> > > Dar"e you to steal this joke; I have a l"ien
> > >
> > > (I know that's weak. I know! But how many words
> > > can *you* think of that end in "ien"?)
> >
> > Lien - debt, obligation.
> > Bien - good (borrowed from French/Spanish).
> > Mien - expression.
> > Wien - some scientist's name.
> >
> > Umm. I guess four.
>
> Here are some spares...
>
> ancien
> antialien
> Cap Haitien
> Ch'ien
> Chretien
> Damien
> dien
> Dorrien
> Fengtien
> Fukien
> Haitien
> Ho-t'ien
> ich dien
> Ninghsien
> quien
> rien
> Saghalien
> Smith-Dorrien
> Ta-lien
> Tien
> t'ien
> Tolkien
> Vivien
> Wuhsien

... Err... Okay. :-} After examining the list, though, I'm inclined to think my choice of "lien" was the best, weak though it may have been. Though, come to think of it, I could have done fun stuff with "Tolkien"...

How on *earth* much time did you spend on that, enile? :-} Just for that, I'll do something for you: words ending in "ile!"

acetonitrile
acidophile
acrylonitrile
aedile
afebrile
agile
ailurophile
airmobile
amphiphile
Anglophile
anile
antimissile
audile
audiophile
automobile
awhile

And those are just the "a"s!

Dar"ing interpreter of Tolk"ien