List Words
Loon
A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.
Volute
A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix,..
Unmerciful
Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind.
Extensive
Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence..
Downhaul
A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.
Presumable
Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence.
Becket
A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope.
Veronica
A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation o..
Wheedling
of Wheedle
Prolixity
The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings.
Capillament
A filament.
Entice
To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to ..
Tendon
A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
Vortex
A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to ..
Immunity
Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of ..
Showiness
The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.
Spotting
of Spot
Garrote
A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is ..
Cheroot
A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco.
Persuade
To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
Contrive
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
Introductory
Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.
Armipotence
Power in arms.
Bezel
The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
Secretion
The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods.
Efficacious
Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.
Radicalism
The quality or state of being radical; specifically, the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform.
Cigar
A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.
Gentilitial
Alt. of Gentilitious
Hegemonic
Alt. of Hegemonical
Quill
One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.
Disproof
A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.
Governing
of Govern
Appropriation
The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground f..
Vamp
To advance; to travel.
Euripus
A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux.
Deplume
To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.
Famousness
The state of being famous.
Carpel
Alt. of Carpellum
Expressly
In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.
Dogged
of Dog
Vulnerability
The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness.
Assistance
The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.
Yarn
Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.
Promising
of Promise
Detrude
To thrust down or out; to push down with force.
Decapitation
The act of beheading; beheading.
Overhang
To impend or hang over.
Adornment
An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.
Absent
Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
