List Words
Explode
To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.
Unforgettable
Not forgettable; enduring in memory.
Haughty
High; lofty; bold.
Waver
To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
Increase
To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to decrease.
Tenant
One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or..
Rustication
The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution for a time.
Stripping
of Strip
Intermittence
Act or state of intermitting; intermission.
Relax
To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.
Brash
Refuse boughs of trees; also, the clippings of hedges.
Burrow
An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
Slaughter
The act of killing.
Backing
of Back
Booty
That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.
Sacking
of Sack
Reverence
Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.
Clutch
A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.
Wondrous
In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully.
Remarkable
Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.
Confidant
Alt. of Confidante
Colleague
A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.
Vent
Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
Highness
The state of being high; elevation; loftiness.
Rival
A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
Artifice
A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
Rinse
To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
Decent
Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.
Escarp
The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.
Prohibition
The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
Transposition
The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed.
Literal
According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.
Precipitation
The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.
Scholarly
Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.
Punctilious
Attentive to punctilio; very nice or exact in the forms of behavior, etiquette, or mutual intercourse; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
Appropriate
Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
Encroachment
The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.
Competent
Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
Flush
To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
Lofty
Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
Cane
A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
Spile
A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
Truce
A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.
Fetter
A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.
Underpinning
of Underpin
Redoubt
A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills an..
Dodge
To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
Psychologic
Alt. of Psychological
True
Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is tru..
Convenient
Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate.
