[Fictionary] New Word Candidates

[Nicolas Ward]

Pierre knew all four (and various combinations of you were overlapping). The indices of the books on my bed stand have failed me! (Oddly, both contained pellagra, which is caused by niacin deficiency.)

Let's try:

gabelle
knulier
niblick
pannage

--Nick

On Sep 27, 2011, at 1:41 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma at phma.optus.nu> wrote:

> On Tuesday 27 September 2011 00:27:16 you wrote:
>> I'll take up Eric on not-having-gone-in-while and propose:
>> 
>> amanita
> a kind of mushroom
>> pellagra
> a skin disease, or a vitamin deficiency. I think it's both but I'd have to 
> look it up.
>> teosinte
> wild corn
>> tetany
> Involuntary muscle twitching. Not to be confused with tetanus, in which a 
> muscle turns on and doesn't turn off.
> 
> Pierre
> -- 
> Jews use a lunisolar calendar; Muslims use a solely lunar calendar.