List Words
Blasphemous
Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature.
Berate
To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.
Asperse
To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
Barbarous
Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.
Pooh-pooh
To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!
Execrable
Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch.
Immoral
Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.
Preposterous
Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order.
Irreligious
Destitute of religion; not controlled by religious motives or principles; ungodly. Cf. Impious.
Unsaintly
Unbecoming to a saint.
Peccable
Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.
Demonic
Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac.
Demoniacal
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices.
Suspicious
Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
Miniature
Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediaeval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait.
Poll
A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
Satanic
Alt. of Satanical
Twelvemonth
A year which consists of twelve calendar months.
Quinquennium
Space of five years.
Lathe
Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent.
Journal
Daily; diurnal.
Book
A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.
Modern
Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern ..
Hep
See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.
Season
One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the e..
Day
The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.
Minutely
In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.
Microscopic
Alt. of Microscopical
Concrete
United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.
Week
A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.
Detailed
of Detail
Breathing
of Breathe
Sun
See Sunn.
Finical
Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious.
Mediator
One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.
Holdfast
Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.
Burnish
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
Scraping
of Scrape
Corundum
The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and ..
Attrition
The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
Wax
To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.
Adventurer
One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.
Intermedium
Intermediate space.
Drudge
To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.
Grub
To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.
Pincers
See Pinchers.
Awl
A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the ..
Shears
A cutting instrument.
Instrumentality
The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.
Frostbite
The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose.
