List Words
Impale
To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.
Anastatic
Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
Duplicate
To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of.
Anaglyphic
Alt. of Anaglyphical
Well-set
Properly or firmly set.
Aculeiform
Like a prickle.
Cross-crosslet
A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.
Swathed
of Swathe
Take-in
Imposition; fraud.
Hummer
One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.
Journeying
of Journey
High-stepper
A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing.
Mailclad
Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor.
Onward
Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
Scummed
of Scum
Whitmonday
The day following Whitsunday; -- called also Whitsun Monday.
Rosary
A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.
Maundy Thursday
The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday.
Daybreak
The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.
Avow
To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.
Forgo
To pass by; to leave. See 1st Forego.
Panoplied
Dressed in panoply.
Surety
The state of being sure; certainty; security.
Maturing
of Mature
Armor-plated
Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad.
Hostile
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfri..
Assembling
of Assemble
Computable
Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.
Fatiguing
of Fatigue
Tented
of Tent
Fosterage
The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.
Funding
of Fund
Ontogenetic
Of or pertaining to ontogenesis; as, ontogenetic phenomena.
Pacer
One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces.
Mailed
of Mail
Interjacent
Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles.
Scythe
An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenien..
Analects
Alt. of Analecta
Puppy
The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp.
Pestle
An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.
Fop
One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.
Dayspring
The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.
Honorarium
Alt. of Honorary
Labellum
The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.
Graven
of Grave
Penal
Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence
Silhouette
A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
Dram
A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.
Hulk
The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service.
Croaking
of Croak
