Indiana Academic Spell Bowl
2017 Senior Division Word List
1. a la carte
2. a la king
3. abatement
4. abating
5. abnormal
6. abnormality
7. abridgment
8. absenteeism
9. absent-minded
10. absorbing
11. absorption
12. abstrusely
13. absurdity
14. Abyssinia
15. acacia
16. accentuation
17. acclaiming
18. acclamation
19. accompanying
20. accomplice
21. accounting
22. accoutrement
23. accusatory
24. achieved
25. achievement
26. acknowledgment
27. acolyte
28. acquittal
29. acquittance
30. actinium
31. actionable
32. actuator
33. acuity
34. adaptation
35. adaptive
36. adducing
37. adduct
38. adhesive
39. adieu
40. adjudicative
41. adjudicator
42. administrative
43. administrator
44. admixture
45. admonish
46. adornment
47. adrenal
48. adulterator
49. adventive
50. adventure
51. advisability
52. advisable
53. aerie
54. aerodynamics
55. affection
56. affectionate
57. affluence
58. affluent
59. Africa
60. African
61. agenda
62. agendum
63. aggressor
64. aggrieve
65. agonizing
66. aide
67. aide-de-camp
68. air raid
69. air rifle
70. airstrip
71. airtight
72. Albany
73. albatross
74. alder
75. Alhambra
76. alias
77. aliquot
78. aliteracy
79. allegiance
80. alleging
81. alley-oop
82. alliaceous
83. allowable
84. allowance
85. almanac
86. almighty
87. alter ego
88. alterability
89. altruistically
90. amatory
91. ambition
92. ambitious
93. amebic dysentery
94. ameliorative
95. Americanization
96. Americanize
97. ammeter
98. ammonia
99. amorphous
100. amortization
101. amplifier
102. amplifying
103. anachronistic
104. anaconda
105. analyzing
106. anapest
107. ancestry
108. anchorage
109. aneroid
110. anesthesia
111. animadversion
112. animadvert
113. annalist
114. annotation
115. announce
116. annulling
117. annulment
118. anopheles
119. antecedence
120. antecedent
121. anthrax
122. anthropoid
123. anticlimax
124. antidote
125. antiquarian
126. antiquary
127. antitoxin
128. antitrust
129. aphelion
130. aphid
131. aplomb
132. apnea
133. apoplectic
134. apoplexy
135. apotheosize
136. Appalachian
137. appealing
138. appendicitis
139. appendix
140. applicant
141. application
142. appose
143. apposite
144. apprehensible
145. apprehension
146. appropriation
147. appropriative
148. apropos
149. apse
150. Arabia
151. Arabic
152. arboreal
153. arborescent
154. archbishop
155. archdeacon
156. archivist
157. archway
158. Argonne
159. argosy
160. aristocrat
161. aristocratic
162. armature
163. armchair
164. aromatically
165. arrear
166. arrearage
167. arsenal
168. arsenate
169. articular
170. articulate
171. artistic
172. artistically
173. ascetic
174. ascetically
175. askance
176. askew
177. aspic
178. aspirant
179. assault
180. assemblywoman
181. assert
182. assignable
183. assignation
184. assize
185. associate
186. assumedly
187. assurance
188. astarboard
189. astigmatism
190. astrologer
191. astrological
192. asymmetry
193. asynchronous
194. atingle
195. Atlantic
196. atonement
197. atoning
198. attainable
199. attainder
200. attester
201. attributable
202. attribute
203. audacious
204. audacity
205. augment
206. augmentable
207. auspicious
208. austere
209. authority
210. authorization
211. automation
212. automatism
213. available
214. availed
215. avertable
216. averted
217. avowal
218. avowed
219. awe-stricken
220. awfully
221. Azerbaijan
222. azure
223. baccalaureate
224. bacterium
225. badge
226. balalaika
227. Balkan Peninsula
228. balkier
229. ballyhoo
230. balminess
231. bandaging
232. bandwidth
233. bandying
234. baptized
235. baptizing
236. barbital
237. barely
238. bareness
239. barmaid
240. barn dance
241. barrack
242. barracuda
243. bas-relief
244. bass viol
245. bateaux
246. Baton Rouge
247. battalion
248. bauble
249. bauxite
250. bearnaise sauce
251. beauteous
252. beautician
253. bedazzling
254. bedouin
255. befogging
256. begonia
257. behemoth
258. beleaguer
259. beleaguered
260. belles lettres
261. belying
262. benefaction
263. benefactor
264. benignancy
265. benignant
266. beret
267. beriberi
268. besiege
269. besieger
270. beta
271. betatron
272. bewilderment
273. bibliographer
274. bibliographic
275. bicycler
276. bigamous
277. bilingually
278. bilious
279. biochemist
280. biochemistry
281. bisectionally
282. bisector
283. blandly
284. blatantly
285. blithely
286. blood feud
287. blood poisoning
288. bloodthirstily
289. bloodthirsty
290. blue-collar
291. Boccaccio
292. boisterous
293. bombastic
294. boogie-woogie
295. book club
296. borax
297. Bordeaux
298. borscht
299. bottle-fed
300. boulder
301. boulevard
302. bovine
303. bowdlerize
304. bragging
305. brandied
306. brandish
307. brawnier
308. breathing
309. breathlessly
310. brevity
311. brewery
312. bridgeable
313. bridgehead
314. brilliance
315. briny
316. brioche
317. broach
318. broadband
319. brogan
320. brogue
321. bronchospasm
322. bronco
323. brotherhood
324. bruin
325. bucktoothed
326. buffalo
327. bulging
328. bullhead
329. bullheaded
330. bumptious
331. Bunsen
332. bunting
333. burglar
334. burglarious
335. burying
336. bustle
337. bustlingly
338. buttermilk
339. butterscotch
340. Byzantine
341. cabriolet
342. cacao
343. cadency
344. cadenza
345. cagily
346. calciferous
347. calcification
348. calendula
349. calligraphy
350. calumniator
351. calumnious
352. Camelot
353. Camembert
354. Canada
355. cancerous
356. candler
357. candlestick
358. canniness
359. cantabile
360. canvass
361. canyon
362. capitalization
363. capitalize
364. capsule
365. captain
366. capybara
367. caracal
368. carbonation
369. carboniferous
370. cardiograph
371. cardiography
372. Caribbean
373. carnauba
374. carnelian
375. carpentry
376. cartilage
377. cartilaginous
378. casemate
379. casement
380. castanet
381. castaway
382. casualty
383. casuistic
384. cataleptic
385. catalog
386. catapult
387. cataract
388. categorical
389. category
390. Catholicism
391. cauldron
392. cauliflower
393. cautious
394. cavalcade
395. ceaseless
396. ceasing
397. celibate
398. cellar
399. censor
400. censorial
401. centigrade
402. centimeter
403. cerebellar
404. certified
405. certify
406. chain gang
407. chain reaction
408. chamberlain
409. chambermaid
410. changeling
411. channeled
412. characterize
413. charade
414. chartreuse
415. chartroom
416. Chattanooga
417. chattel
418. checkroom
419. checkup
420. chenille
421. chiaroscuro
422. chic
423. chignon
424. Chihuahua
425. chimney
426. chimpanzee
427. chiropodist
428. chiropody
429. chloroform
430. chlorophyll
431. chop suey
432. chorus
433. chronic
434. chronically
435. chuckling
436. ciborium
437. cicada
438. Cinco de Mayo
439. cinnabar
440. cinnamon
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441. circulatory
442. circumference
443. cirrhosis
444. cirrhotic
445. cladoceran
446. clairvoyance
447. clairvoyant
448. classification
449. classified
450. cleansing
451. clearance
452. clerkship
453. cleverly
454. clincher
455. coagulation
456. coalesce
457. coaxial
458. coaxingly
459. cockeyed
460. codex
461. cofferdam
462. cohabit
463. cohabitant
464. coked
465. coking
466. collapsed
467. collapsible
468. collegiate
469. collide
470. collude
471. colluding
472. Colorado
473. column
474. columnar
475. comeliness
476. comely
477. commandeer
478. commander
479. commendation
480. commendatory
481. commiseration
482. commissar
483. commoner
484. commonplace
485. communist
486. communistic
487. communitarian
488. comparable
489. comparative
490. compendious
491. compendium
492. complacency
493. complacent
494. complicate
495. complicated
496. composite
497. composition
498. comprise
499. comprising
500. concavity
501. concentration
502. concentric
503. conciliate
504. conciliating
505. concordance
506. concordant
507. condemned
508. condemning
509. conduce
510. conducive
511. conferee
512. confident
513. confidential
514. conflagration
515. congratulating
516. congratulation
517. conifer
518. coniferous
519. Connecticut
520. connection
521. conqueror
522. consensus
523. consign
524. consignee
525. consonant
526. consternation
527. constipate
528. construction
529. constructively
530. consummation
531. consumption
532. contemplative
533. contemporaneous
534. contextual
535. contiguity
536. continuum
537. contradiction
538. contradictory
539. contrition
540. contrivance
541. contusion
542. conundrum
543. converge
544. convergence
545. conveyance
546. coordinator
547. copacetic
548. coquette
549. coquettish
550. cornea
551. corneal
552. corporal
553. corporate
554. correlative
555. correspondence
556. corrugation
557. corrupt
558. cosine
559. cosmetic
560. cotillion
561. cottage
562. counterattack
563. counterclockwise
564. coupling
565. courtship
566. couscous
567. cower
568. cranky
569. credibility
570. credible
571. creosote
572. crepitate
573. crisis
574. crocus
575. Croesus
576. cross-examination
577. cruciform
578. crucify
579. crusading
580. cubism
581. cul-de-sac
582. cultivate
583. cupboard
584. cure-all
585. curfew
586. curricula
587. curricular
588. curvilinear
589. cutaneous
590. cutaway
591. cybernetics
592. cyclamen
593. cymbal
594. cynic
595. dado
596. daffodil
597. damagingly
598. Danube
599. dative
600. dazedly
601. dearth
602. decadent
603. decagon
604. deceased
605. decedent
606. decidedly
607. declaratory
608. decor
609. decorate
610. deduced
611. deducible
612. defeated
613. deference
614. deferential
615. defining
616. definitely
617. defroster
618. defunct
619. deify
620. deign
621. deleterious
622. deletion
623. delineation
624. delinquency
625. delusory
626. deluxe
627. demerit
628. demesne
629. demon
630. demonetization
631. demulcent
632. demure
633. denominator
634. denotation
635. denture
636. denude
637. dependency
638. dependent
639. deportment
640. deposed
641. depreciate
642. depreciation
643. derailleur
644. derailment
645. derogation
646. derogatorily
647. desecrate
648. desecration
649. designer
650. designing
651. despite
652. despoiling
653. destruction
654. destructive
655. determinable
656. determinant
657. detract
658. detraction
659. development
660. developmental
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661. devotional
662. devour
663. diadem
664. diagnose
665. diametric
666. diamond
667. diatribe
668. dichotomous
669. didacticism
670. diffraction
671. diffuse
672. digress
673. digression
674. diluting
675. dilution
676. dinghy
677. dingily
678. diplomat
679. diplomatic
680. dirndl
681. dirtier
682. disapproval
683. disapprove
684. disburse
685. disbursement
686. discoloration
687. discouragement
688. discouraging
689. discriminating
690. discrimination
691. disengage
692. disfavor
693. dishearten
694. disinter
695. disinterested
696. dismiss
697. dismissal
698. disparate
699. disparity
700. dispersion
701. dispirited
702. disputant
703. disputation
704. dissection
705. dissemble
706. dissipated
707. dissipation
708. distasteful
709. distinguish
710. distinguishable
711. disturbance
712. diverge
713. divination
714. divinatory
715. docile
716. docility
717. dogcatcher
718. dog-eared
719. dollop
720. domain name
721. domination
722. domineer
723. doodling
724. doomsday
725. dosage
726. dosed
727. doubling
728. doubloon
729. dowdy
730. dowel
731. drabness
732. drachma
733. dramatic
734. dramatically
735. dreadful
736. dreadnought
737. driftwood
738. drillmaster
739. dubiety
740. dubious
741. dukedom
742. dungaree
743. duplicity
744. durability
745. duteous
746. dutiable
747. dynamics
748. dynamite
749. eagerly
750. earthen
751. earthenware
752. easiness
753. Easter
754. Ebola
755. echoing
756. éclair
757. economize
758. economizing
759. eddies
760. eddy
761. edify
762. edifying
763. educible
764. eduction
765. effervesce
766. effervescence
767. effrontery
768. egomania
769. egotism
770. eightfold
771. eighth
772. elaboration
773. élan
774. electrocute
775. electrocution
776. electroplate
777. electroscope
778. elementary
779. eligibility
780. eligible
781. elongate
782. elongation
783. elysian
784. Elysium
785. embargoed
786. embezzler
787. embitter
788. embraceable
789. embracing
790. emerge
791. emergence
792. emissary
793. emission
794. emperor
795. emphasis
796. empress
797. emulsion
798. en masse
799. encephalitic
800. encephalitis
801. encore
802. encounter
803. endearingly
804. endosperm
805. endowment
806. enfeebling
807. enfilade
808. England
809. English
810. enjoyable
811. enormity
812. enormous
813. ensnare
814. ensue
815. enthrone
816. enthuse
817. entourage
818. entrails
819. environ
820. environment
821. ephemerid
822. Ephesians
823. epigram
824. epigrammatically
825. epistemology
826. epistle
827. Epsom salts
828. equability
829. equestrienne
830. equidistant
831. equitable
832. equity
833. erosive
834. erudite
835. erudition
836. escaping
837. esoterically
838. espalier
839. essential
840. establish
841. estrogenic
842. estuary
843. ethical
844. ethically
845. étude
846. etymological
847. eulogize
848. eulogy
849. Eurasian
850. eureka
851. evanesce
852. evanescence
853. evoking
854. evolution
855. exaggerated
856. exaggeration
857. excellence
858. excellency
859. except
860. exchequer
861. excision
862. excommunication
863. excoriate
864. excusable
865. exemplification
866. exemplify
867. exhibitor
868. exhilarate
869. exodus
870. exogenous
871. expatiate
872. expatiation
873. expedition
874. expeditious
875. expiate
876. expiation
877. exploding
878. exploit
879. expropriation
880. expulsion
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881. extensible
882. extension
883. extinction
884. extinguish
885. extraction
886. extracurricular
887. extremist
888. facility
889. faille
890. fakir
891. falchion
892. falsetto
893. falsification
894. fan-tan
895. fantasia
896. fascism
897. fascist
898. father-in-law
899. faucial
900. faultfinding
901. fealty
902. February
903. felon
904. felonious
905. fennel
906. fer-de-lance
907. fertile
908. fertility
909. festivity
910. festoon
911. feudist
912. fibrillation
913. fibrinous
914. fidelity
915. fidget
916. fighter
917. filial
918. filibuster
919. filthier
920. financing
921. finback
922. finicky
923. finis
924. flabbergast
925. flagrancy
926. flagrant
927. flamingo
928. flaring
929. flautist
930. Flemish
931. flightless
932. flighty
933. flirtation
934. flirtatious
935. floodlight
936. floriculture
937. florid
938. flourish
939. flourishingly
940. fluorite
941. fluoroscope
942. foeman
943. foggier
944. folio
945. folklore
946. fondue
947. Fontainebleau
948. footlights
949. forceful
950. foredoom
951. forefather
952. foreleg
953. foreman
954. forestall
955. formaldehyde
956. formalism
957. formulary
958. forthwith
959. fortieth
960. fossa
961. four-footed
962. four-poster
963. fractional
964. fractious
965. franc
966. fraternization
967. fraternize
968. frenetically
969. frenzied
970. friar
971. friary
972. frigid
973. frigidity
974. frolicked
975. frolicking
976. froward
977. frowned
978. fruition
979. fruitless
980. fugitive
981. fulsomeness
982. fumble
983. fundamentally
984. funeral
985. furlong
986. furlough
987. furthermost
988. futurist
989. futurity
990. gadget
991. Gaelic
992. gaiter
993. Gallic
994. gallinaceous
995. galvanometer
996. galvanometric
997. gamma globulin
998. gannet
999. gardenia
1000. garfish
1001. garnisheeing
1002. garnishment
1003. gasify
1004. Gatling gun
1005. gauzy
1006. gavel
1007. Geiger counter
1008. geisha
1009. gemmation
1010. gemmed
1011. generate
1012. generating
1013. genial
1014. geniality
1015. gentry
1016. geology
1017. geometrical
1018. geriatrics
1019. germane
1020. gerund
1021. gerundive
1022. Gettysburg
1023. getup
1024. gibberish
1025. gibbet
1026. gigabyte
1027. Gila monster
1028. gild
1029. girder
1030. girding
1031. glaciation
1032. glacier
1033. glaring
1034. glittering
1035. Gloria in Excelsis
1036. glorification
1037. gloving
1038. glower
1039. glycerol
1040. glycogen
1041. gobbet
1042. godliness
1043. Golgotha
1044. goring
1045. gormandize
1046. gourmet
1047. gouty
1048. grampus
1049. granary
1050. granter
1051. grantor
1052. grappling
1053. gratuitous
1054. gratuity
1055. graybeard
1056. greenery
1057. greengage
1058. griddle cake
1059. grizzled
1060. grouper
1061. groupie
1062. grueling
1063. gruesome
1064. guarded
1065. guardhouse
1066. Guiana
1067. guidance
1068. gullet
1069. gullibility
1070. gung ho
1071. gunnel
1072. gushing
1073. guzzling
1074. gyroscopic
1075. gyrostabilizer
1076. habitude
1077. habitué
1078. haggling
1079. half hour
1080. hallow
1081. hammerhead
1082. hammock
1083. handkerchief
1084. hara-kiri
1085. harangue
1086. harmonica
1087. harmonics
1088. harrier
1089. harrow
1090. hatchery
1091. hauberk
1092. have-not
1093. hazardous
1094. heady
1095. hearten
1096. heartfelt
1097. heavenly
1098. heavier
1099. hectically
1100. heifer
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1101. heighten
1102. Hellenic
1103. Hellenistic
1104. hemoglobin
1105. hepatic
1106. hepatica
1107. Hercules
1108. herdsman
1109. heritage
1110. hermaphrodite
1111. herpetological
1112. herpetology
1113. heterodyne
1114. heteroglossia
1115. hibernal
1116. hibernate
1117. hieratic
1118. hieroglyphic
1119. hilarious
1120. Hindu
1121. Hindustan
1122. histology
1123. historian
1124. hoary
1125. hogshead
1126. homage
1127. homburg
1128. homily
1129. hominy
1130. honorific
1131. horoscope
1132. horrendous
1133. horseshoe
1134. horsewhip
1135. hostel
1136. hostelry
1137. housebroken
1138. household
1139. hubris
1140. huckleberry
1141. humanism
1142. humidified
1143. humidity
1144. hurdle
1145. hurdler
1146. husbandry
1147. hydrate
1148. hydrogenation
1149. hydrogenous
1150. hydrostatics
1151. hydrotherapy
1152. hymenopterous
1153. hymnal
1154. hypnosis
1155. hypnotic
1156. hypotenuse
1157. hypothecate
1158. ibex
1159. ibis
1160. iconoclastic
1161. Idaho
1162. ideological
1163. ideologist
1164. idolization
1165. idolize
1166. iguana
1167. ill-gotten
1168. ill-humored
1169. illumining
1170. illusion
1171. imaginative
1172. imagine
1173. imbruing
1174. imbue
1175. immaturity
1176. immeasurably
1177. immiscible
1178. immobile
1179. immortalize
1180. immovability
1181. impale
1182. impaling
1183. impassivity
1184. impatience
1185. impel
1186. impelled
1187. imperforate
1188. imperial
1189. impertinence
1190. impertinent
1191. implacable
1192. important
1193. importation
1194. impotent
1195. impound
1196. impresario
1197. impressionable
1198. impromptu
1199. improper
1200. impugn
1201. impugnation
1202. in memoriam
1203. inability
1204. inadvisable
1205. inalienable
1206. inaugurating
1207. inauguration
1208. incarcerate
1209. incarceration
1210. incisive
1211. incisor
1212. inclusion
1213. inclusive
1214. incompatibility
1215. incompatible
1216. inconsiderable
1217. inconsiderate
1218. inconvenience
1219. inconvenient
1220. increasingly
1221. incredible
1222. inculpation
1223. incumbency
1224. indecorous
1225. indecorum
1226. indemnification
1227. indemnified
1228. index
1229. India
1230. indigenous
1231. indigent
1232. indisposition
1233. indisputable
1234. indolence
1235. indolent
1236. inductive
1237. inductivity
1238. industry
1239. indwelling
1240. inefficiency
1241. inefficient
1242. inertia
1243. inexperience
1244. inexpert
1245. infantile
1246. inference
1247. inferential
1248. infiltrate
1249. infiltration
1250. inflammatory
1251. infuriate
1252. infuriating
1253. ingrate
1254. ingratiate
1255. inhaling
1256. inharmonic
1257. inhumanity
1258. inimical
1259. injure
1260. injuring
1261. innate
1262. innumerable
1263. inoculate
1264. inquiring
1265. inquiry
1266. inscription
1267. inscrutable
1268. insidious
1269. insolent
1270. insolubility
1271. inspissate
1272. instability
1273. instinct
1274. instinctive
1275. insufferable
1276. insufficiency
1277. insured
1278. insurer
1279. integrate
1280. integration
1281. intensification
1282. interception
1283. intercession
1284. interesting
1285. interfere
1286. interlocutory
1287. interloper
1288. international
1289. internationalist
1290. interrelate
1291. interrelated
1292. interstice
1293. intertwine
1294. intolerable
1295. intolerance
1296. intrepid
1297. intrepidity
1298. intrusion
1299. invalidity
1300. invaluable
1301. invertebrate
1302. invincible
1303. inviolable
1304. involuted
1305. involution
1306. ipecac
1307. ironing
1308. ironmonger
1309. irrefutable
1310. irregular
1311. irretrievable
1312. irreverence
1313. irritation
1314. Isaiah
1315. isotherm
1316. isotope
1317. itchiness
1318. jaeger
1319. Japan
1320. Japanese
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1321. Jehovah
1322. jejune
1323. jerry-built
1324. jersey
1325. jewfish
1326. Jewish
1327. jingoism
1328. jinricksha
1329. Joshua
1330. jostle
1331. joyously
1332. justified
1333. justify
1334. kayak
1335. keelhaul
1336. kindling
1337. knee-deep
1338. knotting
1339. knotty
1340. krypton
1341. kudzu
1342. Kurd
1343. Kwanza
1344. lachrymal
1345. lachrymose
1346. lacuna
1347. lama
1348. lamasery
1349. lampoon
1350. lamprey
1351. landlady
1352. landlocked
1353. lankly
1354. lanolin
1355. larceny
1356. larder
1357. lathe
1358. laughing
1359. laughingstock
1360. lawbreaker
1361. lazier
1362. lazily
1363. leap year
1364. lectured
1365. lecturing
1366. legalize
1367. legally
1368. legionnaire
1369. legislate
1370. lemonade
1371. leopard
1372. leper
1373. lethal
1374. lethargic
1375. leveret
1376. leviathan
1377. liaison
1378. librarian
1379. lieu
1380. lieutenancy
1381. light-headed
1382. lighthearted
1383. lilac
1384. Lilliputian
1385. limpet
1386. limpid
1387. lingerie
1388. lionize
1389. liter
1390. literacy
1391. Lithuania
1392. litigable
1393. liven
1394. loathsome
1395. lobar
1396. locative
1397. Lohengrin
1398. loincloth
1399. long-suffering
1400. lothario
1401. low-spirited
1402. lucidity
1403. Lucifer
1404. lumberjack
1405. lustration
1406. lutein
1407. lying-in
1408. lymph
1409. macaw
1410. Macedonia
1411. mackintosh
1412. magazine
1413. magnetic
1414. magnetism
1415. mahogany
1416. mahout
1417. majority
1418. makeshift
1419. malediction
1420. malefaction
1421. maline
1422. malinger
1423. mammon
1424. mammoth
1425. mandible
1426. mandolin
1427. mangrove
1428. mangy
1429. manifesto
1430. manifold
1431. man-of-war
1432. manometer
1433. manufacture
1434. manufacturing
1435. marcel
1436. marcelled
1437. mariner
1438. marionette
1439. marquetry
1440. marquis
1441. martial
1442. martin
1443. mascarpone
1444. masochism
1445. matchmaker
1446. matchmaking
1447. mathematician
1448. mathematics
1449. mausoleum
1450. maverick
1451. mea culpa
1452. meadow
1453. measurable
1454. measure
1455. median
1456. medievalism
1457. mediocre
1458. megacycle
1459. mellifluent
1460. mellifluous
1461. memento
1462. memoir
1463. menage
1464. menagerie
1465. merchandise
1466. merchandiser
1467. merely
1468. merest
1469. mesa
1470. mésalliance
1471. messianic
1472. metallurgy
1473. metalworking
1474. metathetic
1475. metazoan
1476. methodize
1477. Methuselah
1478. mezzanine
1479. mezzo
1480. microfilm
1481. microgroove
1482. middleman
1483. middle-of-the-road
1484. midway
1485. Midwest
1486. might
1487. migration
1488. migratory
1489. militarize
1490. militarizing
1491. millet
1492. milord
1493. milquetoast
1494. mineral
1495. mineralogy
1496. ministerial
1497. ministrant
1498. minute hand
1499. misalliance
1500. misanthrope
1501. misbehaving
1502. misbehavior
1503. mischance
1504. mischief
1505. misdoer
1506. misdoing
1507. misguided
1508. mishandle
1509. mismatch
1510. mismate
1511. misquotation
1512. misquote
1513. missive
1514. Missouri
1515. mistiness
1516. mistletoe
1517. mite
1518. mitigate
1519. mobile
1520. moderately
1521. moderating
1522. modified
1523. modifier
1524. Mohammedan
1525. moiling
1526. Monaco
1527. monad
1528. monetize
1529. money
1530. monition
1531. monitor
1532. monogamist
1533. monogamous
1534. monomial
1535. monoplane
1536. monotype
1537. monoxide
1538. Montezuma II
1539. Montgomery
1540. moonstone
2017 Senior Spell Bowl pg. 7
1541. moonstruck
1542. morally
1543. morass
1544. Mormon
1545. Mormonism
1546. morris
1547. morsel
1548. mortuary
1549. mosaic
1550. mother-in-law
1551. motherland
1552. motorcade
1553. mountainous
1554. mountebank
1555. muffin
1556. mulligatawny
1557. mullion
1558. multiplier
1559. multiply
1560. munificence
1561. munificent
1562. muscat
1563. muscatel
1564. musk ox
1565. muskellunge
1566. Mussorgsky
1567. muster
1568. mustiness
1569. mutinous
1570. mutiny
1571. mynah
1572. mystify
1573. mystifyingly
1574. name-dropper
1575. narcissism
1576. narcissus
1577. nascency
1578. nascent
1579. nationalism
1580. nationalistic
1581. naturally
1582. naval
1583. navel
1584. necessitate
1585. necessitous
1586. negativity
1587. neglectful
1588. neighbor
1589. neighborhood
1590. nephritis
1591. nepotism
1592. nethermost
1593. neuronic
1594. neuropathic
1595. nevertheless
1596. New Hampshire
1597. newscaster
1598. newsdealer
1599. Nicaragua
1600. nigh
1601. night owl
1602. nimbleness
1603. Nipponese
1604. nobleman
1605. nobleness
1606. nohow
1607. noiseless
1608. nominee
1609. non compos mentis
1610. nonconformity
1611. nondescript
1612. nonsectarian
1613. nonsense
1614. Norseman
1615. North America
1616. nose-dive
1617. nosegay
1618. notched
1619. notoriety
1620. notorious
1621. novena
1622. novice
1623. nucleons
1624. nucleus
1625. numberer
1626. numberless
1627. numskull
1628. nuncio
1629. nutrient
1630. nutriment
1631. Oakland
1632. oakum
1633. obelisk
1634. Oberammergau
1635. objective
1636. objectivity
1637. obliqueness
1638. obliquity
1639. obscenity
1640. obscurant
1641. observer
1642. observingly
1643. obstinacy
1644. obstinate
1645. obtrusive
1646. obtrusively
1647. occiput
1648. occlude
1649. occurrent
1650. occurring
1651. octahedron
1652. octameter
1653. offender
1654. officious
1655. oilcloth
1656. oilskin
1657. oleaginous
1658. Olympics
1659. Olympus
1660. omnipotence
1661. omnipotent
1662. one-track
1663. one-way
1664. oozed
1665. oozing
1666. opera
1667. opéra bouffe
1668. ophthalmology
1669. opiate
1670. opportunistic
1671. opportunity
1672. optician
1673. optics
1674. oracularity
1675. orally
1676. orchestra
1677. orchestral
1678. Oregon
1679. organdy
1680. origin
1681. original
1682. ornery
1683. ornithological
1684. orthoepist
1685. orthoepy
1686. osculation
1687. osculatory
1688. osteology
1689. osteopath
1690. ottoman
1691. outdistance
1692. outstretched
1693. overawe
1694. ovoid
1695. ovule
1696. oxidization
1697. oxidize
1698. Pachelbel
1699. pachyderm
1700. pacific
1701. packsaddle
1702. pagoda
1703. palatability
1704. palatable
1705. palette
1706. palfrey
1707. palmetto
1708. palmist
1709. pampas grass
1710. pandowdy
1711. panegyrist
1712. panorama
1713. panoramic
1714. panzer
1715. papacy
1716. par excellence
1717. parable
1718. Paraguay
1719. parakeet
1720. parameter
1721. parametric
1722. parboil
1723. parceled
1724. paretic
1725. parfait
1726. parlay
1727. parley
1728. paroxysm
1729. paroxysmal
1730. parson
1731. parsonage
1732. participle
1733. particle
1734. partridge
1735. parturient
1736. passenger
1737. passerby
1738. pastern
1739. Pasteur
1740. Patagonia
1741. paternity
1742. paternoster
1743. patois
1744. patriarch
1745. patroller
1746. paunchiness
1747. paunchy
1748. pecuniary
1749. pedagogic
1750. pedicel
1751. pedigree
1752. pekoe
1753. penalize
1754. penalizing
1755. penetrable
1756. penetrate
1757. penmanship
1758. pennant
1759. pensionary
1760. pensioner
2017 Senior Spell Bowl pg. 8
1761. penurious
1762. penury
1763. per annum
1764. per capita
1765. percept
1766. perceptibility
1767. perdition
1768. peregrinate
1769. perfidy
1770. perforate
1771. pericarditis
1772. pericardium
1773. peripheral
1774. periphery
1775. periwinkle
1776. perjure
1777. permissibility
1778. permissible
1779. perpetuate
1780. perpetuation
1781. persistence
1782. persistent
1783. personifying
1784. personnel
1785. pertain
1786. pertinacious
1787. pervading
1788. pervasion
1789. pestilential
1790. pestle
1791. petrifaction
1792. petrify
1793. petulance
1794. petulant
1795. pharaoh
1796. pharisaic
1797. pheasant
1798. phenobarbital
1799. philatelist
1800. philately
1801. philosophical
1802. phlebitis
1803. phonic
1804. phosphatidyl
1805. phosphorus
1806. photoelectric
1807. pianoforte
1808. picturesque
1809. picturing
1810. piety
1811. pikestaff
1812. pilaf
1813. pillow slip
1814. pillowy
1815. pineapple
1816. piney
1817. pious
1818. piracy
1819. pixilated
1820. placidity
1821. planetarium
1822. plasterer
1823. platoon
1824. playwright
1825. pledging
1826. Pleiades
1827. plexus
1828. pliability
1829. plunderer
1830. plutocratic
1831. plutonian
1832. pockmark
1833. podding
1834. pogrom
1835. Poland
1836. polar
1837. policy
1838. polio
1839. pollinating
1840. pollination
1841. polygamous
1842. polygamy
1843. polysyllabic
1844. pomposity
1845. pompous
1846. poodle
1847. populace
1848. popular
1849. porous
1850. porphyritic
1851. porterhouse
1852. portfolio
1853. Portugal
1854. Portuguese
1855. posset
1856. possibility
1857. posthumous
1858. posthumously
1859. postulator
1860. postural
1861. potential
1862. potentiality
1863. pouncing
1864. poundage
1865. practicable
1866. practicality
1867. pranced
1868. prancing
1869. prearrangement
1870. precarious
1871. precious
1872. precipice
1873. precocious
1874. precocity
1875. predestination
1876. predestine
1877. predictive
1878. predictor
1879. preemptor
1880. preened
1881. preferment
1882. preferring
1883. prejudgment
1884. prejudice
1885. premium
1886. premonition
1887. presbyter
1888. presbyterial
1889. presentable
1890. presentation
1891. pretender
1892. prevalent
1893. prevaricate
1894. prickle
1895. prickling
1896. primate
1897. primer
1898. principal
1899. principality
1900. pristine
1901. probability
1902. probable
1903. procession
1904. processional
1905. proctorial
1906. procumbent
1907. producing
1908. professional
1909. professor
1910. profusely
1911. profusion
1912. progression
1913. proletarian
1914. prolificacy
1915. prominent
1916. promulgation
1917. promulgator
1918. propagative
1919. propagator
1920. prophetic
1921. prophylaxis
1922. propositional
1923. propound
1924. prosaically
1925. proscenium
1926. prosodist
1927. prosody
1928. protectively
1929. proton
1930. protoplasm
1931. protrusive
1932. protuberance
1933. providing
1934. province
1935. prowess
1936. prowler
1937. Prussia
1938. psychiatry
1939. psychic
1940. psychosis
1941. psychosomatic
1942. publicity
1943. publicize
1944. puffin
1945. puffiness
1946. pulmonary
1947. pumice
1948. pummel
1949. pungency
1950. purblind
1951. puristic
1952. pursing
1953. pursuance
1954. push-over
1955. pusillanimity
1956. puzzling
1957. pyemia
1958. quackery
1959. quadrangle
1960. quadrupling
1961. quaff
1962. quantization
1963. quantize
1964. quarto
1965. quartz
1966. queried
1967. querulous
1968. quintillion
1969. quixotically
1970. rabbet
1971. rabbi
1972. racketeer
1973. radiograph
1974. radioisotope
1975. ramekin
1976. ramification
1977. rancidity
1978. rancor
1979. rapacity
1980. rapidity
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1981. rarefaction
1982. rarefied
1983. rathskeller
1984. ratification
1985. rattan
1986. ravishment
1987. realistic
1988. realistically
1989. rearward
1990. receptionist
1991. receptive
1992. recitation
1993. recitative
1994. recognize
1995. recondition
1996. reconnaissance
1997. recreant
1998. recreate
1999. rectifiable
2000. rectification
2001. recurrence
2002. recurrent
2003. red-hot
2004. reestablish
2005. reexamine
2006. reflection
2007. refraction
2008. refractory
2009. refurbish
2010. refusal
2011. regarding
2012. regardless
2013. regional
2014. register
2015. regulate
2016. regulation
2017. reimport
2018. reimportation
2019. rejoicing
2020. relatively
2021. relativity
2022. reliability
2023. reliable
2024. religious
2025. religiously
2026. remarkable
2027. Rembrandt
2028. remission
2029. remissness
2030. removability
2031. removable
2032. rendition
2033. renegade
2034. renovating
2035. renovation
2036. repairman
2037. reparable
2038. repel
2039. repelled
2040. replaceable
2041. repository
2042. repossess
2043. reprieve
2044. reprimand
2045. reprise
2046. reprove
2047. repulsion
2048. repulsive
2049. requital
2050. requite
2051. resembling
2052. resident
2053. residential
2054. resister
2055. resistibility
2056. respire
2057. respiring
2058. restitution
2059. resultant
2060. retaliation
2061. retaliative
2062. retrench
2063. retrogressive
2064. retrospect
2065. reveled
2066. reveling
2067. reverie
2068. revering
2069. rhapsodize
2070. rhapsodizing
2071. rhinal
2072. rhinestone
2073. rhyming
2074. rhythm
2075. ricocheted
2076. riddance
2077. rifling
2078. rigorous
2079. rime
2080. Rio de Janeiro
2081. risqué
2082. Roanoke
2083. rocketry
2084. roly-poly
2085. Romulus
2086. rosette
2087. rosewood
2088. Rotterdam
2089. roundabout
2090. roundelay
2091. rowdiness
2092. rubicundity
2093. ruble
2094. rummaging
2095. ruthlessly
2096. sacrament
2097. sacramental
2098. sagacious
2099. sainted
2100. Salem
2101. saleratus
2102. sallying
2103. salmagundi
2104. salutation
2105. salutatorian
2106. Samoa
2107. samovar
2108. sanctifying
2109. sanctimonious
2110. sanely
2111. Santa Fe
2112. Santiago
2113. sarcasm
2114. sarcastic
2115. sassafras
2116. Satan
2117. satirical
2118. satirist
2119. Saturn
2120. saturnalian
2121. sauté
2122. sauteed
2123. savory
2124. Savoy
2125. scabbing
2126. scantly
2127. scanty
2128. scarlatina
2129. scarlet
2130. scenically
2131. scented
2132. schizophrenia
2133. schizophrenic
2134. schottische
2135. sciatic
2136. sclerotic
2137. scoffer
2138. scorpion
2139. Scotchman
2140. scrawny
2141. screaming
2142. scripture
2143. scrivener
2144. scrutiny
2145. scudded
2146. scurrying
2147. scurvily
2148. Sealyham terrier
2149. seat belt
2150. Seattle
2151. secluding
2152. seclusion
2153. secretion
2154. secretive
2155. securely
2156. seduction
2157. seductive
2158. segmentally
2159. seismology
2160. seize
2161. self-conscious
2162. self-control
2163. selvage
2164. semantic
2165. seminary
2166. seneschal
2167. senile
2168. sensible
2169. sentience
2170. sentient
2171. sepsis
2172. September
2173. sequential
2174. sequester
2175. serfdom
2176. serge
2177. serous
2178. servility
2179. set-to
2180. Seville
2181. sewage
2182. shackling
2183. Shakespeare
2184. Shakespearean
2185. shampoo
2186. shampooed
2187. shareware
2188. sharkskin
2189. sheathe
2190. sheathed
2191. shellacked
2192. shellacking
2193. shibboleth
2194. shielder
2195. shoring
2196. shoveled
2197. shrewdly
2198. shrewish
2199. shrubbery
2200. shrubby
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2201. shylock
2202. sienna
2203. sierra
2204. signature
2205. signet
2206. silhouette
2207. silhouetted
2208. simian
2209. simpleton
2210. simplicity
2211. Sinai
2212. sincere
2213. sinuosity
2214. sinuous
2215. Sistine
2216. sketchy
2217. skewer
2218. skinniness
2219. sledge
2220. slipperiness
2221. sluice
2222. sluicing
2223. smattering
2224. smokehouse
2225. sniping
2226. snipped
2227. soapier
2228. socialization
2229. socialize
2230. solecism
2231. solely
2232. solidified
2233. solidify
2234. solstice
2235. solubility
2236. someone
2237. somersault
2238. somnolent
2239. sonant
2240. sootiness
2241. sorbet
2242. sotto voce
2243. soubrette
2244. Sousa
2245. southeasterly
2246. spareness
2247. sparerib
2248. spastic
2249. spate
2250. spearmint
2251. specifying
2252. specimen
2253. spectroscopy
2254. spectrum
2255. speleologist
2256. sphericity
2257. spheroid
2258. spinster
2259. spiritualistic
2260. spirituality
2261. sponsorial
2262. spontaneity
2263. sprig
2264. sprightliness
2265. sprucely
2266. sprucing
2267. sputterer
2268. squarer
2269. squeamish
2270. squeegee
2271. stability
2272. stabilization
2273. stagnancy
2274. staleness
2275. staler
2276. standardization
2277. starchy
2278. starveling
2279. starving
2280. statism
2281. statistic
2282. staying
2283. steeplechase
2284. steeplejack
2285. stenography
2286. stenotypist
2287. sterility
2288. sterilization
2289. stickle
2290. stimulative
2291. stimuli
2292. stipulator
2293. stipulatory
2294. stodginess
2295. stodgy
2296. stomachic
2297. stonecutter
2298. Strait of Hormuz
2299. strangulate
2300. strangulation
2301. stretcher
2302. strewed
2303. stringed
2304. stringency
2305. stroller
2306. sturgeon
2307. suable
2308. suasion
2309. subjacency
2310. subjacent
2311. sublimate
2312. sublimating
2313. submission
2314. submissive
2315. subpoenaing
2316. subrogation
2317. subsidence
2318. subsidiary
2319. substation
2320. substitute
2321. suburb
2322. suburban
2323. succinct
2324. succor
2325. suede
2326. suet
2327. suffragan
2328. suffrage
2329. suicidal
2330. suicide
2331. sulkiness
2332. sulky
2333. sultriness
2334. sultry
2335. summoning
2336. sumpter
2337. superficial
2338. superficiality
2339. supernal
2340. supernatural
2341. supervise
2342. supervising
2343. suppliant
2344. supplicant
2345. supposed
2346. supposing
2347. surah
2348. surcease
2349. surgical
2350. surging
2351. surprising
2352. surprisingly
2353. survey
2354. surveying
2355. suspicious
2356. Susquehanna
2357. swaddling
2358. swagger
2359. swatch
2360. swath
2361. sweetmeats
2362. swinish
2363. sworn
2364. sybarite
2365. syllabus
2366. syllogism
2367. symphonic
2368. symphony
2369. syncopating
2370. syncopation
2371. synonymic
2372. synonymity
2373. synthetically
2374. tabernacle
2375. taboret
2376. tabular
2377. tactics
2378. tactile
2379. talisman
2380. taming
2381. Tammany
2382. tangoed
2383. tapestry
2384. tapeworm
2385. tarred
2386. tarried
2387. taxation
2388. tearful
2389. technology
2390. tedious
2391. telemetry
2392. teleology
2393. temerity
2394. temper
2395. temporary
2396. temporize
2397. tenement
2398. tenet
2399. tenuity
2400. tenuous
2401. Terpsichore
2402. terpsichorean
2403. terrify
2404. territorial
2405. testimonial
2406. testimony
2407. textual
2408. texture
2409. their
2410. thematic
2411. themselves
2412. theosophical
2413. theosophy
2414. there
2415. thermometric
2416. thermonuclear
2417. they’re
2418. thieves
2419. thighbone
2420. thoracic
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2421. thorax
2422. threesome
2423. threnody
2424. throttle
2425. through
2426. tiara
2427. tigress
2428. timidity
2429. tinsel
2430. titan
2431. toadstool
2432. toaster
2433. toiler
2434. toiletry
2435. tomorrow
2436. tonal
2437. tontine
2438. torque
2439. torrent
2440. totalitarian
2441. totality
2442. tourney
2443. tourniquet
2444. toxicity
2445. toxicological
2446. tradesman
2447. trainee
2448. trainload
2449. transcendent
2450. transcontinental
2451. transformation
2452. transformative
2453. translate
2454. translation
2455. transparency
2456. transparent
2457. trappings
2458. Trappist
2459. treadle
2460. treadmill
2461. trematode
2462. tremble
2463. triangle
2464. triangular
2465. tricolor
2466. trihedral
2467. trilateral
2468. triumph
2469. triumphant
2470. troller
2471. trolley
2472. troublous
2473. trough
2474. truffle
2475. trustworthy
2476. tuberosity
2477. tuberous
2478. tumefaction
2479. tumid
2480. turbid
2481. turbine
2482. turbocharger
2483. turmoil
2484. tutelage
2485. tutelary
2486. typecast
2487. typesetter
2488. tyrannous
2489. tyranny
2490. ulna
2491. ulnar
2492. umbrageous
2493. umbrella
2494. unaware
2495. unbalanced
2496. unburden
2497. unction
2498. understatement
2499. undoubtedly
2500. unerring
2501. unevenness
2502. unfitted
2503. unflagging
2504. unguarded
2505. unguent
2506. uniformity
2507. unify
2508. uniting
2509. unity
2510. unleavened
2511. unnatural
2512. unnecessary
2513. unprofessional
2514. unprovoked
2515. unrivaled
2516. unsheathe
2517. unsuited
2518. untangle
2519. unwary
2520. unwholesome
2521. uphold
2522. upholstery
2523. urgency
2524. urgent
2525. usurp
2526. usurpation
2527. vagarious
2528. vagary
2529. validate
2530. validation
2531. Vancouver
2532. vandal
2533. variability
2534. variable
2535. varlet
2536. varnish
2537. vegetable
2538. vegetal
2539. velum
2540. Venezuela
2541. vengeance
2542. ventricular
2543. ventriloquist
2544. verbose
2545. verbosity
2546. verisimilar
2547. verisimilitude
2548. veronica
2549. Versailles
2550. vesicant
2551. vestigial
2552. vetch
2553. veteran
2554. vibrancy
2555. vibrant
2556. vicinity
2557. vicious
2558. viewpoint
2559. vigil
2560. villainous
2561. villainy
2562. violable
2563. violate
2564. virile
2565. virility
2566. visibility
2567. vitalize
2568. vitamin
2569. vivacity
2570. vividly
2571. vocalization
2572. vocalize
2573. volant
2574. volatile
2575. voluminous
2576. voluntary
2577. Vonnegut
2578. voucher
2579. waffle
2580. waistcoat
2581. wallet
2582. walleyed
2583. washable
2584. wastage
2585. water-logged
The only source used for pronunciations and definitions used in competitions will be the
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. Words must have identical
spellings in both this word list and the dictionary in order to be used in competition. If a
discrepancy appears, words that do not match will not be used in competition.
2586. wattmeter
2587. wavelet
2588. wayward
2589. weaken
2590. weather-strip
2591. weave
2592. weigh
2593. weight
2594. Welshman
2595. welter
2596. whaleback
2597. whaleboat
2598. wheeze
2599. wheezily
2600. wherewithal
2601. wherry
2602. whinny
2603. whiskey
2604. whispered
2605. Whitsunday
2606. whittle
2607. wickerwork
2608. wigwag
2609. willy-nilly
2610. Wilmington
2611. windowpane
2612. window-shopper
2613. Winnipeg
2614. wiseacre
2615. withering
2616. wordage
2617. wordily
2618. worldly-wise
2619. worldwide
2620. worthwhile
2621. wreathe
2622. wreathing
2623. wrinkly
2624. wristband
2625. xanthophyll
2626. Xavier
2627. yachtsman
2628. yeasty
2629. yellowish
2630. yokel
2631. Yokohama
2632. your
2633. you’re
2634. Yugoslav
2635. Yugoslavia
2636. zeppelin
2637. zodiac
2638. zombie
2639. zwieback
2640. zygote
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Senior Spell Bowl
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