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...so I gave up and did some research. Never would have gotten the word in a million years, as this is the first time I've ever seen it (I didn't think I'd led that sheltered a life!).

It means "seedless" in Spanish, or maybe "seeds of sin," or maybe the people who first called it that had a sense of humor and meant it to be a pun, with both meanings.

Also turns out that "seed" is another word for pot, like weed. Learn something new every day!

Final irony: the list of synonyms I found is on a government ( .dot.gov ) site!
 
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So, what is the word?

It is hard enough to get the anagrams when they are English, let alone in Spanish!


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Arnie, I am so lost in this thread right now that I can't tell you. Is it slim aliens? Is it a Spanish word? I am so confused! Confused [That's what happens when you don't keep up on threads!]

I agree with you KHC, and others, that Milne is an absolute favorite of mine, and I have posted his stuff all over this board!

BTW, I saw the discussion of "athero" and was surprised to find that it comes from a Greek word meaning "porridge." Here is what Stedman's Medical Dictionary says:

"Gruel-like, soft, pasty materials; atheroma, atheromatous.
[G. athr, gruel, porridge]"

I am not sure I will be able to read "Goldilocks and The Three Bears" with the same amount of innocence again!
 
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It is hard enough to get the anagrams when they are English, let alone in Spanish!

Yes, but "marijuana" is no less an English word than this one!

(I won't tell you what it is because I didn't solve it, I cheated and looked it up, but I will say I found it by Googling "synonyms for marijuana")
 
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SINSEMILLA

Wow, stay gone for 24 hours and things go berserk. I just picked it out of the dictionary... ! Apparently, it's very strong marijuana.. No, I don't know where anyone can buy any! Big Grin
 
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new word.. which cannot possibly cause strife

OUR LINGO VISA
 
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VAINGLORIOUS

let's try CHIRPENTS
 
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are those snakes that live by the hearth and bring you good luck?
 
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Smile Smile

No, but if they don't work right you might get heartburn...
 
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CHIRPENTS

sphincter

LION'S ROUTE


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LION'S ROUTE

RESOLUTION

PAY THE HEN
 
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PAY THE HEN

Hab-er-dash-er.... HYPHENATE!

ELECTED GOAL... cross threading Smile
 
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ELECTED GOAL

...like campaigning for nudist camps?

DECOLLETAGE


O THE BOLD DO
or maybe it should be
BEHOLD TO-DO ?

(and don't neglect to pay the hen Smile )
 
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Beyond hot-blooded, I am stuck. I knew there was a reason I stayed out of this thread! Wink
 
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You're not stuck, you're right on target. And it's even hyphenated!

Which gives you honors for the next word...
 
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K-A-L-L-E-H !!! Come home!! We need you.
 
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Sorry guys...I just assumed it was wrong. Thanks, Hab, for alerting me. I was anxious to use this word (cross-threading a bit):

Don't nerd-off on me now, all of you in Jumblaya! (Frankly, I think "nerd-off" should be a word. Wink)

'Tis one word, and quite easy besides. I just loved the "nerd-off" part.
 
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Heaven FORFEND we miss that!

Cross-threading again -

NOT GUTTER-WISE (HAY THE PEN with this one, too!)
 
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NOT GUTTER WISE

Tongue-twisters!

MINOR PESOS
 
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MINOR PESOS

Spoonerism

TINIEST TOUR


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RESTITUTION

HEAR "CLANG"
 
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I hear Gabriel's trumpet ..... ARCHANGEL
I don't hear a clang...Smile

Has anyone seen AN ELF DIE?
 
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If I attack the problem sideways it looks like ENFILADE !

How about an E-LINE EGG ?
(Cross-threading in advance - the thiotimoline of the Internet !)
 
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E-LINE EGG

Negligee... oh la la

OOH, MY NEON
 
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OOH, MY NEON

Honeymoon!

PANTHERS RIP -- dinner time!
 
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PARTNERSHIP

REVEALIST
(There might be more than one answer to this collection of letters, in which case I invoke Sid McKeen's Law: "The correct answer is the one in the upper right-hand drawer of my desk.")

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REVEALIST

I'm betting the answer in the drawer is versatile, unless you are bemoaning black sheep relatives ... Smile

Pa, Sack Jane!

Which makes me think... Why do we say "sacked" for "fired"?
 
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Pa, Sack Jane

jackanapes

NUDIST COINED

The phrase is often given the sack. A workman would be expected to own his own tools. When he was fired, he would be given the sack in which to carry away his tools.


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discontinued

EIGHT EAR
 
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EIGHT EAR

heritage

HURT APACE


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PARACHUTE

SAFE GLUE
 
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SAFE GLUE
For use with model aeroplanes, presumably?

Fuselage

Not worth very much these days...
ONE LIRA


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AILERON

a little more obscure, this one is...

GEE, PEN MAN
 
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...seems we have a case of the tail wagging the dog, here...
 
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GEE, PEN MAN

empennage

Kittens and bunny rabbits?
COSIER FAUNA


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AERONAUTICS

and just to change the subject,

FERROCYTE (the cells are hungry for iron)
 
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No, wait, there's no T in COSIER FAUNA...I'll have to take back my ferrocyte for now.
 
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Okay, so I anticipated the Food theme. It's farinaceous.

(P.S. That's one more entry for the more-vowels-than-consonants thread! Also for the all-vowels-represented-in-a-single-word, though not in order and not once each)

Meanwhile, back at the FERROCYTE...
 
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FERROCYTE...

Farinaceous food was often eaten in the REFECTORY

PET GOAT


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PET GOAT

Pottage

CHAINS TORN - It's a blizzard out there
 
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Not having too much success here.

It's got all the letters for ANACHRONISTIC but not quite enough of them.
 
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I am soooooo sorry...

It's supposed to be:

A CHAINS TORN

(my bad) Frown
 
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or it could be

A CHARON SNIT -- would that be a pissed off hellish gate keeper?
 
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ANCHOR STAIN - you'd have one too if you spent so much time in the water

ANACHRONIST - makes his living pointing out inconsistencies

TRANSACHION - never cud spel all that gud

H CARNATIONS - we're all finished with those K cars, now

NAN'S CHARIOT - Bert Bobbesey has one, too

A CHRIST ANON - the Second Coming is near!


But seriously, I need a hint.
 
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you got anachronist...
 
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Hmmm... That's a new word on me, and to OneLook it seems. Presumably it means a member of the Society for Creative Anachronisms?


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Well, if it's ANACHRONIST*, you'd better watch out for the

ORIENTAL MP


*(9890 Google hits)
 
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well slap me with a wet noodle... I thought it was a word. I've used it for years.
 
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ORIENTAL MP

jump, jump, jump.. it's a trampoline

STINGY SCAM
 
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STINGY SCAM

...a trampoline upon which people are performing gymnastics.

PHONE LT ANT
 
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