List Words
Affiance
Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.
Betroth
To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.
Oath
A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.
Troth
Belief; faith; fidelity.
Corbel
A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
Snivel
To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
Alee
On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side.
Laymen
of Layman
Derby
A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780.
Owed
of Owe
Ant
A hymenopterous insect of the Linnaean genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.
Dryad
A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.
Scribbled
of Scribble
Coping
of Cope
Armada
A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
Archer
A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
Assort
To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods. [Rarely applied to persons.]
Donna
A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.
Baths
of Bath
Boots
A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
Vaccination
The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.
Neural
relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neur..
Verificative
Serving to verify; verifying; authenciating; confirming.
Coadjutant
Mutually assisting or operating; helping.
Insinuatory
Insinuative.
Whitsunday
The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, ..
Descry
To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover.
Shaker
A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
Mister
A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.
Lucky
Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.
Trawl
To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
Chorea
St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Dearly
In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly.
Menial
Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.
Goods
See Good, n., 3.
Jonah
The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
Banyan
A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the ..
Civet
A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offen..
Milled
of Mill
Gamic
Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements.
Gaily
Merrily; showily. See gaily.
Pamper
To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite.
Motile
Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds.
Burg
A fortified town.
Seller
One who sells.
Camel
A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the..
Ma
A child's word for mother.
Marine
Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean, or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.
Owner
One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.
Winged
of Wing
