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wu :: forums    riddles    what am i (Moderators: Icarus, towr, SMQ, ThudnBlunder, Eigenray, william wu, Grimbal)    "Compound" Words « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: "Compound" Words  (Read 4452 times) phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 "Compound" Words   « on: Nov 17th, 2008, 11:54am » Quote Modify Today's game involves "imaginary compound words"!   I give you a "definition" of the compound word you are trying to find.  Both the constituent words AND the so-called compound words are REAL words in the English language; the catch is that the target word is not really a compound word made up in the way I have suggested (and almost certainly differs in meaning from my definition).   Here are the puzzles!  I have given the answer to #1 as an example.   -----------------------------------------------------   1. (n.) a metropolis of legend ==> sagacity (saga/city)   2. (n.) a country populated only by men   3. (n.) oxidation caused by fog   4. (n.) a girl's band   5. (n.) a homosexual radical   6. (n.) an ingress of fish « Last Edit: Nov 17th, 2008, 11:56am by phlagellum » IP Logged Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #1 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 2:01pm » Quote Modify 2... virile (vir (Latin for man) Isle) ?   3... mist/rust   4... herring (that's abit lewis carrol for me though)   Interesting distraction... hope I can get on with my work though! « Last Edit: Nov 17th, 2008, 2:10pm by Noke Lieu » IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #2 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 3:39pm » Quote Modify You have #3 & #4 correct!   Your #2 is wrong (there's no Latin here; as I said, only English words). IP Logged Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #3 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 8:55pm » Quote Modify 5 could be gayal (sort of cattle), but I doubt it. Perhaps ultramodern lifestyle- or you're treading on thin ice with ultramarine? 6 Carpentry   Perhaps 2 is Mania... or Romanina. IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #4 on: Nov 18th, 2008, 8:34am » Quote Modify #6 is correct!   As for #2, Mania couldn't work, since while "man" is a word, I don't believe "ia" is.   As for #5, gayal covers the "gay" for homosexual, but what would "al" be? IP Logged Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #5 on: Nov 18th, 2008, 3:51pm » Quote Modify managerial... so close to man-algeria...   IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #6 on: Nov 19th, 2008, 8:33am » Quote Modify Ha... clever.  I would suggest thinking of other synonyms for males though.  It's not "man". IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7526 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #7 on: Nov 19th, 2008, 2:04pm » Quote Modify he-malaya? male turkey?? father-land? « Last Edit: Nov 19th, 2008, 2:20pm by Grimbal » IP Logged tohuvabohu Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 102 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #8 on: Nov 19th, 2008, 2:08pm » Quote Modify I'm wondering if this male country is anywhere close to the female country, dam-nation. IP Logged phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #9 on: Nov 19th, 2008, 2:40pm » Quote Modify on Nov 19th, 2008, 2:08pm, tohuvabohu wrote: I'm wondering if this male country is anywhere close to the female country, dam-nation.   Very close, I'd say.  Wouldn't that have to be dame-nation though?  Doesn't QUITE work...   You're actually on a good path to finding the male one now though with "nation". IP Logged phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #10 on: Nov 19th, 2008, 2:41pm » Quote Modify Summary so far:   1. (n.) a metropolis of legend ==> sagacity   2. (n.) a country populated only by men ==> -nation   3. (n.) oxidation caused by fog ==> mistrust   4. (n.) a girl's band ==> herring   5. (n.) a homosexual radical ==>   6. (n.) an ingress of fish ==> carpentry « Last Edit: Nov 19th, 2008, 3:17pm by phlagellum » IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7526 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #11 on: Nov 19th, 2008, 2:54pm » Quote Modify machi/nation?  (machi would be the plural of macho...) a man nation? don/nation? « Last Edit: Nov 19th, 2008, 2:55pm by Grimbal » IP Logged phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #12 on: Nov 19th, 2008, 3:14pm » Quote Modify "donnation" isn't a word.  Remember, "compound" words don't have overlapping letters.   And wouldn't machi be the plural of machus?     HINT: Think of really, REALLY crappy beers. « Last Edit: Nov 19th, 2008, 3:18pm by phlagellum » IP Logged tohuvabohu Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 102 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #13 on: Nov 20th, 2008, 7:56am » Quote Modify a country where women aren't invited? What kind of a party would that be? IP Logged phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #14 on: Nov 20th, 2008, 8:33am » Quote Modify That's why they drink really crappy beer.  Because all they're doing is crying into it anyway. IP Logged phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #15 on: Nov 21st, 2008, 1:28pm » Quote Modify http://www.stag-beer.com/Home.aspx « Last Edit: Nov 21st, 2008, 1:28pm by phlagellum » IP Logged teekyman Full Member     Gender: Posts: 199 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #16 on: Nov 21st, 2008, 3:12pm » Quote Modify That hint made it a little too obvious (and I don't know if anyone knows that brand of beer), but stagnation IP Logged phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #17 on: Nov 24th, 2008, 8:00am » Quote Modify Yep.  If you don't know of that brand of beer, consider yourself lucky.   Well that leaves just one to go!  (#5) IP Logged Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Uberpuzzler Sorry Goose, it's time to buzz a tower.     Gender: Posts: 1672 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #18 on: Nov 24th, 2008, 2:04pm » Quote Modify 5. Beirut? (Bi and Root) IP Logged "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #19 on: Nov 24th, 2008, 2:07pm » Quote Modify Not a bad thought, but remember that spellings do not change in the compound words!  It would have to be spelled "Biroot" for that to work.   HINT: Your choice of "root" for "radical" is in the wrong field of study in this case.  It's not mathematics. « Last Edit: Nov 24th, 2008, 2:08pm by phlagellum » IP Logged iono Senior Riddler dehydrated water....     Gender: Posts: 516 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #20 on: Nov 24th, 2008, 5:37pm » Quote Modify Its weird how you said "today's" game. Its been going on for a while now. IP Logged So, if I help you, I'll get kicked for ksing, but if I don't, then I'll get kick for not helping... phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #21 on: Nov 25th, 2008, 8:20am » Quote Modify It has?  How do you mean?  Because it wasn't wierd when I said it, but hey...  not my fault I stumped people. « Last Edit: Nov 25th, 2008, 8:28am by phlagellum » IP Logged phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #22 on: Nov 25th, 2008, 8:29am » Quote Modify So I'll give another hint.   The "field" from which the "radical" synonym draws is chemistry. IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #23 on: Nov 25th, 2008, 8:58am » Quote Modify on Nov 25th, 2008, 8:29am, phlagellum wrote: The "field" from which the "radical" synonym draws is chemistry. There's a synonym for it in that field? I hope you're not thinking ion , because that most definitely isn't a synonym. « Last Edit: Nov 25th, 2008, 8:58am by towr » IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB phlagellum Junior Member     Posts: 90 Re: "Compound" Words   « Reply #24 on: Nov 25th, 2008, 9:41am » Quote Modify It is "ion".  Synonym was a poor word choice.   Certainly an ion can be a radical, however.  So the original clue is not wrong, my hint was. « Last Edit: Nov 25th, 2008, 9:42am by phlagellum » IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard => what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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