List Words
Assayed
of Assay
Gaming
of Game
Snick
A small cut or mark.
Vesta
One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.
Serge
A woolen twilled stuff, much used as material for clothing for both sexes.
Waltz
A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance.
Winch
To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
Quits
See the Note under Quit, a.
Umbra
The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penum..
Mauve
A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.
Pubis
The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.
Swart
Sward.
Neddy
A pet name for a donkey.
Wooer
One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor.
Sulks
The condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor; as, to be in the sulks.
Tongs
An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or m..
Rummy
Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor.
Immit
To send in; to inject; to infuse; -- the correlative of emit.
Opium
The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy.
Venue
A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid.
Riggish
Like a rig or wanton.
Cuddy
An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.
Sprat
A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds.
Hawse
A hawse hole.
Primo
First; chief.
Squib
A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
Tatou
The giant armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical South America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead animals, and ..
Helve
The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
Shill
To shell.
Metic
A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.
Smock
A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.
Ombre
A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons.
Koala
A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, native bear, and native sloth.
Kevel
A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed.
Semen
The seed of plants.
Peony
A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus Paeonia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation.
Coney
A rabbit. See Cony.
Never
Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future.
Fives
A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game.
Zooid
Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal.
Paeon
A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable.
Newel
A novelty; a new thing.
Licit
Lawful.
Gyral
Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.
Slyly
In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily.
Davit
A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit.
Boxer
One who packs boxes.
Maize
A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals.
Panda
A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India.
Nomen
of Nim
