List Words
Fasten
To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
Incubate
To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.
Stuck
of Stick
Overzealous
Too zealous.
Conglomeration
The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass.
Clinch
To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
Aptness
Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.
Trend
To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
Ameliorate
To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
Two-edged
Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as, a two-edged sword.
Engraft
See Ingraft.
Borrow
To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend.
Slouch
A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
Rubric
That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.
Stereotype
A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.
Besmear
To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil.
Soak
To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soa..
Dear-bought
Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience.
Scar
A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.
Barnacle
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allie..
Alphabet
The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.
Glint
A glimpse, glance, or gleam.
Ordain
To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
Pupil
The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris.
Charge
To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
Universe
All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the / / of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation.
Permission
The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
Affirmative
Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
Aye
Alt. of Ay
Pilgarlic
One who has lost his hair by disease; a sneaking fellow, or one who is hardly used.
Responsibility
The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.
Gilt
of Gild
Gelatin
Alt. of Gelatine
Exhumation
The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.
Palatial
Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resembling a palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures.
Stipple
To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.
Stripe
A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green grou..
Reconnoiter
Alt. of Reconnoitre
Liberated
of Liberate
Enigma
A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.
Pitch
A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them.
Etch
A variant of Eddish.
Imprint
To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.
Socialize
To render social.
Sagging
of Sag
Clog
That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
Lessen
To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
Notch
A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
Unheard-of
New; unprecedented; unparalleled.
Hobble
To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
