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Game 394:
A. Lacking in numbers, variety or normal development B. To cause to become poor, to impoverish C. To lift out of poverty, to enrich
A. Long flowing side whiskers B. A melodramatic biographical Scottish folk song C. Knee-high socks worn under a kilt in the Scottish Highlands
Game 380:
A. Pertaining to mushrooms, moss or lichen B. Prone to corruption, willing to take bribes C. Dark, having the color of soot
A. Having any kind of curved shaped, whether oval, circular or elliptical B. A type of pasta that looks like a cart wheel C. Having the parts flat and spreading or radiating like the spokes of a wheel
Game 350:
A. Pertaining to a synapse B. Flying synchronously, like a swarm of midges C. Any of a subclass of terrestrial vertebrates having a single pair of lateral temporal skull openings
A. A device with four metal points so arranged that when three are on the ground, the fourth projects upward as a hazard to the hooves of horses or to pneumatic tires B. A tall thistle with dark green leaves and purple flower heads C. A small bowl for mixing potions
Game 346:
A. Deafness caused by the tympanic membrane failing to touch the cochlea B. A state of feeling that accompanies preoccupation with trivial and insipid diversions C. Transformation from human to animal form
A. Erecting an obelisk proclaiming one's accomplishments; by extension, excessive self-aggrandizement in any form B. The practice of designating or annotating a questionable passage in a manuscript with a - or ÷ symbol C. Inhuman strength
Game 343:
A. Transplantation of tissue from another individual (as opposed to, say, a skin graft from the same individual) B. Transplantation of an organ, tissue or cells between two different species C. Unintended and unexpected migration
A. The Punjabi tribe that first spoke the Urdu language B. An annual Asian legume widely grown in warm regions for its edible blackish seed C. A musical instrument that is a short version of a didgeridoo
Game 340:
A. A pin that attaches the rudder of a rowboat to the hull B. A setback C. A supernatural power bringing bad luck
A. Fear of abstract images B. Fear or distrust of ideas or reason C. Fear of disembodied faces
Game 339:
A. A mute or pedal used to produce a fluctuating muted effect on a brass instrument or on an electric guitar B. A Korean onomatopeia for the sound of a dog barking C. A linguistic theory that human language originated from an imitation of sounds in nature
A. A dirty rascal, a scoundrel, a wretch B. A person so drunk that he spills his beverage C. The oozy, stringy waste or residue left behind from processing sperm whales.
Game 335:
A. Dizziness brought on by concussion rather than by being spun around B. Evidence by citation, an effect that occurs when a source is widely cited for a claim that the source does not adequately support C. The tendency of long molecules to wrap around each other when combined
A. Sisterly B. Belonging to a sorority C. Pronounced from the back of the throat
Game 334:
A. A deep purple mountain flower found in the European Alps B. The vestibule of a church, accessible through the lower side doors C. The floral structure comprised of the outer and inner whorls of a flower, especially when the two are fused
A. A state of contentment and inner peace B. The most prominent or highest projecting point of the bony nose bridge C. In ancient Greece, a cohort of 320 footsoldiers, marching in 20 columns of 16 soldiers
Game 333:
A. An apothecary, a pharmacy B. A collection or stock of drugs C. A large brown glass container with a stopper for storing pills or tablets
A. Situated on the same side as or facing the axis B. Situated on the opposite side of or facing away from the axis C. Situated along or parallel to an axis
Game 332:
A. A haunting, plaintive piece of music or melody B. A secret mountain hideout, often in a cave C. Something that banishes or mitigates grief
A. Of a molecule, containing a chain of one of more carbon atoms B. Smudged with soot or as if with soot C. Brittle and dark or almost black in color
Game 331:
A. A large family of birds including blackbirds and meadowlarks and having a sharp conical bill B. A genus of Eurasian arachnids, most species of which have a red abdomen C. Repeated, repetitive
A. A debate tactic where the speaker dismantles a comparison made by the opponent B. In Star Trek, a toxic substance not normally detected by the sensors of a Galaxy-class starship C. A salve of unknown composition used as a cosmetic in ancient Rome
Game 330:
A. A habitual pleasure seeker or merrymaker B. A neutral (uncharged) ion C. A large, widespread tropical fig tree native to India
A. An extreme, rock-hard mass of impacted stool that builds up in the rectum or colon B. A dance originating from the Beira Baixa province of Portugal C. In a Roman temple, the threshold marking the border between the exposed, uncovered area and the roofed area
Game 329:
A. A class action brought collectively by employees at a company B. In bridge, a hand in which all cards are of the same suit C. An undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece
A. The property of being located in the north B. Having a taste of soil or earth C. The faculty of making unhappy, unlucky, and expected discoveries by design; the opposite of serendipity
Game 326:
A. A crank organ from Scotland B. A five-petalled flower that is a mix of white, yellow and violet C. An exclamation used in Edinburgh as a warning cry when it was customary to throw slops from the windows into the streets
A. A butler's attire B. A hare in its first year C. The metal drum inside a washing machine
Game 325:
A. An irrational fear of birds B. An abnornal fear of garlic C. Abnormal fear of cats
A. A zooid produced by budding or fission from a primary zooid B. A zooid produced by the fusing of two zooids C. The attachment of a smaller zooid to a larger zooid
Game 323:
A. Small, dry pieces of wood with which to start a fire B. A very young child C. A lamb that is between three and six weeks old
A. Outwardly exuberant and energetic while masking a depression B. Of or relating to a spoken language utterance C. Having difficulty seeing resulting from the visual axes tending outward toward the temple
Game 320:
A. A small Eurasian passerine bird B. To feel or show fear or apprehension C. To whine, to complain
A. A negligibly small amount B. A contemptible unmannerly person C. A small, handheld tool that can be used both as an axe and as a hammer
To play, reply to this toot with your answers. No cheating by looking stuff up, obviously.
Game 319:
A. Seaweed, barnacles and other marine life attached to a ship's hull B. A minute part or quantity, an iota C. A large wart
A. Any of a phylum of animals having a flexible rod of cells that forms the supporting axis of the body, a dorsally situated central nervous system, and gill slits B. In music, to form a chord; to harmonize C. Of a leaf, having a long, slender shape
Game 318:
A. In ancient Greece, a long, thin pike used in one-on-one combat B. In a mint, a box used for sample coins reserved for testing weight and fineness C. The part of a flower between the petal and the sepal
A. Arranged in the form of a spike B. Of a leaf, having a serrated edge C. To observe closely, to study intensely