1. meals eaten together in public.
2. an unusual tenderness in a horse's hoof.
3. _Linguistics_ (F. de Saussure). collocation.
4. the rate of fermentation times the rate of expansion of gases .
5. [Bot.] galls caused by partial or complete blockage of the phloem.
6. a web of connective tissue that holds the large intestine in place.
7. [Anat.] An unusual labial malformation appearing as the letter “S”.
8. the lightheaded, tingling sensation induced by inhalation of nitrous oxide.
9. (Com.) various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and the like.
10. a trailing purple-flowered plant native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens.
11. a translucent gelatinous mass found on the ground, vegetation, etc., generally comprised of colonies of cyanobacteria.
12. a Greek settlement in Asia Minor founded c.580 BCE, near the modern Turkish city of Manavgat. Absorbed into the Persian Empire, it was abandoned c. 250 BCE.
13. a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in warm-temperate and subtropical regions throughout the world.
--
--
On Feb 16, 2021, at 6:56 AM, Tim Lodge <d...@timlodge.co.uk> wrote:
Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word SYSSITIA, only one of which comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is:
21:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 17th February in London
22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
4:00 PM EST in New York
1:00 PM PST in California
10:00 NZDT on Thursday 18th in New Zealand
New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.
-- Tim L*** SYSSITIA ***
5. [Bot.] galls caused by partial or complete blockage of the phloem.
10. a trailing purple-flowered plant native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens.
I read through the whole list without finding one I believed.
So on the second cycle I decided to get some gas.
4 and 8 please.
My Lord, how time flies. In my last two minutes before the deadline, I’ll vote for 10 and 11.
Alan
--
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+u...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/7bc14eca-5b6f-4fd7-a9a1-dbfebfe54e28n%40googlegroups.com.