Aachen: a city of W. Germany near the Belgian and Dutch borders. Pop. 239,801.
in·flam·ma·ble (n-flm-bl)
adj. - flammable.
zymurgy (zye-mer-gee) noun - the science of wine-making.
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This is the worst dictionary I’ve ever seen. It claims to be “unabridged” and yet its last entry is zymurgy and not:
Not to mention that it has the shortest “S” section I’ve ever seen.
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OK, an ‘s’ section.
syz·y·gy (sz-j)
n., pl. syz·y·gies.
1)Astronomy.
a. Either of two points in the orbit of a celestial body where the body is in opposition to or in conjunction with the sun.
b. Either of two points in the orbit of the moon when the moon lies in a straight line with the sun and Earth.
c. The configuration of the sun, the moon, and Earth lying in a straight line.
2)The combining of two feet into a single metrical unit in classical prosody.
[Late Latin szygia, from Greek suzugia, union, from suzugos, paired: sun-, syn- + zugon, yoke; see yeug- in Indo-European Roots.]
sy·zygi·al (s-zj-l) adj.
syzygy \Syz"y*gy\ (s[i^]z"[i^]*j[y^]), n. The intimately united and apparently fused condition of certain low organisms during conjugation.
You forgot ‘c,’ too.
cwm (koom), n. cirque; circle; ring
[1850-55, < Welsh:valley]
Zymurgy is the branch of chemestry
concerned with fermentation, as with
beer.
Zymurgist
priapism n. [LL. priapismus < Gr. *priapismos < priapizein, * to be lewd: see ff.] 1. a pathological condition characterized by persistent erection of the penis, esp. without sexual excitement 2. a lascivious attitude
This word came with my “Genius” Magnetic Words (the ones that typically go on the refridgerator). I’ve had a great time making sentences with it–my favorite thus far is like a perverse fortune cookie: “You will soon copulate with herculean priapism.”
Teaching: The ultimate birth control method.
aardvark: A burrowing African mammal having large ears, a long tubular snout, and strong digging claws.
I thought the entry for “c” was supposed to be “Big blue wobbly thing that mermaids live in.”
Aaron: In the Bible, the elder brother of Moses.
aback adv. By surprise: I was taken aback by her retort
abacus n., pl. -cuses or -ci. A manual computing device consisting of a frame holding parallel rods strung with movable counters. [<Gk. [i}abax,* counting board.]