2009-10-07

philtrum

infranasal depression

2009-09-13

Atonement

Amends or reparation made for an injury or wrong; expiation.

2009-08-22

condescend

1. To descend to the level of one considered inferior; lower oneself. See synonyms at stoop1.
2. To deal with people in a patronizingly superior manner.

2009-08-05

Convalescent

〈患者が〉回復期の;回復期患者の
a ~ ward  回復期患者病棟.

2009-05-24

Words in Mary Roach's presentation

in-utero
pungent
sow
vulva
inseminate
titillate
conceive
copulate

2009-04-28

Cease and desist

A cease and desist (also called C & D) is an order or request to halt an activity, or else face legal action. The recipient of the cease-and-desist may be an individual or an organization.

entomophilous, anemophilous

entomophilous
Botany.
Pollinated by insects.
entomophily noun

anemophilous
Pollinated by wind-dispersed pollen.
anemophily nous

2009-04-10

Banjax

(rare, primarily Irish) To ruin or destroy.

2009-04-09

salacious

1. Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire; lascivious.
2. Lustful; bawdy.

2009-04-07

Bunionectomy

これをやったあとの痛みは出産より激しい場合もあるという。くわばらくわばら。

2009-04-06

Pulmonic ingressive

Mentioned in the second topic of the episode distributed on 2009-03-23 of A Way with Words.
Wikipedia entry is here.

2009-03-08

“Crown play time” puzzle

From the episode “Tweet, Tweet! Polly Wanna Cracker!” of the radio program “A Way with Words”.

Guess a word that could logically go before or after each of a trio of words. For example, if the three words are “nest,” “calories,” and “suit,” the answer is “empty,” as in “empty nest,” “empty calories,” and “empty suit.”

Q0: crown, play, time
Q1: blue, six, throat
Q2: bending, game, reader
Q3: bullet, gravy, toilet
Q4: actor, flaw, witness
Q5: office, spring, turtle
Q6: sea, center, weight
Q7: guest, Lincoln, master

A0: triple
A1: deep
A2: mind
A3: train
A4: character
A5: box
A6: dead
A7: bedroom

Extra question: Guess the “crown play time” word for A1 through A7.
Answer: set

2009-01-23

Three's a charm

Find a word making phrases by being in front the the three or four words given.

Q: standard, bed, boiler
A: double

Q: weight, wheel, fishing
A: fly

Q: ball, pin, trigger
A: hair

Q: surgery, history, exam, thermometer
A: oral

Q: note, stone, ring
A: key

Q: wind, string, coming
A: second

Q: beef, zero, floor
A: ground

Q: job, ball, man, leopard
A: snow

2009-01-17

腹式呼吸

一般的にはそのままabdominal breathingで、専門家はdiaphragmatic breathingと呼ぶようだ。

2009-01-15

petrichor

(from Greek petros, "stone" + ichor) the name of the scent of rain on dry earth

2009-01-08

From "As they say in Zanzibar"

When two elephants tussle, it's the glass that suffers.
It is the pot that boils, but the dish gets the credit.