List Words
Cavilling
of Cavil
Malefic
Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.
Deification
The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.
Portal
A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing.
Narthex
A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel.
Legislate
To make or enact a law or laws.
Duck
To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Beteem
To allow; to permit; to suffer.
Jawbone
The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.
Vade mecum
A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual; a handbook.
Cojuror
One who swears to another's credibility.
Cookbook
A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book.
Ingle
Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace.
Stepchild
A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.
Precursive
Preceding; introductory; precursory.
Auguring
of Augur
Presignifying
of Presignify
Oracular
Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.
Cramping
of Cramp
Foretokening
of Foretoken
Immortalization
The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized.
Overview
An inspection or overlooking.
Ironical
Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark.
Americanization
The process of Americanizing.
Defining
of Define
Rimming
of Rim
Marginal
Of or pertaining to a margin.
Logarithmic
Alt. of Logarithmical
Idolizing
of Idolize
Jazel
A gem of an azure color.
Grandchild
A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.
Decasyllabic
Having, or consisting of, ten syllables.
Preparative
Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.
Belittled
of Belittle
Soritical
Of or pertaining to a sorites; resembling a sorites.
Whorish
Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste.
Maieutic
Alt. of Maieutical
A posteriori
Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from e..
Deductive
Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.
Stillborn
Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.
Epagogic
Inductive.
Financier
One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
Denominative
Conferring a denomination or name.
Dolorous
Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.
Inchoation
Act of beginning; commencement; inception.
Assuasive
Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing.
Confiscation
The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.
Per
Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is a..
Astern
In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
Rearward
The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.
