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Naturalization
The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being naturalized.
Specialty
A particular or peculiar case.
Bite
A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.
Counseling
of Counsel
Rowel
The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.
Twinge
To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
Rowlock
A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the ..
Quirt
A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
Craving
of Crave
Crick
The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
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.
Chicanery
Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Metaphor
The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.
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.
Coincide
To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.
Disallow
To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.
Gnawing
of Gnaw
Nationalization
The act of nationalizing, or the state of being nationalized.
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..
Magnate
A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere.
Covin
A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third.
Supersede
To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.
Insincerity
The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerit..
Coke
Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where / smokeless fi..
Pandowdy
A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.
Hachure
A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.
Ditto
The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.
Adoption
The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.
Priority
The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
Preference
The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; ..
Usurp
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or disposse..
Receptacle
That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.
Accompany
To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow.
Trephine
An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin.
Stab
To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.
Jag
A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
Nabob
A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
Dignitary
One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman.
Sachem
A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore.
Tycoon
The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.
Superiority
The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit.
Tweak
To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.
Perjury
False swearing.
Latria
The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints.
Surrender
To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ..
Welsh
Of or pertaining to Wales, or its inhabitants.
Lion
A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has..
Default
A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default.
Repudiate
To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
Mogul
A person of the Mongolian race.
Crystal
The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of i..
Kink
A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.
Dishonesty
Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.
Prickly
Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
Ganja
The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.
Acumination
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
Mucro
A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.
Brink
The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig.
Pettifoggery
The practice or arts of a pettifogger; disreputable tricks; quibbles.
Something
Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.
Prelude
An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a ..
Best
Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
Solferino
A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery.
Chicane
The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.
Convoy
To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.
Ordering
of Order
Synchronize
To agree in time; to be simultaneous.
Debenture
A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due.
Polity
The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole.
Policy
Civil polity.
Bigwig
A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.
Paper
A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first..
Intrigue
To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.
Thrill
A warbling; a trill.
Precursor
One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.
Assimilation
The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.
Cream
The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.
Cocaine
A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain.
Stimulant
Serving to stimulate.
Upper
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature.
Establishment
The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
Crystal
The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of..
Replace
To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.
Relieve
To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
Pang
A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.
Swindle
To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.
Seizure
The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
Deception
The act of deceiving or misleading.
Somebody
A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.
Supplant
To trip up.
Succeed
To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
Agree
In good part; kindly.
Parallel
Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
Admission
The act or practice of admitting.
Sub
A subordinate; a subaltern.
Displace
To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.
Sleight
Cunning; craft; artful practice.
Urgency
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
Ophicleide
A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestra and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and co..
Uprising
Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent.
Maneuver
Alt. of Manoeuvre
Dignity
The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.
Power
Same as Poor, the fish.
Elder
Older; more aged, or existing longer.
Hasp
A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening..
Equal
Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subj..
Understudy
To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.
Chafing
of Chafe
Dishonor
Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.
Shooting
of Shoot
Pinch
To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.
Trickery
The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
Notability
Quality of being notable.
Brass
An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.
Indent
To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
Double
Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.
Time
Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.
Ceiling
of Ceil
Personage
Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person.
Father
One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.
Speed
Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
Concur
To run together; to meet.
Spell
A spelk, or splinter.
Acicular
Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.
Chart
A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart.
Top
A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means..
Acute
Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf.
Worthy
Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
Paroxysm
The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.
Indenture
The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
Snow
A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.
Burin
The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in ..
Preceding
of Precede
Match
Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one..
Fraud
Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.
Trestle
A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other work..
Dish
A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.
Artfulness
The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.
Aristocracy
Government by the best citizens.
Personality
That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality.
Correspond
To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout.
Heart
A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.
Nobility
The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.
Great
Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.
Even
Evening. See Eve, n. 1.
Notable
Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.
Artifice
A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
Rival
A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
Meridian
Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course.
Dominion
Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.
Prickle
A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.
Hypnosis
Supervention of sleep.
Touch
To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
Cheat
An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
Prick
That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
Collusion
A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
Machination
The act of machinating.
Reach
To retch.
Connivance
Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.
Hitch
To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Name
The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
Conspiracy
A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.
Stereotype
A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.
Draw
To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.
Buckle
A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through ..
Twitch
To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.
Celebrity
Celebration; solemnization.
Inform
Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.
Lead
One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tub..
Topographer
One who is skilled in the science of topography; one who describes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land.
Projection
The act of throwing or shooting forward.
Chorography
the mapping or description of a region or district.
Longitude
Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense.
Scale
The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus ..
Atlas
One who sustains a great burden.
Map
A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the ..
Nip
A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
Bite
To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
Legend
That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses.
Latitude
Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.
Cartography
The art or business of forming charts or maps.
Topography
The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region.
Index
That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
Protest
To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.
Stitch
A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
Stone
Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.
Prostrate
Lying at length, or with the body extended on the ground or other surface; stretched out; as, to sleep prostrate.
Plate
A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
Inflation
The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.
Shoot
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rap..
Bond
That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.
Arrangement
The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.
Figure
The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
Deed
Dead.
Specialty
Particularity.
Wrench
Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
Globe
A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
Cramp
That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
Ghost
The spirit; the soul of man.
Balance
An apparatus for weighing.
Spasm
An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.
Tie
A knot; a fastening.
Elite
A choice or select body; the flower; as, the elite of society.
Knot
A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.
Floor
The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
Affiliation
Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
