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Here are a few more words ending in "-eric" I challenge all to find more
number= number of pixels down
percentage= number in percantage of space the frame ocupies down
asteric= asteric representing the remander of the window down
cleric - a member or the clergy
climacteric
cremasteric - a neurological test. Stroking the inner surface of male thigh causes cremasteric muscle to contract, causing testicle on that side to be lifted noticeably.
steric (ie., spatial) effects (a word used in molecular chemistry)
esoteric
adj.
1 a) intended for or understood by only a chosen few, as an inner group of disciples or initiates (said of ideas,
isomeric - molecules made up of the same atoms, but differering in arrangement
tautomerism (noun) tautomeric (adj.)
n.
5< TAUTO3 + Gr meros, a part + 3ISM6 Chem. the property of some substances of being in a condition of equilibrium between two isomeric forms and of reacting readily to form either
... divided into three circles, regions or associations: the Exoteric Circle, the Mesoteric
Circle and the Esoteric Circle. The Exoteric Circle is the association ...
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atmospheric, stratospheric
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...and ionospheric will we're on thew subject. The ionosphere is really useful because the ionisation caused by the sun's rays helps transmit radio waves.. so I once read.
One for Australians.. xeric (known to Aussies as bloody dry)
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then there's always the simple, yet eloquent, eric the 'alf word
idly wondering if this qualifies as a quadruple yart on "Full Monty", and thus thinking perhaps it should've been posted in "Animal Safari"
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Cara, dear, somehow you reminded me of the seasoning and coloring agent, turmeric.
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wwh, I'm surprised you didn't list choleric.
Or dysenteric. Or mesenteric.
Or just plain enteric.
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And what about Eric the half a bee?
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*eric. YCLIU in your M-W Online
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And what about Eric the half a bee?
oh, that's sorta what i was trying to esoterically allude to. that'll teach me to try to be silly... OTOH, i cracked myself up, so i guess in the end it wasn't a total bust.
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