Episode 61 notes

over and out:
OVERKILL /OUTKILL

YY words
YABBY an Australian crayfish
FLYBYs a flight of aircraft close to a specified space
SKYEY resembling the sky
TYIYN $ unit of Kyrgyzstan (TYIN)
XYLYLs a univalent radical

common bingos that don't take an S
ANTIRED SEAGIRT

3 letter verbs (ing words you may not know)
BAM to strike with a dull resounding noise
BIB to tipple (drink alcoholic beverages)
BUS of note: BUSSINGS, BUSINGS


snapbacks:
CAL- CAN- SUB- ZONES

RETAIN + C
CERATIN: EVISCERATING, INCARCERATING, LACERATING, MACERATING, ULCERATING

CERTAIN: ASCERTAIN/ED/ING, ASCERTAINMENT(S), CERTAINER/EST/LY/TY/TIES, UNCERTAIN/LY/NESS(ES)/TY/TIES

CREATIN: COCREATING, CREATININE, MISCREATING, PANCREATIN, PHOSPHOCREATINE, PRO/RE/UNCREATING


currency of the month:
EYRIR pl. AURAR  of iceland (no S)

quiz answers:
SAMADHI a state of concentration in yoga

RELEVANT= LEVANTERs an easterly Meditarranean wind

GAGAKUS ancient court music of Japan

Episode 60 notes

It's funny, I didn't advertise this one at all, yet it still got a ton of downloads (or so my host site tells me). Perhaps people mainly get notified of it through iTunes?



snapbacks
BLA ZONED
BLA ZONER

extensions:
DUMB, HEAD, A WAITERS
unWARIEST

over and out
OVER/OUT HAUL HEAR HUNT


three letter words surprise verbs (make 6 letter words)
AAH
ABY  ABOUGHT
ADZ adzing/dazing
ASH  fpASHING

BELGA former Belgian monetary unit

NONIONIC not ionic
hjOSTLERS hostler,  a person who tends horses or mules
KHEDIVE a Turkish viceroy khedival

Episode 59 notes

extensions
TARRIESt- STARRIEST
twARTIEST- HEARTIEST
RATITES- ZARATITES

snapbacks:
GLA GRA SEI ZINGS

VEXIL (vexillum, part of a feather)

HEX words
HEXAD a group of six HEXADIC
HEXADE a hexad
HEXANE a volatile liquid
HEXER one that hexes
HEXONE a hydrocarbon solvent
HEXOSE a simple sugar
HEXYL a hydrocarbon radical HEXYLIC

interesting hooks:

BLASTYier stably blowing in gusts

OBLAST(I) an administrative division of Russia OBLASTS

TRUNNELS (treenail)
FAROUCHE sullenly shy (no s) BAROUCHE: type of carriage
PHRATRY a tribal unit among primitive peoples PHRATRAL PHRATRIC
TACITRUN =URTICANTs

vAGUE a malarial fever AGUELIKE, AGUISH, AGUISHLY, AGUEWEED
CRUE* CURE ECRU
GRUEls a shudder of fear
SLUE to cause to move sideways
SPUE to spew

Episode 58 notes

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RACOON (CORONAels), RACCOON


common bingo, uncommon definition
ANESTRI plural of ANESTRUS a period of sexual dormancy SAUNTERS

OVERGROWns
OUTGROW

extensions
SATIRE + P
ANTIPARTIES, NONPARTIES
ASPIRATES ,BIOPIRATES

snapbacks:
BEN DIA FAN OXA ZINES
better to play ZEINS


DIQUAT- dahy-kwot herb/pesti/insecticide of the month
past features: DIELDRIN, NALED, ZINEB

$ of the month KROON(S/I)  former monetary unit of estonia

ENDEXINE an inner layer of the exine

SIDESLIP to slip to one side
SLIPCASEds a protective box for a book (SPECIALS)
cOVERSLIPst to leave out/ SLIPOVER a pullover
SLIPWARE a type of pottery

STAITHE a wharf equipped for transporting coal from railroad cars into ships

Episode 57 notes

MAY- to gather flowers in the spring

cool MAY extensions:
MAYHAPPEN MAYORALTY MAYWEED

alt spelling KEF KIF KAIF KEEF KIEF

SATIRE + L

ANTIREALIST(S)
HYPERREALIST(IC) (NO S)
NEOREALIST(S)(IC)
SURREALIST(S)(IC)
ULTRAREALIST(S)(IC)

REALISTIC(ALLY)
(UN)REALISTIC(ALLY)

CURTAILERS
DETAILERS
ENTAILERS
RETAILERS

over and out: OVERFAST adj OUTFAST v

jqxz word
JARRAH an evergreen tree
MANQUE frustrated in the fulfillment of one's aspirations (adj)
UNAXED (adj)
OZALID a process of printing positive images from film

-IING words you may not know (SKIING, TAXIING)
ALIBIING
HONGIING to greet another by pressing noses together
PIING (PIEING)to jumble or disorder

LINURON a herbicide

Episode 56 notes

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extensions BISERIATE SERIATELY

MYC a gene that transforms a normal cell into a cancerous cell
CYMA(ers) a curved molding  CYMAR/SIMAR
CYME a flower cluster

bonus extensions: earth/ micro/ youth /moon/ seaQUAKE MICROEARTHQUAKE

hook train  POUF POUFF POUFFY POUFFE POUFFED POUFED POUFFES

MOIDORE  former gold coin of Portugal (MOODIER DOOMIER)
DALASI(S) $ of gambia

GAMBIA
GAMBIR
GAMBIER an extract obtained from an Asian vine
GAMB(eas) a leg
GAMBA also good-  a bass viol

MENINX any of the membranes enclosing the brain and spinal cord MENINGES

ORCHITIS inflammation of the testicle (ORCHITIC) (A)HISTORIC

AQUACADE a swimming and diving expedition

MIKVOTH a place for ritual bathing by orthodox Jews MIKVAH (sing.)

COROTATE to rotate together

Episode 55 notes...

Fresh copies of episode 55 out now! Get 'em while they last! Wait, actually my server is stalling on that. Well, it should be out soon, anyway.

SALTIERS saltire (a heraldic design)
SAUCIERS a chef who specializes in sauces
EMPTIERS one that empties
BUSTIERS a woman's undergarment
FANCIERS one that fancies
GLAZIERS one that glazes GLAZY (G)LAZILY
JOLLIERS one who puts others in good humor

OVERDARE to become too daring (OVERDEAR)
OUTDARE to surpass in daring (OUTREAD, READOUT)

SANTOUR a persian dulcimer
SANTOOR
SANTIR (instar, strain, trains)
SANTUR

BORZOI  a russian hound

DIASTER a stage in mitosis
DIASTEREOMER  either of a pair of stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other
DIASTEREOMERIC
BASTARDIES the state or condition of being a bastard

mAGMA eng (phoenetic symbol)
aGAMAy a pasture grass AGAMA a tropical lizard GAMAY a red grape

BIOMETER an instrument for measuring the amount of carbon dioxide given off by an organism, tissue, etc

oEDEMATA  plural of edema (effusion of serous fluid into tissue spaces or into body cavities)
IGNITRON  a cathode-arc vacuum tube

NONISSUE = UNSONSIE (unlucky) no S unsonsy SONSIER but not UNSONSIER*

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

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

Episode 52 notes...

IH words
IHRAM a garb worn by muslim pilgrims
JIHAD (JEHAD) a muslim holy war (HADJI)
NIHIL nothing
MIHRAB a niche in a mosque
MAIHEM (MAYHEM)
MANIHOT a tropical plant
SHANTIH (SHANTI) peace
COPIHUE a climbing vine  koh-pee-wey

ULTRA an ultraist
SUPRA above (no s)
(O)MEGA great in size or importance (no s)
GIGA a gigue/ gighe (a lively dance)

over and out:
OUTBRED (doubter obtrude redoubt) to interbreed relatively unrelated stocks
OVERBRED to breed to excess


MOG to move away


SFORZATO(s) the playing of a tone or chord with sudden force


(S)FORZANDO(S) / (S)FORZANDI
(alternate spelling of SFORZATO! FORZANDO takes an S front hook!)


also: SFERICS an electronic detector of storms
        SFUMATO  a technique used in painting      

PSORALEN a drug used to treat psoriasis

TRICORN(E) a hat with the brim turned up on three sides

BIRAMOSE  divided into two branches (no s)

Episode 50 notes

episode 50.. coming soon to an iPod near you..

extension series
mulligaTAWNIES a curry flavored soup

3 letter words
FER(en)  for
(t)REF(st) to referee

bonus blog list!: 2 letter words that take a T front and back hook:
HAE HEN HIN RAP REF WAS WEE WOS


NUDNICK NUDNIK an annoying person

zam words (note: all take an S except SHAZAM)
ZAMIA a tropical plant
NIZAM  a former sovereign of India
NIZAMATE the territory of a nizam
SHAZAM used to signify a magical occurrence (no s)
ZAMARRA a sheepskin coat
ZAMARRO a zamarra
ZAMINDAR(I) (zuh-meen-dahr) a tax collector in precolonial India ZEMINDAR(Y)


NAKFA monetary unit of Eritrea
JOUAL  a dialect of Canadian French

EUPHONIC (EUPHONY) pleasant sound
EUPHORIC (EUPHORIA) a feeling of well being
EUPHOTIC pertaining to the upper layer of a body of water



TOCSINS an alarm sounded on a bell
AZULEJO (ah-soo-le-haw) a type of ceramic tile

BIRD/HARE/LAMEBRAINED is good