Word Ways, Colloquy and Kickshaws.COLLOQUY col·lo·quyn. pl. col·lo·quies 1. A conversation, especially a formal one. 2. A written dialogue. [From Latin colloquium, conversation; see and KICKSHAWS Kick´shaws` n. 1. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. Art thou good at these kickshawses! - Shak. 2. A fancy dish; a tidbit; a delicacy. Some pigeons, . . . each have two repeated letters. Even WORD WAYS has one repeated letter. This makes them ideal candidates for which to find isomorphs, words with the same letter pattern and no crashing letters. Here, I attempt to find an A-Z of isomorphs for each of them. Words can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary Oxford English Dictionary (OED) great multi-volume historical dictionary of English. [Br. Hist.: Caught in the Web of Words] See : Lexicography , 2nd Edition, unless stated otherwise. hod. = Hodge's Handbook of American Indians, long = Longman's Dictionary, w2 = Webster's Second Edition. Locations, by country, are taken from The United States Board on Geographic Names The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is an American federal body whose purpose is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the U.S. government. Overview The Board was created in 1890; its present form derives from a law of 1947. : (1) Austria (2) China (3) Poland (4) Egypt (5) Russia (6) Indonesia (7) Maldives (8) Latvia (9) Russia (10) China (11) Belarus ISOMORPHS OF 'WORD WAYS' AMICABLE FIVEFOLD KNUCKLED PLUMPING UNIQUELY ZAKRZEWO (3) BACKBONE GEORGIAN LINOLEUM QIGEQUAN (2) VESUVIAN ve·su·vi·an n. A slow-burning match formerly used for lighting cigars; a fusee. adj. Marked by sudden or violent outbursts: a vesuvian temper. CHOICEST HATCHING MAHOMITE RESCRIPT RESCRIPT, conv. A counterpart. 2. In the canon law, by rescripts are understood apostolical letters, which emanate from the pope, under whatever form they may be. The answers of the pope in writing are so called. Diet. Dr. Can. h.v. Vide Chirograph; Counterpart; Part. not possible DECODING INSPIRED NEGINOTH (w2) SQUASHED X ESOTERIC JUNSJOCH (1) OPTIONAL TACITURN tac·i·turn adj. Habitually untalkative. See Synonyms at silent. [French taciturne, from Old French, from Latin taciturnus, from tacitus, silent; see tacit. YNGLYCHE ISOMORPHS OF 'COLLOQUY' AIR-RIGHT (long) FIZZIEST KITTIMAT (hod) PASSAGES UIGGINSA (5) ZEPPELIN BARRACKS GUTTURAL guttural /gut·tur·al/ (gut´er-il) faucial; pertaining to the throat. gut·tur·al adj. Of or relating to the throat. guttural pertaining to the throat. LIPPIEST QATTARET (4) VACCARES not possible HIPPIEST MATTADOR RIBBIEST WAGGABLE DIPPINGS IATTAREN (hod) NARRATED SENNEKAW (hod) X EARRANTS JIBBINGS OUTTURNS TLAALUIS (hod) YATTASIE (hod) ISOMORPHS OF 'KICKSHAWS' ADJAOPENO (6) FARFINOLI (7) not possible PAUPERISE UNAUDITED ZAOZERTSE (11) BRIBEABLE GORGEABLE LYULISHTI (8) Q VAGVOZERO (9) CANCERITE HASHEMITE MARMELISE REARGUING W DURDENITE ISLINGTON NEANTICOT (hod) SOUSE-WIFE X EXTENSION J OENOCYTIC (w2) TENTACULA YEH-YUN-KOU (10) MUTUAL ISOMORPHS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SUSAN THORPE Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England thorpeds@hotmail.com |
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