List Words
Silt
Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
Warfare
Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
Antonym
A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.
Megarian
Alt. of Megaric
Pinch
To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.
Anyhow
In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.
Merge
To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
Foretaste
A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
Coupe
The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.
Impartiality
The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.
Overcome
of Overcome
Gabble
To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.
Sophomoric
Alt. of Sophomorical
Purser
A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.
Characteristic
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
Altruism
Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness.
Springe
A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare.
Overseer
One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.
Beery
Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin.
Epicure
A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean.
Reckoner
One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.
Supercurious
Excessively curious or inquisitive.
Shawm
A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form.
Aggravate
To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.
Reactionist
A reactionary.
Minimize
To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.
Compromise
A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
Twice
Two times; once and again.
Stairway
A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.
Repurchase
To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.
Myrmidon
One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war.
Avert
To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire."
Jubilate
The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, "Jubilate Deo."
Chasse
A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.
Implication
The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.
Anteriority
The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.
Capacious
Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.
Representative
Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
Corrode
To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
Trashy
Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel.
Cottage
A small house; a cot; a hut.
Primitive
Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.
Serrated
Notched on the edge, like a saw.
Tyro
A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice.
Country
A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or cit..
Cute
Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning.
Conclave
The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
Incuriosity
Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference.
Superficial
Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage..
Sloth
Slowness; tardiness.
