List Words
Backward
Alt. of Backwards
Acquiesce
To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting t..
Musae
of Musa
Refracted
of Refract
Worthiness
The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.
Dehiscent
Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant.
Penetrating
of Penetrate
Dexterous
Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.
Morass
A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
Swirling
of Swirl
Tabor
A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person.
Ancestor
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
Consonance
Alt. of Consonancy
Eros
Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.
Reeking
of Reek
Precedent
Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
Genius
A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee.
Thunderous
Producing thunder.
Spokesman
One who speaks for another.
Recapitulation
The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.
Inclusively
In an inclusive manner.
Rehearsal
The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise.
Fricatrice
A lewd woman; a harlot.
Master
A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
Mere
A pool or lake.
Askance
Alt. of Askant
Mirror
A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.
Proclamation
The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.
Noisy
Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.
Pamphlet
A writing; a book.
Indirect
Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.
Ukase
In Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, having the force of law.
Raddle
A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
Podgy
Fat and short; pudgy.
Helical
Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring.
Add
To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
Circinate
Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns.
Declaration
The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a de..
Shocking
of Shock
Gemmation
The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding.
Discoid
Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.
Messenger
One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears mes..
Misvalue
To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue.
Prodigy
Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.
Interchange
To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services.
Vibrant
Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums.
Forebear
An ancestor. See Forbear.
Sordid
Filthy; foul; dirty.
Uniformity
The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like conditions; even tenor; as, the u..
Bisection
Division into two parts, esp. two equal parts.
