List Words
Dogged
of Dog
Expressly
In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.
Carpel
Alt. of Carpellum
Famousness
The state of being famous.
Deplume
To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.
Euripus
A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux.
Vamp
To advance; to travel.
Appropriation
The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground f..
Governing
of Govern
Disproof
A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.
Quill
One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.
Hegemonic
Alt. of Hegemonical
Gentilitial
Alt. of Gentilitious
Cigar
A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.
Radicalism
The quality or state of being radical; specifically, the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform.
Efficacious
Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.
Secretion
The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods.
Bezel
The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
Armipotence
Power in arms.
Introductory
Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.
Contrive
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
Persuade
To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
Cheroot
A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco.
Garrote
A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is ..
Spotting
of Spot
Showiness
The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.
Immunity
Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of ..
Vortex
A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to ..
Tendon
A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
Entice
To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to ..
Capillament
A filament.
Prolixity
The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings.
Wheedling
of Wheedle
Veronica
A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation o..
Becket
A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope.
Presumable
Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence.
Downhaul
A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.
Extensive
Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence..
Unmerciful
Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind.
Volute
A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix,..
Loon
A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.
Wintry
Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.
Lanyard
A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrou..
Ingress
The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.
Liable
Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
Crucifixion
The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment.
Deathliness
The quality of being deathly; deadliness.
Forgiveness
The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.
Guest rope
The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.
Thong
A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything.
