List Words
Intent
Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.
Plotted
of Plot
Munching
of Munch
Tasting
of Taste
Relishing
of Relish
Haven
A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
Savoring
of Savor
Chunk
A short, thick piece of anything.
Forward
An agreement; a covenant; a promise.
Accord
Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.
Affection
The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
Symptomatology
The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.
Betrothed
of Betroth
Juncture
A joining; a union; an alliance.
Fiddle-faddle
To talk nonsense.
Bureaucracy
A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an..
Prodigiousness
The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness.
Drama
A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, ten..
Match
Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one..
Boundary
That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.
Avid
Longing eagerly for; eager; greedy.
Concentrated
of Concentrate
Following
of Follow
Length
The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its ..
Mutineer
One guilty of mutiny.
Overhanging
of Overhang
Thumping
of Thump
Flicker
To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
Fiancee
A betrothed woman.
Optative
Expressing desire or wish.
Enmity
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
Precessional
Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes.
Blancmange
A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold.
Cardinal
Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.
Offense
Alt. of Offence
Planned
of Plan
Bigness
The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk.
Tit
A small horse.
Propaedeutic
Alt. of Propaedeutical
Berth
Convenient sea room.
Slate
An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
Reef
A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
Near
At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.
Striking
of Strike
Bluff
Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship.
Subsist
To be; to have existence; to inhere.
Wary
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
Dissolve
To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, t..
Fabulous
Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero.
Strength
The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of t..
Random Quote
"Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. 'Are you feeling all right?' I asked her. 'I feel all sleepy,' she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead. The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was...in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her. On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunised against measles. ...I dedicated two of my books to Olivia, the first was ‘James and the Giant Peach’. That was when she was still alive. The second was ‘The BFG’, dedicated to her memory after she had died from measles. You will see her name at the beginning of each of these books. And I know how happy she would be if only she could know that her death had helped to save a good deal of illness and death among other children."
I just checked google books for BFG, and the dedication is there.
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/_/quybcXrFhCIC?hl=en&gbpv=1
Roald Dahl, 1986
