Anyone who watched Doctor Who (particularly the Peter Davison years '82 to '84?) and was paying attention would have got it. Castellans also appear frequently enough in many of G.A. Henty's works (look on the project gutenberg site for many of those). Note that two Ls is the more common spelling. Dave Russell McMahon wrote: >>>>>Which word of four letters can be added to the front >>>>>of the following words to create other English words? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> elan >>>> ration >>>> or >>>> ling >>>> >>>>"Cast..." it is. >>>> >>>>Am I excused ? :-) >>>> >>>> RM >>>> Yes, you are excused. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist