—Keith Hale—
July 24th, 2011, 10:58 AM
Hello, my friends! Despite a few traveling and technical challenges,
i am belatedly here with a list of 15 wacky definitions (and one real
one) for your voting pleasure.
You may vote for two definitions - by reply to this message - whether
you submitted a definition or not.
The deadline for voting is Tuesday at 10AM, US Central (Texas) Time.
(That is GMT-6.) Your timezones may vary, but that is very close to
47 hours from now.
1> [Med. Acro.] Zinc HydrOxyl; the active ion in sterile field dressings
2> _Mandarin_ self-belief.
3> an irrigation channel to a rice field.
4> precious jade
5> An ancient Chinese martial art using cudgels. Developed by
peasants who were forbidden to possess edged weapons.
6> Former Mongolian unit of currency, since replaced by the yuan.
7> a Tibetan breed of cattle, developed by crossing the yak with common cattle
8> in Buddhism, an energy force believed to cause tectonic activity
9> a synchronized swimming maneuver in which the swimmer surfaces
vertically, feet first.
10> an intense black dye prepared from the leaves and stems of
Egyptian mesquite _Indigofera arabica_ , used for coloring the hair or
decorating parts of the body
11> a trained monkey
12> The belief, promulgated by Confucius, that social disorder can
stem from the failure to call things by their proper names.
13> plant of Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves
14> _deprec._ or _deris._ the Higgs boson
15> A unit of magnetic permeability equal to one henry per meter.
16> the basic unit of currency of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
i am belatedly here with a list of 15 wacky definitions (and one real
one) for your voting pleasure.
You may vote for two definitions - by reply to this message - whether
you submitted a definition or not.
The deadline for voting is Tuesday at 10AM, US Central (Texas) Time.
(That is GMT-6.) Your timezones may vary, but that is very close to
47 hours from now.
1> [Med. Acro.] Zinc HydrOxyl; the active ion in sterile field dressings
2> _Mandarin_ self-belief.
3> an irrigation channel to a rice field.
4> precious jade
5> An ancient Chinese martial art using cudgels. Developed by
peasants who were forbidden to possess edged weapons.
6> Former Mongolian unit of currency, since replaced by the yuan.
7> a Tibetan breed of cattle, developed by crossing the yak with common cattle
8> in Buddhism, an energy force believed to cause tectonic activity
9> a synchronized swimming maneuver in which the swimmer surfaces
vertically, feet first.
10> an intense black dye prepared from the leaves and stems of
Egyptian mesquite _Indigofera arabica_ , used for coloring the hair or
decorating parts of the body
11> a trained monkey
12> The belief, promulgated by Confucius, that social disorder can
stem from the failure to call things by their proper names.
13> plant of Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves
14> _deprec._ or _deris._ the Higgs boson
15> A unit of magnetic permeability equal to one henry per meter.
16> the basic unit of currency of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan