List Words
Sentimentality
The quality or state of being sentimental.
Flame
A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.
Coda
A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.
Passage
The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird..
Transom
A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening. See Illust. of Mullion.
Enacting
of Enact
Traffic
To pass goods and commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; to buy or sell goods; to barter; to trade.
Pencil
A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.
Cry
To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
Coiffure
A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.
Motion
The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to rest.
Capriole
A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
Moot
See 1st Mot.
Important
Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.
Conceptive
Capable of conceiving.
Phrenic
Of or pertaining to the diaphragm; diaphragmatic; as, the phrenic nerve.
Above
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
Interaction
Intermediate action.
Width
The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.
Sedition
The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to ..
Submerse
Submersed.
Debar
To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of.
Asphyxiate
To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]
Segmental
Relating to, or being, a segment.
Courtier
One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court.
Prominent
Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.
Speculative
Given to speculation; contemplative.
Corporealness
Corporeality; corporeity.
Intellectual
Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.
Stay
A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft ..
Bulbul
The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidae. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied ..
Parboil
To boil or cook thoroughly.
Intentness
The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.
Quarter
One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.
Metastasis
A spiritual change, as during baptism.
Rave
imp. of Rive.
Rampart
That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.
Flit
To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along.
Proper
Belonging to one; one's own; individual.
Intermit
To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.
Pedantic
Alt. of Pedantical
Shader
One who, or that which, shades.
Burke
To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.
Abuse
To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to make an excessive use of; as, to abuse one's ..
Gasp
To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.
Divertimento
A light and pleasing composition.
Voice
Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleas..
Pod
A bag; a pouch.
Saute
An assault.
Drawback
A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.
