[Dixonary] Round 3137 results

Judy Madnick's polysaccharide wins the deal. Ryan Mcgill is the runner-up
and real winner.

1. a patent medicine in composition similar to laudanum, sold in central
and eastern Europe early in the twentieth century.

Submitter: Amallach Votes: 5 & 6 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

2. [Japanese] a public servant who administers community funds; a
treasurer, bursar, or tax collector.

Submitter: Mcgill Votes: 5 & 8 0 + 5 = 5
Voted for by: Madnick; Bourne; Keating; emallach; Cuningham

3. whimpering.
Submitter: Dictionary Vote: N/A D2
Voted for by: Madnick; Abell

4. a leaflike or scalelike plant part, usually small, sometimes showy or
brightly colored, and located just below a flower, a flower stalk, or

an inflorescence.

Submitter: Embler Votes: 6 & 7 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Dixon; Widdis; Naylor

5. a complex polysaccharide occurring in certain species of mosses.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 2 & *3* 2 + 6 = 8
Voted for by: Amallach; Mcgill; Bourne; Keating; Barrs; Naylor

6. the chemical element that gives Scotch Whisky its 'peaty' flavor.
Submitter: Dixon Votes: 4 & 12 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Amallach; Embler

7. an artificial rennin substitute used in cheese making.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: 2 & 5 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Embler

8. [So called from Wm. Raenin, of Edinburgh, who first proposed it.]
(Opt.) An instrument for experiments in polarization, consisting of a

rhomb of Iceland spar, which has been bisected obliquely at a certain

angle, and the two parts again joined with transparent cement, so

that the ordinary image produced by double refraction is thrown out

of the field by total reflection from the internal cemented surface,

and the extraordinary, or polarized, image alone is transmitted.

Submitter: Widdis Votes: 4 & 11 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Mcgill; Barrs; Cuningham

9. the third sign of the Japanese zodiac.
Submitter: Keating Votes: 2 & 5 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Fein; emallach

10. sculptures, usually small, made of volcanic stone.
Submitter: Fein Votes: 9 & 13 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Abell

11. a tree-climbing crab found in the Marshall Ialands.
Submitter: Barrs Votes: 5 & 8 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Widdis

12. the principle protein in corn (maize).
Submitter: emallach Votes: 2 & 9 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Dixon

13. a sauce prepared from fermented fish, much used by the ancient
Romans; in 16th and 17th centuries recommended (after classical

writers) as a medicine for horses.

Submitter: Naylor Votes: 4 & 5 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Fein

No def: Cuningham Votes: 2 & 8 0 + 0 = 0

No def: Abell Votes: *3* & 10 2 + 0 = 2


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