NSF2016_Regional
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Comments: This is NSF 2016 Regional Senior Spelling Bee List
Created: 02/28/2016
Modified: 02/28/2016
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Unit 1 (293 words)
abalone, absolution, academia, acclamation, accommodation, acetone, acrolect, actinide, adagio, admonish, adobe, adobo, adolescence, adrenal, affluent, agathism, agglomerate, agglutinate, agonal, agrarianism, aileron, alchemy, aldehyde, alepidote, alkane, allegory, alliteration, allotropic, alpaca, altarpiece, amalgam, ameliorate, amenable, amicable, amigo, ammoniac, amorino, amorphous, anabasis, ancestor, ancient, android, anemology, anemone, anhydrous, animism, annihilation, anon, antebellum, anthology, anthropology, antiquarian, antiquity, aoristic, apathy, apocalyptic, apostate, apostle, appeasement, appertain, applause, aqueous, arabesque, arachnoid, arboriculture, archangel, archizoic, argonaut, armaments, arraign, arsenal, ascensor, aspic, assize, assuasive, assurgent, astrologer, atmogenic, atoll, atrophy, attaboy, aureate, autonomous, autumnal, ayatollah, azalea, b, backgammon, Backstein, badminton, baleen, ballistic, barrage, barricade, barrio, basilisk, bathybic, bayonet, bayou, beadle, beauteous, bedizen, begonia, beige, beleaguer, belle, bellicose, benedictory, benefactor, bequeath, berserk, bethel, bibelot, bibliotics, bicaudate, blasphemous, blintze, bolivar, bolshevize, bonification, bonito, borough, bowgrace, braggadocio, brail, brigadier, bronchial, bulla, Bunyanesque, burrito, buttony, c, caballero, cabana, cabriolet, cachet, cacophony, cadences, Caesar, calcaneus, calefactory, calliope, calypso, calzone, cameo, camouflage, camphor, canoeist, cantata, cantina, cantonment, cantor, capillary, carcinogenic, caribou, carmine, carnivore, carrion, carstone, Cassandra, casserole, castanets, caste, cataclastic, catholic, cauliflower, celestial, censurable, centiday, centurion, cerebellar, cesspool, chagrin, chalupa, chancellor, charlatan, chassis, chenille, chevrette, Chicano, chickling, chistera, chloroform, chowder, chronal, chutney, circuit, CIS, clambake, cloture, coagulate, cobalt, codicil, coexistence, coincidence, collateral, collation, colligate, collocate, combustible, commeasurable, commencement, commensurate, commissar, committal, concentrate, concerto, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, condolences, conjecture, connoisseur, conquistador, consolidationist, consul, contemn, contemporaneous, contentious, copepod, cornucopia, corpuscle, corral, corrode, corundum, cossack, couchette, counsel, coupe, covey, cowl, cravat, cribbage, crinet, crochet, croupier, crouton, crucible, cryology, cryptanalysis, cuckoo, culgee, culinary, cummerbund, cumuli, cumulonimbus, curriculum, cyanide, cyclorama, cynical, cynosure, cytology, d, dactyl, dative, debacle, debris, decathlon, decimate, decrepitude, decuple, deluge, demersal, demijohn, depot, depredation, dermatology, desertification, destitute, detent, deteriorate, deterrence, detonate, diabolical, diatribe, dilapidated, dilatorily, diligent, dillydally, diphthong, diplomacy, dipsomania, dirge, disagreeable, disembowel, disenable, disentangle, disfranchise, disproportionate, dissect, dissimilitude, dissimulate, dissociative
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Unit 2 (287 words)
dissolution, distillation, dittology, diva, diversionary, donzella, doughty, doxology, dramatization, drollery, dynamite, dynast, dyslexia, e, ecclesiastic, echt, ecru, edentulous, efficacy, efflorescence, effuse, egalitarian, electorally, electrolyte, electuary, emaciation, embalmment, embarcadero, embargo, embergoose, emblazon, embroider, empanada, emulsify, enalid, encore, endocrine, endothelium, endothermic, enfilade, engineering, engrail, enorganic, ensign, enthalpy, entourage, ephemeral, epidemiology, eradicate, escarpment, ester, ethanol, eulogistic, euphemism, euphonious, euphoria, euthanasia, evacuation, evangel, exchequer, excruciating, execrable, expeditionary, expeditious, expertise, expiate, expressionism, expunge, extemporaneous, F, facetious, fallow, falsetto, fandango, farthing, fauna, febricula, feliform, fennel, ferret, fiduciary, fisticuffs, fistula, flagellate, flamenco, flanger, flautino, Flinders, flotsam, folksiness, follicle, forage, forensics, formidable, fray, fritter, fronds, fulmination, fulsomely, funereal, furlough, futon, g, galleria, galvanic, ganglion, gantlet, gargantuan, gaseous, gavel, gazelle, genealogy, genus, geochrony, geriatrics, gerontology, gerrymander, gingham, goatee, golgotha, gondolet, Gordian, gorgeous, graffiti, grandiloquent, graticule, graupel, gubernatorial, gunnery, gunnysack, h, haggis, haiku, hamartia, harlequin, heathen, hecatomb, hegemony, heifer, heinousness, hematology, heptad, hexapod, hippology, histology, hombre, hominy, homogeneous, horde, hostilities, hoyle, humaniora, hustings, hydrangea, hygiene, hygroscopic, hypostasis, hypotonic, hysterical, I, idolatrous, illimitable, illuminati, illusionist, imbecile, immaculate, immiscible, immutable, impersonator, implement, incised, infiltration, infinitesimal, ingenue, iniquitous, inoculate, inopportune, inorganic, inselberg, insidious, intellectual, interdiction, interdisciplinary, interim, interment, intermezzo, interminable, intermolecular, interrex, intertidal, irascibility, irreconcilable, irreligious, irreverent, isochronal, isoelectronic, isotopic, j, Jacksonian, janiform, jingoism, juniper, junta, k, kahal, Kallikak, kathakali, keelhaul, ketone, kitsch, kona, Kremlin, Kremlinology, kudos, kugel, l, laguna, lamasery, lampoon, lamprey, lanceolate, langlauf, Lapp, larithmics, larynx, lassitude, latency, lathe, Latino, layette, lethargic, lichen, ligament, limuloid, lineolate, litigious, liverwurst, Locarno, logopedics, logorrhea, loitering, lozenge, luau, lumbriciform, luminous, Lutz, m, macadamia, maestro, maggot, maglev, magnolia, mahogany, malapert, malaria, malevolent, malfeasance, malison, malleate, malodorous, manicotti, manna, mantilla, mantra, maquette, marathon, maraud, martyr, masticate, mediterranean, medusa, megaseism, Meistersinger, melodrama, mercaptan, mercerize, mercuric, mesocracy, messiah, metabolize, metallurgy, metamorphosis, metaphor, metathesis, meteorology, minaret, minuend
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Unit 3 (298 words)
miscible, misogynist, misorientation, misprision, mistletoe, mnemonic, molecular, monastic, monaural, mongrel, monitory, montage, monte, Mornay, mosaic, mourning, muchacha, muishond, mulligan, mummery, mummify, musicale, muumuu, mynheer, myology, n, nabob, narcissus, nauseous, nebbish, neckerchief, nenuphar, neritic, netsuke, neuston, Niagara, nicad, nightingale, niobium, nix, Nobelist, nonage, noncombatant, nonnegotiable, norns, nougat, novice, numismatics, O, oarfish, obit, obliterate, obrotund, obsequious, obstetrician, occupancy, oceanography, octopod, oculus, odium, offertory, officious, ogre, Olympian, ombudsman, ominous, oolong, ophthalmic, opsimath, organogeny, orology, orzo, osculate, osmotic, ossicle, ossuary, osteitic, osteocyte, oxidize, oyster, p, pacification, padre, palberry, paleography, pallid, palooka, pampas, pandit, panegyrical, pangolin, pansied, parachronism, paradigm, parapet, paratroops, parfait, paroxysm, parry, pastina, pathology, pathos, patina, patriarch, patrician, pavlova, pedant, pedesis, Pegasus, pendule, penlop, perchlorinate, perennial, periodontal, peristaltic, periwinkle, perlingual, pernicious, personnel, pestle, phalanges, pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, pharynx, phenomenon, philanthropy, philately, phrontistery, physiology, piccata, pinafore, pippin, planar, platypus, playwright, pliant, plumage, plummeted, plunderbund, plurinominal, pneumatic, polder, polenta, poltergeist, polypeptide, pomology, ponerology, pontiff, postnuptial, powwow, prairie, precinct, precipice, predecessor, preemptive, prehensile, prelapsarian, prenuptial, prerequisite, prerogative, prestissimo, primaveral, priscan, pristine, probity, procurator, profligacy, projectionist, prompter, proscenium, prosody, prospicience, proteinase, Protestant, Protium, proviso, proximo, psyche, pueblo, pulka, punctilio, puree, purify, q, quadrilingual, quern, quietus, quixote, quorum, r, ramulose, recalcitrant, reciprocal, redolent, redoubt, redoubtable, refectory, regatta, regisseur, rehabilitation, remedial, renegade, reparations, repatriation, repertoire, repertory, repetition, reprobate, resonance, respite, rhetoric, ridiculously, riparian, rivalless, rive, roborant, roriferous, rotisserie, rotunda, roulette, roundsters, rudiments, runesmith, runnels, s, saccade, sacrosanct, saffron, sallow, salmonella, saltimbocca, sambal, Sandinista, sargassum, satchel, savvy, scagliola, scald, scalpel, scaphoid, sciolous, sconce, scourge, scree, scrimmage, scriptural, scut, seagirt, selenic, seltzer, semipermeable, septendecimal, septennial, septuplets, sequester, sequin, serotinal, serotonin, shoofly, siccative, signorina, silica, simultaneously, sinfonietta, singleton, situs, sitzmark, skerry, skirmish, skirret, skookum, slalom, smorgasbord, sockeye, solitaire, sombra, sombrero, sonatina, sortie, spaghetti, spatula, speleology, sphincter, spinet, spritz, sputnik, staccato, stamen, stellated, stethoscope, stoat, stratagem, stratocracy, stucco, stupefy, stupor, stylite, suave
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