List Words
Luciform
Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light.
Revet
To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.
Fustigate
To cudgel.
Studied
Closely examined; read with diligence and attention; made the subject of study; well considered; as, a studied lesson.
Extermination
The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.
Smite
To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone.
Embrocation
The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.
Disavowal
The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial.
Wooded
Supplied or covered with wood, or trees; as, land wooded and watered.
Headless
Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.
Penitentiary
Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.
Parodic
Alt. of Parodical
Eulogistic
Alt. of Eulogistical
Stance
A stanza.
Indistinct
Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance.
Intrepid
Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.
Jubilee
Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been aliena..
Seducer
One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions.
Sequestered
of Sequester
Lash
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
Lothario
A gay seducer of women; a libertine.
Esquire
Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; ..
Divorce
A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.
Allegation
The act of alleging or positively asserting.
Alternative
Offering a choice of two things.
Glisten
To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.
Confinement
Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.
Edulcoration
The act of sweetening or edulcorating.
Seep
Alt. of Sipe
Neutralization
The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.
By-product
A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.
Retractation
The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
Oubliette
A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured t..
Embed
To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.
Bifurcated
Two-pronged; forked.
Speculum
of Speculum
Mincing
That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.
Saying
of Say
Lancer
One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations.
Glow
To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
Misprision
The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.
Why
For what cause, reason, or purpose; on what account; wherefore; -- used interrogatively. See the Note under What, pron., 1.
Continence
Alt. of Continency
Cate
Food. [Obs.] See Cates.
Gaudery
Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display.
Disvaluation
Disesteem; depreciation; disrepute.
Silent
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
Unwilled
Deprived of the faculty of will or volition.
Satiric
Alt. of Satirical
Sopping
of Sop
