“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 16.

Blurb & other Episodes

Phytotoxins quickly ravaged sturdy beings; elements that killed grooms, horses and fauna – unwitting victims.

Wood absorbed deadly compounds into xylem liquid; mirroring necrotic yellowing of jaundice.

Zoopery?

Glossary:

Phytotoxins                 plant poisons

Xylem                         plant tissue

Necrotic                      pertaining to the death of tissue in response to disease or injury.

Zoopery                       experimentation on animals

Archibald’s ‘Horse of the Day’

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

Phar Lap: As Australia and New Zealand’s most famed Thoroughbred racehorse. who won 37 of his 51 career starts, this is a Punter’s dream.

[While the fate of Phar Lap has never been resolved, the popular consensus from a 2000 necropsy is that he was poisoned with a large dose of arsenic.]

Jamila’s ‘Daily Poison’

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

Pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium);

Distribution: Tasmania, Ecuador, Balkans, Kenya, Tanzania;

Toxic principle: pyrethrins; Though pyrethrins are typically viewed as being among the safest insecticides in the market due to their rapid degradation in the environment, synthetic pyrethroids are comparatively toxic.

Symptoms: In mammals, toxic exposure to pyrethrum can lead to tongue and lip numbness, drooling, lethargy, muscle tremors, respiratory failure, vomiting, diarrhoea, seizures, paralysis, and death.

Word Links

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

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“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 15.

Blurb & other Episodes

Oxyblepsia proffers questionable judgement, requiring beholders manifest solid evidence.

Ketch tracks lead from a holm upstream, veering Westwards.

Deposited xenoliths implicate yachty Zollie, castigating navigational gear.

Glossary:

Holm                           island in a river

Ketch                           a two-masted, fore-and-aft rigged sailing boat with a mizzenmast stepped forward of the rudder and smaller than its foremast.

Oxyblepsia                  extremely keen sight

Xenolith                      piece of rock brought in from another area

Yachty                        relating to yachts

Archibald’s ‘Horse of the Day’

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

Ogygian is my Outsider, even though he is one of the top 250 US racehorses at No. 133.

Jamila’s ‘Daily Poison’

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

Oleander (Nerium oleander); In Sanskrit the plant’s name means ‘Horse killer’; in Arabic and Italian it means ‘Ass killer’. Goats are immune.

Distribution: Southern Europe, Asia, southern US;

Toxic principle: cardiac glycosides, oldendrin, and nerioside;

Symptoms: sweating, vomiting, bloody diarrhoea, unconsciousness, respiratory paralysis, and death.

Word Links

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

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Blogging from A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal 2016

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“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 14.

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Nefarious operators protest. Quayside alibis remove suspects bar three fanatical gamblers united in ketch manoeuvres.

Vocal witnesses, demanding justice, call Xander, Yoshi, especially Zollie, lucripetous humgruffins.

Glossary:

Humgruffin                 terrible person

Ketch                           a two-masted, fore-and-aft rigged sailing boat with a mizzenmast stepped forward of the rudder and smaller than its foremast.

Lucripetous                 eager for gain

Archibald’s ‘Horse of the Day’

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

Nijinsky could have been my Nap in 1970 for the Englsh Triple Crown, but then he was the last horse to win that.

Jamila’s ‘Daily Poison’

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

Narcissus (incl. Narcissus poeticus); All Narcissus species contain the alkaloid poison lycorine, mostly in the bulb but also in the leaves;

Distribution: Southern Europe and Mediterranean in origin, but worldwide;

Toxic principle: Toxicity varies with species, N. poeticus being more toxic than N. pseudonarcissus, for instance. Members of the monocot subfamily Amaryllidoideae present a unique type of alkaloids, the norbelladine alkaloids, which are 4-methylcatechol derivatives combined with tyrosine.

Symptoms: The toxic effects of ingesting Narcissus products for both man and animals (such as cattle, goats, pigs and cats) have long been recognised and they have been used in suicide attempts. Salivation, acute abdominal pains, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea, then neurological and cardiac events, including trembling, tetanic convulsions, paralysis and death.

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

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“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 13.

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Mimetic nauticals on punters qualifies as devious.

Reasoning suggests they control justifiably useful vessels, whether xebecs, yawls, even zabras.

Killicks grant incursive landfalls by hippic farmland.

Glossary:

Hippic                         of, like or pertaining to horses

Killick                         small anchor or heavy stone used as an anchor

Mimetic                       imitative; of, like or pertaining to mimicry

Xebec                          small three-masted pirate ship

Yawl                           a two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailboat with the mizzenmast stepped far aft so that the mizzen boom overhangs the stern.

Zabra                           small sailing vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal

Archibald’s ‘Horse of the Day’

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

Man o’ War with his 20 wins out of 21 races might have attracted a Monkey. Of course he won $249,465 in purses.

Jamila’s ‘Daily Poison’

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

Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia); poisonous to several different animals, including horses, goats, cattle, deer, monkeys, and humans.

Distribution: North America;

Toxic principle: andromedotoxin;

Symptoms: hypersalivation, tears, impaired vision, tingling of skin, dizziness, vomiting, muscular paralysis, kidney failure, convulsions, coma, death; children are poisoned by eating leaves.

Necropsy of animals who have died from spoonwood poisoning show gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

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“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 12.

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Lupicide must never obnumbrate probing. Quizzically, Archibald roasts executioners boasting, “Slaying those unwanted vermin, just culled wolves”.

Factors divulge xenogenous yearling killings.

“Garbed in zabra habilement?”

Glossary:

Habiliment                attire

Lupicide                      killing of a wolf

Obumbrate                to overshadow

Xenogenous              (Pathology) caused by or originating from an external or foreign body

Zabra                           small sailing vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal

Archibald’s ‘Horse of the Day’

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

Lottery might have been a Layer’s challenge back in 1839, depending on the racecourse.

Jamila’s ‘Daily Poison’

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

Larkspur (Delphinium species);

Distribution: northern temperate regions;

Toxic principle: delphinine, delphinoidine, delphisine, and other alkaloids;

Symptoms: burning and inflammation of mouth, nausea, vomiting, respiratory distress, itching, cyanosis; one of the greatest causes of death in grazing livestock.

Word Links

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

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

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“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 11.

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Kidney failure blaming laurel ingestion mirrors, notably, other poisons.

“Quixotic reasoning,” deduced Jamila.

Except her suspects traditionally cultivated unkempt vegetation with xyris, yaupon, and zebra grass.

Glossary:

Quixotic          extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.

Xyris               a genus of flowering plants in the Yellow-eyed-grass family.

Yaupon           a holly of the southern US. Sometimes dried and brewed as a tea, its bitter leaves contain caffeine and have emetic properties.

Zebra grass      ‘Zebrinus’ is a deciduous grass with arching, linear leaves bearing transverse bands of cream or pale yellow

Toxic grass: http://homeguides.sfgate.com/poisonous-ornamental-grasses-22480.html

Yaupon toxicity: http://www.pawsdogdaycare.com/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants/yaupon

                        http://naturallysavvy.com/blog/yaupon-leaves-are-safe-but-dont-eat-the-berries

Archibald’s ‘Horse of the Day’

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

Kincsem was a Hungarian mare that won 54 races for 54 starts against female and male rivals in five countries. Backing the most successful Thoroughbred racehorse ever would have yielded 54 cool Kites.

Jamila’s ‘Daily Poison’

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

Kissing bug (Triatoma species);

Distribution: Latin America, United States;

Toxic principle: unknown;

Symptoms: bite usually painless; later itching, edema about the bite, nausea, palpitation, redness; the bite is of relatively minor importance but spreads Chagas disease caused by a trypanosome (protozoan)

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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.

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Blogging from A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal 2016

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