List Words
Flageolet
A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder..
Tierce
A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.
Paraphrast
A paraphraser.
Exhaustless
Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.
Quorum
Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not pr..
Succeeding
of Succeed
Wilt
2d pers. sing. of Will.
Search
To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.
Tongue-tied
Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short fraenum.
Characterize
To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.
Croup
The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle.
Enclothe
To clothe.
Bedizenment
That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily.
Lineal
Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
Particularize
To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail.
Tripos
A tripod.
Pencil
An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
Lacerate
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.
Weariness
The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue.
Cricket
A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.
Inquisitorial
Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power.
Parse
To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically.
Injuriousness
The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury.
Enquiry
See Inquiry.
Bestrew
To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle.
Tarpan
A wild horse found in the region of the Caspian Sea.
Meddling
of Meddle
Broody
Inclined to brood.
Ill
Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable.
Mortified
imp. & p. p. of Mortify.
Insociable
Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.
Cession
A yielding to physical force.
Stableboy
Alt. of Stableman
Pushing
of Push
Browse
The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.
Creaking
of Creak
Self-contained
Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.
Ranchman
An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman.
Seclusion
The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion.
Signify
To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be pre..
Sell
Self.
Archipelago
The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.
Ranchero
A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
Nakedness
The condition of being naked.
Brindle
The state of being brindled.
Tryst
Trust.
Decollete
Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck, or low-necked, as a dress.
Welter
To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.
Enwrap
To envelop. See Inwrap.
Swelter
To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.
