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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 22 of 22 1 2 … 20 21 22 Go to page... ALI CYAN - Cassius Clay painted his skin blue wofahulicodoc #233098 10/11/24 01:11 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ALICIAN PRONUNCIATION: (uh-LISH-uhn) MEANING: adjective: Surreal, whimsical, or illogical. ETYMOLOGY: After Alice, the heroine of Lewis Carroll’s books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871). Earliest documented use: 1898. See also: words coined by Lewis Carroll. _____________________________ GALICIAN - pertaining to the northwest corner of Spain, between Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. (Not "from France," which you might guess; that would have 2 Ls) AÖLICIAN - garlicky, and on the oily side APICIAN - animal doctor who specializes in primates Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ASLANTEAN - leonine wofahulicodoc #233101 10/11/24 02:20 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ATLANTEAN PRONUNCIATION: (at-lan-TEE-uhn) MEANING: adjective: 1. Extremely strong, often alluding to mythical or superhuman capabilities. 2. Related to the legendary island of Atlantis said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean. ETYMOLOGY: After Atlas, a Titan in Greek mythology. After the defeat of the Titans, he was condemned by Zeus to support the heavens. Earliest documented use: 1667. _____________________________ AT-LAST-EAN - terminating a long period of waiting A TANTE-AN - like my mother's French sister, who has a plume on my Uncle's chest of drawers ATLAN TEAL - a species of duck found mainly in the mountains of northwest Africa, between the Sahara Desert and the southwestern Mediterranean Sea Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter CASTURITION - neutering wofahulicodoc #233108 10/17/24 12:47 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PARTURITION PRONUNCIATION: (par-chuh/too-RISH-uhn) MEANING: noun: The act of giving birth. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin parturire (to be in labor). Earliest documented use: 1646 _______________________________ MARTURITION - what the name should have been all along, since it's a she who does it PARTURATION - the portion you dole out sparingly PASTURITION - subjecting to 140 degrees (F) to reduce the rate of spoilage Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter OVA, RICE - a one-egg breakfast in Beijing wofahulicodoc #233109 10/17/24 01:07 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA AVARICE PRONUNCIATION: (AV-uh-ris) MEANING: noun: An extreme desire for wealth or material gain. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin avaritia (greed), from avarus (greedy), from avere (to crave). Earliest documented use: 1386. _______________________ OVARICE - how I like my whiskey ALAR ICE - what caused many airplane delays last winter 'AVARIDE? - response to a roadside upright thumb, in Britain Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter PAN ACERA - a cooking utensil made of cement wofahulicodoc #233110 10/17/24 01:25 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA PANACEA PRONUNCIATION: (pan-uh-SEE-uh) MEANING: noun: A remedy for all difficulties or diseases; a universal cure. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin panacea, from Greek panakeia, from panakes (all-healing), from pan (all) + akos (cure). In Greek mythology, Panacea was the goddess of universal remedy. Earliest documented use: 1548. ___________________ PAN-ACERA - bread so stale that in Mexico City they would walk on it PAN ACE - bread and butter to a Madrid cardsharp, in the form of a high card up his sleeve PAN AREA - a region where the subsoil forms a hard layer limiting penetration by plant roots Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter SLEPTER - stayed in bed longer wofahulicodoc #233115 10/20/24 10:03 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA SCEPTER or SCEPTRE PRONUNCIATION: (SEP-tuhr) MEANING: noun: A wand held by a sovereign as an emblem of authority and power. verb tr.: To invest with authority and power. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French sceptre, from Latin sceptrum, from Greek skeptron (staff), from skeptesthai (to prop oneself). Earliest documented use: 1340. ________________________________ SCENTER - perfume detector; sometimes, an aroma dispenser 'S COPTER - Whazzat sound I hear coming from the helipad? SIC ETRE - thus to be in Paris Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter VARITY - magnitude of spread of a biconvex lens wofahulicodoc #233116 10/20/24 10:20 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel OP wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,702 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA VERITY PRONUNCIATION: (VER-i-tee) MEANING: noun: 1. The quality of being true. 2. Something that is true: a universally accepted truth. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin veritas (truth), from verus (true). Earliest documented use: 1422. ____________________________ VERSITY - rhymingness OVERITY - the truthiness of an Irishman's story VEXITY - the index of refraction of a magnifying lens; 2) the degree of irritation produced by such distortion Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 22 of 22 1 2 … 20 21 22 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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