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Collect
To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
Pudenda
The external organs of generation.
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 ..
Edgewise
With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
Intolerance
Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
Nay
To refuse.
Brocade
Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched.
Referendum
A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.
Churchgoer
One who attends church.
Bushing
of Bush
Toilette
See Toilet, 3.
Thrilled
of Thrill
Capitulate
To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.
Charmed
of Charm
Intercessor
One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator. (a) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. (b) One who pleads in behalf of another.
Pass
To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
Settle
To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.
Capitulation
A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
Sacramental
That which relates to a sacrament.
Subreader
An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon.
Otter
Any carnivorous animal of the genus Lutra, and related genera. Several species are described. They have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and feed on fish. Th..
Scarab
Alt. of Scarabee
Pack
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
Beam
A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
Friar
A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) ..
Poster
A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places.
Hydra
A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succeeded by two others, unless the wound w..
Fire
To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
Vulva
The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs.
Beady
Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.
Quay
A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels.
Uterus
The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.
Purfle
To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white.
Penis
The male member, or organ of generation.
Ovary
That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower.
Olympiad
A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot r..
Jovial
Of or pertaining to the god, or the planet, Jupiter.
Navvy
Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc.
Record
An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record.
Blazer
One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad.
Osmose
The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids of differing densities, and as taking place through a membrane or an intervening ..
Pier
Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings.
Gonads
of Gonad
Rogue
A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
Cocoon
An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepar..
Jowl
The cheek; the jaw.
Moss
A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many s..
Haunch
The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
Sere
[OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dr..
Fetish
A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to ..
Hunter
One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
Filler
One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.
Amber
A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpi..
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 ..
Quarter
A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.
Burg
A fortified town.
Ream
Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale.
Quoin
Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.
Twister
One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
Garment
Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.
Concertina
A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two he..
Jejunum
The middle division of the small intestine, between the duodenum and ileum; -- so called because usually found empty after death.
Duds
Old or inferior clothes; tattered garments.
Confirmation
The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
Nomadic
Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe.
Hyades
Alt. of Hyads
Ram
To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
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.
Federate
United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.
Mouldy
Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese or bread.
Gladness
State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness.
Zenith
That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.
Galleass
A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley.
Frigate
Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war ..
Litany
A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usu..
Paternoster
The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.
Ledger
A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appr..
Agnus Dei
A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.
Pax
The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.
Gravestone
A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.
Tombstone
A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased.
Swelter
To oppress with heat.
Papacy
The office and dignity of the pope, or pontiff, of Rome; papal jurisdiction.
Per
Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is a..
Compendium
A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.
Shined
of Shine
Additional
Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.
Supplementary
Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume.
Adscititious
Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious.
Supervenient
Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards.
Auxiliary
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
Joyous
Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.
Breakwater
Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.
Fortuitous
Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Adventitious
Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
Spider
Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or th..
Ramp
To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
Consult
To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
Rye
A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man.
Network
A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.
Chancellery
Chancellorship.
Capitation
A numbering of heads or individuals.
Unstring
To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.
Chieftaincy
Alt. of Chieftainship
Protectorate
Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.
Riding
of Ride
Radiance
Alt. of Radiancy
Synopsis
A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
Mucor
A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.
Landslide
The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.
jarring
of Jar
Fig
A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
Cruet
A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster.
Climacteric
Relating to a climacteric; critical.
Cannonade
The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.
Bombardment
An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.
Untwist
To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine.
Fiord
A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska.
Sound
To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
Woof
The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.
Beadsman
Alt. of Bedesman
Saddler
One who makes saddles.
Pertinacious
Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
Packet
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.
Coact
To force; to compel; to drive.
Roustabout
A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs.
Convivial
Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial.
Jovial
Gay; merry; joyous; jolly; mirth-inspiring; hilarious; characterized by mirth or jollity; as, a jovial youth; a jovial company; a jovial poem.
Gala
Pomp, show, or festivity.
Management
The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; t..
Abbot
The superior or head of an abbey.
Monk
A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of ch..
Superabundance
The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.
Pilgrim
A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.
Roadster
A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.
Subtend
To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.
Rider
One who, or that which, rides.
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.
Wharf
A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that..
Championship
State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.
Vestment
A covering or garment; some part of clothing or dress
Festal
Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive.
Festive
Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive.
Rosy
Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.
Contend
To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Impolicy
The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bads policy; as, the impolicy of fraud.
Slew
imp. of Slay.
Infiltrate
To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.
Unregenerate
Alt. of Unregenerated
Blithesome
Cheery; gay; merry.
Linen
Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
No
Not any; not one; none.
Smiling
of Smile
Bo
An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
Episcopacy
Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different..
Sparkling
Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes.
Regency
The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.
Archbishopric
The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.
Doggedly
In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution.
Font
A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing w..
Hexavalent
Having a valence of six; -- said of hexads.
Nestor
A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.
Magnetite
An oxide of iron (Fe3O4) occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity, being then ..
Fountain
A spring of water issuing from the earth.
Mainspring
The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most p..
Lodestar
A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure.
Fob
A little pocket for a watch.
Bead
A prayer.
Freighter
One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.
Basin
The quantity contained in a basin.
Bishopric
A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
Basin
A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.
Siding
of Side
Dispread
To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams.
Flushed
of Flush
Talisman
A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, o..
Mascot
Alt. of Mascotte
Revivalist
A clergyman or layman who promotes revivals of religion; an advocate for religious revivals; sometimes, specifically, a clergyman, without a particular charge, who goes about to promote reviv..
Unruly
Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
Evangelist
A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A wr..
Insubordinate
Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.
Sot
A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.
Swelter
To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.
Beard
The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
Plaque
Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn ..
Raiment
Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense.
Shaft
The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
Reader
One who reads.
Patriarch
The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish histo..
Monastic
A monk.
Celibate
Celibate state; celibacy.
Stela
A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.
Investment
The act of investing, or the state of being invested.
Thanksgiving
The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.
Impetration
The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty.
Rood
A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
Obituary
That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a person, accompanied by a biographical sketch.
Selfishness
The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advanc..
Intercession
The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or othe..
Suffrage
A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
Vote
An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
Headship
Authority or dignity; chief place.
Cirro-cumulus
See under Cloud.
Liberality
The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.
Ave Maria
Alt. of Ave Mary
Invocation
The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.
Voting
of Vote
Ballot
Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.
Franchise
Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
Unaccountable
Not accountable or responsible; free from control.
Heady
Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
Radiant
Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.
Loch
A lake; a bay or arm of the sea.
Hip
The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
Authorization
The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
Rule
A composing rule. See under Conposing.
Genitals
The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.
Willful
Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder.
Jetty
Made of jet, or like jet in color.
Dictatorship
The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.
Censer
A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned.
Crupper
The buttocks or rump of a horse.
Consolidate
Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
Syllabus
A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.
Petitioner
One who presents a petition.
Swagger
To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
Maximum
The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- oppose..
Most
Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all.
Stile
A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style.
Jutty
A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole; a jetty.
Absorbent
Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Seepage
Alt. of Sipage
Percolation
The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly throu..
Agape
Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
Candle
A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light.
Tilt
A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
Spongy
Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones.
Misleader
One who leads into error.
Deceiver
One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.
Meditation
The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing.
Digestion
The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.
Hostile
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfri..
Rosary
A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.
Headspring
Fountain; source.
Shore
of Shear
Crucifix
A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their de..
Apparel
External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
Clothes
of Cloth
Divergent
Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.
Circumcision
The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females.
Amulet
An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mysti..
Tabernacle
A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
Ark
A chest, or coffer.
Disagreeable
Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
Repugnant
Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed by to, ..
Remembrance
The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
Irresponsible
Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.
Meat
Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg.
Testes
pl. of Teste, or of Testis.
Grating
of Grate
Inflexible
Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
Phylactery
Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease.
Communicant
One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member.
Absorption
The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.
Pleader
One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.
Converse
To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.
Pyramid
A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this shape.
Costume
Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.
Hinge
The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
Testimonial
A writing or certificate which bears testimony in favor of one's character, good conduct, ability, etc., or of the value of a thing.
Inaccordant
Not accordant; discordant.
Basket
A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.
Header
One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.
Aside
On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.
Intractable
Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.
Optimistic
Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.
Glowing
of Glow
Deliberate
Weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a del..
Powwow
To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
Counsel
Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
Hoodoo
One who causes bad luck.
Refer
To carry or send back.
Voodoo
See Voodooism.
Mastery
The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
Garb
Clothing in general.
Reciprocate
To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.
Fallacy
Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
Dogged
of Dog
Fringe
An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but more commonly made separate and sewed on, consis..
Breeching
of Breech
Discordant
Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious.
Climber
One who, or that which, climbs
Headgear
Headdress.
Algae
of Alga
Wheelbarrow
A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.
Bracken
A brake or fern.
Sled
A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.
Peck
The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.
Temerarious
Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless.
Sledge
A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a ..
Undercurrent
A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.
Bonanza
In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.
Puffball
A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin.
Pea
The sliding weight on a steelyard.
Wellspring
A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.
Halter
One who halts or limps; a cripple.
Headstone
The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.
Tug
To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.
Monument
Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.
Hackamore
A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal.
Generosity
Noble birth.
Caparison
An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.
Exigency
The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency.
Headstall
That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.
Pillar
The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a m..
Improvement
The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc.
Bellyband
A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
Kelp
The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine.
Push
A pustule; a pimple.
Bridle
The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.
Liana
A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.
Tangle
To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.
Plenitude
The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power.
Luggage
That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents.
Biceps
A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.
Ivy
A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. ..
Battle
Fertile. See Battel, a.
Bight
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
Reins
The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.
Wrack
A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
Discuss
To break to pieces; to shatter.
Tackle
Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
Crisis
The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point.
Fertility
The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance of resources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; as, the fertility of soi..
Toadstool
A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.
Relic
That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.
Noseband
That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.
Conspire
To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; to plot together.
Cheerful
Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.
Million
The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, -- written 1,000, 000. See the Note under Hundred.
Curb
To bend or curve
Yes
Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.
Effigy
The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the..
Overflow
To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
Myriad
The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.
Memorial
Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.
Contemplation
The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.
Shipyard
A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.
Lamp
A thin plate or lamina.
Bulkhead
A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.
Abundance
An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.
Extra
Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay.
Contingency
Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.
Smut
Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
Herb
A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
Legume
A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
Partner
One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. "Partner of his fortune." Shak. Hence: (a) A husband or a wife. (b) Either one of a couple who dance together. (..
Confederate
United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.
Subsidiary
Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.
Beadroll
A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.
Firth
An arm of the sea; a frith.
Accidental
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
Pair
A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay. [Now mostly or ..
Discrepant
Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.
Profusion
The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting.
Anchorage
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
Estuary
A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
Groin
The snout of a swine.
Heap
A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
Yea
Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.
Assimilation
The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.
Sorb
The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree.
Imbibe
To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.
Counteract
To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
Paternity
The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.
Mount
A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper ..
Osmosis
Osmose.
Pot
A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot...
Barrel
A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.
Arm
The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
Raft
imp. & p. p. of Reave.
Creek
A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.
Roadstead
An anchorage off shore. Same as Road, 4.
Stack
A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatc..
Dockyard
A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.
Gulf
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,
Engross
To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
Docket
A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.
Tenacious
Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
Laughing
of Laugh
Saprophyte
Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.
Creeper
One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.
Vine
Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
Mine
See Mien.
Slew
of Slay
Palaver
Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.
Wrongheaded
Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse.
Poll
A parrot; -- familiarly so called.
Parasite
One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.
Horn
A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox family consist externa..
Hamlet
A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
Village
A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.
Magistracy
The office or dignity of a magistrate.
Mumbo Jumbo
An object of superstitious homage and fear.
Bayou
An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind.
Collateral
Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.
Percolate
To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.
Filigree
Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which the wire is soldered, being arranged in designs frequently ..
Sidelong
Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
Gladsome
Pleased; joyful; cheerful.
Glad
Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, i..
Mesh
The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.
Spin
To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.
Roundhead
A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Sideways
Toward the side; sidewise.
Broadside
The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
Breadthwise
In the direction of the breadth.
Exhilarated
of Exhilarate
Pleased
of Please
Cozy
Snug; comfortable; easy; contented.
Pioneer
A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
Disproportionate
Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it ..
Winsome
Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.
Disobedient
Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts...
Bullheaded
Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged.
Mulish
Like a mule; sullen; stubborn.
Bigoted
Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others.
Barrage
An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.
Antipathetic
Alt. of Antipathetical
Dissonant
Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.
Extravagance
A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.
Indirect
Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.
Askance
Alt. of Askant
Differing
of Differ
Climax
Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
Cove
A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.
Ascetic
Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
Mendicant
Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.
Hermit
A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
Concert
To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
Dissident
No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.
Sumpter
The driver of a pack horse.
Proxy
The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity.
Leader
One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.
Affluence
A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.
Factious
Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of..
Harmonize
To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.
Recalcitrant
Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
Dogmatic
One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
Speaker
One who speaks.
Confer
To bring together for comparison; to compare.
Contrast
To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.
Depredation
The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land.
Religious
Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious sub..
Mound
A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe.
Incline
To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south.
Fire
The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
Planking
of Plank
Satisfied
of Satisfy
Thrum
One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
Defiant
Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.
Variant
Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
Disharmonious
Unharmonious; discordant.
Obverse
Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
Affiliate
To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
Delighted
of Delight
Merrymaking
Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.
Prodigality
Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.
Headstrong
Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.
Contrary
Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.
Deceit
An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; decep..
Avalanche
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
Tope
A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.
Obelisk
An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyph..
Grim
Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
Contingent
Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.
Coalesce
To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.
Odds
Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability.
Directorate
The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly.
Gay
Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.
Suppliant
Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
Content
Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.
Cervix
The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird.
Inharmonious
Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant; dissonant.
Erysipelas
St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually rega..
Shingles
A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
Opinionated
Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.
Threadbare
Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.
Volley
A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.
Clashing
of Clash
Ascititious
Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed.
Dicotyledon
A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.
Hack
A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.
Blithe
Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit.
Screw
A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between on..
Secondary
Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
Narrows
of Narrow
Presidency
The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
Array
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
Random Quote
"Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. 'Are you feeling all right?' I asked her. 'I feel all sleepy,' she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead. The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was...in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her. On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunised against measles. ...I dedicated two of my books to Olivia, the first was ‘James and the Giant Peach’. That was when she was still alive. The second was ‘The BFG’, dedicated to her memory after she had died from measles. You will see her name at the beginning of each of these books. And I know how happy she would be if only she could know that her death had helped to save a good deal of illness and death among other children."
I just checked google books for BFG, and the dedication is there.
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/_/quybcXrFhCIC?hl=en&gbpv=1
Roald Dahl, 1986
