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zarf \zahrf\ (noun) - In the Middle East, coffee is often drunk from cups without handles and tea, from glasses. A zarf is a decorative holder, usually from metal, with a handle that prevents the hot cup or glass from ...Read more

During a recent cipher convention, a binary code contest took place. The contest consisted of a binary code transmission where the spaces between the letters were missing and there was no punctuation. Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its binary equivalent based on its position in the alphabet, a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110, g=111, h=1000, i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101, n=1110, o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s...

voracity \vo-RAEH-seh-ti\ (noun) - An enormous appetite, uncontrollable hunger, ravenousness.

"Madeleine has an insatiable voracity for German classical music."

From Latin vorax "ravenous" from vorare "to swallow, devour...Read more

If you run, you will need me,
If you live, you will breathe me.
When you climb a mountain,
I will start to disappear,
No matter how hard you listen,
No sound will enter your ear.
I'm a reason you're alive,
Without me you would surely die.
The way I come in is not the way I get out,
Another hint is that you use me more when you shout.
Without a helper I would not get in or out at all. ...

Nephelococcygia \ne-feh-leh-kak-SI-je-yeh\ (noun) - 1 : (Literally, "Cloudcuckoosville") Interpreting the shapes of clouds. 2 : La-la land, a dream land cut off from reality.

"Harold's boss told him that he was engaging ...Read more

Below, 10 nine letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These chunks have been mixed up, no chunk is used twice and all chunks are used. Can you determine what the 10 words are?

cer ent ead rat uti spr
ful oun pro ann ope ockr
nce een oat est liv ionr
nou sev ion ast hou akfr
bre bea ens dim bed sebr

elevenses \i-LEV-uhn-ziz\ (noun) - A midmorning break for refreshments taken between breakfast and lunch, usually around 11am.

"And if you really must stay for a bite of lunch after you've finished off your elevenses, ...Read more

The following are famous books and their authors. Letters have been taken from each book and each author. From the letter list below fill in each letter to give the names of the books and authors.

D- Vi--i C-d-
Da- B-ow-

G-e-t E-pe-ta-io-s
Ch--le- D-c-e-s

To K--l A Mo-k--g Bird
Ha-p-r L-e

Fr-n-en-t-in
M--y Sh--l--

Of M--e An- M-n
J--n S-ei--e-k

The O-t-id--s
S. -. H--t-n

The A-v-ntu--s of H--kle-er-y ...