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quiz time!
« on: 22/02/2006 02:24:22 »
I've this big biology text book in front of me
so Im going to the glossary, randomly picking a word, and writing the definition...so lets see who can guess the word!

Among the earliest plants to produce seedlike structures or seeds.


hint: starts with a P
[:D]


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Re: quiz time!
« Reply #1 on: 22/02/2006 12:02:07 »
Is it a PEA ?

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« Reply #2 on: 22/02/2006 12:33:54 »
Is it pteridosperm ?

Definition of pteridosperm:-
""seed fern: an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales"".

[a.k.a  Dinosaur's Dinner.  [:)]]

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Re: quiz time!
« Reply #3 on: 22/02/2006 13:47:03 »
The question is ambiguous. Do you mean "earliest" in an historical or annual sense?
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Re: quiz time!
« Reply #4 on: 22/02/2006 20:36:51 »
sorry if it was ambiguous,
i was just going by the short definition in the glossary

well
the word was:
progymnosperm
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Re: quiz time!
« Reply #5 on: 22/02/2006 20:40:07 »
O.K. here is another random one

Type of photoautotrophic protistan; most are multicelled and aquatic; an abundance of phycobilins masks their chlorophyll.

guess guess!
I dont think I will give a clue on this one.
[:D]
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Re: quiz time!
« Reply #6 on: 22/02/2006 22:43:58 »
quote:
Originally posted by ariel

sorry if it was ambiguous,
i was just going by the short definition in the glossary

well
the word was:
progymnosperm
[:D]



oh THAT !!...it was on the tip of my tongue !![^]

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Re: quiz time!
« Reply #7 on: 22/02/2006 23:47:42 »
quote:
a.k.a Dinosaur's Dinner

actually i think you will find that was Sam Neil.
neil
do you really want THAT word on the tip of your tongue ?



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Re: quiz time!
« Reply #8 on: 24/02/2006 00:35:57 »
guess the next word[:D]
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Re: quiz time!
« Reply #9 on: 24/02/2006 01:22:12 »
'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis',
is that the word ?

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Re: quiz time!
« Reply #10 on: 24/02/2006 02:12:24 »
Cyanophyceae? i think thats the name for blue green algae

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« Reply #11 on: 24/02/2006 02:38:25 »
ooooh getting very close :)
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« Reply #12 on: 24/02/2006 03:08:25 »
can we get a hint?

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« Reply #13 on: 24/02/2006 03:17:56 »
red algae?

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« Reply #14 on: 24/02/2006 03:25:52 »
YES!
[:D]
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« Reply #15 on: 24/02/2006 03:32:37 »
woohoo!!!!
oh i wish you could all see my happy dance

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« Reply #16 on: 24/02/2006 04:01:08 »
Oh Poo !!..I thought it was either ' Horsey ' or ' Fluffy '

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Re: quiz time!
« Reply #17 on: 24/02/2006 11:54:22 »
being a "one finger typist",it took me ages to type that word,and then it was wrong, boohooo
« Last Edit: 24/02/2006 11:55:00 by Ray hinton »
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Re: quiz time!
« Reply #18 on: 24/02/2006 15:01:31 »
HEPATICOCHOLANGIOCHOLECYSTENTEROSTOMIES
FORMALDEHYDETETRAMETHYLAMIDOFLUORIMUM
DIMETHYLAMIDOPHENYLDIMETHYLPYRAZOLONE
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS
all bloomin wrong then ?[:0]

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Re: quiz time!
« Reply #19 on: 25/02/2006 03:58:44 »
"put your left hand on the asdf keys put your right hand on the jkl; keys"
hahah that was the first thing i ever learned about typing :)
i took a test a while ago and i got 60 words per minute i think!
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