List Words
Whale
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whaleb..
Hearken
To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered; to give heed; to hear, in order to obey or comply.
Flagrancy
A burning; great heat; inflammation.
Capitulary
A capitular.
Touchy
Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.
Whimsical
Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish.
Polka
A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time.
Goby
One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.
Monkey
In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.
Swordfish
A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, ..
Pettish
Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
Coal
A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.
Divisive
Indicating division or distribution.
Jobber
One who works by the job.
Proctor
One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.
Aider
One who, or that which, aids.
Sea snake
Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oce..
Effete
No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.
Misteach
To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.
Sea pig
A porpoise or dolphin.
Delegate
Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
Oxyacid
An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; -- contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric acid. See Acid, and Hydroxy-.
Fused
of Fuse
Tuna
The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.
Funk
An offensive smell; a stench.
Intelligent
Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.
Liquefied
of Liquefy
Jump
A kind of loose jacket for men.
Irreconcilability
The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness.
Pickerel
A young or small pike.
Depredation
The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land.
Hinny
To neigh; to whinny.
Relinquished
of Relinquish
Retrogressive
Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
Flagging
of Flag
Variegation
The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors.
Quantities
of Quantity
Hectic
Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.
Diatribe
A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic.
Messing
of Mess
Provident
Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of ..
Contrast
To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.
Accordant
Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to.
Nonconforming
Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.
Condemnatory
Condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree.
Energizing
of Energize
Cetacean
One of the Cetacea.
Wounded
of Wound
Plural
Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word.
Infusion
The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal.
