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Mike Shefler June 1st, 2018 09:55 AM

[Dixonary] Round 2897 results
 
I realize there is some ambiguity about the deadline, but since everyone
who has submitted a def has voted, I am closing the round.
The deal bounces right back to Dave Cunningham, with the dictionary running
a close second.

1. denial of diplomatic entry and exit privileges to the family of a
foreign diplomat, while continuing to extend them to the diplomat

himself or herself.

Submitter: Mallach Votes: 4 & 12 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Madnick; Shepherdson

2. to shell, shuck, peel, or unwrap; any similar action by which one
removes something from an outer casing.

Submitter: Mcgill Votes: 8 & 12 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Cunningham; Abell

3. [US postal slang] a bad correction of what was already a nixie [nixie
- can't be delivered because illegibly addressed]

Submitter: Barrs Votes: *10* & 11 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by:

4. the phenomenon whereby the quasiparticles of a system cannot be
constructed as combinations of its elementary constituents.

Submitter: Madnick Votes: 1 & 13 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Mallach

5. the treatment of extreme dehydration.
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 7 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Hale

6. the art or practice of logical disputation, esp. if specious.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 8 & 9 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Widdis

7. the step in cheesemaking in which rennet is added to milk in order to
bring about coagulation.

Submitter: Naylor Votes: *10* & 11 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Stevens

8. the process by which insects molt their exoskeletons.
Submitter: Shepherdson Votes: 1 & 13 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Mcgill; Lodge

9. the relative loss or decrease over time of liquidity in market
capital.

Submitter: Hale Votes: 5 & *10* 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Lodge; Bourne

10. a process for the preparation of maize (corn), or other grain, in
which the corn is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually

limewater, washed, and then hulled.

Submitter: Dictionary Vote: N/A D5
Voted for by: Barrs; Naylor; Hale; Cunningham; Abell

11. the steeping of a substance in water to obtain its soluble
principles.

Submitter: Widdis Votes: 6 & 12 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Barrs; Naylor

12. the minimalization of discrepant data from a data set not fitting the
desired result.

Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 2 & *10* 2 + 5 = 7
Voted for by: Mallach; Mcgill; Stevens; Widdis; Bourne

13. a policy of eliminating the influence of native culture in Ceylon
(later Sri Lanka).

Submitter: Bourne Votes: 9 & 12 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Madnick; Shepherdson

No def: Carson Vote: DQ DQ + 0 = 0

No def: Abell Votes: 2 & *10* 2 + 2DP = 4


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