List Words
Jack
A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
Greggoe
Alt. of Grego
Loess
A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
Bedbug
A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
Nonage
The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.
Grotto
A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment.
Ale
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
Floe
A low, flat mass of floating ice.
Fixture
State of being fixed; fixedness.
Calve
To bring forth a calf.
Nadir
That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.
Aught
Alt. of Aucht
Interloper
One who interlopes; one who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously.
Duper
One who dupes another.
Bonito
A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast.
Ingate
Entrance; ingress.
Asp
Same as Aspen.
Busby
A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder.
Ogre
An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.
Hurdle
A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as r..
Loppy
Somewhat lop; inclined to lop.
Arcual
Of or pertaining to an arc.
Sirius
The Dog Star. See Dog Star.
Fitly
In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.
Abbey
A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.
An
This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically...
Herr
A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister.
Gibing
of Gibe
Caries
of Carib
Arthrodial
Alt. of Arthrodic
Mentum
The front median plate of the labium in insects. See Labium.
Calyculated
Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.
Ester
An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty..
Copier
One who copies; one who writes or transcribes from an original; a transcriber.
Kale
A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species.
Odin
The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as Woden, of the German tribes.
Tinny
Pertaining to, abounding with, or resembling, tin.
Bunchy
Swelling out in bunches.
Pignus
A pledge or pawn.
Belong
To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.
Bouge
To swell out.
Violate
To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe.
Peri
An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished.
Keno
A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
Dizen
To dress; to attire.
Bolero
A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it.
Pomade
Cider.
Spumy
Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy.
Mikado
The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan.
Anna
An East Indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents.
