(so cow-eyed was nudging close? ;) )

pruritus = itching


kythe..............

To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare

Empyreumatic

Empyreuma = to set on fire..


spignel.......

Empyreuma = to set on fire..


spignel.......

Empyreumatic......A quality of smell sensation...e.g. Smell of tar.

Spignel... is an attractive, aromatic member of the Umbellifer (carrot) family, with a mainly north-westerly distribution in the UK. In Renfrewshire.


Zoopsia

ZoopsiaVisual hallucination of animals; sometimes occurring in delirium tremens

... and also occurring when the Babycham reindeer skips along the street after you on the way home from the pub!

Slub

Hello, knitters :wave:

slub = a slightly twisted roll or sliver of wool....v.t: to form into slubs in preparation for spinning. ( Hi! I'm a crocheter ;))

phlorizir

phlorizir

do you mean phlorizin nana? its a medicine used for diabetics.


pejorative

do you mean phlorizin nana? its a medicine used for diabetics.


pejorative

a belittling or disparaging word or expression

somnambulist

somnambulist

sleep walker


propitiation

sleep walker


propitiation

gaining or regaining favour or goodwill (religious term mostly?)

pulex irritans

Transmogrify - change

Osmosis - change

Alter - change

Osmosis - change


hey cress :)

and i think you mean metamorphosis mrs malaprop! :D

i shall explain this old game to new-comers.....

you post a word....

next poster gives the correct definition and posts the next word

pulex irritans

the human flea


cogitate

cogitate

To think about something a lot

soporific

soporific

Sleep-inducing

Sorority

Sleep-inducing

Sorority

sisterhood - a group of women (opposite of fraternity)

convex

sisterhood - a group of women (opposite of fraternity)

convex

Curved outwards: Bulging.




Contravene

Curved outwards: Bulging.
Contravene

to be against/oppose

parsimonious

to be against/oppose

parsimonious

Careful in the use of money


Parley

Careful in the use of money
Parley

To speak

condense

condense.........compact/reduce




SARMENTOSE

SARMENTOSE

a type of plant which has long slender stolons

perjury

telling lies about evidence when on oath in a court

perspicacious

telling lies about evidence when on oath in a court

perspicacious

Easily understood


pestilent...........

perspicacious

very perceptive

pentapeptide

a protein made with 5 amino acids


ambivalent

having more than one possible meaning (can also mean, in two minds about something)

rhomboid

rhomboid

Rhombus-shaped! (Wrong!!! A rhombus has sides of equal lengths, not necessary for a rhomboid - a parallelogram in which adjacent sides are of unequal lengths and angles are oblique)

Rhumb

Rhumb

a line crossing all meridians at the same angle

paradox

paradox

contradictory/unbeleivable

Kinesthesia.....

Kinesthesia = proprioception

kleptomaniac

kleptomaniac

thief/pilfer



Adherence......

Adherence......

obedience

facetious

obedience

facetious
joking/jocular


Banausic

Banausic

mechanical - something that is utilised

sycophant

mechanical - something that is utilised

sycophant

seeks favour


suppletion

suppletion

the use of an unrelated form to complete a paradigm

articulate

the use of an unrelated form to complete a paradigm

articulate

connected by joints


oversexed

oversexed

nymphomaniac

metatarsal

nymphomaniac

metatarsal

bones in foot


Metaprotein

Metaprotein

nondescript term for derived protein *sticky's a DR!!*

vacuous

To speak

condense

To make smaller ?



Approach...........

Approach...........

To go up to/broach a subject

retrospective

To go up to/broach a subject

retrospective

Looking or directed backwards


Impulsive

Impulsive
To act spontaneously.

septum

To act spontaneously.

septum

A partition such as that between the nostrils



Require...........

Require...........

Need/want

tragus (hint, I have a ring through it ;) )

Need/want

tragus (hint, I have a ring through it ;) )

Outer ear



Population...........

Outer ear - outer ear? No - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragus_piercing

Population...........

people/animals etc inhabiting an area

malapropism

malapropism

Using the wrong word or phrase - today's example from Radio 4 news 'but we wouldn't want to tell the world and his oyster'.

Propensity

Propensity - tendency/inclination

spoonerism

spoonerism

spoonerisms are commonly heard as slips of the tongue resulting from unintentionally getting one's words in a tangle eg "A well-boiled icicle" (well-oiled bicycle)


palestine

palestine

The region between the mediterranean Sea and the Jordan river

Credibility

The region between the mediterranean Sea and the Jordan river

Credibility

Refers to the objective and subjective components of the believability of a service or message.



Hipomonsteresquipedalophobia :P

Hipomonsteresquipedalophobia :P

fear of long wooooooooordssssssssss!

porcine

fear of long wooooooooordssssssssss!

porcine

pigs/hogs

Potation

Potation

Serving of drink - cheers :thumbsup:

facile

facile
easy


malachite

malachite

copper carbonate

hypochondriac

hypochondriac
fixated to medicine

Pachydermatous

Pachydermatous

thick skinned

hypocrite

hypocrite

pretend to be something your not

Vacuous

Vacuous

empty

karma

karma
determining fate


Halyard

Halyard

line of rope pulling up a sail/flag

repudiate

repudiate

disown


Rhinorrhea

Rhinorrhea

Runny nose

Hippocampus

Hippocampus

The hippocampus is a part of the forebrain, located in the medial temporal lobe. It belongs to the limbic system and plays major roles in short term memory and spatial navigation. In Alzheimer's disease the hippocampus is one of the first regions of the brain to suffer damage; memory problems and disorientation appear among the first symptoms.


The Democratic Party

The hippocampus is a part of the forebrain, located in the medial temporal lobe. It belongs to the limbic system and plays major roles in short term memory and spatial navigation. In Alzheimer's disease the hippocampus is one of the first regions of the brain to suffer damage; memory problems and disorientation appear among the first symptoms.

...or seahorses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seahorse).

Carry on :)

The Democratic Party

...or seahorses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seahorse).


woah! deja vu or what. we've been here before if i recall correctly :)

The Democratic Party

The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The party's nominee for President of the United States in the upcoming 2008 election is Senator Barack Obama of Illinois (OBAA-MA!! OBAA-MA!!) and the nominee for Vice President of the United States is Senator Joe Biden of Delaware.


de facto

de facto

De facto is a Latin expression that means "of the fact" or "in practice" but not ordained by law.


tanakh

tanakh

bible used in judaism


telespectroscope

telespectroscope

A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars


endometriosis

endometriosis


Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus (the endometrial stroma and glands, which should only be located inside the uterus) is found elsewhere in the body. Endometriosis lesions can be found anywhere in the pelvic cavity: on the ovaries, the fallopian tubes, and on the pelvic sidewall. It occurs in roughly 5% to 10% of women.


melanoma

melanoma

Skin cancer

Obmutescent

Loss of speech: obstinate silence.

piepowder

[QUOTE=Solomon1;4095848]do you mean phlorizin nana? its a medicine used for diabetics.
PHLORIZIR a bitter substance found in the root bark of the apple pear and other trees.
Therefore you may be perfectly correct darling.
Better late than never!:P.....................

Therefore you may be perfectly correct darling.
Better late than never!:P.....................

where you been nana? get back in the game girl! :)

piepowder

a traveller or wayfarer


short-selling

A pure guess here- short selling = not feeling good about oneself? not confident?

Sorry, nanrobbo :)

short-selling

A preposterous bit of financial jiggery-pokery.

Borrowing something to sell it and buy it at a lower price in order to give it back to the lender, having made a profit.

Chicanery

legal dodges and quibbles; pettifogging.



ichnolite

Borrowing something to sell it and buy it at a lower price in order to give it back to the lender, having made a profit.


and theres another fine mess you've gotten me in to! :)

ichnolite

A fossilized footprint


credit default swaps

High finance!

High finance!

wheres your word nanna? :)

credit default swaps

A credit default swap (CDS) is a swap contract in which a buyer makes a series of payments to a seller, and in exchange receives the right to a payoff if a credit instrument goes into default or on the occurrence of a specified credit event, for example bankruptcy or restructuring


DVD region code

DVD region code

DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played. Discs without region coding are called all region or region 0 discs. North America is region 1. Europe, region 2.


futures (derivatives)

futures (derivatives)

A derivative is a financial contract whose payoffs over time are
derived from the performance of assets (such as commodities, shares or
bonds), interest rates, exchange rates, or indices (such as a stock
market index, consumer price index (CPI) or an index of weather
conditions)."

With a derivative, you are neither buying part of a company, as with a
stock, nor lending to a company, as with a bond. Instead, you are
making some other kind of bet or deal with some other party where the
payoff depends on what some asset (or rate or index) will do in the
future.

Options and futures are common forms of derivatives




testosterone

essential for anyone playing the stock market.


cateran

testosterone

essential for anyone playing the stock market

:)....Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group. In mammals, testosterone is primarily secreted in the testes of males and the ovaries (!) of females, although small amounts are also secreted by the adrenal glands. It is the principal male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid.

cateran

a band of fighting men of a Scotland Highland clan


gothic

pertaining to Goths and their language: also a style of architecture.


quidam

quidam - Somebody

Quidnunc

one who is curious to know or pretends to know everything that is going on: A newsmonger (that's a good word).


mulse

gothic

Of or relating to the Middle Ages; medieval

:)

mulse

wine boiled and mingled with honey


euphemism

Of or relating to the Middle Ages; medieval

:)
:P also what I said!

euphemism = use of a soft or pleasing term in place of a harsh one: a softened expression.



mullock

mullock

rubbish

you from buckinghamshire nanna? :)


sartorial

sartorial

relating to tailors, clothes, style of dress

Temerity

Temerity

reckless boldness

(freudian ouija? :))


futtock shrouds

rubbish

you from buckinghamshire nanna? :)


sartorial
Sheffield born and bred. mullock is also an Oz word for rock from which gold has been extracted.

reckless boldness

(freudian ouija? :))


futtock shrouds
two short shrouds from an iron plate at the head of a lower mast to a band on the mast below.



gaby

Sheffield born and bred. mullock is also an Oz word for rock from which gold has been extracted.

ahhh.....:)

gaby

the home of the world's largest sunflower in italy


UNESCO

gaby = a fool a simpleton. (as you probably well knew)

the home of the world's largest sunflower in italy


UNESCO
UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organisation

Woulfe bottle

gaby = a fool a simpleton. (as you probably well knew)

i didn't nanna :)....that's what wiki came up with :D

UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organisation

yes...and is an organisation that educates for peace and non-violence

Woulfe bottle

A kind of wash bottle with two or three necks


flarp

i didn't nanna :)....that's what wiki came up with :D

Forget wiki- hit the books!

Flarp ?? might try wiki.

Forget wiki- hit the books!

Flarp ?? might try wiki.

:D

how you gettn on nanna? :)

Really good Solomon, off to hospital on Monday for a little op on my hand- fortunately not my typing hand;) Hope you had a great birthday. Nanna xx

Flarp = ?

flarp - the magic word that must be in a computer program, otherwise it won't work. From the Jargon File (http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/F/flarp.html).

faldstool

Good luck with the op, nanrobbo :)

Thanks maggi.
faldstool = a portable folding seat/stool esp. used by a bishop.
a desk or stool to kneel at during ones devotions.

nidorose

If nidorose is the same as niderous...

smelling like roasted or bad meat

Hope you're recovering well nanrobbo :)

Nidology

how you doing nanna? :)

Nidology

the study of birds nests


erudite

erudite : smart like us ;)

eructation

how you doing nanna? :)
ok but one handed at the moment- operation was a success- thank the lord for painkillers tho. nanna xx

erudite : smart like us ;)

yeah baby! :D


eructation

buuuRRRp


'to run the gauntlet'

ok but one handed at the moment- operation was a success- thank the lord for painkillers tho. nanna xx

what happened to you again? :)

'to run the gauntlet'

To go through a series of criticisms or harsh treatments at the hands of one's detractors.
(http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/run-the-gauntlet.html)
What a fascinating bit of phraseology!

gambrinous

Hope you're recuperated, nanrobbo :)

To go through a series of criticisms or harsh treatments at the hands of one's detractors.
(http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/run-the-gauntlet.html)
What a fascinating bit of phraseology!

isn't it :)


gambrinous


full of beer



deflation (economics)

(ps nanna's doing fine :))

deflation (economics)

Fings ain't what they used to be.

Syncope (phonetics) - give an example and show your workings!