I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with 'dream'

Can you guess it?

"________ and sugar with your coffee?"

No thanks, I'll just have another Diet Pepsi.

Not cream.

cream

how about what might rise if I decide to make tea instead?

Steam might make your kettle whistle, but it won't win this round of Crambo.

cream, steam

what else might the noise the kettle makes be described as besides whistle?

EEEEEEEEEE! Not scream, but I like how it ties in with prior guesses. :-)

cream, steam, scream

completely unrelated this time, but how about a great quantity of paper?

Not ream.

cream, steam, scream, ream

how about how things appear? or a ray of light?

or the line formed from sewing?

Not seem, beam, or seam.

cream, steam, scream, ream, seem, beam, seam

"wow, this jungle is ______ing with wildlife."

Not teem, or team.

cream, steam, scream, ream, seem, beam, seam, teem, team

how about to believe or judge?

is it a unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another?

i do *not* understand this concept but it's the word that popped up first. go figure.

I I think I have it, or is it me squared. Thanks Joseph Campbell, wherever you are...

I have always deemed internet memes to be silly. But then, I thought it was pronounced "mee-mee". As in, "it's all about meeee!", which fits with the memes I've seen. Shows how much I know.

cream, steam, scream, ream, seem, beam, seam, teem, team, deem, meme

it can be pronounced either way although meem is the preferred pronunciation.

lessee, is it one of the nice fissshes of the genus Abramas and in particular A. brama with silvery scales? is that it, preciousss?

is it brightly reflective?

(My mistake on doubling meme, I thought it was mirrordrum's thread and she gave a too obvious clue. Oops)

Abramas Brama is a 70's rock band from Stockholm. It seems like there is a joke in here somewhere about Swedish Fish, but I don't quite have it. Regardless, my word is not bream.

cream, steam, scream, ream, seem, beam, seam, teem, team, deem, meme, bream

20: No worries. Meme waswas meantmeant toto bebe doubleddoubled.

Tech Point
Is it a small river, maybe with Kenny and Dolly as islands in it?

Crambo players are both bright and reflective, but my word is not agleam.

cream, steam, scream, ream, seem, beam, seam, teem, team, deem, meme, bream, agleam

edited to turn off the strikies!

I love the stream of guesses, but I'm not so wild about Kenny and Dolly.

cream, steam, scream, ream, seem, beam, seam, teem, team, deem, meme, bream, agleam, stream

Well, based on your profile picture I thought you might have four hungry children and a crop in the field. I did rule you out as coward of the county, though.

dirtpriest, i am horribly envious of your ability to come up with great guesses. disgusting creature. ;)

don't be too envious, my dear. I'm stumped as of right now. Wait, maybe not...
I declare it necessary that this is a guess..

28: And now I'm stumped. Can you tell me a little more about your guess?

I ____ it necessary to elaborate...

I am only coming up with deem, but it was guessed in #15 and ruled out in #18. Was that your word, or should I keep thinking?

cream, steam, scream, ream, seem, beam, seam, teem, team, deem, meme, bream, agleam, stream

Those crossed out words are apparently hard to read. My error. I must be tired so that's it for tonight.

CLUES:
It has multiple syllables.
I first encountered this word in a book I'm currently reading.

could it be what George Meredith describes as "flashing" and "sudden-lighted"?

even if not, i like the image.

Thank you for pointing me toward that poem!

But my word is not whitebeam. It is not any word that ends in 'beam' such as sunbeam, moonbeam, etc.

cream, steam, scream, ream, seem, beam, seam, teem, team, deem, meme, bream, agleam, stream, whitebeam, sunbeam, moonbeam, -beam

yeah, i thought not but couldn't resist the word or the line(s).

am not going to guess any more as I'm manually swamped for the next 2 days and, on the off chance i won, I'd not be able to play responsibly. I'll follow with rapt attention, though.

oh well nuts. it won't be this one but i can't resist the guess.

is it that ship Masefield imagines that brought Solomon from Ophir to Palestine, deep-laden with peacocks and ivory, with scented woods and sweet white wine?

edited for punctuation.

Quinquireme is quite a word -- no wonder you couldn't resist guessing! But, no.

cream, steam, scream, ream, seem, beam, seam, teem, team, deem, meme, bream, agleam, stream, whitebeam, sunbeam, moonbeam, -beam, quinquireme

"Beam" has been ruled out, but is it

what a beam gives, or perhaps even sustains?

39 - I'm not sure I have this right, but is your word gleam? If that's not your word, I need a little help. Is the beam you speak of made of light, or is it a part of a structure?

cream, steam, scream, ream, seem, beam, seam, teem, team, deem, meme, bream, agleam, stream, whitebeam, sunbeam, moonbeam, -beam, quinquireme, gleam

#38 yeah, it's a nice long word. comes from reading all that Mary Renault with the Greeks and Syracusans and such haring round the Aegean in their various 'remes.

my guess: is it the flow of water that turns the stone that grinds the wheat that goes in the bread that jack bakes?

surely you knew this word before reading one of those books but maybe not.

Not millstream. It is not any word that ends in stream.

cream, steam, scream, ream, seem, beam, seam, teem, team, deem, meme, bream, agleam, stream, whitebeam, sunbeam, moonbeam, -beam, quinquireme, gleam, millstream, -stream

CLUES:
It has multiple syllables.
I first encountered this word in a book I'm currently reading.
It is not a compound word (ending in beam, stream, etc).
It's from zoology.

aHA! i toyed with those but i didn't think they fit any of your books. i shall want to know which book and context at some point. :)

how about the axial thread of a chromosome? i can think of no way to make that more challenging or interesting.

To mirrordrum"

Yes, "gleam" was my word.

Not axoneme. I can think of nothing witty to say about it, either.

Remember to check my profile to see which books I'm currently reading, it may help narrow it down.

cream, steam, scream, ream, seem, beam, seam, teem, team, deem, meme, bream, agleam, stream, whitebeam, sunbeam, moonbeam, -beam, quinquireme, gleam, millstream, -stream

ah scr, i have checked your books. not twice, not thrice but. . .er, quadruple times. it hasn't helped yet as i know about them only: nebraska/magic, harry p/fantasy/magic and australia. *sigh*

forging on. . .

is it a word for a platypus?

Calwise has got it!

The word was monotreme, a mammal that lays eggs. The only examples are the platypus and the echidna, which are only found in Australia in New Guinea. Bill Bryson wrote about them in A Sunburned Country.

Great game, everyone. Wonderful, witty guesses that taught me something. I'm looking forward to Calwise's game.

A tip for Calwise -- before selecting your word, scan the list and see if that rhyme has already been used. It's more fun to use a rhyme that hasn't been used before, so the guessers have to work harder.

Yeah! New game to come soon, probably not till late tomorrow. Sorry.

congraters, calwise! about time you won one. fantastic job. marvelous word.

That's impressive and yet still freaky.