List Words
Turner
One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.
Sheriffwick
The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty.
Truism
An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; -- opposed to falsism.
Nevertheless
Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet.
Disastrous
Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.
Albuminoid
Resembling albumin.
Deserted
of Desert
Screechy
Like a screech; shrill and harsh.
Woad
An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves.
Creased
of Crease
Convulse
To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain.
Truncation
The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off.
Stealing
of Steal
Observing
of Observe
Dapple
One of the spots on a dappled animal.
Transcendentalist
One who believes in transcendentalism.
Inertness
Want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility.
Reasonable
Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.
Discouraged
of Discourage
Encamp
To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as a..
Acquisitiveness
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
Nonperformance
Neglect or failure to perform.
Verb
A word; a vocable.
Mandamus
A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty.
Nubile
Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable.
Recurvate
Recurved.
Glum
Sullenness.
Funebrial
Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funeral; funereal.
Process
The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.
Shaken
of Shake
Visa
See Vis/.
Do-nothingism
Alt. of Do-nothingness
Unwisdom
Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance.
Plaint
Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament.
Apotheosis
The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.
Immutability
The state or quality of being immutable; immutableness.
Lore
The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles and fishes.
Insincere
Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations.
Suffrage
A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
Fruitful
Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife.
Intercession
The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or othe..
Industrious
Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor.
Diffluent
Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed.
Selfishness
The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advanc..
Dilemma
An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.
Restorative
Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.
Bidding prayer
The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.
Durableness
Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability.
Solacement
The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces.
Tome
As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.
