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April 6th, 2014, 04:28 PM
Millie Morgan is the next dealer. John Barrs saw the def the same place I did - in a recent issue of New Scientist. It also appears on Wiktionary and several other places.
1. a type of permafrost consisting primarily of loess and organic
material, believed to sequester large amounts of carbon.
Submitter: Carson Vote: N/V 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Madnick; Bourne
2. [Jap.] kielbasa; Polish sausage.
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 8 & 15 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Mallach
3. a Hungarian dish of lamb, peppers, and dumplings flavored with a
variety of spices.
Submitter: Schultz Votes: 11 & 15 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Mallach
4. [Arab.] insult referring to the genitals of a person's mother
(brought back from the Middle East after WW I by English soldiers).
Submitter: Mallach Votes: 2 & 3 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
5. an infection of finger or toenail cuticles.
Submitter: Weltz Votes: 8 & 11 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Hale
6. (approximately 7.5 km). [Lap.] the distance a reindeer can travel
before needing to stop to urinate.
Submitter: Dictionary Vote: N/A D2
Voted for by: Keating; Bourne
7. extreme insignificance.
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 10 & 11 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Hale
8. a hereditary skin disorder in which skin growths caused by the human
papilloma virus (HPV) spread out of control.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 1 & 11 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Cunningham; Weltz; Graham
9. [Obs. nonce-wd] a route map [Gk. poros - way, distance; sema - seed]
Submitter: Barrs Vote: DQ DQ + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Morgan
10. an informal fallacy of logic where the consequence of the phenomenon
is claimed to be its root cause (see also circular cause and
consequence).
Submitter: Hale Votes: 5 & 7 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Stevens; Morgan
11. a monotypic plant genus containing the single species P. luffa, the
fibrous fruit of which is dried, bleached, and used as a bath sponge
or for scrubbing.
Submitter: Morgan Votes: 9 & 10 0 + 5 = 5
Voted for by: Schultz; Weltz; Stevens; Madnick; Graham
12. [Esperanto] fiercely loyal.
Submitter: Shepherdson Vote: N/V 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
13. a Finnish dish similar to Icelandic kćstur hákarl (‘rotten shark’)
made from the fermented flesh of the sleeper shark, Somniosus
microcephalus.
Submitter: Keating Votes: *6* & [13] 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: [Keating]
14. a group of American Indian petroglyphs encountered in 1805 by
explorers William Lewis and Meriwether Clark in what is now the
American state of Montana.
Submitter: Graham Votes: 8 & 11 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
15. a hidden building for the storage of grain, often high on a cliff
face and built of stone or adobe.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: 1 & *6* 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Cunningham; Schultz
16. a disagreeable yellowish brown color.
Submitter: Abell Vote: N/V 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
1. a type of permafrost consisting primarily of loess and organic
material, believed to sequester large amounts of carbon.
Submitter: Carson Vote: N/V 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Madnick; Bourne
2. [Jap.] kielbasa; Polish sausage.
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 8 & 15 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Mallach
3. a Hungarian dish of lamb, peppers, and dumplings flavored with a
variety of spices.
Submitter: Schultz Votes: 11 & 15 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Mallach
4. [Arab.] insult referring to the genitals of a person's mother
(brought back from the Middle East after WW I by English soldiers).
Submitter: Mallach Votes: 2 & 3 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
5. an infection of finger or toenail cuticles.
Submitter: Weltz Votes: 8 & 11 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Hale
6. (approximately 7.5 km). [Lap.] the distance a reindeer can travel
before needing to stop to urinate.
Submitter: Dictionary Vote: N/A D2
Voted for by: Keating; Bourne
7. extreme insignificance.
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 10 & 11 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Hale
8. a hereditary skin disorder in which skin growths caused by the human
papilloma virus (HPV) spread out of control.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 1 & 11 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Cunningham; Weltz; Graham
9. [Obs. nonce-wd] a route map [Gk. poros - way, distance; sema - seed]
Submitter: Barrs Vote: DQ DQ + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Morgan
10. an informal fallacy of logic where the consequence of the phenomenon
is claimed to be its root cause (see also circular cause and
consequence).
Submitter: Hale Votes: 5 & 7 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Stevens; Morgan
11. a monotypic plant genus containing the single species P. luffa, the
fibrous fruit of which is dried, bleached, and used as a bath sponge
or for scrubbing.
Submitter: Morgan Votes: 9 & 10 0 + 5 = 5
Voted for by: Schultz; Weltz; Stevens; Madnick; Graham
12. [Esperanto] fiercely loyal.
Submitter: Shepherdson Vote: N/V 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
13. a Finnish dish similar to Icelandic kćstur hákarl (‘rotten shark’)
made from the fermented flesh of the sleeper shark, Somniosus
microcephalus.
Submitter: Keating Votes: *6* & [13] 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: [Keating]
14. a group of American Indian petroglyphs encountered in 1805 by
explorers William Lewis and Meriwether Clark in what is now the
American state of Montana.
Submitter: Graham Votes: 8 & 11 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
15. a hidden building for the storage of grain, often high on a cliff
face and built of stone or adobe.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: 1 & *6* 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Cunningham; Schultz
16. a disagreeable yellowish brown color.
Submitter: Abell Vote: N/V 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by: