2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee Consolidated ... - Project Read
2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee Consolidated ... - Project Read
2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee Consolidated ... - Project Read
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aneful<br />
banefully<br />
banish<br />
bankbook<br />
bannerstone<br />
banquette<br />
n<br />
/ baNSket /<br />
Gmc > Prov > F<br />
[has homonym: banket] a raised<br />
way or foot bank along the inside<br />
of a parapet on which soldiers are<br />
posted to fire upon the enemy.<br />
The battle plan called for the<br />
archers to stand on the banquette<br />
and fire upon the approaching<br />
enemy.<br />
bantamize<br />
bantling<br />
barbarity<br />
barbecue<br />
barbed<br />
barbules<br />
barcelona<br />
barely<br />
barleycorn<br />
barn<br />
n<br />
/ SbBrn /<br />
E<br />
[Note: The definition provided is<br />
not the one most commonly<br />
associated with this word.] a unit of<br />
area used in nuclear physics for<br />
measuring cross section.<br />
Zirconium has an absorption cross<br />
section of only 0.18 barn for lowenergy<br />
neutrons.<br />
barnacles<br />
baronetcy<br />
<strong>2004</strong> <strong>Scripps</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Spelling</strong> <strong>Bee</strong> <strong>Consolidated</strong> Word List: Words Appearing Infrequently<br />
barong<br />
batter<br />
n<br />
barracoon<br />
/ SbaZE(r) /<br />
E<br />
basalt<br />
[has homonym: badder] a mixture<br />
(as for cake or waffles) that<br />
baseball<br />
consists of flour, liquid, and other<br />
ingredients and is thin enough to<br />
based<br />
pour or drop from a spoon.<br />
Gordon mixed batter for waffles<br />
basha<br />
while Julie sliced fruit and made<br />
bacon.<br />
basic<br />
adj<br />
/ SbCsik /<br />
Gk > L > F > E<br />
of, relating to, or characteristic of a<br />
compound capable of reacting with<br />
an acid to form a salt, its aqueous<br />
solutions if it is water-soluble<br />
having an acrid brackish taste and<br />
turning litmus blue.<br />
The textbook stated that basic<br />
substances felt slippery and tasted<br />
bad, but the students were<br />
forbidden to touch or taste the<br />
chemicals in the lab.<br />
basil<br />
basilar<br />
basilect<br />
basipetal<br />
basque<br />
bassinet<br />
bastinado<br />
batea<br />
bathe<br />
bathetic<br />
bathorse<br />
bathrobe<br />
bathtub<br />
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battlement<br />
n<br />
/ SbaZFlmEnt /<br />
Celt > L > F > E + Ecf<br />
a parapet that consists of alternate<br />
solid parts and open spaces that is<br />
used in fortified buildings for<br />
defense.<br />
The soldiers on the west battlement<br />
had been bribed to ignore the<br />
advancing enemy.<br />
bawcock<br />
n<br />
/ SbOTkBk /<br />
F > E<br />
a fine fellow.<br />
“How art thou today, good<br />
bawcock?” inquired Theo.<br />
bayadere<br />
n<br />
/ SbI(y)ETdi(E)r /<br />
L > Pg > F<br />
a fabric made with a design of<br />
horizontal stripes in strongly<br />
contrasted colors.<br />
Leslyn planned to use the remnant<br />
of bayadere for a wall hanging.<br />
bazoo<br />
beachhead<br />
n<br />
/ SbGchThed /<br />
unknown + E<br />
[Note: The definition provided is<br />
not the one most commonly<br />
associated with this word.] an<br />
initial advance position or foothold<br />
to be used as vantage ground for<br />
extending to new areas.<br />
The general discussed with the<br />
president his selection of Site A as<br />
the beachhead for the invasion.
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