Dave Cunningham
October 29th, 2006, 07:06 AM
Hugo's drawing tool wins in a walk with 8 natural points, making Guerri the real winner this time out. I found the word when looking for odd words used to describe collectors for a trivia quiz, and this one really leapt out for sure! Wayne gets 2 dealer points for his lost def. Now off to tend Mathew (our five year old grand nephew).
1. A ghostwriter. [Abell] 17 19 (Savage) (Shefler) 2
2. A person trained to take miographs, but not a qualified miometrician. [Bourne] 6 10 nil
3. Someone who makes drawings of microbes. [Emery] NV (Barrs) (Kornelis) 2
4. One who records, narrates, or comments on techniques for divination. [Carson] 17 19 (Scott) 1
5. One who writes about cheese. [Stone] 16 17 (Scott) 1
6. One trained in the description and cataloging of maps. [Widdis] 14 16 (Bourne) 1
7. One who records and reports data dealing with population fertility or birth rate. [Danielson] 8 19 (Schultz) 1
8. A device used to measure the height of a land mass from a distant point. [Stevens] 14 19 (Danielson) (Lance) (Kornelis) (Madnick) (Crom) 5!!
9. A collector or writer of proverbs. [Webster] (Savage) (Barrs) D2
10. One who investigates and authors treatises exposing fraudulent medical theory. [Madnick] 8 19 (Bourne) 1
11. The color-reference video target(s) on the Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity. [Hirst] 12 19 nil
12. One who obsessively records the details of his or her sexual activities. [Lance] 8 13 (Hirst) 1
13. A designer of baby carriages. [Shefler] 1 19 (Lance) 1
14. A person who writes in parables or riddles. [Crom] NV (Schultz) (Widdis) (Stevens) 3
15. One who studies deviousness by recording answers whose subjects are at variance with the subject of the questions asked. [Barrs] 3 *9 2 + 0 = 2
16. An author who writes historical fiction, or pseudo-history. [Savage] 1 *9 (Stone) (Widdis) 2 + 2 = 4
17. A ghostwriter for the putative author of a memoir or autobiography. [Schultz] 7 14 (Stone) (Carson) (Abell) 3
18. [Med.] One who researches deficiencies of the muscular system. [Heimerson] NV nil
19. A drawing tool that uses several circles and ellipses with tandwheels and holes to produce drawing patterns. [Kornelis] 3 8 (Hirst) (Stevens) (Danielson) (Shefler) (Madnick) (Carson) (Crom) (Abell) 8<<<<
Scott 4 5 2DP for def lost in email
Dave
1. A ghostwriter. [Abell] 17 19 (Savage) (Shefler) 2
2. A person trained to take miographs, but not a qualified miometrician. [Bourne] 6 10 nil
3. Someone who makes drawings of microbes. [Emery] NV (Barrs) (Kornelis) 2
4. One who records, narrates, or comments on techniques for divination. [Carson] 17 19 (Scott) 1
5. One who writes about cheese. [Stone] 16 17 (Scott) 1
6. One trained in the description and cataloging of maps. [Widdis] 14 16 (Bourne) 1
7. One who records and reports data dealing with population fertility or birth rate. [Danielson] 8 19 (Schultz) 1
8. A device used to measure the height of a land mass from a distant point. [Stevens] 14 19 (Danielson) (Lance) (Kornelis) (Madnick) (Crom) 5!!
9. A collector or writer of proverbs. [Webster] (Savage) (Barrs) D2
10. One who investigates and authors treatises exposing fraudulent medical theory. [Madnick] 8 19 (Bourne) 1
11. The color-reference video target(s) on the Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity. [Hirst] 12 19 nil
12. One who obsessively records the details of his or her sexual activities. [Lance] 8 13 (Hirst) 1
13. A designer of baby carriages. [Shefler] 1 19 (Lance) 1
14. A person who writes in parables or riddles. [Crom] NV (Schultz) (Widdis) (Stevens) 3
15. One who studies deviousness by recording answers whose subjects are at variance with the subject of the questions asked. [Barrs] 3 *9 2 + 0 = 2
16. An author who writes historical fiction, or pseudo-history. [Savage] 1 *9 (Stone) (Widdis) 2 + 2 = 4
17. A ghostwriter for the putative author of a memoir or autobiography. [Schultz] 7 14 (Stone) (Carson) (Abell) 3
18. [Med.] One who researches deficiencies of the muscular system. [Heimerson] NV nil
19. A drawing tool that uses several circles and ellipses with tandwheels and holes to produce drawing patterns. [Kornelis] 3 8 (Hirst) (Stevens) (Danielson) (Shefler) (Madnick) (Carson) (Crom) (Abell) 8<<<<
Scott 4 5 2DP for def lost in email
Dave