Colloquy.

Colloquy. Rex Gooch adds numerous examples to Susan Thorpe's"Noah's Consonants" article. Let 2xn be shorthand for"two or more of n different consonants": 2x7 Ignoring tens of medical terms and obscure chemicals, considerdichlorodiphenyltrichioroethane (cdhlnrt), the full name of DDT DDTor 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1,-trichloroethane, chlorinated hydrocarbon compound used as an insecticide. First introduced during the 1940s, it killed insects that spread disease and feed on crops. ;electroencephalogrphist (chlprst) in Chambers in chambersadj. referring to discussions or hearings held in the judge's office, called his chambers. It is also called "in camera." (See: in camera) , hyphenated hy��phen��at��ed?adj.1. Having a hyphen: a hyphenated adjective.2. Often Offensive Of or relating to naturalized citizens or their descendants or culture. in OED OEDabbr.Oxford English DictionaryNoun 1. OED - an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principlesO.E.D., Oxford English Dictionary ;pneumonoultmmicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (clmnprs);pseudautohermaphroditism (dhmprst), a Borgmann coinage. 2x8 Omitting tens of medical and unfamiliar chemical names, andstaying within the OED, there are dimethylamidophenyldimethylpyrazolone(dhlmnpty), the full name of Pyramidon; 6-dimethylamino-4,4-diphenyl-3-heptanone (dhlmnpty), the full name of methadone methadone(mĕth`ədōn', –dŏn'), synthetic narcotic similar in effect to morphine. Synthesized in Germany, it came into clinical use after World War II. It is sometimes used as an analgesic and to suppress the cough reflex. ; WilhelmFriedrich Benedict Hofmeister (cdfhlmrt) in the Bloomsbury Thesaurus. 2x9 Simplest of a dozen chemicals and placenames is4,6-bisisopropylamino-2-methylthio-1,3,5-triazine (hlmnprsty), the fullname of prometrine in the OED. 2x10 The shortest of two or three chemicals, curiously all havingthe same repeated consonants, is tetramethyldiaminobenzhydrylphosphinous(dhlmnprsty) in the OED under Michler. 2x11 The shorter of two chemicals is1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-8-hydroxy-6,11-dimethyl-3-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-2,6-methano-3-benzazocine(bdhlmnrtxyz), the full name of pentacozine listed in the OED. 2x12 There is a choice between the amazing solidporkchopbeefsteakhamandegghamburgersteakorliverandbacon (bcdghkmnprst)in the OED under Hamburger, or the hyphenatedfeeling-upset-physcially-and-mentally-with-anticipatory-excitement-and/or-anxiety (cdhlmnprstxy) in the OED under Journey). 2x14 There is a placename located at 45[degrees]35'N,42[degrees]54'E in Russia, Plodovodcheskiy Uchastok IpatovskogoMekhanizirovannogo Lespromkhozas (cdghklmnprstvz), given in the UnitedStates 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. OverviewThe Board was created in 1890; its present form derives from a law of 1947. (NIMA NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; US government)NIMA never in mitosis gene a (molecular biology)NIMA North Idaho Mycological Association ). Susan Thorpe mined the OED and the United States Board onGeographic Names to improve on 7 of Darryl Francis's 12 non-optimaltransdeletions and on 13 of his 15 non-optimal transadditions in"Visiting the State Capitals Yet Again". Single-lettertransdeletions and transadditions are labeled with an asterisk;multiple-letter ones are identified by number.Baton Rouge: tongue-bar* (OED) and Tougonbare* (populated place in Mall)Bismarck: barmstick* (OED)Cheyenne: meynchene* (OED)Columbia: comunabil* (OED)Columbus: columbous* (Bloomsbury Thesaurus)Frankfort: Knockaterriff 4 (mountain in Ireland)Honolulu: Lohulun* (stream in East Timor) and Chonbulolu 2 (stream in Kyrgyzstan)Indianapolis: Ponindilisa* (cape in Indonesia) and adenosalpingitis 4 (Stedman's Medical Dict)Juneau: Daujenu* (populated place in Lithuania)Lincoln: Nancilio* (stream in Panama)Little Rock: cotterill* (OED) and Lower Kilcott 2 (place in Gloucestershire)Nashville: halvelings* (OED)Oklahoma City: Yokotamachi* (populated place in Japan) and phakomatotically 4 (inferred from `phakomatotic' in Stedman's Medical Dict)Providence: covered-in* (Chambers)Salt Lake City: tail-tackles* (OED) Ed Wolpow points out that there is certainly as much homonymy ho��mon��y��my?n. pl. ho��mon��y��miesThe quality or condition of being homonymous.homonymyinEnglish (and other languages) as there is in Danish ("WordRepetition in Danish" in the February issue). Nash's commentthat `Christmas' and `wheel' are homonyms in Danish (jul,hjul) should also have noted that the best English-language cognates,`Yule' and `wheel' are near-homonyms in English. Darryl Francis notes that the Century Dictionary The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia was one of the largest and most highly regarded encyclopedic dictionaries of the English language. The first edition was published from 1889 to 1891 by The Century Company of New York, in six, eight, or ten volume versions (originally (1889-91),considered by many to be the finest US dictionary ever produced (and thelongest dictionary ever published apart from the OED), is now availableon the Internet: www.globa-language.com/century/. Richard Sabey writes "Thank you for publishing ... the resultsof Steve Root's research into ten-squares of full names ... For theword square enthusiast who will accept personal names in squares, thisis surely the way to construct elegant examples of what we have soughtfor so long." Jeff Grant writes "I'm surprised that PEPPERTREEhasn't been noted in Word Ways before. I've been aware of itas a pyramid word for years. The name is quite common in this part ofthe world--it was a popular woman's clothing Noun 1. woman's clothing - clothing that is designed for women to wearA-line - women's clothing that has a fitted top and a flared skirt that is widest at the hemline; "it is called the A-line because the effect resembles the capital letter A" brand (Australian, Ithink?)--don't know if they sold SLEEVELESS jumpers. As the treesare quite common, there are also restaurants, motels, cafes, etc. withthe name, often as a solid word." In "Unseen Consonants", a dash was omitted prior to the Uin example 22. Will Nediger adds a couple of examples to Susan Thorpe's"Permed Ends" in the February issue: dexTROROTaTORy dextrorotatory/dex��tro��ro��ta��to��ry/ (-ro��tah-tor?e) turning the plane of polarization to the right. dex��tro��ro��ta��to��ryor dex��tro��ro��ta��ryadj. andPREtERPluPERfect. Melvin Schwarzkopf of Alton IL is cited in Making the AlphabetDance as an example of a long isogrammatic name. The AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. White Pages nowlists a Melvin Schwartzkopf of Altona IL, using 18 out of the 26alphabetic letters. Recently Alan Frank crossed all the first names in adatabase with all the last names, finding one 19-letter example, GenySchlamowitz-Burk. Needless to say she does not seem to be a real person! Sir Jeremy Morse Sir Christopher Jeremy Morse (* December 10 1928[1]), known as Sir Jeremy Morse, was Chancellor of Bristol University between 1989 and 2003 before being succeeded by the Baroness Hale of Richmond[2] and was chairman of Lloyds Bank[3]. replaces the three inferred inflections reportedin "Shared Transadditions by the Numbers" with 0,1 BRONZE; 4,5FAVOURITE; 11,12 TELEVIEWING (in Chambers).