List Words
Proprieties
of Propriety
Tomcat
A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size.
Vouch
To call; to summon.
Avouch
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
Amen
An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, ver..
Password
A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.
Tessera
A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like pu..
Peremptoriness
The quality of being peremptory; positiveness.
Stulp
A short, stout post used for any purpose, a to mark a boundary.
Gripe
Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
Hunchback
A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person.
Archaeology
The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscript..
Medievalism
Alt. of Medievalist
Adventitious
Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
Obligated
of Obligate
Princeliness
The quality of being princely; the state, manner, or dignity of a prince.
Arbitrariness
The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.
Rutted
of Rut
Augustness
The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.
Rough-grained
Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.
Mam
Mamma.
Mossback
A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.
Tabby
A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
Midway
In the middle of the way or distance; half way.
Weft
imp. & p. p. of Wave.
Spider
Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or th..
Calumnious
Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.
Opprobrious
Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
Discreditable
Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable.
Scurrile
Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts.
Wooing
of Woo
Winsomeness
The characteristic of being winsome; attractiveness of manner.
Mobility
The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle.
Transiency
The quality of being transient; transientness.
Flaminical
Pertaining to a flamen.
Knock-knee
A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.
Initial
Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
Pestled
of Pestle
Torticollis
See Wryneck.
Grated
of Grate
Triturated
of Triturate
Pulverulent
Consisting of, or reducible to, fine powder; covered with dust or powder; powdery; dusty.
Seek-no-further
A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; -- formerly called go-no-further.
Housewife
The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
Mummy
A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.
Governess
A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.
Propensity
The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
Ramp
To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
Revert
To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
Scabrous
Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly.
