List Words
Epagogic
Inductive.
Stillborn
Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.
Deductive
Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.
A posteriori
Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from e..
Maieutic
Alt. of Maieutical
Whorish
Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste.
Soritical
Of or pertaining to a sorites; resembling a sorites.
Belittled
of Belittle
Preparative
Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.
Decasyllabic
Having, or consisting of, ten syllables.
Grandchild
A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.
Jazel
A gem of an azure color.
Idolizing
of Idolize
Logarithmic
Alt. of Logarithmical
Marginal
Of or pertaining to a margin.
Rimming
of Rim
Defining
of Define
Americanization
The process of Americanizing.
Ironical
Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark.
Overview
An inspection or overlooking.
Immortalization
The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized.
Foretokening
of Foretoken
Cramping
of Cramp
Oracular
Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.
Presignifying
of Presignify
Auguring
of Augur
Precursive
Preceding; introductory; precursory.
Stepchild
A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.
Ingle
Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace.
Cookbook
A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book.
Cojuror
One who swears to another's credibility.
Vade mecum
A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual; a handbook.
Jawbone
The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.
Beteem
To allow; to permit; to suffer.
Duck
To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Legislate
To make or enact a law or laws.
Narthex
A tall umbelliferous plant (Ferula communis). See Giant fennel, under Fennel.
Portal
A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing.
Deification
The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.
Malefic
Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.
Cavilling
of Cavil
Ennoblement
The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility.
Scornful
Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.
Censorious
Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.
Sibylline
Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.
Regulative
Tending to regulate; regulating.
High-pressure
Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
Armipotent
Powerful in arms; mighty in battle.
Raffle
A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole po..
Ten-pounder
A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.
