List Words
Alderman
A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.
Haunting
of Haunt
Caucasian
Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.
Acetate
A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.
Bluffness
The quality or state of being bluff.
Bristling
of Bristle
Draftsman
See Draughtsman.
Hostilities
of Hostility
Chitterlings
The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food.
Impelled
of Impel
Ci-devant
Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor.
Sorriness
The quality or state of being sorry.
Astriction
The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation.
Absenting
of Absent
Ill-mannered
Impolite; rude.
Seeker
One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.
Able-bodied
Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.
Herbivorous
Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.
Sauntering
of Saunter
Agama
A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.
Contorted
Twisted, or twisted together.
Fundamentally
Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.
Cylindroid
A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical.
Critically
In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly.
Driller
One who, or that which, drills.
Snapper
One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.
Gunpowder
A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting.
Moderateness
The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.
Moneyed
Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyey men.
Stibium
The technical name of antimony.
Main
The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.
Raciness
The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.
Homocercy
The possession of a homocercal tail.
Connectedly
In a connected manner.
Hazard
Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
Merchandiser
A trader.
Caesarism
A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Caesar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or su..
Unsincere
Not sincere or pure; insincere.
Foreignism
Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom.
Spang
To spangle.
Closehauled
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
Archive
The place in which public records or historic documents are kept.
Comprehensively
In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of scope.
Agitative
Tending to agitate.
Camisole
A short dressing jacket for women.
Polemics
The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy.
Prevaricator
One who prevaricates.
Foreyard
The lowermost yard on the foremast.
Abutment
State of abutting.
Gladdening
of Gladden
Random Quote
"Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. 'Are you feeling all right?' I asked her. 'I feel all sleepy,' she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead. The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was...in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her. On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunised against measles. ...I dedicated two of my books to Olivia, the first was ‘James and the Giant Peach’. That was when she was still alive. The second was ‘The BFG’, dedicated to her memory after she had died from measles. You will see her name at the beginning of each of these books. And I know how happy she would be if only she could know that her death had helped to save a good deal of illness and death among other children."
I just checked google books for BFG, and the dedication is there.
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/_/quybcXrFhCIC?hl=en&gbpv=1
Roald Dahl, 1986
