List Words
Guesswork
Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.
Playbill
A printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to the actors.
Querl
A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a blooded horse.
Pintle
A little pin.
Glasshouse
A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.
Spindle
The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, o..
Greenhouse
A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
Smutch
A stain; a dirty spot.
Gimbal
Alt. of Gimbals
Spatter
To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with ..
Prediction
The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.
Upwards
In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.
Married
of Marry
Sahib
Alt. of Saheb
Shogun
A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally ..
Pendragon
A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.
Bracketed
of Bracket
Pebbled
of Pebble
Overdue
Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note.
Misdated
of Misdate
Diner-out
One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company.
Matronize
To make a matron of; to make matronlike.
Deter
To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
Undercoat
A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.
Foreland
A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.
Em
The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.
Frontage
The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.
Arbor vitae
An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis.
Cerebellum
The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.
Intoxicating
of Intoxicate
Oilnut
The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo.
Rejoicing
of Rejoice
Self-knowledge
Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.
Modus
The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
Sponger
One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
Indigent
Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of.
Supplicator
One who supplicates; a supplicant.
Beneath
Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of.
Mayhem
The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.
Defoliate
Alt. of Defoliated
Keelhaul
To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies.
Sinuosity
Quality or state of being sinuous.
Anfractuosity
A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.
Periphrase
The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
Crinkling
of Crinkle
Beckoning
of Beckon
Expending
of Expend
Endosmosis
The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.
Domineering
of Domineer
Surrogate
A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.