The strange, the bizarre and the unexpected

[BoggleOtaku]

I found as obsolete spelling of deraign; maybe this definition was unintendedly left out of lexic.

[Nylimb]

Thanks, BoggleOtaku. That sounds plausible. The Oxford English Dictionary lists that meaning, and also an obsolete use from the 1500s where it meant "To rain down, fall as rain.": https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?q=derain

[Somervillain]

Apparently something can be RADIOSTERILIZED, but one cannot RADIOSTERILIZE it.

[DrPlacebo]

Unexpected compound word: got points for AIRSTONE and AIRSTONES.

Noun. A piece of aquarium furniture, traditionally limewood or porous stone, whose purpose is to diffuse oxygen gradually into the tank, eliminating the noise and large bubbles of conventional air filtration systems.

[BoggleOtaku]

Thought it would be a gallant effort, but now in a bit of disbelief at CIRCUMCIRCLES. Somehow I got through a geometry-laden career without encounter this word and instead saying things like circumscribed triangle. Am I the only one?

[Spike1007]

I've never heard that before either. On the other hand, some words I often saw or used (like REORTHONORMALIZATION) don't seem to work here as far as I remember.

Anyway, apparently attempted gallant efforts sometimes do pay off.

[BoggleOtaku]

I thought I remembered you mentioning REORTHONORMALIZATION before and searched and found it (had fun rereading some of the "ramblings..whatever" thread): if you do it once, you can do it again!

In searching I also ran across the "dictionaries" thread where I found RENORMALIZATION but not RENORMALIZE and admin replied there were 3 boards with the former and 0 boards with the latter/ (I realized I and accidently reused the E. )