List Words
Bail bond
A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ.
Garment
Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.
Spectroscope
An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which different substances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the posit..
Planetarium
An orrery. See Orrery.
Desireful
Filled with desire; eager.
Lustful
Full of lust; excited by lust.
Intorsion
A winding, bending, or twisting.
Vortical
Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion.
Orrery
An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls moved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions, positions, orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system.
Grammatic
Grammatical.
Concertina
A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two he..
Outstretch
To stretch out.
Insurance
The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guaran..
Overconfidence
Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.
Theodolite
An instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. It is variously constructed.
Protractor
One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.
Clinometer
An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level.
Quadribasic
Same as Tetrabasic.
Croon
To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.
Linguistic
Alt. of Linguistical
Positiveness
The quality or state of being positive; reality; actualness; certainty; confidence; peremptoriness; dogmatism. See Positive, a.
Invulnerability
Quality or state of being invulnerable.
Hoping
of Hope
Secureness
The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.
Psalterium
The third stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies.
Reported
of Report
Rushing
of Rush
Propagated
of Propagate
Parol
A word; an oral utterance.
Hemicycle
A half circle; a semicircle.
Accrue
To increase; to augment.
Artiste
One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.
Sufflate
To blow up; to inflate; to inspire.
Emendator
One who emends or critically edits.
Enunciated
of Enunciate
Vocalized
of Vocalize
Agilely
In an agile manner; nimbly.
Discession
Departure.
Evolvement
The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution.
Craw
The crop of a bird.
Howbeit
Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however.
Aweather
On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!
Taproot
The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Regimen
Orderly government; system of order; adminisration.
Broaden
To grow broad; to become broader or wider.
Upwind
To wind up.
Sextant
The sixth part of a circle.
Acclimate
To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
Canzone
A song or air for one or more voices, of Provencal origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.
Fleetingly
In a fleeting manner; swiftly.
