List Words
Christianity
The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.
Versicolor
Alt. of Versicolored
Spirituous
Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure.
Scalding
of Scald
Regimented
of Regiment
Rascality
The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.
Perfervid
Very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent.
Nonresisting
Not making resistance.
Interventor
One who intervenes; a mediator; especially (Eccles. Hist.), a person designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite them in the choice of officers.
Compliable
Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.
Bicolored
Of two colors.
Amative
Full of love; amatory.
Polarizing
of Polarize
Angelicalness
The quality of being angelic; excellence more than human.
Saintliness
Quality of being saintly.
Litigious
Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.
Waddling
of Waddle
Causidical
Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.
On
Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with; as, to play on a violin or piano. Hence, figuratively, to work on one's ..
Euphuism
An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
Affectedness
Affectation.
Cunningness
Quality of being cunning; craft.
Concerning
Important.
Artificiality
The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.
Immixture
Freedom from mixture; purity.
Compost
A mixture; a compound.
Acolyte
One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass.
Dhole
A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs.
Prolegomena
of Prolegomenon
Cashmere
A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, ..
Shellac
See the Note under 2d Lac.
Poyntel
Paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges set diagonally.
Soldanel
A plant of the genus Soldanella, low Alpine herbs of the Primrose family.
Impecunious
Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
Intussusception
The reception of one part within another.
Deprivable
Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed.
Hunch
To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
Swordplay
Fencing; a sword fight.
Fleak
A flake; a thread or twist.
Griefful
Full of grief or sorrow.
Pataca
The Spanish dollar; -- called also patacoon.
Argumental
Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.
Handsome
Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
Ling-bird
The European meadow pipit; -- called also titling.
Intercessor
One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator. (a) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. (b) One who pleads in behalf of another.
Admixture
That which is mixed with anything.
Paltering
of Palter
Behindhand
In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.
Parrying
of Parry
Lawyer
One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obl..
