List Words
Illation
The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; conclusion.
Half-breed
Half-blooded.
Ictus
The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.
Toasting
of Toast
Prosody
That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.
Cowlike
Resembling a cow.
Mullion
A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc.
Incinerated
of Incinerate
Subcelestial
Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories.
Glacier
An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland.
Encroach
To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach ..
Begrudging
of Begrudge
Illiterature
Want of learning; illiteracy.
Trillachan
The oyster catcher.
Versification
The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition.
Roofing
of Roof
Subordination
The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.
Scorching
of Scorch
Axminster
An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng.
Performed
of Perform
Rapid
Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
Asphalt
Alt. of Asphaltum
Mystificator
One who mystifies.
Robber
One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.
Hypertrophy
A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.
Shin
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
Blackleg
A notorious gambler.
Reconstruction
The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.
Factoring
of Factor
Babel
The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.
Hollo
Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract attention; a halloo.
Gathered
of Gather
Empierce
To pierce; to impierce.
Dupery
The act or practice of duping.
Mapping
of Map
Computation
The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
Charivari
A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.
Fictionist
A writer of fiction.
Harvested
of Harvest
Insanity
The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy.
Attenuated
of Attenuate
Mountebank
One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor.
Bedlamite
An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman.
Oven
A place arched over with brick or stonework, and used for baking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a ..
Gendarme
One of a body of heavy cavalry.
Pterodactyl
An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.
Timer
A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc.
Codification
The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.
Perinuclear
Of or pertaining to a nucleus; situated around a nucleus; as, the perinuclear protoplasm.
Enumeration
The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.
