Some superior ten-squares.

Some superior ten-squares. The following squares are, in my view, the approximate equal, orsuperior of, the square published as My First Ten-Square (Word WaysAugust 2002). I invite readers to form their own views as to therelative merits of the three squares below and the August one. I give myown views inverted invertedreverse in position, direction or order.inverted L blocka pattern of local filtration anesthesia commonly used in laparotomy in the ox. at the end of the article. Notice that, for the first time, we have non-tautonymic ten-squareswith no phrases, and one with all words solid. They are a mere whiskeror two from the perfect ten-square, which I know I cannot find withoutusing proper nouns, given a mere two million dictionary words of alllengths. These squares need a much larger vocabulary, perforce per��force?adv.By necessity; by force of circumstance.[Middle English par force, from Old French : par, by (from Latin per; see per) + force, force incorporating proper nouns.D E S C E N D A N T OEDE C H E N E I D A E Echeneidae, Webster 2 (genus)S H O R T C O A T S shortcoats, see OED short-coat, 1649 quoteC E R B E R U L U S ITIS animal: Camponotus cerberulus venturensisE N T E R O M E R E enteromere, see Webster2entero-,N E C R O L A T E R necrolater, Chambers, see necro-D I O U M A B A N A Dioumabana, Guinea, 11[degrees] 116' N, 9 [degrees] 08' W, NIMAA D A L E T A B A T Adaletabat, Turkey, 38[degrees] 58 N, 42[degrees] 42' W, NIMAN A T U R E N A M E nature-name, see OED nature V.15.T E S S E R A T E D tesserated, see OED tesserateD E S S E M B L E D see belowE L T A M A R A N I Wadi el-Tamarani, Egypt, 29[degrees] 52' N, 34 [degrees] 32' E, NIMAS T I T C H I N G S stitching, OED verbal noun, or plural in 3 quotesS A T I R E T T E S satirette, OED, plural in quoteE M C R I S T E N E OED wosith, first quote (and 6 others elsewhere)M A H E S W A R D I Nagar Maheswardi, Bangladesh, 24[degrees] 04' N, 90[degrees] 42' E, NIMAB R I T T A I N E S Britains or British, see OED symbolize, 1590 quote etc.L A N T E R N A R O Lanternaro, OED lantern 8, 1598 quoteE N G E N D E R E R engenderer, OEDD I S S E I S O R S disseisor, OED, plural in various quotes elsewhere. The English word DISSEMBLE and its derivatives come from the OldFrench verb DESSEMBLER. There is one instance where the originalspelling occurs in English, that of DESSEMBLINGE, in a 1621 quote underboth crocodile crocodile,large, carnivorous reptile of the order Crocodilia, found in tropical and subtropical regions. Crocodiles live in swamps or on river banks and catch their prey in the water. They have flattened bodies and tails, short legs, and powerful jaws. and viperous vi��per��ous?adj.1. Suggestive of or related to a viper.2. Venomous; malicious.viper��ous��ly adv. in the OED OEDabbr.Oxford English DictionaryNoun 1. OED - an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principlesO.E.D., Oxford English Dictionary . The implied English verb isDESSEMBLE and its past participle past participlen.A verb form indicating past or completed action or time that is used as a verbal adjective in phrases such as baked beans and finished work DISSEMBLED. An alternative square uses emcrystene (OED unkind, 1250 quote).D I S S A V A G E D dissavage, verb, OEDI K H A T A R E N E Ikhatarene, Morocco, 33[degrees] 17' N, 4[degrees] 44' W, NIMAS H O R T L I N G S shortlings, OED morling, 1833 quoteS A R A R E S T I I Sararestii, Romania, 44[degrees] 56' N, 24[degrees] 52' E, NIMAA T T R I S T I N G attristing, OED attrist, verbV A L E S T O L E N Valestolen, Norway, 60[degrees] 49' N, 5[degrees] 32' E, NIMAA R I S T O T I L L aristotill, OED advertise, 1477 quoteG E N T I L I T E E OED gentility, 1546 quoteE N G I N E L E S S engineless, Webster2D E S I G N L E S S designless, OED Only one location or source is given for a name. NIMA NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; US government)NIMA never in mitosis gene a (molecular biology)NIMA North Idaho Mycological Association = NationalImagery and Mapping Agency's database ITIS ITIS Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemITIS International Trade Institute of SingaporeITIS Integrated Transport Information SystemITIS International Tourism InstituteITIS International Trade Information ServiceITIS Information Technology Insurance Specialists = Integrated TaxonomicInformation System The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is a partnership designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species. ITIS was originally formed in 1996 as an interagency group within the U.S. , US Department of Agriculture The squares were found on various machines of mine with either myprogram or one helpfully given by Chris Long Chris Long is the name of the following: Chris Long (director), director of Weeds and Smallville Chris Long (football player), an American football defensive end who plays for the Virginia Cavaliers . The deficiencies of the squares are as follow: ABAPTISTUM: 5 placenames (including one of two words), and a Latinword from which a familiar English word is obviously derived. DESCENDANT: 2 placenames, and a hyphenated hy��phen��at��ed?adj.1. Having a hyphen: a hyphenated adjective.2. Often Offensive Of or relating to naturalized citizens or their descendants or culture. word. DESSEMBLED: 2 placenames, 2 proper nouns, 2 words from citations(not headwords), and dessembled, which is inferred. DISSAVAGED: 3 placenames, and 3 words appearing only in citations. I pay little attention to hyphens, as dictionaries often differ,and I feel their existence is rather quixotic quix��ot��ic? also quix��ot��i��caladj.1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality.2. . Likewise, I am happy withthe Latin word so closely related to a common English word. I deductmarks for the other inadequacies mentioned, so my order of preferenceis: DESCENDANT clearly first, followed by ABAPTISTUM and DISSAVAGEDtogether, followed by DESSEMBLED. I am aware that hyphenophobes willdowngrade DESCENDANT, but to choose DISSAVAGED means ignoring a numberof other faults.REX GOOCHLetchworth, Herts, Englandrexgooch@ntlworld.com