List Words
Upheave
To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise.
Meander
A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.
Appeasing
of Appease
Alleviation
The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.
Offend
To strike against; to attack; to assail.
Castor
the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.
Slackening
of Slacken
Acciaccatura
A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura.
Rove
of Reeve
Wander
To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
Web
A weaver.
Oscitancy
The act of gaping or yawning.
Cradling
of Cradle
Plexus
of Plexus
Misconjecture
A wrong conjecture or guess.
Leniency
The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.
Lulling
of Lull
Misesteem
Want of esteem; disrespect.
Mitigation
The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity,..
Grate
Serving to gratify; agreeable.
Dulcification
The act of dulcifying or sweetening.
Deviate
To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
Seaman
A merman; the male of the mermaid.
Avoirdupois
Goods sold by weight.
Lieutenant general
An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.
Webbing
of Web
Levitate
To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.
Lob
A dull, heavy person.
Gravity
The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.
Hoist
To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
Cancellation
The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
Latticework
Same as Lattice, n., 1.
Upthrow
To throw up.
Wattle
A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.
Tonnage
The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.
Screening
of Screen
Upcast
Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes.
Reticulum
The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach.
Floweriness
The state of being flowery.
Mariner
One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.
Patron
One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
Thunderstruck
of Thunderstrike
Leeward
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship.
Windiness
The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season.
Lateral
Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.
Sufi
A title or surname of the king of Persia.
Refreshful
Full of power to refresh; refreshing.
Santon
A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.
Muslim
See Moslem.
Waldensian
Of or pertaining to the Waldenses.