List Words
Fenestration
The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and pro..
Ugly
Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.
Helmet
A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver.
Stammering
of Stammer
Commination
A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.
Ordering
of Order
Discommend
To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove.
Ejaculate
To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.
Particularly
In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly.
Mussy
Disarranged; rumpled.
Triangulate
To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured.
Monodrama
Alt. of Monodrame
Werewolf
A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, ..
Introversion
The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward.
Ectropion
An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.
Watershoot
A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.
Cuddling
of Cuddle
Matted
of Mat
Euryale
A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.
Multivocal
Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal.
Odium
Hatred; dislike; as, his conduct brought him into odium, or, brought odium upon him.
Spiteful
Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act.
Stony
Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.
Scientific
Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations.
Issuance
The act of issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of an order; the issuance of rations, and the like.
Chirp
To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.
Solidify
To make solid or compact.
Accessibility
The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility.
Skeptical
Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.
Destructiveness
The quality of destroying or ruining.
Grieve
Alt. of Greeve
Underact
To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly.
Hinge
The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
Viaduct
A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a ..
Testimonial
A writing or certificate which bears testimony in favor of one's character, good conduct, ability, etc., or of the value of a thing.
Desolation
The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
Radix
A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon.
Bedraggled
of Bedraggle
Proscription
The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, ..
Onrush
A rushing onward.
Despiteful
Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious.
Caustic
Alt. of Caustical
Flaying
of Flay
Updive
To spring upward; to rise.
Ornamented
of Ornament
Useful
Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as,..
Gallivant
To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
Cauterant
A cauterizing substance.
Valiant
Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer.
Implore
To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or ..
