# The Atoz Game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 95
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1881 "2020-04-16T11:58:57Z")
Weather and climate: Atmosphere Barometric pressure Clouds Dew point El Niño Funnel cloud Greenhouse effects Hurricanes Ice age Janet (1955 hurricane) Köppen Lake Effect Monsoon Newscast Occluded front Precipitation Quincy IL weather station KUIN Rain Snow Thunderstorm Updraft Virga Wind Shear Xeriscaping ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1882 "2020-04-16T12:28:31Z")
Weather and climate: Atmosphere Barometric pressure Clouds Dew point El Niño Funnel cloud Greenhouse effects Hurricanes Ice age Janet (1955 hurricane) Köppen Lake Effect Monsoon Newscast Occluded front Precipitation Quincy IL weather station KUIN Rain Snow Thunderstorm Updraft Virga Wind Shear Xeriscaping Yellow wind ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1883 "2020-04-16T12:45:54Z")
Weather and climate: Atmosphere Barometric pressure Clouds Dew point El Niño Funnel cloud Greenhouse effects Hurricanes Ice age Janet (1955 hurricane) Köppen Lake Effect Monsoon Newscast Occluded front Precipitation Quincy IL weather station KUIN Rain Snow Thunderstorm Updraft Virga Wind Shear Xeriscaping Yellow wind Zero degrees Build your vocabulary! acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1884 "2020-04-16T13:29:08Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1885 "2020-04-16T13:49:16Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1886 "2020-04-16T14:19:11Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1887 "2020-04-16T14:33:33Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1888 "2020-04-16T14:33:58Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Fabaceous - bean-like ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1889 "2020-04-16T14:50:48Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Plus housekeeping. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1890 "2020-04-16T16:59:48Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1891 "2020-04-16T17:49:51Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile. Underdog lover. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1892 "2020-04-16T18:32:52Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1893 "2020-04-16T21:15:53Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1894 "2020-04-16T22:24:34Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1895 "2020-04-16T23:02:43Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - Subject to frequent changes ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1896 "2020-04-16T23:56:23Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - Subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1897 "2020-04-17T00:04:28Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - Subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity Otolaryngology - Medical specialty that treats and studies ear, nose, and throat disorders and problems ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1898 "2020-04-17T00:46:28Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - Subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity Otolaryngology - Medical specialty that treats and studies ear, nose, and throat disorders and problems Phlebotomist-Medical professional who draws a person’s blood ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1899 "2020-04-17T05:21:40Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - Subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity Otolaryngology - Medical specialty that treats and studies ear, nose, and throat disorders and problems Phlebotomist-Medical professional who draws a person’s blood Quincunx - The arrangement of five spots on a game die, or on a playing card ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/1900 "2020-04-17T12:51:30Z")
Build your vocabulary! Acataleptic - incomprehensible, inconceivable Bathysciadium - a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks Cachinnate - to laugh loudly or immoderately Defenestrate-to throw out a window Eructation - a burp/belch Fabaceous - bean-like Galericulate - topped by a hat-like covering Hypnagogic - related to the period of drowsiness before falling asleep Infracaninophile - underdog lover Jejune - immature, childish Kalimba (This instrument: [Somewhere over the rainbow (kalimba cover) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-EtES9sQgo)) Luculent - clear, lucid, easily understood; not acataleptic Mercurial - Subject to frequent changes Numinous - having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity Otolaryngology - Medical specialty that treats and studies ear, nose, and throat disorders and problems Phlebotomist-Medical professional who draws a person’s blood Quincunx - The arrangement of five spots on a game die, or on a playing card Recherché - rare, exotic, obscure [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920.md?page=96)