PDA

View Full Version : [Dixonary] Round 1889: Vote for OTAVITE


Tim B
March 12th, 2008, 07:24 AM
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
one), before the deadline, which is 9 am GMT/UTC on Friday 14th. That
probably around 4 am in New York and 1 am on the West Coast, but please
do your own sums to check that. When does Summer/Daylight time start
over there, BTW?

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are in
the file RULES.DIX which must be in the GoogleGroups library somewhere.

I hope I haven't missed any definitions here; these are all the ones
that have reached any of my addresses, and I have checked the Junk folders.

1: A vitamin originally discovered in ear-wax.

2: A fine given to married women for adultery.

3: An Australian delicacy made from ear yeast.

4: A detonator activated by electrical impulse.

5: A small crustacean found in the Indian Ocean.

6: A very soft, dark-colored mineral similar to talc.

7: A section of land used for the cultivation of oats.

8: _Obs._ A member of a convent or other religious community.

9: A trigonal mineral associated with oxidized base-metal ores.

10: A soft gray-green mineral with properties similar to soapstone.

11: A crystalline rock found in thin layers around volcanic inclusions.

12: A Renaissance woman's sleeveless sleeping-dress for warmer weathers.

13: In the Russian Orthodox Church, a priest higher than a bishop but
below a metropolitan.

14: A variation of the Vegemite spread made with added egg yolk and
supplemental vitamin E.

15: A potent, vodka-like liquor produced in Norway, chiefly for local
consumption. Also _utavit_.

16: An enzyme that catalyzes the removal of oxygen and hydrogen from
organic compounds in the form of water.

17: A children's nutritional supplement, containing a wide variety of
vitamins and minerals; it is like jam in consistency, so can be eaten
alone or spread on bread or crackers.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

EnDash@aol.com
March 12th, 2008, 07:32 AM
OTAVITE

I'll vote for 14 and 17

-- Dick Weltz



**************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money &
Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)

Judy Madnick
March 12th, 2008, 07:44 AM
Too many good ones. I'll go for:

<< 5: A small crustacean found in the Indian Ocean.

<< 11: A crystalline rock found in thin layers around volcanic
<< inclusions.

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

JohnnyB
March 12th, 2008, 08:18 AM
Wow!

Although I love the def, someone who can talk about vegemite without mentioning marmite is a patagonian pagan so I have to eliminate
that but there still are too many . rocks or food or clothes ... I'll take a rock and a clothing -

#9 and #12 please



JohnnyB

Dave Cunningham
March 12th, 2008, 08:55 AM
12 and 13 -- my NAD got in, but my real one didn't ...


Dave

On Mar 12, 8:24*am, Tim B <dixon... (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
> one), before the deadline, which is 9 am GMT/UTC on Friday 14th. That
> probably around 4 am in New York and 1 am on the West Coast, but please
> * do your own sums to check that. When does Summer/Daylight time start
> over there, BTW?
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
> round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are in
> the file RULES.DIX which must be in the GoogleGroups library somewhere.
>
> I hope I haven't missed any definitions here; these are all the ones
> that have reached any of my addresses, and I have checked the Junk folders..
>
> * 1: A vitamin originally discovered in ear-wax.
>
> * 2: A fine given to married women for adultery.
>
> * 3: An Australian delicacy made from ear yeast.
>
> * 4: A detonator activated by electrical impulse.
>
> * 5: A small crustacean found in the Indian Ocean.
>
> * 6: A very soft, dark-colored mineral similar to talc.
>
> * 7: A section of land used for the cultivation of oats.
>
> * 8: _Obs._ A member of a convent or other religious community.
>
> * 9: A trigonal mineral associated with oxidized base-metal ores.
>
> 10: A soft gray-green mineral with properties similar to soapstone.
>
> 11: A crystalline rock found in thin layers around volcanic inclusions.
>
> 12: A Renaissance woman's sleeveless sleeping-dress for warmer weathers.
>
> 13: In the Russian Orthodox Church, a priest higher than a bishop but
> below a *metropolitan.
>
> 14: A variation of the Vegemite *spread made with added egg yolk *and
> supplemental vitamin E.
>
> 15: A potent, vodka-like liquor produced in Norway, chiefly for local
> consumption. Also _utavit_.
>
> 16: An enzyme that catalyzes the removal of oxygen and hydrogen from
> organic compounds in the form of water.
>
> 17: A children's nutritional supplement, containing a wide variety of
> vitamins and minerals; it is like jam in consistency, so can be eaten
> alone or spread on bread or crackers.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim B.

Dodi Schultz
March 12th, 2008, 09:56 AM
Of the five I find most credible, I'll try #8 and #11.

It's probably one of the other three.

--Dodi

Daniel B. Widdis
March 12th, 2008, 10:48 AM
Mares eat oats and does eat oats (7)

And little lambs eat vitamins (17)

--
Dan

Christopher Carson
March 12th, 2008, 10:48 AM
I'll take the two (to me) least likely - 2 and 17.

Chris

Tim B
March 12th, 2008, 11:15 AM
> 12 and 13 -- my NAD got in, but my real one didn't ...


After the discussion about the NAD I was looking out for it, Dave, but
it didn't arrive. Two dealer points, I suppose, assuming it was sent in
time and to the right place.

Best wishes,
Tim.

stamps
March 12th, 2008, 01:50 PM
I'll go vitaminish and vote for 1 and 17.

Dave Cunningham
March 12th, 2008, 01:52 PM
My fake def was for a trademark on "talkies" ...

Dave

On Mar 12, 12:15*pm, Tim B <dixon... (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
> > 12 and 13 -- my NAD got in, but my real one didn't ...
>
> After the discussion about the NAD I was looking out for it, Dave, but
> it didn't arrive. Two dealer points, I suppose, assuming it was sent in
> time and to the right place.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim.

Tim Bourne
March 12th, 2008, 02:38 PM
> My fake def was for a trademark on "talkies" ...


No, I never saw that one, I'm afraid.

Maybe it will arrive in a day or two!

Meanwhile, 2 DP.

Best wishes,
Tim.

Chuck
March 12th, 2008, 05:42 PM
Tim-

A rather odd assortment, so I'll try -

6: A very soft, dark-colored mineral similar to talc.

and

9: A trigonal mineral associated with oxidized base-metal ores.

Thanks,

Chuck

Guerri Stevens
March 12th, 2008, 09:16 PM
I vote for 4 and 17.

Guerri

Nancy Shepherdson
March 12th, 2008, 10:26 PM
9 and 11, please. Good as any.

Nancy

Bill Hirst
March 12th, 2008, 10:31 PM
There are too many things I wouldn't eat, including the detonator and
the land. I'll take a mineral and an enzyme, 9 and 16.

-Bill

BTW, The USA has been on summer time since Sunday last, except for
some areas where people just can't be bothered to embrace the future.

Tony Abell
March 12th, 2008, 10:50 PM
Given the choice between an adulteress and a rock, I'll take both: 2 and 11.

--
Tony

Tim B
March 13th, 2008, 06:41 AM
With around 21 hours to go to the deadline, of those who submitted
definitions I'm missing just three votes, from Toni, Russ and Scott.
Thanks to the rest of you; if those three arrive in the next few hours
I'll close early.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Guerri Stevens
March 13th, 2008, 06:49 AM
Can't be bothered??? You mean places where they have made a sensible
decision!

Guerri

Bill Hirst wrote:
> BTW, The USA has been on summer time since Sunday last, except for
> some areas where people just can't be bothered to embrace the future.

Russ Heimerson
March 13th, 2008, 08:01 AM
I'll make my guesses rocky... #9 and #11, please.

Russ

Scott Crom
March 13th, 2008, 10:11 AM
OK, I'll toss my votes at 9 and 15, please.

Scott

Bill Hirst
March 14th, 2008, 02:00 AM
Guerri,

I hate the twice-yearly ritual of adjusting every clock I own just so
it will seem like I got something for nothing. Then I have the
equivalent of jet lag for a week. As my grandfather used to say, "The
cows can't read clocks. They just know sunrise and sunset is milking
time." He didn't see any reason why people would switch to "fast" time
in the summer and I don't either.

I know that's the opposite of what I said yesterday. I was probably
insane.

-Bill