List Words
French
Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
Cruel
See Crewel.
Inanity
Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.
Stare
The starling.
Mien
Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing.
Superficies
The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.
Pout
The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.
Shrunken
of Shrink
Effective
Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a reg..
Pitiless
Destitute of pity; hard-hearted; merciless; as, a pitilessmaster; pitiless elements.
Recoupment
The act of recouping.
Discretion
Disjunction; separation.
Olivaceous
Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green.
Thuggery
Alt. of Thuggism
Dour
Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.
Debonairness
The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy.
Rainy
Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy weather; a rainy day or season.
Bigwig
A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.
Homonym
A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.
Affirm
to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
Berylline
Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color.
Filiation
The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.
Append
To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.
Sizable
Of considerable size or bulk.
Consonant
Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; -- usually followed by with or to.
Diatom
One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous division. By some authors diatoms are calle..
Diphthong
A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong.
Dreariness
Sorrow; wretchedness.
Nasal
Of or pertaining to the nose.
Mortise
A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon.
Swapping
of Swap
Endear
To make dear or beloved.
Subjacent
Lying under or below.
Underprize
To undervalue; to underestimate.
Introit
A going in.
Scriptural
Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine.
Imparadise
To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.
Credenda
of Credendum
Panache
A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.
Intimidate
To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
Colossus
A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.
Wriggle
To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
Recoil
To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
Diminished
of Diminish
Settling
of Settle
Disgrace
The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
Ungentle
Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.
Inactivity
The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.
Rictus
The gape of the mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to the corners of the mouth.
Puffery
The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.
