Distractions and amusements, with a sandwich and coffee.
Words are easy, like the wind;
Faithful friends are hard to find.
—William Shakespeare
Somedays it's hard to know what you feel.
Maybe it's because you don't have a word for it yet.
Did that flight leave you quacy because of the kadful food? Next time, you should be more infulic and insist on an upgrade.
I like my friends both kessive and wanric, which I find to provide a nice balance. I don't generally like those who are sadry or tamty.
If this makes you weable, keep it to yourself.
Below are the alphabetically first 5–12 letter single-word unanimals for each letter. In some cases, no names of a given length were generated for a given letter.
Here are all some lists with common suffixes
*acy abmacy baplacy clacy eghacy feacy geacy henacy iceacy jhacy leacy meacy ncacy ornacy peacy quacy reacy somacy taracy unpncacy veacy weacy
*aed abmenaed baribraed calyifaed deidonaed eeraed filicaed gearaed henisifaed icifaed jrabyaed lafaed meciupaed nasibaed odaed pevibaed ralaed sadyraed tarlifaed uduraed valaed warpuifaed yisivaed
*ant aadedenant babralkant caabiohant dalhant eaxant facagrant galhant hamtlihant iabuttant jepulant kesretant lanant macnant nactant oabtant pairant qacant ranntant sabsant tanjerant uabrant vagkant wasgimant yannant zontoghant
*anted aagranted cadanted deanted eadhanted fatanted hintanted iaberanted leanted manted nanted ocranted partanted recinanted samtanted tachanted unhanted vanted wisanted yononanted
*any abany brany ceany daany ecmeraany foany gaany heany iodany krany lorany memany nmany orcany puabrany reany saany tiany umamany veany waany xeany yrany
*ate aadiwenate bodenate cabriocate damtate eaadimate faesiosate ganaonate habuinate iasate kocaterate latlerate mapicuate naiclenate oagrenate paciciate qrate rarhenate sabnate tacerate uaoonate vasferate wacteruate xelate yinanate
*ated aachinated baiated caated daatated eaderated facated gaeated haoiated iacmatated jeated keinerated lachulated maminated naaqated oalforated padhinated qated rabomated saated taidated uadenated vactinated wabenated xated yedeated
*ble aasable banible caceable damerable eable fagilable garable hafelible ibepapible jamhelable kiballible lable malable naenable oarhawable pable qafable raconable sablable tacsble uatharible vablable wacerable zomiunable
*ed aablined babefaled caagimed daatated eaabided faaded gaared habived iaberanted jabonted karionaled laared maaded naanhed oablasted paaced qaaloved raanttuled saaded tacfuleked uacricited vaased waanked xantosored yaced zimed
*ful aanful badeful caamful dadhful eacreful faapsful gacful haceful iatful jadeful kadful laatful maacful nabheful oanelful pacful qaitful raasful sabmeful tacdeful uasanful vaadeful waadful yenteful zadful
*gy abeegy bengy caafaligy daagy eubagy fantrbangy gengy halkagy inalgy jangy larpurgy mancracgy ncangy oablagy pagigy qabilgy raaehgy sadhargy tarpiwekgy ulergy vactongy wacikgy
*hed abmonhed bailhed caihed damurhed eafliched faarulhed galhed halowhed iafhed jahed kroufhed lemashed macithed naanhed oacemhed pached qeihed ralerhed sached tamhed ubmarhed vacihed wanished xashed yisathed
*ic aanomic bestic cabpulic dacric eafmic faatic galfic hacantic iavicatic jeoloouaic kapfic lacic maastic nameic oamaspic panatic qlatic ragburic saavicic talic uamericic vakic wacic xefric yassic
*ied aasivied banipatied cabrafied daomipied eablagied feafied gapatgied hacied iasirfied jafapified kolpiried lelrified mandumried napied obentified pagied qoied radied sabied taied udracied veatofied walied yasrified
*ive aastessive baadive caavive dacfirive eabllive fafresvive gacsitive hacfive iasive jaative kameracive lactive mabuilive nadvosive oadamative paative qasative racensive saanive taayhlive uafunitive vaakive wadotive xipilivive yanilisive zonixive
*lic acfulic borilic cabpulic deseelic enblic ferlic gearlic hacenglic infulic jilolic lecablic macablic nelalic ocpalrlic pealic qllic rastilic sanmacelic talic ulnataclic valic wartipilic
*ous abfsious banious caapenious dahilious ecdiadaous facious ganerous hacious iarepsious jacerous kelrerous laiwhacous madious nacelous oaperous pactious qarerous ralous saarous tabelious uagensious vaashious waberous xoodous yasious zowerlrous
*ric abmaric camric dacric ecjaaric faeric gesteric hararic icoeric juric leric mameric necric oncaric paric qoric ragburic sadeuric talric unisteric varic wanric xefric
*ry afpomery bikykury caary danery eipiry faary gaary hacry icary jeary kovary lantry magery naiwory obsery paegry qaulary raadry sadry tacuory uanabry vacalry waary xeary yincalry
*ty ablanty bamty cagnty dastimty eadnty faaciwty gakaty harty ilnpatty jerenty kagity labpinty maghenty nanty oblenty paduevaty qearty racternty sacty tamtonty uanaty vaaty wacherlaty xinty yolety zonturty
My cover design on the 11 April 2022 Cancer Cell issue depicts depicts cellular heterogeneity as a kaleidoscope generated from immunofluorescence staining of the glial and neuronal markers MBP and NeuN (respectively) in a GBM patient-derived explant.
LeBlanc VG et al. Single-cell landscapes of primary glioblastomas and matched explants and cell lines show variable retention of inter- and intratumor heterogeneity (2022) Cancer Cell 40:379–392.E9.
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My cover design on the 4 April 2022 Nature Biotechnology issue is an impression of a phylogenetic tree of over 200 million sequences.
Konno N et al. Deep distributed computing to reconstruct extremely large lineage trees (2022) Nature Biotechnology 40:566–575.
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My cover design on the 17 March 2022 Nature issue depicts the evolutionary properties of sequences at the extremes of the evolvability spectrum.
Vaishnav ED et al. The evolution, evolvability and engineering of gene regulatory DNA (2022) Nature 603:455–463.
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Celebrate `\pi` Day (March 14th) and finally hear what you've been missing.
“three one four: a number of notes” is a musical exploration of how we think about mathematics and how we feel about mathematics. It tells stories from the very beginning (314…) to the very (known) end of π (...264) as well as math (Wallis Product) and math jokes (Feynman Point), repetition (nn) and zeroes (null).
The album is scored for solo piano in the style of 20th century classical music – each piece has a distinct personality, drawn from styles of Boulez, Feldman, Glass, Ligeti, Monk, and Satie.
Each piece is accompanied by a piku (or πku), a poem whose syllable count is determined by a specific sequence of digits from π.
Check out art from previous years: 2013 `\pi` Day and 2014 `\pi` Day, 2015 `\pi` Day, 2016 `\pi` Day, 2017 `\pi` Day, 2018 `\pi` Day, 2019 `\pi` Day, 2020 `\pi` Day and 2021 `\pi` Day.
My design appears on the 25 January 2022 PNAS issue.
The cover shows a view of Earth that captures the vision of the Earth BioGenome Project — understanding and conserving genetic diversity on a global scale. Continents from the Authagraph projection, which preserves areas and shapes, are represented as a double helix of 32,111 bases. Short sequences of 806 unique species, sequenced as part of EBP-affiliated projects, are mapped onto the double helix of the continent (or ocean) where the species is commonly found. The length of the sequence is the same for each species on a continent (or ocean) and the sequences are separated by short gaps. Individual bases of the sequence are colored by dots. Species appear along the path in alphabetical order (by Latin name) and the first base of the first species is identified by a small black triangle.
Lewin HA et al. The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock. (2022) PNAS 119(4) e2115635118.
As part of the COVID Charts series, I fix a muddled and storyless graphic tweeted by Adrian Dix, Canada's Health Minister.
I show you how to fix color schemes to make them colorblind-accessible and effective in revealing patters, how to reduce redundancy in labels (a key but overlooked part of many visualizations) and how to extract a story out of a table to frame the narrative.