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String
The points made in a game.
Knee-high
Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high.
Didactical
Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.
Didactics
The art or science of teaching.
Archery
The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.
Untruthful
Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact.
Ungenerously
In an ungenerous manner.
Critically
In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly.
Aretaics
The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics.
Cashbook
A book in which is kept a register of money received or paid out.
Appendical
Of or like an appendix.
Debauchee
One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.
Cleanliness
State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.
Charbon
A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
Dhole
A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs.
Peeled
of Peel
Generical
Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus; as, a generic description; a generic difference; a generic name.
Fire
To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
Coir
A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.
Purfle
To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white.
Foliomort
See Feuillemort.
Cisco
The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.
Humbly
With humility; lowly.
Harpy
A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.
Spoilt
of Spoil
Malt
Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.
Heaped
of Heap
Mesoderm
The layer of the blastoderm, between the ectoderm and endoderm; mesoblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm and Ectoderm.
Resemblance
The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.
Syringa
A genus of plants; the lilac.
Proportional
Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.
Zenith
That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.
Motto
A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.
Irascible
Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.
Clerestory
The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.
Fractional
Of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers.
Lady
A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
Flattery
The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise.
Stultification
The act of stultifying, or the state of being stultified.
Enforcement
The act of enforcing; compulsion.
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..
Recuperate
To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
Self-adjusting
Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery.
Toughly
In a tough manner.
Savagery
The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
Determinism
The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives.
Debt
That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liabilit..
Intrude
To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of an..
Fad
A hobby ; freak; whim.
Waist
That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips.
Diaphoresis
Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.
Duskiness
The state of being dusky.
Ammonia
A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.
Container
One who, or that which, contains.
Pabulum
The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulu..
Ensuing
of Ensue
Cricket
A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.
Unfriended
Wanting friends; not befriended; not countenanced or supported.
Monastic
A monk.
Conjunctive
Serving to unite; connecting together.
Mammalian
Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals.
Asininity
The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.
Sabellian
Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.
Ratiocinatory
Ratiocinative.
Vagarious
Given to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious; whimsical; crochety.
Suds
Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth.
Dazzling
of Dazzle
Farmery
The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead.
Docked
of Dock
Dethronement
Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.
Luminate
To illuminate.
Unnatural
Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.
Pump
A low shoe with a thin sole.
Castanets
Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment ..
Serviceable
Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.
Shiftless
Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; i..
Pretext
Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.
Hiss
To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake wh..
Contagion
The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.
Energizer
One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.
Syncopation
The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.
Cattish
Catlike; feline
Stolid
Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.
Visage
The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.
Reap
To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
Cluck
To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.
Centrosome
A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.
Pleader
One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.
Tremulous
Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.
Reference
The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.
Introit
A going in.
Headgear
Headdress.
Equipment
The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
Smatter
To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.
Weazeny
Somewhat weazen; shriveled.
Claw
A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
Meter
One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.
Commonwealth
A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.
Elimination
The act of expelling or throwing off
Levitate
To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.
Respond
To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
Defectibility
Deficiency; imperfection.
Offsetting
of Offset
Laughable
Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene.
Seaweed
Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea.
Episodic
Alt. of Episodical
Relation
The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.
Progressive
Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.
Bigotry
The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them.
Wretch
A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.
Kinetic
Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent.
Decide
To cut off; to separate.
Alabaster
A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
Expiration
The act of expiring
Preconization
A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation.
Biddy
A name used in calling a hen or chicken.
Wavering
of Waver
Hat
Hot.
Spore
One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the species.
Jubilation
A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation.
Pivotal
Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle.
Distinct
Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
Unreliable
Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable.
Separate
To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
Upheaval
The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.
Lack
Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
Glued
of Glue
Harlequin
A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy.
Privity
Privacy; secrecy; confidence.
Rock
See Roc.
Devoted
of Devote
Skin-deep
Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.
Preceding
of Precede
Repugnance
Alt. of Repugnancy
Dilation
Delay.
Hemorrhage
Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
Crush
To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.
Area
Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
March
The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
Encourage
To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.
Lowborn
Born in a low condition or rank; -- opposed to highborn.
Rung
of Ring
Transitory
Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
Fiat
An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
Mercury
A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence.
Resolved
of Resolve
Recuperation
Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.
Rally
To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
Parasitic
Alt. of Parasitical
Rise
To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a ..
