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String
The points made in a game.
Fifteen
Five and ten; one more than fourteen.
Conciliate
To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
Dialogue
A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.
Inference
That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
Object
Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
Prepubic
Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; pertaining to the prepubis.
Gin
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.
Athletics
The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.
Configure
To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.
Shy
Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
Fishmonger
A dealer in fish.
Cuticle
A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.
Live
To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.
Enterprising
Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm.
Cock
To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
Phylogeny
The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of th..
Ploy
To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy.
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.
Copyhold
A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court.
Redeem
To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.
Closehauled
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
Hazard
Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
Moneyed
Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyey men.
Alderman
A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.
Historically
In the manner of, or in accordance with, history.
Endowed
of Endow
Dissidence
Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion.
Freeborn
Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom.
Bunting
A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae).
Drizzle
To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain.
Dromedary
The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps.
Franciscan
Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.
Abashment
The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.
Basset
A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
Rechabite
One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in mo..
Carnivorous
Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to su..
Present
Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
Anarchism
The doctrine or practice of anarchists.
Banneret
Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.
Shopkeeper
A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale.
Operating
of Operate
Inversely
In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to directly.
Inferred
of Infer
Frontal
Belonging to the front part; being in front
Briefly
Concisely; in few words.
Febrile
Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action.
Cowardly
Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.
Open
Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
Commons
The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.
Emaciate
To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.
Military
Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military condu..
Chilopoda
One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs convert..
Councilman
A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.
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..
Asceticism
The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.
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 ..
Perfervid
Very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent.
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.
Toft
A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.
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 ..
Shall
To owe; to be under obligation for.
Tulle
In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses.
Umbra
The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penum..
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.
Shell
The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
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.
Fief
An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.
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..
Dawn
To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
Peasant
A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries.
Milksop
A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person.
Pine
To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
Buffoon
A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.
Otter
Any carnivorous animal of the genus Lutra, and related genera. Several species are described. They have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and feed on fish. Th..
Wages
A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.
Jump
Exactly; pat.
Sinew
A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
Rejoin
To join again; to unite after separation.
Myrtle
A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate..
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.
Paid
Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.
Mortar
A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.
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.
Naiad
A water nymph; one of the lower female divinities, fabled to preside over some body of fresh water, as a lake, river, brook, or fountain.
Kirtle
A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women.
Arras
Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.
Sunlight
The light of the sun.
Contraband
Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.
React
To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
F
The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F /) is a tone intermediate between F and G.
Fire
To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
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.
Hang
To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame.
Mantel
The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports.
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.
Costmary
A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost.
Hired
of Hire
Satinet
A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers.
Bedpan
A pan for warming beds.
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.
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.
Cyma
A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.
Rich
Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; -- especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high..
Cyclas
A long gown or surcoat (cut off in front), worn in the Middle Ages. It was sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold. Also, a rich stuff from which the gown was made.
Pentastyle
Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture.
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..
Bream
A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
Shoe
A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.
Whip
The length of the arm reckoned from the shaft.
Aphis
A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphidae, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies.
Grilse
A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
Ligule
The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.
Excel
To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
Bolt
To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part.
Flake
To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.
Picker
One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker.
Flower
The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth.
Skin
That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
Mist
Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.
Cusp
A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.
Leer
To learn.
Wigwag
To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.
Pyritohedron
The pentagonal dodecahedron, a common form of pyrite.
Gout
A drop; a clot or coagulation.
Foray
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
Plum
The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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 ..
Loathe
To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
Prank
To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.
Level
An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.
Vend
To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vegetables.
Jack
A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
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..
Active
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
Barbel
A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.
Conner
A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner.
Borage
A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.
Bawdry
The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
Berry
Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.
Sunday
The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day.
Feud
A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thing of his lord, to use the same and take the profists thereo..
Pyre
A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.
Conflagration
A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
Combustion
The state of burning.
Cello
A contraction for Violoncello.
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.
Hymen
A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.
Visual
Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.
Panic
A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.
Gascon
Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering.
Victor
The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by art, rarely by of.
Secure
Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
Blaze
To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.
Silo
A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.
Chic
Good form; style.
Floppy
Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim.
Afoot
On foot.
Pall
Same as Pawl.
Aloft
On high; in the air; high above the ground.
Amoeba
A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.
Kiln
A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln ..
Ament
A species of inflorescence; a catkin.
Rated
of Rate
Truly
In a true manner; according to truth; in agreement with fact; as, to state things truly; the facts are truly represented.
Banyan
A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the ..
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.
Cerebellum
The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.
Deter
To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
Upwards
In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.
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.
Stereoscope
An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose ..
Forefoot
One of the anterior feet of a quardruped or multiped; -- usually written fore foot.
Beforehand
In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with.
Drooping
of Droop
Declivity
Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, whi..
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..
Soutane
A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France a..
Affluent
Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
Vortical
Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion.
Aweather
On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!
Coumarin
The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of v..
Skip
A charge of sirup in the pans.
Virility
The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation; as, exhaustion.
Dermis
The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin, and Illust. in Appendix.
Leather
The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
Slyboots
A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person.
Becloud
To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud.
Sheath
A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
Fox
A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), ..
Peregrination
A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; sojourn in foreign countries.
Outwards
From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward.
Hang
To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.
Immediateness
The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes.
Symploce
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the ..
Skive
The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.
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.
Smallness
The quality or state of being small.
Observable
Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable.
Minutiae
of Minutia
Convene
To come together; to meet; to unite.
Venesection
The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.
Phlebotomy
The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
Detectable
Alt. of Detectible
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..
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.
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..
Federate
United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.
Safety
The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
Diversify
To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
Stipulate
Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
Respected
of Respect
Ravishment
The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband.
Buy
To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to ..
Equitable
Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equi..
Problematical
Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
Esteemed
of Esteem
Yaw
A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
Wholeness
The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.
Sunshine
The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.
Bagnio
A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves.
Brag
To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of ..
Chastity
The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.
Stratified
Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock.
Xebec
A small three-masted vessel, with projecting bow stern and convex decks, used in the Mediterranean for transporting merchandise, etc. It carries large square sails, or both. Xebecs were formerly..
Wherry
A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing.
Opponent
Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
Meritorious
Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable.
Reverend
Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.
Embargo
An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.
Corsair
A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
Musk
A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is special..
Incisor
One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw; an incisive tooth. See Tooth.
Anthology
A discourse on flowers.
Litany
A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usu..
Douay Bible
A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testa..
Garnet
A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest co..
Tersanctus
An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word "Holy" -- in its Latin form, "Sanctus" -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecrati..
Psalm
A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
Harem
The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in Mohammedan families.
Squaw
A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup.
Pax
The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.
Uncrown
To deprive of a crown; to take the crown from; hence, to discrown; to dethrone.
Creditable
Worthy of belief.
Reputable
Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct.
Gyron
A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two l..
Sambo
A colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo.
Waspish
Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
Difficulties
of Difficulty
Legalize
To make legal.
Blame
An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong; imputation of fault; censure.
Flaring
of Flare
Aim
To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
Honorable
Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.
Waterman
A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.
Avoidance
The act of annulling; annulment.
Terrorism
The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.
Capon
A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table.
Herself
An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; -- used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or obje..
Abaft
Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.
Legislate
To make or enact a law or laws.
Ingle
Flame; blaze; a fire; a fireplace.
For
In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.
Disinfection
The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.
Pasteurization
A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140ยก F., thus destroying the vitality of the contai..
Before
In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house.
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..
Puberty
The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females.
Hornbook
The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip o..
Prepotent
Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant.
Presumptive
Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.
Resultant
Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.
Preparatory
Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition.
Entelechy
An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.
Valid
Strong; powerful; efficient.
Disformity
Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form.
Sunstroke
Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by ex..
Hanger
One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
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.
Bunion
Same as Bunyon.
Standard
An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
Meningitis
Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.
Nodding
Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.
Baron
A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a..
Auxiliary
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
Landgrave
A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.
Absolutist
One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
Coruscant
Glittering in flashes; flashing.
Breakwater
Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.
Tomcat
A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size.
Tessera
A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like pu..
Spider
Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or th..
Wooing
of Woo
Propensity
The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
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; ..
Blandishment
The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement.
Nepotism
Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim.
Thresh
To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old stra..
Discomfit
To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
Fascination
The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence...
Acquire
To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
Capture
The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.
Temptation
The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
Seduction
The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong ..
Flirtation
Playing at courtship; coquetry.
Wheat
A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race.
Vapor
Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.
Urine
In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion.
Unsettle
To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.
Prevail
To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against.
Kindled
of Kindle
Inflamed
of Inflame
Blazing
of Blaze
Smoking
of Smoke
Reside
To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.
Live
To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
Tantrum
A whim, or burst of ill-humor; an affected air.
Swath
A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.
Supersede
To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.
Startle
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
Stampede
A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
Spikelet
A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking grass.
Silage
Short for Ensilage.
Allegorize
To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
Pasturage
Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture.
Liberty
The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.
Handsel
A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an ..
Exertion
The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an..
Ensilage
The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as th..
Emersion
The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.
Ejaculation
The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight.
Downcome
Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow.
Conceal
To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.
Cartoon
A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael..
Cannonade
The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.
Ballooning
The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
Amortize
To make as if dead; to destroy.
Griddlecake
A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour.
Extricate
To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc.
Gauze
A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.
Subtrahend
The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.
Liberally
In a liberal manner.
Chateau
A castle or a fortress in France.
Woof
The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.
Clergy
The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established ..
Husbandry
Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift.
Foremost
First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
Immortality
The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; as, the immortality of the soul.
Auspice
A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future.
Irreverent
Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest.
Inducement
The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.
Euphonium
A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.
Althorn
An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn.
Superabundance
The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.
Oboe
One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sound..
Recruitment
The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.
Afar
At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.
Deliberation
The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
Postscript
A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something ..
Iguana
Any species of the genus Iguana, a genus of large American lizards of the family Iguanidae. They are arboreal in their habits, usually green in color, and feed chiefly upon fruits.
Substantially
In a substantial manner; in substance; essentially.
Proletariat
The indigent class in the State; the body of proletarians.
Holystone
A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
Notwithstanding
Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of.
Peasantry
Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics.
Searching
of Search
Commoner
One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.
Face
The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face.
Pensioner
One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.
Debauchery
Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance.
Gambol
A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.
Educe
To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.
Flail
An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as t..
Rawhide
A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.
Hire
See Here, pron.
Wean
To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment.
Flesh
The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.
Roundly
In a round form or manner.
Salvage
The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
Bookmark
Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.
Simplify
To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making.
Invitation
The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.
Enlighten
To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.
Intrude
To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of an..
Banquet
A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.
Celibacy
The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.
Rudimentary
Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays.
Vegetarianism
The theory or practice of living upon vegetables and fruits.
Versus
Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs.
Holiday
A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.
Across
From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.
Lavishly
In a lavish manner.
Rosy
Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.
Altogether
All together; conjointly.
Reunion
A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects.
Hydrogen
A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousan..
Sonata
An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc.
Caprice
An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.
Floral
Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths.
Fired
of Fire
Flowering
of Flower
Adopt
To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
Against
Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.
Obliquity
The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the ..
Tenaille
An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.
Occasional
Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occa..
Cretin
One afflicted with cretinism.
Iniquity
Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery; the iniquity of an unjust judge.
Extravagantly
In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.
Idiot
An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus.
Preapprehension
An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge.
Wager
Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
Fluke
The European flounder. See Flounder.
Asbestos
A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar va..
Espouse
To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.
Coupon
A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest ..
Application
The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
Blouse
A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.
Defend
To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.
Risk
Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
Tiller
One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
Calcium
An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic ..
Austerity
Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Money
A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government;..
Mutability
The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation.
Exiguity
Scantiness; smallness; thinness.
Farmer
One who farms
Semidiameter
Half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, a sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumference or periphery; a radius.
Awake
To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
Simply
In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.
Irresolution
Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.
Inanition
The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or fro..
Rouse
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
Cropper
One that crops.
Thoroughly
In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.
Incite
To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
Indecisiveness
The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.
Loudly
In a loud manner.
License
Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such ..
Conference
The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
Smoldering
of Smoulder
Delirium
A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other ..
Hysteria
A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that the patient l..
Firefly
Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae.
Fruiterer
One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.
Plainly
In a plain manner; clearly.
Cloth
A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, ..
Hexastyle
Having six columns in front; -- said of a portico or temple.
Lodestone
A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.
Piscina
A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basin for rinsing altar vessels.
Agronomist
One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy.
Planter
One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter.
Tomfool
A great fool; a trifler.
Crayfish
Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North Americ..
Oyster
Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers...
Anubis
An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.
Lobster
Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops ..
Voucher
One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything.
Idiot
A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.
Chaff
Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
Befriend
To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.
Thoth
The god of eloquence and letters among the ancient Egyptians, and supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. He corresponded to the Mercury of the Romans, and was usually represen..
Arboretum
A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
Filth
Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.
Woodland
Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.
Soil
To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them..
Discharged
of Discharge
Heath
A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ..
Scoria
The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross.
Census
A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.
Robber
One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.
Balmy
Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild.
Imbecile
Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.
Prosperous
Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.
Clearing
The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house.
Blossom
The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple ..
Pahoehoe
A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a.
Thigh
The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.
Lung
An organ for aerial respiration; -- commonly in the plural.
Triangulation
The series or network of triangles into which the face of a country, or any portion of it, is divided in a trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements necessary to determi..
Giblets
The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.
Abbe
The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.
Wishbone
The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.
Charlatan
One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
Etiology
The science of causes. Same as /tiology.
