List Words
Scrutiny
Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.
Unctuous
Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy.
Commingle
To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend.
Clinquant
Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
Piping
of Pipe
Indention
Same as Indentation, 4.
Circumstantial
Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents.
Ovule
The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nu..
Severe
Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.
Unstable
Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.
Dry
Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the ..
Monomania
Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement.
Parrot
In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci.
Select
Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.
Maximize
To increase to the highest degree.
Back stairs
Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.
Glissando
A gliding effect; gliding.
Jolt
To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.
Neurasthenia
A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.
Pithy
Consisting wholly, or in part, of pith; abounding in pith; as, a pithy stem; a pithy fruit.
Freighting
of Freight
Incomplete
Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
Displaying
of Display
Agnate
Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.
Interminably
Without end or limit.
Acrimony
A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants.
Evenhanded
Fair or impartial; unbiased.
Ocean
The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea.
Straddle
To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.
Handicap
An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the ..
Sprawling
of Sprawl
Leave
To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.
Timorous
Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.
Bilk
To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor.
Devotionalist
Alt. of Devotionist
Traject
To throw or cast through, over, or across; as, to traject the sun's light through three or more cross prisms.
Ban
A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
Prison
A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody.
Indented
of Indent
Spicy
Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes.
Unyoke
To loose or free from a yoke.
Herculean
Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
Aeon
A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.
Cramming
of Cram
German
Nearly related; closely akin.
Grazing
of Graze
Rebut
To drive or beat back; to repulse.
Underling
An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.
Granule
A little grain a small particle; a pellet.
Accommodate
To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
