Tail Biting Game

[RhymeLovingWriter]

sterile
or
serious, dinghy, ventriloquist

[Ian]

Trickster
or
embarks, bleeding, initiative

[N. Y. Sonnet]

Geriatric
or
systems, able, martini

[RhymeLovingWriter]

ledger

or

system, table, smart

[N. Y. Sonnet]

whiled
or
sonsy (I know that's been done before, but I couldn't think of anything else), myxomycophyta, idealism

[RhymeLovingWriter]

erstwhile

or

lessons, stormy, cyanide

[N. Y. Sonnet]

tigers

or

ageless, ancestor (I almost did stance...but that would be cheating ), wardency

[N. Y. Sonnet]

That's so cool that you got to live there! I've always wanted to see Venice...

[RhymeLovingWriter]

vestige

or

language, resistance, or toward

[RhymeLovingWriter]

It does - the Rialto is beautiful - as is all of Venice. We had the good fortune to live in Vicenza - about 1/2 hour away - for 3 years while my husband was in the military. Lovely memories!

[N. Y. Sonnet]

Ives (it's a name)

or

ylang-ylang, iontophoresis, Rialto (an area in Venice...does that count?)

[N. Y. Sonnet]

Thanks. More accurately, though, I have a really good dictionary... Of course, I only turn to it in dire times of need...

[RhymeLovingWriter]

tentative

or

aryl, onion, aerial

[RhymeLovingWriter]

I see you have a vocabulary following Grantian proportions. Forgive me, but I will forever be taking it down a notch or two.

[N. Y. Sonnet]

usherette

or

catenary, fetation, or pedicellariae

Your words are great, by the way. You could use them as a poetry prompt.