[Dixonary] Round 3261 DYSANIA voting time!

[Efrem Mallach]

Fellow addicts,

Following are eleven definitions of DYSANIA: ten yours, one from a dictionary. Please vote for two by public reply to this message:

1. the peak of sleep saturation.

2. inability to sit still without fidgeting. 

3. extreme, often chronic, inability to leave one's bed.

4. a state of extreme calmness, sometimes mistaken for catatonia.

5. freedom from disturbance of mind or passion; stoical indifference.

6. a medicinal plant used by Native Americans to alleviate heat stress.

7. a chronic condition of listlessness, characterized by lack of energy or sexual desire. 

8. an inability or difficulty in moving, particularly during the state between dreaming and waking.

9.  the process of transferring pictures or designs printed on specially prepared paper to materials such as glass or metal.

10. [med.] a distinctive facial expression or appearance associated with a specific neurological condition (e.g., Parkinson's) or genetic syndrome (e.g., Marfan's).

11. 1. a species of small moth in the family Noctuidae, D. incurvata, found in tropical woodlands in S E Asia; 2. a genus of 5 species of single-celled algae in the family Cryptophyceae living in fresh or brackish water with a palaearctic distribution.

The voting deadline is just under 46 hours from now:

Vote on, friends!

Efrem

[Judy Madnick]

2. inability to sit still without fidgeting (because that's me)

 

and

11. 1. a species of small moth in the family Noctuidae, D. incurvata, found in tropical woodlands in S E Asia; 2. a genus of 5 species of single-celled algae in the family Cryptophyceae living in fresh or brackish water with a palaearctic distribution (because that doesn't sound plausible!).

 

Judy Madnick

[Fein, Deborah]

7 and 8, please.

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Deborah Fein, Ph.D.
UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences
Department of Pediatrics
University of Connecticut
debora...@uconn.edu

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[Daniel B Widdis]

Having managed to lose at dodge-ball after 27 months and caught the dreaded thing that shall not be named, I’m alternately 2 and 3.

 

[Chowie]

2 and 5 please

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll try 3 and 11.

[Tim B]

1 and 4, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Tim Lodge]

3 and 8, please.

            3. . extreme, often chronic, inability to leave one's bed.

             8. an inability or difficulty in moving, particularly during the state between dreaming and waking.

   

-- Tim L

[Shani Naylor]

I'll go with the long ones  - 10 & 11.

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