List Words
Terminology
The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.
Crocus
A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blos..
Pumice stone
Same as Pumice.
Assistant
Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
Favorite
A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high ra..
Florin
A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849..
Elvish
Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.
Transliteration
The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet.
Galloway
A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; -- called also garran, and garron.
Sixpence
An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.
Chit
The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.
Glossary
A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or oth..
Shelty
A Shetland pony.
Wisp
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.
Fingerling
A young salmon. See Parr.
Paraphrase
A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification ..
Wrongheaded
Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse.
Metaphrase
A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase.
Shilling
A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States ..
Shetland pony
One of a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail, which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie.
Tabid
Affected by tabes; tabetic.
Colicky
Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder.
Edematous
Alt. of Edematose
Apoplectic
Alt. of Apoplectical
Leprous
Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy.
Tuberculous
Having tubercles; affected with, or characterized by, tubercles; tubercular.
Arthritic
Alt. of Arthritical
Neuralgic
Of or pertaining to, or having the character of, neuralgia; as, a neuralgic headache.
Nephritic
Alt. of Nephritical
Obstipation
The act of stopping up, as a passage.
Jealousness
State or quality of being jealous.
Freezable
Capable of being frozen.
Toothache
Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.
Otalgia
Pain in the ear; earache.
Dysentery
A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood.
Awing
of Awe
Deterrent
Serving to deter.
Freezing
of Freeze
Refrigerative
Cooling; allaying heat.
Regelation
The act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two pieces of ice.
Refrigeratory
Mitigating heat; cooling.
Chilliness
A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.
Scaring
of Scare
Cooling
of Cool
Frigorific
Alt. of Frigorifical
Fleer
One who flees.
Tall
High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall perso..
Swipe
A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
Impious
Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language.
Epithet
An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn.
