List Words
Bestride
To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over
Asseverated
of Asseverate
Pouch
A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.
Certificate
A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.
Deposited
of Deposit
Trail
To hunt by the track; to track.
Pawned
of Pawn
Dismissal
Dismission; discharge.
Locating
of Locate
Dethronement
Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.
Responsible
Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.
Turncoat
One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
Metacenter
Alt. of -tre
Subaqueous
Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.
Illume
To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.
Shingle
Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.
Absence
A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
Batrachian
Pertaining to the Batrachia.
Plead
of Plead
Beholden
of Behold
Understood
of Understand
Tranquil
Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is tranquil.
Stalking
of Stalk
Proposed
of Propose
Protuberate
To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out.
Spanish
Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
Plighted
of Plight
Concaved
of Concave
Beetle
A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
Umbilicus
The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel.
Overarch
To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch.
Chipper
To chirp or chirrup.
Producing
of Produce
Persian
Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language.
Feigning
of Feign
Stomatogastric
Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach; as, the stomatogastric ganglion of certain Mollusca.
Bandbox
A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.
Performing
of Perform
Pose
Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
Dissembling
of Dissemble
Pond
A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake.
Conniver
One who connives.
Natatorium
A swimming bath.
Plash
A small pool of standing water; a puddle.
Malaga
A city and a province of Spain, on the Mediterranean. Hence, Malaga grapes, Malaga raisins, Malaga wines.
Salina
A salt marsh, or salt pond, inclosed from the sea.
Timeserver
One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
Turnspit
One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office.
Osculum
Same as Oscule.
Gallows
of Gallows
