List Words
Detritus
A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.
Cajole
To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.
Gyratory
Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around.
Modicum
A little; a small quantity; a measured simply.
Extended
of Extend
Terrorist
One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
Carbonaro
A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.
Clearance
The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.
Prayer
One who prays; a supplicant.
Stop
To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
Glib
Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib.
Ripple
An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
Impassive
Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.
Acerb
Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.
Disrepair
A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair.
Impede
To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.
Falseness
The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, ..
Perpetrate
To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed.
Unwise
Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.
Privity
Privacy; secrecy; confidence.
Bootlick
A toady.
Staccato
Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents wri..
Laburnum
A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.
Become
of Become
Bless
To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
Incomparable
Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.
Static
Alt. of Statical
Chatty
Given to light, familiar talk; talkative.
Stoop
Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, wit..
Lionize
To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.
Splendiferous
Splendor-bearing; splendid.
Hurry
To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
Rebus
A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; he..
Advertisement
The act of informing or notifying; notification.
Moralize
To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
Revere
To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.
Gumbo
A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.
Finger
One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.
Eraser
One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.
Zigzag
Something that has short turns or angles.
Demurring
of Demur
Burin
The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in ..
Hurt
A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
Establish
To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.
Subtenant
One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant.
Sprig
A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.
Grog
A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened; hence, any intoxicating liquor.
Offender
One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer.
Proving
of Prove
Stain
To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.
