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HEALINE - a scar on the skin
wofahulicodoc
06/15/24 02:12 AM
HYALINE
PRONUNCIATION: (HY-uh-lin/leen)
MEANING: adjective: Like glass: transparent or translucent.
noun: A substance that is transparent or translucent.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hualos (glass). Earliest documented use: 1661.
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HYALIE - nickname for a Forida racetrack
HYALIE - or a former Emperor of Ethiopia
SHY A LINE - how to describe my incomplete script
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DANDIPRAT
A C Bowden
06/14/24 12:37 AM
DANDICAT - Puss in Boots
CANDIMAT - vending machine for confectionery
RANDIPRAT - lecherous fool
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AUNT SALLY
A C Bowden
06/14/24 12:28 AM
AUNT RALLY - large family get-together
GAUNT SALLY - spoof version of 1970s rock band Thin Lizzy
VAUNT ALLY - stick up for your friend
AUNTIE'S ALL(E)Y - BBC broadcasting station at Alexandra Palace, London (from the BBC's nickname 'Auntie', and the building's nickname 'Ally Pally')
AIN'T SILLY - Well said!
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SALIFIC - heavily laced with NaCl
wofahulicodoc
06/14/24 12:08 AM
SALVIFIC
PRONUNCIATION: (sal-VIF-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Having the power to save or redeem.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin salvus (safe). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sol- (whole), which also gave us solid, salute, save, salvo, soldier, catholicity, solicitous, solicitude, salutary, and salubrious. Earliest documented use: 1591.
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SAL' VI-IC - Room 6-99 in the Rome Hilton
SOLVIFIC - genius at working out problems
SALVIAFIC - like a plant in the largest genus of the sage family Lamiaceae
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COT-ERMINOUS - my bedsheets are made of fur
wofahulicodoc
06/12/24 04:32 PM
COTERMINOUS
PRONUNCIATION: (koh-TUHR-muh-nuhs)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Having the same or coincident boundaries.
2. Meeting at the ends.
3. Contained within the same boundaries.
4. Having the same scope, meaning, extent, etc.: synonymous.
ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of conterminous, from Latin con- (with) + terminus (boundary). Earliest documented use: 1799.
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CO-VERMINOUS - simultaneous infestation of rate and mice
CO-GERMINOUS - having chicken pox and a strep throat at the same time
COPTER-MINUS - we need one more MedEvac aircraft
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AIR ID - tell me what gas you're breathing
wofahulicodoc
06/11/24 05:49 PM
VIRID
PRONUNCIATION: (VIR-id)
MEANING: adjective: Bright green.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin viridis (green), from virere (to be green). Earliest documented use: 1600.
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VIROID - like Roman numeral 6
VIRIDE - when you take your girlfriend Violet for a spin in your convertible
VIXID - Who was that foxy lady I saw you with last night?
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LENSITUDE - how you aim your telescope
wofahulicodoc
06/11/24 05:35 PM
LENTITUDE
PRONUNCIATION: (LEN-tuh-tood/tyood)
MEANING: noun: Slowness or sluggishness.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lentus (slow). Earliest documented use: 1623.
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LENTITUDE - the sense of entitlement and grudging surliness that accompanies a loan
LANTITUDE - mixing urine with one's beer
LENTITTDE - the water level in the bay rises and falls twice a day, but oh, so slowly
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