[Dixonary] Round 2268 EARTHSTAR: Time to Vote

[Guerri Stevens]

Here are 19 definitions, only one of which is real. Vote for TWO
definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before
the deadline, which is Saturday, January 31, 2011 at 9:00 EST. Other
times, of course, in other places.

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
at: http://rules.dixonary.net/

1: the potato (W. B. Yeats)

2: a rare and highly prized black opal

3: broad-leafed plant yielding blue dye

4: Of a dark hue; moderately black; tawny.

5: an arthropod nymph before its first molt

6: another name for the very rare star garnet.

7: a highly-productive potato cultivar optimised for dry soils.

8: a star around which a life-sustainable planet or planets are found
to be orbiting

9: a crytallized coral with unusually long polyparia, common to reefs
of the North Atlantic.

10: an ancient astronomical term for the star at the center of Earth's
solar system; ie, the sun.

11: a weapon used by men-at-arms against knights on horseback,
consisting of a spiked ball swung on a chain.

12: An herb (_Fumaria officinalis_) native to Eurasia, having finely
divided leaves and small, spurred, purplish flowers.

13: any of several high-resolution reconnaissance satellites launched by
the US during the early part of the Cold War (1962-1979).

14: the common designation of extrasolar planets that lie in the
biosphere for life similar to ours: Kepler-20e is the latest discovered

15: a species of dung beetle found primarily in Northern Africa
(Phanaeus vindex mor.); named for the geometric pattern on its underside.

16: an alternative for planet using only Anglo-Saxon roots, coined by
William Barnes (1800-86) in An outline of English speech-craft (1878)

17: Special mortar formulation of soil, sand and natural fibers: used to
build stone or brick buildings. Also, buildings made in this fashion.

18: a brownish woodland fungus with a spherical spore-containing
fruiting body surrounded by a fleshy star-shaped structure, found in
both Eurasia and North America.

19: a common weed of the U.S. northwest, _Terrastra baldwini_, having
bright yellow, daisy-like flowers borne on stems 8-12 inches tall, with
alternating, deeply toothed leaves.


--
Guerri

[Judy Madnick]

I guess I'll waste my votes on the potatoes.

<< 1: the potato (W. B. Yeats)

<< 7: a highly-productive potato cultivar optimised for dry soils.

Judy Madnick

[—Keith Hale—]

Although i want #15 to be right (for years now i've been writing a
play titled "The Beetle from the Planet Dung") - i cast my actual
votes for #2 & #7.

—Keith—

[Daniel Widdis]

5 and 11, please

--
Dan


>
>5: an arthropod nymph before its first molt
>
>11: a weapon used by men-at-arms against knights on horseback,
>consisting of a spiked ball swung on a chain.

[Steve Graham]

9 and 19 please

Steve Graham

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 30, 2011, at 10:33, Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) tapcis (DOT) com> wrote:

> Here are 19 definitions, only one of which is real. Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline, which is Saturday, January 31, 2011 at 9:00 EST. Other times, of course, in other places.
>
> 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 at: http://rules.dixonary.net/
>
> 1: the potato (W. B. Yeats)
>
> 2: a rare and highly prized black opal
>
> 3: broad-leafed plant yielding blue dye
>
> 4: Of a dark hue; moderately black; tawny.
>
> 5: an arthropod nymph before its first molt
>
> 6: another name for the very rare star garnet.
>
> 7: a highly-productive potato cultivar optimised for dry soils.
>
> 8: a star around which a life-sustainable planet or planets are found to be orbiting
>
> 9: a crytallized coral with unusually long polyparia, common to reefs of the North Atlantic.
>
> 10: an ancient astronomical term for the star at the center of Earth's solar system; ie, the sun.
>
> 11: a weapon used by men-at-arms against knights on horseback, consisting of a spiked ball swung on a chain.
>
> 12: An herb (_Fumaria officinalis_) native to Eurasia, having finely divided leaves and small, spurred, purplish flowers.
>
> 13: any of several high-resolution reconnaissance satellites launched by the US during the early part of the Cold War (1962-1979).
>
> 14: the common designation of extrasolar planets that lie in the biosphere for life similar to ours: Kepler-20e is the latest discovered
>
> 15: a species of dung beetle found primarily in Northern Africa (Phanaeus vindex mor.); named for the geometric pattern on its underside.
>
> 16: an alternative for planet using only Anglo-Saxon roots, coined by William Barnes (1800-86) in An outline of English speech-craft (1878)
>
> 17: Special mortar formulation of soil, sand and natural fibers: used to build stone or brick buildings. Also, buildings made in this fashion.
>
> 18: a brownish woodland fungus with a spherical spore-containing fruiting body surrounded by a fleshy star-shaped structure, found in both Eurasia and North America.
>
> 19: a common weed of the U.S. northwest, _Terrastra baldwini_, having bright yellow, daisy-like flowers borne on stems 8-12 inches tall, with alternating, deeply toothed leaves.
>
>
> --
> Guerri
>

[Dodi Schultz]

Some quite believables here, attesting to the extraordinary creativity of
this group. I particularly like (I've just boiled it down to four, actually):

> 1: the potato (W. B. Yeats)

and

> 18: a brownish woodland fungus with a spherical spore-containing fruiting
> body surrounded by a fleshy star-shaped structure, found in both Eurasia
> and North America.

(I've probably deleted the wrong two).

—Dodi

[Matthew]

My votes go to:

9: a crytallized coral with unusually long polyparia, common to reefs
of the North Atlantic.

and

18: a brownish woodland fungus with a spherical spore-containing
fruiting body surrounded by a fleshy star-shaped structure, found in
both Eurasia and North America.

--Matthew Grieco

[Tim B]

6 and 18, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Jim Hart]

One is tempted by the potato offerings but not sufficiently. Likewise
the dung beetle. One dismisses anything astronomical (including
satellites). One is still left with too many but from them two emerge:
the anti-knight missile and the brownish fungus, aka 11 and 18.

Jim

[Millie Morgan]

A fine list Guerri;
I'll stop musing, and take a stab at 12 and 19

> 12: An herb (_Fumaria officinalis_) native to Eurasia, having finely
> divided leaves and small, spurred, purplish flowers.
> 19: a common weed of the U.S. northwest, _Terrastra baldwini_, having
> bright yellow, daisy-like flowers borne on stems 8-12 inches tall, with
> alternating, deeply toothed leaves.


Best wishes
Millie

[EnDash@aol.com]

I'll guess at numbers 13 and 15.


13: any of several high-resolution reconnaissance satellites launched by
the US during the early part of the Cold War (1962-1979).

15: a species of dung beetle found primarily in Northern Africa
(Phanaeus vindex mor.); named for the geometric pattern on its underside.



-- Dick Weltz

[Dave Cunningham]

8 for the "d'oh" factor, 19 as being almost plausible

Dave


On Dec 29, 8:33*pm, Guerri Stevens <gue... (AT) tapcis (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 19 definitions, only one of which is real. Vote for TWO
> definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before
> the deadline, which is Saturday, January 31, 2011 at 9:00 EST. Other
> times, of course, in other places.
>
> 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
> at:http://rules.dixonary.net/
>
> * 1: the potato (W. B. Yeats)
>
> * 2: a rare and highly prized black opal
>
> * 3: broad-leafed plant yielding blue dye
>
> * 4: Of a dark hue; moderately black; tawny.
>
> * 5: an arthropod nymph before its first molt
>
> * 6: another name for the very rare star garnet.
>
> * 7: a highly-productive potato cultivar optimised for dry soils.
>
> * 8: a star around which a life-sustainable planet or planets are found
> to be orbiting
>
> * 9: a crytallized coral with unusually long polyparia, common to reefs
> of the North Atlantic.
>
> 10: an ancient astronomical term for the star at the center of Earth's
> solar system; ie, the sun.
>
> 11: a weapon used by men-at-arms against knights on horseback,
> consisting of a spiked ball swung on a chain.
>
> 12: An herb (_Fumaria officinalis_) native to Eurasia, having finely
> divided leaves and small, spurred, purplish flowers.
>
> 13: any of several high-resolution reconnaissance satellites launched by
> the US during the early part of the Cold War (1962-1979).
>
> 14: the common designation of extrasolar planets that lie in the
> biosphere for life similar to ours: Kepler-20e is the latest discovered
>
> 15: a species of dung beetle found primarily in Northern Africa
> (Phanaeus vindex mor.); named for the geometric pattern on its underside.
>
> 16: an alternative for planet using only Anglo-Saxon roots, coined by
> William Barnes (1800-86) in An outline of English speech-craft (1878)
>
> 17: Special mortar formulation of soil, sand and natural fibers: used to
> build stone or brick buildings. *Also, buildings made in this fashion.
>
> 18: a brownish woodland fungus with a spherical spore-containing
> fruiting body surrounded by a fleshy star-shaped structure, found in
> both Eurasia and North America.
>
> 19: a common weed of the U.S. northwest, _Terrastra baldwini_, having
> bright yellow, daisy-like flowers borne on stems 8-12 inches tall, with
> alternating, deeply toothed leaves.
>
> --
> Guerri

[France International]

I'll go for 1 and 5.

[Tim Lodge]

First and last look as likely as any:

> * 1: the potato (W. B. Yeats)
>
> 19: a common weed of the U.S. northwest, _Terrastra baldwini_, having
> bright yellow, daisy-like flowers borne on stems 8-12 inches tall, with
> alternating, deeply toothed leaves.

-- Tim L

[Paul Keating]

I'll take two botanicals, the popular 18 and the not so popular 12.

[Stephen Dixon]

None of them sound probable, except mine, and I'm not going to Benner.
(Although, can you really trust me on that?)

#12 - an herb (in honor of two Herbs of old, Shriner & Stempel)

#19 - daisy-like weed (because it's better to be that, than a weed-like
daisy)

sd

[Tony Abell]

Avoiding the astronomical references, plants and animals, I'll choose 2 and
11:

> 2: a rare and highly prized black opal

> 11: a weapon used by men-at-arms against knights on horseback,
> consisting of a spiked ball swung on a chain.

[Chris Carson]

I'll go for 1 and 13.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 29, 2011, at 8:33 PM, Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) tapcis (DOT) com> wrote:

> Here are 19 definitions, only one of which is real. Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline, which is Saturday, January 31, 2011 at 9:00 EST. Other times, of course, in other places.
>
> 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 at: http://rules.dixonary.net/
>
> 1: the potato (W. B. Yeats)
>
> 2: a rare and highly prized black opal
>
> 3: broad-leafed plant yielding blue dye
>
> 4: Of a dark hue; moderately black; tawny.
>
> 5: an arthropod nymph before its first molt
>
> 6: another name for the very rare star garnet.
>
> 7: a highly-productive potato cultivar optimised for dry soils.
>
> 8: a star around which a life-sustainable planet or planets are found to be orbiting
>
> 9: a crytallized coral with unusually long polyparia, common to reefs of the North Atlantic.
>
> 10: an ancient astronomical term for the star at the center of Earth's solar system; ie, the sun.
>
> 11: a weapon used by men-at-arms against knights on horseback, consisting of a spiked ball swung on a chain.
>
> 12: An herb (_Fumaria officinalis_) native to Eurasia, having finely divided leaves and small, spurred, purplish flowers.
>
> 13: any of several high-resolution reconnaissance satellites launched by the US during the early part of the Cold War (1962-1979).
>
> 14: the common designation of extrasolar planets that lie in the biosphere for life similar to ours: Kepler-20e is the latest discovered
>
> 15: a species of dung beetle found primarily in Northern Africa (Phanaeus vindex mor.); named for the geometric pattern on its underside.
>
> 16: an alternative for planet using only Anglo-Saxon roots, coined by William Barnes (1800-86) in An outline of English speech-craft (1878)
>
> 17: Special mortar formulation of soil, sand and natural fibers: used to build stone or brick buildings. Also, buildings made in this fashion.
>
> 18: a brownish woodland fungus with a spherical spore-containing fruiting body surrounded by a fleshy star-shaped structure, found in both Eurasia and North America.
>
> 19: a common weed of the U.S. northwest, _Terrastra baldwini_, having bright yellow, daisy-like flowers borne on stems 8-12 inches tall, with alternating, deeply toothed leaves.
>
>
> --
> Guerri
>

[MICHAEL HARRINGTON]

I'll take #13 and #2, please

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Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2268 EARTHSTAR: Time to Vote

Here are 19 definitions, only one of which is real. Vote for TWO
definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before
the deadline, which is Saturday, January 31, 2011 at 9:00 EST. Other
times, of course, in other places.

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
at: http://rules.dixonary.net/

1: the potato (W. B. Yeats)

2: a rare and highly prized black opal

3: broad-leafed plant yielding blue dye

4: Of a dark hue; moderately black; tawny.

5: an arthropod nymph before its first molt

6: another name for the very rare star garnet.

7: a highly-productive potato cultivar optimised for dry soils.

8: a star around which a life-sustainable planet or planets are found
to be orbiting

9: a crytallized coral with unusually long polyparia, common to reefs
of the North Atlantic.

10: an ancient astronomical term for the star at the center of Earth's
solar system; ie, the sun.

11: a weapon used by men-at-arms against knights on horseback,
consisting of a spiked ball swung on a chain.

12: An herb (_Fumaria officinalis_) native to Eurasia, having finely
divided leaves and small, spurred, purplish flowers.

13: any of several high-resolution reconnaissance satellites launched by
the US during the early part of the Cold War (1962-1979).

14: the common designation of extrasolar planets that lie in the
biosphere for life similar to ours: Kepler-20e is the latest discovered

15: a species of dung beetle found primarily in Northern Africa
(Phanaeus vindex mor.); named for the geometric pattern on its underside.

16: an alternative for planet using only Anglo-Saxon roots, coined by
William Barnes (1800-86) in An outline of English speech-craft (1878)

17: Special mortar formulation of soil, sand and natural fibers: used to
build stone or brick buildings. Also, buildings made in this fashion.

18: a brownish woodland fungus with a spherical spore-containing
fruiting body surrounded by a fleshy star-shaped structure, found in
both Eurasia and North America.

19: a common weed of the U.S. northwest, _Terrastra baldwini_, having
bright yellow, daisy-like flowers borne on stems 8-12 inches tall, with
alternating, deeply toothed leaves.


--
Guerri

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take 4 and 18, please.

Nancy

[scott crom]

I'll have 11 and 19, please.

Scott