List Words
Signor
Alt. of Signore
Vend
To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vegetables.
Escrow
A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee.
Prelatism
Prelacy; episcopacy.
Outvie
To exceed in vying.
Amadou
A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is ..
Oculus
An eye; (Bot.) a leaf bud.
Lecher
A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women.
Eparch
In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.
Crisped
of Crisp
Enlivener
One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates.
Oozy
Miry; containing soft mud; resembling ooze; as, the oozy bed of a river.
Rattan
One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for ..
Spur
A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
Limbo
Alt. of Limbus
Fughetta
a short, condensed fugue.
Level
An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.
Delver
One who digs, as with a spade.
Aport
On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.
Prank
To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.
Fawner
One who fawns; a sycophant.
Alpine
Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.
Chigoe
Alt. of Chigre
Stove
of Stave
Debark
To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.
Molten
of Melt
Web
The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feat..
Pilose
Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.
Frolic
Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.
Hereto
To this; hereunto.
Besnow
To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes.
Avatar
The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.
Jo
A sweetheart; a darling.
Yolk
The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus.
Loathe
To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
Medusa
The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.
Debtor
One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor.
Quit
Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted.
Raphides
See Rhaphides.
Friend
One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.
Knobby
Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances.
Fibula
A brooch, clasp, or buckle.
Haslet
The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog.
Fungi
See Fungus.
Astir
Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
Glim
Brightness; splendor.
Ashlar
Alt. of Ashler
Hotbed
A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.
Shuffleboard
See Shovelboard.
Zouave
One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress.