This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -ah
- batmitzvah
- chutzpah
- coolabah
- hallelujah
- kabbalah
- maharajah
- mynah
- pariah
- verandah
- zillah
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
The universe is a circle whose circumference is nowhere
and whose centre is everywhere.
Paraphrase of Blaise Pascal
This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -oo
- cockatoo
- didgeridoo
- hullabaloo
- igloo
- kazoo
- peekaboo
- shampoo
- skiddoo
- taboo
- voodoo
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.
Jef Mallett
This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -ene
- buckminsterfullerene
- contravene
- damascene
- gangrene
- hygiene
- limonene
- obscene
- reconvene
- supervene
- xanthene
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately
be explained by incompetence.
Napoleon Bonaparte
This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -va
- baklava
- balaclava
- bodhisattva
- conjunctiva
- guava
- supernova
- vulva
- yeshiva
- zelkova
- zyzzyva
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
Bertrand Russell
This year our Ten Things column will present a selection of words (of five or more letters) with a different ending each month. This month …
Words Ending in -tude
- desuetude
- etude
- verisimilitude
- decrepitude
- pulchritude
- vicissitude
- latitude
- ineptitude
- amplitude
- magnitude
So how many of those words did you know? And how many do you use?
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
William Gibbs McAdoo
Eccentric looks at life through the thoughts of a retired working thinker