<html><P><BR>Many years ago, my husband David had a hiatal (sp? and no time to check) hernia, which was an enlargement of the hole in the diaphragm that surrounds the esophagus/stomach and allows it to pass through. In other words, the diaphragm separates the chest from the intestines and must have a passageway for the top of the digestive organs to pass to the bottom of the organs. If the hole is too large, the stomach moves up into the area above, and pain results. Narrowing the hole can be done surgically, or with exercises. David was told to merely run before eating lunch, not after. No more pain. Linda</P>
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<P>---------- Original Message ----------<BR>From: Jim Moskowitz <jim@jimmosk.com><BR>To: fictionary@swarpa.net<BR>Subject: [Fictionary] HYETAL results!<BR>Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:32:29 -0500<BR><BR>I apologize for the unexpected delay -- I had a major computer <BR>problem last week, when I tried to replace my laptop's internal hard <BR>drive with a solid state drive and ended up with a laptop that <BR>wouldn't recognize either the new drive or the old. But things are <BR>better now (and wow, the SSD makes for a huge speed improvement!), so <BR>I'm ready to reveal that Elliott blew this round of fictionary out of <BR>the water, with his shadowy definition, which netted a <BR>possible-record 13 points from eight voters (I'm omitting the ninth <BR>voter, Elliott himself). The actual definition got zero votes, so I'm <BR>declaring myself the runner-up :^) I'm honestly amazed that such a <BR>brief term for "pertaining to rain" isn't in more common use; I'd <BR>certainly never come across it before.<BR><BR>Full results follow; have yourself a merry winter holiday, and <BR>prepare for Elliott's round!<BR><BR><BR>hyetal - 1. adj. Open to the sky but overshadowed year-round. 2. n. <BR>The territory permanently in the shadow of a given relief feature, <BR>as, the hyetal of the Matterhorn.<BR> by ELLIOTT<BR>2 points each from Ranjit, David, Nick, Linda, Eric, and Jean-Joseph<BR>1 point from Jed<BR>Nick: "Because it reminded me of that alpine town that installed <BR>giant mirrors to stave off Seasonal Affective Disorder."<BR>Eric: "For the clever noun"<BR>Elliott: "Someone must have a name for this (ecologists? orienteers? <BR>real-estate agents?). It was inspired by Lat. hiems `winter' plus <BR>Ger. Tal `valley', but in retrospect it looks like I partly <BR>plagiarized my own ``koonting'' def from a year ago about barnacles <BR>growing on the shady side of the hull."<BR>Jean-Joseph: "Not that I believe it, but I think it's an interesting <BR>definition."<BR><BR>hyetal, n. An extinct mammal, ancestor to the hyena, much resembling the wolf.<BR> by RANJIT<BR>2 points from Elliott<BR>Elliott: "This is written like something out of an actual book, so I <BR>will give it two points. It should have a mysterious giant relative <BR>in the snows of Tibet called a hyeti."<BR><BR>hyetal, adj. Of or relating to rain or rainy regions.<BR> REAL - from the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language<BR>Elliott: "No reason to vote for or against."<BR>Elliott (after looking it up:) "OED says it's from Greek huEtOs <BR>`rain', and gives no quotations. Google ngram viewer says it <BR>appeared in 1854, peaked in the late 1850s with what seems to be a <BR>minor craze for ``hyetal charts'', and it's been pretty much downhill <BR>ever since. Nice word!"<BR><BR>hyetal, adj. Both spiny and rugose.<BR> by DAVID<BR>Eric: "Lovely. But if it were real, Lovecraft would have used it."<BR>Elliott: "Like a wooly bear!"<BR><BR>hyetal, n. (ca. 1885, from Norwegian) 1. A plowed field. 2. A forest <BR>clearing approved for plowing by the Minnesota Land Commission.<BR> by NICK<BR>1 point each from Linda and Elliott<BR>Linda: "For being a noun in the midst of adj's."<BR>Elliott: "For creativity. Also, Norwegian things often have y's in them."<BR><BR>hyetal, adj. Lasting 12 synodic months (364.367 days).<BR> by JEAN-JOSEPH<BR>1 point from Eric<BR>Elliott: "Don't know what a synodic month is, so I'd better not chance it."<BR>Hutch: "Pretty sure this is 'synodical'."<BR><BR>hyetal, adj. Of or pertaining to shrubs.<BR> by ERIC<BR>1 point each from David, Jean-Joseph, and Hutch<BR>Elliott: "The funniest def of the lot, and that only because it <BR>mentions shrubs. Why was everyone so serious this time?"<BR>Jean-Joseph: "More credible."<BR><BR>hyetal, adj (obs.) Unrelated.<BR> by HUTCH<BR>2 points each from Jed<BR>Elliott: "No reason to vote for or against."<BR><BR>hyetal, adj. Of the part of the diaphragm that surrounds the <BR>stomach/esophagus and separates them unless stretched. fr. Gray's <BR>Anatomy.<BR> by LINDA<BR>2 points from Hutch<BR>1 point each from Ranjit, Nick<BR>Eric: "Hymeneal?"<BR>Elliott: "Separates the stomach from the esophagus? How would that work?"<BR><BR><BR>Elliott: "Everyone was so serious this time! Weird."<BR>Jed: "And I have no points to give (pa-rum-pum-pum-pum) to these two, <BR>but I do admire them:<BR>> hyetal, adj. Both spiny and rugose.<BR>> hyetal, adj. Lasting 12 synodic months (364.367 days)."<BR><BR><BR><BR>-Jim<BR></P></html>
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