List Words
Decrescendo
With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.
Arab
One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
License
Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such ..
Peddler
One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker.
Cheap-jack
Alt. of Cheap-john
Episcopacy
Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different..
Theocracy
Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.
Provostship
The office of a provost.
Devolvement
The act or process of devolving;; devolution.
Feebleness
The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
Auscultation
The act of listening or hearkening to.
Star-spangled
Spangled or studded with stars.
Sparkling
Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes.
Spiritualism
The quality or state of being spiritual.
Archdeaconry
The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice.
Prebend
A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice.
Lighted
of Light
Archiepiscopacy
That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.
Duchy
The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.
Huckster
A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.
Abstruseness
The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.
Duskiness
The state of being dusky.
Bishopdom
Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate.
Foster
Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relat..
Shadowiness
The quality or state of being shadowy.
Imprecision
Want of precision.
Dimness
The state or quality / being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.
Regency
The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.
Prebendaryship
The office of a prebendary.
Sheriffalty
Alt. of Sheriffwick
Opaqueness
The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity.
Ingloriousness
The state of being inglorious.
Indefiniteness
The quality of being indefinite.
Governorship
The office of a governor.
Shrievalty
The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty.
Masterdom
Dominion; rule; command.
Episcopate
A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.
Chancellorship
The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.
Listening
of Listen
Chaffering
of Chaffer
Swarthiness
The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.
Haggle
To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.
Obscurity
The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.
Blackness
The quality or state of being black; black color; atrociousness or enormity in wickedness.
Vestry
A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- formerly called rev..
Archbishopric
The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.
Consistory
Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.
Classis
A class or order; sort; kind.
Stationed
of Station
Conference
The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
