C for Confessions-#atozchallenge

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“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 3.

Blurb & other Episodes

Confessions dictate everyone’s future. Guesses hamper investigations.

Judging kitthoge lies mandates novel operating procedures, but quickly reveals suspects. Truths unite valid witnesses.

“Xylophagous,” yelled zetetic Archibald.

Glossary:

Kitthoge                      left-handed; awkward

Xylophagous              wood-eating

Zetetic                         proceeding by inquiry; inquiring, investigating

 

Archibald’s ‘Horse of the Day’

http://www.paulaura.com/betgloss.htm

Crisp as part of what could well be a Canadian – but not in 1973 Grand National.

 

Jamila’s ‘Daily Poison’

http://www.britannica.com/science/poison-biochemistry/Types-of-poison#ref396648

Cone shell (Conus species);

Distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific region;

Toxic principle: quaternary ammonium compounds and others;

Symptoms: blanching at the site of injection, cyanosis of the surrounding area, numbness, stinging or burning sensation, blurring of vision, loss of speech, difficulty in swallowing, nausea, extreme weakness, coma, and death in some cases; no specific antidote.

 

Word Links

http://www.wordfind.com/

http://phrontistery.info/glossaries.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/wordlist/adverbs.shtml

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prepositions-list.htm

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The Challenge runs over 26 days – with Sundays off for good behaviour – and each day will be based on the alphabet, from A through to Z.

Read more about the Challenge I set myself in my Theme Reveal:

Blogging from A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal 2016

For more on the Blogging from A to Z Challenge and to visit the other brave bloggers, go to the official site and this linky list.