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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread cholla #89288 12/11/2002 3:28 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 cholla pronounced chol ya, or cho ya n. 5MexSp < Sp, lit., skull, head6 a spiny cactus (genus Opuntia) with cylindrical stems, growing in the SW U.S. and Mexico Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: choragic #89289 12/11/2002 3:33 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 choragic monuments Related: European Art (keraj´ik, -raj´-, ko-) [Gr.,of the choragus, the chorus leader], small decorative structures erected in ancient Greece to commemorate the victory of the leader of a chorus in the competitive choral dances. The best known is that of Lysicrates (c.335 BC), still standing in Athens, a graceful circular structure showing one of the early uses of Corinthian columns. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: choralcelo #89290 12/11/2002 3:41 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 A really worthless word: the musical instrument called the Choralcelo built in the United States by Melvin L. Severy and George B. Sinclair . ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re:chouette #89291 12/11/2002 3:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 La chouette est un oiseau nocturne de l'ordre des rapaces. La chouette effraie niche dans les clochers, les vieilles granges, les ruines et dans les troncs d'arbre. TThe owl, that elegant fowl. Who gives a hoot. Also, a method of scoring my means of which more than two persons can participate in a two handed game (such as backgammon) one players accepting the bets of all other players on the result of a game between himself or herself and one other active player. 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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