I'm thinking of a word between abacinate and zyzzyva

Bear me with me guys, this is the first time I try this so might not be an expert at it yet.

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Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke

In this thread you will try to guess the word I am thinking of and I will respond higher or lower to clue you in on whether you're guess comes before (lower) or after (higher) the answer alphabetically.

But you wont just be posting one word guesses, oh no, you have to work for your points. With every guess you have to post a definition along with it. I will accept entries from dictionary.com or just by typing "define [word]" into google

Hopefully we can use this game as a way to increase our vocabularies.

I'll probably only respond to the guesses which will most limit the range of guessing.

(eg if the answer is cat and people guess; ant, bunny, dog and elephant, then i will say higher than bunny and lower than dog.)

1 guess per post

I will not use any words begining with captial letters (Names, places and the such) and all words will be atleast 3 letters long.

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I will update this post with scores as soon as soon as someone gets a point. Good luck!

Are you going to continue with the alphabet in the previous game or just pick random words?

Either way I guess toast
Noun:
Sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat.
Verb:
1. Cook or brown (food, esp. bread or cheese) by exposure to a grill, fire, or other source of radiant heat.
2. (of a DJ) Accompany a reggae backing track or music with improvised rhythmic speech.

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Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke

Are you going to continue with the alphabet in the previous game or just pick random words?

Either way I guess toast
Noun:
Sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat.
Verb:
1. Cook or brown (food, esp. bread or cheese) by exposure to a grill, fire, or other source of radiant heat.
2. (of a DJ) Accompany a reggae backing track or music with improvised rhythmic speech.

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Random words. BTW when someone gets the wrong letter, do you have to give the right letter right away or just something closer (i.e. halfway between, from T to N)? Or do you go one letter at a time, like T to S?

I assume you don't go to the right letter right away, so I'm going to switch to N.

Toast to N - Nacreous - Adjective: of or resembling mother-of-pearl

Did you just guess a word in your own word guessing game?
If you're doing it like bm_n then you just say higher or lower.
Are you giving a hint that it's between Toast and Nacreous?

If so, my guess is:
Sanguineous
adjective
1. Of, pertaining to, or containing blood.
2. of the color of blood.
3. involving much bloodshed.
4. sanguine; confident.

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Originally Posted by chionos

Did you just guess a word in your own word guessing game?
If you're doing it like bm_n then you just say higher or lower.
Are you giving a hint that it's between Toast and Nacreous?

If so, my guess is:
Sanguineous
adjective
1. Of, pertaining to, or containing blood.
2. of the color of blood.
3. involving much bloodshed.
4. sanguine; confident.

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Yes, yes I did. :P

And what I meant was that the word is between nacreous and A, sorry if that was confusing. Maybe I should have gone with an "A" word.

Sanguineous to A - Abidicate - Verb: 1. (of a monarch) Renounce one's throne: "in 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated as German emperor".

2. Fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty): "the government was accused of abdicating its responsibility".

Just say lower or higher lol. This is going to be confusing to some people, I suspect.

obstreperous
adjective
1. resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
2. noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children.

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Originally Posted by chionos

Just say lower or higher lol. This is going to be confusing to some people, I suspect.

obstreperous
adjective
1. resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
2. noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children.

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I just used a quote from Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came in one of my stories, and it contained that word.

Higher.

Pontificating
verb
To express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic.

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Originally Posted by chionos

Pontificating
verb
To express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic.

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I meant higher as in an earlier letter in the alphabet.

Higher again.

Necrogeriatricarboraphile
Noun
A person who favors sexual relations with old dead trees.

seriously though

Nyctitropism
noun
The tendency of the leaves of some plants to change position at night.

Higher.

Just to clarify, right now we should be between Nacreous and Nyctitropism, yes?

Nonvolatilisable
Adjective
Not volatilizing readily.

Sorry no, I meant a much higher letter than N in the alphabet. If you want I can tell you what letter it starts with, or something close. Try somewhere between D and G.

lol
ok

Eviscerate
verb
to disembowel a person or animal or to take away the essential content of a thing

Eviscerate to F.