Toughie2011

[Gung-Ho-Joe]

4d. Means to reproduce (small melon), but raise temperature, hospital! (15).

I have ......alas ......no letters.....anywhere.......this may kick-start the thing!

[dannyk13]

Parthogenesis

[Gung-Ho-Joe]

Thanks Danny......phew......we're off.....

[Gung-Ho-Joe]

Sorry Danny......that's two letters too short.....

[Gung-Ho-Joe]

Parthenogenesis?

[donny48]

Parthenogenesis

[Gung-Ho-Joe]

Thanks Donny......

[dannyk13]

Sorry for te typo - Parthenogeneses

[dannyk13]

it's with an 'e' not an 'i' Joe.

[donny48]

Most examples I find are spelt with an "i", Danny.

[Gung-Ho-Joe]

Thanks again Danny......

[Gill55]

Can you parse it for us. Thanks!

[dannyk13]

Donny, it won 't accept the spelling with an 'i'.

[donny48]

Presumably then there are two spellings , one more obscure than the other.

[donny48]

It's a plural, Danny.
parthenogenesis
noun par·the·no·gen·e·sis \ ˌpär-thə-nō-ˈjen-ə-səs \
medical Definition of parthenogenesis
plural parthenogeneses play \-ˌsēz\
: reproduction by development of an unfertilized usually female gamete that occurs especially among lower plants and invertebrate animal

[dannyk13]

Donny, I can only go by what the setter will accept.

[donny48]

I accept what you say, Danny. I was merely clearing up the spelling issue.

[sedge47]

Put OGEN (a melon) into PARENTHESIS then move the T(emperature) and H(ospital) upwards.

[dannyk13]

Sedge, it will have to be Parentheses.

[sedge47]

Yes, Danny, that works.