List Words
Ostrea
A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.
Macho
The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, / Mexicanus).
Feod
A feud. See 2d Feud.
Glazer
One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like.
Discharge
Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty.
Inculcate
To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility.
Rough
Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish.
Logging
The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market.
Ceremonial
A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form.
Clemence
Clemency.
Dodecandrian
Alt. of Dodecandrous
Krone
A coin of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, of the value of about twenty-eight cents. See Crown, n., 9.
Rower
One who rows with an oar.
Sapped
of Sap
Cystic
Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa.
Atony
Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.
Lawn
An open space between woods.
Owning
of Own
Peseta
A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos.
Lucent
Shining; bright; resplendent.
Delegacy
The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power.
Frail
The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
Masker
One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade.
Reprise
A taking by way of retaliation.
Ope
Open.
Twinge
To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Punter
One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro.
Barger
The manager of a barge.
Cirriped
One of the Cirripedia.
Kine
of Cow
Haggard
A hag.
Shell
The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
Mark
To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.
Thaw
To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
Zebu
A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a la..
Stirk
A young bullock or heifer.
Sedan
A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.
Turfy
Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf.
Firer
One who fires or sets fire to anything; an incendiary.
Lithic
Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture.
Arnica
A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.
Lithotriptic
Same as Lithontriptic.
Jimmy
A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
Toping
of Tope
Oxen
of Ox
Compact
Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
Ampere
Alt. of Ampere
Clime
A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.
Sward
Skin; covering.
Sleep
To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.
