List Words
Stimulate
To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the p..
Declamation
The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice ..
Politic
Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.
Suppose
To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or ..
Ransack
To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
Splayfoot
A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.
Alluring
of Allure
Encounter
To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppos..
Assertion
The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
Deputy
One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the dep..
Touchdown
The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal .
Coagency
Agency in common; joint agency or agent.
Textile
Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.
Regain
To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.
Frisk
Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.
Phantom
That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.
Discriminated
of Discriminate
Kiteflying
A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting.
Energize
To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
Aggravation
The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt..
Kerbstone
See Curbstone.
Thievish
Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.
Invective
Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing.
Deceased
of Decease
Niggling
of Niggle
Cashier
One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.
Interline
To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for correction or addition; to write or print something between the lines of; as, to interline a page or a book.
Cornstarch
Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.
Library
A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.
Citrus
A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.
Borne
of Bear
Hidebound
Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.
Conjointly
In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together.
Old-maidish
Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.
Drizzly
Characterized by small rain, or snow; moist and disagreeable.
Feline
Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felidae; as, the feline race; feline voracity.
Pooh
Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.
Scoff
Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
Apron
An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the wai..
Dupe
One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.
Tool
An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implem..
Obedient
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.
Mercenary
Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.
Clawback
A flatterer or sycophant.
Presentable
Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into so..
Perplexing
of Perplex
Pleasure
The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful,..
Softened
of Soften
Sanctimonious
Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.
Accouchement
Delivery in childbed
