List Words
Soap
A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, an..
Irrigation
The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
Steaming
of Steam
Yachting
Sailing for pleasure in a yacht.
Seafaring
Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.
Lie
See Lye.
Aid-major
The adjutant of a regiment.
Raw
Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.
Sneezing
of Sneeze
Insomnia
Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness.
Wareroom
A room in which goods are stored or exhibited for sale.
Award
To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.
Canker
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma.
Sclerosis
Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue.
Fistula
A reed; a pipe.
Asphyxiation
The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.
Abatement
The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
Souse
A corrupt form of Sou.
Endowment
The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.
Whelk
Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as..
Petiolule
A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.
Harangue
A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting.
Reason
A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficie..
Gudgeon
A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeon..
Exhibit
To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehous..
Trunk
The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
Retrospective
Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view.
Core
A body of individuals; an assemblage.
Mandrel
A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.
Exercise
The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.
Exodus
A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.
Descent
The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
Wont
Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.
Pruritus
Itching.
Suppuration
The act or process of suppurating.
Prevailing
of Prevail
Prevalent
Gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious.
Banal
Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.
Acknowledgment
The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
Polyp
One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
Eschar
A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.
Vouchsafement
The act of vouchsafing, or that which is vouchsafed; a gift or grant in condescension.
Instinct
Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.
Bleeding
of Bleed
Heredity
Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descenda..
Factor
One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or ..
Sculling
of Scull
Frequent
Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits.
Hedge
A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as ..
Constipation
Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.
