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Reading the Scrabble Dictionary: Week 25

7/3/2014

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This week was characterized largely by money, milk, mid-things, marbles, and the prefix mis-.
⚛ Units of the Week (lots!)
    Maund: an Asian unit of weight
    Maxwell: a unit of magnetic flux
    Mazuma: money
    Meg: a megabyte
    Megabar: a unit of pressure
    Megabit: a unit of computer information
    Megabuck: one million dollars
    Megabyte: 1,048,576 bytes
    Megadyne: a unit of force
    Megaflop: a measure of computing speed
    Megaton: a unit of explosive force
    Megavolt: a unit of electromotive force
    Megawatt: a unit of power
    Megohm: a unit of electrical resistance
    Merk: a former coin of Scotland
    Meson: a subatomic particle
    Mesotron: a meson
    Metical: a monetary unit of Mozambique
    Mho: a unit of electrical conductance
    Micra: pl. of micron
    Microbar: a unit of atmospheric pressure
    Microhm: a unit of electrical resistance
    Microlux: a unit of illumination
    Micromho: a unit of electrical conductance
    Micron: a unit of length
    Mil: a unit of length
    Mile: a unit of distance
    Milesimo: a former monetary unit of Chile
    Mille: a thousand
    Milliard: a billion
    Milliare: a unit of area
    Millibar: a unit of atmospheric pressure
    Millieme: unit of value of Egypt and Sudan
    Millier: a unit of weight
    Milligal: a unit of acceleration
    Millilux: a unit of illumination
    Millime: a coin of Tunisia
    Millimho: a unit of electrical conductance
    Milline: a unit of advertising space
    Milliohm: a unit of electrical resistance
    Million: a number
    Millirem: a quantity of ionizing radiation
    Milreis: a former monetary unit of Portugal
    Mina: an ancient unit of weight and value
    Minim: a unit of liquid measure
!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
    Matilda: a hobo's bundle
    Mattery: producing pus
    Mattoid: a mentally unbalanced person
    Maun: must--maun is the only form of this verb; it cannot be conjugated
    Maunder: to talk incoherently
    Maundy: the religious ceremony of washing the feet of the poor
    Maverick: an unbranded range animal
    Mazard: the head or face
    Medicide: a medically assisted suicide
    Mehndi: the art of painting patterns on the skin with henna
    Mentum: the chin
    Mephitis: an offensive odor
    Metopic: pertaining to the forehead
    Meuniere: cooked in browned butter
    Micawber: a person who remains hopeful despite adversity
    Micrurgy: the use of minute tools under high magnification
    Milling: a corrugated edge on a coin
    Miosis: excessive contraction of the pupil of the eye
    Mirepoix: a sauteed mixture of diced vegetables

♡ Favorite Words of the Week
    Maziness: the quality of being mazy
    Meaner: one that means (intends)
    Mensal: pertaining to or used at the table
    Meseemeth: it seems to me
    Micrify: to make small
(Pages 337–350)
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