This week in AWAD: assorted words. nival (NY-vuhl) adjective
Of, growing in, or relating to, snow. [From Latin nivalis (snowy), niv- (snow).] "Flow patterns can be further subdivided into arctic and subarctic nival regimes." Mark Nuttall and Terry V. Callaghan; The Arctic; Taylor & Francis; 2000. Sponsors' Messages: Derivation, a fascinating game about word and phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com or http://amazon.com/o/asin/b00005btb8/entspire-20 Need more fun in your life? Get mental_floss: The Trivia Game and "Forbidden Knowledge"; http://www.mentalfloss.com/ FamilyGames.com: unique Christmas quizzes to print out for holiday party fun at home, work or school. Your choice of themes! http://familygames.com?aw=1 ............................................................................ I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head. -Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (1858-1919) Chat about the joy of Yiddish with Michael Wex, author of "Born to Kvetch" Dec 5, 2005, 5 PM Pacific (GMT -8) at http://wordsmith.org/chat Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/nival.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/nival.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/nival.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
