SCRABLISTmid #3

  1. CAROTIDS – CAROTID, a large artery that supplies blood to the head and neck
  2. GORDITAS – GORDITA, (Spanish) a small thick tortilla
  3. TARSIOID – a fossil of the suborder Tarsioidea
  4. DILATORS – DILATOR, something that dilates, also DILATER
  5. DIATRONS – DIATRON, a circuitry design that uses diodes
  6. INTRADOS – (French) the inner curve of an arch
  7. PARODIST – one who composes parodies
  8. PAROTIDS – PAROTID, a gland situated near the ear, also PAROTIS
  9. SARODIST – one who plays the sarod, an Indian instrument like a cello
  10. ISOBARES – ISOBARE, a type of atom, also ISOBAR
  11. STRADIOT – (historical) a Venetian light horseman from Albania or Greece
  12. AUDITORS – AUDITOR, one that audits
  13. APHORISE – to make a concise statement, also APHORIZE
  14. PELORIAS – PELORIA, (Greek) abnormal symmetry of structure in flowers normally zygomorphic (e.g. toadflax), also PELORISM, PELORY
  15. POLARISE – to give polarity to, also POLARIZE
  16. MEROPIAS – MEROPIA, partial blindness
  17. SEPTORIA – a type of fungus
  18. VAPORISE – to turn into vapor, also VAPORIZE
  19. DIASPORA – (Greek) an emigration, a dispersal of people
  20. SCARIOSE – thin, dry and membranous, also SCARIOUS
  21. COVARIES – COVARY, to vary mean values
  22. VARICOSE – swollen, esp. in irregular lumps and twists, also VARICOSED
  23. AEROBICS – exercise for conditioning the heart and lungs
  24. BOREALIS – (Latin) as in aurora borealis, lights seen round the North Pole
  25. BIRAMOSE – divided into branches, also BIRAMOUS
  26. BARONIES – BARONY, the territory of a baron
  27. ARBORISE – to form many branches, also ARBORIZE
  28. SONICATE – to disrupt with sound waves
  29. TACONITE – a low-grade iron ore
  30. BOTANISE – to collect plants for study, also BOTANIZE
  31. AZOTISED – AZOTISE, to combine with nitrogen, also AZOTIZE
  32. COALIZES – COALIZE, to bring into coalition, also COALISE
  33. DIAZOLES – DIAZOLE, any of a group of organic compounds containing three carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms arranged in a ring
  34. SLEAZOID – a person of low morals or character
  35. EPIZOANS – EPIZOAN, an animal that lives on the surface of another, esp. as a parasite, also EPIZOON
  36. OXAZINES – OXAZINE, any of various heterocyclic chemical compound
  37. SOLARIZE – to expose to sunlight, also SOLARISE

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