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calcifuge (17 points)
A plant that does not grow well in lime-rich soil.
C·3+A·1+L·1+C·3+I·1+F·4+U·1+G·2+E·1 = 17 pts
calculate (13 points)
Solve by mathematical procedure
Add or divide
Reckon copper in visit gets scoffed
C·3+A·1+L·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
calenture (11 points)
Sunstroke, in medical parlance.
C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
capsulize (22 points)
Condense
C·3+A·1+P·3+S·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
carbuncle (15 points)
Large pimple on face or neck
Sort of boil; a gem
Stone from eruption
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
carburise (13 points)
CARBURISE
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
carburize (22 points)
To combine wtih carbon or a carbon compound; said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of valatile hydrocarbons.
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
cartouche (16 points)
Oblong in Egyptian hieroglyphs
Tablet in scroll form
Any scroll-shaped ornament.
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 16 pts
catalogue (12 points)
Library-user's aid
Mail-order item
Librarian's concern
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 12 pts
causative (14 points)
Act or agency that produces an effect
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
cauterize (20 points)
Burn, as a wound
Burn with a hot iron
Sear with a corrosive
C·3+A·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
cellulase (11 points)
""Any of several enzymes produced chiefly by fungi, bacteria, and protozoans that catalyze the hydrolysis of cellulose.""
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cellulite (11 points)
Gym-goer's target, maybe
Lumpy deposits of body fat
Certain fat deposit
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cellulose (11 points)
Tissue in room you finally drop
Main constituent of plant cell walls
Chief constituent of all plant tissues
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
certitude (12 points)
A feeling of conviction, given rectitude
You can't predict the weather with this
Feeling of surety
C·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
cerussite (11 points)
""Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.""
C·3+E·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
chanteuse (14 points)
Piaf, for one
Female singer, in a nightclub perhaps
Edith Piaf, for one
C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
charmeuse (16 points)
A satin-finished silk fabric.
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 16 pts
chaussure (14 points)
A foot covering of any kind.
C·3+H·4+A·1+U·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
chevelure (17 points)
Head of hair
C·3+H·4+E·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 17 pts
chibouque (25 points)
Straight-stemmed tobacco-pipe
Long-stemmed pipe
Long Turkish tobacco pipe
C·3+H·4+I·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 25 pts
chondrule (15 points)
""A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imdedded more or less aboundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites. chondrites.""
C·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
chophouse (19 points)
Place specializing in steaks
Place for steaks
Place to order a steak
C·3+H·4+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 19 pts
chuckhole (23 points)
A pit or hole produced by wear or weathering especially in a road surface.
C·3+H·4+U·1+C·3+K·5+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 23 pts
cingulate (12 points)
CINGULA cingulum
C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
circulate (13 points)
Move around (at a function)
Move around (at a party)
Make to go round, in a curve perhaps
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
clubbable (17 points)
Hill woman is gregarious
C·3+L·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
clubhouse (16 points)
Where golfers meet
Golf course building
Building for members
C·3+L·1+U·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 16 pts
coagulase (12 points)
""Any of various enzymes, such as rennin or thrombin, that induce coagulation, especially of the blood.""
C·3+O·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
coagulate (12 points)
Thicken or clot, like blood
(Of blood) solidify
Clot in catalogue
C·3+O·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
coculture (13 points)
CULTURE to cultivate
C·3+O·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cofeature (14 points)
FEATURE to present prominently
C·3+O·1+F·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
coiffeuse (17 points)
A woman hairdresser.
C·3+O·1+I·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 17 pts
colleague (12 points)
Pass to union workmate
Co-worker in company left union
Associate army officer left alliance
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 12 pts
collusive (14 points)
Fraudulent
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
colubrine (13 points)
Like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber.
C·3+O·1+L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
columbine (15 points)
Flower for Harlequin (wordplay)
Flower display in emo club
Name of Gen. Eisenhower's plane.
C·3+O·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
columbite (15 points)
""A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; first found in New England.""
C·3+O·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
comatulae (13 points)
Comatula
C·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
comminute (15 points)
""To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth.""
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+N·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
communise (15 points)
COMMUNE to converse intimately
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts
communize (24 points)
COMMUNE to converse intimately
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 24 pts
commutate (15 points)
Reverse direction of an electric current
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
composure (15 points)
Tranquillity of old city shown in design
State of calmness
Write about ancient city's tranquillity
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
concourse (13 points)
Route to prison (wordplay)
Way to prison (wordplay)
Large area in, eg, railway station
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
concubine (15 points)
Kept woman
Mistress has care of one whelp among nine
Mistress, caught at the right moment, carries bin
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
conducive (17 points)
Likely to lead (to)
Favorable
Tending.
C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
configure (15 points)
Set up company with new person
Set up argument against human form
Assemble, as a computer system
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
confiture (14 points)
Fruit preserves
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
conjugate (19 points)
Give different forms of (a verb)
Do a tense recitation (wordplay)
Give forms of (a verb)
C·3+O·1+N·1+J·8+U·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
consulate (11 points)
Place to get a passport
Seek advice about a European embassy
Residence of a Foreign Service officer.
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
convolute (14 points)
Take on a twisted shape
Rolled together.
Twist
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
cookhouse (18 points)
Military kitchen building
C·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 18 pts
coproduce (16 points)
PRODUCE to bring into existence
C·3+O·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
corpuscle (15 points)
White or red
Cruel cops sabotaged cell
Component of blood
C·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
corrugate (12 points)
Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows.
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
coruscate (13 points)
Gleam in flashes
Sparkle as American chap in central part
Glance confusing to accuser
C·3+O·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cotrustee (11 points)
A joint trustee.
C·3+O·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
counselee (11 points)
English word
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
countable (13 points)
Measureable by numbers
Subject to enumeration
Measurable by numbers
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
courgette (12 points)
Variety of marrow
Zucchini is its American equivalent
Small green vegetable
C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
courtside (12 points)
""The area immediately bordering the official court of play, as in tennis or basketball.""
C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
cousinage (12 points)
Relationship; kinship.
C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
coverture (14 points)
Shelter.
Shelter
C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
crenulate (11 points)
""Krnlt, Crenulated Minutely crenate.""
C·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
crepuscle (15 points)
""Krpss'l, Crepuscule Twilight.""
C·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
croquette (20 points)
Deep-fried dish
A fried roll of potato
Dish fried in breadcrumbs
C·3+R·1+O·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
croustade (12 points)
""Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon.""
C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
crushable (16 points)
Flimsy cord around basket material
C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
cubbyhole (21 points)
Snug place for young foxes (wordplay)
Snug enclosed space
Place for keeping bits and bobs
C·3+U·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 21 pts
cucullate (13 points)
""Kkllt ∨ kkllt, Cucullated Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood.""
C·3+U·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
culminate (13 points)
Come to a climax (in)
Reach a climax (in)
Reach a peak
C·3+U·1+L·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cultivate (14 points)
Four-couple sect (wordplay)
Grow (crops)
Encourage secretive group that is hiding tax
C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
curbstone (13 points)
Road block (wordplay)
Part of the street scene.
Part of the sidewalk scene.
C·3+U·1+R·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
curettage (12 points)
Surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette; the act of scraping with a curette.
C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
curtilage (12 points)
Garden - short one, where gale is raging
C·3+U·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
curvature (14 points)
Degree of bending
The bending
Continual bending
C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
cuspidate (14 points)
Spicated, you say, otherwise barbed
Pointed cap suited Lulu
C·3+U·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
customise (13 points)
Adapt for particular requirements
Heart of 5 replacing 5 in drunken Muscovite tailor
C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
customize (22 points)
Chop, channel, slam, etc.
C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
cuticulae (13 points)
Cuticula
C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts

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