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Unguentous
Unguentary.
Lithographer
One who lithographs; one who practices lithography.
Bankrupt
A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person.
Cuticle
A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
Baronage
The whole body of barons or peers.
Apricot
A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced th..
Esemplastic
Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity.
Pimpled
Having pimples.
Hourglass
An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury ..
Shunted
of Shunt
Incapacious
Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul.
Tumid
Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.
Boxer
One who packs boxes.
Behight
To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
Femalist
A gallant.
Aldern
Made of alder.
Quit
Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted.
Avatar
The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.
Hylaeosaur
Alt. of Hylaeosaurus
Cone
A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a ..
Precipitately
In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly.
Trippingly
In a tripping manner; with a light, nimble, quick step; with agility; nimbly.
Penance
Repentance.
Strown
of Strow
Uncharm
To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant.
Beer
A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
Chum
A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.
Adduce
To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
Reprehend
To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure.
Deprecatory
Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
Divest
To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.
Quaggy
Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy.
Poachy
Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; -- said of land
Abuna
The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
Incisor
One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw; an incisive tooth. See Tooth.
Yardstick
A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.
Determinateness
State of being determinate.
Belittling
of Belittle
Circumnavigate
To sail completely round.
Starlike
Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star; as, starlike flowers.
Lactation
A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.
Cleavers
A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.
Self-adjusting
Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery.
Musing
of Muse
Bleached
of Bleach
Recession
The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.
Single-hearted
Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.
Bookmark
Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.
Prefiguration
The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.
Unsettledness
The quality or state of being unsettled.
Lividness
Lividity.
Sleaziness
Quality of being sleazy.
Cleaner
One who, or that which, cleans.
Metaphysician
One who is versed in metaphysics.
Flooring
of Floor
Railway
A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.
Viper
Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous makes belonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and other genera of the family Viperidae.
Impaired
of Impair
Repeater
One who, or that which, repeats.
Parsimony
Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
Sorrowing
of Sorrow
Mensal
Belonging to the table; transacted at table; as, mensal conversation.
Countersecure
To give additional security to or for.
Attackable
Capable of being attacked.
Bifurcated
Two-pronged; forked.
Excoriation
The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
Phlogistication
The act or process of combining with phlogiston.
Denigration
The act of making black.
Silkiness
The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.
Exhortation
The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
Trachytic
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, trachyte.
Lecturing
of Lecture
Counterstroke
A stroke or blow in return.
Crinkled
of Crinkle
Inappropriate
Not instrument (to); not appropriate; unbecoming; unsuitable; not specially fitted; -- followed by to or for.
Exploit
A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.
Tutelage
The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.
Castigation
Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
Entrails
The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.
Trivet
A tree-legged stool, table, or other support; especially, a stand to hold a kettle or similar vessel near the fire; a tripod.
Trihedron
A figure having three sides.
Element
One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter.
Dolce
Alt. of Dolcemente
Alternation
The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, co..
Voiding
of Void
Phrasing
of Phrase
Applaud
To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
Folks
In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.
Deferential
Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
Weasand
The windpipe; -- called also, formerly, wesil.
Narrow-minded
Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean.
Genius
A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee.
Leaver
One who leaves, or withdraws.
Invert
To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
Provision
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
Espy
To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; ..
Embroilment
The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil.
Receive
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.
Volution
A spiral turn or wreath.
Seizure
The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
Ameliorable
Capable of being ameliorated.
Cupellation
The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel.
Trident
A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.
Folk
Alt. of Folks
Devoutness
Quality or state of being devout.
Roundsman
A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.
Pursed
of Purse
Sporadic
Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower.
Antonym
A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym.
Occupation
The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
Taxing
of Tax
Backside
The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.
Splendent
Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4.
Hoot
To cry out or shout in contempt.
Disharmony
Want of harmony; discord; incongruity.
Erosion
The act or operation of eroding or eating away.
Hat
Hot.
Lewd
Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.
Recant
To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
Counter
A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
Paucity
Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity.
Discord
Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts,..
Strong
Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
Alloy
Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called..
Truelove
One really beloved.
Pungency
The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.
Stress
Distress.
Procuration
The act of procuring; procurement.
Languishing
of Languish
Glorious
Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds.
Immerge
To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse.
Inflame
To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
Pontificate
The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.
Right
Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.
Preceding
of Precede
Chip
To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
Flare
To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.
Straw
To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.
Centaur
A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
Dodge
To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
Domain
Dominion; empire; authority.
Denotation
The marking off or separation of anything.
Gelatin
Alt. of Gelatine
Distension
Same as Distention.
Calligraphy
Fair or elegant penmanship.
Language
Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mou..
Sisterhood
The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.
Axis
The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).
