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Reading the Scrabble Dictionary: Week 43

11/12/2014

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I will never be the same again after learning what a tragopan is. Watch:
⚛ Units of the Week
    Therm: a unit of quantity of heat
    Thermion: an ion emitted by a heated body
    Thrave: a unit of measure for grain
    Thrip: a British coin
    Tical: a former Thai unit of weight
    Tod: a British unit of weight
    Toea: a monetary unit of Papua New Guinea
    Tola: a unit of weight used in India
    Tolar: a monetary unit of Slovenia
    Toman: a formerly used coin of Iran
    Toneme: a tonal unit of speech
    Tonne: a unit of weight
    Toonie: a Canadian two-dollar coin (one of my favorite coins)
    Torr: a unit of pressure

!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
    Thirlage: an obligation requiring feudal tenants to grind grain at a certain mill
    Tiddly: slightly drunk
    Tilbury: a carriage having two wheels
    Tinhorn: a showily pretentious person
    Tipcat: a game resembling baseball
    Tocology: the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth
    Toledo: a finely tempered sword
    Tomalley: the liver of a lobster
    Tommy: a loaf of bread
    Tonga: a light cart used in India
    Tokamak: a doughnut-shaped nuclear reactor
    Tonneau: the rear seating compartment of an automobile
    Tonsure: to shave the head of
    Tony: stylish
    Toponymy: the study of toponyms
    Towmond: a year
    Townie: a nonstudent who lives in a college town
    Trangam: a gewgaw
    Trans: characterized by the arrangement of different atoms on opposite sides of the molecule

♡ Favorite Words of the Week
    Thenar: the palm of the hand
    Thindown: a lessening in the number of atomic particles and cosmic rays passing through the earth's atmosphere
    Threnody: a song of lamentation
    Thuggery: thuggish behavior
    Tommyrot: nonsense
    Topi: a sun helmet
    Tragical: of the nature of a tragedy
(Pages 589–602)
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