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misreckon (17 points)
To reckon wrongly; to miscalculate.
M·3+I·1+S·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+K·5+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
misspoken (17 points)
Wrong, in a way
Not well-articulated
M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
misthrown (17 points)
Misthrow
M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 17 pts
mitomycin (18 points)
Any of a group of antibiotics produced by the soil actinomycete Streptomyces caespitosus that inhibit DNA synthesis and are used against bacteria and cancerous tumor cells.
M·3+I·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
modillion (12 points)
""The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.""
M·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
molluscan (13 points)
Of or pertaining to mollusks.
M·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
molluskan (15 points)
; Variant of molluscan .
M·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+K·5+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
morphogen (17 points)
MORPHO a tropical butterfly
M·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
mortician (13 points)
"Six Feet Under" occupation
'Six Feet Under' occupation
Six Feet Under occupation
M·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
multipion (13 points)
Word with prefix multi-
M·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
muskmelon (17 points)
Cantaloupe, for one
Cantaloupe or honeydew perhaps
Monk's mule (anagram) - eg honeydew
M·3+U·1+S·1+K·5+M·3+E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
mycotoxin (23 points)
A toxin produced by a fungus.
M·3+Y·4+C·3+O·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 23 pts
myoglobin (17 points)
""A single-chain, iron-containing protein found in muscle fibers, structurally similar to a single subunit of hemoglobin and having a higher affinity for oxygen than hemoglobin of the blood.""
M·3+Y·4+O·1+G·2+L·1+O·1+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
myrobalan (16 points)
See cherry plum .
M·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
narration (9 points)
...that would be telling!
That would be telling!
Story of arrival in state
N·1+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
nervation (12 points)
""The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of leaves; neuration.""
N·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
newswoman (17 points)
Murphy Brown for example
Murphy Brown for example
Murphy Brown was one
N·1+E·1+W·4+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
newswomen (17 points)
Connie Chung and Lesley Stahl
N·1+E·1+W·4+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
nightgown (17 points)
Sleep number (wordplay)
Habit picked up by retired people
The late shift
N·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+G·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 17 pts
nitration (9 points)
Taint iron chemically by treatment with acid
N·1+I·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
nonaction (11 points)
Passivity
N·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
nonfrozen (21 points)
Inflected form of FROZEN Inflected form of FROZE freeze
N·1+O·1+N·1+F·4+R·1+O·1+Z·10+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
nonillion (9 points)
One followed by 30 zeros
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
N·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
nonperson (11 points)
Celebrity now in obscurity
Man without a country
Enemy of the state, so to speak
N·1+O·1+N·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
nonvirgin (13 points)
VIRGIN to continue to be chaste
N·1+O·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
nutrition (9 points)
Act of nourishing
Threpsologist's field
Ingredients I turn into food
N·1+U·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
oarswoman (14 points)
Female in crew, so man-o'-war goes crazy
Rebecca Romero, for example
She's involved in Samoan row
O·1+A·1+R·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
oarswomen (14 points)
Females getting into row
People rowing creating chaos in a newsroom
Organised newsroom split by a group having a row
O·1+A·1+R·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
objection (20 points)
Notice job is to be relocated - protest!
Statement of protest
Don't like the thing with one on the end
O·1+B·3+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
obsession (11 points)
Sitting with old boy on hobby-horse
That's a thing one has
Fixed idea of old boy prior to meeting
O·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
obtrusion (11 points)
""The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or unsolicited; as, the obtrusion of crude opinions on the world. as, the obtrusion of crude opinions on the world.""
O·1+B·3+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
obviation (14 points)
Blocking of applause with both second and first entries
O·1+B·3+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
occlusion (13 points)
Obstruction, blockage
Stopping up
O·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
octillion (11 points)
1 followed by 27 zeros
Thousand raised to the ninth power
Billion cubed
O·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
offscreen (17 points)
Like many a Hollywood romance
Apt filmdom rhyme for "unseen"
In real life, to a movie actor
O·1+F·4+F·4+S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
olecranon (11 points)
The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.
O·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
oleoresin (9 points)
Balm--of--Gilead, for one
Balsam fir or pine extract
Product from tropical trees.
O·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
olfaction (14 points)
Sense of smell
Act or function of smelling
O·1+L·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
ombudsman (16 points)
Official who hears complaints
*Official who hears complaints
Public-advocate official
O·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
ombudsmen (16 points)
Consumer advocates
O·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
onionskin (13 points)
Lily perhaps producing thin paper
Type of paper.
Kind of paper
O·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
operation (11 points)
Game with many buzzer beaters (wordplay)
I open aorta - burst without a major...!
Carmen, say, galvanised into action
O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
orangutan (10 points)
Swinger at the zoo
Literally, "man of the forest"
Simian of Indonesia
O·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
outbidden (13 points)
Outbid
O·1+U·1+T·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
outdesign (11 points)
Word with prefix out-
O·1+U·1+T·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 11 pts
outdriven (13 points)
Outdrive
O·1+U·1+T·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
outridden (11 points)
Beaten in a horse race
Journeyed beyond, round Uranus first, then Earth - spinning and hollow
O·1+U·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
outspoken (15 points)
Inclined to say exactly what one thinks
That's quite blunt
Frank has wrong number around radius
O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
outthrown (15 points)
Outthrow
O·1+U·1+T·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 pts
ovalbumin (16 points)
The albumin of egg white.
O·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+B·3+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
overblown (17 points)
Too blooming inflated
Past full bloom
Like many stump speeches
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 17 pts
overclean (14 points)
CLEAN to rid of stain
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
overdrawn (16 points)
Too much artistry put into it (wordplay)
Too greatly tempted, so in debt!
Too much artistry and too much red
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+N·1 = 16 pts
overeaten (12 points)
Polished off three pizzas, say
Taken too much as a matter of course
Vere! An X means you've taken too much
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
overflown (18 points)
Overfly
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 18 pts
overgrown (16 points)
Like an unweeded garden
Covered, as with foliage.
Like weedy gardens
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+G·2+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 16 pts
overladen (13 points)
Bearing excessive load
That's too much to have to bear
Under too great a load
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
overlearn (12 points)
Pursue studies unnecessarily.
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
overtaken (16 points)
Took too much, perhaps, and got passed
Openly, a boy has come up from behind
Public knowledge covering area passed
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
overtrain (12 points)
Clear water becomes stale
Prepare too much for apparent downpour
Get stale when open, requiring water
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
ovulation (12 points)
Egg drop (wordplay)
Part of the menstrual cycle
Turn left amid cheers for release
O·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
oxacillin (18 points)
""A semisynthetic penicillin effective against penicillin-resistant infections, especially those of staphylococci.""
O·1+X·8+A·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
oxidation (17 points)
Rusty beastification (wordplay)
Electron loss, to chemists
Loss of electrons during a reaction
O·1+X·8+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
oysterman (14 points)
Kin of a pearl diver (wordplay)
O·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
oystermen (14 points)
The Walrus and the Carpenter, by choice.
Mollusk chasers
O·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
ozonation (18 points)
""The act of treating with ozone; also, the act of converting into, or producing, ozone; ozonization.""
O·1+Z·10+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
palmation (13 points)
""PALMATE resembling an open hand, also PALMATED""
P·3+A·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
palpation (13 points)
'Feeling' in a laptop programme
P·3+A·1+L·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
pantaloon (11 points)
Stock comic character
Man's sixth age
On to a plan about Columbine's father
P·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
parathion (14 points)
Insecticide containing phosphorus and sulphur
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
parhelion (14 points)
One of Jilly Cooper's amendments (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+R·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
partition (11 points)
In the house in Ireland in pieces
Bit it to start with with a border
Office cubicle divider
P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
pastedown (15 points)
Paper used to line a book's inside cover
Affix securely
P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 pts
patrolman (13 points)
One keeping a beat (wordplay)
One who keeps a beat (wordplay)
Chap on the beat is an American cop
P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
patrolmen (13 points)
Parking upset Montreal traffic police
Beat keepers
P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
penstemon (13 points)
Step on men, strangely, to get to the flower
P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
perdition (12 points)
Hell or ruin
There's no tripe I'd ruin like this
Reckless ode I print producing ruin
P·3+E·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
perfusion (14 points)
The act of perfusing.
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
persimmon (15 points)
Small orange fruit
Ebony family fruit
Fruit of the ebony family
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
pervasion (14 points)
""The act of pervading, passing, or spreading through the whole extent of a thing.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
phasedown (18 points)
A gradual reduction.
P·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 18 pts
phellogen (15 points)
The tissue of young cells which produces cork cells.
P·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
phelonion (14 points)
Greek vestment to help out with tear-jerker
P·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
phenytoin (17 points)
""An anticonvulsant drug, C 15 H 12 N 2 O 2 , used most commonly in the treatment of epilepsy. Also called diphenylhydantoin .""
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+Y·4+T·1+O·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
phonation (14 points)
The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.
P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
pickaroon (17 points)
A variant spelling of picaroon PILFERAGE 1. the act or practice of stealing small quantities or articles
P·3+I·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+R·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
placation (13 points)
Appeasement
Act of making cool programme about jazz player I love
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
planation (11 points)
Geologic process of erosion
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
plication (13 points)
Fold.
P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
plutonian (11 points)
Plutonic.
P·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
policeman (15 points)
Member of the Garda, say
Male cop in bust (wordplay)
One keeping the beat (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
policemen (15 points)
Force units (wordplay)
Officers of the law
Guard them all by force
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
pollution (11 points)
Smog, for example
12 across would have none of it
The 9 across of 25 down
P·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
polymyxin (26 points)
Any of various mainly toxic antibiotics derived from strains of the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa and used to treat various infections with gram-negative bacteria.
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+M·3+Y·4+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 26 pts
porcelain (13 points)
Aware of 8 down (wordplay)
Golden church in flatlands of China
Fine white ceramic
P·3+O·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
porphyrin (19 points)
""Any of various organic compounds containing four pyrrole rings, occurring universally in protoplasm, and functioning as a metal-binding cofactor in hemoglobin, chlorophyll, and certain enzymes.""
P·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
postilion (11 points)
Guide who rides a coach horse.
Rider of near-side coach horse
After one beast goes rider when there is no coachman
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
praenomen (13 points)
Roman citizen's first name
Roman first name.
P·3+R·1+A·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
precision (13 points)
Digest is charged with accuracy
Summary I get on accuracy
Exactness on price is variable
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
predation (12 points)
The preying of one animal on another
Plundering pirate on day-shift
Sounds like praying that isn't prayer
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
prefrozen (23 points)
Inflected form of FROZEN Inflected form of FROZE freeze
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+R·1+O·1+Z·10+E·1+N·1 = 23 pts
prelusion (11 points)
A prelude or introduction.
P·3+R·1+E·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
premodern (14 points)
Occurring before the Renaissance, for example
P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 14 pts
prenotion (11 points)
An idea arrived at beforehand.
P·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
preordain (12 points)
Made dean and prior decide in advance
Decree in advance
De Niro part almost recast for 'Doom'
P·3+R·1+E·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
preseason (11 points)
Add salt before the game (wordplay)
Training time for ballplayers
Like some exhibition games
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
pretorian (11 points)
Citizen of Transvaal's capital.
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
prevision (14 points)
Glimpse of the future
Foresight shown in quiet homework
Power to see future change under leader of party
P·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
privation (14 points)
A state without essentials of life
Hardship from lack of essentials
Absence of essentials
P·3+R·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
probation (13 points)
Period of trial.
Testing time pain with robot misbehaving
Test elastic bra and top on one running
P·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
profusion (14 points)
Like Edward Teller (wordplay)
Riot for integration
Riot for union
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
progestin (12 points)
Birth control hormone
Hormone treatment for top singer
Stop finger becoming malformed with absence of female hormone
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
prolactin (13 points)
Platonic relationship initially producing this hormone
P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
prolusion (11 points)
""A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
promotion (13 points)
Up with professional speed!
Up for a marketing campaign (wordplay)
Advertising in advance
P·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
pronation (11 points)
Faulty foot posture
P·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
pronghorn (15 points)
Antelopelike deer
Antelope relative
P·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts
properdin (14 points)
A protein in blood serum that participates in the body's immune response by working in conjunction with the alternative pathway of the complement system.
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
proration (11 points)
PRORATE to divide proportionately
P·3+R·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
prosimian (13 points)
""Of or belonging to the Prosimii, a suborder of primates that includes the lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
protistan (11 points)
""Any of a group of eukaryotic organisms belonging to the kingdom Protista according to some widely used modern taxonomic systems. The protists include a variety of unicellular, coenocytic, colonial, and multicellular organisms, such as the protozoans, slime molds, brown algae, and red algae.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
protozoan (20 points)
Amoeba, for one
Single-celled organism
Minute life form.
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
protozoon (20 points)
Animalcule
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+Z·10+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
provision (14 points)
Big leaguer's dream (wordplay)
Yes to eye exams!
NFLer's dream (wordplay)
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
pulsation (11 points)
How a lion puts a throb like this
Regular throbbing
A throbbing
P·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
purgation (12 points)
""The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels.""
P·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
puromycin (18 points)
""An antibiotic, C 22 H 29 N 7 O 5 , obtained from the soil bacterium Streptomyces alboniger, that is used experimentally as an inhibitor of protein synthesis.""
P·3+U·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
pyroxylin (24 points)
""A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and properties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and is soluble in alcohol, ether, etc.; called also pyroxyle. pyroxyle.""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+X·8+Y·4+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 24 pts
quotation (18 points)
Passage, from a book say
Too quaint novel reference
'Too quaint' possibly identifies this
Q·10+U·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
quotidian (19 points)
Recurring every day, commonplace
Daily, recurring every day
Ordinary; daily
Q·10+U·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
radiation (10 points)
Waves off (wordplay)
What a Geiger counter measures
Diffusion of heat.
R·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
rebellion (11 points)
Obstreperous feline (wordplay)
A wildcat rising (wordplay)
What a revolting, beastly king!
R·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
recension (11 points)
Revision (of a text)
R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
reception (13 points)
Social function of The House (wordplay)
Greeting one after 26 (wordplay)
Welcome to the party!
R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
recession (11 points)
Collapse of holiday - no one turned up!
Slack time for trade
Obama's challenge
R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
reclusion (11 points)
A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
R·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
recursion (11 points)
The act of recurring; return.
R·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
redaction (12 points)
Building the Berlin Wall (wordplay)
Left-winger may take such editing
Editing communist move
R·1+E·1+D·2+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
reduction (12 points)
Lesson this (wordplay)
The way to get less on (wordplay)
This could lead to lesson, perhaps
R·1+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
reedition (10 points)
Second printing, old style.
R·1+E·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
refashion (15 points)
About the manner to design for the better
Make over
R·1+E·1+F·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
refection (14 points)
Meal or snack
Rice often cooked for a meal
Thought to take out large meal
R·1+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
reflation (12 points)
REFLATE to inflate again
R·1+E·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
reflexion (19 points)
See Reflection. Reflection.
R·1+E·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
rejection (18 points)
Refusal - treatment as worthless
Refusal, renunciation
What the addresses of the Smiths received
R·1+E·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
reliction (11 points)
""A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession.""
R·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
remission (11 points)
Cancellation (of a debt)
Pardon granted for sins or crimes
Miser moves to holy city for forgiveness
R·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
remoisten (11 points)
Lick again, for example
R·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
rendition (10 points)
What a tearing performance!
Interpretation (of for example song)
Perhaps the tearing of a performance
R·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
repletion (11 points)
State of having had enough to eat
This has one full of peel in rot
Excessive fullness due to overeating
R·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
repulsion (11 points)
Feeling of disgust
Feeling of intense distaste or disgust
Driving off US peril with no resolution
R·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
resection (11 points)
Cutting away, are removing a part
A cutting or paring off.
R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
retention (9 points)
Keeping hold (of something)
Enter into arrangements for custody
Memory or lien
R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
reversion (12 points)
Getting back to about this account of it
One river's turbulent ebb
You get a return about this account
R·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
revulsion (12 points)
Louvre's in mess with horror
Sudden and unpleasant violent reaction
Disgust
R·1+E·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
rhodopsin (15 points)
Retina pigment
Photosensitive pigment in the retina also called visual purple
R·1+H·4+O·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
roughhewn (19 points)
When perhaps to be uncouth
(Of wood or stone) not smoothly cut
Clue for when without refinement
R·1+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+H·4+E·1+W·4+N·1 = 19 pts
roundsman (12 points)
Does he deliver the circulars (wordplay)
One who delivers goods
Daily deliverer of milk, papers, etc
R·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
roundsmen (12 points)
Certain inspectors
R·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
ruination (9 points)
Are you one people? That'll spoil it all
Complete destruction or collapse
One race after sport's collapse
R·1+U·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
saltation (9 points)
Ballerina's forte
Dancing movement
That's bound to increase 12 across, it seems
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
salvation (12 points)
Army to the rescue (wordplay)
Deliverance (from sin)
Rescuing army (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+L·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
sapogenin (12 points)
A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.
S·1+A·1+P·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
saskatoon (13 points)
City northwest of Regina
City of the Canadian plains
University city in Canada
S·1+A·1+S·1+K·5+A·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
satiation (9 points)
Surfeited condition
Overfullness
Surfeit.
S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
saxitoxin (23 points)
A potent neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates that accumulates in shellfish feeding on these organisms and consequently causes food poisoning in humans who eat the shellfish.
S·1+A·1+X·8+I·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 23 pts
schoolman (16 points)
Medieval university teacher
Church looms over an Abelard
Educator in the Middle Ages
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
schoolmen (16 points)
SCHOOLE a {sandbank=n}
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
sclerotin (11 points)
An insoluble protein that permeates the chitin in the cuticle of arthropods and becomes hardened and darkened by a natural tanning process.
S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
scutcheon (16 points)
Shield displaying rabbit's tail - church has one, possibly
S·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
secession (11 points)
Anti-Union choice
Withdrawal of Nessie - Scotch half drunk
The leaving of a federation
S·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
seclusion (11 points)
One alone is in it
Cousin Les disturbed privacy
What Thoreau lived in at Walden Pond
S·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
secretion (11 points)
Discharge - is on Crete (anagram)
Product of glandular activity
Bodily liquid from a gland
S·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
seduction (12 points)
Charm of the French, in part
Deceptive activity of the French in part
Don Juan activity
S·1+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
selection (11 points)
Assortment of players (wordplay)
Choice that was natural for Darwin
Chews this, by the sound of it
S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
semicolon (13 points)
Perhaps punctually the half of two dots
Mark of a long sentence, perhaps
Wink without batting an eye (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
sensation (9 points)
Sonnet is a wow!
A figurative bombshell.
Feeling a sonnet is terrible
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
serotonin (9 points)
Fight-or-flight neurotransmitter
Ironstone employed as a neurotransmitter
Good mood cause
S·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
serration (9 points)
Cutting edge feature (wordplay)
At last an allowance of teeth
One saw with this that's all on edge
S·1+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
shakedown (20 points)
Ship's crew's rehearsal
Cold drink taken - and so to bed
Hawked son about in kind of extortion
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 20 pts
shorthorn (15 points)
English breed of cattle.
Deity enters tonsured cow
Durham cattle breed
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts
siltation (9 points)
A sedimentary material consisting of very fine particles intermediate in size between sand and clay.
S·1+I·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
simpleton (13 points)
Idiot! It's easy to point!
Incorrectly spelt? I'm no dope!
Effortless weight (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
singleton (10 points)
Note sling, for one
Stolen gin (anagram)
Record's hundred and one (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
situation (9 points)
It was critical for Ultra Nate
It might be sticky
It's a job to get one into a suit
S·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
solvation (12 points)
SOLVATE to convert into a type of ion
S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
sortition (9 points)
Drawing by lots
S·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
soupspoon (13 points)
It's set on the far right
Minestrone eater's utensil
Use this to consume consomme or chowder
S·1+O·1+U·1+P·3+S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
sovereign (13 points)
Old gold coin
Monarch - old coin
Historical mystery novel by C.J. Sansom
S·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 13 pts
sphenodon (15 points)
Genus to which the tuatara, a New Zealand lizard-like reptile belongs
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
spoilsman (13 points)
""One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service.""
S·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
spoilsmen (13 points)
SPOILS spoil
S·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
spokesman (17 points)
Wheelwright's representative (wordplay)
Official voice of the cyclist (wordplay)
Representative at press conference
S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
spokesmen (17 points)
Representatives of groups.
Some spin doctors
Party leaders.
S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
sporozoan (20 points)
""Any of numerous parasitic protozoans of the class Sporozoa, most of which reproduce sexually and asexually in alternate generations by means of spores. They are frequently transmitted by bloodsucking insects to different hosts, where they cause many serious diseases, such as malaria and coccidiosis.""
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
sporozoon (20 points)
A parasitic one-celled animal
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+Z·10+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
sportsman (13 points)
Rower perhaps left in ship by crew
He is active
He engages in physical games
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
sportsmen (13 points)
Guys who fish or hunt, say
Club members, maybe
Hunters and anglers.
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
stanchion (14 points)
Upright bar or beam
Vertical support post
Chain's not unhooked from post
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
stillborn (11 points)
Having died in the womb
S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 11 pts

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