List Words
Thalia
That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy.
Genie
See Genius.
Branny
Having the appearance of bran; consisting of or containing bran.
Goblin
An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
Cliche
A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.
Negro
A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick pro..
Monger
A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.
Feral
Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants.
Braced
of Brace
Guyed
of Guy
Butty
One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or ore.
Evince
To conquer; to subdue.
Fibre
Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber.
Taught
See Taut.
Sirrah
A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ..
Quarter
A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.
Pish
An exclamation of contempt.
Bonded
of Bond
Germen
See Germ.
Adam
The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
Silicited
Silicified.
Bavin
A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for kindling fires; refuse of brushwood.
Goth
One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire.
Cone
A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a ..
Lappet
A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
Dulia
An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God.
Prude
A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech.
Goiter
Alt. of Goitre
Guards
A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."
Amber
A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpi..
Keg
A small cask or barrel.
Choral
Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony.
Barker
An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably.
Incog
Incognito.
Mull
A thin, soft kind of muslin.
Asylum
A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
Gabber
A liar; a deceiver.
Donor
One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.
Aoudad
An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.
Atop
On or at the top.
Perky
Perk; pert; jaunty; trim.
Mahdi
Among Mohammedans, the last imam or leader of the faithful. The Sunni, the largest sect of the Mohammedans, believe that he is yet to appear.
Egoist
One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self.
Fifty
Five times ten; as, fifty men.
Sultan
A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called.
Cocoa
Alt. of Cocoa palm
Begirt
of Begird
Fetor
A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness.
Abhor
To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
Marine
A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.
