2008 State Spelling Bee

On-List Section: All words from Spell It!

Off-List Section: Additional Words (no official Regional Additional Word list in 2008; 69 out of 128 are on 2008 list in Regional Additional Word Archive)

Words: 128

pessimism
unappreciative
diesel
symmetrical
advantageous
bantamweight
rectilinear
parasol
mortician
deceptious
ornithopter
madrigal
acetone
lustrum
gestation
syncline
vacuole
andante
curmudgeonly
deleterious
leviable
truncheon
scurrilous
bailiwick
metathesis
zoanthropy
gamut
carapace
decorticate
escarole
pugnacious
brontophobia
croustade
terraqueous
presentient
eucrasia
avifauna
clavichord
riparian
gracile
phytotoxic
splenetic
pancetta
theodolite
chirographic
asthmogenic
neophyte
rutilant
abiotrophy
bibliognost
megalomaniac
arrearage
planisphere
epidermoid
coulomb
amblyopia
jackanapes
rasorial
subnivean
propinquity
aposiopesis
mitochondria
triforium
reversi
harridan
cormorant
nacelle
xenophobic
effloresce
ancillary
porringer
doyenne
vellication
oligotrophic
keratectomy
elysium
tortuosity
corundum
autecology
glaciarium
phlegmatic
syntactician
plumule
noosphere
florilegium
desinence
profligacy
allemande
excursus
gambrel
malacology
paladin
quartziferous
stiction
demulcent
obdurate
sinfonietta
festinate
dolorifuge
epitasis
trebuchet
rondache
calliopean
boniato
naprapathy
uveal
pelmet
glabella
edacious
orogeny
yurt
atrichia
patois
cymbiform
badinage
equinoctial
chrematistic
sciatica
vicissitude
amyelonic
cirque
hartebeest
languescent
inosculate
tonitruous
fibromyalgia
epollicate
parabolize