List Words
Squint
Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.
Deflexure
A bending or turning aside; deflection.
Trope
The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake o..
Meiosis
Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.
Shadiness
Quality or state of being shady.
Roundaboutness
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
Indirectness
The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.
Obliqueness
Quality or state of being oblique.
Incrassation
The act or process of thickening or making thick; the process of becoming thick or thicker.
Viscidity
The quality or state of being viscid; also, that which is viscid; glutinous concretion; stickiness.
Hairpin
A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.
Errantry
A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures.
Hardiness
Capability of endurance.
Circumnavigation
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
Discursion
The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought.
Sinuation
A winding or bending in and out.
Circumflexion
The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
Immediateness
The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes.
Stoniness
The quality or state of being stony.
Slabbiness
Quality of being slabby.
Snugness
The quality or state of being snug.
Circumambiency
The act of surrounding or encompassing.
Rivel
To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers.
Vagabondage
The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.
Tortility
The quality or state of being tortile, twisted, or wreathed.
Roaming
of Roam
Janus
A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple o..
Excursion
A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.
Hang
To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.
Sonant
Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
Indiscernible
Not to be discerned; imperceptible; not discoverable or visible.
Accented
of Accent
Temporize
To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.
Sure-footed
Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.
Anastrophe
An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.
Relevant
Relieving; lending aid or support.
Breccia
A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.
Freely
In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion; abundantly; gratuitously.
Periphrasis
See Periphrase.
Digression
The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.
Refashion
To fashion anew; to form or mold into shape a second time.
Microform
A microscopic form of life; an animal or vegetable organism microscopic size.
Alveolar
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, alveoli or little cells, sacs, or sockets.
Bluntly
In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.
Primeval
Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.
Destinist
A believer in destiny; a fatalist.
Embarkment
Embarkation.
Flauntingly
In a flaunting way.
Valor
Value; worth.
Outwards
From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward.
