Can you name the words that have no 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o' or 'u' in them?

Definition	Word
James Bond or Austin Powers
From the Greek for 'bride'
A stone chamber or vault
A beat or cadence...who could ask for anything more?
Abnormal vesicle or abscess
Tiny tribesman or Lilliputian
Not Seattle in the fall, winter, or spring
Paired with 'out', it intimidates; USA network TV show
We hope you node this coagulable fluid
Coordination or what Milli Vanilli's lips did

Definition	Word
Alignment of three celestial objects or a 21 in Scrabble
Amazing Grace or How Great Thou Art
Goes with Frankincense
The Romani people or a 1959 Stephen Sondheim musical
A tale or fable from Mount Olympus
A place to work-out or have a high school dance
Image used in the visual representation of characters
Dryly amusing
Surprisingly nimble for one's age
Target of a swatter; David Cronenberg movie
'Free Bird' band
To conquer and/or humiliate a rival

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Y No Vowels? Quiz

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	dbris:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:17 GMT		6 points
	Fun quiz but seemed really difficult to me.

	MovieDynamic:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:19 GMT		18 points
	It took me two whole minutes to spell Myrrh!

	Gumpster:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:19 GMT		7 points
	sweet quiz! does anyone know how to pronounce the word at the top of the second column?

	pat19:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:21 GMT		67 points
	Wow... no Lynyrd Skynyrd? Even as a bonus?

	Rave:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:24 GMT		0 points
	very difficult one.

	MRL:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:24 GMT		14 points
	@Gumpster: If I remember right, it's SIZZ-eh-gee.

	Thalia:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:24 GMT		11 points
	I was hoping "try" would work for the intimidating one... hey, I'm intimidated by tryouts.

	gracie:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:25 GMT		2 points
	there were a few of these words that i knew and should have gotten, butit never even occurred to me that they didn't have any vowels in them.

	micah:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:28 GMT		16 points
	I'm kind of sad that there weren't any y-less words.

	Jordan117:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:31 GMT		5 points
	For the "intimidates" one, "cry" could also work (if "cry out" = "shout"). Also, it'd be helpful if a word other than "character" were used for the last clue, since it made me think of a character in a novel or movie instead of a letter/number/symbol.

	thefooman:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:33 GMT		12 points
	Tough quiz (but fun) - I had to go play homonyms again just to feel smrt again

	steeltown:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:41 GMT		4 points
	Felt like an idiot for missing syzygy, since I loved the X-Files episode by that name. Dang! Are there any X-Files quizzes? Very hard but fun quiz-- would, of course be much easier in Serbian.

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	tamazin:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:47 GMT		2 points
	I loved the x-files episode by that name too! @gumpster - "Seize-ih-gee", I believe.

	Platypus222:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:53 GMT		5 points
	Tried "dry" for "Dryly amusing" only to find that it worked for "Not Seattle in the fall, winter, or spring." Hard quiz, but good.

	Eliot:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:53 GMT		31 points
	Fun quiz although with slightly strange clues as people have mentioned. I hate to be picky but eventually you'd get this comment from a fanatic Scrabble player: SYZYGY is not a 25 point word; if there are no bonus squares, it's a 21 point word at most: S, Y, Z, Y, G, blank. There are only 2 'Y' tiles in a Scrabble set.

	HBar:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:57 GMT		11 points
	"Sty" should also count for an abnormal abscess.

	swellwrench:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 06:00 GMT		17 points
	Accepting "cry" for "psych" has created the problem that anyone who guesses "crypt" will now get it. Might be best just to reword the clue to make it less vague and stop accepting "cry."

	grzyb:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 06:01 GMT		15 points
	@pat19: no styx either, and that's a river, too! i loved this one, though, since my last name is vowel-less: 'grzyb' (well, sometimes 'y')

	phw:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 06:08 GMT		5 points
	@rockgolf: crwth?

	llewdor:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 06:21 GMT		3 points
	@ rockgolf: Y-less words that fit the quiz aren't that uncommon in languages like Czech or Welsh.

	alexpbloom:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 07:13 GMT		1 point
	One can't obtain 25 points by playing "syzygy" in a normal scrabble game because there are only two "y's." Thus a blank would have to be used and the score would be 21.

	Rhys:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 08:30 GMT		5 points
	My name anyone?

	JoeGrzzly:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 09:04 GMT		17 points
	Nymph could have a better def like "Spiritual greek creature" or "Prefix meaning sexual".

	kyle:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 10:43 GMT		1 point
	Rhys: What would be the definition? "Annoying Scouser" ?

	tkeene:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 11:17 GMT		19 points
	@HBar: "sty" is a place where pigs live - the 'abnormal abscess' is spelled "stye" and therefore not relevant for this quiz.

	chikka2:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 11:29 GMT		13 points
	Bryllyant

	Jawn:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 11:37 GMT		2 points
	Tried "My Gyrl" for who could ask for anything more... Fool I am!

	chrispaz:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 12:24 GMT		2 points
	Great quiz, not easy either. @grzyb, isn't that Polish for mushroom?

	otarmy:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 12:36 GMT		9 points
	No "why" for y?

	Tahnan:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 13:00 GMT		0 points
	@tkeene: actually, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has both "sty" and "stye" as variant spellings for the word.

	jubalnyc:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 13:05 GMT		8 points
	One tiny sticking point - although Sondheim did write the lyrics for Gypsy, Jule Styne is the composer, so technically it's not a "1959 Sondheim Musical" - most consider a Sondheim musical to be one of the many for which he wrote both lyrics and music. At a minimum, it's a "Sondheim/Styne" musical - the composer should never be left out of the picture without it being clear you're only referring to the lyricist.

	TheTeach:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 13:37 GMT		1 point
	Nice job Eliot...was about to post how syzygy wouldn't be 25 in Scrabble due to the lack of a 3rd Y. Should have gotten up earlier this morning...

	Hurricanehink:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 14:04 GMT		6 points
	Darn, was hoping for cwm or crwth. Great quiz!

	SammyG:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 14:14 GMT		6 points
	ok, that is maybe the worst clue imaginable for "dry". Didn't sporcle's teachers in middle school tell them that it's better grammatically to phrase things in the positive? Especially for such a common word.

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	rockgolf:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 15:00 GMT		6 points
	Surprised to get such a negative score when I was trying to give a clue to a bonus answer!

	newenglander:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 15:23 GMT		6 points
	syzygy is an awesome word in hangman

	zifyoip:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 15:37 GMT		20 points
	"From the Greek for 'bride'" is a weird "definition"—it's more of an etymology. I didn't know what the Greek word for "bride" was, so I tried "tryst," and then spent the rest of my time trying to think of another AEIOU-less word associated with love or weddings.

	zalagreensbury:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 15:52 GMT		-4 points
	I didn't like the nymph clue maybe because I have dirty mind...