A Trip Through Time: Definition Theatre for November 3rd, 2009

This week's edition of Definition Theatre is a greatest hits from the last few months. Since it is now November, I am entering my annual hibernation mode and participating in National Novel Writing Month. It is a challenge to write a 50,000 word novel (or novella) in a 30 day time frame. Having that kind of a deadline, and doing my Associated Content is a bit much, so I need to focus on NaNoWriMo for a bit.

Check out the words for this week and see if you can fill in the blanks! I took definitions we all learned over the last few months and left out a word or two... do you know what the missing words are? Are you good at fill in the blank or even "Mad Libs"? Give it a try and see what you come up with. Before reading the answers at the bottom, put yours in the comments and see how they compare to others! This can be fun! Enjoy!
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*1883 Pg 175
Measles: n.pl. an _______ disease
** 2003 Pg 401
Measles: n. 1. an acute, __________, communicable viral disease, usually of children, characterized by small, red spots on the skin, high fever, etc. 2. A similar but milder disease; esp., rubella (German measles.)

* (1883) pg 73
Crocodile:n. a large _________ animal of the lizard kind.
**(2003) pg 158
Crocodile:n. a large, lizardlike ______ of tropical streams, having a long, narrow head and massive jaws

* (1883) pg 280
Tonsil: n. a gland at the root of the ______
**(2003) pg 679
Tonsil: n. either of a pair of oval masses of ______ at the back of the mouth

* (1883) pg 198
Parachute: n. an apparatus like an umbrella for descending safely from a ________
**(2003) pg 466
Parachute: n. a cloth contrivance usually shaped like an umbrella when expanded, and used to retard the speed of one dropping from an ________, etc.

* (1883) 456
Rabbit: n. a small quadruped of the hare _____.
**(2003) 529
Rabbit: n a swift, burrowing mammal with soft fur and long ____.

*1883 Pg 254
Smallpox: n. an _______ disease
** 2003 Pg 608
Smallpox: n. an acute, ________ viral disease characterized by fever and pustules

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Answers:
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Eruptive, infectious, amphibious, reptile, tongue, tissue, balloon, airplane, tribe, ears, eruptive, contagious
(Yes, eruptive is the same for both measles and small pox!)

Sources:

* "American People's Dictionary of the English Language and Peoples Manual" , copyright 1879 & 1883, by John Marshall Wood.
** "Webster's New World Dictionary", copyright 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc.