List Words
Monk
A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of ch..
Euphonium
A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.
Conventual
Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic.
Clarified
of Clarify
Deprived
of Deprive
Jollification
A merrymaking; noisy festivity.
Null
Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.
Deanship
The office of a dean.
Unbegun
Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning.
Racketing
of Racket
Althorn
An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn.
Bass horn
A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.
Wassail
An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.
Arrestment
The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.
Saxhorn
A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands a..
Breastwork
A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.
Hideous
Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks.
Impanelment
The act or process of impaneling, or the state of being impaneled.
Obstructionism
The act or the policy of obstructing progress.
Gamba
A viola da gamba.
Inexorably
In an inexorable manner; inflexibly.
Fixing
of Fix
Minus
Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity.
Recession
The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.
Filibustering
of Filibuster
Hornpipe
An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.
Revolving
of Revolve
Advisement
Counsel; advice; information.
How
In what manner or way; by what means or process.
Lentitude
Slowness; sluggishness.
Grammalogue
Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. pitman.
Sharply
In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.
Trombone
A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, ben..
Thoroughness
The quality or state of being thorough; completeness.
Caricature
An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.
Acrostic
A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.
Malapropism
A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.
Ogham
A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc.
Serosity
The quality or state of being serous.
Superabundance
The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.
Incurving
of Incurve
Pilgrim
A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.
Meow
See 6th and 7th Mew.
Surgy
Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.
Pie
An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie.
Devisee
One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will.
Volubility
The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective).
Linum
A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linum usitatissimum).
Iconolatry
The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves.
Nomadism
The state of being a nomad.
