List Words
Impairment
The state of being impaired; injury.
Wickedness
The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.
Unreliable
Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable.
Credo
The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.
Jettison
The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.
Dichotomous
Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem.
Hysteric
Alt. of Hysterical
Tiptoe
The end, or tip, of the toe.
Meandering
of Meander
Clough
A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley.
Duct
Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
Digestive
Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments.
Adoration
The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.
Passageway
A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.
Pudding
A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
Scheme
A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.
Sorbent
An absorbent.
Paradox
A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be tr..
Keynote
The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone.
Buffer
An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.
Gaudiness
The quality of being gaudy.
Astral
Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike.
Thorn
A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
Labored
of Labor
Define
To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.
Inequality
The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers..
Tailor
One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.
Grave
To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
Disputatious
Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.
Muzzy
Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid.
Betting
of Bet
Euhemerism
The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.
Portraying
of Portray
Tramp
To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.
Flurry
A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.
Inebriation
The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success.
Jumbled
of Jumble
Rendering
of Render
Truelove
One really beloved.
Slash
To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
Sanhedrin
Alt. of Sanhedrim
Shred
A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
Prefigurement
The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is prefigured.
Stinging
of Sting
Thoughtless
Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act.
Exultant
Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.
Finikin
Precise in trifles; idly busy.
Treble
Threefold; triple.
Obscured
of Obscure
Donjon
The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle.
