List Words
Inversely
In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to directly.
Invasive
Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
Inundated
of Inundate
Interpretive
Interpretative.
Institutive
Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
Informed
of Inform
Inferred
of Infer
Grizzled
Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.
Disciplined
of Discipline
Importunate
Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity.
Impingent
Striking against or upon.
Impending
of Impend
Frugalness
Quality of being frugal; frugality.
Mealy-mouthed
Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.
Hogback
An upward curve or very obtuse angle in the upper surface of any member, as of a timber laid horizontally; -- the opposite of camber.
Hitting
of Hit
Hereinbefore
In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).
Heavenward
Toward heaven.
Headway
The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.
Good-bye
Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep.
Furthering
of Further
Fronting
of Front
Frontal
Belonging to the front part; being in front
Frequentative
Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb.
Prosecutor
One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.
Farewell
Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare y..
Extravaganza
A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.
Expunged
of Expunge
Saltimbanco
A mountebank; a quack.
Expiry
Expiration.
Expeditious
Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march or ..
Expeditionary
Of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary force.
Excepting
of Except
Excelling
of Excel
Evidential
Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity.
Erectly
In an erect manner or posture.
Environ
To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.
Entering
of Enter
Eclipsing
of Eclipse
Downward
Alt. of Downwards
Electrostatic
Pertaining to electrostatics.
Swordsman
A soldier; a fighting man.
Dismissive
Giving dismission.
Disappearing
of Disappear
Luscious
Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.
Briefly
Concisely; in few words.
Demisemiquaver
A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note.
Falcade
The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets.
Deleted
of Delete
Deduced
of Deduce
Random Quote
"Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. 'Are you feeling all right?' I asked her. 'I feel all sleepy,' she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead. The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was...in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her. On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunised against measles. ...I dedicated two of my books to Olivia, the first was ‘James and the Giant Peach’. That was when she was still alive. The second was ‘The BFG’, dedicated to her memory after she had died from measles. You will see her name at the beginning of each of these books. And I know how happy she would be if only she could know that her death had helped to save a good deal of illness and death among other children."
I just checked google books for BFG, and the dedication is there.
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/_/quybcXrFhCIC?hl=en&gbpv=1
Roald Dahl, 1986
