List Words
Cottage
A small house; a cot; a hut.
Trashy
Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel.
Corrode
To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
Representative
Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
Capacious
Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.
Anteriority
The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.
Implication
The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.
Chasse
A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.
Jubilate
The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, "Jubilate Deo."
Avert
To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? "To avert his ire."
Myrmidon
One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war.
Repurchase
To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.
Stairway
A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.
Twice
Two times; once and again.
Compromise
A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.
Minimize
To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.
Reactionist
A reactionary.
Aggravate
To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.
Shawm
A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form.
Supercurious
Excessively curious or inquisitive.
Reckoner
One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.
Epicure
A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean.
Beery
Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin.
Overseer
One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.
Springe
A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare.
Altruism
Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness.
Characteristic
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
Purser
A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.
Sophomoric
Alt. of Sophomorical
Gabble
To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.
Overcome
of Overcome
Impartiality
The quality of being impartial; freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; equitableness; fairness; as, impartiality of judgment, of treatment, etc.
Coupe
The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.
Foretaste
A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
Merge
To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
Anyhow
In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event.
Pinch
To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.
Megarian
Alt. of Megaric
Antonym
A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.
Warfare
Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
Silt
Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
Counterterm
A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend".
Dateless
Without date; having no fixed time.
Retraction
The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
Indigenous
Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported.
Unwilling
Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.
Overcurious
Too curious.
Woolgathering
Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.
Counteractive
Tending to counteract.
Canceling
of Cancel
