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Friday, March 10, 2006

The Friday Brain-teaser from Xrefer

The Friday Brain-teaser from Xrefer - this week: Gram. Lots of English words end with the suffix "-gram" (for example, a computer program). It comes from a Greek word that means "letter," and it is used in words that refer to something that is written, drawn or recorded. From the definitions below, try to identify these ten words that all end with -gram. For example, "Graph showing the heartbeat, produced by a cardiograph" would lead to "cardiogram." Answers here

1. A plan, sketch, drawing, or outline designed to demonstrate or explain how something works or to clarify the relationship between the parts of a whole.
2. A word or phrase made by rearranging the letters of another.
3. A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides.
4. A design composed from letters, usually a person's initials, interlaced or written into a single character, often used on personal belongings, clothing, etc.
5. A unit of mass in the metric system, equal to one thousand grams.
6. The image of an object in three dimensions created and reproduced by the use of lasers.
7. Any pithy, witty saying or short poem.
8. A five-pointed star used as a magical symbol.
9. A surprise greeting, usually on a special occasion, accompanied by a kiss from the person employed to deliver it.
10. A Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.

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