Topic Topo Topiary Topography Topless Utopia

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~ TOP      gr TOPOS = PLACE or SPOT leads to     sug> UTOPIA below
^          TIP to denote HEAD  BALL TUFT         sug> HELMET    kw
           also UPPERMOST  SUMMIT                sug> TOPOGRAPHY
           consider TIP TOP  TIPSTER  TOUPEE  TIPTOE  TOPSY TURVY
           med> ECTOPIA implies OUT OF PLACE
~ TOPE     in sp TIP and sp TOPAR = TO BUTT or STRIKE
           fr TOUPE = TO GO ON TOP OF THE HEAD  as in HAIR PIECE
           eng TUFT as in TASSEL                     sug> TOPPLE
~ TOPIARY  gr TOPION = SMALL PLACE
           GARDEN
~ TOPIC  gr TOPIKOS = LOCAL
         id+ SUBJECT or HEADING                     sug> TOPLESS
         med> TOPICAL MEDICINE IS APPLIED LOCALLY or
              ON A SPOT AS OPPOSED TO SYSTEMIC or
         TAKEN INTERNALLY TO BE ABSORBED
         sc> TOPOLOGIC  TOPOGRAPHIC  as in PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
             STUDIES OF LOCAL SURFACES AND DRAWING OF CHARTS etc
~ TOPO   in sp MOLE  biol> NEARLY BLIND MAMMAL or MOLE
         mamm BURROWING INSECTIVORE  or STRAND RAT
         id+ ITS POOR VISION leads to ideas of BUTT or STRIKE
             as in ABUT or TOPPLE
  med> MOLE or SKIN NEOPLASIA or NEVUS THAT STRIKES OR CAN
       BE PALPATED or BUTT THE TOUCHING FINGER
  lit+ UTOPIA IS A WORD COINED BY Thomas MORE [#] IN 1516     or!
       AS A NAME FOR A COUNTRY HE DESCRIBED IN HIS BOOK    <sign
  ply> | A TIP ABOUT A TOPOGRAPHY OF A TOPIARY IS ECTOPIC TO THE
         TOPIC OF UTOPIA AND MAY TOPPLE A TOUPE OF A TIPSY HEAD |