List Words
Wax
To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.
Attrition
The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
Corundum
The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and ..
Scraping
of Scrape
Burnish
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
Holdfast
Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.
Mediator
One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.
Finical
Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious.
Sun
See Sunn.
Breathing
of Breathe
Detailed
of Detail
Week
A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.
Concrete
United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.
Microscopic
Alt. of Microscopical
Minutely
In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.
Day
The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.
Season
One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the e..
Hep
See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.
Modern
Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern ..
Book
A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.
Journal
Daily; diurnal.
Lathe
Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent.
Quinquennium
Space of five years.
Twelvemonth
A year which consists of twelve calendar months.
Satanic
Alt. of Satanical
Poll
A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
Miniature
Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediaeval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait.
Suspicious
Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
Demoniacal
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices.
Demonic
Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac.
Peccable
Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.
Unsaintly
Unbecoming to a saint.
Irreligious
Destitute of religion; not controlled by religious motives or principles; ungodly. Cf. Impious.
Preposterous
Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order.
Immoral
Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.
Execrable
Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch.
Pooh-pooh
To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!
Barbarous
Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.
Asperse
To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
Berate
To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.
Blasphemous
Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature.
Epithet
An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn.
Impious
Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language.
Swipe
A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
Tall
High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall perso..
Fleer
One who flees.
Frigorific
Alt. of Frigorifical
Cooling
of Cool
Scaring
of Scare
Chilliness
A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.
