Unique Words I've Learned

[RussDNails]

That's what I thought about the procedure after playing the word. But, my first wife and her sister were both hysterectomized many years ago and after they healed they felt much better.

I found another unique one for you today: HEXADACTYLOUS (26/13) meaning "having 6 fingers or toes." I know left-handed people sometimes struggle to find products for them but people with hexadactyly throughout history (before safe surgery was commonly available) must have had even more problems getting items to fit. But, maybe it wasn't so bad because most things were made by hand back then.

I think I might like to be hexadactylous if I could get that 6th finger to help me type faster

[lalatan]

Ouch!

That's what I thought about the procedure after playing the word. But, my first wife and her sister were both hysterectomized many years ago and after they healed they felt much better.

I found another unique one for you today: HEXADACTYLOUS (26/13) meaning "having 6 fingers or toes." I know left-handed people sometimes struggle to find products for them but people with hexadactyly throughout history (before safe surgery was commonly available) must have had even more problems getting items to fit. But, maybe it wasn't so bad because most things were made by hand back then.

[2cute]

Interesting word, 2cute. bwt, I haven't seen it before. If it had been in a board I probably would have noticed the -angiopancreatography part of the word but not the chol-. I looked up the etymology of the word and it says that cholangio- is a prefix for "relating to the bile duct." One more prefix to remember now. haha

As I wrote before, it can take a very long time to see a word you already know in a puzzle. 2 years ago, when the 25 ltr words were released, MegaWord played PANCREATICODUODENOSTOMIES. So I memorized it and have been on the lookout for it ever since. Still haven't seen it in any board I've played.

I played a pretty unique medical term this morning: OOPHORECTOMIZED (31/15), surgical removal of 1 or both ovaries.

Ouch!

I hope you find it in a puzzle lalatan & thanks bwt1213, you may be right Spike or Folkslinger may find it first, then we'll know how rare is its definition.

[lalatan]

Interesting word, 2cute. bwt, I haven't seen it before. If it had been in a board I probably would have noticed the -angiopancreatography part of the word but not the chol-. I looked up the etymology of the word and it says that cholangio- is a prefix for "relating to the bile duct." One more prefix to remember now. haha

As I wrote before, it can take a very long time to see a word you already know in a puzzle. 2 years ago, when the 25 ltr words were released, MegaWord played PANCREATICODUODENOSTOMIES. So I memorized it and have been on the lookout for it ever since. Still haven't seen it in any board I've played.

I played a pretty unique medical term this morning: OOPHORECTOMIZED (31/15), surgical removal of 1 or both ovaries.

[bwt1213]

That's a nice 24-letter word, which had better come up "ultra-rare". I have a sneaking feeling that lalatan probably has that on mental speed-dial right now. He may already have known it. And if not him, then Spike or Folkslinger.

[2cute]

The local hospital sent their newsletter & I was browsing through it when I found a super-long-word & it made wonder if someone (maybe lalatan) had used it:

cholangiopancreatography is a procedure used to diagnose & treat problems in the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts & pancreas. It combines X-ray & the use of an endoscope. Its supposed to be less invasive than major surgery, can be performed on an out-patient bases with immediate relief from symptoms of gall-pancreatic duct stones, strictures & bile duct leaks after gallbladder removal. It also is used to help those w/pancreas diseases.

[Naboka]

Added "enantiomorph" to my long-word notebook just this weekend . Meaning basically mirror image but not identical.

As the universe turns, thought I'd found it on a board this afternoon. Just 3 days later.

Eureka!

Tried 3 times typing in "eanatiomorph" but it wouldn't take.

Dang!

Rechecked the notebook, realized I'd left off the second "n" and was mispelling it. Enantiomorph, not enatiomorph!

Sigh.

Looked at the board and sure enough, "enantiomorph" was there. Just don't know if it's accepted or not.

So, another interesting word to add to the Wordtwist community.

Trying to remember all dis stuff tests every aging neural synapse on the mental trail. You come to a stepping stone that used to be easy to reach but now seems 30 feet away. And half a mile deep.

[2cute]

That's interesting, 2 cute. I've heard of the phenomenon but not the name for it. If I had seen UNIHEMISPHERIC in a puzzle, I definitely would've tried it. I've only found HEMISPHEROIDALLY (30/16) so far.

This made me think of my favorite cartoon from the comic strip, B.C. The male character is a psychiatrist and a female client is lying on a couch. She: Did you know that a man only uses half his brain but a woman uses both halves? He: (in a thought bubble) I have a half a mind to charge her double.
(I realize this theory has been debunked but it was popular misconception back then. Apparently, men only use half their brain to listen to speech and women use both.)

Interesting. I wonder why that is the case.

[lalatan]

That's interesting, 2 cute. I've heard of the phenomenon but not the name for it. If I had seen UNIHEMISPHERIC in a puzzle, I definitely would've tried it. I've only found HEMISPHEROIDALLY (30/16) so far.

This made me think of my favorite cartoon from the comic strip, B.C. The male character is a psychiatrist and a female client is lying on a couch. She: Did you know that a man only uses half his brain but a woman uses both halves? He: (in a thought bubble) I have a half a mind to charge her double.
(I realize this theory has been debunked but it was popular misconception back then. Apparently, men only use half their brain to listen to speech and women use both.)

[2cute]

So I was playing another section of Puzzle Barron, the Trivia games and I found a unique word that made me think of lalatan, as it would probably be a word he'd know.

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I suppose that's important when you're sleeping underwater as you wouldn't want to be eaten while you're dozing.

[2cute]

I tried QUOTATIOUS (22/10) and it worked. adjective: using or involving many quotations

Good find, I think I might be able to remember that one!

[lalatan]

I tried QUOTATIOUS (22/10) and it worked. adjective: using or involving many quotations

[2cute]

Gyte = 1. a. Delirious; senselessly extravagant or a child [n -S]

This was just a guess from a puzzle with very few choices. Never heard of this one.

[2cute]

Here's an interesting one. Strophanthins are poisionous glycosides that are used as a heart stimulant in small doses, but deadly in larger amounts.

Makes you wonder who was looking at this flower and thought, "you know, I think I've found a solution for that neighbor who's keeping me up at night."

Wonder if the game takes strophanthus, which is the genus.

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Aha, now we know how deer get high ... just a little & they cruise the night away eating their grass & visiting .

[Naboka]

Here's an interesting one. Strophanthins are poisionous glycosides that are used as a heart stimulant in small doses, but deadly in larger amounts.

Makes you wonder who was looking at this flower and thought, "you know, I think I've found a solution for that neighbor who's keeping me up at night."

Wonder if the game takes strophanthus, which is the genus.

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