List Words
Tightly
In a tight manner; closely; nearly.
Ghee
Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil.
Pas
A pace; a step, as in a dance.
Sober
Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.
Tiffin
A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; -- originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, and brought back to England in a special sense.
Thiophthene
A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds.
Runway
The channel of a stream.
Seesaw
A plank or board adjusted for this play.
Deacon
To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off.
Tester
A headpiece; a helmet.
Life-weary
Weary of living.
Junket
A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.
Sticking
of Stick
Surtax
An additional or extra tax.
Visionist
A visionary.
Pate
See Patte.
Subreader
An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon.
Rifler
One who rifles; a robber.
House
A firm, or commercial establishment.
Usance
Interest paid for money; usury.
Amerce
To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.
Hairbreadth
Alt. of Hair'sbreadth
Disclaunder
To injure one's good name; to slander.
Gasometry
The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science which treats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids.
Rennet
A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette.
Sheepshank
A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.
Fencer
One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.
Sacramental
That which relates to a sacrament.
Cocculus Indicus
The fruit or berry of the Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant.
Volcanized
of Volcanize
Watch
A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
Relict
A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
Choses
of Chose
Oft
Often; frequently; not rarely; many times.
Calculous
Caused, or characterized, by the presence of a calculus or calculi; a, a calculous disorder; affected with gravel or stone; as, a calculous person.
Wildly
In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.
Louvre
A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a).
Siccative
Drying; causing to dry.
Nerveless
Destitute of nerves.
Moldable
Alt. of Mouldable
Hyphen
A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compoun..
Duff
Dough or paste.
Myopic
Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by, myopia; nearsighted.
Fief
An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.
Flaccid
Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh.
Poleax
Alt. of Poleaxe
Blanketing
of Blanket
Vitriform
Having the form or appearance of glass; resembling glass; glasslike.
Mary
Marrow.
Unlace
To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
