List Words
Cowing
of Cow
Probative
Serving for trial or proof; probationary; as, probative judgments; probative evidence.
Forbearance
The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
Mullet
Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are ..
Injunction
The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
Amazing
of Amaze
Lenity
The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor.
Mercy
Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency.
Fuzzy
Not firmly woven; that ravels.
Cacuminal
Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.
Polygeny
The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis.
Lanate
Alt. of Lanated
Benison
Blessing; beatitude; benediction.
Commutable
Capable of being commuted or interchanged.
Vitalizing
of Vitalize
Preoccupying
of Preoccupy
Ashamed
Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.
Wistful
Longing; wishful; desirous.
Equalizing
of Equalize
Interchanged
of Interchange
Humiliating
of Humiliate
Unfortunate
Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business.
Lex
Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terrae, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merc..
Retaliatory
Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.
Dolorific
Alt. of Dolorifical
Raj
Reign; rule.
Cirrose
Bearing a tendril or tendrils; as, a cirrose leaf.
Comfortless
Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.
Repelled
of Repel
Secularist
One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who..
Low-minded
Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.
Sable
A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.
Complaisance
Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.
Hippocampus
A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot ..
Reoccupy
To occupy again.
Saddened
of Sadden
Reliable
Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy.
Profluent
Flowing forward,
Returnable
Capable of, or admitting of, being returned.
Fess
Alt. of Fesse
Transmutable
Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable.
Sol-fa
To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.
Ferrous
Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; -- especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sulphate.
Breviary
An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.
Raking
of Rake
Supersensible
Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception.
Horrific
Causing horror; frightful.
Reciprocating
of Reciprocate
T square
See under T.
Superhuman
Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as, superhuman strength; superhuman wisdom.
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
