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Substantial and Insubstantial words are

those whose letters contain, in order, a word meaning "large" or "small" respectively.

Thus:

dwindled terminology
flabbergasted, marshmallows
tablecloth, mathematician
abridged, splittable
welcoming, maintain
overcast, diminutive
hamburger, pseuddonym
accomplishment, psychotherapists
segregation, nowhere
breadboard, probably

Credit where due: Stiv

found PUNY and SHORT where I had the clearly-inferior PONY and CHEAP.

Substantial and Insubstantial words are

those whose letters contain, in order, a word meaning "large" or "small" respectively.

Thus:

dwindled terminology
flabbergasted, marshmallows
tablecloth, mathematician
abridged, splittable
welcoming, maintain
overcast, diminutive
hamburger, pseudnym
accomplishment, psychotherapists
segregation, nowhere
breadboard, probably

Credit where due: Stiv

found PUNY and SHORT where I had the clearly-inferior PONY and CHEAP.

Substantial and Insubstantial words are

those whose letters contain, in order, a word meaning "large" or "small" respectively.

Thus:

dwindled terminology
flabbergasted, marshmallows
tablecloth, mathematician
abridged, splittable
welcoming, maintain
overcast, diminutive
hamburger, pseudonym
accomplishment, psychotherapists
segregation, nowhere
breadboard, probably

Credit where due: Stiv

found PUNY and SHORT where I had the clearly-inferior PONY and CHEAP.

improvements -- thanks, Stiv!
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Substantial and Insubstantial words are

those whose letters contain, in order, a word meaning "large" or "small" respectively.

Thus:

dwindled terminology
flabbergasted, marshmallows
tablecloth, mathematician
abridged, splittable
welcoming, maintain
overcast, diminutive
hamburger, pseudseonyudnym
accomplishment, psy pchsothycehortheapristsapists
segregation, nowhere
breadboard, probably

I am not 100% certain that I'veCredit where due: Stiv

identified the intended subword in every case; I'm not totally convinced by "mini", "pony" or "cheap". (They would fit a little better, but the title a little less well, if the criterion were tweaked to "positive" versus "negative" subwords.) I find it surprisingly fiddly to disentangle these,found PUNY and would be very unsurprised to find that there are better subwords staring me in the face thatSHORT where I haven't spottedhad the clearly-inferior PONY and CHEAP.

Substantial and Insubstantial words are

those whose letters contain, in order, a word meaning "large" or "small" respectively.

Thus:

dwindled terminology
flabbergasted, marshmallows
tablecloth, mathematician
abridged, splittable
welcoming, maintain
overcast, diminutive
hamburger, pseudonym
accomplishment, psychotherapists
segregation, nowhere
breadboard, probably

I am not 100% certain that I've

identified the intended subword in every case; I'm not totally convinced by "mini", "pony" or "cheap". (They would fit a little better, but the title a little less well, if the criterion were tweaked to "positive" versus "negative" subwords.) I find it surprisingly fiddly to disentangle these, and would be very unsurprised to find that there are better subwords staring me in the face that I haven't spotted.

Substantial and Insubstantial words are

those whose letters contain, in order, a word meaning "large" or "small" respectively.

Thus:

dwindled terminology
flabbergasted, marshmallows
tablecloth, mathematician
abridged, splittable
welcoming, maintain
overcast, diminutive
hamburger, pseudnym
accomplishment, psychotherapists
segregation, nowhere
breadboard, probably

Credit where due: Stiv

found PUNY and SHORT where I had the clearly-inferior PONY and CHEAP.

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Gareth McCaughan ♦
Gareth McCaughan ♦
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Substantial and Insubstantial words are

those whose letters contain, in order, a word meaning "large" or "small" respectively.

Thus:

dwindled terminology
flabbergasted, marshmallows
tablecloth, mathematician
abridged, splittable
welcoming, maintain
overcast, diminutive
hamburger, pseudonym
accomplishment, psychotherapists
segregation, nowhere
breadboard, probably

I am not 100% certain that I've

identified the intended subword in every case; I'm not totally convinced by "mini", "pony" or "cheap". (They would fit a little better, but the title a little less well, if the criterion were tweaked to "positive" versus "negative" subwords.) I find it surprisingly fiddly to disentangle these, and would be very unsurprised to find that there are better subwords staring me in the face that I haven't spotted.