List Words
Appropinquate
To approach.
Voidable
Capable of being avoided, or of being adjudged void, invalid, and of no force; capable of being either avoided or confirmed.
Skid
A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached..
Millet
The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica.
Purism
Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity.
Earthquake
A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities an..
Immovableness
Quality of being immovable.
Tensity
The quality or state of being tense, or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness.
Steeliness
The quality of being steely.
Inertia
That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force;..
Privative
Causing privation; depriving.
Fixedness
The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.
Inflexibility
The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfas..
Steadiness
The quality or state of being steady.
Ordurous
Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy.
Warpath
The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.
Belligerency
The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.
Vandyke
Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke.
Crenulate
Alt. of Crenulated
Puritanism
The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.
Rigidity
The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ..
Sleuthhound
A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound.
Spotter
One who spots.
Velvet
A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.
Etruscan
Of or relating to Etruria.
Roxburgh
A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut.
Knurl
One who, or that which, is crossgrained.
Portreeve
A port warden.
Fuzz
To make drunk.
Bobby
A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler.
Beagle
A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.
Assuring
of Assure
Fairish
Tolerably fair.
Sufficing
of Suffice
Viewly
Alt. of Viewsome
Wayworn
Wearied by traveling.
Agio
The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.
Dairyman
A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy.
Applicant
One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
Suitor
One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
Devotee
One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.
Candidate
One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candid..
Barrister
Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney.
Nominee
A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
Policeman
A member of a body of police; a constable.
Estop
To impede or bar by estoppel.
Reconcilable
Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with previous acts.
Chauvinism
Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism.
Altercate
To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.
Entitled
of Entitle
