I think we should look back to the last positive audience reaction.
The next is MINERAL and ABSTRACT.
Right, here we go with a fairly simple one that's ABSTRACT with MINERAL connections.
(tutti) Don't forget it's fundamentally abstract.
The rainbow itself. So the winner is the extraordinarily sober rab! Well done.
ABSTRACT.
Does it exist?
The next is ABSTRACT with ANIMAL connections
Further reading suggests a possible mineral component.
[Irouléguy] No.
[Inkspot] YES!
[Raak] Maybe, not sure.
[irach] "The atmosphere" are not the words that appear on the card.
[Irouléguy] No.
[irach] No.
[irach] No.
[Raak, irach, CdM, Rosie] No.
[Rosie] I wouldn't be that pedantic (see CdM's last guess).
[Ir] Nope.
[irach] No.
I think I should add that the subject also has an ABSTRACT quality, which maybe ought to have been in the original definition, otherwise this may take ages.
You have all wandered into the outer regions of darkness where it is very cold. Look at the answer to Lib's second question. This is man-made.
But we have a winner, and it's RAAK, with the Severn Tunnel. Your go.
Grows on a tree? (rather than a bush/on the ground etc)
Does it have a stone?
Canteloupe?
Clarification. Sorry to confuse you, I've confused myself too. so...
Fictional? (ie 1. the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, esp. in prose form. 2. works of this class, as novels or short stories: detective fiction. 3. something feigned, invented, or imagined. 4. the act of feigning, inventing, or imagining. 5. an imaginary thing or event, postulated for the purposes of argument or explanation.) NO
Fictitious? Having looked at many definitions, NO to most but YES to "imaginatively produced or set forth".
Sorry to get in a twist, hope this helps a little. (The dictionary definitions are to help my easily overwhelmed mind, as I know you are all far more eloquent than me!)
One slightly damp baton handed on.
The next one is MINERAL, VEGETABLE, and ABSTRACT.
To recap and give a nudge into a more fruitful path: it's a container of things made of wood and metal, which features in a well-known simile, and which could be found in various places, including the home.
There are four words, including the indefinite article.
The next is A B S T R A C T.
*BUT clarification (as always): Whilst I say there are no moving parts, one element of the object will move if the item is utilised...
Your next AVMA for consideration and interrogation is ABSTRACT
Right, earwig-o with ABSTRACT and MINERAL or ABSTRACT..
Nothing whatsoever to do with steam engines.
This is not a technical term but possibly used to be.
Now, this time it's MINERAL
Switiching off at 3.45 BST, 2.45 GMT.
Clarification: This (or these) can occur naturally, but it is rare, and the words on the card are always thought of as not a part of nature.
REMINDER "The country" is nothing more than the instinctive answer most people would give to the question "Where would you find (words on the card)?" (Words on the card) can be found in many countries.
Right, your next AVMA is
Itsa MINERAL and ABSTRACT
Next up:
A N I M A L / A B S T R A C T
The issue comes in that I forgot the British point 3 questions ago. See new guess above.
A different aspect of language needs to be considered.
The next is MINERAL, with VEGETABLE connections.
1. We have recently established that, although it is abstract, it is a proper noun, despite my asserting the contrary, which will probably haunt me forever.
2. The question of whether it exists or not depends entirely on your point of view, which is to say that some people would assert that it exists and others would assert that it does not. Its very existence is a matter of dispute. It is my belief that it does not exist and is therefore abstract.
3. To the extent that it does exist, it purports to be a country, that is to say, those who believe that it does exist refer to it by a name (yes, a proper noun; sorry, again).
4. To the extent that it does exist, it is substantially, but not exclusively in Australisia/Oceania. The question of the whole, or part of Antarctica has some up more than once and is relevant.
5. To the extent that it does exist, its territorial rights are in dispute.
6. To the extent that it does exist, it does not comprise a single landmass, but several.
A N I M A L with a tinge of ABSTRACTINESS
This time, it's - A N I M A L
Hint: You're all missing a feature of the answer that has been the subject of two questions and answers.
The next is M I N E R A L.
OK, out next AVMA is VEGETABLE
The next is MINERAL (primarily) with an ANIMAL connection.
BRITAIN. The informal name for the United Kingdom.Compare with the following from here.
BRITISH is the formal designation of the nationality of citizens of the United Kingdom, and of certain others.
The adjective "British" is, of course, used in relation to Great Britain but there is also a common tendency to use it when referring to issues relating to both Great Britain and the United Kingdom. This is inaccurate and from a legal point of view erroneous. [emphasis mine]
Sometimes, however, in legislation the term "British" is used to refer to the United Kingdom as a whole, especially in matters relating to the question of nationality.
At one point Wikipedia suggests that Britain might be used for the island alone, and Great Britain for England, Scotland & Wales (ie including the Isle of Wight, Anglesey and so on), but it doesn't give a source for this, and I'm not sure why anyone except geographers would need such a distinction.
Anyway, our next is ABSTRACT, containing ANIMAL and VEGETABLE with a small amount of MINERAL.
This next one is A N I M A L.
The words on the card are singular, preceded by the indefinite article.
Mmmm, bu**er! That means I'll have to think of something.
I know!
ABSTRACT with ANIMAL, MINERAL and VEGETABLE connections.
The phrase [hone in] seems to have become established in American English, and is apparently beginning to be used in British English (Garner has a British example). If you use it, you should be aware that some people will think you have made a mistake.Not surprisingly, the folks at Language Log have have also discussed it quite a bit. One of the interesting things is that though the verb to home has been around a long time, home in and hone in are both recent coinages. None of which is meant as a serious defense in my particular case, by the way; had I noticed it, I would have certainly chosen home in in preference.
VEGETABLE with ANIMAL and ABSTRACT connections.
Well done and over to you!! I'm glad that its gone because I'm away from a computer for the next 5 days and there would have been a big gap!
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I expected this one to be really easy..