UMAMI is (pick one):
a) the distaff side of an Imam's family
b) the Gullah word for soul
c) (chiefly veterinary) the state of excitation or increased metabolism preceding labor
d) a philosophical concept in Islam in which the parts of a whole are distinct and have their own complete being apart from the whole they compose
e) a short shift, or wrap-around dress
f) an African thumb piano, made of 22 to 28 metal keys mounted on a hardwood soundboard; also known as mbira
g) a cooked combination of ground mixed grains, made into small balls and dipped into sauces
h) the fifth fundamental taste, after sweet, sour, salty, and bitter, sometimes called “savory;” identified in 1907 by the Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda
i) adj. SW US dialect: vacant as the wind
j) a West African dish made from lentils
k) a style of West African headdress
l) the box-like device worn in the small of the back by geishas when dressed full kimono and obi
m) what the Ubangi answered when asked by an orangantangi the name of the only river that drains Lake Victoria in Ugandi
n) a deathbed promise to exact revenge
o) a Swahili word meaning "glorious"
[edit] Voting for seven daze, as usual. [/edit]
