List Words
Bombinate
To hum; to boom.
Boning
of Bone
Bookworm
Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.
Bowshot
The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.
Breakage
The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.
Broken wind
The heaves.
Bruit
Report; rumor; fame.
Bullet
A small ball.
Bullfight
Alt. of Bullfighting
Burnable
Combustible.
Burnishing
of Burnish
Bury
A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's
Bushel
A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
Candor
Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.
Cannonade
The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.
Cannonry
Cannon, collectively; artillery.
Caress
An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
Carol
A round dance.
Carton
Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box.
Cartoon
A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael..
Catchweed
See Cleavers.
Catena
A chain or series of things connected with each other.
Cater
A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.
Chipped
of Chip
Chips
A ship's carpenter.
Chitter
To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird.
Chyle
A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteal..
Clamber
To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.
Cleavers
A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.
Climacteric
Relating to a climacteric; critical.
Climb
To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.
Cockfight
A match or contest of gamecocks.
Coil
To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
Coke
Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where / smokeless fi..
Combat
To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.
Combustible
Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.
Commencement
The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
Comminute
To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth.
Communicativeness
The quality of being communicative.
Competitive
Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.
Compurgation
The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.
Conceal
To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.
Concuss
To shake or agitate.
Conge
The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.
Conversableness
The quality of being conversable; disposition to converse; sociability.
Copiousness
The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style.
Corrugation
The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.
Courser
One who courses or hunts.
Cruet
A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster.
Daggle
To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.
