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Posted By: wwh ungual - 12/31/02 01:54 AM
Search says "no matches found". Pertaining to a fingernail. Like a sub-ungual hematoma.
Hit the roofing nail, not the finger nail.
ungual
5< L unguis, a claw, NAIL + 3AL6 of, like, or having a nail, claw, or hoof


Posted By: wwh Re: urceolate - 12/31/02 01:57 AM
urceolate
adj.
5ModL urceolatus < L urceolus, dim. of urceus, vase6 shaped like a vase or urn


Posted By: wwh Re: vernissage - 12/31/02 01:59 AM
vernissage
n.,
pl. 3sages$ 73s9&$8 5Fr, lit., varnishing (see VARNISH & 3AGE): in allusion to the former practice of varnishing paintings before exhibiting6 the opening, or first showing, of an art exhibit


Posted By: wwh Re: vernix caseosa - 12/31/02 02:01 AM
The soft solid mixed with amniotic fluid beneath the amnion.

Posted By: wwh Re: verruca - 12/31/02 02:03 AM
Wart do ya think it is?

Posted By: wwh Revicontiel - 12/31/02 02:05 AM
Vicontiel (Page: 1608)

Vi*con"ti*el (?), a. [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See Viscount.] (O. Eng. Law) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff
of a country. Vicontiel rents. See Vicontiels. -- Vicontiel writs, such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or county, court.

Posted By: wwh Re: vorticella - 12/31/02 02:08 AM
vorticella
n.,
pl. 3cel4lae 73c8 5ModL, dim. < L vortex: see VORTEX6 any of a genus (Vorticella) of one-celled ciliates living in water, with a bell-shaped body on a thin, contractile stem serving as a holdfast


Posted By: wwh Re:vortiginous - 12/31/02 02:10 AM
vortiginous
adj.
5L vortiginosus, for vertiginosus < vertigo: see VERTIGO6 [Archaic]
1 whirling: said of motion
2 moving in or like a vortex


Posted By: wwh Re:wapentake - 12/31/02 02:13 AM
wapentake
n.
5ME < OE wapentac < ON vapnatak, lit., a weapon-taking (< vapn, WEAPON + tak, a taking, commandeering < taka, to TAKE): prob. used territorially from ceremony in which vassals touched the raised spear of the lord with their own as token of submission6 [Historical] in England, a) a subdivision of certain northern counties originally under Norse domination, corresponding to the hundred in other counties b) a law court in such a subdivision


Posted By: wwh Re: warison - 12/31/02 02:15 AM
warison
n.
5ME < NormFr, for OFr garison: see GARRISON6
1 [Obs.] a reward or gift given by a superior
2 5from such an erroneous use by
Sir Walter SCOTT6 a note sounded as a signal to attack


Posted By: wwh Re: whangee - 12/31/02 02:19 AM
whangee
n.
5Chin huang-i < huang, a hard kind of bamboo + i, to lean on6
1 any of various related Chinese and Japanese bamboos (genus Phyllostachys)
2 a walking stick of whangee


Posted By: wwh Re: wigan - 12/31/02 02:20 AM
wigan
n.
5after fol., where first made6 a canvaslike cotton cloth used to stiffen hems, lapels, etc.


Posted By: wwh Re: xenolith - 12/31/02 02:22 AM
xenolith
n.
5XENO3 + 3LITH6 Geol. a rock fragment different in kind from the igneous rock in which it is embedded
xen#o[lith$ic
adj.


Posted By: wwh Re: yautia - 12/31/02 02:24 AM
yautia
n.
5AmSp yaut>a < Taino6
1 the starchy tuber of any of various tropical plants (genus Xanthosoma) of the arum family, cultivated for food in tropical America; malanga
2 this plant


Posted By: sjm Re: wigan - 12/31/02 02:28 AM
Is the word "igan" or "wigan", Dr. Bill? Wigan makes the think of the delusion some Poms have that they can play rugby league

Posted By: wwh Re: wigan - 12/31/02 02:37 AM
Dear sjm: thanks for calling it to my attention. Wigan it was, but I am having problem copying words from my dictionary, very hard to place mouse pointer in exactly the right place for first letters of definition.. I usually
notice it, and type first letter before clicking on edit,paste. This time I goofed.

Thanks for looking at these worthless words. They are from spelling bee list, and interesting only in that
a bunch of highschool kids were supposed to learn them. Bill

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