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Reading the Scrabble Dictionary: Week 41

10/29/2014

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Lots of subs and suns today. And a lot more sexist words, but I haven't the heart to go into it today.
⚛ Units of the Week
    Subatom: a component of an atom
    Subunit: a unit that is a part of a larger unit
    Sucre: a monetary unit of Ecuador
    Suite: a series of things forming a unit
    Svedberg: a unit of time
    Sycee: fine uncoined silver formerly used in China as money

!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
    Strobila: the entire body of a tapeworm
    Stroppy: unruly
    Sturt: contention
    Subadult: an individual approaching adulthood
    Subteen: a person approaching the teenage years
    Subtopia: the suburbs of a city
    Sulky: a light horse-drawn vehicle (carriage!)
    Summitry: the use of conferences between chiefs of state for international negotiation
    Sumoist: a sumo wrestler (Gross. I think "moist" is off limits anywhere now)
    Sundown: to experience nighttime confusion
    Suq: souk (Great Q word)
    Suttee: a Hindu widow cremated on her husband's funeral pile to show her devotion to him (why does the widower never do the same for his beloved, I ask you!)
    Swannery: a place where swans are raised
    Sweer: lazy
    Swive: to copulate with
    Sybarite: a person devoted to pleasure and luxury

♡ Favorite Words of the Week
    Sublunar: pertaining to the earth
    Subsolar: situated directly beneath the sun
    Sunbow: an arc of spectral colors formed by the sun shining through a mist
    Sundog: a small rainbow
    Susurrus: a soft rustling sound
(Pages 561–574)

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