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TERSICOLORED - having a succinct palatte wofahulicodoc 07/18/25 07:13 PM
VERSICOLORED

PRONUNCIATION: (VUHR-si-kuhl-uhrd)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Having many colors; variegated.
2. Having a color that changes in appearance; iridescent.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin vertere (to turn) + color. Earliest documented use: 1721.
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VERTICOLORED - all the pigments go straight up and down

VERBICOLOR-RED - language that's very salty (rated R)

VESSICOLORED - having such thin skin that you can see the arteries and veins right through it
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VERDAZU RINK - where people go practice Verdazu wofahulicodoc 07/18/25 07:00 PM
VERDAZURINE

PRONUNCIATION: (vuhrd-AZH-uh-reen)

MEANING: adjective: Bluish-green; sea-green.

ETYMOLOGY: From Italian verdazzurro (sea-green), from verde (green) + azzurro (blue). Earliest documented use: 1681.
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VEND AZ URINE - when you live in Tucson you can sell your pee

G.E.R.D. AZURINE - a form of GI disease which necessitates that you avoid foods that are blue

VERDAZU RITE - what people do in a Verdizu Rink (see above)
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SPA DICE-OUS - gambling as you lose weight wofahulicodoc 07/18/25 06:20 PM
SPADICEOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (spay/spuh-DISH-uhs)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Of a reddish-brown color.
2. Relating to a spadix, the floral spike usually enclosed in a spathe.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin spadix (a torn-off palm branch and its fruit), from Greek spadix (a torn-off frond). Earliest documented use: 1646.
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SPALDICEOUS - like a pink rubber ball

SOPADICEOUS - soupy, in Mexico City

iPADICEOUS - like a handhold multi-purpose electronic device, more than a Palm Pilot and even a smartphone, but less than a laptop computer
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four-and-twenty blackbirds wofahulicodoc 07/18/25 06:04 PM
BARKED

D --> Y

BAKERY
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Voice of authority A C Bowden 07/17/25 02:21 PM
BRACED

C > K

BARKED
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