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Stem
The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
Shibboleth
A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii.
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).
Aspirate
To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.
Spread
An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
Recline
To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
Excursive
Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.
Present
Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
Fallible
Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible.
Armadillo
Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad..
Obsequious
Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
Farewell
Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare y..
Word
To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.
Cowardly
Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.
Misusage
Bad treatment; abuse.
Open
Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
Enunciation
The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.
Accentuate
To pronounce with an accent or with accents.
Groveling
of Grovel
Pass
To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
Shell
The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
Runway
The channel of a stream.
Fairway
The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels.
Prompt
To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.
Where
Whether.
Pronator
A muscle which produces pronation.
Consummate
To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve.
Neap
The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
Proper
Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin is the proper name of a city.
Spine
One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
That
As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. Those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the ..
Circumflex
To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
Headlong
Steep; precipitous.
His
Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.
Ho
Who.
Now
Existing at the present time; present.
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.
Tooth
Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake..
Frigg
Alt. of Frigga
He
The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject alread..
Level
An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.
Spur
A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
Accent
To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
Amply
In an ample manner.
Which
A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (gener..
Cestui
He; the one.
Avowed
of Avow
Horned
Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.
Fain
Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.
Deity
The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works.
Docile
Teachable; easy to teach; docible.
Cowed
of Cow
Minded
of Mind
Mammal
One of the Mammalia.
Garment
Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.
Grammatic
Grammatical.
Linguistic
Alt. of Linguistical
Parol
A word; an oral utterance.
Enunciated
of Enunciate
Shortly
In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
Speedily
In a speedy manner.
Swiftly
In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
Immediately
In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous.
Apace
With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.
Idem
The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.
Summarily
In a summary manner.
Forthwith
Immediately; without delay; directly.
Instantly
Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.
Promptly
In a prompt manner.
Greeting
of Greet
Spoken
of Speak
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.
Denounce
To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.
Directly
In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
Ramous
Ramose.
Ordinance
Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision.
Irascible
Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.
Professed
of Profess
Funky
Pertaining to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.
I
In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it.
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).
Me
One. See Men, pron.
Oneself
A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self.
Away
From a place; hence.
Him
Them. See Hem.
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..
Her
The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.
Yourself
An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative..
You
The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye.
Himself
An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or ob..
Myself
I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, ..
Oracular
Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.
Them
The objective case of they. See They.
Definitive
Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express.
Asseverate
To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.
Enjoin
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
Gridiron
A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.
Vouch
To call; to summon.
Avouch
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
Propensity
The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency.
Adventurous
Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.
Silent
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
Assert
To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.
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.
Lisping
of Lisp
Lisp
To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
Hare
To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
Exclamation
A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indi..
Strangled
of Strangle
Verbalize
To convert into a verb; to verbify.
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.
Malapropism
A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.
Apparently
Visibly.
There
In or at that place.
Revelation
The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.
Hire
See Here, pron.
Spontaneous
Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion.
Stark
Stiff; rigid.
Blatantly
In a blatant manner.
Contend
To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Ostensibly
In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.
Pronunciative
Of or pertaining to pronunciation.
Doctrinaire
One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist..
Singularly
In a singular manner; in a manner, or to a degree, not common to others; extraordinarily; as, to be singularly exact in one's statements; singularly considerate of others.
Evidently
In an evident manner; clearly; plainly.
Boldly
In a bold manner.
Predisposition
The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.
Flagrantly
In a flagrant manner.
Eminently
In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.
Lister
A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.
Plainly
In a plain manner; clearly.
Recumbent
Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.
Convict
Proved or found guilty; convicted.
Wishbone
The forked bone in front of the breastbone in birds; -- called also merrythought, and wishing bone. See Merrythought, and Furculum.
Tucker
One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.
Beatify
To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
Delta
A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mis..
Observation
The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.
Stooped
of Stoop
Stumpy
Full of stumps; hard; strong.
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.
Vocalize
To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.
Pronounce
To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.
Tell
To give an account; to make report.
Syntactic
Alt. of Syntactical
Procumbent
Lying down, or on the face; prone.
Functional
Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.
God
Good.
Structural
Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.
Substantive
Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
Proneness
The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man.
Lying
of Lie
Appointment
The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
Intolerable
Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerabl..
Loll
To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease.
Emit
To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.
Participial
Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun.
Spined
Furnished with spines; spiny.
Reclining
of Recline
Law
In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts.
Vocative
Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing i..
Hawking
of Hawk
Mispronounced
of Mispronounce
Prepositional
Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition.
Pronominal
Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of, a pronoun.
Wordless
Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless.
Intransitive
Not passing farther; kept; detained.
Inarticulate
Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.
Stifled
of Stifle
Nominal
Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.
Fainthearted
Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.
Mandate
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
Dismayed
of Dismay
Tined
Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork.
Tapering
of Taper
Reposing
of Repose
Hushed
of Hush
Tapered
of Taper
Barbed
of Barb
Spiny
Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
Platypus
The duck mole. See under Duck.
Wanton
Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.
Elephant
A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks..
Inclined
of Incline
Rumple
To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.
Announce
To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
Yellow
Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.
Furcate
Alt. of Furcated
Errant
Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.
Vocal
Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.
Given
of Give
Rat
One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat (M. decumanus), the blac..
Now
At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now.
Responsible
Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.
Interrogative
Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.
They
The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
Exposed
of Expose
Predicated
of Predicate
Stated
of State
Inaudible
Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent.
Rule
A composing rule. See under Conposing.
Pronounced
of Pronounce
Alleged
of Allege
Unwritten
Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements.
Attested
of Attest
Declared
of Declare
Depressed
of Depress
Question
The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.
Blatancy
Blatant quality.
Flat
A floor, loft, or story in a building; especially, a floor of a house, which forms a complete residence in itself.
Silent
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
Why
For what cause, reason, or purpose; on what account; wherefore; -- used interrogatively. See the Note under What, pron., 1.
Saying
of Say
Bifurcated
Two-pronged; forked.
Allegation
The act of alleging or positively asserting.
Indistinct
Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance.
Stance
A stanza.
Predication
The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion.
Prong
A sharp-pointed instrument.
Obligation
The act of obligating.
Lounging
of Lounge
Excommunication
The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion..
Lolling
of Loll
Bridge
A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.
Emphatic
Alt. of Emphatical
Hoarse
Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.
Encyclical
Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.
Avow
To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.
Fearful
Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.
Soon
In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise.
Each
Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of ..
Pledged
of Pledge
Tang
A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).
Interjection
The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.
Choking
of Choke
Broad
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Fast
To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.
Trifurcate
Alt. of Trifurcated
Speak
To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.
Certified
of Certify
Antelope
One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia.
Allege
To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.
Declare
To make clear; to free from obscurity.
Finding
of Find
Pronged
Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, a three-pronged fork.
Probability
The quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood.
Repose
To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.
Patently
Openly; evidently.
Decision
Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.
Spiked
of Spike
Oral
Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.
Excommunicate
Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.
Pointed
of Point
Underlie
To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
Particularly
In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly.
Introversion
The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward.
Tremulous
Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.
Censure
Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
Annunciation
The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.
Else
Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?
Anathema
A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
Gross
Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
Susceptibility
The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.
Delight
A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
Put
A pit.
Precipitous
Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
Nasal
Of or pertaining to the nose.
Diphthong
A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong.
Affirm
to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
Liable
Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
Another
One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
Nib
A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
Homily
A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.
Likely
Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story.
Eventuality
The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence.
Quavering
of Quaver
Surfboat
A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach.
Revulsion
A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
Wild
Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox..
Feeder
One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.
Likelihood
Appearance; show; sign; expression.
Notoriety
The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime.
Splendidly
In a splendid manner; magnificently.
Convert
To cause to turn; to turn.
Condemnation
The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.
Edict
A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman empero..
Shaking
of Shake
Protestation
The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent.
Obtrusive
Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.
Salient
Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
Blacklist
To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual ..
Prominently
In a prominent manner.
Noticeably
In a noticeable manner.
Revenge
To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing w..
Spur
A sparrow.
Contingency
Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.
Magnanimously
In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
Clearly
In a clear manner.
Definitely
In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.
Incredibly
In an incredible manner.
Lingual
Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.
Nobly
Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended.
Groin
The snout of a swine.
Either
One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.
Extraordinarily
In an extraordinary manner or degree.
Emphatically
With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preeminently.
Notably
In a notable manner.
Magically
In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by magic.
Acutely
In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.
Preeminently
In a preeminent degree.
Magnificently
In a Magnificent manner.
Vowel
A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a ..
Predicate
To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
Condemn
To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.
Both
The one and the other; the two; the pair, without exception of either.
Articulation
A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
Syllable
An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it ..
Liability
The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law.
Peculiarly
In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually.
Marvelously
In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely.
Famously
In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.
Distinctly
With distinctness; not confusedly; without the blending of one part or thing another; clearly; plainly; as, to see distinctly.
Exquisitely
In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought.
Engine
(Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill.
Immoral
Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.
Suspicious
Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
Consenting
of Consent
Bayou
An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind.
Effluent
Flowing out; as, effluent beams.
staring
of Stare
Plain
To lament; to bewail; to complain.
Pronounce
To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.
Corruption
The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
Classical
Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
Solecism
An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax.
Toothed
of Tooth
Deferential
Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
Dialect
Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
Prognosis
The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad.
Announcement
The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.
Couch
To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
Bigoted
Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others.
Revolve
To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.
Arboreal
Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees.
Branching
of Branch
Pronunciamento
A proclamation or manifesto; a formal announcement or declaration.
Shocking
of Shock
Declaration
The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a de..
Ukase
In Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, having the force of law.
Proclamation
The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.
Precedent
Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
Chicken
A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
Excitability
The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes.
Submit
To let down; to lower.
Ostensible
Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.
Pronate
Somewhat prone; inclined; as, pronate trees.
Invert
To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
Sentence
Sense; meaning; significance.
Circular
In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.
Transpose
To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or propositions.
Untold
Not told; not related; not revealed; as, untold secrets.
Throaty
Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice.
Uttered
of Utter
Erect
Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
Obeisant
Ready to obey; reverent; differential; also, servilely submissive.
Tributary
Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
Judge
A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.
Soundless
Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable.
Factious
Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of..
Thick
Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick.
Quiescent
Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.
Maintain
To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to ..
Dogmatic
One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
Apt
Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
Prominence
Alt. of Prominency
Damn
To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.
Reversion
The act of returning, or coming back; return.
Voiced
of Voice
Animal
An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic..
Content
Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.
Clear-cut
Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo.
Euphony
A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
Opinionated
Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.
Pontifical
Of or pertaining to a pontiff, or high priest; as, pontifical authority; hence, belonging to the pope; papal.
Trident
A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.
Depression
The act of depressing.
Resolution
The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a v..
Give
To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
Sensitive
Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.
Regulation
The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
Tractable
Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.
Horse
A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of eac..
Bull
The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
Egregious
Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egre..
Affirmed
of Affirm
Enunciate
To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.
Undeniable
Not deniable; incapable of denial; palpably true; indisputable; obvious; as, undeniable evidence.
Unmistakable
Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident.
Readiness
The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.
Stem
Alt. of Steem
Here
Of them; their.
Sworn
of Swear
Intonation
A thundering; thunder.
Receptive
Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.
Aspiration
The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.
Horny
Having horns or hornlike projections.
Soft
Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft w..
Hastily
In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
Furious
Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal.
Hasty
Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
Impetuous
Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.
Appointment
The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
Assured
of Assure
Doom
Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
Circulation
The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
Aver
A work horse, or working ox.
Profound
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
Comment
To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotatio..
Reckless
Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.
Bold
Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
Blurred
of Blur
Crass
Gross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined.
Conspicuous
Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.
Proclaim
To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
Broad
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
Warranted
of Warrant
Broadcast
A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
Avowal
An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles.
Apron
An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the wai..
Assertion
The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
Eagerness
The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
Defined
of Define
Proscribe
To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.
Absolve
To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolv..
Short
Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
Forked
of Fork
Subservient
Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.
Denounce
To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil).
Quickly
Speedily; with haste or celerity; soon; without delay; quick.
Aptitude
A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.
Transitive
Having the power of making a transit, or passage.
Penchant
Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
Complete
Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
Affinity
Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship ..
Dock
A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.
Patent
Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.
L
As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.
Diagnosis
The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at.
Breakneck
A fall that breaks the neck.
Some
Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons..
Sprawling
of Sprawl
Timorous
Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.
Country
A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or cit..
Bestir
To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor; -- usually with the reciprocal pronoun.
Runty
Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
Verbal
Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
Hypostasis
That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.
Brevet
A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage].
Remark
To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.
Blatant
Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.
Slapdash
In a bold, careless manner; at random.
Tell
To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
Utterance
The act of uttering.
Address
To aim; to direct.
Profession
The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.
Precipitant
Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.
Sibilate
To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.
Bid
of Bid
Strip
To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; t..
Proscenium
The part where the actors performed; the stage.
Promulgate
To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.
Headlong
With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.
Afraid
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.
Susceptible
Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration.
Careless
Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.
Shaky
Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.
Obnoxious
Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to.
Lay
of Lie, to recline.
Commission
The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
Hurried
Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.
Forgetfulness
The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.
Denunciate
To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly.
Fluff
Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.
Hit
It.
Mad
A slattern.
Leaning
of Lean
Weakness
The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.
Utter
Outer.
Apish
Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
Strong
Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
Alloy
Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called..
Ostentation
The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
Fork
An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up,..
Present
Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.
Distinct
Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
Muzzy
Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid.
Fan
An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface
Possibility
The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.
Prostration
The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.
