List Words
Clabber
Milk curdled so as to become thick.
Formerly
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
Hospice
A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard.
Gneiss
A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slab..
Cohabit
To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country.
Amain
With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
Dreadfulness
The quality of being dreadful.
Forthwith
Immediately; without delay; directly.
Gluten
The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough.
Summarily
In a summary manner.
Albumen
The white of an egg.
Averment
The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.
Momentarily
Every moment; from moment to moment.
Fungosity
The quality of that which is fungous; fungous excrescence.
Aforesaid
Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.
Idem
The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.
Forenamed
Named before; aforenamed.
Strown
of Strow
Dissipated
of Dissipate
Bay window
A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window.
Folded
of Fold
Rudimental
Rudimentary.
Postnatal
After birth; subsequent to birth; as, postnatal infanticide; postnatal diseases.
Quilled
of Quill
Nomadic
Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe.
Haemorrhoidal
Same as Hemorrhoidal.
Delawares
A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.
Stiff
Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
Inn
A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
Apace
With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.
Confirmation
The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
Immediately
In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous.
Crisply
In a crisp manner.
Penance
Repentance.
Caviar
The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.
Cursorily
In a running or hasty manner; carelessly.
Laconically
In a laconic manner.
Embonpoint
Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.
Manyplies
The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous..
Gizzard
The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium.
Pulp
A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.
Sash
A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, ..
Swagbelly
A prominent, overhanging belly.
Stretched
of Stretch
Abomasum
Alt. of Abomasus
Occasionally
In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly.
Beehive
A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.
Rumen
The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below.
Hypallage
A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, "dare classibus austros," to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus ..
Virility
The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.
