List Words
Homiletics
The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.
Iron
The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, ..
Each
Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of ..
Dearth
Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.
Unmeaning
Having no meaning or signification; as, unmeaning words.
Intractile
Not tractile; incapable of being drawn out or extended.
Feckless
Spiritless; weak; worthless.
Polymnia
See Polyhymnia.
Trinity
The union of three persons (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost) in one Godhead, so that all the three are one God as to substance, but three persons as to individuality.
Rhombohedron
A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.
Rectangle
A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.
Orpheus
The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.
Euterpe
The Muse who presided over music.
Discontentment
The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude.
Burial
A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.
Predetermined
of Predetermine
Malum
An evil. See Mala.
Coaxing
of Coax
Branks
A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
Quadrangle
A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles.
Libelant
One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.
Flaxen
Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair.
Saffron
A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.
Arenaceous
Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.
Hulky
Bulky; unwiedly.
Unwieldy
Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.
Mucilage
A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc.
Snub
To sob with convulsions.
Cimmerian
Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.
Ceremonial
Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.
Oafish
Like an oaf; simple.
Debilitation
The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.
Hypochondria
Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.
Obfuscation
The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.
Loading
of Load
Roughhewn
Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.
Pantomime
A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor.
Something
Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.
Recorder
One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.
Inward
Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to outward.
Mortifying
of Mortify
Psychism
The doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universally diffused, end equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual orga..
Hegelianism
Alt. of Hegelism
Wasting
of Waste
Personification
The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment.
Disconcerting
of Disconcert
Crotchety
Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.
Whelmed
of Whelm
Vexatious
Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor.
Mazed
of Maze