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Bantling
A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.]
Periphrase
To use circumlocution.
Economist
One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste.
Gossip
To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
Lithographer
One who lithographs; one who practices lithography.
Angelology
A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels.
Cornice
Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
Conducive
Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.
Experimentation
The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
Solomon
One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man.
Tete-a-tete
Private conversation; familiar interview or conference of two persons.
Grogshop
A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk; a dramshop.
Disaffection
State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike.
Oxygenation
The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen; oxidation.
Hampered
of Hamper
Extraterritorial
Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial.
String
The points made in a game.
Misdoubt
To be suspicious of; to have suspicion.
Collect
To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
Gnomon
The index of the hour circle of a globe.
Engagement
That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of ..
Nestorian
relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.
Predella
The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or..
Connate
Born with another; being of the same birth.
Antiquation
The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated.
Congregational
Of or pertaining to a congregation; conducted, or participated in, by a congregation; as, congregational singing.
Fabliau
One of the metrical tales of the Trouveres, or early poets of the north of France.
Subscriber
One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing.
Parabola
A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sides. It is a curve, any point of which is equally distant fro..
Puerile
Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
Stem
The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
Pudenda
The external organs of generation.
Evermore
During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; at all times; -- often used substantively with for.
Auriscope
An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
Artillery
Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows.
Collectively
In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
Misguide
To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding.
Putrescible
Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.
Bicentenary
Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration.
Disaccommodate
To put to inconvenience; to incommode.
Ratifier
One who, or that which, ratifies; a confirmer.
Brawn
Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.
Anaesthetization
The process of anaesthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anaesthetics.
Conspecific
Of the same species.
Didactical
Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.
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.
Long-sufferance
Forbearance to punish or resent.
Fault-finder
One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.
Pawnbroker
One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
Nickname
A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.
Didactics
The art or science of teaching.
Archery
The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.
Untruthful
Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact.
Inhuman
Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.
Moppet
A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth; hence, also, in fondness, a little girl, or a woman.
Easterly
Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.
Demission
The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection.
Maxilla
The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.
True-penny
An honest fellow.
Contemned
of Contemn
Anthomania
A extravagant fondness for flowers.
Numeration
The act or art of numbering.
Employed
of Employ
Culvert
A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.
Demur
To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
Bombardier
One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner.
Wantonly
In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.
Spurn
Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
Charlatanism
Charlatanry.
Disloyal
Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; faithless; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a husband disloya..
Architectonic
Alt. of Architectonical
Predatory
Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.
Dilapidate
To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building.
Fifteen
Five and ten; one more than fourteen.
Preengagement
Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract, promise, or affection.
Essence
The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of..
Tontine
An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of ..
Pelagic
Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast.
Tactics
Hence, any system or method of procedure.
Subordinate
Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
Conchyliologist
Alt. of Conchyliology
Fabulize
To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions.
Diphenyl
A white crystalline substance, C6H5.C6H5, obtained by leading benzene through a heated iron tube. It consists of two benzene or phenyl radicals united.
Anaemia
A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.
Furfurol
A colorless oily liquid, C4H3O.CHO, of a pleasant odor, obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde derivative of furfuran; -- called also furfural.
Tilter
One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights.
Supervene
To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen.
Builder
One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.
Harefoot
A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs.
Dysphoria
Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets.
Slipper
One who, or that which, slips.
Chronologer
Same as Chronologist.
Skepticism
An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.
Divisional
That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.
Conciliate
To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
Reasoned
of Reason
Tricennial
Of or pertaining to thirty years; consisting of thirty years; occurring once in every thirty years.
Mass
A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ..
Capybara
A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It some..
Hebraize
To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.
Undermanned
Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.
Downfall
A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin.
Levanter
One who levants, or decamps.
Decollation
The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.
Hypodermic
Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin.
Freethinker
One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the chur..
Outrider
A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff.
Bellied
Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied.
Dialogue
A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.
Cursive
Running; flowing.
Transcriber
One who transcribes, or writes from a copy; a copier; a copyist.
Quietly
In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly.
Cannoneer
Alt. of Cannonier
Avidity
Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.
Peculiarize
To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession.
Prove
To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.
Shibboleth
A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii.
Adjuratory
Containing an adjuration.
Blink
To trick; to deceive.
Mortgagee
The person to whom property is mortgaged, or to whom a mortgage is made or given.
Waxwork
Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
Messiah
The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ.
Catechist
One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.
Edgewise
With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
Fantoccini
Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used.
Distinguishable
Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub.
Dogmatizer
One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
Shrinkage
The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.
Figurine
A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially, one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished from statuette, which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc.
Overlong
Too long.
Petitionary
Supplicatory; making a petition.
Hypochondriacal
Same as Hypochondriac, 2.
Affectional
Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.
Belles-lettres
Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.
Nonelastic
Not having elasticity.
Auriscopy
Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.
Juniper
Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and order Coniferae.
Supervisory
Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers.
Long-drawn
Extended to a great length.
Inference
That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
Employer
One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
Tincture
A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.
Flectional
Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.
Object
Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
Isatin
An orange-red crystalline substance, C8H5NO2, obtained by the oxidation of indigo blue. It is also produced from certain derivatives of benzoic acid, and is one important source of artificial ..
Cut
Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
Claqueur
One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.
Prepubic
Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; pertaining to the prepubis.
Counter-compony
See Compony.
Witching
of Witch
Hyperdulia
Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia.
Gin
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.
Athletics
The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.
Osseous
Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific.
It
As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk).
Emolument
The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
Cuprous
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion.
Phantasmal
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm; spectral; illusive.
Scarabee
A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, us..
Rouncy
A common hackney horse; a nag.
Galilee
A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were ..
Melodics
The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.
Chimerical
Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.
Ragout
A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.
Malapropos
Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.
Misbehavior
Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct.
Inscriber
One who inscribes.
Logger
One engaged in logging. See Log, v. i.
Quietness
The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness.
Doziness
The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
Canonist
A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.
Configure
To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.
Comport
To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
Contentment
The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.
Speeder
One who, or that which, speeds.
Annotation
A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.
Shy
Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
Omitting
of Omit
Convexed
Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
Kilderkin
A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.
Lithotrity
The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.
Meetinghouse
A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters.
Tenantable
Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant.
Naturalization
The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being naturalized.
Contrapuntist
One skilled in counterpoint.
Exorcism
The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used.
Inexperience
Absence or want of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth.
Calumet
A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers.
Coercion
The act or process of coercing.
Blasphemer
One who blasphemes.
Extractor
One who, or that which, extracts
Humanize
To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph.
Extortionate
Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
Demolisher
One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns.
Fishmonger
A dealer in fish.
Wallop
A thick piece of fat.
Moisture
A moderate degree of wetness.
Superintendence
The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction; supervision.
Intolerance
Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
Barren
A tract of barren land.
Cuticle
A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
Gentlemanliness
The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.
Lissome
Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.
Caricaturist
One who caricatures.
Repetitional
Alt. of Repetitionary
Earthworm
Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also ..
Ossified
Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
Baronage
The whole body of barons or peers.
Neolithic
Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone.
Inestimable
Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges.
Matronlike
Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
Rose
imp. of Rise.
Acquit
To clear one's self.
Conservational
Tending to conserve; preservative.
Component
A constituent part; an ingredient.
Aspirate
To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.
Figurant
One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene,..
Mixing
of Mix
Ecclesiastical
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Discarded
of Discard
Nay
To refuse.
Spread
An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
Inconsolable
Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate.
Live
To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.
Kilometer
Alt. of Kilometre
Stockbroker
A broker who deals in stocks.
Enterprising
Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm.
Eclampsia
A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.
Revealing
of Reveal
Consortship
The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership.
Antidotal
Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.
Cutlet
A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.
Traded
Professional; practiced.
Classicist
One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.
Aquarius
The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.
Whitening
of Whiten
Coparcener
One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.
Axiomatic
Alt. of Axiomatical
Titulary
A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.
Cock
To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
Buddhist
One who accepts the teachings of Buddhism.
Crenelation
The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.
Bed rock
The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.
Estimate
To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the..
Contesting
of Contest
Landsman
One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.
Tun
A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.
Ellipsis
Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.
Drummer
One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler.
Evincive
Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.
Bungler
A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.
Tullian
Belonging to, or in the style of, Tully (Marcus Tullius Cicero).
Permeated
of Permeate
Monocotyl
Any monocotyledonous plant.
Nol-pros
To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.
Apposition
The act of adding; application; accretion.
Avocation
A calling away; a diversion.
Letterpress
Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations.
Disinterment
The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation.
Scribbler
One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack.
Tear
To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
Resolvent
Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
Fourscore
Four times twenty; eighty.
Referendum
A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.
Porcupine
Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is ..
Restaurant
An eating house.
Firecracker
See Cracker., n., 3.
Warm-hearted
Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic.
Munificence
Means of defense; fortification.
Helminth
An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.
Machine
To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine.
Harassment
The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
Showman
One who exhibits a show; a proprietor of a show.
Corrigible
Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.
Bobsleigh
A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed.
Glover
One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves.
User
One who uses.
Malignantly
In a malignant manner.
Consultative
Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference.
Discriminator
One who discriminates.
Calculus
Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc.
Perfidy
The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.
Haunter
One who, or that which, haunts.
Inamorato
A male lover.
Phylogeny
The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of th..
Funicular
Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
Dote
An imbecile; a dotard.
Kittenish
Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.
Ploy
To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy.
Larceny
The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.
Paralyzed
of Paralyze
Anonymity
The quality or state of being anonymous; anonymousness; also, that which anonymous.
Terpsichore
The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter.
Disproved
of Disprove
Greasiness
The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.
Recline
To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
Ampliation
Enlargement; amplification.
Gratulatory
Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.
Quadrinomial
A polynomial of four terms connected by the signs plus or minus.
Matador
The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights.
Sumption
A taking.
Tube-shell
Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell.
Binnacle
A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night.
Carrying
of Carry
Hydrous
Containing water; watery.
Corsage
The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage.
Agitation
A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.
Utopianism
The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.
Rifleman
of Rifleman
Arcadia
A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.
Existential
Having existence.
Inutility
Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects.
Contamination
The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
Close
Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
Heartwood
The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguis..
Cocktail
A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened.
Anglicanism
Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.
Indice
Index; indication.
Uncovered
of Uncover
Diminish
To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
Acheron
A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
Concessive
Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction.
Alleviator
One who, or that which, alleviates.
Desponding
of Despond
Blank
A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc.
Demonomy
The dominion of demons.
Roughhewn
Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained.
List
The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.
Naturalism
A state of nature; conformity to nature.
Fluxionary
Fluxional.
Specialty
A particular or peculiar case.
Transgressor
One who transgresses; one who breaks a law, or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner.
Copyhold
A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court.
Prig
To cheapen.
Redeem
To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.
Tentative
An essay; a trial; an experiment.
Emendatory
Pertaining to emendation; corrective.
Philosophize
To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence.
Preternatural
Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; ..
Moistening
of Moisten
Potter
To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
Rejoinder
An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.
Sermonizing
of Sermonize
Loge
A lodge; a habitation.
Foreyard
The lowermost yard on the foremast.
Prevaricator
One who prevaricates.
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.
Closehauled
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
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..
Hazard
Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
Connectedly
In a connected manner.
Homocercy
The possession of a homocercal tail.
Main
The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.
Stibium
The technical name of antimony.
Moneyed
Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyey men.
Moderateness
The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.
Gunpowder
A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting.
Snapper
One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.
Driller
One who, or that which, drills.
Fundamentally
Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.
Contorted
Twisted, or twisted together.
Agama
A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.
Herbivorous
Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.
Able-bodied
Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.
Seeker
One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.
Astriction
The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation.
Ci-devant
Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor.
Hostilities
of Hostility
Bristling
of Bristle
Acetate
A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash.
Caucasian
Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.
Haunting
of Haunt
Alderman
A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.
Euphonious
Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.
Begetter
One who begets; a father.
Conservatism
The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.
Excursive
Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.
Indiscrimination
Want of discrimination or distinction; impartiality.
Concerto
A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its ..
Bullion
Uncoined gold or silver in the mass.
Dotal
Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it.
Malefactor
An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.
Disappointing
of Disappoint
Inattention
Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.
Historically
In the manner of, or in accordance with, history.
Endowed
of Endow
Fabian
Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.
Imaginative
Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word.
Curculio
One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio..
Rigged
of Rig
Undiscerning
Want of discernment.
Anthesis
The period or state of full expansion in a flower.
Misfortune
Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.
Conscionable
Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.
Rivulet
A small stream or brook; a streamlet.
Evening
of Even
Cantrip
A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.
Peculation
The act or practice of peculating, or of defrauding the public by appropriating to one's own use the money or goods intrusted to one's care for management or disbursement; embezzlement.
Hogshead
An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe.
Backgammon
A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to ..
Pretender
One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant.
Pannier
A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass
Meretricious
Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
Floaty
Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light.
Blackguard
The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen utensils, and being smutted by them, were ..
Counterclaim
A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.
Taskmaster
One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer.
Poltroon
An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.
Deliberative
Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body.
Addiction
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
Malison
Malediction; curse; execration.
Invented
of Invent
Aesthetics
Alt. of Esthetics
Athletic
Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.
Copulative
Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like "and".
Pellucid
Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque.
Catacaustic
Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a.
Fatherly
Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.
Martial
Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance.
Undaunted
Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear.
Coveter
One who covets.
Confutable
That may be confuted.
Dispositioned
Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well-dispositioned.
Carving
of Carve
Mistakable
Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived.
Larcenist
One who commits larceny.
Abetment
The act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc.
Dissidence
Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion.
Electron
Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called electrum.
Debutant
Alt. of Debutante
Churchgoer
One who attends church.
Belly-god
One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.
Desirer
One who desires, asks, or wishes.
Clinical
Alt. of Clinic
Chaffer
One who chaffs.
Galvanometric
Of, pertaining to, or measured by, a galvanometer.
Condign
Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit.
Conquered
of Conquer
Brahmin
A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos.
Freeborn
Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom.
Perpetuation
The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of time; continuance.
Purloiner
One who purloins.
Disherison
The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion.
Directing
of Direct
Hauberk
A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used syn..
Babbler
An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
Irascibility
The quality or state of being irascible; irritability of temper; irascibleness.
Colloquialize
To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.
Bragging
of Brag
Bloodshedder
One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.
Largess
Alt. of Largesse
Consecutively
In a consecutive manner; by way of sequence; successively.
Bractlet
A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers.
Affranchise
To make free; to enfranchise.
Exciter
One who, or that which, excites.
Dispensable
Capable of being dispensed or administered.
Benefactress
A woman who confers a benefit.
Appertaining
of Appertain
Disfigure
To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.
Fructuous
Fruitful; productive; profitable.
Bushing
of Bush
Contriver
One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas.
Thewy
Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.
Grizzly
Somewhat gray; grizzled.
Edification
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
Agnosticism
That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies.
Composite
Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.
Eudaemonics
That part of moral philosophy which treats of happiness; the science of happiness; -- contrasted with aretaics.
Bunting
A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae).
Drizzle
To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain.
Enviable
Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.
Irrationality
The quality or state of being irrational.
Hydraulic
Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock.
Retund
To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence.
Conjunctival
Joining; connecting.
Nonresistant
Making no resistance.
Juridical
Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to law; legal; as, juridical law.
Dromedary
The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps.
Deluder
One who deludes; a deceiver; an impostor.
Monopoly
The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anythi..
Equilibrist
One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer.
Disappointed
Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.
Generic
Alt. of Generical
Autarchy
Self-sufficiency.
Swashbuckler
A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer.
Provided
of Provide
Friendless
Destitute of friends; forsaken.
Entrain
To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam.
Lacquer
A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mache, and wood. The name is also given to ..
Bandmaster
The conductor of a musical band.
Perennially
In a perennial manner.
Commensal
One who eats at the same table.
Aretaics
The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics.
Cavalryman
One of a body of cavalry.
Emulsion
Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photograp..
Introspective
Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.
Analyzation
The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent parts; analysis.
Annalist
A writer of annals.
Assertive
Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
Consilience
Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence.
