EnDash@aol.com
November 16th, 2009, 03:54 PM
What an ingenious and varied group of definitions -- from archaeology to
Zoroastrianism, from ultra short to very lengthy -- and among the 20 listed,
19 fakes and 1 taken from an authoritative dictionary.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one),
before the deadline...
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round.
Don't look in a dictionary.
1: a ganglion
2: a timekeeper
3: a surgical clamp
4: an acolyte of Zoroastrianism
5: a professional jester or minstrel
6: _obs._ a joiner or cabinetmaker
7: a tropical dodder of Central America
8: someone in the grip of inner conflict
9: a surgical instrument for scraping bones
10: [Gk.] a runner used to carry messages in battle
11: a plaited doughnut deep-fried and soaked in syrup
12: an old woman, especially one who is considered ugly
13: a confidence artist whose specialty is switching packages
14: one who is out-of-touch with reality or unwilling to accept reality
15: any of several varieties of South American sunflower, esp. those of the
subfamily Mutisioideae
16: one who frequents churches for a living; as, a beggar or seller of
candles [Gk. _xustos_ portico]
17: a slender archaeological trowel, having a leaf-shaped blade at one end
and a rectangular blade at the other
18: Xystus: a musical instrument used in the worship of Isis; played like a
violin by scraping the strings [Grk _zustros_ scraper]
19: a prearranged code term consistently substituted for a particular
word or phrase in an otherwise plain-language confidential communication
20: an ancient device which measured time by marking the regulated flow of
water through a small opening, less accurately than the later clepsydra
Good luck, Dick
Zoroastrianism, from ultra short to very lengthy -- and among the 20 listed,
19 fakes and 1 taken from an authoritative dictionary.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one),
before the deadline...
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round.
Don't look in a dictionary.
1: a ganglion
2: a timekeeper
3: a surgical clamp
4: an acolyte of Zoroastrianism
5: a professional jester or minstrel
6: _obs._ a joiner or cabinetmaker
7: a tropical dodder of Central America
8: someone in the grip of inner conflict
9: a surgical instrument for scraping bones
10: [Gk.] a runner used to carry messages in battle
11: a plaited doughnut deep-fried and soaked in syrup
12: an old woman, especially one who is considered ugly
13: a confidence artist whose specialty is switching packages
14: one who is out-of-touch with reality or unwilling to accept reality
15: any of several varieties of South American sunflower, esp. those of the
subfamily Mutisioideae
16: one who frequents churches for a living; as, a beggar or seller of
candles [Gk. _xustos_ portico]
17: a slender archaeological trowel, having a leaf-shaped blade at one end
and a rectangular blade at the other
18: Xystus: a musical instrument used in the worship of Isis; played like a
violin by scraping the strings [Grk _zustros_ scraper]
19: a prearranged code term consistently substituted for a particular
word or phrase in an otherwise plain-language confidential communication
20: an ancient device which measured time by marking the regulated flow of
water through a small opening, less accurately than the later clepsydra
Good luck, Dick