the fish] ____________________________ PICCINE - Italian opera composer , viz. La Bohême and others VISCINE - eyedrops PA'S CINE - your father's movie APIS-CINE - slow-motion film about bees Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter OXONTALGIA - homesickness for a British university wofahulicodoc #231853 05/20/22 12:55 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ODONTALGIA PRONUNCIATION: (oh-don-TAL-juh -jee-uh) MEANING: noun: Toothache. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek odont- (tooth) + -algia (pain). Earliest documented use: 1706. ______________________________ O, DONUT-ALGIA - pain in the jaw from too many sweeets ADONTALGIA - phantom pain in the jaw even after the dentist pulls your infected tooth ODONTAL, GA - Georgia branch office of a Mexican dentist Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter A-BLIGH-RITION -the boat after a successful mutiny wofahulicodoc #231855 05/22/22 12:02 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ABLIGURITION PRONUNCIATION: (uh-blig-yoo-RISH-uhn) MEANING: noun: Extravagance, especially in matters of food and drink. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin abligurire (to squander on delicacies), from ab- (away) + ligurire (to be dainty), from lingere (to lick). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leigh- (lick), which also gave us linctus, lichen (apparently from the way it licks its way around a surface), lecher, and cunnilingus. Earliest documented use: 1724. _______________________________ OBLIGURITION - under contract to become pregnant ABL-IG-UTRITION - fulfilling the Inspector General's criteria for supporting an organism with food ABO-LIGURITION - hooking other antigens onto the main blood groups Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter NUDUM FACTUM - the naked truth wofahulicodoc #231863 05/25/22 07:50 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA NUDUM PACTUM PRONUNCIATION: (NOO/NYOO-duhm PAK-tuhm) MEANING: noun: An unenforceable contract, one that’s void because of lack of consideration (something of value promised in exchange). ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nudus (bare) + pactum (pact). Earliest documented use: 1603. _____________________________ NUNDUM PACTUM - a contract in a convent NUDUM PICTUM - produce gathered by unclad farmers NUDUM PARTUM - naked as a newborn babe Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter TRITUBATION - inserting three small pipes wofahulicodoc #231864 05/25/22 08:12 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA TITUBATION PRONUNCIATION: (tich-uh-BAY-shuhn) MEANING: noun: 1. Unsteady movement, such as the staggering, lurching, or nodding of the head or the body. 2. Stuttering or stammering. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin titubare (to stagger). Earliest documented use: 1641. ______________________________ T-TUBATION - inserting a branched tube into the Common Bile Duct TITUS-ATION - transforming into be the Roman Emperor from around 80 BC Ti-TUBA TIN - when mixed with titanium, an alloy from which large, low-pitched musical instruments are made Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SWATTLE - what you do to a small fly wofahulicodoc #231865 05/25/22 08:34 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA TWATTLE PRONUNCIATION: (TWAT-uhl) MEANING: noun: Idle talk; nonsense. verb intr.: To talk idly. ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps an alteration of tattle, of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1673. ________________________________ WATTLE - the dingle-dangle hanging from a turkey's throat (not to be confused with the dingle-dangle that hangs from a turkey's beak, which is a SNOOD) TWA TALE - the Rise and Fall of the Constellation WATTLE - Barrista's greeting (usually followed by "you have?") Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter COCK OF THE WALL - a perching rooster wofahulicodoc #231866 05/27/22 01:39 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA COCK OF THE WALK PRONUNCIATION: (KOK ov thuh wahk) MEANING: noun: A person who behaves in an arrogant and domineering manner in a group. ETYMOLOGY: In animal husbandry, an enclosed yard or a pen is known as a walk. A rooster who rules a roost is, literally, a cock of the walk. Earliest documented use: 1781. ___________________________ CONK OF THE WALK - hit your head on a low-hanging branch CORK OF THE WALK - the Minister of Silly Walks (see Monty Python's Flying Circus) CLOCK OF THE WALK - used for time trials in the Olympic power-walking event Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 55 of 101 1 2 … 53 54 55 56 57 … 100 101 Go to page... 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. 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