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cacomistle (16 points)
Ring-tailed cat
C·3+A·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
calculable (16 points)
Able to be assessed
C·3+A·1+L·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
calumniate (14 points)
Malice aunt spread to denigrate
Slander a hundred old students at start of event
Villify.
C·3+A·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+N·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
camouflage (18 points)
Disguise (from enemy)
Hide male in a foul cage after beating
Means of disguise
C·3+A·1+M·3+O·1+U·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 18 pts
cancelable (16 points)
CANCEL to {annul=v}
C·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
cantaloupe (14 points)
Hasn't a way to run away?
Hasn't a way to run away (wordplay)
Fruit worker gangster forced into car
C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+P·3+E·1 = 14 pts
cantillate (12 points)
Intone
C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
canvaslike (19 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
C·3+A·1+N·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 19 pts
capitalise (14 points)
Cash in London, say, is preferable, ultimately
What one should do to names making profit
Make the most of IIIIIII, by the sound of it
C·3+A·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
capitalize (23 points)
Teacher's fiat re spelling proper nouns
Profit by
C·3+A·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 pts
capitulate (14 points)
Surrender on terms
Yield a title and a cup when beaten
Not about to sum up but give up
C·3+A·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
caramelise (14 points)
""To to change into caramel, by the action of heat; as, The sugar caramelized quickly.as, The sugar caramelized quickly.""
C·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
caramelize (23 points)
Turn sugar brown
Cook sugar for apples
C·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 pts
carmagnole (15 points)
Song and dance of the French Revolution
C·3+A·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
carnallite (12 points)
""A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.""
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
carpellate (14 points)
Bearing or consisting of carpels. Opposite of acarpelous.acarpelous.
C·3+A·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
catabolite (14 points)
A substance produced by the process of catabolism.
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
catabolize (23 points)
CATABOLIZE
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 pts
catafalque (24 points)
Decorated bier
Bier
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+F·4+A·1+L·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 24 pts
cellarette (12 points)
A cabinet for storing bottles of wine or liquor.
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
cellobiose (14 points)
A disaccharide that is produced from the partial hydrolysis of cellulose.
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+B·3+I·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
cellophane (17 points)
Musical food wrapping (wordplay)
Musical food wrapping?
Film about packaged food (wordplay)
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 17 pts
censurable (14 points)
""Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct. as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.""
C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
centerline (12 points)
Two-lane road feature
*Painted highway divider
Stripe that equally divides the road
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
centralise (12 points)
Take to heart (wordplay)
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
centralize (21 points)
Bring under a single control
Concentrate.
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
chalcocite (19 points)
A lead-grey or black mineral, found as a copper ore or in veins
C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
chalybeate (20 points)
""Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs. as, chalybeate springs.""
C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+Y·4+B·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
changeable (18 points)
Subject to alteration
Fickle Charlie Clark ingesting drug (wordplay)
Fickle
C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
channelize (24 points)
Direct into a fixed course.
C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 24 pts
chargeable (18 points)
Liable to be accused
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
charitable (17 points)
Like gift of new chair by board
Kindly moving chair where food is served
Good daily fare protects his heart
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
chatelaine (15 points)
Mistress of the household.
Mistress has to teach Liane composition
Mistress of a chateau.
C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
chelatable (17 points)
CHELATE to combine a metal ion with a compound
C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
chelicerae (17 points)
""Pl. chelicerae (- -r ) Either of the first pair of fanglike appendages near the mouth of an arachnid, such as a spider, often modified for grasping and piercing.""
C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 17 pts
cherrylike (22 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 22 pts
cherublike (21 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 21 pts
chlamydiae (21 points)
""Pl. chlamydiae (- - ) Any of various gram-negative, coccoid microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia, especially C. psittaci and C. trachomatis, that are pathogenic to humans and other animals, causing conjunctivitis in cattle and sheep and trachoma, urethritis, and proctitis in humans.""
C·3+H·4+L·1+A·1+M·3+Y·4+D·2+I·1+A·1+E·1 = 21 pts
chloralose (15 points)
English word
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts
chloramine (17 points)
""Any of several compounds containing nitrogen and chlorine, especially an unstable colorless liquid, NH 2 Cl, used to make hydrazine.""
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 17 pts
chlorinate (15 points)
Treat pool water, maybe
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
chrysolite (18 points)
Mineral used in making refractories
Stone makes loser itchy
Yellowish gemstone
C·3+H·4+R·1+Y·4+S·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
chrysotile (18 points)
Fibrous variety of serpentine, a form of asbestos
C·3+H·4+R·1+Y·4+S·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
citrulline (12 points)
An amino acid that is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine.
C·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
classicize (23 points)
To make classic or classical.
C·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 pts
clepsydrae (18 points)
Old water clocks
C·3+L·1+E·1+P·3+S·1+Y·4+D·2+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 18 pts
clingstone (13 points)
Variety of peach
It's a real peach
Variety of peach.
C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
clofibrate (17 points)
CLOFIBRATE
C·3+L·1+O·1+F·4+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
clomiphene (19 points)
""A synthetic drug, C 26 H 28 CINO, that is used in its citrate form to stimulate ovulation.""
C·3+L·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 19 pts
cloudscape (17 points)
Heavenly painting (wordplay)
Many a desktop background
Heavenly image could upset Catholic primate after Sunday
C·3+L·1+O·1+U·1+D·2+S·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 17 pts
coagulable (15 points)
Capable of being coagulated.
C·3+O·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
cognizable (24 points)
""Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes. as, cognizable causes.""
C·3+O·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 24 pts
colatitude (13 points)
""The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.""
C·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
colchicine (19 points)
""A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; called also colchicia. C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; called also colchicia.""
C·3+O·1+L·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 19 pts
colemanite (14 points)
""A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.""
C·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
coleoptile (14 points)
A protective sheath enclosing the shoot tip and embryonic leaves of grasses.
C·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
collarbone (14 points)
Catch be on removable part of skeleton!
It links scapula and sternum
Shoulder-blade neighbor
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
collective (17 points)
Gathered in one mass
Prayer I have viewed as a whole
Innovative clue: 'Lot in coven?'
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
collegiate (13 points)
NCAA member (wordplay)
Of higher education
Attending Yale for example
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
colportage (15 points)
Book distribution gets pass on carriage
C·3+O·1+L·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
columellae (14 points)
""Pl. columellae (-m l ) Any small columnlike structure in various plants and animals, often forming the central axis of development for the organism or an anatomical structure.""
C·3+O·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 14 pts
combinable (18 points)
Capable of combinding; consistent with.
C·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
comestible (16 points)
Thing to eat.
Something to eat
Arrives with bare head, putting on hat to eat
C·3+O·1+M·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
commutable (18 points)
Reachable from home on a daily basis
Not too far away
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
comparable (18 points)
Dot's sequel to bible story, like
Related short comedy story
Nearly come to Bible story which is similar
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
compatible (18 points)
Lamb with poetic bent in tune
Able to work with
What TV color is.
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
completive (19 points)
Making complete.
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 19 pts
compliance (18 points)
Obedience, as with the law
Acquiescence.
Policeman is worried by initially cautious cooperation
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 18 pts
complicate (18 points)
Make less simple
Make more involved
Make involved
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
compulsive (19 points)
Dreadful slump in voice production that can't be helped (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 19 pts
computable (18 points)
""Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.""
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
conciliate (14 points)
Mollify, win over
Act as mediator
Win over
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
conclusive (17 points)
Convincing vice-consul is complicated
Final move for vice-consul
Vice-consul managed to be emphatic
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
condolence (15 points)
Expression of sympathy
C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
condonable (15 points)
CONDONE to {overlook=v}
C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
confluence (17 points)
Meeting of rivers
Where things flow together
Study effect of power when not in the Union
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+U·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
conglobate (15 points)
""Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers. as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.""
C·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
consultive (15 points)
""Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative.""
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
consumable (16 points)
Something that can be eaten
Commodity reordered often
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
convalesce (17 points)
Steer sick slave to church to get better
Improve CV - enclose are worked entry
Cold? Once salve works, recover
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
convulsive (18 points)
""Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.""
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
copulative (17 points)
Like a joiner's debut in carpentry work - value it poorly
C·3+O·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
corbiculae (16 points)
Pl -lae [-ˌliː] (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the technical name for pollen basket
C·3+O·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 16 pts
corpulence (16 points)
Excessive fatness
Portliness
Obesity
C·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
corrigible (15 points)
Hardly a lost cause
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+G·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
corrodible (15 points)
Pocketing raised offer, my character's liable to deteriorate
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
corselette (12 points)
My landlord almost hides extremely strange hidden habit (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
craterlike (16 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
creditable (15 points)
Worthy of notice
Worthy message left before it is entered
Cider drunk on board is worthy of praise
C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
crepuscule (16 points)
Twilight
C·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
crunchable (19 points)
""CRUNCH to chew with a crackling sound, also CRANCH, CRAUNCH""
C·3+R·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 19 pts
crystalize (24 points)
CRYSTAL a transparent mineral
C·3+R·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 24 pts
cuddlesome (16 points)
Cold model used to be otherwise - nicely plump
Huggable
C·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 16 pts
cultivable (17 points)
Capable of being cultivated or tilled.
C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
cumulative (17 points)
Like a running total
Increasing by successive additions
Increasing by addition
C·3+U·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
cuttlebone (14 points)
""The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc.""
C·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
cyclodiene (18 points)
English word
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 18 pts
cyclostome (19 points)
""Sklstm, Cyclostomous Pertaining to the Cyclostomi.""
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 19 pts
cyclostyle (20 points)
Document copying device suitable for Tour de France (wordplay)
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts

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