List Words
Marionette
A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.
Finding
of Find
Slubber
To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely.
Popple
To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble.
Martyrology
A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs.
Cultivation
The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.
Resell
To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail.
Dispart
The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
Nigrification
The act or process of making black.
Complimentary
Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket.
Mnemosyne
The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses.
Irresponsible
Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.
Armpit
The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.
Epilepsy
The "falling sickness," so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of conscio..
Embroidered
of Embroider
Philter
A potion or charm intended to excite the passion of love.
Gammadion
A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See Fylfot.
Blackball
A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.
Tinctorial
Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter.
Depopulation
The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants.
Geniculate
Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal.
Atavism
The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original ..
Noncompliance
Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.
Negation
The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of affirmation.
Self-will
One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.
Anachronistic
Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism.
Unbridle
To free from the bridle; to set loose.
Scarabee
Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and S. Egyptiorum).
Epizootic
Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; -- corresponding to epidemic diseases among men.
Pronged
Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, a three-pronged fork.
Satin
A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface.
Victory
The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat.
Befuddled
of Befuddle
Pregnant
Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth.
Metaphorical
Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.
Gill
An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
Beclouded
of Becloud
Mystified
of Mystify
Agate
On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
Yeasty
Frothy; foamy; spumy, like yeast.
Hallowing
of Hallow
Gloat
To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
Miasmal
Containing miasma; miasmatic.
Meat
Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg.
Discarnate
Stripped of flesh.
Reposit
To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store.
Bottomry
A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayme..
Deplete
To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
Pharyngeal
Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx.
Prelection
A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.