[Fictionary] HYETAL ballot

[Jim Moskowitz]

Here's the (uniformly formatted, then randomized) ballot for our 
current round. As usual you may award one 2-point vote and one 
1-point vote (not to the same definition). Please send in your votes 
by next Monday, 12/16.


hyetal - 1. adj.  Open to the sky but overshadowed year-round.  2. n. 
The territory permanently in the shadow of a given relief feature, 
as, the hyetal of the Matterhorn.

hyetal, n. An extinct mammal, ancestor to the hyena, much resembling the wolf.

hyetal, adj. Of or relating to rain or rainy regions.

hyetal, adj. Both spiny and rugose.

hyetal, n. (ca. 1885, from Norwegian) 1. A plowed field. 2. A forest 
clearing approved for plowing by the Minnesota Land Commission.

hyetal, adj. Lasting 12 synodic months (364.367 days).

hyetal, adj. Of or pertaining to shrubs.

hyetal, adj (obs.) Unrelated.

hyetal, adj. Of the part of the diaphragm that surrounds the 
stomach/esophagus and separates them unless stretched.  fr. Gray's 
Anatomy.


-Jim