List Words
Cane
A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
Lofty
Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
Flush
To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
Competent
Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
Encroachment
The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.
Appropriate
Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
Punctilious
Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
Scholarly
Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.
Precipitation
The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.
Literal
According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.
Transposition
The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed.
Prohibition
The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
Escarp
The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.
Decent
Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.
Rinse
To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
Artifice
A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
Rival
A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
Highness
The state of being high; elevation; loftiness.
Vent
Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
Colleague
A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.
Confidant
Alt. of Confidante
Remarkable
Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.
Wondrous
In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully.
Clutch
A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.
Reverence
Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.
Sacking
of Sack
Booty
That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.
Backing
of Back
Slaughter
The act of killing.
Burrow
An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
Brash
Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.
Relax
To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.
Intermittence
Act or state of intermitting; intermission.
Stripping
of Strip
Rustication
The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution for a time.
Tenant
One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or..
Increase
To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to decrease.
Waver
To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
Haughty
High; lofty; bold.
Unforgettable
Not forgettable; enduring in memory.
Explode
To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.
Honored
of Honor
Front
The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
Diathesis
Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases.
Rare
Early.
August
Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority.
Shroud
That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
Soiree
An evening party; -- distinguished from levee, and matinee.
Number
That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by f..
Scrubby
Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur.
