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Grex > Language > #114: The seven letter word game, 3rd edition |  |
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kentn
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response 150 of 1021:
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Jan 30 01:26 UTC 2002 |
aviator
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aruba
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response 151 of 1021:
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Jan 30 05:59 UTC 2002 |
aviator 0 (kentn)
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blaise
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response 152 of 1021:
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Jan 30 17:35 UTC 2002 |
wanders
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aruba
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response 153 of 1021:
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Jan 30 21:53 UTC 2002 |
wanders 0 (blaise)
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albaugh
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response 154 of 1021:
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Jan 30 23:24 UTC 2002 |
whaling
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aruba
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response 155 of 1021:
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Jan 31 02:11 UTC 2002 |
whaling 0 (albaugh)
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blaise
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response 156 of 1021:
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Jan 31 02:34 UTC 2002 |
recurve
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aruba
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response 157 of 1021:
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Jan 31 07:07 UTC 2002 |
Oh boy, here we go again. M-W has "recurved" but not "recurve". Can you
provide a citation, Jim?
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kentn
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response 158 of 1021:
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Jan 31 12:20 UTC 2002 |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recurve \Re*curve"\ (r?*k?rv"), v. t.
To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or
down.
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kentn
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response 159 of 1021:
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Jan 31 12:23 UTC 2002 |
fretsaw
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]:
fretsaw
n : narrow-bladed fine-toothed saw for cutting curved outlines
[syn: {jigsaw}, {scroll saw}]
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blaise
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response 160 of 1021:
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Jan 31 14:37 UTC 2002 |
You mean other than owning a recurve? ;-> Here, how's this? (Though I
haven't found a citation for the meaning I intended -- a recurve bow.)
Search Results for recurve
1) recurve. The American Heritage. Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: re7curved, re7curv7ing, re7curves To curve (something)
backward or downward or become curved backward or downward. Latin recurvre :
re-, re- + curvre,...
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albaugh
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response 161 of 1021:
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Jan 31 17:04 UTC 2002 |
horsing
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gelinas
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response 162 of 1021:
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Jan 31 22:12 UTC 2002 |
curried
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aruba
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response 163 of 1021:
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Feb 1 01:14 UTC 2002 |
recurve 0 (blaise)
fretsaw 0 (kentn)
horsing 0 (albaugh)
curried 0 (gelinas)
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blaise
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response 164 of 1021:
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Feb 1 16:47 UTC 2002 |
tsunami
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aruba
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response 165 of 1021:
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Feb 1 23:44 UTC 2002 |
tsunami 7 (blaise)
Amazing how this game works sometimes. You're up, Jim!
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blaise
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response 166 of 1021:
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Feb 4 03:56 UTC 2002 |
OK, I'm thinking of a word that's not...
tsunami 0 (lastword)
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aruba
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response 167 of 1021:
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Feb 4 03:57 UTC 2002 |
element
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gelinas
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response 168 of 1021:
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Feb 4 04:04 UTC 2002 |
actions
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blaise
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response 169 of 1021:
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Feb 4 16:21 UTC 2002 |
element 1 (aruba)
actions 2 (gelinas)
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aruba
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response 170 of 1021:
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Feb 4 16:44 UTC 2002 |
accents
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blaise
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response 171 of 1021:
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Feb 4 18:39 UTC 2002 |
accents 2 (aruba)
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gelinas
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response 172 of 1021:
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Feb 4 19:05 UTC 2002 |
scatter
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kentn
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response 173 of 1021:
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Feb 4 23:21 UTC 2002 |
governs
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aruba
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response 174 of 1021:
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Feb 4 23:48 UTC 2002 |
acclaim
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