Spelling Bee DUSD 2011-2012

concerned with adjudicating

the act of admitting someone to enter

moved or conveyed by or through air

relating to or having the effect of an allergen

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent

a silvery, flexible, metallic element

a garment tied about the waist and worn to protect clothing

a permanent organization of a nation's military land forces

exceptionally bad or displeasing

a container that is usually woven and has handles

a deep-fried doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar

a colorless liquid hydrocarbon

a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon

liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered

a grouping of a number of similar things

a strutting dance based on a march

a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations

the capital of King Arthur's kingdom

the leader of a group of people

burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food

a transparent paperlike product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc.

a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar

hard smooth-textured cheese

any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau

a place for public (especially Christian) worship

tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark

a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral

with competence; in a competent capable manner

the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion

hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

requiring more than usually expected or thought due

a boxlike container in a piece of furniture

aimless wandering from place to place

a very sleepy state

the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid

with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')

the repetition of a sound from reflection of the sound waves

of flowering plants that are pollinated by insects

being level or straight or regular and without variation

any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body

record in a public office or in a court of law

a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned

the space over the stage used to store scenery

a native or resident of Florence, Italy

the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day

in a giddy light-headed manner

gossip spread by spoken communication

a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats

utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly

shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail

not causing or capable of causing harm

a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows

a verse line having six metrical feet

preparatory school work done outside school

a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman

in a hurried or hasty manner

an irritable petulant feeling

a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s

a feeling facetious merriment

of great mass; huge and bulky

the hole where a key is inserted

either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine

a room equipped for preparing meals

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude

with respect to language

a storage compartment for clothes and valuables

a large number or amount

a state of confusion and disorderliness

a device for changing sound waves into electrical energy

a kitchen device used for blending foods

having only one husband at a time

an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing

an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds

a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled

immediately following in time or order

waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls

that may not be returned

a solid lump of a precious metal as found in the earth

thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

a patterned wood inlay used to cover a floor

a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

(baseball) the person who does the pitching

of or relating to the pituitary gland

a cloth having a crisscross design

a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite

any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed

a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

(of weather) wet by periods of rain

property consisting of houses and land

any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers

shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid

lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head

white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades

large scissors with strong blades

a hand tool for lifting loose material

a broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio)

an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface

in a sour manner

of or relating to the spine or spinal cord

water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

an ornamented saddle used by cowboys

enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal

a light touch with the hands

having strength or power greater than average or expected

any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays

an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

a short nail with a sharp point and a large head

a microscopic animal with eight legs that lives in water or moss

extraordinarily good or great

container that maintains the temperature of hot or cold food

having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal

in a shy or fearful manner

producing exhaustion

any of various devices for taking hold of objects

substantially made or constructed

vibrating slightly and irregularly

large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail

position 12 in a countable series of things

two times

a small branch or division of a branch

smiling with happiness or optimism

turn in a twisting or spinning motion

make high-pitched sounds, as of birds

qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses

not easily deciphered

weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health

a woman waiter

a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money

linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil

one who practices magic or sorcery

made or consisting of or employing wood

inability to see clearly in dim light

a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision)

repetitive nonmeaningful speech

an effort above and beyond the call of duty

a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist

naked and blind and dependent on parents for food

involuntarily or unconsciously clenching or grinding the teeth, typically during sleep

having the sticky properties of an adhesive