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Bantling
A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.]
Gossip
To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
Disaffection
State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike.
String
The points made in a game.
Collect
To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
Puerile
Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
Stem
The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
Misguide
To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding.
Didactics
The art or science of teaching.
Inhuman
Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.
Spurn
Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
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.
Subordinate
Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
Penfold
See Pinfold.
Dialogue
A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.
Prove
To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.
Nonelastic
Not having elasticity.
Inference
That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
Tincture
A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.
Flectional
Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.
Cut
Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
Gin
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.
Cavalierly
In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arrogantly.
Malapropos
Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.
Shy
Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
Inexperience
Absence or want of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth.
Extortionate
Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
Moisture
A moderate degree of wetness.
Intolerance
Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
Barren
A tract of barren land.
Ossified
Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
Spread
An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
Live
To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.
Classicist
One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.
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..
Previse
To inform beforehand; to warn.
Perfidy
The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.
Kittenish
Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.
Ploy
To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy.
Agitation
A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.
Rifleman
of Rifleman
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.
Acheron
A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
Tentative
An essay; a trial; an experiment.
Multiplied
of Multiply
Hazard
Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
Fundamentally
Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.
Disappointing
of Disappoint
Misfortune
Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.
Dissidence
Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion.
Debutant
Alt. of Debutante
Irascibility
The quality or state of being irascible; irritability of temper; irascibleness.
Dispensable
Capable of being dispensed or administered.
Bushing
of Bush
Edification
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
Agnosticism
That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies.
Drizzle
To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain.
Provided
of Provide
Perennially
In a perennial manner.
Impersonal
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
Arousing
of Arouse
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 ..
Chastisement
The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.
Bite
A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.
Overstep
To step over or beyond; to transgress.
Equipped
of Equip
Gorge
A defile between mountains.
Disreputable
Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, ..
Envenom
To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to ..
Thrilled
of Thrill
Bailiwick
The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
Nous
Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.
Wash
To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
Conditioning
of Condition
Eke
To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply ..
Truculent
Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia.
Infralabial
Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.
Temporary
Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.
Relative
Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
Peripatetic
Walking about; itinerant.
Monsoon
A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from ..
Irruptive
Rushing in or upon.
Invasive
Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
Inundated
of Inundate
Informed
of Inform
Inferred
of Infer
Prosecutor
One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business.
Entering
of Enter
Unfrequent
Infrequent.
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.
Febrile
Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action.
Infested
of Infest
Catcher
One who, or that which, catches.
Chasseur
One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements.
Word
To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.
Stimulated
of Stimulate
Cowardly
Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.
Misusage
Bad treatment; abuse.
Open
Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
Catarrh
An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as, catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of ..
Ignorance
The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed.
Egotistic
Alt. of Egotistical
Hoplite
A heavy-armed infantry soldier.
Ragged
Rough; shaggy; rugged.
Rally
A political mass meeting.
Inebriate
To make drunk; to intoxicate.
Titanic
Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures.
Expanded
of Expand
Infantine
Infantile; childish.
High-swelling
Inflated; boastful.
Vitalization
The act or process of vitalizing, or infusing the vital principle.
Microorganism
Any microscopic form of life; -- particularly applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to cause infectious diseases.
Prompting
of Prompt
Abysmal
Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.
Ascertain
To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
Exhilaration
The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
Colossal
Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.
Inconsequential
Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant; unimportant; of no consequence.
Annunciator
One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
Charmed
of Charm
Hunch
To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
Perfervid
Very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent.
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.
Work
To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.
Eccentric
A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion ..
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.
Faint
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
Tumid
Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.
Proximity
The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.
Turgid
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb..
Coronary
Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland.
Morocco
A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the ..
Resin
Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, a..
Immit
To send in; to inject; to infuse; -- the correlative of emit.
Thaw
To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
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.
Frail
The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
Inculcate
To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility.
Fairway
The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels.
Dotage
Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection.
Pine
To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
Liquefy
To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.
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.
Beam
A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
Jump
Exactly; pat.
Helper
One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.
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.
Heathen
Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author.
Yama
The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormento..
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.
Influent
Exerting influence; influential.
Clinic
One confined to the bed by sickness.
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.
Savior
One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger.
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.
React
To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
Fire
To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
News
A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence.
Consider
To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.
Ravish
To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape.
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.
Ichorhaemia
Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.
Rooted
of Root
Spine
One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
Often
Frequently; many times; not seldom.
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.
See
To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.
Huge
Very large; enormous; immense; excessive; -- used esp. of material bulk, but often of qualities, extent, etc.; as, a huge ox; a huge space; a huge difference.
Foist
A light and fast-sailing ship.
Feel
To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensetive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.
Epoch
A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation..
Force
To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.
Chill
To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.
Ray
To array.
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.
Infest
Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
Brief
Briefly.
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.
Enmist
To infold, as in a mist.
Skin
That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
Draughtsman
One who drinks drams; a tippler.
Mist
Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.
Record
An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record.
Gout
A drop; a clot or coagulation.
Befool
To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.
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 ..
Saucy
Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow.
Limbo
Alt. of Limbus
Bedbug
A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
Nonage
The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.
Ale
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
Fixture
State of being fixed; fixedness.
Nadir
That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.
Tinny
Pertaining to, abounding with, or resembling, tin.
Violate
To do violence to, as to anything that should be held sacred or respected; to profane; to desecrate; to break forcibly; to trench upon; to infringe.
Christ
The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.
Active
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
Accent
To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
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.
Guideboard
A board, as upon a guidepost having upon it directions or information as to the road.
Conflagration
A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
Dirt
Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt.
Logic
The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and ap..
Grippe
The influenza or epidemic catarrh.
Pundit
A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official.
Margin
A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.
Mars
The god of war and husbandry.
Felony
An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.
Cosmic
Alt. of Cosmical
Fear
A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.
Blaze
To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.
Pall
Same as Pawl.
Hylic
Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; as, hylic influences.
Ament
A species of inflorescence; a catkin.
Asylum
A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
Dulia
An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God.
Sirrah
A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ..
Feral
Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants.
Jonah
The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
Goods
See Good, n., 3.
Archer
A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.
Stay
Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
Hardening
That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
Scorn
An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
Mayhem
The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.
Self-knowledge
Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.
Intoxicating
of Intoxicate
Guesswork
Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.
Entree
A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entree of a house.
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.
Boredom
The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui.
Deficiency
The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
Referential
Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for referential use.
Misdirection
The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.
Infecundity
Want of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness.
Greenness
The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.
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.
Morphological
Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology.
Bail
A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
Activate
To make active.
Overstated
of Overstate
Hypothesis
A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assu..
Overlarge
Too large; too great.
Sufflate
To blow up; to inflate; to inspire.
Broaden
To grow broad; to become broader or wider.
Rise
To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
Duds
Old or inferior clothes; tattered garments.
Syphilis
The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary..
Supposing
of Suppose
Virility
The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.
Occasionally
In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly.
Stretched
of Stretch
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.
Postnatal
After birth; subsequent to birth; as, postnatal infanticide; postnatal diseases.
Arrogate
To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over king..
Germinal
Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.
Parturient
Bringing forth, or about to bring forth, young; fruitful.
Unspell
To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.
Molecular
Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc.
Supposition
The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.
Lodge
The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge.
Fetal
Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.
Stamina
of Stamen
Spoken
of Speak
Microcosmic
Alt. of Microcosmical
Intromission
The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.
Connotation
The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
Primeval
Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.
Indiscernible
Not to be discerned; imperceptible; not discoverable or visible.
Hardiness
Capability of endurance.
Fold
That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace.
Allusion
A figurative or symbolical reference.
Coexistence
Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence.
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.
Football
An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather.
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.
Invasion
The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
Plicate
Alt. of Plicated
Overdraw
To exaggerate; to overdo.
Acquaint
Acquainted.
Smallness
The quality or state of being small.
Openly
In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without secrecy.
Familiarize
To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress.
Dissoluteness
State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation.
Squalor
Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.
Tattle
To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
Inform
To give form or share to; to give vital ororganizing power to; to give life to; to imbue and actuate with vitality; to animate; to mold; to figure; to fashion.
Thrombosis
The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance.
Toughness
The quality or state of being tough.
Apoplexy
Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
Denounce
To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.
Inertia
That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force;..
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, ..
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.
Agio
The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.
Suitor
One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
Devotee
One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.
Tormentor
One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures.
Insipid
Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition.
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..
Subjoin
To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason.
Operose
Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious; wearisome.
Purify
To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air...
Scurvy
Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
Sin
An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
Holiness
The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence.
Petrified
of Petrify
Unchaste
Not chaste; not continent; lewd.
Incessancy
The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness.
Distasteful
Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.
Zenith
That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.
Lamentation
The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.
Unbiased
Free from bias or prejudice; unprejudiced; impartial.
Inflexibly
In an inflexible manner.
Innuendo
An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.
Infiniteness
The state or quality of being infinite; infinity; greatness; immensity.
Equitable
Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equi..
Verminous
Tending to breed vermin; infested by vermin.
Omniscience
The quality or state of being omniscient; -- an attribute peculiar to God.
Analytical
Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; -- opposed to synthetic.
Sprinkling
of Sprinkle
Vermicide
A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.
Meaning
That which is signified, whether by act lanquage; signification; sence; import; as, the meaning of a hint.
Flitting
of Flit
Indecision
Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.
Perpetuity
The quality or state of being perpetual; as, the perpetuity of laws.
Inanimation
Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration.
Ignoble
Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble.
Universality
The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension or application; generality; -- distinguished from particularity; as, the unversality of a proposition; the unversality of sin; the..
Fumigate
To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.
Forever
Through eternity; through endless ages, eternally.
Durability
The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or diss..
Infinitude
The quality or state of being infinite, or without limits; infiniteness.
Omnipresence
Presence in every place at the same time; unbounded or universal presence; ubiquity.
Lawsuit
An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.
Intrusion
The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment.
Inroad
The entrance of an enemy into a country with purposes of hostility; a sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid; encroachment.
Omnipotence
Alt. of Omnipotency
Chastity
The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.
Accuse
Accusation.
Perpetually
In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually.
Unprejudiced
Not prejudiced; free from undue bias or prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; impartial; as, an unprejudiced mind; an unprejudiced judge.
Contaminated
of Contaminate
Abominable
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
Inevitable
Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.
Cursed
of Curse
Darn
To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.
Diabolic
Alt. of Diabolical
Fiendish
Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish.
Devilish
Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.
Inescapable
Not escapable.
Sparsely
In a scattered or sparse manner.
Rigidly
In a rigid manner; stiffly.
Seldom
Rare; infrequent.
Badly
In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.
Window
An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shu..
Chrismal
Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
Virus
Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons.
Disinfectant
That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine.
Fumigant
Fuming.
Commanding
Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.
Antiseptic
Alt. of Antiseptical
Prophylactic
A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
Disinfected
of Disinfect
Irreproachable
Not reproachable; above reproach; not deserving reproach; blameless.
Hygienic
Of or pertaining to health or hygiene; sanitary.
Reputable
Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct.
Sanitary
Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory.
Irascible
Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.
Synthesize
To combine by synthesis; to unite.
Blame
An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure.
Flaring
of Flare
Spotless
Without a spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as, a spotless mind; spotless behavior.
Impeccable
Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong.
Obstructed
of Obstruct
Damnable
Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature.
Eternity
Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.
Gangrened
of Gangrene
Stainless
Free from stain; immaculate.
Peerless
Having no peer or equal; matchless; superlative.
Blinding
of Blind
Gauche
Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.
Fated
Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was fated to rule a factious people.
Foul
An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
Trusting
of Trust
Incorrupt
Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.
Faultless
Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem.
Mathematical
Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness.
Excruciating
of Excruciate
Numerative
Of or pertaining to numeration; as, a numerative system.
Baptistery
Alt. of Baptistry
Arduous
Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.
Infra
Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as a prefix.
Bestiality
The state or quality of being bestial.
Lobbyist
A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation.
Sanitation
The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.
Stretching
of Stretch
Torturous
Involving, or pertaining to, torture.
Scornful
Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.
Marginal
Of or pertaining to a margin.
Logarithmic
Alt. of Logarithmical
A posteriori
Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from e..
Deductive
Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.
Dolorous
Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.
Vilify
To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.
Gnawing
of Gnaw
Disinfection
The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.
Inductive
Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to.
Lobby
A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechambe..
Sardonic
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
Parturition
The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.
Nascency
State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.
Stabbing
of Stab
Exasperation
The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
Childhood
The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.
Affecting
of Affect
Sarcastic
Alt. of Sarcastical
Numeric
Alt. of Numerical
Impossible
Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; ..
Decimal
Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.
Poignant
Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
Prepotent
Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant.
Ordinal
Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.
After
Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
Magnification
The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.
Presumptive
Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.
Deepening
of Deepen
Consequent
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
Vested
of Vest
Burdensome
Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.
Established
of Establish
Plutocrat
One whose wealth gives him power or influence; one of the plutocracy.
Tightening
of Tighten
Fumigation
The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
Posterity
The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted ..
Eyewitness
One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view of anything.
Particularization
The act of particularizing.
Generalization
The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.
Whitlow
An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually appl..
Gumboil
A small suppurting inflamed spot on the gum.
Chilblain
A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration.
Gastritis
Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane.
Colitis
An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.
Peritonitis
Inflammation of the peritoneum.
Ulcer
A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a..
Bunion
Same as Bunyon.
Ticklish
Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.
Meningitis
Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.
Infarction
The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.
Embolism
Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.
Magnate
A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere.
Senility
The quality or state of being senile; old age.
Longevity
Long duration of life; length of life.
Auxiliary
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
Amercement
The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum pre..
Enjoin
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
Congestion
The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
Inspiring
of Inspire
Dotage
Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage.
Grimly
Grim; hideous; stern.
Gridiron
A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.
Plaintiff
One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.
Dynamite
An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from..
Unbelieving
Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical.
Tiny
Very small; little; puny.
Irregularly
In an irregular manner.
Inset
To infix.
Gripe
Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.
Initial
Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
Ramp
To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
Resistance
The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; ..
Advise
To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.
Infatuation
The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.
Roughly
In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.
Maneuvering
of Manoeuvre
Degrading
of Degrade
Inflict
To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a ..
Mislead
To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.
Disbelieving
of Disbelieve
Fascination
The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence...
Demonize
To convert into a demon; to infuse the principles or fury of a demon into.
Vantage
superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
Intromit
To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
Witch
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
Flirtation
Playing at courtship; coquetry.
Oblation
The act of offering, or of making an offering.
Infold
To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve.
Ventilate
To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine.
