Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Episode 54 notes

CLODPOLE/ CLODPATE/ CLODPOLL a stupid person

YTE words
BYTE a group of adjacent binary digits
HYTE insane (no S)
KYTE the stomach
WYTE to wite (blame)
FLYTE to flite (quarrel)
BARYTE barite
OOCYTE an egg before maturation
QUBYTE a sequence of eight quantum bits  QUBIT a quantum bit

extension SATIRE + B
RED(BAITERS) one who redbaits (denounces as communist)
SY(BARITES) a person devoted to pleasure and luxury (BESTIARY)
YT(TERBIAS) a chemical compound (YTTERBIC)


CENTO (sento) a literary work made up of parts from other works

DUECENTO (13th c.), TRECENTO (14th c.), QUATTROCENTO (15th c.), CINQUECENTO (16th c.), SEICENTO (17th c.),

SEJANT (see-junt)represented in a sitting position- used of a heraldic animal (adj- no S!)
SEJEANT same
SERJEANT sergeant(Y) a non-commissioned military officer (SERGEANT has 5 anagrams)
SERJEANTY a form of land tenure

stupid tip of the week: download quackle @ quackle.org

(A)ESTIVATE to spend the summer
UNUNBIUM a synthetic element

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