List Words
Self-destructive
Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.
Abort
To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
Brass
An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.
Snuffle
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
Terse
Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
Interpretation
The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma.
Disorganized
of Disorganize
Resistant
Making resistance; resisting.
Hectoring
of Hector
Countercheck
To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Slack
Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.
Overlook
To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill.
Defeat
To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.
Spoiling
of Spoil
Littoral
Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.
Pluck
To pull; to draw.
Primordialism
Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state.
Intersection
The act, state, or place of intersecting.
Vacant
Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.
Splendent
Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4.
Series
A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events.
Sue
To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.
Aspersion
A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
Facet
A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond.
Indent
To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
Countervail
To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate.
Proscenium
The part where the actors performed; the stage.
Dip
To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
Kaleidoscopic
Alt. of Kaleidoscopical
Row
Rough; stern; angry.
Chirrup
To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.
Cajoling
of Cajole
Torso
The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
Bandaging
of Bandage
Dive
To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.
Ruffled
of Ruffle
Acidulate
To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
Promulgate
To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.
Apprehensible
Capable of being apprehended or conceived.
Trappings
That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations.
Novelty
The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness; recentness of origin or introduction.
Explicit
A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
Kickshaw
See Kickshaws, the correct singular.
Extreme
At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
Organism
Organic structure; organization.
Courage
The heart; spirit; temper; disposition.
Double
Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.
Soma
The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
Twisting
of Twist
Seemly
Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.
