List Words
Retainer
One who, or that which, retains.
salt
Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from..
Facilities
of Facility
Chastise
To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.
Self-denial
The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.
Indoctrinate
To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue with, principles or doctrines; to teach; -- often followed..
Subjection
The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.
Inform
Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
Coordination
The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a gove..
Sea legs
Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea.
Squat
The angel fish (Squatina angelus).
Lucre
Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense.
Utilization
The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.
Tactics
The science and art of disposing military and naval forces in order for battle, and performing military and naval evolutions. It is divided into grand tactics, or the tactics of battles, and ..
Government
The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
Account
A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
Dean
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.
Dramatize
To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.
Aluminum
See Aluminium.
Troublous
Full of trouble; causing trouble.
Evidence
That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the t..
Cheap
A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.
Kernel
The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of..
Inglorious
Not glorious; not bringing honor or glory; not accompanied with fame, honor, or celebrity; obscure; humble; as, an inglorious life of ease.
Inimitability
The quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness.
Fee
property; possession; tenure.
Quicken
To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
Scope
That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; obje..
Procure
To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or ..
Propose
To set forth.
Besiege
To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.
Octant
The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
Mean-spirited
Of a mean spirit; base; groveling.
Gentleman
A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.
Totem
A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan.
Sheep
Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
Connect
To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.
Profess
To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely.
Seamanship
The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.
Request
The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.
Discipline
The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.
Influence
A flowing in or upon; influx.
Manipulation
The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art.
Admit
To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to ..
Notification
The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or soci..
Assign
To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
Eyesight
Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation.
Lead
One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tub..
Permit
To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
Primacy
The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy.
