List Words
Cirro-cumulus
See under Cloud.
Mogul
A person of the Mongolian race.
Bearskin
The skin of a bear.
Hypothetic
Alt. of Hypothetical
Indispose
To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.
Incurvated
of Incurvate
Flea-bitten
Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.
Headship
Authority or dignity; chief place.
Discourage
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need n..
Sorrowing
of Sorrow
Blighted
of Blight
Betrayed
of Betray
Nominal
Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.
Serum
The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.
Star-crossed
Not favored by the stars; ill-fated.
Inculpated
of Inculpate
Sputum
That which is expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle; saliva.
Briny
Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.
Pathos
That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth ..
Stamped
of Stamp
Desultory
Leaping or skipping about.
Dejected
of Deject
Lozenge
A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil.
Atrabiliar
Melancholy; atrabilious.
Susurrus
The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur.
Plutonian
Plutonic.
Resider
One who resides in a place.
Inexpedience
Alt. of Inexpediency
Suffocated
of Suffocate
Codeine
One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia.
Shelvy
Sloping gradually; shelving.
Bountiful
Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.
Liquor
Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like.
Levant
Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
Forsake
To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.
Interchangeable
Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution.
Inanimate
To animate.
Uberous
Fruitful; copious; abundant; plentiful.
Multiparous
Producing many, or more than one, at a birth.
Elope
To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a..
Lachrymal
Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.
Whistler
One who, or that which, whistles, or produces or a whistling sound.
Moleskin
Any fabric having a thick soft shag, like the fur of a mole; esp., a kind of strong twilled fustian.
Laggard
Slow; sluggish; backward.
Regretful
Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining.
Puma
A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also cata..
Volant
Passing through the air upon wings, or as if upon wings; flying; hence, passing from place to place; current.
Windtight
So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind.
Busy
Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant.
Rompish
Given to rude play; inclined to romp.
