Toni Savage
October 15th, 2006, 11:44 AM
Yikes! Sorry for the delay... just woke up!
OK! 18 lovely definitions for your perusal (nice to be able to use a word like that and know everyone will know it!).
Please vote for TWO by 9pm ET Monday, Oct. 16. That's 6pm Pacific, and the wee smalls of Tuesday on the Other Side.
1. a genus of Psocidae
2. An artificial gemstone of various colours, having exceptional hardness and durability, often used in high-end
costume jewelry.
3. the average (mean) fee commanded for a particular legal service.
4. a hidden room in a sepulchre for the storage of reliquaries.
5. A vault with niches for urns containing ashes of the dead. One of the niches in such a vault.
6. atomic [arch., obs.]
7. a sacrifice where images of gods were placed on couches and offered food.
8. a feeling of well-being, a habitual happy mood.
9. A coarse (1-2 cm) aggregate used in Roman concrete.
10. _rare_ a model, especially of a molecule
11. the cutting edge of a bird's bill
12. A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the main altar.
13. in ancient Egypt, the inner sanctum of a temple or shrine.
14. A large awning.
15. (Chiefly 19c. Brit.) A derogatory, character-assassinating speech directed against a political opponent.
16. [1811] A proposed name for the new metallic element eventually named aluminum (aluminium).
17. an as yet undiscovered element whose existence is predicted by string theory [ L. tomix 'string']
18. a plump, naked, winged boy in artwork
-- Toni Savage
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OK! 18 lovely definitions for your perusal (nice to be able to use a word like that and know everyone will know it!).
Please vote for TWO by 9pm ET Monday, Oct. 16. That's 6pm Pacific, and the wee smalls of Tuesday on the Other Side.
1. a genus of Psocidae
2. An artificial gemstone of various colours, having exceptional hardness and durability, often used in high-end
costume jewelry.
3. the average (mean) fee commanded for a particular legal service.
4. a hidden room in a sepulchre for the storage of reliquaries.
5. A vault with niches for urns containing ashes of the dead. One of the niches in such a vault.
6. atomic [arch., obs.]
7. a sacrifice where images of gods were placed on couches and offered food.
8. a feeling of well-being, a habitual happy mood.
9. A coarse (1-2 cm) aggregate used in Roman concrete.
10. _rare_ a model, especially of a molecule
11. the cutting edge of a bird's bill
12. A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the main altar.
13. in ancient Egypt, the inner sanctum of a temple or shrine.
14. A large awning.
15. (Chiefly 19c. Brit.) A derogatory, character-assassinating speech directed against a political opponent.
16. [1811] A proposed name for the new metallic element eventually named aluminum (aluminium).
17. an as yet undiscovered element whose existence is predicted by string theory [ L. tomix 'string']
18. a plump, naked, winged boy in artwork
-- Toni Savage
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