List Words
Puff
A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.
Phrase
A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase.
Superfluity
A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth.
Importune
To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
Smooth
Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.
Appeal
To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say,..
Manufacture
The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.
Plan
A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anyt..
Swamp
Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.
Tendency
Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.
Box
A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in ga..
Prostrate
Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
Greaten
To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.
Widen
To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.
Shank
See Chank.
Plate
A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
Strain
Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
Kneeling
of Kneel
Breast
The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.
Blow
To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
Etude
A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.
Prototype
An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form; exemplar; archetype.
Inflation
The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.
Extrude
To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away.
Gear
Clothing; garments; ornaments.
Physique
The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
Vein
One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
Attitude
The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.
Line
Flax; linen.
Manner
Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
Feature
The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.
Tack
A stain; a tache.
Practice
Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular e..
Kid
A young goat.
Dimension
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and ..
Crawling
of Crawl
Snowball
A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.
Recite
To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the word..
Narrate
To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an account of.
Up
Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.
Extend
To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.
Slimy
Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding in, slime.
Cringing
of Cringe
Expatiate
To range at large, or without restraint.
Inflate
Blown in; inflated.
Tumefy
To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up.
Surplus
That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
Compensation
The act or principle of compensating.
Quadrennium
A space or period of four years.
Biquadrate
The fourth power, or the square of the square. Thus 4x4=16, the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4.
