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Grex > Language > #108: The seven letter word game, 2nd edition |  |
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aruba
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response 125 of 1124:
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Mar 27 02:37 UTC 2001 |
elevate
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gelinas
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response 126 of 1124:
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Mar 28 03:44 UTC 2001 |
hoarded
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kentn
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response 127 of 1124:
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Mar 29 04:08 UTC 2001 |
elevate 1 (aruba)
hoarded 0 (gelinas)
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aruba
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response 128 of 1124:
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Mar 29 14:43 UTC 2001 |
dredges
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gelinas
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response 129 of 1124:
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Mar 29 16:46 UTC 2001 |
farrago
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kentn
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response 130 of 1124:
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Mar 29 23:18 UTC 2001 |
dredges 1 (aruba)
farrago 0 (gelinas)
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aruba
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response 131 of 1124:
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Mar 30 04:30 UTC 2001 |
berated
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gelinas
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response 132 of 1124:
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Mar 30 04:36 UTC 2001 |
delight
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kentn
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response 133 of 1124:
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Mar 30 11:49 UTC 2001 |
berated 1 (aruba)
delight 0 (gelinas)
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aruba
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response 134 of 1124:
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Mar 30 22:58 UTC 2001 |
ergotic
Main Entry: er7got
Pronunciation: '&r-g&t, -"gdt
Function: noun
Etymology: French, literally, cock's spur
Date: 1683
1 : the black or dark purple sclerotium of fungi (genus Claviceps)
that occurs as a club-shaped body replacing the seed of a grass (as
rye); also : a fungus bearing ergots
2 : a disease of rye and other cereals caused by an ergot fungus
3 a : the dried sclerotia of an ergot fungus grown on rye and
containing several alkaloids (as ergonovine and ergotamine) b : any of
such alkaloids used medicinally for their contractile effect on smooth
muscle (as of peripheral arterioles)
- er7got7ic /(")&r-'gd-tik/ adjective
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rcurl
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response 135 of 1124:
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Mar 30 23:56 UTC 2001 |
In mathematics, ergotic refers to persistent, non-null and non-periodic
Markov chains. I have no idea how that is related to 1, 2 or 3, above,
although it must derive from the same latin root.
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kentn
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response 136 of 1124:
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Mar 31 01:03 UTC 2001 |
ergotic 7 (aruba) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner!
Ergotic \Er*got"ic\, a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; as, ergotic acid.
Congrats, Mark, you're up!
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rcurl
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response 137 of 1124:
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Mar 31 02:30 UTC 2001 |
(That still doesn't explain ergotic chains and the famous "ergotic
hypothesis".)
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aruba
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response 138 of 1124:
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Mar 31 04:14 UTC 2001 |
You're thinking of "ergodic", Rane. I didn't expect to win that one - I
will come up with a word soon.
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rcurl
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response 139 of 1124:
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Mar 31 20:45 UTC 2001 |
(...rcurl goes off to clean his glasses...)
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aruba
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response 140 of 1124:
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Apr 1 05:29 UTC 2001 |
OK, I'm thinking of a 7-letter word that's not
ergotic 0 (lastword)
BTW Rane, since you're always hanging around, why nbot make a guess? :)
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kentn
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response 141 of 1124:
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Apr 1 16:31 UTC 2001 |
unearth
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aruba
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response 142 of 1124:
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Apr 1 16:47 UTC 2001 |
unearth 0 (kentn)
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rcurl
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response 143 of 1124:
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Apr 1 18:50 UTC 2001 |
(Re #139: I enjoyed playing for a long time and now I am enjoying
watching.)
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gelinas
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response 144 of 1124:
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Apr 2 03:41 UTC 2001 |
chintzy
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kentn
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response 145 of 1124:
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Apr 2 11:01 UTC 2001 |
concede
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aruba
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response 146 of 1124:
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Apr 2 15:26 UTC 2001 |
chintzy 1 (gelinas)
concede 1 (kentn)
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gelinas
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response 147 of 1124:
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Apr 3 01:46 UTC 2001 |
funnels
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aruba
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response 148 of 1124:
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Apr 3 03:05 UTC 2001 |
funnels 0 (gelinas)
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kentn
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response 149 of 1124:
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Apr 4 00:27 UTC 2001 |
cabinet
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