rnd 3132 DITIONARY - call for votes

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Johnb - co.uk

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Jan 5, 2021, 4:59:37 AM1/5/21
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Dear People

please find below the results of your fertile minds plus of course the real one. please assign your 2 votes by replying to the group - or of course declare your DQ to me
Deadline 36 hours from now at 10pm (2200) GMT Wednesday 6th of January and times at your location as appropriate

JohnnyB

1                            describing the orbital patterns of planets in systems with two suns
2                            a period of twenty-four hours, consisting of a day and a night
3              a type of fuze in which substances are separated until required for action and are then brought into contact, uniting chemically and producing an explosion
4                            [Obs] an elocutionist, or a teacher of elocution; from fr. Ditionnaire
5                            [Obs] one who is under rule; a subject.
6                            consisting of, or affecting, a single element or component; monadic
7                            [Obs. rare] in the form of a gift
8                            a guide to writing style [poss. from editionary]
9                            adj. of similar, almost identical, physical size and appearance although of different species
10                            unchanging; remaining the same
11                            of or related to networks or networking
12                            plowing furrows either to right or left, using the turn-wrest plow and reversing the mold-board after each row
13                            living at or related to the bottom of a lake or sea
14                            [Rare] a camel herder


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Paul Keating

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Jan 5, 2021, 5:19:55 AM1/5/21
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I don't believe any of them.

I'll vote for two of the least unconvincing: 5 & 6.

P

Debbie

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Jan 5, 2021, 8:37:11 AM1/5/21
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4 and 5 please

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Tim B

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Jan 5, 2021, 9:48:16 AM1/5/21
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4 and 13, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

Judy Madnick

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Jan 5, 2021, 10:01:27 AM1/5/21
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9 and 10 for me today (kinda' similar?).
 
9                              adj. of similar, almost identical, physical size and appearance although of different species
10                            unchanging; remaining the same 
 
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France International/Mike Shefler

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Jan 5, 2021, 10:35:04 AM1/5/21
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I'll go with 5 and 7.
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Daniel B Widdis

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Jan 5, 2021, 11:38:05 AM1/5/21
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12 because I believe it and 14 because I don’t.

 

Tim Lodge

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Jan 5, 2021, 4:56:58 PM1/5/21
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For want of any better ideas, 6 and 7, please.

     6   consisting of, or affecting, a single element or component; monadic

     7   [Obs. rare] in the form of a gift

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Tony Abell

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Jan 5, 2021, 6:05:40 PM1/5/21
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I'll take 3 and 14:

> 3 a type of fuze in which substances are separated until required for action and are then brought into contact, uniting chemically and producing an explosion

Efrem G Mallach

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Jan 5, 2021, 8:59:08 PM1/5/21
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I went through them, eliminating only the really implausible ones. Then there were none left.

I went through them again, eliminating in random order, and stopping when there were two left.

So, I'll vote for 7 and 10.

Efrem

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On Jan 5, 2021, at 4:59 AM, Johnb - co.uk <jo...@john-barrs.co.uk> wrote:

Dear People

please find below the results of your fertile minds plus of course the real one. please assign your 2 votes by replying to the group - or of course declare your DQ to me
Deadline 36 hours from now at 10pm (2200) GMT Wednesday 6th of January and times at your location as appropriate

JohnnyB


7                            [Obs. rare] in the form of a gift

Shani Naylor

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Jan 5, 2021, 9:13:12 PM1/5/21
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Not having a clue, I'll vote 4 & 5.



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nancygoat

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Jan 5, 2021, 10:54:30 PM1/5/21
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3 and 5 for me.

Nancy

Stephen Dixon

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Jan 6, 2021, 10:33:27 AM1/6/21
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For no other reason than pure whimsy, I will go for #5 & #7.

#5   &   #7

Steve  Dixon

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Fein, Deborah

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Jan 6, 2021, 10:40:59 AM1/6/21
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No blooming idea - I'll go with

11 and 13

Perhaps emblematic of the times: I initially read 'elocutionist' as 'electrocutionist'.

Deborah Fein, University of Connecticut

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Ryan McGill

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Jan 6, 2021, 1:32:52 PM1/6/21
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1 & 8 will do fine.

Ryan M.

Hero’s fall Cunningham

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Jan 6, 2021, 2:48:38 PM1/6/21
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4 and 8.   Wrong as usual, I believe.

Dave
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