and it's almost MATURATION but it isn't that either
and it's swimming in almosts but it's equally not NATATORIUM
and I've been going over all kinds of possibilities again and again, but even RUMINATION doesn't quite make the grade.
November 15, 2004, 20:08
KHC
I'm flummoxed also.. the best I can do is
minutia rot
and that doesn't mean anything! Help!
November 16, 2004, 10:44
arnie
Whoops!
Sorry, the word I intended was MATURITION. However, when I look it up at Dictionary.com, I find it's spelt MATURATION.
Try this one instead (I checked the spelling this time!)
ENTICE COD
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
November 16, 2004, 18:25
haberdasher
First thoughts:
ENTICE COD
It's OCCIDENT + E
It's also DECOCTION + E - O (but you checked the spelling. Too bad. Nice word!)
And it's CO-INDECENT - N (the couple caught in flagrante delicto) as well as COINCIDENT with a few more pluses and minuses. This is going backwards, not ahead!This message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher,
November 17, 2004, 10:50
arnie
I might get stuck up if I fool you!
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
November 18, 2004, 14:30
Jesse Frankovich
ENTICE COD = Conceited.
NEAT DOMINION
November 18, 2004, 17:22
haberdasher
Welcome, Jesse!
NEAT DOMINION is DENOMINATION. (Which is what de candidate got at de convention.)
TIN GRAMPA
November 19, 2004, 06:27
Jesse Frankovich
PTARMIGAN
AUTO CLAIMS
November 19, 2004, 13:13
haberdasher
CALAMITOUS
WRITE "BAGEL"
November 19, 2004, 20:43
KHC
bilge water ???
November 20, 2004, 08:16
haberdasher
BILGEWATER it is. As two words it means the (usually dirty) water found in the hold of the boat. As one word it's more like "balderdash!" or "Bah, humbug!"
I think you're up!
November 20, 2004, 09:23
KHC
HOED KILO LI
(That's farming with jerry..)
November 20, 2004, 09:37
jo
Lili Hooked?
She had a hard time earning a living.
November 20, 2004, 10:17
haberdasher
LIKELIHOOD
PLAY IT, ROBBI POLY RABBIT, I - alas, not velveteen (Rats, just gave away another good word!)This message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher,
November 20, 2004, 21:02
KHC
What is the PROBABILITY that I could solve this?
November 20, 2004, 21:03
KHC
It's a snowy, cold day.. no food, no water.. Do you see
GRIM YON OTTER?
November 21, 2004, 00:11
arnie
GRIM YON OTTER?
trigonometry
Relating to the "worst jobs" thread?
ANUS CAREERS
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
November 21, 2004, 05:48
haberdasher
REASSURANCE
GRAPE FILES
November 21, 2004, 20:02
KHC
GRAPE FILES
persiflage
Go, Hab! I had to look that one up to see if I had a word..
November 21, 2004, 20:03
KHC
REHAB TINNILY
November 22, 2004, 05:16
haberdasher
Is that LABYRINTHINE (always have trouble spelling that one!)
BRENDA HALS - wife of Frans?
November 22, 2004, 05:17
haberdasher
quote:Originally posted by KHC: _GRAPE FILES_
persiflage
I had to look that one up to see if I had a word..
... she said airily...
November 22, 2004, 11:39
haberdasher
BRENDA HALS (not to be confused with the Hals of Montezuma)
November 22, 2004, 12:02
jo
If the Hals of Montezuma have dinner with the Schorz of Tripoli, will the menu be seafood?
November 22, 2004, 20:25
KHC
BRENDA HALS
Handlebars
Who is biking and where?
November 22, 2004, 20:31
KHC
STOMACH USE
November 23, 2004, 04:55
haberdasher
Hello, Dali!
MOUSTACHE
crossthreading:
AMMONIA GLACE (the French ice cream marketed on Europa)
November 23, 2004, 10:09
Jesse Frankovich
Ammonia glace = MEGALOMANIAC
VETOING REMNANT (MAGNET INVENTOR)
November 23, 2004, 21:47
KHC
Hab, It was MOUSTACHES... plural
November 23, 2004, 21:48
KHC
The best I can come up with for VETOING REMNANT is
Anti government...
???
November 24, 2004, 05:01
haberdasher
If it wasn't antigovernment, it should have been.
Your turn!
November 25, 2004, 18:29
KHC
How's about:
POOP DA RUM?
November 26, 2004, 08:42
arnie
POOP DA RUM
Pompadour
CAR TREATISE
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
November 26, 2004, 18:56
haberdasher
Well, we've got TARACTERISE and we've got CAT ARTERIES but coming through in the home stretch it's SECRETARIAT by a length!
Can you make anything interesting out of SPRUCE, ASH ? he asked woodenly, without batting an eye.
November 26, 2004, 21:26
KHC
PURCHASES
I did Nothing of the sort this day after T'giving...
November 26, 2004, 21:31
KHC
DAM RAW RAIL
This is a proper noun.. though not a human!
November 27, 2004, 04:48
haberdasher
Somehow I don't think WAR ADMIRAL is what ou have in mind...
November 27, 2004, 19:17
KHC
Sorry, Hab, but it is WAR ADMIRAL..
Had just watched "Seabiscuit" again.. You're up!
November 28, 2004, 09:20
haberdasher
INSIDER-TYPE
(acknowledgement to you, KHC)
November 28, 2004, 11:55
arnie
INSIDER-TYPE
serendipity
CHEAPEN PANTS
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
November 28, 2004, 18:51
haberdasher
HAPPENSTANCE
And what about the FURIOUS TOT
who couldn't make sense out of a TECNICAL AD ?
November 28, 2004, 19:51
KHC
He gave us a fortuitous accidental moment!
November 28, 2004, 20:03
KHC
NUDGE ROD
November 29, 2004, 11:42
haberdasher
GROUNDED (there really should be a "drudgeon", too)
Sing an angry hymn: CANTICLE IRE
(PS. Anyone out there ever have ringworm? It also makes a lovely TINEA CIRCLE ! )This message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher,
November 29, 2004, 19:51
KHC
I'm an angry "her" if my power is not on..
electrician
November 29, 2004, 19:53
KHC
Oh, Hab.. you kill me.. Let's all tell ringworm stories some cozy winter eve.
BE NICE FAIRIES
November 30, 2004, 13:20
haberdasher
BE NICE FAIRIES = beneficiaries
R NUISANCE too many fairies! ANN CRUISE little-known wife of Tom NUN CARIES that's what happens when Sister doesn't brush her teeth
November 30, 2004, 21:15
KHC
insurance
The dullest subject ever! Unless you really need it..
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