MOBLED

In honor of my first mobile blog entry, I thought I'd find a word similar to MOBILE...

Definition: wrapped in or as if in a hood (adj)

Episode 48 notes

episode 48 notes... leave a comment if you have a better word for COCKAPOO.

extensions
AUNTIES: FLAUNTIEST JAUNTIEST
SINUATE: (IN)SINUATED SINUATELY

ONION front hooks:
RONION a mangy animal or person
GONION goh-nee-on a part of the lower

INION a part of the skull
MINION a servile follower
PINION to remove or bind the wing feathers of to prevent flight (v.)

MAZ(O)URKA a Polish dance

COCKAPOO a hybrid between a cocker spaniel and a poodle

FUTHARC FUTHARK FUTHORC FUTHORK an ancient alphabet

EURYOKY the ability of an organism to live under variable conditions EUROKOUS (adj.)
bonus: alt spelling! EUROKY

RAPPAREE a plunderer

MOLYBDIC pertaining to a certain metallic element (I looked it up, it's actually MOLYBDENUM)

bonus list of 2x4 words:
APPEASES BILABIAL COUSCOUS FROUFROU GUITGUIT HOTSHOTS JIPIJAPA
MAHIMAHI MESOSOME MILLIEME MIMETITE PREPRESS RAPPAREE REAPPEAR
SHAMMASH TEAMMATE

Episode 45 Notes

Leave a comment if you'd like...


hooks
MONSTER(A)
(O)ECOLOGY

extensions
STEARIN the solid portion of a fat
STEARINE TRISTEARIN
STAINER
ABSTAINER SUSTAINER


-AMPION words

CAMPION an herb
LAMPION a type of light generating device
RAMPION a European plant
TAMPION a plug for the muzzle of a cannon
(MAINTOP, PTOMAIN(E), TIMPANO)

OID words

OBOVOID ovoid with the narrow end at the base
XIPHOID a part of the sternum
RHIZOID a rootlike structure
HYPNOID pertaining to hypnosis or sleep
ZINCOID pertaining to zinc

quiz answers
KOLHOZY (KOLKHOZ) a collective farm in Russia
VAVASOR (VAVASOUR, VAVASSOR) a high ranking vassal
SPINACH (Y)

Episode 44 Notes

extensions of INMATES:
CABINMATES, COINMATES


(f t) RET (e) to soak in order to loosen the fiber from the woody tissue
(b g) RIN to run or melt

J birds

JABIRU
JACANA
JACAMAR
JACKDAW

ALT SPELLING:
DOSSAL an ornamental cloth hung behind an altar
DOSSEL
DOSSIL a cloth roll for wiping ink

CHROMA the purity of a color
CHROME(D) to plate with chromium
CHROMO a type of color picture
CHROMY(L)

CONDYLES a protuberance on a bone
ANTISAG designed to prevent sagging (no S)

AGOUTIES a burrowing rodent

Episode 43 Notes

-JET words

FANJET
INKJET
OBJET
PROJET
PROPJET
RAMJET
RESOJET
TRIJET (JITTER)
TWINJET

???PT words
CHAPT
CLAPT
CLIPT
COMPT
DIPT
DRIPT
DROPT
GRIPT
SLIPT
STOPT
TRAPT
WHIPT
WRAPT

extensionS

ENTAILS: (A)VENTAILS adjustable front of a medieval helmet
DISENTAILS
SALTINE: BASALTINE (STAINABLE) a dark dense igneous rock
SALTINESS (STAINLESS, SLATINESS)


BAZAR a bazaar
GAZAR silky sheer fabric
LAZAR a beggar afflicted with a loathesome disease

$ of the week:
PAISA pl. PAISAS PAISE coin of pakistan
POISHA

AEQUORIN a protein secreted by jellyfish
ACTINON an isotope of radon
KLYSTRON a type of electron tube

Episode 42 notes

Ever make a flashcard and find out much later that it's a phony? Post a comment.


JET words

JETBEAD an ornamental shrub
JETFOIL a jet powered hydrofoil
JETLAGS
JETLIKE
JETPORT a type of airport
JETSA/OMS goods cast overboard
JETTONS a piece used in counting
JETWAYS a telescoping corridor between the terminal and aircraft

extension:
ASTHENIA lack of strength
MYASTHENIA muscle weakness
NEURASTHENIA nervous exhaustion
PSYCHASTHENIA a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.

bonus extension:
NAPR OXEN an anti-inflammatory drug

3 letter word:
UMM um takes front hook of M
MUM to act in a disguise

BAZOO the mouth
KAZOO a toy musical instrument
GAZOO wazoo
WAZOO the anus


ABOIDEAU type of dike
ABOITEAU (both take an X or S)


CHRONAXY the time required to excite a never cell electrically
PYRALID a long legged moth

Episode 41 Notes

episode 41

This week's pointless poll: word you've learned from TWS..

V words that take an E hook:

VENIN a toxin found in snake venom
VERST a Russian measure of distance
VITTA a streak or band of color

MALE NAMES:

ARGUS an east Indian pheasant (3 anagrams)
BENJAMIN/ BENNY benzoin/ an amphetamine tablet
CLARENCE a closed carriage (CANCELER)
DEXTER situated on the right (no S)
EDDY to move against the main current
FRANKLIN a medievel English landowner
GILBERT a unit of magnetomotive force
HENRY a unit of inductance

extensions:
EASTING BREASTING to confront OUTFEASTING
EATINGS DRUMBEATINGS

BONZE(R) a Buddhist monk BONZER very good (BRONZE)

SMARAGD(E) an emerald

ATHIRST having a strong desire
(B)RATTISH ratlike
TARTISH