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abominate (13 points)
Hate to be a man, I suspect
Tottering in boat, Mae can't stand
Regard with disgust
A·1+B·3+O·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
aborigine (12 points)
Earliest inhabitant of, say, Australia
Native of Australia
Inhabitant of country before colonists
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
acrophobe (18 points)
One who hates heights
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+B·3+E·1 = 18 pts
adenosine (10 points)
The 'A' of ATP
The A in ATP
A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
adipocyte (17 points)
Biological word for a fat-storing cell
Fat cell
A·1+D·2+I·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
adobelike (16 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
A·1+D·2+O·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
adoptable (14 points)
Able to be taken up
Fit for taking home from the animal shelter
Commercial work on board is such as may be undertaken
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
adsorbate (12 points)
Substance taken up in a lab
A type of tree covered in fruit? It's only on the surface
A·1+D·2+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
aerobrake (15 points)
The use of atmospheric drag rather than onboard thrusters to reduce the velocity of a satellite or spacecraft.
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
aerodrome (12 points)
Heathrow, for one
Bumper edition of The Waves (wordplay)
By the sound of it, a plain place
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
aeroplane (11 points)
Gatwick banker (wordplay)
The Spitfire, for one
British flyer (wordplay)
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
aerospace (13 points)
Soaring business (wordplay)
Opera case (anagram)
One industry above the rest (wordplay)
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
airmobile (13 points)
""Capable of being transported and deployed, usually by helicopter, to a combat zone or from one site to another within a theater of operations: an airmobile infantry regiment.""
A·1+I·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
aitchbone (16 points)
Wasted the bacon sandwiches I cut
HB1 around the rump
Cut of beef
A·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts
allocable (13 points)
Like some funds
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
allophane (14 points)
""An amorphous, translucent, variously colored mineral, essentially hydrous aluminum silicate.""
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
allophone (14 points)
""Any one of two or more speech sounds that considered variants of the same phoneme. For example, the p sounds of pin and spin are allophones of p; and the t sounds of toe stop and catnip are allophones of t.For example, the p sounds of pin and spin</it> are <ex>allophones</ex> of <it>p</it>; and the <it>t</it> sounds of <it>toe</it> <it>stop</it> and <it>catnip</it> are <ex>allophones</ex> of <it>t</it></as>.""
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
allotrope (11 points)
Grant painter graphite, perhaps
Distinct form of an element
One of two or more existing forms of an element
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 11 pts
allowable (14 points)
Not improper.
Not banned
Aboveboard
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
allowance (14 points)
Per diem, perhaps
Kid's payoff (wordplay)
Share in ball, now dance all topless!
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
almshouse (14 points)
Poor accommodation (wordplay)
Old folks' home (once)
Home to the down-and-out
A·1+L·1+M·3+S·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
alongside (11 points)
Close to the hypotenuse, say (wordplay)
Age-old sin (anagram)
Close to a hypotenuse (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
alveolate (12 points)
""Deeply pitted, like a honeycomb.""
A·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
amazonite (20 points)
Green variety of microcline
A green semiprecious stone
Green feldspar.
A·1+M·3+A·1+Z·10+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
ambrotype (18 points)
A doctor starts reminiscing over sort of early photograph
A·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 18 pts
amebocyte (18 points)
Variant of amoebocyte .
A·1+M·3+E·1+B·3+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
ammoniate (13 points)
""A type of ammonia compound, also AMMINE, AMMONIATE""
A·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
amphibole (18 points)
Hornblende
A·1+M·3+P·3+H·4+I·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
analogize (19 points)
Draw a comparison, in a way
Reason in a way
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
anatomise (11 points)
To dissect a very little matter is easy at first
A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
anatomize (20 points)
Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark>
A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
anchorage (15 points)
City at the head of Cook Inlet
Alaskan Air Force base.
Place for ships to stop
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
anchorite (14 points)
Religious recluse (hist.)
Hermit or religious recluse
Hermit as a result of her action, sadly
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
andouille (10 points)
Spicy sausage
A spicy smoked pork sausage with a blackish skin
A·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+U·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
androgyne (14 points)
Hermaphroditic plant
Man or woman? Not black or white, but grey and no mistake
A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
anklebone (15 points)
Fibula-foot connector
It's between the shin and the foot
Fibula neighbor
A·1+N·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
annoyance (14 points)
Can anyone shift pest (wordplay)
Bug party for Oriental pest
Pebble in one's shoe, e.g
A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
anorthite (12 points)
""A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar. Feldspar.""
A·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
antinoise (9 points)
Like some headphones
Like some airport laws
Like many a resident near an airport
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
antismoke (15 points)
SMOKE to emit a gas or vapour due to burning
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
apoenzyme (25 points)
""The protein component of an enzyme, to which the coenzyme attaches to form an active enzyme.""
A·1+P·3+O·1+E·1+N·1+Z·10+Y·4+M·3+E·1 = 25 pts
apologiae (12 points)
Apologia
A·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+E·1 = 12 pts
apologise (12 points)
Say sorry, mea culpa
Make a sorry speech (wordplay)
Express regret (for action)
A·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
apologize (21 points)
Say you're sorry
Eat humble pie
Tell me you're sorry
A·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
appointee (13 points)
One assigned (to a job)
Chosen one (wordplay)
Pick, of sorts
A·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 13 pts
approbate (15 points)
Sanction
Sanction.
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
arabinose (11 points)
A sugar used as a culture medium in bacteriology
A sugar used as a culture medium for certain bacteria
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
aragonite (10 points)
Mineral similar to calcite.
Calcium carbonate
A·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
arccosine (13 points)
Inverse trig function
A·1+R·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
arecoline (11 points)
English word
A·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
aromatize (20 points)
Impart fragrance to
A·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
arrogance (12 points)
A grocer with an outrageous conceit
Too much pride in exotic orange car
An "offspring of riches," to Twain
A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
arteriole (9 points)
Small blood vessel
Very small blood vessel
Blood vessel connected to a capillary
A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
artichoke (18 points)
After 'Jerusalem' maybe choir take break
Plant with a heart (wordplay)
Take choir trip to Jerusalem, perhaps
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
ascorbate (13 points)
ASCORBATE
A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
ascospore (13 points)
One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.] Illust. of Ascus.]
A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
associate (11 points)
Hang out (with)
Not yet a principal
Rub shoulders of teammate
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
assonance (11 points)
Resemblance of sound (in nearby words)
Can season (anagram)
Resemblance of sound
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
astrocyte (14 points)
Star-shaped glial cell
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
astrodome (12 points)
Spot for celestial navigation
Stadium for almost 68,000
Park that opened in April 1965
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
astrolabe (11 points)
A sort able to produce old instrument
Sextant's predecessor
Predecessor of the sextant.
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+E·1 = 11 pts
asymptote (16 points)
Line near a hyperbola
Almost a sign to note near tangent
Line that a curve infinitely approaches
A·1+S·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+T·1+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
athrocyte (17 points)
English word
A·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
audiotape (12 points)
Band that plays music (wordplay)
Sound evidence (wordplay)
Garage band's production, once
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 12 pts
authorise (12 points)
I share out (anagram)
Writer is going east to say it's okay
Sanction or establish officially
A·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
authorize (21 points)
John Irving's peepers (wordplay)
Give the go-ahead to
Give the green LIGHT to
A·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
autoclave (14 points)
Surgical instruments steriliser
Relative of a pressure cooker.
Kin of a pressure cooker
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
autoroute (9 points)
An expressway in France and French-speaking countries.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
avoidable (15 points)
Unlike death and taxes (wordplay)
A useless fit can be prevented
Like careless mistakes
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
avoidance (15 points)
The shunning (of something)
Dodger's goal
Dodger's aim
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
azeotrope (20 points)
A liquid mixture of two or more substances that retains the same composition in the vapor state as in the liquid state when distilled or partially evaporated under a certain pressure.
A·1+Z·10+E·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 20 pts

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