Weekly Vocabulary Builders
25 April 2005
- AECIA--plural of AECIUM (a spore-producing organ)
- ARDEB--an Egyptian unit of capacity
- KAIF--same as KEF (hemp smoked to produce euphoria)
- KOB--a reddish-brown antelope
- CORY--a former monetary unit of Guinea
- NODI--plural of NODUS (a difficulty)
- BOHEA--a black tea
- RENVOI--the expulsion by a government of an alien
18 April 2005
- EBON--ebony
- ELOIN--to ELOIGN (remove to a distant place)
- NOIL--a kind of short fiber
- BOYAR--a former Russian aristocrat
- PERDU--a soldier sent on a dangerous mission
- HYP--hypochondria
- YUCH--same as YUCCH (used to express disgust)
- HUIC--an interjection (used to encourage hunting hounds)
- SADI--same as SADE (a Hebrew letter)
- FOEHN--a warm, dry wind
11 April 2005
- IMID--a chemical compound (same as IMIDE)
- UNHAT--to remove one's hat
- RALPH--a verb meaning to vomit
- TOUSE--to TOUSLE (the same as dishevel)
- KEET--a young guinea fowl
- PILEUM--the top of a bird's head
- WHANG--to beat with a whip
- IROKO--a large African tree
- DONGA--a gully in a VELDT (an African grassland)
- OKEH--approval
04 April 2005
28 March 2005
- RUANA--a woolen poncho
- BURL--to finish cloth by removing the lumps
- TERGA--plural of TERGUM (an arthopod segment)
- GETA--a Japanese wooden clog
- OOLITE--a variety of limestone
21 March 2005
- RUGATE--an adjecteve referring to an anatomical wrinkle
- ORDO--a calendar of religious directions
- GRIG--a lively person
- TRANK--a drug that tranquilizes
- GERAH--a Hebrew unit of weight
- ALGID--an adjective meaning cold
- WAUR--worse
- TANUKI--the fur of a raccoon dog
- GLIA--supportiang tissue that binds nerve tissue
14 March 2005
- DIENE--a chemical compound
- LUCE--a freshwater fish
- BIELD--a verb meaning to shelter
- EPHA--same as EPHAH (a Hebrew unit of dry measure)
- DWINE--to pine or waste away
- GIPON--same as JUPON (a tunic)
- GOBY--a small fish
- OHMIC--an adjective meaning a unit of electrical resistance
07 March 2005
28 February 2005
- LEHR--a type of oven
- BEVOR--a piece of armor for the lower face
- TROOZ--same as TREWS (close-fitting tartan trousers)
- DURN--to damn
- HYOID--a bone of the tongue
- PARGE--to PARGET (to cover with plaster)
- TRINE--to place in a particular astrological position
- IHRAM--the garb worn by Muslim pilgrims
- MILIA--plural of MILIUM (a whitish skin lump)
- GYBED--to shift from side to side while sailing
21 February 2005
14 February 2005
07 February 2005
- RONDEAU--a short poem of fixed form
- LATHI--a heavy stick of bamboo and iron in India
- DIAZO--containing a certain chemical group
- TAIGA--a subarctic evergreen forest
- IRIDIC--pertainign to iridium
- CRIS--same as KRIS (a short sword)
- TETANIC--a drug capable of causing convulsions
- PITON--a metal spike used in mountain climbing
- ANERGY--lack of energy
- GAUM--to smear
31 January 2005
- RONYON--a mangy animal or person
- SINTER--combined heat and pressure to make cohesive
- INGATE--a channel by which molten metal enters a mold
- ARLES--money paid to bind a bargain
- LUNATE--crescent-shaped
- AGGER--a mound of earth used as a fortification
- GEMOT--a public meeting in Anglo-Saxon England
- EPIGON--same as EPIGONE (an inferior imitator)
- SAMEK--a Hebrew letter
- LARINE--resembling a gull
- FEEZE--a verb meaning to faze (FEEZED, FEEZES, FEEZING)
- SOLEUS--a leg muscle (pl. is SOLEI)
24 January 2005
- IODIN--same as IODINE (a nonmetallic element)
- PARDEE--an interjection used as a mild oath
- AZONAL--pertaining to a type of soil group
- CULTIC--pertaining to a CULT
- RAMIFY--to divide into branches
- TRISTE--an adjective meaning sad
- FOETAL--pertaining to a FETUS
- CORBIE--a raven or crow
- VENIAL--easily excused or forgiven
- SABRA--a native Israeli
17 January 2005
10 January 2005
- DAHOON--an evergreen tree
- BORT--a low-quality diamond (BORTY, adj.)
- CONFIT--meat cooked in its own fat
- SOFAR--underwater explosions locator
- PANTO--a PANTOMIME
- OTIOSE--an adjective meanling lazy
- DREIGH--dreary
- TANKA--a Japanese verse form
03 January 2005
- CHIRR--to make a harsh, vibrant sound
- TROLAND--a measurement of retinal response to light
- URIDINE--a chemical compound
- GROSZ--a Polish coin
- COOEE--to cry out shrilly
- WIENER--a frankfurter
- WEINER--a WIENER
- KURTA--a shirt worn in India
- HAFIZ--a Muslim who knows the Koran by heart
- OKAPI--an African mammal
27 December 2004
20 December 2004
13 December 2004
06 December 2004
Learn these "Z" words to help improve your play
- MOMZER(S)--same as MOMSER or MAMZER (a child born of adultery or incest)
- MOZO(S)--a manual laborer
- NERTZ--(interj.) NERTS (used to express disgust, contempt, or refusal)
- NONZERO--(adj.) having value other than zero
- OUZEL(S)--a European bird
- OYEZ(OYESSES)--a cry used to introduce the opening of a court of law
- PANZER(S)--an armored combat vehicle
- PHIZ(ES)--a face or facial expression
29 November 2004
Learn these "bird" words to help improve your play
- WILLET(S)--a shore bird
- WIDGEON(S)--a river duck
- OXPECKER(S)--an African bird
- MOA(S)--an extinct flightless bird
- FIREBIRD(S)--a brightly colored bird
- PULLET(S)--a young hen
- POCHARD(S)--a sea duck
- NEB(S)--the beak of a bird
- BIRDLIME (v.) -LIMED, -LIMING, -LIMES--to trap small birds
22 November 2004
- SMILAX(ES)--a twining plant
- HAPAX(ES)--a word that occurs only once
- MAXIXE(S)--a Brazilian dance
- OXYEYE(S)--a flowering plant
- SAXTUBA(S)--a bass saxhorn
- FIXITY(TIES)--stability
- EXPAT(S)--an expatriate person
- DIXIT(S)--a statement
- WAXEN (adj.)--covered with wax
15 November 2004
- TIPCAT--a game resembling baseball
- EYRA--a wild cat of tropical America
- PARDINE--pertaining to a leopard
- GALENA--the principal ore of lead
- NEEP--a turnip
- PUNKIN--pumpkin
- IMAGO--an adult insect
- FARL--a thin oatmean cake
- FARD--to apply cosmetics to
- AGENE--a chemical compound used in bleaching flour
08 November 2004
01 November 2004
25 October 2004
- BORA--a cold wind
- VENAE--plural of VENA (a vein)
- BANIAN--a Hindu merchant
- TZURIS--a series of misfortunes
- GENOA--a triangular sail
- KILLIE--a freshwater fish
18 October 2004
- TOFF--dandy
- GLUME--a bract on grassy plants
- ONEIRIC--pertaining to dreams
- KELIM--an Oriental tapestry (KILIM)
- TYNE--to tine (to lose)
- EMBOLY--a phase of embryo growth
- OUZEL--a European bird
- PADRI--a plural of PADRE (clergyman)
- TANTO--used in musical direction
- DATO--a Philippine tribal chief
11 October 2004
- FILARIA--a parasitic worm
- MINGY--an adjective meaning stingy
- ARCHIOTE--a yellowish red dye
- PIEROGI--a small dumpling with a filling
- AEON--an eon
- JINGAL--a heavy musket
- UNCIA--a coin of ancient Rome
- ZEBU--an Asian ox
- WIFTY--an adjective meaning ditsy
- THROE--a violent spasm of pain
- SHOAT--a young hog
- MIREX--an insecticide
04 October 2004
- FLAWY--full of flaws
- PIROG--a large Russian pastry
- URALITE--a mineral
- BUSK--to prepare
- MELTON--a heavy woolen fabric
- WEDEL--to perform a skiing technique
27 September 2004
20 September 2004
- MOXA--a Chinese plant
- ANGA--any of the eight yoga practices
- TERBIA--an oxide of TERBIUM
- BARBE--a medieval cloth headdress
- ARISTO--an aristocrat
- TRIGO--wheat
- FARCI--stuffed with chopped meat
- KINA--Papau New Guinea money unit
- ELUTE--to remove with a solvent
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- TAEL--a Chinese unit of weight
13 September 2004
- TORII--the gateway of a Japanese temple
- HUIPIL--an embroidered blouse or dress of Mexico
- KIER--a vat for boiling and dyeing fabrics
- MAQUI--a thick underbrush
- BIOTITE--a form of mica
- OBLATE--a layman in a monastery
- PLUMATE--resembling a feather
- ACEROLA--a West Indian shrub
- NEROLI--a fragrant oil
- HILLO--to HALLO (shout)
- AGLET--a metal shealth at the end of a lace
- OORALI--curare (an arrow poison)
06 September 2004
30 August 2004
23 August 2004
- FUCUS--any of a genus of brown algae
- HERN--a heron (a wading bird)
- UNDE--an adjective meaning wave
- HAUGH--a low-lying meadow
- RATITE--a flightless bird
- SETT--the burrow of a badger
16 August 2004
- PRUTA--(PRUTAH) a monetary unit of Israel
- GIAOUR--a non-Muslim
- CURF--an incision made by a cutting tool
- ORYX--an African antelope
09 August 2004
26 July 2004
05 July 2004
28 June 2004
- IXIA--a flowering plant
- CHUFA--a European sedge
- INTI--a monetary unit of Peru
- JIMP--natty
- HAZAN--a cantor
- KUDU--a large antelope
- REALIA--objects used for illustration
- EOSINE--a red dye
- ARISTO--an aristocrat
- INFARE--a reception for newlyweds
17 May 2004
- FLUYT--a type of ship
- ULPAN--a Hebrew school in Israel
- ENDRIN--an insecticide
- YAULD--vigorous
- TESLA--a magnetic induction unit
- POCO--a little-used musical direction
- MIRZA--a Persian title of honor
- INDRI--a short-tailed lemur
10 May 2004
- TAKA--a monetary unit of Bangladesh
- DADO--to set into a groove
- TRAIK--to trudge
- OAST--a type of kiln
- ZEBRINE--pertaining to a zebra
- YAUTIA--a tropical plant
- TABANID--a bloodsucking insect
- XENIA--pollen effect on plant structure
03 May 2004
26 April 2004
12 April 2004
- CLADE--a group of biological taxa
- TAHR--a goatlike mammal
- OMER--a Hebrew unit of measure
- DYNE--a unit of force
- TEPOY--a table used to serve tea
- ATLATL--used for throwing a dart
- FAUGH--used to express disgust
- CRUOR--clotted blood
- MIREX--an insecticide
- VARIA--a collection of literary works
29 March 2004
- DIXIT--a statement
- CALX--a mineral residue
- BERM--a ledge
- FOVEA--a shallow anatomical depression
- GREGO--a hooded coat
- LEUD--a feudal vassal
- MASJID--a mosque
- PEROXY--containing the bivalent O2
- SURRA--a disease of domestic animals
- TUFOLI--a large macaroni shell
- UNGOT--ungotten
- CANNULA--a tube inserted into a bodily cavity
- KAGU--a flightless bird
- GRAAL--a grail
22 March 2004
15 March 2004
08 March 2004
- VENIN--a toxin found in snake venom
- ZATFIG--full-bosomed
- WAUR--an adjective meaning worse
- UNCO--a stranger
- TAEL--a Chinese unit of weight
- NAAN--same as NAN (a round flat bread
- LUNGI--a loincloth worn by men in India
- LYTTA--a fibrous band in the tongue of certain animals
- GLOM--to steal
- AMENT--a mentally deficient person
01 March 2004
23 February 2004
16 February 2004
- AIOLI--a garlic mayonnaise
- ODYL--an OD (a hypothetical force of natural power)
- WADMAL--a thick woolen fabric
- RILL--to flow like a RILL (a small brook)
- RAINOUT--atomic fallout accurring in precipitation
- TOGATE--pertaining to ancient Rome
- PHOT--a unit of illumination
- LOOIE--a lieutenant of the armed forces
- ILIAL--ILIAC (pertaining to the ILIUM--a bone of the pelvis)
- EIDOS--an essance (the plural of EIDE)
09 February 2004
- AZOTH--mercury
- DEIFIC--godlike
- PRAU--a swift Malaysian sailing vessel
- NISI--not yet final
- MULCT--to defraud
- PELF--money or wealth
- BUTEO--a hawk
- EDDO--a tropic plant (plural is EDDOES)
- GLOST--glassy surfaced pottery
- SAVIN--an evergreen shrub
- THORP--a small village
- YAGI--a shortwave antenna
02 February 2004
- FRORE--an adjective meaning frozen
- GAMP--a large umbrella
- HOWF--a place frequently visited
- INION--a part of the skull (plural is INIA)
- LOUGH--a lake
- MOTET--a type fo choral composition
- ONTIC--(adj) having real being or existence
- ORDO--a calendar of religious directions
- PFUI--an interjection meaning phooey
- SUDD--a floating mass of vegetation
26 January 2004
19 January 2004
12 January 2004
- ABAFT--toward the stern
- ABASIA--a defect in muscular coordination in walking
- AGUE--a malarial fever
- BICE--a blue or green pigment
- CAMPO--a level grassy plain
- GARNI--garnished
- HADJ--a pilgrimage to Mecca
- KATA--an exercise of set movements
- LOOFA--a tropical vine
- MUON--an atomic particle
05 January 2004
29 December 2003
22 December 2003
- THORIC--pertaining to THORIUM (a metallic element)
- DAIKON--a Japanese radish
- TOPHE--same as TUFA (a porous limestone)
- NIEVE--the fist or hand
- DHOLE--a wild dog of India
- COTEAU--the higher ground of a region
- ALDRIN--an insecticide
15 December 2003
08 December 2003
20 October 2003
(Five Letter Words Continued)
- UNCUS--a hook-shaped anatomical part (plural is UNCI)
- TICAL--a fromer Thai unit of weight
- SENNA--a medicinal plant
- ADUST--scorched
- PAYOR--same as PAYER
- JOWAR--a DURRA (cereal grain) grown in India
- TENON--a projection on teh end of a piece of wood
- VESTA--a short friction match
- BUSBY--a tall fur hat
13 October 2003
(Five Letter Words Continued)
- GYVED--past tense of GYVE (to shackle)
- SADHU--a Hindu holy man
- STOAT--a weasel with a black-tipped tail
- AZIDO--an adjective meaning a type of chemical compound (AZIDE)
- FUGLE--to lead
- DEVEL--to strike forcible
- DICTY--snobbish
- COAPT--to fit together and make fast
- TOKED--past tense of TOKE (to take a puff on a marijuana cigarette)
- HAYER--one that hays (what else could a hayer be)??
- BAULK--same as BALK (to stop short and refuse to proceed)
- KNURS--plural of KNUR (a bump on a tree); also called KNARS
6 October 2003
Vocabulary "Unbuilder"
(Words not yet included in the Scrabble® Dictionary - from the Washington Post)
- INTAXICATION--euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it
was your money to begin with
- REINTARNATION--coming back to life as a hillbilly
- CASHTRATION--the act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent
for an indefinite period
- GIRAFFITI--vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
- SARCHASM--the gulf between the author of a sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't
get it.
- INOCULATTE--to take coffee intravenously when you are running late
- HIPATITIS--being terminally cool man cool
- KARMAGEDDON--it's like, when everybody is sending off these really bad vibes, right?
- GLIBIDO--all talk and no action
- ARACHNOLEPTIC FIT--the frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked
through a spider web
- BEELZEBUG--Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in
the morning be cast out
- CATERPALLOR--the color you turn after finding half a grub worm in the fruit you are eating
29 September 2003
(Five Letter Words)
- GEEST--old alluvial matter
- TARRE--to urge to action
- HEMIC--HEMAL (pertaining to the blood)
- BIRRS--plural of BIRR (to make a whirring noise)
- GUARS--plural of GUAR (a drought-tolerant legume)
- KETOL--a chemical compound
- GLEDE--a bird of prey
- KUSSO--same as CUSSO (an Ethiopian tree)
- KNARS--bumps on a tree
- MONDE--the world
- LOXED--to supply with LOX (liquid oxygen)
- HARED--past tense of HARE (to run)
- CHUFA--a European sedge
- JUNCO--a small finch
- SIKER--an adjective meaning secure
- PASHA--a former Turkish high official
22 September 2003
- HOLK--to HOWK (to dig)
- CONN--to direct the steering of a ship
- RYOT--a tenant farm in India
- FUCI--plural of FUCUS (any of a genus of brown algae)
- MAIR--more
- LITS--same as LITAS (former monetary unit of Lithuania)
- TOPE--to drink liquor in excess (or eat M & M's in excess
- DOTY--stained by decay
- TOBY--a type of drinking mug
- GAMB--a leg
- DORE--an adjective meaning gilded
- SYNE--since
- SNOG--to kiss
15 September 2003
- ABRI--a bomb shelter
- ANIL--a West Indian shrug
- ACYL--a univalent radical
- LITU--plural of LITAS (a former Lithuanian monetary unit)
- KHAF--same as KAPH (a Hebrew letter)
- ROUP--to auction
- KIER--a vat for boiling and dyeing fabrics
- VEGG--same as VEG (a vegetable)
8 September 2003
1 September 2003
- JINK--to move quickly out of the way
- ORBY--resembling a circle or sphere
- COFT--past tense of COFF (to buy)
- GOBO--a device used to shield a microphone from extraneous sounds
- ARVO--afternoon
- AMUS--pl. of AMU (a unit of mass)
- MEED--a deserved reward
- ENGS--a phonetic symbol
- MURK--darkness
- RECK--to be concerned about
- DELF--same as DELFT (an earthenware
- HAAF--a deep-sea fishing ground
- HERM--a type of statue
- GYVE--to shackle
- PISH--to express contempt
- TYEE--a fish food
- TIVY--an adverb meaning with great speed
25 August 2003
- WEFT--a woven fabric or garment
- HOLT--a grove
- ELMY--abounding in elms
- DOBY--same as DOBIE (meaning adobe--unburnt sun-dried brick)
- BOTA--a leather bottle
- SERS--units of weight in India
- OSAR--an oriface; a bone
- FOIN--to thrust with a pointed weapon
- ORRA--occasional
- TRUG--a gardener's basket
- PEKE--a small, long-haired dog
- DAWT--to DAUT (to fondle)
- STEY--an adjective meaning steep
18 August 2003
- CIBOL---a variety of onion
- VERT---the heraldic color green
- VERTU---same as VIRTU (a love or taste for the fine arts)
- GUANO---the accumulated excrement of sea birds
- UNCO---a stranger
- MILDEN---to make or become mild
- MILTED---to impregnate with milt (fish sperm)
- PULER---one that PULES (to whine)
- KEEF---same as KEF (hemp smoked to produce euphoria)
- KIEF---same as KEF, KEEF and KIF
- OORIE---same as OURIE (shivering with cold)
- GLUON---a hypothetical massless particle binding quarks together
- CEPE---a large mushroom
- REBOZO---a long scarf
11 August 2003
- SOIGNEE--same as SOIGNE (an adjective meaning carefully done)
- BLET--decay of fruit
- RHEUM--a watery discharge from the eyes or nose
- TABID--affected with TABES (a syphillic disease)
- AMBIT--the external boundary of something
- TAROC--the same as TAROK (a card game)
- OCTAL--pertaining to a number system with a base of eight
- CLARO--a mild cigar
- LENO--a style of weaving
- LUNE--a crescent-shaped figure
- OGDOAD--a group of eight
- PROLIX--tedeously long and wordy
- JERID--same as JEREED (a wooden javelin)
- TOWIE--a form of contract bridge for three players
- GUAN--a large bird
04 August 2003
- PRUTA--same as PRUTAH (a monetary unit of Israel)
- AGNATIC--an adjective meaning a relative on the father's side
- OHED--past tense of OH
- SOZIN--a type of protein
- HADE--to incline
- PTERIN--a chemical compound
- TROP--an adverb meaning too much
- BIRLE--to corouse
- BORNITE--an ore of copper
- INVAR--an iron-nickel alloy
28 July 2003
- HILUM--a small opening in a bodily organ
- WEKA--a flightless bird
- GONIA--plural of GONION (a part of the lower jaw)
- GONIA--plural of GONIUM (an immature reproductive cell
- IROKO--a large African tree
- REGNAL--pertaining to a king or his reign
- TORTILE--twisted; coiled
- IBICES--a plural of IBEX (a wild goat); IBEXES is also good
- ANTIAR--an arrow poison
- UREIDE--a chemical compound
- UREDO--a skin irritation
- ALDOL--a chemical compound
- PANGA--a large knife
- PUTTO--an infant boy in art (the plural is PUTTI)
21 July 2003
14 July 2003
- CHIAO--a monetary unit of China
- BOTHY--a hut in Scotland
- MIDGE--a small winged insect
- PUISINE--one of lesser rank
- FICTIVE--imaginary
- PAREU--a Polynesian garment
- CUBOID--a bone of the foot
- SONE--a unit of loudness
07 July 2003
- DHOTI--a loincloth worn by Hindu men
- BUTEO--a hawk
- THIOL--a sulfur compound
- PEIN--to PEEN (to beat with the non-flat end of a hammerhead)
- BUMF--paperwork
- ROUP--to auction
- BOYAR--a former Russian aristocrat
30 June 2003
- DAKOIT--same as DACOIT (a bandit in India)
- THIO--an adjective which means containing sulfur
- YODH--same as YOD (a Hebrew letter)
- HAIK--an outer garment worn by Arabs (pl. HAIKS, HAIKA)
- GLIA--supporting tissue that binds nerve tissue
- PHOT--a unit of illumination
- THOLING--to endure
- OUPHE--an elf
23 June 2003
- RAGOUT--to make into a highly seasoned stew
- CIBOL--a variety of onion
- TAFIA--an inferior rum
- GREE--to agree
- EELY--resembling an eel
- DOLCI--plural of DOLCE (a soft-toned organ stop)
- LOTIC--pertaining to moving water
- OXTER--the armpit
- MOTEY--full of motes
- ALIYOT--plural of ALIYAH (the immigration of Jews to Israel)
- KOAN--a paradox meditated on by Buddhist monks
- DROUK--to drench
- MINA--an ancient unit of weight and value
- HYOID--the bone of the tongue
16 June 2003
- LORN--abandoned
- FANO--same as FANON (a cape worn by the Pope)
- BLAIN--a blister
- RAPINI--a type of broccoli related to the turnip
- NOVENAE--plural of NOVENA (a religious devotion lasting nine days)
- VERBID--verbal
- KAON--a type of MESON (a subatomic particle)
- URARI--same as CURARE (an arrow poison)
09 June 2003
- EGGAR--same as EGGER (a kind of moth)
- GLED--same as GLEDE (a bird of prey)
- VATIC--pertaining to a prophet
- INFIX--to implant
- TOGUE--a freshwater fish
- GRIVET--a small monkey
- JAGG--same as JAG
- SKEAN--same as SKENE (a type of dagger)
- LOTA--same as LOTAH (a small water vessel used in India
- DARIC--an ancient Persian coin
- GOBO--a device used to shield a microphone from outside sounds
- DEVON--one of a breed of small, hardy cattle
- CONN--to direct the steering of a ship
- BANI--plural of BAN
02 June 2003
26 May 2003
- LUNT--to emit smoke
- NURL--same as KNURL (to make grooves or ridges in)
- CION--a cutting from a plant or tree
- AROID--a flowering plant
- AIOLI--a garlic mayonnaise
- SOUK--a marketplace in northern Africa and the Middle East
- SPRUG--a sparrow
19 May 2003
12 May 2003
05 May 2003
28 April 2003
21 April 2003
14 April 2003
- LAKING--the reddening of blood plasma by hemoglobin release
- PSOAE--plural of PSOAS (a muscle of the loin)
- CHAM--same as KHAN (an Asian ruler)
- ALGID--an adjective meaning cold
- ODIC--pertaining to an ode
- PHUT--a dull, abrupt sound (like when Chuckie is talking)
- CLON--a group of asexually derived organisms
- EMF--a difference in electric potentials
07 April 2003
- GAOLED--to jail
- YAUP--to YAWP (to utter a loud, harsh cry)
- YARROW--a perennial tree
- CEIBA--a tropical tree
- HUNH--used to ask for a repetition of an utterance
- OSTIA--plural of OSTIUM (an openign in a bodily organ)
- ULVA--an edible seaweed
- TOLU--a fragrant resin
- ARIOSE--characterized by a melody
- TABLA--a small drum
- CHAD--a scrap of paper
31 March 2003
- PENGO--a former monetary unit of Hungary
- PAEON--a metrical foot of four syllables
- AREOLA--a small space in a network of leaf veins
- FAENA--a series of passes made by a matador in a bullfight
- MUNI--a security issued by a state or local government
- FLECHE--a steeple
- LUNY--same as LOONY (think ROY NAYLOR)
- NURD--same as NERD (think CHUCKIE EVANS)
24 March 2003
- FOIN--to thrust with a pointed weapon
- BUTED--a hawk
- DONGA--a gully in a veldt
- VELDT--same as VELD (a grassland in southern Africa)
- FID--a square bar used as a support for a topmast
- AGIO--a premium paid for the exchange of one currency for another
- IMPI--a body of warriors
- SANTIMI--a former coin of Latvia
- CORF--a wagon used in a mine
- MOMI--plural of MOMUS (a carping person)
17 March 2003
10 March 2003
- PAROL--an utterance
- OLLA--a wide-mouth pot or jar
- IMID--same as IMIDE (a chemical compound)
- PREE--to test by tasting
- REWAN--past tense of REWIN
- DARIC--an ancient Persian coin
- IMINO--an adjective which means 'to contain an IMINE'
- WERT--a second person singular past tense of 'to be'
03 March 2003
- WAUR--worse
- IMBOWER--same as EMBOWER (to surround with foilage)
- PUTON--a hoax or deception
- REDENY--to deny again
- HOLM--an island in a river
- SUPERLIE--to lie above
- KILTY--same as KILTIE (one who wears a kilt)
- COALA--same as KOALA (an Australian mammal)
- FETIAL--a priest of ancient Rome
- ILIA--plural of ILIUM (a bone of the pelvis)
24 February 2003
- GENIP--a tropical tree
- KAROO--same as KARROO (a dry plateau)
- ORMER--an ABALONE (an edible shellfish)
- HEUCH--same as HEUGH (a very steep cliff)
- ZORILLA, ZORILLE, ZORILLO--same as ZORIL (a small African mammal)
- ILEUS--an intestinal obstruction
17 February 2003
- INCEPT--to take in
- SOJA--the soybean
- COMAL--an adjective meaning COMOSE (bearing a tuft of silky hairs)
- TIVY--an adverb meaning 'with great speed'
- TORR--a unit of pressure (TORR is both singular and plural)
- FUMET--the odor of meat while cooking
- INIA--plural of INION (part of the skull)