List Words
Spinet
A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly m..
Stealth
The act of stealing; theft.
Sensing
of Sense
Paronym
A paronymous word.
Oppressed
of Oppress
Negotiant
A negotiator.
Interceder
One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator.
Henpecked
of Henpeck
Groveling
of Grovel
Dodgery
trickery; artifice.
Downtrod
Alt. of Downtrodden
Uptill
To; against.
Sufferance
Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave.
Scaur
A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.
Pewter
A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.
Billeting
of Billet
Sat
imp. of Sit.
Inspirer
One who, or that which, inspirer.
Charbon
A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
Gelidity
The state of being gelid.
Contemplative
Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.
Cadaverous
Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
Spirituality
The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.
Charmed
of Charm
Clear-sighted
Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason
Asterisk
The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having ..
Bickerer
One who bickers.
Entreating
of Entreat
Depthless
Having no depth; shallow.
Contestation
The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
Labor-saving
Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, labor-saving machinery.
Ataraxy
Perfect peace of mind, or calmness.
Efflorescent
That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt.
Soldiering
The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier.
Achromatize
To deprive of color; to make achromatic.
Finicky
Finical; unduly particular.
Hereinto
Into this.
Bourbon
A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France.
Obscuring
of Obscure
Equivocating
of Equivocate
Footplate
See Footboard (a).
Inequity
Want of equity; injustice; wrong.
Backslider
One who backslides.
Animator
One who, or that which, animates; an animater.
Prospering
of Prosper
Expropriate
To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
Boarding
of Board
Annunciator
One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
Asceticism
The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.
Fighter
One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.