It's not exactly a common word... Think along the same lines as the last three.
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.
September 25, 2005, 13:44
haberdasher
PETROLIFEROUS fits the hint, meaning I surmise productive of oils - or should that be productive of stones?
When you clean your old car, you
SCRUB REO
September 25, 2005, 19:40
KHC
SCRUB REO
Jude the Obscurer
An island where we all belong:
NURD OASIS
September 26, 2005, 07:10
haberdasher
Preliminary thoughts
NURD OASIS DURASSION - the length of a love affair SUN RADIOS - don't even need batteries ROUNDASIS - overweight and not changing RADISSON U - motel school
final thought: dinosaurs
See if you cotton to this one: TARA: BALES (or enjoy a fine meal at ARA's TABLE
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.
September 26, 2005, 13:05
haberdasher
NITRITES OUT
He may protest, but if he does any damage he'll have to make restitution.
IT'S YOUR TOT!
How's that for twisted reasoning?!
September 26, 2005, 21:02
KHC
IT'S YOUR TOT
Does the tot have a twisted sister? tortuosity......!
Precipitation, finally... it's a RITE RAINY night in Georgia.
September 27, 2005, 10:58
arnie
RITE RAINY
Even if Georgia's not on your mind, it might be on your itinerary.
I'd better not go too far, though; otherwise I LOSE UNCLE SAM
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.
September 27, 2005, 17:34
haberdasher
I LOSE UNCLE SAM
miscellaneous
CLOISONNE MOUS (that's also I LOSE UNC' SOMON)
September 28, 2005, 20:16
KHC
That would be, I think: MONONUCLEOSIS
Please come to Park City, UT and join me in SKIING SEASIDES - 2 words
September 29, 2005, 07:23
haberdasher
Good solving!
SKIING SEASIDES = Kissing Disease (another moniker for Mononucleosis)
Tug on this one for a bit:
ARTRIGHTNESS
September 29, 2005, 18:58
KHC
ARTRIGHTNESS
A tug on my heartstrings!
If you need to catch a leprechaun, a
WEE NET EXISTS - 2 words
September 30, 2005, 12:50
haberdasher
WEE NET EXISTS
Sweet Sixteen (I didn't think March Madness began in October!)
NICER LION (go, Penn State?)
September 30, 2005, 19:29
KHC
My sweet 16 daughter causes madness in every month..
NICERLION
a crinoline, what a nice old-fashioned word. Little girls now have never experienced sharp, starchy slips!
The cowboy wanted to win the barrel race, but his PINTO LAY down.
October 02, 2005, 17:56
haberdasher
Apostrophe to an enzyme: O PTYALIN... Italian printing machine: LINOTYPA Elided computer game box: PLAYTION Unusual alcohol: ATYPINOL Horseback Afghan warrior - TALIPONY The entire gamut of my sunburn: I TANOPLY
Lots of fun, but no answers ;-)
October 02, 2005, 18:43
KHC
Your horseback Afghan warrior is close... Think "Chantilly Lace.."
October 03, 2005, 04:12
haberdasher
and a PONYTAIL hangin' down...
Another nice one!
Now if you could make shiny fabric out of cholesterol everyone would acknowledge your FAT FEAT
October 03, 2005, 19:30
KHC
FAT FEAT
Ahh, the sound of taffeta!
Now, if you stand near a barber pole or a road crew, you might have that:
STRIPED LOOK.... 2 words.
October 04, 2005, 18:33
haberdasher
I dunno -- do they make LOOPED SKIRTs?
Edit - half hour later - or maybe a POODLE SKIRT?
Edit2 - another ten minutes later - Gotta be a POODLE SKIRT !
How 'bout A PROUD MOP ? (That one might just even be clever!)This message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher,
October 04, 2005, 19:23
KHC
A PROUD MOP of hair on the little ankle biter....
a pompadour At least a 9 on the Clevertron..
New one coming soon...
October 04, 2005, 19:31
KHC
Need worms, crickets, or grubs... visit
Ye Old KEN'S BAIT and Tackle!
October 05, 2005, 13:44
haberdasher
If you allow hyphenations I'll put my answer in your IN-BASKET or throw my wheels in your SKATE-BIN
October 05, 2005, 20:29
KHC
Hint: Maynard G. Krebs, plural... may he RIP
October 06, 2005, 04:58
haberdasher
Had to look him up, thank you, and so I shall abstain.
Change the K to another S and it's BASSINET.
Add an E and it's SNAKEBITE ! (Is there an adjective "snakebit" ? That even uses the letters as they stand!)
October 06, 2005, 11:13
arnie
KEN'S BAIT
I've never heard of Mr Krebs, either, but I guess he is/was a BEATNIK
At least, that's how I CONSTRUED IT
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.
October 06, 2005, 19:25
haberdasher
DESTRUCTION
If you leave it on the vine too long, you know, your
CIU-CIU ROTS
October 08, 2005, 21:09
KHC
CIU-CIU ROTS
circuitous.... round and round, we go...
Don't you hate it when the cat is sick, and you must clean
ILL CAT PILE??
October 08, 2005, 21:11
KHC
Maynard G. Krebs was on the "Dobie Gillis Show" in the 50's.. he was the BEATNIK who was afraid of WORK... He was also Gilligan, of Gilligan Island fame, just recently passed away...
October 09, 2005, 19:10
haberdasher
ILL CAT PILE
elliptical
Fat seafood: A LIPO-CRAB (that's also the Spring mouth (sic) called BOCA APRIL)
October 10, 2005, 19:37
KHC
A LIPO CRAB
parabolic
The banana boat is IN, and the
CARGO RIPE!
October 11, 2005, 04:01
haberdasher
CARGO RIPE
paregoric - that is NOT a run-on sentence!
GAMPIRE (because Halloween is coming)
October 11, 2005, 05:42
jo
EPIGRAM
Don't be in such a hurry;
BECALM TIME
October 12, 2005, 10:09
haberdasher
BECALM TIME
emblematic
LEMON DIAL - scented antiseptic soap
October 12, 2005, 12:19
haberdasher
P.S. Isn't Lemon Dial also a not-so-posh neighborhood in London? ("Hearts just as pure and fair..." and all that)
October 12, 2005, 15:04
arnie
That's: "Hearts just as pure and fair May beat in Belgrave Square As in the lowly air Of Seven Dials"
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.
October 12, 2005, 20:01
KHC
LEMON DIAL... or Seven Dials, if you wish..
medallion
Expose your children to reality, to Seven Dials .. don't keep them in an
IRON BUBBLE -- 2 words
October 13, 2005, 13:17
haberdasher
IRON BUBBLE
Blue Ribbon
But if you're showing your colors, just post a
QUARTER FLAG, SARA -- two words
Edit: Better make that "two capitalized words." Sorry.This message has been edited. Last edited by: haberdasher,
October 14, 2005, 20:14
KHC
QUARTER FLAG SARA
Trafalgar Square.... !! This has taken me 2 nights... and it's so obvious...
October 14, 2005, 20:18
KHC
Spot, the Labrador Retriever, needs exercise. Let's go to the
CANINE POOL
October 16, 2005, 10:25
haberdasher
CANINE POOL
Police, anon - Witness Protection Program for cops No-o pelican - fishing not allowed here, birdie! Copelianno - the Year of the Ballet pleonanoic - having multiple tiny facets apocolinen - catastrophe-causing sheets poloniance - the Warsaw Pact non-caliope - merry-go-rounds voted down in Paris poenocinal - good for you, even though it hurts
(I might have misspelled some of them but since none is correct it doesn't matter)
October 16, 2005, 12:11
jo
NAPOLEONIC!!!
what a diarrhetic Great Dane says:
I SOIL DOGCART
October 16, 2005, 16:41
haberdasher
napoleonic, eh? good one. never even came close.
I SOIL DOGCART is "cardiologist." [wink]
Here's an "antigram," whose meaning is the opposite of its presentation:
NON-FIRE (credit to Hot and Arachne, if they should ever come across this page)
October 16, 2005, 18:44
KHC
NON-FIRE
a raging (they are always mad!) inferno!!
Play croquet with the hottest, newest
OVEN MALLET.
October 16, 2005, 19:14
haberdasher
OVEN MALLET
malevolent
GULF NATURE has been much disturbed by recent storms
October 17, 2005, 11:02
arnie
GULF NATURE
ungrateful
Not for human consumption: CAT LIVER
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.
October 17, 2005, 15:12
haberdasher
CAT LIVER
vertical
Think it's hard to dislodge a tick? Try removing a VELCRO FLEA
October 17, 2005, 15:21
jo
CLOVER LEAF
When you go fishing, you might want to try for
A HALIBUT
October 17, 2005, 17:12
haberdasher
A HALIBUT
habitual
For some reason, no one likes
A BEER DELUGE
October 18, 2005, 19:49
KHC
A BEER DELUGE
No one likes the beleaguered soccer moms...
I've just come in from the frosty outdoors, and I'll
HANG ME CAP on the wall...
October 19, 2005, 06:50
haberdasher
HANG ME CAP
Here's CHAMPAGNE to our real friends and real pain...