List Words
Cretinism
A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.
Frivolity
The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.
Delirium
A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other ..
Hysteria
A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient l..
Psychosis
Any vital action or activity.
Superscription
The act of superscribing.
Caput
The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.
Verticalness
Quality or state of being vertical.
Hesper
The evening; Hesperus.
Supervisor
One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.
Presbyter
An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1.
Panicle
A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.
Epigraph
Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.
Bystander
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.
Commanding
of Command
E
E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E/ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.
Seventy
Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.
Earthling
An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.
Transformer
One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage.
Northeasterly
Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast.
Tenth
Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.
Knack
To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.
Regulating
of Regulate
Umbel
A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little u..
Jeweler
One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments.
Poulterer
One who deals in poultry.
Firefly
Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae.
Fixedly
In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.
Precipice
A sudden or headlong fall.
Audience
The act of hearing; attention to sounds.
Percipient
Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being.
Attender
One who, or that which, attends.
Fruiterer
One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.
Baker
One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.
Stationer
A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere.
Monody
A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.
Furnisher
One who supplies or fits out.
Nones
The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before the ..
Autoclave
A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.
Calyx
The covering of a flower. See Flower.
Boon
A prayer or petition.
Chinquapin
A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat.
Ironmonger
A dealer in iron or hardware.
Lodger
One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house.
Lister
A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.
Daftness
The quality of being daft.
Prepollent
Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.
Androecium
The stamens of a flower taken collectively.
Hardwareman
One who makes, or deals in, hardware.
Tradeswoman
A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade.
