List Words
Acception
Acceptation; the received meaning.
Amphibology
A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term.
Outgrowth
That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.
Bushy
Thick and spreading, like a bush.
Oxymoron
A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
Arborary
Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.
Ungenerous
Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.
Impervious
Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air.
Esprit
Spirit.
Transplace
To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place.
Doubleness
The state of being double or doubled.
Revolve
To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.
Antinomy
Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
Bigoted
Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others.
Mulish
Like a mule; sullen; stubborn.
Timbrel
A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity.
Atticism
A favoring of, or attachment to, the Athenians.
Popping
of Pop
Ingemination
Repetition; reduplication; reiteration.
Ephemeral
Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.
Narrow-minded
Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean.
Abiogenesis
The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also abiogeny, and opposed ..
Burned
of Burn
Shortsighted
Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.
Callow
Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.
Lavish
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
Bullheaded
Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged.
Fenny
Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy.
Tolerable
Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
Voyage
Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or jour..
Sureness
The state of being sure; certainty.
Preoccupied
of Preoccupy
Castrated
of Castrate
Tidy
The wren; -- called also tiddy.
Crazed
of Craze
Sough
A sow.
Indocile
Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.
Remaining
of Remain
Agamic
Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.
Cockney
An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
Enfold
To infold. See Infold.
Murmuring
of Murmur
Niche
A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.
Knead
To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough..
Yorkshire
A county in the north of England.
Untidy
Unseasonable; untimely.
Couch
To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
Enduring
of Endure
Nonacid
Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.
Sanctuary
A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.
