List Words
Acetify
To convert into acid or vinegar.
Idiot
An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus.
Encyclopedic
Alt. of Encyclopedical
Jotter
One who jots down memoranda.
Palisade
A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense.
Myological
Of or pertaining to myology.
Tractility
The quality of being tractile; ductility.
Rightfully
According to right or justice.
Extravagantly
In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.
Sternness
The quality or state of being stern.
Scarce
Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
Soothsay
To foretell; to predict.
Lengthily
In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.
Iniquity
Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery; the iniquity of an unjust judge.
Preferment
The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.
Augury
The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.
Slew
imp. of Slay.
Doubtlessly
Unquestionably.
Prodromal
Of or pertaining to prodromes; as, the prodromal stage of a disease.
Mantic
Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic.
Electrify
To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.
Representatively
In a representative manner; vicariously.
Cretin
One afflicted with cretinism.
Amelioration
The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.
Prophetic
Alt. of Prophetical
Regally
In a regal or royal manner.
Insufficiently
In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
Elevation
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; el..
Paraphing
of Paraph
Abatis
Alt. of Abattis
Predictive
Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding.
Panoramic
Alt. of Panoramical
Circumvallation
The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart.
Machicolation
An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of th..
Enrichment
The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.
Transverse
Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal.
Preference
The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; ..
Prognosticate
To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.
Advancement
The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.
Athwart
Across; from side to side of.
Ophidia
The order of reptiles which includes the serpents.
Crossing
of Cross
Liableness
Quality of being liable; liability.
Mountebank
To play the mountebank.
Trenchantly
In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely.
Short-circuit
To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
Meager
Alt. of Meagre
Occasional
Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occa..
Tenaille
An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.
Vernage
A kind of sweet wine from Italy.
