List Words
Indisposed
of Indispose
White-livered
Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.
Fresco
A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.
Homologate
To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding.
Tickling
of Tickle
Molehill
A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty.
Migration
The act of migrating.
Distort
Distorted; misshapen.
Defective
Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or ac..
Initiate
To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.
Frontier
That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of ..
Elapsed
of Elapse
Illegitimate
Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
Afraid
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.
Desolated
of Desolate
Polished
of Polish
Subvert
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
West
The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at rig..
Treasure-house
A house or building where treasures and stores are kept.
Meddler
One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody.
Native
Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
Shindle
A shingle; also, a slate for roofing.
Streamlet
A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.
Sylphish
Sylphlike.
Susceptible
Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration.
Juxtaposition
A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.
Comparison
The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.
Desynonymize
To deprive of synonymous character; to discriminate in use; -- applied to words which have been employed as synonyms.
Runlet
A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.
Workmanlike
Becoming a workman, especially a skillful one; skillful; well performed.
Cosmopolitan
Alt. of Cosmopolite
Minx
A pert or a wanton girl.
Magniloquent
Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Usurpation
The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure ..
Clod
A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.
Incrustation
The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
Gustable
Capable of being tasted; tastable.
Brilliant
Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.
Reorient
Rising again.
Ascent
The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.
Backlog
A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth.
Camera lucida
An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surf..
Graze
To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
Lousy
Infested with lice.
Child
A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.
Pitiful
Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
Comply
To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with.
Biddy
A name used in calling a hen or chicken.
Shattery
Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar.
Bruiser
One who, or that which, bruises.