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applecyder

PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:47 pm
1. My initial reaction was, cranium is a fancy name for the skull.
2. When I looked it up for more accuracy, the dictionary said that cranium is the skull of a vertebrate.
3. The cranium is the part of the skull that encloses the brain.
4. Another name for cranium is the braincase.
5. Cranium, from the Greek kranion which means "skull," is related to kara "head."
6. Kara sounds like modern-day cara in Spanish which means face; quite a ways from the braincase.
7. Since childhood, mummified shrunken heads have scared me, regardless of whether they're real or product of someone who has hit his cranium one time too many.
8. The cranium of an elephant must be quite a sight to see.
9. Some surgeries require sawing off a part of the patient's cranium or something of that sort.
10. Cranium is definitely not something I use in my everyday language.


trade  
PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:06 pm
Trade

1. Would you want to trade bunks?
2. I would like to trade bunks, because I like sleeping near the window.
3. What trade or profession are you in?
4. My stepfather's trade was a farmer.
5. I'll trade you my red clock for your blue toaster.
6. We shall sail on the trade winds.
7. I want to trade cars with you, today.
8. Some folks trade baseball cards.
9. I'll trade these crystals for your glass, man.
10. I like to drink coffee from Fair Trade farming associations.


New Word: Upholstery  

hippiepoet1964


applecyder

PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:44 am
1. I associate the word upholstery with stuffy furniture.
2. Bree, from Desperate Housewives, reupholsters her own furniture, and for that she needs to buy her own upholstery materials.
3. Upholstery is a noun that refers to the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
4. Another meaning of upholstery is 'the business of an upholsterer.'
5. The French word for upholstery is rembourrage.
6. In German, upholstery is called die Polsterung.
7. The German word for upholstery looks closer to English than the French one.
8. I'm not very keen towards the idea of DIY upholstery.
9. I have difficulty typing out the word upholstery because the t gets lost somewhere.
10. I prefer relaxed, tropical wicker furniture than antique, stuffed period chairs with upholstery.


methamphetamine ninja I had to look up the proper spelling of this word ninja  
PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:56 am
ohnoherewego
1. Methamphetamine is a very harmful drug.
2. I know methamphetamine from personal experience.
3. I used to use methamphetamine.
4. Methamphetamine made me very sick.
5. I stopped using methamphetamine years ago.
6. I will never use methamphetamine ever, ever again.
7. The thought of using methamphetamine turns my stomach and triggers my gag reflex.
8. I am ashamed that I ever used methamphetamine.
9. I have lost friends to methamphetamine use.
10. I advise against using methamphetamine.

new word:
collegial cool  

iMUFFIN HOAR


hippiepoet1964

PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:27 pm
Collegial

1. My doctor works in a collegial group.
2. Students at the university are a collegial group.
3. The collegial church heads all agreed, they know nothing.
4. The collegial group of students hazed their fellow neighbors.
5. Collegial is an adjective.
6. The collegial group of professors all met for the meeting.
7. Collegial means being equal among your group of colleagues.
8. Collegial also means, having to do with college life.
9. Living in a dormitory is sometimes part of collegial life.
10. A toga party was the collegial theme in the movie, "Animal House".



New Word: Photograph  
PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:32 am
1. I was two weeks old in that photograph.
2. Don't take my photograph!
3. Def Leppard does a song called "Photograph."
4. Nickleback also does a song called "Photograph," but it isn't as good as
Def Leppard's.
5. The word "photograph" was coined by Sir John Hershel in 1839.
6. I have a lot of photographs of my children, but not my dogs.
7. Our wedding photograph is on the wall.
8. "Photograph" is a cognate in many languages.
9. Her photograph in the newpaper was not flattering.
10. That child photographs well.


new word:
prophecy  

iMUFFIN HOAR


applecyder

PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:31 am
1. The prophecies in the Book of Revelations are all about doom.
2. I got depressed when I read about those prophecies as a child.
3. The apparitions in Lourdes, France gave prophecies to three shepherd children who were there.
4. As usual, those prophecies were about doom as well.
5. The third prophecy has not yet been revealed due to its controversial nature.
6. I suppose the Vatican does not want the word to freak out because of this prophecy.
7. Nostradamus is famous for making prophecies.
8. As expected, his prophecies were of gloom and doom too.
9. I sor of have a friend who can prophecize.
10. His prophecy said that I shall be 'in a lofty place laughing at the rest of them.' Interesting eek


conglomerate  
PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:54 pm
Conglomerate

1. I love the word conglomerate.
2. My daughter is studying rocks in home school, including conglomerate(s).
3. A conglomerate rock is defined as a rock, which has pebbles and stones embedded within it.
4. Conglomerate can also mean a large group or corporation.
5. Wal-Mart has become a sickening conglomerate.
6. Students, please don't conglomerate in the hallway.
7. I have a collection of rocks which includes a conglomerate.
8. The city conglomerate chokes me up.
9. I prefer the country with very little conglomerate(s).
10. Large conglomerate stones lined the garden pathway.


New Word: Anxiety
 

hippiepoet1964


applecyder

PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:09 am
1. It is with great surprise that I see this word 'anxiety' here.
2. I thought I already wrote ten sentences about anxiety.
3. When I looked back on the other entries, however, I didn't find my post with anxiety.
4. Perhaps it was in another game that I wrote about anxiety.
5. This mystery of the missing anxiety entries is making me anxious.
6. I clearly recall posting about anxiety being caused by problems, especially love problems.
7. I also said that anxiety brought about by love issues is the worst kind.
8. For my conclusion I wrote surmised that I should have been a shrink since apparenly I give good advice to friends who are suffering from anxiety.
9. I don't like anxiety at all.
10. I hope I never get anxiety attacks eek




mind  
PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:20 am
Mind


1. "The mind is a terrible thing to waste", I believe came from a commercial regarding the United Negro College Fund.
2. My mind is pretty screwed up.
3. What's on your mind, today?
4. Would you mind handing me the salt and pepper?
5. Sometimes I feel I've too much stuff on my mind.
6. Migraines are the result of my mind thinking way too much.
7. I hope you don't mind if I smoke marijuana.
8. Her mind is gone.
9. What goes on in the mind of an Alzheimer's patient?
10. I wonder what's on your mind right now.


APRON  

hippiepoet1964


Scythes R Us

PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 4:18 pm
Apron

1. My, what a lovely apron you own!
2. I don't like the apron I have to wear for Homesteaders; it looks like a pillow case
3. Aprons are very useful when working in the kitchen.
4. Ya know, it's kind of hard to think of sentences that uses the word 'apron.'
5. Will you go iron the apron?
6. I once made my brother wear an apron.
7. Ya know, aprons really aren't used anymore.
8. I have a Santa Clause apron that I've had since I was little.
9. Apron, oh apron, where fore art thou apron?
10. My last sentence will have nothing to do with aprons.

NEW WORD:

Nonchalant
 
PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:38 am
Nonchalant


1. The word nonchalant is an adjective.
2. The dictionary states that nonchalant means; seeming to be coolly unconcerned or uninterested.
3. It tends to piss me off when folks act nonchalant about what is going on in the world around us.
4. Anyone who acts nonchalant about war and death, sickens me.
5. How can folks act nonchalant about the amount of poverty in this world?
6. It aggravates me how you waltz in here all nonchalant.
7. You acting nonchalant about the incident that occurred is really screwed up.
8. Quit acting so damn nonchalant!
9. I just walked through the room all nonchalant, because I didn't give a damn.
10. Bush aggravates me with his nonchalant attitude towards the American peoples.

Fountain
 

hippiepoet1964


applecyder

PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:47 am
1. I hope explorers never ever find the Fountain of Youth.
2. I want to have one of those chocolate fountains heart
3. I have seen quite a few fantastic fountains in my life.
4. The fountain in Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid is where Real Madrid football players climb up and celebrate when they win a major cup.
5. The Alhambra in Granada, Spain is famous for its elegant gardens and calming fountains.
6. Custom says that if you throw a coin in the famous fountain in Rome called Fontana di Trevi, you are destined to return to the Eternal City.
7. The Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas has a huge dancing fountain that moves in time to classical music.
8. There's a huge fountain in front of the Eiffel Tower whose name I cannot remember.
9. Thinking of fountains makes me want to go back to Spain sad
10. The only fountain I have here is the artificial one with a boy and a girl and a bucket. No they are not Jack and Jill rofl


trident  
PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:48 pm
Ok, here goes...

1) Posidon's trident is supposed to control the sea.

2) Forks can sometimes look like tiny tridents

3) If that man feels me up again, I will impale him upon my trident.

4) My uncle Dan owns a pink and green trident; he likes to use it to pick his teeth.

5) Please don't stick that trident there.

6) I'm hiding from the trident in my closet.

7) I have no idea what a trident was actually used for.

8 ) Trident toothpase is very good for you teeth.

9) That man has a trident sticking out of his back.

10) You can't see my trident because it is a ninja trident.

Next word- Floral.  

SilverBellsAbove


hippiepoet1964

PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:58 pm
Floral

1. That is a beautiful floral arrangement.
2. My husband gave me a lovely floral arrangement on Valentine's Day.
3. That cologne you are wearing has a lovely floral scent.
4. My friend is a nurse but she also likes to work part time in a Florist's Shop, because she loves floral arrangement.
5. Patchouli Oil is my favorite floral oil to wear.
6. Nag Champa is a very strong smelling floral oil.
7. I need a floral arrangement by 2:00 p.m. for the party.
8. I love to visit the botanical gardens and savor the wonderful floral smells wafting through the air.
9. Roses are some of my favorite flowers for a floral arrangement.
10. Many floral arrangements were sent to the wake.


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