hendiadys - hen/dia/dys (two)pyrheliometer - pyr/helio/meterornithicnite -ornith/icnitelychnoscope - lychno/scopecheiloplasty - cheilo/plastytessellar -tessell/aramphisbaena - amphis/baenaparergal - parerg/alchorea - chor/eaperiphyton - peri/phyt/onpropositus - pro/posit/usimbrex - im/brexaichmophobia - aichmo/phobiaflocculus - floccul/us (Akeelah and the Bee throwback)bombycine - bombyc/ineoxyrhynch - oxy/rhynchcyclazocine - cycla/zocineopisthograph - opistho/grapherythematous -ery/thema/touspteronarcid - ptero/narc/idexuviae - ex/uviaeterebinthinate - terebinth/in/atediaeresis - dia/eresisneossoptile - ne/osso/ptile
Month: May 2019
Root Words Galore in the Morning Finals- Round 4 Edition
compurgator - com/purgat/or anastylosis - ana/styl/osis fissiped - fissi/ped rhynchophorous - rhyncho/phor/ousnosology - nos/ologymyelopoiesis - myelo/poiesistachyglossid - tachy/gloss/idepicedium - epi/ced/iumgliocyte - glio/cytebasileus - basi/leus (think basilisk)morigeration - moriger/ationrescissory - re/sciss/oryergodic - erg/odictetranychid - tetr/anych (weird form of onych)/idornis - orniunguis -unguicyclamen - cycl/amenemblema - emblem/aplanirostral - plani/rostr/algnotobiotic - gnoto/bio/ticdoraphobia - dora/phobiafrontogenesis -front/o/genesis ichthyophagi - ichthyo/phagipropylon …
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2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee- Preliminaries to Morning Finals
Just this afternoon, a record was set for the second highest preliminary test score required to pass on to the second stage of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Spellers had to score at least 24 on the written test and spell all of their onstage words correctly during Rounds 2 and 3 correctly. The only …
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2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee- Preliminary Written Round
So, quick breakdown of the format is 12 Offlist spelling questions, then 12 vocabulary questions followed by two more vocabulary questions. Spelling Grok (Literary term from Stranger in a Strange Land) Dissilient (Latin!) Sciapodous (Greek! Scia= Shadow + Pod= foot. I believe in one of the Chronicles of Narnia books there was a bunch of …
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