List Words
Dey
A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
Non est inventus
The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county.
Gout
A drop; a clot or coagulation.
Cadge
To carry, as a burden.
Vasodilator
Causing dilation or relaxation of the blood vessels; as, the vasodilator nerves, stimulation of which causes dilation of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vaso-..
Malt
Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.
Coccyx
The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.
Struma
Scrofula.
Tremble
An involuntary shaking or quivering.
Spadix
A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.
Dusky
Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.
Gaff
A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
Caper
To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
Dunce
One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
Belial
An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil.
Cobra
See Copra.
Elk
A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to..
Banana
A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.
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Foray
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
Creel
An osier basket, such as anglers use.
Bier
A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.
Befool
To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.
Adieu
Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.
Anvil
An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.
Hurst
A wood or grove; -- a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazlehurst.
Plum
The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
Osmose
The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids of differing densities, and as taking place through a membrane or an intervening ..
Cavort
To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider.
Gyrus
A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain.
Artistry
Artistic effect or quality.
Groom
A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.
Ruth
Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.
Saucy
Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow.
Adown
From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground.
Prying
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Until
To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.
Cilia
The eyelashes.
Ladle
A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.
Whilom
Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times.
Emasculation
The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
Zouave
One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress.
Shuffleboard
See Shovelboard.
Hotbed
A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.
Ashlar
Alt. of Ashler
Glim
Brightness; splendor.
Astir
Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
Fungi
See Fungus.
Haslet
The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog.
Fibula
A brooch, clasp, or buckle.