List Words
Puncheon
A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
Tamper
One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.
Puller
One who, or that which, pulls.
Forceps
A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially ..
Fluorescence
That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color from the mass of the material, as when green crystals of fluor..
Ignis fatuus
A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly ..
Rewrite
To write again.
Continuo
Basso continuo, or continued bass.
Ramrod
The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.
Distich
A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.
Tasteful
Having a high relish; savory.
Onomasticon
A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180.
Restate
To state anew.
Hassock
A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.
Aria
An air or song; a melody; a tune.
Septet
Alt. of Septette
Megrim
A kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head.
Travesty
Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition.
Facsimile
A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness.
Dictionary
A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook.
Tussock
A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
Root
To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
Mine
See Mien.
Cache
A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.
Repository
A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.
Conscientiously
In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; accurately; completely.
Fussily
In a fussy manner.
Exquisitely
In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought.
Wriggler
One who, or that which, wriggles.
Grubber
One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc.
Imitation
The act of imitating.
Lightly
With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.
Distinctly
With distinctness; not confusedly; without the blending of one part or thing another; clearly; plainly; as, to see distinctly.
Doltish
Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown.
Nomenclator
One who calls persons or things by their names.
Consumptive
Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
Duncical
Like a dunce; duncish.
Dense
Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog.
Tubercular
Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled; tuberculate.
Transcription
The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.
Disheartening
of Dishearten
Colcothar
Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis.
Ravishingly
In a ravishing manner.
Winningly
In a winning manner.
Richly
In a rich manner.
Neighbor
A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.
Supporter
One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.
Nicely
In a nice manner.
Famously
In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.
Marvelously
In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely.
