List Words
Husband
The male of a pair of animals.
Virago
A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage; a woman who has the robust body and masculine mind of a man; a female warrior.
Defalcate
To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
Corinthian
Of or relating to Corinth.
Catamite
A boy kept for unnatural purposes.
Deprave
To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
Nonconformist
One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.
Equinoctial
Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
Cask
Same as Casque.
Sourness
The quality or state of being sour.
Foliation
The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.
Ascending
of Ascend
Idealistic
Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.
Admonish
To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.
Acridity
Alt. of Acridness
Inert
Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.
Reprove
To convince.
Siren
One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction...
Gentlemanlike
Alt. of Gentlemanly
Latent
Not visible or apparent; hidden; springs of action.
Open
Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door,..
Ecclesiasticus
A book of the Apocrypha.
Denotative
Having power to denote; designating or marking off.
Coyote
A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill ..
Cairn
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
Stridor
A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise.
Insurrection
A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.
Discrediting
of Discredit
Asthenic
Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.
Pique
A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.
Roue
One devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.
Jackal
Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are ..
Thirsty
Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire.
Provoke
To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by ..
Stupid
Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.
Rutilant
Having a reddish glow; shining.
Inconsequent
Not following from the premises; not regularly inferred; invalid; not characterized by logical method; illogical; arbitrary; inconsistent; of no consequence.
Grief
Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
Hallowed
of Hallow
Chickabiddy
A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child.
Sensory
Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve center impulses resulting in sensation; al..
Hyena
Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habi..
Balbuties
The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incomplete pronunciation.
Connotative
Implying something additional; illative.
Hankering
of Hanker
Teemless
Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as, a teemless earth.
Example
One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
Protestant
One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of ..
Arbiter
A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.
Plea
That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern pr..
