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Gossip
To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
Accompanier
He who, or that which, accompanies.
String
The points made in a game.
Collect
To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
Engagement
That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of ..
Stem
The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
Collectively
In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
Pawnbroker
One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
Inhuman
Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.
Demur
To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.
Essence
The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of..
Tactics
Hence, any system or method of procedure.
Plaintive
Repining; complaining; lamenting.
Fabulize
To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions.
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 ..
Bellied
Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied.
Dialogue
A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.
Quietly
In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly.
Employer
One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
Tincture
A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.
Object
Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
Cut
Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
Counter-compony
See Compony.
Osseous
Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific.
Emolument
The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
Cuprous
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion.
Compassed
of Compass
Comport
To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
Shy
Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
Coercion
The act or process of coercing.
Lissome
Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.
Inestimable
Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges.
Acquit
To clear one's self.
Component
A constituent part; an ingredient.
Mixing
of Mix
Nay
To refuse.
Spread
An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
Live
To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.
Madrigalist
A composer of madrigals.
Estimate
To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the..
Ellipsis
Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.
Tear
To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
Resolvent
Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
Machine
To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine.
Bobsleigh
A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed.
Binnacle
A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night.
Close
Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
Diminish
To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
Blank
A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with names, date, descriptions, etc.
List
The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.
Specialty
A particular or peculiar case.
Redeem
To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.
Tentative
An essay; a trial; an experiment.
Comprehensively
In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of scope.
Hazard
Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
Main
The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.
Fundamentally
Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.
Able-bodied
Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.
Bristling
of Bristle
Concerto
A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its ..
Dotal
Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it.
Inattention
Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.
Undiscerning
Want of discernment.
Taskmaster
One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer.
Dispositioned
Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well-dispositioned.
Largess
Alt. of Largesse
Appertaining
of Appertain
Disfigure
To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.
Edification
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
Composite
Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.
Juridical
Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to law; legal; as, juridical law.
Monopoly
The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anythi..
Disappointed
Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.
Swashbuckler
A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer.
Friendless
Destitute of friends; forsaken.
Lacquer
A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mache, and wood. The name is also given to ..
Commensal
One who eats at the same table.
Annalist
A writer of annals.
Lettuce
A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (L. sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuc..
Judiciously
In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.
Decomposing
of Decompose
Statutory
Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.
Admixture
The act of mixing; mixture.
Caravan
A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile ..
Impelling
of Impel
Phonetics
The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.
Present
Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
Blindfolded
of Blindfold
Fallible
Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible.
Impresario
The projector, manager, or conductor, of an opera or concert company.
Propyl
The hypothetical radical C3H7, regarded as the essential residue of propane and related compounds.
Conceited
Endowed with fancy or imagination.
Accommodating
of Accommodate
Cosine
The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
Adjustable
Capable of being adjusted.
Calculator
One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects.
Heteromerous
Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.
Sang-froid
Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference; calmness.
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..
Negotiable
Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assigment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange.
Wash
To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
Conditioning
of Condition
Diffidence
The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others.
Everything
Whatever pertains to the subject under consideration; all things.
Commixture
The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound.
Discontinuance
The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or interc..
Aloneness
A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness.
Banneret
Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.
Burglary
Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not.
Hood
An ornamental fold at the back of an academic gown or ecclesiastical vestment; as, a master's hood.
Pick
To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
Obsequious
Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
Chamberlain
An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers.
Self-restrained
Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.
Self-possessed
Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.
Relative
Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
Amateurish
In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.
Pervasive
Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality.
Habitue
One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitue of a theater.
Importunate
Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity.
Prosecutor
One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.
Extravaganza
A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.
Expunged
of Expunge
Environ
To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.
Swordsman
A soldier; a fighting man.
Briefly
Concisely; in few words.
Deleted
of Delete
Comportment
Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.
Coeternal
Equally eternal.
Behavior
Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior o..
Au fait
Expert; skillful; well instructed.
Catcher
One who, or that which, catches.
Colonel
The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
Brimful
Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow.
Phonology
The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise ..
Hourglass
An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury ..
Collective
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
Bromide
A compound of bromine with a positive radical.
Word
To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.
Plotting
of Plot
Beggary
The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.
Displeased
of Displease
Hymnist
A writer of hymns.
Adulatory
Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address.
Miscalculate
To calculate erroneously; to judge wrongly.
Bedfellow
One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one's couch.
Cotangent
The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
Thermolysis
The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.
Dextrous
Alt. of Dextrousness
Essayist
A writer of an essay, or of essays.
Rally
A political mass meeting.
Judicial
Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proce..
Inebriate
To make drunk; to intoxicate.
Complot
A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.
Measurable
Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation.
Delimitation
The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.
Countermine
An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
Self-control
Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.
Quietism
Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.
Asymmetry
Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. want of bilateral symmetry.
Insurer
One who, or that which, insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter.
Cabbage
An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometime..
Counting
of Count
Empiricism
The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.
Tatouay
An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is roun..
Dovecote
A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
Coldness
The state or quality of being cold.
Contralto
The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.
Earnings
of Earning
Casuistry
The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules a..
Floorwalker
One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director.
Gladiator
Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement.
Bouleversement
Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.
Culminating
of Culminate
Distressed
of Distress
Completory
Serving to fulfill.
Fighter
One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.
Ataraxy
Perfect peace of mind, or calmness.
Bickerer
One who bickers.
Lawyer
One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obl..
Admixture
That which is mixed with anything.
Shellac
See the Note under 2d Lac.
Compost
A mixture; a compound.
On
Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with; as, to play on a violin or piano. Hence, figuratively, to work on one's ..
Compliable
Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.
Blockade
To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n.
Quietism
The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of ..
Pass
To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
Work
To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.
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.
Completive
Making complete.
Entailed
of Entail
Candy
A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flav..
Chromogen
Any colored compound, supposed to contain one or more chromophores.
Usury
A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.
Seesaw
To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
Virtu
A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.
Scroll
Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.
Siege
A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
Licit
Lawful.
Pubis
The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.
Waltz
A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance.
Sleep
To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.
Compact
Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.
Mark
To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.
Rough
Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish.
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.
Hyphen
A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compoun..
Moldable
Alt. of Mouldable
Watch
A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
House
A firm, or commercial establishment.
Seesaw
A plank or board adjusted for this play.
Thiophthene
A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds.
Sober
Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.
Allness
Totality; completeness.
Vie
To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.
Tote
To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.
Allocation
An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.
Cop
A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
Racial
Of or pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the racial complexion.
Rape
Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent, n.
Emulate
Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
Subtile
Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.
Azimuth
The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
Wassail
An occasion on which such good wishes are expressed in drinking; a drinking bout; a carouse.
Pack
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
Lour
An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.
Wages
A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.
Sinew
A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
Prompt
To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
Volunteer
Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.
Daemon
Alt. of Daemonic
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 ..
Furl
To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten...
Tasting
The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.
Must
To be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws.
Ruffian
A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour.
Consummate
To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve.
Lyre
A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
Paid
Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.
Prognathi
A comprehensive group of mankind, including those that have prognathous jaws.
Submission
The state of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation.
Growth
That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result.
Alternate
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
Rate
To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.
Butyl
A compound radical, regarded as butane, less one atom of hydrogen.
Stucco
Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work.
Equity
Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claim..
Proper
Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
Curtail
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
Straddle
To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
Suburb
An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the sub..
Verify
To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.
Pentad
Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ..
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.
Shrub
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
Script
Type made in imitation of handwriting.
Avenge
To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
Wholly
In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly.
Fealty
Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior po..
Adaptation
The result of adapting; an adapted form.
See
To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.
Salary
Saline
Sea card
Mariner's card, or compass.
Wing
Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
Retire
To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
Than
A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the ..
Force
To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.
Turbid
Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine.
Chill
To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.
Tailed
Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc.
Every
All the parts which compose a whole collection or aggregate number, considered in their individuality, all taken separately one by one, out of an indefinite bumber.
Idiom
An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with t..
Pace
To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.
Bazaar
Alt. of Bazar
Whip
The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
Daisy
A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositae. The common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays.
Satiny
Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.
Office
The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.
Lint
Flax.
Flake
To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
Autumn
The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September ..
Sneak
To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.
Taxed
of Tax
Brief
Briefly.
Dahlia
A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers whi..
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.
Aorist
A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.
Pick
The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to a..
Draughtsman
One who drinks drams; a tippler.
Mist
Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.
Record
An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record.
Duffer
A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat.
Repulse
The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back.
Coccyx
The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.
Dusky
Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.
Dunce
One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
Hurst
A wood or grove; -- a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazlehurst.
Artistry
Artistic effect or quality.
Ruth
Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.
Zouave
One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress.
Friend
One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.
Quit
Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted.
Web
The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feat..
Level
An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.
Paddle
The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made; hence, any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle.
Jack
A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
Fixture
State of being fixed; fixedness.
Hurdle
A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as r..
Caries
of Carib
Ester
An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty..
Peri
An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished.
Bolero
A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it.
Active
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
Madman
A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.
Mowed
of Mow
Apathy
Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indiffer..
Mixer
One who, or that which, mixes.
Fiasco
A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.
Manure
To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
Rough
In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
Amply
In an ample manner.
Curtly
In a curt manner.
Inarch
To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete; -- also called to graft by approach.
Verve
Excitement of imagination such as animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing; rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy.
Bigger
compar. of Big.
Whet
The act of whetting.
Jumper
One who, or that which, jumps.
Wildfire
A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire.
Signpost
A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of anything.
Signboard
A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like.
Guidepost
A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.
Mobile
Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable.
Nimbly
In a nimble manner; with agility; with light, quick motion.
Featly
Neatly; dexterously; nimbly.
Ranged
of Range
Margin
A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.
Geld
Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.
Winner
One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.
Joiner
One who, or that which, joins.
Align
To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
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 ..
Meekly
In a meek manner.
Fear
A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.
Comate
Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.
Secure
Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
Filler
One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.
Blaze
To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.
Behave
To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
Prose
The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
Aster
A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy.
Bondage
The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.
Grease
Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
Afoot
On foot.
Coeval
Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.
Inhere
To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities.
Carp
To talk; to speak; to prattle.
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.
Fibre
Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber.
Monger
A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.
Burg
A fortified town.
Goods
See Good, n., 3.
Descry
To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover.
Coadjutant
Mutually assisting or operating; helping.
Archer
A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
Agreed
of Agree
Eleven
Ten and one added; as, eleven men.
Slumber
To lay to sleep.
Fain
Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.
Five
Four and one added; one more than four.
Deity
The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works.
Docile
Teachable; easy to teach; docible.
Eight
An island in a river; an ait.
Minded
of Mind
Plight
To promise; to engage; to betroth.
Hardening
That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
Surrogate
A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
Diner-out
One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company.
Outweigh
To exceed in weight or value.
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.
Bonus
A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter.
Boredom
The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui.
Deficiency
The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
Aphoristic
Alt. of Aphoristical
Succinct
Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
Epigrammatic
Alt. of Epigrammatical
Proverbial
Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.
Tantamount
Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
Conterminous
Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous.
Teratoid
Resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized.
Unbalanced
Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise.
Fleeting
of Fleet
Periscope
A general or comprehensive view.
Melodize
To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize.
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.
Cropped
of Crop
Ape
A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of th..
Maturation
The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.
Evolving
of Evolve
Pace
A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall.
Pledget
A small plug.
Deductible
Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn.
Typo
A compositor.
Amalgamation
The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.
Mutuality
Reciprocity of consideration.
Comradeship
The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.
Bail bond
A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ.
Spectroscope
An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which different substances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the posit..
Insurance
The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guaran..
Protractor
One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.
Sextant
The sixth part of a circle.
Shortly
In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
Rise
To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
Aubade
An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning.
Abstracted
of Abstract
Coequal
Being on an equality in rank or power.
Curtailed
of Curtail
Splint
A piece split off; a splinter.
Economically
With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.
Waistband
The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.
Virility
The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.
Penance
Repentance.
Confirmation
The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
Stiff
Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
Summarily
In a summary manner.
Cohabit
To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country.
Tourniquet
An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
Tampon
A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.
Cotton
A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches..
Same
Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
Fricative
Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete ..
Encampment
The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
Propitiate
To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.
Tent
A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.
Reunite
To unite again; to join after separation or variance.
Greeting
of Greet
Becloud
To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud.
Alike
Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
Freely
In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion; abundantly; gratuitously.
Breccia
A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.
Temporize
To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties.
Circumambiency
The act of surrounding or encompassing.
Fold
That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
Suited
of Suit
Coexistence
Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence.
Indemnify
To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure.
Interworking
The act of working in together; interweaving.
Accompaniment
That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
Meshing
of Mesh
Mete
Meat.
Remit
To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.
Telescope
An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.
Congruence
Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency.
Shear
To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
Simultaneity
The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.
Concomitancy
The state of accompanying; accompaniment.
Metaphor
The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.
Retiform
Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.
Ram
To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
Smallness
The quality or state of being small.
Plexiform
Like network; complicated.
Refill
To fill, or become full, again.
Rubbing
of Rub
Parallelism
The quality or state of being parallel.
Resemblance
The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.
Mirroring
of Mirror
Toughness
The quality or state of being tough.
tracing
of Trace
Shorten
To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
Edit
To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.
Denounce
To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.
Unalloyed
Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness.
Earthquake
A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities an..
Inflexibility
The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfas..
Rigidity
The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ..
Suitor
One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
Reconcilable
Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with previous acts.
Sanctioned
of Sanction
Bard
A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
Tread
Way; track; path.
Mediate
Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.
Salivation
The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism.
Insipid
Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition.
Successful
Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a ..
Contribute
To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute f..
Connive
To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.
Fraternize
To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings.
Federalize
To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution.
Chum
A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.
Subjoin
To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason.
Marry
To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the p..
Coincide
To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.
Federate
United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.
Proportional
Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.
Operose
Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious; wearisome.
Gordian
Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable.
Mystifying
of Mystify
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