List Words
Misprision
The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.
Glow
To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
Lancer
One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations.
Saying
of Say
Mincing
That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.
Speculum
of Speculum
Bifurcated
Two-pronged; forked.
Embed
To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.
Oubliette
A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured t..
Retractation
The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
By-product
A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.
Neutralization
The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.
Seep
Alt. of Sipe
Edulcoration
The act of sweetening or edulcorating.
Confinement
Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
Glisten
To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.
Alternative
Offering a choice of two things.
Allegation
The act of alleging or positively asserting.
Divorce
A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.
Esquire
Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; ..
Lothario
A gay seducer of women; a libertine.
Lash
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
Sequestered
of Sequester
Seducer
One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions.
Jubilee
Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been aliena..
Intrepid
Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.
Indistinct
Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance.
Stance
A stanza.
Eulogistic
Alt. of Eulogistical
Parodic
Alt. of Parodical
Penitentiary
Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.
Headless
Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.
Wooded
Supplied or covered with wood, or trees; as, land wooded and watered.
Disavowal
The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial.
Embrocation
The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
Smite
To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone.
Extermination
The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
Studied
Closely examined; read with diligence and attention; made the subject of study; well considered; as, a studied lesson.
Fustigate
To cudgel.
Revet
To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.
Luciform
Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light.
Vainglorious
Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
Clarification
The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.
Vinaceous
Belonging to, or like, wine or grapes.
Condenser
One who, or that which, condenses.
Hypocrisy
The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; es..
Obstinacy
A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding ..
Seditionary
An inciter or promoter of sedition.
Fontanel
An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body.
Dowser
A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod.
