[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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
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