Word Game: Language-Related Clues and Lingustic Q&A

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The forum discussion centers on a word game involving language-related clues and linguistic questions. Participants provide hints about words, often derived from etymology or linguistic characteristics, and others guess the words based on these clues. Key examples include the word "mongoose," which refers to a mammal from India, and "pneumonia," linked to a lung disease with Indo-European roots. The game encourages engagement with language and etymology, fostering a community of language enthusiasts.

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  • #211
An obsolete (according to dictionary.com) definition is dangerously cunning.
 
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  • #212
Is it parlous?
 
  • #213
You got it...your turn now
 
  • #214
This word can be the name of a type of adhesive or perhaps a weapon.
 
  • #215
Well, mortar is an adhesive for stone or briick and a mortar is a type of weapon.
 
  • #216
You've got it!
 
  • #217
Two homonyms (both verbs) for this noun are as follows - a synonym for the singular form of the first homonym is the antonym of the second homonym. That is, word A, B, and C all sound the same and are spelled differently. The singular form of B has a synonym which is the antonym of C. What are the three words?
 
  • #218
Rain, reign, and rein?
 
  • #219
Good guesses but not what I was thinking. I did make a mistake - it should be the plural form for the first homonym, as in, "He/she/it [blank]...", and the plural form of this has a synonym which is the antonym of the 2nd homonym. Also, the 2nd homonym is the plural verb (as in "They [blank]..."

The 2 verbs each contain multiples of the same vowel and no other vowels. The noun has the same vowel and another single (different) vowel.
 
  • #220
daveb said:
Good guesses but not what I was thinking. I did make a mistake - it should be the plural form for the first homonym, as in, "He/she/it [blank]...", and the plural form of this has a synonym which is the antonym of the 2nd homonym. Also, the 2nd homonym is the plural verb (as in "They [blank]..."

The 2 verbs each contain multiples of the same vowel and no other vowels. The noun has the same vowel and another single (different) vowel.
Dave, you are killing me. Is there a possibility that you can restate your initial challenge in one clean post?
 
  • #221
OK, I'll try again. There are 3 words that homonyms. The first is a noun. The second is the singular form of a verb (such as "meets" as opposed to "meet"). A synonym for the singular form is also the antonym for the 3rd homonym (which is also a verb). So, let's say the words are meats, meets, and metes. Then meats is the noun, meets is the first (singular form verb), and a synonym for meet could be join, and an antonym of join (to bring together) is mete (to dispense). OK, it's a VERY tenuous move from meet to mete, and the third word should be metes, but that's the general idea. (BTW, these aren't the words).

The noun has something to do with buildings; another word for the first verb is clears; another word for the second verb is halt.
 
  • #222
Lastclue...
They are former Mr. FBI's family
 
  • #223
Hoover?
He was Mrs. FBI, not Mr.
 
  • #224
How about frieze, frees, and freeze?
 
  • #225
Turbo has it!
 
  • #226
This word can describe something continuous, consecutive, or fluid.
 
  • #227
Only thing I can think at the moment is flowing
 
  • #228
daveb said:
Only thing I can think at the moment is flowing
no, but you are close.
 
  • #229
The word is used in some senses as a synonym for "conducting".
 
  • #230
turbo-1 said:
The word is used in some senses as a synonym for "conducting".


Leading perhaps?
 
  • #231
No, "leading" is not it. The word is very frequently used in news stories about politicians.
 
  • #232
applicable to a stream, a candidate's activity, operation of a process.
 
  • #233
On-going?
These problems are too difficult for me..:frown:
 
  • #234
It's an aspect of a football team's play-book.
 
  • #235
turbo-1 said:
applicable to a stream, a candidate's activity, operation of a process.

RUN! Also applies to the football play-book! Even if it's not what your thinking of it does meet those criteria.
 
  • #236
OK! I was looking for "running" (kind of complex set of meanings for that one). You're on deck sA!
 

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