List Words
Tool
An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implem..
Dupe
One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.
Apron
An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the wai..
Scoff
Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
Pooh
Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.
Feline
Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felidae; as, the feline race; feline voracity.
Drizzly
Characterized by small rain, or snow; moist and disagreeable.
Old-maidish
Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.
Conjointly
In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together.
Hidebound
Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.
Borne
of Bear
Citrus
A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.
Library
A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.
Cornstarch
Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.
Interline
To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for correction or addition; to write or print something between the lines of; as, to interline a page or a book.
Cashier
One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.
Niggling
of Niggle
Deceased
of Decease
Invective
Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing.
Thievish
Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.
Kerbstone
See Curbstone.
Aggravation
The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt..
Energize
To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
Kiteflying
A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting.
Discriminated
of Discriminate
Phantom
That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.
Frisk
Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.
Regain
To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.
Textile
Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.
Coagency
Agency in common; joint agency or agent.
Touchdown
The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal .
Deputy
One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the dep..
Assertion
The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
Encounter
To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppos..
Alluring
of Allure
Splayfoot
A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.
Ransack
To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
Suppose
To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or ..
Politic
Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.
Declamation
The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice ..
Stimulate
To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the p..
Disorderly
Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.
Cork
The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.
Removable
Admitting of being removed.
Magnet
The loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, Fe3O4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the pol..
Atom
An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.
Departing
of Depart
Vegetable
Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.
Artist
One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.
Punchinello
A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked.
