List Words
Polestar
Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North.
Hesperus
Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.
Retailer
One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip.
Chandler
A maker or seller of candles.
Infamousness
The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
Moonshiner
A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
Phosphorus
The morning star; Phosphor.
Countrified
Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude.
Trafficker
One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant.
Fumbler
One who fumbles.
Phosphate
A salt of phosphoric acid.
Lubber
A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.
Voucher
One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything.
Gawky
Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.
Blunderhead
A stupid, blundering fellow.
Idiot
A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.
Pension
A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.
Lodestar
A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure.
Dement
To deprive of reason; to make mad.
Pathologist
One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases.
Dealer
One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dea..
Apologetic
Alt. of Apologetical
Ophthalmologist
One skilled in ophthalmology; an oculist.
Taker
One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.
Brazil nut
An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.
Accompany
To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow.
Coquet
To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint.
Client
A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.
Chaff
Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
Punctated
Pointed; ending in a point or points.
Holder
One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
Compurgator
One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.
Walnut
The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone.
Specialist
One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc.
Betel nut
The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.
Butternut
An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.
Flaxseed
The seed of the flax; linseed.
Noggin
A small mug or cup.
Phrenetic
Alt. of Phrenetical
Loony
See Luny.
Goober
A peanut.
Cobnut
A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.
Pistachio
The nut of the Pistacia vera, a tree of the order Anacardiaceae, containing a kernel of a pale greenish color, which has a pleasant taste, resembling that of the almond, and yields an oil of ..
Dilettante
An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.
Monomaniac
A person affected by monomania.
Souari nut
The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; -- also called butternut.
Ben nut
The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa.
Befriend
To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.
Thoth
The god of eloquence and letters among the ancient Egyptians, and supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. He corresponded to the Mercury of the Romans, and was usually represen..
Dewdrop
A drop of dew.
