This year our Ten Things each month are words with particular endings. Clearly this won’t be all the words with the nominated ending, but a selection of the more interesting and/or unusual.

Ten Words ending with -lum

1. baculum
2. speculum
3. antebellum
4. curriculum
5. reticulum
6. pendulum
7. tantalum
8. frenulum
9. hoodlum
10. phylum

Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to write a story in at most three sentences using all these words correctly. Post your attempt in the comments before the end of the month and there’s an e-drink for anyone who I consider succeeds.

This year our Ten Things each month are words with particular endings. Clearly this won’t be all the words with the nominated ending, but a selection of the more interesting and/or unusual.

Ten Words ending with -u

1. coypu
2. tiramisu
3. flambeau
4. kinkajou
5. jiujitsu
6. parvenu
7. caribou
8. apercu
9. haiku
10. bijou

Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to write a story in at most three sentences using all these words correctly. Post your attempt in the comments before the end of the month and there’s an e-drink for anyone who I consider succeeds.

This year our Ten Things each month are words with particular endings. Clearly this won’t be all the words with the nominated ending, but a selection of the more interesting and/or unusual.

Ten Words ending with -ea

1. panacea
2. apnoea
3. bougainvillea
4. amenorrhea
5. counterplea
6. miscellanea
7. diarrhoea
8. chickpea
9. archaea
10. thiourea

Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to write a story in at most three sentences using all these words correctly. Post your attempt in the comments before the end of the month and there’s an e-drink for anyone who I consider succeeds.

This year our Ten Things each month are words with particular endings. Clearly this won’t be all the words with the nominated ending, but a selection of the more interesting and/or unusual.

Ten Words ending with -ra

1. cobra
2. abracadabra
3. kookaburra
4. aspidistra
5. chakra
6. capybara
7. chimera
8. tempura
9. tantra
10. mudra

Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to write a story in at most three sentences using all these words correctly. Post your attempt in the comments before the end of the month and there’s an e-drink for anyone who I consider succeeds.

This year our Ten Things each month are words with particular endings. Clearly this won’t be all the words with the nominated ending, but a selection of the more interesting and/or unusual.

Ten Words ending with -i

1. dhobi
2. mehari
3. punani
4. barramundi
5. maharishi
6. origami
7. chapati
8. biryani
9. kimchi
10. yogini

Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to write a story in at most three sentences using all these words correctly. Post your attempt in the comments before the end of the month and there’s an e-drink for anyone who I consider succeeds.