Scrabble words; A

[vaneramos]

Useful or interesting:

• acerate, acerose: adj needle-like, as the leaves of pine
  
• adhibit: v to admit, as a person or thing; take in; use or apply; administer; attach or affix
  
• agene: n nitrogen trichloride; a yellow pungent volatile oil formerly used for bleaching and aging flour
  
• agenise, agenize: v to bleach flour using nitrogen trichloride
  
• agnate: adj related on the father's side
  
• agnatic: adj patrilineal; pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors
  
• analcime, analcite: n a white or light coloured zeolite found in certain basalts
  
• anoa: n a small buffalo of Celebes and the Philippines, having short pointed horns
  
• apeak, apeek: adj in a vertical or nearly vertical position or direction
  
• apod: n an animal lacking feet
  
• areology: n the observation and study of the planet Mars
  
• astony, (astonies, astonied, astonying): v to stun; bewilder; astonish; dismay (archaic)
  
• audad: n wild sheep of Northern Africa
  
• aventail: n a curtain of mail attached by means of staples (vervelles) around the base of a helmet, and covering the shoulders
  
• avodire: n an African tree
  
• azotemia: n uremia; a toxic condition resulting from kidney disease in which there is retention in the bloodstream of waste products normally excreted in the urine
  
• azoth: n mercury (alchemical)
  

Comments

Computer geekery

[bigmacbear]

"aventail: n a curtain of mail attached by means of staples (vervelles) around the base of a helmet, and covering the shoulders"

We used to have to use a software product called Aventail Connect, which was a Web-based tool for securely connecting to systems through firewalls. Interesting to know the origin of the term.

Of course, when I first heard of the product all I could think of was "here comes Peter Aventail" to the tune of "Peter Cottontail". ;-)

Re: Computer geekery

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Here I am trying to finishing memorizing choral music, and trust you to give me an earworm like that. ;-)

Hugs

[missprune.livejournal.com]

And here I always thought areology was the study of nipples! :o)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I noticed that, too, a strange coincidence. The word comes from Ares, of course.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

"apeek"? I'm shocked.

No "aoudad" alternative? Even in Canada?

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I checked that spelling and it's also correct. I was unaware of it.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Which one?

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

aoudad.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Ah, good. So I can continue to be appalled by "apeek".

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

You can, but apparently it is a legitimate spelling.

[fivecats.livejournal.com]

Oh good god.

You and __verity__ aren't playing online, are you?

...

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

stealthpup got me hooked on online Scrabble, but I'm not currently playing against anyone else from LJ, that I know of. I haven't yet joined the real-life tournament circuit, but I did win my first tournament on Jomarco.com this month.