I thought AULACOGEN was a good word, as I could see no possible etymology.
The OED says it comes from the ancient Greek for 'furrow' via Russian. It
means, as four far-sighted playes guessed, a rift valley. You all came up
with some imaginative defs.

It's fitting that our long-serving statistician, Mike Shefler, should take
the honour of dealing Round 3000. He got 6 votes for his fungal defence
mechanism. The real winner is Judy Madnick, who got an unnatural 5 for her
biocompatible polysaccharide.

Over to you, Mike.

-- Tim L


*** AULACOGEN ***

1. Nitrogen.
Submitter: Tony Abell Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

2. The all-seeing, all-knowing Eye.
Submitter: Debbie Embler Votes: 5 & 11 Score: 2 + 0 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Ryan McGill

3. a gastric secretion that aids in the breakdown of dietary fat.
Submitter: Efrem Mallach Votes: 7 & 11 Score: 3 + 0 + 0 = 3
Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Hugo Kornelis, Mike Shefler

4. a gentleman brigand of the Scottish border; a border-rider.
Submitter: Shani Naylor Votes: 2 & 3 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Dan Widdis

5. of wide-mouthed fish which belong to a similar but not the same genus.

Submitter: Johnny Barrs Votes: 11 & 12 Score: 2 + *2* + 0 = 4
Voted for by: Debbie Embler, Ryan McGill

6. a compound used as an alternative to gold on electrical contact
surfaces.
Submitter: Tim Bourne Votes: 7 & 11 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

7. a highly biocompatible polysaccharide extracted from plants,
especially millet.
Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 11 & 12 Score: 3 + *2* + 0 = 5
Voted for by: Efrem Mallach, Tim Bourne, Mike Shefler

8. a rare infectious disease that causes the cartilage in the kneecaps to
gradually crumble.
Submitter: Hugo Kornelis Votes: 3 & 11 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

9. a trial of two or more actions jointly, when a common question of law
or fact exists in those actions.
Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: 4 & 12 Score: 1 + *2* + 0 = 3
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson

10. a square or chevron-shaped column on which symbols can be prominently
displayed; extensively used in Nazi Germany.
Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson Votes: 9 & 12 Score: 0 + *2* + 0 = 2
Voted for by: Nobody

11. a substance produced by certain fungi that inhibits or suppresses the
defense mechanisms of the plants it feeds on.
Submitter: Mike Shefler Votes: 3 & 7 Score: 6 + 0 + 0 = 6
Voted for by: Debbie Embler, Efrem Mallach, Johnny Barrs, Tim Bourne, Judy
Madnick, Hugo Kornelis

12. _Geology_ a narrow, sediment-filled rift valley which is thought to
be the remnant of an incipient rift that failed to open further, typically
one that initially formed a triple or quadruple junction with other rifts
that developed fully.
Submitter: OED Votes: - & - Score: 4 + 0 + 0 = 4
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Judy Madnick, Dan Widdis, Nancy Shepherdson

No Def: Ryan McGill Votes: 2 & 5 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0




*Def* *Vote 1* *Vote 2* *Tot Votes* *Guess* *DP* *Score*








Mike Shefler 11 3 7 6 0 0 6
Judy Madnick 7 11 12 3 2 0 5
Johnny Barrs 5 11 12 2 2 0 4
OED 12 - - 4 0 0 4
Efrem Mallach 3 7 11 3 0 0 3
Dan Widdis 9 4 12 1 2 0 3
Debbie Embler 2 5 11 2 0 0 2
Nancy Shepherdson 10 9 12 0 2 0 2
Shani Naylor 4 2 3 1 0 0 1
Tony Abell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Bourne 6 7 11 0 0 0 0
Hugo Kornelis 8 3 11 0 0 0 0
Ryan McGill 13 2 5 0 0 0 0



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