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Page 20 of 109 < 1 2 ... 18 19 20 21 22 ... 108 109 > Go to page... Topic Options #217701 - 07/16/14 08:47 AM SECRETORY BUGMEN [Re: Bazr] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi SECRESTORY - entomoligists have known for a long time that ants talked in smells but thought it best not to tell anybody. EXAMPLE: "The secret behind such organised societies is communication through the use of around 20 pheromones, emitted by ants' secretory organs." Wisdom of Crowds; The Economist (London, UK); Apr 8, 2009. Top #217707 - 07/16/14 06:47 PM Mon Dieu! [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6794 Loc: Worcester, MA SACRETORY - a Conservative French Cardinal Top #217728 - 07/17/14 02:53 PM appropriate for "Mensopause" [Re: wofahulicodoc] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6794 Loc: Worcester, MA FACTITIOUS PRONUNCIATION: (fak-TISH-uhs) MEANING: adjective: 1. Artificial 2. Sham ETYMOLOGY: From Latin facticius (artificial), past participle of facere (to do). Earliest documented use: 1646. ------------------------- FACTRITIOUS - full of objective truths, thereby nourishng the mind FACETITIOUS - describing a gem cut into many small smooth sides, to enhance internal reflectivity and increase sparkle ------------------------- Hmm... first inspissated, then secretory, now factitious - could be subtitled "Another thread of Words from Medicine" Top #217735 - 07/18/14 08:58 AM a prose poem [Re: wofahulicodoc] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6794 Loc: Worcester, MA PROEM PRONUNCIATION: (PRO-uhm, -em) MEANING: noun: An introduction, preface, or preamble. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French proeme, from Latin prooemium, from Greek prooimion, from pro- (before) + oime (song). Earliest documented use: 1410. -------------------------------- PROLEM - what an alcoholic has (see VOTARDY, above) PROXEM - singular of PROXI BROEM - a Dutch besom PRO-REM - that new sleeping medicine Top #217740 - 07/18/14 05:22 PM A PROEM for a POEM [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi PHOEM (FOE-em ) - 1) a home phone not a cell phone 2) anything archaic Top #217746 - 07/18/14 09:47 PM put the oar in the thole [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6794 Loc: Worcester, MA ROEM - what you do to shells, sculls, and wherries Top #217749 - 07/19/14 03:05 AM yoga [Re: wofahulicodoc] Bazr enthusiast Registered: 12/01/08 Posts: 287 Loc: Victoria, Australia PREOM - what you do before you start meditating. _________________________ live in the moment Top #217758 - 07/19/14 05:56 PM The last word [Re: Bazr] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi P-ROOM - a private room Top #217762 - 07/19/14 10:07 PM quoth the urologist [Re: jenny jenny] wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 6794 Loc: Worcester, MA Originally Posted By: jenny jenny P-ROOM - a private room ...that would be a private bathroom ? Top #217769 - 07/20/14 08:31 AM Re: quoth the urologist [Re: wofahulicodoc] jenny jenny veteran Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 1554 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Maybe. But it also was supposed to be THE LAST WORD Top Page 20 of 109 < 1 2 ... 18 19 20 21 22 ... 108 109 > Go to page... Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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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