List Words
Denouement
The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.
Medieval
Alt. of Medievalist
Topic
One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or so..
Spyglass
A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
Auger
A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or gro..
Egyptian
Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.
Renaissance
A new birth, or revival.
Thule
The name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost part of the habitable world. According to some, this land was Norway, according to others, Iceland, or more probably Mainland, the large..
Pattern
Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
Insecurity
The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; want of confidence.
Stub
The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.
Smeller
One who smells, or perceives by the sense of smell; one who gives out smell.
Pecker
One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.
Handicraft
A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
Acumination
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
Incident
Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.
Hub
The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.
Mucro
A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.
Proboscis
A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk.
Combe
That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.
Dale
A low place between hills; a vale or valley.
Lighter
One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.
Valley
The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad ..
Incongruent
Incongruous.
Predicated
of Predicate
Glen
A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.
Nucleus
A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively.
Stated
of State
Inaudible
Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent.
Staked
of Stake
Tacit
Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.
Rule
A composing rule. See under Conposing.
Deposed
of Depose
Averred
of Aver
Pronounced
of Pronounce
Mishmash
A hotchpotch.
Avouched
of Avouch
Hunting
of Hunt
Alleged
of Allege
Tied
of Tie
Laconic
Alt. of Laconical
Unwritten
Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements.
Announced
of Announce
Attested
of Attest
Obligate
To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.
Saddled
of Saddle
Bounden
of Bind
Aphonic
Alt. of Aphonous
Adjure
To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly.
Declared
of Declare
