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abbreviation (19 points)
E.g. for example (wordplay)
Tues. or Agt. (tsk-tsk!)
Shortening - above Britain (anagram)
A·1+B·3+B·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
acceleration (16 points)
An increase in rate
Rate of increase of speed
A speeding up
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
adulteration (13 points)
Addition of contaminant let loose in a time span
Corruption of European in indecent allowance
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
alliteration (12 points)
Poetic ploy practised with panache!
What William Wordsworth wrote, perhaps
It's seen in some Shakespeare sonnets
A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
amelioration (14 points)
Changed email address for enhancement
Improvement.
Improvement
A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
amortization (23 points)
""The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain. dead hands, or in mortmain.""
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
anchorperson (19 points)
""An anchorman or anchorwoman.. The anchorperson usually begins the broadcast, discusses certain topics, and introduces new topics, which may be discussed by other reprorters, especially when the report is recorded or broadcast from a location other than the main broadcast studio.anchorman or anchorwoman.. The anchorperson usually begins the broadcast, discusses certain topics, and introduces new topics, which may be discussed by other reprorters, especially when the report is recorded or broadcast from a location other than the main broadcast studio.""
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
antiabortion (14 points)
Like opposers of the Roe v. Wade decision
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
antielectron (14 points)
ELECTRON an elementary particle
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
antiestrogen (13 points)
""ESTROGEN a female sex hormone, also ESTRIOL, OESTRIOL, ESTRIN, OESTRIN, OESTROGEN, ESTRONE, OESTRONE, THEELIN, THEELOL""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
antifriction (17 points)
Something to lessea. Tending to lessen friction. a. Tending to lessen friction.
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
antireligion (13 points)
RELIGION belief in a higher power
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
antithrombin (19 points)
THROMBIN an {enzyme=n}
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
apperception (20 points)
""The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.""
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
appreciation (18 points)
Going up in one's estimation (wordplay)
Gratitude; increase in value
Acknowledgment of rise in value
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
apprehension (19 points)
Fear taking (wordplay)
Fear, perhaps, in one that's disturbed
Taking fright (wordplay)
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
arborization (23 points)
""The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.""
A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
archdiocesan (20 points)
Dean co-chairs shambles in one of the church provinces
Relates to clerical figure starting off in March around the sea reportedly
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+D·2+I·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
archosaurian (17 points)
English word
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
articulation (14 points)
Clarity in speech
Tunic a tailor prepared for delivery
Term for off-road suspension compliance
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
artilleryman (17 points)
Gunner can be taller in army
What Harry Truman was in World War I.
Soldier unwell in channel by island
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
artillerymen (17 points)
Gunnery soldiers
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
asseveration (15 points)
Solemn statement
Stupid person the day before helping to produce solemn statement
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
autorotation (12 points)
AUTOROTATE
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
backcourtman (24 points)
English word
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 24 pts
backcourtmen (24 points)
BACKCOURT
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 24 pts
betweenbrain (19 points)
See diencephalon .
B·3+E·1+T·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
biometrician (18 points)
Biology
B·3+I·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
cameraperson (18 points)
Film set worker
C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
chlorination (17 points)
""The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.""
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
chlorohydrin (24 points)
""An aliphatic organic chemical compound that is both an alkyl chloride and an alcohol, frequently containing a single chlorine atom and a single hydroxyl group on adjacent carbon atoms.""
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+O·1+H·4+Y·4+D·2+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 24 pts
chloropicrin (21 points)
""An oily colorless liquid, CCl 3 NO 2 , that causes skin, lung, and mucous membrane irritation and is used in tear gas and in dyestuffs, disinfectants, insecticides, and soil fumigants. Also called nitrochloroform .""
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 21 pts
churchwarden (26 points)
Parish officer - long-stemmed pipe
Long-stemmed clay pipe
Pipe officer
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 26 pts
chymotrypsin (27 points)
A pancreatic digestive enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of certain proteins in the small intestine into polypeptides and amino acids.
C·3+H·4+Y·4+M·3+O·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 27 pts
circumcision (20 points)
""The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females.""
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+M·3+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
circumfusion (21 points)
The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round.
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+M·3+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
coacervation (19 points)
A heaping together.
C·3+O·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
cocarcinogen (19 points)
""CARCINOGEN Any substance that produces cancer; as, to test for carcinogens in the drinking water.as, to test for carcinogens in the drinking water.""
C·3+O·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
cochairwoman (24 points)
""CHAIRWOMAN a female officer who presides at the meetings of a committee, meeting, or organization; a female chairperson.""
C·3+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 24 pts
cochairwomen (24 points)
CHAIRWOMEN
C·3+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 24 pts
cogeneration (15 points)
""GENERATION The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.""
C·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
colorization (23 points)
""COLORIZE to give color to black and white film, also COLORISE""
C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
compurgation (19 points)
""The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager. wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.""
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
confirmation (19 points)
Making sure of ecclesiastical rite
Proof; a religious ceremony
Company people must accept solid proof
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
conformation (19 points)
Rip off by Genesis - is that the shape of things to come (wordplay)
A dogsbody provides trick questionnaire at a charge
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
congregation (16 points)
Worshipful company (wordplay)
Churchgoers go on catering course
Churchgoers study going rate amendment
C·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
conscription (18 points)
He's impressed by this (wordplay)
Compulsory enlistment
Service requirement to study text no one recalled
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
consecration (16 points)
Act of rendering holy
Dedication to a concern is unusual
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
conservation (17 points)
Careful use (of a resource)
Preservation (of wildlife)
Change conversation from ecology
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
conspiration (16 points)
Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy.
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
constriction (16 points)
Turn out of building for one to make it tighter
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
construction (16 points)
Prisoners tense: row is building
Process of erecting buildings
Act of building
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
contribution (16 points)
In regret, almost buy gift
Something given towards a common purpose
Gift of half buck bestowed in sorrow
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
conversation (17 points)
Something to talk about (wordplay)
Exchange broken cast-iron oven
End of quotation
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
coordination (15 points)
Working together on Ontario CID reform
Ordered action together
Balanced movement
C·3+O·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
coproduction (19 points)
Coproduct
C·3+O·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
counterstain (14 points)
A stain of a contrasting color used to color the components in a microscopic specimen that are not made visible by the principal stain.
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
countrywoman (22 points)
She lives in a rural district
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 22 pts
countrywomen (22 points)
A person from one's own country; a compatriot.
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 22 pts
craftsperson (19 points)
A craftsman or a craftswoman.
C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
crenellation (14 points)
King's mistress engaged in making battlement
Battlement
Pretty, witty mistress, famously involved in making a 2 in the 22 (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
creolization (23 points)
""CREOLIZE to cause a language to become creole, also CREOLISE""
C·3+R·1+E·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
curarization (23 points)
""CURARIZE to poison with curare, also CURARISE""
C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
cyclodextrin (27 points)
English word
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 27 pts
daunorubicin (17 points)
English word
D·2+A·1+U·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+U·1+B·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
deceleration (15 points)
A slowing down
Reduction in the going rate
Slowing of velocity
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
deflagration (17 points)
Burning away of a substance
D·2+E·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
degeneration (14 points)
Worsening state of French breeding
Decline of French production
Decline of French age group
D·2+E·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
deliberation (15 points)
Considering rearrest (wordplay)
Long and careful consideration
Thought on the continent of freedom
D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
denaturation (13 points)
DENATURE to deprive of natural qualities
D·2+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
depreciation (17 points)
It never goes up in financial crash
Gradual loss of value
Loss in value
D·2+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
deracination (15 points)
Act of uprooting
I worried about body of people being uprooted
D·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
deregulation (14 points)
Removal of restrictions
Restrictions being removed? Lie around and get sozzled
D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
derepression (15 points)
Derepress
D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
dermabrasion (17 points)
""A surgical procedure designed to remove skin imperfections, such as scars, by abrading the surface of the skin with fine sandpaper or wire brushes.""
D·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
desideration (14 points)
Longing for something
Converted into a desired, longed-for object
D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
dessertspoon (15 points)
It makes a fool disappear
Sweet to make love with one from the canteen
It's sweet to make love together, lying perhaps on the table
D·2+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
dibenzofuran (27 points)
English word
D·2+I·1+B·3+E·1+N·1+Z·10+O·1+F·4+U·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 27 pts
dimerization (24 points)
""DIMERIZE to make into a dimer, also DIMERISE""
D·2+I·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 24 pts
dissertation (13 points)
Essay may be seen as sanitised rot
Essay for a degree or diploma
To a degree you have to defend it
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
distribution (15 points)
Most of the issue is charged and leads to handouts
Apportionment
Give out to missing Egyptian leader on charge of supplying demand
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
divarication (18 points)
A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.
D·2+I·1+V·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
dodecahedron (20 points)
Twelve-faced solid
Any polyhedron having 12 plane faces
Hooded dancer in motion revealing solid figure
D·2+O·1+D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
draftsperson (18 points)
A skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines.
D·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
elucubration (16 points)
See Lucubration. Lucubration.
E·1+L·1+U·1+C·3+U·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
emargination (15 points)
""The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.""
E·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
encrustation (14 points)
Variant of incrustation .
E·1+N·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
energization (22 points)
""ENERGIZE to give energy to, also ENERGISE""
E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
equalitarian (21 points)
Advocate of basic democratic principles
E·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
erythromycin (25 points)
Common antibiotic
E·1+R·1+Y·4+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 25 pts
eternization (21 points)
The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.
E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
etherization (24 points)
The administration of ether to produce insensibility.
E·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 24 pts
evisceration (17 points)
Disembowelling
E·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
exacerbation (23 points)
Making (something) worse
E·1+X·8+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
exaggeration (21 points)
Inflation? Cut rising going rate perhaps
An overdrawn account
Overstatement - overestimate
E·1+X·8+A·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
exasperation (21 points)
Intense irritation
Open-air sex at assembly causes annoyance
Disgruntlement
E·1+X·8+A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
excruciation (23 points)
""The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture.""
E·1+X·8+C·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
exenteration (19 points)
Act of exenterating.
E·1+X·8+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
exercitation (21 points)
Exercise; practice; use.
E·1+X·8+E·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
exhilaration (22 points)
Strong feeling of excited happiness
Joy for old Benn is without end: people oust leader!
Joyousness
E·1+X·8+H·4+I·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
expatriation (21 points)
In atonement, treacherous rat gets exile
E·1+X·8+P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
extraversion (22 points)
Looking out additional account
Another translation going out with confidence high
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
extroversion (22 points)
""The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder. as, extroversion of the bladder.""
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
featherbrain (20 points)
Ornithologist's asset (wordplay)
Deed + weed + fall = ninny
Silly person
F·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
fenestration (15 points)
Arrangement of windows in a building
F·4+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
fermentation (17 points)
Process involving yeast
It's central to eminent art of brewing
Yeast action
F·4+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
ferrosilicon (17 points)
An alloy of iron and silicon used in the production of carbon steel.
F·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
fiberization (26 points)
""FIBERIZE to break into fibers, also FIBERISE""
F·4+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 26 pts
fibrillation (17 points)
The state of being reduced to fibers.
F·4+I·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
fibrinolysin (20 points)
See plasmin .
F·4+I·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
flavoprotein (20 points)
Any of a group of enzymes containing flavin bound to protein and acting as dehydrogenation catalysts in biological reactions.
F·4+L·1+A·1+V·4+O·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
fluoridation (16 points)
Process reducing tooth decay
F·4+L·1+U·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
fluorination (15 points)
""FLUORINATE FLUORINE a gaseous element, also FLUORIN""
F·4+L·1+U·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
fluorocarbon (19 points)
Compound of only elements F and C
Compound of C and F atoms
Compound such as PTFE
F·4+L·1+U·1+O·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
frontiersman (17 points)
Cody or Carson, say
Daniel Boone, for one
Border dweller
F·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
frontiersmen (17 points)
Crockett and Boone
F·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
futilitarian (15 points)
Holding or based on the view that human endeavor is futile.
F·4+U·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
gastrulation (13 points)
""The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed.""
G·2+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
gentleperson (15 points)
A person of good breeding; a lady or a gentleman.
G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
geometrician (17 points)
One skilled in geometry; a geometer; a mathematician.
G·2+E·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
geriatrician (15 points)
Decrease in the number of people named Gerald (wordplay)
G·2+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
ghostwritten (19 points)
Worth setting puzzles produced under assumed name
Like work of unacknowledged author, worth testing out
G·2+H·4+O·1+S·1+T·1+W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
glycoprotein (20 points)
Any of a group of conjugated proteins having a carbohydrate as the nonprotein component.
G·2+L·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
gonadotropin (16 points)
""A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland and placenta, which stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity.""
G·2+O·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
griseofulvin (19 points)
""An antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , administered orally for the treatment of ringworm and other fungal infections of the skin, hair, and nails.""
G·2+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+O·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+V·4+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
halterbroken (21 points)
HALTERBROKE
H·4+A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
hebraization (26 points)
""HEBRAIZE to make Hebrew, also HEBRAISE""
H·4+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 26 pts
hereditarian (16 points)
Relating to or based on hereditarianism.
H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
heterokaryon (22 points)
A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei.
H·4+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+K·5+A·1+R·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
humanitarian (17 points)
Kind of floating marina in Utah
(n.) a cannibal
Compassionate
H·4+U·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
hymenopteran (22 points)
One of the Hymenoptera.
H·4+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1+O·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 22 pts
hymenopteron (22 points)
Same as hymenopteran.hymenopteran.
H·4+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1+O·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
hypertension (20 points)
High blood pressure
Increased pressure to overstate numbers in crime genre comeback
H·4+Y·4+P·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
illustration (12 points)
Picture (in a book)
Picture in a book
Picture in a book or periodical
I·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
immoderation (17 points)
I am having the means, given allowance in excess
I·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
imperfection (21 points)
Tense, working to seal one fault
Fault, flaw
With Nick, I'm as sound as a bell and all charged up!
I·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
impregnation (17 points)
The act of impregnating or the state of being impregnated; fecundation.
I·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
inauguration (13 points)
An induction into office
January event.
*Formal beginning
I·1+N·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
incineration (14 points)
Destruction by burning
I·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
incorruption (16 points)
""The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of, or exemption from, corruption.""
I·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
incrustation (14 points)
Hard coat produced by processing cast iron unit
Sediment in some wine bottles; suit in carton (anagram)
I·1+N·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
indiscretion (15 points)
Tactless remark or action
Careless remark
Tactless deed
I·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
infiltration (15 points)
""The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.""
I·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+L·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
ingratiation (13 points)
""INGRATIATE To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring into favor; to insinuate; used reflexively, and followed by with before the person whose favor is sought. with before the person whose favor is sought.""
I·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
instauration (12 points)
""Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.""
I·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
insurrection (14 points)
Rising from the ranks (wordplay)
Recruits in on planning for The Rising
Superior bishop fills in part 10
I·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
inteneration (12 points)
""The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening.""
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
interception (16 points)
""The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy. as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.""
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
intercession (14 points)
Saying of a prayer on another's behalf
Form of prayer ...
Act of pleading on behalf of another
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
interdiction (15 points)
Bar delivery follows Italian team
Tabu.
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
interjection (21 points)
Abrupt utterance
A side cutting in, in a manner of speaking
Exclamation
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
intermission (14 points)
Theatre's half-time
Break and bury embassy
Break Italian football team on purpose
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
internucleon (14 points)
NUCLEON a subatomic particle
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
interruption (14 points)
Break in continuity
Butting in is no way to carry on
Break point with return I fancy
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
intersection (14 points)
Secant, for one
Urban-accident venue, often
Common urban accident venue
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
intersession (12 points)
SESSION a period of time spent on any one activity
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
interstation (12 points)
STATION to assign to a position
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
intervention (15 points)
Notices inert form at crossroads
Mediation, stepping-in
Mediation; interference
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
introduction (15 points)
Baptism at start of book
Doctor in unit performing birth
Hostly duty
I·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
introjection (21 points)
Psychological effect making one a bit backward in pre-op process
I·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
intromission (14 points)
Insertion made in preface for religious outfit
I·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
introversion (15 points)
Torn revision (anagram)
Draft of a prologue (wordplay)
Withdrawal into oneself.
I·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
invigoration (16 points)
Action of strengthening
Enlivening process
I·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+G·2+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
irresolution (12 points)
Doubt Irish analysis
Dithering Irish lose in-out referendum initially? Rearrange!
Indecision
I·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
jurisdiction (22 points)
Power of legal decision
Right to apply laws
Area of authority
J·8+U·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
kindergarten (18 points)
Low grade (wordplay)
It comes before first grade
School rent gear out by type
K·5+I·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 18 pts
labyrinthian (20 points)
Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.
L·1+A·1+B·3+Y·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
laterization (21 points)
""LATERIZE to convert to laterite, also LATERISE""
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
lepidopteran (17 points)
Sort of insect to upset people, darn it!
Butterfly, for example
Butterfly or moth
L·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
longshoreman (18 points)
New position for Mason Leghorn
Mahler song on travelling dock worker
Dock worker
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
longshoremen (18 points)
US dockers
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 18 pts
luteotrophin (17 points)
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) other names for prolactin
L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
majoritarian (21 points)
Based on majority rule: "a naively uncomplicated premise of simple majoritarian democracy" (Saturday Review).
M·3+A·1+J·8+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
malformation (19 points)
Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.
M·3+A·1+L·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
malnutrition (14 points)
Run into Tamil building for lack of food
Lack of adequate nourishment
Severe lack of proper food
M·3+A·1+L·1+N·1+U·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
malversation (17 points)
""Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.""
M·3+A·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
masturbation (16 points)
Onanism; selfpollution.
M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
memorization (25 points)
Noun (-tion)
M·3+E·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 25 pts
menstruation (14 points)
""The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.""
M·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
metropolitan (16 points)
Primatial line (wordplay)
Relating to a city
'50s U.K.-built Nash & Hudson model
M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
ministration (14 points)
The provision of care
Help
M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
misdirection (17 points)
Leading astray (of jury)
M·3+I·1+S·1+D·2+I·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
moralization (23 points)
The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse.
M·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
motorization (23 points)
The act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles).
M·3+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
neurosurgeon (13 points)
Medical specialist ungenerous or nasty
One operating on brain, spinal cord, etc
O.R. specialist
N·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
newspaperman (21 points)
Rag organiser (wordplay)
Hack report and document for worker
Member of syndicate prepares the leader
N·1+E·1+W·4+S·1+P·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
newspapermen (21 points)
We pen and pen with arms outstretched
N·1+E·1+W·4+S·1+P·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
nonagenarian (13 points)
Person between ages of 90 and 99
Ninety year old
One coming up to 100
N·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
nonlibrarian (14 points)
LIBRARIAN One who has the care or charge of a library.
N·1+O·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
nonsectarian (14 points)
Integrated new functioning car seat in buggy
N·1+O·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
noradrenalin (13 points)
See norepinephrine .
N·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
northeastern (15 points)
Coming from the top right part of the map
N·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts
northwestern (18 points)
""Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course. as, a northwestern course.""
N·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+W·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 18 pts
notarization (21 points)
""NOTARIZE to attest to as a notary, also NOTARISE""
N·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
obliteration (14 points)
Fantastic lob before repeat loss
The removal of oil to Iran - bet it goes astray!
Utter destruction
O·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
obstetrician (16 points)
Childbirth doctor
Medical specialist - is certain to get involved around start of birth (wordplay)
Expert with children, i.e. Scot involved with bairn taking temperature
O·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
octogenarian (15 points)
Old man's gone out with raincoat
Robert Frost, for example.
Veteran's gone out in shabby raincoat
O·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
onychophoran (25 points)
""Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.""
O·1+N·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 25 pts
organisation (13 points)
Firm with The Irish Times, for one
Running over before Saigon train's off
Company talk about fantastic gains
O·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
organization (22 points)
""The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.""
O·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts

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