List Words
Alleyway
An alley.
Dap
To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.
Enthrall
To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall.
Skulk
To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk.
Accouter
Alt. of Accoutre
Outfall
The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs.
Lobule
A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.
Expedition
The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.
Seine
A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish.
Upholder
A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.
Babism
The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish and Parsee elements.
Laxness
The state of being lax; laxity.
Obfuscated
of Obfuscate
Thinness
The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).
Switch
A small, flexible twig or rod.
Cog
To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
Crore
Ten millions; as, a crore of rupees (which is nearly $5,000,000).
Underwrite
To write under something else; to subscribe.
Rummage
A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage.
Insatiability
The state or quality of being insatiable; insatiableness.
Edacity
Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity.
Overlargeness
Excess of size or bulk.
Empower
To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the att..
Drunkenness
The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.
Piragua
See Pirogue.
Exorbitance
Alt. of Exorbitancy
Can
an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]
Unruliness
Quality or state unruly.
Silique
An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alte..
Probably
In a probable manner; in likelihood.
Pugilist
One who fights with his fists; esp., a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
Hyperbole
A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than th..
Ideation
The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought.
Greediness
The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.
Providence
The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.
Exorbitancy
A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitanc..
Savement
The act of saving.
Ace
A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.
Improvement
The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc.
Forearm
To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.
Damnation
The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
Octosyllable
Octosyllabic.
Repeat
To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.
Stow
To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves.
Octateuch
A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament.
Thrill
A warbling; a trill.
Reenactment
The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.
Castigation
Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
Rationality
The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.
Christophany
An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.
