List Words
Chivalry
A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.
Convolute
Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation.
Recreancy
The quality or state of being recreant.
Stepper
One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.
Contestable
Capable of being contested; debatable.
Amazement
The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.
Promenade
A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.
Gusto
Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy.
Oligarchic
Alt. of Oligarchical
Footpath
A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.
Mannerism
Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.
Wrinkled
of Wrinkle
Rarity
The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness; as, the rarity (contrasted with the density) of gases.
Mulct
A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.
Piste
The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over.
Peephole
A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered.
Tergiversation
The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.
Manipulator
One who manipulates.
Bumper
A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.
Finish
See Finishing coat, under Finishing.
Saucebox
A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child.
Allege
To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.
Despondency
The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.
Enervated
of Enervate
Suppositional
Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed.
Mutilated
of Mutilate
Sabulous
Sandy; gritty.
Arbitrary
Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.
Quotum
Part or proportion; quota.
Incapacitate
To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.
Scraper
An instrument with which anything is scraped.
Scissors
A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of sci..
Autocracy
Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.
Bookkeeper
One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.
Enmesh
To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes.
Self-determination
Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
Internationalism
The state or principles of international interests and intercourse.
Cease
Extinction.
Mellifluous
Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice.
Gymnastics
Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises; also, disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character.
Fastidious
Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite.
Miscue
A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.
Commendatory
Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising.
Corral
A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.
Appreciative
Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience.
Refit
To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war.
Private
Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's p..
Courtly
Relating or belonging to a court.
Subtility
Subtilty.
Subsidence
Alt. of Subsidency
