List Words
Kyrie
See Kyrie eleison.
Turnkey
A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.
Gloria
A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches.
Hymnody
Hymns, considered collectively; hymnology.
Sanctus
A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus.
Paternoster
The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.
Mantra
A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.
Gradual
Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decl..
Accursed
Alt. of Accurst
Inescapable
Not escapable.
Devilish
Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.
Tribulation
That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.
Fiendish
Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish.
Emergent
Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.
Diabolic
Alt. of Diabolical
Nearing
of Near
Pernicious
Quick; swift (to burn).
Darn
To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.
Resistless
Having no power to resist; making no opposition.
Decreed
of Decree
Cursed
of Curse
Disprove
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
Inevitable
Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.
Abominable
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
Unbeguiling
of Unbeguile
Parable
Procurable.
Marsh
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.
Holly
Wholly.
Lapis lazuli
An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as Lazuli, which see.
Verdurous
Covered with verdure; clothed with the fresh green of vegetation; verdured; verdant; as, verdurous pastures.
Sardonyx
A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.
Smaragdine
Of or pertaining to emerald; resembling emerald; of an emerald green.
Onyx
Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground.
Peridot
Chrysolite.
Bloodstone
A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope.
Chrysolite
A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was ..
Hyacinth
A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. H. orientalis is a common variety.
Redeemed
of Redeem
Glaucescent
Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.
Leaved
of Leave
Sard
A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color. See the Note under Chalcedony.
Hymnal
A collection of hymns; a hymn book.
Edition
A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.
Garnet
A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest co..
Amethyst
A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone.
Demantoid
A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name.
Sapphire
Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.
Topaz
A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate..
Leafy
Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; as, the leafy forest.
Chrysoberyl
A mineral, found in crystals, of a yellow to green or brown color, and consisting of aluminia and glucina. It is very hard, and is often used as a gem.
