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Bantling
A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.]
Hampered
of Hamper
Collect
To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises.
Predella
The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or..
Evermore
During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; at all times; -- often used substantively with for.
Auriscope
An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
Collectively
In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
Bankrupt
A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person.
Nickname
A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.
Inhuman
Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.
Anaemia
A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.
Builder
One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.
Dialogue
A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.
Waxwork
Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
Edgewise
With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
Shrinkage
The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.
Gin
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.
It
As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk).
Cuprous
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion.
Comport
To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.
Calumet
A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers.
Nightcap
A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.
Component
A constituent part; an ingredient.
Aquarius
The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.
Titulary
A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.
Crenelation
The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.
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..
Tear
To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
Helminth
An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.
Dote
An imbecile; a dotard.
Decemvir
A member of any body of ten men in authority.
Diminish
To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
Foreignism
Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom.
Hazard
Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming.
Main
The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.
Fundamentally
Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents.
Caucasian
Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.
Dotal
Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it.
Rigged
of Rig
Anthesis
The period or state of full expansion in a flower.
Cantrip
A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.
Freeborn
Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom.
Perpetuation
The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of time; continuance.
Babbler
An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
Deluder
One who deludes; a deceiver; an impostor.
Saleswoman
A woman whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.
Impregnable
Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue.
Chastisement
The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.
Basset
A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
Bite
A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.
Overstep
To step over or beyond; to transgress.
Apricot
A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which bears this fruit. By cultivation it has been introduced th..
Present
Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
Chatterer
A prater; an idle talker.
Storekeeper
A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper.
Capstan
A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raisin..
Columbia
America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer.
-scope
A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.
Disgust
To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by.
Pick
To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
Inversely
In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to directly.
Importunate
Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity.
Briefly
Concisely; in few words.
Strapped
of Strap
Guzzler
An immoderate drinker.
Irrefragable
Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.
Italicize
To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much.
Hourglass
An instrument for measuring time, especially the interval of an hour. It consists of a glass vessel having two compartments, from the uppermost of which a quantity of sand, water, or mercury ..
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 ..
Catalogue
A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars.
Insatiable
Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire.
Anemograph
An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind.
Euphemism
A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.
Enrich
To supply with ornament; to adorn; as, to enrich a ceiling by frescoes.
Salesman
One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.
Chronograph
An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.
Lavender
An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of ..
Birthplace
The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense.
Dionaea
An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap.
Apology
Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity.
Impartially
In an impartial manner.
Interceder
One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator.
Lawyer
One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obl..
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 ..
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.
Pass
To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
Austrian
A native or an inhabitant of Austria.
Faint
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
Nowise
Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways.
Electrotype
A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively.
Ill-natured
Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.
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 ..
Poppy
Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to ..
Theft
The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
Stoat
The ermine in its summer pelage, when it is reddish brown, but with a black tip to the tail. The name is sometimes applied also to other brown weasels.
Llama
A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a ..
Never
Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future.
Metic
A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.
Squib
A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
Tongs
An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or m..
Vesta
One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.
Firer
One who fires or sets fire to anything; an incendiary.
House
A firm, or commercial establishment.
Dotage
Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection.
Invader
One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.
Droit
A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also, in old law, the writ of right.
Hotel
A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.
Asker
One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.
Impalpably
In an impalpable manner.
Socinianism
The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total deprav..
Esnecy
A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divided.
Odontolite
A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise.
Napery
Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general.
Toxicomania
An insane desire for intoxicating or poisonous drugs, as alcohol or opium.
Zither
An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses bo..
Hilly
Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country.
Mortar
A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.
Isobar
A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as..
Raid
A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
Insipidly
In an insipid manner; without taste, life, or spirit; flatly.
Inversion
Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass.
Olein
A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0ยก C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especial..
Parson
A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the..
Dacoit
One of a class of robbers, in India, who act in gangs.
Listen
To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.
Curtail
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
Pentad
Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ..
Consider
To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.
Script
Type made in imitation of handwriting.
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.
None
No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.
Joseph
An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front.
Wholly
In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly.
Skate
A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice.
See
To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.
Buddha
The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama Siddartha or Sakya Sinha (or Muni), the founder of Buddhism.
Diaper
Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
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.
Piercer
The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect.
Bromine
One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish ..
Cerium
A rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite, allanite, monazite, etc. Symbol Ce. Atomic weight 141.5. It resembles iron in color and luster, but is soft, and both malleable and duc..
Retire
To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
Angora
A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.
Than
A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the ..
Force
To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.
Sphinx
In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
Mantua
A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
Every
All the parts which compose a whole collection or aggregate number, considered in their individuality, all taken separately one by one, out of an indefinite bumber.
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.
Graining
Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, atone, etc.
Female
An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.
Baal
The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.
Capias
A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias.
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.
Anode
The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to cathode.
Barn
A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables.
Mason
One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes.
English
Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.
Pick
The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to a..
Cusp
A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.
Iamb
An iambus or iambic.
Tremble
An involuntary shaking or quivering.
Gaff
A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
Dunce
One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
Foray
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
Anvil
An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.
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 ..
Friend
One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.
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.
Bedbug
A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
Ale
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
Ogre
An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.
Herr
A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister.
Mentum
The front median plate of the labium in insects. See Labium.
Peri
An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished.
Samson
An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength.
Sylph
An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
Taborite
One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles.
Barber
One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.
Tuscan
Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic ..
Ghetto
The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.
Unturn
To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key.
Touter
One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office.
Cosmos
The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.
Rabbit
Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkab..
Banned
of Ban
Rogue
A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
Inarch
To graft by uniting, as a scion, to a stock, without separating either from its root before the union is complete; -- also called to graft by approach.
Borer
One that bores; an instrument for boring.
Dulse
A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. [Written also dillisk.]
Hatcher
One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.
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..
Guidepost
A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.
Guideboard
A board, as upon a guidepost having upon it directions or information as to the road.
Nizam
The title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in India, since 1719.
Wasp
Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow ..
Cocoon
An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepar..
Darky
A negro.
Cist
A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cin..
Oleic
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and o..
Elf
An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting i..
Corymb
A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn.
Fetish
A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to ..
Indian
Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
Inborn
Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; as, inborn passions.
Purged
of Purge
Secure
Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
Blaze
To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.
Behave
To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
Prose
The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
Jiffy
A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy.
Elapse
To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.
Grease
Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.
Amoeba
A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.
Dulia
An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God.
Goth
One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire.
Adam
The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
Negro
A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick pro..
Civet
A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offen..
Goods
See Good, n., 3.
Mister
A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth. It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.
Donna
A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.
Stay
Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
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.
Eight
An island in a river; an ait.
Plight
To promise; to engage; to betroth.
Hardening
That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
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.
Spindle
The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, o..
Inoffensive
Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance.
Weather-bitten
Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather.
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 ..
Epithelium
The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis..
Hedgehog
A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll ..
Deductible
Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn.
Latinism
A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.
Pantometer
An instrument for measuring angles for determining elevations, distances, etc.
Bail bond
A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ.
Insurance
The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guaran..
Theodolite
An instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. It is variously constructed.
Clinometer
An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level.
Croon
To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.
Ginger
A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.
Shortly
In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
Chronometer
An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.
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..
Carcinoma
A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer.
Dissolute
With nerves unstrung; weak.
Swiftly
In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
Manyplies
The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous..
Immediately
In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous.
Momentarily
Every moment; from moment to moment.
Tourniquet
An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
Cotton
A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches..
Leatherette
An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.
Agile
Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
Parturient
Bringing forth, or about to bring forth, young; fruitful.
Hostelry
An inn; a lodging house.
Bivouac
The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.
Peregrination
A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; sojourn in foreign countries.
Preadamite
An inhabitant of the earth before Adam.
Fetal
Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.
Ingenuously
In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly.
Graduation
The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc.
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.
Anastrophe
An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.
Janus
A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple o..
Vagabondage
The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.
Meiosis
Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.
Trope
The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake o..
Coagulation
The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coag..
Circumlocution
The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.
Chiasmus
An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence
Reinstate
To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom.
Alignment
The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate ..
Consubstantiation
An identity or union of substance.
Postpone
To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinite..
Football
An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather.
Mesothorax
The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.
Lounge
To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
Chime
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
Scotticism
An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen.
Acquaint
Acquainted.
Ram
To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
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.
Zincography
The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid.
Graphotype
A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is ..
Teg
A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year.
Haw
A hedge; an inclosed garden or yard.
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;..
Beagle
A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.
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.
Tavern
A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small q..
Partake
To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share; as, to partake of a feast with others.
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..
Fraternize
To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings.
Chum
A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.
Participate
Acting in common; participating.
Federate
United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.
Imprison
To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.
Instrumentalist
One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.
Diversify
To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
Nirvana
In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation o..
Desquamate
To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.
Laemodipoda
A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.
Inflexibly
In an inflexible manner.
Rhyme
An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.
Innuendo
An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.
Parados
An intercepting mound, erected in any part of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse.
Worm-eaten
Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.
Problematical
Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
Schooner
Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer v..
Vermicide
A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.
Divarication
A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.
Utopia
An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in..
Valhalla
The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle.
Incomprehensibility
The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability; inexplicability.
Disinherit
To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the ..
Noumenon
The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted..
Vitrescence
The quality or state of being vitreous; glassiness, or the quality of being vitrescent; capability of conversion into glass; susceptibility of being formed into glass.
Immovably
In an immovable manner.
Heliotrope
An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.
Implacably
In an implacable manner.
Sloop
A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, wh..
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.
Sandbagger
An assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. See Sand bag, under Sand.
Rigger
One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.
Ambergris
A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macroce..
Inimitable
Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence.
Contaminated
of Contaminate
Scripture
Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.
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..
Chrysolite
A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was ..
Disprove
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
Mantra
A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.
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..
Te Deum
An ancient and celebrated Christian hymn, of uncertain authorship, but often ascribed to St. Ambrose; -- so called from the first words "Te Deum laudamus." It forms part of the daily matins of ..
Seraglio
An inclosure; a place of separation.
Vanish
To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on la..
Sink
Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.
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.
Antiseptic
Alt. of Antiseptical
Escutcheon
The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base..
Disallow
To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.
Gravestone
A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.
Disaffirm
To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.
Disavow
To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the..
Irascible
Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.
Figment
An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.
Make-believe
A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention.
Ideogram
An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.
Cabbling
The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron.
Oar
An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is..
Foul
An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
Trusting
of Trust
Scenario
A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.
Novitiate
The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.
Scuttle
To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
Interferant
One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office.
It
The neuter pronoun of the third person, corresponding to the masculine pronoun he and the feminine she, and having the same plural (they, their or theirs, them).
Savagism
The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness.
Malinger
To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability.
Imperator
A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a re..
Intendant
One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.
Indelible
That can not be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible impression on the memor..
Insular
Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.
Overview
An inspection or overlooking.
Ironical
Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark.
Beatification
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has atta..
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..
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..
Farse
An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation.
Solo
A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.
Supercargo
An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the voyage.
Tenfold
In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.
Impedimental
Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive.
Ordinal
Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.
Established
of Establish
Scission
The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge.
Trustee
A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of ..
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..
Colitis
An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.
Standard
An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
Inland
Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.
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.
Satire
A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of J..
Dithyramb
A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain.
Bopeep
The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened.
Eclogue
A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.
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.
Marquis
A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office ..
Candlestick
An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.
Enjoin
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
Inconstantly
In an inconstant manner.
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.
Seclude
To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with others.
Brattice
A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation.
Cheval-de-frise
A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc.
Plaintiff
One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.
Undersized
Of a size less than is common.
Isthmian
Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece.
Irregularly
In an irregular manner.
Amen
An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, ver..
Password
A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.
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..
Knock-knee
A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.
Initial
Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease.
Governess
A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.
Revert
To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
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; ..
Spinster
A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin.
Erastian
One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy..
Participation
The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows.
Tequila
An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.
Network
A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.
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.
Dame
A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.
Demonize
To convert into a demon; to infuse the principles or fury of a demon into.
Fretwork
Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like.
Countersign
To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing.
Complicity
The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.
Wrangle
To argue; to debate; to dispute.
Whirlwind
A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progre..
Waterflood
A flood of water; an inundation.
Vindication
The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vindication is complete.
Inhabit
To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses.
Strum
To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.
Irish
Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.
Spat
imp. of Spit.
Spade
A hart or stag three years old.
Stylus
An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.
Sortie
The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
Slabber
To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool.
Town
Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of ..
Borough
In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by..
Scoot
To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away.
Allegorize
To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
Presume
To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- o..
Rotate
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
Quitclaim
A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held ..
Fermentation
A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.
Night
That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight,..
Mortgage
A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; al..
Nee
Born; -- a term sometimes used in introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth; as, Madame de Stael, nee Necker.
Logomachy
Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.
Kerosene
An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also coal oil. It is now produced in immense quantities, c..
Insurgency
A state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection.
Impinge
To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon.
Grater
One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs.
Garner
A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.
Expedite
Free of impediment; unimpeded.
Electricity
A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposi..
Dissonance
A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.
Corrugation
The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.
Conceal
To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.
Birdlime
An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small bird..
Birdcall
A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate.
Bibliolatrist
A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration.
Attain
To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
Anamorphosis
A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a poly..
Anabasis
A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called "The Anabasis."
Achieve
To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.
Acetylene
A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use ..
Accelerate
To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
Mend
To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as..
Excise
In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also l..
Disown
To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown..
Nawab
A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.
Bark louse
An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines.
Terbium
A rare metallic element, of uncertain identification, supposed to exist in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth. Symbol Tr or Tb. Atomic weight 150.
Semimetal
An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc.
Blockhouse
An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to hav..
Invincible
Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle.
Weathercock
A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction.
Barometer
An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent.
Sound
To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
Rosette
An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.
Indecently
In an indecent manner.
Bis
Twice; -- a word showing that something is, or is to be, repeated; as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.
Intelligently
In an intelligent manner; with intelligence.
Coact
To force; to compel; to drive.
Brakeman
A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
Inconsistently
In an inconsistent manner.
Condescension
The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors.
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.
Deficient
Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient st..
Contradict
To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.
Lira
An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.
Mountaineer
An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains.
Monk
A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of ch..
