List Words
Stupendous
Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile.
Looming
of Loom
Conformation
The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
Incomprehensible
Not capable of being contained within limits.
Librate
To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.
Acquittal
The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
Formidable
Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.
Oppressive
Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.
Picayune
A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit.
Self-defensive
Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.
Vacuous
Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.
Peculiar
One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation.
Prospective
Of or pertaining to a prospect; furnishing a prospect; perspective.
Preterit
Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.
Rump
The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.
Hostage
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.
Obstruct
To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the ..
Prevaricate
To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.
Principal
Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal..
Guardianship
The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
Instant
Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
Span
imp. & p. p. of Spin.
Tutelary
Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses.
Ebony
A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.
Slow
imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
Formidableness
The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread.
Might
of May
Delivery
The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.
Kismet
Destiny; fate.
Imperfect
Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.
Ebonize
To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.
Fence
That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
Murk
Dark; murky.
Prelacy
The office or dignity of a prelate; church government by prelates.
Tar
A sailor; a seaman.
Officer
One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer.
Humid
Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor.
Frowning
of Frown
Propagate
To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.
Revolutionist
One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution.
Bulk
Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
Size
Six.
Trump
A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.
Heedful
Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant.
Affianced
of Affiance
Duck
A pet; a darling.
Sweetheart
A lover of mistress.
Warden
A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
Revolter
One who revolts.
Invent
To come or light upon; to meet; to find.