List Words
Pagoda
A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol ..
Proximo
In the next month after the present; -- often contracted to prox.; as, on the 3d proximo.
Frown
To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.
Decreased
of Decrease
Halter
One who halts or limps; a cripple.
Equipment
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
Bludgeon
A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.
Glider
One who, or that which, glides.
Atomize
To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.
Pirogue
A dugout canoe; by extension, any small boat.
Headstone
The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.
Nether
Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper.
Morceau
A bit; a morsel.
Subsequently
At a later time; afterwards.
Countersink
To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink ..
Dower
That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
Palpitate
To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as ..
Lowered
of Lower
Tug
To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
Abated
of Abate
Ex post facto
Alt. of Ex postfacto
Undervalue
To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate.
Plausible
Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
Fulcrum
A prop or support.
Subjunctive
Subjoined or added to something before said or written.
Bottle
A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids.
Prop
A shell, used as a die. See Props.
Alpenstock
A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps.
Mentality
Quality or state of mind.
Pleonasm
Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.
Monument
Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.
Ottoman
Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.
Quavering
of Quaver
Tutelage
The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.
Retroversion
A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.
Outlet
The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.
Reinstatement
The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re/stablishment.
Probable
Capable of being proved.
En
Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.
Entrammel
To trammel; to entangle.
Intrigue
To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
Enfeoffment
The act of enfeoffing.
Smatter
To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.
Ventage
A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent.
Cerebration
Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.
Developing
of Develop
Rabble
An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.
Subrogation
The act of subrogating.
Removal
The act of removing, or the state of being removed.
Hackamore
A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal.
