Acronyms Predominantly Result in Obfuscation... 'Nsure Yours Mean Something
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| 100% | COLOUR CHART (2) | Choice Of Lots Of Unusual Recipes Can Help Achieve Right Taste |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, to balance COLOUR CHART Food & Drink:Home(-cooked) Improvement |
| 100% | COLUMBIUM | Chemical Of Lustre. Usually Mined By Industrious Underground Miners. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements |
| 100% | COMB | Cleans Out Messy Bunches |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Beauty & Hygiene:Beauty Products |
| 100% | COME BACK SOON | Check Our Members Entries By Another Call - Keenly Seeking Out Our Novelties |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, encouraging people to search the Acronyms website (http://acronyms.co.nz) again if they don't find anything the first time, because we strive to acronymise any unsuccessful search terms. Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website |
| 86% | COMETS | Coming Occasionally, Making Eveningtime Trails (in) Sky |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Astronomy |
| 100% | COMMA | Competent Orator May Momentarily Aerate. |
Angela Brett Science:Linguistics |
| 100% | COMMA (2) | Come On, Many More Acronyms! |
Gavin Lambert, pointing out a missing comma in an acronym featured in THE ACRONYM TIMES Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 90% | COMMANDER | Chief Of Many Men And Naval Deity (to) Enlisted Ratings |
Mick Bridgstock Military:Ranks |
| 100% | COMMENTING CODE | Contemplation Of My Mortality - Enlightenment's Needed To Invigorate Next Generation Continuing Our Development Effort. |
Angela Brett (commenting code is what a programmer does when s/he finds out s/he only has two weeks to live.) Computers:Programming |
| 89% | COMMISSIONER STEVE | Cheif Of MacGirl's Missions, Indeed, Steve Shows Integrity - Obsessively Nice, Earns Respect (by) Seeing That Evil Villains (are) Exterminated |
Dustan Dowsing & Angela Brett, Whilst in aCar MacGirl & KeyBoard:Other Characters |
| 100% | COMMITMENT AND RELIABILITY | Can't Offer Much, Miss... I'm Typical Male. Each Night Together Adds No Definite Relationship Endurance. Lust Is A Brilliant Idea, Love Is Too Yucky. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust People & Relationships:Genderalisations |
| 100% | COMMITTEE | Cowardice Of Meeting Means Individual Toughman Tramples Everyone Else |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships |
| 100% | COMMITTEE MEMBERS | Clones Of Management Meet In Time To Examine Events. Must Examine Minutes But Eschew Resolving Situations |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce |
| 100% | COMMODE | Crapper Or Men's Masturbation Outlet? Determine Eventually. |
Jeff Anonymous Places:Buildings:The 'Little Room' |
| 100% | COMMUNICATE | Conveying One's Meaning - Maybe Using Notepaper - Is Considered A Talent, Evidently |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Communication |
| 100% | COMMUNION | Christians Offer Messiah Morsels... Ultimately Not Innards Of Nazarene |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | COMMUNITY | Connection Of Many Minds - Usually Nowadays It's Typed Yabbering. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships Computers:Internet |
| 100% | COMMUNITY ARTS AND MUSIC PROJECT | Create Original Municipal Mural, Under No Illusions That You Are Rembrandt... The Spirit's All Neighbourhood Desires. Many Ukeleles Sound In Concert, Performers (Remembering Ordinary Jobs) Enjoy Creating Tunes. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships Entertainment:Music Art & Literature |
| 100% | COMOROS | Citizens Of Mixed Origins, Residents Only Subsist. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | COMPACT MUON SOLENOID | Counting Out Muons Presents A Challenge... Too Many Unprocessed Outputs Necessary Since Our Latest Equipment Nibbles On Incredible Dataflow |
Angela Brett (During one second of CMS running, a data volume equivalent to 10,000 Encyclopaedia Britannica will be produced, and not all of it can be recorded -- see http://cmsinfo.cern.ch/Welcome.html/CMSdocuments/CMSposters/PDF/TriDASNCo.pdf) Science:Physics |
| 90% | COMPANIES | Commercial Organisations, Motivated by Profits - Always Need Intense Ethical Scrutiny |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce:Companies |
| 100% | COMPANY NAMES | Corporations Often Make Particular Apronymic Names - Yet Not Always Make Economic Sense |
Tony McCoy O'Grady - some apronymic names don't always tell the customer immeidately what the company does. Esso was an attempt at spelling the word formed by S and O, the initials of Standard Oil. Standard Oil tells the comsumer much more than Esso or Exxon do. Commerce:Companies Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | COMPASS | Could One's Magnet Point At South? Surely! |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Navigation Aids |
| 88% | COMPASS (2) | Clever Orienteering Merits Prestigious Awards for Some Scouts |
Sean Lamb Places:Navigation Aids Sports & Recreation:Scouts |
| 100% | COMPASSIONATE SERVICE | Comforts Others, Many People Are Seeing Service In Our Needs And Trials Endured. Sees Every Responsibility, Vital In Caring, Everyone |
Jan Morgan Religion |
| 92% | COMPETITION | Co-operation Of Major Petrol Empires Throws Insult To It, One Notices. |
Angela Brett, when she received an email urging people to boycott major PETROL companies in order to force the price down. (See also CO-OPERATION) Transport Commerce |
| 100% | COMPETITION (2) | Consumers Often Monitor Price, Ensuring That It's Truly Indicative Of Noteworthiness |
Angela Brett Commerce |
| 100% | COMPILER | Corrector Of Many Problems, It Lends Expertise Readily |
Angela Brett Computers:Programming |
| 100% | COMPILER (2) | Compilers Only Make Programs If Libraries Execute Right |
Sean Lamb Computers:Programming |
| 93% | COMPLEMENTARY | Couple Of Matched Parts Look Elegantly Made, Each Needing T'other And Reconciling Ying&yang-ness |
TMcCO'G Assorted Adjectives |
| 100% | COMPLEX CONDITIONAL STATEMENT | Conjunction Of Many Predicates Logically Evaluated Xerts Control Over Numbercruncher. Developed Intellectuals Think It's Overly Nettlesome... A Large-Scale Turing Automation, Though, Executes Mindlessly Every Nettlesome Task. |
Angela Brett Computers:Programming |
| 91% | COMPLIANCE | Consequent On Meeting Principles (Laid-out In Agreement) New Chances Ensue |
TMcCO"G - Compliance here is thpught of in terms of the Arms Decommissioning involved in the Northern Ireland peace process Military:War & Terrorism |
| 100% | COMPOSE | Creation Of Musical Pieces Or Something Else |
Edwin Hermann Entertainment:Music Art & Literature |
| 100% | COMPUTER | Crashes Or Mangles Programs Until Technician Emolument Received |
Rico Leffanta Computers |
| 100% | COMPUTER (2) | Can't Operate Machine. Participating Usually Terrifies Eventual Recruit |
Jan Morgan Computers |
| 100% | COMPUTER (3) | Complex Outrageous Machine Practically Using Things, Especially Remarkable |
Jacek Dobrzyniecki Computers |
| 100% | COMPUTER MAGAZINE | Causes Overeater Mouth Problems, Upset Tummy, Excruciating Rectal Movements And Gastritis - And Zero In Nutritional Elements. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | COMPUTER MAGAZINE (2) | Cook One's Manuals, Perhaps Until Tender, Ensures Roughage. Meals Are Generally Assumed Zero In Nutritional Effects |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | COMPUTER PRESENTATION | Can Only Make Printouts Using This Expensive Rubbish? Projection's Really Easy, Shouldn't Everyone Nowadays Throw Away Transparencies? Ink's Old News! |
Angela Brett Computers Communication:Presentations |
| 90% | COMPUTERS | Can Only Macintosh Processors Use The Easy-to-Run Software? |
Angela Brett Computers |
| 100% | COMPUTERS (2) | Convey Others' Messages! Produce Useful Tips! Electronically Run Securely! |
Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Computers |
| 100% | COMPUTER SUPPORT | Chap On My Phone Usually Tries Enabling Repair. Some Unusual 'Puter Problems Often Require Technicians |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Computers |
| 100% | CONAN O'BRIEN | Can Oblong Noggins And Nerdy Oafs Bring Ratings? I Expect Not. |
joybutton Entertainment:TV shows:Talk Shows |
| 100% | CONCEITED | Concerning Oneself, Never Chanced Entertaining Inferior Thoughts. Everything's Delightful |
Tony McCoy O'Greatest People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 88% | CONCISE | Could Oxford Not Contain Itself in Short Explanations? |
Angela Brett, knowing how long the 'Shorter' Oxford English Dictionary is. Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | CONCRETE | Conglomeration Of Natural Congealers Reinforces Every Tall Edifice |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Buildings |
| 100% | CONCUPISCENCE | Conflicting Onus Never Concedes Until Penetration Invades Sentiments Compromising Emotional Nuances Causing Eviction |
Rico Leffanta People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 100% | CONDOM | Contraceptive Often Needs Deploying Over Member |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, after watching an 'expose' TV programme on teenage sex in England. People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 86% | CONDOM (2) | Cover Often Necessary for Dirty Old Men. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Love & Lust |
| 85% | CONDOMINIUM | Connected Or Not, Domiciles Often Mean In-laws Normally Invade, Ultimately Move in |
Sean Lamb Places:Buildings |
| 100% | CONFERENCE | Combatting Omnifarious Nastiness, Fairly Enigmatic Reptiles Exist Near Cairo, Egypt |
joybutton Science:Biology |
| 100% | CONFESSIONAL | Catholic Or Not, 'Fess Even Small Sins In Our Now Audioproof Locker |
Jeff Anonymous Religion Places:Buildings |
| 100% | CONFUSED | Cauldron Of Nonconforming Feelings - Understanding Seems Ever Distant. |
Angela Brett People & Relationships:Emotions |
| 100% | CONFUSION | Chaos - Office Nitwit's F***ed Up! Situation Is Outrageously Nightmarish |
Tnyo CcyoM OdrGay' People & Relationships |
| 100% | CONGO | Coups Oust Native Governments Occasionally. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 94% | CONGRATULATIONS | Colleague Offers NewZealander Generous Remarks About Talent. Unique Loki-winning Antipodean That's Included On Newspaper's Successes |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when Angela's EAT POTATO won a prize in Loki's creativity column in a newspaper. Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms |
| 100% | CONGRESS | Conglomerations Of No-Goods - Really Entirely Self Serving. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Politics |
| 100% | CONGRESS (2) | Copulation, Otherwise Narcissistic Group Repealing Even Social Security? |
Jeff Anonymous, discussing two connotations of the word "congress," excepting "opposite of progress." People & Relationships:Love & Lust Politics |
| 100% | CONGRESS (3) | Come On! No Group Really Enacts Such Sh*t |
Roger Williams Politics |
| 100% | CONNECT FOUR | Coloured Ovals Navigated Nicely Ensuring, Cleverly, The Formation Of Unmixed Rows |
Angela Brett Entertainment:Games |
| 100% | CONNECTICUT | Constitutional Order Naturally Needed, Embraces Colony To Initiate Creed Used Today |
Jan Morgan - first state to use laws Places:States & Regions |
| 100% | CONNIE | Caring One Negotiates Noteworthy Ideas, Effectively |
Jan Morgan Names:First names:Female |
| 92% | CONON OF SAMOS | Conic Observations Noted, Offered Numerical Orations to Friend & Senior, Archimedes. Mathematically-Oriented Stargazer. |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics:Mathematicians |
| 100% | CONSECRATION | Complete Obedience Necessary, Sacred Efficacious, Concentrated Righteous Attributes To Initiate One's Nirvana |
Jan Morgan Religion |
| 100% | CONSERVATIVE | Continuously Opposes Novelty, Sees Everything Reactionarily, Violently Against Things It Views "Emergent" |
TMcCO'G Politics People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 100% | CONSERVATIVES | Continuation Of National State Earnings Related Value Added Taxes In Very Extreme Situations |
John Richard Jones Politics:Parties |
| 100% | CONSTANCE | "Could Other Nation Seize Throne?" Asks Nasty Conniving Englishwoman |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's King John Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:King John |
| 100% | CONSTIPATED | Can One Not Shift This Impacted Pile And Take Energising Dump? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | CONSTITUTION | Contract Offering Numerous Sequential Tenets Intended To Unitedly Temper Its Own Nation |
Patricia Rix Politics People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | CONSULTANT | Companies Often Need Someone Using Logic To Analyze New Theories |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 90% | CONTINUUM | Can One Not Think It's Never-beginning, Unending, Universal Miracle |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Assorted Nouns Time |
| 100% | CONTRACT | Contributors Ought Not To Reveal Any Contrary Thoughts |
Angela Brett, after Tony jokingly said on the Apronyms forums, 'I have to agree with Angela -- It's in my contract' Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | CONTRACT (2) | Co-Operative? No! That's Right, Angela Controls Tony |
Angela Brett, after Tony jokingly said on the Apronyms forums, 'I have to agree with Angela -- It's in my contract' Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | CONTROL DESTINY | Conscious Or Not, The Reality Of Life's Deterministic... Everything's Sums, Trajectories, Integrals, 'Ncluding You! |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | CONTROL FREAK | Commands Overly Necessary Tasks, Ruins Others Lives, Frightening Responses, Everyone's Attitude Kaput |
Jan Morgan - kaput=ruined, these people can cause undue stress on relationships People & Relationships:Personality Traits |
| 88% | CONVERT | Change One's Neighbour's Vision (by) Extensive Religious Teaching |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Religion |
| 100% | CONVERTING PAGANS | Christians Overthrow Native Views, Existing Religious Teaching's Implicitly No Good, Presumed 'Actual' God's A Necessary Substitute. |
Angela Brett Religion |
| 100% | CONVICT | Calculating, Overtly Nefarious Villain In Computer Trade |
Angela Brett, finding another villain for the Baddie School roll. MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains |
| 100% | COOK | Controls Ordering Of Kitchen |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink:Chefs |
| 100% | COOK (2) | Cuisine Out Of Kilobytes! |
Angela Brett Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | COOKIE MANAGER MOM | Crazy Occasional Obligation Keeps Its Endeavor Mandated, A Numbers Agenda Gains Every Revenue, Makes One Manage |
Jan Morgan - Girl Scouts need help keeping track of how many cookie boxes go out and how much money comes in making sure everything is correct and accounted for Sports & Recreation:Scouts |
| 100% | COOKIES | Cupboard Of One's Kitchen Is Eternal Source. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| 100% | COOKING | Contents Of Our Kitchens Is Now 'Grub' |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| 88% | COOLIES | Catchy Outburst On Liking Initial Exposure to Something |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Words & Wordplay:Made Up Words |
| 100% | COOL STUFF | Chill Out - Oh Look, Some Things're Utterly Funky & Fantastic |
TMcCO'G Assorted Phrases |
| 100% | CO-OPERATION | Complete Oligarchy Of Petroleum Empires Riles All The Innocent Oil-Needers. |
Angela Brett (see COMPETITION) Transport Commerce |
| 100% | COORDINATOR | Controlling Overseer Of Research & Development Is Necessary Administrator To Obtain "Results" |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations |
| 100% | COP | Correct Operational Procedure |
Angela Brett, after hearing a character on a police drama use that phrase. People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | COPOUT | Cunning Operation Planning On Upbraiding Target |
Katherine People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | COPOUT (2) | Chancer Often Pleads Obtusely, Using Trickery |
Tony People & Relationships |
| 100% | COPPER | Commonly Our Police, Properly Earthly Resource |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Chemistry:Elements People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | COPS | Crime's Opposers Protect & Serve |
Tony McCoy O'Grady People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | COPULATE | Constables Outnumber People Usually Late At Tort Events |
Rico Leffanta (Cop! You Late!) People & Relationships:Law & Order |
| 100% | COPY AND PASTE | Can Original Postings You've Abandoned Now Depart. Perhaps Archive Should Thread Elsewhere |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, when it was suggested that some of the old forum threads copied and pasted into an ARCHIVE. Communication:Acronyms Forums |
| 100% | COPY PROTECTION SCHEME | Catalyst Of Piracy... Your Purchase Runs On The Elderly CD + Tape Instruments Only... Net Search Compulsory (How Else's Mp3 Extracted?) |
Angela Brett, who would like to buy certain CDs but is forced to download them from the internet instead, since copy-protection schemes prevent the CDs from being played in anything other than than my alarm clock. Unfortunately the iTunes Music Store is not available in this country yet, so that means piracy. Entertainment:Music |
| 100% | CORAL | Comfort Of Receiving Another's Love |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the coral (35th) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | CORD | Clogs Oesophagus, Really Dry |
Steve Keate (see DONGLE (3)) Computers:Do Not Eat |
| 100% | CORD (2) | Chopper Organises Ready Deadwood |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| 100% | CORDELIA | Comes Over Really Dignified, Echoing Lear's Inherent Authority |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's (The Tragedy of) King Lear Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:(The Tragedy Of) King Lear |
| 100% | CORDYCEPS | Claims Of Reducing (Drastically) Your Cholesterol & Enhancing Pulmonary System |
Tony Food & Drink:Condiments:Herbs |
| 100% | CORE | Centre Of Reactor, Etc. |
Angela Brett Places:Positions & Directions |
| 100% | CORE (2) | Centre, Or Rather, Epicentre |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Positions & Directions |
| 100% | CORINTHIANS | Corruption Observed. Renounce Impiety Now. Tolerating Heresy Is A Non-Starter. |
Sue Johnson Religion:Bible books |
| 100% | CORIOLIS | Control Of Rotation In One's Loo's Incredibly Slight! |
Angela Brett (see http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html) Science:Meteorology People & Relationships:Thoughts:Misconceptions |
| 100% | CORIOLIS (2) | Circularity Of Rotation Is Oppositional, Loading Is Slow |
TMcCO'G, after Patricia wondered if the Apronyms site is the slowest in the Southern Hemisphere, responded: It's the Coriolis effect. The site loads anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere and clockwise in the northern. Reverse the polarity of the plug on your computer and all will be as it should be :-) Computers:Internet:Apronyms Website:Excuses for Slow Loading |
| 100% | CORN | Chiropodist's Obviously Really Needed |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 100% | CORN (2) | Cob Offers Ready Nutrition |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Food & Drink |
| 100% | CORN (3) | Callous Often Requires Nursing |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Science:Biology:Healthcare:Ailments |
| 75% | CORNET | Can One Really Need Extra Trumpet-type-thing? |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Entertainment:Music:Instruments |
| 100% | CORNFLAKES | Cereal Of Rich Nutrition, Favourably Light And Known Energy Supply |
Edwin Hermann Food & Drink |
| 93% | CORNFLAKES MAN | Criminal Of Real Nastiness, Frequently Linked (with) A Killing Epidemic - Seems Modest And Nice. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, thinking up a new name for the Baddy School roll - a cereal killer! MacGirl & KeyBoard:Supervillains:Cereal Killers |
| 100% | CORNWALL | Completely Obeys Regan's Nasty Wickedness - A Loathsome Lord |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's (The Tragedy of) King Lear Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:(The Tragedy Of) King Lear |
| 100% | COROLLA | Cheap Oriental Runabout, Often Lacks Lasting Accelleration |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| 100% | CORPORAL | Chevron-Owning Recent Private, Officious, Repulsive And Loathsome |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Military:Ranks |
| 100% | CORPORATION | City's Officials Regulate Policy Or Respond Appropriately To Incidents Of Note |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| 100% | CORPORATION (2) | Companies Often Report Profits On Retail And Then Insist On Nondisclosure |
Sean Lamb Commerce |
| 100% | CORPUS CALLOSUM | Cerebral Overpass Recommended Partitions Useful Sphere. Congenital Absence Loses Link Of Sections Using Malformation |
Jan Morgan -- it's the bridge that links the left side to the right side of the brain - its rare but some people are born with out one. Science:Biology:Body Parts |
| 100% | CORRECTIVE | Complements Optical Refraction - Reading's Easier 'Cause This Improves Vision Everywhere. |
Angela Brett, thinking of corrective lenses or laser eye surgery. Science:Biology:Healthcare |
| 100% | CORRUPT | Concentrating On Rich Rewards Using Political Tactics |
Rico Leffanta Politics |
| 100% | CORVETTE | Classic Oldtime Road Vehicle, Elevated Teenager's Testosterone, Evidently |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Transport:Car Makes & Models |
| 86% | COSINE | Coordinate Of Something In Non-eccentric Ellipse |
Angela Brett Science:Mathematics |
| 88% | COSTARD | Comes Over (as) Staunch, True And Romantically Devoted |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to the character in Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost Art & Literature:Shakespearean Plays:Love's Labours Lost |
| 100% | COSTA RICA | Coffee's One Source To Attract Revenue In Central America. |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | COST REDUCTION | Caution On Spending The Rent Elsewhere... Debts Unpaid Cause Trebling Invoices & Ominous Notices. |
Angela Brett Commerce:Money |
| 100% | COST REDUCTION (2) | Cry Of Spend-Thrift: Remember, Everyone - Don't Use Credit. The Interest's Outrageous Nowadays! |
Angela Brett Commerce:Money |
| 100% | COST SAVINGS | Cut Out Silly Things Since Adding Value Is Not Generating Sales |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Commerce |
| 100% | COTE D'IVOIRE | Coffee, Oil, Timber Exported. Developed Its Viable Oil Industry Round 'Eighty |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Places:Countries |
| 100% | COTTON | Celebrated Once, Twice... Timespan Of Nuptials. |
Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the cotton (2nd) wedding anniversary. Time:Special Occasions:Wedding Anniversaries |
| 100% | COTTON (2) | Cloth Or Thread Taken Of Nature |
Angela Brett Household Objects:Threads & Fabric |
| 100% | COTTON (3) | Cookability's Overrated - Too Thin On Nutrition |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Threads & Fabric:Edible(?) |
| 100% | COTTON (4) | Chew On This To Obtain Nutrition |
Tony McCoy O'Grady Household Objects:Threads & Fabric:Edible(?) |
| 100% | COUCH | Comfy Option, Uses Chair Hospitality |
Jan Morgan Household Objects:Furniture |
| 100% | COUGAR | Cat Of Unusual Grace And Rapacity |
Tony McCougar O'Grady Science:Biology:Animals |
| 55% | COULDS | Completely Off-the-wall, Utopian, Loads-a-money-for Development Suggestions |
Tony McCoy O'Grady (see MUST) Words & Wordplay |
| 100% | COULOMB | Charge Of Umpteen Leptons, One Magnetism Below |
Angela Brett (One Magnetism Below referring to the leptons in question having electromagnetic charge of -1) Science:Mathematics:Measurement |
| 100% | COUNSELOR | Courtroom Officer Usually Negates Someone Else's Legal Opinion Resolutely |
Sean Lamb People & Relationships:Law & Order:Occupations |
| 100% | COUNTDOWN | Carol's On Unusual Numerical Tricks, Dick's On Wordy Natterings |
Tony McCoy O'Grady, referring to a UK television programme and its two hosts. Entertainment:TV shows |
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