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John Barrs
March 6th, 2007, 06:21 PM
Here are 16 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and
wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide
which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply
to this one), before the deadline..

1:00 pm on Thursday, 08 Mar 2007 in the UK
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8:00 am East Coast USA
5:00 am West Coast USA

New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you
may vote.

JohnnyB

(using DIXOBASE)

1. the state of being in love

2. any disease of the skin

3. conversion of limestone into marble

4. [med] a soft calcification of the liver

5. the absorption of calcium into plant tissues

6. an inescapable fear that something dire is about to happen

7. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region

8. [med] depraved or morbidly ravenous appetite caused by disease

9. [bot] discoloring and loss of leaves caused by an excess of water

10. the process through which ions are transported through a membrane

11. the process by which chloroplasts reduce carbon dioxide and
liberate oxygen

12. The slow geological process by which a rocky shore is transformed
into a sandy beach

13. the state of being one hour late for appointments after missing
the switch to Summer Time

14. occupational asthma, esp. among quarrymen [_lime_ + _-osis_; orig.
thought to be caused by limestone dust]

15. the general form or a quantity indicative of the general form of a
statistical frequency curve near the mean of the distribution

16. the process resulting in the formation of calcified masses such as
stalagmites and stalactites in cavernsthe process by which stalactites
and stalagmites form in caverns

Judy Madnick
March 6th, 2007, 07:29 PM
<< 1. the state of being in love (too cute!!)

<< 6. an inescapable fear that something dire is about to happen

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

BobStone
March 6th, 2007, 09:58 PM
I'll hang my hat on numbers #1 snd #2'

-Bob Stone

Daniel B. Widdis
March 7th, 2007, 12:00 AM
9 and 12 please.

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Keno77773@aol.com
March 7th, 2007, 01:31 AM
#8 and #12 Wild A$$ guess, I deleted the list by accident.

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Dave Cunningham
March 7th, 2007, 05:51 AM
1 and 15 to spread out the votes a bit ..

Dave

Wayne Scott
March 7th, 2007, 08:03 PM
2 & 4, please.


-----Original Message-----

From: "John Barrs" <bonnyjars (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk>
Subj: [Dixonary] Rnd 1790: LIMOSIS - Defs Up
Date: Tue Mar 6, 2007 2:21 pm
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To: coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com

Here are 16 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and
wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide
which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply
to this one), before the deadline..

1:00 pm on Thursday, 08 Mar 2007 in the UK
4:00 pm in Moscow, Niarobi, Tehran, & Bagdhad
8:00 am East Coast USA
5:00 am West Coast USA

New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you
may vote.

JohnnyB

(using DIXOBASE)

1. the state of being in love

2. any disease of the skin

3. conversion of limestone into marble

4. [med] a soft calcification of the liver

5. the absorption of calcium into plant tissues

6. an inescapable fear that something dire is about to happen

7. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region

8. [med] depraved or morbidly ravenous appetite caused by disease

9. [bot] discoloring and loss of leaves caused by an excess of water

10. the process through which ions are transported through a membrane

11. the process by which chloroplasts reduce carbon dioxide and
liberate oxygen

12. The slow geological process by which a rocky shore is transformed
into a sandy beach

13. the state of being one hour late for appointments after missing
the switch to Summer Time

14. occupational asthma, esp. among quarrymen [_lime_ + _-osis_; orig.
thought to be caused by limestone dust]

15. the general form or a quantity indicative of the general form of a
statistical frequency curve near the mean of the distribution

16. the process resulting in the formation of calcified masses such as
stalagmites and stalactites in cavernsthe process by which stalactites
and stalagmites form in caverns