List Words
Seldom
Rare; infrequent.
Photogravure
A photoengraving; also, the process by which such a picture is produced.
Badly
In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.
Diaphane
A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work.
Difficultly
With difficulty.
Sink
Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.
Celluloid
A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc...
Window
An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shu..
Espousement
The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused.
Chrismal
Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
Shrieking
of Shriek
Casting
of Cast
Querulous
Given to quarreling; quarrelsome.
Agnus Dei
A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.
Chalice
A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
Pax
The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.
Chrismatory
A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept.
Uncrown
To deprive of a crown; to take the crown from; hence, to discrown; to dethrone.
Phenol
A white or pinkish crystalline substance, C6H5OH, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar.
Behest
That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.
Calomel
Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs nativ..
Bactericide
Same as Germicide.
Anthelmintic
Good against intestinal worms.
Burrhel
The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).
Germicidal
Germicide.
Fumbling
of Fumble
Fumigator
One who, or that which, fumigates; an apparattus for fumigating.
Lubberly
Like a lubber; clumsy.
Left-hand
Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
Boorish
Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.
Beautified
of Beautify
Virus
Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons.
Embellished
of Embellish
Ladylike
Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.
Camphor
A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and ..
Thymol
A phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13.OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic propert..
Cresol
Any one of three metameric substances, CH3.C6H4.OH, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. [Called also ..
Disinfectant
That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine.
Fumigant
Fuming.
Alcaic
Pertaining to Alcaeus, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 b. c.
Commanding
Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.
Resoluteness
The quality of being resolute.
Determinateness
State of being determinate.
Yearning
of Yearn
Testament
A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.
Hest
Command; precept; injunction.
Bracing
of Brace
Antiseptic
Alt. of Antiseptical
Staging
A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
Scaffolding
A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body.
