List Words
Transition
Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.
Tap
To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
Argue
To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.
Cent
A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.
Translation
The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.
Kidney
A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
Aeroplane
A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.
Medley
A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously.
Pick
To throw; to pitch.
Eulogize
To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.
Engraving
of Engrave
Confection
A composition of different materials.
Rocket
A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
Engineer
A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.
Oration
An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an ..
Still
Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.
Gargle
See Gargoyle.
Arse
The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.
Carbuncle
A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color..
Discounting
of Discount
Subdual
Act of subduing.
Triumph
A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.
Drown
To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
Concomitant
Accompanying; conjoined; attending.
Bank
A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
Peak
A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
Cleft
of Cleave
Constitution
The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.
Dolmen
A cromlech. See Cromlech.
Proportion
The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or o..
Fizz
To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse.
Ruminant
Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
Prickle
A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.
Learned
of Learn
Lap
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
Dump
A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.
Weep
The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.
Eventuation
The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome.
Assess
To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.
Trace
One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
Tattoo
A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.
Win
To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country.
Examine
To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a ..
Shadow
Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tre..
Groove
A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.
Proclivity
Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency.
Gewgaw
A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
Nock
A notch.
Squalid
Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.
Polar
Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds.
