1. Water torture.
Submitter: Shani Naylor Votes: 6 & 8 Score: 1 + *2* + 0 = 3 *
Voted for by: Debbie Embler
2. The transfer of liability by contract.
Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Judy Madnick
3. Deliberate manipulation of thought and
behaviour.
Submitter: Ann Druce Votes: 4 & 8 Score: 0 + *2* + 0 = 2 *
Voted for by: Nobody
4. The act of silently mouthing the words when
reading.
Submitter: Johnny Barrs Votes: 6 & 8 Score: 4 + *2* + 0 = 6 *
Voted for by: Ann Druce, Efrem Mallach, Tim Bourne, Alan Mallach
5. [Crystallog.] cleavage parallel to the lateral
planes.
Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: 6 & 8 Score: 1 + *2* + 0 = 3 *
Voted for by: Alan Mallach
6. The state of being under the bed; _transf. *in
sublition*_: clandestinely
Submitter: Paul Keating Votes: 8 & 11 Score: 4 + *2* + 0 = 6 *
Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Johnny Barrs, Dan Widdis, Mike Shefler
7. A sloping surface, especially of a bone, such
as the occipital and sphenoid.
Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 2 & 9 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Debbie Embler
8. [_Painting. Obsolete. rare._] The first
coating of paint applied, the ground colour; the act or process of applying the
ground colour.
Submitter: OED Votes: - & - Score: 7 + 0 + 0 = D7
Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Ann Druce, Johnny Barrs, Dan Widdis, Paul Keating,
Mike Shefler, Efrem Mallach
9. a legal writ, usually issued by a judge or
magistrate, to compel a person or corporation to refrain from publicly
disparaging other litigants in a trial.
Submitter: Mike Shefler Votes: 6 & 8 Score: 2 + *2* + 0 = 4 *
Voted for by: Judy Madnick, Tim Bourne
10. The chemical
process in deciduous trees, typically in autumn, in which chlorophyll breaks
down and foliage displays its underlying red/orange/brown colours.
Submitter: Efrem Mallach Votes: 4 & 8 Score: 0 + *2* + 0 = 2 *
Voted for by: Nobody
11. One of the
provisions in the Japanese Civil Code (_Minpō_, enacted in 1898) which implies
that obligations between individuals in Japan are more regulated by social
relations than by formal legal agreements.
Submitter: Debbie Embler Votes: 1 & 7 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Paul Keating
No Def: Tim Bourne Votes: 4 & 9 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0
No Def: Alan Mallach Votes: 4 & 5 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0