List Words
Fitch
A vetch.
Sculp
To sculpture; to carve; to engrave.
Honing
of Hone
Llama
A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a ..
Tulle
In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses.
Houri
A nymph of paradise; -- so called by the Mohammedans.
Lisle
A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures.
Stoat
The ermine in its summer pelage, when it is reddish brown, but with a black tip to the tail. The name is sometimes applied also to other brown weasels.
Typal
Relating to a type or types; belonging to types; serving as a type; typical.
Poyou
A South American armadillo (Dasypus sexcinctus). Called also sixbanded armadillo.
Tapir
Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates belonging to Tapirus, Elasmognathus, and allied genera. They have a long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short, ..
Throe
Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.
Theft
The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
Denim
A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.
Siege
A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
Shall
To owe; to be under obligation for.
Grist
Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces.
Scroll
Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.
Chewer
One who chews.
Poppy
Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to ..
Resin
Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, a..
Skeet
A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck.
Rowel
The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.
Varix
A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein.
Virtu
A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.
Tulip
Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.
Thank
A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.
Patio
A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation.
Dubiousness
State of being dubious.
Pavan
A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock.
Tetrapharmacom
Alt. of Tetrapharmacum
Seesaw
To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
Slav
One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern and Northern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc..
Pinky
See 1st Pink.
Lifter
One who, or that which, lifts.
Usury
A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.
Winkle
Any periwinkle.
Absolutistic
Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.
Outtop
To overtop.
Chintz
Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed.
Morocco
A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the ..
Tropic
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water.
Rushed
of Rush
Gutta-percha
A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling wa..
Megrim
A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits.
Calligrapher
One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.
Smelt
A gull; a simpleton.
Dannebrog
The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown.
Blatherskite
A blustering, talkative fellow.
Prickliness
The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles.