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aesthetician (17 points)
One versed in the theory of beauty and artistic expression.
A·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 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
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
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
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
asphyxiation (27 points)
Suffocation
A·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+X·8+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 27 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
assimilation (14 points)
""The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another. as, the assimilation of one sound to another.""
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
auscultation (14 points)
The act of listening or hearkening to.
A·1+U·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
backwoodsman (26 points)
Uncouth fellow offering deal maybe to seal terrible bank scam
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 26 pts
backwoodsmen (26 points)
Lords not turning out to support ladies admitting excesses
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 26 pts
basification (19 points)
""-fies , -fying , -fied (tr) to make basic""
B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
blastulation (14 points)
Blastulate
B·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 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
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
civilisation (17 points)
Advanced human society (S, not Z)
C·3+I·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
colonisation (14 points)
Locations reviewed by one on settlement
C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
compensation (18 points)
Award for, eg, injury
Redress main cost with open payout
Minnesota cop rigged damages
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
condensation (15 points)
Water collecting on a cold surface
Water forming on a cold surface
Lacking energy, new diets no one can digest
C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
confiscation (19 points)
Seizure of property by an authority
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 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
consignation (15 points)
""The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place, or state.""
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
consociation (16 points)
Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy.
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 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
constipation (16 points)
Difficulty going on after Ascot tip in racing
It's treated by gastroenterologists, strangely, not opticians
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
constitution (14 points)
Health charter (wordplay)
State of health; composition
Fundamental U.S. principles
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 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
consultation (14 points)
Old magistrate assigned place without sun for meeting
Discussion with a specialist involved coolant units
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
consummation (18 points)
""The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life).""
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
contestation (14 points)
Short story on for example Radio 4 generates controversy
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 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
cosmopolitan (18 points)
Familiar with many cultures
Liberal and worldly, or a cocktail
Citizen of the world
C·3+O·1+S·1+M·3+O·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 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
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
cytochalasin (22 points)
English word
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 22 pts
cytoskeleton (21 points)
""An arrangement of microtubules, microfilaments, and larger filaments within a cell serving to provide structural support of components of the cell, and to transport components from one part of the cell to another; the filaments are composed of protein and form a latticelike arrangement which may change rapidly with time.""
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+S·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
decommission (19 points)
Body that busted a Brooklyn gangster
Take (eg, a warship) out of operation
Promise not to fire editor coming back to ask journalist to say something
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
decongestion (16 points)
Decongest
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
delicatessen (15 points)
Not 1 across (as in selected outlets)
Mayo clinic (wordplay)
Tender foreign money around second shop
D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1 = 15 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
desalination (13 points)
Deal is arranged with people for main treatment (wordplay)
Purification process that could be organised by Ionian Sea Ltd (wordplay)
Newly nationalised water company may carry this out
D·2+E·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 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
despoliation (15 points)
A stripping or plundering; spoliation.
D·2+E·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
desquamation (24 points)
""The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.""
D·2+E·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 24 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
disaffection (21 points)
Alienation; ill-will
Alienation
D·2+I·1+S·1+A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
disclamation (17 points)
A disavowing or disowning.
D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
disinfection (18 points)
Medical safeguard against underworld disease
D·2+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
disinflation (16 points)
A reduction in the rate of price increases; a lessening of inflationary pressure.
D·2+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
dispensation (15 points)
Exemption (from a rule)
Exemption (from the usual requirements)
Exemption (from usual requirement)
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
disquisition (22 points)
""A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation.""
D·2+I·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 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
dissociation (15 points)
Action of separating
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
distillation (13 points)
Process producing spirits
Process for producing spirits
Whisky-making process
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·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
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
emasculation (16 points)
Cut on a male is resulting in this!
E·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 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
endoskeleton (17 points)
Internal framework of the body
Internal body framework
E·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
gasification (18 points)
The act or process of converting into gas.
G·2+A·1+S·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 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
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
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
hamantaschen (22 points)
Ethnic triangular treats
H·4+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+E·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
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
inosculation (14 points)
""The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins, etc. as, inosculation of veins, etc.""
I·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
insanitation (12 points)
Lack of sanitation; careless or dangerous hygienic conditions.
I·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
insemination (14 points)
Planting seeds in half the country
I·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
inspissation (14 points)
""The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.""
I·1+N·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
installation (12 points)
Art exhibit in a gallery
The making of equipment ready for use
One 22 in country establishment
I·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 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
instillation (12 points)
""The of instilling; also, that which is instilled.""
I·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
insufflation (18 points)
The act of breathing on or into anything
I·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
luftmenschen (22 points)
LUFTMENSCH
L·1+U·1+F·4+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1 = 22 pts
lysolecithin (20 points)
English word
L·1+Y·4+S·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
malocclusion (18 points)
Faulty contact between the upper and lower teeth when the jaw is closed.
M·3+A·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 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
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
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
miseducation (17 points)
""EDUCATION The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.""
M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
misquotation (23 points)
Erroneous or inaccurate quotation.
M·3+I·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
nasalization (21 points)
""The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.""
N·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 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
nonadmission (15 points)
Failure to be admitted.
N·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
noninclusion (14 points)
""INCLUSION The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.""
N·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
nonphysician (22 points)
""PHYSICIAN A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.""
N·1+O·1+N·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+S·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 22 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
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
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
onomastician (16 points)
English word
O·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
optimisation (16 points)
""OPTIMISE to make as effective as possible, also OPTIMIZE""
O·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 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
ossification (17 points)
Action is so, if developing then hardening
O·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
overstridden (17 points)
STRIDDEN stride
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
parkinsonian (18 points)
""Any of a group of nervous disorders similar to Parkinson's disease, marked by muscular rigidity, tremor, and impaired motor control and often having a specific cause, such as the use of certain drugs or frequent exposure to toxic chemicals. Also called Parkinson's syndrome .""
P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
perspiration (16 points)
Exotic Persia trip? No sweat
Broken tip? Repair's no sweat
Exercise and sport in air, running around causing this (wordplay)
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
plastocyanin (19 points)
English word
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
polysyndeton (21 points)
""A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to asyndeton. asyndeton.""
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+Y·4+N·1+D·2+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
porphyropsin (24 points)
""A purple pigment similar to rhodopsin, found in the rods of the retinas of freshwater fishes and certain frogs.""
P·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+R·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 24 pts
postabortion (16 points)
Noun (-tion)
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
postdiluvian (18 points)
One who lived after the flood.
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+D·2+I·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
postelection (16 points)
""(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) happening or existing after an election""
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
postposition (16 points)
Washington newspaper editor (wordplay)
Career at a Washington newspaper (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
preadmission (17 points)
""Lit., previous admission;""
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
predigestion (16 points)
Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion.
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
prehistorian (17 points)
HISTORIAN A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
prelapsarian (16 points)
Of or relating to the period before the fall of Adam and Eve.
P·3+R·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
prerecession (16 points)
""RECESSION The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
presbyterian (19 points)
Denomination that is best in prayer?
Priest nearby prepared member of church
Priest nearby built church
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+B·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
prescription (18 points)
What a doctor may write
Something with which to obtain drugs
Medicine authorised by doctor
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
preselection (16 points)
Preselect
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
presentation (14 points)
Nearest point at sea for the launch
Illustrated formal talk
Formal act of giving
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
preservation (17 points)
Keeping quiet, with some little doubt
Keeping quiet when having doubt
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
proboscidean (19 points)
Proboscidian.
P·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+O·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
proboscidian (19 points)
Pertaining to the Proboscidea.
P·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+O·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
proscription (18 points)
""The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription. as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
prostacyclin (21 points)
A prostaglandin produced in the walls of blood vessels that acts as a vasodilator and inhibits platelet aggregation.
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 21 pts
prostitution (14 points)
The 'oldest profession'
Game Italian's behind French driver, twisting in and out
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
protestation (14 points)
Toper sloshed, post complaint
Emphatic declaration
Complaint in favour of Victoria perhaps taking note
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
recommission (18 points)
To commission again; to give a new commission to.
R·1+E·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
reconversion (17 points)
A second conversion.
R·1+E·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
reescalation (14 points)
ESCALATION
R·1+E·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
registration (13 points)
Glove box item
Formal enrolment
Car number
R·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
reimposition (16 points)
The enforcement (of a law) after a lapse
R·1+E·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
reimpression (16 points)
A second or repeated impression; a reprint.
R·1+E·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
reinspection (16 points)
Further examination
R·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
repercussion (16 points)
Altering course, sniper produces echo
Indirect effect; echo
Indirect consequence of some action
R·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
repossession (14 points)
Recovery of something owned
Lender's response to car loan default
Result of borrower's car loan default
R·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
reprehension (17 points)
Censure about her pension, sadly
Blame, reproof
R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
restrengthen (16 points)
To strengthen again; to fortify anew.
R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+G·2+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
resubmission (16 points)
SUBMISSION The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance.
R·1+E·1+S·1+U·1+B·3+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
resurrection (14 points)
Conveyance delivering a travelling woman
Act of coming back to life after death
The last novel written by Leo Tolstoy
R·1+E·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
retrocession (14 points)
The act of retroceding.
R·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
retroversion (15 points)
""A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus. as, retroversion of the uterus.""
R·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
salinization (21 points)
""SALINIZE to treat with salt, also SALINISE""
S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
salutatorian (12 points)
""The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship.""
S·1+A·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
sanitization (21 points)
""SANITIZE to clean and sterilize, also SANITISE, SANITATE""
S·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
satisfaction (17 points)
I can't get no - (Rolling Stones)
The Stones couldn't get it
Fulfillment ... and #2 on the list
S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
scatteration (14 points)
Noun (-tion)
S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
scatterbrain (16 points)
Person incapable of concentration
Person unable to think clearly
One who cannot concentrate
S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
segmentation (15 points)
Division into parts
S·1+E·1+G·2+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
servicewoman (22 points)
Female minister? She's a fighter
Female in the forces
Wasp
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+E·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 22 pts
servicewomen (22 points)
A man who is a member of the armed forces.
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+E·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 22 pts
sexagenarian (20 points)
Person in seventh decade
Person in their sixties
Arrived between 1943-1952 for one from the sixties
S·1+E·1+X·8+A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
sexdecillion (22 points)
The cardinal number equal to 10 51 .
S·1+E·1+X·8+D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
slumpflation (19 points)
(Economics) a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation [blend of slump + inflation ]
S·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
solarization (21 points)
Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation.
S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
solicitation (14 points)
Earnest request
S·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
solifluction (17 points)
""The slow, downhill movement of soil or other material in areas typically underlain by frozen ground.""
S·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+F·4+L·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
somatostatin (14 points)
""A polypeptide hormone produced chiefly by the hypothalamus that inhibits the secretion of various other hormones, such as somatotropin, glucagon, insulin, thyrotropin, and gastrin.""
S·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
somatotropin (16 points)
See growth hormone .
S·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
southeastern (15 points)
Kent is in this part of UK
In the bottom right corner of the country
S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts
southwestern (18 points)
Call for silence around exit to cowboy film set in Kerry direction
S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+W·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 18 pts
spermatozoan (25 points)
""Pl. spermatozoa (-z ) The mature fertilizing gamete of a male organism, usually consisting of a round or cylindrical nucleated cell, a short neck, and a thin motile tail. Also called sperm cell , zoosperm .""
S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 25 pts
spermatozoon (25 points)
""Pl. spermatozoa (-z ) The mature fertilizing gamete of a male organism, usually consisting of a round or cylindrical nucleated cell, a short neck, and a thin motile tail. Also called sperm cell , zoosperm .""
S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+Z·10+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 25 pts
spiegeleisen (15 points)
""An alloy of iron containing approximately 15 percent manganese and small quantities of carbon and silicon, used in the Bessemer process.""
S·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+E·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
spokesperson (20 points)
Bicycle mechanic (wordplay)
Front wheelwright (wordplay)
One speaking for others
S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
statistician (14 points)
Numerical data analyst
One analysing data
One analysing numerical facts
S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
stepchildren (20 points)
Issue to be brought up on remarriage
S·1+T·1+E·1+P·3+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+R·1+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
stereopticon (16 points)
""An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views.""
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+O·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
sternutation (12 points)
A tennis tutor (anagram) - sneezing
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+U·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
streptolysin (17 points)
Any of several hemolysins derived from some strains of streptococci.
S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
streptomycin (21 points)
New "wonder drug" from fungi
One of the "wonder" drugs.
S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 21 pts

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