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Gossip
To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
String
The points made in a game.
Whizzingly
With a whizzing sound.
Frizzly
Alt. of Frizzy
Dialogue
A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.
Cut
Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
Speeder
One who, or that which, speeds.
Faytour
See Faitour.
Moisture
A moderate degree of wetness.
Rose
imp. of Rise.
Thieve
To practice theft; to steal.
Spread
An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
Whitening
of Whiten
Tear
To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
Restaurant
An eating house.
Firecracker
See Cracker., n., 3.
Larceny
The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.
Multiplied
of Multiply
Snapper
One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.
Buzzing
of Buzz
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.
Meretricious
Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
Grizzly
Somewhat gray; grizzled.
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.
Impersonal
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
Cadence
The act or state of declining or sinking.
Clapper
A person who claps.
Gorge
A defile between mountains.
Blindfolded
of Blindfold
Frosted
Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost; ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake; frosted glass.
Armadillo
Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad..
Clacker
One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.
Everything
Whatever pertains to the subject under consideration; all things.
Spiccato
Detached; separated; -- a term indicating that every note is to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.
Rotatory
Turning as on an axis; rotary.
Grizzled
Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.
Extravaganza
A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.
Guzzler
An immoderate drinker.
Liberation
The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
Splashy
Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.
Word
To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.
Misusage
Bad treatment; abuse.
Galiot
A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail.
Insatiable
Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire.
Essentiality
The quality of being essential; the essential part.
Humming
of Hum
Ragged
Rough; shaggy; rugged.
Rally
A political mass meeting.
Inebriate
To make drunk; to intoxicate.
Bleaching
of Bleach
Philharmonic
Loving harmony or music.
Expanded
of Expand
Contralto
The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.
Distressed
of Distress
Scalding
of Scald
Work
To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.
Eccentric
A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion ..
Faint
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
Lifter
One who, or that which, lifts.
Theft
The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
Rummy
Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor.
Discharge
Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty.
Sober
Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.
Cop
A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
Pine
To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
Rape
Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent, n.
Wassail
An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.
Beam
A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
Sinew
A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
Pose
To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as ..
Tasting
The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.
Tuyere
A nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge.
Growth
That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result.
Raid
A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
Soused
of Souse
Paunch
The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.
Sorrel
Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.
Newly
Lately; recently.
Fire
To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
Mart
A market.
Relief
Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry.
Lisp
The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1.
Roan
Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
Spine
One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
Throat
The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
Cry
Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
Inquisitor
A member of the Court of Inquisition.
Belly
The womb.
Flyer
One that uses wings.
Force
To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.
Chill
To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.
Rich
Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; -- especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high..
Medial
Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.
Frizzed
of Friz
Satiny
Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.
Nuzzle
To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
Kisser
One who kisses.
Lint
Flax.
Bolt
To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part.
Flake
To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
Snatch
To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
Hard
With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard.
Skin
That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
Draughtsman
One who drinks drams; a tippler.
Mist
Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.
Foray
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
Pilose
Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.
Level
An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.
Violate
To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe.
Fiasco
A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.
Cafe
A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.
Verve
Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy.
Whet
The act of whetting.
Grope
To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
Pilfering
of Pilfer
Fakir
An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk.
Chops
The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth.
Fagged
of Fag
Baboon
One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities..
Jowl
The cheek; the jaw.
Crispy
Formed into short, close ringlets; frizzed; crisp; as, crispy locks.
Fried
imp. & p. p. of Fry.
Colon
That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]
Blaze
To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.
Beaver
An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.
Chic
Good form; style.
Frizzy
Curled or crisped; as, frizzly, hair.
Bayard
Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.
Chaps
The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap.
Bunny
A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it.
Cuddle
To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
Theft
The thing stolen.
Stay
Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
Plight
To promise; to engage; to betroth.
Spatter
To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with ..
Oriental
Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.
Unbalanced
Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise.
Bloat
To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.
Mammal
One of the Mammalia.
Protozoon
One of the Protozoa.
Harassed
of Harass
Drooping
of Droop
Fondling
of Fondle
Nuzzling
of Nuzzle
Windstorm
A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain.
Craw
The crop of a bird.
Ginger
A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.
Rise
To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
Rectum
The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.
Vitals
Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the heart, lungs, and brain.
Abdomen
The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In ..
Virility
The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.
Rumen
The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below.
Gizzard
The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium.
Stiff
Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
Bay window
A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window.
Petting
of Pet
Becloud
To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud.
Caressing
of Caress
Ticker
One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.
Mete
Meat.
Invasion
The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
Chime
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
Tattle
To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
Mirroring
of Mirror
Woodcut
An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.
Vignette
To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away.
Velvet
A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.
Fuzz
To make drunk.
Bobby
A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler.
Wayworn
Wearied by traveling.
Policeman
A member of a body of police; a constable.
Tavern
A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small q..
Mystifying
of Mystify
Fathead
A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow.
Muddlehead
A stupid person.
Numskull
A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.
Scurvy
Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
Muffle
A pulley block containing several sheaves.
Mishandle
To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.
Zenith
That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.
Ketch
An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden.
Peculate
To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.
Snowy
White like snow.
Ravishment
The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband.
Unbiased
Free from bias or prejudice; unprejudiced; impartial.
Equitable
Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equi..
Problematical
Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
Mismanage
To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.
Flitting
of Flit
Floorer
Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one's abilities.
Scaling
of Scale
Inroad
The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.
Flounder
A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, of many species.
Disarm
To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
Unprejudiced
Not prejudiced; free from undue bias or prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; impartial; as, an unprejudiced mind; an unprejudiced judge.
Lateen
Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below.
Unriddle
To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery.
Sink
Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.
Disavow
To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the..
Glary
Of a dazzling luster; glaring; bright; shining; smooth.
Fulgent
Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent.
Drizzling
of Drizzle
Pizzicato
A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)
Blinding
of Blind
Fulgid
Shining; glittering; dazzling.
Foul
An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
Entresol
A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine.
Clerestory
The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.
Jib
A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying..
Turkey
An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
Conveyance
The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.
Survival
A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.
Suckle
A teat.
Slit
of Slit
Bass
of Bass
Incredulous
Not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving.
Blistered
of Blister
Gorgeous
Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent.
Vesicular
Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air enters freely the air vesicle..
Glittering
of Glitter
Booze
To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.
Questioning
of Question
Unbelieving
Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical.
Moist
To moisten.
Guzzling
of Guzzle
Midway
In the middle of the way or distance; half way.
Retrogress
Retrogression.
Amaze
To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
Marvel
That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
Disbelieving
of Disbelieve
Paleolith
A relic of the Paleolithic era.
Petrification
See Petrifaction.
Archaism
An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.
Discomfit
To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
Fascination
The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence...
Pulling
of Pull
Whistling
of Whistle
Whirlwind
A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progre..
Vapor
Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.
Unsettle
To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
Tripe
The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
Tempest
An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.
Swath
A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.
Startle
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
Squelch
To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.
Sunglasses
of Sunglass
Lorgnette
elaborate double eyeglasses.
Soaker
One who, or that which, soaks.
Snoring
of Snore
Skim
To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
Sibilation
Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.
Shining
of Shine
Smolder
Alt. of Smoulder
Scald
One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes.
Rumor
A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
Radiance
Alt. of Radiancy
Purr
To murmur as a cat. See Pur.
Fermentation
A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.
Parole
A word; an oral utterance.
Overtire
To tire to excess; to exhaust.
Nasalization
The act of nasalizing, or the state of being nasalized.
Stinking
of Stink
Lisping
of Lisp
Lisp
To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
Labyrinth
An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths.
Hush
To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
Hurricane
A violent storm, characterized by extreme fury and sudden changes of the wind, and generally accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning; -- especially prevalent in the East and West Indies. ..
Hastiness
The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.
Hare
To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
Fulgor
Dazzling brightness; splendor.
Falsetto
A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.
Erase
To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.
Drool
To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.
Demobilization
The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing.
Debilitate
To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.
Caress
An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
Anabasis
A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis."
Accelerate
To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
Untwist
To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine.
Mesmerized
of Mesmerize
Strangled
of Strangle
Wondering
of Wonder
Gauze
A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
Carelessness
The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.
Songster
One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings.
Ghoulish
Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.
Smoky
Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.
Mansion
A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter.
Piebald
Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled; pied.
Despicable
Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.
Drunkard
One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.
Wheeze
To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
Languish
To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.
Toot
To stand out, or be prominent.
Carousal
A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse.
Wassail
An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.
Deliberation
The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
Triple
Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.
Swank
of Swink
Nares
The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.
Sizzling
of Sizzle
Bugle
A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
Sharpen
To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.
Face
The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face.
Vagabond
Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.
Defalcation
A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.
Roar
To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
Spree
A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.
Ridicule
Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an o..
Carouse
A large draught of liquor.
Bristle
A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.
Cessation
A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war.
Sizzle
To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound.
Fluctuating
of Fluctuate
Surprised
of Surprise
Finale
Close; termination
Frizz
See Friz, v. t. & n.
Barbecue
A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
Diner
One who dines.
Glaucous
Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue.
Holiday
A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.
Misappropriate
To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.
Pollute
To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement.
Elevation
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; el..
Electrify
To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.
Blur
To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the..
Enigmatical
Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.
Miraculous
Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes.
Puzzling
of Puzzle
Orthometric
Having the axes at right angles to one another; -- said of crystals or crystalline forms.
Stumper
One who stumps.
Pearly
Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells.
Paleness
The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness.
Misappropriation
Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.
Lorgnette
An opera glass
Silver
A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., i..
Prostitution
The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.
Ragman
A man who collects, or deals in, rags.
Eyeglass
A lens of glass to assist the sight. Eyeglasses are used singly or in pairs.
Mellowness
Quality or state of being mellow.
Perplexity
The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.
Diversion
The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.
Waif
Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the fe..
Beguiling
of Beguile
Vagueness
The quality or state of being vague.
Rouse
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
Opacity
The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency; opaqueness.
Haziness
The quality or state of being hazy.
Souffle
A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus.
Indecisiveness
The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.
Humorous
Moist; humid; watery.
Sotto voce
With a restrained voice or moderate force; in an undertone.
Median
Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.
Blebby
Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass.
Silver
To make hoary, or white, like silver.
Generality
The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.
Entropy
A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quan..
Ragamuffin
A paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch.
Legato
Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a tie, thus /, /, or /, /, written over or unde..
Adagio
Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.
Scherzo
A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony.
A cappella
In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.
Decrescendo
With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.
Arab
One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
Sparkling
Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes.
Dimness
The state or quality / being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.
Obscurity
The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.
Conference
The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
Smoldering
of Smoulder
Confide
To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.
Brain
The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is..
Alcoholic
Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.
Profanation
The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sa..
Ridicule
An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
Raindrop
A drop of rain.
Dunderhead
A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead.
Blunderhead
A stupid, blundering fellow.
Chaff
Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
Loony
See Luny.
Orb
A blank window or panel.
Belle
A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady.
Looker
One who looks.
Flier
One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive.
Debauch
To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauc..
Befoul
To make foul; to soil.
Nozzle
The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.
Enema
An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment.
Raised
of Raise
Done
of Do
Stupefied
Having been made stupid.
Blindfold
To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing.
Gendarme
One of a body of heavy cavalry.
Attenuated
of Attenuate
Robber
One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.
Scorching
of Scorch
Embezzler
One who embezzles.
Shoplifter
One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal.
Imbecile
Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.
Pagan
One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew.
Disturbance
An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current...
Prowler
One that prowls.
Blistering
of Blister
Defrauder
One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.
Lung
An organ for aerial respiration; -- commonly in the plural.
Duodenum
The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.
Idler
One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.
Giblets
The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.
Kettledrum
A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it.
Defraud
To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor..
Plaza
A public square in a city or town.
Tambourine
A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.
Poser
One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact.
Grafter
One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting.
Ashen
Of or pertaining to the ash tree.
Depress
To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.
Poacher
One who poaches; one who kills or catches game or fish contrary to law.
Sophist
One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, ..
Stubble
The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.
Sudorific
Causing sweat; as, sudorific herbs.
Sweaty
Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment.
Misfeasance
A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do.
Torrid
Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
Flushed
of Flush
Swindler
One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.
Tongue
an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
Grilling
of Grill
Fuddle
To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.
Bamboozle
To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.
Drumstick
A stick with which a drum is beaten.
Vestige
The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; re..
Consummation
The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life).
Tucker
One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.
Buffalo
A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox..
Plateau
A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.
Flimflam
A freak; a trick; a lie.
Laceration
The act of lacerating.
Swig
A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
Dun
A mound or small hill.
Unruly
Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
Porch
A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes th..
Flue
An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage
Grizzle
Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.
Grey
See Gray (the correct orthography).
Catcall
A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses to express dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill instrument for making such a noise.
Andante
Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto.
Increased
of Increase
Boozer
One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser.
Dipsomaniac
One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.
Bird
Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
Sot
A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.
Stab
To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.
Bacchanal
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
Hoar
White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.
Cricket
A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.
Lacerate
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.
Wilt
2d pers. sing. of Will.
Deride
To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.
Beard
The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
Inquisitive
Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.
Investigation
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher a..
Examination
The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
Tire
A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.
Jag
A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
Dialectic
Same as Dialectics.
Morbid
Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant.
Landloper
Same as Landlouper.
Beggar
One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
Urchin
A hedgehog.
Repress
To press again.
Pickled
of Pickle
Wastrel
Any waste thing or substance
Systemic
Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood.
Sorcery
Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment.
Stanch
A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
Piazza
An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda.
Craze
To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
Solarium
An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.
Stanch
To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.
Quell
To die.
Nestling
of Nestle
Extinguish
To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.
Milky
Consisting of, or containing, milk.
Censor
One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.
Wonder
That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; ad..
Superiority
The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.
Potation
The act of drinking.
Tipple
To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute..
Devastating
of Devastate
Agonize
To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
Tot
Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.
Enfeebled
of Enfeeble
Portion
A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
Puzzlement
The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
Staggered
of Stagger
Vexed
of Vex
Crux
Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.
Troubled
of Trouble
Dilemma
An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.
Shaken
of Shake
