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blaise
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response 475 of 1037:
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Jul 22 13:46 UTC 2001 |
vulcan
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kentn
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response 476 of 1037:
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Jul 22 23:01 UTC 2001 |
uneven
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brighn
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response 477 of 1037:
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Jul 23 14:19 UTC 2001 |
vulcan 0 (blaise)
uneven 0 (kentn)
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blaise
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response 478 of 1037:
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Jul 23 17:04 UTC 2001 |
zaftig
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kentn
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response 479 of 1037:
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Jul 23 17:15 UTC 2001 |
aprons
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brighn
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response 480 of 1037:
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Jul 23 18:00 UTC 2001 |
zaftig's a cool word... is it too late to change my word? ;}
zaftig 1 (blaise)
aprons 1 (kentn)
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blaise
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response 481 of 1037:
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Jul 23 21:16 UTC 2001 |
satyrs
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brighn
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response 482 of 1037:
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Jul 23 21:23 UTC 2001 |
satyrs 1 (blaise)
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kentn
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response 483 of 1037:
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Jul 24 10:40 UTC 2001 |
yarrow
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brighn
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response 484 of 1037:
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Jul 24 13:27 UTC 2001 |
yarrow 0 (kentn)
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blaise
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response 485 of 1037:
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Jul 24 20:13 UTC 2001 |
sputum
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kentn
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response 486 of 1037:
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Jul 25 03:13 UTC 2001 |
praxis
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brighn
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response 487 of 1037:
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Jul 25 04:24 UTC 2001 |
Kent's good at this. Have I mentioned that?
Kent's up.
formality...
sputum 0 blaise
praxis 6 kentn
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kentn
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response 488 of 1037:
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Jul 28 20:20 UTC 2001 |
Okay, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word and it's not...
praxis 0 (The Last Word)
A summary of guesses is in ~kentn/letter.match6.
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blaise
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response 489 of 1037:
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Jul 30 14:35 UTC 2001 |
zaftig
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albaugh
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response 490 of 1037:
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Jul 30 16:12 UTC 2001 |
streak
praxis Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural praxes
Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Greek, doing, action, from prassein
to do, practice -- more at PRACTICAL Date: 1581
: ACTION, PRACTICE: as a : exercise or practice of an art, science, or skill
b : customary practice or conduct
zaftig Function: adjective
Etymology: Yiddish zaftik juicy, succulent, from zaft juice, sap, from
Middle High German saf, saft, from Old High German saf -- more at SAP
Date: circa 1936 of a woman : having a full rounded figure : pleasingly plump
Yeah, I can just see it, Menachem, on his first date, saying
"Baby, you are just so zaftig!" :-)
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kentn
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response 491 of 1037:
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Jul 30 23:56 UTC 2001 |
zaftig 0 (blaise)
streak 1 (albaugh)
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gelinas
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response 492 of 1037:
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Jul 31 06:35 UTC 2001 |
shears
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blaise
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response 493 of 1037:
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Jul 31 13:40 UTC 2001 |
verger
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kentn
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response 494 of 1037:
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Aug 1 00:23 UTC 2001 |
shears 0 (gelinas)
verger 0 (blaise)
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gelinas
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response 495 of 1037:
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Aug 1 04:05 UTC 2001 |
squeal
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blaise
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response 496 of 1037:
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Aug 1 13:35 UTC 2001 |
novena
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kentn
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response 497 of 1037:
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Aug 2 11:11 UTC 2001 |
squeal 1 (gelinas)
novena 2 (blaise)
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gelinas
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response 498 of 1037:
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Aug 2 22:53 UTC 2001 |
dozers
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albaugh
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response 499 of 1037:
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Aug 2 23:28 UTC 2001 |
achene Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin achaenium, from a- + Greek chainein to yawn
-- more at YAWN Date: 1855
: a small dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit (as of a sunflower)
developing from a simple ovary and usually having a thin pericarp
attached to the seed at only one point
The lesson continuith:
verger Function: noun Date: 15th century
1 chiefly British : an attendant that carries a verge (as before a bishop
or justice)
2 : a church official who keeps order during services or serves as an
usher or a sacristan
verge Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin virga rod, stripe
Date: 15th century
1 a (1) : a rod or staff carried as an emblem of authority or symbol of office
(2) obsolete : a stick or wand held by a person being admitted
to tenancy while he swears fealty
b : the spindle of a watch balance; especially : a spindle with pallets
in an old vertical escapement
c : the male intromittent organ of any of various invertebrates
2 a : something that borders, limits, or bounds: as
(1) : an outer margin of an object or structural part
(2) : the edge of roof covering (as tiling) projecting over the gable
of a roof
(3) British : a paved or planted strip of land at the edge of a road :
SHOULDER
b : BRINK, THRESHOLD <a country on the verge of destruction --
Archibald MacLeish>
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