From 58b1d3d9ea4848de031ac4242f8b925283877d5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rohan Sikder Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2023 21:42:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed bug where it would not created user specifed output file --- .settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs | 4 +- README.docx | Bin 0 -> 41007 bytes README.pdf | Bin 0 -> 160235 bytes bin/ie/atu/sw/ConsoleColour.class | Bin 7450 -> 7450 bytes bin/ie/atu/sw/ProcessFiles.class | Bin 7890 -> 7979 bytes bin/ie/atu/sw/Runner.class | Bin 3798 -> 3794 bytes bin/ie/atu/sw/WordDetail.class | Bin 1234 -> 1234 bytes indexer.jar | Bin 0 -> 12072 bytes output.txt | 59523 +++++++++++-------------- src/ie/atu/sw/ProcessFiles.java | 2 +- src/ie/atu/sw/Runner.java | 2 +- 11 files changed, 26799 insertions(+), 32732 deletions(-) create mode 100644 README.docx create mode 100644 README.pdf create mode 100644 indexer.jar diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs index 8b44e69..babec55 100644 --- 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diff --git a/output.txt b/output.txt index 499a788..f92468a 100644 --- a/output.txt +++ b/output.txt @@ -6,14 +6,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|aaron | Definition: -| aaronical a. pertaining to aaron the first high -| priest of the jews. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abaddon | Definition: -| abaddon n. hell; the bottomless pit. -| +|aback | Definition: +| chapel v. t. to cause (a ship taken aback in a +| light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit +| as to recover without bracing the yards the +| same tack on which she had been sailing. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |abandoned | Definition: @@ -22,25 +20,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abandoning | Definition: -| dragoon v. t. to harass or reduce to subjection -| by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place -| to the rage of soldiers. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abase | Definition: -| humble v. t. to make humble or lowly in mind; -| to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce -| the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and -| submissive; -- often used rexlexively. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abasement | Definition: -| self-abasement n. humiliation or abasement proceeding -| from consciousness of inferiority guilt or -| shame. +|abased | Definition: +| abasement n. the act of abasing humbling or bringing +| low; the state of being abased or humbled; +| humiliation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |abashed | Definition: @@ -49,24 +32,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abated | Definition: -| revivor n. revival of a suit which is abated by -| the death or marriage of any of the parties -| -- done by a bill of revivor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abba | Definition: -| abba n. father; religious superior; -- in the -| syriac coptic and ethiopic churches a title -| given to the bishops and by the bishops to -| the patriarch. +|abbey | Definition: +| superioress n. a woman who acts as chief in a +| convent abbey or nunnery; a lady superior. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abed | Definition: -| late a. far in the night day week or other particular -| period; as to lie abed late; to sit up late -| at night. +|abear | Definition: +| abear v. t. to put up with; to endure. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |abel | Definition: @@ -76,43 +50,49 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | bible the koran etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abhor | Definition: -| abhor v. i. to shrink back with horror disgust -| or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with +|aberration | Definition: +| teinoscope n. an instrument formed by combining +| prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration +| of the light while linear dimensions of objects +| seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; +| -- called also prism telescope. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|abet | Definition: +| abet n. act of abetting; aid. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|abeyance | Definition: +| abeyance n. suspension; temporary suppression. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abhorred | Definition: -| abhorred imp. & p. p. of abhor -| +|abhorrence | Definition: +| spew v. t. to cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; +| to eject. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abib | Definition: -| abib n. the first month of the jewish ecclesiastical -| year corresponding nearly to our april. after -| the babylonish captivity this month was called -| nisan. +|abhorrent | Definition: +| abhorrent a. detestable. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abide | Definition: -| reside v. i. to dwell permanently or for a considerable -| time; to have a settled abode for a time; to -| abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of -| home; to remain for a long time. -| +|abhorring | Definition: +| abhorring n. object of abhorrence. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abiding | Definition: -| vagabond n. one who wanders from place to place -| having no fixed dwelling or not abiding in -| it and usually without the means of honest -| livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence a worthless -| person; a rascal. +|abide | Definition: +| stay v. i. to remain; to continue in a place; +| to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; +| to stand still. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abigail | Definition: -| abigail n. a lady's waiting-maid. -| +|abilities | Definition: +| self-sufficient a. having an overweening confidence +| in one's own abilities or worth; hence haughty; +| overbearing. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ability | Definition: @@ -125,12 +105,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abjection | Definition: -| abjection n. a low or downcast state; meanness -| of spirit; abasement; degradation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |aboard | Definition: | see v. t. to accompany in person; to escort; to | wait upon; as to see one home; to see one aboard @@ -138,39 +112,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |abode | Definition: -| seat n. the place occupied by anything or where -| any person or thing is situated resides or -| abides; a site; an abode a station; a post; -| a situation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abolish | Definition: -| #name? a verb ending originally appearing in -| certain verbs of french origin; as abolish -| cherish finish furnish garnish impoverish. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abolished | Definition: -| transfer n. a pathological process by virtue of -| which a unilateral morbid condition on being -| abolished on one side of the body makes its -| appearance in the corresponding region upon -| the other side. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abolishing | Definition: -| abolition n. the act of abolishing or the state -| of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; -| utter destruction; as the abolition of slavery -| or the slave trade; the abolition of laws decrees -| ordinances customs taxes debts etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abominable | Definition: -| abominably adv. in an abominable manner; very -| odiously; detestably. +| tabernacle n. figuratively: the human body as +| the temporary abode of the soul. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |abominate | Definition: @@ -180,53 +124,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abomination | Definition: -| gehenna n. the valley of hinnom near jerusalem -| where some of the israelites sacrificed their -| children to moloch which on this account was -| afterward regarded as a place of abomination -| and made a receptacle for all the refuse of -| the city perpetual fires being kept up in order -| to prevent pestilential effluvia. in the new -| testament the name is transferred by an easy -| metaphor to hell. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abortive | Definition: -| staminodium n. an abortive stamen or any organ -| modified from an abortive stamen. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abound | Definition: -| rich superl. abounding in agreeable or nutritive -| qualities; -- especially applied to articles -| of food or drink which are high-seasoned or -| abound in oleaginous ingredients or are sweet -| luscious and high-flavored; as a rich dish; -| rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine -| or fruit. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abounded | Definition: -| abounded imp. & p. p. of abound -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abounding | Definition: -| wormy superl. containing a worm; abounding with -| worms. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abounds | Definition: -| tsetse n. a venomous two-winged african fly (glossina -| morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous and -| even fatal to horses and cattle but harmless -| to men. it renders extensive districts in which -| it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons -| of the year. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |abraham | Definition: | ishmaelite n. a descendant of ishmael (the son | of abraham and hagar) of whom it was said @@ -234,34 +131,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | man's hand against him. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abridge | Definition: -| razee v. t. to cut down to a less number of decks -| and thus to an inferior rate or class as a -| ship; hence to prune or abridge by cutting -| off or retrenching parts; as to razee a book -| or an article. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abridged | Definition: -| unabridged a. not abridged or shortened; full; -| complete; entire; whole. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abridging | Definition: -| #name? a suffix denoting that which does a thing; -| an act or process; the result of an act or -| process; state or condition; as aliment that -| which nourishes ornament increment; fragment -| piece broken segment; abridgment act of abridging -| imprisonment movement adjournment; amazement -| state of being amazed astonishment. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abridgment | Definition: -| summist n. one who sums up; one who forms an abridgment -| or summary. +|abreast | Definition: +| rank v. t. to place abreast or in a line. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |abroad | Definition: @@ -275,6 +147,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|abrupt | Definition: +| whop v. i. to throw one's self quickly or by an +| abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as she whapped +| down on the floor; the fish whapped over. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|abruptness | Definition: +| bluntness n. abruptness of address; rude plainness. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |absence | Definition: | xerophilous a. drought-loving; able withstand | the absence or lack of moisture. @@ -289,10 +173,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |absolute | Definition: -| unessential n. something not constituting essence -| or something which is not of absolute necessity; -| as forms are among the unessentials of religion. -| +| veto n. a power or right possessed by one department +| of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying +| out of projects attempted by another department; +| especially in a constitutional government a +| power vested in the chief executive to prevent +| the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. +| such a power may be absolute as in the case +| of the tribunes of the people in ancient rome +| or limited as in the case of the president +| of the united states. called also the veto +| power. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |absolutely | Definition: @@ -309,9 +200,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abstain | Definition: -| refrain v. t. to abstain from -| +|absorbed | Definition: +| zealot n. one who is zealous; one who engages +| warmly in any cause and pursues his object +| with earnestness and ardor; especially one +| who is overzealous or carried away by his zeal; +| one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; +| a fanatical partisan. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |abstinence | Definition: @@ -322,16 +217,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wakefulness; watch. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abstract | Definition: -| unbending a. unyielding in nature; unchangeable; -| fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as unbending -| truths. +|abstraction | Definition: +| yoga n. a species of asceticism among the hindoos +| which consists in a complete abstraction from +| all worldly objects by which the votary expects +| to obtain union with the universal spirit and +| to acquire superhuman faculties. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abstracting | Definition: -| abstractive a. having the power of abstracting; -| of an abstracting nature. -| +|abstracts | Definition: +| muse n. contemplation which abstracts the mind +| from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence +| absence of mind; a brown study. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |absurd | Definition: @@ -341,6 +240,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|absurdly | Definition: +| quixotic a. like don quixote; romantic to extravagance; +| absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |abundance | Definition: | wealth n. large possessions; a comparative abundance | of things which are objects of human desire; @@ -348,20 +253,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | opulence; riches. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abundant | Definition: -| zinc n. an abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium -| group extracted principally from the minerals -| zinc blende smithsonite calamine and franklinite -| as an easily fusible bluish white metal which -| is malleable especially when heated. it is -| not easily oxidized in moist air and hence -| is used for sheeting coating galvanized iron -| etc. it is used in making brass britannia and -| other alloys and is also largely consumed in -| electric batteries. symbol zn. atomic weight -| 64.9. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |abundantly | Definition: | weak v. i. not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated | with the usual or required ingredients or with @@ -371,47 +262,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | weak dose of medicine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|abuse | Definition: -| whip v. t. to apply that which hurts keenly to; -| to lash as with sarcasm abuse or the like; -| to apply cutting language to. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abused | Definition: -| license n. excess of liberty; freedom abused or -| used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard -| of law or propriety. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abuses | Definition: -| visit v. t. to go or come to see for inspection -| examination correction of abuses etc.; to examine -| to inspect; as a bishop visits his diocese; -| a superintendent visits persons or works under -| his charge. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|abusing | Definition: -| despotical a. having the character of or pertaining -| to a despot; absolute in power; possessing -| and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; -| tyrannical; arbitrary. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |abyss | Definition: | swallow v. t. to draw into an abyss or gulf; to | ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|accelerate | Definition: -| hasten v. t. to press; to drive or urge forward; -| to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the -| movement of; to expedite; to hurry. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |accept | Definition: | vouchsafe v. t. to receive or accept in condescension. | @@ -429,20 +285,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | drawee. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|acceptation | Definition: -| appurtenance n. that which belongs to something -| else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; -| something annexed to another thing more worthy; -| in common parlance and legal acceptation something -| belonging to another thing as principal and -| which passes as incident to it as a right of -| way or other easement to land; a right of common -| to pasture an outhouse barn garden or orchard -| to a house or messuage. in a strict legal sense -| land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |accepted | Definition: | term n. propositions or promises as in contracts | which when assented to or accepted by another @@ -450,22 +292,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|accepting | Definition: -| tractarianism n. the principles of the tractarians -| or of those persons accepting the teachings -| of the tracts for the times. -| +|accessory | Definition: +| lienculus n. one of the small nodules sometimes +| found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an +| accessory or supplementary spleen. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|accessary | Definition: -| accessory n. same as accessary n. -| +|accident | Definition: +| periculum n. in a narrower judicial sense: accident +| or casus as distinguished from dolus and culpa +| and hence relieving one from the duty of performing +| an obligation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|accessible | Definition: -| seaport n. a port on the seashore or one accessible -| for seagoing vessels. also used adjectively; -| as a seaport town. +|accidental | Definition: +| occasion n. an occurrence or condition of affairs +| which brings with it some unlooked-for event; +| that which incidentally brings to pass an event +| without being its efficient cause or sufficient +| reason; accidental or incidental cause. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|accidentally | Definition: +| nympholepsy n. a species of demoniac enthusiasm +| or possession coming upon one who had accidentally +| looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |accidents | Definition: @@ -477,12 +331,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | mood. same as mode. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|acclamation | Definition: -| cry v. i. loud expression of triumph or wonder -| or of popular acclamation or favor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |accommodated | Definition: | stichometry n. division of the text of a book | into lines; especially the division of the @@ -492,20 +340,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|accomodated | Definition: -| tavern n. 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 quantities. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|accompained | Definition: -| thermometer n. an instrument for measuring temperature -| founded on the principle that changes of temperature -| in bodies are accompained by proportional changes -| in their volumes or dimensions. -| +|accommodation | Definition: +| serai n. a palace; a seraglio; also in the east +| a place for the accommodation of travelers; +| a caravansary or rest house. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |accompanied | Definition: @@ -515,16 +354,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | afflicting. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|accompanies | Definition: -| tumbril n. a cart or carriage with two wheels -| which accompanies troops or artillery to convey -| the tools of pioneers cartridges and the like. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |accompany | Definition: -| sing v. t. to accompany or attend on with singing. -| +| time v. t. to regulate as to time; to accompany +| or agree with in time of movement. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |accompanying | Definition: @@ -533,40 +366,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|accomplices | Definition: -| probator n. one who when indicted for crime confessed -| it and accused others his accomplices in order -| to obtain pardon; a state's evidence. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|accomplish | Definition: -| wily superl. full of wiles tricks or stratagems; -| using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; -| mischievously artful; subtle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |accomplished | Definition: | yearly a. accomplished in a year; as the yearly | circuit or revolution of the earth. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|accomplishing | Definition: -| wise v. hence especially making due use of knowledge; -| discerning and judging soundly concerning what -| is true or false proper or improper; choosing -| the best ends and the best means for accomplishing -| them; sagacious. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|accomplishment | Definition: -| with prep. to denote the accomplishment of cause -| means instrument etc; -- sometimes equivalent -| to by. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |accord | Definition: | sympathy n. an agreement of affections or inclinations | or a conformity of natural temperament which @@ -575,6 +380,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | them. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|accordance | Definition: +| unisonance n. accordance of sounds; unison. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |according | Definition: | zoologically adv. in a zoological manner; according | to the principles of zoology. @@ -589,9 +399,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | monarchian. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|accountable | Definition: -| unaccountable a. not accountable or responsible; -| free from control. +|accosted | Definition: +| accosted a. supported on both sides by other charges; +| also side by side. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|accoucheur | Definition: +| accoucheur n. a man who assists women in childbirth; +| a man midwife; an obstetrician. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|accountant | Definition: +| surplusage n. a greater disbursement than the +| charge of the accountant amounts to. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |accounted | Definition: @@ -619,6 +441,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | proving facts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|accredited | Definition: +| exequatur n. a written official recognition of +| a consul or commercial agent issued by the +| government to which he is accredited and authorizing +| him to exercise his powers in the place to +| which he is assigned. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|accumulated | Definition: +| stored a. collected or accumulated as a reserve +| supply; as stored electricity. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|accumulating | Definition: +| avaricious a. actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; +| immoderately desirous of accumulating property. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|accumulative | Definition: +| accumulative a. characterized by accumulation; +| serving to collect or amass; cumulative; additional. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |accuracy | Definition: | weight v. t. to assign a weight to; to express | by a number the probable accuracy of as an @@ -642,27 +490,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|accursed | Definition: -| accurst p. p. & a. doomed to destruction or misery; -| cursed; hence bad enough to be under the curse; -| execrable; detestable; exceedingly hateful; -| -- as an accursed deed. +|accusatory | Definition: +| accusatory a. pertaining to or containing an accusation; +| as an accusatory libel. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|accusation | Definition: -| self-delation n. accusation of one's self. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|accusations | Definition: -| extenuate v. t. to lessen; to palliate; to lessen -| or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception -| of as crime guilt faults ills accusations etc.; -| -- opposed to aggravate. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |accuse | Definition: | reprove v. t. to chide to the face as blameworthy; | to accuse as guilty; to censure. @@ -676,9 +509,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | heresies. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|accuser | Definition: -| accuser n. one who accuses; one who brings a charge -| of crime or fault. +|accuses | Definition: +| approver n. one who confesses a crime and accuses +| another. see 1st approvement 2. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |accusing | Definition: @@ -691,9 +525,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | be used. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|achaia | Definition: -| achaian a. of or pertaining to achaia in greece; -| also grecian. +|ache | Definition: +| earache n. ache or pain in the ear. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |achieved | Definition: @@ -704,35 +538,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|achievements | Definition: -| renowned a. famous; celebrated for great achievements -| for distinguished qualities or for grandeur; -| eminent; as a renowned king. -| +|achievement | Definition: +| work n. that which is produced as the result of +| labor; anything accomplished by exertion or +| toil; product; performance; fabric; manufacture; +| in a more general sense act deed service effect +| result achievement feat. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|aching | Definition: +| aching a. that aches; continuously painful. see +| ache. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|acid | Definition: +| zirconia n. the oxide of zirconium obtained as +| a white powder and possessing both acid and +| basic properties. on account of its infusibility +| and brilliant luminosity when incandescent +| it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the +| drummomd light. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |acknowledge | Definition: -| shiah n. a member of that branch of the mohammedans -| to which the persians belong. they reject the -| first three caliphs and consider ali as being -| the first and only rightful successor of mohammed. -| they do not acknowledge the sunna or body of -| traditions respecting mohammed as any part -| of the law and on these accounts are treated -| as heretics by the sunnites or orthodox mohammedans. +| thanksgiving n. a public acknowledgment or celebration +| of divine goodness; also a day set apart for +| religious services specially to acknowledge +| the goodness of god either in any remarkable +| deliverance from calamities or danger or in +| the ordinary dispensation of his bounties. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |acknowledged | Definition: -| unfathered a. having no acknowledged father; hence -| illegitimate; spurious; bastard. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|acknowledges | Definition: -| traditionary n. one among the jews who acknowledges -| the authority of traditions and explains the -| scriptures by them. +| unparented a. having no parent or no acknowledged +| parent. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |acknowledging | Definition: @@ -751,11 +592,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|acquaint | Definition: -| preacquaint v. t. to acquaint previously or beforehand. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |acquaintance | Definition: | recognize v. t. to acknowledge acquaintance with | as by salutation bowing or the like. @@ -768,6 +604,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | having traveled. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|acquiesced | Definition: +| acquiesced imp. & p. p. of acquiesce +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|acquiescence | Definition: +| reconcile v. t. to bring to acquiescence content +| or quiet submission; as to reconcile one's +| self to affictions. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |acquire | Definition: | zymosimeter n. an instrument for ascertaining | the degree of fermentation occasioned by the @@ -782,10 +629,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|acquiring | Definition: -| university n. an association society guild or -| corporation esp. one capable of having and -| acquiring property. +|acquirements | Definition: +| unequal a. not equal; not matched; not of the +| same size length breadth quantity strength +| talents acquirements age station or the like; +| as the fingers are of unequal length; peers +| and commoners are unequal in rank. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |acquisition | Definition: @@ -809,6 +659,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | on the organ. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|acquittal | Definition: +| acquittal n. a setting free or deliverance from +| the charge of an offense by verdict of a jury +| or sentence of a court. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |acquitted | Definition: | excusable a. that may be excused forgiven justified | or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as the man @@ -816,16 +673,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|acre | Definition: -| rood n. the fourth part of an acre or forty square -| rods. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|acres | Definition: -| terrier n. in modern usage a book or roll in which -| the lands of private persons or corporations -| are described by their site boundaries number -| of acres or the like. +|across | Definition: +| zither n. 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 both hands in playing on it. [not +| to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern +| or cithern.] |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |acted | Definition: @@ -838,15 +693,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|acting | Definition: -| wrench v. t. the system made up of a force and -| a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular -| to that force. any number of forces acting -| at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded -| so as to be equivalent to a wrench. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |actions | Definition: | waybung n. an australian insessorial bird (corcorax | melanorhamphus) noted for the curious actions @@ -855,12 +701,43 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|actively | Definition: +| tomopteris n. a genus of transparent marine annelids +| which swim actively at the surface of the sea. +| they have deeply divided or forked finlike +| organs (parapodia). this genus is the type +| of the order or suborder gymnocopa. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|actor | Definition: +| tragedian n. an actor or player in tragedy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |acts | Definition: | worship v. i. to perform acts of homage or adoration; | esp. to perform religious service. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|actual | Definition: +| zymogen n. a mother substance or antecedent of +| an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to +| such substances as not being themselves actual +| ferments may by internal changes give rise +| to a ferment. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|actually | Definition: +| undivided a. not set off as a share in a firm; +| not made actually separate by division; as +| a partner owning one half in a firm is said +| to own an undivided half so long as the business +| continues and his share is not set off to him. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |acute | Definition: | treble a. playing or singing the highest part | or most acute sounds; playing or singing the @@ -868,27 +745,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ad | Definition: -| repetend n. that part of a circulating decimal -| which recurs continually ad infinitum: -- sometimes -| indicated by a dot over the first and last -| figures; thus in the circulating decimal .728328328 -| + (otherwise .7/8/) the repetend is 283. -| +|acuteness | Definition: +| smart v. i. marked by acuteness or shrewdness; +| quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; +| as a smart reply; a smart saying. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adam | Definition: -| theory n. the philosophical explanation of phenomena -| either physical or moral; as lavoisier's theory -| of combustion; adam smith's theory of moral -| sentiments. +|adamantine | Definition: +| rutile n. a mineral usually of a reddish brown +| color and brilliant metallic adamantine luster +| occurring in tetragonal crystals. in composition +| it is titanium dioxide like octahedrite and +| brookite. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adamant | Definition: -| adamantine a. made of adamant or having the qualities -| of adamant; incapable of being broken dissolved -| or penetrated; as adamantine bonds or chains. -| +|adapt | Definition: +| understanding n. the power to understand; the +| intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the +| rational powers collectively conceived an designated; +| the higher capacities of the intellect; the +| power to distinguish truth from falsehood and +| to adapt means to ends. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |adapted | Definition: @@ -902,27 +781,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a bad one. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adar | Definition: -| adar n. the twelfth month of the hebrew ecclesiastical -| year and the sixth of the civil. it corresponded -| nearly with march. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|addicted | Definition: -| wicked a. evil in principle or practice; deviating -| from morality; contrary to the moral or divine -| law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; -| profligate; -- said of persons and things; -| as a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked -| deed; wicked designs. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|adding | Definition: -| ziega n. curd produced from milk by adding acetic -| acid after rennet has ceased to cause coagulation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |addition | Definition: | yea adv. more than this; not only so but; -- used | to mark the addition of a more specific or @@ -930,6 +788,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|addle | Definition: +| ettle v. t. to earn. [obs.] see addle to earn. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |addressed | Definition: | to prep. in a very general way and with innumerable | varieties of application to connects transitive @@ -946,17 +809,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adds | Definition: -| strengthener n. one who or that which gives or -| adds strength. +|addressing | Definition: +| thou obj. the second personal pronoun in the singular +| number denoting the person addressed; thyself; +| the pronoun which is used in addressing persons +| in the solemn or poetical style. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adhere | Definition: -| turf n. that upper stratum of earth and vegetable -| mold which is filled with the roots of grass -| and other small plants so as to adhere and -| form a kind of mat; sward; sod. -| +|adepts | Definition: +| adept n. one fully skilled or well versed in anything; +| a proficient; as adepts in philosophy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|adequately | Definition: +| unspeakable a. not speakable; incapable of being +| uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; +| unutterable; ineffable; as unspeakable grief +| or rage. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |adhered | Definition: @@ -965,26 +836,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adherence | Definition: -| sectarianism n. the quality or character of a -| sectarian; devotion to the interests of a party; -| excess of partisan or denominational zeal; -| adherence to a separate church organization. -| +|adjacent | Definition: +| yumas n. pl. a tribe of indians native of arizona +| and the adjacent parts of mexico and california. +| they are agricultural and cultivate corn wheat +| barley melons etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adherents | Definition: -| malignant n. one of the adherents of charles l. -| or charles ll.; -- so called by the opposite -| party. +|adjective | Definition: +| zeugma n. a figure by which an adjective or verb +| which agrees with a nearer word is by way of +| supplement referred also to another more remote; +| as >hic illius arma hic currus fuit; > where +| fuit which agrees directly with currus is referred +| also to arma. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adhering | Definition: -| viscid a. sticking or adhering and having a ropy -| or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; -| sticky; tenacious; clammy; as turpentine tar -| gums etc. are more or less viscid. -| +|adjoined | Definition: +| adjoined imp. & p. p. of adjoin +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |adjoining | Definition: @@ -994,25 +864,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | river or stream. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adjure | Definition: -| adjuring p. pr. & vb. n. of adjure -| +|adjourned | Definition: +| refresher n. an extra fee paid to counsel in a +| case that has been adjourned from one term +| to another or that is unusually protracted. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adjured | Definition: -| adjured imp. & p. p. of adjure +|adjuncts | Definition: +| scene n. the structure on which a spectacle or +| play is exhibited; the part of a theater in +| which the acting is done with its adjuncts +| and decorations; the stage. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adjuring | Definition: -| adjuring p. pr. & vb. n. of adjure -| +|adjuration | Definition: +| bismillah interj. an adjuration or exclamation +| common among the mohammedans. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|administer | Definition: -| shrive v. i. to receive confessions as a priest; -| to administer confession and absolution. -| +|adjured | Definition: +| adjured imp. & p. p. of adjure +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |administered | Definition: @@ -1036,6 +911,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of justice. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|administrative | Definition: +| vilayet n. one of the chief administrative divisions +| or provinces of the ottoman empire; -- formerly +| called eyalet. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |admirable | Definition: | magnificent a. doing grand things; admirable in | action; displaying great power or opulence @@ -1043,6 +924,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|admiralty | Definition: +| stipulation n. a material article of an agreement; +| an undertaking in the nature of bail taken +| in the admiralty courts; a bargain. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |admiration | Definition: | wonderstruck a. struck with wonder admiration | or surprise. @@ -1062,24 +950,44 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | for their fragrance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|admirer | Definition: +| virtuoso n. one devoted to virtu; one skilled +| in the fine arts in antiquities and the like; +| a collector or ardent admirer of curiosities +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|admires | Definition: +| modernist n. one who admires the moderns or their +| ways and fashions. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |admiring | Definition: | admiring a. expressing admiration; as an admiring | glance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|admission | Definition: +| window n. an opening in the wall of a building +| for the admission of light and air usually +| closed by casements or sashes containing some +| transparent material as glass and capable of +| being opened and shut at pleasure. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|admissions | Definition: +| estoppel n. the agency by which the law excludes +| evidence to dispute certain admissions which +| the policy of the law treats as indisputable. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |admit | Definition: | yield v. t. to admit to be true; to concede; to | allow. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|admittance | Definition: -| receive v. t. to give admittance to; to permit -| to enter as into one's house presence company -| and the like; as to receive a lodger visitor -| ambassador messenger etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |admitted | Definition: | welcome n. received with gladness; admitted willingly | to the house entertainment or company; as a @@ -1091,58 +999,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or managed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|admonish | Definition: -| premonish v. t. to forewarn; to admonish beforehand. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |admonished | Definition: | admonished imp. & p. p. of admonish | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|admonishes | Definition: -| prompter n. one who or that which prompts; one -| who admonishes or incites to action. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|admonishing | Definition: -| admonishing p. pr. & vb. n. of admonish -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|admonition | Definition: -| forewarn v. t. to warn beforehand; to give previous -| warning admonition information or notice to; -| to caution in advance. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|admonitions | Definition: -| reaggravation n. the last monitory published after -| three admonitions and before the last excommunication. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ado | Definition: -| fussy superl making a fuss; disposed to make an -| unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|adon | Definition: -| tammuz n. a deity among the ancient syrians in -| honor of whom the hebrew idolatresses held -| an annual lamentation. this deity has been -| conjectured to be the same with the phoenician -| adon or adonis. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|adonis | Definition: -| bird's-eye n. a plant with a small bright flower -| as the adonis or pheasant's eye the mealy primrose -| (primula farinosa) and species of veronica -| geranium etc. +|adopt | Definition: +| zouave n. hence one of a body of soldiers who +| adopt the dress and drill of the zouaves as +| was done by a number of volunteer regiments +| in the army of the united states in the civil +| war 1861-65. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |adopted | Definition: @@ -1187,59 +1054,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | n.) of adore |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adorn | Definition: -| welt n. that which being sewed or otherwise fastened -| to an edge or border serves to guard strengthen -| or adorn it -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|adorned | Definition: -| tufted a. adorned with a tuft; as the tufted duck. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|adorning | Definition: -| painting n. the act or employment of laying on -| or adorning with paints or colors. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|adulterating | Definition: -| tous-les-mois n. a kind of starch with very large -| oval flattened grains often sold as arrowroot -| and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. -| it is made from the rootstocks of a species -| of canna probably c. edulis the tubers of which -| are edible every month in the year. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|adulterer | Definition: -| adulterer n. a man who violates his religious -| covenant. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|adulteress | Definition: -| adulteress n. a woman who violates her religious -| engagements. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|adulteries | Definition: -| adulteries pl. of adultery -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|adulterous | Definition: -| adulterously adv. in an adulterous manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|adultery | Definition: -| condonation n. forgiveness either express or implied -| by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her -| husband for a breach of marital duty as adultery -| with an implied condition that the offense -| shall not be repeated. +|adrift | Definition: +| torpedo n. a quantity of explosives anchored in +| a channel beneath the water or set adrift in +| a current and so arranged that they will be +| exploded when touched by a vessel or when an +| electric circuit is closed by an operator on +| shore. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |advance | Definition: @@ -1249,13 +1070,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |advancement | Definition: -| selfishness n. the quality or state of being selfish; -| exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; -| that supreme self-love or self-preference which -| leads a person to direct his purposes to the -| advancement of his own interest power or happiness -| without regarding those of others. -| +| stage n. a degree of advancement in any pursuit +| or of progress toward an end or result. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |advancing | Definition: @@ -1274,20 +1091,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|advantaged | Definition: -| advantaged imp. & p. p. of advantage -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |advantages | Definition: | reciprocity n. reciprocal advantages obligations | or rights; reciprocation. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adversaries | Definition: -| adversaries pl. of adversary -| +|adventure | Definition: +| wage v. t. to adventure or lay out for hire or +| reward; to hire out. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|adventurers | Definition: +| buccaneer n. a robber upon the sea; a pirate; +| -- a term applied especially to the piratical +| adventurers who made depredations on the spaniards +| in america in the 17th and 18th centuries. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|adventures | Definition: +| romance n. a species of fictitious writing originally +| composed in meter in the romance dialects and +| afterward in prose such as the tales of the +| court of arthur and of amadis of gaul; hence +| any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of +| novel especially one which treats of surprising +| adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; +| a tale of extravagant adventures of love and +| the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |adversary | Definition: @@ -1297,20 +1129,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|adverse | Definition: -| stricture n. a touch of adverse criticism; censure. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|adversity | Definition: -| moderation n. calmness of mind; equanimity; as -| to bear adversity with moderation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|advertised | Definition: -| advertised imp. & p. p. of advertise -| +|adverted | Definition: +| advert v. i. to turn the mind or attention; to +| refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; +| as he adverted to what was said. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |advice | Definition: @@ -1318,6 +1141,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|advisable | Definition: +| counselable a. suitable to be advised; advisable +| wise. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |advise | Definition: | rede v. t. to advise or counsel. | @@ -1330,15 +1158,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|advocate | Definition: -| understand v. t. to have just and adequate ideas -| of; to apprehended the meaning or intention -| of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to -| know; as to understand a problem in euclid; -| to understand a proposition or a declaration; -| the court understands the advocate or his argument; -| to understand the sacred oracles; to understand -| a nod or a wink. +|advisedly | Definition: +| advisedly adv. with deliberate purpose; purposely; +| by design. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|adviser | Definition: +| dehorter n. a dissuader; an adviser to the contrary. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|advisers | Definition: +| camarilla n. a company of secret and irresponsible +| advisers as of a king; a cabal or clique. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |afar | Definition: @@ -1346,6 +1179,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|affability | Definition: +| inaffability n. want of affability or sociability; +| reticence. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |affable | Definition: | suavify v. t. to make affable or suave. | @@ -1366,14 +1204,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|affect | Definition: -| world n. individual experience of or concern with -| life; course of life; sum of the affairs which -| affect the individual; as to begin the world -| with no property; to lose all and begin the -| world anew. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |affected | Definition: | wonder v. i. to be affected with surprise or admiration; | to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; @@ -1393,17 +1223,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to be eager. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|affections | Definition: -| worldly a. pertaining to this world or life in -| contradistinction from the life to come; secular; -| temporal; devoted to this life and its enjoyments; -| bent on gain; as worldly pleasures affections -| honor lusts men. +|affectionate | Definition: +| turtledove n. any one of numerous species of pigeons +| belonging to turtur and allied genera native +| of various parts of the old world; especially +| the common european species (turtur vulgaris) +| which is noted for its plaintive note affectionate +| disposition and devotion to its mate. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|affectionately | Definition: +| fond superl. loving; much pleased; affectionately +| regardful indulgent or desirous; longing or +| yearning; -- followed by of (formerly also +| by on). |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|affict | Definition: -| impest v. t. to affict with pestilence; to infect -| as with plague. +|affianced | Definition: +| intended n. one with whom marriage is designed; +| one who is betrothed; an affianced lover. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |affinity | Definition: @@ -1414,34 +1254,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|affirm | Definition: -| testify v. t. to bear witness to; to support the -| truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare -| solemny. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|affirmation | Definition: -| yes adv. ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation -| or consent; -- opposed to no. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|affirmed | Definition: -| trilemma n. a syllogism with three conditional -| propositions the major premises of which are -| disjunctively affirmed in the minor. see dilemma. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|affirming | Definition: -| protest v. t. to call as a witness in affirming -| or denying or to prove an affirmation; to appeal -| to. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|afflict | Definition: -| wring v. t. to subject to extortion; to afflict -| or oppress in order to enforce compliance. +|affirmative | Definition: +| yea adv. yes; ay; a word expressing assent or +| an affirmative or an affirmative answer to +| a question now superseded by yes. see yes. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -1458,13 +1274,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | called also rachitis. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|afflicting | Definition: -| enzootic a. afflicting animals; -- used of a disease -| affecting the animals of a district. it corresponds -| to an endemic disease among men. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |affliction | Definition: | wretched a. very miserable; sunk in or accompanied | by deep affliction or distress as from want @@ -1472,21 +1281,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | afflicting. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|afflictions | Definition: -| ultimately adv. as a final consequence; at last; -| in the end; as afflictions often tend to correct -| immoral habits and ultimately prove blessings. +|affluent | Definition: +| inopulent a. not opulent; not affluent or rich. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|affording | Definition: -| zinciferous a. containing or affording zinc. -| +|afford | Definition: +| wineberry n. a peculiar new zealand shrub (coriaria +| ruscifolia) in which the petals ripen and afford +| an abundant purple juice from which a kind +| of wine is made. the plant also grows in chili. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|affrighted | Definition: -| affrighted imp. & p. p. of affright -| +|afforded | Definition: +| screen n. a surface as that afforded by a curtain +| sheet wall etc. upon which an image as a picture +| is thrown by a magic lantern solar microscope +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |affront | Definition: @@ -1496,13 +1308,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | man. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|affronts | Definition: -| feud n. a combination of kindred to avenge injuries -| or affronts done or offered to any of their -| blood on the offender and all his race. +|afire | Definition: +| afire adv. & a. on fire. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|afoot | Definition: +| afoot adv. fig.: in motion; in action; astir; +| in progress. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|afore | Definition: +| fore prep. before; -- sometimes written 'fore +| as if a contraction of afore or before. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|aforehand | Definition: +| aforehand a. prepared; previously provided; -- +| opposed to behindhand. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |aforesaid | Definition: | ditto n. the aforesaid thing; the same (as before). | often contracted to do. or to two >turned @@ -1518,13 +1343,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | from company. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|africa | Definition: -| zulus n. pl. the most important tribe belonging -| to the kaffir race. they inhabit a region on -| the southeast coast of africa but formerly -| occupied a much more extensive country. they -| are noted for their warlike disposition courage -| and military skill. +|afresh | Definition: +| afresh adv. anew; again; once more; newly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|african | Definition: +| zorilla n. either one of two species of small +| african carnivores of the genus ictonyx allied +| to the weasels and skunks. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |afternoon | Definition: @@ -1534,12 +1362,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|afterward | Definition: -| vodanium n. a supposed element afterward found -| to be a mixture of several metals as copper -| iron lead nickel etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |afterwards | Definition: | waywode n. originally the title of a military | commander in various slavonic countries; afterwards @@ -1551,34 +1373,89 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|agate | Definition: -| sardachate n. a variety of agate containing sard. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |aged | Definition: | senior n. an aged person; an older. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|agents | Definition: -| voluntary v. t. of or pertaining to the will; -| subject to or regulated by the will; as the -| voluntary motions of an animal such as the -| movements of the leg or arm (in distinction -| from involuntary motions such as the movements -| of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers -| which are the agents in voluntary motion. -| +|agen | Definition: +| agen adv. & prep. see again. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ages | Definition: -| yuga n. any one of the four ages krita or satya -| treta dwapara and kali into which the hindoos -| divide the duration or existence of the world. +|agency | Definition: +| virtual a. having the power of acting or of invisible +| efficacy without the agency of the material +| or sensible part; potential; energizing. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|agent | Definition: +| voltaism n. that form of electricity which is +| developed by the chemical action between metals +| and different liquids; voltaic electricity; +| also the science which treats of this form +| of electricity; -- called also galvanism from +| galvani on account of his experiments showing +| the remarkable influence of this agent on animals. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|aggravated | Definition: +| extremity n. the utmost point; highest degree; +| most aggravated or intense form. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|aggravating | Definition: +| aggravation n. the act of aggravating or making +| worse; -- used of evils natural or moral; the +| act of increasing in severity or heinousness; +| something additional to a crime or wrong and +| enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|aggravation | Definition: +| aggravation n. provocation; irritation. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|aghast | Definition: +| aghast a & p. p. terrified; struck with amazement; +| showing signs of terror or horror. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|agitated | Definition: +| tumultuous a. agitated as with conflicting passions; +| disturbed. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|agitation | Definition: +| twittering n. a slight nervous excitement or agitation +| such as is caused by desire expectation or +| suspense. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|agonies | Definition: +| agonies pl. of agony +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|agonizing | Definition: +| melodrama n. formerly a kind of drama having a +| musical accompaniment to intensify the effect +| of certain scenes. now a drama abounding in +| romantic sentiment and agonizing situations +| with a musical accompaniment only in parts +| which are especially thrilling or pathetic. +| in opera a passage in which the orchestra plays +| a somewhat descriptive accompaniment while +| the actor speaks; as the melodrama in the gravedigging +| scene of beethoven's fidelio. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |agony | Definition: | yell v. i. to cry out or shriek with a hideous | noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. @@ -1594,11 +1471,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |agreeable | Definition: -| undue a. not agreeable to a rule or standard or -| to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; -| inordinate; as an undue attachment to forms; -| an undue rigor in the execution of law. -| +| veritable a. agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; +| real; true; genuine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |agreeably | Definition: @@ -1633,20 +1507,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | days (see bissextile). |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|agrees | Definition: -| zeugma n. a figure by which an adjective or verb -| which agrees with a nearer word is by way of -| supplement referred also to another more remote; -| as >hic illius arma hic currus fuit; > where -| fuit which agrees directly with currus is referred -| also to arma. +|ague | Definition: +| quotidian n. anything returning daily; especially +| (med.) an intermittent fever or ague which +| returns every day. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|aground | Definition: -| neaped a. left aground on the height of a spring -| tide so that it will not float till the next -| spring tide; -- called also beneaped. -| +|aguish | Definition: +| aguish a. productive of or affected by ague; as +| the aguish districts of england. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ah | Definition: @@ -1661,6 +1531,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|ahead | Definition: +| spill n. one of the thick laths or poles driven +| horizontally ahead of the main timbering in +| advancing a level in loose ground. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ahoy | Definition: +| ahoy interj. a term used in hailing; as ship ahoy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |aid | Definition: | withdraw v. t. to take back or away as what has | been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to @@ -1676,31 +1558,62 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ailed | Definition: -| ailed imp. & p. p. of ail +|aids | Definition: +| traitor n. one who violates his allegiance and +| betrays his country; one guilty of treason; +| one who in breach of trust delivers his country +| to an enemy or yields up any fort or place +| intrusted to his defense or surrenders an army +| or body of troops to the enemy unless when +| vanquished; also one who takes arms and levies +| war against his country; or one who aids an +| enemy in conquering his country. see treason. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |aim | Definition: -| utilitarianism n. the doctrine that the greatest -| happiness of the greatest number should be -| the end and aim of all social and political -| institutions. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|akin | Definition: -| sere a. [oe. seer as. sear (assumed) fr. searian -| to wither; akin to d. zoor dry lg. soor ohg. -| sor/n to to wither gr. a >y`ein to parch to -| dry skr. /ush (for sush) to dry to wither zend -| hush to dry. �152. cf. austere sorrel a.] dry; -| withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. -| +| view n. that which is looked towards or kept in +| sight as object aim intention purpose design; +| as he did it with a view of escaping. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|alabaster | Definition: -| fengite n. a kind of marble or alabaster sometimes -| used for windows on account of its transparency. -| +|aiming | Definition: +| studious a. earnest in endeavors; aiming sedulously; +| attentive; observant; diligent; -- usually +| followed by an infinitive or by of; as be studious +| to please; studious to find new friends and +| allies. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|airing | Definition: +| airing n. an exposure to air or to a fire for +| warming drying etc.; as the airing of linen +| or of a room. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|airless | Definition: +| airless a. not open to a free current of air; +| wanting fresh air or communication with the +| open air. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|airy | Definition: +| spirit n. tenuous volatile airy or vapory substance +| possessed of active qualities. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ajar | Definition: +| ajar adv. in a state of discord; out of harmony; +| as he is ajar with the world. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|akimbo | Definition: +| akimbo a. with a crook or bend; with the hand +| on the hip and elbow turned outward. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |alarm | Definition: @@ -1716,41 +1629,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | all the neiborhood. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|alarms | Definition: -| alarmist n. one prone to sound or excite alarms -| especially needless alarms. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|alas | Definition: -| alas interj. an exclamation expressive of sorrow -| pity or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers -| sometimes followed by day or white; alas the -| day like alack a day or alas the white. -| +|alarming | Definition: +| thunder n. an alarming or statrling threat or +| denunciation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|albeit | Definition: -| albeit conj. even though; although; notwithstanding. -| +|alder | Definition: +| aller a. same as alder of all. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|aleph | Definition: -| a the first letter of the english and of many -| other alphabets. the capital a of the alphabets -| of middle and western europe as also the small -| letter (a) besides the forms in italic black -| letter etc. are all descended from the old -| latin a which was borrowed from the greek alpha -| of the same form; and this was made from the -| first letter (/) of the phoenician alphabet -| the equivalent of the hebrew aleph and itself -| from the egyptian origin. the aleph was a consonant -| letter with a guttural breath sound that was -| not an element of greek articulation; and the -| greeks took it to represent their vowel alpha -| with the a sound the phoenician alphabet having -| no vowel symbols. +|ale | Definition: +| wassail n. the liquor used for a wassail; esp. +| a beverage formerly much used in england at +| christmas and other festivals made of ale (or +| wine) flavored with spices sugar toast roasted +| apples etc.; -- called also lamb's wool. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |alexander | Definition: @@ -1758,50 +1653,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the river. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|alexandria | Definition: -| theurgy n. a kind of magical science or art developed -| in alexandria among the neoplatonists and supposed -| to enable man to influence the will of the -| gods by means of purification and other sacramental -| rites. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|alias | Definition: -| alias adv. otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term -| used in legal proceedings to connect the different -| names of any one who has gone by two or more -| and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; -| as smith alias simpson. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|alien | Definition: -| naturalization n. 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. -| +|alienate | Definition: +| wean a. hence to detach or alienate the affections +| of from any object of desire; to reconcile +| to the want or loss of anything. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|alienated | Definition: -| sanctification n. the act of god's grace by which -| the affections of men are purified or alienated -| from sin and the world and exalted to a supreme -| love to god; also the state of being thus purified -| or sanctified. +|alight | Definition: +| perch v. i. to alight or settle as a bird; to +| sit or roost. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|aliens | Definition: -| poundage n. a subsidy of twelve pence in the pound -| formerly granted to the crown on all goods -| exported or imported and if by aliens more. -| +|alighted | Definition: +| alighted imp. & p. p. of alight +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|alike | Definition: -| unisonant a. being in unison; having the same -| degree of gravity or acuteness; sounded alike -| in pitch. +|alighting | Definition: +| alighting p. pr. & vb. n. of alight +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |alive | Definition: @@ -1813,92 +1684,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|allay | Definition: -| tranquillize v. t. to render tranquil; to allay -| when agitated; to compose; to make calm and -| peaceful; as to tranquilize a state disturbed -| by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize -| the mind. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|allege | Definition: -| stultify v. t. to allege or prove to be of unsound -| mind so that the performance of some act may -| be avoided. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|alleged | Definition: -| unbelieving a. believing the thing alleged no -| to be true; disbelieving; especially believing -| that bible is not a divine revelation or that -| christ was not a divine or a supernatural person. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|alleges | Definition: -| plea n. that which is alleged by a party in support -| of his cause; in a stricter sense an allegation -| of fact in a cause as distinguished from a -| demurrer; in a still more limited sense and -| in modern practice the defendant's answer to -| the plaintiff's declaration and demand. that -| which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration -| is answered and repelled or justified by the -| defendant's plea. in chancery practice a plea -| is a special answer showing or relying upon -| one or more things as a cause why the suit -| should be either dismissed delayed or barred. -| in criminal practice the plea is the defendant's -| formal answer to the indictment or information -| presented against him. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|allegiance | Definition: -| unfaithful a. not faithful; not observant of promises -| vows allegiance or duty; violating trust or -| confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as an -| unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or -| servant. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|alleging | Definition: -| estoppel n. a stop; an obstruction or bar to one's -| alleging or denying a fact contrary to his -| own previous action allegation or denial; an -| admission by words or conduct which induces -| another to purchase rights against which the -| party making such admission can not take a -| position inconsistent with the admission. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|allegories | Definition: -| anagoge n. the spiritual meaning or application; -| esp. the application of the types and allegories -| of the old testament to subjects of the new. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|allegory | Definition: -| allegory n. a figure representation which has -| a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by -| the object painted or sculptured. +|alleviated | Definition: +| alleviated imp. & p. p. of alleviate | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|alleluia | Definition: -| tract v. verses of scripture sung at mass instead -| of the alleluia from septuagesima sunday till -| the saturday befor easter; -- so called because -| sung tractim or without a break by one voice -| instead of by many as in the antiphons. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|alliance | Definition: -| with prep. to denote a connection of friendship -| support alliance assistance countenance etc.; -| hence on the side of. +|alley | Definition: +| mews n. sing. & pl. an alley where there are stables; +| a narrow passage; a confined place. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |allied | Definition: @@ -1929,14 +1723,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|allowable | Definition: -| allowable a. proper to be or capable of being -| allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; -| not unlawful or improper; as a certain degree -| of freedom is allowable among friends. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |allowance | Definition: | viaticum n. an allowance for traveling expenses | made to those who were sent into the provinces @@ -1945,33 +1731,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |allowed | Definition: -| triverbial a. pertaining to or designating certain -| days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes -| when be might speak the three characteristic -| words of his office do dico addico. they were -| called dies fasti. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|allowing | Definition: -| wine n. the expressed juice of grapes esp. when -| fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from -| grapes by squeezing out their juice and (usually) -| allowing it to ferment. -| +| unheard a. not granted an audience or a hearing; +| not allowed to speak; not having made a defense +| or stated one's side of a question; disregarded; +| unheeded; as to condem/ a man unheard. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|allude | Definition: -| hint v. i. to make an indirect reference suggestion -| or allusion; to allude vaguely to something. -| +|alloy | Definition: +| wood's metal a fusible alloy consisting of one +| or two parts of cadmium two parts of tin four +| of lead with seven or eight part of bismuth. +| it melts at from 66¡ to 71¡ c. see fusible +| metal under fusible. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|alludes | Definition: -| runner n. a food fish (elagatis pinnulatus) of -| florida and the west indies; -- called also -| skipjack shoemaker and yellowtail. the name -| alludes to its rapid successive leaps from -| the water. +|alluded | Definition: +| that pron. a. conj. & as a relative pronoun that +| is equivalent to who or which serving to point +| out and make definite a person or thing spoken +| of or alluded to before and may be either singular +| or plural. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |alluding | Definition: @@ -1980,25 +1760,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|allure | Definition: -| win a. to allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; -| to gain or obtain as by solicitation or courtship. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|allurements | Definition: -| earth n. worldly things as opposed to spiritual -| things; the pursuits interests and allurements -| of this life. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|alluring | Definition: -| meretricious a. resembling the arts of a harlot; -| alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully -| ornamental; tawdry; as meretricious dress or -| ornaments. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |allusion | Definition: | washerwoman n. the pied wagtail; -- so called | in allusion to its beating the water with its @@ -2006,22 +1767,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | plants. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|almighty | Definition: -| omnipotency n. the state of being omnipotent; -| almighty power; hence one who is omnipotent; -| the deity. +|ally | Definition: +| relate v. t. to ally by connection or kindred. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|almond | Definition: -| sweep n. the almond furnace. -| +|almanac | Definition: +| dog days a period of from four to six weeks in +| the summer variously placed by almanac makers +| between the early part of july and the early +| part of september; canicular days; -- so called +| in reference to the rising in ancient times +| of the dog star (sirius) with the sun. popularly +| the sultry close part of the summer. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|almonds | Definition: -| tonsil n. one of the two glandular organs situated -| in the throat at the sides of the fauces. the -| tonsils are sometimes called the almonds from -| their shape. +|almighty | Definition: +| omnipotency n. the state of being omnipotent; +| almighty power; hence one who is omnipotent; +| the deity. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |almost | Definition: @@ -2030,25 +1795,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|alms | Definition: -| sportulary a. subsisting on alms or charitable -| contributions. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|almsgiving | Definition: -| twopence n. a small coin and money of account -| in england equivalent to two pennies -- minted -| to a fixed annual amount for almsgiving by -| the sovereign on maundy thursday. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|aloes | Definition: -| picra n. the powder of aloes with canella formerly -| officinal employed as a cathartic. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |alone | Definition: | yourself pron. an emphasized or reflexive form | of the pronoun of the second person; -- used @@ -2058,6 +1804,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | have injured yourself. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|alongside | Definition: +| wharf n. a structure or platform of timber masonry +| iron earth or other material built on the shore +| of a harbor river canal or the like and usually +| extending from the shore to deep water so that +| vessels may lie close alongside to receive +| and discharge cargo passengers etc.; a quay; +| a pier. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |aloud | Definition: | read v. i. to perform the act of reading; to peruse | or to go over and utter aloud the words of @@ -2065,12 +1821,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|alpha | Definition: -| lyra n. a northern constellation the harp containing -| a white star of the first magnitude called -| alpha lyrae or vega. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |alphabet | Definition: | ywis adv. certainly; most likely; truly; probably. | z () z the twenty-sixth and last letter of @@ -2086,25 +1836,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |altar | Definition: -| tripod n. any utensil or vessel as a stool table -| altar caldron etc. supported on three feet. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|altars | Definition: -| shittah tree n. a tree that furnished the precious -| wood of which the ark tables altars boards -| etc. of the jewish tabernacle were made; -- -| now believed to have been the wood of the acacia -| seyal which is hard fine grained and yellowish -| brown in color. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|alter | Definition: -| wind v. t. to have complete control over; to turn -| and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter -| or will; to regulate; to govern. -| +| veil n. a covering for a person or thing; as a +| nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |alteration | Definition: @@ -2119,6 +1853,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in a mezzotint. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|altercation | Definition: +| tiff n. a fit of anger or peevishness; a slight +| altercation or contention. see tift. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |altered | Definition: | weathered a. having the surface altered in color | texture or composition or the edges rounded @@ -2126,6 +1866,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|altering | Definition: +| weathering n. the action of the elements on a +| rock in altering its color texture or composition +| or in rounding off its edges. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|alternate | Definition: +| zooid n. an animal in one of its inferior stages +| of development as one of the intermediate forms +| in alternate generation. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|alternately | Definition: +| vibration n. a limited reciprocating motion of +| a particle of an elastic body or medium in +| alternately opposite directions from its position +| of equilibrium when that equilibrium has been +| disturbed as when a stretched cord or other +| body produces musical notes or particles of +| air transmit sounds to the ear. the path of +| the particle may be in a straight line in a +| circular arc or in any curve whatever. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |although | Definition: | trumpet n. a wind instrument of great antiquity | much used in war and military exercises and @@ -2154,9 +1921,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|amain | Definition: -| amain v. i. to lower the topsail in token of surrender; -| to yield. +|amalgamation | Definition: +| miscegenation n. a mixing of races; amalgamation +| as by intermarriage of black and white. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|amateur | Definition: +| corinthian a. of or pertaining to an amateur sailor +| or yachtsman; as a corinthian race (one in +| which the contesting yachts must be manned +| by amateurs.) |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |amazed | Definition: @@ -2181,67 +1956,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ambassador | Definition: -| receive v. t. to give admittance to; to permit -| to enter as into one's house presence company -| and the like; as to receive a lodger visitor -| ambassador messenger etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ambassadors | Definition: -| excellency n. a title of honor given to certain -| high dignitaries esp. to viceroys ministers -| and ambassadors to english colonial governors -| etc. it was formerly sometimes given to kings -| and princes. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|amber | Definition: -| yellowish a. somewhat yellow; as amber is of a -| yellowish color. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ambiguity | Definition: -| perplex a. to embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; -| to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity -| suspense or anxiety. +|amazing | Definition: +| stunner n. something striking or amazing in quality; +| something of extraordinary excellence. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ambition | Definition: -| spirit v. t. to animate with vigor; to excite; -| to encourage; to inspirit; as civil dissensions -| often spirit the ambition of private men; -- -| sometimes followed by up. +|ambled | Definition: +| ambled imp. & p. p. of amble | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ambitious | Definition: -| transcendentalism n. ambitious and imaginative -| vagueness in thought imagery or diction. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ambitiously | Definition: -| trancscendental a. vaguely and ambitiously extravagant -| in speculation imagery or diction. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ambrose | Definition: -| ambrosin n. an early coin struck by the dukes -| of milan and bearing the figure of st. ambrose -| on horseback. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |ambush | Definition: -| insidiate v. t. to lie in ambush for. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ambushment | Definition: -| ambushment v. t. an ambush. -| +| lay v. t. to prepare; to make ready; to contrive; +| to provide; as to lay a snare an ambush or +| a plan. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |amen | Definition: @@ -2249,50 +1978,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|amend | Definition: -| reform v. i. to return to a good state; to amend -| or correct one's own character or habits; as -| a man of settled habits of vice will seldom -| reform. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|amended | Definition: -| relapse v. i. to slide or turn back into a former -| state or practice; to fall back from some condition -| attained; -- generally in a bad sense as from -| a state of convalescence or amended condition; -| as to relapse into a stupor into vice or into -| barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as -| to relapse into slumber after being disturbed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|amendment | Definition: -| rider n. an addition or amendment to a manuscript -| or other document which is attached on a separate -| piece of paper; in legislative practice an -| additional clause annexed to a bill while in -| course of passage; something extra or burdensome -| that is imposed. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|amends | Definition: -| satisfactory a. making amends indemnification -| or recompense; causing to cease from claims -| and to rest content; compensating; atoning; -| as to make satisfactory compensation or a satisfactory -| apology. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|amethyst | Definition: -| corundum n. the earth alumina as found native -| in a crystalline state including sapphire which -| is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby -| or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst or purple -| sapphire; and adamantine spar the hair-brown -| variety. it is the hardest substance found -| native next to the diamond. -| +|amenities | Definition: +| amenities pl. of amenity |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |amiable | Definition: @@ -2301,8 +1988,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|amiably | Definition: +| amiably adv. in an amiable manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |amidst | Definition: -| amidst prep. alt. of amid +| anadiplosis n. a repetition of the last word or +| any prominent word in a sentence or clause +| at the beginning of the next with an adjunct +| idea; as >he retained his virtues amidst all +| his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence +| could foresee or prevent. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |amiss | Definition: @@ -2311,80 +2009,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or money. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|amity | Definition: -| quarrel n. a breach of concord amity or obligation; -| a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; -| an antagonism in opinion feeling or conduct; -| esp. an angry dispute contest or strife; a -| brawl; an altercation; as he had a quarrel -| with his father about expenses. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|amma | Definition: -| amma n. an abbes or spiritual mother. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ammon | Definition: -| argali n. a species of wild sheep (ovis ammon -| or o. argali) remarkable for its large horns. -| it inhabits the mountains of siberia and central -| asia. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ammonite | Definition: -| turrilite n. any fossil ammonite of the genus -| turrilites. the shell forms an open spiral -| with the later whorls separate. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ammonites | Definition: -| tetrabranchiata n. pl. an order of cephalopoda -| having four gills. among living species it -| includes only the pearly nautilus. numerous -| genera and species are found in the fossil -| state such as ammonites baculites orthoceras -| etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ammunition | Definition: -| sabot n. a thick circular disk of wood to which -| the cartridge bag and projectile are attached -| in fixed ammunition for cannon; also a piece -| of soft metal attached to a projectile to take -| the groove of the rifling. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |amongst | Definition: -| among prep. alt. of amongst -| +| amongst prep. expressing a relation of dispersion +| distribution etc.; also a relation of reciprocal +| action. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|amorous | Definition: -| toy v. t. amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. +|amphibious | Definition: +| hippopotamus n. a large amphibious herbivorous +| mammal (hippopotamus amphibius) common in the +| rivers of africa. it is allied to the hogs +| and has a very thick naked skin a thick and +| square head a very large muzzle small eyes +| and ears thick and heavy body and short legs. +| it is supposed to be the behemoth of the bible. +| called also zeekoe and river horse. a smaller +| species (h. liberiencis) inhabits western africa. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|amounted | Definition: -| receipt n. that which is received; that which -| comes in in distinction from what is expended -| paid out sent away and the like; -- usually -| in the plural; as the receipts amounted to -| a thousand dollars. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|amounting | Definition: -| sedition n. the raising of commotion in a state -| not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending -| to treason but without an overt act; excitement -| of discontent against the government or of -| resistance to lawful authority. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |ample | Definition: | sustenance n. that which supports life; food; | victuals; provisions; means of living; as the @@ -2392,27 +2035,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ana | Definition: -| ana adv. of each; an equal quantity; as wine and -| honey ana (or contracted aa) / ij. that is -| of wine and honey each two ounces. -| +|amply | Definition: +| amply adv. in an ample manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|anan | Definition: -| anan interj. an expression equivalent to what -| did you say? sir? eh? +|amused | Definition: +| amused a. expressing amusement; as an amused look. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|anathema | Definition: -| maranatha n. our lord cometh; -- an expression -| used by st. paul at the conclusion of his first -| epistle to the corinthians (xvi. 22). this -| word has been used in anathematizing persons -| for great crimes; as much as to say may the -| lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy -| crimes. see anathema maranatha under anathema. -| +|amusement | Definition: +| yarn n. a story told by a sailor for the amusement +| of his companions; a story or tale; as to spin +| a yarn. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|anatomy | Definition: +| zootomy n. the dissection or the anatomy of animals; +| -- distinguished from androtomy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ancestor | Definition: @@ -2423,9 +2065,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the heir at law. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ancestors | Definition: -| ugrian n. pl. a mongolian race ancestors of the -| finns. +|ancestral | Definition: +| revert v. i. to return wholly or in part towards +| some preexistent form; to take on the traits +| or characters of an ancestral type. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |anchor | Definition: @@ -2443,6 +2087,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|anchovy | Definition: +| anchovy pear a west indian fruit like the mango +| in taste sometimes pickled; also the tree (grias +| cauliflora) bearing this fruit. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |ancient | Definition: | zoroastrianism n. the religious system of zoroaster | the legislator and prophet of the ancient persians @@ -2453,15 +2104,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ancients | Definition: -| trona n. a native double salt consisting of a -| combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate -| na2co3.2hnaco3.2h2o occurring as a white crystalline -| fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs -| and lakes; -- called also urao and by the ancients -| nitrum. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |anew | Definition: | trans- a prefix signifying over beyond through | and through on the other side as in transalpine @@ -2475,27 +2117,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|angels | Definition: -| throne n. a high order of angels in the celestial -| hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |anger | Definition: | zounds interj. an exclamation formerly used as | an oath and an expression of anger or wonder. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|angered | Definition: -| angered imp. & p. p. of anger -| +|angle | Definition: +| welt n. in carpentry a strip of wood fastened +| over a flush seam or joint or an angle to strengthen +| it. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|anglicized | Definition: -| gaul n. the anglicized form of gallia which in -| the time of the romans included france and -| upper italy (transalpine and cisalpine gaul). +|angrily | Definition: +| snappish a. sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily +| or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -2505,26 +2141,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|anguish | Definition: -| weep v. i. formerly to express sorrow grief or -| anguish by outcry or by other manifest signs; -| in modern use to show grief or other passions -| by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ani | Definition: -| ani n. alt. of ano -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|anima | Definition: -| archeus n. the vital principle or force which -| (according to the paracelsians) presides over -| the growth and continuation of living beings; -| the anima mundi or plastic power of the old -| philosophers. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |animal | Definition: | zoopsychology n. animal psychology. | @@ -2535,16 +2151,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in zootomy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|animosities | Definition: -| animosities pl. of animosity -| +|animate | Definition: +| vivificative a. able or tending to vivify animate +| or give life; vivifying. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|anise | Definition: -| magnoliaceous a. pertaining to a natural order -| (magnoliaceae) of trees of which the magnolia -| the tulip tree and the star anise are examples. -| +|animated | Definition: +| zoetrope n. an optical toy in which figures made +| to revolve on the inside of a cylinder and +| viewed through slits in its circumference appear +| like a single figure passing through a series +| of natural motions as if animated or mechanically +| moved. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|animosity | Definition: +| inflammatory a. tending to excite anger animosity +| tumult or sedition; seditious; as inflammatory +| libels writings speeches or publications. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ankle | Definition: +| vamp n. the part of a boot or shoe above the sole +| and welt and in front of the ankle seam; an +| upper. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ankles | Definition: @@ -2554,39 +2186,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|anna | Definition: -| kali n. the black destroying goddess; -- called -| also doorga anna purna. -| +|anne | Definition: +| nanny n. a diminutive of ann or anne the proper +| name. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|annexed | Definition: -| thereby adv. annexed to that. -| +|announce | Definition: +| toll v. i. to sound or ring as a bell with strokes +| uniformly repeated at intervals as at funerals +| or in calling assemblies or to announce the +| death of a person. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|annotation | Definition: -| text n. a discourse or composition on which a -| note or commentary is written; the original -| words of an author in distinction from a paraphrase -| annotation or commentary. -| +|announced | Definition: +| proclamation n. that which is proclaimed publicly +| announced or officially declared; a published +| ordinance; as the proclamation of a king; a +| thanksgiving proclamation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|annotations | Definition: -| annotation n. a note added by way of comment or -| explanation; -- usually in the plural; as annotations -| on ancient authors or on a word or a passage. -| +|announcement | Definition: +| pronunciamento n. a proclamation or manifesto; +| a formal announcement or declaration. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|annoy | Definition: -| tirailleur n. formerly a member of an independent -| body of marksmen in the french army. they were -| used sometimes in front of the army to annoy -| the enemy sometimes in the rear to check his -| pursuit. the term is now applied to all troops -| acting as skirmishers. +|announcing | Definition: +| retire n. a call sounded on a bugle announcing +| to skirmishers that they are to retire or fall +| back. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |annoyed | Definition: @@ -2596,22 +2225,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|anoint | Definition: -| soorma n. a preparation of antimony with which -| mohammedan men anoint their eyelids. -| +|annuals | Definition: +| annueler n. a priest employed in saying annuals +| or anniversary masses. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|anointed | Definition: -| theochristic a. anointed by god. -| +|annum | Definition: +| interest n. premium paid for the use of money +| -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as interest +| at five per cent per annum on ten thousand +| dollars. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|anointing | Definition: -| unction n. the act of anointing smearing or rubbing -| with an unguent oil or ointment especially -| for medical purposes or as a symbol of consecration; -| as mercurial unction. +|anonymous | Definition: +| authentics n. a collection of the novels or new +| constitutions of justinian by an anonymous +| author; -- so called on account of its authenticity. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |answer | Definition: @@ -2621,18 +2251,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|answerable | Definition: -| underwrite v. t. to subscribe one's name to for -| insurance especially for marine insurance; -| to write one's name under or set one's name -| to as a policy of insurance for the purpose -| of becoming answerable for loss or damage on -| consideration of receiving a certain premium -| per cent; as individuals as well as companies -| may underwrite policies of insurance. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |answered | Definition: | query n. a question; an inquiry to be answered | or solved. @@ -2654,81 +2272,56 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to give evidence. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ant | Definition: -| worker n. one of the neuter or sterile individuals -| of the social ants bees and white ants. the -| workers are generally females having the sexual -| organs imperfectly developed. see ant and white -| ant under white. +|antecedents | Definition: +| homologous a. having the same relative proportion +| or value as the two antecedents or the two +| consequents of a proportion. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|antecedent | Definition: -| zymogen n. a mother substance or antecedent of -| an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to -| such substances as not being themselves actual -| ferments may by internal changes give rise -| to a ferment. +|antechamber | Definition: +| vestibule n. the porch or entrance into a house; +| a hall or antechamber next the entrance; a +| lobby; a porch; a hall. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|antecedently | Definition: -| premise n. a proposition antecedently supposed -| or proved; something previously stated or assumed -| as the basis of further argument; a condition; -| a supposition. +|anticipate | Definition: +| sane a. mentally sound; possessing a rational +| mind; having the mental faculties in such condition +| as to be able to anticipate and judge of the +| effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; +| -- said of persons. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|anti | Definition: -| anti a prefix meaning against opposite or opposed -| to contrary or in place of; -- used in composition -| in many english words. it is often shortened -| to ant-; as antacid antarctic. -| +|anticipated | Definition: +| speculation n. the act or practice of buying land +| goods shares etc. in expectation of selling +| at a higher price or of selling with the expectation +| of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading +| on anticipated fluctuations in price as distinguished +| from trading in which the profit expected is +| the difference between the retail and wholesale +| prices or the difference of price in different +| markets. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|antichrist | Definition: -| antichrist n. a denier or opponent of christ. -| specif.: a great antagonist person or power -| expected to precede christ's second coming. -| +|anticipation | Definition: +| ready-made a. made already or beforehand in anticipation +| of need; not made to order; as ready-made clothing; +| ready-made jokes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|antioch | Definition: -| paulianist n. a follower of paul of samosata a -| bishop of antioch in the third century who -| was deposed for denying the divinity of christ. +|antipodes | Definition: +| antipodes n. anything exactly opposite or contrary. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|antiochus | Definition: -| maccabees n. pl. the name given later times to -| the asmonaeans a family of jewish patriots -| who headed a religious revolt in the reign -| of antiochus iv. 168-161 b. c. which led to -| a period of freedom for israel. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|antiquity | Definition: -| trumpet n. a wind instrument of great antiquity -| much used in war and military exercises and -| of great value in the orchestra. in consists -| of a long metallic tube curved (once or twice) -| into a convenient shape and ending in a bell. -| its scale in the lower octaves is limited to -| the first natural harmonics; but there are -| modern trumpets capable by means of valves -| or pistons of producing every tone within their -| compass although at the expense of the true -| ringing quality of tone. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ants | Definition: -| worker n. one of the neuter or sterile individuals -| of the social ants bees and white ants. the -| workers are generally females having the sexual -| organs imperfectly developed. see ant and white -| ant under white. +|antwerp | Definition: +| aam n. a dutch and german measure of liquids varying +| in different cities being at amsterdam about +| 41 wine gallons at antwerp 36 1/2 at hamburg +| 38 1/4. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |anvil | Definition: @@ -2736,6 +2329,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the face and the foot. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|anxieties | Definition: +| quietism n. the system of the quietists who maintained +| that religion consists in the withdrawal of +| the mind from worldly interests and anxieties +| and its constant employment in the passive +| contemplation of god and his attributes. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |anxiety | Definition: | wretched a. very miserable; sunk in or accompanied | by deep affliction or distress as from want @@ -2751,136 +2353,106 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|anything | Definition: -| writing n. anything written or printed; anything -| expressed in characters or letters -| +|anxiously | Definition: +| jealous a. zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously +| watchful. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|anywhere | Definition: -| omnivagant a. wandering anywhere and everywhere. -| +|anybody | Definition: +| body n. a person; a human being; -- frequently +| in composition; as anybody nobody. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apace | Definition: -| apace adv. with a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|apart | Definition: -| unframe v. t. to take apart or destroy the frame -| of. +|anyhow | Definition: +| anyhow adv. in any way or manner whatever; at +| any rate; in any event. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apartments | Definition: -| wainscot n. a wooden lining or boarding of the -| walls of apartments usually made in panels. +|anyone | Definition: +| right a. that which justly belongs to one; that +| which one has a claim to possess or own; the +| interest or share which anyone has in a piece +| of property; title; claim; interest; ownership. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apes | Definition: -| troglodytes n. a genus of apes including the chimpanzee. -| +|anything | Definition: +| writing n. anything written or printed; anything +| expressed in characters or letters +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apiece | Definition: -| apiece adv. each by itself; by the single one; -| to each; as the share of each; as these melons -| cost a shilling apiece. -| +|anyways | Definition: +| anyways adv. anywise; at all. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apis | Definition: -| honeybee n. any bee of the genus apis which lives -| in communities and collects honey esp. the -| common domesticated hive bee (apis mellifica) -| the italian bee (a. ligustica) and the arabiab -| bee (a. fasciata). the two latter are by many -| entomologists considered only varieties of -| the common hive bee. each swarm of bees consists -| of a large number of workers (barren females) -| with ordinarily one queen or fertile female -| but in the swarming season several young queens -| and a number of males or drones are produced. +|anywhere | Definition: +| omnivagant a. wandering anywhere and everywhere. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apocalypse | Definition: -| preterist n. one who believes the prophecies of -| the apocalypse to have been already fulfilled. -| +|anywise | Definition: +| anywise adv. in any wise or way; at all. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apollo | Definition: -| pythonism n. the art of predicting events after -| the manner of the priestess of apollo at delphi; -| equivocal prophesying. +|apart | Definition: +| vegetative a. having relation to growth or nutrition; +| partaking of simple growth and enlargement +| of the systems of nutrition apart from the +| sensorial or distinctively animal functions; +| vegetal. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apollyon | Definition: -| apollyon n. the destroyer; -- a name used (rev. -| ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit -| answering to the hebrew abaddon. -| +|apartment | Definition: +| workroom n. any room or apartment used especially +| for labor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apostasy | Definition: -| infralapsarian n. one of that class of calvinists -| who consider the decree of election as contemplating -| the apostasy as past and the elect as being -| at the time of election in a fallen and guilty -| state; -- opposed to supralapsarian. the former -| considered the election of grace as a remedy -| for an existing evil; the latter regarded the -| fall as a part of god's original purpose in -| regard to men. +|apartments | Definition: +| wainscot n. a wooden lining or boarding of the +| walls of apartments usually made in panels. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apostate | Definition: -| renegade n. an apostate from christianity or from -| any form of religious faith. -| +|apiece | Definition: +| apiece adv. each by itself; by the single one; +| to each; as the share of each; as these melons +| cost a shilling apiece. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apostatized | Definition: -| apostatized imp. & p. p. of apostatize -| +|apologetic | Definition: +| apologetical a. defending by words or arguments; +| said or written in defense or by way of apology; +| regretfully excusing; as an apologetic essay. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apostle | Definition: -| thomean n. a member of the ancient church of christians -| established on the malabar coast of india which -| some suppose to have been originally founded -| by the apostle thomas. +|apologetically | Definition: +| apologetically adv. by way of apology. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apostles | Definition: -| tradition n. that body of doctrine and discipline -| or any article thereof supposed to have been -| put forth by christ or his apostles and not -| committed to writing. +|apology | Definition: +| excuse v. t. to relieve of an imputation by apology +| or defense; to make apology for as not seriously +| evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apostleship | Definition: -| apostleship n. the office or dignity of an apostle. +|apoplectic | Definition: +| apoplectic n. one liable to or affected with apoplexy. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apostolic | Definition: -| successionist n. a person who insists on the importance -| of a regular succession of events offices etc.; -| especially (eccl.) one who insists that apostolic -| succession alone is valid. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|apostolical | Definition: -| bull v. i. a letter edict or respect of the pope -| written in gothic characters on rough parchment -| sealed with a bulla and dated >a die incarnationis -| > i. e. >from the day of the incarnation. -| > see apostolical brief under brief. -| +|apostrophe | Definition: +| apostrophize p. pr. & vb. n. to contract by omitting +| a letter or letters; also to mark with an apostrophe +| (') or apostrophes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |apothecary | Definition: @@ -2891,11 +2463,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | chemist. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apparel | Definition: -| wardrobe v. t. a room or apartment where clothes -| are kept or wearing apparel is stored; a portable -| closet for hanging up clothes. -| +|appalled | Definition: +| appall a. to depress or discourage with fear; +| to impress with fear in such a manner that +| the mind shrinks or loses its firmness; to +| overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; +| as the sight appalled the stoutest heart. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|appalling | Definition: +| appalling a. such as to appall; as an appalling +| accident. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|apparent | Definition: +| year n. the time of the apparent revolution of +| the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied +| by the earth in making its revolution around +| the sun called the astronomical year; also +| a period more or less nearly agreeing with +| this adopted by various nations as a measure +| of time and called the civil year; as the common +| lunar year of 354 days still in use among the +| mohammedans; the year of 360 days etc. in common +| usage the year consists of 365 days and every +| fourth year (called bissextile or leap year) +| of 366 days a day being added to february on +| that year on account of the excess above 365 +| days (see bissextile). +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|apparently | Definition: +| wanion n. a word of uncertain signification used +| only in the phrase with a wanion apparently +| equivalent to with a vengeance with a plague +| or with misfortune. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |apparition | Definition: @@ -2912,12 +2515,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|appealed | Definition: -| unappealable a. not to be appealed from; -- said -| of a judge or a judgment that can not be overruled. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |appealing | Definition: | ordeal n. an ancient form of test to determine | guilt or innocence by appealing to a supernatural @@ -2954,6 +2551,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|appearances | Definition: +| phase n. that which is exhibited to the eye; the +| appearance which anything manifests especially +| any one among different and varying appearances +| of the same object. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |appeared | Definition: | whitsunday n. the seventh sunday and the fiftieth | day after easter; a festival of the church @@ -2982,35 +2586,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|appease | Definition: -| stickle v. t. to separate as combatants; hence -| to quiet to appease as disputants. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |appeased | Definition: | placable a. capable of being appeased or pacified; | ready or willing to be pacified; willing to | forgive or condone. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|appeasing | Definition: -| propitiation n. that which propitiates; atonement -| or atoning sacrifice; specifically the influence -| or effects of the death of christ in appeasing -| the divine justice and conciliating the divine -| favor. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|appertain | Definition: -| belong v. i. to be the concern or proper business -| or function of; to appertain to. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|appertained | Definition: -| appertained imp. & p. p. of appertain -| +|appendages | Definition: +| wing n. one of two corresponding appendages attached; +| a sidepiece. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |appertaining | Definition: @@ -3035,17 +2619,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|applause | Definition: -| self-applause n. applause of one's self. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|apple | Definition: -| wilding n. a wild or uncultivated plant; especially -| a wild apple tree or crab apple; also the fruit -| of such a plant. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |apples | Definition: | wherry n. a liquor made from the pulp of crab | apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- @@ -3053,10 +2626,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|applicable | Definition: -| univocal n. a generic term or a term applicable -| in the same sense to all the species it embraces. -| +|appliances | Definition: +| ordnance n. heavy weapons of warfare; cannon or +| great guns mortars and howitzers; artillery; +| sometimes a general term for all weapons and +| appliances used in war. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |applied | Definition: @@ -3085,25 +2660,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | galvanization. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|appoint | Definition: -| time v. t. to appoint the time for; to bring begin -| or perform at the proper season or time; as -| he timed his appearance rightly. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |appointed | Definition: | wreck-master n. a person appointed by law to take | charge of goods etc. thrown on shore after | a shipwreck. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|appointing | Definition: -| ordination n. the act of ordaining appointing -| or setting apart; the state of being ordained -| appointed etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |appointment | Definition: | warrant n. an official certificate of appointment | issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned @@ -3111,6 +2673,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|apportioned | Definition: +| share v. especially the part allotted or belonging +| to one of any property or interest owned by +| a number; a portion among others; an apportioned +| lot; an allotment; a dividend. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|appraised | Definition: +| purveyance n. a providing necessaries for the +| sovereign by buying them at an appraised value +| in preference to all others and oven without +| the owner's consent. this was formerly a royal +| prerogative but has long been abolished. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|appreciate | Definition: +| esteem v. t. to set a value on; to appreciate +| the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|appreciated | Definition: +| vision v. the faculty of seeing; sight; one of +| the five senses by which colors and the physical +| qualities of external objects are appreciated +| as a result of the stimulating action of light +| on the sensitive retina an expansion of the +| optic nerve. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|appreciative | Definition: +| consideration n. attentive respect; appreciative +| regard; -- used especially in diplomatic or +| stately correspondence. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |apprehend | Definition: | sensate v. t. to feel or apprehend more or less | distinctly through a sense or the senses; as @@ -3118,41 +2719,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apprehended | Definition: -| understand v. t. to have just and adequate ideas -| of; to apprehended the meaning or intention -| of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to -| know; as to understand a problem in euclid; -| to understand a proposition or a declaration; -| the court understands the advocate or his argument; -| to understand the sacred oracles; to understand -| a nod or a wink. +|apprehension | Definition: +| suspicion n. the act of suspecting; the imagination +| or apprehension of the existence of something +| (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof +| or upon very slight evidence or upon no evidence. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apprehending | Definition: -| nice superl. apprehending slight differences or -| delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately -| or minutely; carefully discriminating; as a -| nice taste or judgment. -| +|apprentice | Definition: +| turnover n. an apprentice in any trade who is +| handed over from one master to another to complete +| his time. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apprehension | Definition: -| seem a. to appear or to appear to be; to have -| a show or semblance; to present an appearance; -| to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy -| as being; to be taken as. -| +|apprenticed | Definition: +| apprenticed imp. & p. p. of apprentice +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|apprehensive | Definition: -| jealous a. disposed to suspect rivalry in matters -| of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding -| the motives of possible rivals or the fidelity -| of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear -| of rivalry in love or preference given to another; -| painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of -| husband wife or lover. +|apprenticeship | Definition: +| indenture n. a mutual agreement in writing between +| two or more parties whereof each party has +| usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes +| in the pl. a short form for indentures of apprenticeship +| the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice +| to a master. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|apprised | Definition: +| understand v. t. to be apprised or have information +| of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as +| i understand that congress has passed the bill. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |approach | Definition: @@ -3170,6 +2769,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|approaches | Definition: +| wool n. the soft and curled or crisped species +| of hair which grows on sheep and some other +| animals and which in fineness sometimes approaches +| to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat +| of the sheep which constitutes a most essential +| material of clothing in all cold and temperate +| climates. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |approaching | Definition: | whitish a. somewhat white; approaching white; | white in a moderate degree. @@ -3177,8 +2786,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |approbation | Definition: -| ratihabition n. confirmation or approbation as -| of an act or contract. +| smile v. i. the act of smiling; a peculiar change +| or brightening of the face which expresses +| pleasure moderate joy mirth approbation or +| kindness; -- opposed to frown. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|appropriate | Definition: +| wrong a. not fit or suitable to an end or object; +| not appropriate for an intended use; not according +| to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as +| to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; +| to take the wrong way. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |appropriated | Definition: @@ -3186,6 +2806,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to women. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|approval | Definition: +| uphold v. t. to aid by approval or encouragement; +| to countenance; as to uphold a person in wrongdoing. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |approve | Definition: | referendum n. the right to approve or reject by | popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature. @@ -3197,13 +2823,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of; improperly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|approves | Definition: -| admission n. declaration of the bishop that he -| approves of the presentee as a fit person to -| serve the cure of the church to which he is -| presented. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |approving | Definition: | veto n. a document or message communicating the | reasons of the executive for not officially @@ -3211,75 +2830,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | message. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|appurtenances | Definition: -| team n. a royalty or privilege granted by royal -| charter to a lord of a manor of having keeping -| and judging in his court his bondmen neifes -| and villains and their offspring or suit that -| is goods and chattels and appurtenances thereto. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|apt | Definition: -| voluble a. easily rolling or turning; easily set -| in motion; apt to roll; rotating; as voluble -| particles of matter. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|aqueduct | Definition: -| supply v. t. to fill up or keep full; to furnish -| with what is wanted; to afford or furnish with -| a sufficiency; as rivers are supplied by smaller -| streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial -| lake; -- often followed by with before the -| thing furnished; as to supply a furnace with -| fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|aquila | Definition: -| eagle n. any large rapacious bird of the falcon -| family esp. of the genera aquila and haliaeetus. -| the eagle is remarkable for strength size graceful -| figure keenness of vision and extraordinary -| flight. the most noted species are the golden -| eagle (aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle -| of europe (a. mogilnik / imperialis); the american -| bald eagle (haliaeetus leucocephalus); the -| european sea eagle (h. albicilla); and the -| great harpy eagle (thrasaetus harpyia). the -| figure of the eagle as the king of birds is -| commonly used as an heraldic emblem and also -| for standards and emblematic devices. see bald -| eagle harpy and golden eagle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ar | Definition: -| warmonger n. one who makes ar a trade or business; -| a mercenary. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ara | Definition: -| ara n. a name of the great blue and yellow macaw -| (ara ararauna) native of south america. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|arab | Definition: -| zouave n. one of an active and hardy body of soldiers -| in the french service originally arabs but -| now composed of frenchmen who wear the arab -| dress. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|arabia | Definition: -| wahabee n. a follower of abdel wahab (b. 1691; -| d. 1787) a reformer of mohammedanism. his doctrines -| prevail particularly among the bedouins and -| the sect though checked in its influence extends -| to most parts of arabia and also into india. -| +|apron | Definition: +| tire n. a child's apron covering the breast and +| having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |arabian | Definition: @@ -3291,32 +2845,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|aram | Definition: -| aramaic a. pertaining to aram or to the territory -| inhabitants language or literature of syria -| and mesopotamia; aramaean; -- specifically -| applied to the northern branch of the semitic -| family of languages including syriac and chaldee. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|arbiters | Definition: -| oversman n. an umpire; a third arbiter appointed -| when two arbiters previously selected disagree. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|arc | Definition: -| vibration n. a limited reciprocating motion of -| a particle of an elastic body or medium in -| alternately opposite directions from its position -| of equilibrium when that equilibrium has been -| disturbed as when a stretched cord or other -| body produces musical notes or particles of -| air transmit sounds to the ear. the path of -| the particle may be in a straight line in a -| circular arc or in any curve whatever. -| +|arbitrary | Definition: +| will v. arbitrary disposal; power to control dispose +| or determine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |arch | Definition: @@ -3327,27 +2858,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | arch in front. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|archaic | Definition: -| ycleped p. p. called; named; -- obsolete except -| in archaic or humorous writings. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|archangel | Definition: -| michaelmas n. the feat of the archangel michael -| a church festival celebrated on the 29th of -| september. hence colloquially autumn. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|archer | Definition: -| shooter n. one who shoots as an archer or a gunner. -| +|archbishop | Definition: +| province n. a region under the supervision or +| direction of any special person; the district +| or division of a country especially an ecclesiastical +| division over which one has jurisdiction; as +| the province of canterbury or that in which +| the archbishop of canterbury exercises ecclesiastical +| authority. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|archers | Definition: -| pannier n. a shield of basket work formerly used -| by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles. +|arches | Definition: +| viaduct n. a structure of considerable magnitude +| usually with arches or supported on trestles +| for carrying a road as a railroad high above +| the ground or water; a bridge; especially one +| for crossing a valley or a gorge. cf. trestlework. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -3359,33 +2885,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|arcturus | Definition: -| arcturus n. a fixed star of the first magnitude -| in the constellation bootes. -| +|architecture | Definition: +| tuscan a. 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 of the order. the original +| of this order was not used by the greeks but +| by the romans under the empire. see order and +| illust. of capital. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ardent | Definition: -| zealous a. filled with or characterized by zeal; -| warmly engaged or ardent in behalf of an object. -| +|archly | Definition: +| archly adv. in an arch manner; with attractive +| slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ardently | Definition: -| zealotical a. like or suitable to a zealot; ardently -| zealous. +|archway | Definition: +| tymp n. a hollow water-cooled iron casting in +| the upper part of the archway in which the +| dam stands. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|areopagite | Definition: -| areopagite n. a member of the areopagus. -| +|arena | Definition: +| podium n. the dwarf wall surrounding the arena +| of an amphitheater from the top of which the +| seats began. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|areopagus | Definition: -| areopagus n. the highest judicial court at athens. -| its sessions were held on mars' hill. hence -| any high court or tribunal -| +|argue | Definition: +| threap v. t. to maintain obstinately against denial +| or contradiction; also to contend or argue +| against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; +| as he threaped me down that it was so. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |argued | Definition: @@ -3393,10 +2927,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|argues | Definition: -| pleader n. one who pleads; one who argues for -| or against; an advotate. -| +|arguing | Definition: +| schesis n. a figure of speech whereby the mental +| habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned +| for the purpose of arguing against him. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |argument | Definition: @@ -3405,21 +2940,38 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | his only weapon. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|argumentation | Definition: +| disputation v. i. the act of disputing; a reasoning +| or argumentation in opposition to something +| or on opposite sides; controversy in words; +| verbal contest respecting the truth of some +| fact opinion proposition or argument. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|argumentative | Definition: +| forensic n. an exercise in debate; a forensic +| contest; an argumentative thesis. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |arguments | Definition: | view n. mental survey; intellectual perception | or examination; as a just view of the arguments | or facts in a case. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ariel | Definition: -| ariel alt. of ariel gazelle -| +|argus | Definition: +| argus shell a species of shell (cypraea argus) +| beautifully variegated with spots resembling +| those in a peacock's tail. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|aright | Definition: -| aright adv. rightly; correctly; in a right way -| or form; without mistake or crime; as to worship -| god aright. +|arid | Definition: +| aridity n. the state or quality of being arid +| or without moisture; dryness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |arise | Definition: @@ -3430,6 +2982,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | diverse in form. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|arisen | Definition: +| quasi as if; as though; as it were; in a manner +| sense or degree; having some resemblance to; +| qualified; -- used as an adjective or a prefix +| with a noun or an adjective; as a quasi contract +| an implied contract an obligation which has +| arisen from some act as if from a contract; +| a quasi corporation a body that has some but +| not all of the peculiar attributes of a corporation; +| a quasi argument that which resembles or is +| used as an argument; quasi historical apparently +| historical seeming to be historical. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |arising | Definition: | warrandice n. the obligation by which a person | conveying a subject or a right is bound to @@ -3439,13 +3006,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|arius | Definition: -| arian a. pertaining to arius a presbyter of the -| church of alexandria in the fourth century -| or to the doctrines of arius who held christ -| to be inferior to god the father in nature -| and dignity though the first and noblest of -| all created beings. +|aristocratic | Definition: +| nobility n. those who are noble; the collictive +| body of nobles or titled persons in a stste; +| the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; +| as the english nobility. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|arithmetic | Definition: +| teach v. t. to impart the knowledge of; to give +| intelligence concerning; to impart as knowledge +| before unknown or rules for practice; to inculcate +| as true or important; to exhibit impressively; +| as to teach arithmetic dancing music or the +| like; to teach morals. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ark | Definition: @@ -3462,43 +3037,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the shaft. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|armed | Definition: -| yager n. in the german army one belonging to a -| body of light infantry armed with rifles resembling -| the chasseur of the french army. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|armenia | Definition: -| paulician n. one of a sect of christian dualists -| originating in armenia in the seventh century. -| they rejected the old testament and the part -| of the new. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|armenians | Definition: -| catholicos n. the spiritual head of the armenian -| church who resides at etchmiadzin russia and -| has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over and consecrates -| the holy oil for the armenians of russia turkey -| and persia including the patriarchs of constantinople -| jerusalem and sis. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|armies | Definition: -| uhlan n. one of a kind of light cavalry of tartaric -| origin first introduced into european armies -| in poland. they are armed with lances pistols -| and sabers and are employed chiefly as skirmishers. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|armpit | Definition: -| moton n. a small plate covering the armpit in -| armor of the 14th century and later. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |arms | Definition: | wing n. one of the two anterior limbs of a bird | pterodactyl or bat. they correspond to the @@ -3509,19 +3047,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|army | Definition: -| zouave n. hence one of a body of soldiers who -| adopt the dress and drill of the zouaves as -| was done by a number of volunteer regiments -| in the army of the united states in the civil -| war 1861-65. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|aromatical | Definition: -| aromatic a. alt. of aromatical -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |arose | Definition: | whiteboy a. one of an association of poor roman | catholics which arose in ireland about 1760 @@ -3531,21 +3056,76 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|aroused | Definition: +| stolid a. hopelessly insensible or stupid; not +| easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; +| foolish. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|arrange | Definition: +| wrap v. t. to wind or fold together; to arrange +| in folds. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|arranged | Definition: +| whorled a. furnished with whorls; arranged in +| the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; +| as whorled leaves. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|arrangement | Definition: +| waterfall n. an arrangement of a woman's back +| hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance +| to a waterfall. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|arrangements | Definition: +| variation n. one of the different arrangements +| which can be made of any number of quantities +| taking a certain number of them together. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|arranging | Definition: +| trim v. t. to adjust as a ship by arranging the +| cargo or disposing the weight of persons or +| goods so equally on each side of the center +| and at each end that she shall sit well on +| the water and sail well; as to trim a ship +| or a boat. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |array | Definition: | weaponry n. weapons collectively; as an array | of weaponry. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|arrayed | Definition: -| unmorrised a. not arrayed in the dress of a morris -| dancer. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |arraying | Definition: | arraying p. pr. & vb. n. of array | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|arrest | Definition: +| watchhouse n. a place where persons under temporary +| arrest by the police of a city are kept; a +| police station; a lockup. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|arrested | Definition: +| jerk v. t. to throw with a quick and suddenly +| arrested motion of the hand; as to jerk a stone. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|arrival | Definition: +| wait v. i. to stay or rest in expectation; to +| stop or remain stationary till the arrival +| of some person or event; to rest in patience; +| to stay; not to depart. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |arrive | Definition: | tautochrone n. a curved line such that a heavy | body descending along it by the action of gravity @@ -3564,13 +3144,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a young fawn. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|arrives | Definition: -| hypothecation n. a contract whereby in consideration -| of money advanced for the necessities of the -| ship the vessel freight or cargo is made liable -| for its repayment provided the ship arrives -| in safety. it is usually effected by a bottomry -| bond. see bottomry. +|arriving | Definition: +| quarantine n. specifically the term originally +| of forty days during which a ship arriving +| in port and suspected of being infected a malignant +| contagious disease is obliged to forbear all +| intercourse with the shore; hence such restraint +| or inhibition of intercourse; also the place +| where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |arrogance | Definition: @@ -3580,24 +3162,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|arrogancy | Definition: -| arrogancy n. arrogance. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|arrogant | Definition: -| unassuming a. not assuming; not bold or forward; -| not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; -| retiring; as an unassuming youth; unassuming -| manners. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|arrogantly | Definition: -| dogmatical a. asserting a thing positively and -| authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence -| arrogantly authoritative; overbearing. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |arrow | Definition: | whiz v. i. to make a humming or hissing sound | like an arrow or ball flying through the air; @@ -3605,13 +3169,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or whistling sound. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|arrows | Definition: -| volley n. a flight of missiles as arrows bullets -| or the like; the simultaneous discharge of -| a number of small arms. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |artful | Definition: | undesigning a. having no artful ulterior or fraudulent | purpose; sincere; artless; simple. @@ -3623,17 +3180,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wily. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|arthur | Definition: +| romance n. a species of fictitious writing originally +| composed in meter in the romance dialects and +| afterward in prose such as the tales of the +| court of arthur and of amadis of gaul; hence +| any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of +| novel especially one which treats of surprising +| adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; +| a tale of extravagant adventures of love and +| the like. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|articled | Definition: +| articled a. bound by articles; apprenticed; as +| an articled clerk. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |artificer | Definition: | workman n. hence especially a skillful artificer | or laborer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|artificers | Definition: -| duodecimal n. a system of numbers whose denominations -| rise in a scale of twelves as of feet and inches. -| the system is used chiefly by artificers in -| computing the superficial and solid contents -| of their work. +|artifices | Definition: +| wary a. cautious of danger; carefully watching +| and guarding against deception artifices and +| dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; +| circumspect; scrupulous; careful. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |artificial | Definition: @@ -3643,39 +3217,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | bryozoa protozoa etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|artificially | Definition: -| xanthophyll n. a yellow coloring matter found -| in yellow autumn leaves and also produced artificially -| from chlorophyll; -- formerly called also phylloxanthin. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|artist | Definition: -| verve n. excitement of imagination such as animates -| a poet artist or musician in composing or performing; -| rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|arum | Definition: -| water arum an aroid herb (calla palustris) having -| a white spathe. it is an inhabitant of the -| north temperate zone. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|asa | Definition: -| gibbet n. a kind of gallows; an upright post with -| an arm projecting from the top on which formerly -| malefactors were hanged in chains and their -| bodies allowed to remain asa warning. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|asan | Definition: -| totter v. i. to shake so as to threaten a fall; -| to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; asan -| old man totters with age. -| +|artlessness | Definition: +| simplicity n. artlessness of mind; freedom from +| cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and +| sagacity. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ascend | Definition: @@ -3690,65 +3235,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ascending | Definition: -| throat n. the part of a chimney between the gathering -| or portion of the funnel which contracts in -| ascending and the flue. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ascends | Definition: -| shad n. sing. & pl. any one of several species -| of food fishes of the herring family. the american -| species (clupea sapidissima) which is abundant -| on the atlantic coast and ascends the larger -| rivers in spring to spawn is an important market -| fish. the european allice shad or alose (c. -| alosa) and the twaite shad. (c. finta) are -| less important species. -| +|ascent | Definition: +| swell n. a gradual ascent or rounded elevation +| of land; as an extensive plain abounding with +| little swells. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ascension | Definition: -| sphere n. the apparent surface of the heavens -| which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere -| equally distant in which the heavenly bodies -| appear to have their places and on which the -| various astronomical circles as of right ascension -| and declination the equator ecliptic etc. are -| conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical -| sphere with the astronomical and geographical -| circles in their proper positions on it. -| +|ascertain | Definition: +| weigh v. t. to examine by the balance; to ascertain +| the weight of that is the force with which +| a thing tends to the center of the earth; to +| determine the heaviness or quantity of matter +| of; as to weigh sugar; to weigh gold. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ascent | Definition: -| sharp superl. steep; precipitous; abrupt; as a -| sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve. +|ascertained | Definition: +| thermometrical a. made or ascertained by means +| of a thermometer; as thermometrical observations. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ascribed | Definition: -| trepidation n. a libration of the starry sphere -| in the ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed -| to the firmament to account for certain small -| changes in the position of the ecliptic and -| of the stars. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ash | Definition: -| yellowwood n. the wood of any one of several different -| kinds of trees; also any one of the trees themselves. -| among the trees so called are the cladrastis -| tinctoria an american leguminous tree; the -| several species of prickly ash (xanthoxylum); -| the australian flindersia oxleyana a tree related -| to the mahogany; certain south african species -| of podocarpus trees related to the yew; the -| east indian podocarpus latifolia; and the true -| satinwood (chloroxylon swietenia). all these -| old world trees furnish valuable timber. -| +|ascertaining | Definition: +| zymosimeter n. an instrument for ascertaining +| the degree of fermentation occasioned by the +| mixture of different liquids and the degree +| of heat which they acquire in fermentation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ashamed | Definition: @@ -3759,20 +3272,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ashes | Definition: -| urn n. a vessel of various forms usually a vase -| furnished with a foot or pedestal employed -| for different purposes as for holding liquids -| for ornamental uses for preserving the ashes -| of the dead after cremation and anciently for -| holding lots to be drawn. -| +| varec n. the calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed +| used for the manufacture of soda and iodine; +| also the seaweed itself; fucus; wrack. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|asia | Definition: -| zobo n. a kind of domestic cattle reared in asia -| for its flesh and milk. it is supposed to be -| a hybrid between the zebu and the yak. -| +|ashore | Definition: +| shipwreck v. t. to destroy as a ship at sea by +| running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks or +| by the force of wind and waves in a tempest. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ashy | Definition: +| knot n. a sandpiper (tringa canutus) found in +| the northern parts of all the continents in +| summer. it is grayish or ashy above with the +| rump and upper tail coverts white barred with +| dusky. the lower parts are pale brown with +| the flanks and under tail coverts white. when +| fat it is prized by epicures. called also dunne. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |aside | Definition: @@ -3801,6 +3322,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|asks | Definition: +| questioner n. one who asks questions; an inquirer. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|aslant | Definition: +| aslant prep. in a slanting direction over; athwart. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |asleep | Definition: | vampire n. a blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a | dead person superstitiously believed to come @@ -3812,60 +3343,61 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|asp | Definition: -| haye n. the egyptian asp or cobra (naja haje.) -| it is related to the cobra of india and like -| the latter has the power of inflating its neck -| into a hood. its bite is very venomous. it -| is supposed to be the snake by means of whose -| bite cleopatra committed suicide and hence -| is sometimes called cleopatra's snake or asp. -| see asp. +|asmear | Definition: +| asmear a. smeared over. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|aspersion | Definition: -| aspersion n. the spreading of calumniations reports -| or charges which tarnish reputation like the -| bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny. -| +|aspect | Definition: +| wear v. t. to have or exhibit an appearance of +| as an aspect or manner; to bear; as she wears +| a smile on her countenance. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|asps | Definition: -| proteroglypha n. pl. a suborder of serpents including -| those that have permanently erect grooved poison -| fangs with ordinary teeth behind them in the -| jaws. it includes the cobras the asps and the -| sea snakes. called also proteroglyphia. -| +|aspiration | Definition: +| breathing n. a mark to indicate aspiration or +| its absence. see rough breathing smooth breathing +| below. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ass | Definition: -| repair v. i. to go; to betake one's self; to resort; -| ass to repair to sanctuary for safety. -| +|aspirations | Definition: +| philistine n. a person deficient in liberal culture +| and refinement; one without appreciation of +| the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; +| one whose scope is limited to selfish and material +| interests. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assault | Definition: -| shield n. to cover with or as with a shield; to -| cover from danger; to defend; to protect from -| assault or injury. +|aspiring | Definition: +| spire n. a tapering body that shoots up or out +| to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. +| specifically (arch.) the roof of a tower when +| of a pyramidal form and high in proportion +| to its width; also the pyramidal or aspiring +| termination of a tower which can not be said +| to have a roof such as that of strasburg cathedral; +| the tapering part of a steeple or the steeple +| itself. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assaulted | Definition: -| assaulted imp. & p. p. of assault -| +|ass | Definition: +| solidungula n. pl. a tribe of ungulates which +| includes the horse ass and related species +| constituting the family equidae. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assaulting | Definition: -| scaling a. serving as an aid in clambering; as -| a scaling ladder used in assaulting a fortified -| place. +|assailant | Definition: +| tenable a. capable of being held naintained or +| defended as against an assailant or objector +| or againts attempts to take or process; as +| a tenable fortress a tenable argument. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assemble | Definition: -| shoal v. i. to assemble in a multitude; to throng; -| as the fishes shoaled about the place. -| +|assailed | Definition: +| assailed imp. & p. p. of assail +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |assembled | Definition: @@ -3873,25 +3405,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assemblies | Definition: -| toll v. i. to sound or ring as a bell with strokes -| uniformly repeated at intervals as at funerals -| or in calling assemblies or to announce the -| death of a person. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|assembling | Definition: -| reunion n. an assembling of persons who have been -| separated as of a family or the members of -| a disbanded regiment; an assembly so composed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |assembly | Definition: | westminster assembly see under assembly. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|assent | Definition: +| yea adv. yes; ay; a word expressing assent or +| an affirmative or an affirmative answer to +| a question now superseded by yes. see yes. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |assented | Definition: | uncovenanted a. not having joined in a league | or assented to a covenant or agreement as to @@ -3900,10 +3425,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|asserted | Definition: -| subaltern a. asserting only a part of what is -| asserted in a related proposition. -| +|assenting | Definition: +| assenting a. giving or implying assent. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |asserting | Definition: @@ -3912,12 +3436,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a thing. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assertion | Definition: -| verity n. that which is true; a true assertion -| or tenet; a truth; a reality. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |asses | Definition: | shagreen n. a kind of untanned leather prepared | in russia and the east from the skins of horses @@ -3933,11 +3451,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|asseveration | Definition: -| marry interj. indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of -| asseveration said to have been derived from -| the practice of swearing by the virgin mary. -| +|assiduity | Definition: +| disassiduity n. want of assiduity or care. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|assign | Definition: +| weight v. t. to assign a weight to; to express +| by a number the probable accuracy of as an +| observation. see weight of observations under +| weight. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |assigned | Definition: @@ -3958,11 +3481,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | hence on the side of. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assistants | Definition: -| staff n. hence: a body of assistants serving to -| carry into effect the plans of a superintendant -| or manager; as the staff of a newspaper. -| +|assistant | Definition: +| usher n. an under teacher or assistant master +| in a school. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |assisted | Definition: @@ -3979,12 +3500,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assists | Definition: -| salvor n. one who assists in saving a ship or -| goods at sea without being under special obligation -| to do so. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |associate | Definition: | yokefellow n. an associate or companion in or | as in; a mate; a fellow; especially a partner @@ -4003,32 +3518,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | justice. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|associating | Definition: -| topology n. the art of or method for assisting -| the memory by associating the thing or subject -| to be remembered with some place. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|assos | Definition: -| sarcophagus n. a species of limestone used among -| the greeks for making coffins which was so -| called because it consumed within a few weeks -| the flesh of bodies deposited in it. it is -| otherwise called lapis assius or assian stone -| and is said to have been found at assos a city -| of lycia. +|associations | Definition: +| storied a. having a history; interesting from +| the stories which pertain to it; venerable +| from the associations of the past. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assuage | Definition: -| mollify v. t. to assuage as pain or irritation -| to appease as excited feeling or passion; to -| pacify; to calm. +|assort | Definition: +| stapler n. one employed to assort wool according +| to its staple. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assuaged | Definition: -| assuaged imp. & p. p. of assuage -| +|assume | Definition: +| wind v. i. to turn completely or repeatedly; to +| become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved +| or spiral form; as vines wind round a pole. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |assumed | Definition: @@ -4042,6 +3548,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|assuming | Definition: +| understudy n. one who studies another's part with +| a view to assuming it in an emergency. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |assumption | Definition: | usurpation n. the act of usurping or of seizing | and enjoying; an authorized arbitrary assumption @@ -4083,35 +3595,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assures | Definition: -| warranter n. one who assures or covenants to assure; -| one who contracts to secure another in a right -| or to make good any defect of title or quality; -| one who gives a warranty; a guarantor; as the -| warranter of a horse. +|astern | Definition: +| enlarge v. i. to get more astern or parallel with +| the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of +| the wind. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assyria | Definition: -| assyrian a. of or pertaining to assyria or to -| its inhabitants. +|astir | Definition: +| astir adv. & a. stirring; in a state of activity +| or motion; out of bed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|assyrian | Definition: -| polyphonic a. characterized by polyphony; as assyrian -| polyphonic characters. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|astonish | Definition: -| tremendous a. fitted to excite fear or terror; -| such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude -| force or violence; terrible; dreadful; as a -| tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous -| shock or fall. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|astonished | Definition: -| astonishedly adv. in an astonished manner. -| +|astonished | Definition: +| astonishedly adv. in an astonished manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |astonishing | Definition: @@ -4126,19 +3623,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|astray | Definition: -| lose v. t. to wander from; to miss so as not to -| be able to and; to go astray from; as to lose -| one's way. +|astounded | Definition: +| astounded imp. & p. p. of astound +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|astrologers | Definition: -| pentacle n. a figure composed of two equilateral -| triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed -| star -- used in early ornamental art and also -| with superstitious import by the astrologers -| and mystics of the middle ages. -| +|astride | Definition: +| straddle v. t. to place one leg on one side and +| the other on the other side of; to stand or +| sit astride of; as to straddle a fence or a +| horse. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |asunder | Definition: @@ -4165,21 +3659,43 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|atonement | Definition: -| sacrifice n. anything consecrated and offered -| to god or to a divinity; an immolated victim -| or an offering of any kind laid upon an altar -| or otherwise presented in the way of religious -| thanksgiving atonement or conciliation. -| +|athletic | Definition: +| xystus n. a long and open portico for athletic +| exercises as wrestling running etc. for use +| in winter or in stormy weather. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|athwart | Definition: +| thwart n. a seat in an open boat reaching from +| one side to the other or athwart the boat. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|atmosphere | Definition: +| weatherglass n. an instrument to indicate the +| state of the atmosphere especially changes +| of atmospheric pressure and hence changes of +| weather as a barometer or baroscope. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|atop | Definition: +| atop adv. on or at the top. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|attached | Definition: +| zoanthacea n. pl. a suborder of actinaria including +| zoanthus and allied genera which are permanently +| attached by their bases. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|atoning | Definition: -| propitiation n. that which propitiates; atonement -| or atoning sacrifice; specifically the influence -| or effects of the death of christ in appeasing -| the divine justice and conciliating the divine -| favor. +|attaching | Definition: +| stopship n. a remora. it was fabled to stop ships +| by attaching itself to them. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |attachment | Definition: @@ -4200,48 +3716,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a tournament. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|attacking | Definition: -| offensive n. the state or posture of one who offends -| or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act -| of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|attain | Definition: -| victoria n. a genus of aquatic plants named in -| honor of queen victoria. the victoria regia -| is a native of guiana and brazil. its large -| spreading leaves are often over five feet in -| diameter and have a rim from three to five -| inches high; its immense rose-white flowers -| sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|attained | Definition: -| theosophy n. any system of philosophy or mysticism -| which proposes to attain intercourse with god -| and superior spirits and consequent superhuman -| knowledge by physical processes as by the theurgic -| operations of some ancient platonists or by -| the chemical processes of the german fire philosophers; -| also a direct as distinguished from a revealed -| knowledge of god supposed to be attained by -| extraordinary illumination; especially a direct -| insight into the processes of the divine mind -| and the interior relations of the divine nature. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|attaining | Definition: -| tuckahoe n. a curious vegetable production of -| the southern atlantic united states growing -| under ground like a truffle and often attaining -| immense size. the real nature is unknown. called -| also indian bread and indian loaf. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |attempt | Definition: | witticism n. a witty saying; a sentence or phrase | which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; @@ -4288,14 +3762,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|attendant | Definition: +| yaksha n. a kind of demigod attendant on kuvera +| the god of wealth. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|attendants | Definition: +| tend v. i. to wait as attendants or servants; +| to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |attended | Definition: | windy superl. attended or caused by wind or gas | in the intestines. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |attending | Definition: -| schoolgirl n. a girl belonging to or attending -| a school. +| tendance n. the act of attending or waiting; attendance. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|attends | Definition: +| watcher n. one who watches; one who sits up or +| continues; a diligent observer; specifically +| one who attends upon the sick during the night. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |attention | Definition: @@ -4307,6 +3799,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|attentions | Definition: +| dismiss v. t. to lay aside or reject as unworthy +| of attentions or regard as a petition or motion +| in court. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |attentive | Definition: | watch v. i. to be attentive or vigilant; to give | heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; @@ -4318,9 +3816,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | notice or observation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|attestation | Definition: -| witness v. i. attestation of a fact or an event; -| testimony. +|attested | Definition: +| exemplify v. t. to prove or show by an attested +| copy. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|attic | Definition: +| tetralogy n. a group or series of four dramatic +| pieces three tragedies and one satyric or comic +| piece (or sometimes four tragedies) represented +| consequently on the attic stage at the dionysiac +| festival. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |attire | Definition: @@ -4330,18 +3836,48 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|attired | Definition: +| attired p. p. provided with antlers as a stag. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|attitude | Definition: +| station n. the act of standing; also attitude +| or pose in standing; posture. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |attract | Definition: -| shout v. i. to utter a sudden and loud outcry -| as in joy triumph or exultation or to attract -| attention to animate soldiers etc. -| +| train v. t. to draw by persuasion artifice or +| the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; +| to allure. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|attracted | Definition: +| pyrrhotite n. a bronze-colored mineral of metallic +| luster. it is a sulphide of iron and is remarkable +| for being attracted by the magnet. called also +| magnetic pyrites. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|attracting | Definition: +| showy a. making a show; attracting attention; +| presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; +| gay; gaudy. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|attractions | Definition: +| queenliness n. the quality of being queenly; the; +| characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence +| among women in attractions or power. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|attribute | Definition: -| wish v. t. to frame or express desires concerning; -| to invoke in favor of or against any one; to -| attribute or cal down in desire; to invoke; -| to imprecate. +|attractive | Definition: +| star n. a person of brilliant and attractive qualities +| especially on public occasions as a distinguished +| orator a leading theatrical performer etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |attributed | Definition: @@ -4358,10 +3894,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the lower animals. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|attributing | Definition: -| blameful a. attributing blame or fault; implying -| or conveying censure; faultfinding; censorious. -| +|auction | Definition: +| upset a. set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly +| or only in the phrase upset price; that is +| the price fixed upon as the minimum for property +| offered in a public sale or in an auction the +| price at which property is set up or started +| by the auctioneer and the lowest price at which +| it will be sold. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|auctioneer | Definition: +| upset a. set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly +| or only in the phrase upset price; that is +| the price fixed upon as the minimum for property +| offered in a public sale or in an auction the +| price at which property is set up or started +| by the auctioneer and the lowest price at which +| it will be sold. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |audacious | Definition: @@ -4370,6 +3920,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | bouncer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|audible | Definition: +| wheeze v. i. to breathe hard and with an audible +| piping or whistling sound as persons affected +| with asthma. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|audibly | Definition: +| sniff v. t. to draw air audibly up the nose; to +| snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion +| offense or contempt. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |audience | Definition: | unheard a. not granted an audience or a hearing; | not allowed to speak; not having made a defense @@ -4378,45 +3940,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|aught | Definition: -| for prep. indicating that instead of which something -| else controls in the performing of an action -| or that in spite of which anything is done -| occurs or is; hence equivalent to notwithstanding -| in spite of; -- generally followed by all aught -| anything etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|augment | Definition: -| whirlbat n. anything moved with a whirl as preparatory -| for a blow or to augment the force of it; -- -| applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |augmented | Definition: | tritone n. a superfluous or augmented fourth. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|augustine | Definition: -| hammer n. also a person of thing that smites or -| shatters; as st. augustine was the hammer of -| heresies. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|augustus | Definition: -| imperator n. 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 recognition of great military -| achievements by the senate whence it carried -| wiht it some special privileges. after the -| downfall of the republic it was assumed by -| augustus and his successors and came to have -| the meaning now attached to the word emperor. -| +|augur | Definition: +| forebode v. t. to be prescient of (some ill or +| misfortune); to have an inward conviction of +| as of a calamity which is about to happen; +| to augur despondingly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |aunt | Definition: @@ -4426,22 +3959,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|austere | Definition: -| sere a. [oe. seer as. sear (assumed) fr. searian -| to wither; akin to d. zoor dry lg. soor ohg. -| sor/n to to wither gr. a >y`ein to parch to -| dry skr. /ush (for sush) to dry to wither zend -| hush to dry. �152. cf. austere sorrel a.] dry; -| withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves. -| +|auspicious | Definition: +| auspicious a. favoring; favorable; propitious; +| -- applied to persons or things. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|authenticity | Definition: -| witness v. i. one who sees the execution of an -| instrument and subscribes it for the purpose -| of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; -| one who witnesses a will a deed a marriage -| or the like. +|authorities | Definition: +| vise n. an indorsement made on a passport by the +| proper authorities of certain countries on +| the continent of europe denoting that it has +| been examined and that the person who bears +| it is permitted to proceed on his journey; +| a visa. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |authority | Definition: @@ -4451,45 +3981,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|authorized | Definition: -| warrant n. to make secure; to give assurance against -| harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority -| or power to do or forbear to do anything by -| which the person authorized is secured or saved -| harmless from any loss or damage by his action. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|authorizing | Definition: -| warrant n. a precept issued by a magistrate authorizing -| an officer to make an arrest a seizure or a -| search or do other acts incident to the administration -| of justice. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|authors | Definition: -| select v. t. to choose and take from a number; -| to take by preference from among others; to -| pick out; to cull; as to select the best authors -| for perusal. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|autumn | Definition: -| xanthophyll n. a yellow coloring matter found -| in yellow autumn leaves and also produced artificially -| from chlorophyll; -- formerly called also phylloxanthin. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|auxiliaries | Definition: -| auxiliaries pl. of auxiliary -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ava | Definition: -| ava n. same as kava. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |avail | Definition: | use v. t. to make use of; to convert to one's | service; to avail one's self of; to employ; @@ -4499,18 +3990,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|availed | Definition: -| impracticable a. incapable of being used or availed -| of; as an impracticable road; an impracticable -| method. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |avarice | Definition: | twist v. t. to wind into; to insinuate; -- used | reflexively; as avarice twists itself into | all human concerns. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|avaricious | Definition: +| curmudgeon n. an avaricious grasping fellow; a +| miser; a niggard; a churl. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |avenge | Definition: | feud n. a combination of kindred to avenge injuries | or affronts done or offered to any of their @@ -4518,11 +4009,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|avenged | Definition: -| avenged imp. & p. p. of avenge -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |avenger | Definition: | siva n. one of the triad of hindoo gods. he is | the avenger or destroyer and in modern worship @@ -4531,9 +4017,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |avenging | Definition: -| erinys n. an avenging deity; one of the furies; -| sometimes conscience personified. -| +| fury n. pl. (greek myth.) the avenging deities +| tisiphone alecto and megaera; the erinyes or +| eumenides. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|avenue | Definition: +| walk n. that in or through which one walks; place +| or distance walked over; a place for walking; +| a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers +| or for taking air and exercise; way; road; +| hence a place or region in which animals may +| graze; place of wandering; range; as a sheep +| walk. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|averse | Definition: +| unsociable a. not sociable; not inclined to society; +| averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; +| reserved; as an unsociable person or temper. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |aversion | Definition: @@ -4544,15 +4047,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|averted | Definition: +| expiation n. an act by which the treats of prodigies +| were averted among the ancient heathen. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |avoid | Definition: | wink v. i. to avoid taking notice as if by shutting | the eyes; to connive at anything; to be tolerant; | -- generally with at. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|avoidable | Definition: +| avoidable a. capable of being avoided shunned +| or escaped. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|avoidance | Definition: +| neglect v. omission of proper attention; avoidance +| or disregard of duty from heedlessness indifference +| or willfulness; failure to do use or heed anything; +| culpable disregard; as neglect of business +| of health of economy. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |avoided | Definition: -| unavoided a. not avoided or shunned. -| +| voidable a. capable of being avoided or of being +| adjudged void invalid and of no force; capable +| of being either avoided or confirmed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |avoiding | Definition: @@ -4561,12 +4085,37 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | as a saving cook. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|await | Definition: -| look v. i. to await the appearance of anything; -| to expect; to anticipate. +|avoids | Definition: +| tropist n. one who deals in tropes; specifically +| one who avoids the literal sense of the language +| of scripture by explaining it as mere tropes +| and figures of speech. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|avowal | Definition: +| self-convicted a. convicted by one's own consciousness +| knowledge avowal or acts. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|awaited | Definition: +| awaited imp. & p. p. of await +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|awaiting | Definition: +| midshipman n. in the united states navy the lowest +| grade of officers in line of promotion being +| graduates of the naval academy awaiting promotion +| to the rank of ensign. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|awaits | Definition: +| await v. t. to be in store for; to be ready or +| in waiting for; as a glorious reward awaits +| the good. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |awake | Definition: | watch v. i. to remain awake with any one as nurse | or attendant; to attend on the sick during @@ -4574,31 +4123,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|awaked | Definition: -| awaked p. p. of awake -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|awakening | Definition: -| sublime superl. awakening or expressing the emotion -| of awe adoration veneration heroic resolve -| etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- -| said of an impressive object in nature of an -| action of a discourse of a work of art of a -| spectacle etc.; as sublime scenery; a sublime -| deed. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|awaking | Definition: -| awakening n. the act of awaking or ceasing to -| sleep. specifically: a revival of religion -| or more general attention to religious matters -| than usual. +|awaken | Definition: +| unbefool v. t. to deliver from the state of a +| fool; to awaken the mind of; to undeceive. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|award | Definition: -| award v. t. the paper containing the decision -| of arbitrators; that which is warded. -| +|awakened | Definition: +| pity v. t. to feel pity or compassion for; to +| have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; +| to have tender feelings toward (any one) awakened +| by a knowledge of suffering. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |aware | Definition: @@ -4626,20 +4162,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in valhalla. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|awl | Definition: -| prod n. a pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing -| as a goad an awl a skewer etc. -| +|awfully | Definition: +| awfully adv. very; excessively. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|awoke | Definition: -| awoke of awake +|awkward | Definition: +| tweedle v. t. to handle lightly; -- said with +| reference to awkward fiddling; hence to influence +| as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|awkwardly | Definition: +| squail v. i. to throw sticls at cocks; to throw +| anything about awkwardly or irregularly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ax | Definition: -| trinomial n. a quantity consisting of three terms -| connected by the sign + or -; as x + y + z -| or ax + 2b - c2. +|awoke | Definition: +| awoke of awake |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |axe | Definition: @@ -4649,131 +4191,123 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|axes | Definition: -| triclinic a. having or characterized by three -| unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. -| see the note under crystallization. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|axioms | Definition: -| sententious a. abounding with sentences axioms -| and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic -| in expression; pithy; as a sententious style -| or discourse; sententious truth. -| +|ay | Definition: +| i in our old authors i was often used for ay +| (or aye) yes which is pronounced nearly like +| it. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|axletree | Definition: -| tree n. a piece of timber or something commonly -| made of timber; -- used in composition as in -| axletree boottree chesstree crosstree whiffletree -| and the like. +|babies | Definition: +| baby farm a place where the nourishment and care +| of babies are offered for hire. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|axletrees | Definition: -| buckboard n. a four-wheeled vehicle having a long -| elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters -| or axletrees and a seat or seats placed transversely -| upon it; -- called also buck wagon. -| +|babyhood | Definition: +| babyhood n. the state or period of infancy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|baal | Definition: -| baal n. the whole class of divinities to whom -| the name baal was applied. -| +|bachelor | Definition: +| sir n. an english rendering of the latin dominus +| the academical title of a bachelor of arts; +| -- formerly colloquially and sometimes contemptuously +| applied to the clergy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|baalim | Definition: -| baalim pl. of baal +|backed | Definition: +| backed a. having a back; fitted with a back; as +| a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. used +| in composition; as broad-backed; hump-backed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|babbler | Definition: -| blatteroon n. a senseless babbler or boaster. +|backer | Definition: +| backer n. one who or that which backs; especially +| one who backs a person or thing in a contest. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|babbling | Definition: -| babillard n. the lesser whitethroat of europe; -| -- called also babbling warbler. -| +|background | Definition: +| silhouette v. t. to represent by a silhouette; +| to project upon a background so as to be like +| a silhouette. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|babe | Definition: -| nativity n. a picture representing or symbolizing -| the early infancy of christ. the simplest form -| is the babe in a rude cradle and the heads -| of an ox and an ass to express the stable in -| which he was born. +|backing | Definition: +| looking-glass n. a mirror made of glass on which +| has been placed a backing of some reflecting +| substance as quicksilver. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|babel | Definition: -| babel n. hence: a place or scene of noise and -| confusion; a confused mixture of sounds as -| of voices or languages. -| +|backs | Definition: +| warble n. a small tumor produced by the larvae +| of the gadfly in the backs of horses cattle +| etc. called also warblet warbeetle warnles. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|babes | Definition: -| lullaby v. t. a song to quiet babes or lull them -| to sleep; that which quiets. -| +|backward | Definition: +| wash n. the backward current or disturbed water +| caused by the action of oars or of a steamer's +| screw or paddles etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|babylon | Definition: -| feroher n. a symbol of the solar deity found on -| monuments exhumed in babylon nineveh etc. -| +|backwards | Definition: +| shuttle v. i. to move backwards and forwards like +| a shuttle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|babylonia | Definition: -| babylonian n. an inhabitant of babylonia (which -| included chaldea); a chaldean. -| +|bacon | Definition: +| rack a. a grate on which bacon is laid. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|babylonish | Definition: -| synagogue n. the council of probably 120 members -| among the jews first appointed after the return -| from the babylonish captivity; -- called also -| the great synagogue and sometimes though erroneously -| the sanhedrin. +|badge | Definition: +| weeper n. a white band or border worn on the sleeve +| as a badge of mourning. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bacchus | Definition: -| thyrsus n. a staff entwined with ivy and surmounted -| by a pine cone or by a bunch of vine or ivy -| leaves with grapes or berries. it is an attribute -| of bacchus and of the satyrs and others engaging -| in bacchic rites. +|badger | Definition: +| teledu n. an east indian carnivore (mydaus meliceps) +| allied to the badger and noted for the very +| offensive odor that it emits somewhat resembling +| that of a skunk. it is a native of the high +| mountains of java and sumatra and has long +| silky fur. called also stinking badger and +| stinkard. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|backbiting | Definition: -| backbiting n. secret slander; detraction. -| +|badgered | Definition: +| badgered imp. & p. p. of badger +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|backs | Definition: -| warble n. a small tumor produced by the larvae -| of the gadfly in the backs of horses cattle -| etc. called also warblet warbeetle warnles. -| +|badgering | Definition: +| badgering n. the practice of buying wheat and +| other kinds of food in one place and selling +| them in another for a profit. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|backward | Definition: -| wash n. the backward current or disturbed water -| caused by the action of oars or of a steamer's -| screw or paddles etc. +|badly | Definition: +| spall v. i. to give off spalls or wedge-shaped +| chips; -- said of stone as when badly set with +| the weight thrown too much on the outer surface. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|backwards | Definition: -| shuttle v. i. to move backwards and forwards like -| a shuttle. +|baffle | Definition: +| falsify a. to baffle or escape; as to falsify +| a blow. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bade | Definition: -| bade imp. of bid +|baffled | Definition: +| fail v. i. to come short of a result or object +| aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bag | Definition: @@ -4783,12 +4317,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|baggage | Definition: -| waybill n. a list of passengers in a public vehicle -| or of the baggage or gods transported by a -| common carrier on a land route. when the goods -| are transported by water the list is called -| a bill of lading. +|bagatelle | Definition: +| vive long live that is success to; as vive le +| roi long live the king; vive la bagatelle success +| to trifles or sport. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bags | Definition: @@ -4802,6 +4334,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|bailey | Definition: +| bailey n. a prison or court of justice; -- used +| in certain proper names; as the old bailey +| in london; the new bailey in manchester. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|baited | Definition: +| sniggle v. i. to fish for eels by thrusting the +| baited hook into their holes or hiding places. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|baiting | Definition: +| vent n. a baiting place; an inn. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|baize | Definition: +| domett n. a kind of baize of which the ward is +| cotton and the weft woolen. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |bake | Definition: | scallop n. to bake in scallop shells or dishes; | to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker @@ -4809,52 +4365,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|baked | Definition: -| white-pot n. a kind of food made of milk or cream -| eggs sugar bread etc. baked in a pot. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |baker | Definition: | baker v. i. a portable oven in which baking is | done. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bakers | Definition: -| cart n. a light business wagon used by bakers -| grocerymen butchers etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |baking | Definition: | warden n. a large hard pear chiefly used for baking | and roasting. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|balaam | Definition: -| balaam n. a paragraph describing something wonderful -| used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an -| allusion to the miracle of balaam's ass speaking. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |balance | Definition: | weighty superl. adapted to turn the balance in | the mind or to convince; important; forcible; | serious; momentous. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|balanced | Definition: -| weal-balanced a. balanced or considered with reference -| to public weal. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|balances | Definition: -| equilibrist n. one who balances himself in unnatural -| positions and hazardous movements; a balancer. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bald | Definition: | sea eagle any one of several species of fish-eating | eagles of the genus haliaeetus and allied genera @@ -4867,26 +4393,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | sea eagles. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|baldness | Definition: -| baldness n. the state or condition of being bald; -| as baldness of the head; baldness of style. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bale | Definition: -| sarplar n. a large bale or package of wool containing -| eighty tods or 2240 pounds in weight. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bales | Definition: -| stow v. t. to place or arrange in a compact mass; -| to put in its proper place or in a suitable -| place; to pack; as to stowbags bales or casks -| in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to -| stow sheaves. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |ball | Definition: | wicket n. a small framework at which the ball | is bowled. it consists of three rods or stumps @@ -4895,19 +4401,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | across the top. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|ballast | Definition: +| water ballast water confined in specially constructed +| compartments in a vessel's hold to serve as +| ballast. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|balloon | Definition: +| waft v. t. to cause to move or go in a wavy manner +| or by the impulse of waves as of water or air; +| to bear along on a buoyant medium; as a balloon +| was wafted over the channel. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |balls | Definition: | worm n. a spiral instrument or screw often like | a double corkscrew used for drawing balls from | firearms. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|balm | Definition: -| tacamahaca n. any tree yielding tacamahac resin -| especially in north america the balsam poplar -| or balm of gilead (populus balsamifera). -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |band | Definition: | zone n. a band or area of growth encircling anything; | as a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the @@ -4918,115 +4431,83 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bands | Definition: -| wood n. the fibrous material which makes up the -| greater part of the stems and branches of trees -| and shrubby plants and is found to a less extent -| in herbaceous stems. it consists of elongated -| tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds -| usually interwoven with the shinning bands -| called silver grain. +|bandage | Definition: +| truss n. a bandage or apparatus used in cases +| of hernia to keep up the reduced parts and +| hinder further protrusion and for other purposes. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bane | Definition: -| libbard's bane leopard's bane. -| +|bandaged | Definition: +| bandaged imp. & p. p. of bandage +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|banished | Definition: -| petalism n. a form of sentence among the ancient -| syracusans by which they banished for five -| years a citizen suspected of having dangerous -| influence or ambition. it was similar to the -| ostracism in athens; but olive leaves were -| used instead of shells for ballots. -| +|bandages | Definition: +| dress v. t. to treat methodically with remedies +| bandages or curative appliances as a sore an +| ulcer a wound or a wounded or diseased part. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|banishment | Definition: -| transport v. t. to carry or cause to be carried -| into banishment as a criminal; to banish. -| +|bang | Definition: +| thwack v. t. to strike with something flat or +| heavy; to bang or thrash: to thump. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bankers | Definition: -| syndicate n. an association of persons officially -| authorized to undertake some duty or to negotiate -| some business; also an association of persons -| who combine to carry out on their own account -| a financial or industrial project; as a syndicate -| of bankers formed to take up and dispose of -| an entire issue of government bonds. -| +|banging | Definition: +| slam-bang adv. with great violence; with a slamming +| or banging noise. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|banks | Definition: -| wharp n. a kind of fine sand from the banks of -| the trent used as a polishing powder. -| +|banish | Definition: +| rusticate v. t. to require or compel to reside +| in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; +| to impose rustication on. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|banner | Definition: -| tricolor n. the national french banner of three -| colors blue white and red adopted at the first -| revolution. +|banked | Definition: +| banked imp. & p. p. of bank +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|banquet | Definition: -| toastmaster n. a person who presides at a public -| dinner or banquet and announces the toasts. -| +|banker | Definition: +| shroff n. a banker or changer of money. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|banqueting | Definition: -| banqueting p. pr. & vb. n. of banquet -| +|banking | Definition: +| lombard n. a money lender or banker; -- so called +| because the business of banking was first carried +| on in london by lombards. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|baptism | Definition: -| trisacramentarian n. one who recognizes three -| sacraments and no more; -- namely baptism the -| lord's supper and penance. see sacrament. -| +|banks | Definition: +| wharp n. a kind of fine sand from the banks of +| the trent used as a polishing powder. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|baptismal | Definition: -| vow n. a solemn promise made to god or to some -| deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes -| himself absolutely or conditionally wholly -| or in part for a longer or shorter time to -| some act service or condition; a devotion of -| one's possessions; as a baptismal vow; a vow -| of poverty. +|banners | Definition: +| benediction n. a solemn rite by which bells banners +| candles etc. are blessed with holy water and +| formally dedicated to god. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|baptist | Definition: -| visitation n. a festival in honor of the visit -| of the virgin mary to elisabeth mother of john -| the baptist celebrated on the second of july. +|banns | Definition: +| publish v. t. to make known by posting or by reading +| in a church; as to publish banns of marriage. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|baptize | Definition: -| sprinkle v. i. to baptize by the application of -| a few drops or a small quantity of water; hence -| to cleanse; to purify. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|baptized | Definition: -| whitsunday n. the seventh sunday and the fiftieth -| day after easter; a festival of the church -| in commemoration of the descent of the holy -| spirit on the day of pentecost; pentecost; -| -- so called it is said because in the primitive -| church those who had been newly baptized appeared -| at church between easter and pentecost in white -| garments. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|baptizing | Definition: -| baptizing p. pr. & vb. n. of baptize -| +|banquet | Definition: +| toastmaster n. a person who presides at a public +| dinner or banquet and announces the toasts. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bar | Definition: @@ -5035,39 +4516,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | together. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|barbarian | Definition: -| barbarian n. a man in a rule savage or uncivilized -| state. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|barbarous | Definition: -| vandal n. one of a teutonic race formerly dwelling -| on the south shore of the baltic the most barbarous -| and fierce of the northern nations that plundered -| rome in the 5th century notorious for destroying -| the monuments of art and literature. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |barbarously | Definition: | barbarously adv. in a barbarous manner. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|barber | Definition: -| tonsorial a. of or pertaining to a barber or shaving. -| +|barbed | Definition: +| sprig n. a small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the +| point. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bare | Definition: -| uncover v. i. to take off the hat or cap; to bare -| the head in token of respect. -| +|bard | Definition: +| seannachie n. a bard among the highlanders of +| scotland who preserved and repeated the traditions +| of the tribes; also a genealogist. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bared | Definition: -| bared imp. & p. p. of bare -| +|bare | Definition: +| verbality n. the quality or state of being verbal; +| mere words; bare literal expression. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |barefoot | Definition: @@ -5076,22 +4545,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |barely | Definition: -| oak n. any tree or shrub of the genus quercus. -| the oaks have alternate leaves often variously -| lobed and staminate flowers in catkins. the -| fruit is a smooth nut called an acorn which -| is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre -| called the cup or cupule. there are now recognized -| about three hundred species of which nearly -| fifty occur in the united states the rest in -| europe asia and the other parts of north america -| a very few barely reaching the northern parts -| of south america and africa. many of the oaks -| form forest trees of grand proportions and -| live many centuries. the wood is usually hard -| and tough and provided with conspicuous medullary -| rays forming the silver grain. -| +| possible a. capable of existing or occurring or +| of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; +| capable of being done; not contrary to the +| nature of things; -- sometimes used to express +| extreme improbability; barely able to be or +| to come to pass; as possibly he is honest as +| it is possible that judas meant no wrong. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bargain | Definition: @@ -5100,14 +4561,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|baria | Definition: -| baria n. baryta. +|barge | Definition: +| wherry n. a passenger barge or lighter plying +| on rivers; also a kind of light half-decked +| vessel used in fishing. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|barges | Definition: +| poy n. a long boat hook by which barges are propelled +| against the stream. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bark | Definition: -| yelp v. i. to utter a sharp quick cry as a hound; -| to bark shrilly with eagerness pain or fear; -| to yaup. +|baring | Definition: +| nidamental a. of pertaining to or baring eggs +| or egg capsules; as the nidament capsules of +| certain gastropods; nidamental glands. see +| illust. of dibranchiata. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |barley | Definition: @@ -5127,6 +4598,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|baronet | Definition: +| lady n. a woman of social distinction or position. +| in england a title prefixed to the name of +| any woman whose husband is not of lower rank +| than a baron or whose father was a nobleman +| not lower than an earl. the wife of a baronet +| or knight has the title of lady by courtesy +| but not by right. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|baronetcy | Definition: +| baronetcy n. the rank or patent of a baronet. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|barrack | Definition: +| boothy n. a wooden hut or humble cot esp. a rude +| hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; +| a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |barred | Definition: | turnus n. a common large handsome american swallowtail | butterfly now regarded as one of the forms @@ -5138,26 +4631,40 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|barrels | Definition: -| twist n. a material for gun barrels consisting -| of iron and steel twisted and welded together; -| as damascus twist. +|barrel | Definition: +| whelp n. one of the longitudinal ribs or ridges +| on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- +| usually in the plural; as the whelps of a windlass. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|barricaded | Definition: +| barricade n. to fortify or close with a barricade +| or with barricades; to stop up as a passage; +| to obstruct; as the workmen barricaded the +| streets of paris. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|barrier | Definition: +| traverse a. a barrier sliding door movable screen +| curtain or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|barren | Definition: -| wit-starved a. barren of wit; destitute of genius. +|barrow | Definition: +| truck v. i. a low wheeled vehicle or barrow for +| carrying goods stone and other heavy articles. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|barrenness | Definition: -| barrenness n. the condition of being barren; sterility; -| unproductiveness. +|barrows | Definition: +| celt n. a weapon or implement of stone or metal +| found in the tumuli or barrows of the early +| celtic nations. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bars | Definition: -| unbar v. t. to remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; -| to open; as to unbar a gate. -| +| unspar v. t. to take the spars stakes or bars +| from. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bartholomew | Definition: @@ -5166,43 +4673,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|basan | Definition: -| basan n. same as basil a sheepskin. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|baseborn | Definition: -| villain n. a baseborn or clownish person; a boor. +|basely | Definition: +| cowardly a. wanting courage; basely or weakly +| timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|baseness | Definition: -| turpitude n. inherent baseness or vileness of -| principle words or actions; shameful wickedness; -| depravity. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bases | Definition: -| zoanthus n. a genus of actinaria including numerous -| species found mostly in tropical seas. the -| zooids or polyps resemble small elongated actinias -| united together at their bases by fleshy stolons -| and thus forming extensive groups. the tentacles -| are small and bright colored. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bashfulness | Definition: -| downcast a. cast downward; directed to the ground -| from bashfulness modesty dejection or guilt. -| +|basement | Definition: +| understairs n. the basement or cellar. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|basilisk | Definition: -| basilisk n. a large piece of ordnance so called -| from its supposed resemblance to the serpent -| of that name or from its size. -| +|bashful | Definition: +| unbashful a. not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; +| shameless. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |basin | Definition: @@ -5212,21 +4696,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|basins | Definition: -| thinolite n. a calcareous tufa in part crystalline -| occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit -| about the quaternary lake basins of nevada. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|basis | Definition: -| whereas conj. considering that; it being the case -| that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble -| which is the basis of declarations affirmations -| commands requests or like that follow. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |basket | Definition: | workbasket n. a basket for holding materials for | needlework or the like. @@ -5241,47 +4710,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | nets and mattresses. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bason | Definition: -| bason n. a basin. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bastard | Definition: -| winglet n. a bastard wing or alula. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bat | Definition: -| wurbagool n. a fruit bat (pteropus medius) native -| of india. it is similar to the flying fox but -| smaller. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bate | Definition: -| bate n. an alkaline solution consisting of the -| dung of certain animals; -- employed in the -| preparation of hides; grainer. -| +|bass | Definition: +| violoncello n. a stringed instrument of music; +| a bass viol of four strings or a bass violin +| with long large strings giving sounds an octave +| lower than the viola or tenor or alto violin. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bath | Definition: -| water bath a device for regulating the temperature -| of anything subjected to heat by surrounding -| the vessel containing it with another vessel -| containing water which can be kept at a desired -| temperature; also a vessel designed for this -| purpose. +|bathe | Definition: +| overlave v. t. to lave or bathe over. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bats | Definition: -| wing-handed a. having the anterior limbs or hands -| adapted for flight as the bats and pterodactyls. -| +|battered | Definition: +| battered imp. & p. p. of batter +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|battering | Definition: -| ram n. in ancient warfare a long beam suspended -| by slings in a framework and used for battering -| the walls of cities; a battering-ram. +|battery | Definition: +| zinco-polar a. electrically polarized like the +| surface of the zinc presented to the acid in +| a battery which has zincous affinity. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -5293,30 +4743,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|battlement | Definition: -| machicolation n. an opening between the corbels -| which support a projecting parapet or in the -| floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal -| shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants -| attacking the base of the walls. also the construction -| of such defenses in general when of this character. -| see illusts. of battlement and castle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |battlements | Definition: | castellated a. furnished with turrets and battlements | like a castle; built in the style of a castle. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|battles | Definition: -| tactics n. the science and art of disposing military -| and naval forces in order for battle and performing -| military and naval evolutions. it is divided -| into grand tactics or the tactics of battles -| and elementary tactics or the tactics of instruction. -| +|bawling | Definition: +| bawling p. pr. & vb. n. of bawl +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bay | Definition: @@ -5327,41 +4762,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the iilinnois. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bdellium | Definition: -| bdellium n. a gum resin of reddish brown color -| brought from india persia and africa. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bead | Definition: -| margosa n. a large tree of genus melia (m. azadirachta) -| found in india. its bark is bitter and used -| as a tonic. a valuable oil is expressed from -| its seeds and a tenacious gum exudes from its -| trunk. the m. azedarach is a much more showy -| tree and is cultivated in the southern united -| states where it is known as pride of india -| pride of china or bead tree. various parts -| of the tree are considered anthelmintic. -| +|bazaar | Definition: +| bazaar n. alt. of bazar |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beads | Definition: -| wampum n. beads made of shells used by the north -| american indians as money and also wrought -| into belts etc. as an ornament. -| +|beacon | Definition: +| pharos n. a lighthouse or beacon for the guidance +| of seamen. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beaks | Definition: -| rostrum n. the beaks; the stage or platform in -| the forum where orations pleadings funeral -| harangues etc. were delivered; -- so called -| because after the latin war it was adorned -| with the beaks of captured vessels; later applied -| also to other platforms erected in rome for -| the use of public orators. -| +|beadle | Definition: +| bluecoat n. one dressed in blue as a soldier a +| sailor a beadle etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |beam | Definition: @@ -5370,22 +4782,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | surface of the leaves. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beams | Definition: -| tramroad n. a road prepared for easy transit of -| trams or wagons by forming the wheel tracks -| of smooth beams of wood blocks of stone or -| plates of iron. +|beamed | Definition: +| beamed a. furnished with beams as the head of +| a stag. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bean | Definition: -| vine n. hence a climbing or trailing plant; the -| long slender stem of any plant that trails -| on the ground or climbs by winding round a -| fixed object or by seizing anything with its -| tendrils or claspers; a creeper; as the hop -| vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons squashes -| pumpkins and other cucurbitaceous plants. -| +|beaming | Definition: +| sunshiny a. beaming with good spirits; cheerful. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |beans | Definition: @@ -5416,6 +4820,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|bearings | Definition: +| subordinary n. one of several heraldic bearings +| somewhat less common than an ordinary. see +| ordinary. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |bears | Definition: | wolfberry n. an american shrub (symphoricarpus | occidentalis) which bears soft white berries. @@ -5427,6 +4837,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or uneasiness. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|beastly | Definition: +| wallow n. to live in filth or gross vice; to disport +| one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |beasts | Definition: | whelp v. i. to bring forth young; -- said of the | female of the dog and some beasts of prey. @@ -5449,13 +4865,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beatitude | Definition: -| beatitude n. any one of the nine declarations -| (called the beatitudes) made in the sermon -| on the mount (matt. v. 3-12) with regard to -| the blessedness of those who are distinguished -| by certain specified virtues. -| +|beats | Definition: +| tympanist n. one who beats a drum. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |beauties | Definition: @@ -5467,11 +4879,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | criticism. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beautified | Definition: -| beautified imp. & p. p. of beautify -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |beautiful | Definition: | zebrawood n. a kind of cabinet wood having beautiful | black brown and whitish stripes the timber @@ -5479,10 +4886,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beautify | Definition: -| paint v. t. fig.: to color stain or tinge; to -| adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify -| with colors. +|beautifully | Definition: +| olive n. a tree (olea europaea) with small oblong +| or elliptical leaves axillary clusters of flowers +| and oval one-seeded drupes. the tree has been +| cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years +| and its branches are the emblems of peace. +| the wood is yellowish brown and beautifully +| variegated. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|beaver | Definition: +| water rat the beaver rat. see under beaver. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |became | Definition: @@ -5492,22 +4908,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beck | Definition: -| beck n. a significant nod or motion of the head -| or hand esp. as a call or command. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |beckoned | Definition: | beckoned imp. & p. p. of beckon | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beckoning | Definition: -| beckoning p. pr. & vb. n. of beckon -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |becomes | Definition: | zoocyst n. a cyst formed by certain protozoa and | unicellular plants which the contents divide @@ -5521,12 +4926,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|becomingness | Definition: -| becomingness n. the quality of being becoming -| appropriate or fit; congruity; fitness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bed | Definition: | webbing n. a woven band of cotton or flax used | for reins girths bed bottoms etc. @@ -5538,6 +4937,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | form sleeping in. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|bedded | Definition: +| plant n. an oyster which has been bedded in distinction +| from one of natural growth. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bedding | Definition: +| slop v. i. ready-made clothes; also among seamen +| clothing bedding and other furnishings. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bedevilled | Definition: +| bedevilled imp. & p. p. of bedevil +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bedridden | Definition: +| water bed a kind of mattress made of or covered +| with waterproof fabric and filled with water. +| it is used in hospitals for bedridden patients. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bedroom | Definition: +| bedroom n. room in a bed. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |beds | Definition: | whinstone n. a provincial name given in england | to basaltic rocks and applied by miners to @@ -5548,6 +4975,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or beds of basalt. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|bedside | Definition: +| bedside n. the side of a bed. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bedstead | Definition: +| valance n. hanging drapery for a bed couch window +| or the like especially that which hangs around +| a bedstead from the bed to the floor. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bedtime | Definition: +| bedtime n. the time to go to bed. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |bee | Definition: | xylocopa n. a genus of hymenopterous insects including | the carpenter. see carpenter bee under carpenter. @@ -5560,36 +5004,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beelzebub | Definition: -| beelzebub n. the title of a heathen deity to whom -| the jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil -| spirits; hence the devil or a devil. see baal. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |beer | Definition: -| yeast n. the foam or troth (top yeast) or the -| sediment (bottom yeast) of beer or other in -| fermentation which contains the yeast plant -| or its spores and under certain conditions -| produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous -| substances; a preparation used for raising -| dough for bread or cakes and making it light -| and puffy; barm; ferment. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bees | Definition: -| worker n. one of the neuter or sterile individuals -| of the social ants bees and white ants. the -| workers are generally females having the sexual -| organs imperfectly developed. see ant and white -| ant under white. +| yeast-bitten a. a term used of beer when the froth +| of the yeast has reentered the body of the +| beer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beeves | Definition: -| beeves n. plural of beef the animal. -| +|beetles | Definition: +| xylophilan n. one of a tribe of beetles (xylophili) +| whose larvae live on decayed wood. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |befall | Definition: @@ -5601,17 +5025,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | befallen p. p. of befall |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|befalls | Definition: -| fortune n. that which befalls or is to befall -| one; lot in life or event in any particular -| undertaking; fate; destiny; as to tell one's -| fortune. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|befell | Definition: -| befell imp. of befall -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |beforehand | Definition: | token n. a piece of metal given beforehand to | each person in the congregation who is permitted @@ -5637,15 +5050,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beget | Definition: -| reproduce v. t. to produce again by generation -| or the like; to cause the existence of (something -| of the same class kind or nature as another -| thing); to generate or beget as offspring; -| as to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced -| by gemmation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |beggar | Definition: | refer v. t. hence: to send or direct away; to | send or direct elsewhere as for treatment aid @@ -5658,8 +5062,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beggary | Definition: -| beggary a. beggarly. +|beggared | Definition: +| beggar v. t. to reduce to beggary; to impoverish; +| as he had beggared himself. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |begged | Definition: @@ -5668,8 +5074,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |begging | Definition: -| petitionarily adv. by way of begging the question; -| by an assumption. +| prog n. victuals got by begging or vagrancy; victuals +| of any kind; food; supplies. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |begin | Definition: @@ -5691,43 +5098,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | 145 178-9 272. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beginnings | Definition: -| proto-doric a. pertaining to or designating architecture -| in which the beginnings of the doric style -| are supposed to be found. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|begins | Definition: -| waddle v. i. to walk with short steps swaying -| the body from one side to the other like a -| duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and -| totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as -| a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose -| waddles. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|begone | Definition: -| begone p. p. surrounded; furnished; beset; environed -| (as in woe-begone). -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|begot | Definition: -| begot imp. & p. p. of beget. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|begotten | Definition: -| self-begetten a. begotten by one's self or one's -| own powers. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|begs | Definition: -| recreant n. one who yields in combat and begs -| for mercy; a mean-spirited cowardly wretch. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |beguile | Definition: | partenope n. one of the sirens who threw herself | into the sea in despair at not being able to @@ -5735,6 +5105,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|beguiled | Definition: +| beguiled imp. & p. p. of beguile +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |begun | Definition: | relation n. the carrying back and giving effect | or operation to an act or proceeding frrom @@ -5755,12 +5130,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to wanton. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|behaved | Definition: -| gallantry n. bravery; intrepidity; as the troops -| behaved with great gallantry. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |beheaded | Definition: | beheaded imp. & p. p. of behead | @@ -5774,19 +5143,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|behemoth | Definition: -| hippopotamus n. a large amphibious herbivorous -| mammal (hippopotamus amphibius) common in the -| rivers of africa. it is allied to the hogs -| and has a very thick naked skin a thick and -| square head a very large muzzle small eyes -| and ears thick and heavy body and short legs. -| it is supposed to be the behemoth of the bible. -| called also zeekoe and river horse. a smaller -| species (h. liberiencis) inhabits western africa. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |behind | Definition: | zygodactylous a. yoke-footed; having the toes | disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which @@ -5804,35 +5160,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beholder | Definition: -| spectatrix n. a female beholder or looker-on. +|beholden | Definition: +| beholden p. a. obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beholding | Definition: -| omnispective a. beholding everything; capable -| of seeing all things; all-seeing. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|beings | Definition: -| wilderness v. t. a tract of land or a region uncultivated -| and uninhabited by human beings whether a forest -| or a wide barren plain; a wild; a waste; a -| desert; a pathless waste of any kind. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bel | Definition: -| bel n. the babylonian name of the god known among -| the hebrews as baal. see baal. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|belial | Definition: -| belial n. an evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled -| person; the personification of evil. -| +|behoof | Definition: +| behoof v. t. advantage; profit; benefit; interest; +| use. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |belief | Definition: @@ -5858,18 +5193,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to be developed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|believers | Definition: -| trinitarian a. of or pertaining to the trinity -| the doctrine of the trinity or believers in -| that doctrine. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |believing | Definition: -| unbelieving a. believing the thing alleged no -| to be true; disbelieving; especially believing -| that bible is not a divine revelation or that -| christ was not a divine or a supernatural person. -| +| unitarian n. one who denies the doctrine of the +| trinity believing that god exists only in one +| person; a unipersonalist; also one of a denomination +| of christians holding this belief. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bell | Definition: @@ -5878,25 +5207,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bellies | Definition: -| polygastric a. having several bellies; -- applied -| to muscles which are made up of several bellies -| separated by short tendons. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bellowed | Definition: | bellowed imp. & p. p. of bellow | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bellowing | Definition: -| bullfrog n. a very large species of frog (rana -| catesbiana) found in north america; -- so named -| from its loud bellowing in spring. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bellows | Definition: | water bellows same as tromp. | @@ -5909,11 +5224,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|belly | Definition: -| underlock n. a lock of wool hanging under the -| belly of a sheep. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |belong | Definition: | wormil n. any botfly larva which burrows in or | beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals @@ -5942,23 +5252,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and military skill. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|belongings | Definition: +| remove n. the transfer of one's business or of +| one's domestic belongings from one location +| or dwelling house to another; -- in the united +| states usually called a move. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |belongs | Definition: | wintry a. suitable to winter; resembling winter | or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; | cold; stormy; wintery. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beloved | Definition: -| willow n. any tree or shrub of the genus salix -| including many species most of which are characterized -| often used as an emblem of sorrow desolation -| or desertion. >a wreath of willow to show -| my forsaken plight. > sir w. scott. hence a -| lover forsaken by or having lost the person -| beloved is said to wear the willow. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |belt | Definition: | zonar n. a belt or girdle which the christians | and jews of the levant were obliged to wear @@ -5967,27 +5274,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bemoan | Definition: -| bemoaned imp. & p. p. of bemoan -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bemoaned | Definition: -| bemoaned imp. & p. p. of bemoan -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ben | Definition: -| zohar n. a jewish cabalistic book attributed by -| tradition to rabbi simon ben yochi who lived -| about the end of the 1st century a. d. modern -| critics believe it to be a compilation of the -| 13th century. +| bemoan v. t. to express deep grief for by moaning; +| to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; +| to pity or sympathize with. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|benches | Definition: -| thranite n. one of the rowers on the topmost of -| the three benches in a trireme. -| +|bench | Definition: +| workbench n. a bench on which work is performed +| as in a carpenter's shop. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bend | Definition: @@ -6011,37 +5307,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|benedicite | Definition: -| benedicite n. an exclamation corresponding to -| bless you !. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|benedict | Definition: -| spinozism n. the form of pantheism taught by benedict -| spinoza that there is but one substance or -| infinite essence in the universe of which the -| so-called material and spiritual beings and -| phenomena are only modes and that one this -| one substance is god. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|benediction | Definition: -| benediction n. the form of instituting an abbot -| answering to the consecration of a bishop. +|benefactor | Definition: +| benefactor n. one who confers a benefit or benefits. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|benedictus | Definition: -| benedictus a. the song of zacharias at the birth -| of john the baptist (luke i. 68); -- so named -| from the first word of the latin version. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|benefactions | Definition: -| charitable a. liberal in benefactions to the poor; -| giving freely; generous; beneficent. -| +|benefactress | Definition: +| isis n. the principal goddess worshiped by the +| egyptians. she was regarded as the mother of +| horus and the sister and wife of osiris. the +| egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity +| and as the great benefactress of their country +| who instructed their ancestors in the art of +| agriculture. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |beneficent | Definition: @@ -6060,22 +5338,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to agriculture. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|benefit | Definition: -| volunteer a. a grantee in a voluntary conveyance; -| one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable -| consideration; a party other than a wife or -| child of the grantor to whom or for whose benefit -| a voluntary conveyance is made. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|benefited | Definition: -| commensal n. an animal not truly parasitic which -| lives in with or on another partaking usually -| of the same food. both species may be benefited -| by the association. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |benefits | Definition: | lose v. t. not to employ; to employ ineffectually; | to throw away; to waste; to squander; as to @@ -6083,12 +5345,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|benevolence | Definition: -| unkind a. wanting in kindness sympathy benevolence -| gratitude or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; -| ungrateful. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |benevolent | Definition: | manes n. pl. the benevolent spirits of the dead | especially of dead ancestors regarded as family @@ -6096,18 +5352,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|benignity | Definition: -| benignity n. mildness; gentleness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|benjamin | Definition: -| spicewood n. an american shrub (lindera benzoin) -| the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -| -- called also benjamin wild allspice and fever -| bush. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bent | Definition: | yoke n. a bent crosspiece connecting two other | parts. @@ -6119,35 +5363,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of a husband. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|berries | Definition: -| xylostein n. a glucoside found in the poisonous -| berries of a species of honeysuckle (lonicera -| xylosteum) and extracted as a bitter white -| crystalline substance. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|beryl | Definition: -| glucinum n. a rare metallic element of a silver -| white color and low specific gravity (2.1) -| resembling magnesium. it never occurs naturally -| in the free state but is always combined usually -| with silica or alumina or both; as in the minerals -| phenacite chrysoberyl beryl or emerald euclase -| and danalite. it was named from its oxide glucina -| which was known long before the element was -| isolated. symbol gl. atomic weight 9.1. called -| also beryllium. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|besee | Definition: -| besee v. t. & i. to see; to look; to mind. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|beseech | Definition: -| entreat v. t. to beseech or supplicate successfully; -| to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; -| to persuade. +|bereft | Definition: +| unlived a. bereft or deprived of life. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |beseeching | Definition: @@ -6155,8 +5373,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|beseeming | Definition: -| beseeming n. comeliness. +|beseem | Definition: +| beseem v. t. literally: to appear or seem (well +| ill best etc.) for (one) to do or to have. +| hence: to be fit suitable or proper for or +| worthy of; to become; to befit. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |beset | Definition: @@ -6188,11 +5410,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|besiege | Definition: -| besieging p. pr. & vb. n. of besiege -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |besieged | Definition: | trench v. t. an excavation made during a siege | for the purpose of covering the troops as they @@ -6201,40 +5418,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|besiegers | Definition: -| siege n. the sitting of an army around or before -| a fortified place for the purpose of compelling -| the garrison to surrender; the surrounding -| or investing of a place by an army and approaching -| it by passages and advanced works which cover -| the besiegers from the enemy's fire. see the -| note under blockade. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|besieging | Definition: -| parallel n. one of a series of long trenches constructed -| before a besieged fortress by the besieging -| force as a cover for troops supporting the -| attacking batteries. they are roughly parallel -| to the line of outer defenses of the fortress. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|besom | Definition: -| whisk n. a small bunch of grass straw twigs hair -| or the like used for a brush; hence a brush -| or small besom as of broom corn. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |besought | Definition: | besought p. p. of beseech. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bespeaking | Definition: -| bespeaking p. pr. & vb. n. of bespeak -| +|bestirring | Definition: +| bestirring p. pr. & vb. n. of bestir +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bestow | Definition: @@ -6252,43 +5443,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|betaking | Definition: -| resort v. the act of going to or making application; -| a betaking one's self; the act of visiting -| or seeking; recourse; as a place of popular -| resort; -- often figuratively; as to have resort -| to force. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bete | Definition: -| bete noire something especially hated or dreaded; -| a bugbear. +|bestowing | Definition: +| overlook v. t. to look over and beyond (anything) +| without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; +| hence to refrain from bestowing notice or attention +| upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure +| or punishment; to excuse. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bethel | Definition: -| bethel n. a place of worship; a hallowed spot. -| +|bet | Definition: +| wage v. t. to pledge; to hazard on the event of +| a contest; to stake; to bet to lay; to wager; +| as to wage a dollar. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bethlehem | Definition: -| epiphany n. a church festival celebrated on the -| 6th of january the twelfth day after christmas -| in commemoration of the visit of the magi of -| the east to bethlehem to see and worship the -| child jesus; or as others maintain to commemorate -| the appearance of the star to the magi symbolizing -| the manifestation of christ to the gentles; -| twelfthtide. +|bethinking | Definition: +| bethinking p. pr. & vb. n. of bethink +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bethlehemite | Definition: -| bethlehemite n. alt. of bethlemite -| +|bethought | Definition: +| reflexive a. having for its direct object a pronoun +| which refers to the agent or subject as its +| antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as the +| witness perjured himself; i bethought myself. +| applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; +| reflective. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |betimes | Definition: -| betimes adv. in a short time; soon; speedily; -| forth with. +| betimes adv. in good season or time; before it +| is late; seasonably; early. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |betook | Definition: @@ -6296,9 +5483,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |betray | Definition: -| secret a. faithful to a secret; not inclined to -| divulge or betray confidence; secretive. -| +| squeal v. i. to turn informer; to betray a secret. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |betrayed | Definition: @@ -6311,67 +5497,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|betrayer | Definition: -| betrayer n. one who or that which betrays. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|betraying | Definition: -| treason n. the offense of attempting to overthrow -| the government of the state to which the offender -| owes allegiance or of betraying the state into -| the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|betrays | Definition: -| traitress n. a woman who betrays her country or -| any trust; a traitoress. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |betrothed | Definition: | subcontracted a. betrothed for the second time. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|betted | Definition: +| betted of bet +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |betwixt | Definition: | 'twixt an abbreviation of betwixt used in poetry | or in colloquial language. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bewail | Definition: -| moan v. t. to bewail audibly; to lament. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bewailed | Definition: -| bewailed imp. & p. p. of bewail -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bewailing | Definition: -| bewailing a. wailing over; lamenting. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|beware | Definition: -| ware v. t. to make ware; to warn; to take heed -| of; to beware of; to guard against. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bewitched | Definition: -| effascination n. a charming; state of being bewitched -| or deluded. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bewitching | Definition: -| witch n. one who exercises more than common power -| of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; -| also one given to mischief; -- said especially -| of a woman or child. +|bewildered | Definition: +| puzzle v. i. to be bewildered or perplexed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |beyond | Definition: @@ -6381,23 +5524,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bible | Definition: -| unbelieving a. believing the thing alleged no -| to be true; disbelieving; especially believing -| that bible is not a divine revelation or that -| christ was not a divine or a supernatural person. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bid | Definition: -| underbid v. t. to bid less than as when a contract -| or service is offered to the lowest bidder; -| to offer to contract sell or do for a less -| price than. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bidden | Definition: -| bidden p. p. of bid. +|bib | Definition: +| tacaud n. the bib or whiting pout. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bidding | Definition: @@ -6406,32 +5535,60 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | oration. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bids | Definition: -| ticketing n. a periodical sale of ore in the english -| mining districts; -- so called from the tickets -| upon which are written the bids of the buyers. +|biddy | Definition: +| biddy n. an irish serving woman or girl. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bide | Definition: +| bide v. t. to wait for; as i bide my time. see +| abide. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bijou | Definition: +| bijou n. a trinket; a jewel; -- a word applied +| to anything small and of elegant workmanship. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bier | Definition: -| feretory n. a portable bier or shrine variously -| adorned used for containing relics of saints. +|bile | Definition: +| yellows n. a disease of the bile in horses cattle +| and sheep causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bigness | Definition: -| bigness n. the state or quality of being big; -| largeness; size; bulk. +|bilious | Definition: +| temperament v. t. the peculiar physical and mental +| character of an individual in olden times erroneously +| supposed to be due to individual variation +| in the relations and proportions of the constituent +| parts of the body especially of the fluids +| as the bile blood lymph etc. hence the phrases +| bilious or choleric temperament sanguine temperament +| etc. implying a predominance of one of these +| fluids and a corresponding influence on the +| temperament. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|billows | Definition: -| roll v. i. to move as waves or billows with alternate -| swell and depression. +|billeted | Definition: +| billeted imp. & p. p. of billet +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bind | Definition: -| withe v. t. to bind or fasten with withes. -| +|billingsgate | Definition: +| billingsgate n. coarsely abusive foul or profane +| language; vituperation; ribaldry. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bills | Definition: +| transmit v. t. to cause to pass over or through; +| to communicate by sending; to send from one +| person or place to another; to pass on or down +| as by inheritance; as to transmit a memorial; +| to transmit dispatches; to transmit money or +| bills of exchange from one country to another. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |binding | Definition: @@ -6439,6 +5596,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | spars. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|biography | Definition: +| memoirs n. a memorial of any individual; a biography; +| often a biography written without special regard +| to method and completeness. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|birch | Definition: +| xylindein n. a green or blue pigment produced +| by peziza in certain kinds of decayed wood +| as the beech oak birch etc. and extracted as +| an amorphous powder resembling indigo. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |bird | Definition: | yaup n. a cry of distress rage or the like as | the cry of a sickly bird or of a child in pain. @@ -6464,33 +5636,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|birthright | Definition: -| birthright n. any right privilege or possession -| to which a person is entitled by birth such -| as an estate descendible by law to an heir -| or civil liberty under a free constitution; -| esp. the rights or inheritance of the first -| born. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bishop | Definition: -| visit v. t. to go or come to see for inspection -| examination correction of abuses etc.; to examine -| to inspect; as a bishop visits his diocese; -| a superintendent visits persons or works under -| his charge. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bishopric | Definition: -| #name? a suffix signifying dominion jurisdiction; -| as bishopric the district over which a bishop -| exercises authority. +|biscuit | Definition: +| roll v. a kind of shortened raised biscuit or +| bread often rolled or doubled upon itself. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bishops | Definition: -| tunicle n. a short close-fitting vestment worn -| by bishops under the dalmatic and by subdeacons. -| +|biscuits | Definition: +| sally lunn a tea cake slighty sweetened and raised +| with yeast baked in the form of biscuits or +| in a thin loaf and eaten hot with butter. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bite | Definition: @@ -6509,20 +5665,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |biting | Definition: -| sharpen a. to make biting sarcastic or severe. -| +| sour superl. having an acid or sharp biting taste +| like vinegar and the juices of most unripe +| fruits; acid; tart. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bits | Definition: -| shield-bearer n. any small moth of the genus aspidisca -| whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for -| itself out of bits of leaves. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bitten | Definition: -| tarantulated a. bitten by a tarantula; affected -| with tarantism. +| stock n. the handle or contrivance by which bits +| are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bitter | Definition: @@ -6539,34 +5690,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | semblance of gayety. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bittern | Definition: -| stake-driver n. the common american bittern (botaurus -| lentiginosus); -- so called because one of -| its notes resembles the sound made in driving -| a stake into the mud. called also meadow hen -| and indian hen. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bitterness | Definition: -| virulency n. extreme bitterness or malignity of -| disposition. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|blacker | Definition: -| compare v. t. to inflect according to the degrees -| of comparison; to state positive comparative -| and superlative forms of; as most adjectives -| of one syllable are compared by affixing - -| er and -est to the positive form; as black -| blacker blackest; those of more than one syllable -| are usually compared by prefixing >more > -| and >most > or >less > and >least > to the -| positive; as beautiful more beautiful most -| beautiful. +|blackened | Definition: +| ustulate a. blackened as if burned. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blackness | Definition: -| pitchiness n. blackness as of pitch; darkness. +|blacking | Definition: +| blacking n. the act or process of making black. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -6576,87 +5706,53 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|blacksmith | Definition: +| smith n. one who forges with the hammer; one who +| works in metals; as a blacksmith goldsmith +| silversmith and the like. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |blade | Definition: | web n. the blade of a saw. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|blades | Definition: +| parterie n. articles made of the blades or fiber +| of the lygeum spartum and stipa (/ macrochloa) +| tenacissima kinds of grass used in spain and +| other countries for making ropes mats baskets +| nets and mattresses. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |blame | Definition: | shend n. to blame reproach or revile; to degrade | disgrace or put to shame. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blamed | Definition: -| blamed imp. & p. p. of blame -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|blameless | Definition: -| blameless a. free from blame; without fault; innocent; -| guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|blames | Definition: -| herself pron. 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 objective case; as it is -| herself; she blames herself. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|blameworthy | Definition: -| blameworthy a. deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible. +|blandly | Definition: +| blandly adv. in a bland manner; mildly; suavely. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blanket | Definition: -| whittle n. a grayish coarse double blanket worn -| by countrywomen in the west of england over -| the shoulders like a cloak or shawl. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|blaspheme | Definition: -| blaspheme v. to speak of or address with impious -| irreverence; to revile impiously (anything -| sacred); as to blaspheme the holy spirit. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|blasphemed | Definition: -| blasphemed imp. & p. p. of blaspheme -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|blasphemer | Definition: -| blasphemer n. one who blasphemes. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|blaspheming | Definition: -| blaspheming p. pr. & vb. n. of blaspheme -| +|blank | Definition: +| tympan n. a frame covered with parchment or cloth +| on which the blank sheets are put in order +| to be laid on the form to be impressed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blasphemous | Definition: -| oath n. a careless and blasphemous use of the -| name of the divine being or anything divine -| or sacred by way of appeal or as a profane -| exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of -| profane swearing. +|blankets | Definition: +| wrap n. a wrapper; -- often used in the plural +| for blankets furs shawls etc. used in riding +| or traveling. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blasphemy | Definition: -| blasphemy n. an indignity offered to god in words -| writing or signs; impiously irreverent words -| or signs addressed to or used in reference -| to god; speaking evil of god; also the act -| of claiming the attributes or prerogatives -| of deity. +|blankness | Definition: +| blankness n. the state of being blank. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |blast | Definition: @@ -6664,20 +5760,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blasted | Definition: -| set v. i. to be fixed for growth; to strike root; -| to begin to germinate or form; as cuttings -| set well; the fruit has set well (i. e. not -| blasted in the blossom). -| +|blasts | Definition: +| gun n. violent blasts of wind. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blasting | Definition: -| tamping n. the act of one who tamps; specifically -| the act of filling up a hole in a rock or the -| branch of a mine for the purpose of blasting -| the rock or exploding the mine. -| +|blatant | Definition: +| trombone n. a powerful brass instrument of the +| trumpet kind thought by some to be the ancient +| sackbut consisting of a tube in three parts +| bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. +| the middle part bent double slips into the +| outer parts as in a telescope so that by change +| of the vibrating length any tone within the +| compass of the instrument (which may be bass +| or tenor or alto or even in rare instances +| soprano) is commanded. it is the only member +| of the family of wind instruments whose scale +| both diatonic and chromatic is complete without +| the aid of keys or pistons and which can slide +| from note to note as smoothly as the human +| voice or a violin. softly blown it has a rich +| and mellow sound which becomes harsh and blatant +| when the tones are forced; used with discretion +| its effect is often solemn and majestic. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |blaze | Definition: @@ -6687,30 +5794,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blear | Definition: -| blear v. t. to make somewhat sore or watery as -| the eyes; to dim or blur as the sight. figuratively: -| to obscure (mental or moral perception); to -| blind; to hoodwink. +|blazes | Definition: +| trammeled a. having blazes or white marks on the +| fore and hind foot of one side as if marked +| by trammels; -- said of a horse. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bleating | Definition: -| egophony n. the sound of a patient's voice so -| modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat -| heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain -| diseases within its cavity as in pleurisy with -| effusion. +|blazing | Definition: +| sparkle n. to emit sparks; to throw off ignited +| or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing +| off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; +| to twinkle; as the blazing wood sparkles; the +| stars sparkle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bleed | Definition: -| leech v. t. to bleed by the use of leeches. -| +|bleak | Definition: +| pearlfish n. any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like +| pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls +| as the bleak and whitebait. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blemish | Definition: -| white superl. having the color of purity; free -| from spot or blemish or from guilt or pollution; -| innocent; pure. +|bleeding | Definition: +| styptic a. producing contraction; stopping bleeding; +| having the quality of restraining hemorrhage +| when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bless | Definition: @@ -6723,10 +5833,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blessedness | Definition: -| blessedness n. the state of being blessed; happiness; -| felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of -| god. +|blessedly | Definition: +| blessedly adv. happily; fortunately; joyfully. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |blessing | Definition: @@ -6738,18 +5847,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blessings | Definition: -| yearly adv. annually; once a year to year; as -| blessings yearly bestowed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |blew | Definition: | let-up n. abatement; also cessation; as it blew | a gale for three days without any let-up. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|blight | Definition: +| frostbite v. t. to expose to the effect of frost +| or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|blighted | Definition: +| blighted imp. & p. p. of blight +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |blind | Definition: | zemni n. the blind mole rat (spalax typhlus) native | of eastern europe and asia. its eyes and ears @@ -6764,30 +5878,51 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blindfolded | Definition: -| hoodman n. the person blindfolded in the game -| called hoodman-blind. +|blinding | Definition: +| magnesium n. a light silver-white metallic element +| malleable and ductile quite permanent in dry +| air but tarnishing in moist air. it burns forming +| (the oxide) magnesia with the production of +| a blinding light (the so-called magnesium light) +| which is used in signaling in pyrotechny or +| in photography where a strong actinic illuminant +| is required. its compounds occur abundantly +| as in dolomite talc meerschaum etc. symbol +| mg. atomic weight 24.4. specific gravity 1.75. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|blindly | Definition: +| hidebound a. untractable; bigoted; obstinately +| and blindly or stupidly conservative. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |blindness | Definition: -| santonin n. a white crystalline substance having -| a bitter taste extracted from the buds of levant -| wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. it occassions -| a peculiar temporary color blindness causing -| objects to appear as if seen through a yellow -| glass. +| snow-blind a. affected with blindness by the brilliancy +| of snow. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blister | Definition: -| topic n. an external local application or remedy -| as a plaster a blister etc. -| +|bliss | Definition: +| heaven v. t. to place in happiness or bliss as +| if in heaven; to beatify. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blisters | Definition: -| yaw v. i. to rise in blisters breaking in white -| froth as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar -| works. +|blistered | Definition: +| blistered imp. & p. p. of blister +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|blithe | Definition: +| blithely adv. in a blithe manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bloated | Definition: +| leucophlegmatic a. having a dropsical habit of +| body with a white bloated skin. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |block | Definition: @@ -6795,17 +5930,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|blocked | Definition: +| blockage n. the act of blocking up; the state +| of being blocked up. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|blockhead | Definition: +| underhead n. a blockhead or stupid person; a dunderhead. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |blood | Definition: | white superl. destitute of color as in the cheeks | or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; | as white with fear. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bloodshed | Definition: -| bloodshed n. the shedding or spilling of blood; -| slaughter; the act of shedding human blood -| or taking life as in war riot or murder. -| +|bloodhound | Definition: +| hound n. a variety of the domestic dog usually +| having large drooping ears esp. one which hunts +| game by scent as the foxhound bloodhound deerhound +| but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting +| dogs as the greyhound boarhound etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bloodshot | Definition: +| bloodshot a. red and inflamed; suffused with blood +| or having the vessels turgid with blood as +| when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bloodthirsty | Definition: @@ -6829,33 +5983,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | diseases. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bloomed | Definition: -| bloomed imp. & p. p. of bloom -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|blooming | Definition: -| spannishing n. the full blooming of a flower. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|blossom | Definition: -| water lily a blossom or plant of any species -| of the genus nymphaea distinguished for its -| large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. -| see nymphaea. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|blossomed | Definition: -| blown p. p. & a. opened; in blossom or having -| blossomed as a flower. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|blossoms | Definition: -| yulan n. a species of magnolia (m. conspicua) -| with large white blossoms that open before -| the leaves. see the note under magnolia. -| +|bloom | Definition: +| remontant a. rising again; -- applied to a class +| of roses which bloom more than once in a season; +| the hybrid perpetual roses of which the jacqueminot +| is a well-known example. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |blot | Definition: @@ -6864,17 +5997,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | daub; a stain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blotted | Definition: -| indelible a. 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 memory. +|blotches | Definition: +| ocelot n. an american feline carnivore (felis +| pardalis). it ranges from the southwestern +| united states to patagonia. it is covered with +| blackish ocellated spots and blotches which +| are variously arranged. the ground color varies +| from reddish gray to tawny yellow. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|blotchy | Definition: +| blotchy a. having blotches. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |blotting | Definition: -| maculature n. blotting paper. -| +| pad n. a kind of cushion for writing upon or for +| blotting; esp. one formed of many flat sheets +| of writing paper or layers of blotting paper; +| a block of paper. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |blow | Definition: @@ -6892,10 +6034,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |blown | Definition: -| windfall n. anything blown down or off by the -| wind as fruit from a tree or the tree itself -| or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent -| wind etc. +| windfallen a. blown down by the wind. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |blows | Definition: @@ -6908,21 +6048,57 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blueness | Definition: -| blueness n. the quality of being blue; a blue -| color. +|blubbered | Definition: +| blubbered p. p. & a. swollen; turgid; as a blubbered +| lip. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blunt | Definition: -| sheathe v. t. to obtund or blunt as acrimonious -| substances or sharp particles. +|bludgeon | Definition: +| bludgeon n. a short stick with one end loaded +| or thicker and heavier that the other used +| as an offensive weapon. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|blundered | Definition: +| blundered imp. & p. p. of blunder | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|blush | Definition: -| flush v. t. to cause the blood to rush into (the -| face); to put to the blush or to cause to glow -| with excitement. +|blundering | Definition: +| sternforemost adv. with the stern instead of the +| bow in advance; hence figuratively in an awkward +| blundering manner. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|blunt | Definition: +| tongue-shaped a. shaped like a tongue; specifically +| (bot.) linear or oblong and fleshy blunt at +| the end and convex beneath; as a tongue-shaped +| leaf. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|blur | Definition: +| slur v. t. to blur or double as an impression +| from type; to mackle. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|blurred | Definition: +| mackle v. t. & i. to blur or be blurred in printing +| as if there were a double impression. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|blushed | Definition: +| blushed imp. & p. p. of blush +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|blushes | Definition: +| glow v. i. to exhibit a strong bright color; to +| be brilliant as if with heat; to be bright +| or red with heat or animation with blushes +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |blushing | Definition: @@ -6931,9 +6107,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|boanerges | Definition: -| boanerges any declamatory and vociferous preacher -| or orator. +|blustered | Definition: +| blustered imp. & p. p. of bluster +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|blusterous | Definition: +| blusterous a. inclined to bluster; given to blustering; +| blustering. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bo | Definition: +| peepul tree a sacred tree (ficus religiosa) of +| the buddhists a kind of fig tree which attains +| great size and venerable age. see bo tree. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |boar | Definition: @@ -6943,11 +6131,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|boarded | Definition: +| tip n. a thin boarded brush made of camel's hair +| used by gilders in lifting gold leaf. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|boarder | Definition: +| boarder n. one who boards a ship; one selected +| to board an enemy's ship. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|boarding | Definition: +| wainscot n. a wooden lining or boarding of the +| walls of apartments usually made in panels. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |boards | Definition: -| weatherboarding n. the covering or siding of a -| building formed of boards lapping over one -| another to exclude rain snow etc. -| +| weatherboarding n. boards adapted or intended +| for such use. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |boast | Definition: @@ -6956,9 +6160,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|boasted | Definition: -| crack a. of superior excellence; having qualities -| to be boasted of. +|boastfulness | Definition: +| scaramouch n. a personage in the old italian comedy +| (derived from spain) characterized by great +| boastfulness and poltroonery; hence a person +| of like characteristics; a buffoon. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |boasting | Definition: @@ -6968,13 +6175,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | doctor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|boasts | Definition: -| quacksalver n. one who boasts of his skill in -| medicines and salves or of the efficacy of -| his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a -| mountebank. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |boat | Definition: | yoke n. a crosspiece upon the head of a boat's | rudder. to its ends lines are attached which @@ -6982,12 +6182,46 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | from amidships. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|boating | Definition: +| boating n. in persia a punishment of capital offenders +| by laying them on the back in a covered boat +| where they are left to perish. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|boatmen | Definition: +| boatmen pl. of boatman +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |boats | Definition: | weighlock n. a lock as on a canal in which boats | are weighed and their tonnage is settled. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|boatswain | Definition: +| yeoman n. an interior officer under the boatswain +| gunner or carpenters charged with the stowage +| account and distribution of the stores. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bobbing | Definition: +| bobbing p. pr. & vb. n. of bob +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bobbish | Definition: +| bobbish a. hearty; in good spirits. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bobtail | Definition: +| tag-rag n. & a. the lowest class of people; the +| rabble. cf. rag tag and bobtail under bobtail. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |bodies | Definition: | zoochlorella n. one of the small green granulelike | bodies found in the interior of certain stentors @@ -7022,17 +6256,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|boils | Definition: -| vacuum n. a space entirely devoid of matter (called -| also by way of distinction absolute vacuum); -| hence in a more general sense a space as the -| interior of a closed vessel which has been -| exhausted to a high or the highest degree by -| an air pump or other artificial means; as water -| boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bold | Definition: | whopper n. something uncommonly large of the kind; | something astonishing; -- applied especially @@ -7054,11 +6277,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bolled | Definition: -| bolled imp. & p. p. of boll -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bolt | Definition: | wringbolt n. a bolt used by shipwrights to bend | and secure the planks against the timbers till @@ -7067,18 +6285,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bolts | Definition: -| wringbolt n. a bolt used by shipwrights to bend -| and secure the planks against the timbers till -| they are fastened by bolts spikes or treenails; -| -- not to be confounded with ringbolt. -| +|bolted | Definition: +| wale n. a timber bolted to a row of piles to secure +| them together and in position. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bond | Definition: -| yoke n. fig.: that which connects or binds; a -| chain; a link; a bond connection. -| +|bolting | Definition: +| range v. a bolting sieve to sift meal. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bondage | Definition: @@ -7089,41 +6304,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to wear a shackle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bondman | Definition: -| villain n. one who holds lands by a base or servile -| tenure or in villenage; a feudal tenant of -| the lowest class a bondman or servant. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bondmen | Definition: -| team n. a royalty or privilege granted by royal -| charter to a lord of a manor of having keeping -| and judging in his court his bondmen neifes -| and villains and their offspring or suit that -| is goods and chattels and appurtenances thereto. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bonds | Definition: -| voucher n. a book paper or document which serves -| to vouch the truth of accounts or to confirm -| and establish facts of any kind; also any acquittance -| or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as -| the merchant's books are his vouchers for the -| correctness of his accounts; notes bonds receipts -| and other writings are used as vouchers in -| proving facts. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bondwoman | Definition: -| bondwoman n. a woman who is a slave or in bondage. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bondwomen | Definition: -| bondwomen pl. of bondwoman -| +|bondsman | Definition: +| bondsman n. a surety; one who is bound or who +| gives security for another. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bone | Definition: @@ -7133,55 +6317,105 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|boned | Definition: +| fricando n. a ragout or fricassee of veal; a fancy +| dish of veal or of boned turkey served as an +| entree -- called also fricandel. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |bones | Definition: | withers prep. the ridge between the shoulder bones | of a horse at the base of the neck. see illust. | of horse. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bonfire | Definition: -| bonfire n. a large fire built in the open air -| as an expression of public joy and exultation -| or for amusement. +|bonnet | Definition: +| unlace v. t. to loose and take off as a bonnet +| from a sail or to cast off as any lacing in +| any part of the rigging of a vessel. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bonnet | Definition: -| unbonnet v. t. to take a bonnet from; to take -| off one's bonnet; to uncover; as to unbonnet -| one's head. +|bony | Definition: +| yacare n. a south american crocodilian (jacare +| sclerops) resembling the alligator in size +| and habits. the eye orbits are connected together +| and surrounded by prominent bony ridges. called +| also spectacled alligator and spectacled cayman. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bonnets | Definition: -| millinery n. the articles made or sold by milliners -| as headdresses hats or bonnets laces ribbons -| and the like. +|booby | Definition: +| sula n. a genus of sea birds including the booby +| and the common gannet. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bonus | Definition: -| bonus n. a premium given for a loan or for a charter -| or other privilege granted to a company; as -| the bank paid a bonus for its charter. -| +|bookcase | Definition: +| scrine n. a chest bookcase or other place where +| writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bootes | Definition: -| bootes n. a northern constellation containing -| the bright star arcturus. -| +|bookshelves | Definition: +| bookshelves pl. of bookshelf +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bookshop | Definition: +| bookshop n. a bookseller's shop. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|boom | Definition: +| withe n. an iron attachment on one end of a mast +| or boom with a ring through which another mast +| or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|boor | Definition: +| kern n. any kind of boor or low-lived person. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|boorish | Definition: +| tike n. a countryman or clown; a boorish person. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|boot | Definition: +| welt v. t. to furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten +| a welt on; as to welt a boot or a shoe; to +| welt a sleeve. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|booted | Definition: +| booting n. a kicking as with a booted foot. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |booth | Definition: -| booth n. a house or shed built of boards boughs -| or other slight materials for temporary occupation. +| booth n. a covered stall or temporary structure +| in a fair or market or at a polling place. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|booty | Definition: -| marauder v. a rover in quest of booty or plunder; -| a plunderer; one who pillages. +|bootjack | Definition: +| bootjack n. a device for pulling off boots. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bootmaker | Definition: +| bootmaker n. one who makes boots. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|boots | Definition: +| wellingtons n. pl. a kind of long boots for men. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |border | Definition: | wing-shell n. any one of various species of marine | bivalve shells belonging to the genus avicula @@ -7196,28 +6430,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | houses. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|borders | Definition: -| water mouse any one of several species of mice -| belonging to the genus hydromys native of australia -| and tasmania. their hind legs are strong and -| their toes partially webbed. they live on the -| borders of streams and swim well. they are -| remarkable as being the only rodents found -| in australia. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bore | Definition: -| xylophaga n. a genus of marine bivalves which -| bore holes in wood. they are allied to pholas. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bored | Definition: -| torpedo n. an explosive cartridge or shell lowered -| or dropped into a bored oil well and there -| exploded to clear the well of obstructions -| or to open communication with a source of supply -| of oil. +| xylophagan n. one of a tribe of beetles whose +| larvae bore or live in wood. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |born | Definition: @@ -7243,31 +6459,38 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | usury. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|borrower | Definition: -| usury v. t. interest in excess of a legal rate -| charged to a borrower for the use of money. -| +|bosom | Definition: +| square n. the front of a woman's dress over the +| bosom usually worked or embroidered. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|borrowing | Definition: -| shin v. i. to run about borrowing money hastily -| and temporarily as for the payment of one's -| notes at the bank. +|botany | Definition: +| system n. an assemblage of objects arranged in +| regular subordination or after some distinct +| method usually logical or scientific; a complete +| whole of objects related by some common law +| principle or end; a complete exhibition of +| essential principles or facts arranged in a +| rational dependence or connection; a regular +| union of principles or parts forming one entire +| thing; as a system of philosophy; a system +| of government; a system of divinity; a system +| of botany or chemistry; a military system; +| the solar system. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bosom | Definition: -| saree n. the principal garment of a hindoo woman. -| it consists of a long piece of cloth which -| is wrapped round the middle of the body a portion -| being arranged to hang down in front and the -| remainder passed across the bosom over the -| left shoulder. +|bother | Definition: +| bother n. one who or that which bothers; state +| of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; +| worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as to be +| in a bother. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bosses | Definition: -| embossment n. the act of forming bosses or raised -| figures or the state of being so formed. -| +|bothering | Definition: +| botheration n. the act of bothering or state of +| being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; +| annoyance; vexation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bottle | Definition: @@ -7289,26 +6512,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of pumps in a mine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bottomless | Definition: -| bottomless a. without a bottom; hence fathomless; -| baseless; as a bottomless abyss. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bough | Definition: -| wike n. a temporary mark or boundary as a bough -| of a tree set up in marking out or dividing -| anything as tithes swaths to be mowed in common -| ground etc.; -- called also wicker. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|boughs | Definition: -| wicket n. a place of shelter made of the boughs -| of trees -- used by lumbermen etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bought | Definition: | venal a. capable of being bought or obtained for | money or other valuable consideration; made @@ -7317,29 +6520,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | services. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bound | Definition: -| yellow-covered a. covered or bound in yellow paper. -| +|bounce | Definition: +| bounce adv. with a sudden leap; suddenly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|boundary | Definition: -| wike n. a temporary mark or boundary as a bough -| of a tree set up in marking out or dividing -| anything as tithes swaths to be mowed in common -| ground etc.; -- called also wicker. -| +|bounced | Definition: +| bounce v. i. to leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; +| to bound; as she bounced into the room. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bounded | Definition: -| trisoctahedron n. a solid of the isometric system -| bounded by twenty-four equal faces three corresponding -| to each face of an octahedron. -| +|bouncing | Definition: +| soapwort n. a common plant (saponaria officinalis) +| of the pink family; -- so called because its +| bruised leaves when agitated in water produce +| a lather like that from soap. called also bouncing +| bet. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bounden | Definition: -| bounden p. p & a. made obligatory; imposed as -| a duty; binding. +|bound | Definition: +| yellow-covered a. covered or bound in yellow paper. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |boundless | Definition: @@ -7352,48 +6554,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of a manor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bountiful | Definition: -| penurious a. not bountiful or liberal; scanty. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bounty | Definition: -| largesse a. a present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bow | Definition: | yew n. a bow for shooting made of the yew. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bowed | Definition: -| wolf a. in bowed instruments a harshness due to -| defective vibration in certain notes of the -| scale. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bowels | Definition: -| work n. to act or operate on the stomach and bowels -| as a cathartic. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bowers | Definition: -| ground n. that surface upon which the figures -| of a composition are set and which relieves -| them by its plainness being either of one tint -| or of tints but slightly contrasted with one -| another; as crimson bowers on a white ground. +|bower | Definition: +| wreathe v. i. to be intewoven or entwined; to +| twine together; as a bower of wreathing trees. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bowing | Definition: -| salam n. a salutation or compliment of ceremony -| in the east by word or act; an obeisance performed -| by bowing very low and placing the right palm -| on the forehead. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bowl | Definition: | washbowl n. a basin or bowl to hold water for | washing one's hands face etc. @@ -7418,6 +6589,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|bowsprit | Definition: +| whisker n. iron rods extending on either side +| of the bowsprit to spread or guy out the stays +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|boxed | Definition: +| boxed imp. & p. p. of box +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|boxer | Definition: +| boxer n. one who boxes; a pugilist. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|boxes | Definition: +| waste v. that which is of no value; worthless +| remnants; refuse. specifically: remnants of +| cops or other refuse resulting from the working +| of cotton wool hemp and the like used for wiping +| machinery absorbing oil in the axle boxes of +| railway cars etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |boy | Definition: | whistle v. i. a sharp shrill more or less musical | sound made by forcing the breath through a @@ -7429,6 +6624,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | whistle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|boyhood | Definition: +| stripling n. a youth in the state of adolescence +| or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a +| lad. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|boyish | Definition: +| #name? a suffix used to from adjectives from +| nouns and from adjectives. it denotes relation +| resemblance similarity and sometimes has a +| diminutive force; as selfish boyish brutish; +| whitish somewhat white. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |boys | Definition: | trousers n. pl. a garment worn by men and boys | extending from the waist to the knee or to @@ -7436,21 +6646,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bracelet | Definition: -| scarabee n. a stylized representation of a scarab -| beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of -| resurrection used by the ancient egyptians -| as an ornament or a talisman and in modern -| times used in jewelry usually by engraving -| designs on cabuchon stones. also used attributively; -| as a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing -| scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf]. -| +|brace | Definition: +| wimble n. a stonecutter's brace for boring holes +| in stone. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|braces | Definition: +| weather a. being toward the wind or windward -- +| opposed to lee; as weather bow weather braces +| weather gauge weather lifts weather quarter +| weather shrouds etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bragged | Definition: -| bragly adv. in a manner to be bragged of; finely; -| proudly. +|brag | Definition: +| swagger v. i. to boast or brag noisily; to be +| ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; +| to bully. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |brain | Definition: @@ -7458,10 +6669,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|brake | Definition: -| shoe n. the part of a railroad car brake which -| presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. -| +|brains | Definition: +| cerebropathy n. a hypochondriacal condition verging +| upon insanity occurring in those whose brains +| have been unduly taxed; -- called also brain +| fag. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bramble | Definition: @@ -7472,6 +6684,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | low blackberries. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|brambles | Definition: +| rosaceous a. of or pertaining to a natural order +| of plants (rosaceae) of which the rose is the +| type. it includes also the plums and cherries +| meadowsweet brambles the strawberry the hawthorn +| applies pears service trees and quinces. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |branch | Definition: | zetetics a. a branch of algebra which relates | to the direct search for unknown quantities. @@ -7487,9 +6708,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|brandish | Definition: -| brandish n. to play with; to flourish; as to brandish -| syllogisms. +|branded | Definition: +| maverick n. in the southwestern part of the united +| states a bullock or heifer that has not been +| branded and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to +| be from maverick the name of a cattle owner +| in texas who neglected to brand his cattle. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|brandy | Definition: +| usquebaugh a. a liquor compounded of brandy or +| other strong spirit raisins cinnamon and other +| spices. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |brass | Definition: @@ -7511,22 +6742,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bravely | Definition: -| bravely adv. well; thrivingly; prosperously. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|brawling | Definition: -| shrew a. originally a brawling turbulent vexatious -| person of either sex but now restricted in -| use to females; a brawler; a scold. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bray | Definition: -| pestle v. t. & i. to pound pulverize bray or mix -| with a pestle or as with a pestle; to use a -| pestle. +|bravery | Definition: +| prowess a. distinguished bravery; valor; especially +| military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; +| fearlessness. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |brazen | Definition: @@ -7541,13 +6760,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | blow or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|breaches | Definition: -| storm v. t. to assault; to attack and attempt -| to take by scaling walls forcing gates breaches -| or the like; as to storm a fortified town. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bread | Definition: | yeast n. the foam or troth (top yeast) or the | sediment (bottom yeast) of beer or other in @@ -7560,11 +6772,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|breadcorn | Definition: -| breadcorn corn of grain of which bread is made -| as wheat rye etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |breadth | Definition: | unequal a. not equal; not matched; not of the | same size length breadth quantity strength @@ -7580,17 +6787,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|breaker | Definition: +| idoloclast n. a breaker of idols; an iconoclast. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|breakfast | Definition: +| tiffin n. a lunch or slight repast between breakfast +| and dinner; -- originally a provincial english +| word but introduced into india and brought +| back to england in a special sense. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|breakfasted | Definition: +| breakfasted imp. & p. p. of breakfast +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |breaking | Definition: | yaw v. i. to rise in blisters breaking in white | froth as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar | works. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|breaks | Definition: -| wit-cracker n. one who breaks jests; a joker. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |breast | Definition: | yuen n. the crowned gibbon (hylobates pileatus) | native of siam southern china and the island @@ -7604,13 +6824,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|breastplate | Definition: -| urim n. a part or decoration of the breastplate -| of the high priest among the ancient jews by -| which jehovah revealed his will on certain -| occasions. its nature has been the subject -| of conflicting conjectures. -| +|breasted | Definition: +| breasted a. having a breast; -- used in composition +| with qualifying words in either a literal or +| a metaphorical sense; as a single-breasted +| coat. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |breasts | Definition: @@ -7632,10 +6850,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |breathed | Definition: -| nostril n. one of the external openings of the -| nose which give passage to the air breathed -| and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one -| of the anterior nares. +| outbreathe v. i. to issue as breath; to be breathed +| out; to exhale. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |breathing | Definition: @@ -7648,15 +6864,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|breathings | Definition: -| breathing n. any gentle influence or operation; -| inspiration; as the breathings of the spirit. -| +|breathless | Definition: +| breathlessness n. the state of being breathless +| or out of breath. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bred | Definition: +| thoroughbred a. bred from the best blood through +| a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock +| as horses. hence having the characteristics +| of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of +| elegant form or the like. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |breeches | Definition: -| unbreech v. t. to remove the breeches of; to divest -| or strip of breeches. +| waistband n. the band which encompasses the waist; +| esp. one on the upper part of breeches trousers +| pantaloons skirts or the like. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |breed | Definition: @@ -7665,45 +6891,60 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|breeze | Definition: -| whame n. a breeze fly. +|breeder | Definition: +| twinner n. one who gives birth to twins; a breeder +| of twins. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|brethren | Definition: -| plymouth brethren the members of a religious -| sect which first appeared at plymouth england -| about 1830. they protest against sectarianism -| and reject all official ministry or clergy. -| also called brethren christian brethren plymouthists -| etc. the darbyites are a division of the brethren. +|breeding | Definition: +| whidah bird any one of several species of finchlike +| birds belonging to the genus vidua native of +| asia and africa. in the breeding season the +| male has very long drooping tail feathers. +| called also vida finch whidah finch whydah +| bird whydah finch widow bird and widow finch. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|brevity | Definition: -| logogram n. a word letter; a phonogram that for -| the sake of brevity represents a word; as | -| i. e. t for it. cf. grammalogue. -| +|brew | Definition: +| tolsester n. a toll or tribute of a sextary of +| ale paid to the lords of some manors by their +| tenants for liberty to brew and sell ale. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bribe | Definition: -| bribe v. i. to give a bribe to a person; to pervert -| the judgment or corrupt the action of a person -| in a position of trust by some gift or promise. +|brewed | Definition: +| tipper n. a kind of ale brewed with brackish water +| obtained from a particular well; -- so called +| from the first brewer of it one thomas tipper. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bribery | Definition: -| bribery n. the act or practice of giving or taking -| bribes; the act of influencing the official -| or political action of another by corrupt inducements. +|brewer | Definition: +| tipper n. a kind of ale brewed with brackish water +| obtained from a particular well; -- so called +| from the first brewer of it one thomas tipper. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bribes | Definition: -| subornation n. the sin or offense of procuring -| one to do a criminal or bad action as by bribes -| or persuasion. +|brewery | Definition: +| stillion n. a stand as for casks or vats in a +| brewery or for pottery while drying. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|brewing | Definition: +| malt n. 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. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bribed | Definition: +| incorruptible a. incapable of being bribed or +| morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |brick | Definition: @@ -7716,14 +6957,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bricks | Definition: -| well v. i. a pit or hole sunk into the earth to -| such a depth as to reach a supply of water -| generally of a cylindrical form and often walled -| with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from -| caving in. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bridal | Definition: | bridal n. of or pertaining to a bride or to wedding; | nuptial; as bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; @@ -7737,17 +6970,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bridechamber | Definition: -| bridechamber n. the nuptial apartment. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bridegroom | Definition: | spouse n. a married man in distinct from a spousess | or married woman; a bridegroom or husband. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|bridge | Definition: +| wheatstone's bridge see under bridge. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |bridges | Definition: | work n. structures in civil military or naval | engineering as docks bridges embankments trenches @@ -7757,50 +6990,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bridle | Definition: -| unbridled a. loosed from the bridle or as from -| the bridle; hence unrestrained; licentious; -| violent; as unbridled passions. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bridles | Definition: -| loriner n. a maker of bits spurs and metal mounting -| for bridles and saddles; hence a saddler. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bridling | Definition: -| bridling p. pr. & vb. n. of bridle -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |brief | Definition: | word n. a brief remark or observation; an expression; | a phrase clause or short sentence. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|briefly | Definition: -| recapitulate v. i. to sum up or enumerate by heads -| or topics what has been previously said; to -| repeat briefly the substance. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|brier | Definition: -| smilax n. a genus of perennial climbing plants -| usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier -| or cat brier. the rootstocks of certain species -| are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|briers | Definition: -| dumal a. pertaining to or set with briers or bushes; -| brambly. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bright | Definition: | zygenid n. any one of numerous species of moths | of the family zygaenidae most of which are @@ -7809,6 +7004,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|brightened | Definition: +| sunny superl. exposed to the rays of the sun; +| brightened or warmed by the direct rays of +| the sun; as a sunny room; the sunny side of +| a hill. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |brighter | Definition: | redhead n. an american duck (aythya americana) | highly esteemed as a game bird. it is closely @@ -7819,26 +7021,40 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|brightly | Definition: +| shadowy a. not brightly luminous; faintly light. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |brightness | Definition: | silver v. t. to polish like silver; to impart | a brightness to like that of silver. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|brilliant | Definition: +| zirconia n. the oxide of zirconium obtained as +| a white powder and possessing both acid and +| basic properties. on account of its infusibility +| and brilliant luminosity when incandescent +| it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the +| drummomd light. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|brilliantly | Definition: +| vernicose a. having a brilliantly polished surface +| as some leaves. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |brim | Definition: | sconce p. p. hence the circular tube with a brim | in a candlestick into which the candle is inserted. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|brimful | Definition: -| brimmer n. a brimful bowl; a bumper. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|brimstone | Definition: -| brimstone a. made of or pertaining to brimstone; -| as brimstone matches. +|brimmed | Definition: +| brimmed a. full to or level with the brim. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bring | Definition: @@ -7867,25 +7083,85 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in extent. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bristol | Definition: -| scour v. t. to rub hard with something rough as -| sand or bristol brick especially for the purpose -| of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make -| clean or bright; to cleanse from grease dirt -| etc. as articles of dress. +|brisk | Definition: +| vivace a. & adv. brisk; vivacious; with spirit; +| -- a direction to perform a passage in a brisk +| and lively manner. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|briskly | Definition: +| squirm v. i. to twist about briskly with contor/ions +| like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|briskness | Definition: +| smart v. i. a fellow who affects smartness briskness +| and vivacity; a dandy. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bristling | Definition: +| horror n. a bristling up; a rising into roughness; +| tumultuous movement. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|britain | Definition: +| union n. a device emblematic of union used on +| a national flag or ensign sometimes as in the +| military standard of great britain covering +| the whole field; sometimes as in the flag of +| the united states and the english naval and +| marine flag occupying the upper inner corner +| the rest of the flag being called the fly. +| also a flag having such a device; especially +| the flag of great britain. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|brittle | Definition: -| zincite n. native zinc oxide; a brittle translucent -| mineral of an orange-red color; -- called also -| red zinc ore and red oxide of zinc. -| +|britannia | Definition: +| zinc n. an abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium +| group extracted principally from the minerals +| zinc blende smithsonite calamine and franklinite +| as an easily fusible bluish white metal which +| is malleable especially when heated. it is +| not easily oxidized in moist air and hence +| is used for sheeting coating galvanized iron +| etc. it is used in making brass britannia and +| other alloys and is also largely consumed in +| electric batteries. symbol zn. atomic weight +| 64.9. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|british | Definition: +| yew n. an evergreen tree (taxus baccata) of europe +| allied to the pines but having a peculiar berrylike +| fruit instead of a cone. it frequently grows +| in british churchyards. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|briton | Definition: +| briton n. a native of great britain. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|britons | Definition: +| coracle n. a boat made by covering a wicker frame +| with leather or oilcloth. it was used by the +| ancient britons and is still used by fisherman +| in wales and some parts of ireland. also a +| similar boat used in thibet and in egypt. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|broached | Definition: +| broached imp. & p. p. of broach +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |broad | Definition: -| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16� -| or 18� broad in the middle of which is the +| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16¡ +| or 18¡ broad in the middle of which is the | ecliptic or sun's path. it comprises the twelve | constellations which one constituted and from | which were named the twelve signs of the zodiac. @@ -7899,19 +7175,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | flyer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|broidered | Definition: -| broidered imp. & p. p. of broider -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|broiled | Definition: -| steak v. t. a slice of beef broiled or cut for -| broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other -| large animals; as venison steak; bear steak; -| pork steak; turtle steak. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |broke | Definition: | strong superl. pertaining to or designating a | verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by @@ -7932,16 +7195,59 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|broker | Definition: +| upholder n. a broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|brooch | Definition: +| slide n. a clasp or brooch for a belt or the like. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|brooches | Definition: +| ephod n. a part of the sacerdotal habit among +| jews being a covering for the back and breast +| held together on the shoulders by two clasps +| or brooches of onyx stones set in gold and +| fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the +| ephod. the ephod for the priests was of plain +| linen; that for the high priest was richly +| embroidered in colors. the breastplate of the +| high priest was worn upon the ephod in front. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |brood | Definition: | nye n. a brood or flock of pheasants. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|brook | Definition: -| wady n. a ravine through which a brook flows; -| the channel of a water course which is dry -| except in the rainy season. -| +|brooded | Definition: +| brooded imp. & p. p. of brood +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|brooding | Definition: +| subjective a. especially pertaining to or derived +| from one's own consciousness in distinction +| from external observation; ralating to the +| mind or intellectual world in distinction from +| the outward or material excessively occupied +| with or brooding over one's own internal states. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|broom | Definition: +| whisk n. a small bunch of grass straw twigs hair +| or the like used for a brush; hence a brush +| or small besom as of broom corn. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|broomstick | Definition: +| broomstick n. a stick used as a handle of a broom. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |broth | Definition: @@ -7953,12 +7259,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | weak dose of medicine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|brothel | Definition: -| brothel n. a house of lewdness or ill fame; a -| house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |brother | Definition: | uncle n. the brother of one's father or mother; | also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative @@ -7966,20 +7266,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|brotherhood | Definition: -| congregationalism n. that system of church organization -| which vests all ecclesiastical power in the -| assembled brotherhood of each local church. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|brotherly | Definition: -| fraternize v. i. to associate or hold fellowship -| as brothers or as men of like occupation or -| character; to have brotherly feelings. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |brothers | Definition: | resemble v. t. to be like or similar to; to bear | the similitude of either in appearance or qualities; @@ -8014,6 +7300,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | jargon. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|browned | Definition: +| tops-and-bottoms n. pl. small rolls of dough baked +| cut in halves and then browned in an oven -- +| used as food for infants. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|brows | Definition: +| scowl n. the wrinkling of the brows or face in +| frowing; the expression of displeasure sullenness +| or discontent in the countenance; an angry +| frown. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |bruise | Definition: | triturate v. t. to rub grind bruise or thrash. | @@ -8025,17 +7325,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bruises | Definition: -| pepper v. t. figuratively: to shower shot or other -| missiles or blows upon; to pelt; to fill with -| shot or cover with bruises or wounds. -| +|brush | Definition: +| wisp v. t. to brush or dress an with a wisp. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bruising | Definition: -| trituration n. the act of triturating or reducing -| to a fine or impalpable powder by grinding -| rubbing bruising etc. +|brushes | Definition: +| celluloid n. a substance composed essentially +| of gun cotton and camphor and when pure resembling +| ivory in texture and color but variously colored +| to imitate coral tortoise shell amber malachite +| etc. it is used in the manufacture of jewelry +| and many small articles as combs brushes collars +| and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|brushing | Definition: +| sweep v. i. to brush swiftly over the surface +| of anything; to pass with switness and force +| as if brushing the surface of anything; to +| move in a stately manner; as the wind sweeps +| across the plain; a woman sweeps through a +| drawing-room. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |brutal | Definition: @@ -8043,6 +7355,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a barbarian. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|brutality | Definition: +| brutality n. an inhuman act. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |brute | Definition: | vives n. a disease of brute animals especially | of horses seated in the glands under the ear @@ -8050,113 +7367,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in suppuration. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|brutish | Definition: -| brutish a. pertaining to or resembling a brute -| or brutes; of a cruel gross and stupid nature; -| coarse; unfeeling; unintelligent. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|buck | Definition: -| water trefoil the buck bean. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bucket | Definition: | tub n. a box or bucket in which coal or ore is | sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|buckets | Definition: -| wrest n. a partition in a water wheel by which -| the form of the buckets is determined. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |buckle | Definition: | tongue n. a projection or slender appendage or | fixture; as the tongue of a buckle or of a | balance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|buckler | Definition: -| target n. a kind of small shield or buckler used -| as a defensive weapon in war. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bucklers | Definition: -| biscutate a. resembling two bucklers placed side -| by side. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|buckles | Definition: -| unbuckle v. t. to loose the buckles of; to unfasten; -| as to unbuckle a shoe. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bud | Definition: -| vernation n. the arrangement of the leaves within -| the leaf bud as regards their folding coiling -| rolling etc.; prefoliation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|budded | Definition: -| repullulation n. the act of budding again; the -| state of having budded again. +|budging | Definition: +| budging p. pr. & vb. n. of budge | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|budding | Definition: -| torula n. a chain of special bacteria. (b) a genus -| of budding fungi. same as saccharomyces. also -| used adjectively. +|buffaloes | Definition: +| buffaloes pl. of buffalo |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|buds | Definition: -| seedling n. a plant reared from the seed as distinguished -| from one propagated by layers buds or the like. +|bug | Definition: +| water bug any one of numerous species of large +| rapacious aquatic hemipterous insects belonging +| to belostoma benacus zaitha and other genera +| of the family belostomatidae. their hind legs +| are long and fringed and act like oars. some +| of these insects are of great size being among +| the largest existing hemiptera. many of them +| come out of the water and fly about at night. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|buffet | Definition: -| court-cupboard n. a movable sideboard or buffet -| on which plate and other articles of luxury -| were displayed on special ocasions. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|buffeted | Definition: -| buffeted imp. & p. p. of buffet -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|buffle | Definition: -| buffle v. i. to puzzle; to be at a loss. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|buffoons | Definition: -| scurrilous a. using the low and indecent language -| of the meaner sort of people or such as only -| the license of buffoons can warrant; as a scurrilous -| fellow. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |build | Definition: | temple v. t. to build a temple for; to appropriate | a temple to; as to temple a god. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|builder | Definition: -| shipwright n. one whose occupation is to construct -| ships; a builder of ships or other vessels. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |builders | Definition: | plumb n. a little mass or weight of lead or the | like attached to a line and used by builders @@ -8177,17 +7426,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bulk | Definition: -| water n. to add water to (anything) thereby extending -| the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength -| or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken. +|bulbs | Definition: +| viviparous a. producing young in a living state +| as most mammals or as those plants the offspring +| of which are produced alive either by bulbs +| instead of seeds or by the seeds themselves +| germinating on the plant instead of falling +| as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|bulging | Definition: +| tun n. a large cask; an oblong vessel bulging +| in the middle like a pipe or puncheon and girt +| with hoops; a wine cask. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |bull | Definition: -| semibull n. a bull issued by a pope in the period -| between his election and coronation. -| +| stot n. a young bull or ox especially one three +| years old. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bullied | Definition: +| bullied imp. & p. p. of bully +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bullock | Definition: @@ -8195,19 +7458,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bulls | Definition: -| bullfighting n. a barbarous sport of great antiquity -| in which men torment and fight with a bull -| or bulls in an arena for public amusement -- -| still popular in spain. -| +|bully | Definition: +| swashbuckler n. a bully or braggadocio; a swaggering +| boastful fellow; a swaggerer. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bulrush | Definition: -| tule n. a large bulrush (scirpus lacustris and -| s. tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed -| land in california and elsewhere. -| +|bullying | Definition: +| rushbuckler n. a bullying and violent person; +| a braggart; a swashbuckler. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bulrushes | Definition: @@ -8217,11 +7477,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | egyptian papyrus. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bulwark | Definition: -| mount v. a bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |bulwarks | Definition: | waist n. hence the middle part of other bodies; | especially (naut.) that part of a vessel's @@ -8230,17 +7485,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | ship. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bunch | Definition: -| whisk n. a small bunch of grass straw twigs hair -| or the like used for a brush; hence a brush -| or small besom as of broom corn. -| +|bumped | Definition: +| bumped imp. & p. p. of bump +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bunches | Definition: -| pampre n. an ornament composed of vine leaves -| and bunches of grapes used for decorating spiral -| columns. +|bumping | Definition: +| jostle n. a conflict by collisions; a crowding +| or bumping together; interference. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bundle | Definition: @@ -8255,10 +7508,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | dry as hay. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bur | Definition: -| water agrimony a kind of bur marigold (bidens -| tripartita) found in wet places in europe. -| +|buoys | Definition: +| buoyage n. buoys taken collectively; a series +| of buoys as for the guidance of vessels into +| or out of port; the providing of buoys. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |burden | Definition: @@ -8266,43 +7520,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|burdened | Definition: -| heavily adv. as if burdened with a great weight; -| slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence -| in a slow difficult or suffering manner; sorrowfully. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|burdens | Definition: -| wase n. a bundle of straw or other material to -| relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon -| the head. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|burdensome | Definition: -| tax n. a disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; -| as a heavy tax on time or health. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|burial | Definition: -| service n. office of devotion; official religious -| duty performed; religious rites appropriate -| to any event or ceremonial; as a burial service. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |buried | Definition: | tunicated a. having each joint buried in the preceding | funnel-shaped one as in certain antennae of | insects. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|burly | Definition: +| burly a. coarse and rough; boisterous. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |burn | Definition: -| singe v. t. to burn slightly or superficially; -| to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or -| outside of; as to singe the hair or the skin. -| +| up adv. to or in a state of completion; completely; +| wholly; quite; as in the phrases to eat up; +| to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to +| shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a +| rent. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |burned | Definition: @@ -8320,12 +7554,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | poker. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|burns | Definition: -| unguent n. a lubricant or salve for sores burns -| or the like; an ointment. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |burnt | Definition: | umber n. a brown or reddish pigment used in both | oil and water colors obtained from certain @@ -8343,14 +7571,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|burthen | Definition: -| burthen n. & v. t. see burden. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|bury | Definition: -| sand v. t. to bury (oysters) beneath drifting -| sand or mud. +|bursting | Definition: +| upburst n. the act of bursting upwards; a breaking +| through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; +| as an upburst of molten matter. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |burying | Definition: @@ -8377,19 +7602,46 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|bushels | Definition: -| wash n. ten strikes or bushels of oysters. +|bushes | Definition: +| zareba n. an improvised stockade; especially one +| made of thorn bushes etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bushy | Definition: +| yak n. a bovine mammal (poephagus grunnies) native +| of the high plains of central asia. its neck +| the outer side of its legs and its flanks are +| covered with long flowing fine hair. its tail +| is long and bushy often white and is valued +| as an ornament and for other purposes in india +| and china. there are several domesticated varieties +| some of which lack the mane and the long hair +| on the flanks. called also chauri gua grunting +| cow grunting ox sarlac sarlik and sarluc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|busily | Definition: +| negotiousness n. the state of being busily occupied; +| activity. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|bust | Definition: +| vagina n. the shaft of a terminus from which the +| bust of figure seems to issue or arise. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|busied | Definition: -| busied imp. & p. p. of busy -| +|buster | Definition: +| buster n. something huge; a roistering blade; +| also a spree. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|businesses | Definition: -| businesses pl. of business -| +|bustle | Definition: +| uproar n. great tumult; violent disturbance and +| noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |busy | Definition: @@ -8397,73 +7649,112 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | be busy about trifles. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|butchered | Definition: -| slaughterhouse n. a house where beasts are butchered -| for the market. +|butcher | Definition: +| shrike v. i. any one of numerous species of oscinine +| birds of the family laniidae having a strong +| hooked bill toothed at the tip. most shrikes +| are insectivorous but the common european gray +| shrike (lanius excubitor) the great northern +| shrike (l. borealis) and several others kill +| mice small birds etc. and often impale them +| on thorns and are on that account called also +| butcher birds. see under butcher. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|butchers | Definition: +| rump n. among butchers the piece of beef between +| the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. see illust. +| of beef. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|butler | Definition: -| cellarer n. a steward or butler of a monastery -| or chapter; one who has charge of procuring -| and keeping the provisions. -| +|butted | Definition: +| butted imp. & p. p. of butt +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |butter | Definition: -| shortening n. that which renders pastry short -| or friable as butter lard etc. -| +| valerin n. a salt of valeric acid with glycerin +| occurring in butter dolphin oil. and forming +| an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant +| odor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|buttocks | Definition: -| steatopyga n. a remarkable accretion of fat upon -| the buttocks of africans of certain tribes -| especially of hottentot women. -| +|buttered | Definition: +| buttered imp. & p. p. of butter +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|buyer | Definition: -| tare n. deficientcy in the weight or quantity -| of goods by reason of the weight of the cask -| bag or whatever contains the commodity and -| is weighed with it; hence the allowance or -| abatement of a certain weight or quantity which -| the seller makes to the buyer on account of -| the weight of such cask bag etc. -| +|button | Definition: +| toggle n. a wooden pin tapering toward both ends +| with a groove around its middle fixed transversely +| in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other +| loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or +| frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged +| for temporary purposes. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|buttons | Definition: +| unbutton v. t. to loose the buttons of; to unfasten. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|buyers | Definition: -| fair n. a gathering of buyers and sellers assembled -| at a particular place with their merchandise -| at a stated or regular season or by special -| appointment for trade. +|butts | Definition: +| buttery n. a cellar in which butts of wine are +| kept. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|buxom | Definition: +| buxom a. having the characteristics of health +| vigor and comeliness combined with a gay lively +| manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |buying | Definition: -| simony n. the crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical -| preferment; the corrupt presentation of any -| one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money -| or reward. +| traffic v. commerce either by barter or by buying +| and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; +| trade. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|buz | Definition: -| buz v. & n. see buzz. +|buzzingly | Definition: +| buzzingly adv. in a buzzing manner; with a buzzing +| sound. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |bye | Definition: -| bye n. a thing not directly aimed at; something -| which is a secondary object of regard; an object -| by the way etc.; as in on or upon the bye i. -| e. in passing; indirectly; by implication. -| +| bye n. in certain games a station or place of +| an individual player. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|byword | Definition: -| byword n. the object of a contemptuous saying. +|bystander | Definition: +| bystander n. one who stands near; a spectator; +| one who has no concern with the business transacting. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|bystanders | Definition: +| harlequin n. 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. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cab | Definition: +| waterman n. an attendant on cab stands etc. who +| supplies water to the horses. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cabbage | Definition: +| white n. any one of numerous species of butterflies +| belonging to pieris and allied genera in which +| the color is usually white. see cabbage butterfly +| under cabbage. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |cabin | Definition: | wigwam n. an indian cabin or hut usually of a | conical form and made of a framework of poles @@ -8471,26 +7762,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | also tepee. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cabins | Definition: -| texas n. a structure on the hurricane deck of -| a steamer containing the pilot house officers' -| cabins etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cades | Definition: -| last n. a load; a heavy burden; hence a certain -| weight or measure generally estimated at 4000 -| lbs. but varying for different articles and -| in different countries. in england a last of -| codfish white herrings meal or ashes is twelve -| barrels; a last of corn ten quarters or eighty -| bushels in some parts of england twenty-one -| quarters; of gunpowder twenty-four barrels -| each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings twenty -| cades or 20000; of hides twelve dozen; of leather -| twenty dickers; of pitch and tar fourteen barrels; -| of wool twelve sacks; of flax or feathers 1700 -| lbs. +|cables | Definition: +| telodynamic a. relating to a system for transmitting +| power to a distance by means of swiftly moving +| ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of +| large diameter. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |caesar | Definition: @@ -8500,10 +7776,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|caesarea | Definition: -| eusebian n. a follower of eusebius bishop of caesarea -| who was a friend and protector of arius. -| +|cag | Definition: +| cag n. see keg. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cage | Definition: @@ -8519,11 +7793,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|caius | Definition: -| praenomen n. the first name of a person by which -| individuals of the same family were distinguished -| answering to our christian name as caius lucius -| marcus etc. +|caged | Definition: +| myna n. any one of numerous species of asiatic +| starlings of the genera acridotheres sturnopastor +| sturnia gracula and allied genera. in habits +| they resemble the european starlings and like +| them are often caged and taught to talk. see +| hill myna under hill and mino bird. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cairo | Definition: +| cantarro n. a weight used in southern europe and +| east for heavy articles. it varies in different +| localities; thus at rome it is nearly 75 pounds +| in sardinia nearly 94 pounds in cairo it is +| 95 pounds in syria about 503 pounds. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cake | Definition: @@ -8531,38 +7817,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | iron. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cakes | Definition: -| yeast n. the foam or troth (top yeast) or the -| sediment (bottom yeast) of beer or other in -| fermentation which contains the yeast plant -| or its spores and under certain conditions -| produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous -| substances; a preparation used for raising -| dough for bread or cakes and making it light -| and puffy; barm; ferment. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|calamities | Definition: -| thanksgiving n. a public acknowledgment or celebration -| of divine goodness; also a day set apart for -| religious services specially to acknowledge -| the goodness of god either in any remarkable -| deliverance from calamities or danger or in -| the ordinary dispensation of his bounties. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|calamity | Definition: -| woful a. bringing calamity distress or affliction; -| as a woeful event; woeful want. -| +|calc | Definition: +| spar n. an old name for a nonmetallic mineral +| usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as +| calc spar or calcite fluor spar etc. it was +| especially used in the case of the gangue minerals +| of a metalliferous vein. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|calamus | Definition: -| umbilicus n. either one of the two apertures in -| the calamus of a feather. -| +|calculate | Definition: +| standardize v. t. to reduce to a normal standard; +| to calculate or adjust the strength of by means +| of and for uses in analysis. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |calculated | Definition: @@ -8574,14 +7842,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|caldron | Definition: -| tripod n. any utensil or vessel as a stool table -| altar caldron etc. supported on three feet. +|calculates | Definition: +| genethliatic n. one who calculates nativities. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|calf | Definition: -| vituline a. of or pertaining to a calf or veal. +|calculating | Definition: +| stoichiometry n. the art or process of calculating +| the atomic proportions combining weights and +| other numerical relations of chemical elements +| and their compounds. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|caldron | Definition: +| tripod n. any utensil or vessel as a stool table +| altar caldron etc. supported on three feet. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -8596,6 +7871,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | whistle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|callous | Definition: +| petrify v. i. fig.: to become stony callous or +| obdurate. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |calls | Definition: | voucher n. the tenant in a writ of right; one | who calls in another to establish his warranty @@ -8614,41 +7894,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|calmed | Definition: -| calmed imp. & p. p. of calm -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|calumniate | Definition: -| calumniate v. i. to propagate evil reports with -| a design to injure the reputation of another; -| to make purposely false charges of some offense -| or crime. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|calumnies | Definition: -| calumnies pl. of calumny -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|calumny | Definition: -| calumny n. false accusation of a crime or offense -| maliciously made or reported to the injury -| of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; -| detraction. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|calvary | Definition: -| calvary n. a representation of the crucifixion -| consisting of three crosses with the figures -| of christ and the thieves often as large as -| life and sometimes surrounded by figures of -| other personages who were present at the crucifixion. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|calved | Definition: -| calved imp. & p. p. of calve -| +|calmly | Definition: +| quietly adv. calmly without agitation or violent +| emotion; patiently; as to submit quietly to +| unavoidable evils. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |calves | Definition: @@ -8657,6 +7906,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|cambridge | Definition: +| wranglership n. the honor or position of being +| a wrangler at the university of cambridge england. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |came | Definition: | ywis adv. certainly; most likely; truly; probably. | z () z the twenty-sixth and last letter of @@ -8671,12 +7926,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|camel | Definition: -| zumbooruk n. a small cannon supported by a swiveled -| rest on the back of a camel whence it is fired -| -- used in the east. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |camels | Definition: | shagreen n. a kind of untanned leather prepared | in russia and the east from the skins of horses @@ -8692,30 +7941,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|camp | Definition: -| uncamp v. t. to break up the camp of; to dislodge -| from camp. +|canary | Definition: +| teneriffe n. a white wine resembling madeira in +| taste but more tart produced in teneriffe one +| of the canary islands; -- called also vidonia. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|camped | Definition: -| camped imp. & p. p. of camp -| +|cancel | Definition: +| unwrite v. t. to cancel as what is written; to +| erase. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|camps | Definition: -| logrolling n. the act or process of rolling logs -| from the place where they were felled to the -| stream which floats them to the sawmill or -| to market. in this labor neighboring camps -| of loggers combine to assist each other in -| turn. +|cancelled | Definition: +| cancelled of cancel |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|canaan | Definition: -| moloch n. the fire god of the ammonites in canaan -| to whom human sacrifices were offered; molech. -| also applied figuratively. -| +|candid | Definition: +| candidly adv. in a candid manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |candle | Definition: @@ -8724,6 +7968,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a thief. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|candlelight | Definition: +| lucubratory a. composed by candlelight or by night; +| of or pertaining to night studies; laborious +| or painstaking. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |candles | Definition: | wick n. a bundle of fibers or a loosely twisted | or braided cord tape or tube usually made of @@ -8753,14 +8003,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | works. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|canker | Definition: -| water canker see canker n. 1. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cankered | Definition: -| cankered a. affected with canker; as a cankered -| mouth. +|cannon | Definition: +| zumbooruk n. a small cannon supported by a swiveled +| rest on the back of a camel whence it is fired +| -- used in the east. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cannot | Definition: @@ -8769,49 +8015,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of the charge. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|canon | Definition: -| title n. a section or division of a subject as -| of a law a book specif. (roman & canon laws) -| a chapter or division of a law book. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|canonical | Definition: -| uncanonize v. t. to deprive of canonical authority. -| +|canterbury | Definition: +| use v. t. the special form of ritual adopted for +| use in any diocese; as the sarum or canterbury +| use; the hereford use; the york use; the roman +| use; etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|canopy | Definition: -| vault n. the canopy of heaven; the sky. -| +|canvas | Definition: +| waterwork n. painting executed in size or distemper +| on canvas or walls -- formerly frequently taking +| the place of tapestry. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|canticle | Definition: -| nowel n. a kind of hymn or canticle of mediaeval -| origin sung in honor of the nativity of our -| lord; a christmas carol. +|cap | Definition: +| visor n. the fore piece of a cap projecting over +| and protecting the eyes. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|canticles | Definition: -| hagiographa n. pl. the last of the three jewish -| divisions of the old testament or that portion -| not contained in the law and the prophets. -| it comprises psalms proverbs job canticles -| ruth lamentations ecclesiastes esther daniel -| ezra nehemiah and chronicles. -| +|capable | Definition: +| zymogenic a. capable of producing a definite zymogen +| or ferment. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cap | Definition: -| uncapper n. an instrument for removing an explode -| cap from a cartridge shell. -| +|capacious | Definition: +| tig n. a capacious flat-bottomed drinking cup +| generally with four handles formerly used for +| passing around the table at convivial entertainment. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|capable | Definition: -| zymogenic a. capable of producing a definite zymogen -| or ferment. +|capacities | Definition: +| understanding n. the power to understand; the +| intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the +| rational powers collectively conceived an designated; +| the higher capacities of the intellect; the +| power to distinguish truth from falsehood and +| to adapt means to ends. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |capacity | Definition: @@ -8819,9 +8061,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|caper | Definition: -| vagissate v. i. to caper or frolic. -| +|caparisoned | Definition: +| caparisoned imp. & p. p. of caparison +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|capes | Definition: +| chops n. pl. the sides or capes at the mouth of +| a river channel harbor or bay; as the chops +| of the english channel. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |capital | Definition: @@ -8832,13 +8081,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|caps | Definition: -| polacca n. a vessel with two or three masts used -| in the mediterranean. the masts are usually -| of one piece and without tops caps or crosstrees. +|capitalist | Definition: +| capitalist n. one who has capital; one who has +| money for investment or money invested; esp. +| a person of large property which is employed +| in business. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|capitally | Definition: +| capitally adv. in a capital manner; excellently. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|capricious | Definition: +| whimsy n. a whim; a freak; a capricious notion +| a fanciful or odd conceit. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|capsized | Definition: +| capsized imp. & p. p. of capsize +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|capstans | Definition: +| trundlehead n. the drumhead of a capstan; especially +| the drumhead of the lower of two capstans on +| the sane axis. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |captain | Definition: | winter's bark the aromatic bark of tree (drimys | / drymis winteri) of the magnolia family which @@ -8848,11 +8119,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in 1577. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|captivating | Definition: -| lady-killing n. the art or practice of captivating -| the hearts of women. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |captive | Definition: | redeem v. t. to ransom liberate or rescue from | captivity or bondage or from any obligation @@ -8862,48 +8128,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|captives | Definition: -| trinitarian n. one of a monastic order founded -| in rome in 1198 by st. john of matha and an -| old french hermit felix of valois for the purpose -| of redeeming christian captives from the mohammedans. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|captivity | Definition: -| redemptionist n. a monk of an order founded in -| 1197; -- so called because the order was especially -| devoted to the redemption of christians held -| in captivity by the mohammedans. called also -| trinitarian. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|carbuncle | Definition: -| escarbuncle n. see carbuncle 3. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|carcass | Definition: -| spur n. a spiked iron worn by seamen upon the -| bottom of the boot to enable them to stand -| upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the -| blubber. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|carcasses | Definition: -| mortar n. a short piece of ordnance used for throwing -| bombs carcasses shells etc. at high angles -| of elevation as 45� and even higher; -- so -| named from its resemblance in shape to the -| utensil above described. -| +|captor | Definition: +| captor n. one who captures any person or thing +| as a prisoner or a prize. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cardinal | Definition: -| wind n. a direction from which the wind may blow; -| a point of the compass; especially one of the -| cardinal points which are often called the -| four winds. +|caravan | Definition: +| path n. a way course or track in which anything +| moves or has moved; route; passage; an established +| way; as the path of a meteor of a caravan of +| a storm of a pestilence. also used figuratively +| of a course of life or action. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cared | Definition: @@ -8911,6 +8148,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | for. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|career | Definition: +| career v. i. to move or run rapidly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |careful | Definition: | watchful a. full of watch; vigilant; attentive; | careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; @@ -8929,64 +8171,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|carefulness | Definition: -| self-view n. a view if one's self; specifically -| carefulness or regard for one's own interests -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |careless | Definition: -| shove v. t. to push along aside or away in a careless -| or rude manner; to jostle. -| +| traipse v. i. to walk or run about in a slatternly +| careless or thoughtless manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cares | Definition: -| vinedresser n. one who cultivates prunes or cares -| for grapevines; a laborer in a vineyard. -| +|carelessly | Definition: +| unconcerned a. not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; +| easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; +| as to be unconcerned at what has happened; +| to be unconcerned about the future. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|caress | Definition: -| neck v. t. & i. to kiss and caress amorously. +|carelessness | Definition: +| carelessness n. the quality or state of being +| careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|caressed | Definition: -| caressed imp. & p. p. of caress -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|caresses | Definition: -| dally v. i. to interchange caresses especially -| with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; -| to wanton; to sport. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|carmel | Definition: -| carmelite n. a friar of a mendicant order (the -| order of our lady of mount carmel) established -| on mount carmel in syria in the twelfth century; -| a white friar. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|carmelite | Definition: -| white friar a mendicant monk of the carmelite -| order so called from the white cloaks worn -| by the order. see carmelite. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|carnal | Definition: -| virgin n. a woman who has had no carnal knowledge -| of man; a maid. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|carnally | Definition: -| carnally adv. according to the flesh to the world -| or to human nature; in a manner to gratify -| animal appetites and lusts; sensually. -| +|caring | Definition: +| selfish a. caring supremely or unduly for one's +| self; regarding one's own comfort advantage +| etc. in disregard or at the expense of those +| of others. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |carpenter | Definition: @@ -8995,18 +8204,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|carpenters | Definition: -| yeoman n. an interior officer under the boatswain -| gunner or carpenters charged with the stowage -| account and distribution of the stores. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|carpus | Definition: -| ulnare n. one of the bones or cartilages of the -| carpus which articulates with the ulna and -| corresponds to the cuneiform in man. -| +|carpet | Definition: +| wilton carpet a kind of carpet woven with loops +| like the brussels but differing from it in +| having the loops cut so as to form an elastic +| velvet pile; -- so called because made originally +| at wilton england. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |carriage | Definition: @@ -9044,10 +8247,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | as a milkmaid's yoke. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|carthage | Definition: -| carthaginian a. of a pertaining to ancient carthage -| a city of northern africa. -| +|carted | Definition: +| carted imp. & p. p. of cart +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|carter | Definition: +| marysole n. a large british fluke or flounder +| (rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter +| and whiff. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |carved | Definition: @@ -9057,33 +8265,46 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cased | Definition: -| sconce p. p. a protection for a light; a lantern -| or cased support for a candle; hence a fixed -| hanging or projecting candlestick. -| +|carving | Definition: +| statuary n. the art of carving statues or images +| as representatives of real persons or things; +| a branch of sculpture. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cash | Definition: +| encashment n. the payment in cash of a note draft +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cassia | Definition: -| cassia n. the bark of several species of cinnamomum -| grown in china etc.; chinese cinnamon. it is -| imported as cassia but commonly sold as cinnamon -| from which it differs more or less in strength -| and flavor and the amount of outer bark attached. +|cashier | Definition: +| cashier v. t. to put away or reject; to disregard. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|cask | Definition: +| water butt a large open-headed cask set up on +| end to contain water. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|casket | Definition: +| reliquary n. a depositary often a small box or +| casket in which relics are kept. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|casks | Definition: +| winger n. one of the casks stowed in the wings +| of a vessel's hold being smaller than such +| as are stowed more amidships. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |cast | Definition: | wreck v. t. goods etc. which after a shipwreck | are cast upon the land by the sea. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|castaway | Definition: -| castaway a. of no value; rejected; useless. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |casting | Definition: | warp v. a premature casting of young; -- said | of cattle sheep etc. @@ -9107,10 +8328,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|casual | Definition: -| vail n. an unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual -| advantage or benefit; a windfall. -| +|casually | Definition: +| intermention v. t. to mention among other things +| or casually or incidentally. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cat | Definition: +| whisker n. one of the long projecting hairs growing +| at the sides of the mouth of a cat or other +| animal. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |catalogue | Definition: @@ -9125,42 +8352,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|catched | Definition: +| catched of catch +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|catcher | Definition: +| sea pie the oyster catcher a limicoline bird +| of the genus haematopus. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|catches | Definition: +| turtler n. one who catches turtles or tortoises. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |catching | Definition: | web n. the texture of very fine thread spun by | a spider for catching insects at its prey; | a cobweb. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|caterpillars | Definition: -| tussock n. a caterpillar of any one of numerous -| species of bombycid moths. the body of these -| caterpillars is covered with hairs which form -| long tufts or brushes. some species are very -| injurious to shade and fruit trees. called -| also tussock caterpillar. see orgyia. -| +|catechism | Definition: +| catechismal a. of or pertaining to a catechism +| having the form of questions and answers; catechetical. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|catholic | Definition: -| world n. in a more restricted sense that part -| of the earth and its concerns which is known -| to any one or contemplated by any one; a division -| of the globe or of its inhabitants; human affairs -| as seen from a certain position or from a given -| point of view; also state of existence; scene -| of life and action; as the old world; the new -| world; the religious world; the catholic world; -| the upper world; the future world; the heathen -| world. +|cathedral | Definition: +| sacrist n. a sacristan; also a person retained +| in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir +| and take care of the books. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|catholics | Definition: -| whiteboy a. one of an association of poor roman -| catholics which arose in ireland about 1760 -| ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes -| the members of which were so called from the -| white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids. -| +|cathedrals | Definition: +| kremlin n. the citadel of a town or city; especially +| the citadel of moscow a large inclosure which +| contains imperial palaces cathedrals churches +| an arsenal etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cats | Definition: @@ -9177,28 +8407,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cauda | Definition: -| cauda galli a plume-shaped fossil supposed to -| be a seaweed characteristic of the lower devonian -| rocks; as the cauda galli grit. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |caught | Definition: -| tunny n. any one of several species of large oceanic -| fishes belonging to the mackerel family especially -| the common or great tunny (orcynus / albacora -| thynnus) native of the mediterranean sea and -| the atlantic ocean. it sometimes weighs a thousand -| pounds or more and is extensively caught in -| the mediterranean. on the american coast it -| is called horse mackerel. see illust. of horse -| mackerel under horse. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|caul | Definition: -| sillyhow a. a caul. see caul n. 3. -| +| upcaught a. seized or caught up. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cause | Definition: @@ -9219,6 +8430,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|causeway | Definition: +| causeway n. alt. of causey +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |causing | Definition: | yellows n. a disease of the bile in horses cattle | and sheep causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice. @@ -9226,15 +8442,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |caution | Definition: -| warn v. t. to give notice to of approaching or -| probable danger or evil; to caution against -| anything that may prove injurious. -| +| warning n. caution against danger or against faults +| or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; +| monition. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cautions | Definition: -| cautioner n. one who cautions or advises. -| +|cautioned | Definition: +| cautioned imp. & p. p. of caution +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cautious | Definition: @@ -9248,37 +8463,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cavalry | Definition: -| uhlan n. one of a kind of light cavalry of tartaric -| origin first introduced into european armies -| in poland. they are armed with lances pistols -| and sabers and are employed chiefly as skirmishers. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cave | Definition: -| trophonian a. of or pertaining to trophonius his -| architecture or his cave and oracle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cavern | Definition: -| resonance n. a prolongation or increase of any -| sound either by reflection as in a cavern or -| apartment the walls of which are not distant -| enough to return a distinct echo or by the -| production of vibrations in other bodies as -| a sounding-board or the bodies of musical instruments. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|caves | Definition: -| troll n. a supernatural being often represented -| as of diminutive size but sometimes as a giant -| and fabled to inhabit caves hills and like -| places; a witch. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |cease | Definition: | yield v. i. to give way; to cease opposition; | to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; @@ -9293,12 +8477,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ceases | Definition: -| diffusion n. the act of passing by osmosis through -| animal membranes as in the distribution of -| poisons gases etc. through the body. unlike -| absorption diffusion may go on after death -| that is after the blood ceases to circulate. +|ceaseless | Definition: +| ceaseless a. without pause or end; incessant. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -9308,34 +8488,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cedar | Definition: -| waxwing n. any one of several species of small -| birds of the genus ampelis in which some of -| the secondary quills are usually tipped with -| small horny ornaments resembling red sealing -| wax. the bohemian waxwing (see under bohemian) -| and the cedar bird are examples. called also -| waxbird. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cedars | Definition: -| evergreen a. remaining unwithered through the -| winter or retaining unwithered leaves until -| the leaves of the next year are expanded as -| pines cedars hemlocks and the like. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ceiled | Definition: -| ceiled imp. & p. p. of ceil -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|celebrate | Definition: -| triumph n. to celebrate victory with pomp; to -| rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage -| gained; to exhibit exultation. -| +|ceiling | Definition: +| vault n. an arched structure of masonry forming +| a ceiling or canopy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |celebrated | Definition: @@ -9345,35 +8500,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|celebrating | Definition: -| triumphing a. having or celebrating a triumph; -| victorious; triumphant. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|celestial | Definition: -| zenith n. that point in the visible celestial -| hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; -| the point of the heavens directly overhead; -| -- opposed to nadir. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|celibacy | Definition: -| fratricelli n. pl. a sect which seceded from the -| franciscan order chiefly in italy and sicily -| in 1294 repudiating the pope as an apostate -| maintaining the duty of celibacy and poverty -| and discountenancing oaths. called also fratricellians -| and fraticelli. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |cellar | Definition: -| under prep. below or lower in place or position -| with the idea of being covered; lower than; -| beneath; -- opposed to over; as he stood under -| a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar -| extends under the whole house. -| +| ventriloquism n. the act art or practice of speaking +| in such a manner that the voice appears to +| come not from the person speaking but from +| some other source as from the opposite side +| of the room from the cellar etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cellars | Definition: @@ -9383,73 +8516,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cells | Definition: -| zygosperm n. a spore formed by the union of the -| contents of two similar cells either of the -| same or of distinct individual plants. zygosperms -| are found in certain orders of algae and fungi. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|censer | Definition: -| thurible n. a censer of metal for burning incense -| having various forms held in the hand or suspended -| by chains; -- used especially at mass vespers -| and other solemn services. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|censors | Definition: -| lustrum n. a lustration or purification especially -| the purification of the whole roman people -| which was made by the censors once in five -| years. hence: a period of five years. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|censured | Definition: -| nicolaitan n. one of certain corrupt persons in -| the early church at ephesus who are censured -| in rev. ii. 6 15. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|censurer | Definition: -| findfault n. a censurer or caviler. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|censuring | Definition: -| fault-finder n. one who makes a practice of discovering -| others' faults and censuring them; a scold. +|census | Definition: +| numbers n. pl. of number. the fourth book of the +| pentateuch containing the census of the hebrews. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|centuries | Definition: -| tricentenary n. a period of three centuries or -| three hundred years also the three-hundredth -| anniversary of any event; a tercentenary. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|centurion | Definition: -| centurion n. a military officer who commanded -| a minor division of the roman army; a captain -| of a century. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|century | Definition: -| zohar n. a jewish cabalistic book attributed by -| tradition to rabbi simon ben yochi who lived -| about the end of the 1st century a. d. modern -| critics believe it to be a compilation of the -| 13th century. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ceremonial | Definition: -| triumph n. a magnificent and imposing ceremonial -| performed in honor of a general who had gained -| a decisive victory over a foreign enemy. -| +|cent | Definition: +| turacin n. a red or crimson pigment obtained from +| certain feathers of several species of turacou; +| whence the name. it contains nearly six per +| cent of copper. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ceremonies | Definition: @@ -9459,6 +8536,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or rites. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|ceremonious | Definition: +| sanction n. solemn or ceremonious ratification; +| an official act of a superior by which he ratifies +| and gives validity to the act of some other +| person or body; establishment or furtherance +| of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; +| approbation. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ceremoniously | Definition: +| precisian n. an overprecise person; one rigidly +| or ceremoniously exact in the observance of +| rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to +| the english puritans. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |ceremony | Definition: | wedlock v. i. the ceremony or the state of marriage; | matrimony. @@ -9494,23 +8587,38 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|certified | Definition: -| extract n. a draught or copy of writing; certified -| copy of the proceedings in an action and the -| judgement therein with an order for execution. -| +|certificate | Definition: +| warrant n. an official certificate of appointment +| issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned +| officer. see warrant officer below. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|certify | Definition: -| passport n. a document carried by neutral merchant -| vessels in time of war to certify their nationality -| and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter. +|cestus | Definition: +| whirlbat n. anything moved with a whirl as preparatory +| for a blow or to augment the force of it; -- +| applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cession | Definition: -| cession n. a yielding or surrender as of property -| or rights to another person; the act of ceding. +|ceylon | Definition: +| zircon n. a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals +| usually of a brown or gray color. it consists +| of silica and zirconia. a red variety used +| as a gem is called hyacinth. colorless pale-yellow +| or smoky-brown varieties from ceylon are called +| jargon. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|chafe | Definition: +| scotchman n. a piece of wood or stiff hide placed +| over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe +| by the running gear. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|chafed | Definition: +| fret v. i. to be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; +| to be angry; to utter peevish expressions. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -9519,6 +8627,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|chaffinch | Definition: +| wetbird n. the chaffinch whose cry is thought +| to foretell rain. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |chain | Definition: | windlass n. a machine for raising weights consisting | of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on @@ -9531,6 +8644,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|chained | Definition: +| chained imp. p. p. of chain +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |chains | Definition: | unchain v. t. to free from chains or slavery; | to let loose. @@ -9550,72 +8668,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a room with curtains. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chalcedony | Definition: -| sardonyx n. a variety of onyx consisting of sard -| and white chalcedony in alternate layers. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chaldaic | Definition: -| chaldaic n. the language or dialect of the chaldeans; -| chaldee. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chaldea | Definition: -| east n. the eastern parts of the earth; the regions -| or countries which lie east of europe; the -| orient. in this indefinite sense the word is -| applied to asia minor syria chaldea persia -| india china etc.; as the riches of the east; -| the diamonds and pearls of the east; the kings -| of the east. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chaldean | Definition: -| saros n. a chaldean astronomical period or cycle -| the length of which has been variously estimated -| from 3600 years to 3600 days or a little short -| of 10 years. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chaldeans | Definition: -| babylonian n. an astrologer; -- so called because -| the chaldeans were remarkable for the study -| of astrology. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chalice | Definition: -| offertory n. that part of the mass which the priest -| reads before uncovering the chalice to offer -| up the elements for consecration. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|challenge | Definition: -| warrandice n. the obligation by which a person -| conveying a subject or a right is bound to -| uphold that subject or right against every -| claim challenge or burden arising from circumstances -| prior to the conveyance; warranty. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|challenges | Definition: -| trier n. a person appointed according to law to -| try challenges of jurors; a trior. -| +|chaise | Definition: +| harness n. the equipment of a draught or carriage +| horse for drawing a wagon coach chaise etc.; +| gear; tackling. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|challenging | Definition: -| recusation n. the act of refusing a judge or challenging -| that he shall not try the cause on account -| of his supposed partiality. -| +|chalk | Definition: +| whiting n. chalk prepared in an impalpable powder +| by pulverizing and repeated washing used as +| a pigment as an ingredient in putty for cleaning +| silver etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cham | Definition: -| cham n. the sovereign prince of tartary; -- now -| usually written khan. +|challenged | Definition: +| postulate n. something demanded or asserted; especially +| a position or supposition assumed without proof +| or one which is considered as self-evident; +| a truth to which assent may be demanded or +| challenged without argument or evidence. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |chamber | Definition: @@ -9625,15 +8697,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chambering | Definition: -| chambering n. lewdness. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |chamberlain | Definition: | underchamberlain n. a deputy chamberlain of the | exchequer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|chambermaid | Definition: +| chambermaid n. a lady's maid. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |chambers | Definition: | water cell a cell containing water; specifically | (zool.) one of the cells or chambers in which @@ -9641,39 +8714,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chameleon | Definition: -| chameleon n. a lizardlike reptile of the genus -| chamaeleo of several species found in africa -| asia and europe. the skin is covered with fine -| granulations; the tail is prehensile and the -| body is much compressed laterally giving it -| a high back. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chamfered | Definition: -| syphering n. the lapping of chamfered edges of -| planks to make a smooth surface as for a bulkhead. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chamois | Definition: -| shammy n. a soft pliant leather prepared originally -| from the skin of the chamois but now made also -| from the skin of the sheep goat kid deer and -| calf. see shamoying. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|champaign | Definition: -| champaign n. a flat open country. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|champion | Definition: -| sprinter n. one who sprints; one who runs in sprint -| races; as a champion sprinter. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |chance | Definition: | welsher n. one who cheats at a horse race; one | who bets without a chance of being able to @@ -9695,9 +8735,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|changeable | Definition: -| versicolored a. having various colors; changeable -| in color. +|chances | Definition: +| tip n. a hint or secret intimation as to the chances +| in a horse race or the like. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|chandler | Definition: +| chandler n. a dealer in other commodities which +| are indicated by a word prefixed; as ship chandler +| corn chandler. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |changed | Definition: @@ -9708,75 +8755,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|changing | Definition: -| yodle v. t. & i. to sing in a manner common among -| the swiss and tyrolese mountaineers by suddenly -| changing from the head voice or falsetto to -| the chest voice and the contrary; to warble. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|channel | Definition: -| whirlpool n. an eddy or vortex of water; a place -| in a body of water where the water moves round -| in a circle so as to produce a depression or -| cavity in the center into which floating objects -| may be drawn; any body of water having a more -| or less circular motion caused by its flowing -| in an irregular channel by the coming together -| of opposing currents or the like. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|channels | Definition: -| watershed n. the line of division between two -| adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the -| flow of water by natural channels into them; -| the natural boundary of a basin. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chaos | Definition: -| erebus n. the son of chaos and brother of nox -| who dwelt in erebus. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |chap | Definition: | kibe n. a chap or crack in the flesh occasioned | by cold; an ulcerated chilblain. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chapiter | Definition: -| chapiter n. a summary in writing of such matters -| as are to be inquired of or presented before -| justices in eyre or justices of assize or of -| the peace in their sessions; -- also called -| articles. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chapters | Definition: -| verse n. one of the short divisions of the chapters -| in the old and new testaments. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |character | Definition: | zealotry n. the character and behavior of a zealot; | excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|characters | Definition: -| zebu n. a bovine mammal (ros indicus) extensively -| domesticated in india china the east indies -| and east africa. it usually has short horns -| large pendulous ears slender legs a large dewlap -| and a large prominent hump over the shoulders; -| but these characters vary in different domestic -| breeds which range in size from that of the -| common ox to that of a large mastiff. -| +|characteristic | Definition: +| zoogloea n. a colony or mass of bacteria imbedded +| in a viscous gelatinous substance. the zoogloea +| is characteristic of a transitory stage through +| which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in +| the course of their evolution. also used adjectively. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|characteristics | Definition: +| viraginity n. the qualities or characteristics +| of a virago. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |charge | Definition: @@ -9785,13 +8787,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a shipwreck. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chargeable | Definition: -| stamp v. t. an offical mark set upon things chargeable -| with a duty or tax to government as evidence -| that the duty or tax is paid; as the stamp -| on a bill of exchange. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |charged | Definition: | zendik n. an atheist or unbeliever; -- name given | in the east to those charged with disbelief @@ -9815,31 +8810,54 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wagon n. a chariot |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|charitable | Definition: -| vincentian n. a member of certain charitable sisterhoods. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |charity | Definition: | virtue n. a particular moral excellence; as the | virtue of temperance of charity etc. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|charles | Definition: +| whig n. one of a political party which grew up +| in england in the seventeenth century in the +| reigns of charles i. and ii. when great contests +| existed respecting the royal prerogatives and +| the rights of the people. those who supported +| the king in his high claims were called tories +| and the advocates of popular rights of parliamentary +| power over the crown and of toleration to dissenters +| were after 1679 called whigs. the terms liberal +| and radical have now generally superseded whig +| in english politics. see the note under tory. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|charlotte | Definition: +| charlotte n. a kind of pie or pudding made by +| lining a dish with slices of bread and filling +| it with bread soaked in milk and baked. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |charm | Definition: | uncharm v. t. to release from a charm fascination | or secret power; to disenchant. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|charmel | Definition: -| charmel n. a fruitful field. -| +|charmed | Definition: +| circean a. having the characteristics of circe +| daughter of sol and perseis a mythological +| enchantress who first charmed her victims and +| then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing +| but noxious; as a circean draught. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|charmer | Definition: -| masher n. a charmer of women. -| +|charming | Definition: +| witch n. one who exercises more than common power +| of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; +| also one given to mischief; -- said especially +| of a woman or child. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |charms | Definition: @@ -9849,6 +8867,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in speech or action. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|chartering | Definition: +| chartering p. pr. & vb. n. of charter +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|charts | Definition: +| hydrography n. that branch of surveying which +| embraces the determination of the contour of +| the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water +| the depth of soundings the position of channels +| and shoals with the construction of charts +| exhibiting these particulars. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|chary | Definition: +| chary a. careful; wary; cautious; not rash reckless +| or spendthrift; saving; frugal. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |chase | Definition: | whoop v. t. to insult with shouts; to chase with | derision. @@ -9859,53 +8898,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chasing | Definition: -| toreutic a. in relief; pertaining to sculpture -| in relief especially of metal; also pertaining -| to chasing such as surface ornamentation in -| metal. +|chasm | Definition: +| yawn n. a chasm mouth or passageway. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |chaste | Definition: -| chaste a. pure in thought and act; innocent; free -| from lewdness and obscenity or indecency in -| act or speech; modest; as a chaste mind; chaste -| eyes. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chastely | Definition: | chastely adv. in a chaste manner; with purity. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chastise | Definition: -| strap v. t. to beat or chastise with a strap. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chastised | Definition: -| chastised imp. & p. p. of chastise -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chastisement | Definition: -| restive a. impatient under coercion chastisement -| or opposition; refractory. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chastising | Definition: -| visit v. t. to come to for the purpose of chastising -| rewarding comforting; to come upon with reward -| or retribution; to appear before or judge; -| as to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath. -| +|chattered | Definition: +| chattered imp. & p. p. of chatter +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chastity | Definition: -| virtue n. specifically: chastity; purity; especially -| the chastity of women; virginity. -| +|chawed | Definition: +| chawed imp. & p. p. of chaw +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cheat | Definition: @@ -9917,6 +8927,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|cheated | Definition: +| cheated imp. & p. p. of cheat +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|checked | Definition: +| wahabee n. a follower of abdel wahab (b. 1691; +| d. 1787) a reformer of mohammedanism. his doctrines +| prevail particularly among the bedouins and +| the sect though checked in its influence extends +| to most parts of arabia and also into india. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|checking | Definition: +| worm n. to cut the worm or lytta from under the +| tongue of as a dog for the purpose of checking +| a disposition to gnaw. the operation was formerly +| supposed to guard against canine madness. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |cheek | Definition: | zygoma n. the jugal malar or cheek bone. | @@ -9928,6 +8960,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | as white with fear. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|cheeky | Definition: +| cheeky a brazen-faced; impudent; bold. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |cheer | Definition: | upcheer v. t. to cheer up. | @@ -9939,10 +8976,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cheerful | Definition: -| rondo n. a composition vocal or instrumental commonly -| of a lively cheerful character in which the -| first strain recurs after each of the other -| strains. +| spirit n. temper or disposition of mind; mental +| condition or disposition; intellectual or moral +| state; -- often in the plural; as to be cheerful +| or in good spirits; to be downhearted or in +| bad spirits. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cheerfully | Definition: @@ -9957,6 +8995,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|cheerily | Definition: +| cheerily adv. in a cheery manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cheering | Definition: +| sunshine n. anything which has a warming and cheering +| influence like that of the rays of the sun; +| warmth; illumination; brightness. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cheery | Definition: +| cheerry a. cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; +| as a cheery person. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |cheese | Definition: | tyrosin n. a white crystalline nitrogenous substance | present in small amount in the pancreas and @@ -9970,38 +9025,37 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cherish | Definition: -| nestle v. t. to cherish as a bird her young. -| +|chemical | Definition: +| zymogen n. a mother substance or antecedent of +| an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to +| such substances as not being themselves actual +| ferments may by internal changes give rise +| to a ferment. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cherished | Definition: -| pet n. any person or animal especially cherished -| and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often -| a favorite child. +|chemist | Definition: +| stahlian a. pertaining to or taught by stahl a +| german physician and chemist of the 17th century; +| as the stahlian theory of phlogiston. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cherogril | Definition: -| cherogril n. see cony. +|chemistry | Definition: +| zinco- a combining form from zinc; in chemistry +| designating zinc as an element of certain double +| compounds. also used adjectively. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cherub | Definition: -| cherub n. one of a order of angels variously represented -| in art. in european painting the cherubim have -| been shown as blue to denote knowledge as distinguished -| from the seraphim (see seraph) and in later -| art the children's heads with wings are generally -| called cherubs. +|cherished | Definition: +| pet n. any person or animal especially cherished +| and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often +| a favorite child. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cherubim | Definition: -| shekinah n. the visible majesty of the divine -| presence especially when resting or dwelling -| between the cherubim on the mercy seat in the -| tabernacle or in the temple of solomon; -- -| a term used in the targums and by the later -| jews and adopted by christians. -| +|cherry | Definition: +| white-heart n. a somewhat heart-shaped cherry +| with a whitish skin. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |chest | Definition: @@ -10012,38 +9066,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chew | Definition: -| ruminate v. i. to chew the cud; to chew again -| what has been slightly chewed and swallowed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chewing | Definition: -| tobacco n. the leaves of the plant prepared for -| smoking chewing etc. by being dried cured and -| manufactured in various ways. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chickens | Definition: -| petrel n. any one of numerous species of longwinged -| sea birds belonging to the family procellaridae. -| the small petrels or mother carey's chickens -| belong to oceanites oceanodroma procellaria -| and several allied genera. +|chestnut | Definition: +| water chestnut the fruit of trapa natans and +| trapa bicornis old world water plants bearing +| edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard +| and sharp points; also the plant itself; -- +| called also water caltrop. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chide | Definition: -| scold v. i. to find fault or rail with rude clamor; -| to brawl; to utter harsh rude boisterous rebuke; -| to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with -| at; as to scold at a servant. -| +|chewing | Definition: +| tobacco n. an american plant (nicotiana tabacum) +| of the nightshade family much used for smoking +| and chewing and as snuff. as a medicine it +| is narcotic emetic and cathartic. tobacco has +| a strong peculiar smell and an acrid taste. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chiding | Definition: -| chidingly adv. in a chiding or reproving manner. +|chicken | Definition: +| water pox a variety of chicken pox or varicella. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -10053,11 +9095,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | with jupiter. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chiefest | Definition: -| chiefest a. first or foremost; chief; principal. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |chiefly | Definition: | zend-avesta n. the sacred writings of the ancient | persian religion attributed to zoroaster but @@ -10065,25 +9102,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chiefs | Definition: -| stratocracy n. a military government; government -| by military chiefs and an army. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|childbearing | Definition: -| childbearing n. the act of producing or bringing -| forth children; parturition. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|childbirth | Definition: -| throe n. extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; -| agony; especially one of the pangs of travail -| in childbirth or purturition. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |childhood | Definition: | youth n. the part of life that succeeds to childhood; | the period of existence preceding maturity @@ -10093,37 +9111,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |childish | Definition: -| whine v. i. to utter a plaintive cry as some animals; -| to moan with a childish noise; to complain -| or to tell of sorrow distress or the like in -| a plaintive nasal tone; hence to complain or -| to beg in a mean unmanly way; to moan basely. +| whine n. a plaintive tone; the nasal childish +| tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|childishness | Definition: -| dotage v. i. 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. +|chill | Definition: +| rigor n. a sense of chilliness with contraction +| of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor +| as in the chill preceding a fever. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|childless | Definition: -| #name? a privative adjective suffix denoting -| without destitute of not having; as witless -| childless fatherless. +|chilled | Definition: +| iced a. covered with ice; chilled with ice; as +| iced water. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chimerical | Definition: -| projector n. one who projects a scheme or design; -| hence one who forms fanciful or chimerical -| schemes. +|chimes | Definition: +| ringer n. one who or that which rings; especially +| one who rings chimes on bells. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |chimney | Definition: -| tunnel n. . the opening of a chimney for the passage -| of smoke; a flue; a funnel. -| +| uptake n. the pipe leading upward from the smoke +| box of a steam boiler to the chimney or smokestack; +| a flue leading upward. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|chimneys | Definition: +| trimmer n. a beam into which are framed the ends +| of headers in floor framing as when a hole +| is to be left for stairs or to avoid bringing +| joists near chimneys and the like. see illust. +| of header. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |chin | Definition: @@ -10133,9 +9155,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in the dress of nuns. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chios | Definition: -| chian a. of or pertaining to chios an island in -| the aegean sea. +|chinks | Definition: +| rimose a. having long and nearly parallel clefts +| or chinks like those in the bark of trees. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|chipped | Definition: +| chipped imp. & p. p. of chip +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |chips | Definition: @@ -10144,34 +9172,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chode | Definition: -| chode the old imp. of chide. see chide. -| +|chirping | Definition: +| fritinancy n. a chirping or creaking as of a cricket. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|choice | Definition: -| yellowtail n. the sailor's choice (diplodus rhomboides). +|chisel | Definition: +| trepan n. a kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|choicest | Definition: -| flower n. the fairest freshest and choicest part -| of anything; as the flower of an army or of -| a family; the state or time of freshness and -| bloom; as the flower of life that is youth. -| +|chivalry | Definition: +| socage n. a tenure of lands and tenements by a +| certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct +| from chivalry or knight's service in which +| the obligations were uncertain. the service +| must be certain in order to be denominated +| socage as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings +| rent. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|choir | Definition: -| screen n. a dwarf wall or partition carried up -| to a certain height for separation and protection -| as in a church to separate the aisle from the -| choir or the like. +|choice | Definition: +| yellowtail n. the sailor's choice (diplodus rhomboides). +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |choke | Definition: -| silt v. t. to choke fill or obstruct with silt -| or mud. +| suffocative a. tending or able to choke or stifle. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |choked | Definition: @@ -10179,18 +9207,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|choler | Definition: -| temper n. constitution of body; temperament; in -| old writers the mixture or relative proportion -| of the four humors blood choler phlegm and -| melancholy. +|choking | Definition: +| gorge n. a filling or choking of a passage or +| channel by an obstruction; as an ice gorge +| in a river. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chooser | Definition: -| election a. the choice made by a party of two -| alternatives by taking one of which the chooser -| is excluded from the other. -| +|choleric | Definition: +| temperament v. t. the peculiar physical and mental +| character of an individual in olden times erroneously +| supposed to be due to individual variation +| in the relations and proportions of the constituent +| parts of the body especially of the fluids +| as the bile blood lymph etc. hence the phrases +| bilious or choleric temperament sanguine temperament +| etc. implying a predominance of one of these +| fluids and a corresponding influence on the +| temperament. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |choosing | Definition: @@ -10206,19 +9239,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chopped | Definition: -| scrabbed eggs a lenten dish composed of eggs -| boiled hard chopped and seasoned with butter -| salt and pepper. +|chopper | Definition: +| chopper n. one who or that which chops. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|chopping | Definition: +| tray n. a small trough or wooden vessel sometimes +| scooped out of a block of wood for various +| domestic uses as in making bread chopping meat +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|chops | Definition: +| chops n. pl. the sides or capes at the mouth of +| a river channel harbor or bay; as the chops +| of the english channel. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |chorus | Definition: -| sing v. i. to utter sounds with musical inflections -| or melodious modulations of voice as fancy -| may dictate or according to the notes of a -| song or tune or of a given part (as alto tenor -| etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece. -| +| strophe n. in greek choruses and dances the movement +| of the chorus while turning from the right +| to the left of the orchestra; hence the strain +| or part of the choral ode sung during this +| movement. also sometimes used of a stanza of +| modern verse. see the note under antistrophe. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |chose | Definition: @@ -10234,28 +9281,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |chosen | Definition: -| umpire n. a person to whose sole decision a controversy -| or question between parties is referred; especially -| one chosen to see that the rules of a game -| as cricket baseball or the like are strictly -| observed. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|christ | Definition: -| unbelieving a. believing the thing alleged no -| to be true; disbelieving; especially believing -| that bible is not a divine revelation or that -| christ was not a divine or a supernatural person. -| +| vestry n. a body composed of wardens and vestrymen +| chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal +| concerns. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|christi | Definition: -| palma christi a plant (ricinus communis) with -| ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage -| growing as a woody perennial in the tropics -| and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate -| regions; -- called also castor-oil plant. -| +|christened | Definition: +| christened imp. & p. p. of christen +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |christian | Definition: @@ -10275,80 +9308,66 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|christianity | Definition: -| renegade n. an apostate from christianity or from -| any form of religious faith. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|christians | Definition: -| zonar n. a belt or girdle which the christians -| and jews of the levant were obliged to wear -| to distinguish them from mohammedans. -| +|christmas | Definition: +| yuletide n. christmas time; christmastide; the +| season of christmas. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chronicles | Definition: -| dagges n. pl. an ornamental cutting of the edges -| of garments introduced about a. d. 1346 according -| to the chronicles of st albans. +|chronic | Definition: +| syphilis n. the pox or venereal disease; a chronic +| specific infectious disease usually communicated +| by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission +| and occurring in three stages known as primary +| secondary and tertiary syphilis. see under +| primary secondary and tertiary. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chronology | Definition: -| prolepsis n. an error in chronology consisting -| in an event being dated before the actual time. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|chrysolite | Definition: -| olivine n. a common name of the yellowish green -| mineral chrysolite esp. the variety found in -| eruptive rocks. +|chucked | Definition: +| chucked imp. & p. p. of chuck +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chrysoprasus | Definition: -| chrysoprasus n. see chrysoprase. -| +|chum | Definition: +| chum n. chopped pieces of fish used as bait. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|chub | Definition: -| tinker n. the chub mackerel. -| +|chump | Definition: +| chump n. a short thick heavy piece of wood. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |churches | Definition: -| transept n. the transversal part of a church which -| crosses at right angles to the greatest length -| and between the nave and choir. in the basilicas -| this had often no projection at its two ends. -| in gothic churches these project these project -| greatly and should be called the arms of the -| transept. it is common however to speak of -| the arms themselves as the transepts. -| +| uniformity n. conformity to a pattern or rule; +| resemblance consonance or agreement; as the +| uniformity of different churches in ceremonies +| or rites. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|churlish | Definition: -| churlishly adv. in a churlish manner. +|churchyard | Definition: +| paradise n. a churchyard or cemetery. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|churlishness | Definition: -| churlishness n. rudeness of manners or temper; -| lack of kindness or courtesy. -| +|cigar | Definition: +| smoke n. to draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco +| burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar +| cigarette etc.; to habitually use tobacco in +| this manner. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cilicia | Definition: -| cilician a. of or pertaining to cilicia in asia -| minor. +|cigars | Definition: +| regalia n. a kind of cigar of large size and superior +| quality; also the size in which such cigars +| are classed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cinnamon | Definition: -| usquebaugh a. a liquor compounded of brandy or -| other strong spirit raisins cinnamon and other -| spices. +|cipher | Definition: +| steganography n. the art of writing in cipher +| or in characters which are not intelligible +| except to persons who have the key; cryptography. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |circle | Definition: @@ -10358,16 +9377,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |circles | Definition: -| tropic n. one of the two small circles of the -| celestial sphere situated on each side of the -| equator at a distance of 23� 28/ and parallel -| to it which the sun just reaches at its greatest -| declination north or south and from which it -| turns again toward the equator the northern -| circle being called the tropic of cancer and -| the southern the tropic of capricorn from the -| names of the two signs at which they touch -| the ecliptic. +| vestlet n. any one of several species of actinians +| belonging to the genus cerianthus. these animals +| have a long smooth body tapering to the base +| and two separate circles of tentacles around +| the mouth. they form a tough flexible feltlike +| tube with a smooth internal lining in which +| they dwell whence the name. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |circuit | Definition: @@ -10376,80 +9393,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|circuits | Definition: -| electrotonic a. of or pertaining to electrical -| tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition -| of a conducting circuit during its exposure -| to the action of another conducting circuit -| traversed by a uniform electric current when -| both circuits remain stationary. -| +|circular | Definition: +| wind v. i. to have a circular course or direction; +| to crook; to bend; to meander; as to wind in +| and out among trees. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|circumcise | Definition: -| circumcise v. t. to cut off the prepuce of foreskin -| of in the case of males and the internal labia -| of in the case of females. -| +|circularly | Definition: +| troll v. t. to move circularly or volubly; to +| roll; to turn. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|circumcised | Definition: -| circumcision n. the jews as a circumcised people. -| +|circulate | Definition: +| troll v. t. to send about; to circulate as a vessel +| in drinking. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|circumcising | Definition: -| circumcising p. pr. & vb. n. of circumcise +|circulation | Definition: +| venous a. of or pertaining to a vein or veins; +| as the venous circulation of the blood. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|circumcision | Definition: -| circumcision n. rejection of the sins of the flesh; -| spiritual purification and acceptance of the -| christian faith. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|circumference | Definition: -| zoetrope n. an optical toy in which figures made -| to revolve on the inside of a cylinder and -| viewed through slits in its circumference appear -| like a single figure passing through a series -| of natural motions as if animated or mechanically -| moved. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|circumscribed | Definition: -| roseola n. a rose-colored efflorescence upon the -| skin occurring in circumscribed patches of -| little or no elevation and often alternately -| fading and reviving; also an acute specific -| disease which is characterized by an eruption -| of this character; -- called also rose rash. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|circumspect | Definition: -| prudent a. sagacious in adapting means to ends; -| circumspect in action or in determining any -| line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; -| careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to -| rash; as a prudent man; dictated or directed -| by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; -| as prudent behavior. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|circumspection | Definition: -| imprudence n. the quality or state of being imprudent; -| want to caution circumspection or a due regard -| to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; -| reshness; also an imprudent act; as he was -| guilty of an imprudence. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|circumspectly | Definition: -| circumspectly adv. in a circumspect manner; cautiously; -| warily. +|circumjacent | Definition: +| circumjacent a. lying round; bordering on every +| side. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |circumstance | Definition: @@ -10458,6 +9426,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | at death. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|circumstanced | Definition: +| circumstanced p. a. governed by events or circumstances. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |circumstances | Definition: | warrandice n. the obligation by which a person | conveying a subject or a right is bound to @@ -10467,10 +9440,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|circumvent | Definition: -| circumvent v. t. to gain advantage over by arts -| stratagem or deception; to decieve; to delude; -| to get around. +|circumstantial | Definition: +| circumstantial n. something incidental to the +| main subject but of less importance; opposed +| to an essential; -- generally in the plural; +| as the circumstantials of religion. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cistern | Definition: @@ -10479,60 +9454,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the outlet opening. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cisterns | Definition: -| trass n. a white to gray volcanic tufa formed -| of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes -| used as a cement. hence a coarse sort of plaster -| or mortar durable in water and used to line -| cisterns and other reservoirs of water. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cites | Definition: -| summoner v. t. one who summons; one who cites -| by authority; specifically a petty officer -| formerly employed to summon persons to appear -| in court; an apparitor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cities | Definition: -| toparchy n. a small state consisting of a few -| cities or towns; a petty country governed by -| a toparch; as judea was formerly divided into -| ten toparchies. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|citizen | Definition: -| yankee n. a nickname for a native or citizen of -| new england especially one descended from old -| new england stock; by extension an inhabitant -| of the northern states as distinguished from -| a southerner; also applied sometimes by foreigners -| to any inhabitant of the united states. -| +|civic | Definition: +| master n. a person holding an office of authority +| among the freemasons esp. the presiding officer; +| also a person holding a similar office in other +| civic societies. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|citizens | Definition: -| wardroom n. a room used by the citizens of a city -| ward for meetings political caucuses elections -| etc. +|civilized | Definition: +| tattoo n. an indelible mark or figure made by +| puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment +| into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation +| practiced by various barbarous races both in +| ancient and modern times and also by some among +| civilized nations especially by sailors. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|civil | Definition: -| zouave n. hence one of a body of soldiers who -| adopt the dress and drill of the zouaves as -| was done by a number of volunteer regiments -| in the army of the united states in the civil -| war 1861-65. +|civilly | Definition: +| dead a. cut off from the rights of a citizen; +| deprived of the power of enjoying the rights +| of property; as one banished or becoming a +| monk is civilly dead. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clad | Definition: -| scarecrow n. a person clad in rags and tatters. -| +|claim | Definition: +| yield v. t. to give up as something that is claimed +| or demanded; to make over to one who has a +| claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to +| relinquish; as a city an opinion etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|claim | Definition: +|claimed | Definition: | yield v. t. to give up as something that is claimed | or demanded; to make over to one who has a | claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to @@ -10547,24 +9501,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | ironically. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|claims | Definition: -| whig n. one of a political party which grew up -| in england in the seventeenth century in the -| reigns of charles i. and ii. when great contests -| existed respecting the royal prerogatives and -| the rights of the people. those who supported -| the king in his high claims were called tories -| and the advocates of popular rights of parliamentary -| power over the crown and of toleration to dissenters -| were after 1679 called whigs. the terms liberal -| and radical have now generally superseded whig -| in english politics. see the note under tory. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|clamorous | Definition: -| scold n. one who scolds or makes a practice of -| scolding; esp. a rude clamorous woman; a shrew. +|clammy | Definition: +| clammy compar. having the quality of being viscous +| or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp +| and adhesive as if covered with a cold perspiration. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -10585,11 +9525,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | clearstarch muslin. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clasp | Definition: -| whittle v. t. to pare or cut off the surface of -| with a small knife; to cut or shape as a piece -| of wood held in the hand with a clasp knife -| or pocketknife. +|clash | Definition: +| jar n. clash of interest or opinions; collision; +| discord; debate; slight disagreement. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|clashing | Definition: +| temperament v. t. the act of tempering or modifying; +| adjustment as of clashing rules interests passions +| or the like; also the means by which such adjustment +| is effected. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |clasped | Definition: @@ -10621,15 +9567,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|claws | Definition: -| unarmed a. having no hard and sharp projections -| as spines prickles spurs claws etc. -| +|classic | Definition: +| sea horse a fabulous creature half horse and +| half fish represented in classic mythology +| as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the nereids. +| it is also depicted in heraldry. see hippocampus. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clay | Definition: -| weighboard n. clay intersecting a vein. -| +|clause | Definition: +| word n. a brief remark or observation; an expression; +| a phrase clause or short sentence. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|claw | Definition: +| ungular a. of or pertaining to a hoof claw or +| talon; ungual. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |clean | Definition: @@ -10646,41 +9600,47 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cleanness | Definition: -| cleanness n. purity of life or language; freedom -| from licentious courses. -| +|cleaning | Definition: +| whiting n. chalk prepared in an impalpable powder +| by pulverizing and repeated washing used as +| a pigment as an ingredient in putty for cleaning +| silver etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cleanse | Definition: -| willow v. t. to open and cleanse as cotton flax -| or wool by means of a willow. see willow n. -| 2. +|cleanliness | Definition: +| police n. a judicial and executive system for +| the government of a city town or district for +| the preservation of rights order cleanliness +| health etc. and for the enforcement of the +| laws and prevention of crime; the administration +| of the laws and regulations of a city incorporated +| town or borough. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cleansed | Definition: -| willow n. a machine in which cotton or wool is -| opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes -| projecting from a drum which revolves within -| a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably -| so called from having been originally a cylindrical -| cage made of willow rods though some derive -| the term from winnow as denoting the winnowing -| or cleansing action of the machine. called -| also willy twilly twilly devil and devil. -| +|cleared | Definition: +| voider n. a tray or basket formerly used to receive +| or convey that which is voided or cleared away +| from a given place; especially one for carrying +| off the remains of a meal as fragments of food; +| sometimes a basket for containing household +| articles as clothes etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cleanses | Definition: -| detergent n. a substance which cleanses the skin -| as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds -| ulcers etc. +|clearer | Definition: +| paraphrase n. a restatement of a text passage +| or work expressing the meaning of the original +| in another form generally for the sake of its +| clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth +| the signification of a text in other and ampler +| terms; a free translation or rendering; -- +| opposed to metaphrase. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cleansing | Definition: -| willying n. the process of cleansing wool cotton -| or the like with a willy or willow. -| +|clearing | Definition: +| toothpick n. a pointed instument for clearing +| the teeth of substances lodged between them. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |clearly | Definition: @@ -10688,31 +9648,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | visible; perspicuous. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cleave | Definition: -| wedge v. t. to cleave or separate with a wedge -| or wedges or as with a wedge; to rive. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cleaved | Definition: -| cleaved of cleave -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |cleaving | Definition: | peritomous a. cleaving in more directions than | one parallel to the axis. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cleft | Definition: -| undivided a. not lobed cleft or branched; entire. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|clefts | Definition: -| rimose a. having long and nearly parallel clefts -| or chinks like those in the bark of trees. -| +|clem | Definition: +| clem v. t. & i. to starve; to famish. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |clemency | Definition: @@ -10721,12 +9665,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clement | Definition: -| clementine a. of or pertaining to clement esp. -| to st. clement of rome and the spurious homilies -| attributed to him or to pope clement v. and -| his compilations of canon law. -| +|clench | Definition: +| clench n. & v. t. see clinch. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cleopatra | Definition: @@ -10740,15 +9681,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | see asp. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clergy | Definition: -| tithe n. a tenth; the tenth part of anything; -| specifically the tenthpart of the increase -| arising from the profits of land and stock -| allotted to the clergy for their support as -| in england or devoted to religious or charitable -| uses. almost all the tithes of england and -| wales are commuted by law into rent charges. -| +|clergyman | Definition: +| unbishop v. t. to deprive as a city of a bishop; +| to deprive as a clergyman of episcopal dignity +| or rights. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|clerical | Definition: +| liripoop n. a pendent part of the old clerical +| tippet; afterwards a tippet; a scarf; -- worn +| also by doctors learned men etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |clerk | Definition: @@ -10758,33 +9701,70 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cliffs | Definition: -| samphire n. a fleshy suffrutescent umbelliferous -| european plant (crithmum maritimum). it grows -| among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast -| and is used for pickles. -| +|clerks | Definition: +| subscribe v. t. to attest by writing one's name +| beneath; as officers subscribe their official +| acts and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies +| or records. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|climb | Definition: -| twine v. i. to ascend in spiral lines about a -| support; to climb spirally; as many plants -| twine. +|clever | Definition: +| swanky n. an active and clever young fellow. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cleverly | Definition: +| cleverly adv. in a clever manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|climbed | Definition: -| climbed imp. & p. p. of climb +|clicked | Definition: +| clicked imp. & p. p. of click | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|climbing | Definition: -| yam n. a large esculent farinaceous tuber of various -| climbing plants of the genus dioscorea; also -| the plants themselves. mostly natives of warm -| climates. the plants have netted-veined petioled -| leaves and pods with three broad wings. the -| commonest species is d. sativa but several -| others are cultivated. +|client | Definition: +| retainer n. the act of a client by which he engages +| a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cliental | Definition: +| cliental a. of or pertaining to a client. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|clients | Definition: +| lawyer n. 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 obligations in other matters. it is a general +| term comprehending attorneys counselors solicitors +| barristers sergeants and advocates. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|clinging | Definition: +| uncling v. i. to cease from clinging or adhering. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|clink | Definition: +| clink n. a slight sharp tinkling sound made by +| the collision of sonorous bodies. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|clinking | Definition: +| jingle n. a rattling clinking or tinkling sound +| as of little bells or pieces of metal. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|clipped | Definition: +| pollard n. a clipped coin; also a counterfeit. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cloak | Definition: @@ -10794,18 +9774,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cloaks | Definition: -| white friar a mendicant monk of the carmelite -| order so called from the white cloaks worn -| by the order. see carmelite. -| +|clock | Definition: +| weight v. t. a ponderous mass; something heavy; +| as a clock weight; a paper weight. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clods | Definition: -| harrow n. to draw a harrow over as for the purpose -| of breaking clods and leveling the surface -| or for covering seed; as to harrow land. -| +|clocks | Definition: +| horology n. the science of measuring time or the +| principles and art of constructing instruments +| for measuring and indicating portions of time +| as clocks watches dials etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |closed | Definition: @@ -10825,10 +9805,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | tail more numerous. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|closets | Definition: -| beakhead n. a small platform at the fore part -| of the upper deck of a vessel which contains -| the water closets of the crew. +|closer | Definition: +| noose n. a running knot or loop which binds the +| closer the more it is drawn. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|closest | Definition: +| marry v. t. figuratively to unite in the closest +| and most endearing relation. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|closet | Definition: +| wardrobe v. t. a room or apartment where clothes +| are kept or wearing apparel is stored; a portable +| closet for hanging up clothes. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -10845,12 +9837,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clothe | Definition: -| wimple v. t. to clothe with a wimple; to cover -| as with a veil; hence to hoodwink. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |clothed | Definition: | woolly a. clothed with a fine curly pubescence | resembling wool. @@ -10862,87 +9848,90 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | have been washed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clothing | Definition: -| wool n. the soft and curled or crisped species -| of hair which grows on sheep and some other -| animals and which in fineness sometimes approaches -| to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat -| of the sheep which constitutes a most essential -| material of clothing in all cold and temperate -| climates. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cloths | Definition: -| ritualism n. specifically :(a) the principles -| and practices of those in the church of england -| who in the development of the oxford movement -| so-called have insisted upon a return to the -| use in church services of the symbolic ornaments -| (altar cloths encharistic vestments candles -| etc.) that were sanctioned in the second year -| of edward vi. and never as they maintain forbidden -| by competennt authority although generally -| disused. schaff-herzog encyc. (b) also the -| principles and practices of those in the protestant -| episcopal church who sympathize with this party -| in the church of england. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |cloud | Definition: | water dog a small floating cloud supposed to | indicate rain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|clouded | Definition: +| sulphur n. any one of numerous species of yellow +| or orange butterflies of the subfamily pierinae; +| as the clouded sulphur (eurymus / colias philodice) +| which is the common yellow butterfly of the +| eastern united states. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |clouds | Definition: | water n. the fluid which descends from the clouds | in rain and which forms rivers lakes seas etc. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cloudy | Definition: -| sunrising n. the first appearance of the sun above -| the horizon in the morning; more generally -| the time of such appearance whether in fair -| or cloudy weather; as to begin work at sunrise. -| +|clover | Definition: +| vernine n. an alkaloid extracted from the shoots +| of the vetch red clover etc. as a white crystalline +| substance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clouted | Definition: -| clouted imp. & p. p. of clout +|clubs | Definition: +| swinger n. a person who engages frequently in +| lively and fashionable pursuits such as attending +| night clubs or discos. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|clue | Definition: +| clue n. a ball of thread; a thread or other means +| of guidance. same as clew. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clouts | Definition: -| malkin n. a mop made of clouts used by the kitchen -| servant. +|clumsy | Definition: +| stumble v. i. to walk in an unsteady or clumsy +| manner. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clove | Definition: -| hitch n. a knot or noose in a rope which can be -| readily undone; -- intended for a temporary -| fastening; as a half hitch; a clove hitch; -| a timber hitch etc. +|clung | Definition: +| clung v. i. wasted away; shrunken. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clubs | Definition: -| swinger n. a person who engages frequently in -| lively and fashionable pursuits such as attending -| night clubs or discos. +|clustered | Definition: +| skirret n. an umbelliferous plant (sium / pimpinella +| sisarum). it is a native of asia but has been +| long cultivated in europe for its edible clustered +| tuberous roots which are very sweet. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|clustering | Definition: +| clustering p. pr. & vb. n. of cluster +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|clutched | Definition: +| clutched imp. & p. p. of clutch +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cluster | Definition: -| umbellularia n. a genus of deep-sea alcyonaria -| consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike -| polyps situated at the summit of a long slender -| stem which stands upright in the mud supported -| by a bulbous base. +|coach | Definition: +| vehicle n. that in or on which any person or thing +| is or may be carried as a coach carriage wagon +| cart car sleigh bicycle etc.; a means of conveyance; +| specifically a means of conveyance upon land. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|coaching | Definition: +| quiz n. an exercise or a course of exercises conducted +| as a coaching or as an examination. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|clusters | Definition: -| wistaria n. a genus of climbing leguminous plants -| bearing long pendulous clusters of pale bluish -| flowers. +|coachman | Definition: +| drive v. i. to go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; +| to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle +| or the animals that draw it; as the coachman +| drove to my door. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |coal | Definition: @@ -10964,6 +9953,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|coarse | Definition: +| wraprascal n. a kind of coarse upper coat or overcoat +| formerly worn. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|coarser | Definition: +| umbles n. pl. the entrails and coarser parts of +| a deer; hence sometimes entrails in general. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |coast | Definition: | zulus n. pl. the most important tribe belonging | to the kaffir race. they inhabit a region on @@ -10973,12 +9973,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and military skill. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|coasts | Definition: -| whitebait n. a small translucent fish (salanx -| chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the -| coasts of china and japan and used in the same -| manner as the european whitebait. -| +|coasting | Definition: +| transire n. a customhouse clearance for a coasting +| vessel; a permit. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |coat | Definition: @@ -10986,9 +9983,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|coated | Definition: +| tunicated a. covered with a tunic; covered or +| coated with layers; as a tunicated bulb. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |coats | Definition: -| trullization n. the act of laying on coats of -| plaster with a trowel. +| vasomotor a. causing movement in the walls of +| vessels; as the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor +| nerves a system of nerves distributed over +| the muscular coats of the blood vessels. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|coaxed | Definition: +| coaxed imp. & p. p. of coax +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cobwebs | Definition: +| gossamer n. a fine filmy substance like cobwebs +| floating in the air in calm clear weather especially +| in autumn. it is seen in stubble fields and +| on furze or low bushes and is formed by small +| spiders. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cock | Definition: @@ -10999,34 +10018,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cockcrowing | Definition: -| cockcrowing n. the time at which cocks first crow; -| the early morning. +|cocked | Definition: +| uncock v. t. to deprive of its cocked shape as +| a hat etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cockle | Definition: -| lychnis n. a genus of old world plants belonging -| to the pink family (caryophyllaceae). most -| of the species have brilliantly colored flowers -| and cottony leaves which may have anciently -| answered as wicks for lamps. the botanical -| name is in common use for the garden species. -| the corn cockle (lychnis githago) is a common -| weed in wheat fields. +|cocking | Definition: +| cocking n. cockfighting. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cocks | Definition: -| windrow n. a row or line of hay raked together -| for the purpose of being rolled into cocks -| or heaps. +|codfish | Definition: +| whiting n. a common european food fish (melangus +| vulgaris) of the codfish family; -- called +| also fittin. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|coercion | Definition: +| restive a. impatient under coercion chastisement +| or opposition; refractory. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|coeval | Definition: -| mammoth n. an extinct hairy maned elephant (elephas -| primigenius) of enormous size remains of which -| are found in the northern parts of both continents. -| the last of the race in europe were coeval -| with prehistoric man. +|coffee | Definition: +| teaspoon n. a small spoon used in stirring and +| sipping tea coffee etc. and for other purposes. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |coffin | Definition: @@ -11036,10 +10052,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cognizance | Definition: -| witness v. t. to see or know by personal presence; -| to have direct cognizance of. -| +|cogent | Definition: +| cogently adv. in a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; +| conclusively. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cogitation | Definition: +| cogitation n. the act of thinking; thought; meditation; +| contemplation. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|coherent | Definition: +| thinker n. one who thinks; especially and chiefly +| one who thinks in a particular manner; as a +| close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |coin | Definition: @@ -11048,9 +10075,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|coition | Definition: -| coition n. a coming together; sexual intercourse; -| copulation. +|coincidence | Definition: +| unison n. identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds +| proceeding from an equality in the number of +| vibrations made in a given time by two or more +| sonorous bodies. parts played or sung in octaves +| are also said to be in unison or in octaves. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|coiner | Definition: +| phraseologist n. a collector or coiner of phrases. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cold | Definition: @@ -11063,24 +10099,64 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | climates. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|colias | Definition: -| sulphur n. any one of numerous species of yellow -| or orange butterflies of the subfamily pierinae; -| as the clouded sulphur (eurymus / colias philodice) -| which is the common yellow butterfly of the -| eastern united states. +|colder | Definition: +| whitefish n. any one of several species of coregonus +| a genus of excellent food fishes allied to +| the salmons. they inhabit the lakes of the +| colder parts of north america asia and europe. +| the largest and most important american species +| (c. clupeiformis) is abundant in the great +| lakes and in other lakes farther north. called +| also lake whitefish and oswego bass. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|collar | Definition: -| turnover a. admitting of being turned over; made -| to be turned over; as a turnover collar etc. +|coldly | Definition: +| coldly adv. in a cold manner; without warmth animation +| or feeling; with indifference; calmly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|collapse | Definition: +| collapse n. extreme depression or sudden failing +| of all the vital powers as the result of disease +| injury or nervous disturbance. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|collapsed | Definition: +| collapse v. i. to fail suddenly and completely +| like something hollow when subject to too much +| pressure; to undergo a collapse; as maximilian's +| government collapsed soon after the french +| army left mexico; many financial projects collapse +| after attaining some success and importance. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|colleague | Definition: -| colleague v.t & i. to unite or associate with -| another or with others. -| +|collapsing | Definition: +| collapsing p. pr. & vb. n. of collapse +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|collar | Definition: +| vandyke n. a picture by vandyke. also a vandyke +| collar or a vandyke edge. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|collars | Definition: +| ruche n. a plaited quilled or goffered strip of +| lace net ribbon or other material -- used in +| place of collars or cuffs and as a trimming +| for women's dresses and bonnets. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|collation | Definition: +| provision n. a canonical term for regular induction +| into a benefice comprehending nomination collation +| and installation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |collect | Definition: @@ -11097,36 +10173,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|collections | Definition: -| veda n. the ancient sacred literature of the hindus; -| also one of the four collections called rig-veda -| yajur-veda sama-veda and atharva-veda constituting -| the most ancient portions of that literature. -| +|collectedly | Definition: +| collectedly adv. composedly; coolly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|collector | Definition: -| zamindar n. a landowner; also a collector of land -| revenue; now usually a kind of feudatory recognized -| as an actual proprietor so long as he pays -| to the government a certain fixed revenue. +|collier | Definition: +| collier n. a vessel employed in the coal trade. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|colleges | Definition: -| valedictory n. a valedictory oration or address -| spoken at commencement in american colleges -| or seminaries by one of the graduating class -| usually by the leading scholar. -| +|collision | Definition: +| telescope a. to slide or pass one within another +| after the manner of the sections of a small +| telescope or spyglass; to come into collision +| as railway cars in such a manner that one runs +| into another. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|colony | Definition: -| zoogloea n. a colony or mass of bacteria imbedded -| in a viscous gelatinous substance. the zoogloea -| is characteristic of a transitory stage through -| which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in -| the course of their evolution. also used adjectively. +|colonel | Definition: +| regiment n. a body of men either horse foot or +| artillery commanded by a colonel and consisting +| of a number of companies usually ten. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|colonist | Definition: +| planter n. a colonist in a new or uncultivated +| territory; as the first planters in virginia. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -11134,15 +10208,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | colour n. see color. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|colt | Definition: -| stag n. a colt or filly; also a romping girl. -| +|column | Definition: +| water barometer a barometer in which the changes +| of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the +| motion of a column of water instead of mercury. +| it requires a column of water about thirty-three +| feet in height. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|colts | Definition: -| weedy superl. scraggy; ill-shaped; ungainly; -- -| said of colts or horses and also of persons. -| +|columns | Definition: +| tetrastyle a. having four columns in front; -- +| said of a temple portico or colonnade. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|coma | Definition: +| revive v. i. to raise from coma languor depression +| or discouragement; to bring into action after +| a suspension. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |comb | Definition: @@ -11150,12 +10233,44 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|combat | Definition: +| tilt v. i. to run or ride and thrust with a lance; +| to practice the military game or exercise of +| thrusting with a lance as a combatant on horseback; +| to joust; also figuratively to engage in any +| combat or movement resembling that of horsemen +| tilting with lances. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|combated | Definition: +| combated imp. & p. p. of combat +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |combats | Definition: | marshal n. the chief officer of arms whose duty | it was in ancient times to regulate combats | in the lists. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|combination | Definition: +| word n. hence the written or printed character +| or combination of characters expressing such +| a term; as the words on a page. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|combinations | Definition: +| re- a prefix signifying back against again anew; +| as recline to lean back; recall to call back; +| recede; remove; reclaim to call out against; +| repugn to fight against; recognition a knowing +| again; rejoin to join again; reiterate; reassure. +| combinations containing the prefix re- are +| readily formed and are for the most part of +| obvious signification. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |combine | Definition: | write v. i. to frame or combine ideas and express | them in written words; to play the author; @@ -11171,44 +10286,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | flexible rod. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|combing | Definition: -| pectination n. the act of combing; the combing -| of the head. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|comeliness | Definition: -| deform v. t. to render displeasing; to deprive -| of comeliness grace or perfection; to dishonor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|comely | Definition: -| unhandsome a. not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; -| not comely or pleasing; plain; homely. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|comers | Definition: -| ordinary n. a dining room or eating house where -| a meal is prepared for all comers at a fixed -| price for the meal in distinction from one -| where each dish is separately charged; a table -| d'hote; hence also the meal furnished at such -| a dining room. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |comes | Definition: -| unembarrassed a. free from perplexing connection; -| as the question comes into court unembarrassed -| with irrelevant matter. -| +| waif n. hence anything found or without an owner; +| that which comes along as it were by chance. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |comfort | Definition: -| selfish a. caring supremely or unduly for one's -| self; regarding one's own comfort advantage -| etc. in disregard or at the expense of those -| of others. +| sustain v. t. to aid comfort or relieve; to vindicate. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |comfortable | Definition: @@ -11217,19 +10303,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | piece of furniture. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|comfortably | Definition: +| saddle n. a seat for a rider -- usually made of +| leather padded to span comfortably a horse's +| back furnished with stirrups for the rider's +| feet to rest in and fastened in place with +| a girth; also a seat for the rider on a bicycle +| or tricycle. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |comforted | Definition: | comforted imp. & p. p. of comfort | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|comforter | Definition: -| quilt v. t. to stitch or sew together at frequent -| intervals in order to confine in place the -| several layers of cloth and wadding of which -| a garment comforter etc. may be made; as to -| quilt a coat. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |comforting | Definition: | consolatory a. of a consoling or comforting nature. | @@ -11240,6 +10327,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | exhilarates. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|comic | Definition: +| valentine n. a letter containing professions of +| love or a missive of a sentimental comic or +| burlesque character sent on st. valentine's +| day. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|comical | Definition: +| drollery n. the quality of being droll; sportive +| tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical +| gestures or manners. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |coming | Definition: | yew n. the wood of the yew. it is light red in | color compact fine-grained and very elastic. @@ -11265,42 +10365,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|commander | Definition: -| waywode n. originally the title of a military -| commander in various slavonic countries; afterwards -| applied to governors of towns or provinces. -| it was assumed for a time by the rulers of -| moldavia and wallachia who were afterwards -| called hospodars and has also been given to -| some inferior turkish officers. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commanders | Definition: -| truce n. a suspension of arms by agreement of -| the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary -| cessation of hostilities for negotiation or -| other purpose; an armistice. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commanding | Definition: -| writ n. an instrument in writing under seal in -| an epistolary form issued from the proper authority -| commanding the performance or nonperformance -| of some act by the person to whom it is directed; -| as a writ of entry of error of execution of -| injunction of mandamus of return of summons -| and the like. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commandment | Definition: -| sabbatarian n. one who regards and keeps the seventh -| day of the week as holy agreeably to the letter -| of the fourth commandment in the decalogue. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |commandments | Definition: | kyrie eleison the name given to the response | to the commandments in the service of the church @@ -11308,61 +10372,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | church. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|commands | Definition: -| whereas conj. considering that; it being the case -| that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble -| which is the basis of declarations affirmations -| commands requests or like that follow. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commemorate | Definition: -| purim n. a jewish festival called also the feast -| of lots instituted to commemorate the deliverance -| of the jews from the machinations of haman. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commemorated | Definition: -| commemorated imp. & p. p. of commemorate -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commemorating | Definition: -| tenebrae n. the matins and lauds for the last -| three days of holy week commemorating the sufferings -| and death of christ -- usually sung on the -| afternoon or evening of wednesday thursday -| and friday instead of on the following days. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commemoration | Definition: -| whitsunday n. the seventh sunday and the fiftieth -| day after easter; a festival of the church -| in commemoration of the descent of the holy -| spirit on the day of pentecost; pentecost; -| -- so called it is said because in the primitive -| church those who had been newly baptized appeared -| at church between easter and pentecost in white -| garments. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commences | Definition: -| magnificat n. the song of the virgin mary luke -| i. 46; -- so called because it commences with -| this word in the vulgate. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commend | Definition: -| recommend v. t. to commend to the favorable notice -| of another; to commit to another's care confidence -| or acceptance with favoring representations; -| to put in a favorable light before any one; -| to bestow commendation on; as he recommended -| resting the mind and exercising the body. -| +|commence | Definition: +| syncopate v. t. to commence as a tone on an unaccented +| part of a measure and continue it into the +| following accented part so that the accent +| is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm +| drags. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |commendable | Definition: @@ -11371,21 +10386,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|commendation | Definition: -| recommend v. t. to commend to the favorable notice -| of another; to commit to another's care confidence -| or acceptance with favoring representations; -| to put in a favorable light before any one; -| to bestow commendation on; as he recommended -| resting the mind and exercising the body. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commendatory | Definition: -| parathesis n. a commendatory prayer. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |commended | Definition: | commendam n. a vacant living or benefice commended | to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed @@ -11395,40 +10395,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|commending | Definition: -| commending p. pr. & vb. n. of commend -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commends | Definition: -| recommendation n. that which recommends or commends -| to favor; anything procuring or tending to -| procure a favorable reception or to secure -| acceptance and adoption; as he brought excellent -| recommendations. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commentaries | Definition: -| commentary v. i. a brief account of transactions -| or events written hastily as if for a memorandum; -| -- usually in the plural; as caesar's commentaries -| on the gallic war. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commentary | Definition: -| text n. a discourse or composition on which a -| note or commentary is written; the original -| words of an author in distinction from a paraphrase -| annotation or commentary. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|commentators | Definition: -| interpretation n. the sense given by an interpreter; -| exposition or explanation given; meaning; as -| commentators give various interpretations of -| the same passage of scripture. -| +|commiserating | Definition: +| commiserating p. pr. & vb. n. of commiserate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |commiseration | Definition: @@ -11454,39 +10423,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |commit | Definition: -| trustee v. t. to commit (property) to the care -| of a trustee; as to trustee an estate. -| +| violate v. t. to commit rape on; to ravish; to +| outrage. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|commits | Definition: -| wrongdoer n. one who commits a tort or trespass; -| a trespasser; a tort feasor. -| +|committal | Definition: +| compromise n. a committal to something derogatory +| or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; +| a surrender; as a compromise of character or +| right. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |committed | Definition: -| trustee n. 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 another; also a person in -| whose hands the effects of another are attached -| in a trustee process. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|committing | Definition: -| unerring a. committing no mistake; incapable or -| error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; -| as the unerring wisdom of god. -| +| verdict n. the answer of a jury given to the court +| concerning any matter of fact in any cause +| civil or criminal committed to their examination +| and determination; the finding or decision +| of a jury on the matter legally submitted to +| them in the course of the trial of a cause. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |commodious | Definition: -| commodious a. adapted to its use or purpose or -| to wants and necessities; serviceable; spacious -| and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as a -| commodious house. +| commodiously adv. in a commodious manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|commoner | Definition: +| thus n. the commoner kind of frankincense or that +| obtained from the norway spruce the long-leaved +| pine and other conifers. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|commonest | Definition: +| zinnia n. any plant of the composite genus zinnia +| mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large +| gay-colored blossoms. zinnia elegans is the +| commonest species in cultivation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |commonly | Definition: @@ -11496,12 +10471,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|commonwealth | Definition: -| theocracy n. the state thus governed as the hebrew -| commonwealth before it became a kingdom. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |commotion | Definition: | tumult n. violent commotion or agitation with | confusion of sounds; as the tumult of the elements. @@ -11514,11 +10483,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|communicant | Definition: -| communicant a. communicating. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |communicate | Definition: | write v. t. to set down for reading; to express | in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; @@ -11558,16 +10522,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|communion | Definition: -| viaticum n. the communion or eucharist when given -| to persons in danger of death. -| +|communicative | Definition: +| indigitate v. i. to communicative ideas by the +| fingers; to show or compute by the fingers. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|communities | Definition: -| social a. living in communities consisting of -| males females and neuters as do ants and most -| bees. +|communing | Definition: +| communing p. pr. & vb. n. of commune +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |compact | Definition: @@ -11579,18 +10542,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|compacted | Definition: -| integration n. in the theory of evolution: the -| process by which the manifold is compacted -| into the relatively simple and permanent. it -| is supposed to alternate with differentiation -| as an agent in development. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|companied | Definition: -| companied imp. & p. p. of company -| +|compactly | Definition: +| stow v. t. to arrange anything compactly in; to +| fill by packing closely; as to stow a box car +| or the hold of a ship. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |companion | Definition: @@ -11605,7 +10560,48 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|compared | Definition: +|companionship | Definition: +| unsociable a. not sociable; not inclined to society; +| averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; +| reserved; as an unsociable person or temper. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|comparative | Definition: +| weight v. t. the quantity of heaviness; comparative +| tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity +| of matter as estimated by the balance or expressed +| numerically with reference to some standard +| unit; as a mass of stone having the weight +| of five hundred pounds. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|comparatively | Definition: +| uzema n. a burman measure of twelve miles. v () +| v the twenty-second letter of the english alphabet +| is a vocal consonant. v and u are only varieties +| of the same character u being the cursive form +| while v is better adapted for engraving as +| in stone. the two letters were formerly used +| indiscriminately and till a comparatively recent +| date words containing them were often classed +| together in dictionaries and other books of +| reference (see u). the letter v is from the +| latin alphabet where it was used both as a +| consonant (about like english w) and as a vowel. +| the latin derives it from it from a form (v) +| of the greek vowel / (see y) this greek letter +| being either from the same semitic letter as +| the digamma f (see f) or else added by the +| greeks to the alphabet which they took from +| the semitic. etymologically v is most nearly +| related to u w f b p; as in vine wine; avoirdupois +| habit have; safe save; trover troubadour trope. +| see u f etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|compared | Definition: | worthy n. having suitable adapted or equivalent | qualities or value; -- usually with of before | the thing compared or the object; more rarely @@ -11628,13 +10624,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|comparisons | Definition: -| illustrate v. t. to make clear intelligible or -| apprehensible; to elucidate explain or exemplify -| as by means of figures comparisons and examples. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |compass | Definition: | within prep. in the limits or compass of; not | further in length than; as within five miles; @@ -11643,16 +10632,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | within one's income. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|compassed | Definition: -| compassable a. capable of being compassed or accomplished. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|compassing | Definition: -| compassing a. curved; bent; as compassing timbers. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |compassion | Definition: | tender superl. susceptible of the softer passions | as love compassion kindness; compassionate; @@ -11662,15 +10641,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |compassionate | Definition: -| mercy n. compassionate treatment of the unfortunate -| and helpless; sometimes favor beneficence. -| +| mercy n. forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances +| of provocation when one has the power to inflict +| it; compassionate treatment of an offender +| or adversary; clemency. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|compel | Definition: -| silence v. t. to compel to silence; to cause to -| be still; to still; to hush. -| +|compassionating | Definition: +| compassionating p. pr. & vb. n. of compassionate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |compelled | Definition: @@ -11689,20 +10669,87 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|compendious | Definition: -| shorthand n. a compendious and rapid method or -| writing by substituting characters abbreviations -| or symbols for letters words etc.; short writing; -| stenography. see illust. under phonography. +|compels | Definition: +| driver n. one who or that which drives; the person +| or thing that urges or compels anything else +| to move onward. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|compensation | Definition: +| weregild n. the price of a man's head; a compensation +| paid of a man killed partly to the king for +| the loss of a subject partly to the lord of +| a vassal and partly to the next of kin. it +| was paid by the murderer. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|competed | Definition: +| prize n. an honor or reward striven for in a competitive +| contest; anything offered to be competed for +| or as an inducement to or reward of effort. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|competitor | Definition: -| walk-over n. in racing the going over a course -| by a horse which has no competitor for the -| prize; hence colloquially a one-sided contest; -| an uncontested or an easy victory. -| +|competency | Definition: +| voir dire an oath administered to a witness usually +| before being sworn in chief requiring him to +| speak the truth or make true answers in reference +| to matters inquired of to ascertain his competency +| to give evidence. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|competent | Definition: +| verify v. t. to confirm or establish the authenticity +| of by examination or competent evidence; to +| authenciate; as to verify a written statement; +| to verify an account a pleading or the like. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|competition | Definition: +| winning n. the money etc. gained by success in +| competition or contest esp in gambling; -- +| usually in the plural. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|competitive | Definition: +| record v. t. that which has been publicly achieved +| in any kind of competitive sport as recorded +| in some authoritative manner as the time made +| by a winning horse in a race. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|compilation | Definition: +| zohar n. a jewish cabalistic book attributed by +| tradition to rabbi simon ben yochi who lived +| about the end of the 1st century a. d. modern +| critics believe it to be a compilation of the +| 13th century. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|compiler | Definition: +| lexicographer n. the author or compiler of a lexicon +| or dictionary. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|complacency | Definition: +| transport v. t. to carry away with vehement emotion +| as joy sorrow complacency anger etc.; to ravish +| with pleasure or ecstasy; as music transports +| the soul. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|complacent | Definition: +| indulge v. t. to be complacent toward; to give +| way to; not to oppose or restrain +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|complacently | Definition: +| complacently adv. in a complacent manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |complain | Definition: @@ -11720,18 +10767,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|complaining | Definition: -| pursue v. i. to follow a matter judicially as -| a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|complains | Definition: -| croaker n. one who croaks murmurs grumbles or -| complains unreasonably; one who habitually -| forebodes evil. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |complaint | Definition: | whimper n. a low whining broken cry; a low whining | sound expressive of complaint or grief. @@ -11754,33 +10789,94 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |completely | Definition: -| wind v. t. to turn completely or with repeated -| turns; especially to turn about something fixed; -| to cause to form convolutions about anything; -| to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as -| to wind thread on a spool or into a ball. -| +| wind v. i. to turn completely or repeatedly; to +| become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved +| or spiral form; as vines wind round a pole. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|compliance | Definition: -| timeserving n. an obsequious compliance with the -| spirit of the times or the humors of those -| in power which implies a surrender of one's -| independence and sometimes of one's integrity. +|completeness | Definition: +| round v. i. to grow round or full; hence to attain +| to fullness completeness or perfection. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|completing | Definition: +| take-up n. that which takes up or tightens; specifically +| a device in a sewing machine for drawing up +| the slack thread as the needle rises in completing +| a stitch. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|complexion | Definition: +| malay n. one of a race of a brown or copper complexion +| in the malay peninsula and the western islands +| of the indian archipelago. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|complexioned | Definition: +| complexioned a. having (such) a complexion; -- +| used in composition; as a dark-complexioned +| or a ruddy-complexioned person. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|complicated | Definition: +| web n. fig.: tissue; texture; complicated fabrication. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|complications | Definition: +| entangle v. t. to involve in such complications +| as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; +| hence metaphorically to insnare; to perplex; +| to bewilder; to puzzle; as to entangle the +| feet in a net or in briers. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |complied | Definition: | supplicat n. a petition; esp. a written one with | a certificate that the conditions have been | complied with. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|compliment | Definition: +| treat v. t. to entertain with food or drink especially +| the latter as a compliment or as an expression +| of friendship or regard; as to treat the whole +| company. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|complimentary | Definition: +| honor n. to dignify; to raise to distinction or +| notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in +| rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify; +| hence to do something to honor; to treat in +| a complimentary manner or with civility. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|compliments | Definition: +| greet v. t. to address with salutations or expressions +| of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; +| to accost with friendship; to pay respects +| or compliments to either personally or through +| the intervention of another or by writing or +| token. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |comply | Definition: | yield v. i. to comply with; to assent; as i yielded | to his request. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|compose | Definition: +| write v. i. to compose or send letters. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |composed | Definition: | zouave n. one of an active and hardy body of soldiers | in the french service originally arabs but @@ -11796,6 +10892,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|composure | Definition: +| settlement n. the act or process of adjusting +| or determining; composure of doubts or differences; +| pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; +| adjustment; as settlement of a controversy +| of accounts etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |compound | Definition: | zoophyte v. i. any one of numerous species of | invertebrate animals which more or less resemble @@ -11807,15 +10911,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|compounded | Definition: -| wrench v. t. the system made up of a force and -| a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular -| to that force. any number of forces acting -| at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded -| so as to be equivalent to a wrench. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |comprehend | Definition: | seize v. t. to grap with the mind; to comprehend | fully and distinctly; as to seize an idea. @@ -11823,9 +10918,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |comprehended | Definition: -| sector n. a part of a circle comprehended between -| two radii and the included arc. -| +| table n. hence in a great variety of applications: +| a condensed statement which may be comprehended +| by the eye in a single view; a methodical or +| systematic synopsis; the presentation of many +| items or particulars in one group; a scheme; +| a schedule. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|comprehending | Definition: +| swedenborgian n. one who holds the doctrines of +| the new jerusalem church as taught by emanuel +| swedenborg a swedish philosopher and religious +| writer who was born a. d. 1688 and died 1772. +| swedenborg claimed to have intercourse with +| the spiritual world through the opening of +| his spiritual senses in 1745. he taught that +| the lord jesus christ as comprehending in himself +| all the fullness of the godhead is the one +| only god and that there is a spiritual sense +| to the scriptures which he (swedenborg) was +| able to reveal because he saw the correspondence +| between natural and spiritual things. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |comprehension | Definition: @@ -11837,40 +10952,60 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | relations. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|comprise | Definition: -| university n. an institution organized and incorporated -| for the purpose of imparting instruction examining -| students and otherwise promoting education -| in the higher branches of literature science -| art etc. empowered to confer degrees in the -| several arts and faculties as in theology law -| medicine music etc. a university may exist -| without having any college connected with it -| or it may consist of but one college or it -| may comprise an assemblage of colleges established -| in any place with professors for instructing -| students in the sciences and other branches -| of learning. +|comprehensive | Definition: +| tour v. t. a going round; a circuit; hence a journey +| in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; +| a comprehensive excursion; as the tour of europe; +| the tour of france or england. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|compress | Definition: +| tourniquet n. 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. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|compressed | Definition: +| whistle v. i. an instrument in which gas or steam +| forced into a cavity or against a thin edge +| produces a sound more or less like that made +| by one who whistles through the compressed +| lips; as a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; +| a steam whistle (see steam whistle under steam). +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |comprised | Definition: -| talmud n. the body of the jewish civil and canonical -| law not comprised in the pentateuch. -| +| theorematical a. of or pertaining to a theorem +| or theorems; comprised in a theorem; consisting +| of theorems. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|compulsion | Definition: -| tributary a. paying tribute to another either -| from compulsion as an acknowledgment of submission -| or to secure protection or for the purpose -| of purchasing peace. +|comprising | Definition: +| zoophaga n. pl. an artificial group comprising +| various carnivorous and insectivorous animals. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|compunction | Definition: -| remorse n. the anguish like gnawing pain excited -| by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience -| for a crime committed or for the sins of one's -| past life. +|compromise | Definition: +| tariff n. a schedule system or scheme of duties +| imposed by the government of a country upon +| goods imported or exported; as a revenue tariff; +| a protective tariff; clay's compromise tariff. +| (u. s. 1833). +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|compromised | Definition: +| compromised imp. & p. p. of compromise +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|compromising | Definition: +| compromising p. pr. & vb. n. of compromise +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |computation | Definition: @@ -11880,6 +11015,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|comrade | Definition: +| comrade n. a mate companion or associate. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |conceal | Definition: | wrap v. t. to conceal by enveloping or infolding; | to hide; hence to involve as an effect or consequence; @@ -11891,33 +11031,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|concealing | Definition: -| pretence n. the act of holding out or offering -| to others something false or feigned; presentation -| of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception -| by showing what is unreal and concealing what -| is real; false show; simulation; as pretense -| of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on -| pretense of revenging caesar's death. -| +|concealment | Definition: +| subreption n. the act of obtaining a favor by +| surprise or by unfair representation through +| suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conceit | Definition: -| vanity n. an inflation of mind upon slight grounds; -| empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit -| of one's personal attainments or decorations; -| an excessive desire for notice or approval; -| pride; ostentation; conceit. -| +|conceded | Definition: +| conceded imp. & p. p. of concede +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conceits | Definition: -| euphuist n. one who affects excessive refinement -| and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to -| a class of writers in the age of elizabeth -| whose productions are marked by affected conceits -| and high-flown diction. -| +|conceding | Definition: +| concession n. the act of conceding or yielding; +| usually implying a demand claim or request +| and thus distinguished from giving which is +| voluntary or spontaneous. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|conceited | Definition: +| smirk v. i. to smile in an affected or conceited +| manner; to smile with affected complaisance; +| to simper. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|conceitedly | Definition: +| conceitedly adv. fancifully; whimsically. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conceive | Definition: @@ -11931,13 +11073,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conceiving | Definition: -| mood n. manner of conceiving and expressing action -| or being as positive possible hypothetical -| etc. without regard to other accidents such -| as time person number etc.; as the indicative -| mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive -| mood. same as mode. +|concentrated | Definition: +| salvo n. a concentrated fire from pieces of artillery +| as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; +| a volley. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|concentrating | Definition: +| vanner n. a machine for concentrating ore. see +| frue vanner. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|concentration | Definition: +| selfism n. concentration of one's interests on +| one's self; self-love; selfishness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conception | Definition: @@ -11951,14 +11101,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conceptions | Definition: -| understanding n. specifically the discursive faculty; -| the faculty of knowing by the medium or use -| of general conceptions or relations. in this -| sense it is contrasted with and distinguished -| from the reason. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |concern | Definition: | world n. individual experience of or concern with | life; course of life; sum of the affairs which @@ -11998,14 +11140,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|concertation | Definition: -| concertation n. strife; contention. -| +|concerts | Definition: +| encore adv. / interj. once more; again; -- used +| by the auditors and spectators of plays concerts +| and other entertainments to call for a repetition +| of a particular part. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|concession | Definition: +| ultimatum n. a final proposition concession or +| condition; especially the final propositions +| conditions or terms offered by either of the +| parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most +| favorable terms a negotiator can offer the +| rejection of which usually puts an end to the +| hesitation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|concision | Definition: -| concision n. a cutting off; a division; a schism; -| a faction. +|conciliate | Definition: +| reconcile v. t. to cause to be friendly again; +| to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; +| to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no +| longer at variance; as to reconcile persons +| who have quarreled. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|conciliatory | Definition: +| conciliatory a. tending to conciliate; pacific; +| mollifying; propitiating. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conclude | Definition: @@ -12017,15 +11180,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |concluded | Definition: -| round n. a brewer's vessel in which the fermentation -| is concluded the yeast escaping through the -| bunghole. +| staff n. a series of verses so disposed that when +| it is concluded the same order begins again; +| a stanza; a stave. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|concludes | Definition: -| epiphonema n. an exclamatory sentence or striking -| reflection which sums up or concludes a discourse. -| +|concluding | Definition: +| verfication n. a formal phrase used in concluding +| a plea. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conclusion | Definition: @@ -12034,12 +11196,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | sense not physical. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|concord | Definition: -| suspension n. the prolongation of one or more -| tones of a chord into the chord which follows -| thus producing a momentary discord suspending -| the concord which the ear expects. cf. retardation. -| +|conclusions | Definition: +| speculate v. i. to view subjects from certain +| premises given or assumed and infer conclusions +| respecting them a priori. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|conclusive | Definition: +| why-not n. a violent and peremptory procedure +| without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive +| happening. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|conclusively | Definition: +| conclusively adv. in the way of conclusion; decisively; +| positively. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |concourse | Definition: @@ -12049,21 +11221,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|concubine | Definition: -| odalisque n. a female slave or concubine in the -| harem of the turkish sultan. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|concubines | Definition: -| harem n. the family of wives and concubines belonging -| to one man in mohammedan countries; a seraglio. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|concupiscence | Definition: -| concupiscence n. sexual lust; morbid carnal passion. -| +|concrete | Definition: +| shape n. form of embodiment as in words; form +| as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment +| or example as of some quality. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |concurred | Definition: @@ -12071,34 +11233,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|concurring | Definition: -| correspond v. i. 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. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|condemn | Definition: -| sentence v. t. to pass or pronounce judgment upon; -| to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe -| the punishment of. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|condemnable | Definition: -| condemnable worthy of condemnation; blamable; -| culpable. +|concussion | Definition: +| water hammer a concussion or blow made by water +| in striking as against the sides of a pipe +| or vessel containing it. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |condemnation | Definition: -| sentence n. in civil and admiralty law the judgment -| of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal -| and ecclesiastical courts a judgment passed -| on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation -| pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. in -| common law the term is exclusively used to -| denote the judgment in criminal cases. -| +| theta n. a letter of the greek alphabet corresponding +| to th in english; -- sometimes called the unlucky +| letter from being used by the judges on their +| ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner +| it being the first letter of the greek qa`natos +| death. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |condemned | Definition: @@ -12107,30 +11255,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|condemning | Definition: -| conscience n. the faculty power or inward principle -| which decides as to the character of one's -| own actions purposes and affections warning -| against and condemning that which is wrong -| and approving and prompting to that which is -| right; the moral faculty passing judgment on -| one's self; the moral sense. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|condemns | Definition: -| condemner n. one who condemns or censures. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |condescend | Definition: | vouchsafe v. t. to condescend to grant; to concede; | to bestow. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|condescended | Definition: -| condescended imp. & p. p. of condescend -| +|condescending | Definition: +| patronizing a. showing condescending favor; assuming +| the manner of airs of a superior toward another. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |condescension | Definition: @@ -12147,16 +11280,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conditioned | Definition: -| unconditioned a. not conditioned or subject to -| conditions; unconditional. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conducing | Definition: -| perfective a. tending or conducing to make perfect -| or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed -| by of. +|conduced | Definition: +| conduced imp. & p. p. of conduce +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conduct | Definition: @@ -12165,9 +11291,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conducted | Definition: -| tumultuous a. conducted with disorder; noisy; -| confused; boisterous; disorderly; as a tumultuous -| assembly or meeting. +| visitation n. specifically: the act of a superior +| or superintending officer who in the discharge +| of his office visits a corporation college +| etc. to examine into the manner in which it +| is conducted and see that its laws and regulations +| are duly observed and executed; as the visitation +| of a diocese by a bishop. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conducting | Definition: @@ -12185,60 +11316,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | whose resistance is one ohm will produce a | current of one ampere. it is practically equivalent | to / the electro-motive force of a standard -| clark's cell at a temperature of 15� c. +| clark's cell at a temperature of 15¡ c. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conduit | Definition: -| stack a. any single insulated and prominent structure -| or upright pipe which affords a conduit for -| smoke; as the brick smokestack of a factory; -| the smokestack of a steam vessel. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cone | Definition: -| witch n. a cone of paper which is placed in a -| vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper. -| +|conductress | Definition: +| conductress n. a woman who leads or directs; a +| directress. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|confections | Definition: +|confectioner | Definition: | confectioner n. one whose occupation it is to | make or sell confections candies etc. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|confederacy | Definition: -| iroquois n. sing. & pl. a powerful and warlike -| confederacy of indian tribes formerly inhabiting -| central new york and constituting most of the -| five nations. also any indian of the iroquois -| tribes. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|confederate | Definition: -| practisant n. an agent or confederate in treachery. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conferred | Definition: -| shogun n. a title originally conferred by the -| mikado on the military governor of the eastern -| provinces of japan. by gradual usurpation of -| power the shoguns (known to foreigners as tycoons) -| became finally the virtual rulers of japan. -| the title was abolished in 1867. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conferring | Definition: -| settlement n. bestowal or giving possession under -| legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring -| anything in a formal and permanent manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |confess | Definition: | shrive v. t. to confess and receive absolution; | -- used reflexively. @@ -12251,22 +11343,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|confessing | Definition: -| confessing p. pr. & vb. n. of confess -| +|confession | Definition: +| torture n. especially severe pain inflicted judicially +| either as punishment for a crime or for the +| purpose of extorting a confession from an accused +| person as by water or fire by the boot or thumbkin +| or by the rack or wheel. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|confession | Definition: -| shrive v. i. to receive confessions as a priest; -| to administer confession and absolution. -| +|confessions | Definition: +| symbolics n. that branch of historic theology +| which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; +| symbolism; -- called also symbolic. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |confide | Definition: -| trust n. to place confidence in; to rely on to -| confide or repose faith in; as we can not trust -| those who have deceived us. -| +| venture v. t. to confide in; to rely on; to trust. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |confided | Definition: @@ -12281,16 +11376,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | favor in behalf of. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|confidences | Definition: +| confidence n. private conversation; (pl.) secrets +| shared; as there were confidences between them. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |confident | Definition: | trust v. i. to be confident as of something future; | to hope. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|confidently | Definition: -| flippant a. speaking fluently and confidently -| without knowledge or consideration; empty; -| trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant. -| +|confidential | Definition: +| privado n. a private friend; a confidential friend; +| a confidant. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|confidentially | Definition: +| whisper v. t. to utter in a low and nonvocal tone; +| to say under the breath; hence to mention privately +| and confidentially or in a whisper. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|confides | Definition: +| confide v. i. to put faith (in); to repose confidence; +| to trust; -- usually followed by in; as the +| prince confides in his ministers. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |confiding | Definition: @@ -12317,31 +11430,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|confines | Definition: -| shackle n. something which confines the legs or -| arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically -| a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist -| and fastened to a similar shackle on the other -| leg or arm or to something else by a chain -| or a strap; a gyve; a fetter. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|confirm | Definition: -| voucher n. a book paper or document which serves -| to vouch the truth of accounts or to confirm -| and establish facts of any kind; also any acquittance -| or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as -| the merchant's books are his vouchers for the -| correctness of his accounts; notes bonds receipts -| and other writings are used as vouchers in -| proving facts. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|confirmation | Definition: -| void a. of no legal force or effect incapable -| of confirmation or ratification; null. cf. -| voidable 2. +|confirmatory | Definition: +| confirmatory a. . pertaining to the rite of confirmation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |confirmed | Definition: @@ -12349,29 +11440,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | confirmed state. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|confirming | Definition: -| witness v. i. one who sees the execution of an -| instrument and subscribes it for the purpose -| of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; -| one who witnesses a will a deed a marriage -| or the like. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|confirms | Definition: -| seal n. that which confirms ratifies or makes -| stable; that which authenticates; that which -| secures; assurance. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|confiscated | Definition: -| confiscated imp. & p. p. of confiscate -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|confiscation | Definition: -| confiscation n. the act or process of taking property -| or condemning it to be taken as forfeited to -| the public use. +|conflagration | Definition: +| conflagration n. a fire extending to many objects +| or over a large space; a general burning. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conflict | Definition: @@ -12386,42 +11458,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conform | Definition: -| romanize v. i. to conform to roman catholic opinions -| customs or modes of speech. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conformable | Definition: -| true n. right to precision; conformable to a rule -| or pattern; exact; accurate; as a true copy; -| a true likeness of the original. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conformably | Definition: -| wishedly adv. according to wish; conformably to -| desire. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conformed | Definition: -| unconscionable a. not guided by or conformed to -| conscience. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conforming | Definition: -| wrong a. not according to truth; not conforming -| to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; -| as a wrong statement. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conformity | Definition: -| truth n. the quality or being true; as: -- (a) -| conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance -| with that which is or has been; or shall be. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |confound | Definition: | dudder v. t. to confuse or confound with noise. | @@ -12437,12 +11473,52 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or cithern.] |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|confounding | Definition: +| stunning a. overpowering consciousness; overpowering +| the senses; especially overpowering the sense +| of hearing; confounding with noise. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|confront | Definition: +| outscorn v. t. to confront or subdue with greater +| scorn. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|confronted | Definition: +| confronted imp. & p. p. of confront +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|confronting | Definition: +| fortitude n. that strength or firmness of mind +| which enables a person to encounter danger +| with coolness and courage or to bear pain or +| adversity without murmuring depression or despondency; +| passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness +| in confronting or bearing up against danger +| or enduring trouble. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |confused | Definition: | tumult n. irregular or confused motion; agitation; | high excitement; as the tumult of the spirits | or passions. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|confusedly | Definition: +| tangle v. a knot of threads or other thing united +| confusedly or so interwoven as not to be easily +| disengaged; a snarl; as hair or yarn in tangles; +| a tangle of vines and briers. used also figuratively. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|confuses | Definition: +| jumbler n. one who confuses things. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |confusion | Definition: | zymic a. pertaining to or produced by fermentation; | -- formerly by confusion used to designate @@ -12456,24 +11532,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|confuted | Definition: -| convincible a. capable of being confuted and disproved -| by argument; refutable. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|confutes | Definition: -| confuter n. one who confutes or disproves. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|congealed | Definition: -| thaw n. the melting of ice snow or other congealed -| matter; the resolution of ice or the like into -| the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat -| of anything congealed by frost; also a warmth -| of weather sufficient to melt that which is -| congealed. +|congelation | Definition: +| hoarfrost n. the white particles formed by the +| congelation of dew; white frost. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |congratulate | Definition: @@ -12499,25 +11561,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conjecture | Definition: -| surmise v. t. to imagine without certain knowledge; -| to infer on slight grounds; to suppose conjecture -| or suspect; to guess. +|conjectures | Definition: +| conjurer n. one who conjectures shrewdly or judges +| wisely; a man of sagacity. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conjure | Definition: -| harlequin v. t. toremove or conjure away as by -| a harlequin's trick. +|conjugate | Definition: +| taurocholic a. pertaining to or designating a +| conjugate acid (called taurocholic acid) composed +| of taurine and cholic acid present abundantly +| in human bile and in that of carnivora. it +| is exceedingly deliquescent and hence appears +| generally as a thick gummy mass easily soluble +| in water and alcohol. it has a bitter taste. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conjured | Definition: -| conjured imp. & p. p. of conjure -| +|conjunction | Definition: +| when adv. while; whereas; although; -- used in +| the manner of a conjunction to introduce a +| dependent adverbial sentence or clause having +| a causal conditional or adversative relation +| to the principal proposition; as he chose to +| turn highwayman when he might have continued +| an honest man; he removed the tree when it +| was the best in the grounds. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conjuring | Definition: -| conjuring p. pr. & vb. n. of conjure -| +|connect | Definition: +| three-way a. connected with or serving to connect +| three channels or pipes; as a three-way cock +| or valve. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |connected | Definition: @@ -12529,39 +11605,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|connections | Definition: -| respective a. looking towardl having reference -| to; relative not absolute; as the respective -| connections of society. -| +|connection | Definition: +| zincoid a. pertaining to or resembling zinc; -- +| said of the electricity of the zincous plate +| in connection with a copper plate in a voltaic +| circle; also designating the positive pole. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conquer | Definition: -| vanquish v. t. to conquer overcome or subdue in -| battle as an enemy. +|connubial | Definition: +| marry v. i. to enter into the conjugal or connubial +| state; to take a husband or a wife. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conquered | Definition: -| tuscaroras n. pl. a tribe of north american indians -| formerly living on the neuse and tar rivers -| in north carolina. they were conquered in 1713 -| after which the remnant of the tribe joined -| the five nations thus forming the six nations. -| see six nations under six. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conquering | Definition: -| tributary n. a ruler or state that pays tribute -| or a stated sum to a conquering power for the -| purpose of securing peace and protection or -| as an acknowledgment of submission or for the -| purchase of security. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conqueror | Definition: -| conqueror n. one who conquers. -| +| usbeks n. pl. a turkish tribe which about the +| close of the 15th century conquered and settled +| in that part of asia now called turkestan. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conquest | Definition: @@ -12577,45 +11639,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conscience | Definition: -| self-reproved a. reproved by one's own conscience -| or one's own sense of guilt. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conscious | Definition: -| selfhood n. existence as a separate self or independent -| person; conscious personality; individuality. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|consecrate | Definition: -| vow n. to give consecrate or dedicate to god or -| to some deity by a solemn promise; to devote; -| to promise solemnly. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|consecrated | Definition: -| votive a. given by vow or in fulfillment of a -| vow; consecrated by a vow; devoted; as votive -| offerings; a votive tablet. -| +| synteresis n. conscience viewed as the internal +| repository of the laws of duty. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|consecrating | Definition: -| sanctification n. the act of consecrating or of -| setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration. -| +|conscientious | Definition: +| conscientiously adv. in a conscientious manner; +| as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; +| accurately; completely. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|consecration | Definition: -| veneration n. the act of venerating or the state -| of being venerated; the highest degree of respect -| and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a -| feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity -| wisdom or superiority of a person by sacredness -| of character by consecration to sacred services -| or by hallowed associations. -| +|conscious | Definition: +| subject a. hence that substance or being which +| is conscious of its own operations; the mind; +| the thinking agent or principal; the ego. cf. +| object n. 2. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|consciously | Definition: +| cynic n. one who holds views resembling those +| of the cynics; a snarler; a misanthrope; particularly +| a person who believes that human conduct is +| directed either consciously or unconsciously +| wholly by self-interest or self-indulgence +| and that appearances to the contrary are superficial +| and untrustworthy. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|consciousness | Definition: +| unconscious a. not conscious; having no consciousness +| or power of mental perception; without cerebral +| appreciation; hence not knowing or regarding; +| ignorant; as an unconscious man. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |consent | Definition: @@ -12630,11 +11688,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|consenting | Definition: -| consenting p. pr. & vb. n of consent -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |consequence | Definition: | whereupon adv. upon which; in consequence of which; | after which. @@ -12649,6 +11702,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|consequent | Definition: +| votary a. consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent +| on a vow; devoted; promised. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |consequently | Definition: | triquadrantal a. having three quadrants; thus | a triquadrantal triangle is one whose three @@ -12657,12 +11716,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conserving | Definition: -| della crusca a shortened form of accademia della -| crusca an academy in florence italy founded -| in the 16th century especially for conserving -| the purity of the italian language. -| +|conservatory | Definition: +| conservatory n. a public place of instruction +| designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge +| of some branch of science or art esp. music. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |consider | Definition: @@ -12673,6 +11731,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | maturely; to balance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|considerable | Definition: +| wide superl. having considerable distance or extent +| between the sides; spacious across; much extended +| in a direction at right angles to that of length; +| not narrow; broad; as wide cloth; a wide table; +| a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or +| entry. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|considerably | Definition: +| subalpine a. inhabiting the somewhat high slopes +| and summits of mountains but considerably below +| the snow line. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|considerate | Definition: +| singularly adv. 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. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |consideration | Definition: | weight v. t. importance; power; influence; efficacy; | consequence; moment; impressiveness; as a consideration @@ -12702,48 +11783,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|considers | Definition: -| pharmacodynamics n. that branch of pharmacology -| which considers the mode of action and the -| effects of medicines. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |consigned | Definition: | damned a. sentenced to punishment in a future | state; condemned; consigned to perdition. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|consist | Definition: -| verditer n. either one of two pigments (called -| blue verditer and green verditer) which are -| made by treating copper nitrate with calcium -| carbonate (in the form of lime whiting chalk -| etc.) they consist of hydrated copper carbonates -| analogous to the minerals azurite and malachite. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |consisted | Definition: | testaceous a. of or pertaining to shells; consisted | of a hard shell or having a hard shell. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|consistent | Definition: +| unconstitutional a. not constitutional; not according +| to or consistent with the terms of a constitution +| of government; contrary to the constitution; +| as an unconstitutional law or act of an officer. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |consisting | Definition: | zeolitic a. of or pertaining to a zeolite; consisting | of or resembling a zeolite. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|consists | Definition: -| zyophyte n. any plant of a proposed class or grand -| division (zygophytes zygophyta or zygosporeae) -| in which reproduction consists in the union -| of two similar cells. cf. oophyte. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |consolation | Definition: | relieve v. t. to free wholly or partly from any | burden trial evil distress or the like; to @@ -12753,24 +11818,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|consort | Definition: -| yoke v. i. to be joined or associated; to be intimately -| connected; to consort closely; to mate. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conspicuous | Definition: -| worthy n. a man of eminent worth or value; one -| distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; -| a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used -| in the plural; as the worthies of the church; -| political worthies; military worthies. -| +|consolatory | Definition: +| consolatory n. that which consoles; a speech or +| writing intended for consolation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conspiracies | Definition: -| conspiracies pl. of conspiracy -| +|consorted | Definition: +| consorted imp. & p. p. of consort +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conspiracy | Definition: @@ -12781,21 +11837,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conspire | Definition: -| conspire v. i. to make an agreement esp. a secret -| agreement to do some act as to commit treason -| or a crime or to do some unlawful deed; to -| plot together. +|constable | Definition: +| notify v. t. to give notice to; to inform by notice; +| to apprise; as the constable has notified the +| citizens to meet at the city hall; the bell +| notifies us of the time of meeting. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conspired | Definition: -| conspired imp. & p. p. of conspire -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|conspiring | Definition: -| conspiring p. pr. & vb. n. of conspire -| +|constables | Definition: +| myrmidon n. a soldier or a subordinate civil officer +| who executes cruel orders of a superior without +| protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs +| constables etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |constancy | Definition: @@ -12810,13 +11864,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|constantine | Definition: -| logothete an accountant; under constantine an -| officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; -| an administrator of a department. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |constantly | Definition: | watch v. i. the act of watching; forbearance of | sleep; vigil; wakeful vigilant or constantly @@ -12826,27 +11873,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|constellation | Definition: -| xiphias n. the constellation dorado. -| +|consternation | Definition: +| consternation n. amazement or horror that confounds +| the faculties and incapacitates for reflection; +| terror combined with amazement; dismay. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|constellations | Definition: -| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16� -| or 18� broad in the middle of which is the +|constituted | Definition: +| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16¡ +| or 18¡ broad in the middle of which is the | ecliptic or sun's path. it comprises the twelve | constellations which one constituted and from | which were named the twelve signs of the zodiac. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|consternation | Definition: -| consternation n. amazement or horror that confounds -| the faculties and incapacitates for reflection; -| terror combined with amazement; dismay. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |constitution | Definition: | undermine v. t. fig.: to remove the foundation | or support of by clandestine means; to ruin @@ -12855,23 +11897,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|constrain | Definition: -| tie v. t. to hold or constrain by authority or -| moral influence as by knotted cords; to oblige; -| to constrain; to restrain; to confine. -| +|constitutional | Definition: +| veto n. a power or right possessed by one department +| of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying +| out of projects attempted by another department; +| especially in a constitutional government a +| power vested in the chief executive to prevent +| the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. +| such a power may be absolute as in the case +| of the tribunes of the people in ancient rome +| or limited as in the case of the president +| of the united states. called also the veto +| power. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|constrained | Definition: -| simper n. a constrained self-conscious smile; -| an affected silly smile; a smirk. -| +|constitutionally | Definition: +| constitutionally adv. in accordance with the constitution +| or fundamental law; legally; as he was not +| constitutionally appointed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|constraining | Definition: -| obligate v. t. to bring or place under obligation -| moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive. -| +|constrainedly | Definition: +| constrainedly adv. by constraint or compulsion; +| in a constrained manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |constraint | Definition: @@ -12881,19 +11931,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | force. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|consul | Definition: -| vice prep. denoting one who in certain cases may -| assume the office or duties of a superior; -| designating an officer or an office that is -| second in rank or authority; as vice president; -| vice agent; vice consul etc. -| +|constructed | Definition: +| wharf v. t. to guard or secure by a firm wall +| of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; +| to furnish with a wharf or wharfs. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|consuls | Definition: -| trabea n. a toga of purple or ornamented with -| purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings -| consuls and augurs. +|construe | Definition: +| misconstrue v. t. to construe wrongly; to interpret +| erroneously. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |consult | Definition: @@ -12917,11 +11964,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | answers. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|consulting | Definition: -| consulting a. that consults. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |consume | Definition: | whiff v. t. to throw out in whiffs; to consume | in whiffs; to puff. @@ -12946,48 +11988,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|consummate | Definition: -| perfection n. the quality or state of being perfect -| or complete so that nothing requisite is wanting; -| entire development; consummate culture skill -| or moral excellence; the highest attainable -| state or degree of excellence; maturity; as -| perfection in an art in a science or in a system; -| perfection in form or degree; fruits in perfection. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|consummated | Definition: -| consummated imp. & p. p. of consummate -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|consummation | Definition: -| perfect a. brought to consummation or completeness; -| completed; not defective nor redundant; having -| all the properties or qualities requisite to -| its nature and kind; without flaw fault or -| blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; -| sound; right; correct. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|consumption | Definition: -| wear v. i. to endure or suffer use; to last under -| employment; to bear the consequences of use -| as waste consumption or attrition; as a coat -| wears well or ill; -- hence sometimes applied -| to character qualifications etc.; as a man -| wears well as an acquaintance. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|contain | Definition: -| windgall n. a soft tumor or synovial swelling -| on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called -| from having formerly been supposed to contain -| air. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |contained | Definition: | water plate a plate heated by hot water contained | in a double bottom or jacket. @@ -13000,35 +12000,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contains | Definition: -| zaffer n. a pigment obtained usually by roasting -| cobalt glance with sand or quartz as a dark -| earthy powder. it consists of crude cobalt -| oxide or of an impure cobalt arseniate. it -| is used in porcelain painting and in enameling -| pottery to produce a blue color and is often -| confounded with smalt from which however it -| is distinct as it contains no potash. the name -| is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer -| proper with silica or oxides of iron manganese -| etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|contemn | Definition: -| contemn v. t. to view or treat with contempt as -| mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; -| to despise; to scorn. +|contaminated | Definition: +| flyblown a. tainted or contaminated with flyblows; +| damaged; foul. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contemned | Definition: -| contemned imp. & p. p. of contemn -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|contemning | Definition: -| contumacious a. exhibiting contumacy; contemning -| authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. -| +|contemplate | Definition: +| ecstasy n. the state of being beside one's self +| or rapt out of one's self; a state in which +| the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary +| impressions as when under the influence of +| overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation +| of the spirit as when the soul unconscious +| of sensible objects is supposed to contemplate +| heavenly mysteries. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |contemplated | Definition: @@ -13044,9 +12029,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | world. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contemporary | Definition: -| precoetanean n. one contemporary with but older -| than another. +|contemplating | Definition: +| retrospective a. looking backward; contemplating +| things past; -- opposed to prospective; as +| a retrospective view. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|contemplation | Definition: +| theory n. a doctrine or scheme of things which +| terminates in speculation or contemplation +| without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |contempt | Definition: @@ -13056,16 +12049,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |contemptible | Definition: -| nobody n. a person of no influence or importance; -| an insignificant or contemptible person. -| +| pettifogulize v. i. to act as a pettifogger; to +| use contemptible tricks. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contend | Definition: -| wrestle v. t. to contend by grappling with and -| striving to trip or throw down an opponent; -| as they wrestled skillfully. -| +|contemptuous | Definition: +| violation n. an act of irreverence or desecration; +| profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred +| things; as the violation of a church. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|contemptuously | Definition: +| square-toes n. a precise person; -- used contemptuously +| or jocularly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |contended | Definition: @@ -13073,6 +12071,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of contest. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|contending | Definition: +| sequester n. a person with whom two or more contending +| parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; +| one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; +| an umpire or referee. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |contented | Definition: | contentment v. t. the state of being contented | or satisfied; content. @@ -13086,24 +12091,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | strive for the truth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contentions | Definition: -| makebate n. one who excites contentions and quarrels. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|contentious | Definition: -| squarer n. one who squares or quarrels; a hot-headed -| contentious fellow. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|contentment | Definition: -| weary superl. having one's patience relish or -| contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with -| of before the cause; as weary of marching or -| of confinement; weary of study. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |contents | Definition: | zygosperm n. a spore formed by the union of the | contents of two similar cells either of the @@ -13119,51 +12106,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contestation | Definition: -| contestation n. proof by witness; attestation; -| testimony. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|continency | Definition: -| continency n. the restraint which a person imposes -| upon his desires and passions; the act or power -| of refraining from indulgence of the sexual -| appetite esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes -| moderation in sexual indulgence. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|continent | Definition: -| wealden a. of or pertaining to the lowest division -| of the cretaceous formation in england and -| on the continent which overlies the oolitic -| series. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|continual | Definition: -| wellspring n. a fountain; a spring; a source of -| continual supply. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|continually | Definition: -| tantalize v. t. to tease or torment by presenting -| some good to the view and exciting desire but -| continually frustrating the expectations by -| keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to -| torment. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|continuance | Definition: -| yet adv. at the same time; by continuance from -| a former state; still. +|contiguous | Definition: +| trill n. a shake or quaver of the voice in singing +| or of the sound of an instrument produced by +| the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones +| of the scale; as to give a trill on the high +| c. see shake. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|continuation | Definition: -| vermiculation n. the act or operation of moving -| in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion -| from one part to another; as the vermiculation -| or peristaltic motion of the intestines. -| +|contingent | Definition: +| trust n. assured anticipation; dependence upon +| something future or contingent as if present +| or actual; hope; belief. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |continue | Definition: @@ -13178,28 +12133,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|continues | Definition: -| undivided a. not set off as a share in a firm; -| not made actually separate by division; as -| a partner owning one half in a firm is said -| to own an undivided half so long as the business -| continues and his share is not set off to him. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |continuing | Definition: -| undecennial a. occurring or observed every eleventh -| year; belonging to or continuing a period of -| eleven years; undecennary; as an undecennial -| festival. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|contra | Definition: -| contra a latin adverb and preposition signifying -| against contrary in opposition etc. entering -| as a prefix into the composition of many english -| words. cf. counter adv. & pref. -| +| vivency n. manner of supporting or continuing +| life or vegetation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |contract | Definition: @@ -13214,12 +12150,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | form. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contradict | Definition: -| recant v. t. to withdraw or repudiate formally -| and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); -| to contradict as a former declaration; to take -| back openly; to retract; to recall. -| +|contraction | Definition: +| wryneck n. a twisted or distorted neck; a deformity +| in which the neck is drawn to one side by a +| rigid contraction of one of the muscles of +| the neck; torticollis. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |contradicted | Definition: @@ -13227,15 +12162,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contradicting | Definition: -| self-contradiction n. the act of contradicting -| one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions -| or in terms; a proposition consisting of two -| members one of which contradicts the other; -| as to be and not to be at the same time is -| a self-contradiction. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |contradiction | Definition: | unanimous a. formed with unanimity; indicating | unanimity; having the agreement and consent @@ -13244,14 +12170,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a unanimous vote. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contradictions | Definition: -| contradictions a. inclined to contradict or cavil -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|contrariwise | Definition: -| contrariwise adv. in a contrary order; conversely. -| +|contradictory | Definition: +| paradox n. a tenet or proposition contrary to +| received opinion; an assertion or sentiment +| seemingly contradictory or opposed to common +| sense; that which in appearance or terms is +| absurd but yet may be true in fact. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |contrary | Definition: @@ -13260,38 +12185,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contribute | Definition: -| serve v. t. to contribute or conduce to; to promote; -| to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as to serve -| one's turn. +|contrast | Definition: +| stripe n. a pattern produced by arranging the +| warp threads in sets of alternating colors +| or in sets presenting some other contrast of +| appearance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contributed | Definition: -| picnic v. formerly an entertainment at which each -| person contributed some dish to a common table; -| now an excursion or pleasure party in which -| the members partake of a collation or repast -| (usually in the open air and from food carried -| by themselves). -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|contribution | Definition: -| tribute n. a personal contribution as of money -| praise service etc. made in token of services -| rendered or as that which is due or deserved; -| as a tribute of affection. -| +|contrasted | Definition: +| wane v. i. to be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted +| with wax and especially applied to the illuminated +| part of the moon. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|contrasting | Definition: +| pressure n. a contrasting force or impulse of +| any kind; as the pressure of poverty; the pressure +| of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; +| the pressure of civilization. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contributions | Definition: -| extort v. t. to wrest from an unwilling person -| by physical force menace duress torture or -| any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; -| to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring -| (from); to exact; as to extort contributions -| from the vanquished; to extort confessions -| of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment -| of a debt. +|contributed | Definition: +| pool n. the stake played for in certain games +| of cards billiards etc.; an aggregated stake +| to which each player has contributed a snare; +| also the receptacle for the stakes. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |contrite | Definition: @@ -13307,24 +12227,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of purgatory. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|contrition | Definition: +| repentance n. the act of repenting or the state +| of being penitent; sorrow for what one has +| done or omitted to do; especially contrition +| for sin. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |contrivance | Definition: | water meter a contrivance for measuring a supply | of water delivered or received for any purpose | as from a street main. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contrive | Definition: -| plot v. t. to plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive -| secretly. +|contrived | Definition: +| thermoscope n. an instrument for indicating changes +| of temperature without indicating the degree +| of heat by which it is affected; especially +| an instrument contrived by count rumford which +| as modified by professor leslie was afterward +| called the differential thermometer. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|contrived | Definition: -| self-registering a. registering itself; -- said -| of any instrument so contrived as to record -| its own indications of phenomena whether continuously -| or at stated times as at the maxima and minima -| of variations; as a self-registering anemometer -| or barometer. +|contriver | Definition: +| enginer n. a contriver; an inventor; a contriver +| of engines. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |contriving | Definition: @@ -13333,61 +12261,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|controlled | Definition: -| unjust a. acting contrary to the standard of right; -| not animated or controlled by justice; false; -| dishonest; as an unjust man or judge. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|controversies | Definition: -| justice a. a person duly commissioned to hold -| courts or to try and decide controversies and -| administer justice. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|controversy | Definition: -| umpire n. a person to whose sole decision a controversy -| or question between parties is referred; especially -| one chosen to see that the rules of a game -| as cricket baseball or the like are strictly -| observed. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|contumelious | Definition: -| reproach v. the act of reproaching; censure mingled -| with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious -| language toward any person; abusive reflections; -| as severe reproach. +|convenience | Definition: +| whipstaff n. a bar attached to the tiller for +| convenience in steering. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |convenient | Definition: -| trumpet n. a wind instrument of great antiquity -| much used in war and military exercises and -| of great value in the orchestra. in consists -| of a long metallic tube curved (once or twice) -| into a convenient shape and ending in a bell. -| its scale in the lower octaves is limited to -| the first natural harmonics; but there are -| modern trumpets capable by means of valves -| or pistons of producing every tone within their -| compass although at the expense of the true -| ringing quality of tone. -| +| vernier n. a short scale made to slide along the +| divisions of a graduated instrument as the +| limb of a sextant or the scale of a barometer +| for indicating parts of divisions. it is so +| graduated that a certain convenient number +| of its divisions are just equal to a certain +| number either one less or one more of the divisions +| of the instrument so that parts of a division +| are determined by observing what line on the +| vernier coincides with a line on the instrument. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conveniently | Definition: -| type n. a simple compound used as a mode or pattern -| to which other compounds are conveniently regarded -| as being related and from which they may be -| actually or theoretically derived. -| +| uranyl n. the radical uo2 conveniently regarded +| as a residue of many uranium compounds. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conversant | Definition: -| volapukist n. one who is conversant with or who -| favors adoption of volapuk. -| +|conventional | Definition: +| size n. a conventional relative measure of dimension +| as for shoes gloves and other articles made +| up for sale. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|conventionally | Definition: +| up-train a train going in the direction conventionally +| called up. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conversation | Definition: @@ -13399,10 +12307,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|converse | Definition: -| whisper n. to speak with suspicion or timorous -| caution; to converse in whispers as in secret -| plotting. +|conversational | Definition: +| cross-purpose n. a conversational game in which +| questions and answers are made so as to involve +| ludicrous combinations of ideas. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |conversed | Definition: @@ -13417,40 +12326,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|conversion | Definition: -| vitrescence n. 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. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|convert | Definition: -| vitriolize v. t. to convert into a vitriol; to -| vitriolate. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|converted | Definition: -| winery n. a place where grapes are converted into -| wine. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |converting | Definition: | vaporation n. the act or process of converting | into vapor or of passing off in vapor; evaporation. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|converts | Definition: -| trypsin n. a proteolytic ferment or enzyme present -| in the pancreatic juice. unlike the pepsin -| of the gastric juice it acts in a neutral or -| alkaline fluid and not only converts the albuminous -| matter of the food into soluble peptones but -| also in part into leucin and tyrosin. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |convey | Definition: | yacht n. a light and elegantly furnished vessel | used either for private parties of pleasure @@ -13467,6 +12348,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|conveying | Definition: +| wheeling n. the act of conveying anything or traveling +| on wheels or in a wheeled vehicle. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |convict | Definition: | transport v. a convict transported or sentenced | to exile. @@ -13485,6 +12372,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|convicts | Definition: +| transport v. a vessel employed for transporting +| especially for carrying soldiers warlike stores +| or provisions from one place to another or +| to convey convicts to their destination; -- +| called also transport ship transport vessel. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |convince | Definition: | recant v. i. to revoke a declaration or proposition; | to unsay what has been said; to retract; as @@ -13493,9 +12389,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |convinced | Definition: -| know v. i. to be convinced of the truth of; to -| be fully assured of; as to know things from -| information. +| perceive v. t. to take intellectual cognizance +| of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced +| of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; +| to discern; to see; to understand. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|convincing | Definition: +| deliberative n. a kind of rhetoric employed in +| proving a thing and convincing others of its +| truth in order to persuade them to adopt it. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|convulsive | Definition: +| vellication a local twitching or convulsive motion +| of a muscular fiber especially of the face. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cooing | Definition: +| cooing p. pr. & vb. n. of coo +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cook | Definition: @@ -13505,11 +12421,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cooks | Definition: -| cook n. one whose occupation is to prepare food -| for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat -| or vegetables for eating. -| +|cooked | Definition: +| waffle n. a soft indented cake cooked in a waffle +| iron. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cool | Definition: @@ -13518,37 +12432,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cooperate | Definition: -| dieresis n. a mark consisting of two dots [/] -| placed over the second of two adjacent vowels -| to denote that they are to be pronounced as -| distinct letters; as cooperate aerial. -| +|cooling | Definition: +| whig n. acidulated whey sometimes mixed with buttermilk +| and sweet herbs used as a cooling beverage. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|copartners | Definition: -| copartnery n. the state of being copartners in -| any undertaking. +|coolly | Definition: +| coolly adv. in a cool manner; without heat or +| excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; +| deliberately; with indifference; impudently. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cope | Definition: -| semicope n. a short cope or an inferier kind of -| cope. +|coolness | Definition: +| sang-froid n. freedom from agitation or excitement +| of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; +| indifference; calmness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|copied | Definition: -| toque n. a kind of cap worn in the 16th century -| and copied in modern fashions; -- called also -| toquet. +|coopering | Definition: +| coopering p. pr. & vb. n. of cooper +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |copies | Definition: -| sensualism n. the doctrine that all our ideas -| or the operations of the understanding not -| only originate in sensation but are transformed -| sensations copies or relics of sensations; -| sensationalism; sensism. -| +| subscribe v. t. to attest by writing one's name +| beneath; as officers subscribe their official +| acts and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies +| or records. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |copious | Definition: @@ -13575,108 +12488,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|copulate | Definition: -| tread v. t. to copulate with; to feather; to cover; -| -- said of the male bird. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|copulation | Definition: -| tread n. the act of copulation in birds. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |copy | Definition: | type v. t. to furnish an expression or copy of; | to represent; to typify. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cor | Definition: -| core n. a hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|corban | Definition: -| corban n. an alms basket; a vessel to receive -| gifts of charity; a treasury of the church -| where offerings are deposited. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cord | Definition: -| wicking n. the material of which wicks are made; -| esp. a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape -| of cotton. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cords | Definition: -| wreath n. an appendage to the shield placed above -| it and supporting the crest (see illust. of -| crest). it generally represents a twist of -| two cords of silk one tinctured like the principal -| metal the other like the principal color in -| the arms. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|core | Definition: -| spindle n. a shaft or pipe on which a core of -| sand is formed. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cores | Definition: -| brontotherium n. a genus of large extinct mammals -| from the miocene strata of western north america. -| they were allied to the rhinoceros but the -| skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in -| front of the orbits and the fore feet were -| four-toed. see illustration in appendix. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|coriander | Definition: -| coriander n. an umbelliferous plant the coriandrum -| sativum the fruit or seeds of which have a -| strong smell and a spicy taste and in medicine -| are considered as stomachic and carminative. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|corinth | Definition: -| sisyphus n. a king of corinth son of aeolus famed -| for his cunning. he was killed by theseus and -| in the lower world was condemned by pluto to -| roll to the top of a hill a huge stone which -| constantly rolled back again making his task -| incessant. +|cordial | Definition: +| wormwood n. a composite plant (artemisia absinthium) +| having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste +| formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge and +| to protect woolen garments from moths. it gives +| the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. +| the volatile oil is a narcotic poison. the +| term is often extended to other species of +| the same genus. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|corinthian | Definition: -| volute n. a spiral scroll which forms the chief -| feature of the ionic capital and which on a -| much smaller scale is a feature in the corinthian -| and composite capitals. see illust. of capital -| also helix and stale. +|cordiality | Definition: +| old superl. used colloquially as a term of cordiality +| and familiarity. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|corinthians | Definition: -| maranatha n. our lord cometh; -- an expression -| used by st. paul at the conclusion of his first -| epistle to the corinthians (xvi. 22). this -| word has been used in anathematizing persons -| for great crimes; as much as to say may the -| lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy -| crimes. see anathema maranatha under anathema. -| +|cordially | Definition: +| cordially adv. in a cordial manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cormorant | Definition: -| cormorant n. any species of phalacrocorax a genus -| of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the -| shag. cormorants devour fish voraciously and -| have become the emblem of gluttony. they are -| generally black and hence are called sea ravens -| and coalgeese. +|cork | Definition: +| uncork v. t. to draw the cork from; as to uncork +| a bottle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |corn | Definition: @@ -13686,17 +12527,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cornelius | Definition: -| jansenist n. a follower of cornelius jansen a -| roman catholic bishop of ypres in flanders -| in the 17th century who taught certain doctrines -| denying free will and the possibility of resisting -| divine grace. +|corner | Definition: +| union n. a device emblematic of union used on +| a national flag or ensign sometimes as in the +| military standard of great britain covering +| the whole field; sometimes as in the flag of +| the united states and the english naval and +| marine flag occupying the upper inner corner +| the rest of the flag being called the fly. +| also a flag having such a device; especially +| the flag of great britain. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|corner | Definition: -| turning n. the place of a turn; an angle or corner -| as of a road. +|cornered | Definition: +| cornered p. a. in a possition of great difficulty; +| brought to bay. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |corners | Definition: @@ -13705,31 +12551,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cornet | Definition: -| sennet n. a signal call on a trumpet or cornet -| for entrance or exit on the stage. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cornfloor | Definition: -| cornfloor n. a thrashing floor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|corporally | Definition: -| corporally adv. in or with the body; bodily; as -| to be corporally present. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|corporeal | Definition: -| unembodied a. free from a corporeal body; disembodied; -| as unembodied spirits. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|corporeally | Definition: -| corporeally adv. in the body; in a bodily form -| or manner. +|coroner | Definition: +| sheading v. t. a tithing or division in the isle +| of man in which there is a coroner or chief +| constable. the island is divided into six sheadings. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |corpse | Definition: @@ -13737,27 +12563,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or tomb; to bury. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|corpses | Definition: -| pollinctor n. one who prepared corpses for the -| funeral. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |correct | Definition: -| ultimately adv. as a final consequence; at last; -| in the end; as afflictions often tend to correct -| immoral habits and ultimately prove blessings. -| +| vindicate v. t. to support or maintain as true +| or correct against denial censure or objections; +| to defend; to justify. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|corrected | Definition: -| sacramentary n. an ancient book of the roman catholic -| church written by pope gelasius and revised -| corrected and abridged by st. gregory in which -| were contained the rites for mass the sacraments -| the dedication of churches and other ceremonies. -| there are several ancient books of the same -| kind in france and germany. -| +|correcting | Definition: +| scrutiny n. an examination by a committee of the +| votes given at an election for the purpose +| of correcting the poll. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |correction | Definition: @@ -13768,11 +12584,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | flexible rod. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|corrects | Definition: -| remedy n. that which corrects or counteracts an -| evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; -| reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against -| formerly by to. +|corresponded | Definition: +| thoth n. the god of eloquence and letters among +| the ancient egyptians and supposed to be the +| inventor of writing and philosophy. he corresponded +| to the mercury of the romans and was usually +| represented as a human figure with the head +| of an ibis or a lamb. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |correspondence | Definition: @@ -13782,80 +12600,78 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|corrupt | Definition: -| worse compar. bad ill evil or corrupt in a greater -| degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically -| in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in -| a physical and moral sense. -| +|correspondent | Definition: +| tally n. to score with correspondent notches; +| hence to make to correspond; to cause to fit +| or suit. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|corrupted | Definition: -| self-depraved a. corrupted or depraved by one's -| self. +|corresponding | Definition: +| zif n. the second month of the jewish ecclesiastical +| year corresponding to our may. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|corruptible | Definition: -| corruptible n. that which may decay and perish; -| the human body. +|corroborated | Definition: +| corroborated imp. & p. p. of corroborate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|corruption | Definition: -| weigh n. a corruption of way used only in the -| phrase under weigh. +|corrugated | Definition: +| lath n. a thin narrow strip of wood nailed to +| the rafters studs or floor beams of a building +| for the purpose of supporting the tiles plastering +| etc. a corrugated metallic strip or plate is +| sometimes used. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|corruptions | Definition: -| transcription n. the act or process of transcribing -| or copying; as corruptions creep into books -| by repeated transcriptions. -| +|corrupted | Definition: +| self-depraved a. corrupted or depraved by one's +| self. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cos | Definition: -| hippocrates n. a famous greek physician and medical -| writer born in cos about 460 b. c. -| +|cosey | Definition: +| cosey a. see cozy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|costly | Definition: -| vair n. the skin of the squirrel much used in -| the fourteenth century as fur for garments -| and frequently mentioned by writers of that -| period in describing the costly dresses of -| kings nobles and prelates. it is represented -| in heraldry by a series of small shields placed -| close together and alternately white and blue. -| +|cot | Definition: +| crib n. a small inclosed bedstead or cot for a +| child. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cottages | Definition: -| divot n. a thin oblong turf used for covering -| cottages and also for fuel. -| +|cottage | Definition: +| sheeling n. a hut or small cottage in an expessed +| or a retired place (as on a mountain or at +| the seaside) such as is used by shepherds fishermen +| sportsmen etc.; a summer cottage; also a shed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|couch | Definition: -| triclinium n. a couch for reclining at meals extending -| round three sides of a table and usually in -| three parts. +|cotton | Definition: +| yarn n. spun wool; woolen thread; also thread +| of other material as of cotton flax hemp or +| silk; material spun and prepared for use in +| weaving knitting manufacturing sewing thread +| or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|couched | Definition: -| couched a. same as couch/. -| +|cough | Definition: +| whoop v. i. to cough or breathe with a sonorous +| inspiration as in whooping cough. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|couches | Definition: -| coucher n. one who couches paper. -| +|coughed | Definition: +| cough v. t. to bring to a specified state by coughing; +| as he coughed himself hoarse. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|couching | Definition: -| couching n. embroidering by laying the materials -| upon the surface of the foundation instead -| of drawing them through. -| +|coughing | Definition: +| horehound n. a plant of the genus marrubium (m. +| vulgare) which has a bitter taste and is a +| weak tonic used as a household remedy for colds +| coughing etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |counsel | Definition: @@ -13864,18 +12680,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the passive. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|counselled | Definition: -| counselled of counsel -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|counselor | Definition: -| retainer n. a fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor -| to maintain a cause or to prevent his being -| employed by the opposing party in the case; -| -- called also retaining fee. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |count | Definition: | viscount a. an officer who formerly supplied the | place of the count or earl; the sheriff of @@ -13904,38 +12708,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | frustrate or defeat. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|counterfeited | Definition: -| falsifiable a. capable of being falsified counterfeited -| or corrupted. +|counteraction | Definition: +| traverse v. i. to use the posture or motions of +| opposition or counteraction as in fencing. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|countervail | Definition: -| countervail n. power or value sufficient to obviate -| any effect; equal weight strength or value; -| equivalent; compensation; requital. -| +|counterpart | Definition: +| represent v. t. to present again or anew; to present +| by means of something standing in the place +| of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; +| to typify. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |counting | Definition: -| since adv. in the time past counting backward -| from the present; before this or now; ago. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|countryman | Definition: -| tike n. a countryman or clown; a boorish person. +| spilikin n. one of a number of small pieces or +| pegs of wood ivory bone or other material for +| playing a game or for counting the score in +| a game as in cribbage. in the plural (spilikins | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|countrymen | Definition: -| countrymen pl. of countryman -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|counts | Definition: -| teller n. an officer of a bank who receives and -| counts over money paid in and pays money out -| on checks. +|countryside | Definition: +| countryside n. a particular rural district; a +| country neighborhood. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |couple | Definition: @@ -13947,24 +12743,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|coupled | Definition: -| visitation n. the act of a naval commander who -| visits or enters on board a vessel belonging -| to another nation for the purpose of ascertaining -| her character and object but without claiming -| or exercising a right of searching the vessel. -| it is however usually coupled with the right -| of search (see under search) visitation being -| used for the purpose of search. -| +|couplet | Definition: +| villanelle n. a poem written in tercets with but +| two rhymes the first and third verse of the +| first stanza alternating as the third verse +| in each successive stanza and forming a couplet +| at the close. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|couplings | Definition: -| spanner n. an iron instrument having a jaw to -| fit a nut or the head of a bolt and used as -| a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically -| a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings -| of hose. +|coupling | Definition: +| syzygy n. the coupling together of different feet; +| as in greek verse an iambic syzygy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |courage | Definition: @@ -13976,39 +12766,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and military skill. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|courageous | Definition: -| soft superl. effeminate; not courageous or manly -| weak. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|courageously | Definition: -| courageously adv. in a courageous manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|courses | Definition: -| trilemma n. a state of things in which it is difficult -| to determine which one of three courses to -| pursue. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|courteously | Definition: -| declension n. act of courteously refusing; act -| of declining; a declinature; refusal; as the -| declension of a nomination. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|courtesy | Definition: -| urbanity n. the quality or state of being urbane; -| civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; -| refinement. +|courtier | Definition: +| courtier n. one who courts or solicits favor; +| one who flatters. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|courtier | Definition: -| courtier n. one who is in attendance at the court -| of a prince; one who has an appointment at -| court. +|courting | Definition: +| sycophantical a. of or pertaining to a sycophant; +| characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously +| flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; +| parasitic. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |courts | Definition: @@ -14017,48 +12784,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|courtyard | Definition: +| curtilage n. a yard courtyard or piece of ground +| included within the fence surrounding a dwelling +| house. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |cousin | Definition: | removed a. distant by degrees in relationship; | as a cousin once removed. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cousins | Definition: -| cousinry n. a body or collection of cousins; the -| whole number of persons who stand in the relation -| of cousins to a given person or persons. +|cove | Definition: +| cove n. a boy or man of any age or station. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|covenant | Definition: -| warranty n. a covenant real whereby the grantor -| of an estate of freehold and his heirs were -| bound to warrant and defend the title and in -| case of eviction by title paramount to yield -| other lands of equal value in recompense. this -| warranty has long singe become obsolete and -| its place supplied by personal covenants for -| title. among these is the covenant of warranty -| which runs with the land and is in the nature -| of a real covenant. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|covenanted | Definition: -| covenanted imp. & p. p. of covenant -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|covenants | Definition: -| warranty n. a covenant real whereby the grantor -| of an estate of freehold and his heirs were -| bound to warrant and defend the title and in -| case of eviction by title paramount to yield -| other lands of equal value in recompense. this -| warranty has long singe become obsolete and -| its place supplied by personal covenants for -| title. among these is the covenant of warranty -| which runs with the land and is in the nature -| of a real covenant. +|covent | Definition: +| covent n. a convent or monastery. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |covered | Definition: @@ -14075,90 +12820,76 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | black. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|coverings | Definition: -| waxwork n. an american climbing shrub (celastrus -| scandens). it bears a profusion of yellow berrylike -| pods which open in the autumn and display the -| scarlet coverings of the seeds. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |coverlet | Definition: | coverlet n. the uppermost cover of a bed or of | any piece of furniture. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|covert | Definition: -| tectrices n. pl. the wing coverts of a bird. see -| covert and illust. of bird. -| +|covers | Definition: +| yolk n. an oily secretion which naturally covers +| the wool of sheep. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|coverts | Definition: -| vanjas n. the australian pied crow shrike (strepera -| graculina). it is glossy bluish black with -| the under tail coverts and the tips and bases -| of the tail feathers white. -| +|coward | Definition: +| insult v. t. to treat with abuse insolence indignity +| or contempt by word or action; to abuse; as +| to call a man a coward or a liar or to sneer +| at him is to insult him. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|covet | Definition: -| miscovet v. t. to covet wrongfully. -| +|cowardice | Definition: +| cowardice n. want of courage to face danger; extreme +| timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger +| or hurt; lack of spirit. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|coveter | Definition: -| coveter n. one who covets. -| +|cowardly | Definition: +| sneaking a. marked by cowardly concealment; deficient +| in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|coveting | Definition: -| coveting p. pr. & vb. n. of covet +|cowering | Definition: +| cowering p. pr. & vb. n. of cower | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|covetous | Definition: -| niggardly a. meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing -| with others; stingy; niggard. -| +|crack | Definition: +| spring v. i. a crack or fissure in a mast or yard +| running obliquely or transversely. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|covetously | Definition: -| covetously adv. in a covetous manner. -| +|cracked | Definition: +| sprung a. said of a spar that has been cracked +| or strained. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|covetousness | Definition: -| cupidity n. eager or inordinate desire especially -| for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness +|cracking | Definition: +| snap v. i. to give forth or produce a sharp cracking +| noise; to crack; as blazing firewood snaps. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cow | Definition: -| yoke n. a frame worn on the neck of an animal -| as a cow a pig a goose to prevent passage through -| a fence. +|cracks | Definition: +| vesbium n. a rare metallic element of which little +| is known. it is said by scacchi to have been +| extracted from a yellowish incrustation from +| the cracks of a vesuvian lava erupted in 1631. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|coward | Definition: -| insult v. t. to treat with abuse insolence indignity -| or contempt by word or action; to abuse; as -| to call a man a coward or a liar or to sneer -| at him is to insult him. +|cracksmen | Definition: +| cracksmen pl. of cracksman | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cowardly | Definition: -| recreant n. one who yields in combat and begs -| for mercy; a mean-spirited cowardly wretch. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|crackling | Definition: -| scranch v. t. to grind with the teeth and with -| a crackling sound; to craunch. -| +|cradle | Definition: +| solen n. a cradle as for a broken limb. see cradle +| 6. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |craft | Definition: @@ -14168,69 +12899,52 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|craftily | Definition: -| craftily adv. with craft; artfully; cunningly. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|craftiness | Definition: -| craftiness n. dexterity in devising and effecting -| a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|craftsman | Definition: -| tool n. an instrument such as a hammer saw plane -| file and the like used in the manual arts to -| facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument -| used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; -| an implement; as the tools of a joiner smith -| shoe-maker etc.; also a cutter chisel or other -| part of an instrument or machine that dresses -| work. +|crammed | Definition: +| cram v. t. to put hastily through an extensive +| course of memorizing or study as in preparation +| for an examination; as a pupil is crammed by +| his tutor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|craftsmen | Definition: -| craftsmen pl. of craftsman -| +|cramming | Definition: +| cramming p. pr. & vb. n. of cram +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crafty | Definition: -| underdealing n. crafty unfair or underhand dealing; -| unfair practice; trickery. +|cravat | Definition: +| stock n. a kind of stiff wide band or cravat for +| the neck; as a silk stock. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cragged | Definition: -| cragged a. full of crags or steep broken //cks; -| abounding with prominences points and inequalities; -| rough; rugged. +|crawling | Definition: +| worm n. a creeping or a crawling animal of any +| kind or size as a serpent caterpillar snail +| or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|craggy | Definition: -| sierra n. a ridge of mountain and craggy rocks -| with a serrated or irregular outline; as the -| sierra nevada. +|crazy | Definition: +| madman n. a man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|craved | Definition: -| craved imp. & p. p. of crave -| +|creak | Definition: +| screak v. to utter suddenly a sharp shrill sound; +| to screech; to creak as a door or wheel. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|craving | Definition: -| thirst n. a sensation of dryness in the throat -| associated with a craving for liquids produced -| by deprivation of drink or by some other cause -| (as fear excitement etc.) which arrests the -| secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; -| hence the condition producing this sensation. +|creaking | Definition: +| stridulous a. making a shrill creaking sound. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|creating | Definition: -| re-creative a. creating anew; as re-creative power. -| +|creamy | Definition: +| pus a. the yellowish white opaque creamy matter +| produced by the process of suppuration. it +| consists of innumerable white nucleated cells +| floating in a clear liquid. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |creation | Definition: @@ -14238,13 +12952,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a creation of fancy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|creator | Definition: -| vishnu n. a divinity of the modern hindu trimurti -| or trinity. he is regarded as the preserver -| while brahma is the creator and siva the destroyer -| of the creation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |creature | Definition: | wound n. a hurt or injury caused by violence; | specifically a breach of the skin and flesh @@ -14262,32 +12969,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the ground. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|credible | Definition: -| credible a. capable of being credited or believed; -| worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy. +|credence | Definition: +| trust n. to give credence to; to believe; to credit. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |creditor | Definition: -| secure v. t. to put beyond hazard of losing or -| of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; -| to insure; -- frequently with against or from -| rarely with of; as to secure a creditor against -| loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage. -| +| subrogation n. the substitution of one person +| in the place of another as a creditor the new +| creditor succeeding to the rights of the former; +| the mode by which a third person who pays a +| creditor succeeds to his rights against the +| debtor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|creed | Definition: -| sect n. those following a particular leader or -| authority or attached to a certain opinion; -| a company or set having a common belief or -| allegiance distinct from others; in religion -| the believers in a particular creed or upholders -| of a particular practice; especially in modern -| times a party dissenting from an established -| church; a denomination; in philosophy the disciples -| of a particular master; a school; in society -| and the state an order rank class or party. +|creditors | Definition: +| cession n. the voluntary surrender of a person's +| effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -14310,9 +13008,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crete | Definition: -| malmsey n. a kind of sweet wine from crete the -| canary islands etc. +|crept | Definition: +| crept imp. & p. p. of creep. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|crestfallen | Definition: +| crestfallen a. having the crest or upper part +| of the neck hanging to one side; -- said of +| a horse. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|crevice | Definition: +| peephole n. a hole or crevice through which one +| may peep without being discovered. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |crew | Definition: @@ -14331,6 +13041,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a grunting sound. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|cribbed | Definition: +| cribbed imp. & p. p. of crib +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |cried | Definition: | minaret n. a slender lofty tower attached to a | mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting @@ -14338,10 +13053,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | cried by the muezzin. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crier | Definition: -| town-crier n. a town officer who makes proclamations -| to the people; the public crier of a town. -| +|criers | Definition: +| oyez interj. hear; attend; -- a term used by criers +| of courts to secure silence before making a +| proclamation. it is repeated three times. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cries | Definition: @@ -14351,68 +13067,89 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |crime | Definition: -| simony n. the crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical -| preferment; the corrupt presentation of any -| one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money -| or reward. +| treasonable a. pertaining to treason; consisting +| of treason; involving the crime of treason +| or partaking of its guilt. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |crimes | Definition: -| lynch law the act or practice by private persons -| of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses -| without due process of law. -| +| penal a. of or pertaining to punishment to penalties +| or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal +| jurisprudence |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |criminal | Definition: -| turn n. a fall off the ladder at the gallows; -| a hanging; -- so called from the practice of -| causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which -| was turned over so throwing him off when the -| signal was given. +| verdict n. the answer of a jury given to the court +| concerning any matter of fact in any cause +| civil or criminal committed to their examination +| and determination; the finding or decision +| of a jury on the matter legally submitted to +| them in the course of the trial of a cause. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crimson | Definition: -| turacin n. a red or crimson pigment obtained from -| certain feathers of several species of turacou; -| whence the name. it contains nearly six per -| cent of copper. +|criminality | Definition: +| guilt v. t. the criminality and consequent exposure +| to punishment resulting from willful disobedience +| of law or from morally wrong action; the state +| of one who has broken a moral or political +| law; crime; criminality; offense against right. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cripple | Definition: -| cripple v. t. to deprive of strength activity -| or capability for service or use; to disable; -| to deprive of resources; as to be financially -| crippled. +|cringe | Definition: +| flunlyism n. the quality or characteristics of +| a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who +| are superior in wealth or position; toadyism. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crisped | Definition: -| wool n. the soft and curled or crisped species -| of hair which grows on sheep and some other -| animals and which in fineness sometimes approaches -| to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat -| of the sheep which constitutes a most essential -| material of clothing in all cold and temperate -| climates. +|cringes | Definition: +| cringeling n. one who cringes meanly; a fawner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|crippled | Definition: +| lamely adv. an a lame crippled disabled or imperfect +| manner; as to walk lamely; a figure lamely +| drawn. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crisping | Definition: -| friz v. t. to curl or form into small curls as -| hair with a crisping pin; to crisp. +|crisis | Definition: +| state n. highest and stationary condition as that +| of maturity between growth and decline or as +| that of crisis between the increase and the +| abating of a disease; height; acme. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|critics | Definition: -| zohar n. a jewish cabalistic book attributed by -| tradition to rabbi simon ben yochi who lived -| about the end of the 1st century a. d. modern -| critics believe it to be a compilation of the -| 13th century. +|crisp | Definition: +| spicenut a small crisp cake highly spiced. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crocodile | Definition: -| trochilus n. the crocodile bird. -| +|critical | Definition: +| test n. examination or trial by the cupel; hence +| any critical examination or decisive trial; +| as to put a man's assertions to a test. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|crock | Definition: +| crock v. t. to lay up in a crock; as to crock +| butter. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|crockery | Definition: +| potter n. one who hawks crockery or earthenware. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|crook | Definition: +| twist v. t. to contort; to writhe; to complicate; +| to crook spirally; to convolve. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |crooked | Definition: @@ -14421,18 +13158,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crop | Definition: -| weed n. any plant growing in cultivated ground -| to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation -| or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly -| useless or injurious plant. -| +|crooning | Definition: +| crooning p. pr. & vb. n. of croon +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cropped | Definition: -| rowen n. a stubble field left unplowed till late -| in the autumn that it may be cropped by cattle. -| +|cropping | Definition: +| snuffers n. pl. an instrument for cropping and +| holding the snuff of a candle. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cross | Definition: @@ -14441,16 +13175,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crosses | Definition: -| traverse a. something that thwarts crosses or -| obstructs; a cross accident; as he would have -| succeeded had it not been for unlucky traverses -| not under his control. +|crossed | Definition: +| warp v. the threads which are extended lengthwise +| in the loom and crossed by the woof. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crouch | Definition: -| crouch v. t. to bend or cause to bend as in humility -| or fear. +|crossing | Definition: +| window n. a figure formed of lines crossing each +| other. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |crouching | Definition: @@ -14472,9 +13205,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wad a cloak. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crowds | Definition: -| troop v. i. to move in numbers; to come or gather -| in crowds or troops. +|crowded | Definition: +| thick superl. abundant close or crowded in space; +| closely set; following in quick succession; +| frequently recurring. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|crowding | Definition: +| wedge v. t. to force by crowding and pushing as +| a wedge does; as to wedge one's way. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |crowing | Definition: @@ -14503,37 +13243,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crowns | Definition: -| sigmodont n. any one of a tribe (sigmodontes) -| of rodents which includes all the indigenous -| rats and mice of america. so called from the -| form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns -| of the worn molars. also used adjectively. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|crucified | Definition: -| stigma v. t. marks believed to have been supernaturally -| impressed upon the bodies of certain persons -| in imitation of the wounds on the crucified -| body of christ. see def. 5 above. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|crucifixion | Definition: -| crucifixion n. intense suffering or affliction; -| painful trial. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|crucify | Definition: -| crucify v. t. to destroy the power or ruling influence -| of; to subdue completely; to mortify. -| +|crowning | Definition: +| laureation n. the act of crowning with laurel; +| the act of conferring an academic degree or +| honorary title. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crucifying | Definition: -| crucifying p. pr. & vb. n. of crucify -| +|crows | Definition: +| scarecrow n. anything set up to frighten crows +| or other birds from cornfields; hence anything +| terifying without danger. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cruel | Definition: @@ -14550,16 +13270,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cruelly | Definition: -| illtreat v. t. to treat cruelly or improperly; -| to ill use; to maltreat. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cruelties | Definition: -| cruelties pl. of cruelty -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |cruelty | Definition: | persecute v. t. to pursue in a manner to injure | grieve or afflict; to beset with cruelty or @@ -14569,13 +13279,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | worship. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cruise | Definition: -| pirate n. a robber on the high seas; one who by -| open violence takes the property of another -| on the high seas; especially one who makes -| it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; -| a freebooter on the seas; also one who steals -| in a harbor. +|cruet | Definition: +| cruet n. a vessel used to hold wine oil or water +| for the service of the altar. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|crumb | Definition: +| particle n. a crumb or little piece of concecrated +| host. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|crumble | Definition: +| shatter v. i. to be broken into fragments; to +| fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |crumbs | Definition: @@ -14585,6 +13303,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|crumpled | Definition: +| crumpled imp. & p. p. of crumple +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|crunching | Definition: +| munch v. t. & i. to chew with a grinding crunching +| sound as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately +| or in large mouthfuls. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|crusaders | Definition: +| crusader n. one engaged in a crusade; as the crusaders +| of the middle ages. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |crush | Definition: | tread v. t. to crush under the foot; to trample | in contempt or hatred; to subdue. @@ -14596,86 +13330,92 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crushes | Definition: -| crush v. i. to be or become broken down or in -| or pressed into a smaller compass by external -| weight or force; as an eggshell crushes easily. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |crushing | Definition: | stonebrearer n. a machine for crushing or hammering | stone. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cry | Definition: -| yowl n. a loud protracted and mournful cry as -| that of a dog; a howl. +|crust | Definition: +| wernerian a. of or pertaining to a. g. werner +| the german mineralogist and geologist who classified +| minerals according to their external characters +| and advocated the theory that the strata of +| the earth's crust were formed by depositions +| from water; designating or according to werner's +| system. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crying | Definition: -| vagient a. crying like a child. -| +|crutch | Definition: +| potent n. one of the furs; a surface composed +| of patches which are supposed to represent +| crutch heads; they are always alternately argent +| and azure unless otherwise specially mentioned. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|crystal | Definition: -| twin n. a compound crystal composed of two or -| more crystals or parts of crystals in reversed -| position with reference to each other. -| +|crutched | Definition: +| crutched a. marked with the sign of the cross; +| crouched. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cubit | Definition: -| cubital a. of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna; -| as the cubital nerve; the cubital artery; the -| cubital muscle. +|crutches | Definition: +| crutches pl. of crutch |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cubits | Definition: -| turret n. a movable building of a square form -| consisting of ten or even twenty stories and -| sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high -| usually moved on wheels and employed in approaching -| a fortified place for carrying soldiers engines -| ladders casting bridges and other necessaries. -| +|cry | Definition: +| yowl v. i. to utter a loud long and mournful cry +| as a dog; to howl; to yell. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cud | Definition: -| rumen n. the cud of a ruminant. +|crying | Definition: +| vagient a. crying like a child. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|culpable | Definition: -| neglect v. omission of proper attention; avoidance -| or disregard of duty from heedlessness indifference -| or willfulness; failure to do use or heed anything; -| culpable disregard; as neglect of business -| of health of economy. +|cucumber | Definition: +| trepang n. any one of several species of large +| holothurians some of which are dried and extensively +| used as food in china; -- called also beche +| de mer sea cucumber and sea slug. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cultivate | Definition: -| yumas n. pl. a tribe of indians native of arizona -| and the adjacent parts of mexico and california. -| they are agricultural and cultivate corn wheat -| barley melons etc. +|cuff | Definition: +| sleevehand n. the part of a sleeve nearest the +| hand; a cuff or wristband. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cuffs | Definition: +| ruche n. a plaited quilled or goffered strip of +| lace net ribbon or other material -- used in +| place of collars or cuffs and as a trimming +| for women's dresses and bonnets. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cum | Definition: -| con- a prefix fr. l. cum signifying with together -| etc. see com-. +|culminated | Definition: +| culminated imp. & p. p. of culminate +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|culprit | Definition: +| lash n. a stroke with a whip or anything pliant +| and tough; as the culprit received thirty-nine +| lashes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cumin | Definition: -| cymene n. a colorless liquid combustible hydrocarbon -| ch3.c6h4.c3h7 of pleasant odor obtained from -| oil of cumin oil of caraway carvacrol camphor -| etc.; -- called also paracymene and formerly -| camphogen. +|cultivated | Definition: +| woad n. an herbaceous cruciferous plant (isatis +| tinctoria). it was formerly cultivated for +| the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cummin | Definition: -| cummin n. same as cumin. +|cumbered | Definition: +| cumbered imp. & p. p. of cumber +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cunning | Definition: @@ -14684,11 +13424,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cunningly | Definition: -| subtle superl. cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; -| as a subtle stratagem. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |cup | Definition: | vessel n. a hollow or concave utensil for holding | anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind as @@ -14696,11 +13431,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a cup a bowl etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cupbearer | Definition: -| cupbearer n. one of the attendants of a prince -| or noble permanently charged with the performance -| of this office for his master. -| +|cupboard | Definition: +| locker n. a drawer cupboard compartment or chest +| esp. one in a ship that may be closed with +| a lock. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cupid | Definition: +| love n. cupid the god of love; sometimes venus. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cupidity | Definition: +| cupidity n. eager or inordinate desire especially +| for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |cups | Definition: @@ -14712,32 +13457,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|curdled | Definition: -| tyre curdled milk. +|curator | Definition: +| curator n. one appointed to act as guardian of +| the estate of a person not legally competent +| to manage it or of an absentee; a trustee; +| a guardian. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cure | Definition: -| winter's bark the aromatic bark of tree (drimys -| / drymis winteri) of the magnolia family which -| is found in southern chili. it was first used -| as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer captain -| john winter vice admiral to sir francis drake -| in 1577. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cured | Definition: -| tobacco n. the leaves of the plant prepared for -| smoking chewing etc. by being dried cured and -| manufactured in various ways. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cures | Definition: -| remedy n. that which relieves or cures a disease; -| any medicine or application which puts an end -| to disease and restores health; -- with for; -| as a remedy for the gout. -| +|curiosities | Definition: +| virtuoso n. one devoted to virtu; one skilled +| in the fine arts in antiquities and the like; +| a collector or ardent admirer of curiosities +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |curiosity | Definition: @@ -14763,14 +13494,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|curled | Definition: -| wool n. the soft and curled or crisped species -| of hair which grows on sheep and some other -| animals and which in fineness sometimes approaches -| to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat -| of the sheep which constitutes a most essential -| material of clothing in all cold and temperate -| climates. +|curls | Definition: +| wig n. a covering for the head consisting of hair +| interwoven or united by a kind of network either +| in imitation of the natural growth or in abundant +| and flowing curls worn to supply a deficiency +| of natural hair or for ornament or according +| to traditional usage as a part of an official +| or professional dress the latter especially +| in england by judges and barristers. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|curly | Definition: +| woolly a. clothed with a fine curly pubescence +| resembling wool. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|currant | Definition: +| zante currant a kind of seedless grape or raisin; +| -- so called from zante one of the ionian islands. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |curse | Definition: @@ -14784,14 +13528,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | also cursed crowfoot. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cursing | Definition: -| cursing p. pr. & vb. n. of curse -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |curtain | Definition: -| uncurtain v. t. to remove a curtain from; to reveal. -| +| velum n. curtain or covering; -- applied to various +| membranous partitions especially to the soft +| palate. see under palate. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |curtains | Definition: @@ -14800,6 +13541,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|curtly | Definition: +| curtly adv. in a curt manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cushion | Definition: +| waterfall n. an arrangement of a woman's back +| hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance +| to a waterfall. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|cushioned | Definition: +| tabouret n. a seat without arms or back cushioned +| and stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from +| its resemblance to a drum. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |cushions | Definition: | upholsterer n. one who provides hangings coverings | cushions curtains and the like; one who upholsters. @@ -14822,6 +13581,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|customary | Definition: +| vigil v. i. abstinence from sleep whether at a +| time when sleep is customary or not; the act +| of keeping awake or the state of being awake +| or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; +| wakefulness; watch. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |customs | Definition: | zollverein n. literally a customs union; specifically | applied to the several customs unions successively @@ -14840,105 +13607,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cuts | Definition: -| woodman n. one who cuts down trees; a woodcutter. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |cutting | Definition: | woodcutting n. the act or employment of cutting | wood or timber. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|cuttings | Definition: -| set v. i. to be fixed for growth; to strike root; -| to begin to germinate or form; as cuttings -| set well; the fruit has set well (i. e. not -| blasted in the blossom). -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cymbal | Definition: -| cymbal n. a musical instrument of brass shaped -| like a circular dish or a flat plate with a -| handle at the back; -- used in pairs to produce -| a sharp ringing sound by clashing them together. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cypress | Definition: -| quamoclit n. formerly a genus of plants including -| the cypress vine (quamoclit vulgaris now called -| ipomoea quamoclit). the genus is now merged -| in ipomoea. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cyprian | Definition: -| cyprian n. a native or inhabitant of cyprus especially -| of ancient cyprus; a cypriot. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cyprus | Definition: -| pistacia n. the name of a genus of trees including -| the tree which bears the pistachio the mediterranean -| mastic tree (pistacia lentiscus) and the species -| (p. terebinthus) which yields chian or cyprus -| turpentine. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cyrene | Definition: -| cyrenian n. one of a school of philosophers established -| at cyrene by aristippus a disciple of socrates. -| their doctrines were nearly the same as those -| of the epicureans. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cyrenian | Definition: -| cyrenian n. one of a school of philosophers established -| at cyrene by aristippus a disciple of socrates. -| their doctrines were nearly the same as those -| of the epicureans. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|cyrus | Definition: -| anabasis n. 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. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dagger | Definition: -| scabbard n. the case in which the blade of a sword -| dagger etc. is kept; a sheath. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dagon | Definition: -| dagon the national god of the philistines represented -| with the face and hands and upper part of a -| man and the tail of a fish. +|dab | Definition: +| smear dab the sand fluke (b). | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dainties | Definition: -| enjoy v. t. to take pleasure or satisfaction in -| the possession or experience of; to feel or -| perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; -| as to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy -| conversation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dainty | Definition: -| sucket v. t. a sweetmeat; a dainty morsel. -| +|daintily | Definition: +| daintily adv. in a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; +| fastidiously; deliciously; prettily. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dam | Definition: -| wear n. a dam in a river to stop and raise the -| water for the purpose of conducting it to a -| mill forming a fish pond or the like. -| +|dale | Definition: +| dale n. a trough or spout to carry off water as +| from a pump. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |damage | Definition: @@ -14949,42 +13636,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|damascus | Definition: -| twist n. a material for gun barrels consisting -| of iron and steel twisted and welded together; -| as damascus twist. +|damaged | Definition: +| transplantation n. the removal of a bodily organ +| or of tissues from one person and the insertion +| of them into another person to replace a damaged +| organ or tissue; as the transplantation of +| a heart kidney or liver. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|damaging | Definition: +| damaging p. pr. & vb. n. of damage +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|damnation | Definition: -| purgatory n. a state or place of purification -| after death; according to the roman catholic -| creed a place or a state believed to exist -| after death in which the souls of persons are -| purified by expiating such offenses committed -| in this life as do not merit eternal damnation -| or in which they fully satisfy the justice -| of god for sins that have been forgiven. after -| this purgation from the impurities of sin the -| souls are believed to be received into heaven. -| +|damn | Definition: +| damn v. i. to invoke damnation; to curse. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|damned | Definition: -| damned a. sentenced to punishment in a future -| state; condemned; consigned to perdition. -| +|damnatory | Definition: +| damnatory a. dooming to damnation; condemnatory. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|damsel | Definition: -| damsel n. a young person either male or female -| of noble or gentle extraction; as damsel pepin; -| damsel richard prince of wales. -| +|damp | Definition: +| water rattler the diamond rattlesnake (crotalus +| adamanteus); -- so called from its preference +| for damp places near water. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dan | Definition: -| daun n. a variant of dan a title of honor. -| +|damsel | Definition: +| damsel n. an attachment to a millstone spindle +| for shaking the hopper. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dance | Definition: @@ -14998,17 +13684,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dancer | Definition: -| morris n. a moorish dance usually performed by -| a single dancer who accompanies the dance with -| castanets. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |dances | Definition: -| ropedancer n. one who dances walks or performs -| acrobatic feats on a rope extended through -| the air at some height. -| +| strophe n. in greek choruses and dances the movement +| of the chorus while turning from the right +| to the left of the orchestra; hence the strain +| or part of the choral ode sung during this +| movement. also sometimes used of a stanza of +| modern verse. see the note under antistrophe. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dancing | Definition: @@ -15016,6 +13699,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | dancing or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dandling | Definition: +| dandling p. pr. & vb. n. of dandle +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |danger | Definition: | watchtower n. a tower in which a sentinel is placed | to watch for enemies the approach of danger @@ -15033,27 +13721,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|daniel | Definition: -| fahrenheit a. conforming to the scale used by -| gabriel daniel fahrenheit in the graduation -| of his thermometer; of or relating to fahrenheit's -| thermometric scale. +|dangling | Definition: +| favorite n. short curls dangling over the temples; +| -- fashionable in the reign of charles ii. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|daphne | Definition: -| daphnin n. a white crystalline bitter substance -| regarded as a glucoside and extracted from -| daphne mezereum and d. alpina. -| +|danish | Definition: +| wormian a. discovered or described by olanus wormius +| a danish anatomist. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dare | Definition: -| hypallage n. a figure consisting of a transference -| of attributes from their proper subjects to -| other. thus virgil says >dare classibus austros -| > to give the winds to the fleets instead of -| dare classibus austris to give the fleets to -| the winds. +| overdare v. t. & i. to dare too much or rashly; +| to be too daring. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dared | Definition: @@ -15061,6 +13742,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|daring | Definition: +| foolhardy a. daring without judgment; foolishly +| adventurous and bold. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dark | Definition: | zirconium n. a rare element of the carbon-silicon | group intermediate between the metals and nonmetals @@ -15076,8 +13762,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|darkish | Definition: -| dusk n. a darkish color. +|darkening | Definition: +| obumbration n. act of darkening or obscuring. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|darker | Definition: +| yacca n. a west indian name for two large timber +| trees (podocarpus coriaceus and p. purdicanus) +| of the yew family. the wood which is much used +| is pale brownish with darker streaks. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|darkest | Definition: +| demitint n. the shade itself; neither the darkest +| nor the lightest in a composition. also called +| half tint. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|darkly | Definition: +| sable v. t. to render sable or dark; to drape +| darkly or in black. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |darkness | Definition: @@ -15086,26 +13792,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | on the surface. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|darksome | Definition: -| darksome a. dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless. -| +|darling | Definition: +| darling a. dearly beloved; regarded with especial +| kindness and tenderness; favorite. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dart | Definition: -| shoot v. i. to penetrate as a missile; to dart -| with a piercing sensation; as shooting pains. -| +|darn | Definition: +| devil's darning-needle a dragon fly. see darning +| needle under darn v. t. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|darts | Definition: -| testudo n. a cover or screen which a body of troops -| formed with their shields or targets by holding -| them over their heads when standing close to -| each other. this cover resembled the back of -| a tortoise and served to shelter the men from -| darts stones and other missiles. a similar -| defense was sometimes formed of boards and -| moved on wheels. +|darted | Definition: +| flake n. a little particle of lighted or incandescent +| matter darted from a fire; a flash. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dash | Definition: @@ -15123,42 +13825,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dashing | Definition: -| wedge v. t. to cut as clay into wedgelike masses -| and work by dashing together in order to expel -| air bubbles etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|daub | Definition: -| splash n. water or water and dirt thrown upon -| anything or thrown from a puddle or the like; -| also a spot or daub as of matter which wets -| or disfigures. +|dashes | Definition: +| morse alphabet a telegraphic alphabet in very +| general use inventing by samuel f.b.morse the +| inventor of morse's telegraph. the letters +| are represented by dots and dashes impressed +| or printed on paper as .- (a) - . . . (b) -.. +| (d) . (e) .. (o) . . . (r) -- (t) etc. or by +| sounds flashes of light etc. with greater or +| less intervals between them. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|daubed | Definition: -| slimy superl. of or pertaining to slime; resembling -| slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; -| also covered or daubed with slime; yielding -| or abounding in slime. +|dated | Definition: +| prolepsis n. an error in chronology consisting +| in an event being dated before the actual time. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|daubing | Definition: -| daubing n. in currying a mixture of fish oil and -| tallow worked into leather; -- called also -| dubbing. +|dates | Definition: +| oleaster n. any species of the genus elaeagus. +| see eleagnus. the small silvery berries of +| the common species (elaeagnus hortensis) are +| called trebizond dates and are made into cakes +| by the arabs. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |daughter | Definition: -| urania n. one of the nine muses daughter of zeus -| by mnemosyne and patron of astronomy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|daughters | Definition: -| pleiades n. pl. the seven daughters of atlas and -| the nymph pleione fabled to have been made -| by jupiter a constellation in the sky. +| venter n. a pregnant woman; a mother; as a has +| a son b by one venter and a daughter c by another +| venter; children by different venters. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -15173,6 +13869,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dawned | Definition: +| dawned imp. & p. p. of dawn +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dawning | Definition: | foregleam n. an antecedent or premonitory gleam; | a dawning light. @@ -15186,37 +13887,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and water flounder. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|daytime | Definition: -| toad n. any one of numerous species of batrachians -| belonging to the genus bufo and allied genera -| especially those of the family bufonidae. toads -| are generally terrestrial in their habits except -| during the breeding season when they seek the -| water. most of the species burrow beneath the -| earth in the daytime and come forth to feed -| on insects at night. most toads have a rough -| warty skin in which are glands that secrete -| an acrid fluid. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deacon | Definition: -| order n. an ecclesiastical grade or rank as of -| deacon priest or bishop; the office of the -| christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; -| as to take orders or to take holy orders that -| is to enter some grade of the ministry. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deacons | Definition: -| stole n. a narrow band of silk or stuff sometimes -| enriched with embroidery and jewels worn on -| the left shoulder of deacons and across both -| shoulders of bishops and priests pendent on -| each side nearly to the ground. at mass it -| is worn crossed on the breast by priests. it -| is used in various sacred functions. -| +|dazed | Definition: +| dazed imp. & p. p. of daze +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dead | Definition: @@ -15226,16 +13899,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|deaden | Definition: +| stun v. t. to dull or deaden the sensibility of; +| to overcome; especially to overpower one's +| sense of hearing. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|deadened | Definition: +| deadened imp. & p. p. of deaden +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |deadly | Definition: -| malignity n. virulence; deadly quality. -| +| poison n. any agent which when introduced into +| the animal organism is capable of producing +| a morbid noxious or deadly effect upon it; +| as morphine is a deadly poison; the poison +| of pestilential diseases. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |deaf | Definition: -| sign n. hence one of the gestures of pantomime -| or of a language of a signs such as those used -| by the north american indians or those used -| by the deaf and dumb. +| stone-deaf a. as deaf as a stone; completely deaf. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |deal | Definition: @@ -15245,34 +13931,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | with; to injure. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dealer | Definition: -| waferer n. a dealer in the cakes called wafers; -| a confectioner. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dealing | Definition: -| verbal a. consisting in or having to do with words -| only; dealing with words rather than with the -| ideas intended to be conveyed; as a verbal -| critic; a verbal change. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dealings | Definition: -| justice a. the quality of being just; conformity -| to the principles of righteousness and rectitude -| in all things; strict performance of moral -| obligations; practical conformity to human -| or divine law; integrity in the dealings of -| men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |dealt | Definition: | untraded a. not dealt with in trade; not visited | for purposes of trade. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dean | Definition: +| verger n. an attendant upon a dignitary as on +| a bishop a dean a justice etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dear | Definition: | sweet n. one who is dear to another; a darling; | -- a term of endearment. @@ -15280,21 +13949,7 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dearly | Definition: -| dearly adv. in a dear manner; with affection; -| heartily; earnestly; as to love one dearly. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deaths | Definition: -| registrar n. one who registers; a recorder; a -| keeper of records; as a registrar of births -| deaths and marriages. see register n. 3. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|debased | Definition: -| worm n. a being debased and despised. -| +| dearly adv. exquisitely. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |debate | Definition: @@ -15314,11 +13969,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|debauchery | Definition: -| nero n. a roman emperor notorius for debauchery -| and barbarous cruelty; hence any profligate -| and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant. -| +|debating | Definition: +| fencing v. i. disputing or debating in a manner +| resembling the art of fencers. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|debilitating | Definition: +| debilitation n. the act or process of debilitating +| or the condition of one who is debilitated; +| weakness. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |debt | Definition: @@ -15326,12 +13986,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | note or bond. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|debtor | Definition: -| term n. a space of time granted to a debtor for -| discharging his obligation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |debtors | Definition: | compensation n. the extinction of debts of which | two persons are reciprocally debtors by the @@ -15341,10 +13995,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |debts | Definition: -| seguestration n. the seizure of the property of -| an individual for the use of the state; particularly -| applied to the seizure by a belligerent power -| of debts due from its subjects to the enemy. +| tickler n. a book containing a memorandum of notes +| and debts arranged in the order of their maturity. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -15356,6 +14008,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|decanter | Definition: +| imperial n. anything of unusual size or excellence +| as a large decanter a kind of large photograph +| a large sheet of drowing printing or writing +| paper etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |decay | Definition: | wither v. t. to cause to shrink wrinkle or decay | for want of animal moisture. @@ -15363,16 +14022,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |decayed | Definition: -| xylophagides n. pl. a tribe or family of dipterous -| flies whose larvae live in decayed wood. some -| of the tropical species are very large. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|decaying | Definition: -| ulmin n. a brown amorphous substance found in -| decaying vegetation. cf. humin. -| +| xylophilan n. one of a tribe of beetles (xylophili) +| whose larvae live on decayed wood. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |decease | Definition: @@ -15389,29 +14041,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deceit | Definition: -| guileful a. full of guile; characterized by cunning -| deceit or treachery; guilty. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deceitful | Definition: -| single a. not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deceitfully | Definition: -| pitfall n. a pit deceitfully covered to entrap -| wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deceitfulness | Definition: -| deceitfulness n. the quality of being deceitful; -| as the deceitfulness of a man's practices. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |deceive | Definition: | trumpery n. something serving to deceive by false | show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless @@ -15419,32 +14048,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of no value; rubbish. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deceived | Definition: -| trust n. to place confidence in; to rely on to -| confide or repose faith in; as we can not trust -| those who have deceived us. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deceives | Definition: -| sham n. that which deceives expectation; any trick -| fraud or device that deludes and disappoint; -| a make-believe; delusion; imposture humbug. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |deceiving | Definition: -| self-deceit n. the act of deceiving one's self -| or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|decency | Definition: -| obscene a/ offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing -| of presenting to the mind or view something -| which delicacy purity and decency forbid to -| be exposed; impure; as obscene language; obscene -| pictures. +| stratagem n. an artifice or trick in war for deceiving +| the enemy; hence in general artifice; deceptive +| device; secret plot; evil machination. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |decent | Definition: @@ -15468,29 +14076,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deciding | Definition: -| vote v. i. to express or signify the mind will -| or preference either viva voce or by ballot -| or by other authorized means as in electing -| persons to office in passing laws regulations -| etc. or in deciding on any proposition in which -| one has an interest with others. -| +|decidedly | Definition: +| wedge-tailed a. having a tail which has the middle +| pair of feathers longest the rest successively +| and decidedly shorter and all more or less +| attenuate; -- said of certain birds. see illust. +| of wood hoopoe under wood. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|decision | Definition: -| umpire n. a person to whose sole decision a controversy -| or question between parties is referred; especially -| one chosen to see that the rules of a game -| as cricket baseball or the like are strictly -| observed. +|decisive | Definition: +| triumph n. a magnificent and imposing ceremonial +| performed in honor of a general who had gained +| a decisive victory over a foreign enemy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|decisions | Definition: -| reporter n. an officer or person who makes authorized -| statements of law proceedings and decisions -| or of legislative debates. -| +|decisively | Definition: +| pathognomonic a. specially or decisively characteristic +| of a disease; indicating with certainty a disease; +| as a pathognomonic symptom. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |deck | Definition: @@ -15499,11 +14105,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|decked | Definition: -| hulk n. the body of a ship or decked vessel of -| any kind; esp. the body of an old vessel laid -| by as unfit for service. -| +|declamation | Definition: +| rhetoric n. hence artificial eloquence; fine language +| or declamation without conviction or earnest +| feeling. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |declaration | Definition: @@ -15517,14 +14122,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|declarations | Definition: -| whereas conj. considering that; it being the case -| that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble -| which is the basis of declarations affirmations -| commands requests or like that follow. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |declare | Definition: | yell v. t. to utter or declare with a yell; to | proclaim in a loud tone. @@ -15542,13 +14139,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | is caveat emptor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|declares | Definition: -| testament n. a solemn authentic instrument in -| writing by which a person declares his will -| as to disposal of his estate and effects after -| his death. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |declaring | Definition: | statute n. an act of the legislature of a state | or country declaring commanding or prohibiting @@ -15560,10 +14150,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |decline | Definition: -| shrink v. i. to withdraw or retire as from danger; -| to decline action from fear; to recoil as in -| fear horror or distress. -| +| state n. highest and stationary condition as that +| of maturity between growth and decline or as +| that of crisis between the increase and the +| abating of a disease; height; acme. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |declined | Definition: @@ -15574,93 +14165,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |declining | Definition: -| retrogressive a. tending to retrograde; going -| or moving backward; declining from a better -| to a worse state. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|decoyed | Definition: -| decoyed imp. & p. p. of decoy -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|decrease | Definition: -| waste v. the act of wasting or the state of being -| wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; -| useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; -| loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss -| or decrease by use wear or decay; as a waste -| of property time labor words etc. -| +| retrogressive a. passing from a higher to a lower +| condition; declining from a more perfect state +| of organization; regressive. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|decreasing | Definition: -| turbinated a. spiral with the whorls decreasing -| rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -| -- said of certain shells. -| +|decorated | Definition: +| sorrento work ornamental work mostly carved in +| olivewood decorated with inlay made at or near +| sorrento italy. hence more rarely jig-saw work +| and the like done anywhere. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|decree | Definition: -| undecreed a. reversed or nullified by decree as -| something previously decreed. -| +|decorating | Definition: +| pinking n. the act or method of decorating fabrics +| or garments with a pinking iron; also the style +| of decoration; scallops made with a pinking +| iron. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|decreed | Definition: -| fated p. p. & a. decreed by fate; destined; doomed; -| as he was fated to rule a factious people. +|deduced | Definition: +| inferential a. deduced or deducible by inference. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|decreeing | Definition: -| decreeing p. pr. & vb. n. of decree -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|decrees | Definition: -| promulgate v. t. to make known by open declaration -| as laws decrees or tidings; to publish; as -| to promulgate the secrets of a council. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|decrepit | Definition: -| decrepit a. broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled -| by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn -| out. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|decrying | Definition: -| decrying p. pr. & vb. n. of decry -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dedicate | Definition: -| vow n. to give consecrate or dedicate to god or -| to some deity by a solemn promise; to devote; -| to promise solemnly. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dedicated | Definition: -| temple n. a place or edifice dedicated to the -| worship of some deity; as the temple of jupiter -| at athens or of juggernaut in india. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dedication | Definition: -| wake n. an annual parish festival formerly held -| in commemoration of the dedication of a church. -| originally prayers were said on the evening -| preceding and hymns were sung during the night -| in the church; subsequently these vigils were -| discontinued and the day itself often with -| succeeding days was occupied in rural pastimes -| and exercises attended by eating and drinking -| often to excess. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |deed | Definition: | writing n. any legal instrument as a deed a receipt | a bond an agreement or the like. @@ -15673,24 +14203,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|deem | Definition: +| distrust v. t. to feel absence of trust in; not +| to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable +| sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious +| of; to mistrust. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |deemed | Definition: -| sacrifice n. destruction or surrender of anything -| for the sake of something else; devotion of -| some desirable object in behalf of a higher -| object or to a claim deemed more pressing; -| hence also the thing so devoted or given up; -| as the sacrifice of interest to pleasure or -| of pleasure to interest. -| +| subsidy n. a grant from the government from a +| municipal corporation or the like to a private +| person or company to assist the establishment +| or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous +| to the public; a subvention; as a subsidy to +| the owners of a line of ocean steamships. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deems | Definition: -| protest v. a declaration made by a party before -| or while paying a tax duty or the like demanded -| of him which he deems illegal denying the justice -| of the demand and asserting his rights and -| claims in order to show that the payment was -| not voluntary. +|deeming | Definition: +| deeming p. pr. & vb. n. of deem +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |deep | Definition: @@ -15701,6 +14233,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|deepening | Definition: +| rebiting n. the act or process of deepening worn +| lines in an etched plate by submitting it again +| to the action of acid. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |deeper | Definition: | tangerine n. a kind of orange much like the mandarin | but of deeper color and higher flavor. it is @@ -15720,9 +14258,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deepness | Definition: -| deepness n. craft; insidiousness. -| +|deer | Definition: +| water deer a small chinese deer (hydropotes inermis). +| both sexes are destitute of antlers but the +| male has large descending canine tusks. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |defaced | Definition: @@ -15731,11 +14271,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|defamed | Definition: -| defamed imp. & p. p. of defame -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |defeat | Definition: | whip v. t. to conquer; to defeat as in a contest | or game; to beat; to surpass. @@ -15751,28 +14286,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | enemy was complete. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|defect | Definition: -| whole n. the entire thing; the entire assemblage -| of parts; totality; all of a thing without -| defect or exception; a thing complete in itself. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|defective | Definition: -| yead v. i. properly a variant of the defective -| imperfect yode but sometimes mistaken for a -| present. see the note under yede. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|defects | Definition: -| speck v. t. to cause the presence of specks upon -| or in especially specks regarded as defects -| or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as paper -| specked by impurities in the water used in -| its manufacture. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |defence | Definition: | war n. a contest between nations or states carried | on by force whether for defence for revenging @@ -15798,36 +14311,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a valid objection. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|defender | Definition: -| strenuous a. eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; -| ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as -| a strenuous advocate for national rights; a -| strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of -| his country. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|defenders | Definition: -| retrenchment n. a work constructed within another -| to prolong the defense of the position when -| the enemy has gained possession of the outer -| work; or to protect the defenders till they -| can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|defending | Definition: -| self-defensive a. defending or tending to defend -| one's own person property or reputation. +|deferential | Definition: +| forsooth n. a person who used forsooth much; a +| very ceremonious and deferential person. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|defends | Definition: -| shelter n. that which covers or defends from injury -| or annoyance; a protection; a screen. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|defer | Definition: +|deferred | Definition: | postpone v. t. 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 @@ -15835,86 +14325,65 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | day or indefinitely. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deferred | Definition: -| non liquet it is not clear; -- a verdict given -| by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to -| another day of trial. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deferring | Definition: -| prorogue v. t. to end the session of a parliament -| by an order of the sovereign thus deferring -| its business. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|defied | Definition: -| defied imp. & p. p. of defy -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|defile | Definition: -| slaver v. t. to smear with saliva issuing from -| the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber. -| +|defiance | Definition: +| rebellion v. i. open resistance to or defiance +| of lawful authority. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|defiled | Definition: -| lustration n. a sacrifice or ceremony by which -| cities fields armies or people defiled by crimes -| pestilence or other cause of uncleanness were -| purified. +|defiant | Definition: +| look n. expression of the eyes and face; manner; +| as a proud or defiant look. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|defilement | Definition: -| purity n. freedom from guilt or the defilement -| of sin; innocence; chastity; as purity of heart -| or of life. +|deficiencies | Definition: +| supplement v. t. that which fills up completes +| or makes an addition to something already organized +| arranged or set apart; specifically a part +| added to or issued as a continuation of a book +| or paper to make good its deficiencies or correct +| its errors. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|defiling | Definition: -| wallow v. t. to roll; esp. to roll in anything -| defiling or unclean. +|deficiency | Definition: +| wig n. a covering for the head consisting of hair +| interwoven or united by a kind of network either +| in imitation of the natural growth or in abundant +| and flowing curls worn to supply a deficiency +| of natural hair or for ornament or according +| to traditional usage as a part of an official +| or professional dress the latter especially +| in england by judges and barristers. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|defined | Definition: -| volt n. the unit of electro-motive force; -- defined -| by the international electrical congress in -| 1893 and by united states statute as that electro-motive -| force which steadily applied to a conductor -| whose resistance is one ohm will produce a -| current of one ampere. it is practically equivalent -| to / the electro-motive force of a standard -| clark's cell at a temperature of 15� c. -| +|deficient | Definition: +| weak v. i. lacking in elements of political strength; +| not wielding or having authority or energy; +| deficient in the resources that are essential +| to a ruler or nation; as a weak monarch; a +| weak government or state. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deflour | Definition: -| deflour v. t. to deprive of virginity as a woman; -| to violate; to ravish; also to seduce. +|define | Definition: +| trachytoid a. resembling trachyte; -- used to +| define the structure of certain rocks. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|defloured | Definition: -| defloured imp. & p. p. of deflour -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|defraud | Definition: -| swindle v. t. to cheat defraud grossly or with -| deliberate artifice; as to swindle a man out -| of his property. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|defrauded | Definition: -| defrauded imp. & p. p. of defraud -| +|definite | Definition: +| zymogenic a. capable of producing a definite zymogen +| or ferment. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|defrauding | Definition: -| swindler n. one who swindles or defrauds grossly; -| one who makes a practice of defrauding others -| by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat. -| +|definition | Definition: +| vase n. a vessel similar to that described in +| the first definition above or the representation +| of one in a solid block of stone or the like +| used for an ornament as on a terrace or in +| a garden. see illust. of niche. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |defy | Definition: @@ -15923,10 +14392,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|degeneracy | Definition: -| degeneracy a. the state of having become degenerate; -| decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness. -| +|degradation | Definition: +| self-abasement n. degradation of one's self by +| one's own act. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|degraded | Definition: +| voodooism n. a degraded form of superstition and +| sorcery said to include human sacrifices and +| cannibalism in some of its rites. it is prevalent +| among the negroes of hayti and to some extent +| in the united states and is regarded as a relic +| of african barbarism. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|degrading | Definition: +| vice n. a moral fault or failing; especially immoral +| conduct or habit as in the indulgence of degrading +| appetites; customary deviation in a single +| respect or in general from a right standard +| implying a defect of natural character or the +| result of training and habits; a harmful custom; +| immorality; depravity; wickedness; as a life +| of vice; the vice of intemperance. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |degree | Definition: @@ -15943,25 +14432,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | by action or motion. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dei | Definition: -| mass n. the portions of the mass usually set to -| music considered as a musical composition; -| -- namely the kyrie the gloria the credo the -| sanctus and the agnus dei besides sometimes -| an offertory and the benedictus. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deities | Definition: -| sekes n. a place in a pagan temple in which the -| images of the deities were inclosed. -| +|dejected | Definition: +| melancholize v. i. to become gloomy or dejected +| in mind. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deity | Definition: -| zeus n. the chief deity of the greeks and ruler -| of the upper world (cf. hades). he was identified -| with jupiter. +|dejection | Definition: +| heigh-ho interj. an exclamation of surprise joy +| dejection uneasiness weariness etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |delay | Definition: @@ -15969,10 +14448,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or cessation |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|delayed | Definition: -| weather-bound a. kept in port or at anchor by -| storms; delayed by bad weather; as a weather-bound -| vessel. +|delegated | Definition: +| vicegerent a. having or exercising delegated power; +| acting by substitution or in the place of another. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |deliberate | Definition: @@ -15982,6 +14461,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a scamp. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|deliberated | Definition: +| deliberated imp. & p. p. of deliberate +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|deliberately | Definition: +| weigh v. t. to examine or test as if by the balance; +| to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine +| for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming +| to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and +| maturely; to balance. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |deliberation | Definition: | sentiment a. hence generally a decision of the | mind formed by deliberation or reasoning; thought; @@ -15990,12 +14482,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|delicacies | Definition: -| delicacy a. that which is alluring delicate or -| refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant -| to the senses especially to the sense of taste; -| a dainty; as delicacies of the table. -| +|deliberations | Definition: +| deliberation n. careful discussion and examination +| of the reasons for and against a measure; as +| the deliberations of a legislative body or +| council. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|delicacy | Definition: +| whitebait n. the young of several species of herrings +| especially of the common herring esteemed a +| great delicacy by epicures in england. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |delicate | Definition: @@ -16012,11 +14510,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | elfin. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|delicateness | Definition: -| delicateness n. the quality of being delicate. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |delicious | Definition: | virgalieu n. a valuable kind of pear of an obovate | shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; @@ -16024,10 +14517,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deliciousness | Definition: -| deliciousness n. luxury. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |delight | Definition: | voluptuous a. full of delight or pleasure especially | that of the senses; ministering to sensuous @@ -16041,31 +14530,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|delightedly | Definition: +| delightedly adv. with delight; gladly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |delightful | Definition: | riant a. laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; | gay; merry; delightful to the view as a landscape. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|delighting | Definition: -| malice n. enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; -| a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to -| another; a disposition to injure another; a -| malignant design of evil. -| +|delightfully | Definition: +| exquisite a. carefully selected or sought out; +| hence of distinguishing and surpassing quality; +| exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving +| rare satisfaction; as exquisite workmanship. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |delights | Definition: -| love n. a feeling of strong attachment induced -| by that which delights or commands admiration; -| preeminent kindness or devotion to another; -| affection; tenderness; as the love of brothers -| and sisters. +| paradised a. placed in paradise; enjoying delights +| as of paradise. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|delirious | Definition: +| tarantella n. a rapid and delirious sort of neapolitan +| dance in 6-8 time which moves in whirling triplets; +| -- so called from a popular notion of its being +| a remedy against the poisonous bite of the +| tarantula. some derive its name from taranto +| in apulia. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |deliver | Definition: -| unbefool v. t. to deliver from the state of a -| fool; to awaken the mind of; to undeceive. +| unprison v. t. to take or deliver from prison. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -16085,47 +14584,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | as from a street main. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deliverer | Definition: -| messiah n. the expected king and deliverer of -| the hebrews; the savior; christ. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |delivering | Definition: | tradition n. the act of delivering into the hands | of another; delivery. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|delivers | Definition: -| traitor n. one who violates his allegiance and -| betrays his country; one guilty of treason; -| one who in breach of trust delivers his country -| to an enemy or yields up any fort or place -| intrusted to his defense or surrenders an army -| or body of troops to the enemy unless when -| vanquished; also one who takes arms and levies -| war against his country; or one who aids an -| enemy in conquering his country. see treason. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|delude | Definition: -| sham v. t. to trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude -| with false pretenses. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deluded | Definition: -| delusion n. the state of being deluded or misled. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deluge | Definition: -| ogygian a. of or pertaining to ogyges a mythical -| king of ancient attica or to a great deluge -| in attica in his days; hence primeval; of obscure -| antiquity. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |delusion | Definition: | quixotism n. that form of delusion which leads | to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices @@ -16135,62 +14598,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|delusions | Definition: -| insanity n. such a mental condition as either -| from the existence of delusions or from incapacity -| to distinguish between right and wrong with -| regard to any matter under action does away -| with individual responsibility. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|demand | Definition: -| tyrant n. specifically a monarch or other ruler -| or master who uses power to oppress his subjects; -| a person who exercises unlawful authority or -| lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one -| who by taxation injustice or cruel punishment -| or the demand of unreasonable services imposes -| burdens and hardships on those under his control -| which law and humanity do not authorize or -| which the purposes of government do not require; -| a cruel master; an oppressor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |demanded | Definition: | underproduction n. the production of less than | is demanded or of less than the usual supply. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|demanding | Definition: -| spread n. a privilege which one person buys of -| another of demanding certain shares of stock -| at a certain price or of delivering the same -| shares of stock at another price within a time -| agreed upon. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|demerits | Definition: -| criticise v. i. to discuss the merits or demerits -| of a thing or person; esp. to find fault. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|demolished | Definition: -| destruction n. the state of being destroyed demolished -| ruined slain or devastated. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|demons | Definition: -| sabbat n. in mediaeval demonology the nocturnal -| assembly in which demons and sorcerers were -| thought to celebrate their orgies. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |demonstrated | Definition: | proposition n. a statement in terms of a truth | to be demonstrated or of an operation to be @@ -16198,20 +14611,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |demonstration | Definition: -| scholium n. a remark or observation subjoined -| to a demonstration or a train of reasoning. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|den | Definition: -| lodge n. a den or cave. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|denial | Definition: -| vindication n. 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. +| syllogism n. the regular logical form of every +| argument consisting of three propositions of +| which the first two are called the premises +| and the last the conclusion. the conclusion +| necessarily follows from the premises; so that +| if these are true the conclusion must be true +| and the argument amounts to demonstration | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -16225,40 +14631,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|denominations | Definition: -| seven-thirties n. pl. a name given to three several -| issues of united states treasury notes made -| during the civil war in denominations of $50 -| and over bearing interest at the rate of seven -| and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent -| annually. within a few years they were all -| redeemed or funded. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|denote | Definition: -| with prep. to denote simultaneous happening or -| immediate succession or consequence. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|denotes | Definition: -| with prep. with denotes or expresses some situation -| or relation of nearness proximity association -| connection or the like. -| +|denmark | Definition: +| skilling n. a money od account in sweden norwey +| denmark and north germany and also a coin. +| it had various values from three fourths of +| a cent in norway to more than two cents in +| lubeck. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|denoting | Definition: -| willow n. a machine in which cotton or wool is -| opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes -| projecting from a drum which revolves within -| a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably -| so called from having been originally a cylindrical -| cage made of willow rods though some derive -| the term from winnow as denoting the winnowing -| or cleansing action of the machine. called -| also willy twilly twilly devil and devil. -| +|denoted | Definition: +| tetra- a combining form (also used adjectively) +| denoting four proportional or combining parts +| of the substance or ingredient denoted by the +| term to which it is prefixed as in tetra-chloride +| tetroxide. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |denounce | Definition: @@ -16272,10 +14658,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|denounces | Definition: -| proscriber n. one who or that which proscribes -| denounces or prohibits. -| +|denouncer | Definition: +| denouncer n. one who denounces or declares as +| a menace. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |denouncing | Definition: @@ -16285,6 +14670,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dense | Definition: +| wool n. a sort of pubescence or a clothing of +| dense curling hairs on the surface of certain +| plants. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dentist | Definition: +| dentist n. one whose business it is to clean extract +| or repair natural teeth and to make and insert +| artificial ones; a dental surgeon. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|denuded | Definition: +| haulm n. the denuded stems or stalks of such crops +| as buckwheat and the cereal grains beans etc.; +| straw. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |denunciations | Definition: | fulminating a. hurling denunciations menaces or | censures. @@ -16300,29 +14704,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|denying | Definition: -| semi-pelagian n. a follower of john cassianus -| a french monk (died about 448) who modified -| the doctrines of pelagius by denying human -| merit and maintaining the necessity of the -| spirit's influence while on the other hand -| he rejected the augustinian doctrines of election -| the inability of man to do good and the certain -| perseverance of the saints. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deo | Definition: -| gloria n. a portion of the mass (gloria in excelsis -| deo glory be to god on high) and also of the -| communion service in some churches. in the -| episcopal church the version in english is -| used. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |depart | Definition: -| twin v. i. to depart from a place or thing. -| +| vamose v. i. & t. to depart quickly; to depart +| from. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |departed | Definition: @@ -16343,14 +14727,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or consure. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|departs | Definition: -| straggler n. one who straggles or departs from -| the direct or proper course or from the company -| to which he belongs; one who falls behind the -| rest; one who rambles without any settled direction. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |departure | Definition: | wrong a. deviation or departure from truth or | fact; state of falsity; error; as to be in @@ -16365,28 +14741,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | nourishment. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dependencies | Definition: -| shilling n. a silver coin and money of account -| of great britain and its dependencies equal -| to twelve pence or the twentieth part of a -| pound equivalent to about twenty-four cents -| of the united states currency. -| +|depended | Definition: +| wankle a. not to be depended on; weak; unstable. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|depending | Definition: -| yeast n. a form of fungus which grows as indvidual -| rounded cells rather than in a mycelium and -| reproduces by budding; esp. members of the -| orders endomycetales and moniliales. some fungi -| may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium depending -| on the conditions of growth. -| +|dependence | Definition: +| trust n. assured anticipation; dependence upon +| something future or contingent as if present +| or actual; hope; belief. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deplorable | Definition: -| deplorably adv. in a deplorable manner. -| +|dependent | Definition: +| will adv. as an auxiliary will is used to denote +| futurity dependent on the verb. thus in first +| person >i will > denotes willingness consent +| promise; and when >will > is emphasized it +| denotes determination or fixed purpose; as +| i will go if you wish; i will go at all hazards. +| in the second and third persons the idea of +| distinct volition wish or purpose is evanescent +| and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; +| as >you will go > or >he will go > describes +| a future event as a fact only. to emphasize +| will denotes (according to the tone or context) +| certain futurity or fixed determination. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|depends | Definition: +| vingt et un a game at cards played by two or +| more persons. the fortune of each player depends +| upon obtaining from the dealer such cards that +| the sum of their pips or spots is twenty-one +| or a number near to it. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |depose | Definition: @@ -16399,44 +14789,56 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|deposit | Definition: +| warp v. t. to let the tide or other water in upon +| (lowlying land) for the purpose of fertilization +| by a deposit of warp or slimy substance. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |deposited | Definition: | wash n. substances collected and deposited by | the action of water; as the wash of a sewer | of a river etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|depraved | Definition: -| villain n. a vile wicked person; a man extremely -| depraved and capable or guilty of great crimes; -| a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; -| a scamp. +|depreciation | Definition: +| depreciation n. the state of being depreciated. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deprivation | Definition: -| wean a. to accustom and reconcile as a child or -| other young animal to a want or deprivation -| of mother's milk; to take from the breast or -| udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother -| nourishment. +|depreciatory | Definition: +| sermon n. hence a serious address; a lecture on +| one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; +| a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deprive | Definition: -| wrong v. t. to treat with injustice; to deprive -| of some right or to withhold some act of justice -| from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly -| with; to injure. +|depressed | Definition: +| zamouse n. a west african buffalo (bubalus brachyceros) +| having short horns depressed at the base and +| large ears fringed internally with three rows +| of long hairs. it is destitute of a dewlap. +| called also short-horned buffalo and bush cow. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deprived | Definition: -| unforeskinned a. deprived of the foreskin; circumcised. -| +|depressing | Definition: +| slur n. in knitting machines a contrivance for +| depressing the sinkers successively by passing +| over them. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|depriving | Definition: -| trip v. t. fig.: to overthrow by depriving of -| support; to put an obstacle in the way of; -| to obstruct; to cause to fail. -| +|depression | Definition: +| whirlpool n. an eddy or vortex of water; a place +| in a body of water where the water moves round +| in a circle so as to produce a depression or +| cavity in the center into which floating objects +| may be drawn; any body of water having a more +| or less circular motion caused by its flowing +| in an irregular channel by the coming together +| of opposing currents or the like. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |depth | Definition: @@ -16447,54 +14849,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | caving in. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|depths | Definition: -| explore v. t. to search through or into; to penetrate -| or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; -| as to explore new countries or seas; to explore -| the depths of science. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deputed | Definition: -| vicegerent n. an officer who is deputed by a superior -| or by proper authority to exercise the powers -| of another; a lieutenant; a vicar. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|deputies | Definition: -| representative a. conducted by persons chosen -| to represent or act as deputies for the people; -| as a representative government. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |deputy | Definition: | underhangman n. an assistant or deputy hangman. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deride | Definition: -| mock v. t. to imitate; to mimic; esp. to mimic -| in sport contempt or derision; to deride by -| mimicry. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|derided | Definition: -| derided imp. & p. p. of deride -| +|derision | Definition: +| stargaser n. one who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; +| sometimes in derision or contempt an astronomer. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deriding | Definition: -| mockery n. the act of mocking deriding and exposing -| to contempt by mimicry by insincere imitation -| or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit -| appearance. +|derisively | Definition: +| potboiler n. a term applied derisively to any +| literary or artistic work and esp. a painting +| done simply for money and the means of living. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|derision | Definition: -| scorn v. i. to scoff; to mock; to show contumely -| derision or reproach; to act disdainfully. -| +|derive | Definition: +| willow n. a machine in which cotton or wool is +| opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes +| projecting from a drum which revolves within +| a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably +| so called from having been originally a cylindrical +| cage made of willow rods though some derive +| the term from winnow as denoting the winnowing +| or cleansing action of the machine. called +| also willy twilly twilly devil and devil. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |derived | Definition: @@ -16502,34 +14885,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | yttrium. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|derogated | Definition: -| derogated imp. & p. p. of derogate -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|descend | Definition: -| wince n. a reel used in dyeing steeping or washing -| cloth; a winch. it is placed over the division -| wall between two wince pits so as to allow -| the cloth to descend into either compartment. -| at will. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|descendant | Definition: -| shemite n. a descendant of shem. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|descendants | Definition: -| traditional a. of or pertaining to tradition; -| derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors -| to descendants by word only; transmitted from -| age to age without writing; as traditional -| opinions; traditional customs; traditional -| expositions of the scriptures. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |descended | Definition: | yankee n. a nickname for a native or citizen of | new england especially one descended from old @@ -16540,21 +14895,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|descending | Definition: -| white-face n. a white mark in the forehead of -| a horse descending almost to the nose; -- called -| also white-blaze. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|descent | Definition: -| whitsunday n. the seventh sunday and the fiftieth -| day after easter; a festival of the church -| in commemoration of the descent of the holy -| spirit on the day of pentecost; pentecost; -| -- so called it is said because in the primitive -| church those who had been newly baptized appeared -| at church between easter and pentecost in white -| garments. +|describe | Definition: +| versify v. t. to relate or describe in verse; +| to compose in verse. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |described | Definition: @@ -16562,31 +14905,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a danish anatomist. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|describes | Definition: -| zoographer n. one who describes animals their -| forms and habits. +|descried | Definition: +| descried imp. & p. p. of descry +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|describing | Definition: -| vair n. the skin of the squirrel much used in -| the fourteenth century as fur for garments -| and frequently mentioned by writers of that -| period in describing the costly dresses of -| kings nobles and prelates. it is represented -| in heraldry by a series of small shields placed -| close together and alternately white and blue. -| +|descry | Definition: +| descry n. discovery or view as of an army seen +| at a distance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|descriptions | Definition: -| reduce n. to bring into a certain order arrangement -| classification etc.; to bring under rules or -| within certain limits of descriptions and terms -| adapted to use in computation; as to reduce -| animals or vegetables to a class or classes; -| to reduce a series of observations in astronomy; -| to reduce language to rules. -| +|descrying | Definition: +| descrying p. pr. & vb. n. of descry +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |desert | Definition: @@ -16597,11 +14928,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deserts | Definition: -| zilla n. a low thorny suffrutescent crucifeous -| plant (zilla myagroides) found in the deserts -| of egypt. its leaves are boiled in water and -| eaten by the arabs. +|deserted | Definition: +| waste v. that which is wasted or desolate; a devastated +| uncultivated or wild country; a deserted region; +| an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary +| void; a desert; a wilderness. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|deserting | Definition: +| desertion n. the act of deserting or forsaking; +| abandonment of a service a cause a party a +| friend or any post of duty; the quitting of +| one's duties willfully and without right; esp. +| an absconding from military or naval service. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |deserve | Definition: @@ -16619,18 +14960,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or evil); justly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deserves | Definition: -| satire a. 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 juvenal. -| +|deserving | Definition: +| worth a. deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense +| but chiefly in a good sense. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|designation | Definition: +| vocation n. a call; a summons; a citation; especially +| a designation or appointment to a particular +| state business or profession. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |designing | Definition: -| designing a. intriguing; artful; scheming; as -| a designing man. +| designing n. the act of making designs or sketches; +| the act of forming designs or plans. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |designs | Definition: @@ -16664,13 +15010,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|desires | Definition: -| wish v. t. to frame or express desires concerning; -| to invoke in favor of or against any one; to -| attribute or cal down in desire; to invoke; -| to imprecate. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |desiring | Definition: | would-be a. desiring or professing to be; vainly | pretending to be; as a would-be poet. @@ -16682,6 +15021,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or desirous of change. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|desisted | Definition: +| desisted imp. & p. p. of desist +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|desk | Definition: +| swab n. to clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when +| very wet as after washing; as to swab the desk +| of a ship. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |desolate | Definition: | widow v. t. to deprive of one who is loved; to | strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; @@ -16707,23 +15057,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | indolence or to sleep. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|despaired | Definition: -| hopeless a. unhoped for; despaired of. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |despairing | Definition: | desperation n. the act of despairing or becoming | desperate; a giving up of hope. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|despatch | Definition: +| despatch n. & v. same as dispatch. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |desperate | Definition: | ruffian n. a boisterous cruel brutal fellow; a | desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel | deeds; a cutthroat. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|desperately | Definition: +| desperately adv. in a desperate manner; without +| regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; +| as the troops fought desperately. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|desperation | Definition: +| desperation n. a state of despair or utter hopeless; +| abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; +| reckless fury. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |despicable | Definition: | wretch v. t. one sunk in vice or degradation; | a base despicable person; a vile knave; as @@ -16731,8 +15094,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |despise | Definition: -| despising p. pr. & vb. n. of despise -| +| despise v. t. to look down upon with disfavor +| or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; +| to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike +| of. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |despised | Definition: @@ -16746,20 +15111,71 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | heedless. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|despoiling | Definition: -| direption n. the act of plundering despoiling -| or snatching away. +|despondency | Definition: +| paralyze v. t. fig.: to unnerve; to destroy or +| impair the energy of; to render ineffective; +| as the occurrence paralyzed the community; +| despondency paralyzed his efforts. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|destitute | Definition: -| zamouse n. a west african buffalo (bubalus brachyceros) -| having short horns depressed at the base and -| large ears fringed internally with three rows -| of long hairs. it is destitute of a dewlap. -| called also short-horned buffalo and bush cow. +|despondent | Definition: +| despondent a. marked by despondence; given to +| despondence; low-spirited; as a despondent +| manner; a despondent prisoner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|desponding | Definition: +| despondingly adv. in a desponding manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|despotic | Definition: +| tyranny n. the government or authority of a tyrant; +| a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence +| arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise +| of power over subjects and others with a rigor +| not authorized by law or justice or not requisite +| for the purposes of government. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dessert | Definition: +| tablespoon n. a spoon of the largest size commonly +| used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon +| dessert spoon etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|destination | Definition: +| stub n. a part of a leaf in a check book after +| a check is torn out on which the number amount +| and destination of the check are usually recorded. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|destined | Definition: +| vocation n. destined or appropriate employment; +| calling; occupation; trade; business; profession. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|destiny | Definition: +| religion n. the outward act or form by which men +| indicate their recognition of the existence +| of a god or of gods having power over their +| destiny to whom obedience service and honor +| are due; the feeling or expression of human +| love fear or awe of some superhuman and overruling +| power whether by profession of belief by observance +| of rites and ceremonies or by the conduct of +| life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation +| of piety; as ethical religions; monotheistic +| religions; natural religion; revealed religion; +| the religion of the jews; the religion of idol +| worshipers. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |destroy | Definition: | wreck v. t. to bring wreck or ruin upon by any | kind of violence; to destroy as a railroad @@ -16781,17 +15197,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of the creation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|destroying | Definition: -| xylophagous a. eating boring in or destroying -| wood; -- said especially of certain insect -| larvae crustaceans and mollusks. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |destruction | Definition: -| wreck v. t. destruction or injury of anything -| especially by violence; ruin; as the wreck -| of a railroad train. +| wreck v. t. the destruction or injury of a vessel +| by being cast on shore or on rocks or by being +| disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; +| shipwreck. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |destructive | Definition: @@ -16801,33 +15211,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|detach | Definition: +| wean a. hence to detach or alienate the affections +| of from any object of desire; to reconcile +| to the want or loss of anything. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |detached | Definition: | turning n. the pieces or chips detached in the | process of turning from the material turned. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|detachments | Definition: -| skirmish v. i. a slight fight in war; a light -| or desultory combat between detachments from -| armies or between detached and small bodies -| of troops. +|detail | Definition: +| topography n. 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. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|detain | Definition: -| hypothesis n. a supposition; a proposition or -| principle which is supposed or taken for granted -| in order to draw a conclusion or inference -| for proof of the point in question; something -| not proved but assumed for the purpose of argument -| or to account for a fact or an occurrence; -| as the hypothesis that head winds detain an -| overdue steamer. +|detaining | Definition: +| detention n. the act of detaining or keeping back; +| a withholding. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|detained | Definition: -| detinue n. a person or thing detained -| +|detect | Definition: +| trip v. t. to detect in a misstep; to catch; to +| convict. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |detected | Definition: @@ -16836,18 +15248,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | their secrecy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|detects | Definition: -| detecter n. one who or that which detects or brings -| to light; one who finds out what another attempts -| to conceal; a detector. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|determinate | Definition: -| unit n. any determinate amount or quantity (as -| of length time heat value) adopted as a standard -| of measurement for other amounts or quantities -| of the same kind. +|deteriorated | Definition: +| deteriorated imp. & p. p. of deteriorate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |determination | Definition: @@ -16880,19 +15283,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |determining | Definition: -| try v. t. to prove by experiment; to apply a test -| to for the purpose of determining the quality; -| to examine; to prove; to test; as to try weights -| or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions. -| +| vinometer n. an instrument for determining the +| strength or purity of wine by measuring its +| density. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|detest | Definition: -| execrate v. t. to denounce evil against or to -| imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against -| as unholy or detestable; hence to detest utterly; -| to abhor; to abominate. -| +|deterred | Definition: +| stick v. i. to be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; +| to be deterred as by scruples; to scruple; +| -- often with at. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |detestable | Definition: @@ -16915,54 +15314,57 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | thing. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|detract | Definition: -| extenuate v. t. to lower or degrade; to detract -| from. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|detracted | Definition: -| detracted imp. & p. p. of detract -| +|detrimental | Definition: +| microbicide n. any agent detrimental to or destructive +| of the life of microbes or bacterial organisms. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|detracting | Definition: -| detractingly adv. in a detracting manner. -| +|deuce | Definition: +| set n. a series of as many games as may be necessary +| to enable one side to win six. if at the end +| of the tenth game the score is a tie the set +| is usually called a deuce set and decided by +| an application of the rules for playing off +| deuce in a game. see deuce. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|detraction | Definition: -| detraction n. the act of taking away from the -| reputation or good name of another; a lessening -| or cheapening in the estimation of others; -| the act of depreciating another from envy or -| malice; calumny. +|devastating | Definition: +| locusting p. a. swarming and devastating like +| locusts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|detractor | Definition: -| detractive a. tending to detractor draw. -| +|develop | Definition: +| xylem n. that portion of a fibrovascular bundle +| which has developed or will develop into wood +| cells; -- distinguished from phloem. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deus | Definition: -| tetragrammaton n. the mystic number four which -| was often symbolized to represent the deity -| whose name was expressed by four letters among -| some ancient nations; as the hebrew jehovah -| greek qeo`s latin deus etc. -| +|developed | Definition: +| zygobranchia n. pl. a division of marine gastropods +| in which the gills are developed on both sides +| of the body and the renal organs are also paired. +| the abalone (haliotis) and the keyhole limpet +| (fissurella) are examples. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|deuteronomy | Definition: -| deuteronomy n. the fifth book of the pentateuch -| containing the second giving of the law by -| moses. +|developing | Definition: +| voltaic a. of or pertaining to alessandro volta +| who first devised apparatus for developing +| electric currents by chemical action and established +| this branch of electric science; discovered +| by volta; as voltaic electricity. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|devastation | Definition: -| ravage n. to lay waste by force; to desolate by -| violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; -| to spoil; to plunder; to consume. -| +|deviate | Definition: +| yaw v. i. & t. to steer wild or out of the line +| of her course; to deviate from her course as +| when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |device | Definition: @@ -16990,13 +15392,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |devilish | Definition: -| devilish a. extreme; excessive. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|devils | Definition: -| demoniac n. one of a sect of anabaptists who maintain -| that the demons or devils will finally be saved. +| devilish a. resembling characteristic of or pertaining +| to the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -17017,22 +15414,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|devising | Definition: -| politic a. sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious -| in devising and advancing a system of management; -| devoted to a scheme or system rather than to -| a principle; hence in a good sense wise; prudent; -| sagacious; and in a bad sense artful; unscrupulous; -| cunning; -- said of persons. -| +|devolved | Definition: +| devolve v. i. to pass by transmission or succession; +| to be handed over or down; -- generally with +| on or upon sometimes with to or into; as after +| the general fell the command devolved upon +| (or on) the next officer in rank. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |devote | Definition: -| sacrifice n. hence to destroy surrender or suffer -| to be lost for the sake of obtaining something; -| to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative -| object or duty; to devote with loss or suffering. -| +| study v. t. to make an object of study; to aim +| at sedulously; to devote one's thoughts to; +| as to study the welfare of others; to study +| variety in composition. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |devoted | Definition: @@ -17044,54 +15440,57 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|devoting | Definition: +| tonsure n. the first ceremony used for devoting +| a person to the service of god and the church; +| the first degree of the clericate given by +| a bishop abbot or cardinal priest consisting +| in cutting off the hair from a circular space +| at the back of the head with prayers and benedictions; +| hence entrance or admission into minor orders. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |devotion | Definition: | zealotry n. the character and behavior of a zealot; | excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|devour | Definition: -| voracious a. greedy in eating; very hungry; eager -| to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; -| edacious; rapacious; as a voracious man or -| appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|devoured | Definition: -| devoured imp. & p. p. of devour -| +|devouring | Definition: +| vermivorous a. devouring worms; feeding on worms; +| as vermivorous birds. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|devourer | Definition: -| lickpenny n. a devourer or absorber of money. +|devoutly | Definition: +| devoutly adv. sincerely; solemnly; earnestly. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|devouring | Definition: -| vermivorous a. devouring worms; feeding on worms; -| as vermivorous birds. +|dexterity | Definition: +| skilled a. having familiar knowledge united with +| readiness and dexterity in its application; +| familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; +| -- often followed by in; as a person skilled +| in drawing or geometry. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|devours | Definition: -| scavenger v. a person whose employment is to clean -| the streets of a city by scraping or sweeping -| and carrying off the filth. the name is also -| applied to any animal which devours refuse -| carrion or anything injurious to health. -| +|dexterous | Definition: +| trick a. a sly dexterous or ingenious procedure +| fitted to puzzle or amuse; as a bear's tricks; +| a juggler's tricks. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|devout | Definition: -| scapulary n. a loose sleeveless vestment falling -| in front and behind worn by certain religious -| orders and devout persons. -| +|dexterously | Definition: +| dextrousness n. same as dexterous dexterously +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dew | Definition: -| rosmarine n. dew from the sea; sea dew. -| +|diabolical | Definition: +| satanism n. the evil and malicious disposition +| of satan; a diabolical spirit. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |diadem | Definition: @@ -17099,14 +15498,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dial | Definition: -| substyle n. a right line on which the style or -| gnomon of a dial is erected; being the common -| section of the face of the dial and a plane -| perpendicular to it passing through the style. +|dialogue | Definition: +| vaudeville n. a theatrical piece usually a comedy +| the dialogue of which is intermingled with +| light or satirical songs set to familiar airs. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dialogues | Definition: +| dialogue n. a written composition in which two +| or more persons are represented as conversing +| or reasoning on some topic; as the dialogues +| of plato. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |diamond | Definition: | water rattler the diamond rattlesnake (crotalus | adamanteus); -- so called from its preference @@ -17114,40 +15519,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diana | Definition: -| niobe n. the daughter of tantalus and wife of -| amphion king of thebes. her pride in her children -| provoked apollo and diana who slew them all. -| niobe herself was changed by the gods into -| stone. +|dickens | Definition: +| dickens n. / interj. the devil. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dictate | Definition: -| sing v. i. to utter sounds with musical inflections -| or melodious modulations of voice as fancy -| may dictate or according to the notes of a -| song or tune or of a given part (as alto tenor -| etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece. -| +|dictates | Definition: +| reasonable n. governed by reason; being under +| the influence of reason; thinking speaking +| or acting rationally or according to the dictates +| of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; +| as the measure must satisfy all reasonable +| men. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diction | Definition: -| patavinity n. the use of local or provincial words -| as in the peculiar style or diction of livy -| the roman historian; -- so called from patavium -| now padua the place of livy's nativity. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|didrachma | Definition: -| didrachma n. a two-drachma piece; an ancient greek -| silver coin worth nearly forty cents. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|didst | Definition: -| didst the 2d pers. sing. imp. of do. -| +|dictatorial | Definition: +| dictatorial a. characteristic of a dictator; imperious; +| dogmatical; overbearing; as a dictatorial tone +| or manner. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |die | Definition: @@ -17162,14 +15551,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dies | Definition: -| triverbial a. pertaining to or designating certain -| days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes -| when be might speak the three characteristic -| words of his office do dico addico. they were -| called dies fasti. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |diet | Definition: | xerophagy n. among the primitive christians the | living on a diet of dry food in lent and on @@ -17189,6 +15570,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|differently | Definition: +| waistcoating n. a fabric designed for waistcoats; +| esp. one in which there is a pattern differently +| colored yarns being used. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |difficult | Definition: | wheeze n. a piping or whistling sound caused by | difficult respiration. @@ -17214,26 +15602,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | see -ance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dig | Definition: -| underditch v. t. to dig an underground ditches -| in so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; -| as to underditch a field or a farm. -| +|diffident | Definition: +| sheep's-eye n. a modest diffident look; a loving +| glance; -- commonly in the plural. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|digest | Definition: -| redigest v. t. to digest or reduce to form a second -| time. +|digestion | Definition: +| vegetal a. of pertaining to or designating that +| class of vital phenomena such as digestion +| absorption assimilation secretion excretion +| circulation generation etc. which are common +| to plants and animals in distinction from sensation +| and volition which are peculiar to animals. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|digested | Definition: -| lientery n. a diarrhea in which the food is discharged -| imperfectly digested or with but little change. -| +|digger | Definition: +| miner n. one who mines; a digger for metals etc.; +| one engaged in the business of getting ore +| coal or precious stones out of the earth; one +| who digs military mines; as armies have sappers +| and miners. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|digged | Definition: -| digged of dig +|dignified | Definition: +| throne n. hence sovereign power and dignity; also +| the one who occupies a throne or is invested +| with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified +| personage. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dignitary | Definition: +| verger n. an attendant upon a dignitary as on +| a bishop a dean a justice etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dignities | Definition: @@ -17251,24 +15654,46 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a bad one. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diligence | Definition: -| use v. t. to practice customarily; to make a practice -| of; as to use diligence in business. -| +|dike | Definition: +| sea breach a breaking or overflow of a bank or +| a dike by the sea. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diligent | Definition: -| watcher n. one who watches; one who sits up or -| continues; a diligent observer; specifically -| one who attends upon the sick during the night. -| +|dikes | Definition: +| matweed n. a name of several maritime grasses +| as the sea sand-reed (ammophila arundinacea) +| which is used in holland to bind the sand of +| the seacoast dikes (see beach grass under beach); +| also the lygeum spartum a mediterranean grass +| of similar habit. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diligently | Definition: -| ply v. i. to act go or work diligently and steadily; -| especially to do something by repeated actions; -| to go back and forth; as a steamer plies between -| certain ports. +|dilapidated | Definition: +| ruin n. that which is fallen down and become worthless +| from injury or decay; as his mind is a ruin; +| especially in the plural the remains of a destroyed +| dilapidated or desolate house fortress city +| or the like. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dilated | Definition: +| tunicata n. pl. a grand division of the animal +| kingdom intermediate in some respects between +| the invertebrates and vertebrates and by some +| writers united with the latter. they were formerly +| classed with acephalous mollusks. the body +| is usually covered with a firm external tunic +| consisting in part of cellulose and having +| two openings one for the entrance and one for +| the exit of water. the pharynx is usually dilated +| in the form of a sac pierced by several series +| of ciliated slits and serves as a gill. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|diluting | Definition: +| dilution n. the act of diluting or the state of +| being diluted. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dim | Definition: @@ -17276,44 +15701,53 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | winks. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dimensions | Definition: -| trine a. threefold; triple; as trine dimensions -| or length breadth and thickness. -| +|diminishing | Definition: +| wantrust n. failing or diminishing trust; want +| of trust or confidence; distrust. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diminish | Definition: -| wear v. t. to impair waste or diminish by continual -| attrition scraping percussion on the like; -| to consume gradually; to cause to lower or -| disappear; to spend. +|dimly | Definition: +| dimly adv. in a dim or obscure manner; not brightly +| or clearly; with imperfect sight. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diminished | Definition: -| wear v. i. to be wasted consumed or diminished -| by being used; to suffer injury loss or extinction -| by use or time; to decay or be spent gradually. -| +|dimmed | Definition: +| subtonic a. applied to or distinguishing a speech +| element consisting of tone or proper vocal +| sound not pure as in the vowels but dimmed +| and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction +| in the oral or the nasal passage and in some +| cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a +| term introduced by dr. james rush in 1833. +| see guide to pronunciation //155 199-202. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diminishing | Definition: -| wantrust n. failing or diminishing trust; want -| of trust or confidence; distrust. -| +|dimpled | Definition: +| ripple v. i. to become fretted or dimpled on the +| surface as water when agitated or running over +| a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves +| or undulations as a field of grain. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diminution | Definition: -| wear n. the act of wearing or the state of being -| worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; -| as the wear of a garment. -| +|dimples | Definition: +| dimply a. full of dimples or small depressions; +| dimpled; as the dimply pool. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|din | Definition: +| din imp. of do |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dine | Definition: -| feast n. to eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on -| rich provisions particularly in large companies -| and on public festivals. -| +| hall n. the apartment in which english university +| students dine in common; hence the dinner itself; +| as hall is at six o'clock. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dined | Definition: @@ -17321,6 +15755,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|diner | Definition: +| diner n. one who dines. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dines | Definition: +| fellow-commoner n. a student at cambridge university +| england who commons or dines at the fellow's +| table. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dining | Definition: | withdrawing-room n. a room for retirement from | another room as from a dining room; a drawing-room. @@ -17337,10 +15781,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | dinner and supper. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dionysius | Definition: -| dionysian a. relating to dionysius a monk of the -| 6th century; as the dionysian or christian -| era. +|dint | Definition: +| hythe n. a small haven. see hithe. i () i the +| ninth letter of the english alphabet takes +| its form from the phoenician through the latin +| and the greek. the phoenician letter was probably +| of egyptian origin. its original value was +| nearly the same as that of the italian i or +| long e as in mete. etymologically i is most +| closely related to e y j g; as in dint dent +| beverage l. bibere; e. kin as. cynn; e. thin +| as. /ynne; e. dominion donjon dungeon. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dip | Definition: @@ -17364,13 +15816,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dipsas | Definition: -| dipsas n. a genus of harmless colubrine snakes. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dipt | Definition: -| dipt of dip +|dire | Definition: +| yama n. the king of the infernal regions corresponding +| to the greek pluto and also the judge of departed +| souls. in later times he is more exclusively +| considered the dire judge of all and the tormentor +| of the wicked. he is represented as of a green +| color with red garments having a crown on his +| head his eyes inflamed and sitting on a buffalo +| with a club and noose in his hands. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |directed | Definition: @@ -17421,23 +15876,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | also to arma. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|directs | Definition: -| under prep. denoting relation to some thing or -| person that is superior weighs upon oppresses -| bows down governs directs influences powerfully -| or the like in a relation of subjection subordination -| obligation liability or the like; as to travel -| under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; -| to have fortitude under the evils of life; -| to have patience under pain or under misfortunes; -| to behave like a christian under reproaches -| and injuries; under the pains and penalties -| of the law; the condition under which one enters -| upon an office; under the necessity of obeying -| the laws; under vows of chastity. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |dirt | Definition: | wash v. t. to remove by washing to take away by | or as by the action of water; to drag or draw @@ -17447,8 +15885,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dirty | Definition: -| scab n. a mean dirty paltry fellow. -| +| sump n. a puddle or dirty pool. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disable | Definition: +| wreck v. t. to destroy disable or seriously damage +| as a vessel by driving it against the shore +| or on rocks by causing it to become unseaworthy +| to founder or the like; to shipwreck. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |disabled | Definition: @@ -17458,14 +15904,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | shipwreck. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disagree | Definition: -| intolerant a. not tolerating difference of opinion -| or sentiment especially in religious matters; -| refusing to allow others the enjoyment of their -| opinions rights or worship; unjustly impatient -| of the opinion of those disagree with us; not -| tolerant; unforbearing; bigoted. -| +|disadvantage | Definition: +| lose v. i. to suffer loss disadvantage or defeat; +| to be worse off esp. as the result of any kind +| of contest. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disaffection | Definition: +| disaffection n. state of being disaffected; alienation +| or want of affection or good will esp. toward +| those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |disagreeable | Definition: @@ -17474,73 +15923,99 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disallow | Definition: -| disallowing p. pr. & vb. n. of disallow -| +|disagreeably | Definition: +| unseason v. t. to strike unseasonably; to affect +| disagreeably or unfavorably. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disallowed | Definition: -| disallow v. t. to refuse to allow; to deny the -| force or validity of; to disown and reject; -| as the judge disallowed the executor's charge. +|disagreed | Definition: +| schwenkfeldian n. a member of a religious sect +| founded by kaspar von schwenkfeld a silesian +| reformer who disagreed with luther especially +| on the deification of the body of christ. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disappear | Definition: +| slope v. i. to depart; to disappear suddenly. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disannul | Definition: -| disannul v. t. to annul completely; to render -| void or of no effect. +|disappeared | Definition: +| instrumental a. applied to a case expressing means +| or agency; as the instrumental case. this is +| found in sanskrit as a separate case but in +| greek it was merged into the dative and in +| latin into the ablative. in old english it +| was a separate case but has disappeared leaving +| only a few anomalous forms. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disappear | Definition: -| slope v. i. to depart; to disappear suddenly. +|disappearing | Definition: +| glance v. i. to move quickly appearing and disappearing +| rapidly; to be visible only for an instant +| at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disappoint | Definition: -| scatter v. t. hence to frustrate disappoint and -| overthrow; as to scatter hopes plans or the -| like. +|disappointed | Definition: +| dissatisfaction n. the state of being dissatisfied +| unsatisfied or discontented; uneasiness proceeding +| from the want of gratification or from disappointed +| wishes and expectations. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disappointing | Definition: -| disappointment n. the act of disappointing or -| the state of being disappointed; defeat or -| failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage -| of design or plan; frustration. -| +|disappointment | Definition: +| jeremiade n. a tale of sorrow disappointment or +| complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; +| -- generally used satirically. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disbelieved | Definition: -| disbelieved imp. & p. p. of disbelieve -| +|disappointments | Definition: +| try v. t. to strain; to subject to excessive tests; +| as the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments +| try one's patience. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|discern | Definition: -| sharp superl. of keen perception; quick to discern -| or distinguish; having nice discrimination; -| acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as a -| sharp eye; sharp sight hearing or judgment. -| +|disarrangement | Definition: +| mischief n. harm; damage; esp. disarrangement +| of order; trouble or vexation caused by human +| agency or by some living being intentionally +| or not; often calamity mishap; trivial evil +| caused by thoughtlessness or in sport. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|discerned | Definition: -| intuition n. any object or truth discerned by -| direct cognition; especially a first or primary -| truth. +|disaster | Definition: +| wreck v. t. to involve in a wreck; hence to cause +| to suffer ruin; to balk of success and bring +| disaster on. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|discerner | Definition: -| discerner n. one who or that which discerns distinguishes -| perceives or judges; as a discerner of truth -| of right and wrong. +|disastrous | Definition: +| second-sight n. the power of discerning what is +| not visible to the physical eye or of foreseeing +| future events esp. such as are of a disastrous +| kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|discerning | Definition: -| wise v. hence especially making due use of knowledge; -| discerning and judging soundly concerning what -| is true or false proper or improper; choosing -| the best ends and the best means for accomplishing -| them; sagacious. +|discern | Definition: +| tell v. t. to discern so as to report; to ascertain +| by observing; to find out; to discover; as +| i can not tell where one color ends and the +| other begins. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|discernible | Definition: +| imperceptible a. not perceptible; not to be apprehended +| or cognized by the souses; not discernible +| by the mind; not easily apprehended. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |discharge | Definition: @@ -17560,44 +16035,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|discharging | Definition: -| weeping a. discharging water or other liquid in -| drops or very slowly; surcharged with water. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|disciple | Definition: -| sectary n. a sectarian; a member or adherent of -| a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular -| teacher in philosophy or religion; one who -| separates from an established church; a dissenter. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|disciples | Definition: -| sect n. those following a particular leader or -| authority or attached to a certain opinion; -| a company or set having a common belief or -| allegiance distinct from others; in religion -| the believers in a particular creed or upholders -| of a particular practice; especially in modern -| times a party dissenting from an established -| church; a denomination; in philosophy the disciples -| of a particular master; a school; in society -| and the state an order rank class or party. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|discipline | Definition: -| whipperin n. hence one who enforces the discipline -| of a party and urges the attendance and support -| of the members on all necessary occasions. -| +|discharges | Definition: +| suppress v. t. to stop; to restrain; to arrest +| the discharges of; as to suppress a diarrhea +| or a hemorrhage. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |disclose | Definition: -| unbreast v. t. to disclose or lay open; to unbosom. -| +| unveil v. t. to remove a veil from; to divest +| of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; +| to reveal; as she unveiled her face. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |disclosed | Definition: @@ -17605,10 +16053,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or developed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disclosing | Definition: -| revelation n. the act of revealing disclosing -| or discovering to others what was before unknown -| to them. +|discloses | Definition: +| scotoscope n. an instrument that discloses objects +| in the dark or in a faint light. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disclosure | Definition: +| secrecy n. the quality of being secretive; fidelity +| to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or discovery. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |discomfited | Definition: @@ -17616,26 +16070,48 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disconsolate | Definition: -| disconsolate v. t. inspiring dejection; saddening; -| cheerless; as the disconsolate darkness of -| the winter nights. +|discomfiture | Definition: +| discomfiture v. t. the act of discomfiting or +| the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; +| defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|discord | Definition: -| suspension n. the prolongation of one or more -| tones of a chord into the chord which follows -| thus producing a momentary discord suspending -| the concord which the ear expects. cf. retardation. +|discomposed | Definition: +| discomposed a. disordered; disturbed; disquieted. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|discords | Definition: -| figurate a. florid; figurative; involving passing -| discords by the freer melodic movement of one -| or more parts or voices in the harmony; as -| figurate counterpoint or descant. -| +|discomposure | Definition: +| embarrassment n. a state of being embarrassed; +| perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; +| entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure +| of mind as from not knowing what to do or to +| say; disconcertedness. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disconcerted | Definition: +| disconcert v. t. to break up the harmonious progress +| of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as +| the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|discontent | Definition: +| sedition n. the raising of commotion in a state +| not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending +| to treason but without an overt act; excitement +| of discontent against the government or of +| resistance to lawful authority. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|discontented | Definition: +| supply n. the food and the like which meets the +| daily necessities of an army or other large +| body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the +| plural; as the army was discontented for lack +| of supplies. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |discourage | Definition: @@ -17645,11 +16121,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|discouraged | Definition: -| fainthearted a. wanting in courage; depressed -| by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; -| cowardly; timorous; dejected. -| +|discouragement | Definition: +| drawback n. a loss of advantage or deduction from +| profit value success etc.; a discouragement +| or hindrance; objectionable feature. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |discouraging | Definition: @@ -17658,8 +16134,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |discourse | Definition: -| typology n. a discourse or treatise on types. -| +| vermeology n. a discourse or treatise on worms; +| that part of zoology which treats of worms; +| helminthology. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |discoursed | Definition: @@ -17667,12 +16144,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|discourses | Definition: -| treater n. one who treats; one who handles or -| discourses on a subject; also one who entertains. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |discover | Definition: | vigilant a. attentive to discover and avoid danger | or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; @@ -17684,46 +16155,59 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a danish anatomist. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|discredited | Definition: -| discredit n. the act of discrediting or disbelieving -| or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; -| as later accounts have brought the story into -| discredit. +|discoveries | Definition: +| spyboat n. a boat sent to make discoveries and +| bring intelligence. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|discovering | Definition: +| therapeutical a. of or pertaining to the healing +| art; concerned in discovering and applying +| remedies for diseases; curative. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|discovery | Definition: +| warm superl. in children's games being near the +| object sought for; hence being close to the +| discovery of some person thing or fact concealed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |discreet | Definition: -| discreet superl. possessed of discernment especially -| in avoiding error or evil and in the adaptation -| of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; -| not rash or heedless; cautious. -| +| discreet superl. differing; distinct. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|discrepancy | Definition: +| discrepancy n. the state or quality of being discrepant; +| disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; +| contrariety. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |discretion | Definition: -| trombone n. a powerful brass instrument of the -| trumpet kind thought by some to be the ancient -| sackbut consisting of a tube in three parts -| bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. -| the middle part bent double slips into the -| outer parts as in a telescope so that by change -| of the vibrating length any tone within the -| compass of the instrument (which may be bass -| or tenor or alto or even in rare instances -| soprano) is commanded. it is the only member -| of the family of wind instruments whose scale -| both diatonic and chromatic is complete without -| the aid of keys or pistons and which can slide -| from note to note as smoothly as the human -| voice or a violin. softly blown it has a rich -| and mellow sound which becomes harsh and blatant -| when the tones are forced; used with discretion -| its effect is often solemn and majestic. -| +| vest n. to place or give into the possession or +| discretion of some person or authority; to +| commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; +| as the power of life and death is vested in +| the king or in the courts. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|discus | Definition: -| quoit n. the discus of the ancients. see discus. -| +|discrimination | Definition: +| plutus n. the son of jason and ceres and the god +| of wealth. he was represented as bearing a +| cornucopia and as blind because his gifts were +| bestowed without discrimination of merit. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|discursive | Definition: +| understanding n. specifically the discursive faculty; +| the faculty of knowing by the medium or use +| of general conceptions or relations. in this +| sense it is contrasted with and distinguished +| from the reason. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |discuss | Definition: @@ -17732,6 +16216,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|discussed | Definition: +| treatise n. a written composition on a particular +| subject in which its principles are discussed +| or explained; a tract. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |discussing | Definition: | fomentation n. the act of fomenting; the application | of warm soft medicinal substances as for the @@ -17741,10 +16231,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |disdain | Definition: -| scorn n. extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; -| that disdain which springs from the opinion -| of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an -| object. +| spurn v. i. to manifest disdain in rejecting anything; +| to make contemptuous opposition or resistance. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disdainful | Definition: +| spurn n. disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disdainfully | Definition: +| indignify v. t. to treat disdainfully or with +| indignity; to contemn. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |disease | Definition: @@ -17762,14 +16261,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diseases | Definition: -| water doctor one who professes to be able to -| divine diseases by inspection of the urine. -| +|disembodied | Definition: +| spirit n. specifically a disembodied soul; the +| human soul after it has left the body. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disfigure | Definition: -| visor n. a mask used to disfigure or disguise. +|disengaged | Definition: +| toggle n. a wooden pin tapering toward both ends +| with a groove around its middle fixed transversely +| in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other +| loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or +| frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged +| for temporary purposes. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disengaging | Definition: +| disengaging a. loosing; setting free; detaching. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -17778,10 +16287,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|disgorged | Definition: +| disgorged imp. & p. p. of disgorge +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |disgrace | Definition: -| shend n. to blame reproach or revile; to degrade -| disgrace or put to shame. -| +| stigmatize v. t. to set a mark of disgrace on; +| to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |disgraced | Definition: @@ -17798,10 +16312,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | crime or vice. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disgracefully | Definition: -| flagitious a. disgracefully or shamefully criminal; -| grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said -| of acts crimes etc. +|disgraces | Definition: +| shamer n. one who or that which disgraces or makes +| ashamed. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disguise | Definition: +| unhood v. t. to remove a hood or disguise from. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |disguised | Definition: @@ -17810,61 +16328,86 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | composition. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|disguising | Definition: +| muffle v. t. to wrap up in something that conceals +| or protects; to wrap as the face and neck in +| thick and disguising folds; hence to conceal +| or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; +| -- often with up. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disgust | Definition: +| ugh interj. an exclamation expressive of disgust +| horror or recoil. its utterance is usually +| accompanied by a shudder. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disgusted | Definition: +| sicken v. i. to be filled to disgust; to be disgusted +| or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence +| or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dish | Definition: | water souchy a dish consisting of small fish | stewed and served in a little water. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|disheartening | Definition: +| disheartening p. pr. & vb. n. of dishearten +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dishes | Definition: | wash n. waste liquid the refuse of food the collection | from washed dishes etc. from a kitchen often | used as food for pigs. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dishonest | Definition: -| trick a. an artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; -| a sly procedure usually with a dishonest intent; -| as a trick in trade. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dishonestly | Definition: -| dishonestly adv. in a dishonest manner. +|disinherited | Definition: +| disinherited imp. & p. p. of disinherit | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dishonesty | Definition: -| incapable a. not capable of being brought to do -| or perform because morally strong or well disposed; -| -- used with reference to some evil; as incapable -| of wrong dishonesty or falsehood. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dishonor | Definition: -| strumpet v. t. to dishonor with the reputation -| of being a strumpet; hence to belie; to slander. -| +|disinterested | Definition: +| mysticism n. the doctrine of the mystics who professed +| a pure sublime and wholly disinterested devotion +| and maintained that they had direct intercourse +| with the divine spirit and aquired a knowledge +| of god and of spiritual things unattainable +| by the natural intellect and such as can not +| be analyzed or explained. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disjointed | Definition: -| disjointly adv. in a disjointed state. -| +|disinterestedness | Definition: +| disinterestedness n. the state or quality of being +| disinterested; impartiality. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disloyal | Definition: -| disloyal a. not loyal; not true to a sovereign -| or lawful superior or to the government under -| which one lives; false where allegiance is -| due; faithless; as a subject disloyal to the -| king; a husband disloyal to his wife. -| +|dislike | Definition: +| to prep. in a very general way and with innumerable +| varieties of application to connects transitive +| verbs with their remoter or indirect object +| and adjectives nouns and neuter or passive +| verbs with a following noun which limits their +| action. its sphere verges upon that of for +| but it contains less the idea of design or +| appropriation; as these remarks were addressed +| to a large audience; let us keep this seat +| to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; +| an event painful to the mind; duty to god and +| to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disloyalty | Definition: -| disloyalty n. want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; -| violation of allegiance. -| +|dislocate | Definition: +| splay v. t. to dislocate as a shoulder bone. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dismal | Definition: @@ -17876,17 +16419,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | howling. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dismally | Definition: +| dismally adv. in a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; +| uncomfortably. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dismay | Definition: +| dismay v. t. condition fitted to dismay; ruin. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dismayed | Definition: | dismayed imp. & p. p. of dismay | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dismiss | Definition: -| shelve v. t. to place on a shelf. hence: to lay -| on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from -| service; to put off indefinitely; as to shelve -| an officer; to shelve a claim. -| +| sustain v. t. to allow the prosecution of; to +| admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not +| to dismiss or abate; as the court sustained +| the action or suit. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dismissed | Definition: @@ -17894,27 +16446,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disobedience | Definition: -| wrong a. nonconformity or disobedience to lawful -| authority divine or human; deviation from duty; -| -- the opposite of moral right. -| +|dismissing | Definition: +| dismission n. the act dismissing or sending away; +| permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; +| as the dismission of the grand jury. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disobedient | Definition: -| ungodly a. not godly; not having regard for god; -| disobedient to god; wicked; impious; sinful. -| +|disorder | Definition: +| upset v. t. to disturb the self-possession of; +| to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as +| the fright upset her. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disorder | Definition: -| typhus n. a contagious continued fever lasting -| from two to three weeks attended with great -| prostration and cerebral disorder and marked -| by a copious eruption of red spots upon the -| body. also called jail fever famine fever putrid -| fever spottled fever etc. see jail fever under -| jail. +|disordered | Definition: +| wowf a. disordered or unsettled in intellect; +| deranged. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disordering | Definition: +| disordering p. pr. & vb. n. of disorder +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |disorderly | Definition: @@ -17922,20 +16474,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dispatched | Definition: -| party v. a part of a larger body of company; a -| detachment; especially (mil.) a small body -| of troops dispatched on special service. +|disparagement | Definition: +| ridicule n. remarks concerning a subject or a +| person designed to excite laughter with a degree +| of contempt; wit of that species which provokes +| contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making +| a person an object of laughter; banter; -- +| a term lighter than derision. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|disparity | Definition: +| disparity n. inequality; difference in age rank +| condition or excellence; dissimilitude; -- +| followed by between in of as to etc.; as disparity +| in or of years; a disparity as to color. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dispensation | Definition: -| vocation n. the bestowment of god's distinguishing -| grace upon a person or nation by which that -| person or nation is put in the way of salvation; -| as the vocation of the jews under the old dispensation -| and of the gentiles under the gospel. -| +|dispelled | Definition: +| dispelled imp. & p. p. of dispel +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dispense | Definition: @@ -17944,31 +16503,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | give up; to part with. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dispensing | Definition: -| seneschal n. an officer in the houses of princes -| and dignitaries in the middle ages who had -| the superintendence of feasts and domestic -| ceremonies; a steward. sometimes the seneschal -| had the dispensing of justice and was given -| high military commands. -| +|dispersed | Definition: +| straggle v. t. to be dispersed or separated; to +| occur at intervals. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disperse | Definition: -| whiffle v. t. to disperse with or as with a whiff -| or puff; to scatter. +|dispirited | Definition: +| droop v. i. to grow weak or faint with disappointment +| grief or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; +| to languish; as her spirits drooped. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dispersed | Definition: -| shawnees n. pl. a tribe of north american indians -| who occupied western new york and part of ohio -| but were driven away and widely dispersed by -| the iroquois. +|displace | Definition: +| supplant n. to remove or displace by stratagem; +| to displace and take the place of; to supersede; +| as a rival supplants another in the favor of +| a mistress or a prince. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dispersion | Definition: -| semination n. natural dispersion of seeds. -| +|displaced | Definition: +| start v. i. to become somewhat displaced or loosened; +| as a rivet or a seam may start under strain +| or pressure. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |displayed | Definition: @@ -17980,6 +16538,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or notice. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|displaying | Definition: +| tole v. t. to draw or cause to follow by displaying +| something pleasing or desirable; to allure +| by some bait. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |displease | Definition: | dissatisfy v. t. to render unsatisfied or discontented; | to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes @@ -17988,15 +16552,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | with one's fortune. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|displeased | Definition: -| displeased imp. & p. p. of displease -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|displeasing | Definition: -| distasteful a. offensive; displeasing to the feelings; -| disagreeable; as a distasteful truth. -| +|displeasure | Definition: +| squeal v. i. to cry with a sharp shrill prolonged +| sound as certain animals do indicating want +| displeasure or pain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |disposal | Definition: @@ -18037,6 +16596,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | opposition etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|disputatious | Definition: +| disputatious a. inclined to dispute; apt to civil +| or controvert; characterized by dispute; as +| a disputatious person or temper. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dispute | Definition: | wrangle v. i. to dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly | and noisily; to brawl; to altercate. @@ -18050,17 +16616,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | existence. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disputer | Definition: -| mooter n. a disputer of a mooted case. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|disputes | Definition: -| wrangler n. an angry disputant; one who disputes -| with heat or peevishness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |disputing | Definition: | fencing v. i. disputing or debating in a manner | resembling the art of fencers. @@ -18075,70 +16630,46 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disquieted | Definition: -| turmoil v. i. to be disquieted or confused; to -| be in commotion. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|disquieting | Definition: -| disturbance n. the hindering or disquieting of -| a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment -| of his right; the interruption of a right; -| as the disturbance of a franchise of common -| of ways and the like. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |disregarded | Definition: | negligible a. that may neglicted disregarded or | left out of consideration. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dissemble | Definition: -| dissemble v. t. to put on the semblance of; to -| make pretense of; to simulate; to feign. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dissembled | Definition: -| dissembled imp. & p. p. of dissemble -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dissembler | Definition: -| dissembler n. one who dissembles; one who conceals -| his opinions or dispositions under a false -| appearance; a hypocrite. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dissembling | Definition: -| dissembling a. that dissembles; hypocritical; -| false. +|disregarding | Definition: +| unruly superl. not submissive to rule; disregarding +| restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; +| ungovernable; refractory; as an unruly boy; +| unruly boy; unruly conduct. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dissension | Definition: -| embroil v. t. to throw into confusion or commotion -| by contention or discord; to entangle in a -| broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; -| to involve in difficulties by dissension or -| strife. +|disrespectful | Definition: +| sirrah n. a term of address implying inferiority +| and used in anger contempt reproach or disrespectful +| familiarity addressed to a man or boy but sometimes +| to a woman. in sililoquies often preceded by +| ah. not used in the plural. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dissensions | Definition: -| spirit v. t. to animate with vigor; to excite; -| to encourage; to inspirit; as civil dissensions -| often spirit the ambition of private men; -- -| sometimes followed by up. -| +|dissatisfied | Definition: +| malcontent a. discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; +| especially dissatisfied with the government. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dissimulation | Definition: -| simulation n. the act of simulating or assuming -| an appearance which is feigned or not true; -| -- distinguished from dissimulation which disguises -| or conceals what is true. -| +|dissimilar | Definition: +| polarity n. that quality or condition of a body +| in virtue of which it exhibits opposite or +| contrasted properties or powers in opposite +| or contrasted parts or directions; or a condition +| giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding +| to a contrast of positions as for example attraction +| and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet +| the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the +| different sides of a polarized ray of light +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dissipated | Definition: @@ -18148,15 +16679,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dissolute | Definition: -| rakeshame n. a vile dissolute wretch. -| +|dissociate | Definition: +| thermolyze v. t. to subject to thermolysis; to +| dissociate by heat. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dissolution | Definition: -| histolysis n. the decay and dissolution of the -| organic tissues and of the blood. -| +|dissolve | Definition: +| thaw v. i. to melt dissolve or become fluid; to +| soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as +| the ice thaws. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dissolved | Definition: @@ -18166,22 +16697,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | london militia. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dissolving | Definition: -| unsaturated a. capable of absorbing or dissolving -| to a greater degree; as an unsaturated solution. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dissuaded | Definition: -| dissuaded imp. & p. p. of dissuade -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|distaff | Definition: -| rock n. a distaff used in spinning; the staff -| or frame about which flax is arranged and from -| which the thread is drawn in spinning. -| +|dissuading | Definition: +| dissuading p. pr. & vb. n. of dissuade +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |distance | Definition: @@ -18190,19 +16708,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|distil | Definition: -| quintessence v. t. to distil or extract as a quintessence; -| to reduce to a quintessence. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|distilling | Definition: -| toluene n. a hydrocarbon c6h5.ch3 of the aromatic -| series homologous with benzene and obtained -| as a light mobile colorless liquid by distilling -| tolu balsam coal tar etc.; -- called also methyl -| benzene phenyl methane etc. -| +|distant | Definition: +| voyage n. formerly a passage either by sea or +| land; a journey in general; but not chiefly +| limited to a passing by sea or water from one +| place port or country to another; especially +| a passing or journey by water to a distant +| place or country. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |distinct | Definition: @@ -18213,14 +16725,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|distinction | Definition: -| zoochemistry n. animal chemistry; particularly -| the description of the chemical compounds entering -| into the composition of the animal body in -| distinction from biochemistry. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |distinctly | Definition: | whether conj. in case; if; -- used to introduce | the first or two or more alternative clauses @@ -18233,6 +16737,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | whether of the first. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|distinctness | Definition: +| sounding-board n. a board or structure placed +| behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give +| distinctness to a speaker's voice. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |distinguish | Definition: | zonar n. a belt or girdle which the christians | and jews of the levant were obliged to wear @@ -18240,6 +16751,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|distinguishable | Definition: +| thing n. whatever exists or is conceived to exist +| as a separate entity whether animate or inanimate; +| any separable or distinguishable object of +| thought. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |distinguished | Definition: | zymogene n. one of a physiological group of globular | bacteria which produces fermentations of diverse @@ -18247,22 +16765,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|distinguishes | Definition: -| londonize v. i. to impart to (one) a manner or -| character like that which distinguishes londoners. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |distinguishing | Definition: | womanhood n. the state of being a woman; the distinguishing | character or qualities of a woman or of womankind. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|distintion | Definition: -| calced a. wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion -| from discalced or barefooted; as the calced -| carmelites. +|distorted | Definition: +| wrynecked a. having a distorted neck; having the +| deformity called wryneck. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|distortions | Definition: +| distortion n. the act of distorting or twisting +| out of natural or regular shape; a twisting +| or writhing motion; as the distortions of the +| face or body. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|distracted | Definition: +| distracted a. mentally disordered; unsettled; +| mad. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|distractedly | Definition: +| distractedly adv. disjointedly; madly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |distraction | Definition: @@ -18273,6 +16802,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|distraught | Definition: +| distraught a. distracted; perplexed. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |distress | Definition: | yaup n. a cry of distress rage or the like as | the cry of a sickly bird or of a child in pain. @@ -18285,31 +16819,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | sad. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|distresses | Definition: -| relentless a. unmoved by appeals for sympathy -| or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses -| of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; -| unyielding; unpitying; as a prey to relentless -| despotism. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|distribute | Definition: -| tribe v. t. to distribute into tribes or classes. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |distributed | Definition: -| twelfth-cake n. an ornamented cake distributed -| among friends or visitors on the festival of -| twelfth-night. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|distribution | Definition: -| zoology n. that part of biology which relates -| to the animal kingdom including the structure -| embryology evolution classification habits -| and distribution of all animals both living -| and extinct. +| viability n. the capacity of living or being distributed +| over wide geographical limits; as the viability +| of a species. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |distrust | Definition: @@ -18323,15 +16836,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | one's self. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|distrusting | Definition: -| distrusting a. that distrusts; suspicious; lacking -| confidence in. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|disturb | Definition: -| upset v. t. to disturb the self-possession of; -| to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as -| the fright upset her. +|distrusts | Definition: +| doubting a. that is uncertain; that distrusts +| or hesitates; having doubts. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |disturbance | Definition: @@ -18375,14 +16883,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|disuse | Definition: -| rusty superl. impaired by inaction disuse or neglect. -| +|disused | Definition: +| use v. i. to be wont or accustomed; to be in the +| habit or practice; as he used to ride daily; +| -- now disused in the present tense perhaps +| because of the similarity in sound between +| use to and used to. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ditch | Definition: -| sillon n. a work raised in the middle of a wide -| ditch to defend it. +| vanfess n. a ditch on the outside of the counterscarp +| usually full of water. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ditches | Definition: @@ -18394,29 +16905,46 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|divers | Definition: -| manifold a. exhibited at divers times or in various -| ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular -| number. +|ditty | Definition: +| ditty v. i. to sing; to warble a little tune. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diverse | Definition: -| zymogene n. one of a physiological group of globular -| bacteria which produces fermentations of diverse -| nature; -- distinguished from pathogene. -| +|dive | Definition: +| whirligig n. any one of numerous species of beetles +| belonging to gyrinus and allied genera. the +| body is firm oval or boatlike in form and usually +| dark colored with a bronzelike luster. these +| beetles live mostly on the surface of water +| and move about with great celerity in a gyrating +| or circular manner but they are also able to +| dive and swim rapidly. the larva is aquatic. +| called also weaver whirlwig and whirlwig beetle. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dived | Definition: +| dived imp. & p. p. of dive +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diversely | Definition: -| diversely adv. in different directions; to different -| points. +|diverged | Definition: +| diverged imp. & p. p. of diverge +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diversified | Definition: -| variegation n. the act of variegating or diversifying -| or the state of being diversified by different -| colors; diversity of colors. -| +|divergence | Definition: +| vergency n. the reciprocal of the focal distance +| of a lens used as measure of the divergence +| or convergence of a pencil of rays. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|divers | Definition: +| pygropodes n. pl. a division of swimming birds +| which includes the grebes divers auks etc. +| in which the legs are placed far back. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |diversion | Definition: @@ -18425,16 +16953,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | money is staked. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diversities | Definition: -| diversities pl. of diversity -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|diversity | Definition: -| variegation n. the act of variegating or diversifying -| or the state of being diversified by different -| colors; diversity of colors. -| +|divert | Definition: +| turn v. t. to change from a given use or office; +| to divert as to another purpose or end; to +| transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |diverted | Definition: @@ -18444,11 +16967,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | character. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|divide | Definition: -| zoocyst n. a cyst formed by certain protozoa and -| unicellular plants which the contents divide -| into a large number of granules each of which -| becomes a germ. +|diverts | Definition: +| sport n. that which diverts and makes mirth; pastime; +| amusement. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|divest | Definition: +| unwonder v. t. to divest of the quality of wonder +| or mystery; to interpret; to explain. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|divested | Definition: +| unhelmed a. divested or deprived of the helm or +| helmet. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|divesting | Definition: +| unsubstantiation n. a divesting of substantiality. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |divided | Definition: @@ -18462,12 +16999,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|divider | Definition: -| divider n. an instrument for dividing lines describing -| circles etc. compasses. see compasses. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |dividing | Definition: | wike n. a temporary mark or boundary as a bough | of a tree set up in marking out or dividing @@ -18476,41 +17007,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|divination | Definition: -| sideromancy n. divination by burning straws on -| red-hot iron and noting the manner of their -| burning. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|divine | Definition: -| wrong a. nonconformity or disobedience to lawful -| authority divine or human; deviation from duty; -| -- the opposite of moral right. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |divined | Definition: | divined imp. & p. p. of divine | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|diviner | Definition: -| python n. a diviner by spirits. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|diviners | Definition: -| wand n. a rod used by conjurers diviners magicians -| etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|divines | Definition: -| ubiquitarian n. one of a school of lutheran divines -| which held that the body of christ is present -| everywhere and especially in the eucharist -| in virtue of his omnipresence. called also -| ubiquitist and ubiquitary. -| +|divinely | Definition: +| theopneusted a. divinely inspired; theopneustic. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |diving | Definition: @@ -18519,36 +17023,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of water beetle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|divining | Definition: -| nomancy n. the art or practice of divining the -| destiny of persons by the letters which form -| their names. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|divinity | Definition: -| vishnu n. a divinity of the modern hindu trimurti -| or trinity. he is regarded as the preserver -| while brahma is the creator and siva the destroyer -| of the creation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |division | Definition: -| zygomorphous a. symmetrical bilaterally; -- said -| of organisms or parts of organisms capable -| of division into two symmetrical halves only -| in a single plane. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|divisions | Definition: -| zoonite n. one of the theoretic transverse divisions -| of any segmented animal. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|divorce | Definition: -| repudiate v. t. to divorce put away or discard -| as a wife or a woman one has promised to marry. -| +| zyophyte n. any plant of a proposed class or grand +| division (zygophytes zygophyta or zygosporeae) +| in which reproduction consists in the union +| of two similar cells. cf. oophyte. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |divorced | Definition: @@ -18561,65 +17041,53 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|doctor | Definition: -| water doctor one who professes to be able to -| divine diseases by inspection of the urine. -| +|divulged | Definition: +| divulged imp. & p. p. of divulge +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|doctors | Definition: -| ulema n. a college or corporation in turkey composed -| of the hierarchy namely the imams or ministers -| of religion the muftis or doctors of law and -| the cadis or administrators of justice. -| +|dock | Definition: +| water dock a tall coarse dock growing in wet +| places. the american water dock is rumex orbiculatus +| the european is r. hydrolapathum. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|doctrine | Definition: -| zymology n. a treatise on the fermentation of -| liquors or the doctrine of fermentation. -| +|docketed | Definition: +| docketed imp. & p. p. of docket +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|doctrines | Definition: -| wesleyanism n. the system of doctrines and church -| polity inculcated by john wesley (b. 1703; -| d. 1791) the founder of the religious sect -| called methodist; methodism. see methodist -| n. 2. +|docks | Definition: +| work n. structures in civil military or naval +| engineering as docks bridges embankments trenches +| fortifications and the like; also the structures +| and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; +| as iron works; locomotive works; gas works. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|documents | Definition: -| utter a. hence to put in circulation as money; -| to put off as currency; to cause to pass in -| trade; -- often used specifically of the issue -| of counterfeit notes or coins forged or fraudulent -| documents and the like; as to utter coin or -| bank notes. +|doctor | Definition: +| water doctor a physician who treats diseases +| with water; an hydropathist. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dodo | Definition: -| dodo n. a large extinct bird (didus ineptus) formerly -| inhabiting the island of mauritius. it had -| short half-fledged wings like those of the -| ostrich and a short neck and legs; -- called -| also dronte. it was related to the pigeons. -| +|documentary | Definition: +| reading n. the way in which anything reads; force +| of a word or passage presented by a documentary +| authority; lection; version. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|doe | Definition: -| versus prep. against; as john doe versus richard -| roe; -- chiefly used in legal language and -| abbreviated to v. or vs. -| +|dodged | Definition: +| dodged imp. & p. p. of dodge +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|doer | Definition: -| #name? a noun suffix denoting an agent or doer -| one who practices a believer in; as theorist -| one who theorizes; socialist one who holds -| to socialism; sensualist one given to sensuality. -| +|dodging | Definition: +| dodge v. t. to follow by dodging or suddenly shifting +| from place to place. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dog | Definition: @@ -18627,6 +17095,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to yell. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dogged | Definition: +| doggedly adv. in a dogged manner; sullenly; with +| obstinate resolution. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|doggedly | Definition: +| doggedly adv. in a dogged manner; sullenly; with +| obstinate resolution. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dogs | Definition: | water dog a dog accustomed to the water or trained | to retrieve waterfowl. retrievers waters spaniels @@ -18641,60 +17119,77 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dom | Definition: -| dom n. in portugal and brazil the title given -| to a member of the higher classes. -| +|doleful | Definition: +| jeremiade n. a tale of sorrow disappointment or +| complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; +| -- generally used satirically. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|domestics | Definition: -| office n. the apartments or outhouses in which -| the domestics discharge the duties attached -| to the service of a house as kitchens pantries -| stables etc. +|doll | Definition: +| popelote n. a word variously explained as a little +| puppet a little doll or a young butterfly. +| cf. popet. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|domine | Definition: -| vocative a. 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 is addressed; as domine o lord. -| +|dolt | Definition: +| dolt v. i. to behave foolishly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|domini | Definition: -| domini pl. of dominus +|dome | Definition: +| orthodome n. see the note under dome 4. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dominion | Definition: -| war n. a contest between nations or states carried -| on by force whether for defence for revenging -| insults and redressing wrongs for the extension -| of commerce for the acquisition of territory -| for obtaining and establishing the superiority -| and dominion of one over the other or for any -| other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign -| powers; declared and open hostilities. +|domestic | Definition: +| zobo n. a kind of domestic cattle reared in asia +| for its flesh and milk. it is supposed to be +| a hybrid between the zebu and the yak. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dominant | Definition: +| turk n. a member of any of numerous tartar tribes +| of central asia etc.; esp. one of the dominant +| race in turkey. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dominions | Definition: | sultanry n. the dominions of a sultan. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|domino | Definition: -| trey n. three at cards dice or dominoes; a card -| die or domino of three spots or pips. -| +|don | Definition: +| quixotism n. that form of delusion which leads +| to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices +| in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of +| duty or honor as illustrated by the exploits +| of don quixote in knight-errantry. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dominus | Definition: -| sir n. an english rendering of the latin dominus -| the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -| -- formerly colloquially and sometimes contemptuously -| applied to the clergy. +|donkey | Definition: +| donkey n. a stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|donor | Definition: +| #name? a noun suffix denoting an agent or doer; +| as in auditor one who hears; donor one who +| gives; obligor elevator. it is correlative +| to -ee. in general -or is appended to words +| of latin and -er to those of english origin. +| see -er. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|doo | Definition: +| doo n. a dove. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|doomed | Definition: +| helldoomed a. doomed to hell. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |door | Definition: @@ -18705,61 +17200,47 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|doorkeeper | Definition: -| tiler n. a doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge -| of freemasons. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |doors | Definition: | valve n. a door; especially one of a pair of folding | doors or one of the leaves of such a door. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dor | Definition: -| retriever n. a dor or a breed of dogs chiefly -| employed to retrieve or to find and recover -| game birds that have been killed or wounded. -| +|doorstep | Definition: +| doorstep n. the stone or plank forming a step +| before an outer door. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dost | Definition: -| dost 2d pers. sing. pres. of do. -| +|doorway | Definition: +| turnstile n. a similar arrangement for registering +| the number of persons passing through a gateway +| doorway or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|doted | Definition: -| fond superl. doted on; regarded with affection. +|dormouse | Definition: +| mouse n. any one of numerous species of small +| rodents belonging to the genus mus and various +| related genera of the family muridae. the common +| house mouse (mus musculus) is found in nearly +| all countries. the american white-footed or +| deer mouse (hesperomys leucopus) sometimes +| lives in houses. see dormouse meadow mouse +| under meadow and harvest mouse under harvest. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|doth | Definition: -| kirtle n. a garment varying in form and use at -| different times and worn doth by men and women. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|doting | Definition: -| fondness n. doting affection; tender liking; strong -| appetite propensity or relish; as he had a -| fondness for truffles. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|douai | Definition: -| douay bible a translation of the scriptures into -| the english language for the use of english-speaking -| roman catholics; -- done from the latin vulgate -| by english scholars resident in france. the -| new testament portion was published at rheims -| a. d. 1582 the old testament at douai a. d. -| 1609-10. various revised editions have since -| been published. +|dosed | Definition: +| dosed imp. & p. p. of dose +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|douay | Definition: -| paralipomenon n. pl. a title given in the douay -| bible to the books of chronicles. -| +|dots | Definition: +| vessel n. a continuous tube formed from superposed +| large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae) +| which have lost their intervening partitions +| and are usually marked with dots pits rings +| or spirals by internal deposition of secondary +| membranes; a duct. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |double | Definition: @@ -18770,9 +17251,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |doubled | Definition: -| single a. not doubled twisted together or combined -| with others; as a single thread; a single strand -| of a rope. +| thread n. a very small twist of flax wool cotton +| silk or other fibrous substance drawn out to +| considerable length; a compound cord consisting +| of two or more single yarns doubled or joined +| together and twisted. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|doubling | Definition: +| single n. the reeled filaments of silk twisted +| without doubling to give them firmness. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|doubly | Definition: +| polarizer n. that which polarizes; especially +| the part of a polariscope which receives and +| polarizes the light. it is usually a reflecting +| plate or a plate of some crystal as tourmaline +| or a doubly refracting crystal. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |doubt | Definition: @@ -18806,16 +17304,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dough | Definition: -| yeast n. the foam or troth (top yeast) or the -| sediment (bottom yeast) of beer or other in -| fermentation which contains the yeast plant -| or its spores and under certain conditions -| produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous -| substances; a preparation used for raising -| dough for bread or cakes and making it light -| and puffy; barm; ferment. -| +|doubts | Definition: +| skeptic n. a person who doubts the existence and +| perfections of god or the truth of revelation; +| one who disbelieves the divine origin of the +| christian religion. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dove | Definition: @@ -18826,10 +17319,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | cuneata). |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|doves | Definition: -| disclosed p. a. represented with wings expanded; -| -- applied to doves and other birds not of -| prey. +|dover | Definition: +| down prep. a road for shipping in the english +| channel or straits of dover near deal employed +| as a naval rendezvous in time of war. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dower | Definition: +| paraphernalia n. pl. something reserved to a wife +| over and above her dower being chiefly apparel +| and ornaments suited to her degree. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|downcast | Definition: +| downlooked a. having a downcast countenance; dejected; +| gloomy; sullen. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |downfall | Definition: @@ -18846,40 +17352,55 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|downward | Definition: -| turbine n. a water wheel commonly horizontal variously -| constructed but usually having a series of -| curved floats or buckets against which the -| water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing -| either outward from a central chamber inward -| from an external casing or from above downward -| etc.; -- also called turbine wheel. +|downhill | Definition: +| downhill n. declivity; descent; slope. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dowry | Definition: -| tocher n. dowry brought by a bride to her husband. +|downright | Definition: +| plumper n. a downright unqualified lie. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|downstairs | Definition: +| downstairs a. below stairs; as a downstairs room. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|doxology | Definition: -| gloria n. a doxology (beginning gloria patri glory -| be to the father) sung or said at the end of -| the psalms in the service of the roman catholic -| and other churches. +|downstroke | Definition: +| downstroke n. a stroke made with a downward motion +| of the pen or pencil. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|draco | Definition: -| dragon n. a small arboreal lizard of the genus -| draco of several species found in the east -| indies and southern asia. five or six of the -| hind ribs on each side are prolonged and covered -| with weblike skin forming a sort of wing. these -| prolongations aid them in making long leaps -| from tree to tree. called also flying lizard. +|doze | Definition: +| doze n. a light sleep; a drowse. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dozed | Definition: +| dozed imp. & p. p. of doze +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dozen | Definition: +| santalum n. a genus of trees with entire opposite +| leaves and small apetalous flowers. there are +| less than a dozen species occurring from india +| to australia and the pacific islands. see sandalwood. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dozing | Definition: +| dozing p. pr. & vb. n. of doze +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drafted | Definition: +| substitute n. a person who enlists for military +| service in the place of a conscript or drafted +| man. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |drag | Definition: | wash v. t. to remove by washing to take away by | or as by the action of water; to drag or draw @@ -18897,21 +17418,40 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dragging | Definition: -| shuffling a. moving with a dragging scraping step. +| trawlwarp n. a rope passing through a block used +| in managing or dragging a trawlnet. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|draggled | Definition: +| draggled imp. & p. p. of draggle +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dram | Definition: +| teaspoonful n. as much as teaspoon will hold; +| enough to fill a teaspoon; -- usually reckoned +| at a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dragon | Definition: -| wivern n. a fabulous two-legged winged creature -| like a cockatrice but having the head of a -| dragon and without spurs. -| +|drama | Definition: +| tragi-comedy n. a kind of drama representing some +| action in which serious and comic scenes are +| blended; a composition partaking of the nature +| both of tragedy and comedy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|drams | Definition: -| tippling-house n. a house in which liquors are -| sold in drams or small quantities to be drunk -| on the premises. +|dramatic | Definition: +| unity n. in dramatic composition one of the principles +| by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety +| of representation are preserved; conformity +| in a composition to these; in oratory discourse +| etc. the due subordination and reference of +| every part to the development of the leading +| idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |drank | Definition: @@ -18926,9 +17466,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|draught | Definition: -| waught n. a large draught of any liquid. -| +|draped | Definition: +| underskirt n. a petticoat; the foundation skirt +| of a draped dress. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |draw | Definition: @@ -18939,12 +17479,47 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or form. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|drawback | Definition: +| drawback n. money paid back or remitted; especially +| a certain amount of duties or customs sometimes +| the whole and sometimes only a part remitted +| or paid back by the government on the exportation +| of the commodities on which they were levied. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drawbridge | Definition: +| drawbridge n. a bridge of which either the whole +| or a part is made to be raised up let down +| or drawn or turned aside to admit or hinder +| communication at pleasure as before the gate +| of a town or castle or over a navigable river +| or canal. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drawer | Definition: +| till n. a money drawer in a shop or store. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drawers | Definition: +| worktable n. a table for holding working materials +| and implements; esp. a small table with drawers +| and other conveniences for needlework etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |drawing | Definition: | worm n. a spiral instrument or screw often like | a double corkscrew used for drawing balls from | firearms. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|drawling | Definition: +| singsong n. a drawling or monotonous tone as of +| a badly executed song. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |drawn | Definition: | wryneck n. a twisted or distorted neck; a deformity | in which the neck is drawn to one side by a @@ -18952,11 +17527,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the neck; torticollis. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|draws | Definition: -| zaimet n. a district from which a zaim draws his -| revenue. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |dread | Definition: | vehmic a. of pertaining to or designating certain | secret tribunals which flourished in germany @@ -18968,6 +17538,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dreaded | Definition: +| dread-bolted a. armed with dreaded bolts. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dreadful | Definition: | hideous a. frightful shocking or offensive to | the eyes; dreadful to behold; as a hideous @@ -18975,6 +17550,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dreadfully | Definition: +| dreadfully adv. in a dreadful manner; terribly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dreads | Definition: +| russophobist one who dreads russia or russian +| influence. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dream | Definition: | nocturne n. a night piece or serenade. the name | is now used for a certain graceful and expressive @@ -18989,10 +17574,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dreamer | Definition: -| dreamer n. a visionary; one lost in wild imaginations -| or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as -| a political dreamer. +|dreaming | Definition: +| incubation n. a sleeping in a consecrated place +| for the purpose of dreaming oracular dreams. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dreams | Definition: @@ -19007,14 +17592,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dreamt | Definition: -| dreamt of dream +|dreamy | Definition: +| romance n. a dreamy imaginative habit of mind; +| a disposition to ignore what is real; as a +| girl full of romance. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drearily | Definition: +| drearily adv. gloomily; dismally. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dreary | Definition: +| waste v. that which is wasted or desolate; a devastated +| uncultivated or wild country; a deserted region; +| an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary +| void; a desert; a wilderness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dregs | Definition: -| settle v. i. to sink to the bottom; to fall to -| the bottom as dregs of a liquid or the sediment -| of a reserveir. +| taplash n. bad small beer; also the refuse or +| dregs of liquor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dress | Definition: @@ -19037,6 +17636,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dresses | Definition: +| wigan n. a kind of canvaslike cotton fabric used +| to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers +| and of the skirts of women's dresses etc.; +| -- so called from wigan the name of a town +| in lancashire england. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dressing | Definition: | woundwort n. any one of certain plants whose soft | downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds @@ -19065,17 +17672,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and nosebleed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|driest | Definition: -| driest superl. of dry a. +|drier | Definition: +| drier superl. alt. of driest +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |drift | Definition: -| tunnel n. . a level passage driven across the -| measures or at right angles to veins which -| it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from -| the drift or gangway which is led along the -| vein when reached by the tunnel. -| +| univocal n. having always the same drift or tenor; +| uniform; certain; regular. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drifted | Definition: +| snowdrift n. a bank of drifted snow. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drifting | Definition: +| tide n. to work into or out of a river or harbor +| by drifting with the tide and anchoring when +| it becomes adverse. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drily | Definition: +| drily adv. see dryly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |drink | Definition: @@ -19088,15 +17708,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|drinker | Definition: -| tumbler n. a drinking glass without a foot or -| stem; -- so called because originally it had -| a pointed or convex base and could not be set -| down with any liquor in it thus compelling -| the drinker to finish his measure. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |drinking | Definition: | wine n. the effect of drinking wine in excess; | intoxication. @@ -19107,31 +17718,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|driven | Definition: -| worm n. a short revolving screw the threads of -| which drive or are driven by a worm wheel by -| gearing into its teeth or cogs. see illust. -| of worm gearing below. +|dripped | Definition: +| dripped imp. & p. p. of drip +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|driver | Definition: -| whip v. t. a coachman; a driver of a carriage; -| as a good whip. +|dripping | Definition: +| stirabout n. a dish formed of oatmeal boiled in +| water to a certain consistency and frequently +| stirred or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together +| and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|drivers | Definition: -| telltale n. a machine or contrivance for indicating -| or recording something particularly for keeping -| a check upon employees as factory hands watchmen -| drivers check takers and the like by revealing -| to their employers what they have done or omitted. -| +|drivelling | Definition: +| drivelling of drivel |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|drives | Definition: -| truckman n. one who drives a truck or whose business -| is the conveyance of goods on trucks. -| +|driven | Definition: +| worm n. a short revolving screw the threads of +| which drive or are driven by a worm wheel by +| gearing into its teeth or cogs. see illust. +| of worm gearing below. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |driving | Definition: @@ -19142,8 +17750,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dromedaries | Definition: -| dromedaries pl. of dromedary +|drizzle | Definition: +| drizzle n. fine rain or mist. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drizzly | Definition: +| drizzly a. characterized by small rain or snow; +| moist and disagreeable. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|droll | Definition: +| macaroni n. a medley; something droll or extravagant. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drooped | Definition: +| drooped imp. & p. p. of droop | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -19175,48 +17799,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dropsical | Definition: -| hydropical a. dropsical or resembling dropsy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dropsy | Definition: -| oedema n. a swelling from effusion of watery fluid -| in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or -| mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous -| cellular tissue. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dross | Definition: -| shruff n. rubbish. specifically: (a) dross or -| refuse of metals. [obs.] (b) light dry wood -| or stuff used for fuel. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|drought | Definition: -| wilt v. i. to begin to wither; to lose freshness -| and become flaccid as a plant when exposed -| when exposed to drought or to great heat in -| a dry day or when separated from its root; -| to droop;. to wither. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |drove | Definition: | stampede v. t. to disperse by causing sudden fright | as a herd or drove of animals. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|droves | Definition: -| stampede v. i. to run away in a panic; -- said -| droves of cattle horses etc. also of armies. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |drown | Definition: -| drown v. t. to deprive of life by immersion in -| water or other liquid. +| drown v. t. to overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; +| -- said especially of sound. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |drowned | Definition: @@ -19226,12 +17818,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | withered plants. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|drowsiness | Definition: -| yawn n. an involuntary act excited by drowsiness -| etc. consisting of a deep and long inspiration -| following several successive attempts at inspiration -| the mouth fauces etc. being wide open. -| +|drowsily | Definition: +| drowsily adv. in a drowsy manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drudge | Definition: +| hack v. i. to live the life of a drudge or hack. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drudging | Definition: +| drudgingly adv. in a drudging manner; laboriously. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drugs | Definition: +| vermuth n. a liqueur made of white wine absinthe +| and various aromatic drugs used to excite the +| appetite. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|drum | Definition: +| winch n. an axle or drum turned by a crank with +| a handle or by power for raising weights as +| from the hold of a ship from mines etc.; a +| windlass. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |drunk | Definition: @@ -19246,51 +17858,37 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|drunken | Definition: -| stagger n. an unsteady movement of the body in -| walking or standing as if one were about to -| fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in -| the plural; as the stagger of a drunken man. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|drunkenness | Definition: -| drunkenness n. the state of being drunken with -| or as with alcoholic liquor; intoxication; -| inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the -| habit. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |dry | Definition: | yarrish a. having a rough dry taste. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dryer | Definition: +| dryer n. see drier. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |drying | Definition: | ustulation n. the roasting or drying of moist | substances so as prepare them for pulverizing. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dryness | Definition: -| xerophthalmia n. an abnormal dryness of the eyeball -| produced usually by long-continued inflammation -| and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva. -| +|dryly | Definition: +| dryly adv. in a dry manner; not succulently; without +| interest; without sympathy; coldly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|duel | Definition: -| duel v. i. & t. to fight in single combat. -| +|dubiously | Definition: +| dubiously adv. in a dubious manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dues | Definition: -| stamp v. t. hence a stamped or printed device -| issued by the government at a fixed price and -| required by law to be affixed to or stamped -| on certain papers as evidence that the government -| dues are paid; as a postage stamp; a receipt -| stamp etc. +|duchess | Definition: +| tribe n. a family of animals descended from some +| particular female progenitor through the female +| line; as the duchess tribe of shorthorns. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dug | Definition: @@ -19299,24 +17897,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | mend it. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|duke | Definition: -| title n. an appellation of dignity distinction -| or preeminence (hereditary or acquired) given -| to persons as duke marquis honorable esquire -| etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dukes | Definition: -| prince a. a title belonging to persons of high -| rank differing in different countries. in england -| it belongs to dukes marquises and earls but -| is given to members of the royal family only. -| in italy a prince is inferior to a duke as -| a member of a particular order of nobility; -| in spain he is always one of the royal family. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |dull | Definition: | wedgebill n. an australian crested insessorial | bird (sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped @@ -19343,23 +17923,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dung | Definition: -| tumbledung n. any one of numerous species of scaraboid -| beetles belonging to scarabaeus copris phanaeus -| and allied genera. the female lays her eggs -| in a globular mass of dung which she rolls -| by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated -| in the earth in which she buries it. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dungeon | Definition: -| oubliette n. a dungeon with an opening only at -| the top found in some old castles and other -| strongholds into which persons condemned to -| perpetual imprisonment or to perish secretly -| were thrust or lured to fall. -| +|dunder | Definition: +| wash n. a mixture of dunder molasses water and +| scummings used in the west indies for distillation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dunghill | Definition: @@ -19367,13 +17934,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | vile abode. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dura | Definition: -| tentorium n. a fold of the dura mater which separates -| the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often -| incloses a process or plate of the skull called -| the bony tentorium. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |duration | Definition: | yuga n. any one of the four ages krita or satya | treta dwapara and kali into which the hindoos @@ -19386,6 +17946,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dusk | Definition: +| wad n. specifically: a little mass of some soft +| or flexible material such as hay straw tow +| paper or old rope yarn used for retaining a +| charge of powder in a gun or for keeping the +| powder and shot close; also to diminish or +| avoid the effects of windage. also by extension +| a dusk of felt pasteboard etc. serving a similar +| purpose. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |dust | Definition: | whisk n. to sweep brush or agitate with a light | rapid motion; as to whisk dust from a table; @@ -19393,6 +17964,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|dusting | Definition: +| puff n. a utensil of the toilet for dusting the +| skin or hair with powder. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dustman | Definition: +| dustman p. one whose employment is to remove dirt +| and defuse. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dustpan | Definition: +| dustpan n. a shovel-like utensil for conveying +| away dust brushed from the floor. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dusty | Definition: +| rorulent a. having the surface appearing as if +| dusty or covered with fine dew. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dutch | Definition: +| waterlandian n. one of a body of dutch anabaptists +| who separated from the mennonites in the sixteenth +| century; -- so called from a district in north +| holland denominated waterland. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|dutchmen | Definition: +| dutchmen pl. of dutchman +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |duties | Definition: | warehouse v. t. to place in the warehouse of the | government or customhouse stores to be kept @@ -19407,16 +18013,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dwell | Definition: -| won v. i. to dwell or abide. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|dwelled | Definition: -| dwelled imp. & p. p. of dwell -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |dwelling | Definition: | zenana n. the part of a dwelling appropriated | to women. @@ -19430,11 +18026,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and ideas. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dwells | Definition: -| woodman n. one who dwells in the woods or forest; -| a bushman. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |dwelt | Definition: | therapeutae n. pl. a name given to certain ascetics | said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood @@ -19444,17 +18035,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dyed | Definition: -| wool-dyed a. dyed before being made into cloth -| in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain. -| +|dwindled | Definition: +| dwindled imp. & p. p. of dwindle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|dyeing | Definition: -| yellowwort n. a european yellow-flowered gentianaceous -| (chlora perfoliata). the whole plant is intensely -| bitter and is sometimes used as a tonic and -| also in dyeing yellow. +|dyes | Definition: +| solferino n. 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. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |dying | Definition: @@ -19499,22 +18090,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | water eagle the osprey. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|eagles | Definition: -| sea eagle any one of several species of fish-eating -| eagles of the genus haliaeetus and allied genera -| as the north pacific sea eagle. (h. pelagicus) -| which has white shoulders head rump and tail; -| the european white-tailed eagle (h. albicilla); -| and the indian white-tailed sea eagle or fishing -| eagle (polioaetus ichthyaetus). the bald eagle -| and the osprey are also sometimes classed as -| sea eagles. +|ear | Definition: +| vives n. a disease of brute animals especially +| of horses seated in the glands under the ear +| where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends +| in suppuration. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ear | Definition: -| tympanum n. the ear drum or middle ear. sometimes -| applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. -| see ear. +|earlier | Definition: +| uncoformability n. want of parallelism between +| one series of strata and another especially +| when due to a disturbance of the position of +| the earlier strata before the latter were deposited. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |earliest | Definition: @@ -19526,6 +18114,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|earn | Definition: +| tally n. a notch mark or score made on or in a +| tally; as to make or earn a tally in a game. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |earned | Definition: | recompense v. t. to give in return; to pay back; | to pay as something earned or deserved. @@ -19555,10 +18149,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a fanatical partisan. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|earring | Definition: -| earring n. an ornament consisting of a ring passed -| through the lobe of the ear with or without -| a pendant. +|earnings | Definition: +| padrone n. a man who imports and controls the +| earnings of italian laborers street musicians +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ears | Definition: @@ -19575,49 +18169,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|earthborn | Definition: -| earthborn a. born of the earth; terrigenous; springing -| originally from the earth; human. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|earthen | Definition: -| shirred a. broken into an earthen dish and baked -| over the fire; -- said of eggs. -| +|earthenware | Definition: +| tile n. a small flat piece of dried earth or earthenware +| used to cover vessels in which metals are fused. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|earthly | Definition: -| evanescence n. the act or state of vanishing away; -| disappearance; as the evanescence of vapor -| of a dream of earthly plants or hopes. -| +|earthwork | Definition: +| earthwork n. an embankment or construction made +| of earth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|earthquake | Definition: -| heave n. an upward motion; a rising; a swell or -| distention as of the breast in difficult breathing -| of the waves of the earth in an earthquake -| and the like. +|earthy | Definition: +| zaffer n. a pigment obtained usually by roasting +| cobalt glance with sand or quartz as a dark +| earthy powder. it consists of crude cobalt +| oxide or of an impure cobalt arseniate. it +| is used in porcelain painting and in enameling +| pottery to produce a blue color and is often +| confounded with smalt from which however it +| is distinct as it contains no potash. the name +| is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer +| proper with silica or oxides of iron manganese +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|earthquakes | Definition: -| seismometry n. the mensuration of such phenomena -| of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers -| or by their relation to the coordinates of -| space. +|earwigs | Definition: +| hemelytrum n. one of the partially thickened anterior +| wings of certain insects as of many hemiptera +| the earwigs etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ease | Definition: -| unbend v. t. a remit from a strain or from exertion; -| to set at ease for a time; to relax; as to -| unbend the mind from study or care. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|eased | Definition: -| eased imp. & p. p. of ease -| +| voluble a. moving with ease and smoothness in +| uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in +| speaking; glib; as a flippant voluble tongue. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |easier | Definition: @@ -19648,17 +18235,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|easter | Definition: -| whitsunday n. the seventh sunday and the fiftieth -| day after easter; a festival of the church -| in commemoration of the descent of the holy -| spirit on the day of pentecost; pentecost; -| -- so called it is said because in the primitive -| church those who had been newly baptized appeared -| at church between easter and pentecost in white -| garments. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |eastern | Definition: | zemni n. the blind mole rat (spalax typhlus) native | of eastern europe and asia. its eyes and ears @@ -19689,22 +18265,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|eater | Definition: -| wurraluh n. the australian white-quilled honey -| eater (entomyza albipennis). -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|eaters | Definition: -| wattlebird n. any one of several species of honey -| eaters belonging to anthochaera and allied -| genera of the family meliphagidae. these birds -| usually have a large and conspicuous wattle -| of naked skin hanging down below each ear. -| they are natives of australia and adjacent -| islands. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |eating | Definition: | xylophagous a. eating boring in or destroying | wood; -- said especially of certain insect @@ -19713,37 +18273,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |eats | Definition: -| sarcophagan n. any animal which eats flesh especially -| any carnivorous marsupial. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ebony | Definition: -| tailpiece n. a piece of ebony or other material -| attached to the lower end of a violin or similar -| instrument to which the strings are fastened. -| +| skeletonizer n. any small moth whose larva eats +| the parenchyma of leaves leaving the skeleton; +| as the apple-leaf skeletonizer. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ecce | Definition: -| ecce homo a picture which represents the savior -| as given up to the people by pilate and wearing -| a crown of thorns. +|ebb | Definition: +| turn v. i. to change from ebb to flow or from +| flow to ebb; -- said of the tide. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ecclesiae | Definition: -| ecclesiae pl. of ecclesia -| +|eccentric | Definition: +| v hook a gab at the end of an eccentric rod with +| long jaws shaped like the letter v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ecclesiastes | Definition: -| hagiographa n. pl. the last of the three jewish -| divisions of the old testament or that portion -| not contained in the law and the prophets. -| it comprises psalms proverbs job canticles -| ruth lamentations ecclesiastes esther daniel -| ezra nehemiah and chronicles. -| +|eccentrically | Definition: +| eccentrically adv. in an eccentric manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ecclesiastical | Definition: @@ -19752,11 +18302,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ecclesiasticus | Definition: -| ecclesiasticus n. a book of the apocrypha. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |echo | Definition: | reverberate v. t. to return or send back; to repel | or drive back; to echo as sound; to reflect @@ -19764,22 +18309,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|eclipsed | Definition: -| eclipse n. an interception or obscuration of the -| light of the sun moon or other luminous body -| by the intervention of some other body either -| between it and the eye or between the luminous -| body and that illuminated by it. a lunar eclipse -| is caused by the moon passing through the earth's -| shadow; a solar eclipse by the moon coming -| between the sun and the observer. a satellite -| is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. -| the obscuration of a planet or star by the -| moon or a planet though of the nature of an -| eclipse is called an occultation. the eclipse -| of a small portion of the sun by mercury or -| venus is called a transit of the planet. -| +|echoed | Definition: +| reverberate v. i. to be driven back; to be reflected +| or repelled as rays of light; to be echoed +| as sound. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|echoing | Definition: +| resonant a. returning or capable of returning +| sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing +| back. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|economy | Definition: +| thrive v. i. to prosper by industry economy and +| good management of property; to increase in +| goods and estate; as a farmer thrives by good +| husbandry. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ecstasy | Definition: @@ -19791,14 +18337,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|edema | Definition: -| edema n. same as oedema. +|ecstatic | Definition: +| extatic a. see ecstatic a. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|eden | Definition: -| paradise n. the garden of eden in which adam and -| eve were placed after their creation. -| +|eddies | Definition: +| eddies pl. of eddy +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|eddy | Definition: +| whirlpool n. an eddy or vortex of water; a place +| in a body of water where the water moves round +| in a circle so as to produce a depression or +| cavity in the center into which floating objects +| may be drawn; any body of water having a more +| or less circular motion caused by its flowing +| in an irregular channel by the coming together +| of opposing currents or the like. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |edge | Definition: @@ -19809,10 +18366,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |edged | Definition: -| shave v. t. to cut or pare off from the surface -| of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; -| to cut off closely as with a razor; as to shave -| the beard. +| slash v. i. to strike violently and at random +| esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about +| one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily +| and carelessly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |edges | Definition: @@ -19830,40 +18387,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|edict | Definition: -| revocation n. the act by which one having the -| right annuls an act done a power or authority -| given or a license gift or benefit conferred; -| repeal; reversal; as the revocation of an edict -| a power a will or a license. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|edicts | Definition: -| edict n. 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 emperors; the edicts of -| the french monarch. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|edification | Definition: -| edification n. the act of edifying or the state -| of being edified; a building up especially -| in a moral or spiritual sense; moral intellectual -| or spiritual improvement; instruction. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|edified | Definition: -| edified imp. & p. p. of edify -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|edify | Definition: -| reedify v. t. to edify anew; to build again after -| destruction. +|edging | Definition: +| valance n. the drooping edging of the lid of a +| trunk. which covers the joint when the lid +| is closed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |edifying | Definition: @@ -19871,35 +18398,47 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | conversation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|editions | Definition: -| obelus n. a mark [thus / or � ]; -- so called -| as resembling a needle. in old mss. or editions -| of the classics it marks suspected passages -| or readings. +|educated | Definition: +| seminary n. a roman catholic priest educated in +| a foreign seminary; a seminarist. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|edom | Definition: -| idumean a. of or pertaining to ancient idumea -| or edom in western asia. -| +|educating | Definition: +| education n. the act or process of educating; +| the result of educating as determined by the +| knowledge skill or discipline of character +| acquired; also the act or process of training +| by a prescribed or customary course of study +| or discipline; as an education for the bar +| or the pulpit; he has finished his education. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|edomite | Definition: -| edomite n. one of the descendants of esau or edom -| the brother of jacob; an idumean. -| +|educational | Definition: +| vacation n. the intermission of the regular studies +| and exercises of an educational institution +| between terms; holidays; as the spring vacation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|efface | Definition: -| unpaint v. t. to remove the paint from; to efface -| as a painting. +|ee | Definition: +| short adv. not prolonged or relatively less prolonged +| in utterance; -- opposed to long and applied +| to vowels or to syllables. in english the long +| and short of the same letter are not in most +| cases the long and short of the same sound; +| thus the i in ill is the short sound not of +| i in isle but of ee in eel and the e in pet +| is the short sound of a in pate etc. see quantity +| and guide to pronunciation //22 30. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|effaced | Definition: -| rasure v. a mark by which a letter word or any -| part of a writing or print is erased effaced -| or obliterated; an erasure. -| +|eel | Definition: +| squirm v. i. to twist about briskly with contor/ions +| like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |effect | Definition: @@ -19908,21 +18447,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to be followed by. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|effected | Definition: -| workmanship n. that which is effected made or -| produced; manufacture something made by manual -| labor. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|effectual | Definition: -| variance n. a disagreement or difference between -| two parts of the same legal proceeding which -| to be effectual ought to agree -- as between -| the writ and the declaration or between the -| allegation and the proof. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |effectually | Definition: | rasante a. sweeping; grazing; -- applied to a | style of fortification in which the command @@ -19932,26 +18456,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | before them. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|effeminate | Definition: -| woman v. t. to make effeminate or womanish. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|efficacious | Definition: -| theriaca n. an ancient composition esteemed efficacious -| against the effects of poison; especially a -| certain compound of sixty-four drugs prepared -| pulverized and reduced by means of honey to -| an electuary; -- called also theriaca andromachi -| and venice treacle. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|efficacy | Definition: -| virtueless a. destitute of virtue; without efficacy -| or operating qualities; powerless. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |efficient | Definition: | tendency n. direction or course toward any place | object effect or result; drift; causal or efficient @@ -19985,33 +18489,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | nest. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|egypt | Definition: -| xeriff n. a gold coin formerly current in egypt -| and turkey of the value of about 9s. 6d. or -| about $2.30; -- also in morocco a ducat. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|egyptian | Definition: -| worrel n. an egyptian fork-tongued lizard about -| four feet long when full grown. -| +|egress | Definition: +| lock n. a place from which egress is prevented +| as by a lock. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|egyptians | Definition: -| thoth n. the god of eloquence and letters among -| the ancient egyptians and supposed to be the -| inventor of writing and philosophy. he corresponded -| to the mercury of the romans and was usually -| represented as a human figure with the head -| of an ibis or a lamb. +|eh | Definition: +| eh interj. an expression of inquiry or slight +| surprise. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |eight | Definition: | wood's metal a fusible alloy consisting of one | or two parts of cadmium two parts of tin four | of lead with seven or eight part of bismuth. -| it melts at from 66� to 71� c. see fusible +| it melts at from 66¡ to 71¡ c. see fusible | metal under fusible. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -20028,30 +18520,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|eighteenth | Definition: -| sandemanian n. a follower of robert sandeman a -| scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. see -| glassite. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|eighth | Definition: -| utas n. the eighth day after any term or feast; -| the octave; as the utas of st. michael. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|eightieth | Definition: -| moon n. the celestial orb which revolves round -| the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary -| planet whose light borrowed from the sun is -| reflected to the earth and serves to dispel -| the darkness of night. the diameter of the -| moon is 2160 miles its mean distance from the -| earth is 240000 miles and its mass is one eightieth -| that of the earth. see lunar month under month. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |eighty | Definition: | zamang n. an immense leguminous tree (pithecolobium | saman) of venezuela. its branches form a hemispherical @@ -20061,11 +18529,53 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|ejected | Definition: +| vomit n. matter that is vomited; esp. matter ejected +| from the stomach through the mouth. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|elaborate | Definition: +| tregetour n. a juggler who produces illusions +| by the use of elaborate machinery. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|elaborated | Definition: +| secretion n. the act of secreting; the process +| by which material is separated from the blood +| through the agency of the cells of the various +| glands and elaborated by the cells into new +| substances so as to form the various secretions +| as the saliva bile and other digestive fluids. +| the process varies in the different glands +| and hence are formed the various secretions. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|elapsed | Definition: +| elapsed imp. & p. p. of elapse +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|elated | Definition: +| vainglorious a. feeling or indicating vainglory; +| elated by vanity; boastful. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |elbow | Definition: -| under-arm a. done (as bowling) with the arm not -| raised above the elbow that is not swung far -| out from the body; underhand. cf. over-arm -| and round-arm. +| vambrace n. the piece designed to protect the +| arm from the elbow to the wrist. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|elbows | Definition: +| poppyhead n. a raised ornament frequently having +| the form of a final. it is generally used on +| the tops of the upright ends or elbows which +| terminate seats etc. in gothic churches. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |elder | Definition: @@ -20073,11 +18583,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|elderly | Definition: +| matronal a. of or pertaining to a matron; suitable +| to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; +| motherly. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |elders | Definition: -| senate n. a body of elders appointed or elected -| from among the nobles of the nation and having -| supreme legislative authority. -| +| sire n. a tittle of respect formerly used in speaking +| to elders and superiors but now only in addressing +| a sovereign. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |eldest | Definition: @@ -20094,24 +18609,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | state. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|elected | Definition: -| tithingman n. a parish officer elected annually -| to preserve good order in the church during -| divine service to make complaint of any disorderly -| conduct and to enforce the observance of the -| sabbath. +|election | Definition: +| supralapsarian n. one of that class of calvinists +| who believed that god's decree of election +| determined that man should fall in order that +| the opportunity might be furnished of securing +| the redemption of a part of the race the decree +| of salvation being conceived of as formed before +| or beyond and not after or following the lapse +| or fall. cf. infralapsarian. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|election | Definition: -| semi-pelagian n. a follower of john cassianus -| a french monk (died about 448) who modified -| the doctrines of pelagius by denying human -| merit and maintaining the necessity of the -| spirit's influence while on the other hand -| he rejected the augustinian doctrines of election -| the inability of man to do good and the certain -| perseverance of the saints. -| +|elegance | Definition: +| spruce n. neat without elegance or dignity; -- +| formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; +| now chiefly applied to persons. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |elegant | Definition: @@ -20136,15 +18650,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |elephants | Definition: -| kraal n. an inclosure into which are driven wild -| elephants which are to be tamed and educated. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|elevate | Definition: -| siderealize v. t. to elevate to the stars or to -| the region of the stars; to etherealize. -| +| proboscidea n. pl. an order of large mammals including +| the elephants and mastodons. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |elevated | Definition: @@ -20153,10 +18661,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of a locomotive. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|elevating | Definition: -| raising n. the act of lifting setting up elevating -| exalting producing or restoring to life. -| +|elevation | Definition: +| vesicle n. a small and more or less circular elevation +| of the cuticle containing a clear watery fluid. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |eleven | Definition: @@ -20166,41 +18674,37 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | festival. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|eleventh | Definition: -| undecennial a. occurring or observed every eleventh -| year; belonging to or continuing a period of -| eleven years; undecennary; as an undecennial -| festival. +|eliciting | Definition: +| pitiful a. piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|elias | Definition: -| hicksite n. a member or follower of the liberal -| party headed by elias hicks which because of -| a change of views respecting the divinity of -| christ and the atonement seceded from the conservative -| portion of the society of friends in the united -| states in 1827. +|elixir | Definition: +| elixir n. any cordial or substance which invigorates. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|elizabeth | Definition: -| spur-royal n. a gold coin first made in the reign -| of edward iv. having a star on the reverse -| resembling the rowel of a spur. in the reigns -| of elizabeth and of james i. its value was -| fifteen shillings. +|elocution | Definition: +| elocution n. suitable and impressive writing or +| style; eloquent diction. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|elm | Definition: -| wych-elm n. a species of elm (ulmus montana) found -| in northern and western europe; scotch elm. -| +|elongated | Definition: +| zoanthus n. a genus of actinaria including numerous +| species found mostly in tropical seas. the +| zooids or polyps resemble small elongated actinias +| united together at their bases by fleshy stolons +| and thus forming extensive groups. the tentacles +| are small and bright colored. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|elohim | Definition: -| elohist n. the writer or one of the writers of -| the passages of the old testament notably those -| of elohim instead of jehovah as the name of -| the supreme being; -- distinguished from jehovist. +|elongation | Definition: +| extensometer n. an instrument for measuring the +| extension of a body especially for measuring +| the elongation of bars of iron steel or other +| material when subjected to a tensile force. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -20212,13 +18716,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|eloquent | Definition: -| oratory n. the art of an orator; the art of public -| speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; -| the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; -| eloquence. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |elsewhere | Definition: | water joint a joint in a stone pavement where | the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere @@ -20228,11 +18725,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|elul | Definition: -| elul n. the sixth month of the jewish year by -| the sacred reckoning or the twelfth by the -| civil reckoning corresponding nearly to the -| month of september. +|eluded | Definition: +| ineludible a. incapable of being eluded or evaded; +| unvoidable. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|eluding | Definition: +| evasion n. the act of eluding or avoiding particularly +| the pressure of an argument accusation charge +| or interrogation; artful means of eluding. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |em | Definition: @@ -20241,64 +18743,53 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|emaciated | Definition: -| emaciation n. the state of being emaciated or -| reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively -| lean condition. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|embalm | Definition: -| mummify v. t. to embalm and dry as a mummy; to -| make into or like a mummy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|embalmed | Definition: -| mummy n. a gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed -| flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to -| have magical and medicinal properties. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|embassage | Definition: -| embassage n. message; errand. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|embassy | Definition: -| embassy n. the residence or office of an ambassador. +|emancipation | Definition: +| nirvana n. 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 +| or absorption into the divine. see buddhism. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|embellished | Definition: -| florid a. embellished with flowers of rhetoric; -| enriched to excess with figures; excessively -| ornate; as a florid style; florid eloquence. -| +|embankment | Definition: +| topsoiling n. the act or art of taking off the +| top soil of land before an excavation or embankment +| is begun. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|embers | Definition: -| roast v. t. to cook by surrounding with hot embers -| ashes sand etc.; as to roast a potato in ashes. -| +|embarked | Definition: +| engagement n. that which engages; engrossing occupation; +| employment of the attention; obligation by +| pledge promise or contract; an enterprise embarked +| in; as his engagements prevented his acceptance +| of any office. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|emblem | Definition: -| world n. as an emblem of immensity a great multitude -| or quantity; a large number. -| +|embellishment | Definition: +| turn n. an embellishment or grace (marked thus +| /) commonly consisting of the principal note +| or that on which the turn is made with the +| note above and the semitone below the note +| above being sounded first the principal note +| next and the semitone below last the three +| being performed quickly as a triplet preceding +| the marked note. the turn may be inverted so +| as to begin with the lower note in which case +| the sign is either placed on end thus / or +| drawn thus /. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|emboldened | Definition: -| emboldened imp. & p. p. of embolden -| +|embodiment | Definition: +| statement n. that which is stated; a formal embodiment +| in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; +| a recital. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |embrace | Definition: -| side v. i. to embrace the opinions of one party -| or engage in its interest in opposition to -| another party; to take sides; as to side with -| the ministerial party. +| swallow v. t. to receive or embrace as opinions +| or belief without examination or scruple; to +| receive implicitly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |embraced | Definition: @@ -20318,9 +18809,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |embracing | Definition: -| shire n. a division of a state embracing several -| contiguous townships; a county. -| +| swarm v. i. to climb a tree pole or the like by +| embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. +| see shin. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |embroidered | Definition: @@ -20330,96 +18821,99 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|embroiderer | Definition: -| embroiderer n. one who embroiders. -| +|emerge | Definition: +| rise v. to become apparent; to emerge into sight; +| to come forth; to appear; as an eruption rises +| on the skin; the land rises to view to one +| sailing toward the shore. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|embroidering | Definition: -| figure n. the representation of any form as by -| drawing painting modeling carving embroidering -| etc.; especially a representation of the human -| body; as a figure in bronze; a figure cut in -| marble. +|emerged | Definition: +| emerged imp. & p. p. of emerge +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|embroidery | Definition: -| tambour n. a small frame commonly circular and -| somewhat resembling a tambourine used for stretching -| and firmly holding a portion of cloth that -| is to be embroidered; also the embroidery done -| upon such a frame; -- called also in the latter -| sense tambour work. +|emergence | Definition: +| #name? a noun suffix signifying action state +| or quality; also that which relates to the +| action or state; as in emergence diffidence +| diligence influence difference excellence. +| see -ance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|emerald | Definition: -| zaratite n. a hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring -| as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite; -| -- called also emerald nickel. -| +|emergency | Definition: +| #name? a noun suffix having much the same meaning +| as -ence but more commonly signifying the quality +| or state; as emergency efficiency. see -ancy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|emerods | Definition: -| emerods n. pl. alt. of emeroids -| +|emigrant | Definition: +| emigrant n. one who emigrates or quits one country +| or region to settle in another. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|eminence | Definition: -| wheal n. specifically (med.) a flat burning or -| itching eminence on the skin such as is produced -| by a mosquito bite or in urticaria. -| +|eminently | Definition: +| top v. t. to perform eminently or better than +| before. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|eminences | Definition: -| eminences pl. of eminency -| +|emotion | Definition: +| woulding n. emotion of desire; inclination; velleity. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|eminent | Definition: -| worthy n. a man of eminent worth or value; one -| distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; -| a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used -| in the plural; as the worthies of the church; -| political worthies; military worthies. -| +|emotional | Definition: +| susceptibility n. specifically capacity for deep +| feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility +| in its broadest acceptation; impressibility; +| sensitiveness. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|emissary | Definition: -| emissory a. same as emissary a. 2. -| +|emotions | Definition: +| yearn v. i. to be filled with longing desire; +| to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing +| or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with +| emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; +| to be eager. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|emmanuel | Definition: -| emmanuel n. see immanuel. +|emphasis | Definition: +| trope n. 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 of giving life or emphasis to +| an idea; a figure of speech. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|emperor | Definition: -| tzar n. the emperor of russia. see czar. +|emphatic | Definition: +| yea adv. more than this; not only so but; -- used +| to mark the addition of a more specific or +| more emphatic clause. cf. nay adv. 2. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|emperors | Definition: -| sicca n. a seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively -| to designate the silver currency of the mogul -| emperors or the indian rupee of 192 grains. -| +|emphatically | Definition: +| emphatically adv. not really but apparently. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|empire | Definition: -| waldgrave n. in the old german empire the head -| forest keeper. +|employ | Definition: +| waste a. to spend unnecessarily or carelessly; +| to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable +| result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish +| vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to +| destroy by scattering or injury. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|employed | Definition: -| y- a prefix of obscure meaning originally used -| with verbs adverbs adjectives nouns and pronouns. -| in the middle english period it was little -| employed except with verbs being chiefly used -| with past participles though occasionally with -| the infinitive ycleped or yclept is perhaps -| the only word not entirely obsolete which shows -| this use. +|employer | Definition: +| sweater n. an employer who oppresses his workmen +| by paying low wages. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |employing | Definition: @@ -20435,13 +18929,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wood or timber. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|employments | Definition: -| sunday n. the first day of the week -- consecrated -| among christians to rest from secular employments -| and to religious worship; the christian sabbath; -| the lord's day. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |empowered | Definition: | university n. an institution organized and incorporated | for the purpose of imparting instruction examining @@ -20470,22 +18957,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | words. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|emulation | Definition: -| vie v. t. to do or produce in emulation competition -| or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|emulous | Definition: -| vie v. i. to strive for superiority; to contend; -| to use emulous effort as in a race contest -| or competition. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enable | Definition: -| wing v. t. to furnish with wings; to enable to -| fly or to move with celerity. -| +|emptying | Definition: +| voidance n. the act of voiding emptying ejecting +| or evacuating. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |enabled | Definition: @@ -20497,57 +18971,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|enacted | Definition: -| statutory a. enacted by statute; depending on -| statute for its authority; as a statutory provision. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|encamp | Definition: -| encamp v. i. to form and occupy a camp; to prepare -| and settle in temporary habitations as tents -| or huts; to halt on a march pitch tents or -| form huts and remain for the night or for a -| longer time as an army or a company traveling. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|encamped | Definition: -| taborite n. 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. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|encamping | Definition: -| encamping p. pr. & vb. n. of encamp -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|encenia | Definition: -| encenia n. pl. a festival commemorative of the -| founding of a city or the consecration of a -| church; also the ceremonies (as at oxford and -| cambridge england) commemorative of founders -| or benefactors. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |enchanter | Definition: | enchanter n. one who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; | also one who delights as by an enchantment. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|enclosure | Definition: -| enclosure n. inclosure. see inclosure. -| +|enchantment | Definition: +| witching a. that witches or enchants; suited to +| enchantment or witchcraft; bewitching. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|encompass | Definition: -| vest n. to clothe with or as with a vestment or -| garment; to dress; to robe; to cover surround -| or encompass closely. +|encircled | Definition: +| white-eye n. any one of several species of small +| old world singing of the genus zosterops as +| zosterops palpebrosus of india and z. c/rulescens +| of australia. the eyes are encircled by a ring +| of white feathers whence the name. called also +| bush creeper and white-eyed tit. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |encompassed | Definition: @@ -20558,6 +19001,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|encounter | Definition: +| waylay v. t. to lie in wait for; to meet or encounter +| in the way; especially to watch for the passing +| of with a view to seize rob or slay; to beset +| in ambush. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |encountered | Definition: | willywaw n. a whirlwind or whirlwind squall encountered | in the straits of magellan. @@ -20584,17 +19034,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|encourages | Definition: -| questmonger n. one who lays informations and encourages -| petty lawsuits. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |encouraging | Definition: | incentive a. inciting; encouraging or moving; | rousing to action; stimulative. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|encroached | Definition: +| encroached imp. & p. p. of encroach +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |encroaching | Definition: | invasion n. the act of invading; the act of encroaching | upon the rights or possessions of another; @@ -20602,45 +19052,43 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|endanger | Definition: -| send v. i. to pitch; as the ship sends forward -| so violently as to endanger her masts. -| +|encumber | Definition: +| trash v. t. to hold back by a trash or leash as +| a dog in pursuing game; hence to retard encumber +| or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ended | Definition: -| ventose a. the sixth month of the calendar adopted -| by the first french republic. it began february -| 19 and ended march 20. see vend/miaire. -| +|encumbered | Definition: +| littery a. covered or encumbered with litter; +| consisting of or constituting litter. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|endeth | Definition: -| lesson n. a portion of scripture read in divine -| service for instruction; as here endeth the -| first lesson. +|endanger | Definition: +| stumble v. i. to trip in walking or in moving +| in any way with the legs; to strike the foot +| so as to fall or to endanger a fall; to stagger +| because of a false step. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ending | Definition: -| wert the second person singular indicative and -| subjunctive moods imperfect tense of the verb -| be. it is formed from were with the ending -| -t after the analogy of wast. now used only -| in solemn or poetic style. -| +|endangered | Definition: +| jonah n. the hebrew prophet who was cast overboard +| as one who endangered the ship; hence any person +| whose presence is unpropitious. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|endless | Definition: -| treadmill n. a mill worked by persons treading -| upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel -| having a horizontal axis. it is used principally -| as a means of prison discipline. also a mill -| worked by horses dogs etc. treading an endless -| belt. +|endearing | Definition: +| pussy n. a pet name for a cat; also an endearing +| name for a girl. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|endow | Definition: -| widow v. t. to endow with a widow's right. +|ended | Definition: +| ventose a. the sixth month of the calendar adopted +| by the first french republic. it began february +| 19 and ended march 20. see vend/miaire. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -20654,12 +19102,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a theory of vortices. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|endowments | Definition: -| spiritual a. of or pertaining to the intellectual -| and higher endowments of the mind; mental; -| intellectual. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |ends | Definition: | yoke n. a crosspiece upon the head of a boat's | rudder. to its ends lines are attached which @@ -20667,9 +19109,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | from amidships. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|endued | Definition: -| reasonable n. having the faculty of reason; endued -| with reason; rational; as a reasonable being. +|endurance | Definition: +| weary v. t. to reduce or exhaust the physical +| strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; +| as to weary one's self with labor or traveling. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -20688,8 +19131,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |enduring | Definition: -| unforgettable a. not forgettable; enduring in -| memory. +| unsuffering n. inability or incapability of enduring +| or of being endured. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |enemies | Definition: @@ -20706,6 +19149,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|energetic | Definition: +| spurt n. a sudden and energetic effort as in an +| emergency; an increased exertion for a brief +| space. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|energetically | Definition: +| burn v. i. to combine energetically with evolution +| of heat; as copper burns in chlorine. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|energies | Definition: +| mummy n. one whose affections and energies are +| withered. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |engage | Definition: | warrant n. to assure as a thing sold to the purchaser; | that is to engage that the thing is what it @@ -20721,13 +19181,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |engagement | Definition: -| warranty n. a stipulation or engagement by a party -| insured that certain things relating to the -| subject of insurance or affecting the risk -| exist or shall exist or have been done or shall -| be done. these warranties when express should -| appear in the policy; but there are certain -| implied warranties. +| warranty n. an engagement or undertaking express +| or implied that a certain fact regarding the +| subject of a contract is or shall be as it +| is expressly or impliedly declared or promised +| to be. in sales of goods by persons in possession +| there is an implied warranty of title but as +| to the quality of goods the rule of every sale +| is caveat emptor. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|engagements | Definition: +| suspend v. i. to cease from operation or activity; +| esp. to stop payment or be unable to meet obligations +| or engagements (said of a commercial firm or +| a bank). +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|engaging | Definition: +| thyrsus n. a staff entwined with ivy and surmounted +| by a pine cone or by a bunch of vine or ivy +| leaves with grapes or berries. it is an attribute +| of bacchus and of the satyrs and others engaging +| in bacchic rites. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|engender | Definition: +| engender v. i. to come together; to meet as in +| sexual embrace. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|engendered | Definition: +| ingenerable a. incapble of being engendered or +| produced; original. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |engendering | Definition: @@ -20745,6 +19231,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|engineer | Definition: +| hostler n. the person who takes charge of a locomotive +| when it is left by the engineer after a trip. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |engines | Definition: | turret n. a movable building of a square form | consisting of ten or even twenty stories and @@ -20755,45 +19247,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|engrave | Definition: -| scribe v. t. to write engrave or mark upon; to -| inscribe. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|engraved | Definition: -| siderography n. the art or practice of steel engraving; -| especially the process invented by perkins -| of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel -| plate by first rolling over it when hardened -| a soft steel cylinder and then rolling the -| cylinder when hardened over a soft steel plate -| which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. -| the process has been superseded by electrotypy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|engraven | Definition: -| engraven of engrave -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|engraver | Definition: -| zincographer n. an engraver on zinc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|engravers | Definition: -| scauper n. a tool with a semicircular edge -- -| used by engravers to clear away the spaces -| between the lines of an engraving. -| +|england | Definition: +| york use the one of the three printed uses of +| england which was followed in the north. it +| was based on the sarum use. see use n. 6. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|engraving | Definition: -| zincography n. 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. -| +|englishman | Definition: +| smithsonian a. of or pertaining to the englishman +| j. l. m. smithson or to the national institution +| of learning which he endowed at washington +| d. c.; as the smithsonian institution; smithsonian +| reports. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |engravings | Definition: @@ -20803,12 +19269,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|enjoined | Definition: -| sacrament n. one of the solemn religious ordinances -| enjoined by christ the head of the christian -| church to be observed by his followers; hence -| specifically the eucharist; the lord's supper. -| +|engrossed | Definition: +| self-contained a. having self-control; reserved; +| uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's +| self. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|enhanced | Definition: +| enhanced imp. & p. p. of enhance +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |enjoy | Definition: @@ -20817,6 +19286,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|enjoyable | Definition: +| relish n. a pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies +| the palate; hence enjoyable quality; power +| of pleasing. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |enjoyed | Definition: | turn n. successive course; opportunity enjoyed | by alternation with another or with others @@ -20833,28 +19308,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | names in fiction. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|enjoyments | Definition: -| voluptuous a. given to the enjoyments of luxury -| and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual -| gratifications. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enkindle | Definition: -| reenkindle v. t. to enkindle again. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enkindled | Definition: -| enthusiasm n. enkindled and kindling fervor of -| soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf -| of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative -| zeal or interest; as he engaged in his profession -| with enthusiasm. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enlarge | Definition: -| territorialize v. t. to enlarge by extension of -| territory. +|enjoyment | Definition: +| whoop n. a shout of pursuit or of war; a very +| of eagerness enthusiasm enjoyment vengeance +| terror or the like; an halloo; a hoot or cry +| as of an owl. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |enlarged | Definition: @@ -20888,74 +19346,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|enlightener | Definition: -| enlightener n. one who enlightens or illuminates; -| one who or that which communicates light to -| the eye or clear views to the mind. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enlightening | Definition: -| reillumination n. the act or process of enlightening -| again. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enliven | Definition: -| refresh a. to make fresh again; to restore strength -| spirit animation or the like to; to relieve -| from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; -| to enliven anew; to reanimate; as sleep refreshes -| the body and the mind. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enlivened | Definition: -| exhilaration n. the state of being enlivened or -| cheerful. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enmities | Definition: -| enmities pl. of enmity -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enmity | Definition: -| unregenerated a. not regenerated; not renewed -| in heart; remaining or being at enmity with -| god. +|enlightenment | Definition: +| obscurant n. one who obscures; one who prevents +| enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge +| and wisdom. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|enoch | Definition: -| bartlett n. a bartlett pear a favorite kind of -| pear which originated in england about 1770 -| and was called williams' bonchretien. it was -| brought to america and distributed by mr. enoch -| bartlett of dorchester massachusetts. -| +|enlist | Definition: +| reenlist v. t. & i. to enlist again. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|enormity | Definition: -| palliate v. t. to cover with excuses; to conceal -| the enormity of by excuses and apologies; to -| extenuate; as to palliate faults. +|enlisted | Definition: +| roster n. a register or roll showing the order +| in which officers enlisted men companies or +| regiments are called on to serve. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |enormous | Definition: -| shoebill n. a large african wading bird (balaeniceps -| rex) allied to the storks and herons and remarkable -| for its enormous broad swollen bill. it inhabits -| the valley of the white nile. see illust. (l.) -| of beak. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enquire | Definition: -| enquire v. i. & t. see inquire. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enraged | Definition: -| incensed a. represented as enraged as any wild -| creature depicted with fire issuing from mouth -| and eyes. +| titanic a. of or relating to titans or fabled +| giants of ancient mythology; hence enormous +| in size or strength; as titanic structures. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |enrich | Definition: @@ -20963,66 +19376,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|enriched | Definition: -| stole n. a narrow band of silk or stuff sometimes -| enriched with embroidery and jewels worn on -| the left shoulder of deacons and across both -| shoulders of bishops and priests pendent on -| each side nearly to the ground. at mass it -| is worn crossed on the breast by priests. it -| is used in various sacred functions. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |enriching | Definition: | marinade n. a brine or pickle containing wine | and spices for enriching the flavor of meat | and fish. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|enrolled | Definition: -| militia n. in the widest sense the whole military -| force of a nation including both those engaged -| in military service as a business and those -| competent and available for such service; specifically -| the body of citizens enrolled for military -| instruction and discipline but not subject -| to be called into actual service except in -| emergencies. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enrolling | Definition: -| list v. i. to engage in public service by enrolling -| one's name; to enlist. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ensign | Definition: -| tut n. an imperial ensign consisting of a golden -| globe with a cross on it. +|ensued | Definition: +| ensued imp. & p. p. of ensue | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ensigns | Definition: -| heraldry n. the art or office of a herald; the -| art practice or science of recording genealogies -| and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also -| of marshaling cavalcades processions and public -| ceremonies. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enslaved | Definition: -| enslaved imp. & p. p. of enslave -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ensue | Definition: -| insue v. i. see ensue v. i. -| +|ensuing | Definition: +| ensue v. i. to follow or come afterward; to follow +| as a consequence or in chronological succession; +| to result; as an ensuing conclusion or effect; +| the year ensuing was a cold one. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|entangle | Definition: -| trammel v. t. to entangle as in a net; to catch. -| +|ensure | Definition: +| ensure v. t. to betroth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |entangled | Definition: @@ -21046,24 +19420,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|enterprise | Definition: -| seconder n. one who seconds or supports what another -| attempts affirms moves or proposes; as the -| seconder of an enterprise or of a motion. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enterprises | Definition: -| figurehead n. a person who allows his name to -| be used to give standing to enterprises in -| which he has no responsible interest or duties; -| a nominal but not real head or chief. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enters | Definition: -| wash n. the blade of an oar or the thin part which -| enters the water. +|enterprising | Definition: +| enterprising a. having a disposition for enterprise; +| characterized by enterprise; resolute active +| or prompt to attempt; as an enterprising man +| or firm. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |entertain | Definition: @@ -21079,6 +19440,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | reflexively. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|entertainer | Definition: +| entertainer n. one who entertains. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |entertaining | Definition: | secure a. confident in opinion; not entertaining | or not having reason to entertain doubt; certain; @@ -21086,25 +19452,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|entertains | Definition: -| hostess n. a woman who entertains guests for compensation; -| a female innkeeper. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|entice | Definition: -| wheedle v. t. to entice by soft words; to cajole; -| to flatter; to coax. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|enticed | Definition: -| temptation n. the state of being tempted or enticed -| to evil. +|enthralling | Definition: +| enthrallment n. the act of enthralling or state +| of being enthralled. see inthrallment. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|enticing | Definition: -| seducement n. the means employed to seduce as -| flattery promises deception etc.; arts of enticing -| or corrupting. +|enthusiastic | Definition: +| fanatic a. pertaining to or indicating fanaticism; +| extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; +| excessively enthusiastic especially on religious +| subjects; as fanatic zeal; fanatic notions. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |entire | Definition: @@ -21126,24 +19485,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|entitle | Definition: -| entitle v. t. to attribute; to ascribe. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|entitles | Definition: -| settlement n. a settled place of abode; residence; -| a right growing out of residence; legal residence -| or establishment of a person in a particular -| parish or town which entitles him to maintenance -| if a pauper and subjects the parish or town -| to his support. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|entrails | Definition: -| umbles n. pl. the entrails and coarser parts of -| a deer; hence sometimes entrails in general. -| +|entitled | Definition: +| worthy n. having suitable adapted or equivalent +| qualities or value; -- usually with of before +| the thing compared or the object; more rarely +| with a following infinitive instead of of or +| with that; as worthy of equal in excellence +| value or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; +| -- usually in a good sense but sometimes in +| a bad one. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |entrance | Definition: @@ -21152,14 +19502,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|entrances | Definition: -| nave n. the middle or body of a church extending -| from the transepts to the principal entrances -| or if there are no transepts from the choir -| to the principal entrance but not including -| the aisles. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |entrap | Definition: | spider's web the silken web which is formed by | most kinds of spiders particularly the web @@ -21168,10 +19510,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|entrapped | Definition: +| entrap v. t. to catch in a trap; to insnare; hence +| to catch as in a trap by artifices; to involve +| in difficulties or distresses; to catch or +| involve in contradictions; as to be entrapped +| by the devices of evil men. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |entreat | Definition: -| supplicate v. t. to address in prayer; to entreat -| as a supplicant; as to supplicate the deity. -| +| supplicate v. t. to entreat for; to seek by earnest +| prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as +| to supplicate blessings on christian efforts +| to spread the gospel. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |entreated | Definition: @@ -21185,11 +19537,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|entreaty | Definition: -| persuade v. t. to influence or gain over by argument -| advice entreaty expostulation etc.; to draw -| or incline to a determination by presenting -| sufficient motives. +|entreatingly | Definition: +| entreatingly adv. in an entreating manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|entries | Definition: +| wastebook n. a book in which rough entries of +| transactions are made previous to their being +| carried into the journal. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |envied | Definition: @@ -21197,10 +19554,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|envies | Definition: -| envies pl. of envy -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |envious | Definition: | zoilean a. having the characteristic of zoilus | a bitter envious unjust critic who lived about @@ -21208,11 +19561,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|environed | Definition: -| environed imp. & p. p. of environ -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |envy | Definition: | repine v. i. to continue pining; to feel inward | discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge @@ -21225,76 +19573,44 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|epha | Definition: -| epha n. a hebrew dry measure supposed to be equal -| to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make -| one homer. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ephesian | Definition: -| ephesian n. a jolly companion; a roisterer. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ephesus | Definition: -| nicolaitan n. one of certain corrupt persons in -| the early church at ephesus who are censured -| in rev. ii. 6 15. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ephod | Definition: -| ephod n. a part of the sacerdotal habit among -| jews being a covering for the back and breast -| held together on the shoulders by two clasps -| or brooches of onyx stones set in gold and -| fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the -| ephod. the ephod for the priests was of plain -| linen; that for the high priest was richly -| embroidered in colors. the breastplate of the -| high priest was worn upon the ephod in front. -| +|epergne | Definition: +| epergne n. a centerpiece for table decoration +| usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles +| of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental +| design. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ephraim | Definition: -| ephraim n. a hunter's name for the grizzly bear. +|episode | Definition: +| episode n. a separate incident story or action +| introduced for the purpose of giving a greater +| variety to the events related; an incidental +| narrative or digression separable from the +| main subject but naturally arising from it. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ephraimites | Definition: -| shibboleth n. 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. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |epistle | Definition: -| introit n. a psalm sung or chanted immediately -| before the collect epistle and gospel and while -| the priest is entering within the rails of -| the altar. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|epistles | Definition: -| extravagant n. certain constitutions or decretal -| epistles not at first included with others -| but subsequently made a part of the canon law. +| maranatha n. our lord cometh; -- an expression +| used by st. paul at the conclusion of his first +| epistle to the corinthians (xvi. 22). this +| word has been used in anathematizing persons +| for great crimes; as much as to say may the +| lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy +| crimes. see anathema maranatha under anathema. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|epithets | Definition: -| amplification n. the enlarging of a simple statement -| by particularity of description the use of -| epithets etc. for rhetorical effect; diffuse -| narrative or description or a dilating upon -| all the particulars of a subject. -| +|epitaph | Definition: +| taste n. manner with respect to what is pleasing +| refined or in accordance with good usage; style; +| as music composed in good taste; an epitaph +| in bad taste. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|epoch | Definition: -| pleistocene a. of or pertaining to the epoch or -| the deposits following the tertiary and immediately -| preceding man. +|epsom | Definition: +| salt n. any mineral salt used as an aperient or +| cathartic especially epsom salts rochelle salt +| or glauber's salt. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |equal | Definition: @@ -21304,10 +19620,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |equality | Definition: -| unbalanced a. not adjusted; not settled; not brought -| to an equality of debt and credit; as an unbalanced -| account; unbalanced books. -| +| unison n. identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds +| proceeding from an equality in the number of +| vibrations made in a given time by two or more +| sonorous bodies. parts played or sung in octaves +| are also said to be in unison or in octaves. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|equalled | Definition: +| equalled of equal |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |equally | Definition: @@ -21325,76 +19647,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |equipage | Definition: -| setout n. a display as of plate equipage etc.; -| that which is displayed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|equitable | Definition: -| socialism n. a theory or system of social reform -| which contemplates a complete reconstruction -| of society with a more just and equitable distribution -| of property and labor. in popular usage the -| term is often employed to indicate any lawless -| revolutionary social scheme. see communism -| fourierism saint-simonianism forms of socialism. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|equity | Definition: -| unequity n. want of equity or uprightness; injustice; -| wickedness; iniquity. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|erase | Definition: -| obliterate v. t. to erase or blot out; to efface; -| to render undecipherable as a writing. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|erastus | Definition: -| erastian n. 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 communion was open to all. in -| the present day an erastian is one who would -| see the church placed entirely under the control -| of the state. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ere | Definition: -| erelong adv. before the /apse of a long time; -| soon; -- usually separated ere long. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|erect | Definition: -| zati n. a species of macaque (macacus pileatus) -| native of india and ceylon. it has a crown -| of long erect hair and tuft of radiating hairs -| on the back of the head. called also capped -| macaque. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|erected | Definition: -| vidame n. one of a class of temporal officers -| who originally represented the bishops but -| later erected their offices into fiefs and -| became feudal nobles. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|erecting | Definition: -| structure n. the act of building; the practice -| of erecting buildings; construction. -| +| splendor n. magnifience; pomp; parade; as the +| splendor of equipage ceremonies processions +| and the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ericius | Definition: -| ericius n. the vulgate rendering of the hebrew -| word qip/d which in the >authorized version -| > is translated bittern and in the revised -| version porcupine. +|er | Definition: +| compare v. t. to inflect according to the degrees +| of comparison; to state positive comparative +| and superlative forms of; as most adjectives +| of one syllable are compared by affixing - +| er and -est to the positive form; as black +| blacker blackest; those of more than one syllable +| are usually compared by prefixing >more > +| and >most > or >less > and >least > to the +| positive; as beautiful more beautiful most +| beautiful. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |err | Definition: @@ -21403,35 +19671,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|erred | Definition: -| erred imp. & p. p. of err -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|erring | Definition: -| erring p. pr. & vb. n. of err -| +|errand | Definition: +| gallopin v. i. an under servant for the kitchen; +| a scullion; a cook's errand boy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|erroneous | Definition: -| true n. conformable to fact; in accordance with -| the actual state of things; correct; not false -| erroneous inaccurate or the like; as a true -| relation or narration; a true history; a declaration -| is true when it states the facts. -| +|errant | Definition: +| errant n. one who wanders about. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |errors | Definition: -| revise v. t. to compare (a proof) with a previous -| proof of the same matter and mark again such -| errors as have not been corrected in the type. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|esau | Definition: -| edomite n. one of the descendants of esau or edom -| the brother of jacob; an idumean. -| +| slip n. to depart withdraw enter appear intrude +| or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in +| a quiet furtive manner; as some errors slipped +| into the work. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|erudition | Definition: +| famous a. celebrated in fame or public report; +| renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in +| story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense +| chiefly the former; often followed by for; +| as famous for erudition for eloquence for military +| skill; a famous pirate. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |escape | Definition: @@ -21447,61 +19712,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | from cultivation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|escapes | Definition: -| rejuvenescence n. a method of cell formation in -| which the entire protoplasm of an old cell -| escapes by rupture of the cell wall and then -| develops a new cell wall. it is seen sometimes -| in the formation of zoospores etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|escutcheons | Definition: -| gules n. the tincture red indicated in seals and -| engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel -| vertical lines. hence used poetically for a -| red color or that which is red. -| +|escort | Definition: +| usher v. t. to introduce or escort as an usher +| forerunner or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes +| followed by in or forth; as to usher in a stranger; +| to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor +| into the room. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|especially | Definition: -| zufolo n. a little flute or flageolet especially -| that which is used to teach birds. -| +|escorted | Definition: +| escorted imp. & p. p. of escort +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|espouse | Definition: -| range n. to place (as a single individual) among -| others in a line row or order as in the ranks -| of an army; -- usually reflexively and figuratively -| (in the sense) to espouse a cause to join a -| party etc. +|escorting | Definition: +| escorting p. pr. & vb. n. of escort +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|espoused | Definition: -| espoused imp. & p. p. of espouse -| +|especial | Definition: +| white superl. regarded with especial favor; favorite; +| darling. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|essayed | Definition: -| essayed imp. & p. p. of essay -| +|especially | Definition: +| zufolo n. a little flute or flageolet especially +| that which is used to teach birds. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|essene | Definition: -| essene n. one of a sect among the jews in the -| time of our savior remarkable for their strictness -| and abstinence. +|esquimaux | Definition: +| esquimaux pl. of esquimau +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|essentially | Definition: -| uckewallist n. one of a sect of rigid anabaptists -| which originated in 1637 and whose tenets were -| essentially the same as those of the mennonists. -| in addition however they held that judas and -| the murderers of christ were saved. so called -| from the founder of the sect ucke wallis a -| native of friesland. +|esquire | Definition: +| title n. an appellation of dignity distinction +| or preeminence (hereditary or acquired) given +| to persons as duke marquis honorable esquire +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |est | Definition: @@ -21511,14 +19760,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |establish | Definition: -| voucher n. a book paper or document which serves -| to vouch the truth of accounts or to confirm -| and establish facts of any kind; also any acquittance -| or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as -| the merchant's books are his vouchers for the -| correctness of his accounts; notes bonds receipts -| and other writings are used as vouchers in -| proving facts. +| voucher n. the tenant in a writ of right; one +| who calls in another to establish his warranty +| of title. in common recoveries there may be +| a single voucher or double vouchers. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |established | Definition: @@ -21528,38 +19774,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|establishes | Definition: -| settler n. especially one who establishes himself -| in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a -| planter; as the first settlers of new england. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|establishing | Definition: -| zollverein n. literally a customs union; specifically -| applied to the several customs unions successively -| formed under the leadership of prussia among -| certain german states for establishing liberty -| of commerce among themselves and common tariff -| on imports exports and transit. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |establishment | Definition: -| settlement n. a settled place of abode; residence; -| a right growing out of residence; legal residence -| or establishment of a person in a particular -| parish or town which entitles him to maintenance -| if a pauper and subjects the parish or town -| to his support. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|estates | Definition: -| regalia n. pl. that which belongs to royalty. -| specifically: (a) the rights and prerogatives -| of a king. (b) royal estates and revenues. -| (c) ensings symbols or paraphernalia of royalty. -| +| subsidy n. a grant from the government from a +| municipal corporation or the like to a private +| person or company to assist the establishment +| or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous +| to the public; a subvention; as a subsidy to +| the owners of a line of ocean steamships. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |esteem | Definition: @@ -21568,61 +19790,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to despise. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|esteemed | Definition: -| yellowtail n. any one of several species of marine -| carangoid fishes of the genus seriola; especially -| the large california species (s. dorsalis) -| which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds -| and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called -| also cavasina and white salmon. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|esteeming | Definition: -| esteeming p. pr. & vb. n. of esteem -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|esther | Definition: -| hagiographa n. pl. the last of the three jewish -| divisions of the old testament or that portion -| not contained in the law and the prophets. -| it comprises psalms proverbs job canticles -| ruth lamentations ecclesiastes esther daniel -| ezra nehemiah and chronicles. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|estimated | Definition: -| weight v. t. the quantity of heaviness; comparative -| tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity -| of matter as estimated by the balance or expressed -| numerically with reference to some standard -| unit; as a mass of stone having the weight -| of five hundred pounds. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|estimation | Definition: -| urinometry n. the estimation of the specific gravity -| of urine by the urinometer. -| +|estimable | Definition: +| worthy n. a man of eminent worth or value; one +| distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; +| a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used +| in the plural; as the worthies of the church; +| political worthies; military worthies. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|etc | Definition: -| quarter n. a term of study in a seminary college -| etc etc.; properly a fourth part of the year -| but often longer or shorter. -| +|estimate | Definition: +| weigh v. t. to examine or test as if by the balance; +| to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine +| for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming +| to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and +| maturely; to balance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |eternal | Definition: -| secular a. of or pertaining to this present world -| or to things not spiritual or holy; relating -| to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; -| not immediately or primarily respecting the -| soul but the body; worldly. -| +| suspend n. to make to depend; as god hath suspended +| the promise of eternal life on the condition +| of obedience and holiness of life. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |eternity | Definition: @@ -21643,102 +19832,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ether | Definition: -| urrhodin n. indigo red a product of the decomposition -| or oxidation of indican. it is sometimes found -| in the sediment of pathological urines. it -| is soluble in ether or alcohol giving the solution -| a beautiful red color. also called indigrubin. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ethiopia | Definition: -| ethiopic a. of or relating to ethiopia or the -| ethiopians. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ethiopian | Definition: -| ethiopian a. alt. of ethiopic -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ethiopians | Definition: -| monopode n. one of a fabulous tribe or race of -| ethiopians having but one leg and foot. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|eucharist | Definition: -| ubiquitarian n. one of a school of lutheran divines -| which held that the body of christ is present -| everywhere and especially in the eucharist -| in virtue of his omnipresence. called also -| ubiquitist and ubiquitary. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|eucharistic | Definition: -| eucharistic a. alt. of eucharistical -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|euge | Definition: -| euge n. applause. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|eunuch | Definition: -| eunuchate v. t. to make a eunuch of; to castrate. -| as a man. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|eunuchs | Definition: -| epicene a. & n. common to both sexes; -- a term -| applied in grammar to such nouns as have but -| one form of gender either the masculine or -| feminine to indicate animals of both sexes; -| as boy^s bos for the ox and cow; sometimes -| applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|evangelical | Definition: -| faith n. the belief in the facts and truth of -| the scriptures with a practical love of them; -| especially that confiding and affectionate -| belief in the person and work of christ which -| affects the character and life and makes a -| man a true christian -- called a practical -| evangelical or saving faith. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|evangelist | Definition: -| salvationist n. an evangelist a member or a recruit -| of the salvation army. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|evangelists | Definition: -| tetramorph n. the union of the four attributes -| of the evangelists in one figure which is represented -| as winged and standing on winged fiery wheels -| the wings being covered with eyes. the representations -| of it are evidently suggested by the vision -| of ezekiel (ch. i.) +|evade | Definition: +| shuffle v. i. to change one's position; to shift +| ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; +| to prevaricate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|evangelized | Definition: -| evangelized imp. & p. p. of evangelize -| +|evading | Definition: +| evading p. pr. & vb. n. of evade +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|evangelizing | Definition: -| evangelizing p. pr. & vb. n. of evangelize -| +|evaporated | Definition: +| sugar n. a sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline +| substance of a sandy or granular consistency +| obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice +| of certain plants as the sugar cane sorghum +| beet root sugar maple etc. it is used for seasoning +| and preserving many kinds of food and drink. +| ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. see +| the note below. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|evaporate | Definition: -| transpire v. t. to evaporate (moisture) from living -| cells. +|evasion | Definition: +| quirk n. a sudden turn; a starting from the point +| or line; hence an artful evasion or subterfuge; +| a shift; a quibble; as the quirks of a pettifogger. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |eve | Definition: @@ -21751,28 +19871,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | evening last past. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|eventide | Definition: -| eventide n. the time of evening; evening. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|everlasting | Definition: -| salvation n. the redemption of man from the bondage -| of sin and liability to eternal death and the -| conferring on him of everlasting happiness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|everlastingly | Definition: -| everlastingly adv. in an everlasting manner. -| +|eventful | Definition: +| eventful a. full of or rich in events or incidents; +| as an eventful journey; an eventful period +| of history; an eventful period of life. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|evermore | Definition: -| evermore adv. during eternity; always; forever; -| for an indefinite period; at all times; -- -| often used substantively with for. -| +|eventually | Definition: +| strobila n. a form of the larva of certain discophora +| in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. +| the body of the strobila becomes elongated +| and subdivides transversely into a series of +| lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae +| or young medusae. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |everybody | Definition: @@ -21780,11 +19892,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|everyone | Definition: -| everyone n. everybody; -- commonly separated every -| one. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |everywhere | Definition: | ubiquity n. existence everywhere or in places | at the same time; omnipresence; as the ubiquity @@ -21799,19 +19906,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | facts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|evidences | Definition: -| trance n. a condition often simulating death in -| which there is a total suspension of the power -| of voluntary movement with abolition of all -| evidences of mental activity and the reduction -| to a minimum of all the vital functions so -| that the patient lies still and apparently -| unconscious of surrounding objects while the -| pulsation of the heart and the breathing although -| still present are almost or altogether imperceptible. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |evident | Definition: | self-evident a. evident without proof or reasoning; | producing certainty or conviction upon a bare @@ -21838,37 +19932,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|evils | Definition: -| under prep. denoting relation to some thing or -| person that is superior weighs upon oppresses -| bows down governs directs influences powerfully -| or the like in a relation of subjection subordination -| obligation liability or the like; as to travel -| under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; -| to have fortitude under the evils of life; -| to have patience under pain or under misfortunes; -| to behave like a christian under reproaches -| and injuries; under the pains and penalties -| of the law; the condition under which one enters -| upon an office; under the necessity of obeying -| the laws; under vows of chastity. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ewe | Definition: -| theave n. a ewe lamb of the first year; also a -| sheep three years old. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ewes | Definition: -| cleaning n. the afterbirth of cows ewes etc. -| +|evincing | Definition: +| utilitarian a. of or pertaining to utility; consisting +| in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished +| from beauty ornament etc.; sometimes reproachfully +| evincing or characterized by a regard for utility +| of a lower kind or marked by a sordid spirit; +| as utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference +| to art. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ex | Definition: -| vicine n. an alkaloid ex tracted from the seeds -| of the vetch (vicia sativa) as a white crystalline -| substance. +|evoked | Definition: +| evoked imp. & p. p. of evoke +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |exact | Definition: @@ -21879,33 +19955,44 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |exacted | Definition: -| scavage n. a toll or duty formerly exacted of -| merchant strangers by mayors sheriffs etc. -| for goods shown or offered for sale within -| their precincts. +| tax n. a task exacted from one who is under control; +| a contribution or service the rendering of +| which is imposed upon a subject. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exacter | Definition: -| exacter n. an exactor. +|exacting | Definition: +| remit v. t. to refrain from exacting or enforcing; +| as to remit the performance of an obligation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exaction | Definition: -| sweat v. t. to get something advantageous as money -| property or labor from (any one) by exaction -| or oppression; as to sweat a spendthrift; to -| sweat laborers. +|exactly | Definition: +| ypres lace fine bobbin lace made at ypres in +| belgium usually exactly like valenciennes lace. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exactness | Definition: -| seal v. t. to mark with a stamp as an evidence -| of standard exactness legal size or merchantable -| quality; as to seal weights and measures; to -| seal silverware. +|exaggerate | Definition: +| overact v. t. to act or perform to excess; to +| exaggerate in acting; as he overacted his part. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exalt | Definition: -| worthy v. t. to render worthy; to exalt into a -| hero. +|exaggerated | Definition: +| wheeze n. an ordinary whisper exaggerated so as +| to produce the hoarse sound known as the >stage +| whisper. > it is a forcible whisper with some +| admixture of tone. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|exaggeration | Definition: +| vitiate v. t. to make vicious faulty or imperfect; +| to render defective; to injure the substance +| or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; +| to spoil; as exaggeration vitiates a style +| of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |exaltation | Definition: @@ -21920,12 +20007,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |examination | Definition: -| tumble v. t. to turn over; to turn or throw about -| as for examination or search; to roll or move -| in a rough coarse or unceremonious manner; -| to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -| -- sometimes with over about etc.; as to tumble -| books or papers. +| visit v. t. to go or come to see for inspection +| examination correction of abuses etc.; to examine +| to inspect; as a bishop visits his diocese; +| a superintendent visits persons or works under +| his charge. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|examinations | Definition: +| school n. the room or hall in english universities +| where the examinations for degrees and honors +| are held. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |examine | Definition: @@ -21945,20 +20037,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a visa. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|examining | Definition: -| underrun v. t. to run or pass under; especially -| (naut.) to pass along and under as a cable -| for the purpose of taking it in or of examining -| it. +|examiner | Definition: +| stethoscope n. an instrument used in auscultation +| for examining the organs of the chest as the +| heart and lungs by conveying to the ear of +| the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|examples | Definition: -| triphthong n. a combination of three vowel sounds -| in a single syllable forming a simple or compound -| sound; also a union of three vowel characters -| representing together a single sound; a trigraph; -| as eye -ieu in adieu -eau in beau are examples -| of triphthongs. +|examining | Definition: +| university n. an institution organized and incorporated +| for the purpose of imparting instruction examining +| students and otherwise promoting education +| in the higher branches of literature science +| art etc. empowered to confer degrees in the +| several arts and faculties as in theology law +| medicine music etc. a university may exist +| without having any college connected with it +| or it may consist of but one college or it +| may comprise an assemblage of colleges established +| in any place with professors for instructing +| students in the sciences and other branches +| of learning. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |exasperated | Definition: @@ -21973,9 +20073,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or bitter anger. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exceed | Definition: -| revie v. i. to exceed an adversary's wager in -| card playing. +|excavation | Definition: +| well v. i. a hole or excavation in the earth in +| mining from which run branches or galleries. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |exceeded | Definition: @@ -21992,34 +20093,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |exceedingly | Definition: -| ultra- a. a prefix from the latin ultra beyond -| (see ulterior) having in composition the signification -| beyond on the other side chiefly when joined -| with words expressing relations of place; as -| ultramarine ultramontane ultramundane ultratropical -| etc. in other relations it has the sense of -| excessively exceedingly beyond what is common -| natural right or proper; as ultraconservative; -| ultrademocratic ultradespotic ultraliberal -| ultraradical etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|exceeds | Definition: -| wapiti n. the american elk (cervus canadensis). -| it is closely related to the european red deer -| which it somewhat exceeds in size. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|excel | Definition: -| overshine v. t. to excel in shining; to outshine. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|excelled | Definition: -| fact n. reality; actuality; truth; as he in fact -| excelled all the rest; the fact is he was beaten. -| +| virus v. i. the special contagion inappreciable +| to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute +| quantities by which a disease is introduced +| into the organism and maintained there. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |excellence | Definition: @@ -22033,14 +20111,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a bad one. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|excellency | Definition: -| excellency n. a title of honor given to certain -| high dignitaries esp. to viceroys ministers -| and ambassadors to english colonial governors -| etc. it was formerly sometimes given to kings -| and princes. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |excellent | Definition: | whitefish n. any one of several species of coregonus | a genus of excellent food fishes allied to @@ -22053,34 +20123,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|excelling | Definition: -| overpowering a. excelling in power; too powerful; -| irresistible. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|excels | Definition: -| virtuoso n. a performer on some instrument as -| the violin or the piano who excels in the technical -| part of his art; a brilliant concert player. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|excelsa | Definition: -| quassia n. the wood of several tropical american -| trees of the order simarubeae as quassia amara -| picraena excelsa and simaruba amara. it is -| intensely bitter and is used in medicine and -| sometimes as a substitute for hops in making -| beer. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|excelsum | Definition: -| paddlewood n. the light elastic wood of the aspidosperma -| excelsum a tree of guiana having a fluted trunk -| readily split into planks. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |except | Definition: | yellow n. a bright golden color reflecting more | light than any other except white; the color @@ -22109,6 +20151,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | character. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|exceptional | Definition: +| primogeniture a. the exclusive right of inheritance +| which belongs to the eldest son. thus in england +| the right of inheriting the estate of the father +| belongs to the eldest son and in the royal +| family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled +| to the throne by primogeniture. in exceptional +| cases among the female children the crown descends +| by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter +| only and her issue. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |excess | Definition: | zealotry n. the character and behavior of a zealot; | excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause. @@ -22121,11 +20175,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |exchange | Definition: -| trust n. credit given; especially delivery of -| property or merchandise in reliance upon future -| payment; exchange without immediate receipt -| of an equivalent; as to sell or buy goods on -| trust. +| usance v. t. the time fixed variously by the usage +| between different countries when a bill of +| exchange is payable; as a bill drawn on london +| at one usance or at double usance. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |exchanged | Definition: @@ -22134,17 +20188,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exchequer | Definition: -| teller n. one of four officers of the english -| exchequer formerly appointed to receive moneys -| due to the king and to pay moneys payable by -| the king. +|exchanging | Definition: +| trade v. specifically: the act or business of +| exchanging commodities by barter or by buying +| and selling for money; commerce; traffic; barter. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|excite | Definition: -| wondrous a. wonderful; astonishing; admirable; -| marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; -| strange. +|excitable | Definition: +| madcap n. a person of wild behavior; an excitable +| rash violent person. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |excited | Definition: @@ -22155,11 +20208,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exclude | Definition: -| weatherboarding n. the covering or siding of a -| building formed of boards lapping over one -| another to exclude rain snow etc. -| +|excitement | Definition: +| wild superl. indicating strong emotion intense +| excitement or /ewilderment; as a wild look. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|exclaimed | Definition: +| exclaimed imp. & p. p. of exclaim +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|exclaiming | Definition: +| exclaiming p. pr. & vb. n. of exclaim +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|exclamation | Definition: +| zounds interj. an exclamation formerly used as +| an oath and an expression of anger or wonder. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|exclamations | Definition: +| leve v. t. to grant; -- used esp. in exclamations +| or prayers followed by a dependent clause. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |excluded | Definition: @@ -22168,19 +20242,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|excludes | Definition: -| positivism n. a system of philosophy originated -| by m. auguste comte which deals only with positives. -| it excludes from philosophy everything but -| the natural phenomena or properties of knowable -| things together with their invariable relations -| of coexistence and succession as occurring -| in time and space. such relations are denominated -| laws which are to be discovered by observation -| experiment and comparison. this philosophy -| holds all inquiry into causes both efficient -| and final to be useless and unprofitable. -| +|exclusion | Definition: +| worldly-minded a. devoted to worldly interests; +| mindful of the affairs of the present life +| and forgetful of those of the future; loving +| and pursuing this world's goods to the exclusion +| of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |excommunicated | Definition: @@ -22188,10 +20256,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|excrements | Definition: -| anus n. the posterior opening of the alimentary -| canal through which the excrements are expelled. -| +|excrescence | Definition: +| wart n. an excrescence or protuberance more or +| less resembling a true wart; specifically (bot.) +| a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance +| on plants. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|excusable | Definition: +| excusable a. that may be excused forgiven justified +| or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as the man +| is excusable; an excusable action. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |excuse | Definition: @@ -22201,28 +20277,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in retort or redress. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|excused | Definition: -| stint v. t. to assign a certain (i. e. limited) -| task to (a person) upon the performance of -| which one is excused from further labor for -| the day or for a certain time; to stent. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |excuses | Definition: | self-justifier n. one who excuses or justifies | himself. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|execrable | Definition: -| execrable a. deserving to be execrated; accursed; -| damnable; detestable; abominable; as an execrable -| wretch. +|execrated | Definition: +| inexecrable a. that can not be execrated enough. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|execration | Definition: -| execration n. that which is execrated; a detested -| thing. +|execrating | Definition: +| execrating p. pr. & vb. n. of execrate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |execute | Definition: @@ -22242,14 +20309,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|executing | Definition: -| rout n. a disturbance of the peace by persons -| assembled together with intent to do a thing -| which if executed would make them rioters and -| actually making a motion toward the executing -| thereof. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |execution | Definition: | writ n. an instrument in writing under seal in | an epistolary form issued from the proper authority @@ -22276,23 +20335,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exempt | Definition: -| woundless a. free from wound or hurt; exempt from -| being wounded; invulnerable. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|exempting | Definition: -| tyburn ticket a certificate given to one who -| prosecutes a felon to conviction exempting -| him from certain parish and ward offices. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|exequies | Definition: -| exequies pl. of exequy -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |exercise | Definition: | woolgathering a. indulging in a vagrant or idle | exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a @@ -22300,12 +20342,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exercised | Definition: -| tutorial a. of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging -| to or exercised by a tutor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |exercises | Definition: | xystus n. a long and open portico for athletic | exercises as wrestling running etc. for use @@ -22313,44 +20349,37 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exercising | Definition: -| volitient a. exercising the will; acting from -| choice; willing or having power to will. -| +|exertions | Definition: +| indefatigable a. incapable of being fatigued; +| not readily exhausted; unremitting in labor +| or effort; untiring; unwearying; not yielding +| to fatigue; as indefatigable exertions perseverance +| application. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exert | Definition: -| work n. to exert one's self for a purpose; to -| put forth effort for the attainment of an object; -| to labor; to be engaged in the performance -| of a task a duty or the like. -| +|exhaled | Definition: +| incense n. the perfume or odors exhaled from spices +| and gums when burned in celebrating religious +| rites or as an offering to some deity. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exerts | Definition: -| servant n. one who serves or does services voluntarily -| or on compulsion; a person who is employed -| by another for menial offices or for other -| labor and is subject to his command; a person -| who labors or exerts himself for the benefit -| of another his master or employer; a subordinate -| helper. +|exhausted | Definition: +| weary v. i. to grow tired; to become exhausted +| or impatient; as to weary of an undertaking. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exhalations | Definition: -| malaria n. a morbid condition produced by exhalations -| from decaying vegetable matter in contact with -| moisture giving rise to fever and ague and -| many other symptoms characterized by their -| tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform -| intervals. +|exhausting | Definition: +| suction v. t. the act or process of sucking; the +| act of drawing as fluids by exhausting the +| air. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exhaust | Definition: -| weary v. t. to reduce or exhaust the physical -| strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; -| as to weary one's self with labor or traveling. -| +|exhaustion | Definition: +| weariness n. the quality or state of being weary +| or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; +| fatigue. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |exhibit | Definition: @@ -22366,49 +20395,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | exhibited for sale. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exhort | Definition: -| exhort v. t. to incite by words or advice; to -| animate or urge by arguments as to a good deed -| or laudable conduct; to address exhortation -| to; to urge strongly; hence to advise warn -| or caution. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|exhortation | Definition: -| sermon n. hence a serious address; a lecture on -| one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; -| a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense. -| +|exhibiting | Definition: +| wise v. dictated or guided by wisdom; containing +| or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce +| good effects; judicious; discreet; as a wise +| saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct +| or management; a wise determination. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exhorted | Definition: -| exhorted imp. & p. p. of exhort -| +|exhibition | Definition: +| wapinschaw n. an exhibition of arms. according +| to the rank of the individual by all persons +| bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons +| in each district. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exhorting | Definition: -| hortation n. the act of exhorting inciting or -| giving advice; exhortation. +|exhibitor | Definition: +| exhibitor n. one who exhibits. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exhorts | Definition: -| exhorter n. one who exhorts or incites. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|exigencies | Definition: -| truss n. an assemblage of members of wood or metal -| supported at two points and arranged to transmit -| pressure vertically to those points with the -| least possible strain across the length of -| any member. architectural trusses when left -| visible as in open timber roofs often contain -| members not needed for construction or are -| built with greater massiveness than is requisite -| or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance -| with the exigencies of style. -| +|exhorted | Definition: +| exhorted imp. & p. p. of exhort +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |exile | Definition: @@ -22417,11 +20427,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exiled | Definition: -| self-banished a. exiled voluntarily. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |exist | Definition: | warranty n. a stipulation or engagement by a party | insured that certain things relating to the @@ -22432,24 +20437,100 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | implied warranties. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|existent | Definition: -| world n. the earth and the surrounding heavens; -| the creation; the system of created things; -| existent creation; the universe. -| +|existence | Definition: +| yuga n. any one of the four ages krita or satya +| treta dwapara and kali into which the hindoos +| divide the duration or existence of the world. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exodus | Definition: -| tabernacle n. a portable structure of wooden framework -| covered with curtains which was carried through -| the wilderness in the israelitish exodus as -| a place of sacrifice and worship. +|existences | Definition: +| realist n. one who believes in realism; esp. one +| who maintains that generals or the terms used +| to denote the genera and species of things +| represent real existences and are not mere +| names as maintained by the nominalists. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|existing | Definition: +| water bug any one of numerous species of large +| rapacious aquatic hemipterous insects belonging +| to belostoma benacus zaitha and other genera +| of the family belostomatidae. their hind legs +| are long and fringed and act like oars. some +| of these insects are of great size being among +| the largest existing hemiptera. many of them +| come out of the water and fly about at night. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|exonerated | Definition: +| exonerated imp. & p. p. of exonerate +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|exordium | Definition: +| exordium n. a beginning; an introduction; especially +| the introductory part of a discourse or written +| composition which prepares the audience for +| the main subject; the opening part of an oration. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|expand | Definition: +| tournure n. any device used by women to expand +| the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|expanded | Definition: +| tubulous a. resembling or in the form of a tube; +| longitudinally hollow; specifically (bot.) +| having a hollow cylindrical corolla often expanded +| or toothed at the border; as a tubulose flower. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|expanse | Definition: +| unlimited a. not limited; having no bounds; boundless; +| as an unlimited expanse of ocean. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|expansion | Definition: +| wing n. any membranaceous expansion as that along +| the sides of certain stems or of a fruit of +| the kind called samara. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|expatriated | Definition: +| expatriated imp. & p. p. of expatriate +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |expect | Definition: -| on prep. in reference or relation to; as on our -| part expect punctuality; a satire on society. +| promise v. i. to afford hopes or expectation; +| to give ground to expect good; rarely to give +| reason to expect evil. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|expectancy | Definition: +| remainder n. an estate in expectancy generally +| in land which becomes an estate in possession +| upon the determination of a particular prior +| estate created at the same time and by the +| same instrument; for example if land be conveyed +| to a for life and on his death to b a's life +| interest is a particuar estate and b's interest +| is a remainder or estate in remainder. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|expectant | Definition: +| patient a. expectant with calmness or without +| discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -22459,6 +20540,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|expectations | Definition: +| tantalize v. t. to tease or torment by presenting +| some good to the view and exciting desire but +| continually frustrating the expectations by +| keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to +| torment. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |expected | Definition: | walk v. i. to be stirring; to be abroad; to go | restlessly about; -- said of things or persons @@ -22474,19 +20563,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|expects | Definition: -| yoga n. a species of asceticism among the hindoos -| which consists in a complete abstraction from -| all worldly objects by which the votary expects -| to obtain union with the universal spirit and -| to acquire superhuman faculties. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|expedient | Definition: -| refuge n. an expedient to secure protection or -| defense; a device or contrivance. -| +|expectorating | Definition: +| expectorating p. pr. & vb. n. of expectorate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |expedition | Definition: @@ -22504,20 +20583,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|expelled | Definition: -| spirometer n. an instrument for measuring the -| vital capacity of the lungs or the volume of -| air which can be expelled from the chest after -| the deepest possible inspiration. cf. pneumatometer. -| +|expending | Definition: +| wasteful a. expending or tending to expend property +| or that which is valuable in a needless or +| useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as a wasteful +| person; a wasteful disposition. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|expended | Definition: -| yield v. t. to give in return for labor expended; -| to produce as payment or interest on what is -| expended or invested; to pay; as money at interest -| yields six or seven per cent. -| +|expenditure | Definition: +| prudent a. frugal; economical; not extravagant; +| as a prudent woman; prudent expenditure of +| money. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|expense | Definition: +| workhouse n. a house where the town poor are maintained +| at public expense and provided with labor; +| a poorhouse. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |expenses | Definition: @@ -22528,77 +20611,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | within one's income. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|expensive | Definition: +| luxury n. anything which pleases the senses and +| is also costly or difficult to obtain; an expensive +| rarity; as silks jewels and rare fruits are +| luxuries; in some countries ice is a great +| luxury. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |experienced | Definition: | warrior n. a man engaged or experienced in war | or in the military life; a soldier; a champion. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|experiencing | Definition: -| pleased a. experiencing pleasure. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|experiment | Definition: -| unempirically adv. not empirically; without experiment -| or experience. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|experimentally | Definition: -| experimentally adv. by experiment; by experience -| or trial. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|expert | Definition: -| ungainly a. not gainly; not expert or dexterous; -| clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as an ungainly strut -| in walking. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|expiate | Definition: -| purchase v. t. to expiate by a fine or forfeit. -| +|experiences | Definition: +| ego n. the conscious and permanent subject of +| all psychical experiences whether held to be +| directly known or the product of reflective +| thought; -- opposed to non-ego. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|expiated | Definition: -| expiated imp. & p. p. of expiate +|experimental | Definition: +| inexperience n. absence or want of experience; +| lack of personal and experimental knowledge; +| as the inexperience of youth. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|expiating | Definition: -| purgatory n. a state or place of purification -| after death; according to the roman catholic -| creed a place or a state believed to exist -| after death in which the souls of persons are -| purified by expiating such offenses committed -| in this life as do not merit eternal damnation -| or in which they fully satisfy the justice -| of god for sins that have been forgiven. after -| this purgation from the impurities of sin the -| souls are believed to be received into heaven. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|expiation | Definition: -| sacrifice n. to make an offering of; to consecrate -| or present to a divinity by way of expiation -| or propitiation or as a token acknowledgment -| or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of -| god in order to atone for sin to procure favor -| or to express thankfulness; as to sacrifice -| an ox or a sheep. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|expired | Definition: -| snoring n. the act of respiring through the open -| mouth so that the currents of inspired and -| expired air cause a vibration of the uvula -| and soft palate thus giving rise to a sound -| more or less harsh. it is usually unvoluntary -| but may be produced voluntarily. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |explain | Definition: | unbolt v. i. to explain or unfold a matter; to | make a revelation. @@ -22618,10 +20659,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|explains | Definition: -| traditionary n. one among the jews who acknowledges -| the authority of traditions and explains the -| scriptures by them. +|explainer | Definition: +| explainer n. one who explains; an expounder or +| expositor; a commentator; an interpreter. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|explaining | Definition: +| tropist n. one who deals in tropes; specifically +| one who avoids the literal sense of the language +| of scripture by explaining it as mere tropes +| and figures of speech. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|explanation | Definition: +| theory n. the philosophical explanation of phenomena +| either physical or moral; as lavoisier's theory +| of combustion; adam smith's theory of moral +| sentiments. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|explanations | Definition: +| mishna n. a collection or digest of jewish traditions +| and explanations of scripture forming the text +| of the talmud. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |explanatory | Definition: @@ -22638,13 +20699,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exploits | Definition: -| quixotism n. that form of delusion which leads -| to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices -| in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of -| duty or honor as illustrated by the exploits -| of don quixote in knight-errantry. -| +|exploding | Definition: +| tamping n. the act of one who tamps; specifically +| the act of filling up a hole in a rock or the +| branch of a mine for the purpose of blasting +| the rock or exploding the mine. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|explore | Definition: +| sound v. t. to explore as the bladder or urethra +| with a sound; to examine with a sound; also +| to examine by auscultation or percussion; as +| to sound a patient. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|explored | Definition: +| sound n. any elongated instrument or probe usually +| metallic by which cavities of the body are +| sounded or explored especially the bladder +| for stone or the urethra for a stricture. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |expose | Definition: @@ -22658,13 +20733,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exposing | Definition: -| sembling n. the practice of attracting the males -| of lepidoptera or other insects by exposing -| the female confined in a cage. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |exposition | Definition: | zend n. properly the translation and exposition | in the huzv/resh or literary pehlevi language @@ -22674,19 +20742,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|expostulate | Definition: -| expostulate v. t. to discuss; to examine. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|expostulated | Definition: -| expostulated imp. & p. p. of expostulate -| +|expostulatory | Definition: +| expostulatory a. containing expostulation or remonstrance; +| as an expostulatory discourse or letter. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|expound | Definition: -| misexpound v. t. to expound erroneously. -| +|exposure | Definition: +| xylorcin n. a derivative of xylene obtained as +| a white crystalline substance which on exposure +| in the air becomes red; -- called also betaorcin. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |expounded | Definition: @@ -22725,10 +20791,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|expressions | Definition: -| think v. t. to seem or appear; -- used chiefly -| in the expressions methinketh or methinks and -| methought. +|expressive | Definition: +| whimper n. a low whining broken cry; a low whining +| sound expressive of complaint or grief. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |expressly | Definition: @@ -22743,19 +20809,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |exquisite | Definition: -| sentimentalize v. i. to think or act in a sentimental -| manner or like a sentimentalist; to affect -| exquisite sensibility. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|extant | Definition: -| liriodendron n. a genus of large and very beautiful -| trees of north america having smooth shining -| leaves and handsome tuliplike flowers; tulip -| tree; whitewood; -- called also canoewood. -| liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant -| species but there were several others in the -| cretaceous epoch. +| thrill v. i. to feel a sharp shivering tingling +| or exquisite sensation running through the +| body. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |extend | Definition: @@ -22777,6 +20833,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the same genus. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|extending | Definition: +| zone n. a band or stripe extending around a body. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|extension | Definition: +| yankee n. a nickname for a native or citizen of +| new england especially one descended from old +| new england stock; by extension an inhabitant +| of the northern states as distinguished from +| a southerner; also applied sometimes by foreigners +| to any inhabitant of the united states. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|extensive | Definition: +| zulus n. pl. the most important tribe belonging +| to the kaffir race. they inhabit a region on +| the southeast coast of africa but formerly +| occupied a much more extensive country. they +| are noted for their warlike disposition courage +| and military skill. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|extensively | Definition: +| zebu n. a bovine mammal (ros indicus) extensively +| domesticated in india china the east indies +| and east africa. it usually has short horns +| large pendulous ears slender legs a large dewlap +| and a large prominent hump over the shoulders; +| but these characters vary in different domestic +| breeds which range in size from that of the +| common ox to that of a large mastiff. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |extent | Definition: | wood n. the fibrous material which makes up the | greater part of the stems and branches of trees @@ -22787,10 +20879,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | called silver grain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|exterior | Definition: -| shell v. i. to cast the shell or exterior covering; -| to fall out of the pod or husk; as nuts shell -| in falling. +|extenuated | Definition: +| extenuated imp. & p. p. of extenuate +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|extenuating | Definition: +| extenuating p. pr. & vb. n. of extenuate +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|externally | Definition: +| veratrine n. a poisonous alkaloid obtained from +| the root hellebore (veratrum) and from sabadilla +| seeds as a white crystalline powder having +| an acrid burning taste. it is sometimes used +| externally as in ointments in the local treatment +| of neuralgia and rheumatism. called also veratria +| and veratrina. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |extinct | Definition: @@ -22801,68 +20907,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|extinguish | Definition: -| throw v. t. to fling or cast in any manner; to -| drive to a distance from the hand or from an -| engine; to propel; to send; as to throw stones -| or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; -| a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish -| flames. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |extinguished | Definition: | extinguished imp. & p. p. of extinguish | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|extirpate | Definition: -| spay v. t. to remove or extirpate the ovaries -| of as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female -| animal). -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|extirpated | Definition: -| moravian n. one of a religious sect called the -| united brethren (an offshoot of the hussites -| in bohemia) which formed a separate church -| of moravia a northern district of austria about -| the middle of the 15th century. after being -| nearly extirpated by persecution the society -| under the name of the renewed church of the -| united brethren was reestablished in 1722-35 -| on the estates of count zinzendorf in saxony. -| called also herrnhuter. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|extirpating | Definition: -| extirpation n. the act of extirpating or rooting -| out or the state of being extirpated; eradication; -| excision; total destruction; as the extirpation -| of weeds from land of evil from the heart of -| a race of men of heresy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|extol | Definition: -| resound v. t. to praise or celebrate with the -| voice or the sound of instruments; to extol -| with sounds; to spread the fame of. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|extolled | Definition: -| extolled imp. & p. p. of extol -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|extols | Definition: -| panegyrist n. one who delivers a panegyric; a -| eulogist; one who extols or praises either -| by writing or speaking. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |extort | Definition: | wrest v. t. to turn; to twist; esp. to twist or | extort by violence; to pull of force away by @@ -22870,23 +20919,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|extortion | Definition: -| screw v. t. hence: to practice extortion upon; -| to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate -| exactions. +|extorted | Definition: +| extortion n. that which is extorted or exacted +| by force. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|extortioner | Definition: -| extortioner n. one who practices extortion. -| +|extra | Definition: +| surtax n. an additional or extra tax. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|extraction | Definition: -| wet superl. employing or done by means of water -| or some other liquid; as the wet extraction -| of copper in distinction from dry extraction -| in which dry heat or fusion is employed. -| +|extract | Definition: +| wring v. t. to extract or obtain by twisting and +| compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence +| to extort; to draw forth by violence or against +| resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out +| or form. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|extracted | Definition: +| zinc n. an abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium +| group extracted principally from the minerals +| zinc blende smithsonite calamine and franklinite +| as an easily fusible bluish white metal which +| is malleable especially when heated. it is +| not easily oxidized in moist air and hence +| is used for sheeting coating galvanized iron +| etc. it is used in making brass britannia and +| other alloys and is also largely consumed in +| electric batteries. symbol zn. atomic weight +| 64.9. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |extraordinarily | Definition: @@ -22902,6 +20964,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | admiration; amazement. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|extravagant | Definition: +| worship v. t. to honor with extravagant love and +| extreme submission as a lover; to adore; to +| idolize. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|extravagantly | Definition: +| spread-eagle a. characterized by a pretentious +| boastful exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly +| bombastic; as a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle +| speech. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |extreme | Definition: | worship v. t. to honor with extravagant love and | extreme submission as a lover; to adore; to @@ -22929,6 +21004,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | process. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|extricate | Definition: +| outwind v. t. to extricate by winding; to unloose. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|exuberant | Definition: +| vegetation n. an exuberant morbid outgrowth upon +| any part especially upon the valves of the +| heart. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|exult | Definition: +| triumph n. to celebrate victory with pomp; to +| rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage +| gained; to exhibit exultation. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|exultant | Definition: +| exultant a. inclined to exult; characterized by +| or expressing exultation; rejoicing triumphantly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |eye | Definition: | yacare n. a south american crocodilian (jacare | sclerops) resembling the alligator in size @@ -22938,6 +21037,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|eyebrow | Definition: +| supercilium n. the eyebrow or the region of the +| eyebrows. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |eyebrows | Definition: | glabella n. the space between the eyebrows also | including the corresponding part of the frontal @@ -22951,6 +21055,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|eyeing | Definition: +| eying / eyeing p. pr. & vb. n. of eye +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |eyelids | Definition: | wink n. the act of closing or closing and opening | the eyelids quickly; hence the time necessary @@ -22966,37 +21075,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | extensive burrows. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|eyesalve | Definition: -| eyesalve n. ointment for the eye. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ezra | Definition: -| hagiographa n. pl. the last of the three jewish -| divisions of the old testament or that portion -| not contained in the law and the prophets. -| it comprises psalms proverbs job canticles -| ruth lamentations ecclesiastes esther daniel -| ezra nehemiah and chronicles. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fable | Definition: -| semifable n. that which is part fable and part -| truth; a mixture of truth and fable. -| +|eyesight | Definition: +| eyesight n. sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; +| view; observation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fables | Definition: -| renard n. a fox; -- so called in fables or familiar -| tales and in poetry. +|fabulous | Definition: +| wivern n. a fabulous two-legged winged creature +| like a cockatrice but having the head of a +| dragon and without spurs. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fac | Definition: -| fac n. a large ornamental letter used esp. by -| the early printers at the commencement of the -| chapters and other divisions of a book. -| +|faced | Definition: +| plinth n. in classical architecture a vertically +| faced member immediately below the circular +| base of a column; also the lowest member of +| a pedestal; hence in general the lowest member +| of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the +| moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped +| at the bottom. see illust. of column. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |faces | Definition: @@ -23005,11 +21104,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in dancing. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|facility | Definition: -| facility n. that which promotes the ease of any -| action or course of conduct; advantage; aid; -| assistance; -- usually in the plural; as special -| facilities for study. +|facetious | Definition: +| humorist n. one who displays humor in speaking +| or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or +| genius; a wag; a droll. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |facing | Definition: @@ -23018,54 +21117,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | ties. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|faction | Definition: -| supporter n. especially an adherent; one who sustains -| advocates and defends; as the supporter of -| a party faction or candidate. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|factions | Definition: -| tranquillize v. t. to render tranquil; to allay -| when agitated; to compose; to make calm and -| peaceful; as to tranquilize a state disturbed -| by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize -| the mind. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|facto | Definition: -| facto adv. in fact; by the act or fact. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|factors | Definition: -| panzoism n. a term used to denote all of the elements -| or factors which constitute vitality or vital -| energy. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|facts | Definition: -| yearbook n. a book published yearly; any annual -| report or summary of the statistics or facts -| of a year designed to be used as a reference -| book; as the congregational yearbook. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|faculties | Definition: -| twaddle v. i. & t. to talk in a weak and silly -| manner like one whose faculties are decayed; -| to prate; to prattle. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fade | Definition: -| wither v. t. to cause to fade and become dry. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |faded | Definition: -| feuillemort a. having the color of a faded leaf. -| +| fresh superl lately produced gathered or prepared +| for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; +| not wilted faded or tainted; in good condition; +| as fresh vegetables flowers eggs meat fruit +| etc.; recently made or obtained; occurring +| again; repeated; as a fresh supply of goods; +| fresh tea raisins etc.; lately come or made +| public; as fresh news; recently taken from +| a well or spring; as fresh water. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fading | Definition: @@ -23075,8 +21137,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fail | Definition: -| unforesee v. t. to fail to foresee. -| +| vitiate v. t. to cause to fail of effect either +| wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy +| as the validity or binding force of an instrument +| or transaction; to annul; as any undue influence +| exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud +| vitiates a contract. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |failed | Definition: @@ -23094,6 +21160,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|failings | Definition: +| miscarriage n. ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; +| as the failings and miscarriages of the righteous. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|failure | Definition: +| unintermission n. want or failure of intermission. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |fain | Definition: | fain v. t. & i. to be glad ; to wish or desire. | @@ -23105,23 +21182,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fainted | Definition: -| fainted imp. & p. p. of faint -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |faintest | Definition: | verditure n. the faintest and palest green. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fainthearted | Definition: -| fainthearted a. wanting in courage; depressed -| by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; -| cowardly; timorous; dejected. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fainting | Definition: | turn n. a change of condition; especially a sudden | or recurring symptom of illness as a nervous @@ -23129,20 +21194,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|faintly | Definition: +| shadowy a. faintly representative; hence typical. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |fair | Definition: | xanthochroic a. having a yellowish or fair complexion; | of or pertaining to the xanthochroi. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fairest | Definition: -| flower v. i. to come into the finest or fairest -| condition. +|fairly | Definition: +| light n. appearance due to the particular facts +| and circumstances presented to view; point +| of view; as to state things fairly and put +| them in the right light. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fairs | Definition: -| nundinate a. to buy and sell at fairs or markets. -| +|fairy | Definition: +| shrimp v. in a loose sense any small crustacean +| including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; +| as the fairy shrimp and brine shrimp. see under +| fairy and brine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |faith | Definition: @@ -23167,21 +21242,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or idealization. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|faithfulness | Definition: -| jealousy n. the quality of being jealous; earnest -| concern or solicitude; painful apprehension -| of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's -| happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness -| of husband wife or lover. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|faithless | Definition: -| true-hearted a. of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; -| not faithless or deceitful; as a truhearted -| friend. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fall | Definition: | wiper n. a piece generally projecting from a rotating | or swinging piece as an axle or rock shaft @@ -23191,12 +21251,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fallacy | Definition: -| undeceive v. t. to cause to be no longer deceived; -| to free from deception fraud fallacy or mistake. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fallen | Definition: | waver v. a sapling left standing in a fallen wood. | @@ -23208,11 +21262,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | tempest. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fallow | Definition: -| winter-rig v. t. to fallow or till in winter. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |falls | Definition: | trenton period a subdivision in the lower silurian | system of america; -- so named from trenton @@ -23230,30 +21279,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the flat seventh. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|falsehood | Definition: -| winnew n. to sift as for the purpose of separating -| falsehood from truth; to separate as had from -| good. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|falsely | Definition: -| tumid a. swelling in sound or sense; pompous; -| puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; -| turgid; as a tumid expression; a tumid style. -| +|falser | Definition: +| falser n. a deceiver. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|falsified | Definition: -| pasticcio n. a falsified work of art as a vase -| or statue made up of parts of original works -| with missing parts supplied. +|faltered | Definition: +| faltered imp. & p. p. of falter | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fame | Definition: -| wide adv. to a distance; far; widely; to a great -| distance or extent; as his fame was spread -| wide. +|faltering | Definition: +| hesitation n. a faltering in speech; stammering. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |familiar | Definition: @@ -23271,58 +21308,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | contempt. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|familiarly | Definition: -| un- adv. those which have the value of independent -| words inasmuch as the simple words are either -| not used at all or are rarely or at least much -| less frequently used; as unavoidable unconscionable -| undeniable unspeakable unprecedented unruly -| and the like; or inasmuch as they are used -| in a different sense from the usual meaning -| of the primitive or especially in one of the -| significations of the latter; as unaccountable -| unalloyed unbelieving unpretending unreserved -| and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently -| and familiarly used that they are hardly felt -| to be of negative origin; as uncertain uneven -| and the like. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|families | Definition: -| unite v. t. hence to join by a legal or moral -| bond as families by marriage nations by treaty -| men by opinions; to join in interest affection -| fellowship or the like; to cause to agree; -| to harmonize; to associate; to attach. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|famine | Definition: -| typhus n. a contagious continued fever lasting -| from two to three weeks attended with great -| prostration and cerebral disorder and marked -| by a copious eruption of red spots upon the -| body. also called jail fever famine fever putrid -| fever spottled fever etc. see jail fever under -| jail. +|famous | Definition: +| vatican n. a magnificent assemblage of buildings +| at rome near the church of st. peter including +| the pope's palace a museum a library a famous +| chapel etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|famished | Definition: -| famished imp. & p. p. of famish +|famously | Definition: +| famously adv. in a famous manner; in a distinguished +| degree; greatly; splendidly. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|famous | Definition: -| undeeded a. not made famous by any great action. -| +|fancied | Definition: +| xenogenesis n. the fancied production of an organism +| of one kind by an organism of another. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fan | Definition: -| wing n. anything which agitates the air as a wing -| does or which is put in winglike motion by -| the action of the air as a fan or vane for -| winnowing grain the vane or sail of a windmill -| etc. +|fancier | Definition: +| fancier n. one who fancies or has a special liking +| for or interest in a particular object or class +| or objects; hence one who breeds and keeps +| for sale birds and animals; as bird fancier +| dog fancier etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fancies | Definition: @@ -23339,22 +21349,86 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fare | Definition: -| speed n. to fare well; to have success; to prosper. +|fancy | Definition: +| wit v. a person of eminent sense or knowledge; +| a man of genius fancy or humor; one distinguished +| for bright or amusing sayings for repartee +| and the like. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|fancying | Definition: +| fancying p. pr. & vb. n. of fancy +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|fangs | Definition: +| spider n. 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 three pairs of spinnerets near +| the end by means of which they spin threads +| of silk to form cocoons or nests to protect +| their eggs and young. many species spin also +| complex webs to entrap the insects upon which +| they prey. the eyes are usually eight in number +| (rarely six) and are situated on the back of +| the cephalothorax. see illust. under araneina. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|fantastic | Definition: +| whimsical a. odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly +| devised; fantastic. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |farewell | Definition: | farewell a. parting; valedictory; final; as a | farewell discourse; his farewell bow. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|farinaceous | Definition: +| yeast n. the foam or troth (top yeast) or the +| sediment (bottom yeast) of beer or other in +| fermentation which contains the yeast plant +| or its spores and under certain conditions +| produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous +| substances; a preparation used for raising +| dough for bread or cakes and making it light +| and puffy; barm; ferment. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|faring | Definition: +| welfaring a. faring well; prosperous; thriving. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |farm | Definition: | villatic a. of or pertaining to a farm or a village; | rural. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|farmer | Definition: +| trade v. the business which a person has learned +| and which he engages in for procuring subsistence +| or for profit; occupation; especially mechanical +| employment as distinguished from the liberal +| arts the learned professions and agriculture; +| as we speak of the trade of a smith of a carpenter +| or mason but not now of the trade of a farmer +| or a lawyer or a physician. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|farmers | Definition: +| spud n. a sharp narrow spade usually with a long +| handle used by farmers for digging up large-rooted +| weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for +| various purposes. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |farther | Definition: | whitefish n. any one of several species of coregonus | a genus of excellent food fishes allied to @@ -23367,32 +21441,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|farthest | Definition: -| westmost a. lying farthest to the west; westernmost. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |farthing | Definition: | quadrin n. a small piece of money in value about | a farthing or a half cent. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|farthings | Definition: -| penny n. an english coin formerly of copper now -| of bronze the twelfth part of an english shilling -| in account value and equal to four farthings -| or about two cents; -- usually indicated by -| the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius). +|farthingale | Definition: +| farthingale n. a hoop skirt or hoop petticoat +| or other light elastic material used to extend +| the petticoat. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|fascinated | Definition: +| stage-struck a. fascinated by the stage; seized +| by a passionate desire to become an actor. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fashion | Definition: -| turn v. t. to form in a lathe; to shape or fashion -| (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it -| while revolving; as to turn the legs of stools -| or tables; to turn ivory or metal. -| +| vogue n. the way or fashion of people at any particular +| time; temporary mode custom or practice; popular +| reception for the time; -- used now generally +| in the phrase in vogue. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|fashionable | Definition: +| waistcoat n. a garment occasionally worn by women +| as a part of fashionable costume. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fashioned | Definition: @@ -23407,22 +21485,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fasted | Definition: -| fasted imp. & p. p. of fast -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fasten | Definition: -| wood tick any one of several species of ticks -| of the genus ixodes whose young cling to bushes -| but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies -| of any animal with which they come in contact. -| when they attach themselves to the human body -| they often produce troublesome sores. the common -| species of the northern united states is ixodes -| unipunctata. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fastened | Definition: | wringbolt n. a bolt used by shipwrights to bend | and secure the planks against the timbers till @@ -23431,24 +21493,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fastening | Definition: -| turnkey n. a person who has charge of the keys -| of a prison for opening and fastening the doors; -| a warder. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fastest | Definition: -| double-quick a. of or performed in the fastest -| time or step in marching next to the run; as -| a double-quick step or march. -| +|fastenings | Definition: +| unbreech v. t. to free the breech of as a cannon +| from its fastenings or coverings. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fasting | Definition: -| fast v. i. a time of fasting whether a day week -| or longer time; a period of abstinence from -| food or certain kinds of food; as an annual -| fast. +|faster | Definition: +| walk v. i. to move along on foot; to advance by +| steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically +| of two-legged creatures to proceed at a slower +| or faster rate but without running or lifting +| one foot entirely before the other touches +| the ground. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fat | Definition: @@ -23457,16 +21514,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | fat livings. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|father | Definition: -| uncle n. the brother of one's father or mother; -| also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative -| of aunt in sex and of nephew and niece in relationship. -| +|fatal | Definition: +| venom n. matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; +| particularly the poisonous the poisonous matter +| which certain animals such as serpents scorpions +| bees etc. secrete in a state of health and +| communicate by thing or stinging. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fatherless | Definition: -| fatherless a. destitute of a living father; as -| a fatherless child. +|fate | Definition: +| weird v. t. to foretell the fate of; to predict; +| to destine to. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|father | Definition: +| uranus n. the son or husband of gaia (earth) and +| father of chronos (time) and the titans. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fathers | Definition: @@ -23481,43 +21546,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fathoms | Definition: -| mark n. one of the bits of leather or colored -| bunting which are placed upon a sounding line -| at intervals of from two to five fathoms. the -| unmarked fathoms are called deeps. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fatigue | Definition: -| sigh v. i. to inhale a larger quantity of air -| than usual and immediately expel it; to make -| a deep single audible respiration especially -| as the result or involuntary expression of -| fatigue exhaustion grief sorrow or the like. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fatigued | Definition: -| sigh v. i. a deep and prolonged audible inspiration -| or respiration of air as when fatigued or grieved; -| the act of sighing. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fatness | Definition: -| fattener n. one who or that which fattens; that -| which gives fatness or fertility. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fats | Definition: -| serolin n. a peculiar fatty substance found in -| the blood probably a mixture of fats cholesterin -| etc. +| unwearied a. not wearied; not fatigued or tired; +| hence persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fatted | Definition: -| fatted imp. & p. p. of fat +|fatigues | Definition: +| fatigue n. the cause of weariness; labor; toil; +| as the fatigues of war. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -23527,17 +21564,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fault | Definition: -| underlay v. i. to incline from the vertical; to -| hade; -- said of a vein fault or lode. -| +|fatty | Definition: +| wax n. a fatty solid substance produced by bees +| and employed by them in the construction of +| their comb; -- usually called beeswax. it is +| first excreted from a row of pouches along +| their sides in the form of scales which being +| masticated and mixed with saliva become whitened +| and tenacious. its natural color is pale or +| dull yellow. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|faultless | Definition: -| faultless a. without fault; not defective or imperfect; -| free from blemish; free from incorrectness -| vice or offense; perfect; as a faultless poem. -| +|fault | Definition: +| vituperate v. t. to find fault with; to scold; +| to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely +| or abusively; to rate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |faults | Definition: @@ -23546,33 +21587,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | monition. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|faulty | Definition: -| vitiate v. t. to make vicious faulty or imperfect; -| to render defective; to injure the substance -| or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; -| to spoil; as exaggeration vitiates a style -| of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fauni | Definition: -| fauni pl. of faunus -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fauns | Definition: -| faun n. a god of fields and shipherds diddering -| little from the satyr. the fauns are usually -| represented as half goat and half man. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fawn | Definition: -| simpai n. a long-tailed monkey (semnopitchecus -| melalophus) native of sumatra. it has a crest -| of black hair. the forehead and cheeks are -| fawn color the upper parts tawny and red the -| under parts white. called also black-crested -| monkey and sinpae. +|fawned | Definition: +| fawned imp. & p. p. of fawn +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fawning | Definition: @@ -23580,6 +21597,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|fealty | Definition: +| verge n. the stick or wand with which persons +| were formerly admitted tenants they holding +| it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. +| such tenants were called tenants by the verge. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |fear | Definition: | tremulous a. affected with fear or timidity; trembling. | @@ -23602,11 +21627,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fearfulness | Definition: -| fearfulness n. the state of being fearful. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fearing | Definition: | power n. mental or moral ability to act; one of | the faculties which are possessed by the mind @@ -23634,30 +21654,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|feasted | Definition: -| feast v. t. to entertain with sumptuous provisions; -| to treat at the table bountifully; as he was -| feasted by the king. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|feasting | Definition: -| taverning n. a feasting at taverns. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|feasts | Definition: -| valkyria n. one of the maidens of odin represented -| as awful and beautiful who presided over battle -| and marked out those who were to be slain and -| who also ministered at the feasts of heroes -| in valhalla. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|feathered | Definition: -| saw-whet n. a small north american owl (nyctale -| acadica) destitute of ear tufts and having -| feathered toes; -- called also acadian owl. -| +|feather | Definition: +| web n. the series of barbs implanted on each side +| of the shaft of a feather whether stiff and +| united together by barbules as in ordinary +| feathers or soft and separate as in downy feathers. +| see feather. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |feathers | Definition: @@ -23666,10 +21668,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|feats | Definition: +| vault n. to exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; +| to tumble. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|feature | Definition: +| volute n. a spiral scroll which forms the chief +| feature of the ionic capital and which on a +| much smaller scale is a feature in the corinthian +| and composite capitals. see illust. of capital +| also helix and stale. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |fed | Definition: -| magazine n. a chamber in a gun for holding a number -| of cartridges to be fed automatically to the -| piece. +| pampered a. fed luxuriously; indulged to the full; +| hence luxuriant. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |feeble | Definition: @@ -23678,9 +21692,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |feebleness | Definition: -| feebleness n. the quality or condition of being -| feeble; debility; infirmity. -| +| imbecility n. the quality of being imbecile; weakness; +| feebleness esp. of mind. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|feebler | Definition: +| codeine n. one of the opium alkaloids; a white +| crystalline substance c18h21no3 similar to +| and regarded as a derivative of morphine but +| much feebler in its action; -- called also +| codeia. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|feebly | Definition: +| subconscious a. partially conscious; feebly conscious. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |feed | Definition: @@ -23691,21 +21718,37 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | mostly on roots. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|feeder | Definition: -| sheepmaster n. a keeper or feeder of sheep; also -| an owner of sheep. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |feeding | Definition: | zoophagous a. feeding on animals. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|feeds | Definition: -| zoophagan n. a animal that feeds on animal food. +|feeling | Definition: +| zooecium n. one of the cells or tubes which inclose +| the feeling zooids of bryozoa. see illust. +| of sea moss. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|feelingly | Definition: +| passionate v. i. to express feelingly or sorrowfully. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|feelings | Definition: +| wound n. to hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect +| ingratitude or the like; to cause injury to. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|fees | Definition: +| temporality n. that which pertains to temporal +| welfare; material interests; especially the +| revenue of an ecclesiastic proceeding from +| lands tenements or lay fees tithes and the +| like; -- chiefly used in the plural. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |feet | Definition: | zamang n. an immense leguminous tree (pithecolobium | saman) of venezuela. its branches form a hemispherical @@ -23716,9 +21759,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |feign | Definition: -| malinger v. i. to act the part of a malingerer; -| to feign illness or inability. -| +| misfeign v. i. to feign with an evil design. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |feigned | Definition: @@ -23729,18 +21771,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|feigning | Definition: -| soldiering n. the act of feigning to work. see -| the note under soldier v. i. 2. -| +|feint | Definition: +| feint a. a mock blow or attack on one part when +| another part is intended to be struck; -- said +| of certain movements in fencing boxing war +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|felix | Definition: -| trinitarian n. one of a monastic order founded -| in rome in 1198 by st. john of matha and an -| old french hermit felix of valois for the purpose -| of redeeming christian captives from the mohammedans. -| +|felicitous | Definition: +| wit v. felicitous association of objects not usually +| connected so as to produce a pleasant surprise; +| also. the power of readily combining objects +| in such a manner. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fell | Definition: @@ -23752,9 +21794,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | fell by proscription. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|felling | Definition: -| knockdown n. a felling by a knock as of a combatant -| or of an animal. +|felled | Definition: +| timber n. that sort of wood which is proper for +| buildings or for tools utensils furniture carriages +| fences ships and the like; -- usually said +| of felled trees but sometimes of those standing. +| cf. lumber 3. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fellow | Definition: @@ -23770,13 +21815,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fellowship | Definition: -| unite v. t. hence to join by a legal or moral -| bond as families by marriage nations by treaty -| men by opinions; to join in interest affection -| fellowship or the like; to cause to agree; -| to harmonize; to associate; to attach. -| +|felon | Definition: +| whitlow a. 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 applied to a felon or inflammation +| of the periosteal structures of the bone. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|felonious | Definition: +| theft n. 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. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|felony | Definition: +| to compound a felony see under compound v. t. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |felt | Definition: @@ -23790,19 +21848,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | cf. lingam. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|females | Definition: -| yuen n. the crowned gibbon (hylobates pileatus) -| native of siam southern china and the island -| of hainan. it is entirely arboreal in its habits -| and has very long arms. the males are dark -| brown or blackish with a caplike mass of long -| dark hair and usually with a white band around -| the face. the females are yellowish white with -| a dark spot on the breast and another on the -| crown. called also wooyen and wooyen ape. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |feminine | Definition: | virile a. having the nature properties or qualities | of an adult man; characteristic of developed @@ -23819,16 +21864,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fenced | Definition: -| fencing imp. & p. p. fenced /); p. pr. & vb. -| n.) of fence -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fences | Definition: -| waste v. spoil destruction or injury done to houses -| woods fences lands etc. by a tenant for life -| or for years to the prejudice of the heir or -| of him in reversion or remainder. -| +| inclosure n. that which is inclosed or placed +| within something; a thing contained; a space +| inclosed or fenced up. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fencing | Definition: @@ -23837,23 +21875,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fenny | Definition: -| fenny a. pertaining to or inhabiting a fen; abounding -| in fens; swampy; boggy. -| +|fend | Definition: +| ward n. to fend off; to repel; to turn aside as +| anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually +| followed by off. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fertile | Definition: -| shifty a. full of or ready with shifts; fertile -| in expedients or contrivance. -| +|fender | Definition: +| puddening n. a quantity of rope-yarn or the like +| placed as a fender on the bow of a boat. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fertility | Definition: -| water meadow a meadow or piece of low flat land -| capable of being kept in a state of fertility -| by being overflowed with water from some adjoining -| river or stream. +|fenders | Definition: +| skid n. large fenders hung over a vessel's side +| to protect it in handling a cargo. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|fermenting | Definition: +| tun n. a fermenting vat. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ferocious | Definition: +| vandalism n. the spirit or conduct of the vandals; +| ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and +| literature or willful destruction or defacement +| of their monuments. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ferocity | Definition: +| subdue v. t. to reduce to tenderness; to melt; +| to soften; as to subdue ferocity by tears. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fervent | Definition: @@ -23881,10 +21935,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | garments. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|festivals | Definition: -| workday n. & a. a day on which work is performed -| as distinguished from sunday festivals etc. -| a working day. +|festive | Definition: +| wassail n. a festive or drinking song or glee. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |festivities | Definition: @@ -23892,12 +21945,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | hence to make merry. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|festivity | Definition: -| wassailer n. one who drinks wassail; one who engages -| in festivity especially in drinking; a reveler. +|festoon | Definition: +| tress n. fig.: a knot or festoon as of flowers. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|festooned | Definition: +| festooned imp. & p. p. of festoon +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |fetch | Definition: | wheel v. i. to go round in a circuit; to fetch | a compass. @@ -23908,17 +21965,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fetching | Definition: -| suspiration n. the act of sighing or fetching -| a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; -| a sigh. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fettered | Definition: -| fettered a. seeming as if fettered as the feet -| of certain animals which bend backward and -| appear unfit for walking. -| +|fetter | Definition: +| span v. t. to fetter as a horse; to hobble. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fetters | Definition: @@ -23933,6 +21982,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|feverish | Definition: +| feverish a. disordered as by fever; excited; restless; +| as the feverish condition of the commercial +| world. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |fewer | Definition: | underlease n. a lease granted by a tenant or lessee; | especially a lease granted by one who is himself @@ -23941,23 +21996,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fewest | Definition: -| golf n. a game played with a small ball and a -| bat or club crooked at the lower end. he who -| drives the ball into each of a series of small -| holes in the ground and brings it into the -| last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner. -| +|fiction | Definition: +| relation n. the carrying back and giving effect +| or operation to an act or proceeding frrom +| some previous date or time by a sort of fiction +| as if it had happened or begun at that time. +| in such case the act is said to take effect +| by relation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fewness | Definition: -| fewness n. brevity; conciseness. -| +|fidelity | Definition: +| vassal n. the grantee of a fief feud or fee; one +| who holds land of superior and who vows fidelity +| and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fidelity | Definition: -| trothplighted a. having fidelity pledged. -| +|fidgety | Definition: +| fidgety a. restless; uneasy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fields | Definition: @@ -23968,6 +22025,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | amarantus albus etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|fiend | Definition: +| nightmare n. a fiend or incubus formerly supposed +| to cause trouble in sleep. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |fierce | Definition: | vandal n. one of a teutonic race formerly dwelling | on the south shore of the baltic the most barbarous @@ -23982,18 +22045,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or with passion. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fierceness | Definition: -| grimness n. fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; -| forbiddingness. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fiery | Definition: -| shadrach n. a mass of iron on which the operation -| of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -| -- so called from shadrach one of the three -| hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery -| furnace of nebuchadnezzar. (see dan. iii. 26 -| 27.) +| tetramorph n. the union of the four attributes +| of the evangelists in one figure which is represented +| as winged and standing on winged fiery wheels +| the wings being covered with eyes. the representations +| of it are evidently suggested by the vision +| of ezekiel (ch. i.) |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fifteen | Definition: @@ -24002,52 +22060,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fifteenth | Definition: -| tarsiatura n. a kind of mosaic in woodwork much -| employed in italy in the fifteenth century -| and later in which scrolls and arabesques and -| sometimes architectural scenes landscapes fruits -| flowers and the like were produced by inlaying -| pieces of wood of different colors and shades -| into panels usually of walnut wood. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fifth | Definition: -| viola n. an instrument in form and use resembling -| the violin but larger and a fifth lower in -| compass. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fifties | Definition: -| fifties pl. of fifty -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fiftieth | Definition: -| whitsunday n. the seventh sunday and the fiftieth -| day after easter; a festival of the church -| in commemoration of the descent of the holy -| spirit on the day of pentecost; pentecost; -| -- so called it is said because in the primitive -| church those who had been newly baptized appeared -| at church between easter and pentecost in white -| garments. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fifty | Definition: -| trumpeter n. a large edible fish (latris hecateia) -| of the family cirrhitidae native of tasmania -| and new zealand. it sometimes weighs as much -| as fifty or sixty pounds and is highly esteemed -| as a food fish. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fig | Definition: -| urticaceous a. of or pertaining to a natural order -| (urticaceae) of plants of which the nettle -| is the type. the order includes also the hop -| the elm the mulberry the fig and many other -| plants. +| violaceous a. of or pertaining to a natural order +| of plants of which the violet is the type. +| it contains about twenty genera and two hundred +| and fifty species. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fight | Definition: @@ -24058,11 +22075,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fighter | Definition: -| fighter n. one who fights; a combatant; a warrior. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fighting | Definition: | theomachy n. a fighting against the gods as the | battle of the gaints with the gods. @@ -24075,33 +22087,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|figs | Definition: -| ficus n. a genus of trees or shrubs one species -| of which (f. carica) produces the figs of commerce; -| the fig tree. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|figurative | Definition: -| turn n. form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- -| used in a literal or figurative sense; hence -| form of expression; mode of signifying; as -| the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn -| in conversation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|figuratively | Definition: -| zenith n. hence figuratively the point of culmination; -| the greatest height; the height of success -| or prosperity. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|figured | Definition: -| thorough bass the representation of chords by -| figures placed under the base; figured bass; -| basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous -| with harmony. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |figures | Definition: | zoophorous n. the part between the architrave | and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from @@ -24109,28 +22094,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|filed | Definition: +| set-off n. a counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; +| a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant +| against the plaintiff's demand. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|filing | Definition: +| limation n. the act of filing or polishing. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |fill | Definition: | yardful n. as much as a yard will contain; enough | to fill a yard. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |filled | Definition: -| zealous a. filled with or characterized by zeal; -| warmly engaged or ardent in behalf of an object. -| +| zealous a. filled with religious zeal. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fillet | Definition: -| tape n. a narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; -| a narrow woven fabric used for strings and -| the like; as curtains tied with tape. -| +|filling | Definition: +| vein n. a narrow mass of rock intersecting other +| rocks and filling inclined or vertical fissures +| not corresponding with the stratification; +| a lode; a dike; -- often limited in the language +| of miners to a mineral vein or lode that is +| to a vein which contains useful minerals or +| ores. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|filling | Definition: -| underfilling n. the filling below or beneath; -| the under part of a building. -| +|fills | Definition: +| treeful n. the quantity or number which fills +| a tree. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |filth | Definition: @@ -24139,29 +22137,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|filthiness | Definition: -| filthiness n. that which is filthy or makes filthy; -| foulness; nastiness; corruption; pollution; -| impurity. +|fin | Definition: +| weever n. any one of several species of edible +| marine fishes belonging to the genus trachinus +| of the family trachinidae. they have a broad +| spinose head with the eyes looking upward. +| the long dorsal fin is supported by numerous +| strong sharp spines which cause painful wounds. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|filthy | Definition: -| sordes n. foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy -| useless or rejected matter of any kind; specifically -| (med.) the foul matter that collects on the -| teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions -| attended with great vital depression. -| +|finally | Definition: +| unlaid a. not allayed; not pacified; not laid +| finally to rest. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|finally | Definition: -| shogun n. a title originally conferred by the -| mikado on the military governor of the eastern -| provinces of japan. by gradual usurpation of -| power the shoguns (known to foreigners as tycoons) -| became finally the virtual rulers of japan. -| the title was abolished in 1867. -| +|finch | Definition: +| yellowhammer n. a common european finch (emberiza +| citrinella). the color of the male is bright +| yellow on the breast neck and sides of the +| head with the back yellow and brown and the +| top of the head and the tail quills blackish. +| called also yellow bunting scribbling lark +| and writing lark. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|finches | Definition: +| sparrow n. one of many species of small singing +| birds of the family fringilligae having conical +| bills and feeding chiefly on seeds. many sparrows +| are called also finches and buntings. the common +| sparrow or house sparrow of europe (passer +| domesticus) is noted for its familiarity its +| voracity its attachment to its young and its +| fecundity. see house sparrow under house. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |finding | Definition: @@ -24185,15 +22195,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|finely | Definition: +| yarrow n. an american and european composite plant +| (achillea millefolium) with very finely dissected +| leaves and small white corymbed flowers. it +| has a strong and somewhat aromatic odor and +| taste and is sometimes used in making beer +| or is dried for smoking. called also milfoil +| and nosebleed. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|finer | Definition: +| tow n. the coarse and broken part of flax or hemp +| separated from the finer part by the hatchel +| or swingle. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |finest | Definition: | whites n. pl. the finest flour made from white | wheat. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |finger | Definition: -| undulation n. the tremulous tone produced by a -| peculiar pressure of the finger on a string -| as of a violin. +| unguis n. the nail claw talon or hoof of a finger +| toe or other appendage. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fingers | Definition: @@ -24206,19 +22232,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fining | Definition: -| fining n. that which is used to refine; especially -| a preparation of isinglass gelatin etc. for -| clarifying beer. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |finish | Definition: -| tumbler n. a drinking glass without a foot or -| stem; -- so called because originally it had -| a pointed or convex base and could not be set -| down with any liquor in it thus compelling -| the drinker to finish his measure. -| +| veneer v. t. to overlay or plate with a thin layer +| of wood or other material for outer finish +| or decoration; as to veneer a piece of furniture +| with mahogany. used also figuratively. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |finished | Definition: @@ -24233,18 +22252,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|finisher | Definition: -| finisher n. something that gives the finishing -| touch to or settles anything. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|finishes | Definition: -| whitesmith n. a worker in iron who finishes or -| polishes the work in distinction from one who -| forges it. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |finishing | Definition: | three-coat a. having or consisting of three coats; | -- applied to plastering which consists of @@ -24254,38 +22261,40 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fins | Definition: -| xenopterygii n. pl. a suborder of fishes including -| gobiesox and allied genera. these fishes have -| soft-rayed fins and a ventral sucker supported -| in front by the pectoral fins. they are destitute -| of scales. +|fired | Definition: +| zumbooruk n. a small cannon supported by a swiveled +| rest on the back of a camel whence it is fired +| -- used in the east. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fir | Definition: -| upher n. a fir pole of from four to seven inches -| diameter and twenty to forty feet long sometimes -| roughly hewn used for scaffoldings and sometimes -| for slight and common roofs for which use it -| is split. +|fireplace | Definition: +| tisar n. the fireplace at the side of an annealing +| oven. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|firebrand | Definition: -| firebrand n. one who inflames factions or causes -| contention and mischief; an incendiary. -| +|fires | Definition: +| stoke v. i. to poke or stir up a fire; hence to +| tend the fires of furnaces steamers etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fired | Definition: -| zumbooruk n. a small cannon supported by a swiveled -| rest on the back of a camel whence it is fired -| -- used in the east. +|fireside | Definition: +| fireside n. a place near the fire or hearth; home; +| domestic life or retirement. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fires | Definition: -| round n. a general discharge of firearms by a -| body of troops in which each soldier fires -| once. +|firework | Definition: +| wheel n. a firework which while burning is caused +| to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the +| escaping gases. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|firing | Definition: +| touch-paper n. paper steeped in saltpeter which +| burns slowly and is used as a match for firing +| gunpowder and the like. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |firm | Definition: @@ -24301,42 +22310,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|firmament | Definition: -| with prep. to denote having as a possession or -| an appendage; as the firmament with its stars; -| a bride with a large fortune. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |firmly | Definition: | well-set a. properly or firmly set. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|firmness | Definition: -| sag v. i. fig.: to lose firmness or elasticity; -| to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield -| as the mind or spirits under the pressure of -| care trouble doubt or the like; to be unsettled -| or unbalanced. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|firstborn | Definition: -| primogeniture a. the state of being the firstborn -| of the same parents; seniority by birth among -| children of the same family. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|firstling | Definition: -| firstling a. firstborn. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|firstlings | Definition: -| firstling n. the first produce or offspring; -- -| said of animals especially domestic animals; -| as the firstlings of his flock. -| +|firstly | Definition: +| firstly adv. in the first place; before anything +| else; -- sometimes improperly used for first. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fish | Definition: @@ -24346,30 +22328,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fishermen | Definition: -| sheeling n. a hut or small cottage in an expessed -| or a retired place (as on a mountain or at -| the seaside) such as is used by shepherds fishermen -| sportsmen etc.; a summer cottage; also a shed. +|fished | Definition: +| woold v. t. to wind or wrap; especially to wind +| a rope round as a mast or yard made of two +| or more pieces at the place where it has been +| fished or scarfed in order to strengthen it. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fishes | Definition: -| yellowtail n. any one of several species of marine -| carangoid fishes of the genus seriola; especially -| the large california species (s. dorsalis) -| which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds -| and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called -| also cavasina and white salmon. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fishing | Definition: | whiffing n. a mode of fishing with a hand line | for pollack mackerel and the like. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|fishy | Definition: +| fishy a. extravagant like some stories about catching +| fish; improbable; also rank or foul. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |fist | Definition: | smite v. t. to strike; to inflict a blow upon | with the hand or with any instrument held in @@ -24385,21 +22363,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fitches | Definition: -| fitchy a. having fitches or vetches. -| +|fitful | Definition: +| glisten v. i. to sparkle or shine; especially +| to shine with a mild subdued and fitful luster; +| to emit a soft scintillating light; to gleam; +| as the glistening stars. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fitly | Definition: -| trim v. t. fitly adjusted; being in good order. -| or made ready for service or use; firm; compact; -| snug; neat; fair; as the ship is trim or trim -| built; everything about the man is trim; a -| person is trim when his body is well shaped -| and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely -| to his body and appears tight and snug; a man -| or a soldier is trim when he stands erect. -| +|fitfully | Definition: +| bluster v. i. to blow fitfully with violence and +| noise as wind; to be windy and boisterous as +| the weather. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|fits | Definition: +| zygosphene n. a median process on the front part +| of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most +| snakes and some lizards which fits into a fossa +| called the zygantrum on the back part of the +| arch in front. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fitted | Definition: @@ -24428,35 +22411,78 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flag | Definition: -| wimple n. a flag or streamer. -| +|fixing | Definition: +| set v. t. to give a pitch to as a tune; to start +| by fixing the keynote; as to set a psalm. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flagitious | Definition: -| flagitious a. characterized by scandalous crimes -| or vices; as flagitious times. -| +|fixture | Definition: +| vane n. any flat extended surface attached to +| an axis and moved by the wind; as the vane +| of a windmill; hence a similar fixture of any +| form moved in or by water air or other fluid; +| as the vane of a screw propeller a fan blower +| an anemometer etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flame | Definition: -| vomit v. t. hence to eject from any hollow place; -| to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as -| volcanoes vomit flame stones etc. -| +|flabby | Definition: +| limp a. flaccid; flabby as flesh. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flamed | Definition: -| flamed imp. & p. p. of flame +|flaccid | Definition: +| wilt v. t. to cause to begin to wither; to make +| flaccid as a green plant. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flames | Definition: -| sanbenito n. a garnment or cap or sometimes both -| painted with flames figures etc. and worn by -| persons who had been examined by the inquisition -| and were brought forth for punishment at the -| auto-da-fe. +|flag | Definition: +| wimple n. a flag or streamer. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flags | Definition: +| trophy n. anything taken from an enemy and preserved +| as a memorial of victory as arms flags standards +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flagstaff | Definition: +| truck v. i. a small wooden cap at the summit of +| a flagstaff or a masthead having holes in it +| for reeving halyards through. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flakes | Definition: +| tragacanth n. a kind of gum procured from a spiny +| leguminous shrub (astragalus gummifer) of western +| asia and other species of astragalus. it comes +| in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments +| and is nearly insoluble in water but slowly +| swells into a mucilaginous mass which is used +| as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine +| and the arts. called also gum tragacanth. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flame | Definition: +| vomit v. t. hence to eject from any hollow place; +| to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as +| volcanoes vomit flame stones etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flames | Definition: +| strontium n. a metallic element of the calcium +| group always naturally occurring combined as +| in the minerals strontianite celestite etc. +| it is isolated as a yellowish metal somewhat +| malleable but harder than calcium. it is chiefly +| employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic +| flames red. symbol sr. atomic weight 87.3. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |flaming | Definition: @@ -24465,32 +22491,46 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flanders | Definition: -| jansenist n. a follower of cornelius jansen a -| roman catholic bishop of ypres in flanders -| in the 17th century who taught certain doctrines -| denying free will and the possibility of resisting -| divine grace. +|flannel | Definition: +| water flannel a floating mass formed in pools +| by the entangled filaments of a european fresh-water +| alga (cladophora crispata). +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flap | Definition: +| welt n. in machine-made stockings a strip or flap +| of which the heel is formed. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flapped | Definition: +| flapped imp. & p. p. of flap +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flank | Definition: -| surface n. that part of the side which is terminated -| by the flank prolonged and the angle of the -| nearest bastion. +|flapping | Definition: +| slatting n. the violent shaking or flapping of +| anything hanging loose in the wind as of a +| sail when being hauled down. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flanks | Definition: -| yak n. a bovine mammal (poephagus grunnies) native -| of the high plains of central asia. its neck -| the outer side of its legs and its flanks are -| covered with long flowing fine hair. its tail -| is long and bushy often white and is valued -| as an ornament and for other purposes in india -| and china. there are several domesticated varieties -| some of which lack the mane and the long hair -| on the flanks. called also chauri gua grunting -| cow grunting ox sarlac sarlik and sarluc. -| +|flare | Definition: +| flare n. leaf of lard. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flared | Definition: +| flared imp. & p. p. of flare +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flaring | Definition: +| wall-sided a. having sides nearly perpendicular; +| -- said of certain vessels to distinguish them +| from those having flaring sides or sides tumbling +| home (see under tumble v. i.). +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |flash | Definition: @@ -24498,6 +22538,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|flashed | Definition: +| flashed imp. & p. p. of flash +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |flashes | Definition: | sparkle n. to emit sparks; to throw off ignited | or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing @@ -24512,6 +22557,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | mind. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|flask | Definition: +| spray n. a side channel or branch of the runner +| of a flask made to distribute the metal in +| all parts of the mold. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |flat | Definition: | za n. an old solfeggio name for b flat; the seventh | harmonic as heard in the or aeolian string; @@ -24520,6 +22571,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the flat seventh. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|flatly | Definition: +| flatly adv. in a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; +| without spirit; dully; frigidly; peremptorily; +| positively plainly. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flats | Definition: +| signature v. t. the designation of the key (when +| not c major or its relative a minor) by means +| of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning +| of the staff immediately after the clef affecting +| all notes of the same letter throughout the +| piece or movement. each minor key has the same +| signature as its relative major. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |flatter | Definition: | word v. t. to flatter with words; to cajole. | @@ -24533,31 +22601,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flatterers | Definition: -| forsake v. t. to quit or leave entirely; to desert; -| to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to -| leave; as false friends and flatterers forsake -| us in adversity. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |flattering | Definition: -| seductive a. tending to lead astray; apt to mislead -| by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; -| as a seductive offer. +| supparasitation n. the act of flattering to gain +| favor; servile approbation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flattery | Definition: -| seducement n. the means employed to seduce as -| flattery promises deception etc.; arts of enticing -| or corrupting. +|flawed | Definition: +| flawed imp. & p. p. of flaw +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flax | Definition: -| yarn n. spun wool; woolen thread; also thread -| of other material as of cotton flax hemp or -| silk; material spun and prepared for use in -| weaving knitting manufacturing sewing thread -| or the like. +|flaxen | Definition: +| flaxen a. made of flax; resembling flax or its +| fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft +| straw color; fair and flowing like flax or +| tow; as flaxen thread; flaxen hair. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |flay | Definition: @@ -24566,50 +22626,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flayed | Definition: -| flayed imp. & p. p. of flay -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|flea | Definition: -| water flea any one of numerous species of small -| aquatic entomostraca belonging to the genera -| cyclops daphnia etc; -- so called because they -| swim with sudden leaps or starts. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fled | Definition: -| panic a. a sudden overpowering fright; esp. a -| sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired -| by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of -| danger; as the troops were seized with a panic; -| they fled in a panic. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|flee | Definition: -| run a. to flee as from fear or danger. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fleece | Definition: -| shorling n. the skin of a sheen after the fleece -| is shorn off as distinct from the morling or -| skin taken from the dead sheep; also a sheep -| of the first year's shearing. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fleeces | Definition: -| fleecer n. one who fleeces or strips unjustly -| especially by trickery or fraund. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fleeing | Definition: -| runaway a. running away; fleeing from danger duty -| restraint etc.; as runaway soldiers; a runaway -| horse. +|fledged | Definition: +| fledged imp. & p. p. of fledge +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fleet | Definition: @@ -24620,36 +22639,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a triangle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fleets | Definition: -| hypallage n. a figure consisting of a transference -| of attributes from their proper subjects to -| other. thus virgil says >dare classibus austros -| > to give the winds to the fleets instead of -| dare classibus austris to give the fleets to -| the winds. +|flew | Definition: +| flew imp. of fly |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flesh | Definition: -| zobo n. a kind of domestic cattle reared in asia -| for its flesh and milk. it is supposed to be -| a hybrid between the zebu and the yak. +|flickering | Definition: +| flickeringly adv. in a flickering manner. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fleshed | Definition: -| fleshed a. glutted; satiated; initiated. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fleshly | Definition: -| fleshly adv. in a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|flew | Definition: -| flew imp. of fly. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |flies | Definition: | xylophagides n. pl. a tribe or family of dipterous | flies whose larvae live in decayed wood. some @@ -24663,6 +22661,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|flighty | Definition: +| flighty a. indulging in flights or wild and unrestrained +| sallies of imagination humor caprice etc.; +| given to disordered fancies and extravagant +| conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty +| delirious. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |fling | Definition: | throw v. t. to fling or cast in any manner; to | drive to a distance from the hand or from an @@ -24672,6 +22678,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | flames. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|flinging | Definition: +| flinging p. pr. & vb. n. of fling +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |flint | Definition: | xanthidium n. a genus of minute unicellular algae | of the desmids. these algae have a rounded @@ -24681,49 +22692,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|floats | Definition: -| water lettuce a plant (pistia stratiotes) which -| floats on tropical waters and forms a rosette -| of spongy wedge-shaped leaves. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|flock | Definition: -| whiteness n. a flock of swans. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|flocked | Definition: -| flocked imp. & p. p. of flock -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|flocking | Definition: -| flocking p. pr. & vb. n. of flock -| +|flip | Definition: +| flip v. t. to toss or fillip; as to flip up a +| cent. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flocks | Definition: -| snowbird n. an arctic finch (plectrophenax / plectrophanes -| nivalis) common in winter both in europe and -| the united states and often appearing in large -| flocks during snowstorms. it is partially white -| but variously marked with chestnut and brown. -| called also snow bunting snowflake snowfleck -| and snowflight. +|flit | Definition: +| flit a. nimble; quick; swift. [obs.] see fleet. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flood | Definition: -| waterflood n. a flood of water; an inundation. -| +|floating | Definition: +| whirlpool n. an eddy or vortex of water; a place +| in a body of water where the water moves round +| in a circle so as to produce a depression or +| cavity in the center into which floating objects +| may be drawn; any body of water having a more +| or less circular motion caused by its flowing +| in an irregular channel by the coming together +| of opposing currents or the like. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|floods | Definition: -| personification n. a figure of speech in which -| an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented -| as animated or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; -| as the floods clap their hands. -| +|flock | Definition: +| whiteness n. a flock of swans. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |floor | Definition: @@ -24731,21 +22724,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a staircase. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|floored | Definition: -| floored imp. & p. p. of floor -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |floors | Definition: | well v. i. an opening through the floors of a | building as for a staircase or an elevator; | a wellhole. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|florence | Definition: -| servite n. one of the order of the religious servants -| of the holy virgin founded in florence in 1223. -| +|flounce | Definition: +| wince v. i. to kick or flounce when unsteady or +| impatient at a rider; as a horse winces. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flounder | Definition: +| windowpane n. a thin spotted american turbot (pleuronectes +| maculatus) remarkable for its translucency. +| it is not valued as a food fish. called also +| spotted turbot daylight spotted sand flounder +| and water flounder. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|floundering | Definition: +| floundering p. pr. & vb. n. of flounder +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |flour | Definition: @@ -24758,17 +22759,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flourished | Definition: -| trouveur n. one of a school of poets who flourished -| in northern france from the eleventh to the -| fourteenth century. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|flourishes | Definition: -| flourishes pl. of flourish -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |flourishing | Definition: | vernant a. flourishing as in spring; vernal. | @@ -24780,11 +22770,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flowed | Definition: -| flowed imp. & p. p. of flow -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |flower | Definition: | wincopipe n. a little red flower no doubt the | pimpernel which when it opens in the morning @@ -24792,6 +22777,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|flowered | Definition: +| purfle v. t. to decorate with a wrought or flowered +| border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic +| threads; as to purfle with blue and white. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flowering | Definition: +| zauschneria n. a genus of flowering plants. zauschneria +| californica is a suffrutescent perennial with +| showy red flowers much resembling those of +| the garden fuchsia. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |flowers | Definition: | zauschneria n. a genus of flowering plants. zauschneria | californica is a suffrutescent perennial with @@ -24817,12 +22816,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | flown p. p. of fly |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flows | Definition: -| wear n. a long notch with a horizontal edge as -| in the top of a vertical plate or plank through -| which water flows -- used in measuring the -| quantity of flowing water. -| +|fluey | Definition: +| fluey a. downy; fluffy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fluid | Definition: @@ -24832,25 +22827,46 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|flung | Definition: +| upflung a. flung or thrown up. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flush | Definition: +| welt n. in carpentry a strip of wood fastened +| over a flush seam or joint or an angle to strengthen +| it. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flushed | Definition: +| rocketer n. a bird especially a pheasant which +| being flushed rises straight in the air like +| a rocket. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|flushes | Definition: +| flush v. i. to flow and spread suddenly; to rush; +| as blood flushes into the face. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |flute | Definition: | zufolo n. a little flute or flageolet especially | that which is used to teach birds. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flutes | Definition: -| stria n. a fillet between the flutes of columns -| pilasters or the like. +|flutter | Definition: +| overflutter v. t. to flutter over. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|flux | Definition: -| tartar n. a reddish crust or sediment in wine -| casks consisting essentially of crude cream -| of tartar and used in marking pure cream of -| tartar tartaric acid potassium carbonate black -| flux etc. and in dyeing as a mordant for woolen -| goods; -- called also argol wine stone etc. -| +|fluttering | Definition: +| hover v. i. to hang fluttering in the air or on +| the wing; to remain in flight or floating about +| or over a place or object; to be suspended +| in the air above something. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fly | Definition: @@ -24866,24 +22882,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | smaller. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|foal | Definition: -| filly n. a female foal or colt; a young mare. -| cf. colt foal. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foaming | Definition: -| prime v. i. to work so that foaming occurs from -| too violent ebullition which causes water to -| become mixed with and be carried along with -| the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam -| boiler. +|foam | Definition: +| yeast n. the foam or troth (top yeast) or the +| sediment (bottom yeast) of beer or other in +| fermentation which contains the yeast plant +| or its spores and under certain conditions +| produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous +| substances; a preparation used for raising +| dough for bread or cakes and making it light +| and puffy; barm; ferment. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fodder | Definition: -| silo n. a pit or vat for packing away green fodder -| for winter use so as to exclude air and outside -| moisture. see ensilage. -| +|focus | Definition: +| reticule n.. a system of wires or lines in the +| focus of a telescope or other instrument; a +| reticle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |foe | Definition: @@ -24892,10 +22906,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|foes | Definition: -| combatable a. such as can be or is liable to be -| combated; as combatable foes evils or arguments. -| +|fog | Definition: +| vapor n. in a loose and popular sense any visible +| diffused substance floating in the atmosphere +| and impairing its transparency as smoke fog +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|foggy | Definition: +| westness n. a watery or moist state of the atmosphere; +| a state of being rainy foggy or misty; as the +| wetness of weather or the season. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fold | Definition: @@ -24917,14 +22939,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|folds | Definition: -| wimple v. i. to lie in folds; also to appear as -| if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|follies | Definition: -| follies pl. of folly +|folks | Definition: +| folks n. collect. & pl. the persons of one's own +| family; as our folks are all well. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |follow | Definition: @@ -24941,10 +22959,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |followers | Definition: -| simonian n. one of the followers of simon magus; -| also an adherent of certain heretical sects -| in the early christian church. -| +| socinian n. one of the followers of socinus; a +| believer in socinianism. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |follows | Definition: @@ -24958,21 +22975,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a fool. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fomented | Definition: -| fomented imp. & p. p. of foment -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fond | Definition: | water spaniel a curly-haired breed of spaniels | naturally very fond of the water. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|fondness | Definition: +| spoon v. i. to act with demonstrative or foolish +| fondness as one in love. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|font | Definition: +| fontal a. pertaining to a font fountain source +| or origin; original; primitive. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |fool | Definition: -| sell v. t. to impose upon; to trick; to deceive; -| to make a fool of; to cheat. -| +| stultify v. t. to make foolish; to make a fool +| of; as to stultify one by imposition; to stultify +| one's self by silly reasoning or conduct. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |foolish | Definition: @@ -24982,14 +23007,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |foolishly | Definition: -| sheepish a. like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; -| meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to -| excess. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foolishness | Definition: -| foolishness n. a foolish practice; an absurdity. -| +| sturdy superl. foolishly obstinate or resolute; +| stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |foot | Definition: @@ -25018,6 +23038,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | footmen pl. of footman |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|footprints | Definition: +| footprint n. the impression of the foot; a trace +| or footmark; as footprints of the creator. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |footstep | Definition: | footstep n. an inclined plane under a hand printing | press. @@ -25042,19 +23068,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | see under for prep. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forbade | Definition: -| forbade imp. of forbid -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|forbear | Definition: -| warrant n. to make secure; to give assurance against -| harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority -| or power to do or forbear to do anything by -| which the person authorized is secured or saved -| harmless from any loss or damage by his action. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |forbearance | Definition: | watch v. i. the act of watching; forbearance of | sleep; vigil; wakeful vigilant or constantly @@ -25064,12 +23077,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forbearing | Definition: -| wake n. the state of forbearing sleep especially -| for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |forbid | Definition: | veto n. a power or right possessed by one department | of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying @@ -25097,23 +23104,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | leave. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forbids | Definition: -| presence n. the place in which one is present; -| the part of space within one's ken call influence -| etc.; neighborhood without the intervention -| of anything that forbids intercourse. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |forbore | Definition: | forbore imp. of forbear. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forborne | Definition: -| forborne p. p. of forbear. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |force | Definition: | wrest v. t. to turn; to twist; esp. to twist or | extort by violence; to pull of force away by @@ -25131,13 +23125,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forces | Definition: -| wrench v. t. the system made up of a force and -| a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular -| to that force. any number of forces acting -| at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded -| so as to be equivalent to a wrench. -| +|forcible | Definition: +| wheeze n. an ordinary whisper exaggerated so as +| to produce the hoarse sound known as the >stage +| whisper. > it is a forcible whisper with some +| admixture of tone. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |forcibly | Definition: @@ -25145,9 +23137,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to trample. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ford | Definition: -| hard n. a ford or passage across a river or swamp. -| +|forcing | Definition: +| whistle v. i. a sharp shrill more or less musical +| sound made by forcing the breath through a +| small orifice of the lips or through or instrument +| which gives a similar sound; the sound used +| by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill +| note of a bird; as the sharp whistle of a boy +| or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow +| whistle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fore | Definition: @@ -25158,19 +23156,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | also water opossum. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|foreboding | Definition: -| ominous a. of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; -| being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -| -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable -| sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding -| or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as an ominous -| dread. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|forecast | Definition: -| forecast n. foresight of consequences and provision -| against them; prevision; premeditation. -| +|forecastle | Definition: +| windlass n. a machine for raising weights consisting +| of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on +| its axis and turned by a crank lever or similar +| means so as to wind up a rope or chain attached +| to the weight. in vessels the windlass is often +| used instead of the capstan for raising the +| anchor. it is usually set upon the forecastle +| and is worked by hand or steam. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |forefathers | Definition: @@ -25183,16 +23178,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forego | Definition: -| forego v. i. to go before; to precede; -- used -| especially in the present and past participles. +|forefinger | Definition: +| forefinger n. the finger next to the thumb; the +| index. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|forefoot | Definition: +| tripping a. having the right forefoot lifted the +| others remaining on the ground as if he were +| trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal as +| a hart buck and the like used as a bearing. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|foregoing | Definition: -| forequoted a. cited before; quoted in a foregoing -| part of the treatise or essay. -| +|foregone | Definition: +| foregone p. p. of forego +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|foreground | Definition: +| middle-ground n. that part of a picture between +| the foreground and the background. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |forehead | Definition: @@ -25201,48 +23207,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | also white-blaze. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|foreheads | Definition: -| chaperon n. a device placed on the foreheads of -| horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |foreign | Definition: | xenomania n. a mania for or an inordinate attachment | to foreign customs institutions manners fashions | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|foreigner | Definition: -| naturalize v. t. to confer the rights and privileges -| of a native subject or citizen on; to make -| as if native; to adopt as a foreigner into -| a nation or state and place in the condition -| of a native subject. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foreigners | Definition: -| yankee n. a nickname for a native or citizen of -| new england especially one descended from old -| new england stock; by extension an inhabitant -| of the northern states as distinguished from -| a southerner; also applied sometimes by foreigners -| to any inhabitant of the united states. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foreknew | Definition: -| foreknew imp. of foreknow -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foreknowledge | Definition: -| prophasis n. foreknowledge of a disease; prognosis. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foreknown | Definition: -| foreknown p. p. of foreknow -| +|forelock | Definition: +| forelock n. a cotter or split pin as in a slot +| in a bolt to prevent retraction; a linchpin; +| a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |foremost | Definition: @@ -25252,37 +23227,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | battle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forepart | Definition: -| entrance n. the bow or entire wedgelike forepart -| of a vessel below the water line. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|forerun | Definition: -| forerun v. t. to come before as an earnest of -| something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; -| to announce. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|forerunner | Definition: -| usher v. t. to introduce or escort as an usher -| forerunner or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes -| followed by in or forth; as to usher in a stranger; -| to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor -| into the room. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foresaid | Definition: -| foresaid a. mentioned before; aforesaid. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foresee | Definition: -| wariness n. the quality or state of being wary; -| care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |foreseeing | Definition: | second-sight n. the power of discerning what is | not visible to the physical eye or of foreseeing @@ -25291,18 +23235,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|foreseen | Definition: -| venture n. an undertaking of chance or danger; -| the risking of something upon an event which -| can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; -| a risk; a speculation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foreshew | Definition: -| foreshew v. t. see foreshow. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |foresight | Definition: | providence n. foresight; care; especially the | foresight and care which god manifests for @@ -25311,94 +23243,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|foreskin | Definition: -| foreskin n. the fold of skin which covers the -| glans of the penis; the prepuce. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |forest | Definition: | woodward n. an officer of the forest whose duty | it was to guard the woods. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forests | Definition: -| upas n. a tree (antiaris toxicaria) of the breadfruit -| family common in the forests of java and the -| neighboring islands. its secretions are poisonous -| and it has been fabulously reported that the -| atmosphere about it is deleterious. called -| also bohun upas. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foretell | Definition: -| wetbird n. the chaffinch whose cry is thought -| to foretell rain. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foretelling | Definition: -| shall v. i. & auxiliary. as an auxiliary shall -| indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation -| is derived from the person speaking; as you -| shall go; he shall go; that is i order or promise -| your going. it thus ordinarily expresses in -| the second and third persons a command a threat -| or a promise. if the auxillary be emphasized -| the command is made more imperative the promise -| or that more positive and sure. it is also -| employed in the language of prophecy; as >the -| day shall come when . . . > since a promise -| or threat and an authoritative prophecy nearly -| coincide in significance. in shall with the -| first person the necessity of the action is -| sometimes implied as residing elsewhere than -| in the speaker; as i shall suffer; we shall -| see; and there is always a less distinct and -| positive assertion of his volition than is -| indicated by will. >i shall go > implies nearly -| a simple futurity; more exactly a foretelling -| or an expectation of my going in which naturally -| enough a certain degree of plan or intention -| may be included; emphasize the shall and the -| event is described as certain to occur and -| the expression approximates in meaning to our -| emphatic >i will go. > in a question the relation -| of speaker and source of obligation is of course -| transferred to the person addressed; as >shall -| you go? > (answer >i shall go >); >shall -| he go? > i. e. >do you require or promise -| his going? > (answer >he shall go >.) the -| same relation is transferred to either second -| or third person in such phrases as >you say -| or think you shall go; > >he says or thinks -| he shall go. > after a conditional conjunction -| (as if whether) shall is used in all persons -| to express futurity simply; as if i you or -| he shall say they are right. should is everywhere -| used in the same connection and the same senses -| as shall as its imperfect. it also expresses -| duty or moral obligation; as he should do it -| whether he will or not. in the early english -| and hence in our english bible shall is the -| auxiliary mainly used in all the persons to -| express simple futurity. (cf. will v. t.) shall -| may be used elliptically; thus with an adverb -| or other word expressive of motion go may be -| omitted. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foretells | Definition: -| soothsayer n. one who foretells events by the -| art of soothsaying; a prognosticator. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foretold | Definition: -| foretold imp. & p. p. of foretell -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |forever | Definition: | retraxit n. the withdrawing or open renunciation | of a suit in court by the plaintiff by which @@ -25406,10 +23256,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forewarn | Definition: -| forewarn v. t. to warn beforehand; to give previous -| warning admonition information or notice to; -| to caution in advance. +|forewarned | Definition: +| forewarned imp. & p. p. of forewarn +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |forfeited | Definition: @@ -25421,8 +23270,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forgave | Definition: -| forgave imp. of forgive +|forfeiture | Definition: +| tender n. an offer either of money to pay a debt +| or of service to be performed in order to save +| a penalty or forfeiture which would be incurred +| by nonpayment or nonperformance; as the tender +| of rent due or of the amount of a note with +| interest. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |forge | Definition: @@ -25437,18 +23291,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forger | Definition: -| forger n. & v. t. especially: one guilty of forgery; -| one who makes or issues a counterfeit document. +|forgery | Definition: +| roorbach n. a defamatory forgery or falsehood +| published for purposes of political intrigue. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forgers | Definition: -| crook n. a person given to fraudulent practices; -| an accomplice of thieves forgers etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |forget | Definition: | unteach v. t. to cause to forget or to lose from | memory or to disbelieve what has been taught. @@ -25465,10 +23313,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |forgetfulness | Definition: -| ingratitude n. want of gratitude; insensibility -| to forgetfulness of or ill return for kindness -| or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness. -| +| lethe n. a river of hades whose waters when drunk +| caused forgetfulness of the past. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |forgetting | Definition: @@ -25491,10 +23338,7 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |forgiven | Definition: -| excusable a. that may be excused forgiven justified -| or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as the man -| is excusable; an excusable action. -| +| forgiven p. p. of forgive |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |forgiveness | Definition: @@ -25512,11 +23356,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forgoing | Definition: -| forgoing p. pr. & vb. n. of forgo -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |forgot | Definition: | forgot imp. & p. p. of forget. | @@ -25528,12 +23367,58 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or lost). |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|fork | Definition: +| whip v. t. to beat (eggs cream or the like) into +| a froth as with a whisk fork or the like. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |forks | Definition: | trisulcate a. having three furrows forks or prongs; | having three grooves or sulci; three-grooved. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|forlorn | Definition: +| perdu a. a soldier sent on a forlorn hope. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|formal | Definition: +| wed n. to take for husband or for wife by a formal +| ceremony; to marry; to espouse. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|formalities | Definition: +| formalities pl. of formality +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|formality | Definition: +| solemnity n. a solemn or formal observance; proceeding +| according to due form; the formality which +| is necessary to render a thing done valid. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|formally | Definition: +| treaty n. an agreement so made; specifically an +| agreement league or contract between two or +| more nations or sovereigns formally signed +| by commissioners properly authorized and solemnly +| ratified by the several sovereigns or the supreme +| power of each state; an agreement between two +| or more independent states; as a treaty of +| peace; a treaty of alliance. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|formation | Definition: +| zoogony n. the doctrine of the formation of living +| beings. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |formed | Definition: | zymogenic a. pertaining to or formed by a zymogene. | @@ -25550,13 +23435,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | lactic acid. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|formidable | Definition: -| moloch n. a spiny australian lizard (moloch horridus). -| the horns on the head and numerous spines on -| the body give it a most formidable appearance. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |forming | Definition: | zoanthus n. a genus of actinaria including numerous | species found mostly in tropical seas. the @@ -25567,74 +23445,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fornicated | Definition: -| fornicated a. arching over; overarched. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fornication | Definition: -| putage n. prostitution or fornication on the part -| of a woman. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fornicator | Definition: -| fornicator n. an unmarried person male or female -| who has criminal intercourse with the other -| sex; one guilty of fornication. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|forsake | Definition: -| rat v. i. in english politics to desert one's -| party from interested motives; to forsake one's -| associates for one's own advantage; in the -| trades to work for less wages or on other conditions -| than those established by a trades union. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|forsaken | Definition: -| willow n. any tree or shrub of the genus salix -| including many species most of which are characterized -| often used as an emblem of sorrow desolation -| or desertion. >a wreath of willow to show -| my forsaken plight. > sir w. scott. hence a -| lover forsaken by or having lost the person -| beloved is said to wear the willow. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|forsaker | Definition: -| forsaker n. one who forsakes or deserts. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|forsaking | Definition: -| expatriation n. the act of banishing or the state -| of banishment; especially the forsaking of -| one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance. -| +|forms | Definition: +| zooid n. an animal in one of its inferior stages +| of development as one of the intermediate forms +| in alternate generation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |forsook | Definition: | forsook imp. of forsake |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forswear | Definition: -| forswear v. i. to reject or renounce upon oath; -| hence to renounce earnestly determinedly or -| with protestations. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |forsworn | Definition: | forsworn p. p. of forswear. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fort | Definition: -| siegework n. a temporary fort or parallel where -| siege guns are mounted. -| +|forte | Definition: +| forte a. & adv. loudly; strongly; powerfully. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |forth | Definition: @@ -25642,25 +23471,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or a sheep; to ean. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forthwith | Definition: -| forthwith adv. as soon as the thing required may -| be done by reasonable exertion confined to -| that object. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fortieth | Definition: -| para n. a piece of turkish money usually copper -| the fortieth part of a piaster or about one -| ninth of a cent. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fortification | Definition: -| tower n. a projection from a line of wall as a -| fortification for purposes of defense as a -| flanker either or the same height as the curtain -| wall or higher. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fortifications | Definition: | work n. structures in civil military or naval | engineering as docks bridges embankments trenches @@ -25680,62 +23490,46 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fortifies | Definition: -| rampart n. that which fortifies and defends from -| assault; that which secures safety; a defense -| or bulwark. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fortify | Definition: -| trench v. t. to fortify by cutting a ditch and -| raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth -| thrown out of the ditch; to intrench. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fortifying | Definition: -| refortification n. a fortifying anew or a second -| time. +|fortitude | Definition: +| unman v. t. to deprive of the courage and fortitude +| of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit +| in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to +| make womanish. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fortitude | Definition: -| under prep. denoting relation to some thing or -| person that is superior weighs upon oppresses -| bows down governs directs influences powerfully -| or the like in a relation of subjection subordination -| obligation liability or the like; as to travel -| under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; -| to have fortitude under the evils of life; -| to have patience under pain or under misfortunes; -| to behave like a christian under reproaches -| and injuries; under the pains and penalties -| of the law; the condition under which one enters -| upon an office; under the necessity of obeying -| the laws; under vows of chastity. -| +|fortnight | Definition: +| passiontide n. the last fortnight of lent. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fortress | Definition: -| taborite n. 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. +| tenable a. capable of being held naintained or +| defended as against an assailant or objector +| or againts attempts to take or process; as +| a tenable fortress a tenable argument. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fortresses | Definition: -| quadrilateral n. an area defended by four fortresses -| supporting each other; as the venetian quadrilateral -| comprising mantua peschiera verona and legnano. +|fortuitously | Definition: +| fortune n. the arrival of something in a sudden +| or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; +| hap; also the personified or deified power +| regarded as determining human success apportioning +| happiness and unhappiness and distributing +| arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forts | Definition: -| purpresture n. wrongful encroachment upon another's -| property; esp. any encroachment upon or inclosure -| of that which should be common or public as -| highways rivers harbors forts etc. -| +|fortunate | Definition: +| twice adv. doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; +| as twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate +| as his neighbor. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|fortunately | Definition: +| job n. any affair or event which affects one whether +| fortunately or unfortunately. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fortune | Definition: @@ -25769,19 +23563,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | from amidships. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|forwarded | Definition: -| forwarded imp. & p. p. of forward -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |forwards | Definition: | shuttle v. i. to move backwards and forwards like | a shuttle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|foster | Definition: -| nurse v. t. to nourish; to cherish; to foster -| +|fostered | Definition: +| nursery n. the place where anything is fostered +| and growth promoted. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fought | Definition: @@ -25799,29 +23588,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|foundation | Definition: -| water table a molding or other projection in -| the wall of a building to throw off the water -| -- generally used in the united states for -| the first table above the surface of the ground -| (see table n. 9) that is for the table at the -| top of the foundation and the beginning of -| the upper wall. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foundations | Definition: -| earthwork n. the operation connected with excavations -| and embankments of earth in preparing foundations -| of buildings in constructing canals railroads -| etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |founded | Definition: -| utilitarianism n. the doctrine that virtue is -| founded in utility or that virtue is defined -| and enforced by its tendency to promote the -| highest happiness of the universe. -| +| vincentian a. of or pertaining to saint vincent +| de paul or founded by him. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |founder | Definition: @@ -25832,21 +23602,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|founders | Definition: -| encenia n. pl. a festival commemorative of the -| founding of a city or the consecration of a -| church; also the ceremonies (as at oxford and -| cambridge england) commemorative of founders -| or benefactors. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|founds | Definition: -| subjectivism n. any philosophical doctrine which -| refers all knowledge to and founds it upon -| any subjective states; egoism. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fountain | Definition: | tridacna n. a genus of very large marine bivalve | shells found on the coral reefs of the indian @@ -25857,35 +23612,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fountains | Definition: -| waterwork n. an hydraulic apparatus or a system -| of works or fixtures by which a supply of water -| is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes -| including dams sluices pumps aqueducts distributing -| pipes fountains etc.; -- used chiefly in the -| plural. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fourfold | Definition: -| quadruply adv. to a fourfold quantity; so as to -| be or cause to be quadruple; as to be quadruply -| recompensed. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fourfooted | Definition: -| fourfooted a. having four feet; quadruped; as -| fourfooted beasts. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fourscore | Definition: -| fourscore n. the product of four times twenty; -| eighty units or objects. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|foursquare | Definition: -| foursquare a. having four sides and four equal -| angles. +|fourpence | Definition: +| fourpence n. a name formerly given in new england +| to the spanish half real a silver coin worth +| six and a quarter cents. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fourteen | Definition: @@ -25895,12 +23626,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fourteenth | Definition: -| trouveur n. one of a school of poets who flourished -| in northern france from the eleventh to the -| fourteenth century. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fourth | Definition: | year n. the time of the apparent revolution of | the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied @@ -25924,27 +23649,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of fowl game or fish. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fowler | Definition: -| fowler's solution an aqueous solution of arsenite -| of potassium of such strength that one hundred -| parts represent one part of arsenious acid -| or white arsenic; -- named from fowler an english -| physician who first brought it into use. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fowlers | Definition: -| shawfowl n. the representation or image of a fowl -| made by fowlers to shoot at. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fowling | Definition: -| sport n. diversion of the field as fowling hunting -| fishing racing games and the like esp. when -| money is staked. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fowls | Definition: | warren n. a place privileged by prescription or | grant the king for keeping certain animals @@ -25959,13 +23663,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | smaller. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|foxes | Definition: -| sacs n. pl. a tribe of indians which together -| with the foxes formerly occupied the region -| about green bay wisconsin. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fragments | Definition: | voider n. a tray or basket formerly used to receive | or convey that which is voided or cleared away @@ -25976,24 +23673,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fragrant | Definition: -| zedoary n. a medicinal substance obtained in the -| east indies having a fragrant smell and a warm -| bitter aromatic taste. it is used in medicine -| as a stimulant. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|frail | Definition: -| frailty a. the condition quality of being frail -| physically mentally or morally frailness; infirmity; -| weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived -| or seduced. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|frailty | Definition: -| infirmity a. a personal frailty or failing; foible; -| eccentricity; a weakness or defect. -| +|fragrance | Definition: +| woodbine v. t. a climbing plant having flowers +| of great fragrance (lonicera periclymenum); +| the honeysuckle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |frame | Definition: @@ -26002,12 +23685,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|framed | Definition: -| trimmer n. a beam into which are framed the ends -| of headers in floor framing as when a hole -| is to be left for stairs or to avoid bringing -| joists near chimneys and the like. see illust. -| of header. +|frames | Definition: +| whip v. t. one of the arms or frames of a windmill +| on which the sails are spread. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |frank | Definition: @@ -26019,33 +23700,47 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|frankincense | Definition: -| thus n. the commoner kind of frankincense or that -| obtained from the norway spruce the long-leaved -| pine and other conifers. -| +|frantic | Definition: +| orgy n. a frantic revel; drunken revelry. see +| orgies |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fraternal | Definition: -| fraternity n. the state or quality of being fraternal -| or brotherly; brotherhood. -| +|fraud | Definition: +| vitiate v. t. to cause to fail of effect either +| wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy +| as the validity or binding force of an instrument +| or transaction; to annul; as any undue influence +| exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud +| vitiates a contract. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fraud | Definition: -| undeceive v. t. to cause to be no longer deceived; -| to free from deception fraud fallacy or mistake. +|fraught | Definition: +| freight n. that with which anything in fraught +| or laden for transportation; lading; cargo +| especially of a ship or a car on a railroad +| etc.; as a freight of cotton; a full freight. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fray | Definition: -| onslaught n. a bloody fray or battle. -| +|frayed | Definition: +| tangle v. an instrument consisting essentially +| of an iron bar to which are attached swabs +| or bundles of frayed rope or other similar +| substances -- used to capture starfishes sea +| urchins and other similar creatures living +| at the bottom of the sea. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|freak | Definition: +| lusus naturae sport or freak of nature; a deformed +| or unnatural production. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|freeborn | Definition: -| freeborn a. born free; not born in vassalage; -| inheriting freedom. +|freckled | Definition: +| freckled a. marked with freckles; spotted. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |freed | Definition: @@ -26060,40 +23755,47 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or forbear. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|freehold | Definition: +| warranty n. a covenant real whereby the grantor +| of an estate of freehold and his heirs were +| bound to warrant and defend the title and in +| case of eviction by title paramount to yield +| other lands of equal value in recompense. this +| warranty has long singe become obsolete and +| its place supplied by personal covenants for +| title. among these is the covenant of warranty +| which runs with the land and is in the nature +| of a real covenant. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |freely | Definition: -| un- adv. an inseparable prefix or particle signifying -| not; in-; non-. in- is prefixed mostly to words -| of latin origin or else to words formed by -| latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application -| and is attached at will to almost any adjective -| or participle used adjectively or adverb from -| which it may be desired to form a corresponding -| negative adjective or adverb and is also but -| less freely prefixed to nouns. un- sometimes -| has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless -| unremorseless. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|freeman | Definition: -| roturier n. a person who is not of noble birth; -| specif. a freeman who during the prevalence -| of feudalism held allodial land. -| +| vesicular a. of or pertaining to vesicles; esp. +| of or pertaining to the air vesicles or air +| cells of the lungs; as vesicular breathing +| or normal breathing in which the air enters +| freely the air vesicles of the lungs. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|freemen | Definition: -| freemen pl. of freeman +|freemasonry | Definition: +| freemasonry n. the institutions or the practices +| of freemasons. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|freethinkers | Definition: -| aladinist n. one of a sect of freethinkers among -| the mohammedans. +|freezing | Definition: +| water thermometer a thermometer filled with water +| instead of mercury for ascertaining the precise +| temperature at which water attains its maximum +| density. this is about 39¡ fahr. or 4¡ centigrade; +| and from that point down to 32¡ fahr. or 0¡ +| centigrade or the freezing point it expands. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|freewill | Definition: -| freewill a. of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; -| spontaneous; as a freewill offering. -| +|frenzy | Definition: +| septembrist n. an agent in the massacres in paris +| committed in patriotic frenzy on the 22d of +| september 1792. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |frequent | Definition: @@ -26101,17 +23803,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or women of ill fame. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|frequented | Definition: -| walk n. a frequented track; habitual place of -| action; sphere; as the walk of the historian. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|frequenting | Definition: -| sea bird any swimming bird frequenting the sea; -| a sea fowl. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |frequently | Definition: | zeolite n. a term now used to designate any one | of a family of minerals hydrous silicates of @@ -26126,41 +23817,57 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fresh | Definition: -| trout n. any one of numerous species of fishes -| belonging to salmo salvelinus and allied genera -| of the family salmonidae. they are highly esteemed -| as game fishes and for the quality of their -| flesh. all the species breed in fresh water -| but after spawning many of them descend to -| the sea if they have an opportunity. -| +| verdurous a. covered with verdure; clothed with +| the fresh green of vegetation; verdured; verdant; +| as verdurous pastures. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|freshest | Definition: -| flower n. the fairest freshest and choicest part -| of anything; as the flower of an army or of -| a family; the state or time of freshness and -| bloom; as the flower of life that is youth. -| +|freshened | Definition: +| freshened imp. & p. p. of freshen +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fretting | Definition: -| ripple n. the fretting or dimpling of the surface -| as of running water; little curling waves. -| +|freshness | Definition: +| wilt v. i. to begin to wither; to lose freshness +| and become flaccid as a plant when exposed +| when exposed to drought or to great heat in +| a dry day or when separated from its root; +| to droop;. to wither. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|friars | Definition: -| minim n. one of an austere order of mendicant -| hermits of friars founded in the 15th century -| by st. francis of paola. -| +|fret | Definition: +| whipsaw n. a saw for dividing timber lengthwise +| usually set in a frame and worked by two persons; +| also a fret saw. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fried | Definition: -| spitchcocked a. broiled or fried after being split -| lengthwise; -- said of eels. -| +|fretful | Definition: +| temper n. disposition of mind; the constitution +| of the mind particularly with regard to the +| passions and affections; as a calm temper; +| a hasty temper; a fretful temper. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|fretfulness | Definition: +| peevish a. expressing fretfulness and discontent +| or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as a peevish +| answer. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|friction | Definition: +| whisper n. a low soft sibilant voice or utterance +| which can be heard only by those near at hand; +| voice or utterance that employs only breath +| sound without tone friction against the edges +| of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages +| taking the place of the vibration of the cords +| that produces tone; sometimes in a limited +| sense the sound produced by such friction as +| distinguished from breath sound made by friction +| against parts of the mouth. see voice n. 2 +| and guide to pronunciation // 5 153 154. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |friendly | Definition: @@ -26183,39 +23890,40 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the fright upset her. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|frighted | Definition: -| frighted imp. of fright -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |frighten | Definition: -| scarecrow n. anything set up to frighten crows -| or other birds from cornfields; hence anything -| terifying without danger. -| +| startle v. t. to excite by sudden alarm surprise +| or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not +| seriously; to alarm; to surprise. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |frightened | Definition: -| self-affrighted a. frightened at or by one's self. +| that pron. a. conj. & as adverb: to such a degree; +| so; as he was that frightened he could say +| nothing. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|frightful | Definition: +| poker n. any imagined frightful object especially +| one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fringes | Definition: -| interference n. the mutual influence under certain -| conditions of two streams of light or series -| of pulsations of sound or generally two waves -| or vibrations of any kind producing certain -| characteristic phenomena as colored fringes -| dark bands or darkness in the case of light -| silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization -| or superposition of waves generally. -| +|frill | Definition: +| frilled a. furnished with a frill or frills. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|frivolous | Definition: -| solid a. fig.: worthy of credit trust or esteem; -| substantial as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; -| weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine. -| +|fringe | Definition: +| underfringe n. a lower fringe; a fringe underneath +| something. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|frivolity | Definition: +| frivolity n. the condition or quality of being +| frivolous; also acts or habits of trifling; +| unbecoming levity of disposition. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fro | Definition: @@ -26225,33 +23933,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|frogs | Definition: -| spawn v. i. to deposit eggs as fish or frogs do. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|frontier | Definition: -| palanka n. a camp permanently intrenched attached -| to turkish frontier fortresses. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|frontiers | Definition: -| marquis n. 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 has ceased and the name is now a -| mere title conferred by patent. -| +|frock | Definition: +| smock frock a coarse frock or shirt worn over +| the other dress as by farm laborers. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fronts | Definition: -| orientation n. an aspect or fronting to the east; -| especially (arch.) the placing of a church -| so that the chancel containing the altar toward -| which the congregation fronts in worship will -| be on the east end. +|frog | Definition: +| water can any one of several species of nuphar; +| the yellow frog lily; -- so called from the +| shape of the seed vessel. see nuphar and cf. +| candock. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |frost | Definition: @@ -26261,22 +23953,48 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | spring. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|froth | Definition: -| yeast-bitten a. a term used of beer when the froth -| of the yeast has reentered the body of the -| beer. +|frosty | Definition: +| sharp superl. very trying to the feelings; piercing; +| keen; severe; painful; distressing; as sharp +| pain weather; a sharp and frosty air. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|frown | Definition: +| outfrown v. t. to frown down; to overbear by frowning. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|frowned | Definition: +| frowned imp. & p. p. of frown +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|frowning | Definition: +| scowl v. i. to wrinkle the brows as in frowning +| or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; +| to look sour sullen severe or angry. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|frowningly | Definition: +| frowningly adv. in a frowning manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|froward | Definition: -| froward a. not willing to yield or compiy with -| what is required or is reasonable; perverse; -| disobedient; peevish; as a froward child. +|frowzy | Definition: +| frowzy a. slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|frugal | Definition: -| spare n. parsimony; frugal use. -| +|froze | Definition: +| froze imp. of freeze. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|frugally | Definition: +| spare a. to use frugally or stintingly as that +| which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep +| unused; to save. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |fruit | Definition: @@ -26286,18 +24004,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fruitful | Definition: -| teemless a. not fruitful or prolific; barren; -| as a teemless earth. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fruitless | Definition: -| woolgathering a. indulging in a vagrant or idle -| exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a -| fruitless quest; idly fanciful. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fruits | Definition: | water chestnut the fruit of trapa natans and | trapa bicornis old world water plants bearing @@ -26307,18 +24013,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|frumenty | Definition: -| frumenty n. food made of hulled wheat boiled in -| milk with sugar plums etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|frustrate | Definition: -| thwart v. t. to cross as a purpose; to oppose; -| to run counter to; to contravene; hence to -| frustrate or defeat. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fuel | Definition: | woodland n. land covered with wood or trees; forest; | land on which trees are suffered to grow either @@ -26341,19 +24035,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fulfill | Definition: -| pay v. t. to discharge or fulfill as a duy; to -| perform or render duty as that which has been -| promised. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fulfilled | Definition: -| implement v. t. to provide with an implement or -| implements; to cause to be fulfilled satisfied -| or carried out by means of an implement or -| implements. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fulfilling | Definition: | remiss a. not energetic or exact in duty or business; | not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; @@ -26362,41 +24043,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | languid; slow. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fuller | Definition: -| walker v. t. a fuller of cloth. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fullest | Definition: -| saturation n. the act process or result of saturating -| a substance or of combining it to its fullest -| extent. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fullness | Definition: -| windiness n. fullness of wind; flatulence. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |fully | Definition: | wide-awake a. fully awake; not drowsy or dull; | hence knowing; keen; alert. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fulness | Definition: -| giddy-head n. a person without thought fulness -| prudence or judgment. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fume | Definition: -| exhalation n. that which is exhaled or which rises -| in the form of vapor fume or steam; effluvium; -| emanation; as exhalations from the earth or -| flowers decaying matter etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |functions | Definition: | vitalism n. the doctrine that all the functions | of a living organism are due to an unknown @@ -26404,40 +24056,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and physical forces. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|fund | Definition: -| shareholder n. one who holds or owns a share or -| shares in a joint fund or property. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|fundamental | Definition: -| transcendentalism n. the transcending or going -| beyond empiricism and ascertaining a priori -| the fundamental principles of human knowledge. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |funeral | Definition: | wyla n. a helmeted australian cockatoo (calyptorhynchus | funereus); -- called also funeral cockatoo. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|funerals | Definition: -| toll v. i. to sound or ring as a bell with strokes -| uniformly repeated at intervals as at funerals -| or in calling assemblies or to announce the -| death of a person. +|funereal | Definition: +| funereal a. suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; +| solemn. hence: dark; dismal; mournful. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|furbish | Definition: -| refurbish v. t. to furbish anew. -| +|fungus | Definition: +| yeast n. a form of fungus which grows as indvidual +| rounded cells rather than in a mycelium and +| reproduces by budding; esp. members of the +| orders endomycetales and moniliales. some fungi +| may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium depending +| on the conditions of growth. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|furbished | Definition: -| furbished imp. & p. p. of furbish -| +|fur | Definition: +| zemni n. the blind mole rat (spalax typhlus) native +| of eastern europe and asia. its eyes and ears +| are rudimentary and its fur is soft and brownish +| more or less tinged with gray. it constructs +| extensive burrows. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |furious | Definition: @@ -26445,40 +24091,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | resentment. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|furiously | Definition: -| ravenous a. devouring with rapacious eagerness; -| furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as -| a ravenous wolf or vulture. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |furnace | Definition: | well v. i. the lower part of a furnace into which | the metal falls. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|furnaces | Definition: -| tutty n. a yellow or brown amorphous substance -| obtained as a sublimation product in the flues -| of smelting furnaces of zinc and consisting -| of a crude zinc oxide. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|furnish | Definition: -| yellowwood n. the wood of any one of several different -| kinds of trees; also any one of the trees themselves. -| among the trees so called are the cladrastis -| tinctoria an american leguminous tree; the -| several species of prickly ash (xanthoxylum); -| the australian flindersia oxleyana a tree related -| to the mahogany; certain south african species -| of podocarpus trees related to the yew; the -| east indian podocarpus latifolia; and the true -| satinwood (chloroxylon swietenia). all these -| old world trees furnish valuable timber. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |furnished | Definition: | yacht n. a light and elegantly furnished vessel | used either for private parties of pleasure @@ -26488,51 +24105,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|furnishing | Definition: -| worth a. equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent -| for; proper to be exchanged for. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |furniture | Definition: | whatnot n. a kind of stand or piece of furniture | having shelves for books ornaments etc.; an | etagere. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|furore | Definition: -| furore n. excitement; commotion; enthusiasm. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|furrows | Definition: -| wrinkle v. i. to shrink into furrows and ridges. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|furtherance | Definition: -| sanction n. solemn or ceremonious ratification; -| an official act of a superior by which he ratifies -| and gives validity to the act of some other -| person or body; establishment or furtherance -| of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; -| approbation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|furthered | Definition: -| furthered imp. & p. p. of further -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|furthermore | Definition: -| furthermore adv. or conj. moreover; besides; in -| addition to what has been said. -| +|furred | Definition: +| fur v. t. to line face or cover with fur; as furred +| robes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|furthermost | Definition: -| furthermost a. most remote; furthest. -| +|furrowed | Definition: +| sulcated a. scored with deep and regular furrows; +| furrowed or grooved; as a sulcated stem. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |furthest | Definition: @@ -26550,16 +24137,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gabriel | Definition: -| fahrenheit a. conforming to the scale used by -| gabriel daniel fahrenheit in the graduation -| of his thermometer; of or relating to fahrenheit's -| thermometric scale. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gad | Definition: -| rake v. i. to walk about; to gad or ramble idly. -| +|futile | Definition: +| sciomachy n. a fighting with a shadow; a mock +| contest; an imaginary or futile combat. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |gain | Definition: @@ -26575,25 +24156,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | usually in the plural. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|gaining | Definition: +| worldling a person whose soul is set upon gaining +| temporal possessions; one devoted to this world +| and its enjoyments. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |gains | Definition: | winner n. one who wins or gains by success in | competition contest or gaming. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gainsaid | Definition: -| irrefragable a. not refragable; not to be gainsaid -| or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; -| unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as -| an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gainsay | Definition: -| gainsay v. t. to contradict; to deny; to controvert; -| to dispute; to forbid. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |gainsaying | Definition: | gainsaying p. pr. & vb. n. of gainsay | @@ -26605,70 +24179,67 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | tracks. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|galatia | Definition: -| galatian a. of or pertaining to galatia or its -| inhabitants. -- a native or inhabitant of galatia -| in asia minor; a descendant of the gauls who -| settled in asia minor. +|gaiters | Definition: +| gramashes n. pl. gaiters reaching to the knee; +| leggings. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|galbanum | Definition: -| umbelliferone n. a tasteless white crystalline -| substance c9h6o3 found in the bark of a certain -| plant (daphne mezereum) and also obtained by -| the distillation of certain gums from the umbelliferae -| as galbanum asafetida etc. it is analogous -| to coumarin. called also hydroxy-coumarin. -| +|gallant | Definition: +| swain n. a young man dwelling in the country; +| a rustic; esp. a cuntry gallant or lover; -- +| chiefly in poetry. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|galilean | Definition: -| galilean n. a christian in general; -- used as -| a term of reproach by mohammedans and pagans. -| +|galley | Definition: +| trireme n. an ancient galley or vessel with tree +| banks or tiers of oars. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|galilee | Definition: -| galilee n. a porch or waiting room usually at -| the west end of an abbey church where the monks -| collected on returning from processions where -| bodies were laid previous to interment and -| where women were allowed to see the monks to -| whom they were related or to hear divine service. -| also frequently applied to the porch of a church -| as at ely and durham cathedrals. -| +|gallon | Definition: +| standard n. that which is established by authority +| as a rule for the measure of quantity extent +| value or quality; esp. the original specimen +| weight or measure sanctioned by government +| as the standard pound gallon or yard. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gall | Definition: -| water gall a watery appearance in the sky accompanying -| the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow. -| +|gallows | Definition: +| scapegallows n. one who has narrowly escaped the +| gallows for his crimes. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|galleries | Definition: -| miner n. any of numerous insects which in the -| larval state excavate galleries in the parenchyma -| of leaves. they are mostly minute moths and -| dipterous flies. +|gamed | Definition: +| gamed imp. & p. p. of game +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|galley | Definition: -| trireme n. an ancient galley or vessel with tree -| banks or tiers of oars. -| +|gaming | Definition: +| spend v. t. to consume; to waste; to squander; +| to exhaust; as to spend an estate in gaming +| or other vices. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|galleys | Definition: -| galleys pl. of galley +|gang | Definition: +| water gang a passage for water such as was usually +| made in a sea wall to drain water out of marshes. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gallons | Definition: -| water measure a measure formerly used for articles -| brought by water as coals oysters etc. the -| water-measure bushel was three gallons larger -| than the winchester bushel. -| +|gangs | Definition: +| spell n. one of two or more persons or gangs who +| work by spells. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gangway | Definition: +| tunnel n. . a level passage driven across the +| measures or at right angles to veins which +| it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from +| the drift or gangway which is led along the +| vein when reached by the tunnel. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |gaoler | Definition: @@ -26677,13 +24248,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |gap | Definition: -| shard n. a gap in a fence. -| +| spina bifida a congenital malformation in which +| the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion +| and the membranes of the spinal cord project +| as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gaped | Definition: -| gaped imp. & p. p. of gape -| +|gaping | Definition: +| ringent a. having the lips widely separated and +| gaping like an open mouth; as a ringent bilabiate +| corolla. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |gardener | Definition: @@ -26697,16 +24272,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | growth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|gardening | Definition: +| knot n. a figure the lines of which are interlaced +| or intricately interwoven as in embroidery +| gardening etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |gardens | Definition: | water cart a cart carrying water; esp. one carrying | water for sale or for sprinkling streets gardens | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|garland | Definition: -| festoon n. a garland or wreath hanging in a depending -| curve used in decoration for festivals etc.; -| anything arranged in this way. +|gargling | Definition: +| gargle v. t. to warble; to sing as if gargling +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|garlanded | Definition: +| garlanded imp. & p. p. of garland | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -26715,15 +24299,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|garlic | Definition: -| valylene n. a volatile liquid hydrocarbon c5h6 -| related to ethylene and acetylene but possessing -| the property of unsaturation in the third degree. -| it is the only known member of a distinct series -| of compounds. it has a garlic odor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |garment | Definition: | wrong a. designed to be worn or placed inward; | as the wrong side of a garment or of a piece @@ -26742,25 +24317,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|garnished | Definition: -| garnish v. t. to ornament as a dish with something -| laid about it; as a dish garnished with parsley. +|garret | Definition: +| solar a. a loft or upper chamber; a garret room. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|garrison | Definition: -| siege n. the sitting of an army around or before -| a fortified place for the purpose of compelling -| the garrison to surrender; the surrounding -| or investing of a place by an army and approaching -| it by passages and advanced works which cover -| the besiegers from the enemy's fire. see the -| note under blockade. +|garter | Definition: +| garter v. t. to invest with the order of the garter. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|garters | Definition: -| lady's garters ribbon grass. -| +|gas | Definition: +| work n. structures in civil military or naval +| engineering as docks bridges embankments trenches +| fortifications and the like; also the structures +| and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; +| as iron works; locomotive works; gas works. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |gasp | Definition: @@ -26768,6 +24341,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | manner; to gasp out. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|gasped | Definition: +| gasped imp. & p. p. of gasp +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gasping | Definition: +| gasping p. pr. & vb. n. of gasp +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |gate | Definition: | wicket n. a small gate or door especially one | forming part of or placed near a larger door @@ -26778,24 +24361,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |gates | Definition: -| sill n. a piece of timber across the bottom of -| a canal lock for the gates to shut against. +| stump n. a pin in a tumbler lock which forms an +| obstruction to throwing the bolt except when +| the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged +| as by the key; a fence; also a pin or projection +| in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gather | Definition: -| vindemiate v. i. to gather the vintage. -| +|gateway | Definition: +| turnstile n. a similar arrangement for registering +| the number of persons passing through a gateway +| doorway or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |gathered | Definition: -| shirred a. made or gathered into a shirr; as a -| shirred bonnet. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gatherer | Definition: -| nutter n. a gatherer of nuts. -| +| straw n. the gathered and thrashed stalks of certain +| species of grain etc.; as a bundle or a load +| of rye straw. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |gathering | Definition: @@ -26803,19 +24386,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or crop of grapes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gaud | Definition: -| gaud v. t. to bedeck gaudily; to decorate with -| gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gauls | Definition: -| torque n. a collar or neck chain usually twisted -| especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations -| as the gauls germans and britons. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |gave | Definition: | version n. an account or description from a particular | point of view especially as contrasted with @@ -26823,6 +24393,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of the affair. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|gayly | Definition: +| gayly adv. finely; splendidly; showily; as ladies +| gayly dressed; a flower gayly blooming. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |gaze | Definition: | uplook v. i. to look or gaze up. | @@ -26834,70 +24410,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or contempt. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gazer | Definition: -| gazer n. one who gazes. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gazingstock | Definition: -| gazingstock n. a person or thing gazed at with -| scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity -| or contempt. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gehenna | Definition: -| gehenna n. the valley of hinnom near jerusalem -| where some of the israelites sacrificed their -| children to moloch which on this account was -| afterward regarded as a place of abomination -| and made a receptacle for all the refuse of -| the city perpetual fires being kept up in order -| to prevent pestilential effluvia. in the new -| testament the name is transferred by an easy -| metaphor to hell. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gems | Definition: -| rouge n. a red amorphous powder consisting of -| ferric oxide. it is used in polishing glass -| metal or gems and as a cosmetic etc. called -| also crocus jeweler's rouge etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gender | Definition: -| syllepsis n. the agreement of a verb or adjective -| with one rather than another of two nouns with -| either of which it might agree in gender number -| etc.; as rex et regina beati. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gendered | Definition: -| gendered imp. & p. p. of gender -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|genealogies | Definition: -| heraldry n. the art or office of a herald; the -| art practice or science of recording genealogies -| and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also -| of marshaling cavalcades processions and public -| ceremonies. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|genealogy | Definition: -| theogony n. the generation or genealogy of the -| gods; that branch of heathen theology which -| deals with the origin and descent of the deities; -| also a poem treating of such genealogies; as -| the theogony of hesiod. -| +|gazing | Definition: +| omphalopsychite n. a name of the hesychasts from +| their habit of gazing upon the navel. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|generality | Definition: -| generality n. the main body; the bulk; the greatest -| part; as the generality of a nation or of mankind. -| +|geese | Definition: +| skein n. a flight of wild fowl (wild geese or +| the like). |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |generally | Definition: @@ -26909,19 +24430,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the arms. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|generals | Definition: -| realist n. one who believes in realism; esp. one -| who maintains that generals or the terms used -| to denote the genera and species of things -| represent real existences and are not mere -| names as maintained by the nominalists. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|generation | Definition: -| tritozooid n. a zooid of the third generation -| in asexual reproduction. -| +|generated | Definition: +| womb n. the place where anything is generated +| or produced. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |generations | Definition: @@ -26932,6 +24443,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | jacob. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|generosity | Definition: +| hospitable a. proceeding from or indicating kindness +| and generosity to guests and strangers; as +| hospitable rites. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |generous | Definition: | munificence n. the quality or state of being munificent; | a giving or bestowing with extraordinary liberality; @@ -26939,39 +24456,38 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|genesis | Definition: -| psychogenesis n. genesis through an internal force -| as opposed to natural selection. -| +|generously | Definition: +| bounty n. that which is given generously or liberally. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|genital | Definition: -| vulva n. the external parts of the female genital -| organs; sometimes the opening between the projecting -| parts of the external organs. -| +|genial | Definition: +| genial a. denoting or marked with genius; belonging +| to the higher nature. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|genius | Definition: +| yaffle n. the european green woodpecker (picus +| / genius viridis). it is noted for its loud +| laughlike note. called also eccle hewhole highhoe +| laughing bird popinjay rain bird yaffil yaffler +| yaffingale yappingale yackel and woodhack. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gentes | Definition: -| gentes pl. of gens +|genteel | Definition: +| genteelly adv. in a genteel manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gentile | Definition: -| proselyte n. a new convert especially a convert -| to some religion or religious sect or to some -| particular opinion system or party; thus a -| gentile converted to judaism or a pagan converted -| to christianity is a proselyte. -| +|genteelly | Definition: +| genteelly adv. in a genteel manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gentiles | Definition: -| vocation n. the bestowment of god's distinguishing -| grace upon a person or nation by which that -| person or nation is put in the way of salvation; -| as the vocation of the jews under the old dispensation -| and of the gentiles under the gospel. -| +|gentility | Definition: +| gentility n. paganism; heathenism. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |gentle | Definition: @@ -26981,39 +24497,81 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|gentlefolks | Definition: +| gentlefolks n. pl. persons of gentle or good family +| and breeding. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gentleman | Definition: +| town adv. & prep. the metropolis or its inhabitants; +| as in winter the gentleman lives in town; in +| summer in the country. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gentlemanly | Definition: +| gentlemanliness n. the state of being gentlemanly; +| gentlemanly conduct or manners. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gentlemen | Definition: +| squirarchy n. the gentlemen or gentry of a country +| collectively. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gentleness | Definition: +| soft superl. expressing gentleness tenderness +| or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; +| kind; as soft eyes. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |gently | Definition: -| simmer v. i. to boil gently or with a gentle hissing; -| to begin to boil. +| stroking n. the act of rubbing gently with the +| hand or of smoothing; a stroke. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gentry | Definition: +| squirarchy n. the gentlemen or gentry of a country +| collectively. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |genuine | Definition: -| true-born a. of genuine birth; having a right -| by birth to any title; as a true-born englishman. -| +| true-bred a. of a genuine or right breed; as a +| true-bred beast. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gerah | Definition: -| gerah n. a small coin and weight; 1-20th of a -| shekel. +|geographical | Definition: +| zoogeography n. the study or description of the +| geographical distribution of animals. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|german | Definition: -| zollverein n. literally a customs union; specifically -| applied to the several customs unions successively -| formed under the leadership of prussia among -| certain german states for establishing liberty -| of commerce among themselves and common tariff -| on imports exports and transit. -| +|george | Definition: +| washingtonian a. pertaining to or characteristic +| of george washington; as a washingtonian policy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gestures | Definition: +| signify n. to show by a sign; to communicate by +| any conventional token as words gestures signals +| or the like; to announce; to make known; to +| declare; to express; as a signified his desire +| to be present. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|germen | Definition: -| germina pl. of germen +|gets | Definition: +| victor n. the winner in a contest; one who gets +| the better of another in any struggle; esp. +| one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; +| a conqueror; -- often followed by art rarely +| by of. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|geth | Definition: -| geth the original third pers. sing. pres. of -| go. +|ghastly | Definition: +| lurid a. pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; +| dismal. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ghost | Definition: @@ -27021,6 +24579,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|ghostly | Definition: +| ghostly adv. spiritually; mystically. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |giant | Definition: | typhoean a. of or pertaining to typhoeus (t/*f//s) | the fabled giant of greek mythology having @@ -27040,16 +24603,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gibe | Definition: -| gibe n. an expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic -| jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer. -| +|giddy | Definition: +| whim v. i. to be subject to or indulge in whims; +| to be whimsical giddy or freakish. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|giddiness | Definition: -| flirt v. t. one who flirts; esp. a woman who acts -| with giddiness or plays at courtship; a coquette; -| a pert girl. +|gifted | Definition: +| gifted imp. & p. p. of gift +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |gigantic | Definition: @@ -27065,18 +24627,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gill | Definition: -| trichobranchia n. the gill of a crustacean in -| which the branchial filaments are slender and -| cylindrical as in the crawfishes. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gilt | Definition: -| vermeil n. silver gilt or gilt bronze. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |gin | Definition: | whim n. a large capstan or vertical drum turned | by horse power or steam power for raising ore @@ -27085,21 +24635,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|ginger | Definition: +| zingiberaceous a. of or pertaining to ginger or +| to a tribe (zingibereae) of endogenous plants +| of the order scitamineae. see scitamineous. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |gird | Definition: | undergird v. t. to blind below; to gird round | the bottom. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|girded | Definition: -| sworded a. girded with a sword. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|girding | Definition: -| girding n. that with which one is girded; a girdle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |girdle | Definition: | zonar n. a belt or girdle which the christians | and jews of the levant were obliged to wear @@ -27107,40 +24654,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|girdles | Definition: -| sea girdles a kind of kelp (laminaria digitata) -| with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also -| sea wand seaware and tangle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|girt | Definition: -| tun n. a large cask; an oblong vessel bulging -| in the middle like a pipe or puncheon and girt -| with hoops; a wine cask. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gith | Definition: -| gith n. the corn cockle; also anciently applied -| to the nigella or fennel flower. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gittith | Definition: -| gittith n. a musical instrument of unknown character -| supposed by some to have been used by the people -| of gath and thence obtained by david. it is -| mentioned in the title of psalms viii. lxxxi. -| and lxxxiv. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|giver | Definition: -| prostitute n. a woman giver to indiscriminate -| lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |gives | Definition: | zest n. hence something that gives or enhances | a pleasant taste or the taste itself; an appetizer; @@ -27155,19 +24668,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |glad | Definition: -| fain v. t. & i. to be glad ; to wish or desire. +| gospel v. glad tidings; especially the good news +| concerning christ the kingdom of god and salvation. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|gladiator | Definition: +| retiarius n. a gladiator armed with a net for +| entangling his adversary and a trident for +| despatching him. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |gladly | Definition: | gladly a. with pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; | eagerly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gladness | Definition: -| rejoice v. i. to feel joy; to experience gladness -| in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; -| to be delighted. +|glance | Definition: +| zaffer n. a pigment obtained usually by roasting +| cobalt glance with sand or quartz as a dark +| earthy powder. it consists of crude cobalt +| oxide or of an impure cobalt arseniate. it +| is used in porcelain painting and in enameling +| pottery to produce a blue color and is often +| confounded with smalt from which however it +| is distinct as it contains no potash. the name +| is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer +| proper with silica or oxides of iron manganese +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|glanced | Definition: +| glanced imp. & p. p. of glance +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |glances | Definition: @@ -27176,6 +24709,37 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | notice. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|glancing | Definition: +| glancingly adv. in a glancing manner; transiently; +| incidentally; indirectly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|glare | Definition: +| shady superl. sheltered from the glare of light +| or sultry heat. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|glared | Definition: +| glared imp. & p. p. of glare +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|glaring | Definition: +| subdued a. not glaring in color; soft in tone. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|glasgow | Definition: +| provost n. a person who is appointed to superintend +| or preside over something; the chief magistrate +| in some cities and towns; as the provost of +| edinburgh or of glasgow answering to the mayor +| of other cities; the provost of a college answering +| to president; the provost or head of certain +| collegiate churches. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |glass | Definition: | ywis adv. certainly; most likely; truly; probably. | z () z the twenty-sixth and last letter of @@ -27190,20 +24754,48 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|glazing | Definition: -| unglaze v. t. to strip of glass; to remove the -| glazing or glass from as a window. -| +|glasses | Definition: +| tray n. a flat broad vessel on which dishes glasses +| etc. are carried; a waiter; a salver. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|glean | Definition: -| glean n. cleaning; afterbirth. -| +|gleam | Definition: +| twinkle n. a brief flash or gleam esp. when rapidly +| repeated. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gleaned | Definition: -| single n. a handful of gleaned grain. -| +|gleaming | Definition: +| gleaming p. pr. & vb. n. of gleam +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|glided | Definition: +| glided imp. & p. p. of glide +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gliding | Definition: +| swimmingly adv. in an easy gliding manner as if +| swimming; smoothly; successfully; prosperously. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|glimpse | Definition: +| sunblink n. a glimpse or flash of the sun. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|glistening | Definition: +| starch n. a widely diffused vegetable substance +| found especially in seeds bulbs and tubers +| and extracted (as from potatoes corn rice etc.) +| as a white glistening granular or powdery substance +| without taste or smell and giving a very peculiar +| creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. +| it is used as a food in the production of commercial +| grape sugar for stiffening linen in laundries +| in making paste etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |glitter | Definition: @@ -27213,16 +24805,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|glittered | Definition: -| glittered imp. & p. p. of glitter -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |glittering | Definition: | radiantly adv. in a radiant manner; with glittering | splendor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|gloated | Definition: +| gloated imp. & p. p. of gloat +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gloating | Definition: +| gloating p. pr. & vb. n. of gloat +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |globe | Definition: | world n. in a more restricted sense that part | of the earth and its concerns which is known @@ -27236,45 +24833,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | world. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gloominess | Definition: -| gloominess n. state of being gloomy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gloried | Definition: -| gloried imp. & p. p. of glory -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|glorified | Definition: -| ubiquity n. the doctrine as formulated by luther -| that christ's glorified body is omnipresent. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|glorify | Definition: -| praise v. to extol in words or song; to magnify; -| to glorify on account of perfections or excellent -| works; to do honor to; to display the excellence -| of; -- applied especially to the divine being. -| +|gloom | Definition: +| uncloud v. t. to free from clouds; to unvail; +| to clear from obscurity gloom sorrow or the +| like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|glorifying | Definition: -| praise v. especially the joyful tribute of gratitude -| or homage rendered to the divine being; the -| act of glorifying or extolling the creator; -| worship particularly worship by song distinction -| from prayer and other acts of worship; as a -| service of praise. +|gloomily | Definition: +| surly a. gloomily morose; ill-natured abrupt and +| rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; +| gloomy; as a surly groom; a surly dog; surly +| language; a surly look. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|glorious | Definition: -| obscure a. to render obscure; to darken; to make -| dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make -| less visible intelligible legible glorious -| beautiful or illustrious. -| +|gloomy | Definition: +| thick n. a thicket; as gloomy thicks. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |glory | Definition: @@ -27286,18 +24861,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|glorying | Definition: -| glorying p. pr. & vb. n. of glory -| +|gloss | Definition: +| varnish n. to cover or conceal with something +| that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair +| coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; +| as to varnish guilt. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|glossary | Definition: -| glossary n. a collection of glosses or explanations -| of words and passages of a work or author; -| a partial dictionary of a work an author a -| dialect art or science explaining archaic technical -| or other uncommon words. -| +|glove | Definition: +| unglove v. t. to take off the glove or gloves +| of; as to unglove the hand. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gloves | Definition: +| worsted n. well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple +| wool which has been combed to lay the fibers +| parallel used for carpets cloth hosiery gloves +| and the like. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|glow | Definition: +| phosphorus n. a poisonous nonmetallic element +| of the nitrogen group obtained as a white or +| yellowish translucent waxy substance having +| a characteristic disagreeable smell. it is +| very active chemically must be preserved under +| water and unites with oxygen even at ordinary +| temperatures giving a faint glow -- whence +| its name. it always occurs compined usually +| in phosphates as in the mineral apatite in +| bones etc. it is used in the composition on +| the tips of friction matches and for many other +| purposes. the molecule contains four atoms. +| symbol p. atomic weight 31.0. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |glowing | Definition: @@ -27307,65 +24905,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|glut | Definition: -| glut n. the broad-nosed eel (anguilla latirostris) -| found in europe asia the west indies etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|glutted | Definition: -| glutted imp. & p. p. of glut -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|glutton | Definition: -| glutton n. a carnivorous mammal (gulo luscus) -| of the family mustelidae about the size of -| a large badger. it was formerly believed to -| be inordinately voracious whence the name; -| the wolverene. it is a native of the northern -| parts of america europe and asia. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |gluttony | Definition: | gluttony n. excess in eating; extravagant indulgence | of the appetite for food; voracity. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gnash | Definition: -| tusk v. i. to bare or gnash the teeth. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gnashed | Definition: -| gnashed imp. & p. p. of gnash -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gnashing | Definition: -| gnashing p. pr. & vb. n. of gnash -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gnat | Definition: -| sciniph n. some kind of stinging or biting insect -| as a flea a gnat a sandfly or the like. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gnaw | Definition: -| pruner n. any one of several species of beetles -| whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so -| as to cause them to fall especially the american -| oak pruner (asemum moestum) whose larva eats -| the pith of oak branches and when mature gnaws -| a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the -| bark. when the branches fall each contains -| a pupa. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |gnawed | Definition: | mousehole n. a hole made by a mouse for passage | or abode as in a wall; hence a very small hole @@ -27373,16 +24918,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gnostics | Definition: -| valentinian n. one of a school of judaizing gnostics -| in the second century; -- so called from valentinus -| the founder. +|goad | Definition: +| valet n. a kind of goad or stick with a point +| of iron. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|goad | Definition: -| trident n. a three-pronged spear or goad used -| for urging horses; also the weapon used by -| one class of gladiators. +|goaded | Definition: +| goaded imp. & p. p. of goad | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -27391,55 +24933,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|goat | Definition: -| zeuzerian n. any one of a group of bombycid moths -| of which the genus zeuzera is the type. some -| of these moths are of large size. the goat -| moth is an example. +|gobbling | Definition: +| gobbling p. pr. & vb. n. of gobble +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|goats | Definition: -| trip n. a herd or flock as of sheep goats etc. +|goblin | Definition: +| goblin n. an evil or mischievous spirit; a playful +| or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gob | Definition: -| gobbing n. the refuse thrown back into the excavation -| after removing the coal. it is called also -| gob stuff. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|goddess | Definition: -| water nymph a goddess of any stream or other -| body of water whether one of the naiads nereids -| or oceanides. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|godhead | Definition: -| trinity n. the union of three persons (the father -| the son and the holy ghost) in one godhead -| so that all the three are one god as to substance -| but three persons as to individuality. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |godliness | Definition: | godliness n. careful observance of or conformity | to the laws of god; the state or quality of | being godly; piety. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|godly | Definition: -| saint n. a person sanctified; a holy or godly -| person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any -| true christian as being redeemed and consecrated -| to god. +|godmother | Definition: +| godmother n. a woman who becomes sponsor for a +| child in baptism. see godfather +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gods | Definition: -| zoomorphism n. the representation of god or of -| gods in the form or with the attributes of -| the lower animals. +|godsend | Definition: +| godsend n. something sent by god; an unexpected +| acquisiton or piece of good fortune. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |goes | Definition: @@ -27447,22 +24967,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the mark. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|goest | Definition: -| whither adv. to what place; -- used interrogatively; -| as whither goest thou? -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gog | Definition: -| gog n. haste; ardent desire to go. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|golden | Definition: -| zalambdodont n. one of the zalambdodonta. the -| tenrec solenodon and golden moles are examples. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |goldsmith | Definition: | smith n. one who forges with the hammer; one who | works in metals; as a blacksmith goldsmith @@ -27470,30 +24974,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|goldsmiths | Definition: -| puncheon n. a figured stamp die or punch used -| by goldsmiths cutlers etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|golgotha | Definition: -| golgotha n. calvary. see the note under calvary. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|goliath | Definition: -| goliath beetle any species of goliathus a genus -| of very large and handsome african beetles. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gomer | Definition: -| gomer n. a conical chamber at the breech of the -| bore in heavy ordnance especially in mortars; -| -- named after the inventor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |gone | Definition: | stray v. i. having gone astray; strayed; wandering; | as a strayhorse or sheep. @@ -27505,12 +24985,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|goodman | Definition: -| goodman n. a husband; the master of a house or -| family; -- often used in speaking familiarly. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |goodness | Definition: | visitation n. special dispensation; communication | of divine favor and goodness or more usually @@ -27530,79 +25004,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gored | Definition: -| ungored a. not gored or pierced. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|gospel | Definition: -| widely adv. in a wide manner; to a wide degree -| or extent; far; extensively; as the gospel -| was widely disseminated by the apostles. -| +|gorgeous | Definition: +| gorgeous n. imposing through splendid or various +| colors; showy; fine; magnificent. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|goths | Definition: -| irruption n. a sudden and violent inroad or entrance -| of invaders; as the irruptions of the goths -| into italy. +|gorging | Definition: +| gorging p. pr. & vb. n. of gorge +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gotten | Definition: -| perquisite n. things gotten by a man's own industry -| or purchased with his own money as opposed -| to things which come to him by descent. +|gormandizing | Definition: +| gormandizing p. pr. & vb. n. of gormandize | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gourd | Definition: -| sechium n. the edible fruit of a west indian plant -| (sechium edule) of the gourd family. it is -| soft pear-shaped and about four inches long -| and contains a single large seed. the root -| of the plant resembles a yam and is used for -| food. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|govern | Definition: -| rein v. t. to govern or direct with the reins; -| as to rein a horse one way or another. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|governed | Definition: -| willful a. governed by the will without yielding -| to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; -| stubborn; refractory; as a willful man or horse. -| +|gothic | Definition: +| vignette n. a running ornament consisting of leaves +| and tendrils used in gothic architecture. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|governing | Definition: -| to prep. as sign of the infinitive to had originally -| the use of last defined governing the infinitive -| as a verbal noun and connecting it as indirect -| object with a preceding verb or adjective; -| thus ready to go i.e. ready unto going; good -| to eat i.e. good for eating; i do my utmost -| to lead my life pleasantly. but it has come -| to be the almost constant prefix to the infinitive -| even in situations where it has no prepositional -| meaning as where the infinitive is direct object -| or subject; thus i love to learn i.e. i love -| learning; to die for one's country is noble -| i.e. the dying for one's country. where the -| infinitive denotes the design or purpose good -| usage formerly allowed the prefixing of for -| to the to; as what went ye out for see? (matt. -| xi. 8). +|gouging | Definition: +| gouging p. pr. & vb. n. of bouge +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|governments | Definition: -| terrorism n. the practise of coercing governments -| to accede to political demands by committing -| violence on civilian targets; any similar use -| of violence to achieve goals. -| +|gout | Definition: +| savine n. a coniferous shrub (juniperus sabina) +| of western asia occasionally found also in +| the northern parts of the united states and +| in british america. it is a compact bush with +| dark-colored foliage and produces small berries +| having a glaucous bloom. its bitter acrid tops +| are sometimes used in medicine for gout amenorrhoea +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |governor | Definition: @@ -27612,15 +25049,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the viceroy of india. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|governors | Definition: -| waywode n. originally the title of a military -| commander in various slavonic countries; afterwards -| applied to governors of towns or provinces. -| it was assumed for a time by the rulers of -| moldavia and wallachia who were afterwards -| called hospodars and has also been given to -| some inferior turkish officers. -| +|gown | Definition: +| undergown n. a gown worn under another or under +| some other article of dress. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|grab | Definition: +| patamar n. a vessel resembling a grab used in +| the coasting trade of bombay and ceylon. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |grace | Definition: @@ -27635,10 +25073,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |graceful | Definition: -| siciliano n. a sicilian dance resembling the pastorale -| set to a rather slow and graceful melody in -| 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also the music to the -| dance. +| sylph n. fig.: a slender graceful woman. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |graces | Definition: @@ -27670,21 +25106,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gradus | Definition: -| gradus n. a dictionary of prosody designed as -| an aid in writing greek or latin poetry. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|graft | Definition: -| whipgraft v. t. to graft by cutting the scion -| and stock in a certain manner. see whip grafting -| under grafting. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|grafted | Definition: -| grafted imp. & p. p. of graft -| +|gradually | Definition: +| worm v. i. to work slowly gradually and secretly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |grain | Definition: @@ -27701,6 +25125,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|grammar | Definition: +| trivium n. the three liberal arts grammar logic +| and rhetoric; -- being a triple way as it were +| to eloquence. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |grand | Definition: | zyophyte n. any plant of a proposed class or grand | division (zygophytes zygophyta or zygosporeae) @@ -27709,23 +25139,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|grandfather | Definition: -| great-grandmother n. the mother of one's grandfather -| or grandmother. +|granddaughter | Definition: +| niece n. a relative in general; especially a descendant +| whether male or female; a granddaughter or +| a grandson. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|grandmother | Definition: -| grandmotherly a. like a grandmother in age or -| manner; kind; indulgent. +|grandpapa | Definition: +| grandpapa n. a grandfather. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|grandson | Definition: -| on prep. forward in succession; as from father -| to son from the son to the grandson and so -| on. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |grant | Definition: | warren n. a privilege which one has in his lands | by royal grant or prescription of hunting and @@ -27734,28 +25158,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | by his permission. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|granted | Definition: -| underlease n. a lease granted by a tenant or lessee; -| especially a lease granted by one who is himself -| a lessee for years for any fewer or less number -| of years than he himself holds; a sublease. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|granting | Definition: -| settlement n. a disposition of property for the -| benefit of some person or persons usually through -| the medium of trustees and for the benefit -| of a wife children or other relatives; jointure -| granted to a wife or the act of granting it. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|grants | Definition: -| underletter n. a tenant or lessee who grants a -| lease to another. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |grape | Definition: | zante currant a kind of seedless grape or raisin; | -- so called from zante one of the ionian islands. @@ -27768,6 +25170,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|grasp | Definition: +| tantalus n. a phrygian king who was punished in +| the lower world by being placed in the midst +| of a lake whose waters reached to his chin +| but receded whenever he attempted to allay +| his thirst while over his head hung branches +| laden with choice fruit which likewise receded +| whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp +| them. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|grasped | Definition: +| lug n. that which projects like an ear esp. that +| by which anything is supported carried or grasped +| or to which a support is fastened; an ear; +| as the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's +| flask; the lug (handle) of a jug. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |grasping | Definition: | wrench v. t. an instrument often a simple bar | or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either @@ -27784,17 +25206,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |grate | Definition: -| scrape v. t. to rub over the surface of (something) -| with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over -| with something that roughens by removing portions -| of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; -| to make even or bring to a required condition -| or form by moving the sharp edge of an instrument -| breadthwise over the surface with pressure -| cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; -| to make smooth or clean; as to scrape a bone -| with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an -| even surface. +| stokehole n. the mouth to the grate of a furnace; +| also the space in front of the furnace where +| the stokers stand. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|grated | Definition: +| rusk n. bread or cake which has been made brown +| and crisp and afterwards grated or pulverized +| in a mortar. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |grateful | Definition: @@ -27802,9 +25222,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|grater | Definition: +| spread v. t. to extend so as to cover something; +| to extend to a great or grater extent in every +| direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide +| or wider space. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gratification | Definition: +| voluptuary n. a voluptuous person; one who makes +| his physical enjoyment his chief care; one +| addicted to luxury and the gratification of +| sensual appetites. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gratified | Definition: +| relish v. t. to taste or eat with pleasure; to +| like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; +| hence to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified +| by; to experience pleasure from; as to relish +| food. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |gratify | Definition: -| self-denial n. the denial of one's self; forbearing -| to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice. +| suist n. one who seeks for things which gratify +| merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -27814,11 +25256,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wish; purpose. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gratis | Definition: -| gratis adv. for nothing; without fee or recompense; -| freely; gratuitously. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |gratitude | Definition: | unkind a. wanting in kindness sympathy benevolence | gratitude or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; @@ -27826,15 +25263,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |grave | Definition: -| tumulus n. an artificial hillock especially one -| raised over a grave particularly over the graves -| of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow. -| +| vampire n. a blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a +| dead person superstitiously believed to come +| from the grave and wander about by night sucking +| the blood of persons asleep thus causing their +| death. this superstition is now prevalent in +| parts of eastern europe and was especially +| current in hungary about the year 1730. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|graved | Definition: -| graving n. that which is graved or carved. -| +|gravedigger | Definition: +| gravedigger n. see burying beetle under bury v. +| t. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |gravel | Definition: @@ -27843,8 +25284,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|graven | Definition: -| graven v. t. carved. +|gravely | Definition: +| step a. to walk slowly gravely or resolutely. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |graves | Definition: @@ -27854,30 +25296,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|graving | Definition: -| pointrel n. a graving tool. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |gravity | Definition: -| tungsten n. a rare element of the chromium group -| found in certain minerals as wolfram and scheelite -| and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which -| is very hard and infusible. it has both acid -| and basic properties. when alloyed in small -| quantities with steel it greatly increases -| its hardness. symbol w (wolframium). atomic -| weight 183.6. specific gravity 18. -| +| urinometry n. the estimation of the specific gravity +| of urine by the urinometer. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gray | Definition: -| zirconium n. a rare element of the carbon-silicon -| group intermediate between the metals and nonmetals -| obtained from the mineral zircon as a dark -| sooty powder or as a gray metallic crystalline -| substance. symbol zr. atomic weight 90.4. -| +|gravy | Definition: +| toast v. bread dried and browned before a fire +| usually in slices; also a kind of food prepared +| by putting slices of toasted bread into milk +| gravy etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |grazed | Definition: @@ -27886,6 +25315,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the wall. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|grazing | Definition: +| shepherd n. a man employed in tending feeding +| and guarding sheep esp. a flock grazing at +| large. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|grease | Definition: +| tallow v. t. to grease or smear with tallow. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|greasy | Definition: +| unctuous a. having a smooth greasy feel as certain +| minerals. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |greater | Definition: | worse compar. bad ill evil or corrupt in a greater | degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically @@ -27914,34 +25359,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|greaves | Definition: -| greaves n. pl. the sediment of melted tallow. -| it is made into cakes for dogs' food. in scotland -| it is called cracklings. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|grecian | Definition: -| vase n. a vessel adapted for various domestic -| purposes and anciently for sacrificial uses; -| especially a vessel of antique or elegant pattern -| used for ornament; as a porcelain vase; a gold -| vase; a grecian vase. see illust. of portland -| vase under portland. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|greece | Definition: -| serapis n. an egyptian deity at first a symbol -| of the nile and so of fertility; later one -| of the divinities of the lower world. his worship -| was introduced into greece and rome. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|greediness | Definition: -| rapacity n. the act or practice of extorting or -| exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant -| greediness of gain. +|greedily | Definition: +| swill v. i. to drink greedily or swinishly; to +| drink to excess. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |greedy | Definition: @@ -27957,45 +25377,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|greeks | Definition: -| zeus n. the chief deity of the greeks and ruler -| of the upper world (cf. hades). he was identified -| with jupiter. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|greenness | Definition: -| greenness n. immaturity; unripeness; as the greenness -| of fruit; inexperience; as the greenness of -| youth. +|greenhouse | Definition: +| greenhouse n. a house in which tender plants are +| cultivated and sheltered from the weather. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|greeting | Definition: -| salutation n. the act of saluting or paying respect -| or reverence by the customary words or actions; -| the act of greeting or expressing good will -| or courtesy; also that which is uttered or -| done in saluting or greeting. -| +|greens | Definition: +| kail n. any cabbage greens or vegetables. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|greetings | Definition: -| christmas n. an annual church festival (december -| 25) and in some states a legal holiday in memory -| of the birth of christ often celebrated by -| a particular church service and also by special -| gifts greetings and hospitality. -| +|greenwich | Definition: +| longitude n. the arc or portion of the equator +| intersected between the meridian of a given +| place and the meridian of some other place +| from which longitude is reckoned as from greenwich +| england or sometimes from the capital of a +| country as from washington or paris. the longitude +| of a place is expressed either in degrees or +| in time; as that of new york is 74¡ or 4 h. +| 56 min. west of greenwich. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gregory | Definition: -| sacramentary n. an ancient book of the roman catholic -| church written by pope gelasius and revised -| corrected and abridged by st. gregory in which -| were contained the rites for mass the sacraments -| the dedication of churches and other ceremonies. -| there are several ancient books of the same -| kind in france and germany. -| +|greeted | Definition: +| greeted imp. & p. p. of greet +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |grew | Definition: @@ -28029,14 +25437,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | sad. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|grievance | Definition: -| relieve v. t. to ease of any imposition burden -| wrong or oppression by judicial or legislative -| interposition as by the removal of a grievance -| by indemnification for losses or the like; -| to right. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |grieve | Definition: | wail v. t. to lament; to bewail; to grieve over; | as to wail one's death. @@ -28059,25 +25459,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|grievously | Definition: -| afflicting a. grievously painful; distressing; -| afflictive; as an afflicting event. -- af*flicting*ly -| adv. +|grim | Definition: +| grimly adv. in a grim manner; fiercely. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|grimly | Definition: +| grimly adv. in a grim manner; fiercely. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|griffon | Definition: -| griffon n. a species of large vulture (gyps fulvus) -| found in the mountainous parts of southern -| europe north africa and asia minor; -- called -| also gripe and grype. it is supposed to be -| the >eagle > of the bible. the bearded griffin -| is the lammergeir. +|grimy | Definition: +| grimy superl. full of grime; begrimed; dirty; +| foul. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|grind | Definition: -| triturate v. t. to rub or grind to a very fine -| or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute -| thoroughly. +|grin | Definition: +| sneer n. a smile grin or contortion of the face +| indicative of contempt; an indirect expression +| or insinuation of contempt. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |grinder | Definition: @@ -28088,34 +25489,40 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|grinders | Definition: -| basin n. a hollow vessel of various forms and -| materials used in the arts or manufactures -| as that used by glass grinders for forming -| concave glasses by hatters for molding a hat -| into shape etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |grinding | Definition: | trituration n. the act of triturating or reducing | to a fine or impalpable powder by grinding | rubbing bruising etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gripes | Definition: -| tormentil n. a rosaceous herb (potentilla tormentilla) -| the root of which is used as a powerful astringent -| and for alleviating gripes or tormina in diarrhea. +|grindstone | Definition: +| winch n. a crank with a handle for giving motion +| to a machine a grindstone etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|grinning | Definition: +| grinningly adv. in a grinning manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|grip | Definition: +| pinch v. i. to take hold; to grip as a dog does. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|grisled | Definition: -| grisled a. see grizzled. +|grit | Definition: +| swarf n. the grit worn away from grindstones in +| grinding cutlery wet. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gristle | Definition: -| gristle n. cartilage. see cartilage. -| +|grizzled | Definition: +| woodchuck n. a common large north american marmot +| (arctomys monax). it is usually reddish brown +| more or less grizzled with gray. it makes extensive +| burrows and is often injurious to growing crops. +| called also ground hog. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |groan | Definition: @@ -28123,37 +25530,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|groaned | Definition: -| groaned imp. & p. p. of groan -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |groaning | Definition: | groaning p. pr. & vb. n. of groan | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|groat | Definition: -| groat n. any small sum of money. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|groats | Definition: -| groats n. pl. dried grain as oats or wheat hulled -| and broken or crushed; in high milling cracked -| fragments of wheat larger than grits. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|groin | Definition: -| ventro-inguinal a. pertaining both to the abdomen -| and groin or to the abdomen and inguinal canal; -| as ventro-inguinal hernia. +|grocer | Definition: +| owe v. to have an obligation to (some one) on +| account of something done or received; to be +| indebted to; as to iwe the grocer for supplies +| or a laborer for services. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|grope | Definition: -| grubbla v. t. & i. to feel or grope in the dark. +|grog | Definition: +| rosedrop n. a ruddy eruption upon the nose caused +| by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -28174,6 +25566,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|grossly | Definition: +| swindle v. t. to cheat defraud grossly or with +| deliberate artifice; as to swindle a man out +| of his property. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |ground | Definition: | zincography n. the art or process of engraving | or etching on zinc in which the design is left @@ -28182,19 +25580,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|grounded | Definition: -| sermon n. specifically a discourse delivered in -| public usually by a clergyman for the purpose -| of religious instruction and grounded on some -| text or passage of scripture. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|groundless | Definition: -| notionality n. a notional or groundless opinion. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |grounds | Definition: | work n. structures in civil military or naval | engineering as docks bridges embankments trenches @@ -28213,14 +25598,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | grovelling of grovel |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|groves | Definition: -| druid n. a member of a social and benevolent order -| founded in london in 1781 and professedly based -| on the traditions of the ancient druids. lodges -| or groves of the society are established in -| other countries. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |grow | Definition: | yeast n. a form of fungus which grows as indvidual | rounded cells rather than in a mycelium and @@ -28238,19 +25615,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|growl | Definition: +| yarr v. i. to growl or snarl as a dog. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|growled | Definition: +| growled imp. & p. p. of growl +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|growling | Definition: +| snarler n. one who snarls; a surly growling animal; +| a grumbling quarrelsome fellow. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |grown | Definition: | undergrown a. of small stature; not grown to a | full height or size. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|grows | Definition: -| yew n. an evergreen tree (taxus baccata) of europe -| allied to the pines but having a peculiar berrylike -| fruit instead of a cone. it frequently grows -| in british churchyards. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |growth | Definition: | zoophyte v. i. any one of numerous species of | invertebrate animals which more or less resemble @@ -28262,14 +25647,47 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|grubber | Definition: +| ladyfish n. a large handsome oceanic fish (albula +| vulpes) found both in the atlantic and pacific +| oceans; -- called also bonefish grubber french +| mullet and macabe. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|grubs | Definition: +| larva n. any young insect from the time that it +| hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa +| or chrysalis. during this time it usually molts +| several times and may change its form or color +| each time. the larvae of many insects are much +| like the adults in form and habits but have +| no trace of wings the rudimentary wings appearing +| only in the pupa stage. in other groups of +| insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents +| in structure and habits and are called caterpillars +| grubs maggots etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |grudge | Definition: | simulty n. private grudge or quarrel; as domestic | simulties. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|grype | Definition: -| grype n. a vulture; the griffin. -| +|grudging | Definition: +| grudgingness n. the state or quality of grudging +| or of being full of grudge or unwillingness. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gruff | Definition: +| gruff superl. of a rough or stern manner voice +| or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|grunt | Definition: +| gruntle v. i. to grunt; to grunt repeatedly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |guard | Definition: @@ -28294,15 +25712,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|guarding | Definition: -| watch v. i. the act of watching; forbearance of -| sleep; vigil; wakeful vigilant or constantly -| observant attention; close observation; guard; -| preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly -| a watching or guarding by night. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |guards | Definition: | watchword n. a word given to sentinels and to | such as have occasion to visit the guards used @@ -28317,6 +25726,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|guessing | Definition: +| riddle n. something proposed to be solved by guessing +| or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous +| proposition; an enigma; hence anything ambiguous +| or puzzling. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |guest | Definition: | xenium n. a present given to a guest or stranger | or to a foreign ambassador. @@ -28324,8 +25740,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |guests | Definition: -| table d'hote a common table for guests at a hotel; -| an ordinary. +| tavern n. 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 quantities. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |guidance | Definition: @@ -28344,30 +25763,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|guider | Definition: -| guider n. a guide; a director. -| +|guiding | Definition: +| way n. the longitudinal guides or guiding surfaces +| on the bed of a planer lathe or the like along +| which a table or carriage moves. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|guides | Definition: -| zygodactylae n. pl. the zygodactylous birds. in -| a restricted sense applied to a division of -| birds which includes the barbets toucans honey -| guides and other related birds. -| +|guileless | Definition: +| guileless a. free from guile; artless. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|guile | Definition: -| honest a. characterized by integrity or fairness -| and straight/forwardness in conduct thought -| speech etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; -| truthful; sincere; free from fraud guile or -| duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and -| acts and of things to which a moral quality -| is imputed; as an honest judge or merchant; -| an honest statement; an honest bargain; an -| honest business; an honest book; an honest -| confession. +|guillotine | Definition: +| maiden n. an instrument resembling the guillotine +| formerly used in scotland for beheading criminals. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |guilt | Definition: @@ -28376,9 +25787,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | innocent; pure. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|guiltless | Definition: -| guiltless a. without experience or trial; unacquainted -| (with). +|guiltily | Definition: +| guiltily adv. in a guilty manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |guilty | Definition: @@ -28388,6 +25799,55 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a scamp. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|guinea | Definition: +| sphinx n. the guinea or sphinx baboon (cynocephalus +| sphinx). +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|guitar | Definition: +| rote n. a kind of guitar the notes of which were +| produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; +| an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gulf | Definition: +| zeuglodon n. a genus of extinct eocene whales +| remains of which have been found in the gulf +| states. the species had very long and slender +| bodies and broad serrated teeth. see phocodontia. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gull | Definition: +| xeme n. an arctic fork-tailed gull (xema sabinii). +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gulped | Definition: +| gulped imp. & p. p. of gulp +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gun | Definition: +| windage n. the difference between the diameter +| of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired +| from it. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|guns | Definition: +| two-decker n. a vessel of war carrying guns on +| two decks. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gunwale | Definition: +| washboard n. a broad thin plank fixed along the +| gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking +| inboard; also a plank on the sill of a lower +| deck port for the same purpose; -- called also +| wasteboard. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |gush | Definition: | upgush v. i. to gush upward. | @@ -28398,17 +25858,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|gutters | Definition: -| triglyph n. an ornament in the frieze of the doric -| order repeated at equal intervals. each triglyph -| consists of a rectangular tablet slightly projecting -| and divided nearly to the top by two parallel -| and perpendicular gutters or channels called -| glyphs into three parts or spaces called femora. -| a half channel or glyph is also cut upon each -| of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. see -| illust. of entablature. -| +|gusts | Definition: +| whiffle v. i. to waver or shake as if moved by +| gusts of wind; to shift turn or veer about. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gypsies | Definition: +| gypsywort n. a labiate plant (the lycopus europaeus). +| gypsies are said to stain their skin with its +| juice. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|gypsy | Definition: +| gypsy v. i. to play the gypsy; to picnic in the +| woods. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ha | Definition: @@ -28418,16 +25882,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|haber | Definition: -| auxiliary sing. a verb which helps to form the -| voices modes and tenses of other verbs; -- -| called also an auxiliary verb; as have be may -| can do must shall and will in english; etre -| and avoir in french; avere and essere in italian; -| estar and haber in spanish. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |habit | Definition: | wryneck n. any one of several species of old world | birds of the genus jynx allied to the woodpeckers; @@ -28439,81 +25893,64 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|habitable | Definition: -| traverse a. to wander over; to cross in traveling; -| as to traverse the habitable globe. -| +|habits | Definition: +| zoology n. that part of biology which relates +| to the animal kingdom including the structure +| embryology evolution classification habits +| and distribution of all animals both living +| and extinct. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|habitat | Definition: -| nearctic a. of or pertaining to a region of the -| earth's surface including all of temperate -| and arctic north america and greenland. in -| the geographical distribution of animals this -| region is marked off as the habitat certain -| species. +|habitual | Definition: +| way n. regular course; habitual method of life +| or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|habitation | Definition: -| vespiary n. a nest or habitation of insects of -| the wasp kind. +|habitually | Definition: +| water spider any spider that habitually lives +| on or about the water especially the large +| american species (dolomedes lanceolatus) which +| runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called +| also raft spider. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|habitations | Definition: -| encamp v. i. to form and occupy a camp; to prepare -| and settle in temporary habitations as tents -| or huts; to halt on a march pitch tents or -| form huts and remain for the night or for a -| longer time as an army or a company traveling. +|habituated | Definition: +| routinist n. one who habituated to a routine. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|habits | Definition: -| zoology n. that part of biology which relates -| to the animal kingdom including the structure -| embryology evolution classification habits -| and distribution of all animals both living -| and extinct. +|hackney | Definition: +| vettura n. an italian four-wheeled carriage esp. +| one let for hire; a hackney coach. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hades | Definition: -| tartarus n. the infernal regions described in -| the iliad as situated as far below hades as -| heaven is above the earth and by later writers -| as the place of punishment for the spirits -| of the wicked. by the later poets also the -| name is often used synonymously with hades -| or the lower world in general. -| +|haggard | Definition: +| haggardly adv. in a haggard manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|haft | Definition: -| urn n. a measure of capacity for liquids containing -| about three gallons and a haft wine measure. -| it was haft the amphora and four times the -| congius. +|hah | Definition: +| hah interj. same as ha. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hail | Definition: -| shower n. a fall or rain or hail of short duration; -| sometimes but rarely a like fall of snow. -| +| tempest n. an extensive current of wind rushing +| with great velocity and violence and commonly +| attended with rain hail or snow; a furious +| storm. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hair | Definition: -| zati n. a species of macaque (macacus pileatus) -| native of india and ceylon. it has a crown -| of long erect hair and tuft of radiating hairs -| on the back of the head. called also capped -| macaque. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|haircloth | Definition: -| haircloth n. stuff or cloth made wholly or in -| part of hair. +|hailing | Definition: +| hail v. i. to declare by hailing the port from +| which a vessel sails or where she is registered; +| hence to sail; to come; -- used with from; +| as the steamer hails from new york. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hairs | Definition: +|hair | Definition: | zati n. a species of macaque (macacus pileatus) | native of india and ceylon. it has a crown | of long erect hair and tuft of radiating hairs @@ -28521,13 +25958,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | macaque. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hairy | Definition: -| wolf a. one of the destructive and usually hairy -| larvae of several species of beetles and grain -| moths; as the bee wolf. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hale | Definition: | health n. the state of being hale sound or whole | in body mind or soul; especially the state @@ -28535,6 +25965,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|haled | Definition: +| haled imp. & p. p. of hale +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|halfway | Definition: +| quinquelobared a. cut less than halfway into portions +| usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as a +| quinquelobate leaf or corolla. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |hall | Definition: | wide superl. having considerable distance or extent | between the sides; spacious across; much extended @@ -28544,15 +25986,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | entry. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hallowed | Definition: -| veneration n. the act of venerating or the state -| of being venerated; the highest degree of respect -| and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a -| feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity -| wisdom or superiority of a person by sacredness -| of character by consecration to sacred services -| or by hallowed associations. -| +|halloa | Definition: +| halloa see halloo. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|halo | Definition: +| halo v. t. & i. to form or surround with a halo; +| to encircle with or as with a halo. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |halt | Definition: @@ -28561,20 +26002,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|halted | Definition: -| halt v. t. to cause to cease marching; to stop; -| as the general halted his troops for refreshment. +|halting | Definition: +| haltingly adv. in a halting or limping manner. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|halter | Definition: -| widdy n. a rope or halter made of flexible twigs -| or withes as of birch. +|halves | Definition: +| zygomorphous a. symmetrical bilaterally; -- said +| of organisms or parts of organisms capable +| of division into two symmetrical halves only +| in a single plane. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|halting | Definition: -| haltingly adv. in a halting or limping manner. -| +|hamburg | Definition: +| hamburg n. a commercial city of germany near the +| mouth of the elbe. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hamlet | Definition: +| hamlet n. a small village; a little cluster of +| houses in the country. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hammer | Definition: @@ -28582,9 +26029,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | cloth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hammerer | Definition: -| hammerer n. one who works with a hammer. -| +|hammercloth | Definition: +| hammercloth n. the cloth which covers a coach +| box. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hammered | Definition: +| shape n. a rolled or hammered piece as a bar beam +| angle iron etc. having a cross section different +| from merchant bar. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hammering | Definition: +| use v. t. a stab of iron welded to the side of +| a forging as a shaft near the end and afterward +| drawn down by hammering so as to lengthen the +| forging. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hammers | Definition: @@ -28595,14 +26055,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hamstring | Definition: -| hamstringing p. pr. & vb. n. of hamstring -| +|han | Definition: +| han sa n. see 2d hanse. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|handbreadth | Definition: -| handbreadth n. a space equal to the breadth of -| the hand; a palm. +|handcuffed | Definition: +| handcuffed imp. & p. p. of handcuff +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|handcuffs | Definition: +| manacle v. t. to put handcuffs or other fastening +| upon for confining the hands; to shackle; to +| confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs +| or natural powers. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |handed | Definition: @@ -28612,7 +26078,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |handful | Definition: -| single n. a handful of gleaned grain. +| tippet n. a handful of straw bound together at +| one end and used for thatching. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|handing | Definition: +| trammel n. an iron hook of various forms and sizes +| used for handing kettles and other vessels +| over the fire. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|handkercher | Definition: +| handkercher n. a handkerchief. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|handkerchief | Definition: +| veronica n. a portrait or representation of the +| face of our savior on the alleged handkerchief +| of saint veronica preserved at rome; hence +| a representation of this portrait or any similar +| representation of the face of the savior. formerly +| called also vernacle and vernicle. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -28639,14 +26127,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|handling | Definition: -| tractation n. treatment or handling of a subject; -| discussion. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|handmaid | Definition: -| handmaid n. alt. of handmaiden -| +|handles | Definition: +| woolder n. one of the handles of the top formed +| by a wooden pin passing through it. see 1st +| top 2. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hands | Definition: @@ -28665,6 +26149,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and allied genera. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|handsomely | Definition: +| venus n. any one of numerous species of marine +| bivalve shells of the genus venus or family +| veneridae. many of these shells are large and +| ornamented with beautiful frills; others are +| smooth glossy and handsomely colored. some +| of the larger species as the round clam or +| quahog are valued for food. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |handwriting | Definition: | polyautography n. the act or practice of multiplying | copies of one's own handwriting or of manuscripts @@ -28672,6 +26167,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|handy | Definition: +| jig n. a small machine or handy tool +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |hang | Definition: | weep v. i. to hang the branches as if in sorrow; | to be pendent; to droop; -- said of a plant @@ -28693,21 +26193,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | islands. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hangings | Definition: -| upholsterer n. one who provides hangings coverings -| cushions curtains and the like; one who upholsters. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hangs | Definition: -| trip v. t. to raise (an anchor) from the bottom -| by its cable or buoy rope so that it hangs -| free. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|haply | Definition: -| haply adv. by hap chance luck or accident; perhaps; -| it may be. +|hangman | Definition: +| hangman n. one who hangs another; esp. one who +| makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; +| -- sometimes used as a term of reproach without +| reference to office. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |happen | Definition: @@ -28724,6 +26214,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | by relation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|happening | Definition: +| yearly a. happening accruing or coming every year; +| annual; as a yearly income; a yearly feast. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |happier | Definition: | probation n. moral trial; the state of man in | the present life in which he has the opportunity @@ -28751,9 +26247,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|harden | Definition: -| plank v. t. to harden as hat bodies by felting. -| +|harassed | Definition: +| yearn v. i. to be filled with longing desire; +| to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing +| or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with +| emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; +| to be eager. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hardbake | Definition: +| hardbake n. a sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar +| or molasses made with almonds and flavored +| with orange or lemon juice etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hardened | Definition: @@ -28767,10 +26273,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hardening | Definition: -| season v. t. hence to prepare by drying or hardening -| or removal of natural juices; as to season -| timber. +|hardens | Definition: +| spin v. t. to form (a web a cocoon silk or the +| like) from threads produced by the extrusion +| of a viscid transparent liquid which hardens +| on coming into contact with the air; -- said +| of the spider the silkworm etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |harder | Definition: @@ -28792,49 +26301,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hardiness | Definition: -| hardiness n. hardship; fatigue. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hardly | Definition: -| un- adv. those which have the value of independent -| words inasmuch as the simple words are either -| not used at all or are rarely or at least much -| less frequently used; as unavoidable unconscionable -| undeniable unspeakable unprecedented unruly -| and the like; or inasmuch as they are used -| in a different sense from the usual meaning -| of the primitive or especially in one of the -| significations of the latter; as unaccountable -| unalloyed unbelieving unpretending unreserved -| and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently -| and familiarly used that they are hardly felt -| to be of negative origin; as uncertain uneven -| and the like. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hardness | Definition: -| wireworm n. one of the larvae of various species -| of snapping beetles or elaters; -- so called -| from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness -| of the integument. wireworms are sometimes -| very destructive to the roots of plants. called -| also wire grub. +| urus n. a very large powerful and savage extinct +| bovine animal (bos urus / primigenius) anciently +| abundant in europe. it appears to have still +| existed in the time of julius caesar. it had +| very large horns and was hardly capable of +| domestication. called also ur ure and tur. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hardships | Definition: -| tyrant n. specifically a monarch or other ruler -| or master who uses power to oppress his subjects; -| a person who exercises unlawful authority or -| lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one -| who by taxation injustice or cruel punishment -| or the demand of unreasonable services imposes -| burdens and hardships on those under his control -| which law and humanity do not authorize or -| which the purposes of government do not require; -| a cruel master; an oppressor. -| +|hardy | Definition: +| zouave n. one of an active and hardy body of soldiers +| in the french service originally arabs but +| now composed of frenchmen who wear the arab +| dress. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hare | Definition: @@ -28844,23 +26325,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|harem | Definition: -| odalisque n. a female slave or concubine in the -| harem of the turkish sultan. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hares | Definition: -| warren n. a place privileged by prescription or -| grant the king for keeping certain animals -| (as hares conies partridges pheasants etc.) -| called beasts and fowls of warren. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|harlot | Definition: -| harlot v. i. to play the harlot; to practice lewdness. -| +|hark | Definition: +| hark v. i. to listen; to hearken. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |harm | Definition: @@ -28870,41 +26337,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | with; to injure. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|harmless | Definition: -| water adder the common harmless american water -| snake (tropidonotus sipedon). see illust. under -| water snake. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|harmony | Definition: -| tune v. i. to utter inarticulate harmony with -| the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; -| to hum. +|harming | Definition: +| harming p. pr. & vb. n. of harm +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|harness | Definition: -| whippletree n. the pivoted or swinging bar to -| which the traces or tugs of a harness are fastened -| and by which a carriage a plow or other implement -| or vehicle is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; -| a singletree. see singletree. -| +|harmonious | Definition: +| untune v. t. to make incapable of harmony or of +| harmonious action; to put out of tune. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|harnessed | Definition: -| singletree n. the pivoted or swinging bar to which -| the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; -| a whiffletree. +|harnessing | Definition: +| harnessing p. pr. & vb. n. of harness +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |harp | Definition: -| trichord n. an instrument as a lyre or harp having -| three strings. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|harped | Definition: -| harped imp. & p. p. of harp -| +| unstring v. t. to loosen the string or strings +| of; as to unstring a harp or a bow. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |harping | Definition: @@ -28922,24 +26374,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|harsh | Definition: -| wolf a. the harsh howling sound of some of the -| chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal -| temperament. +|harrowed | Definition: +| harrowed imp. & p. p. of harrow +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |harshly | Definition: -| scrape v. t. to rub over the surface of (something) -| with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over -| with something that roughens by removing portions -| of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; -| to make even or bring to a required condition -| or form by moving the sharp edge of an instrument -| breadthwise over the surface with pressure -| cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; -| to make smooth or clean; as to scrape a bone -| with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an -| even surface. +| scrape v. i. to rub over the surface of anything +| with something which roughens or removes it +| or which smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly +| and noisily along. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hart | Definition: @@ -28955,16 +26399,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|harvest | Definition: -| whealworm n. the harvest mite; -- so called from -| the wheals caused by its bite. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hast | Definition: -| hast of have -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |haste | Definition: | rush v. i. to enter into something with undue | haste and eagerness or without due deliberation @@ -28972,43 +26406,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hasted | Definition: -| hasted imp. & p. p. of haste -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hasten | Definition: -| scurry v. i. to hasten away or along; to move -| rapidly; to hurry; as the rabbit scurried away. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hastened | Definition: -| hastened imp. & p. p. of hasten -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hastening | Definition: -| tiger-footed a. hastening to devour; furious. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hastily | Definition: | whirl v. i. to move hastily or swiftly. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hasting | Definition: -| hasting p. pr. & vb. n. of haste -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hasty | Definition: | whipstitch n. anything hastily put or stitched | together; hence a hasty composition. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|hat | Definition: +| unhat v. t. & i. to take off the hat of; to remove +| one's hat especially as a mark of respect. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hatband | Definition: +| hatband n. a band round the crown of a hat; sometimes +| a band of black cloth crape etc. worn as a +| badge of mourning. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |hatched | Definition: | virgin n. a female insect producing eggs from | which young are hatched though there has been @@ -29016,13 +26436,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | insect. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hatchet | Definition: -| tomahawk n. a kind of war hatchet used by the -| american indians. it was originally made of -| stone but afterwards of iron. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hate | Definition: | quench v. t. to extinguish; to overwhelm; to make | an end of; -- said of flame and fire of things @@ -29037,24 +26450,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hateful | Definition: -| hateful a. exciting or deserving great dislike -| aversion or disgust; odious. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hath | Definition: -| suspend n. to make to depend; as god hath suspended -| the promise of eternal life on the condition -| of obedience and holiness of life. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hating | Definition: -| misogynous a. hating women. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hatred | Definition: | spite n. ill-will or hatred toward another accompanied | with the disposition to irritate annoy or thwart; @@ -29062,17 +26457,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|haughtily | Definition: -| reject v. t. to refuse to receive or to acknowledge; -| to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. +|hats | Definition: +| vigonia a. of or pertaining to the vicu/a; characterizing +| the vicu/a; -- said of the wool of that animal +| used in felting hats and for other purposes. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|haughtiness | Definition: -| insolence n. the quality of being insolent; pride -| or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and -| overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; -| brutal impudence. +|hatter | Definition: +| hatter n. one who makes or sells hats. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |haughty | Definition: @@ -29082,6 +26476,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | object. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|hauled | Definition: +| slip n. an inclined plane on which a vessel is +| built or upon which it is hauled for repair. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hauling | Definition: +| warp v. a rope used in hauling or moving a vessel +| usually with one end attached to an anchor +| a post or other fixed object; a towing line; +| a warping hawser. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|haunted | Definition: +| wizard a. haunted by wizards. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|haunting | Definition: +| haunting p. pr. & vb. n. of haunt +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |haven | Definition: | sharpie n. a long sharp flat-bottomed boat with | one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. @@ -29090,52 +26507,92 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | they originated. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|havoc | Definition: -| ravage n. to lay waste by force; to desolate by -| violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; -| to spoil; to plunder; to consume. -| +|hawker | Definition: +| hawker n. a falconer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hawk | Definition: -| wapacut n. the american hawk owl. see under hawk. +|hawsers | Definition: +| fast n. that which fastens or holds; especially +| (naut.) a mooring rope hawser or chain; -- +| called according to its position a bow head +| quarter breast or stern fast; also a post on +| a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hay | Definition: -| windrow n. a row or line of hay raked together -| for the purpose of being rolled into cocks -| or heaps. +| windrow v. t. to arrange in lines or windrows +| as hay when newly made. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|headless | Definition: -| kail n. a kind of headless cabbage. same as kale -| 1. +|haymaker | Definition: +| haymaker n. one who cuts and cures hay. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|headlong | Definition: -| stampede v. t. a wild headlong scamper or running -| away of a number of animals; usually caused -| by fright; hence any sudden flight or dispersion -| as of a crowd or an army in consequence of -| a panic. +|haymaking | Definition: +| haymaking n. the operation or work of cutting +| grass and curing it for hay. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|heads | Definition: -| yoke n. a bar or frame of wood by which two oxen -| are joined at the heads or necks for working -| together. +|hazard | Definition: +| wager v. t. to hazard on the issue of a contest +| or on some question that is to be decided or +| on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|headship | Definition: -| headship n. authority or dignity; chief place. +|hazarded | Definition: +| wager v. t. something deposited laid or hazarded +| on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; +| a bet; a stake; a pledge. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|haze | Definition: +| haze v. t. to harass or annoy by playing abusive +| or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical +| jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as +| the sophomores hazed a freshman. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|headed | Definition: +| rivet n. a metallic pin with a head used for uniting +| two plates or pieces of material together by +| passing it through them and then beating or +| pressing down the point so that it shall spread +| out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed +| or clinched at both ends. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|headers | Definition: +| trimmer n. a beam into which are framed the ends +| of headers in floor framing as when a hole +| is to be left for stairs or to avoid bringing +| joists near chimneys and the like. see illust. +| of header. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|headforemost | Definition: +| headforemost adv. with the head foremost. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|heading | Definition: +| star n. a composition of combustible matter used +| in the heading of rockets in mines etc. which +| exploding in the air presents a starlike appearance. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|headstrong | Definition: -| headstrong a. directed by ungovernable will or -| proceeding from obstinacy. -| +|heads | Definition: +| yoke n. a bar or frame of wood by which two oxen +| are joined at the heads or necks for working +| together. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |heal | Definition: @@ -29144,11 +26601,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | at another. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|healed | Definition: -| sanable a. capable of being healed or cured; susceptible -| of remedy. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |healing | Definition: | zachun n. an oil pressed by the arabs from the | fruit of a small thorny tree (balanites aegyptiaca) @@ -29156,23 +26608,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|heals | Definition: -| heal v. i. to grow sound; to return to a sound -| state; as the limb heals or the wound heals; -| -- sometimes with up or over; as it will heal -| up or over. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|healthful | Definition: -| spontaneity n. the tendency to activity of muscular -| tissue including the voluntary muscles when -| in a state of healthful vigor and refreshment. -| +|healthy | Definition: +| weal adv. a sound healthy or prosperous state +| of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; +| welfare. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |heap | Definition: -| uncock v. t. to open or spread from a cock or -| heap as hay. +| uppile v. t. to pile or heap up. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |heaped | Definition: @@ -29203,10 +26647,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hear | Definition: -| shrive v. t. to hear or receive the confession -| of; to administer confession and absolution -| to; -- said of a priest as the agent. -| +| tinkle v. i. to hear or resound with a small sharp +| sound. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |heard | Definition: @@ -29217,20 +26659,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the flat seventh. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hearer | Definition: -| suspension n. a keeping of the hearer in doubt -| and in attentive expectation of what is to -| follow or of what is to be the inference or -| conclusion from the arguments or observations -| employed. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hearers | Definition: -| roar v. i. to laugh out loudly and continuously; -| as the hearers roared at his jokes. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hearing | Definition: | triverbial a. pertaining to or designating certain | days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes @@ -29239,21 +26667,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | called dies fasti. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hearken | Definition: -| lithe v. i. & i. to listen or listen to; to hearken -| to. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hearkened | Definition: -| hearkened imp. & p. p. of hearken -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hearkening | Definition: -| hearkening p. pr. & vb. n. of hearken -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hears | Definition: | confessor n. a priest who hears the confessions | of others and is authorized to grant them absolution. @@ -29271,12 +26684,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|hearthstone | Definition: +| hearthstone n. stone forming the hearth; hence +| the fireside; home. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |heartily | Definition: | heartily adv. with zeal; actively; vigorously; | willingly; cordially; as he heartily assisted | the prince. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|heartless | Definition: +| heartless a. destitute of feeling or affection; +| unsympathetic; cruel. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |hearts | Definition: | suit n. one of the four sets of cards which constitute | a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen @@ -29312,42 +26735,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|heathen | Definition: -| world n. in a more restricted sense that part -| of the earth and its concerns which is known -| to any one or contemplated by any one; a division -| of the globe or of its inhabitants; human affairs -| as seen from a certain position or from a given -| point of view; also state of existence; scene -| of life and action; as the old world; the new -| world; the religious world; the catholic world; -| the upper world; the future world; the heathen -| world. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|heathenish | Definition: -| heathenishly adv. in a heathenish manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|heathenism | Definition: -| neophyte n. a new convert or proselyte; -- a name -| given by the early christians and still given -| by the roman catholics to such as have recently -| embraced the christian faith and been admitted -| to baptism esp. to converts from heathenism -| or judaism. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|heathens | Definition: -| heathens pl. of heathen +|heating | Definition: +| vulcanization n. the act or process of imparting +| to caoutchouc gutta-percha or the like greater +| elasticity durability or hardness by heating +| with sulphur under pressure. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|heats | Definition: -| heating a. that heats or imparts heat; promoting -| warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; -| as heating medicines or applications. -| +|heave | Definition: +| upheave v. t. to heave or lift up from beneath; +| to raise. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |heaven | Definition: @@ -29355,14 +26753,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | natural death. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|heavenly | Definition: -| zion n. the heavenly jerusalem; heaven. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |heavens | Definition: -| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16� -| or 18� broad in the middle of which is the +| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16¡ +| or 18¡ broad in the middle of which is the | ecliptic or sun's path. it comprises the twelve | constellations which one constituted and from | which were named the twelve signs of the zodiac. @@ -29379,6 +26772,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|heaviest | Definition: +| osmium n. a rare metallic element of the platinum +| group found native as an alloy in platinum +| ore and in iridosmine. it is a hard infusible +| bluish or grayish white metal and the heaviest +| substance known. its tetroxide is used in histological +| experiments to stain tissues. symbol os. atomic +| weight 191.1. specific gravity 22.477. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |heavily | Definition: | welter a. of pertaining to or designating the | most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as @@ -29386,13 +26790,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|heaviness | Definition: -| weigh v. t. to examine by the balance; to ascertain -| the weight of that is the force with which -| a thing tends to the center of the earth; to -| determine the heaviness or quantity of matter -| of; as to weigh sugar; to weigh gold. -| +|heaving | Definition: +| wallop v. i. to boil with a continued bubbling +| or heaving and rolling with noise. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |heavy | Definition: @@ -29402,26 +26803,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hebraism | Definition: -| hebraism n. the type of character of the hebrews. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hebrew | Definition: | triliteralness n. the quality of being triliteral; | as the triliterality of hebrew roots. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hebrews | Definition: -| shadrach n. a mass of iron on which the operation -| of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -| -- so called from shadrach one of the three -| hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery -| furnace of nebuchadnezzar. (see dan. iii. 26 -| 27.) -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hedge | Definition: | wood-layer n. a young oak or other timber plant | laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or @@ -29429,16 +26816,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hedged | Definition: -| hedged imp. & p. p. of hedge -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hedgehog | Definition: -| sea hedgehog a sea urchin. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hedges | Definition: | topiarian a. of or pertaining to the ornamental | cutting and trimming of trees hedges etc.; @@ -29454,6 +26831,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|heedful | Definition: +| heedful a. full of heed; regarding with care; +| cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|heeding | Definition: +| observance n. the act or practice of observing +| or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping +| with care; performance; -- usually with a sense +| of strictness and fidelity; as the observance +| of the sabbath is general; the strict observance +| of duties. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |heel | Definition: | welt n. in machine-made stockings a strip or flap | of which the heel is formed. @@ -29461,19 +26853,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |heels | Definition: -| scratch n. minute but tender and troublesome excoriations -| covered with scabs upon the heels of horses -| which have been used where it is very wet or -| muddy. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|heifer | Definition: -| maverick n. in the southwestern part of the united -| states a bullock or heifer that has not been -| branded and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to -| be from maverick the name of a cattle owner -| in texas who neglected to brand his cattle. -| +| squat n. the posture of one that sits on his heels +| or hams or close to the ground. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |height | Definition: @@ -29482,18 +26864,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or prosperity. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|heights | Definition: -| water line any one of certain lines of a vessel -| model or plan parallel with the surface of -| the water at various heights from the keel. -| +|heightened | Definition: +| reaction n. an action induced by vital resistance +| to some other action; depression or exhaustion +| of vital force consequent on overexertion or +| overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction +| succeeding depression or shock. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|heinous | Definition: -| scandal n. offense caused or experienced; reproach -| or reprobation called forth by what is regarded -| as wrong criminal heinous or flagrant: opprobrium -| or disgrace. +|heightening | Definition: +| sublimation n. the act of heightening or improving; +| exaltation; elevation; purification. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |heir | Definition: @@ -29504,17 +26887,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|heirs | Definition: -| warranty n. a covenant real whereby the grantor -| of an estate of freehold and his heirs were -| bound to warrant and defend the title and in -| case of eviction by title paramount to yield -| other lands of equal value in recompense. this -| warranty has long singe become obsolete and -| its place supplied by personal covenants for -| title. among these is the covenant of warranty -| which runs with the land and is in the nature -| of a real covenant. +|heiress | Definition: +| heiress n. a female heir. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |held | Definition: @@ -29524,64 +26898,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or pocketknife. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|heles | Definition: -| hellier v. t. one who heles or covers; hence a -| tiler slater or thatcher. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hell | Definition: -| infernal a. of or pertaining to resembling or -| inhabiting hell; suitable for hell or to the -| character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; -| diabolical; as infernal spirits or conduct. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hellish | Definition: -| hellish a. of or pertaining to hell; like hell; -| infernal; malignant; wicked; detestable; diabolical. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|helm | Definition: -| wear v. t. to cause to go about as a vessel by -| putting the helm up instead of alee as in tacking -| so that the vessel's bow is turned away from -| and her stern is presented to the wind and -| as she turns still farther her sails fill on -| the other side; to veer. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|helmet | Definition: -| umbriere n. in ancient armor a visor or projection -| like the peak of a cap to which a face guard -| was sometimes attached. this was sometimes -| fixed and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet -| and could be raised like the beaver. called -| also umber and umbril. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |helped | Definition: | helped imp. & p. p. of help | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|helper | Definition: -| service n. the act of serving; the occupation -| of a servant; the performance of labor for -| the benefit of another or at another's command; -| attendance of an inferior hired helper slave -| etc. on a superior employer master or the like; -| also spiritual obedience and love. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|helpers | Definition: -| help v. t. a helper; one hired to help another; -| also thew hole force of hired helpers in any -| business. +|helpful | Definition: +| useful a. full of use advantage or profit; producing +| or having power to produce good; serviceable +| for any end or object; helpful toward advancing +| any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; +| as vessels and instruments useful in a family; +| books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; +| useful arts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |helping | Definition: @@ -29596,27 +26925,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|helpmate | Definition: -| helpmate n. a helper; a companion; specifically -| a wife. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|helps | Definition: -| underbearer n. one who supports or sustains; especially -| at a funeral one of those who bear the copse -| as distinguished from a bearer or pallbearer -| who helps to hold up the pall. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hem | Definition: | welt n. a hem border or fringe. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hen | Definition: -| water hen the common american coot. -| +|hemmed | Definition: +| hemmed imp. & p. p. of hem +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hempen | Definition: +| hempen a. like hemp. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hence | Definition: @@ -29630,23 +26950,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|henceforward | Definition: -| henceforward adv. from this time forward; henceforth. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|herald | Definition: -| stentor n. a herald in the iliad who had a very -| loud voice; hence any person having a powerful -| voice. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|heralds | Definition: -| heraldic a. of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; -| as heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |herb | Definition: | woodroof n. a little european herb (asperula odorata) | having a pleasant taste. it is sometimes used @@ -29654,6 +26957,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|herbert | Definition: +| agnosticism n. the doctrine that the existence +| of a personal deity an unseen world etc. can +| be neither proved nor disproved because of +| the necessary limits of the human mind (as +| sometimes charged upon hamilton and mansel) +| or because of the insufficiency of the evidence +| furnished by physical and physical data to +| warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by +| the school of herbert spencer); -- opposed +| alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |herbs | Definition: | zinnia n. any plant of the composite genus zinnia | mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large @@ -29669,228 +26986,76 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or of a lion. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|herd | Definition: -| trip n. a herd or flock as of sheep goats etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|herds | Definition: -| stockman n. a herdsman; a ranchman; one owning -| or having charge of herds of live stock. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|herdsman | Definition: -| herdsman n. the owner or keeper of a herd or of -| herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|herdsmen | Definition: -| rancho n. a rude hut as of posts covered with -| branches or thatch where herdsmen or farm laborers -| may live or lodge at night. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hereafter | Definition: -| hereafter n. a future existence or state. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hereby | Definition: -| hereby adv. close by; very near. +|hereabouts | Definition: +| hereabouts adv. concerning this. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|herein | Definition: -| herein adv. in this. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hereof | Definition: -| hereof adv. of this; concerning this; from this; -| hence. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|heresies | Definition: -| heresies pl. of heresy -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|heresy | Definition: -| relapse v. i. to fall from christian faith into -| paganism heresy or unbelief; to backslide. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|heretic | Definition: -| nestorian n. an adherent of nestorius patriarch -| of constantinople to the fifth century who -| has condemned as a heretic for maintaining -| that the divine and the human natures were -| not merged into one nature in christ (who was -| god in man) and hence that it was improper -| to call mary the mother of christ; also one -| of the sect established by the followers of -| nestorius in persia india and other oriental -| countries and still in existence. opposed to -| eutychian. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|heretics | Definition: -| shiah n. a member of that branch of the mohammedans -| to which the persians belong. they reject the -| first three caliphs and consider ali as being -| the first and only rightful successor of mohammed. -| they do not acknowledge the sunna or body of -| traditions respecting mohammed as any part -| of the law and on these accounts are treated -| as heretics by the sunnites or orthodox mohammedans. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hereto | Definition: -| hereto adv. to this; hereunto. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|heretofore | Definition: -| heretofore adv. up to this time; hitherto; before; -| in time past. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hereupon | Definition: | hereupon adv. on this; hereon. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|herma | Definition: -| herma n. see hermes 2. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hermes | Definition: -| moly n. a fabulous herb of occult power having -| a black root and white blossoms said by homer -| to have been given by hermes to ulysses to -| counteract the spells of circe. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hermogenes | Definition: -| hermogenian n. a disciple of hermogenes an heretical -| teacher who lived in africa near the close -| of the second century. he held matter to be -| the fountain of all evil and that souls and -| spirits are formed of corrupt matter. -| +|hermitage | Definition: +| hermitage n. a celebrated french wine both white +| and red of the department of drome. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hero | Definition: -| romance n. a species of fictitious writing originally -| composed in meter in the romance dialects and -| afterward in prose such as the tales of the -| court of arthur and of amadis of gaul; hence -| any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of -| novel especially one which treats of surprising -| adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; -| a tale of extravagant adventures of love and -| the like. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|herod | Definition: -| herodian n. one of a party among the jews composed -| of partisans of herod of galilee. they joined -| with the pharisees against christ. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|herodian | Definition: -| herodian n. one of a party among the jews composed -| of partisans of herod of galilee. they joined -| with the pharisees against christ. -| +| subject a. the person who is treated of; the hero +| of a piece; the chief character. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|herodias | Definition: -| egret n. the name of several species of herons -| which bear plumes on the back. they are generally -| white. among the best known species are the -| american egret (ardea / herodias egretta); -| the great egret (a. alba); the little egret -| (a. garzetta) of europe; and the american snowy -| egret (a. candidissima). -| +|hers | Definition: +| hers pron. see the note under her pron. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|herodotus | Definition: -| parasang n. a persian measure of length which -| according to herodotus and xenophon was thirty -| stadia or somewhat more than three and a half -| miles. the measure varied in different times -| and places and as now used is estimated at -| from three and a half to four english miles. -| +|herself | Definition: +| themselves pron. the plural of himself herself +| and itself. see himself herself itself. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|heroes | Definition: -| valkyria n. one of the maidens of odin represented -| as awful and beautiful who presided over battle -| and marked out those who were to be slain and -| who also ministered at the feasts of heroes -| in valhalla. +|hesitate | Definition: +| stutter v. t. & i. to hesitate or stumble in uttering +| words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or +| pauses; to stammer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|heron | Definition: -| squacco n. a heron (ardea comata) found in asia -| northern africa and southern europe. -| +|hesitated | Definition: +| hesitate v. i. to stop or pause respecting decision +| or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty +| as to a determination; as he hesitated whether +| to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate +| in forming a judgment. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hers | Definition: -| hers pron. see the note under her pron. -| +|hesitating | Definition: +| stammering a. apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; +| stuttering. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|herself | Definition: -| seaboat a boat or vessel adapted to the open -| sea; hence a vessel considered with reference -| to her power of resisting a storm or maintaining -| herself in a heavy sea; as a good sea boat. -| +|hesitatingly | Definition: +| lisp v. i. to speak hesitatingly with a low voice +| as if afraid. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hesitation | Definition: -| scruple n. hesitation as to action from the difficulty -| of determining what is right or expedient; -| unwillingness doubt or hesitation proceeding -| from motives of conscience. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hew | Definition: -| underhew v. t. to hew less than is usual or proper; -| specifically to hew as a piece of timber which -| should be square in such a manner that it appears -| to contain a greater number of cubic feet than -| it really does contain. -| +| stammer v. t. to utter or pronounce with hesitation +| or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hewed | Definition: | hewed p. p. of hew |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hewing | Definition: -| trench v. t. to cut; to form or shape by cutting; -| to make by incision hewing or the like. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hewn | Definition: -| upher n. a fir pole of from four to seven inches -| diameter and twenty to forty feet long sometimes -| roughly hewn used for scaffoldings and sometimes -| for slight and common roofs for which use it -| is split. +|hey | Definition: +| hey interj. a cry to set dogs on. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hid | Definition: @@ -29909,11 +27074,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hide | Definition: -| trunk n. a box or chest usually covered with leather -| metal or cloth or sometimes made of leather -| hide or metal for containing clothes or other -| goods; especially one used to convey the effects -| of a traveler. +| veil n. something hung up or spread out to intercept +| the view and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; +| esp. a screen usually of gauze crape or similar +| diaphnous material to hide or protect the face. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hideous | Definition: +| yell n. a sharp loud hideous outcry. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hiding | Definition: @@ -29942,17 +27112,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|highness | Definition: -| highness n. a title of honor given to kings princes -| or other persons of rank; as his royal highness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|highroad | Definition: -| highroad n. a highway; a much traveled or main -| road. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |highway | Definition: | toll n. a tax paid for some liberty or privilege | particularly for the privilege of passing over @@ -29961,12 +27120,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|highways | Definition: -| viewer n. a person appointed to inspect highways -| fences or the like and to report upon the same. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hill | Definition: | zion n. a hill in jerusalem which after the capture | of that city by the israelites became the royal @@ -29974,16 +27127,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hillock | Definition: -| tumulus n. an artificial hillock especially one -| raised over a grave particularly over the graves -| of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hills | Definition: -| tumulous a. full of small hills or mounds; hilly; -| tumulose. +| valley n. the space inclosed between ranges of +| hills or mountains; the strip of land at the +| bottom of the depressions intersecting a country +| including usually the bed of a stream with +| frequently broad alluvial plains on one or +| both sides of the stream. also used figuratively. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hillside | Definition: @@ -29991,18 +27142,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|hilly | Definition: +| wold n. a plain or low hill; a country without +| wood whether hilly or not. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hilted | Definition: +| hilted a. having a hilt; -- used in composition; +| as basket-hilted cross-hilted. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |himself | Definition: | zoanthropy n. a kind of monomania in which the | patient believes himself transformed into one | of the lower animals. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hin | Definition: -| hin n. a hebrew measure of liquids containing -| three quarts one pint one gill english measure. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hind | Definition: | yapock n. a south american aquatic opossum (chironectes | variegatus) found in guiana and brazil. its @@ -30011,56 +27168,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | also water opossum. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hinder | Definition: -| turnpike n. a frame consisting of two bars crossing -| each other at right angles and turning on a -| post or pin to hinder the passage of beasts -| but admitting a person to pass between the -| arms; a turnstile. see turnstile 1. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hinderance | Definition: -| hinderance n. same as hindrance. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hindered | Definition: -| hinder a. to keep back or behind; to prevent from -| starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; -| to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often -| followed by from; as an accident hindered the -| coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; -| to hinder me from going. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hindering | Definition: -| restraint n. the act or process of restraining -| or of holding back or hindering from motion -| or action in any manner; hindrance of the will -| or of any action physical or mental. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hindermost | Definition: -| postscutellum n. the hindermost dorsal piece of -| a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind -| the scutellum. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hinders | Definition: -| obstructionist n. one who hinders progress; one -| who obstructs business as in a legislative -| body. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hindmost | Definition: -| rear a. being behind or in the hindmost part; -| hindmost; as the rear rank of a company. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hindrance | Definition: | yield v. i. to give way; to cease opposition; | to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; @@ -30069,6 +27176,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|hinge | Definition: +| wing-shell n. any one of various species of marine +| bivalve shells belonging to the genus avicula +| in which the hinge border projects like a wing. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |hinges | Definition: | umbrella n. a shade screen or guard carried in | the hand for sheltering the person from the @@ -30086,16 +27200,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a significant cast. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hir | Definition: -| hir pron. see here pron. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hire | Definition: -| waterman n. a man who plies for hire on rivers -| lakes or canals or in harbors in distinction -| from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; -| a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; -| a ferryman. +|hinted | Definition: +| hinted imp. & p. p. of hint +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hired | Definition: @@ -30104,20 +27211,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | hire. see wage n. 2. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hireling | Definition: -| hireling a. serving for hire or wages; venal; -| mercenary. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hiss | Definition: -| hissing n. the act of emitting a hiss or hisses. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hissed | Definition: -| hiss v. i. to make a similar noise by any means; -| to pass with a sibilant sound; as the arrow -| hissed as it flew. +|hiring | Definition: +| hiring p. pr. & vb. n. of hire +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hissing | Definition: @@ -30127,61 +27223,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or whistling sound. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|historians | Definition: -| historiographer n. an historian; a writer of history; -| especially one appointed or designated to write -| a history; also a title bestowed by some governments -| upon historians of distinction. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|historical | Definition: -| trilogy n. a series of three dramas which although -| each of them is in one sense complete have -| a close mutual relation and form one historical -| and poetical picture. shakespeare's > henry -| vi. > is an example. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|histories | Definition: -| histories pl. of history +|historically | Definition: +| spagyrist n. one of a sect which arose in the +| days of alchemy who sought to discover remedies +| for disease by chemical means. the spagyrists +| historically preceded the iatrochemists. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hit | Definition: -| single n. a hit by a batter which enables him -| to reach first base only. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hither | Definition: -| transcurrence n. a roving hither and thither. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hitherto | Definition: -| maiden a. fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto -| unused. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hitherward | Definition: -| hitherward adv. toward this place; hither. -| +| unshot a. not hit by a shot; also not discharged +| or fired off. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hoar | Definition: -| hoar v. t. to become moldy or musty. -| +|hitch | Definition: +| sheepshank n. a hitch by which a rope may be temporarily +| shortened. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hoard | Definition: -| uphoard v. t. to hoard up. -| +|hitting | Definition: +| miss v. t. to fail of hitting reaching getting +| finding seeing hearing etc.; as to miss the +| mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being +| late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; +| to miss the point or meaning of something said. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hoarfrost | Definition: -| hoarfrost n. the white particles formed by the -| congelation of dew; white frost. -| +|hoarded | Definition: +| hoarded imp. & p. p. of hoard +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hoarse | Definition: @@ -30191,18 +27262,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | admixture of tone. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hoary | Definition: -| whistler n. the hoary or northern marmot (arctomys -| pruinosus). +|hoarsely | Definition: +| stertorous a. characterized by a deep snoring +| which accompaines inspiration in some diseases +| especially apoplexy; hence hoarsely breathing; +| snoring. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hod | Definition: -| trug n. a hod for mortar. +|hob | Definition: +| hub n. a screw hob. see hob 3. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hoist | Definition: +| whip v. t. a small tackle with a single rope used +| to hoist light bodies. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hoisting | Definition: -| tug n. an iron hook of a hoisting tub to which -| a tackle is affixed. +|hoisted | Definition: +| tye n. a chain or rope one end of which passes +| through the mast and is made fast to the center +| of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle +| by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hold | Definition: @@ -30217,6 +27299,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | holden of hold |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|holdfast | Definition: +| holdfast n. a conical or branching body by which +| a seaweed is attached to its support and differing +| from a root in that it is not specially absorbent +| of moisture. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |holding | Definition: | worktable n. a table for holding working materials | and implements; esp. a small table with drawers @@ -30225,9 +27314,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |holds | Definition: -| undertenant n. the tenant of a tenant; one who -| holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee. -| +| wadsetter n. one who holds by a wadset. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hole | Definition: @@ -30242,28 +27330,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|holies | Definition: -| sanctuary n. the most retired part of the temple -| at jerusalem called the holy of holies in which -| was kept the ark of the covenant and into which -| no person was permitted to enter except the -| high priest and he only once a year to intercede -| for the people; also the most sacred part of -| the tabernacle; also the temple at jerusalem. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|holily | Definition: -| holily adv. sacredly; inviolably. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|holiness | Definition: -| sanctify v. t. to make efficient as the means -| of holiness; to render productive of holiness -| or piety. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hollow | Definition: | water dropwort a european poisonous umbelliferous | plant (enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow @@ -30271,17 +27337,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|holm | Definition: -| sea holm sea holly. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|holocaust | Definition: -| holocaust n. sacrifice or loss of many lives as -| by the burning of a theater or a ship. [an -| extended use not authorized by careful writers.] -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |holy | Definition: | whitsunday n. the seventh sunday and the fiftieth | day after easter; a festival of the church @@ -30299,16 +27354,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|homeborn | Definition: -| homeborn a. of or pertaining to the home or family. -| +|homely | Definition: +| homely adv. plainly; rudely; coarsely; as homely +| dressed. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|homeward | Definition: +| homeward adv. alt. of homewards +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|homes | Definition: -| elopement n. the act of eloping; secret departure; -| -- said of a woman and a man one or both who -| run away from their homes for marriage or for -| cohabitation. +|homily | Definition: +| postil n. a short homily or commentary on a passage +| of scripture; as the first postils were composed +| by order of charlemagne. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |honest | Definition: @@ -30330,45 +27390,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|honesty | Definition: -| true-blue a. of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -| -- a term derived from the true or coventry -| blue formerly celebrated for its unchanging -| color. see true blue under blue. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|honey | Definition: -| zygodactylae n. pl. the zygodactylous birds. in -| a restricted sense applied to a division of -| birds which includes the barbets toucans honey -| guides and other related birds. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|honeycomb | Definition: -| reticulum n. the second stomach of ruminants in -| which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal -| cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|honor | Definition: -| wranglership n. the honor or position of being -| a wrangler at the university of cambridge england. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|honorably | Definition: -| honorably adv. decently; becomingly. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hoof | Definition: -| whole-hoofed a. having an undivided hoof as the -| horse. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hoofs | Definition: | miohippus n. an extinct miocene mammal of the | horse family closely related to the genus anhithecrium @@ -30383,15 +27404,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hooks | Definition: -| uncinus n. one of the peculiar minute chitinous -| hooks found in large numbers in the tori of -| tubicolous annelids belonging to the uncinata. +|hooked | Definition: +| whirl v. t. a revolving hook used in twisting +| as the hooked spindle of a rope machine to +| which the threads to be twisted are attached. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hooped | Definition: -| hooped imp. & p. p. of hoop +|hoops | Definition: +| unhoop v. t. to strip or deprive of hoops; to +| take away the hoops of. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hoot | Definition: +| whoop n. a shout of pursuit or of war; a very +| of eagerness enthusiasm enjoyment vengeance +| terror or the like; an halloo; a hoot or cry +| as of an owl. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hooted | Definition: +| hooted imp. & p. p. of hoot | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -30406,6 +27440,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|hopeful | Definition: +| pessimism n. a disposition to take the least hopeful +| view of things. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hopeless | Definition: +| ransom n. the release of a captive or of captured +| property by payment of a consideration; redemption; +| as prisoners hopeless of ransom. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hopelessly | Definition: +| stolid a. hopelessly insensible or stupid; not +| easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; +| foolish. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |hopes | Definition: | undo v. t. to bring to poverty; to impoverish; | to ruin as in reputation morals hopes or the @@ -30422,6 +27474,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|horizon | Definition: +| twilight n. the light perceived before the rising +| and after the setting of the sun or when the +| sun is less than 18¡ below the horizon occasioned +| by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere +| by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection +| on the earth. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|horizontal | Definition: +| windmill n. a mill operated by the power of the +| wind usually by the action of the wind upon +| oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a +| horizontal shaft. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|horizontally | Definition: +| zither n. 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 both hands in playing on it. [not +| to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern +| or cithern.] +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |horn | Definition: | whiffler n. an officer who went before procession | to clear the way by blowing a horn or otherwise; @@ -30430,23 +27508,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|horned | Definition: -| sidewinder n. see horned rattler under horned. +|hornpipe | Definition: +| hornpipe n. a lively tune played on a hornpipe +| for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|horns | Definition: -| zebu n. a bovine mammal (ros indicus) extensively -| domesticated in india china the east indies -| and east africa. it usually has short horns -| large pendulous ears slender legs a large dewlap -| and a large prominent hump over the shoulders; -| but these characters vary in different domestic -| breeds which range in size from that of the -| common ox to that of a large mastiff. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |horrible | Definition: | horrible a. exciting or tending to excite horror | or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; @@ -30472,25 +27539,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|horseback | Definition: -| vedette n. a sentinel usually on horseback stationed -| on the outpost of an army to watch an enemy -| and give notice of danger; a vidette. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|horseman | Definition: -| rutter n. a horseman or trooper. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|horsemen | Definition: -| tilt v. i. to run or ride and thrust with a lance; -| to practice the military game or exercise of -| thrusting with a lance as a combatant on horseback; -| to joust; also figuratively to engage in any -| combat or movement resembling that of horsemen -| tilting with lances. +|horsehair | Definition: +| snell n. a short line of horsehair gut etc. by +| which a fishhook is attached to a longer line. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |horses | Definition: @@ -30501,10 +27553,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hosanna | Definition: -| hosanna n. a hebrew exclamation of praise to the -| lord or an invocation of blessings. -| +|horseshoe | Definition: +| stub n. a stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also +| stub iron. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hosier | Definition: +| hosier n. one who deals in hose or stocking or +| in goods knit or woven like hose. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hospitality | Definition: @@ -30518,40 +27575,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | at an inn. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hostage | Definition: -| hostage n. a person given as a pledge or security -| for the performance of the conditions of a -| treaty or stipulations of any kind on the performance -| of which the person is to be released. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hostages | Definition: -| delivery n. the act of delivering up or over; -| surrender; transfer of the body or substance -| of a thing; distribution; as the delivery of -| a fort of hostages of a criminal of goods of -| letters. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hosts | Definition: -| particle n. the smaller hosts distributed in the -| communion of the laity. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hotly | Definition: -| hotly a. in a lustful manner; lustfully. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|houghed | Definition: -| houghed imp. & p. p. of hough -| +|hostility | Definition: +| vandalism n. the spirit or conduct of the vandals; +| ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and +| literature or willful destruction or defacement +| of their monuments. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|houp | Definition: -| houp n. see hoopoe. +|hound | Definition: +| staghound n. a large and powerful hound formerly +| used in hunting the stag the wolf and other +| large animals. the breed is nearly extinct. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hour | Definition: @@ -30561,6 +27596,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|housed | Definition: +| mowburn v. i. to heat and ferment in the mow as +| hay when housed too green. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |household | Definition: | voider n. a tray or basket formerly used to receive | or convey that which is voided or cleared away @@ -30571,23 +27612,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|householder | Definition: -| householder n. the master or head of a family; -| one who occupies a house with his family. -| +|housekeeper | Definition: +| housekeeper n. a house dog. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|households | Definition: -| hygiene n. that department of sanitary science -| which treats of the preservation of health -| esp. of households and communities; a system -| of principles or rules designated for the promotion -| of health. +|housekeeping | Definition: +| housekeeping a. domestic; used in a family; as +| housekeeping commodities. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|houseroom | Definition: -| houseroom n. room or place in a house; as to give -| any one houseroom. +|housemaid | Definition: +| housemaid n. a female servant employed to do housework +| esp. to take care of the rooms. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |houses | Definition: @@ -30598,6 +27637,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|housing | Definition: +| stabulation n. the act of stabling or housing +| beasts. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hover | Definition: +| syrphus fly any one of numerous species of dipterous +| flies of the genus syrphus and allied genera. +| they are usually bright-colored with yellow +| bands and hover around plants. the larvae feed +| upon plant lice and are therefore very beneficial +| to agriculture. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hovered | Definition: +| hovered imp. & p. p. of hover +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |hovering | Definition: | hoveringly adv. in a hovering manner. | @@ -30609,11 +27667,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|howl | Definition: -| ululate v. i. to howl as a dog or a wolf; to wail; -| as ululating jackals. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |howled | Definition: | howled imp. & p. p. of howl | @@ -30625,28 +27678,47 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | temperament. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|huckster | Definition: -| huckster v. i. to deal in small articles or in -| petty bargains. +|hue | Definition: +| yellow superl. 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. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hug | Definition: +| hug n. a close embrace or clasping with the arms +| as in affection or in wrestling. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|huge | Definition: -| vast superl. of great extent; very spacious or -| large; also huge in bulk; immense; enormous; -| as the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast -| empire of russia. +|hugged | Definition: +| hugged imp. & p. p. of hug +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hull | Definition: -| ship n. a dish or utensil (originally fashioned -| like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. -| +|hugging | Definition: +| hugging p. pr. & vb. n. of hug +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hulk | Definition: +| hulk v. t. to take out the entrails of; to disembowel; +| as to hulk a hare. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hulls | Definition: +| huller n. one who or that which hulls; especially +| an agricultural machine for removing the hulls +| from grain; a hulling machine. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|humane | Definition: -| kind-hearted a. having kindness of nature; sympathetic; -| characterized by a humane disposition; as a -| kind-hearted landlord. +|hum | Definition: +| murmur v. i. to make a low continued noise like +| the hum of bees a stream of water distant waves +| or the wind in a forest. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |humanity | Definition: @@ -30674,28 +27746,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|humbling | Definition: -| setdown n. the humbling of a person by act or -| words especially by a retort or a reproof; -| the retort or the reproof which has such effect. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |humbly | Definition: | humbly adv. with humility; lowly. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|humbug | Definition: +| humbug v. t. to deceive; to impose; to cajole; +| to hoax. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|humiliated | Definition: +| humiliation n. the state of being humiliated humbled +| or reduced to lowliness or submission. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |humiliation | Definition: | self-abasement n. humiliation or abasement proceeding | from consciousness of inferiority guilt or | shame. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|humility | Definition: -| stoop v. i. to yield; to submit; to bend as by -| compulsion; to assume a position of humility -| or subjection. +|humps | Definition: +| humpy a. full of humps or bunches; covered with +| protuberances; humped. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hunch | Definition: +| hunchback n. a back with a hunch or hump; also +| a hunchbacked person. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hundred | Definition: @@ -30707,11 +27787,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hundredfold | Definition: -| hundredfold n. a hundred times as much or as many. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hundreds | Definition: | round a. full; complete; not broken; not fractional; | approximately in even units tens hundreds thousands @@ -30737,11 +27812,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hungered | Definition: -| hungered a. hungry; pinched for food. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hungry | Definition: | ravenous a. devouring with rapacious eagerness; | furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as @@ -30749,6 +27819,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|hunk | Definition: +| hunk n. a large lump or piece; a hunch; as a hunk +| of bread. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |hunt | Definition: | wolf a. any one of several species of wild and | savage carnivores belonging to the genus canis @@ -30770,34 +27845,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hunter | Definition: -| roadster n. a hunter who keeps to the roads instead -| of following the hounds across country. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hunters | Definition: -| chase v. t. to pursue eagerly as hunters pursue -| game. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hunting | Definition: -| whaling n. the hunting of whales. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hurling | Definition: -| trebucket n. a military engine used in the middle -| ages for throwing stones etc. it acted by means -| of a great weight fastened to the short arm -| of a lever which being let fall raised the -| end of the long arm with great velocity hurling -| stones with much force. -| +| stalking-horse n. a horse or a figure resembling +| a horse behind which a hunter conceals himself +| from the game he is aiming to kill. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hurried | Definition: -| scurry n. act of scurring; hurried movement. -| +| slubberingly adv. in a slovenly or hurried and +| imperfect manner. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hurry | Definition: @@ -30805,15 +27861,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|hurrying | Definition: +| rapture n. a seizing by violence; a hurrying along; +| rapidity with violence. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |hurt | Definition: | wound n. to hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect | ingratitude or the like; to cause injury to. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hurtful | Definition: -| weed v. t. to free from anything hurtful or offensive. -| +|hurting | Definition: +| kind superl. showing tenderness or goodness; disposed +| to do good and confer happiness; averse to +| hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; +| gracious. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hurts | Definition: @@ -30829,80 +27893,50 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of a husband. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|husbandman | Definition: -| husbandry n. the business of a husbandman comprehending -| the various branches of agriculture; farming. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|husbandmen | Definition: -| vacuna n. the goddess of rural leisure to whom -| the husbandmen sacrificed at the close of the -| harvest. she was especially honored by the -| sabines. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|husbandry | Definition: -| serf v. t. a servant or slave employed in husbandry -| and in some countries attached to the soil -| and transferred with it as formerly in russia. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|husbands | Definition: -| trigamy n. the act of marrying or the state of -| being married three times; also the offense -| of having three husbands or three wives at -| the same time. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |hush | Definition: | whist v. t. to hush or silence. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|husks | Definition: -| shude n. the husks and other refuse of rice mills -| used to adulterate oil cake or linseed cake. -| +|hushed | Definition: +| whist v. i. to be or become silent or still; to +| be hushed or mute. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hyacinth | Definition: -| water hyacinth either of several tropical aquatic -| plants of the genus eichhornia related to the -| pickerel weed. +|hushing | Definition: +| hushing n. the process of washing ore or of uncovering +| mineral veins by a heavy discharge of water +| from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called +| booming. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hyades | Definition: -| taurus n. a zodiacal constellation containing -| the well-known clusters called the pleiades -| and the hyades in the latter of which is situated -| the remarkably bright aldebaran. -| +|huskily | Definition: +| huskily adv. in a husky manner; dryly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hymn | Definition: -| verse n. a stanza; a stave; as a hymn of four -| verses. +|husky | Definition: +| husky a. rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; +| as a husky voice. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hymns | Definition: -| wake n. an annual parish festival formerly held -| in commemoration of the dedication of a church. -| originally prayers were said on the evening -| preceding and hymns were sung during the night -| in the church; subsequently these vigils were -| discontinued and the day itself often with -| succeeding days was occupied in rural pastimes -| and exercises attended by eating and drinking -| often to excess. +|hut | Definition: +| wigwam n. an indian cabin or hut usually of a +| conical form and made of a framework of poles +| covered with hides bark or mats; -- called +| also tepee. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hypocrisy | Definition: -| sincerity n. the quality or state of being sincere; -| honesty of mind or intention; freedom from -| simulation hypocrisy disguise or false pretense; -| sincereness. +|hyde | Definition: +| park n. a piece of ground in or near a city or +| town inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; +| as hyde park in london; central park in new +| york. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|hymen | Definition: +| maidenhead n. the hymen or virginal membrane. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |hypocrite | Definition: @@ -30912,26 +27946,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|hypocritical | Definition: -| tartufe n. a hypocritical devotee. see the dictionary -| of noted names in fiction. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|hyssop | Definition: -| suffruticose a. woody in the lower part of the -| stem but with the yearly branches herbaceous -| as sage thyme hyssop and the like. -| +|hypothesis | Definition: +| transformism n. the hypothesis or doctrine that +| living beings have originated by the modification +| of some other previously existing forms of +| living matter; -- opposed to abiogenesis. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ibis | Definition: -| thoth n. the god of eloquence and letters among -| the ancient egyptians and supposed to be the -| inventor of writing and philosophy. he corresponded -| to the mercury of the romans and was usually -| represented as a human figure with the head -| of an ibis or a lamb. +|hypothetical | Definition: +| xanthogen n. the hypothetical radical supposed +| to be characteristic of xanthic acid. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ice | Definition: @@ -30940,82 +27966,85 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|idiomatic | Definition: -| under adv. in a lower subject or subordinate condition; -| in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic -| phrases; as to bring under to reduce to subjection; -| to subdue; to keep under to keep in subjection; -| to control; to go under to be unsuccessful; -| to fail. +|idea | Definition: +| word n. the spoken sign of a conception or an +| idea; an articulate or vocal sound or a combination +| of articulate and vocal sounds uttered by the +| human voice and by custom expressing an idea +| or ideas; a single component part of human +| speech or language; a constituent part of a +| sentence; a term; a vocable. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|idle | Definition: -| workhouse n. a house in which idle and vicious -| persons are confined to labor. -| +|ideas | Definition: +| writing n. the act or art of forming letters and +| characters on paper wood stone or other material +| for the purpose of recording the ideas which +| characters and words express or of communicating +| them to others by visible signs. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|idleness | Definition: -| rouse v. to excite to lively thought or action -| from a state of idleness languor stupidity -| or indifference; as to rouse the faculties -| passions or emotions. +|identical | Definition: +| xanthin n. one of the gaseous or volatile decomposition +| products of the xanthates and probably identical +| with carbon disulphide. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|idol | Definition: -| ting n. the apartment in a chinese temple where -| the idol is kept. +|identification | Definition: +| terbium n. 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. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|idolater | Definition: -| idolater n. a worshiper of idols; one who pays -| divine honors to images statues or representations -| of anything made by hands; one who worships -| as a deity that which is not god; a pagan. -| +|identified | Definition: +| zeus n. the chief deity of the greeks and ruler +| of the upper world (cf. hades). he was identified +| with jupiter. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|idolatrous | Definition: -| idolatrously adv. in a idolatrous manner. -| +|identify | Definition: +| relative a. characterizing or pertaining to chords +| and keys which by reason of the identify of +| some of their tones admit of a natural transition +| from one to the other. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|idolatry | Definition: -| sabianism n. the doctrine of the sabians; the -| sabian religion; that species of idolatry which -| consists in worshiping the sun moon and stars; -| heliolatry. +|identity | Definition: +| unison n. identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds +| proceeding from an equality in the number of +| vibrations made in a given time by two or more +| sonorous bodies. parts played or sung in octaves +| are also said to be in unison or in octaves. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|idols | Definition: -| idolatry n. the worship of idols images or anything -| which is not god; the worship of false gods. -| +|idiot | Definition: +| nidget n. a fool; an idiot a coward. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|idumea | Definition: -| idumean n. an inhabitant of idumea an edomite. -| +|idle | Definition: +| workhouse n. a house in which idle and vicious +| persons are confined to labor. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ignoble | Definition: -| parvanimity n. the state or quality of having -| a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; -| -- opposed to magnanimity. -| +|idolized | Definition: +| idolized imp. & p. p. of idolize +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ignominious | Definition: +|ignominiously | Definition: | ignominiously adv. in an ignominious manner; disgracefully; | shamefully; ingloriously. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ignominy | Definition: -| ignominy n. an act deserving disgrace; an infamous -| act. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |ignorance | Definition: | trail n. the act of taking advantage of the ignorance | of a person; an imposition. @@ -31023,15 +28052,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ignorant | Definition: -| unarted a. ignorant of the arts. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ignorantly | Definition: -| lamb n. a simple unsophisticated person; in the -| cant of the stock exchange one who ignorantly -| speculates and is victimized. -| +| unknow v. t. to fail of knowing; to be ignorant +| of. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ill | Definition: @@ -31039,12 +28061,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|illiterate | Definition: -| patois n. a dialect peculiar to the illiterate -| classes; a provincial form of speech. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |illness | Definition: | weed n. a sudden illness or relapse often attended | with fever which attacks women in childbed. @@ -31057,29 +28073,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|illumination | Definition: -| wick n. a bundle of fibers or a loosely twisted -| or braided cord tape or tube usually made of -| soft spun cotton threads which by capillary -| attraction draws up a steady supply of the -| oil in lamps the melted tallow or wax in candles -| or other material used for illumination in -| small successive portions to be burned. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|illuminations | Definition: -| padella n. a large cup or deep saucer containing -| fatty matter in which a wick is placed -- used -| for public illuminations as at st. peter's -| in rome. called also padelle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|illusions | Definition: -| tregetour n. a juggler who produces illusions -| by the use of elaborate machinery. -| +|illusion | Definition: +| in- prep. a prefix from eng. prep. in also from +| lat. prep. in meaning in into on among; as +| inbred inborn inroad; incline inject intrude. +| in words from the latin in- regularly becomes +| il- before l ir- before r and im- before a +| labial; as illusion irruption imblue immigrate +| impart. in- is sometimes used with an simple +| intensive force. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |illustrate | Definition: @@ -31091,26 +28093,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|illustrated | Definition: -| quixotism n. that form of delusion which leads -| to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices -| in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of -| duty or honor as illustrated by the exploits -| of don quixote in knight-errantry. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|illustrious | Definition: -| valhalla n. fig.: a hall or temple adorned with -| statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; -| specifically the pantheon near ratisbon in -| bavaria consecrated to the illustrious dead -| of all germany. +|illustration | Definition: +| yawl-rigged a. having two masts with fore-and-aft +| sails but differing from a schooner in that +| the after mast is very small and stepped as +| far aft as possible. see illustration in appendix. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |imaginary | Definition: -| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16� -| or 18� broad in the middle of which is the +| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16¡ +| or 18¡ broad in the middle of which is the | ecliptic or sun's path. it comprises the twelve | constellations which one constituted and from | which were named the twelve signs of the zodiac. @@ -31124,12 +28117,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a daydreamer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|imaginations | Definition: -| dreamer n. a visionary; one lost in wild imaginations -| or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as -| a political dreamer. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |imagine | Definition: | suspicious a. liable to suspicion; adapted to | raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; @@ -31143,15 +28130,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the water. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|imagining | Definition: +| supposition n. the act of supposing laying down +| imagining or considering as true or existing +| what is known not to be true or what is not +| proved. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|imbecility | Definition: +| imbecilities pl. of imbecility +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |imbruing | Definition: | imbruement n. the act of imbruing or state of | being imbrued. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|imitate | Definition: -| travesty v. t. to translate imitate or represent -| so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous. -| +|imbued | Definition: +| whole-souled a. thoroughly imbued with a right +| spirit; noble-minded; devoted. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |imitated | Definition: @@ -31161,12 +28160,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|imitating | Definition: -| stockinet n. an elastic textile fabric imitating -| knitting of which stockings under-garments -| etc. are made. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |imitation | Definition: | wig n. a covering for the head consisting of hair | interwoven or united by a kind of network either @@ -31179,10 +28172,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|immaculate | Definition: -| immaculate a. without stain or blemish; spotless; -| undefiled; clear; pure. -| +|immeasurably | Definition: +| infinite a. without limit in power capacity knowledge +| or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably +| great; perfect; as the infinite wisdom and +| goodness of god; -- opposed to finite. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |immediate | Definition: @@ -31214,44 +28209,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|immoderate | Definition: -| self-worship n. the idolizing of one's self; immoderate -| self-conceit. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|immodest | Definition: -| leer n. a distorted expression of the face or -| an indirect glance of the eye conveying a sinister -| or immodest suggestion. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|immodesty | Definition: -| immodesty n. want of modesty delicacy or decent -| reserve; indecency. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|immolate | Definition: -| sacrifice n. to make an offering of; to consecrate -| or present to a divinity by way of expiation -| or propitiation or as a token acknowledgment -| or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of -| god in order to atone for sin to procure favor -| or to express thankfulness; as to sacrifice -| an ox or a sheep. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|immolated | Definition: -| victim n. a living being sacrificed to some deity -| or in the performance of a religious rite; -| a creature immolated or made an offering of. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|immolating | Definition: -| immolation n. the act of immolating or the state -| of being immolated or sacrificed. -| +|immensity | Definition: +| world n. as an emblem of immensity a great multitude +| or quantity; a large number. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |immortal | Definition: @@ -31261,38 +28222,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|immortality | Definition: -| valhalla n. the palace of immortality inhabited -| by the souls of heroes slain in battle. -| +|immovable | Definition: +| uti possidetis a species of interdict granted +| to one who was in possession of an immovable +| thing in order that he might be declared the +| legal possessor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|immunity | Definition: -| vaccine n. any preparation used to render an organism -| immune to some disease by inducing or increasing -| the natural immunity mechanisms. prior to 1995 -| such preparations usually contained killed -| organisms of the type for which immunity was -| desired and sometimes used live organisms having -| attenuated virulence. since that date preparations -| containing only specific antigenic portions -| of the pathogenic organism are also used some -| of which are prepared by genetic engineering -| techniques. +|imp | Definition: +| imp n. to graft with new feathers as a wing; to +| splice a broken feather. hence fig.: to repair; +| to extend; to increase; to strengthen to equip. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|immutability | Definition: -| immutability n. the state or quality of being -| immutable; immutableness. -| +|impair | Definition: +| wear v. t. to impair waste or diminish by continual +| attrition scraping percussion on the like; +| to consume gradually; to cause to lower or +| disappear; to spend. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|immutable | Definition: -| fate n. a fixed decree by which the order of things -| is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; -| inevitable necessity; the force by which all -| existence is determined and conditioned. -| +|impaired | Definition: +| wind-broken a. having the power of breathing impaired +| by the rupture dilatation or running together +| of air cells of the lungs so that while the +| inspiration is by one effort the expiration +| is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema +| or with heaves; -- said of a horse. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |impart | Definition: @@ -31310,20 +28268,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|impartiality | Definition: +| impartiality n. the quality of being impartial; +| freedom from bias or favoritism; disinterestedness; +| equitableness; fairness; as impartiality of +| judgment of treatment etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |imparting | Definition: | xanthic a. possessing imparting or producing a | yellow color; as xanthic acid. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impassable | Definition: -| innavigable a. incapable of being navigated; impassable -| by ships or vessels. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |impatience | Definition: -| winch n. a kick as of a beast from impatience -| or uneasiness. +| winch v. i. to wince; to shrink; to kick with +| impatience or uneasiness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |impatient | Definition: @@ -31332,24 +28294,72 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impediment | Definition: -| tongue-tied a. destitute of the power of distinct -| articulation; having an impediment in the speech -| esp. when caused by a short fraenum. -| +|impatiently | Definition: +| impatiently adv. in an impatient manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impenitence | Definition: -| impenitence n. the condition of being impenitent; -| failure or refusal to repent; hardness of heart. +|impede | Definition: +| impede v. t. to hinder; to stop in progress; to +| obstruct; as to impede the advance of troops. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impenitent | Definition: -| impenitent n. one who is not penitent. +|impel | Definition: +| touch v. t. to influence by impulse; to impel +| forcibly. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|impelled | Definition: +| violent a. moving or acting with physical strength; +| urged or impelled with force; excited by strong +| feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; +| fierce; furious; severe; as a violent blow; +| the violent attack of a disease. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|impended | Definition: +| impended imp. & p. p. of impend +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|impending | Definition: +| save a. to make safe; to procure the safety of; +| to preserve from injury destruction or evil +| of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; +| as to save a house from the flames. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|impenetrably | Definition: +| impenetrably adv. in an impenetrable manner or +| state; imperviously. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|imperative | Definition: +| worth v. i. to be; to become; to betide; -- now +| used only in the phrases woe worth the day +| woe worth the man etc. in which the verb is +| in the imperative and the nouns day man etc. +| are in the dative. woe be to the day woe be +| to the man etc. are equivalent phrases. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|imperceptible | Definition: +| steal v. t. to get into one's power gradually +| and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession +| of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; +| -- with away. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|imperceptibly | Definition: +| slide n. a sound which by a gradual change in +| the position of the vocal organs passes imperceptibly +| into another sound. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |imperfect | Definition: | yead v. i. properly a variant of the defective | imperfect yode but sometimes mistaken for a @@ -31357,33 +28367,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|imperfection | Definition: -| waster v. t. an imperfection in the wick of a -| candle causing it to waste; -- called also -| a thief. +|imperfectly | Definition: +| worker n. one of the neuter or sterile individuals +| of the social ants bees and white ants. the +| workers are generally females having the sexual +| organs imperfectly developed. see ant and white +| ant under white. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|imperial | Definition: -| ukase n. in russia a published proclamation or -| imperial order having the force of law. -| +|imperilled | Definition: +| imperilled of imperil |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impieties | Definition: -| impieties pl. of impiety +|imperiously | Definition: +| imperiously adv. in an imperious manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impiety | Definition: -| impiety n. an impious act; an act of wickednes. -| +|impertinent | Definition: +| whisk n. an impertinent fellow. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impious | Definition: -| southcottian n. a follower of joanna southcott -| (1750-1814) an englishwoman who professing -| to have received a miraculous calling preached -| and prophesied and committed many impious absurdities. -| +|impetuosity | Definition: +| rush v. t. to push or urge forward with impetuosity +| or violence; to hurry forward. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |impiously | Definition: @@ -31395,6 +28404,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of deity. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|implements | Definition: +| workbag n. a bag for holding implements or materials +| for work; especially a reticule or bag for +| holding needlework and the like. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|implicate | Definition: +| inculpate v. t. to blame; to impute guilt to; +| to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|implication | Definition: +| rascally a. like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; +| base; worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement +| without implication of dishonesty. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |implies | Definition: | warrant n. to assure as a thing sold to the purchaser; | that is to engage that the thing is what it @@ -31403,31 +28432,38 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | incurred by it. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|imports | Definition: -| zollverein n. literally a customs union; specifically -| applied to the several customs unions successively -| formed under the leadership of prussia among -| certain german states for establishing liberty -| of commerce among themselves and common tariff -| on imports exports and transit. -| +|implored | Definition: +| implored imp. & p. p. of implore +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|importunate | Definition: -| importunate a. hard to be borne; unendurable. +|imply | Definition: +| understand v. t. to mean without expressing; to +| imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|importunity | Definition: -| worry v. t. to harass or beset with importunity -| or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; -| to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; -| to plague. +|implying | Definition: +| word n. language considered as implying the faith +| or authority of the person who utters it; statement; +| affirmation; declaration; promise. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impose | Definition: -| trump v. t. to impose unfairly; to palm off. -| +|importance | Definition: +| value v. t. to estimate the value or worth of; +| to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to +| reckon with respect to number power importance +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|importing | Definition: +| prisage n. a right belonging to the crown of england +| of taking two tuns of wine from every ship +| importing twenty tuns or more -- one before +| and one behind the mast. by charter of edward +| i. butlerage was substituted for this. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |imposed | Definition: @@ -31435,20 +28471,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of the law. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|imposes | Definition: -| tyrant n. specifically a monarch or other ruler -| or master who uses power to oppress his subjects; -| a person who exercises unlawful authority or -| lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one -| who by taxation injustice or cruel punishment -| or the demand of unreasonable services imposes -| burdens and hardships on those under his control -| which law and humanity do not authorize or -| which the purposes of government do not require; -| a cruel master; an oppressor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |imposing | Definition: | triumph n. a magnificent and imposing ceremonial | performed in honor of a general who had gained @@ -31456,10 +28478,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|imposition | Definition: -| taille n. any imposition levied by the king or -| any other lord upon his subjects. -| +|impossibilities | Definition: +| impossibilities pl. of impossibility +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|impossibility | Definition: +| nightmare n. a condition in sleep usually caused +| by improper eating or by digestive or nervous +| troubles and characterized by a sense of extreme +| uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the +| chest or stomach impossibility of motion or +| speech etc.) or by frightful or oppressive +| dreams from which one wakes after extreme anxiety +| in a troubled state of mind; incubus. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |impossible | Definition: @@ -31467,21 +28500,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | impenetrable. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impotent | Definition: -| spado n. an impotent person. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|impoverished | Definition: -| spanaemic a. of or pertaining to spanaemia; having -| impoverished blood. +|impostor | Definition: +| sophist n. hence an impostor in argument; a captious +| or fallacious reasoner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|imprecation | Definition: -| on prep. to the account of; -- denoting imprecation -| or invocation or coming to falling or resting -| upon; as on us be all the blame; a curse on -| him. +|impracticable | Definition: +| utopianism n. the ideas views aims etc. of a utopian; +| impracticable schemes of human perfection; +| optimism. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |imprecations | Definition: @@ -31491,10 +28519,56 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |impregnable | Definition: -| impregnable a. not to be stormed or taken by assault; -| incapable of being subdued; able to resist -| attack; unconquerable; as an impregnable fortress; -| impregnable virtue. +| impregnable a. capable of being impregnated as +| the egg of an animal or the ovule of a plant. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|impress | Definition: +| write v. t. to impress durably; to imprint; to +| engrave; as truth written on the heart. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|impressed | Definition: +| weak v. i. not able to withstand temptation urgency +| persuasion etc.; easily impressed moved or +| overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as weak resolutions; +| weak virtue. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|impressibility | Definition: +| impressibility n. the quality of being impressible; +| susceptibility. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|impressing | Definition: +| stigmatical a. impressing with infamy or reproach. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|impression | Definition: +| xylograph n. an engraving on wood or the impression +| from such an engraving; a print by xylography. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|impressions | Definition: +| visionary a. affected by phantoms; disposed to +| receive impressions on the imagination; given +| to reverie; apt to receive and act upon fancies +| as if they were realities. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|impressive | Definition: +| sublime superl. awakening or expressing the emotion +| of awe adoration veneration heroic resolve +| etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- +| said of an impressive object in nature of an +| action of a discourse of a work of art of a +| spectacle etc.; as sublime scenery; a sublime +| deed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |imprisoned | Definition: @@ -31511,6 +28585,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|improbabilities | Definition: +| improbabilities pl. of improbability +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |improbable | Definition: | possibly adv. in a possible manner; by possible | means; especially by extreme remote or improbable @@ -31519,22 +28598,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|imprudence | Definition: -| imprudence n. the quality or state of being imprudent; -| want to caution circumspection or a due regard -| to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; -| reshness; also an imprudent act; as he was -| guilty of an imprudence. -| +|improve | Definition: +| snug v. t. to rub as twine or rope so as to make +| it smooth and improve the finish. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|imprudent | Definition: -| imprudence n. the quality or state of being imprudent; -| want to caution circumspection or a due regard -| to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; -| reshness; also an imprudent act; as he was -| guilty of an imprudence. -| +|improved | Definition: +| step v. i. the space passed over by one movement +| of the foot in walking or running; as one step +| is generally about three feet but may be more +| or less. used also figuratively of any kind +| of progress; as he improved step by step or +| by steps. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|improving | Definition: +| stationary a. not improving or getting worse; +| not growing wiser greater better more excellent +| or the contrary. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |impudence | Definition: @@ -31544,22 +28626,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | some object. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impudent | Definition: -| varlet n. hence a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; -| as an impudent varlet. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|impudently | Definition: -| impudently adv. in an impudent manner; with unbecoming -| assurance; shamelessly. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|impugned | Definition: -| impugned imp. & p. p. of impugn -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |impulse | Definition: | waft v. t. to cause to move or go in a wavy manner | or by the impulse of waves as of water or air; @@ -31568,74 +28634,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impunity | Definition: -| impunity n. exemption or freedom from punishment -| harm or loss. +|inability | Definition: +| unsuffering n. inability or incapability of enduring +| or of being endured. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impurities | Definition: -| shingling n. the process of expelling scoriae -| and other impurities by hammering and squeezing -| in the production of wrought iron. -| +|inaccessibility | Definition: +| inaccessibility n. the quality or state of being +| inaccessible; inaccessibleness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impurity | Definition: -| iron n. the most common and most useful metallic -| element being of almost universal occurrence -| usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite -| magnetite etc.) or a hydrous oxide (as limonite -| turgite etc.). it is reduced on an enormous -| scale in three principal forms; viz. cast iron -| steel and wrought iron. iron usually appears -| dark brown from oxidation or impurity but when -| pure or on a fresh surface is a gray or white -| metal. it is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture -| and is attacked by many corrosive agents. symbol -| fe (latin ferrum). atomic weight 55.9. specific -| gravity pure iron 7.86; cast iron 7.1. in magnetic -| properties it is superior to all other substances. +|inaction | Definition: +| rusty superl. impaired by inaction disuse or neglect. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|impute | Definition: -| wrong v. t. to impute evil to unjustly; as if -| you suppose me capable of a base act you wrong -| me. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|imputed | Definition: -| reputation v. t. the character imputed to a person -| in the community in which he lives. it is admissible -| in evidence when he puts his character in issue -| or when such reputation is otherwise part of -| the issue of a case. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|imputing | Definition: -| pejorative a. implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; -| disparaging; unfavorable. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inaccessible | Definition: -| refuge n. that which shelters or protects from -| danger or from distress or calamity; a stronghold -| which protects by its strength or a sanctuary -| which secures safety by its sacredness; a place -| inaccessible to an enemy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inactive | Definition: -| unactive v. t. to render inactive or listless. -| +|inappropriate | Definition: +| neat a. free from what is unbecoming inappropriate +| or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with +| simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as a neat style; +| a neat dress. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inanimate | Definition: -| thing n. an inanimate object in distinction from -| a living being; any lifeless material. -| +|inaptitude | Definition: +| inaptitude n. want of aptitude. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |inasmuch | Definition: @@ -31655,26 +28679,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inbred | Definition: -| inbred imp. & p. p. of inbreed -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |incapable | Definition: | weka n. a new zealand rail (ocydromus australis) | which has wings so short as to be incapable | of flight. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incarnation | Definition: -| satanophany n. an incarnation of satan; a being -| possessed by a demon. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|incense | Definition: -| thurification n. the act of fuming with incense -| or the act of burning incense. -| +|incapacity | Definition: +| substitution n. the designation of a person in +| a will to take a devise or legacy either on +| failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity +| or unwillingness to accept or after him. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |incensed | Definition: @@ -31683,19 +28699,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and eyes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incest | Definition: -| incest n. the crime of cohabitation or sexual -| commerce between persons related within the -| degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law. +|inch | Definition: +| water inch same as inch of water under water. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incestuous | Definition: -| incesttuous a. guilty of incest; involving or -| pertaining to the crime of incest; as an incestuous -| person or connection. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |inches | Definition: | yard v. i. a measure of length equaling three | feet or thirty-six inches being the standard @@ -31710,16 +28718,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of justice. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incisions | Definition: -| trisected a. divided into three parts or segments -| by incisions extending to the midrib or to -| the base; -- said of leaves. -| +|incidental | Definition: +| underaction n. subordinate action; a minor action +| incidental or subsidiary to the main story; +| an episode. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incited | Definition: -| motiveless a. destitute of a motive; not incited -| by a motive. +|incidentally | Definition: +| punishment n. a penalty inflicted by a court of +| justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution +| and incidentally for the purposes of reformation +| and prevention. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|incidents | Definition: +| scenario n. a preliminary sketch of the plot or +| main incidents of an opera. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|incipient | Definition: +| wort n. an infusion of malt which is unfermented +| or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet +| infusion of malt which ferments and forms beer; +| hence any similar liquid in a state of incipient +| fermentation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |inclination | Definition: @@ -31738,112 +28761,129 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incline | Definition: -| will adv. to wish; to desire; to incline to have. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |inclined | Definition: | yielding a. inclined to give way or comply; flexible; | compliant; accommodating; as a yielding temper. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inclosed | Definition: -| yard n. an inclosure; usually a small inclosed -| place in front of or around a house or barn; -| as a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard. -| +|inclining | Definition: +| yttro-cerite n. a mineral of a violet-blue color +| inclining to gray and white. it is a hydrous +| fluoride of cerium yttrium and calcium. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incommunicable | Definition: -| incommunicable a. not communicable; incapable -| of being communicated shared told or imparted -| to others. +|inclusive | Definition: +| inclusive a. comprehending the stated limit or +| extremes; as from monday to saturday inclusive +| that is taking in both monday and saturday; +| -- opposed to exclusive. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incomprehensible | Definition: -| incomprehensible a. not capable of being comprehended -| or understood; beyond the reach of the human -| intellect; inconceivable. -| +|incoherent | Definition: +| rabble v. i. a confused incoherent discourse; +| a medley of voices; a chatter. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inconsiderable | Definition: -| pittance n. a meager portion quantity or allowance; -| an inconsiderable salary or compensation. -| +|incoherently | Definition: +| incoherently adv. in an incoherent manner; without +| due connection of parts. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inconsiderate | Definition: -| inconsiderately adv. in an inconsiderate manner. -| +|income | Definition: +| tenth n. the tenth part of annual produce income +| increase or the like; a tithe. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inconsiderately | Definition: -| light superl. easily bestowed; inconsiderately -| rendered. +|incommoded | Definition: +| incommode v. t. to give inconvenience or trouble +| to; to disturb or molest; to discommode; to +| worry; to put out; as we are incommoded by +| want of room. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inconsistent | Definition: -| inconsistently adv. in an inconsistent manner. +|incompatibility | Definition: +| incompatibility n. the quality or state of being +| incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inconstancy | Definition: -| inconstancy n. the quality or state of being inconstant; -| want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; -| variableness. +|incompatible | Definition: +| incompatibly adv. in an incompatible manner; inconsistently; +| incongruously. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inconstant | Definition: -| weathercock n. hence any thing or person that -| turns easily and frequently; one who veers -| with every change of current opinion; a fickle -| inconstant person. +|incompetence | Definition: +| incompetence n. alt. of incompetency +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incontinency | Definition: -| incontinency n. the inability of any of the animal -| organs to restrain the natural evacuations -| so that the discharges are involuntary; as -| incontinence of urine. +|incomplete | Definition: +| velleity n. the lowest degree of desire; imperfect +| or incomplete volition. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incontinent | Definition: -| incontinently adv. in an incontinent manner; without -| restraint or without due restraint; -- used -| esp. of the passions or appetites. -| +|incomprehensible | Definition: +| incomprehensible a. not capable of being comprehended +| or understood; beyond the reach of the human +| intellect; inconceivable. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incorrigible | Definition: -| vagrant n. one who strolls from place to place; -| one who has no settled habitation; an idle -| wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible -| rogue; a vagabond. +|inconceivable | Definition: +| inconceivable a. not conceivable; incapable of +| being conceived by the mind; not explicable +| by the human intellect or by any known principles +| or agencies; incomprehensible; as it is inconceivable +| to us how the will acts in producing muscular +| motion. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incorrigibleness | Definition: -| incorrigibleness n. incorrigibility. -| +|incongruity | Definition: +| solecism n. 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. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incorruptibility | Definition: -| incorruptibility n. the quality of being incorruptible; -| incapability of corruption. -| +|incongruous | Definition: +| patchwork n. work composed of pieces sewed together +| esp. pieces of various colors and figures; +| hence anything put together of incongruous +| or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly +| clumsily composed; a thing putched up. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|inconsistency | Definition: +| solecism n. any inconsistency unfitness absurdity +| or impropriety as in deeds or manners. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incorruptible | Definition: -| incorruptibly adv. in an incorruptible manner. +|inconsistent | Definition: +| inconsistently adv. in an inconsistent manner. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incorruption | Definition: -| incorruption n. the condition or quality of being -| incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of or exemption -| from corruption. +|inconvenience | Definition: +| trespass v. i. to go too far; to put any one to +| inconvenience by demand or importunity; to +| intrude; as to trespass upon the time or patience +| of another. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|inconveniently | Definition: +| inconveniently adv. in an inconvenient manner; +| incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |increased | Definition: @@ -31868,58 +28908,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | techniques. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|increasingly | Definition: -| increasingly adv. more and more. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |incredible | Definition: | stumper n. a puzzling or incredible story. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incredulity | Definition: -| incredulity n. the state or quality of being i/credulous; -| a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; -| unbelief; disbelief. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |incredulous | Definition: | unbeliever n. one who does not believe; an incredulous | person; a doubter; a skeptic. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inculcate | Definition: -| sermonize v. i. to inculcate rigid rules. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inculcated | Definition: -| wesleyanism n. the system of doctrines and church -| polity inculcated by john wesley (b. 1703; -| d. 1791) the founder of the religious sect -| called methodist; methodism. see methodist -| n. 2. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inculcates | Definition: -| judaizer n. one who conforms to or inculcates -| judaism; specifically pl. (ch. hist.) those -| jews who accepted christianity but still adhered -| to the law of moses and worshiped in the temple -| at jerusalem. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|incur | Definition: -| warning n. caution against danger or against faults -| or evil practices which incur danger; admonition; -| monition. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|incurable | Definition: -| insanably adv. in an incurable manner. -| +|incubated | Definition: +| incubated imp. & p. p. of incubate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |incurred | Definition: @@ -31930,22 +28932,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | incurred by it. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|incurs | Definition: -| wage v. t. that which is staked or ventured; that -| for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; -| gage. +|incursion | Definition: +| raid n. a hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad +| or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid +| invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |indebted | Definition: -| obligation n. the state of being obligated or -| bound; the state of being indebted for an act -| of favor or kindness; as to place others under -| obligations to one. +| owe v. to have an obligation to (some one) on +| account of something done or received; to be +| indebted to; as to iwe the grocer for supplies +| or a laborer for services. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|indecently | Definition: -| sluttish a. like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent -| of cleanliness; disorderly; as a sluttish woman. +|indecision | Definition: +| indecision n. want of decision; want of settled +| purpose or of firmness; indetermination; wavering +| of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -31961,32 +28966,57 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|indefinably | Definition: +| indefinably adv. in an indefinable manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|indefinite | Definition: +| woman v. t. to act the part of a woman in; -- +| with indefinite it. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|indelible | Definition: +| tattoo n. an indelible mark or figure made by +| puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment +| into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation +| practiced by various barbarous races both in +| ancient and modern times and also by some among +| civilized nations especially by sailors. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|indentures | Definition: +| tripartite v. i. having three corresponding parts +| or copies; as to make indentures tripartite. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|independence | Definition: +| timeserving n. an obsequious compliance with the +| spirit of the times or the humors of those +| in power which implies a surrender of one's +| independence and sometimes of one's integrity. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |independent | Definition: -| un- adv. those which have the value of independent -| words inasmuch as the simple words are either -| not used at all or are rarely or at least much -| less frequently used; as unavoidable unconscionable -| undeniable unspeakable unprecedented unruly -| and the like; or inasmuch as they are used -| in a different sense from the usual meaning -| of the primitive or especially in one of the -| significations of the latter; as unaccountable -| unalloyed unbelieving unpretending unreserved -| and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently -| and familiarly used that they are hardly felt -| to be of negative origin; as uncertain uneven -| and the like. +| voter n. one who votes; one who has a legal right +| to vote or give his suffrage; an elector; a +| suffragist; as an independent voter. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|indian | Definition: -| zizania n. a genus of grasses including indian -| rice. see indian rice under rice. -| +|independently | Definition: +| without prep. not with; otherwise than with; in +| absence of separation from or destitution of; +| not with use or employment of; independently +| of; exclusively of; with omission; as without +| labor; without damage. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|indians | Definition: -| zu/is n. pl. a tribe of pueblo indians occupying -| a village in new mexico on the zu/i river. +|indescribable | Definition: +| indescribable a. incapable of being described. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -31998,55 +29028,89 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|indicating | Definition: -| you dat. & obj. the pronoun of the second person -| in the nominative dative and objective case -| indicating the person or persons addressed. -| see the note under ye. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|indifferent | Definition: -| warm superl. fig.: not cool indifferent lukewarm -| or the like in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; -| fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. -| +|indicated | Definition: +| whether conj. in case; if; -- used to introduce +| the first or two or more alternative clauses +| the other or others being connected by or or +| by or whether. when the second of two alternatives +| is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes +| only indicated by the particle not or no after +| the correlative and sometimes it is omitted +| entirely as being distinctly implied in the +| whether of the first. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|indifferently | Definition: -| indifferently adv. in an indifferent manner; without -| distinction or preference; impartially; without -| concern wish affection or aversion; tolerably; -| passably. +|indicative | Definition: +| wert the second person singular indicative and +| subjunctive moods imperfect tense of the verb +| be. it is formed from were with the ending +| -t after the analogy of wast. now used only +| in solemn or poetic style. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|indigence | Definition: -| indigence n. the condition of being indigent; -| want of estate or means of comfortable subsistence; -| penury; poverty; as helpless indigence. -| +|indies | Definition: +| zedoary n. a medicinal substance obtained in the +| east indies having a fragrant smell and a warm +| bitter aromatic taste. it is used in medicine +| as a stimulant. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|indigent | Definition: -| proletariat n. the indigent class in the state; -| the body of proletarians. -| +|indifference | Definition: +| utilitarian a. of or pertaining to utility; consisting +| in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished +| from beauty ornament etc.; sometimes reproachfully +| evincing or characterized by a regard for utility +| of a lower kind or marked by a sordid spirit; +| as utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference +| to art. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|indifferent | Definition: +| warm superl. fig.: not cool indifferent lukewarm +| or the like in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; +| fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|indignant | Definition: +| resent v. t. in a bad sense to take ill; to consider +| as an injury or affront; to be indignant at. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|indignantly | Definition: +| indignantly adv. in an indignant manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |indignation | Definition: -| self-indignation n. indignation at one's own character -| or actions. +| that pron. a. conj. & in an elliptical sentence +| to introduce a dependent sentence expressing +| a wish or a cause of surprise indignation or +| the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |indirectly | Definition: -| undecolic a. pertaining to or designating an acid -| c11h18o2 of the propiolic acid series obtained -| indirectly from undecylenic acid as a white -| crystalline substance. +| vaccinate v. t. to inoculate with the cowpox by +| means of a virus called vaccine taken either +| directly or indirectly from cows. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|indiscriminate | Definition: +| prostitution n. the act or practice of prostituting +| or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse +| with men; common lewdness of a woman. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|indiscreet | Definition: -| indiscretion n. an indiscreet act; indiscreet -| behavior. +|indispensable | Definition: +| necessary n. a thing that is necessary or indispensable +| to some purpose; something that one can not +| do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used +| chiefly in the plural; as the necessaries of +| life. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |indisputable | Definition: @@ -32055,36 +29119,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|indissoluble | Definition: -| indissolubly adv. in an indissoluble manner. -| +|indistinct | Definition: +| shadow n. an imperfect and faint representation; +| adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying +| forth; hence mystical representation; type. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|indolent | Definition: -| wem n. an indolent encysted tumor of the skin; -| especially a sebaceous cyst. -| +|indite | Definition: +| indite v. i. to compose; to write as a poem. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |induce | Definition: -| seduce v. t. specifically to induce to surrender -| chastity; to debauch by means of solicitation. -| +| sleepy n. tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; +| somniferous; as a sleepy drink or potion. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |induced | Definition: -| tarnish a. to soil or change the appearance of -| especially by an alternation induced by the -| air or by dust or the like; to diminish dull -| or destroy the luster of; to sully; as to tarnish -| a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the -| purity of color. +| thermopile n. an instrument of extreme sensibility +| used to determine slight differences and degrees +| of heat. it is composed of alternate bars of +| antimony and bismuth or any two metals having +| different capacities for the conduction of +| heat connected with an astatic galvanometer +| which is very sensibly affected by the electric +| current induced in the system of bars when +| exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|indulge | Definition: -| whim v. i. to be subject to or indulge in whims; -| to be whimsical giddy or freakish. -| +|inducted | Definition: +| provisor n. one who is regularly inducted into +| a benefice. see provision 5. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |indulged | Definition: @@ -32098,9 +29167,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|industries | Definition: -| industries pl. of industry -| +|indulging | Definition: +| woolgathering a. indulging in a vagrant or idle +| exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a +| fruitless quest; idly fanciful. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |industrious | Definition: @@ -32111,26 +29182,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inebriate | Definition: -| inebriate n. one who is drunk or intoxicated; -| esp. an habitual drunkard; as an asylum fro -| inebriates. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inebriated | Definition: -| inebriated imp. & p. p. of inebriate -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ineffable | Definition: -| ineffableness n. the quality or state of being -| ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness. +|ineffectually | Definition: +| taint v. i. to thrust ineffectually with a lance. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inestimable | Definition: -| unvalued a. having inestimable value; invaluable. -| +|inefficacy | Definition: +| inefficacy n. want of power to produce the desired +| or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; +| futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as the +| inefficacy of medicines or means. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |inevitable | Definition: @@ -32140,26 +29202,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | necessitarianism. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inexcusable | Definition: -| inexcusable a. not excusable; not admitting excuse -| or justification; as inexcusable folly. -| +|inevitably | Definition: +| necessitarianism n. the doctrine of philosophical +| necessity; the doctrine that results follow +| by invariable sequence from causes and esp. +| that the will is not free but that human actions +| and choices result inevitably from motives; +| deteminism. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inexhaustible | Definition: -| inexhaustible a. incapable of being exhausted -| emptied or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted -| or spent; as inexhaustible stores of provisions; -| an inexhaustible stock of elegant words. -| +|inexcusably | Definition: +| inexcusably adv. with a degree of guilt or folly +| beyond excuse or justification. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inexorable | Definition: -| inexorable a. not to be persuaded or moved by -| entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; -| unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as an -| inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable -| judge. +|inexplicable | Definition: +| superchemical a. above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable +| by chemical laws. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|inexpressible | Definition: +| un- adv. those which are anomalous provincial +| or for some other reason not desirable to be +| used and are so indicated; as unpure for impure +| unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction unexpressible +| for inexpressible and the like. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|inexpressibly | Definition: +| inexpressibly adv. in an inexpressible manner +| or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|infallible | Definition: +| infallibly adv. in an infallible manner; certainly; +| unfailingly; unerringly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |infamous | Definition: @@ -32170,13 +29251,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|infamy | Definition: -| traditor n. a deliverer; -- a name of infamy given -| to christians who delivered the scriptures -| or the goods of the church to their persecutors -| to save their lives. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |infancy | Definition: | youth n. the part of life that succeeds to childhood; | the period of existence preceding maturity @@ -32200,22 +29274,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|infatuate | Definition: -| infatuate v. t. to inspire with a foolish and -| extravagant passion; as to be infatuated with -| gaming. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|infatuated | Definition: -| infatuate v. t. to inspire with a foolish and -| extravagant passion; as to be infatuated with -| gaming. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|infected | Definition: -| taint v. i. to be infected or corrupted; to be -| touched with something corrupting. -| +|infectious | Definition: +| zymosis n. a fermentation; hence an analogous +| process by which an infectious disease is believed +| to be developed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |infer | Definition: @@ -32224,21 +29286,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or suspect; to guess. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inferences | Definition: -| whereas conj. when in fact; while on the contrary; -| the case being in truth that; although; -- -| implying opposition to something that precedes; -| or implying recognition of facts sometimes -| followed by a different statement and sometimes -| by inferences or something consequent. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inferior | Definition: -| zooid n. an animal in one of its inferior stages -| of development as one of the intermediate forms -| in alternate generation. -| +|inference | Definition: +| suspension n. a keeping of the hearer in doubt +| and in attentive expectation of what is to +| follow or of what is to be the inference or +| conclusion from the arguments or observations +| employed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |infernal | Definition: @@ -32260,62 +29313,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | what it is or has. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|infers | Definition: -| a priori characterizing that kind of reasoning -| which deduces consequences from definitions -| formed or principles assumed or which infers -| effects from causes previously known; deductive -| or deductively. the reverse of a posteriori. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|infidel | Definition: -| infidel n. one who does not believe in the prevailing -| religious faith; especially one who does not -| believe in the divine origin and authority -| of christianity; a mohammedan; a heathen; a -| freethinker. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|infidelities | Definition: -| infidelities pl. of infidelity -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|infidelity | Definition: -| wittol n. a man who knows his wife's infidelity -| and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called -| because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's -| nest. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |infinite | Definition: -| trident n. a curve of third order having three -| infinite branches in one direction and a fourth -| infinite branch in the opposite direction. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|infinity | Definition: -| infinity n. that part of a line or of a plane -| or of space which is infinitely distant. in -| modern geometry parallel lines or planes are -| sometimes treated as lines or planes meeting -| at infinity. +| variable n. a quantity which may increase or decrease; +| a quantity which admits of an infinite number +| of values in the same expression; a variable +| quantity; as in the equation x2 - y2 = r2 x +| and y are variables. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|infirm | Definition: -| tremor v. a trembling; a shivering or shaking; -| a quivering or vibratory motion; as the tremor -| of a person who is weak infirm or old. -| +|infinitely | Definition: +| omniscient a. having universal knowledge; knowing +| all things; infinitely knowing or wise; as +| the omniscient god. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|infirmities | Definition: -| senile a. of or pertaining to old age; proceeding -| from or characteristic of old age; affected -| with the infirmities of old age; as senile -| weakness. +|infirmary | Definition: +| infirmary n. a hospital or place where the infirm +| or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously +| or where out-patients are treated. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |infirmity | Definition: @@ -32338,23 +29354,43 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inflict | Definition: -| torment v. t. to put to extreme pain or anguish; -| to inflict excruciating misery upon either -| of body or mind; to torture. -| +|inflammatory | Definition: +| whitlow a. an inflammatory disease of the feet. +| it occurs round the hoof where an acrid matter +| is collected. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inflicted | Definition: -| vengeance n. punishment inflicted in return for -| an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often -| in a bad sense passionate or unrestrained revenge. -| +|inflexible | Definition: +| true-blue n. a person of inflexible integrity +| or fidelity. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|infolding | Definition: -| infolding p. pr. & vb. n. of infold -| +|influence | Definition: +| work v. t. to influence by acting upon; to prevail +| upon; to manage; to lead. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|influenced | Definition: +| unprayable a. not to be influenced or moved by +| prayers; obdurate. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|influences | Definition: +| werewolf n. a person transformed into a wolf in +| form and appetite either temporarily or permanently +| whether by supernatural influences by witchcraft +| or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. belief in werewolves +| formerly general is not now extinct. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|influential | Definition: +| plutocracy n. a form of government in which the +| supreme power is lodged in the hands of the +| wealthy classes; government by the rich; also +| a controlling or influential class of rich +| men. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |inform | Definition: @@ -32369,22 +29405,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|informer | Definition: +| teller n. one who tells relates or communicates; +| an informer narrator or describer. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |informing | Definition: | talebearing n. the act of informing officiously; | communication of sectrts scandal etc. maliciously. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|informs | Definition: -| monitor n. one who admonishes; one who warns of -| faults informs of duty or gives advice and -| instruction by way of reproof or caution. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|infra | Definition: -| infra adv. below; beneath; under; after; -- often -| used as a prefix. +|infused | Definition: +| tinge n. a degree usually a slight degree of some +| color taste or something foreign infused into +| another substance or mixture or added to it; +| tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ingenious | Definition: @@ -32394,21 +29432,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | ideas. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ingeniously | Definition: -| ingeniously adv. in an ingenious manner; with -| ingenuity; skillfully; wittily; cleverly. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inglorious | Definition: -| ingloriously adv. in an inglorious manner; dishonorably; -| with shame; ignominiously; obscurely. -| +|ingenuity | Definition: +| quaint a. characterized by ingenuity or art; finely +| fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; +| nice; neat. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ingrafted | Definition: -| ingrafted imp. & p. p. of ingraft -| +|ingrate | Definition: +| ingrate n. an ungrateful person. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ingratitude | Definition: @@ -32417,43 +29449,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inhabit | Definition: -| zulus n. pl. the most important tribe belonging -| to the kaffir race. they inhabit a region on -| the southeast coast of africa but formerly -| occupied a much more extensive country. they -| are noted for their warlike disposition courage -| and military skill. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inhabitant | Definition: -| zantiot n. a native or inhabitant of zante one -| of the ionian islands. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |inhabitants | Definition: | world n. the inhabitants of the earth; the human | race; people in general; the public; mankind. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inhabited | Definition: -| world n. any planet or heavenly body especially -| when considered as inhabited and as the scene -| of interests analogous with human interests; -| as a plurality of worlds. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inhabiting | Definition: -| wild superl. 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; a wild cat. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |inherit | Definition: | morganatic a. pertaining to in the manner of or | designating a kind of marriage called also @@ -32474,46 +29475,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | it. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inherited | Definition: -| successive a. having or giving the right of succeeding -| to an inheritance; inherited by succession; -| hereditary; as a successive title; a successive -| empire. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inheriting | Definition: -| primogeniture a. the exclusive right of inheritance -| which belongs to the eldest son. thus in england -| the right of inheriting the estate of the father -| belongs to the eldest son and in the royal -| family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled -| to the throne by primogeniture. in exceptional -| cases among the female children the crown descends -| by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter -| only and her issue. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inhospitality | Definition: -| inhospitality n. the quality or state of being -| inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|iniquities | Definition: -| iniquities pl. of iniquity -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|iniquitously | Definition: -| iniquitously adv. in an iniquitous manner; unjustly; -| wickedly. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|iniquity | Definition: -| iniquity n. a character or personification in -| the old english moralities or moral dramas -| having the name sometimes of one vice and sometimes -| of another. see vice. +|inhospitable | Definition: +| inhospitable a. affording no shelter or sustenance; +| barren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |initial | Definition: @@ -32525,12 +29490,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|initiated | Definition: -| mystery a. a kind of secret religious celebration -| to which none were admitted except those who -| had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -| -- usually plural; as the eleusinian mysteries. -| +|injudicious | Definition: +| injudiciously adv. in an injudicious manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|injunction | Definition: +| writ n. an instrument in writing under seal in +| an epistolary form issued from the proper authority +| commanding the performance or nonperformance +| of some act by the person to whom it is directed; +| as a writ of entry of error of execution of +| injunction of mandamus of return of summons +| and the like. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|injure | Definition: +| waste a. to damage impair or injure as an estate +| voluntarily or by suffering the buildings fences +| etc. to go to decay. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |injured | Definition: @@ -32547,14 +29525,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | with force. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|injuring | Definition: -| weapon n. an instrument of offensive of defensive -| combat; something to fight with; anything used -| or designed to be used in destroying defeating -| or injuring an enemy as a gun a sword etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |injurious | Definition: | woodchuck n. a common large north american marmot | (arctomys monax). it is usually reddish brown @@ -32596,24 +29566,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ink | Definition: -| sepia n. a pigment prepared from the ink or black -| secretion of the sepia or cuttlefish. treated -| with caustic potash it has a rich brown color; -| and this mixed with a red forms roman sepia. -| cf. india ink under india. -| +| stationery n. the articles usually sold by stationers +| as paper pens ink quills blank books etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inkhorn | Definition: -| inkhorn a. learned; pedantic; affected. -| +|inkling | Definition: +| inkling n. a hint; an intimation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inlaid | Definition: -| purfling n. ornamentation on the border of a thing; -| specifically the inlaid border of a musical -| instrument as a violin. -| +|inkstand | Definition: +| inkstand n. a small vessel for holding ink to +| dip the pen into; also a device for holding +| ink and writing materials. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|inky | Definition: +| inky a. consisting of or resembling ink; soiled +| with ink; black. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |inn | Definition: @@ -32641,13 +29613,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | innocence of man. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|innocency | Definition: -| innocency n. innocence. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |innocent | Definition: -| innocently adv. in an innocent manner. -| +| lamb n. any person who is as innocent or gentle +| as a lamb. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |innocently | Definition: @@ -32671,15 +29639,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inordinate | Definition: -| xenomania n. a mania for or an inordinate attachment -| to foreign customs institutions manners fashions -| etc. +|inquest | Definition: +| inquest n. the finding of the jury upon such inquiry. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |inquire | Definition: -| seek v. t. to inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; -| to bessech. +| si quis a notification by a candidate for orders +| of his intention to inquire whether any impediment +| may be alleged against him. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |inquired | Definition: @@ -32690,18 +29659,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to give evidence. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inquiring | Definition: -| skepticism n. an undecided inquiring state of -| mind; doubt; uncertainty. -| +|inquiries | Definition: +| inquiries pl. of inquiry +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|inquiringly | Definition: +| inquiringly adv. in an inquiring manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inquisition | Definition: -| sanbenito n. a garnment or cap or sometimes both -| painted with flames figures etc. and worn by -| persons who had been examined by the inquisition -| and were brought forth for punishment at the -| auto-da-fe. +|inquiry | Definition: +| skepticism n. the doctrine that no fact or principle +| can be certainly known; the tenet that all +| knowledge is uncertain; pyrrohonism; universal +| doubt; the position that no fact or truth however +| worthy of confidence can be established on +| philosophical grounds; critical investigation +| or inquiry as opposed to the positive assumption +| or assertion of certain principles. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |inquisitive | Definition: @@ -32709,9 +29685,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of asking questions. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|insatiable | Definition: -| insatiably adv. in an insatiable manner or degree; -| unappeasably. +|inquisitively | Definition: +| inquisitively adv. in an inquisitive manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ins | Definition: +| out n. a place or space outside of something; +| a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; +| an open space; -- chiefly used in the phrase +| ins and outs; as the ins and outs of a question. +| see under in. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|insane | Definition: +| toxiphobia n. an insane or greatly exaggerated +| dread of poisons. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |inscribed | Definition: @@ -32729,6 +29718,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | date etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|inscriptions | Definition: +| transferography n. the act or process of copying +| inscriptions or the like by making transfers. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|inscrutably | Definition: +| inscrutably adv. in an inscrutable manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |insect | Definition: | xylophagous a. eating boring in or destroying | wood; -- said especially of certain insect @@ -32742,21 +29742,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|insensibility | Definition: -| iron n. like iron in hardness strength impenetrability -| power of endurance insensibility etc.; +|insensible | Definition: +| transpire v. i. to pass off in the form of vapor +| or insensible perspiration; to exhale. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inserted | Definition: -| wheel n. a circular frame turning about an axis; -| a rotating disk whether solid or a frame composed -| of an outer rim spokes or radii and a central -| hub or nave in which is inserted the axle -- -| used for supporting and conveying vehicles -| in machinery and for various purposes; as the -| wheel of a wagon of a locomotive of a mill -| of a watch etc. +|insensibly | Definition: +| vignette v. t. to make as an engraving or a photograph +| with a border or edge insensibly fading away. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|inseparable | Definition: +| un- an inseparable verbal prefix or particle. +| it is prefixed: (a) to verbs to express the +| contrary and not the simple negative of the +| action of the verb to which it is prefixed; +| as in uncoil undo unfold. (b) to nouns to form +| verbs expressing privation of the thing quality +| or state expressed by the noun or separation +| from it; as in unchild unsex. sometimes particles +| and participial adjectives formed with this +| prefix coincide in form with compounds of the +| negative prefix un- (see 2d un-); as in undone +| (from undo) meaning unfastened ruined; and +| undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not done +| not finished. un- is sometimes used with an +| intensive force merely; as in unloose. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |inside | Definition: @@ -32768,20 +29782,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | moved. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|insinuate | Definition: -| insinuate v. i. to ingratiate one's self; to obtain -| access or favor by flattery or cunning. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|insinuated | Definition: -| insinuated imp. & p. p. of insinuate -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|insinuating | Definition: -| steal v. t. to gain by insinuating arts or covert -| means. +|insides | Definition: +| broad n. a lathe tool for turning down the insides +| and bottoms of cylinders. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |insinuations | Definition: @@ -32791,11 +29795,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | oppose. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|insnare | Definition: -| insnare v. t. to take by wiles stratagem or deceit; -| to involve in difficulties or perplexities; -| to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; -| to entangle. +|insist | Definition: +| waive v. t. to relinquish; to give up claim to; +| not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|insisted | Definition: +| ritualism n. specifically :(a) the principles +| and practices of those in the church of england +| who in the development of the oxford movement +| so-called have insisted upon a return to the +| use in church services of the symbolic ornaments +| (altar cloths encharistic vestments candles +| etc.) that were sanctioned in the second year +| of edward vi. and never as they maintain forbidden +| by competennt authority although generally +| disused. schaff-herzog encyc. (b) also the +| principles and practices of those in the protestant +| episcopal church who sympathize with this party +| in the church of england. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|insisting | Definition: +| waiver n. the act of waiving or not insisting +| on some right claim or privilege. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |insolent | Definition: @@ -32804,12 +29830,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | contempt. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|insolently | Definition: +| ride v. t. to manage insolently at will; to domineer +| over. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|insoluble | Definition: +| zymome n. a glutinous substance insoluble in alcohol +| resembling legumin; -- now called vegetable +| fibrin vegetable albumin or gluten casein. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |insomuch | Definition: | insomuch adv. so; to such a degree; in such wise; | -- followed by that or as and formerly sometimes | by both. cf. inasmuch. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|inspected | Definition: +| inspected imp. & p. p. of inspect +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|inspecting | Definition: +| prying a. inspecting closely or impertinently. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |inspection | Definition: | water doctor one who professes to be able to | divine diseases by inspection of the urine. @@ -32824,6 +29872,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|inspire | Definition: +| unlikely a. not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; +| disagreeable. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |inspired | Definition: | vanity n. an inflation of mind upon slight grounds; | empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit @@ -32833,32 +29886,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inspires | Definition: -| majesty n. the dignity and authority of sovereign -| power; quality or state which inspires awe -| or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity whether -| proceeding from rank character or bearing; -| imposing loftiness; stateliness; -- usually -| applied to the rank and dignity of sovereigns. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inspiring | Definition: -| vehmic a. of pertaining to or designating certain -| secret tribunals which flourished in germany -| from the end of the 12th century to the middle -| of the 16th usurping many of the functions -| of the government which were too weak to maintain -| law and order and inspiring dread in all who -| came within their jurisdiction. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|instability | Definition: -| instability n. lack of determination of fixedness; -| inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; -| as instability of character temper custom etc. -| +|installation | Definition: +| settlement n. establishment in life in business +| condition etc.; ordination or installation +| as pastor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |instance | Definition: @@ -32897,6 +29928,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to rotation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|instantly | Definition: +| urgent a. urging; pressing; besetting; plying +| with importunity; calling for immediate attention; +| instantly important. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |instead | Definition: | yew n. an evergreen tree (taxus baccata) of europe | allied to the pines but having a peculiar berrylike @@ -32905,22 +29942,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|instigation | Definition: -| instigation n. the act of instigating or the state -| of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil -| or wickedness. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|instinct | Definition: -| kind a. nature; natural instinct or disposition. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|instituted | Definition: -| trainband n. a band or company of an organized -| military force instituted by james i. and dissolved -| by charles ii.; -- afterwards applied to the -| london militia. +|instinctively | Definition: +| instinctively adv. in an instinctive manner; by +| force of instinct; by natural impulse. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |institution | Definition: @@ -32930,13 +29955,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | simplicity of manners. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|instruct | Definition: -| sergeant n. in a company battery or troop a noncommissioned -| officer next in rank above a corporal whose -| duty is to instruct recruits in discipline -| to form the ranks etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |instructed | Definition: | schoolship n. a vessel employed as a nautical | training school in which naval apprentices @@ -32948,7 +29966,7 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|instructing | Definition: +|instruction | Definition: | university n. an institution organized and incorporated | for the purpose of imparting instruction examining | students and otherwise promoting education @@ -32964,14 +29982,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of learning. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|instruction | Definition: -| silence v. t. to restrain from the exercise of -| any function privilege of instruction or the -| like especially from the act of preaching; -| as to silence a minister of the gospel. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |instructions | Definition: | referendum n. a diplomatic agent's note asking | for instructions from his government concerning @@ -32979,17 +29989,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|instructor | Definition: -| tutor n. an instructor of a lower rank than a -| professor. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|instructs | Definition: -| tutor n. an officer or member of some hall who -| instructs students and is responsible for their -| discipline. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |instrument | Definition: | zymosimeter n. an instrument for ascertaining | the degree of fermentation occasioned by the @@ -33003,21 +30002,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | for work. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|insufficiency | Definition: -| insufficiency n. want of power or skill; inability; -| incapacity; incompetency; as the insufficiency -| of a man for an office. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|insult | Definition: -| whoop v. t. to insult with shouts; to chase with -| derision. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|insulted | Definition: -| insultable a. capable of being insulted or affronted. -| +|insufficient | Definition: +| venous a. contained in the veins or having the +| same qualities as if contained in the veins +| that is having a dark bluish color and containing +| an insufficient amount of oxygen so as no longer +| to be fit for oxygenating the tissues; -- said +| of the blood and opposed to arterial. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |insulting | Definition: @@ -33033,22 +30025,52 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|insurrection | Definition: -| up adv. in a higher place or position literally -| or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; -| in an upright or nearly upright position; standing; -| mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation -| prominence advance proficiency excitement insurrection -| or the like; -- used with verbs of rest situation -| condition and the like; as to be up on a hill; -| the lid of the box was up; prices are up. -| +|insured | Definition: +| warranty n. a stipulation or engagement by a party +| insured that certain things relating to the +| subject of insurance or affecting the risk +| exist or shall exist or have been done or shall +| be done. these warranties when express should +| appear in the policy; but there are certain +| implied warranties. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|insurer | Definition: +| reinsurance n. a contract by which an insurer +| is insured wholly or in part against the risk +| he has incurred in insuring somebody else. +| see reassurance. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|insuring | Definition: +| safety n. freedom from whatever exposes one to +| danger or from liability to cause danger or +| harm; safeness; hence the quality of making +| safe or secure or of giving confidence justifying +| trust insuring against harm or loss etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|integrity | Definition: -| virtue n. specifically moral excellence; integrity -| of character; purity of soul; performance of -| duty. +|insurmountable | Definition: +| insurmountable a. incapable of being passed over +| surmounted or overcome; insuperable; as insurmountable +| difficulty or obstacle. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intellect | Definition: +| strong superl. having great force vigor power +| or the like as the mind intellect or any faculty; +| as a man of a strong mind memory judgment or +| imagination. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intellectual | Definition: +| work n. exertion of strength or faculties; physical +| or intellectual effort directed to an end; +| industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes +| specifically physically labor. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |intelligence | Definition: @@ -33058,6 +30080,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|intelligent | Definition: +| understand v. i. to have the use of the intellectual +| faculties; to be an intelligent being. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |intelligible | Definition: | write v. t. to set down for reading; to express | in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; @@ -33067,25 +30095,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|intelligibly | Definition: -| intelligibly adv. in an intelligible manner; so -| as to be understood; clearly; plainly; as to -| write or speak intelligibly. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|intemperance | Definition: -| intemperance n. specifically: habitual or excessive -| indulgence in alcoholic liquors. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|intemperate | Definition: -| saturnalian a. of unrestrained and intemperate -| jollity; riotously merry; dissolute. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |intend | Definition: | purport n. to intend to show; to intend; to mean; | to signify; to import; -- often with an object @@ -33106,6 +30115,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|intensely | Definition: +| yellowwort n. a european yellow-flowered gentianaceous +| (chlora perfoliata). the whole plant is intensely +| bitter and is sometimes used as a tonic and +| also in dyeing yellow. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intensified | Definition: +| intensified imp. & p. p. of intensify +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intensity | Definition: +| uniformitarian a. of pertaining to or designating +| the view or doctrine that existing causes acting +| in the same manner and with essentially the +| same intensity as at the present time are sufficient +| to account for all geological changes. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |intent | Definition: | theftbote n. the receiving of a man's goods again | from a thief or a compensation for them by @@ -33119,78 +30149,115 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|intentional | Definition: +| suicide adv. the act of taking one's own life +| voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically +| (law) the felonious killing of one's self; +| the deliberate and intentional destruction +| of one's own life by a person of years of discretion +| and of sound mind. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |intentions | Definition: | well-intentioned a. having upright intentions | or honorable purposes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|intents | Definition: -| virtually adv. in a virtual manner; in efficacy -| or effect only and not actually; to all intents -| and purposes; practically. -| +|intently | Definition: +| intently adv. in an intent manner; as the eyes +| intently fixed. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intercept | Definition: +| veil n. something hung up or spread out to intercept +| the view and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; +| esp. a screen usually of gauze crape or similar +| diaphnous material to hide or protect the face. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|intercede | Definition: -| sanctuary n. the most retired part of the temple -| at jerusalem called the holy of holies in which -| was kept the ark of the covenant and into which -| no person was permitted to enter except the -| high priest and he only once a year to intercede -| for the people; also the most sacred part of -| the tabernacle; also the temple at jerusalem. +|interchange | Definition: +| traffic v. commerce either by barter or by buying +| and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; +| trade. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|interchanged | Definition: +| interchange v. t. to put each in the place of +| the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; +| to reciprocate; as to interchange places; they +| interchanged friendly offices and services. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|intercession | Definition: -| intercessional a. pertaining to of the nature -| of or characterized by intercession or entreaty. +|intercourse | Definition: +| witchcraft n. the practices or art of witches; +| sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil +| spirits. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|interested | Definition: +| slavophile n. one not being a slav who is interested +| in the development and prosperity of that race. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|interesting | Definition: +| unconcerning a. not interesting of affecting; +| insignificant; not belonging to one. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |interests | Definition: -| world n. any planet or heavenly body especially -| when considered as inhabited and as the scene -| of interests analogous with human interests; -| as a plurality of worlds. -| +| world n. the customs practices and interests of +| men; general affairs of life; human society; +| public affairs and occupations; as a knowledge +| of the world. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|intergraven | Definition: -| intergraven of intergrave -| +|interfere | Definition: +| tread n. a bruise or abrasion produced on the +| foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. see +| interfere 3. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|interior | Definition: -| zoochlorella n. one of the small green granulelike -| bodies found in the interior of certain stentors -| hydras and other invertebrates. -| +|interfered | Definition: +| interfered imp. & p. p. of interfere +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|interjection | Definition: -| interjection n. a word or form of speech thrown -| in to express emotion or feeling as o! alas! -| ha ha! begone! etc. compare exclamation. +|interference | Definition: +| voluntary v. t. unconstrained by the interference +| of another; unimpelled by the influence of +| another; not prompted or persuaded by another; +| done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; +| acting of one's self or of itself; free. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|interlaced | Definition: -| untie v. t. to loosen as something interlaced -| or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as to -| untie a knot. +|interfering | Definition: +| interference n. the act or state of interfering +| or of claiming a right to the same invention. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|intermarry | Definition: -| intermarry v. i. to become connected by marriage -| between their members; to give and take mutually -| in marriage; -- said of families ranks castes -| etc. +|interior | Definition: +| zoochlorella n. one of the small green granulelike +| bodies found in the interior of certain stentors +| hydras and other invertebrates. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|intermeddle | Definition: -| intromit v. i. to intermeddle with the effects -| or goods of another. +|interlocutor | Definition: +| interlocutor n. an interlocutory judgment or sentence. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intermediate | Definition: +| zooid n. an animal in one of its inferior stages +| of development as one of the intermediate forms +| in alternate generation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |interment | Definition: @@ -33200,6 +30267,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|interminable | Definition: +| interminable a. without termination; admitting +| no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; +| as interminable space or duration; interminable +| sufferings. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |intermixed | Definition: | macaronic n. a kind of burlesque composition in | which the vernacular words of one or more modern @@ -33209,13 +30283,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|interpose | Definition: -| tacking n. a union of securities given at different -| times all of which must be redeemed before -| an intermediate purchaser can interpose his -| claim. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |interposed | Definition: | shoe n. a plate or notched piece interposed between | a moving part and the stationary part on which @@ -33224,18 +30291,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|interposes | Definition: -| protestation n. formerly a declaration in common-law -| pleading by which the party interposes an oblique -| allegation or denial of some fact protesting -| that it does or does not exist and at the same -| time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial. -| +|interposing | Definition: +| tacit a. done or made in silence; implied but +| not expressed; silent; as tacit consent is +| consent by silence or by not interposing an +| objection. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|interpret | Definition: -| rationalize v. t. to interpret in the manner of -| a rationalist. +|interposition | Definition: +| sign n. an event considered by the jews as indicating +| the divine will or as manifesting an interposition +| of the divine power for some special end; a +| miracle; a wonder. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |interpretation | Definition: @@ -33244,40 +30311,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|interpretations | Definition: -| mystic n. one given to mysticism; one who holds -| mystical views interpretations etc.; especially -| in ecclesiastical history one who professed -| mysticism. see mysticism. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|interpreted | Definition: -| shiloh n. a word used by jacob on his deathbed -| and interpreted variously as the messiah or -| as the city shiloh or as rest. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|interpreter | Definition: -| oneirocritic a. an interpreter of dreams. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|interpreting | Definition: -| read v. t. to go over as characters or words and -| utter aloud or recite to one's self inaudibly; -| to take in the sense of as of language by interpreting -| the characters with which it is expressed; -| to peruse; as to read a discourse; to read -| the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; -| to read the notes of music or to read music; -| to read a book. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|interprets | Definition: -| oneiroscopist n. one who interprets dreams. -| +|interrogative | Definition: +| who object. originally an interrogative pronoun +| later a relative pronoun also; -- used always +| substantively and either as singular or plural. +| see the note under what pron. 1. as interrogative +| pronouns who and whom ask the question: what +| or which person or persons? who and whom as +| relative pronouns (in the sense of that) are +| properly used of persons (corresponding to +| which as applied to things) but are sometimes +| less properly and now rarely used of animals +| plants etc. who and whom as compound relatives +| are also used especially of persons meaning +| the person that; the persons that; the one +| that; whosoever. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |interrupt | Definition: @@ -33292,6 +30340,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | columnar structure. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|interrupting | Definition: +| interruption n. the act of interrupting or breaking +| in upon. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|interruption | Definition: +| violation n. interruption as of sleep or peace; +| disturbance. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |interruptions | Definition: | interruption n. obstruction caused by breaking | in upon course current progress or motion; @@ -33301,6 +30359,84 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | without interruption. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|intersected | Definition: +| septarium n. a flattened concretionary nodule +| usually of limestone intersected within by +| cracks which are often filled with calcite +| barite or other minerals. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|interval | Definition: +| vacancy n. unemployed time; interval of leisure; +| time of intermission; vacation. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intervals | Definition: +| vertebrated a. contracted at intervals so as to +| resemble the spine in animals. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intervened | Definition: +| intervene v. i. to occur fall or come between +| points of time or events; as an instant intervened +| between the flash and the report; nothing intervened +| ( i. e. between the intention and the execution) +| to prevent the undertaking. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intervening | Definition: +| vista n. a view; especially a view through or +| between intervening objects as trees; a view +| or prospect through an avenue or the like; +| hence the trees or other objects that form +| the avenue. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intervention | Definition: +| tmesis n. the separation of the parts of a compound +| word by the intervention of one or more words; +| as in what place soever for whatsoever place. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|interview | Definition: +| tete-a-tete n. private conversation; familiar +| interview or conference of two persons. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|interviews | Definition: +| assignation n. an appointment of time and place +| for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of +| love interviews and now commonly in a bad sense. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intimacy | Definition: +| liaison n. a union or bond of union; an intimacy; +| especially an illicit intimacy between a man +| and a woman. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intimate | Definition: +| weld v. t. to press or beat into intimate and +| permanent union as two pieces of iron when +| heated almost to fusion. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intimated | Definition: +| intimate a. to suggest obscurely or indirectly; +| to refer to remotely; to give slight notice +| of; to hint; as he intimated his intention +| of resigning his office. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |intimation | Definition: | tip n. a hint or secret intimation as to the chances | in a horse race or the like. @@ -33311,11 +30447,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | intolerable a. enormous. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|intoxicated | Definition: -| tippler n. one who habitually indulges in the -| excessive use of spirituous liquors whether -| he becomes intoxicated or not. -| +|intoxicating | Definition: +| whiskey n. an intoxicating liquor distilled from +| grain potatoes etc. especially in scotland +| ireland and the united states. in the united +| states whisky is generally distilled from maize +| rye or wheat but in scotland and ireland it +| is often made from malted barley. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intoxication | Definition: +| stibialism n. antimonial intoxication or poisoning. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intricacies | Definition: +| ravel v. t. to undo the intricacies of; to disentangle. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|intriguing | Definition: +| intriguing p. pr. & vb. n. of intrigue +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |introduce | Definition: @@ -33346,64 +30500,38 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|intruders | Definition: -| lock v. t. to fasten in or out or to make secure -| by means of or as with locks; to confine or -| to shut in or out -- often with up; as to lock -| one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; -| to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders -| out of the house; to lock money into a vault; -| to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret -| in one's breast. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inundation | Definition: -| inundation n. an overspreading of any kind; overflowing -| or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great -| influx; as an inundation of tourists. -| +|introductory | Definition: +| recital n. the formal statement or setting forth +| of some matter of fact in any deed or writing +| in order to explain the reasons on which the +| transaction is founded; the statement of matter +| in pleading introductory to some positive allegation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|invade | Definition: -| war v. i. to make war; to invade or attack a state -| or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; -| to be in a state by violence. -| +|intrude | Definition: +| slip n. to depart withdraw enter appear intrude +| or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in +| a quiet furtive manner; as some errors slipped +| into the work. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|invaded | Definition: -| saxon n. one of a nation or people who formerly -| dwelt in the northern part of germany and who -| with other teutonic tribes invaded and conquered -| england in the fifth and sixth centuries. -| +|invalid | Definition: +| voidable a. capable of being avoided or of being +| adjudged void invalid and of no force; capable +| of being either avoided or confirmed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|invades | Definition: -| tatou n. the giant armadillo (priodontes gigas) -| of tropical south america. it becomes nearly -| five feet long including the tail. it is noted -| for its burrowing powers feeds largely upon -| dead animals and sometimes invades human graves. +|invariably | Definition: +| inseparable a. invariably attached to some word +| stem or root; as the inseparable particle un-. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|invasion | Definition: -| raid n. a hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad -| or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid -| invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inveighs | Definition: -| invective n. an expression which inveighs or rails -| against a person; a severe or violent censure -| or reproach; something uttered or written intended -| to cast opprobrium censure or reproach on another; -| a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed -| by against having reference to the person or -| thing affected; as an invective against tyranny. -| +|inveigled | Definition: +| inveigled imp. & p. p. of inveigle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |invent | Definition: @@ -33436,9 +30564,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|invest | Definition: +| vaginant a. serving to in invest or sheathe; sheathing. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |invested | Definition: -| unemployed a. not invested or used; as unemployed -| capital. +| vaginated a. invested with or as if with a sheath; +| as a vaginate stem or one invested by the tubular +| base of a leaf. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|investigation | Definition: +| virial n. a certain function relating to a system +| of forces and their points of application -- +| first used by clausius in the investigation +| of problems in molecular physics. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|investigations | Definition: +| spectroscopy n. the use of the spectroscope; investigations +| made with the spectroscope. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |investing | Definition: @@ -33453,26 +30601,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|investment | Definition: +| water v. t. an addition to the shares representing +| the capital of a stock company so that the +| aggregate par value of the shares is increased +| while their value for investment is diminished +| or diluted. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |inveterate | Definition: | rancor n. the deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated | enmity or malice; inveterate hatred. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|invincible | Definition: -| stand n. to maintain an invincible or permanent -| attitude; to be fixed steady or firm; to take -| a position in resistance or opposition. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|invincibly | Definition: -| flexible a. willing or ready to yield to the influence -| of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; -| tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; -| wavering. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |invisible | Definition: | virtual a. having the power of acting or of invisible | efficacy without the agency of the material @@ -33498,43 +30640,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | as a great delicacy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|invites | Definition: -| lure n. any enticement; that which invites by -| the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|inviting | Definition: -| unquestionable a. not inviting questions or conversation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|invocated | Definition: -| invocated imp. & p. p. of invocate -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|invocation | Definition: -| wish n. expression of desire; request; petition; -| hence invocation or imprecation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|invoke | Definition: -| wish v. t. to frame or express desires concerning; -| to invoke in favor of or against any one; to -| attribute or cal down in desire; to invoke; -| to imprecate. +|involuntarily | Definition: +| yawn v. i. to open the mouth involuntarily through +| drowsiness dullness or fatigue; to gape; to +| oscitate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|invoked | Definition: -| invoked imp. & p. p. of invoke -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|invoking | Definition: -| invoking p. pr. & vb. n. of invoke -| +|involuntary | Definition: +| yawn n. an involuntary act excited by drowsiness +| etc. consisting of a deep and long inspiration +| following several successive attempts at inspiration +| the mouth fauces etc. being wide open. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |involved | Definition: @@ -33543,9 +30660,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | notes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|involving | Definition: -| wreckful a. causing wreck; involving ruin; destructive. -| +|invulnerable | Definition: +| invulnerable a. unanswerable; irrefutable; that +| can not be refuted or convinced; as an invulnerable +| argument. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |inward | Definition: @@ -33574,16 +30692,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|inwards | Definition: -| perimysium n. the connective tissue sheath which -| surrounds a muscle and sends partitions inwards -| between the bundles of muscular fibers. -| +|irate | Definition: +| irate a. angry; incensed; enraged. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ira | Definition: -| ca ira the refrain of a famous song of the french -| revolution. +|irish | Definition: +| swaddler n. a term of contempt for an irish methodist. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |iron | Definition: @@ -33600,11 +30716,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | 64.9. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ironically | Definition: -| thank n. to express gratitude to (anyone) for -| a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) -| for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically -| for blame. +|ironed | Definition: +| ironed imp. & p. p. of iron +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |irons | Definition: @@ -33614,21 +30728,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|irrational | Definition: -| superstition n. an ignorant or irrational worship -| of the supreme deity; excessive exactness or -| rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme -| and unnecessary scruples in the observance -| of religious rites not commanded or of points -| of minor importance; also a rite or practice -| proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|irrecoverable | Definition: -| irrecoverable a. not capable of being recovered -| regained or remedied; irreparable; as an irrecoverable -| loss debt or injury. +|irreconcilability | Definition: +| irreconcilability n. the quality or state of being +| irreconcilable; irreconcilableness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |irregular | Definition: @@ -33638,95 +30741,63 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | xanthelasma. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|irregularities | Definition: -| irregularities pl. of irregularity -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|irregularity | Definition: -| snick n. a knot or irregularity in yarn. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|irreverence | Definition: -| violation n. an act of irreverence or desecration; -| profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred -| things; as the violation of a church. -| +|irrelevant | Definition: +| unembarrassed a. free from perplexing connection; +| as the question comes into court unembarrassed +| with irrelevant matter. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|irruption | Definition: -| irruption n. a sudden and violent inroad or entrance -| of invaders; as the irruptions of the goths -| into italy. +|irrepressible | Definition: +| irrepressible a. not capable of being repressed +| restrained or controlled; as irrepressible +| joy; an irrepressible conflict. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|isaac | Definition: -| phonography n. a representation of sounds by distinctive -| characters; commonly a system of shorthand -| writing invented by isaac pitman or a modification -| of his system much used by reporters. -| +|irresistible | Definition: +| witchery n. fascination; irresistible influence; +| enchantment. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|iscariot | Definition: -| judas-colored a. red; -- from a tradition that -| judas iscariot had red hair and beard. -| +|irresistibly | Definition: +| irresistibly adv. in an irrestible manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|islands | Definition: -| udalman n. in the shetland and orkney islands -| one who holds property by udal or allodial -| right. +|irresolute | Definition: +| shilly-shally v. i. to hesitate; to act in an +| irresolute manner; hence to occupy one's self +| with trifles. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|isle | Definition: -| short adv. not prolonged or relatively less prolonged -| in utterance; -- opposed to long and applied -| to vowels or to syllables. in english the long -| and short of the same letter are not in most -| cases the long and short of the same sound; -| thus the i in ill is the short sound not of -| i in isle but of ee in eel and the e in pet -| is the short sound of a in pate etc. see quantity -| and guide to pronunciation //22 30. +|irrespective | Definition: +| mass n. the quantity of matter which a body contains +| irrespective of its bulk or volume. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|isles | Definition: -| gallowglass n. a heavy-armed foot soldier from -| ireland and the western isles in the time of -| edward / -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ismael | Definition: -| ismaelite n. one of a sect of mohammedans who -| favored the pretensions of the family of mohammed -| ben ismael of the house ali. -| +|irresponsible | Definition: +| irresponsible a. not to be trusted; unreliable. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|israel | Definition: -| tribe n. a family race or series of generations -| descending from the same progenitor and kept -| distinct as in the case of the twelve tribes -| of israel descended from the twelve sons of -| jacob. +|irrevocable | Definition: +| irrevocable a. incapable of being recalled or +| revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; +| as an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable +| fate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|israelite | Definition: -| samson n. an israelite of bible record (see judges -| xiii.) distinguished for his great strength; -| hence a man of extraordinary physical strength. -| +|irritably | Definition: +| irritably adv. in an irritable manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|israelites | Definition: -| zion n. a hill in jerusalem which after the capture -| of that city by the israelites became the royal -| residence of david and his successors. -| +|irritating | Definition: +| tetanomotor n. an instrument from tetanizing a +| muscle by irritating its nerve by successive +| mechanical shocks. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |issued | Definition: @@ -33739,44 +30810,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|issuing | Definition: -| significavit n. formerly a writ issuing out of -| chancery upon certificate given by the ordinary -| of a man's standing excommunicate by the space -| of forty days for the laying him up in prison -| till he submit himself to the authority of -| the church. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|italian | Definition: -| zampogna n. a sort of bagpipe formerly in use -| among italian peasants. it is now almost obsolete. +|ith | Definition: +| rubric v. t. to adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|italy | Definition: -| ursuline n. one of an order of nuns founded by -| st. angela merici at brescia in italy about -| the year 1537 and so called from st. ursula -| under whose protection it was placed. the order -| was introduced into canada as early as 1639 -| and into the united states in 1727. the members -| are devoted entirely to education. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|itch | Definition: -| shab n. the itch in animals; also a scab. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|itching | Definition: -| wheal n. specifically (med.) a flat burning or -| itching eminence on the skin such as is produced -| by a mosquito bite or in urticaria. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |itself | Definition: | windfall n. anything blown down or off by the | wind as fruit from a tree or the tree itself @@ -33803,53 +30841,78 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in bacchic rites. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jacinth | Definition: -| jacinth n. see hyacinth. +|jack | Definition: +| whimbrel n. any one of several species of small +| curlews especially the european species (numenius +| phaeopus) called also jack curlew half curlew +| stone curlew and tang whaup. see illustration +| in appendix. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jacob | Definition: -| shiloh n. a word used by jacob on his deathbed -| and interpreted variously as the messiah or -| as the city shiloh or as rest. -| +|jacket | Definition: +| truss n. a padded jacket or dress worn under armor +| to protect the body from the effects of friction; +| also a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jakes | Definition: -| jakes n. a privy. +|jackknife | Definition: +| jackknife n. a large strong clasp knife for the +| pocket; a pocket knife. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|japheth | Definition: -| japhetic a. pertaining to or derived from japheth -| one of the sons of noah; as japhetic nations -| the nations of europe and northern asia; japhetic -| languages. +|jail | Definition: +| typhus n. a contagious continued fever lasting +| from two to three weeks attended with great +| prostration and cerebral disorder and marked +| by a copious eruption of red spots upon the +| body. also called jail fever famine fever putrid +| fever spottled fever etc. see jail fever under +| jail. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jason | Definition: -| plutus n. the son of jason and ceres and the god -| of wealth. he was represented as bearing a -| cornucopia and as blind because his gifts were -| bestowed without discrimination of merit. -| +|jails | Definition: +| garnish v. t. a fee; specifically in english jails +| formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the +| old prisoners of a newcomer. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jasper | Definition: -| wedgwood ware a kind of fine pottery the most -| remarkable being what is called jasper either -| white or colored throughout the body and capable -| of being molded into the most delicate forms -| so that fine and minute bas-reliefs like cameos -| were made of it fit even for being set as jewels. -| +|jam | Definition: +| meringue n. a delicate pastry made of powdered +| sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up -- +| with jam or cream added. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|jammed | Definition: +| jammed imp. & p. p. of jam +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|javan | Definition: -| soulili n. a long-tailed crested javan monkey -| (semnopithecus mitratus). the head the crest -| and the upper surface of the tail are black. +|jane | Definition: +| jane n. a kind of twilled cotton cloth. see jean. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|jar | Definition: +| stinkpot n. an earthen jar charged with powder +| grenades and other materials of an offensive +| and suffocating smell -- sometimes used in +| boarding an enemy's vessel. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|jargon | Definition: +| slang n. low vulgar unauthorized language; a popular +| but unauthorized word phrase or mode of expression; +| also the jargon of some particular calling +| or class in society; low popular cant; as the +| slang of the theater of college of sailors +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |jaw | Definition: | xiphius n. a genus of cetaceans having a long | pointed bony beak usually two tusklike teeth @@ -33857,11 +30920,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | jaw. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jawbone | Definition: -| wang n. the jaw jawbone or cheek bone. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |jaws | Definition: | wrench v. t. an instrument often a simple bar | or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either @@ -33873,70 +30931,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |jealous | Definition: -| jealously adv. in a jealous manner. -| +| jealous a. disposed to suspect rivalry in matters +| of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding +| the motives of possible rivals or the fidelity +| of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear +| of rivalry in love or preference given to another; +| painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of +| husband wife or lover. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |jealousy | Definition: -| umbrageous a. feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking -| or disposed to take umbrage; suspicious. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|jehovah | Definition: -| urim n. a part or decoration of the breastplate -| of the high priest among the ancient jews by -| which jehovah revealed his will on certain -| occasions. its nature has been the subject -| of conflicting conjectures. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|jehu | Definition: -| jehu n. a coachman; a driver; especially one who -| drives furiously. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|jerusalem | Definition: -| zion n. a hill in jerusalem which after the capture -| of that city by the israelites became the royal -| residence of david and his successors. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|jesse | Definition: -| jesse n. a candlestick with many branches each -| of which bears the name of some one of the -| descendants of jesse; -- called also tree of -| jesse. +| victim n. a person or thing destroyed or sacrificed +| in the pursuit of an object or in gratification +| of a passion; as a victim to jealousy lust +| or ambition. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jest | Definition: -| sportful a. done in jest or for mere play; sportive. -| +|jerk | Definition: +| yank n. a jerk or twitch. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jested | Definition: -| jested imp. & p. p. of jest +|jerked | Definition: +| jerked imp. & p. p. of jerk | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jesters | Definition: -| coxcomb n. a strip of red cloth notched like the -| comb of a cock which licensed jesters formerly -| wore in their caps. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|jesting | Definition: -| serious a. really intending what is said; being -| in earnest; not jesting or deceiving. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|jesus | Definition: -| savior v. specifically: the (or our your etc.) -| savior he who brings salvation to men; jesus -| christ the redeemer. +|jerks | Definition: +| jerky a. moving by jerks and starts; characterized +| by abrupt transitions; as a jerky vehicle; +| a jerky style. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |jew | Definition: @@ -33953,6 +30976,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|jewelry | Definition: +| trousseau n. the collective lighter equipments +| or outfit of a bride including clothes jewelry +| and the like; especially that which is provided +| for her by her family. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |jewels | Definition: | stole n. a narrow band of silk or stuff sometimes | enriched with embroidery and jewels worn on @@ -33972,26 +31002,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | 13th century. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jews | Definition: -| zonar n. a belt or girdle which the christians -| and jews of the levant were obliged to wear -| to distinguish them from mohammedans. -| +|jig | Definition: +| jiggish a. resembling or suitable for a jig or +| lively movement. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jezebel | Definition: -| jezebel n. a bold vicious woman; a termagant. -| +|jingling | Definition: +| jingling n. the act or process of producing a +| jingle; also the sound itself; a chink. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|jo | Definition: +| jo n. a sweetheart; a darling. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|joanna | Definition: -| southcottian n. a follower of joanna southcott -| (1750-1814) an englishwoman who professing -| to have received a miraculous calling preached -| and prophesied and committed many impious absurdities. +|jocose | Definition: +| shinplaster n. formerly a jocose term for a bank +| note greatly depreciated in value; also for +| paper money of a denomination less than a dollar. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|joe | Definition: +| johannes n. a portuguese gold coin of the value +| of eight dollars named from the figure of king +| john which it bears; -- often contracted into +| joe; as a joe or a half joe. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|joes | Definition: +| joes pl. of jo +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |joined | Definition: | yoke v. i. to be joined or associated; to be intimately | connected; to consort closely; to mate. @@ -33999,9 +31044,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |joining | Definition: -| signatory a. signing; joining or sharing in a -| signature; as signatory powers. -| +| union n. the act of uniting or joining two or +| more things into one or the state of being +| united or joined; junction; coalition; combination. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |joint | Definition: @@ -34016,29 +31062,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jonadab | Definition: -| rechabite n. one of the descendants of jonadab -| the son of rechab all of whom by his injunction -| abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks -| and even from planting the vine. jer. xxxv. -| 2-19. also in modern times a member of a certain -| society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors. +|joke | Definition: +| joke v. t. to make merry with; to make jokes upon; +| to rally; to banter; as to joke a comrade. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jonah | Definition: -| jonah n. the hebrew prophet who was cast overboard -| as one who endangered the ship; hence any person -| whose presence is unpropitious. +|jolly | Definition: +| lark v. i. a frolic; a jolly time. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|joram | Definition: -| joram n. see jorum. +|jolting | Definition: +| shake v. to move or remove by agitating; to throw +| off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid +| one's self of; -- generally with an adverb +| as off out etc.; as to shake fruit down from +| a tree. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jordan | Definition: -| jordan n. alt. of jorden +|jorum | Definition: +| jorum n. a large drinking vessel; also its contents. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |joseph | Definition: @@ -34047,16 +31092,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | england. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jostle | Definition: -| jostle n. a conflict by collisions; a crowding -| or bumping together; interference. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|jot | Definition: -| jot v. t. to set down; to make a brief note of; -| -- usually followed by down. -| +|jostled | Definition: +| jostled imp. & p. p. of jostle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |journey | Definition: @@ -34068,19 +31106,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | place or country. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|journeyed | Definition: -| journeyed imp. & p. p. of journey -| +|journeyman | Definition: +| snob n. a journeyman shoemaker. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|journeying | Definition: -| travel n. the act of traveling or journeying from -| place to place; a journey. -| +|journeys | Definition: +| pedestrian n. a walker; one who journeys on foot; +| a foot traveler; specif. a professional walker +| or runner. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|journeys | Definition: -| journeys pl. of journey +|joviality | Definition: +| joviality n. the quality or state of being jovial. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |joy | Definition: @@ -34088,78 +31127,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | pleasant. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|joyed | Definition: -| joyed imp. & p. p. of joy -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|joyful | Definition: -| jubilee n. the joyful commemoration held on the -| fiftieth anniversary of any event; as the jubilee -| of queen victoria's reign; the jubilee of the -| american board of missions. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|joyous | Definition: -| smile v. i. gay or joyous appearance; as the smiles -| of spring. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|joys | Definition: -| ineffable a. incapable of being expresses in words; -| unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as -| the ineffable joys of heaven. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|jubilate | Definition: -| jubilate n. the third sunday after easter; -- -| so called because the introit is the 66th psalm -| which in the latin version begins with the -| words jubilate deo. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|jubilation | Definition: -| jubilation n. a triumphant shouting; rejoicing; -| exultation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|jubilee | Definition: -| jubilee n. the joyful commemoration held on the -| fiftieth anniversary of any event; as the jubilee -| of queen victoria's reign; the jubilee of the -| american board of missions. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|judas | Definition: -| uckewallist n. one of a sect of rigid anabaptists -| which originated in 1637 and whose tenets were -| essentially the same as those of the mennonists. -| in addition however they held that judas and -| the murderers of christ were saved. so called -| from the founder of the sect ucke wallis a -| native of friesland. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|jude | Definition: -| antilegomena n. pl. certain books of the new testament -| which were for a time not universally received -| but which are now considered canonical. these -| are the epistle to the hebrews the epistles -| of james and jude the second epistle of peter -| the second and third epistles of john and the -| revelation. the undisputed books are called -| the homologoumena. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|judea | Definition: -| toparchy n. a small state consisting of a few -| cities or towns; a petty country governed by -| a toparch; as judea was formerly divided into -| ten toparchies. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |judge | Definition: | yama n. the king of the infernal regions corresponding | to the greek pluto and also the judge of departed @@ -34177,14 +31144,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|judgement | Definition: -| represent v. t. to exhibit to another mind in -| language; to show; to give one's own impressions -| and judgement of; to bring before the mind; -| to set forth; sometimes to give an account -| of; to describe. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |judges | Definition: | wrongly adv. in a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; | wrong; amiss; as he judges wrongly of my motives. @@ -34214,26 +31173,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|judgments | Definition: -| semble a. it seems; -- chiefly used impersonally -| in reports and judgments to express an opinion -| in reference to the law on some point not necessary -| to be decided and not intended to be definitely -| settled in the cause. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|judicature | Definition: -| king's bench formerly the highest court of common -| law in england; -- so called because the king -| used to sit there in person. it consisted of -| a chief justice and four puisne or junior justices. -| during the reign of a queen it was called the -| queen's bench. its jurisdiction was transferred -| by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to -| the high court of justice created by that legislation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |judicial | Definition: | witness v. i. one who testifies in a cause or | gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; @@ -34241,37 +31180,58 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | facts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|julian | Definition: -| style v. t. a mode of reckoning time with regard -| to the julian and gregorian calendars. -| +|judicious | Definition: +| management v. judicious use of means to accomplish +| an end; conduct directed by art or address; +| skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often +| in a bad sense. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|julius | Definition: -| urus n. a very large powerful and savage extinct -| bovine animal (bos urus / primigenius) anciently -| abundant in europe. it appears to have still -| existed in the time of julius caesar. it had -| very large horns and was hardly capable of -| domestication. called also ur ure and tur. +|jug | Definition: +| pitcher n. a wide-mouthed deep vessel for holding +| liquids with a spout or protruding lip and +| a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear +| or handle. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|juicy | Definition: +| uva n. a small pulpy or juicy fruit containing +| several seeds and having a thin skin as a grape. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|juniper | Definition: -| juniperin n. a yellow amorphous substance extracted -| from juniper berries. +|jumped | Definition: +| jump v. t. to cause to jump; as he jumped his +| horse across the ditch. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jupiter | Definition: -| year n. the time in which any planet completes -| a revolution about the sun; as the year of -| jupiter or of saturn. +|junction | Definition: +| weatherboard n. a board extending from the ridge +| to the eaves along the slope of the gable and +| forming a close junction between the shingling +| of a roof and the side of the building beneath. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|jurisdiction | Definition: -| zamindari n. the jurisdiction of a zamindar; the -| land possessed by a zamindar. -| +|junior | Definition: +| thesmothete n. a lawgiver; a legislator; one of +| the six junior archons at athens. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|jury | Definition: +| vitiate v. t. to cause to fail of effect either +| wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy +| as the validity or binding force of an instrument +| or transaction; to annul; as any undue influence +| exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud +| vitiates a contract. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|juryman | Definition: +| juryman n. one who is impaneled on a jury or who +| serves as a juror. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |justice | Definition: @@ -34305,22 +31265,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a valid objection. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|justifier | Definition: -| justifier n. one who justifies; one who vindicates -| supports defends or absolves. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|justifies | Definition: -| vindicator n. one who vindicates; one who justifies -| or maintains. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|justify | Definition: -| scaleboard n. a thin slip of wood used to justify -| a page. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |justifying | Definition: | warrant n. that which warrants or authorizes; | a commission giving authority or justifying @@ -34340,6 +31284,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|juvenile | Definition: +| juvenile n. a young person or youth; -- used sportively +| or familiarly. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |keel | Definition: | timber n. a rib or a curving piece of wood branching | outward from the keel and bending upward in @@ -34348,6 +31297,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|keen | Definition: +| zest n. hence something that gives or enhances +| a pleasant taste or the taste itself; an appetizer; +| also keen enjoyment; relish; gusto. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|keenly | Definition: +| whip v. t. to apply that which hurts keenly to; +| to lash as with sarcasm abuse or the like; +| to apply cutting language to. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |keeper | Definition: | warrener n. the keeper of a warren. | @@ -34359,6 +31322,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | dry. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|keeps | Definition: +| wintergreen n. a plant which keeps its leaves +| green through the winter. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|kent | Definition: +| wealdish a. of or pertaining to a weald esp. to +| the weald in the county of kent england. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |kept | Definition: | within prep. in the limits or compass of; not | further in length than; as within five miles; @@ -34367,28 +31342,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | within one's income. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|kernel | Definition: -| zest n. the woody thick skin inclosing the kernel -| of a walnut. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |kettle | Definition: -| trivet n. a tree-legged stool table or other support; -| especially a stand to hold a kettle or similar -| vessel near the fire; a tripod. -| +| vessel n. a hollow or concave utensil for holding +| anything; a hollow receptacle of any kind as +| a hogshead a barrel a firkin a bottle a kettle +| a cup a bowl etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|kettles | Definition: -| trammel n. an iron hook of various forms and sizes -| used for handing kettles and other vessels -| over the fire. +|keyhole | Definition: +| zygobranchia n. pl. a division of marine gastropods +| in which the gills are developed on both sides +| of the body and the renal organs are also paired. +| the abalone (haliotis) and the keyhole limpet +| (fissurella) are examples. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |keys | Definition: -| turnkey n. a person who has charge of the keys -| of a prison for opening and fastening the doors; -| a warder. +| virginal n. an instrument somewhat resembling +| the spinet but having a rectangular form like +| the small piano. it had strings and keys but +| only one wire to a note. the instrument was +| used in the sixteenth century but is now wholly +| obsolete. it was sometimes called a pair of +| virginals. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |kick | Definition: @@ -34403,6 +31380,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in leather. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|kicking | Definition: +| recalcitration n. a kicking back again; opposition; +| repugnance; refractoriness. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |kid | Definition: | shammy n. a soft pliant leather prepared originally | from the skin of the chamois but now made also @@ -34410,15 +31393,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | calf. see shamoying. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|kidneys | Definition: -| water tube one of a system of tubular excretory -| organs having external openings found in many -| invertebrates. they are believed to be analogous -| in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. -| see illust. under trematodea and sporocyst. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |kill | Definition: | winterkill v. t. to kill by the cold or exposure | to the inclemency of winter; as the wheat was @@ -34434,26 +31408,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|killer | Definition: -| killer n. a voracious toothed whale of the genus -| orca of which several species are known. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|killing | Definition: -| tyrannicide n. the act of killing a tyrant. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|kills | Definition: -| tyrannicide n. one who kills a tyrant. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|kin | Definition: -| succession n. the right to enter upon the possession -| of the property of an ancestor or one near -| of kin or one preceding in an established order. +|kiln | Definition: +| refractory n. opottery) a piece of ware covered +| with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln +| to communicate a glaze to the other articles. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -34464,24 +31422,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|kindle | Definition: -| touch-box n. a box containing lighted tinder formerly -| carried by soldiers who used matchlocks to -| kindle the match. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |kindled | Definition: | wildfire n. a composition of inflammable materials | which kindled is very hard to quench; greek | fire. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|kindling | Definition: -| tinder n. something very inflammable used for -| kindling fire from a spark as scorched linen. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |kindly | Definition: | welcomer n. one who welcomes; one who salutes | or receives kindly a newcomer. @@ -34495,13 +31441,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|kindred | Definition: -| saga n. a scandinavian legend or heroic or mythic -| tradition among the norsemen and kindred people; -| a northern european popular historical or religious -| tale of olden time. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |kinds | Definition: | yew n. the wood of the yew. it is light red in | color compact fine-grained and very elastic. @@ -34511,10 +31450,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|kine | Definition: -| kine n. pl. cows. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |king | Definition: | yama n. the king of the infernal regions corresponding | to the greek pluto and also the judge of departed @@ -34527,25 +31462,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|kingdoms | Definition: -| olein n. a fat liquid at ordinary temperatures -| but solidifying at temperatures below 0� c. -| found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable -| kingdoms (see palmitin). it dissolves solid -| fats especially at 30-40� c. chemically olein -| is a glyceride of oleic acid; and as three -| molecules of the acid are united to one molecule -| of glyceryl to form the fat it is technically -| known as triolein. it is also called elain. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|kingly | Definition: -| royalty n. the state of being royal; the condition -| or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly -| office; sovereignty. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |kings | Definition: | vair n. the skin of the squirrel much used in | the fourteenth century as fur for garments @@ -34557,30 +31473,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|kinsman | Definition: -| relative n. a person connected by blood or affinity; -| strictly one allied by blood; a relation; a -| kinsman or kinswoman. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|kinsmen | Definition: -| kinsmen pl. of kinsman -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|kinswoman | Definition: -| kinswoman n. a female relative. -| +|kingston | Definition: +| kingston valve a conical valve opening outward +| to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through +| the side of a vessel below the water line. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |kiss | Definition: -| salute v. a sign token or ceremony expressing -| good will compliment or respect as a kiss a -| bow etc. +| smouch v. t. to kiss closely. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |kissed | Definition: -| kissed imp. & p. p. of kiss -| +| pax n. a tablet or board on which is a representation +| of christ of the virgin mary or of some saint +| and which in the mass was kissed by the priest +| and then by the people in mediaeval times; +| an osculatory. it is still used in communities +| confraternities etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |kissing | Definition: @@ -34592,23 +31503,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|kitchens | Definition: -| office n. the apartments or outhouses in which -| the domestics discharge the duties attached -| to the service of a house as kitchens pantries -| stables etc. +|kit | Definition: +| kitte imp. of kit to cut. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|kitchen | Definition: +| wash n. waste liquid the refuse of food the collection +| from washed dishes etc. from a kitchen often +| used as food for pigs. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |kite | Definition: -| kiteflier n. see kite n. 6. -| +| milvine a. of or resembling birds of the kite +| kind. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|kittle | Definition: +| kittle a. ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; +| difficult; variable. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|knead | Definition: -| shampoo v. t. to press or knead the whole surface -| of the body of (a person) and at the same time -| to stretch the limbs and joints in connection -| with the hot bath. +|knaves | Definition: +| quatorze n. the four aces kings queens knaves +| or tens in the game of piquet; -- so called +| because quatorze counts as fourteen points. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |kneaded | Definition: @@ -34625,16 +31544,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|kneel | Definition: -| stand n. to be supported on the feet in an erect -| or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie -| sit kneel etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|kneeled | Definition: -| kneeled of kneel -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |kneeling | Definition: | stool n. a bench or form for resting the feet | or the knees; a footstool; as a kneeling stool. @@ -34649,11 +31558,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|knelt | Definition: -| knelt imp. & p. p. of kneel. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |knew | Definition: | niste wist not; knew not. | @@ -34666,9 +31570,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|knight | Definition: +| squire n. a title of dignity next in degree below +| knight and above gentleman. see esquire. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|knighted | Definition: +| knighted imp. & p. p. of knight +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |knit | Definition: -| sinew v. t. to knit together or make strong with -| or as with sinews. +| together prep. in or into union; into junction; +| as to sew knit or fasten two things together; +| to mix things together. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|knitted | Definition: +| unknit v. t. to undo or unravel what is knitted +| together. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|knitting | Definition: +| yarn n. spun wool; woolen thread; also thread +| of other material as of cotton flax hemp or +| silk; material spun and prepared for use in +| weaving knitting manufacturing sewing thread +| or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |knives | Definition: @@ -34677,6 +31607,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|knob | Definition: +| tappit hen a measuring pot holding one quart +| (according to some three quarts); -- so called +| from a knob on the lid thought to resemble +| a crested hen. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|knobbed | Definition: +| mace n. a knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing +| leather to make it supple. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|knobby | Definition: +| tuberous a. covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; +| knobbed. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |knock | Definition: | thump n. a blow or knock as with something blunt | or heavy; a heavy fall. @@ -34698,15 +31646,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|knots | Definition: -| wapp n. a rope with wall knots in it with which -| the shrouds are set taut. -| +|knot | Definition: +| wall n. a kind of knot often used at the end of +| a rope; a wall knot; a wale. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|knowest | Definition: -| nost wottest not; knowest not. -| +|knotted | Definition: +| tortulous a. swelled out at intervals like a knotted +| cord. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |knowing | Definition: @@ -34717,6 +31665,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | from the reason. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|knowingly | Definition: +| receiptment n. the receiving or harboring a felon +| knowingly after the commission of a felony. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |knows | Definition: | wittol n. a man who knows his wife's infidelity | and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called @@ -34724,23 +31678,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | nest. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|labor | Definition: -| yield v. t. to give in return for labor expended; -| to produce as payment or interest on what is -| expended or invested; to pay; as money at interest -| yields six or seven per cent. -| +|knuckles | Definition: +| knead v. t. to work and press into a mass usually +| with the hands; esp. to work as by repeated +| pressure with the knuckles into a well mixed +| mass as the materials of bread cake etc.; as +| to knead dough. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|laborer | Definition: -| vinedresser n. one who cultivates prunes or cares -| for grapevines; a laborer in a vineyard. -| +|label | Definition: +| ticket v. a label to show the character or price +| of goods. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|laborious | Definition: -| tuggingly adv. in a tugging manner; with laborious -| pulling. +|labyrinth | Definition: +| utriculus n. a little sac or bag; a utricle; especially +| a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. +| see the note under ear. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lace | Definition: @@ -34749,6 +31704,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lacerated | Definition: +| lacerated p. a. jagged or slashed irregularly +| at the end or along the edge. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lacked | Definition: +| pith n. hence: the which contains the strength +| of life; the vital or essential part; concentrated +| force; vigor; strength; importance; as the +| speech lacked pith. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |lad | Definition: | master n. a young gentleman; a lad or small boy. | @@ -34772,10 +31740,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|laded | Definition: -| laded of lade -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |laden | Definition: | tantalus n. a phrygian king who was punished in | the lower world by being placed in the midst @@ -34787,9 +31751,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | them. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lading | Definition: -| translavation n. a laving or lading from one vessel -| to another. +|ladies | Definition: +| rubiaceous a. of or pertaining to a very large +| natural order of plants (rubiaceae) named after +| the madder (rubia tinctoria) and including +| about three hundred and seventy genera and +| over four thousand species. among them are +| the coffee tree the trees yielding peruvian +| bark and quinine the madder the quaker ladies +| and the trees bearing the edible fruits called +| genipap and sierre leone peach besides many +| plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance +| of their blossoms. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lady | Definition: @@ -34798,6 +31771,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a spectator. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lagging | Definition: +| lagging n. the clothing (esp. an outer wooden +| covering) as of a steam cylinder applied to +| prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of +| lags; -- called also deading and cleading. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |laid | Definition: | wood-layer n. a young oak or other timber plant | laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or @@ -34809,15 +31790,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | lain p. p. of lie |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|laity | Definition: -| lay a. of or pertaining to the laity as distinct -| from the clergy; as a lay person; a lay preacher; -| a lay brother. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lam | Definition: -| lam v. t. to beat soundly; to thrash. -| +|lair | Definition: +| lair n. a pasture; sometimes food. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lamb | Definition: @@ -34825,18 +31800,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lambs | Definition: -| taw v. t. to dress and prepare as the skins of -| sheep lambs goats and kids for gloves and the -| like by imbuing them with alum salt and other -| agents for softening and bleaching them. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lame | Definition: -| hobble n. i. to walk lame bearing chiefly on one -| leg; to walk with a hitch or hop or with crutches. -| +| lamely adv. an a lame crippled disabled or imperfect +| manner; as to walk lamely; a figure lamely +| drawn. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lamed | Definition: @@ -34844,55 +31811,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lameness | Definition: +| springhalt n. a kind of lameness in horse. see +| stringhalt. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |lament | Definition: | sigh v. t. to utter sighs over; to lament or mourn | over. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lamentable | Definition: -| lamentable a. miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in -| a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lamentation | Definition: | weeping a. pertaining to lamentation or those | who weep. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lamentations | Definition: -| hagiographa n. pl. the last of the three jewish -| divisions of the old testament or that portion -| not contained in the law and the prophets. -| it comprises psalms proverbs job canticles -| ruth lamentations ecclesiastes esther daniel -| ezra nehemiah and chronicles. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lamented | Definition: -| lamented a. mourned for; bewailed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lamenting | Definition: -| lamentingly adv. in a lamenting manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lamia | Definition: -| lamia n. a monster capable of assuming a woman's -| form who was said to devour human beings or -| suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a -| witch. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lamp | Definition: -| shade n. that which intercepts or shelters from -| light or the direct rays of the sun; hence -| also that which protects from heat or currents -| of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; -| as a lamp shade. +| torch n. a light or luminary formed of some combustible +| substance as of resinous wood; a large candle +| or flambeau or a lamp giving a large flaring +| flame. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lamps | Definition: @@ -34906,35 +31844,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lance | Definition: -| tilt v. i. to run or ride and thrust with a lance; -| to practice the military game or exercise of -| thrusting with a lance as a combatant on horseback; -| to joust; also figuratively to engage in any -| combat or movement resembling that of horsemen -| tilting with lances. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lances | Definition: -| uhlan n. one of a kind of light cavalry of tartaric -| origin first introduced into european armies -| in poland. they are armed with lances pistols -| and sabers and are employed chiefly as skirmishers. -| +|landed | Definition: +| superficies n. a real right consisting of a grant +| by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground +| bearing a strong resemblance to the long building +| leases granted by landholders in england in +| consideration of a rent and under reservation +| of the ownership of the soil. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lancets | Definition: -| scarificator n. an instrument principally used -| in cupping containing several lancets moved -| simultaneously by a spring for making slight -| incisions. +|landing | Definition: +| tidewaiter n. a customhouse officer who watches +| the landing of goods from merchant vessels +| in order to secure payment of duties. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|landmark | Definition: -| seamark n. any elevated object on land which serves -| as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark -| visible from the sea as a hill a tree a steeple -| or the like. +|landlord | Definition: +| rent n. a certain periodical profit whether in +| money provisions chattels or labor issuing +| out of lands and tenements in payment for the +| use; commonly a certain pecuniary sum agreed +| upon between a tenant and his landlord paid +| at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor +| for the use of land or its appendages; as rent +| for a farm a house a park etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |landmarks | Definition: @@ -34951,6 +31887,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lane | Definition: +| wynd n. a narrow lane or alley. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |languages | Definition: | tzetze n. same as tsetse. u () the twenty-first | letter of the english alphabet is a cursive @@ -34970,33 +31911,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | o and y. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|languish | Definition: -| wither v. t. to cause to languish perish or pass -| away; to blight; as a reputation withered by -| calumny. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|languished | Definition: -| languished imp. & p. p. of languish -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|languishing | Definition: -| love-sick a. originating in or expressive of languishing -| love. +|languidly | Definition: +| lackadaisical a. affectedly pensive; languidly +| sentimental. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lanterns | Definition: -| semaphore n. a signal telegraph; an apparatus -| for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns -| flags oscillating arms etc. -| +|languor | Definition: +| scurvy n. a disease characterized by livid spots +| especially about the thighs and legs due to +| extravasation of blood and by spongy gums and +| bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. +| it is accompanied by paleness languor depression +| and general debility. it is occasioned by confinement +| innutritious food and hard labor but especially +| by lack of fresh vegetable food or confinement +| for a long time to a limited range of food +| which is incapable of repairing the waste of +| the system. it was formerly prevalent among +| sailors and soldiers. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|laodicea | Definition: -| laodicean a. of or pertaining to laodicea a city -| in phrygia major; like the christians of laodicea; -| lukewarm in religion. +|lantern | Definition: +| wallower n. a lantern wheel; a trundle. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lap | Definition: @@ -35005,24 +31942,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | rain snow etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lapidary | Definition: -| mill n. a machine for grinding and polishing; -| as a lapidary mill. +|lapse | Definition: +| supralapsarian n. one of that class of calvinists +| who believed that god's decree of election +| determined that man should fall in order that +| the opportunity might be furnished of securing +| the redemption of a part of the race the decree +| of salvation being conceived of as formed before +| or beyond and not after or following the lapse +| or fall. cf. infralapsarian. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lapped | Definition: -| lap n. to lay or place over anything so as to -| partly or wholly cover it; as to lap one shingle -| over another; to lay together one partly over -| another; as to lap weather-boards; also to -| be partly over or by the side of (something); -| as the hinder boat lapped the foremost one. -| +|lapsed | Definition: +| relief n. a fine or composition which the heir +| of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the +| privilege of taking up the estate which on +| strict feudal principles had lapsed or fallen +| to the lord on the death of the tenant. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|largeness | Definition: -| largeness n. the quality or state of being large. -| +|lapsing | Definition: +| lapsing p. pr. & vb. n. of lapse +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|larcenous | Definition: +| larcenous a. having the character of larceny; +| as a larcenous act; committing larceny. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|larceny | Definition: +| steal v. i. to practice or be guilty of theft; +| to commit larceny or theft. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |larger | Definition: @@ -35036,12 +31991,44 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|larus | Definition: -| gull n. one of many species of long-winged sea -| birds of the genus larus and allied genera. +|largest | Definition: +| whitefish n. any one of several species of coregonus +| a genus of excellent food fishes allied to +| the salmons. they inhabit the lakes of the +| colder parts of north america asia and europe. +| the largest and most important american species +| (c. clupeiformis) is abundant in the great +| lakes and in other lakes farther north. called +| also lake whitefish and oswego bass. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lark | Definition: +| yellowhammer n. a common european finch (emberiza +| citrinella). the color of the male is bright +| yellow on the breast neck and sides of the +| head with the back yellow and brown and the +| top of the head and the tail quills blackish. +| called also yellow bunting scribbling lark +| and writing lark. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|larks | Definition: +| titlark n. any one of numerous small spring birds +| belonging to anthus corydalla and allied genera +| which resemble the true larks in color and +| in having a very long hind claw; especially +| the european meadow pipit (anthus pratensis). | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lashing | Definition: +| whip v. t. to drive with lashes or strokes of +| a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with +| a cord; as to whip a top. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |lasted | Definition: | lasted imp. & p. p. of last | @@ -35052,12 +32039,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|latchet | Definition: -| tab n. the flap or latchet of a shoe fastened -| with a string or a buckle. +|lastly | Definition: +| lastly adv. at last; finally. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lasts | Definition: +| tertian n. a disease especially an intermittent +| fever which returns every third day reckoning +| inclusively or in which the intermission lasts +| one day. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|latch | Definition: +| tumbler n. a movable obstruction in a lock consisting +| of a lever latch wheel slide or the like which +| must be adjusted to a particular position by +| a key or other means before the bolt can be +| thrown in locking or unlocking. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |late | Definition: | writer n. a clerk of a certain rank in the service | of the late east india company who after serving @@ -35065,6 +32067,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lated | Definition: +| lated a. belated; too late. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |lately | Definition: | reentry n. a resuming or retaking possession of | what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially @@ -35080,11 +32087,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lateward | Definition: -| lateward a. & adv. somewhat late; backward. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |latin | Definition: | ywis adv. certainly; most likely; truly; probably. | z () z the twenty-sixth and last letter of @@ -35117,6 +32119,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lauded | Definition: +| lauded imp. & p. p. of laud +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |laugh | Definition: | titter v. t. to laugh with the tongue striking | against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh @@ -35138,11 +32145,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|laughingstock | Definition: -| laughingstock n. an object of ridicule; a butt -| of sport. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |laughter | Definition: | twitter n. a half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter | partially restrained; a titter; a giggle. @@ -35155,22 +32157,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of a naval vessel. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|launched | Definition: -| launched imp. & p. p. of launch -| +|laundress | Definition: +| laundress v. i. to act as a laundress. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|laver | Definition: -| sea n. a great brazen laver in the temple at jerusalem; -| -- so called from its size. -| +|laving | Definition: +| translavation n. a laving or lading from one vessel +| to another. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lawful | Definition: -| wrong a. nonconformity or disobedience to lawful -| authority divine or human; deviation from duty; -| -- the opposite of moral right. -| +|lavish | Definition: +| waste a. to spend unnecessarily or carelessly; +| to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable +| result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish +| vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to +| destroy by scattering or injury. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lavished | Definition: +| lavished imp. & p. p. of lavish +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lawfully | Definition: @@ -35181,20 +32189,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lawgiver | Definition: -| minos n. a king and lawgiver of crete fabled to -| be the son of jupiter and europa. after death -| he was made a judge in the lower regions. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lawns | Definition: -| ground n. land; estate; possession; field; esp. -| (pl.) the gardens lawns fields etc. belonging -| to a homestead; as the grounds of the estate -| are well kept. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |laws | Definition: | zoonomy n. the laws of animal life or the science | which treats of the phenomena of animal life @@ -35202,17 +32196,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lawsuits | Definition: -| lawyer n. 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 obligations in other matters. it is a general -| term comprehending attorneys counselors solicitors -| barristers sergeants and advocates. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lawyer | Definition: | trade v. the business which a person has learned | and which he engages in for procuring subsistence @@ -35225,16 +32208,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lawyers | Definition: -| fee n. reward or compensation for services rendered -| or to be rendered; especially payment for professional -| services of optional amount or fixed by custom -| or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as the fees -| of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; -| clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees -| etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lay | Definition: | worsted n. well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple | wool which has been combed to lay the fibers @@ -35242,18 +32215,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|layer | Definition: +| washed a. appearing as if overlaid with a thin +| layer of different color; -- said of the colors +| of certain birds and insects. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |laying | Definition: -| try-square n. an instrument used by carpenters -| joiners etc. for laying off right angles off -| right angles and testing whether work is square. +| vastation n. a laying waste; waste; depopulation; +| devastation. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lays | Definition: +| wittol n. a man who knows his wife's infidelity +| and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called +| because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's +| nest. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lazy | Definition: +| stretch v. i. to extend or spread one's self or +| one's limbs; as the lazy man yawns and stretches. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lazarus | Definition: -| lazzaroni n. pl. the homeless idlers of naples -| who live by chance work or begging; -- so called -| from the hospital of st. lazarus which serves -| as their refuge. +|le | Definition: +| vive long live that is success to; as vive le +| roi long live the king; vive la bagatelle success +| to trifles or sport. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lead | Definition: @@ -35263,25 +32253,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | from amidships. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|leader | Definition: -| tribe n. a nation of savages or uncivilized people; -| a body of rude people united under one leader -| or government; as the tribes of the six nations; -| the seneca tribe. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|leaders | Definition: -| sea king one of the leaders among the norsemen -| who passed their lives in roving the seas in -| search of plunder and adventures; a norse pirate -| chief. see the note under viking. -| +|leaden | Definition: +| unplumb v. t. to deprive of lead as of a leaden +| coffin. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |leading | Definition: -| uptake n. the pipe leading upward from the smoke -| box of a steam boiler to the chimney or smokestack; -| a flue leading upward. +| van n. the front of an army; the first line or +| leading column; also the front line or foremost +| division of a fleet either in sailing or in +| battle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |leads | Definition: @@ -35292,17 +32273,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |leaf | Definition: -| undulated a. waved obtusely up and down near the -| margin as a leaf or corolla; wavy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|league | Definition: -| uncovenanted a. not having joined in a league -| or assented to a covenant or agreement as to -| the solemn league and covenant of the scottish -| people in the times of the stuarts. -| +| vigesimo-quarto a. having twenty-four leaves to +| a sheet; as a vigesimo-quarto form book leaf +| size etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |leagues | Definition: @@ -35311,9 +32284,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|leaky | Definition: +| leaky superl. apt to disclose secrets; tattling; +| not close. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |lean | Definition: -| side v. i. to lean on one side. -| +| uplean v. i. to lean or incline upon anything. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |leaned | Definition: @@ -35328,11 +32306,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | leaning by its weight. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|leanness | Definition: -| leanness n. the condition or quality of being -| lean. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |leap | Definition: | year n. the time of the apparent revolution of | the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied @@ -35350,25 +32323,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | days (see bissextile). |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|leaped | Definition: -| leaped imp. & p. p. of leap -| +|leaps | Definition: +| water flea any one of numerous species of small +| aquatic entomostraca belonging to the genera +| cyclops daphnia etc; -- so called because they +| swim with sudden leaps or starts. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|leaping | Definition: -| saltigradae n. pl. a tribe of spiders including -| those which lie in wait and leap upon their -| prey; the leaping spiders. -| +|learned | Definition: +| wiseacre v. a learned or wise man. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|leapt | Definition: -| leapt of leap +|learnt | Definition: +| learnt of learn |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|learned | Definition: -| wiseacre v. a learned or wise man. -| +|leastways | Definition: +| leastways adv. alt. of leastwise +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|leastwise | Definition: +| leastwise adv. at least; at all events. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |leather | Definition: @@ -35378,30 +32357,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|leathern | Definition: -| pouch n. a small bag; usually a leathern bag; -| as a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail -| pouch etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |leave | Definition: | wide adv. so as to leave or have a great space | between the sides; so as to form a large opening. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|leaven | Definition: -| raised a. leavened; made with leaven or yeast; -| -- used of bread cake etc. as distinguished -| from that made with cream of tartar soda etc. -| see raise v. t. 4. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|leavened | Definition: -| leavened imp. & p. p. of leaven -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |leaves | Definition: | zinnia n. any plant of the composite genus zinnia | mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large @@ -35419,9 +32380,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|leavings | Definition: -| lesses v. t. the leavings or dung of beasts. -| +|lecturer | Definition: +| profession v. that of which one professed knowledge; +| the occupation if not mechanical agricultural +| or the like to which one devotes one's self; +| the business which one professes to understand +| and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; +| employment; as the profession of arms; the +| profession of a clergyman lawyer or physician; +| the profession of lecturer on chemistry. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lecturing | Definition: +| lecturing p. pr. & vb. n. of lecture +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |led | Definition: @@ -35429,57 +32402,65 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ledge | Definition: -| shelf v. i. a sand bank in the sea or a rock or -| ledge of rocks rendering the water shallow -| and dangerous to ships. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ledges | Definition: -| channel n. flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise -| to the outside of a vessel to increase the -| spread of the shrouds and carry them clear -| of the bulwarks. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|leeks | Definition: -| cockaleekie n. a favorite soup in scotland made -| from a capon highly seasoned and boiled with -| leeks and prunes. +|lee | Definition: +| proa n. a sailing canoe of the ladrone islands +| and malay archipelago having its lee side flat +| and its weather side like that of an ordinary +| boat. the ends are alike. the canoe is long +| and narrow and is kept from overturning by +| a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending +| several feet to windward. it has been called +| the flying proa and is the swiftest sailing +| craft known. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lees | Definition: -| turbid a. having the lees or sediment disturbed; -| roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of -| liquids of any kind; as turbid water; turbid -| wine. +|leer | Definition: +| omnibus n. a sheet-iron cover for articles in +| a leer or annealing arch to protect them from +| drafts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |leg | Definition: | water leg see leg 7. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|legacy | Definition: -| windfall n. an unexpected legacy or other gain. +|legacies | Definition: +| residue n. that part of a testeator's estate wwhich +| is not disposed of in his will by particular +| and special legacies and devises and which +| remains after payment of debts and legacies. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|legion | Definition: -| legioned a. formed into a legion or legions; legionary. -| +|legally | Definition: +| will v. the legal declaration of a person's mind +| as to the manner in which he would have his +| property or estate disposed of after his death; +| the written instrument legally executed by +| which a man makes disposition of his estate +| to take effect after his death; testament; +| devise. see the note under testament 1. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|legions | Definition: -| legionry n. a body of legions; legions collectively. -| +|legged | Definition: +| legged a. having (such or so many) legs; -- used +| in composition; as a long-legged man; a two-legged +| animal. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|legible | Definition: +| write v. t. to set down for reading; to express +| in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; +| as to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; +| hence specifically to set down in an epistle; +| to communicate by letter. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|legislative | Definition: -| veto v. t. to prohibit; to negative; also to refuse -| assent to as a legislative bill and thus prevent -| its enactment; as to veto an appropriation -| bill. +|legitimate | Definition: +| titleless a. not having a title or name; without +| legitimate title. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |legs | Definition: @@ -35501,19 +32482,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | sabines. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|leisurely | Definition: +| stroll n. a wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely +| walk; a ramble. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lemon | Definition: +| zest v. t. to cut into thin slips as the peel +| of an orange lemon etc.; to squeeze as peel +| over the surface of anything. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |lend | Definition: | moralize v. t. to furnish with moral lessons teachings | or examples; to lend a moral to. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lender | Definition: -| lombard n. a money lender or banker; -- so called -| because the business of banking was first carried -| on in london by lombards. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lending | Definition: | reloan n. a second lending of the same thing; | a renewal of a loan. @@ -35525,27 +32511,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lengthen | Definition: -| use v. t. a stab of iron welded to the side of -| a forging as a shaft near the end and afterward -| drawn down by hammering so as to lengthen the -| forging. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lengthened | Definition: -| sackbut n. a brass wind instrument like a bass -| trumpet so contrived that it can be lengthened -| or shortened according to the tone required; -| -- said to be the same as the trombone. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lenity | Definition: -| lenity n. the state or quality of being lenient; -| mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness -| of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -| -- opposed to severity and rigor. -| +|leniently | Definition: +| leniently adv. in a lenient manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lent | Definition: @@ -35554,84 +32522,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | other fasts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|leopard | Definition: -| wagati n. a small east indian wild cat (felis -| wagati) regarded by some as a variety of the -| leopard cat. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|leper | Definition: -| leper n. a person affected with leprosy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lepers | Definition: -| proctor n. a person appointed to collect alms -| for those who could not go out to beg for themselves -| as lepers the bedridden etc.; hence a beggar. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|leprosy | Definition: -| leprosy n. a cutaneous disease which first appears -| as blebs or as reddish shining slightly prominent -| spots with spreading edges. these are often -| followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish -| prominent nodules frequently producing great -| deformity. in one variety of the disease anaesthesia -| of the skin is a prominent symptom. in addition -| there may be wasting of the muscles falling -| out of the hair and nails and distortion of -| the hands and feet with destruction of the -| bones and joints. it is incurable and is probably -| contagious. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|leprous | Definition: -| leprous a. leprose. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lessen | Definition: -| weaken v. t. to make weak; to lessen the strength -| of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; -| to enfeeble; to enervate; as to weaken the -| body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a -| magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection -| or an argument. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lessened | Definition: -| sleep v. i. a natural and healthy but temporary -| and periodical suspension of the functions -| of the organs of sense as well as of those -| of the voluntary and rational soul; that state -| of the animal in which there is a lessened -| acuteness of sensory perception a confusion -| of ideas and a loss of mental control followed -| by a more or less unconscious state. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lessening | Definition: -| stasis n. a slackening or arrest of the blood -| current in the vessels due not to a lessening -| of the heart's beat but presumably to some -| abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. -| it is one of the phenomena observed in the -| capillaries in inflammation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lesser | Definition: -| whitethroat n. any one of several species of old -| world warblers esp. the common european species -| (sylvia cinerea) called also strawsmear nettlebird -| muff and whitecap the garden whitethroat or -| golden warbler (s. hortensis) and the lesser -| whitethroat (s. curruca). -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lesson | Definition: | tax n. a lesson to be learned; a task. | @@ -35651,88 +32541,48 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lethargic | Definition: +| typhotoxin n. a basic substance c7h17no2 formed +| from the growth of the typhoid bacillus on +| meat pulp. it induces in small animals lethargic +| conditions with liquid dejecta. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lets | Definition: +| vetturino n. one who lets or drives a vettura. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |letter | Definition: | zeta n. a greek letter corresponding to our z. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |letters | Definition: -| writing n. anything written or printed; anything -| expressed in characters or letters -| +| writing n. the act or art of forming letters and +| characters on paper wood stone or other material +| for the purpose of recording the ideas which +| characters and words express or of communicating +| them to others by visible signs. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |letting | Definition: -| twang v. t. to make to sound as by pulling a tense -| string and letting it go suddenly. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lettuce | Definition: -| water lettuce a plant (pistia stratiotes) which -| floats on tropical waters and forms a rosette -| of spongy wedge-shaped leaves. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lever | Definition: -| wrench v. t. an instrument often a simple bar -| or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either -| at the end or between the ends for exerting -| a twisting strain as in turning bolts nuts -| screw taps etc.; a screw key. many wrenches -| have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts etc. -| of different sizes. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|leviathan | Definition: -| leviathan n. the whale or a great whale. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|levite | Definition: -| levitical a. of or pertaining to a levite or the -| levites. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|levites | Definition: -| nethinim n. pl. servants of the priests and levites -| in the menial services about the tabernacle -| and temple. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|levitical | Definition: -| levitically adv. after the manner of the levites; -| in accordance with the levitical law. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|leviticus | Definition: -| leviticus n. the third canonical book of the old -| testament containing the laws and regulations -| relating to the priests and levites among the -| hebrews or the body of the ceremonial law. +| venesection n. the act or operation of opening +| a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|levity | Definition: -| play n. to act with levity or thoughtlessness; -| to trifle; to be careless. -| +|levelled | Definition: +| levelled of level |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|levy | Definition: -| tithe v. t. to levy a tenth part on; to tax to -| the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on. +|li | Definition: +| li bella n. a level or leveling instrument. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lewd | Definition: -| whore v. t. to corrupt by lewd intercourse; to -| make a whore of; to debauch. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |liable | Definition: | washy a. not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely | with labor; as a washy horse. @@ -35740,26 +32590,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |liar | Definition: -| insult v. t. to treat with abuse insolence indignity -| or contempt by word or action; to abuse; as -| to call a man a coward or a liar or to sneer -| at him is to insult him. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lib | Definition: -| lib v. t. to castrate. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|libation | Definition: -| prelibation n. a pouring out or libation before -| tasting. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|libations | Definition: -| patera n. a saucerlike vessel of earthenware or -| metal used by the greeks and romans in libations -| and sacrificies. +| liar n. a person who knowingly utters falsehood; +| one who lies. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |liberal | Definition: @@ -35777,6 +32609,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|liberality | Definition: +| liberality n. a gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes +| in the plural; as a prudent man is not impoverished +| by his liberalities. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |liberally | Definition: | liberally adv. in a liberal manner. | @@ -35791,12 +32629,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|libertine | Definition: -| libertine n. dissolute; licentious; profligate; -| loose in morals; as libertine principles or -| manners. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |liberty | Definition: | zollverein n. literally a customs union; specifically | applied to the several customs unions successively @@ -35807,40 +32639,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|libya | Definition: -| libyan a. of or pertaining to libya the ancient -| name of that part of africa between egypt and -| the atlantic ocean or of africa as a whole. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lick | Definition: -| unlicked a. not licked; hence not properly formed; -| ungainly. cf. to lick into shape under lick -| v. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |licked | Definition: | licked imp. & p. p. of lick | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lie | Definition: -| wimple v. i. to lie in folds; also to appear as -| if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate. -| +|licking | Definition: +| loch n. a kind of medicine to be taken by licking +| with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lied | Definition: -| lied n. a lay; a german song. it differs from -| the french chanson and the italian canzone -| all three being national. -| +|lid | Definition: +| valve n. a lid plug or cover applied to an aperture +| so that by its movement as by swinging lifting +| and falling sliding turning or the like it +| will open or close the aperture to permit or +| prevent passage as of a fluid. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|liers | Definition: -| ambush v. t. the troops posted in a concealed -| place for attacking by surprise; liers in wait. +|lie | Definition: +| wimple v. i. to lie in folds; also to appear as +| if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -35854,50 +32675,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or cithern.] |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lieutenant | Definition: -| stadtholder n. formerly the chief magistrate of -| the united provinces of holland; also the governor -| or lieutenant governor of a province. +|lieu | Definition: +| withernam n. a second or reciprocal distress of +| other goods in lieu of goods which were taken +| by a first distress and have been eloigned; +| a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used +| in the expression capias in withernam which +| is the name of a writ used in connection with +| the action of replevin (sometimes called a +| writ of reprisal) which issues to a defendant +| in replevin when he has obtained judgment for +| a return of the chattels replevied and fails +| to obtain them on the writ of return. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lieutenants | Definition: -| lieutenancy n. the body of lieutenants or subordinates. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lifeless | Definition: | vap n. that which is vapid insipid or lifeless; | especially the lifeless part of liquor or wine. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lifetime | Definition: -| superordination n. the ordination of a person -| to fill a station already occupied; especially -| the ordination by an ecclesiastical official -| during his lifetime of his successor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lift | Definition: | windbore n. the lower or bottom pipe in a lift | of pumps in a mine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lifted | Definition: -| trot v. i. the pace of a horse or other quadruped -| more rapid than a walk but of various degrees -| of swiftness in which one fore foot and the -| hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at -| the same time. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lifter | Definition: -| lifter n. a tool for lifting loose sand from the -| mold; also a contrivance attached to a cope -| to hold the sand together when the cope is -| lifted. +| uphand a. lifted by the hand or by both hands; +| as the uphand sledge. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lifting | Definition: @@ -35915,12 +32721,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | kindle the match. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lighten | Definition: -| jettison n. the throwing overboard of goods from -| necessity in order to lighten a vessel in danger -| of wreck. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lightened | Definition: | lightened imp. & p. p. of lighten | @@ -35933,6 +32733,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lightermen | Definition: +| lightermen pl. of lighterman +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |lightest | Definition: | hydrogen n. a gaseous element colorless tasteless | and odorless the lightest known substance being @@ -35952,6 +32757,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lighthouse | Definition: +| pharos n. a lighthouse or beacon for the guidance +| of seamen. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |lighting | Definition: | sun-burner n. a circle or cluster of gas-burners | for lighting and ventilating public buildings. @@ -35964,12 +32774,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lightness | Definition: -| nimbleness n. the quality of being nimble; lightness -| and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lightning | Definition: | wildfire n. a sort of lightning unaccompanied | by thunder. @@ -35980,11 +32784,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | lights and the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lightsome | Definition: -| lightsome a. gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |liked | Definition: | like v. i. to come near; to avoid with difficulty; | to escape narrowly; as he liked to have been @@ -35993,22 +32792,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |likely | Definition: -| ugly superl. unpleasant; disagreeable; likely -| to cause trouble or loss; as an ugly rumor; -| an ugly customer. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|liken | Definition: -| liken a. to allege or think to be like; to represent -| as like; to compare; as to liken life to a -| pilgrimage. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|likened | Definition: -| simile n. a word or phrase by which anything is -| likened in one or more of its aspects to something -| else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative -| comparison. +| wag-halter n. one who moves or wears a halter; +| one likely to be hanged. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |likeness | Definition: @@ -36028,6 +32814,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|likes | Definition: +| like n. a liking; a preference; inclination; -- +| usually in pl.; as we all have likes and dislikes. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |likewise | Definition: | tantalus n. a phrygian king who was punished in | the lower world by being placed in the midst @@ -36039,15 +32831,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | them. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lilies | Definition: -| natant a. floating in water as the leaves of water -| lilies or submersed as those of many aquatic -| plants. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lily | Definition: -| water nymph a water lily (nymphaea). -| +|liking | Definition: +| shine n. a liking for a person; a fancy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |limb | Definition: @@ -36070,24 +32856,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|limbo | Definition: -| limbo n. alt. of limbus -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |limbs | Definition: | wing-handed a. having the anterior limbs or hands | adapted for flight as the bats and pterodactyls. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|limit | Definition: -| zone n. a band or area of growth encircling anything; -| as a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the -| zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean -| around an island or a continent; the alpine -| zone that part of mountains which is above -| the limit of tree growth. -| +|lime | Definition: +| zoisite n. a grayish or whitish mineral occurring +| in orthorhombic prismatic crystals also in +| columnar masses. it is a silicate of alumina +| and lime and is allied to epidote. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|limekiln | Definition: +| limekiln n. a kiln or furnace in which limestone +| or shells are burned and reduced to lime. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|limitation | Definition: +| topically adv. in a topical manner; with application +| to or limitation of a particular place or topic. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |limits | Definition: @@ -36095,6 +32887,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of; beyond. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|limp | Definition: +| unstarch v. t. to free from starch; to make limp +| or pliable. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|limped | Definition: +| limped imp. & p. p. of limp +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|limping | Definition: +| limpingly adv. in a limping manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|linchpin | Definition: +| linchpin n. a pin used to prevent the wheel of +| a vehicle from sliding off the axletree. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |linen | Definition: | wimple n. a covering of silk linen or other material | for the neck and chin formerly worn by women @@ -36115,9 +32928,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lingered | Definition: -| lingered imp. & p. p. of linger -| +|lingering | Definition: +| malady n. any disease of the human body; a distemper +| disorder or indisposition proceeding from impaired +| defective or morbid organic functions; especially +| a lingering or deep-seated disorder. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |linked | Definition: @@ -36127,38 +32943,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lintel | Definition: -| tympanum n. the space within an arch and above -| a lintel or a subordinate arch spanning the -| opening below the arch. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lion | Definition: -| sharp-set a. eager in appetite or desire of gratification; -| affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as an eagle -| or a lion sharp-set. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lioness | Definition: -| lioness n. a female lion. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lions | Definition: -| jackal n. one who does mean work for another's -| advantage as jackals were once thought to kill -| game which lions appropriated. -| +|linking | Definition: +| linkage n. manner of linking or of being linked; +| -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in +| the molecule. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lip | Definition: -| twitch n. a stick with a hole in one end through -| which passes a loop which can be drawn tightly -| over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. by -| twisting the stick the compression is made -| sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet -| during a slight surgical operation. -| +| vaulted a. arched like the roof of the mouth as +| the upper lip of many ringent flowers. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lips | Definition: @@ -36172,12 +32966,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | whistle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|liquids | Definition: -| zymosimeter n. an instrument for ascertaining -| the degree of fermentation occasioned by the -| mixture of different liquids and the degree -| of heat which they acquire in fermentation. -| +|liquid | Definition: +| zoutch v. t. to stew as flounders eels etc. with +| just enough or liquid to cover them. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|liquidation | Definition: +| settlement n. the act or process of adjusting +| or determining; composure of doubts or differences; +| pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; +| adjustment; as settlement of a controversy +| of accounts etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |liquor | Definition: @@ -36187,32 +32987,71 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lit | Definition: -| lit a form of the imp. & p. p. of light. +|liquorice | Definition: +| liquorice n. see licorice. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|liquors | Definition: +| zymology n. a treatise on the fermentation of +| liquors or the doctrine of fermentation. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lisped | Definition: +| lisped imp. & p. p. of lisp +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|listen | Definition: +| prick n. to make sharp; to erect into a point; +| to raise as something pointed; -- said especially +| of the ears of an animal as a horse or dog; +| and usually followed by up; -- hence to prick +| up the ears to listen sharply; to have the +| attention and interest strongly engaged. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|listened | Definition: +| listened imp. & p. p. of listen +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|listener | Definition: +| listener n. one who listens; a hearkener. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|literal | Definition: -| turn n. form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- -| used in a literal or figurative sense; hence -| form of expression; mode of signifying; as -| the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn -| in conversation. +|listening | Definition: +| listening p. pr. & vb. n. of listen +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|literally | Definition: -| zollverein n. literally a customs union; specifically -| applied to the several customs unions successively -| formed under the leadership of prussia among -| certain german states for establishing liberty -| of commerce among themselves and common tariff -| on imports exports and transit. -| +|listless | Definition: +| listless a. having no desire or inclination; indifferent; +| heedless; spiritless. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|litigious | Definition: -| litigiously adv. in a litigious manner. -| +|literary | Definition: +| zend n. properly the translation and exposition +| in the huzv/resh or literary pehlevi language +| of the avesta the zoroastrian sacred writings; +| as commonly used the language (an ancient persian +| dialect) in which the avesta is written. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|literature | Definition: +| wife n. a woman; an adult female; -- now used +| in literature only in certain compounds and +| phrases as alewife fishwife goodwife and the +| like. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lithe | Definition: +| lithely adv. in a lithe pliant or flexible manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |litter | Definition: @@ -36225,18 +33064,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|liturgical | Definition: -| liturgiology n. the science treating of liturgical -| matters; a treatise on or description of liturgies. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|liturgy | Definition: -| sarum use a liturgy or use put forth about 1087 -| by st. osmund bishop of sarum based on anglo-saxon -| and norman customs. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lived | Definition: | zoilean a. having the characteristic of zoilus | a bitter envious unjust critic who lived about @@ -36259,6 +33086,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the liver etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|liverpool | Definition: +| clear v. i. to obtain a clearance; as the steamer +| cleared for liverpool to-day. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|livery | Definition: +| tiger n. a servant in livery who rides with his +| master or mistress. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |lives | Definition: | wrecker n. one who searches fro or works upon | the wrecks of vessels etc. specifically: (a) @@ -36269,15 +33107,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lizard | Definition: -| worrel n. an egyptian fork-tongued lizard about -| four feet long when full grown. -| +|livid | Definition: +| token n. a livid spot upon the body indicating +| or supposed to indicate the approach of death. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lo | Definition: -| lo interj. look; see; behold; observe. -| +|ll | Definition: +| mouille a. applied to certain consonants having +| a liquid or softened sound; e.g. in french +| l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and +| ni in minion); in italian gl and gn; in spanish +| ll and ; in portuguese lh and nh. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |load | Definition: @@ -36305,35 +33147,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | end. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|loath | Definition: -| lothsome a. see loath loathly etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|loathe | Definition: -| scunner v. t. to cause to loathe or feel disgust -| at. +|loathing | Definition: +| scunner v. i. to have a feeling of loathing or +| disgust; hence to have dislike prejudice or +| reluctance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|loathsome | Definition: -| ugly superl. offensive to the sight; contrary -| to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome -| aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed. -| +|lobster | Definition: +| tomaley n. the liver of the lobster which becomes +| green when boiled; -- called also tomalline. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|loaves | Definition: -| showbread n. bread of exhibition; loaves to set -| before god; -- the term used in translating -| the various phrases used in the hebrew and -| greek to designate the loaves of bread which -| the priest of the week placed before the lord -| on the golden table in the sanctuary. they -| were made of fine flour unleavened and were -| changed every sabbath. the loaves twelve in -| number represented the twelve tribes of israel. -| they were to be eaten by the priests only and -| in the holy place. +|localities | Definition: +| redtop n. a kind of grass (agrostis vulgaris) +| highly valued in the united states for pasturage +| and hay for cattle; -- called also english +| grass and in some localities herd's grass. +| see illustration in appendix. the tall redtop +| is triodia seslerioides. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lock | Definition: @@ -36342,6 +33175,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|locked | Definition: +| open a. free of access; not shut up; not closed; +| affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not +| impeding or preventing passage; not locked +| up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; +| as an open door window road etc.; also to inclosed +| structures or objects; as open houses boxes +| baskets bottles etc.; also to means of communication +| or approach by water or land; as an open harbor +| or roadstead. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |locking | Definition: | tumbler n. a movable obstruction in a lock consisting | of a lever latch wheel slide or the like which @@ -36358,18 +33203,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|locust | Definition: -| water locust a thorny leguminous tree (gleditschia -| monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the -| mississippi valley. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|locusts | Definition: -| saltatoria n. pl. a division of orthoptera including -| grasshoppers locusts and crickets. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lodge | Definition: | tiler n. a doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge | of freemasons. @@ -36381,9 +33214,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lodger | Definition: +| receive v. t. to give admittance to; to permit +| to enter as into one's house presence company +| and the like; as to receive a lodger visitor +| ambassador messenger etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lodgers | Definition: +| family v. t. the collective body of persons who +| live in one house and under one head or manager; +| a household including parents children and +| servants and as the case may be lodgers or +| boarders. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |lodging | Definition: -| stabulation n. a place for lodging beasts; a stable. -| +| stateroom n. a small apartment for lodging or +| sleeping in the cabin or on the deck of a vessel; +| also a somewhat similar apartment in a railway +| sleeping car. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lodgings | Definition: @@ -36400,11 +33251,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | building. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|loftiness | Definition: -| loftiness n. the state or quality of being lofty. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lofty | Definition: | yakin n. a large asiatic antelope (budorcas taxicolor) | native of the higher parts of the himalayas @@ -36414,17 +33260,63 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|loins | Definition: -| suet n. the fat and fatty tissues of an animal -| especially the harder fat about the kidneys -| and loins in beef and mutton which when melted -| and freed from the membranes forms tallow. +|logical | Definition: +| weak v. i. not possessing or manifesting intellectual +| logical moral or political strength vigor etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|loin | Definition: +| surloin n. a loin of beef or the upper part of +| the loin. see sirloin the more usual but not +| etymologically preferable orthography. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|loiter | Definition: +| truant v. i. to idle away time; to loiter or wander; +| to play the truant. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|loitered | Definition: +| loitered imp. & p. p. of loiter +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|loitering | Definition: +| loiteringly adv. in a loitering manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|loll | Definition: +| loll v. t. to let hang from the mouth as the tongue. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|longanimity | Definition: -| longanimity n. disposition to bear injuries patiently; -| forbearance; patience. +|lolled | Definition: +| lolled imp. & p. p. of loll +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lone | Definition: +| lorn a. forsaken; abandoned; solitary; bereft; +| as a lone lorn woman. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|loneliness | Definition: +| loneliness n. a feeling of depression resulting +| from being alone. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lonely | Definition: +| solitude a. solitary or lonely place; a desert +| or wilderness. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lonesome | Definition: +| lonesome superl. conscious of and somewhat depressed +| by solitude; as to feel lonesome. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |longed | Definition: @@ -36440,25 +33332,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|longing | Definition: -| yearn v. i. to be filled with longing desire; -| to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing -| or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with -| emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; -| to be eager. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|longlived | Definition: -| long-lived a. having a long life; having constitutional -| peculiarities which make long life probable; -| lasting long; as a long-lived tree; they are -| a longlived family; long-lived prejudices. -| +|longest | Definition: +| wedge-tailed a. having a tail which has the middle +| pair of feathers longest the rest successively +| and decidedly shorter and all more or less +| attenuate; -- said of certain birds. see illust. +| of wood hoopoe under wood. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|longs | Definition: -| longer n. one who longs for anything. -| +|loo | Definition: +| miss n. in the game of three-card loo an extra +| hand dealt on the table which may be substituted +| for the hand dealt to a player. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |looked | Definition: @@ -36468,9 +33355,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lookout | Definition: +| observatory n. a lookout on a flank of a battery +| whence an officer can note the range and effect +| of the fire. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |looks | Definition: -| rugged n. sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- -| said of looks etc. +| strid n. a narrow passage between precipitous +| rocks or banks which looks as if it might be +| crossed at a stride. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|looming | Definition: +| mirage n. an optical effect sometimes seen on +| the ocean but more frequently in deserts due +| to total reflection of light at the surface +| common to two strata of air differently heated. +| the reflected image is seen commonly in an +| inverted position while the real object may +| or may not be in sight. when the surface is +| horizontal and below the eye the appearance +| is that of a sheet of water in which the object +| is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface +| is above the eye the image is seen projected +| against the sky. the fata morgana and looming +| are species of mirage. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |loop | Definition: @@ -36483,6 +33393,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|loophole | Definition: +| oillet n. a small opening or loophole sometimes +| circular used in mediaeval fortifications. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |loops | Definition: | wilton carpet a kind of carpet woven with loops | like the brussels but differing from it in @@ -36498,16 +33414,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wrapper. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|loosed | Definition: -| unbridled a. loosed from the bridle or as from -| the bridle; hence unrestrained; licentious; -| violent; as unbridled passions. -| +|loosely | Definition: +| zaffer n. a pigment obtained usually by roasting +| cobalt glance with sand or quartz as a dark +| earthy powder. it consists of crude cobalt +| oxide or of an impure cobalt arseniate. it +| is used in porcelain painting and in enameling +| pottery to produce a blue color and is often +| confounded with smalt from which however it +| is distinct as it contains no potash. the name +| is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer +| proper with silica or oxides of iron manganese +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|loosen | Definition: +| untie v. t. to loosen as something interlaced +| or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as to +| untie a knot. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|loosing | Definition: -| tripping n. the loosing of an anchor from the -| ground by means of its cable or buoy rope. +|loosening | Definition: +| unhook v. t. to loose from a hook; to undo or +| open by loosening or unfastening the hooks +| of; as to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -36519,11 +33449,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lording | Definition: -| lording n. a little lord; a lordling; a lord in -| contempt or ridicule. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lords | Definition: | woolsack n. a sack or bag of wool; specifically | the seat of the lord chancellor of england @@ -36540,12 +33465,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | world anew. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|losses | Definition: -| undo v. t. to bring to poverty; to impoverish; -| to ruin as in reputation morals hopes or the -| like; as many are undone by unavoidable losses -| but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation -| or by indolence. +|losing | Definition: +| trip n. i. to take a quick step as when in danger +| of losing one's balance; hence to make a false; +| to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lost | Definition: @@ -36559,6 +33483,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lotion | Definition: +| lotion n. a liquid preparation for bathing the +| skin or an injured or diseased part either +| for a medicinal purpose or for improving its +| appearance. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |lots | Definition: | urn n. a vessel of various forms usually a vase | furnished with a foot or pedestal employed @@ -36570,8 +33501,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |loud | Definition: -| yowl n. a loud protracted and mournful cry as -| that of a dog; a howl. +| yowl v. i. to utter a loud long and mournful cry +| as a dog; to howl; to yell. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |louder | Definition: @@ -36579,14 +33511,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the voice. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|louse | Definition: -| sea wood louse a sea slater. -| +|loudly | Definition: +| trumpet v. i. to sound loudly or with a tone like +| a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lounger | Definition: +| lounger n. one who lounges; ar idler. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lounging | Definition: +| lounging p. pr. & vb. n. of lounge +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |loved | Definition: -| loved imp. & p. p. of love -| +| minion n. a loved one; one highly esteemed and +| favored; -- in a good sense. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |loveliness | Definition: @@ -36595,8 +33539,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lovely | Definition: -| nymph n. a lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel. -| +| psyche n. a lovely maiden daughter of a king and +| mistress of eros or cupid. she is regarded +| as the personification of the soul. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lover | Definition: @@ -36632,6 +33578,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the lower animals. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|lowered | Definition: +| torpedo n. an explosive cartridge or shell lowered +| or dropped into a bored oil well and there +| exploded to clear the well of obstructions +| or to open communication with a source of supply +| of oil. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |lowering | Definition: | trip v. t. to pull (a yard) into a perpendicular | position for lowering it. @@ -36644,107 +33598,86 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lowing | Definition: -| lowing n. the calling sound made by cows and other -| bovine animals. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lowliness | Definition: -| lowliness n. low condition especially as to manner -| of life. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lowly | Definition: -| solenogastra n. pl. an order of lowly organized -| mollusca belonging to the isopleura. a narrow -| groove takes the place of the foot of other -| gastropods. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lowness | Definition: -| lowness n. the state or quality of being low. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|loyal | Definition: -| truly adv. sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; -| as to be truly attached to a lover; the citizens -| are truly loyal to their prince or their country. -| +| megrim n. a fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp. +| in the plural lowness of spirits. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lucifer | Definition: -| luciferian n. one of the followers of lucifer -| bishop of cagliari in the fourth century who -| separated from the orthodox churches because -| they would not go as far as he did in opposing -| the arians. +|lozenges | Definition: +| poyntel n. paving or flooring made of small squares +| or lozenges set diagonally. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lucius | Definition: -| praenomen n. the first name of a person by which -| individuals of the same family were distinguished -| answering to our christian name as caius lucius -| marcus etc. +|lucid | Definition: +| method n. orderly arrangement elucidation development +| or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; +| systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |luck | Definition: -| luck n. that which happens to a person; an event -| good or ill affecting one's interests or happiness -| and which is deemed casual; a course or series -| of such events regarded as occurring by chance; -| chance; hap; fate; fortune; often one's habitual -| or characteristic fortune; as good bad ill -| or hard luck. luck is often used for good luck; -| as luck is better than skill. -| +| mascotte n. a person who is supposed to bring +| good luck to the household to which he or she +| belongs; anything that brings good luck. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lucky | Definition: -| lucky superl. producing or resulting in good by -| chance or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; -| fortunate; as a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; -| a lucky hour. +| lucky proach see fatherlasher. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lucre | Definition: -| lucre n. gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -| -- often in an ill sense. -| +|ludicrous | Definition: +| wag v. a man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous +| fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lud | Definition: -| luddite n. one of a number of riotous persons -| in england who for six years (1811-17) tried -| to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery -| by breaking it burning factories etc.; -- so -| called from ned lud a half-witted man who some -| years previously had broken stocking frames. +|lug | Definition: +| snug n. same as lug n. 3. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|luggage | Definition: +| searcher n. an officer of the customs whose business +| it is to search ships merchandise luggage etc. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|luke | Definition: -| magnificat n. the song of the virgin mary luke -| i. 46; -- so called because it commences with -| this word in the vulgate. -| +|lull | Definition: +| sing v. t. to influence by singing; to lull by +| singing; as to sing a child to sleep. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lukewarm | Definition: -| warm superl. fig.: not cool indifferent lukewarm -| or the like in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; -| fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. +|luminous | Definition: +| thaumatrope n. an optical instrument or toy for +| showing the presistence of an impression upon +| the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lump | Definition: -| swad n. a lump of mass; also a crowd. -| +|lumpish | Definition: +| lumpish a. like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; +| spiritless. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lumps | Definition: -| rag v. t. to break (ore) into lumps for sorting. -| +|lunar | Definition: +| year n. the time of the apparent revolution of +| the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied +| by the earth in making its revolution around +| the sun called the astronomical year; also +| a period more or less nearly agreeing with +| this adopted by various nations as a measure +| of time and called the civil year; as the common +| lunar year of 354 days still in use among the +| mohammedans; the year of 360 days etc. in common +| usage the year consists of 365 days and every +| fourth year (called bissextile or leap year) +| of 366 days a day being added to february on +| that year on account of the excess above 365 +| days (see bissextile). |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lunatic | Definition: @@ -36754,11 +33687,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lunatics | Definition: -| necessary n. such things in respect to infants -| lunatics and married women as are requisite -| for support suitable to station. -| +|lunch | Definition: +| tiffin n. a lunch or slight repast between breakfast +| and dinner; -- originally a provincial english +| word but introduced into india and brought +| back to england in a special sense. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lunched | Definition: +| lunched imp. & p. p. of lunch +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|lunching | Definition: +| lunching p. pr. & vb. n. of lunch +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |lungs | Definition: @@ -36771,47 +33715,43 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lurch | Definition: -| lurch v. i. to dodge; to shift; to play tricks. -| +|lured | Definition: +| siren n. one of three sea nymphs -- or according +| to some writers of two -- said to frequent +| an island near the coast of italy and to sing +| with such sweetness that they lured mariners +| to destruction. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lurking | Definition: -| tapinage n. a lurking or skulking. -| +|lurker | Definition: +| lurker n. a small fishing boat. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lust | Definition: -| victim n. a person or thing destroyed or sacrificed -| in the pursuit of an object or in gratification -| of a passion; as a victim to jealousy lust -| or ambition. +|lustily | Definition: +| lustily adv. in a lusty or vigorous manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lusted | Definition: -| lusted imp. & p. p. of lust +|lustre | Definition: +| luster v. t. alt. of lustre | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lusts | Definition: -| worldly a. pertaining to this world or life in -| contradistinction from the life to come; secular; -| temporal; devoted to this life and its enjoyments; -| bent on gain; as worldly pleasures affections -| honor lusts men. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|luther | Definition: -| ubiquity n. the doctrine as formulated by luther -| that christ's glorified body is omnipresent. -| +|lustrous | Definition: +| water v. t. to wet and calender as cloth so as +| to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy +| lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as +| to water silk. cf. water n. 6. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |luxurious | Definition: -| luxurious a. of or pertaining to luxury; ministering -| to luxury; supplied with the conditions of -| luxury; as a luxurious life; a luxurious table; -| luxurious ease. +| murrhine a. made of the stone or material called +| by the romans murrha; -- applied to certain +| costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used +| by the luxurious in rome as wine cups; as murrhine +| vases cups vessels. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |luxury | Definition: @@ -36820,19 +33760,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | gratifications. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lydia | Definition: -| lydian a. of or pertaining to lydia a country -| of asia minor or to its inhabitants; hence -| soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one -| of the ancient greek modes or keys the music -| in which was of a soft pathetic or voluptuous -| character. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|lye | Definition: -| lye n. a falsehood. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |lying | Definition: | wind-rode a. caused to ride or drive by the wind | in opposition to the course of the tide; -- @@ -36841,42 +33768,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|lyre | Definition: -| trigon n. a kind of triangular lyre or harp. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|maara | Definition: -| maara shell a large pearly spiral marine shell -| (turbo margaritaceus) from the pacific islands. -| it is used as an ornament. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mac | Definition: -| mac a prefix in names of scotch origin signifying -| son. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|macedonian | Definition: -| macedonian n. one of a certain religious sect -| followers of macedonius bishop of constantinople -| in the fourth century who held that the holy -| ghost was a creature like the angels and a -| servant of the father and the son. -| +|lyrical | Definition: +| troubadour n. one of a school of poets who flourished +| from the eleventh to the thirteenth century +| principally in provence in the south of france +| and also in the north of italy. they invented +| and especially cultivated a kind of lyrical +| poetry characterized by intricacy of meter +| and rhyme and usually of a romantic amatory +| strain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|macer | Definition: -| macer n. a mace bearer; an officer of a court. -| +|ma | Definition: +| ma conj. but; -- used in cautionary phrases; as +| vivace ma non troppo presto (i. e. lively but +| not too quick). |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|machinations | Definition: -| purim n. a jewish festival called also the feast -| of lots instituted to commemorate the deliverance -| of the jews from the machinations of haman. -| +|machinery | Definition: +| wheel n. a circular frame turning about an axis; +| a rotating disk whether solid or a frame composed +| of an outer rim spokes or radii and a central +| hub or nave in which is inserted the axle -- +| used for supporting and conveying vehicles +| in machinery and for various purposes; as the +| wheel of a wagon of a locomotive of a mill +| of a watch etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mad | Definition: @@ -36884,12 +33801,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | furiously. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|madia | Definition: -| madia n. a genus of composite plants of which -| one species (madia sativa) is cultivated for -| the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. -| this oil is sometimes used instead of olive -| oil for the table. +|maddened | Definition: +| maddened imp. & p. p. of madden +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |madman | Definition: @@ -36903,11 +33817,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|magdalen | Definition: -| magdalen n. a reformed prostitute. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |magic | Definition: | theurgy n. in later or modern magic that species | of magic in which effects are claimed to be @@ -36915,23 +33824,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | from natural magic. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|magical | Definition: -| zendik n. an atheist or unbeliever; -- name given -| in the east to those charged with disbelief -| of any revealed religion or accused of magical -| heresies. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|magician | Definition: -| magician n. one skilled in magic; one who practices -| the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; -| a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer. -| +|magisterial | Definition: +| magistery n. a magisterial injunction. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|magicians | Definition: -| wand n. a rod used by conjurers diviners magicians -| etc. +|magisterially | Definition: +| magisterially adv. in a magisterial manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |magistrate | Definition: @@ -36947,35 +33847,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | station. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|magnanimous | Definition: +| magnanimously adv. in a magnanimous manner; with +| greatness of mind. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |magnificence | Definition: -| turgescency n. empty magnificence or pompousness; -| inflation; bombast; turgidity. -| +| vestige n. the mark of the foot left on the earth; +| a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence +| a faint mark or visible sign left by something +| which is lost or has perished or is no longer +| present; remains; as the vestiges of ancient +| magnificence in palmyra; vestiges of former +| population. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |magnificent | Definition: -| triumph n. a magnificent and imposing ceremonial -| performed in honor of a general who had gained -| a decisive victory over a foreign enemy. -| +| vatican n. a magnificent assemblage of buildings +| at rome near the church of st. peter including +| the pope's palace a museum a library a famous +| chapel etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|magnified | Definition: -| magnified imp. & p. p. of magnify -| +|magnificently | Definition: +| magnificently adv. in a magnificent manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|magnify | Definition: -| magnify v. i. to have the power of causing objects -| to appear larger than they really are; to increase -| the apparent dimensions of objects; as some -| lenses magnify but little. -| +|magnified | Definition: +| microphotograph n. an enlarged representation +| of a microscopic object produced by throwing +| upon a sensitive plate the magnified image +| of an object formed by a microscope or other +| suitable combination of lenses. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |magnifying | Definition: -| magnifying p. pr. & vb. n. of magnify -| +| polyacoustics n. the art of multiplying or magnifying +| sounds. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |maid | Definition: @@ -36983,56 +33893,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | maid or waiting woman. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|maiden | Definition: -| shoveler n. a river duck (spatula clypeata) native -| of europe and america. it has a large bill -| broadest towards the tip. the male is handsomely -| variegated with green blue brown black and -| white on the body; the head and neck are dark -| green. called also broadbill spoonbill shovelbill -| and maiden duck. the australian shoveler or -| shovel-nosed duck (s. rhynchotis) is a similar -| species. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|maidens | Definition: -| valkyria n. one of the maidens of odin represented -| as awful and beautiful who presided over battle -| and marked out those who were to be slain and -| who also ministered at the feasts of heroes -| in valhalla. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|maimed | Definition: -| maimedly adv. in a maimed manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mainsail | Definition: -| sloop n. 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 while those of a cutter are capable -| of being readily shifted. the sloop usually -| carries a centerboard and depends for stability -| upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. -| the two types have rapidly approximated since -| 1880. one radical distinction is that a slop -| may carry a centerboard. see cutter and illustration -| in appendix. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|maintain | Definition: -| ultramontanism n. the principles of those within -| the roman catholic church who maintain extreme -| views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so -| used by those living north of the alps in reference -| to the italians; -- rarely used in an opposite -| sense as referring to the views of those living -| north of the alps and opposed to the papal -| claims. cf. gallicanism. -| +|mainly | Definition: +| yakoots n. pl. (ethnol.) a nomadic mongolian tribe +| native of northern siberia and supposed to +| be of turkish stock. they are mainly pastoral +| in their habits. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |maintained | Definition: @@ -37052,12 +33917,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |maintenance | Definition: -| settlement n. a settled place of abode; residence; -| a right growing out of residence; legal residence -| or establishment of a person in a particular -| parish or town which entitles him to maintenance -| if a pauper and subjects the parish or town -| to his support. +| standing n. maintenance of position; duration; +| duration or existence in the same place or +| condition; continuance; as a custom of long +| standing; an officer of long standing. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |majestic | Definition: @@ -37076,6 +33940,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|majority | Definition: +| psephism n. a proposition adopted by a majority +| of votes; especially one adopted by vote of +| the athenian people; a statute. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |maker | Definition: | wheeler n. a maker of wheels; a wheelwright. | @@ -37088,6 +33959,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|makeshift | Definition: +| makeshift n. that with which one makes shift; +| a temporary expedient. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |male | Definition: | yellowhammer n. a common european finch (emberiza | citrinella). the color of the male is bright @@ -37098,19 +33974,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and writing lark. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|malediction | Definition: -| malediction n. a proclaiming of evil against some -| one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -| -- opposed to benediction. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|malefactor | Definition: -| malefactor n. one who does wrong by injuring another -| although not a criminal. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |malefactors | Definition: | gibbet n. a kind of gallows; an upright post with | an arm projecting from the top on which formerly @@ -37119,27 +33982,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|males | Definition: -| yuen n. the crowned gibbon (hylobates pileatus) -| native of siam southern china and the island -| of hainan. it is entirely arboreal in its habits -| and has very long arms. the males are dark -| brown or blackish with a caplike mass of long -| dark hair and usually with a white band around -| the face. the females are yellowish white with -| a dark spot on the breast and another on the -| crown. called also wooyen and wooyen ape. -| +|malevolent | Definition: +| smile v. i. a somewhat similar expression of countenance +| indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent +| feelings as contempt scorn etc; as a scornful +| smile. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |malice | Definition: -| malice n. any wicked or mischievous intention -| of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; -| an intention to vex annoy or injure another -| person or to do a wrongful act without just -| cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard -| of the rights or safety of others; willfulness. -| +| prepense v. t. devised contrived or planned beforehand; +| preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- +| usually placed after the word it qualifies; +| as malice prepense. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |malicious | Definition: @@ -37148,13 +34002,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|maliciously | Definition: -| talebearer n. one who officiously tells tales; -| one who impertinently or maliciously communicates -| intelligence scandal etc. and makes mischief. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |malignant | Definition: | viper a. a dangerous treacherous or malignant | person. @@ -37165,15 +34012,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | disposition. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mammon | Definition: -| mammon n. riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches -| personified. +|malt | Definition: +| wort n. an infusion of malt which is unfermented +| or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet +| infusion of malt which ferments and forms beer; +| hence any similar liquid in a state of incipient +| fermentation. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mamma | Definition: +| mastodyny n. pain occuring in the mamma or female +| breast -- a form of neuralgia. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|manacle | Definition: +| manacle v. t. to put handcuffs or other fastening +| upon for confining the hands; to shackle; to +| confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs +| or natural powers. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mamzer | Definition: -| mamzer n. a person born of relations between whom -| marriage was forbidden by the mosaic law; a -| bastard. +|manacled | Definition: +| manacled imp. & p. p. of manacle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |manage | Definition: @@ -37187,11 +34049,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mandate | Definition: -| warranty n. justificatory mandate or precept; -| authority; warrant. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mane | Definition: | yak n. a bovine mammal (poephagus grunnies) native | of the high plains of central asia. its neck @@ -37206,26 +34063,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|manes | Definition: -| manichee n. a believer in the doctrines of manes -| a persian of the third century a. d. who taught -| a dualism in which light is regarded as the -| source of good and darkness as the source of -| evil. +|mangle | Definition: +| worry v. t. to harass by pursuit and barking; +| to attack repeatedly; also to tear or mangle +| with the teeth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|manger | Definition: -| manger n. the fore part of the deck having a bulkhead -| athwart ships high enough to prevent water -| which enters the hawse holes from running over -| it. +|mangy | Definition: +| ronyon n. a mangy or scabby creature. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mangled | Definition: -| mangled imp. & p. p. of mangle +|manhood | Definition: +| paronymous a. having the same derivation; allied +| radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words +| as man mankind manhood etc. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|mania | Definition: +| xenomania n. a mania for or an inordinate attachment +| to foreign customs institutions manners fashions +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |manifest | Definition: | worry v. i. to feel or express undue care and | anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to @@ -37233,45 +34094,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the horse worries. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|manifestation | Definition: -| sign n. a word or a character regarded as the -| outward manifestation of thought; as words -| are the sign of ideas. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|manifestations | Definition: -| syphilodermatous a. of or pertaining to the cutaneous -| manifestations of syphilis. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |manifested | Definition: -| self-importance n. an exaggerated estimate of -| one's own importance or merit esp. as manifested -| by the conduct or manners; self-conceit. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|manifesting | Definition: -| weak v. i. not possessing or manifesting intellectual -| logical moral or political strength vigor etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|manifestly | Definition: -| manifestly adv. in a manifest manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|manifests | Definition: -| manifest v. t. to exhibit the manifests or prepared -| invoices of; to declare at the customhouse. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|manifold | Definition: -| manifoldly adv. in a manifold manner. -| +| system n. an assemblage of parts or organs either +| in animal or plant essential to the performance +| of some particular function or functions which +| as a rule are of greater complexity than those +| manifested by a single organ; as the capillary +| system the muscular system the digestive system +| etc.; hence the whole body as a functional +| unity. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mankind | Definition: @@ -37280,14 +34111,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | hair. cf. leiotrichi. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|manna | Definition: -| trehala n. an amorphous variety of manna obtained -| from the nests and cocoons of a syrian coleopterous -| insect (larinus maculatus l. nidificans etc.) -| which feeds on the foliage of a variety of -| thistle. it is used as an article of food and -| is called also nest sugar. -| +|manly | Definition: +| virtuous a. exhibiting manly courage and strength; +| valorous; valiant; brave. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |manner | Definition: @@ -37304,110 +34131,80 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mans | Definition: -| screw v. i. to use violent mans in making exactions; -| to be oppressive or exacting. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mansion | Definition: -| quarantine n. the period of forty days during -| which the widow had the privilege of remaining -| in the mansion house of which her husband died -| seized. +|manor | Definition: +| topography n. 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. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |manslaughter | Definition: -| m n. a brand or stigma having the shape of an -| m formerly impressed on one convicted of manslaughter -| and admitted to the benefit of clergy. -| +| manslaughter n. the unlawful killing of a man +| either in negligenc/ or incidentally to the +| commission of some unlawful act but without +| specific malice or upon a sudden excitement +| of anger. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|manslayer | Definition: -| manslayer n. one who kills a human being; one -| who commits manslaughter. -| +|mantel | Definition: +| tile n. a plate or thin piece of baked clay used +| for covering the roofs of buildings for floors +| for drains and often for ornamental mantel +| works. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mantle | Definition: -| tunicin n. animal cellulose; a substance present -| in the mantle or tunic of the tunicates which -| resembles or is identical with the cellulose -| of the vegetable kingdom. -| +|manufacture | Definition: +| workshop n. a shop where any manufacture or handiwork +| is carried on. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mara | Definition: -| mara n. the patagonian cavy (dolichotis patagonicus). -| +|manuscript | Definition: +| vignette n. a decorative design originally representing +| vine branches or tendrils at the head of a +| chapter of a manuscript or printed book or +| in a similar position; hence by extension any +| small picture in a book; hence also as such +| pictures are often without a definite bounding +| line any picture as an engraving a photograph +| or the like which vanishes gradually at the +| edge. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|marai | Definition: -| marai n. a sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called -| by the islanders of the pacific ocean. +|maps | Definition: +| uranography n. a description or plan of the heavens +| and the heavenly bodies; the construction of +| celestial maps globes etc.; uranology. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|maranatha | Definition: -| maranatha n. our lord cometh; -- an expression -| used by st. paul at the conclusion of his first -| epistle to the corinthians (xvi. 22). this -| word has been used in anathematizing persons -| for great crimes; as much as to say may the -| lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy -| crimes. see anathema maranatha under anathema. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|marble | Definition: -| vein n. a streak or wave of different color appearing -| in wood and in marble and other stones; variegation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|marched | Definition: -| whiffler n. an officer who went before procession -| to clear the way by blowing a horn or otherwise; -| hence any person who marched at the head of -| a procession; a harbinger. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|marches | Definition: -| processionalist n. one who goes or marches in -| a procession. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|marching | Definition: -| weary superl. having one's patience relish or -| contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with -| of before the cause; as weary of marching or -| of confinement; weary of study. -| +|mare | Definition: +| mule n. a hybrid animal; specifically one generated +| between an ass and a mare sometimes a horse +| and a she-ass. see hinny. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mares | Definition: -| stud n. a collection of breeding horses and mares -| or the place where they are kept; also a number -| of horses kept for a racing riding etc. -| +|margin | Definition: +| verge n. a border limit or boundary of a space; +| an edge margin or brink of something definite +| in extent. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mariners | Definition: -| seaman n. one whose occupation is to assist in -| the management of ships at sea; a mariner; -| a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common -| mariners but especially to the latter. opposed -| to landman or landsman. -| +|margins | Definition: +| tongue-tie n. impeded motion of the tongue because +| of the shortness of the fraenum or of the adhesion +| of its margins to the gums. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|marius | Definition: -| proscribe v. t. 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. +|marine | Definition: +| zygobranchia n. pl. a division of marine gastropods +| in which the gills are developed on both sides +| of the body and the renal organs are also paired. +| the abalone (haliotis) and the keyhole limpet +| (fissurella) are examples. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |marked | Definition: @@ -37418,18 +34215,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|marketplace | Definition: -| bazar n. in the east an exchange marketplace or -| assemblage of shops where goods are exposed -| for sale. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|marking | Definition: -| wike n. a temporary mark or boundary as a bough -| of a tree set up in marking out or dividing -| anything as tithes swaths to be mowed in common -| ground etc.; -- called also wicker. -| +|markets | Definition: +| ripper n. one who brings fish from the seacoast +| to markets in inland towns. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |marks | Definition: @@ -37438,12 +34227,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|marred | Definition: -| incorrupt a. not affected with corruption or decay; -| unimpaired; not marred or spoiled. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |marriage | Definition: | witness v. i. one who sees the execution of an | instrument and subscribes it for the purpose @@ -37452,19 +34235,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|marriageable | Definition: -| marriageable a. fit for or capable of marriage; -| of an age at which marriage is allowable. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |marriages | Definition: -| offering n. a sum of money offered as in church -| service; as a missionary offering. specif.: -| (ch. of eng.) personal tithes payable according -| to custom either at certain seasons as christmas -| or easter or on certain occasions as marriages -| or christenings. +| opetide n. the time between epiphany and ash wednesday +| wherein marriages were formerly solemnized +| publicly in churches. [eng.] +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |married | Definition: @@ -37474,11 +34249,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of husband. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|marries | Definition: -| digamist n. one who marries a second time; a deuterogamist. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |marrow | Definition: | vertebrated a. having a backbone or vertebral | column containing the spinal marrow as man @@ -37498,6 +34268,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the same time. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|marseilles | Definition: +| marseilles n. a general term for certain kinds +| of fabrics which are formed of two series of +| threads interlacing each other thus forming +| double cloth quilted in the loom; -- so named +| because first made in marseilles france. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|marsh | Definition: +| water shrew any one of several species of shrews +| having fringed feet and capable of swimming +| actively. the two common european species (crossopus +| fodiens and c. ciliatus) are the best known. +| the most common american water shrew or marsh +| shrew (neosorex palustris) is rarely seen owing +| to its nocturnal habits. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |marshes | Definition: | sea mud a rich slimy deposit in salt marshes | and along the seashore sometimes used as a @@ -37505,56 +34295,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|marshy | Definition: -| water germander a labiate plant (teucrium scordium) -| found in marshy places in europe. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mart | Definition: -| mart n. battle; contest. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|martin | Definition: -| witchuck n. the sand martin or bank swallow. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|martyr | Definition: -| stake v. t. the piece of timber to which a martyr -| was affixed to be burned; hence martyrdom by -| fire. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|martyrdom | Definition: -| stake v. t. the piece of timber to which a martyr -| was affixed to be burned; hence martyrdom by -| fire. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|martyrs | Definition: -| protonotary n. formerly one who had the charge -| of writing the acts of the martyrs and the -| circumstances of their death; now one of twelve -| persons constituting a college in the roman -| curia whose office is to register pontifical -| acts and to make and preserve the official -| record of beatifications. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|marvelled | Definition: -| marvelled of marvel -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|marvelous | Definition: -| puzzle v. something which perplexes or embarrasses; -| especially a toy or a problem contrived for -| testing ingenuity; also something exhibiting -| marvelous skill in making. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mary | Definition: | visitation n. a festival in honor of the visit | of the virgin mary to elisabeth mother of john @@ -37562,52 +34302,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mason | Definition: -| underwork v. t. to do like work at a less price -| than; as one mason may underwork another. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|masons | Definition: -| trestle n. 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 workmen; also a kind of framework -| of strong posts or piles and crossbeams for -| supporting a bridge the track of a railway -| or the like. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mass | Definition: -| zoogloea n. a colony or mass of bacteria imbedded -| in a viscous gelatinous substance. the zoogloea -| is characteristic of a transitory stage through -| which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in -| the course of their evolution. also used adjectively. +|mask | Definition: +| visor n. a mask used to disfigure or disguise. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|massacre | Definition: -| massacre n. to kill in considerable numbers where -| much resistance can not be made; to kill with -| indiscriminate violence without necessity and -| contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; -| to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of -| human beings. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|massacred | Definition: -| massacred imp. & p. p. of massacre -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|massy | Definition: -| massy superl. compacted into or consisting of -| a mass; having bulk and weight ot substance; -| ponderous; bulky and heavy; weight; heavy; -| as a massy shield; a massy rock. -| +|massive | Definition: +| willemite n. a silicate of zinc usually occurring +| massive and of a greenish yellow color also +| in reddish crystals (troostite) containing +| manganese. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mast | Definition: @@ -37623,6 +34327,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | workman. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|mastered | Definition: +| unmasterable a. incapable of being mastered or +| subdued. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |mastering | Definition: | rage n. violent excitement; eager passion; extreme | vehemence of desire emotion or suffering mastering @@ -37641,29 +34350,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mastery | Definition: -| magic a. a comprehensive name for all of the pretended -| arts which claim to produce effects by the -| assistance of supernatural beings or departed -| spirits or by a mastery of secret forces in -| nature attained by a study of occult science -| including enchantment conjuration witchcraft -| sorcery necromancy incantation etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mastic | Definition: -| pistacia n. the name of a genus of trees including -| the tree which bears the pistachio the mediterranean -| mastic tree (pistacia lentiscus) and the species -| (p. terebinthus) which yields chian or cyprus -| turpentine. +| mistress n. a woman well skilled in anything or +| having the mastery over it. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|masts | Definition: -| yawl-rigged a. having two masts with fore-and-aft -| sails but differing from a schooner in that -| the after mast is very small and stepped as -| far aft as possible. see illustration in appendix. +|mat | Definition: +| thrum v. t. to insert short pieces of rope-yarn +| or spun yarn in; as to thrum a piece of canvas +| or a mat thus making a rough or tufted surface. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -37672,13 +34367,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a wife. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|matrimony | Definition: -| matrimony n. a kind of game at cards played by -| several persons. +|matrimonially | Definition: +| matrimonially adv. in a matrimonial manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|matt | Definition: -| matt n. see matte. +|matronly | Definition: +| matronly a. like or befitting a matron; grave; +| sedate. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mats | Definition: +| vetiver n. an east indian grass (andropogon muricatus); +| also its fragrant roots which are much used +| for making mats and screens. also called kuskus +| and khuskhus. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |matter | Definition: @@ -37696,40 +34399,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |matthew | Definition: -| evangelist n. a bringer of the glad tidings of -| church and his doctrines. specially: (a) a -| missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the -| way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary -| preacher. (b) a writer of one of the four gospels -| (with the definite article); as the four evangelists -| matthew mark luke and john. (c) a traveling -| preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed -| to arouse to immediate repentance. -| +| gospel v. one of the four narratives of the life +| and death of jesus christ written by matthew +| mark luke and john. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|maturity | Definition: -| youth n. the part of life that succeeds to childhood; -| the period of existence preceding maturity -| or age; the whole early part of life from childhood -| or sometimes from infancy to manhood. -| +|mattress | Definition: +| water bed a kind of mattress made of or covered +| with waterproof fabric and filled with water. +| it is used in hospitals for bedridden patients. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|maybe | Definition: -| maintainable a. that maybe maintained. -| +|maudlin | Definition: +| muadlinism n. a maudlin state. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|meadow | Definition: -| wekeen n. the meadow pipit. +|mauled | Definition: +| mauled imp. & p. p. of maul | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|meadows | Definition: -| verdure n. green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; -| as the verdure of the meadows in june. -| +|maybe | Definition: +| maybe n. possibility; uncertainty. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mayor | Definition: +| provost n. a person who is appointed to superintend +| or preside over something; the chief magistrate +| in some cities and towns; as the provost of +| edinburgh or of glasgow answering to the mayor +| of other cities; the provost of a college answering +| to president; the provost or head of certain +| collegiate churches. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |meal | Definition: @@ -37739,23 +34443,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mealtime | Definition: -| undern n. the time between; the time between sunrise -| and noon; specifically the third hour of the -| day or nine o'clock in the morning according -| to ancient reckoning; hence mealtime because -| formerly the principal meal was eaten at that -| hour; also later the afternoon; the time between -| dinner and supper. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mean | Definition: -| whine v. i. to utter a plaintive cry as some animals; -| to moan with a childish noise; to complain -| or to tell of sorrow distress or the like in -| a plaintive nasal tone; hence to complain or -| to beg in a mean unmanly way; to moan basely. -| +| whiningly adv. in a whining manner; in a tone +| of mean complaint. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |meaner | Definition: @@ -37765,13 +34455,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | fellow. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|meanest | Definition: -| villanage n. the state of a villain or serf; base -| servitude; tenure on condition of doing the -| meanest services for the lord. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |meaning | Definition: | y- a prefix of obscure meaning originally used | with verbs adverbs adjectives nouns and pronouns. @@ -37783,18 +34466,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | this use. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|meanings | Definition: -| super- a prefix formerly much used to denote -| that the ingredient to the name of which it -| was prefixed was present in a large or unusually -| large proportion as compared with the other -| ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. -| it has been superseded by per- bi- di- acid -| etc. (as peroxide bicarbonate disulphide and -| acid sulphate) which retain the old meanings -| of super- but with sharper definition. cf. -| acid a. bi- di- and per-. -| +|meanness | Definition: +| sneak imp. & p. p. to act in a stealthy and cowardly +| manner; to behave with meanness and servility; +| to crouch. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |meant | Definition: @@ -37803,19 +34478,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |meantime | Definition: +| meanwhile n. the intervening time; as in the meantime +| (or mean time). +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|meanwhile | Definition: | meantime adv. alt. of meanwhile | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|measurable | Definition: -| quantity n. the attribute of being so much and -| not more or less; the property of being measurable -| or capable of increase and decrease multiplication -| and division; greatness; and more concretely -| that which answers the question >how much? -| >; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate -| or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; -| bulk; extent; size. +|measles | Definition: +| rubella n. an acute specific disease with a dusky +| red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles +| but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; -- called +| also german measles. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |measure | Definition: @@ -37836,61 +34512,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |measures | Definition: -| ultraism n. the principles of those who advocate -| extreme measures as radical reform and the -| like. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|measuring | Definition: -| wide superl. of a certain measure between the -| sides; measuring in a direction at right angles -| to that of length; as a table three feet wide. -| +| veto n. a power or right possessed by one department +| of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying +| out of projects attempted by another department; +| especially in a constitutional government a +| power vested in the chief executive to prevent +| the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. +| such a power may be absolute as in the case +| of the tribunes of the people in ancient rome +| or limited as in the case of the president +| of the united states. called also the veto +| power. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |meat | Definition: -| typhotoxin n. a basic substance c7h17no2 formed -| from the growth of the typhoid bacillus on -| meat pulp. it induces in small animals lethargic -| conditions with liquid dejecta. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|meats | Definition: -| sage n. a suffruticose labiate plant (salvia officinalis) -| with grayish green foliage much used in flavoring -| meats etc. the name is often extended to the -| whole genus of which many species are cultivated -| for ornament as the scarlet sage and mexican -| red and blue sage. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|meddle | Definition: -| unchancy a. unsafe to meddle with; dangerous. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|meddling | Definition: -| meddlingly adv. in a meddling manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mede | Definition: -| mede n. see lst & 2d mead and meed. -| +| vegetarian n. one who holds that vegetables and +| fruits are the only proper food for man. strict +| vegetarians eat no meat eggs or milk. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mediator | Definition: -| priest n. one who officiates at the altar or performs -| the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator -| between men and the divinity or the gods in -| any form of religion; as buddhist priests. -| +|mechanical | Definition: +| wright n. one who is engaged in a mechanical or +| manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; +| a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp. a worker in +| wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds as in +| millwright wheelwright etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mediatorship | Definition: -| mediatorship n. the office or character of a mediator. -| +|mechanically | Definition: +| zoetrope n. an optical toy in which figures made +| to revolve on the inside of a cylinder and +| viewed through slits in its circumference appear +| like a single figure passing through a series +| of natural motions as if animated or mechanically +| moved. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |medicine | Definition: @@ -37900,25 +34557,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | as a stimulant. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|medicines | Definition: -| thomsonianism n. an empirical system which assumes -| that the human body is composed of four elements -| earth air fire and water and that vegetable -| medicines alone should be used; -- from the -| founder dr. samuel thomson of massachusetts. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|meditate | Definition: -| ruminate v. t. to meditate or ponder over; to -| muse on. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|meditated | Definition: -| meditated imp. & p. p. of meditate -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |meditating | Definition: | premeditation n. the act of meditating or contriving | beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought. @@ -37930,27 +34568,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the subject of death. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mediterranean | Definition: -| xebec n. a small three-masted vessel with projecting -| bow stern and convex decks used in the mediterranean -| for transporting merchandise etc. it carries -| large square sails or both. xebecs were formerly -| armed and used by corsairs. -| +|meditative | Definition: +| reflective a. addicted to introspective or meditative +| habits; as a reflective person. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|medley | Definition: -| rabble v. i. a confused incoherent discourse; -| a medley of voices; a chatter. +|medium | Definition: +| wave v. i. a vibration propagated from particle +| to particle through a body or elastic medium +| as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage +| of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration +| with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; +| an undulation. see undulation. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |meek | Definition: -| humble v. t. to make humble or lowly in mind; -| to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce -| the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and -| submissive; -- often used rexlexively. -| +| meekly adv. in a meek manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |meekly | Definition: @@ -37958,22 +34594,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|meekness | Definition: -| symbol n. a visible sign or representation of -| an idea; anything which suggests an idea or -| quality or another thing as by resemblance -| or by convention; an emblem; a representation; -| a type; a figure; as the lion is the symbol -| of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness -| or patience. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |meetings | Definition: | wardroom n. a room used by the citizens of a city | ward for meetings political caucuses elections | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|melancholy | Definition: +| tarantism n. a nervous affection producing melancholy +| stupor and an uncontrollable desire to dance. +| it was supposed to be produced by the bite +| of the tarantula and considered to be incapable +| of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate +| music. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|melia | Definition: +| neem tree an asiatic name for melia azadirachta +| and m. azedarach. see margosa. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |melodious | Definition: | tune n. a rhythmical melodious symmetrical series | of tones for one voice or instrument or for @@ -37984,16 +34625,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | see air. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|melody | Definition: -| tune v. t. to sing with melody or harmony. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|melons | Definition: -| yumas n. pl. a tribe of indians native of arizona -| and the adjacent parts of mexico and california. -| they are agricultural and cultivate corn wheat -| barley melons etc. +|melon | Definition: +| pepo n. any fleshy fruit with a firm rind as a +| pumpkin melon or gourd. see gourd. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |melt | Definition: @@ -38020,30 +34655,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|memento | Definition: -| memento n. a hint suggestion token or memorial -| to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls -| to memory; a souvenir. +|memorable | Definition: +| memorable a. worthy to be remembered; very important +| or remarkable. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|memoirs | Definition: -| journal a. a newspaper published daily; by extension -| a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication -| giving an account of passing events the proceedings -| and memoirs of societies etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|memorial | Definition: -| trophy n. any evidence or memorial of victory -| or conquest; as every redeemed soul is a trophy -| of grace. +|memorandum | Definition: +| tickler n. a book containing a memorandum of notes +| and debts arranged in the order of their maturity. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|memphis | Definition: -| memphian a. of or pertaining to the ancient city -| of memphis in egypt; hence egyptian; as memphian -| darkness. +|menace | Definition: +| menace n. to express or show an intention to inflict +| or to hold out a prospect of inflicting evil +| or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually followed +| by with before the harm threatened; as to menace +| a country with war. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mend | Definition: @@ -38057,13 +34685,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mendicant | Definition: -| white friar a mendicant monk of the carmelite -| order so called from the white cloaks worn -| by the order. see carmelite. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mending | Definition: | tinker v. i. to busy one's self in mending old | kettles pans etc.; to play the tinker; to be @@ -38071,9 +34692,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|menstruous | Definition: -| menstruous a. of or pertaining tj the monthly -| flow; catamenial. +|mental | Definition: +| work n. specifically: (a) that which is produced +| by mental labor; a composition; a book; as +| a work or the works of addison. (b) flowers +| figures or the like wrought with the needle; +| embroidery. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mentally | Definition: +| talented a. furnished with talents; possessing +| skill or talent; mentally gifted. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mention | Definition: @@ -38099,13 +34729,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|merchandise | Definition: -| xebec n. a small three-masted vessel with projecting -| bow stern and convex decks used in the mediterranean -| for transporting merchandise etc. it carries -| large square sails or both. xebecs were formerly -| armed and used by corsairs. -| +|mentor | Definition: +| mentor n. a wise and faithful counselor or monitor. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mercenaries | Definition: +| mercenaries pl. of mercenary +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mercenary | Definition: +| stipendiarian a. acting from mercenary considerations; +| stipendiary. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |merchant | Definition: @@ -38122,32 +34758,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | with goods. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mercies | Definition: -| mercies pl. of mercy -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |merciful | Definition: | unsparing a. not merciful or forgiving. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|merciless | Definition: -| nero n. a roman emperor notorius for debauchery -| and barbarous cruelty; hence any profligate -| and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mercury | Definition: -| water thermometer a thermometer filled with water -| instead of mercury for ascertaining the precise -| temperature at which water attains its maximum -| density. this is about 39� fahr. or 4� centigrade; -| and from that point down to 32� fahr. or 0� -| centigrade or the freezing point it expands. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mercy | Definition: | unmerciful a. not merciful; indisposed to mercy | or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind. @@ -38160,17 +34775,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |merely | Definition: -| un- adv. an inseparable prefix or particle signifying -| not; in-; non-. in- is prefixed mostly to words -| of latin origin or else to words formed by -| latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application -| and is attached at will to almost any adjective -| or participle used adjectively or adverb from -| which it may be desired to form a corresponding -| negative adjective or adverb and is also but -| less freely prefixed to nouns. un- sometimes -| has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless -| unremorseless. +| un- adv. those which have acquired an opposed +| or contrary instead of a merely negative meaning; +| as unfriendly ungraceful unpalatable unquiet +| and the like; or else an intensive sense more +| than a prefixed not would express; as unending +| unparalleled undisciplined undoubted unsafe +| and the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |merit | Definition: @@ -38179,6 +34790,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | -- often with of. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|merited | Definition: +| merited imp. & p. p. of merit +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|meritorious | Definition: +| pension n. a stated allowance to a person in consideration +| of past services; payment made to one retired +| from service on account of age disability or +| other cause; especially a regular stipend paid +| by a government to retired public officers +| disabled soldiers the families of soldiers +| killed in service or to meritorious authors +| or the like. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |merits | Definition: | retribution n. that which is given in repayment | or compensation; return suitable to the merits @@ -38187,33 +34814,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|merry | Definition: -| tune n. a rhythmical melodious symmetrical series -| of tones for one voice or instrument or for -| any number of voices or instruments in unison -| or two or more such series forming parts in -| harmony; a melody; an air; as a merry tune; -| a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. -| see air. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mesa | Definition: -| mesa /. a high tableland; a plateau on a hill. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |meshes | Definition: | seaming n. the cord or rope at the margin of a | seine to which the meshes of the net are attached. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mess | Definition: -| pittance n. an allowance of food bestowed in charity; -| a mess of victuals; hence a small charity gift; -| a dole. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |messenger | Definition: | voyol n. the block through which a messenger passes. | @@ -38226,27 +34832,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | haste. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|messes | Definition: -| steward n. a person employed in a hotel or a club -| or on board a ship to provide for the table -| superintend the culinary affairs etc. in naval -| vessels the captain's steward wardroom steward -| steerage steward warrant officers steward etc. -| are petty officers who provide for the messes -| under their charge. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|messiah | Definition: -| shiloh n. a word used by jacob on his deathbed -| and interpreted variously as the messiah or -| as the city shiloh or as rest. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|messias | Definition: -| messias n. the messiah. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |met | Definition: | to prep. extent; limit; degree of comprehension; | inclusion as far as; as they met us to the @@ -38268,29 +34853,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | 64.9. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|metaphor | Definition: -| lucifer n. the planet venus when appearing as -| the morning star; -- applied in isaiah by a -| metaphor to a king of babylon. -| +|metaphysics | Definition: +| school n. one of the seminaries for teaching logic +| metaphysics and theology which were formed +| in the middle ages and which were characterized +| by academical disputations and subtilties of +| reasoning. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mete | Definition: -| mette imp. of mete to dream. -| +|methodical | Definition: +| table n. hence in a great variety of applications: +| a condensed statement which may be comprehended +| by the eye in a single view; a methodical or +| systematic synopsis; the presentation of many +| items or particulars in one group; a scheme; +| a schedule. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|meteors | Definition: -| prodigy n. something extraordinary or out of the -| usual course of nature from which omens are -| drawn; a portent; as eclipses and meteors were -| anciently deemed prodigies. -| +|metropolis | Definition: +| up-train a train going in the direction of the +| metropolis or the main terminus. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|methought | Definition: -| methought imp. of methinks -| +|metropolitan | Definition: +| primus n. one of the bishops of the episcopal +| church of scotland who presides at the meetings +| of the bishops and has certain privileges but +| no metropolitan authority. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mi | Definition: +| solfeggio n. the system of arranging the scale +| by the names do re mi fa sol la si by which +| singing is taught; a singing exercise upon +| these syllables. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mice | Definition: @@ -38304,10 +34902,7 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mid | Definition: -| ianthina n. any gastropod of the genus ianthina -| of which various species are found living in -| mid ocean; -- called also purple shell and -| violet snail. +| mid sea alt. of mid-sea |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |midday | Definition: @@ -38317,20 +34912,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |middle | Definition: -| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16� -| or 18� broad in the middle of which is the +| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16¡ +| or 18¡ broad in the middle of which is the | ecliptic or sun's path. it comprises the twelve | constellations which one constituted and from | which were named the twelve signs of the zodiac. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|midland | Definition: -| midland n. the interior or central region of a -| country; -- usually in the plural. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |midnight | Definition: | perioecians n. pl. those who live on the same | parallel of latitude but on opposite meridians @@ -38346,24 +34935,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|midsummer | Definition: +| midsummer n. the middle of summer. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |midway | Definition: | midway adv. in the middle of the way or distance; | half way. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|midwife | Definition: -| midwife v. i. to perform the office of midwife. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|midwives | Definition: -| midwives pl. of midwife -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mighties | Definition: -| mighties pl. of mighty -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mightily | Definition: | mightily adv. to a great degree; very much. | @@ -38374,11 +34955,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|milch | Definition: -| milch a. tender; pitiful; weeping. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mild | Definition: | zephyrus n. the west wind or zephyr; -- usually | personified and made the most mild and gentle @@ -38386,32 +34962,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mildew | Definition: -| rust n. a minute mold or fungus forming reddish -| or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal -| and other grasses (trichobasis rubigo-vera) -| now usually believed to be a form or condition -| of the corn mildew (puccinia graminis). as -| rust it has solitary reddish spores; as corn -| mildew the spores are double and blackish. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mildly | Definition: -| lotus n. the lotus of the lotuseaters probably -| a tree found in northern africa sicily portugal -| and spain (zizyphus lotus) the fruit of which -| is mildly sweet. it was fabled by the ancients -| to make strangers who ate of it forget their -| native country or lose all desire to return -| to it. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mildness | Definition: -| saturnian a. of or pertaining to saturn whose -| age or reign from the mildness and wisdom of -| his government is called the golden age. -| +|mildewed | Definition: +| mildewed imp. & p. p. of mildew +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mile | Definition: @@ -38422,17 +34975,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|miletus | Definition: -| milesian a. of or pertaining to miletus a city -| of asia minor or to its inhabitants. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|militant | Definition: -| militant a. engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; -| serving as a soldier. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |military | Definition: | zulus n. pl. the most important tribe belonging | to the kaffir race. they inhabit a region on @@ -38448,11 +34990,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|milked | Definition: -| milked imp. & p. p. of milk -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mill | Definition: | windmill n. a mill operated by the power of the | wind usually by the action of the wind upon @@ -38460,12 +34997,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | horizontal shaft. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|millet | Definition: -| sorghum n. a genus of grasses properly limited -| to two species sorghum halepense the arabian -| millet or johnson grass (see johnson grass) -| and s. vulgare the indian millet (see indian -| millet under indian). +|millers | Definition: +| soc n. an exclusive privilege formerly claimed +| by millers of grinding all the corn used within +| the manor or township which the mill stands. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |millions | Definition: @@ -38481,21 +35017,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|millstone | Definition: -| rynd n. a piece of iron crossing the hole in the -| upper millstone by which the stone is supported -| on the spindle. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mimicked | Definition: -| mimicked imp. & p. p. of mimic -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mina | Definition: -| mina n. an ancient weight or denomination of money -| of varying value. the attic mina was valued -| at a hundred drachmas. +|mince | Definition: +| pie n. an article of food consisting of paste +| baked with something in it or under it; as +| chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple +| pie; pumpkin pie. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mind | Definition: @@ -38537,21 +35063,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | colorado. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mines | Definition: -| winch n. an axle or drum turned by a crank with -| a handle or by power for raising weights as -| from the hold of a ship from mines etc.; a -| windlass. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mingle | Definition: -| temper v. t. to mingle in due proportion; to prepare -| by combining; to modify as by adding some new -| element; to qualify as by an ingredient; hence -| to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; -| to calm. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mingled | Definition: | xeroderma n. a skin disease characterized by the | presence of numerous small pigmented spots @@ -38560,72 +35071,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mingling | Definition: -| jocoserious a. mingling mirth and seriousness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|minister | Definition: -| underminister v. t. to serve or minister to in -| a subordinate relation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ministered | Definition: -| valkyria n. one of the maidens of odin represented -| as awful and beautiful who presided over battle -| and marked out those who were to be slain and -| who also ministered at the feasts of heroes -| in valhalla. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ministering | Definition: -| voluptuous a. full of delight or pleasure especially -| that of the senses; ministering to sensuous -| or sensual gratification; exciting sensual -| desires; luxurious; sensual. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ministers | Definition: -| ulema n. a college or corporation in turkey composed -| of the hierarchy namely the imams or ministers -| of religion the muftis or doctors of law and -| the cadis or administrators of justice. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ministration | Definition: -| ministration n. the act of ministering; service; -| ministry. +|miniature | Definition: +| sea fir a sertularian hydroid especially sertularia +| abietina which branches like a miniature fir +| tree. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ministry | Definition: -| seeker n. one of a small heterogeneous sect of -| the 17th century in great britain who professed -| to be seeking the true church ministry and -| sacraments. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|minstrel | Definition: -| minstrel n. in the middle ages one of an order -| of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry -| and music and sang verses to the accompaniment -| of a harp or other instrument; in modern times -| a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician. +|mining | Definition: +| well v. i. a hole or excavation in the earth in +| mining from which run branches or galleries. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|minstrels | Definition: -| minstrelsy n. a collective body of minstrels or -| musicians; also a collective body of minstrels' -| songs. +|minister | Definition: +| versicle n. a little verse; especially a short +| verse or text said or sung in public worship +| by the priest or minister and followed by a +| response from the people. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mint | Definition: -| water mint a kind of mint (mentha aquatica) growing -| in wet places and sometimes having a perfume -| resembling bergamot. +|minor | Definition: +| ward n. a minor or person under the care of a +| guardian; as a ward in chancery. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |minute | Definition: @@ -38637,52 +35106,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|minutely | Definition: +| verruculose a. minutely verrucose; as a verruculose +| leaf or stalk. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |miracle | Definition: | thaumaturgus n. a miracle worker; -- a title given | by the roman catholics to some saints. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|miracles | Definition: -| supernaturalism n. the doctrine of a divine and -| supernatural agency in the production of the -| miracles and revelations recorded in the bible -| and in the grace which renews and sanctifies -| men -- in opposition to the doctrine which -| denies the agency of any other than physical -| or natural causes in the case. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|miraculous | Definition: -| transfiguratien n. a feast held by some branches -| of the christian church on the 6th of august -| in commemoration of the miraculous change above -| mentioned. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|miraculously | Definition: -| sudarium n. the handkerchief upon which the savior -| is said to have impressed his own portrait -| miraculously when wiping his face with it as -| he passed to the crucifixion. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mire | Definition: | stall v. i. to be set as in mire or snow; to stick | fast. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mirror | Definition: -| silver v. t. to cover with silver; to give a silvery -| appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery -| color; as to silver a pin; to silver a glass -| mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mirrors | Definition: | venus n. the metal copper; -- probably so designated | from the ancient use of the metal in making | mirrors a mirror being still the astronomical @@ -38690,46 +35130,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mirth | Definition: -| unbend v. i. to relax in exertion attention severity -| or the like; hence to indulge in mirth or amusement. +|mischief | Definition: +| precaution n. previous caution or care; caution +| previously employed to prevent mischief or +| secure good; as his life was saved by precaution. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|miry | Definition: -| soil n. a marshy or miry place to which a hunted -| boar resorts for refuge; hence a wet place -| stream or tract of water sought for by other -| game as deer. +|mischievous | Definition: +| ward n. to fend off; to repel; to turn aside as +| anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually +| followed by off. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|misbehave | Definition: -| misbehave v. t. & i. to behave ill; to conduct -| one's self improperly; -- often used with a -| reciprocal pronoun. +|mischievously | Definition: +| wily superl. full of wiles tricks or stratagems; +| using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; +| mischievously artful; subtle. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|miscarried | Definition: -| miscarried imp. & p. p. of miscarry -| +|miscreant | Definition: +| miscredent n. a miscreant or believer in a false +| religious doctrine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|miscarry | Definition: -| miscarry v. i. to bring forth young before the -| proper time. +|misdealt | Definition: +| misdealt imp. & p. p. of misdeal +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mischief | Definition: -| plot v. i. to form a scheme of mischief against -| another especially against a government or -| those who administer it; to conspire. -| +|misdeed | Definition: +| misdeed n. an evil deed; a wicked action. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mischievous | Definition: -| ward n. to fend off; to repel; to turn aside as -| anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually -| followed by off. +|misdemeanor | Definition: +| purge v. t. to clear from accusation or the charge +| of a crime or misdemeanor as by oath or in +| ordeal. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |miserable | Definition: @@ -38742,27 +35181,66 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wretchedly; meanly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|miserere | Definition: -| miserere n. same as ileus. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |miseries | Definition: | miseries pl. of misery |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|miserly | Definition: +| pinchpenny n. a miserly person. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |misery | Definition: -| uncreated a. not yet created; as misery uncreated. +| utmost a. being in the greatest or highest degree +| quantity number or the like; greatest; as the +| utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost +| misery or happiness. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|misfortunes | Definition: +| portend v. t. to indicate (events misfortunes +| etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; +| to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|misgiving | Definition: +| misgiving n. evil premonition; doubt; distrust. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|misjudge | Definition: +| misjudge v. t. & i. to judge erroneously or unjustly; +| to err in judgment; to misconstrue. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mislaid | Definition: +| mislaid imp. & p. p. of mislay +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|misled | Definition: +| self-deceived a. deceived or misled respecting +| one's self by one's own mistake or error. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|misplaced | Definition: +| misplace v. t. to put in a wrong place; to set +| or place on an improper or unworthy object; +| as he misplaced his confidence. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|misrepresent | Definition: +| misrepresent v. i. to make an incorrect or untrue +| representation. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |miss | Definition: -| regret v. t. to experience regret on account of; -| to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to -| feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of -| (the happening or the loss of something); as -| to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities -| or friends. +| snap v. i. to miss fire; as the gun snapped. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |missed | Definition: @@ -38771,6 +35249,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a close shave. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|misshapen | Definition: +| misshapen a. having a bad or ugly form. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|missile | Definition: +| white n. specifically the central part of the +| butt in archery which was formerly painted +| white; the center of a mark at which a missile +| is shot. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |missing | Definition: | pasticcio n. a falsified work of art as a vase | or statue made up of parts of original works @@ -38778,19 +35268,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mission | Definition: -| nuncio n. the permanent official representative -| of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. -| distinguished from a legate a latere whose -| mission is temporary in its nature or for some -| special purpose. nuncios are of higher rank -| than internuncios. +|missionary | Definition: +| society n. a number of persons associated for +| any temporary or permanent object; an association +| for mutual or joint usefulness pleasure or +| profit; a social union; a partnership; as a +| missionary society. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|missis | Definition: +| missis n. a mistress; a wife; -- so used by the +| illiterate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mist | Definition: -| serein n. a mist or very fine rain which sometimes -| falls from a clear sky a few moments after -| sunset. +| steam n. the mist formed by condensed vapor; visible +| vapor; -- so called in popular usage. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mistake | Definition: @@ -38809,6 +35303,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|mistakes | Definition: +| rectify v. t. to make or set right; to correct +| from a wrong erroneous or false state; to amend; +| as to rectify errors mistakes or abuses; to +| rectify the will the judgment opinions; to +| rectify disorders. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |mistaking | Definition: | mistaking n. an error; a mistake. | @@ -38822,13 +35324,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mistresses | Definition: -| demimonde n. persons of doubtful reputation; esp. -| women who are kept as mistresses though not -| public prostitutes; demireps. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mistrust | Definition: | suspicious a. indicating suspicion mistrust or | fear. @@ -38850,44 +35345,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | spider. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mites | Definition: -| water mite any of numerous species of aquatic -| mites belonging to hydrachna and allied genera -| of the family hydrachnidae usually having the -| legs fringed and adapted for swimming. they -| are often red or red and black in color and -| while young are parasites of fresh-water insects -| and mussels. called also water tick and water -| spider. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mithridates | Definition: -| mithridatic a. of or pertaining to king mithridates -| or to a mithridate. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mitigate | Definition: -| vaccination n. the act art or practice of vaccinating -| or inoculating with the cowpox in order to -| prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. -| cf. inoculation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mitigated | Definition: -| mitigated imp. & p. p. of mitigate -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mitre | Definition: -| mitre v. i. to meet and match together as two -| pieces of molding on a line bisecting the angle -| of junction. +| mitre n. & v. see miter. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mitylene | Definition: -| lesbian a. of or pertaining to the island anciently -| called lesbos now mitylene in the grecian archipelago. -| +|mix | Definition: +| yote v. t. to pour water on; to soak in or mix +| with water. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mixed | Definition: @@ -38896,8 +35360,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mixt | Definition: -| mixt of mix +|mixing | Definition: +| subaction n. the act of reducing to any state +| as of mixing two bodies combletely. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mixture | Definition: @@ -38908,21 +35374,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|moab | Definition: -| moabite n. one of the posterity of moab the son -| of lot. (gen. xix. 37.) also used adjectively. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|moabite | Definition: -| moabite n. one of the posterity of moab the son -| of lot. (gen. xix. 37.) also used adjectively. +|mo | Definition: +| mo a. adv. & n. more; -- usually more in number. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|moabitess | Definition: -| moabitess n. a female moabite. -| +|moaned | Definition: +| moaned imp. & p. p. of moan +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |moaning | Definition: @@ -38930,35 +35389,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a sough. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mock | Definition: -| simulacrum n. a likeness; a semblance; a mock -| appearance; a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory -| sense. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mocked | Definition: -| mocked imp. & p. p. of mock -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mocker | Definition: -| mocker n. one who or that which mocks; a scorner; -| a scoffer; a derider. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mockeries | Definition: -| mockeries pl. of mockery -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mockery | Definition: -| scoff n. an object of scorn mockery or derision. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mocking | Definition: -| scoff n. derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive -| or mocking expression of scorn contempt or -| reproach. +|moat | Definition: +| rundel n. a moat with water in it; also a small +| stream; a runlet. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |moderate | Definition: @@ -38967,11 +35400,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|moderated | Definition: -| moderated imp. & p. p. of moderate -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |moderately | Definition: | widish a. moderately wide. | @@ -38982,43 +35410,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | calmness; sedateness. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|modern | Definition: -| zohar n. a jewish cabalistic book attributed by -| tradition to rabbi simon ben yochi who lived -| about the end of the 1st century a. d. modern -| critics believe it to be a compilation of the -| 13th century. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|modernized | Definition: -| modernized imp. & p. p. of modernize -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|moderns | Definition: -| modernist n. one who admires the moderns or their -| ways and fashions. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |modest | Definition: -| sheep's-eye n. a modest diffident look; a loving -| glance; -- commonly in the plural. -| +| smutty superl. obscene; not modest or pure; as +| a smutty saying. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|modesty | Definition: -| shameless a. indicating want of modesty or sensibility -| to disgrace; indecent; as a shameless picture -| or poem. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|moholi | Definition: -| moholi n. see maholi. +|modestly | Definition: +| modestly adv. in a modest manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|moiety | Definition: -| moiety a. an indefinite part; a small part. -| +|modified | Definition: +| wing-footed a. having the anterior lobes of the +| foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike +| swimming organs; -- said of the pteropod mollusks. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |moist | Definition: @@ -39040,60 +35446,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | dry. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|moistening | Definition: -| moistening p. pr. & vb. n. of moisten -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|moisture | Definition: -| wet a. water or wetness; moisture or humidity -| in considerable degree. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mole | Definition: -| zokor n. an asiatic burrowing rodent (siphneus -| aspalax) resembling the mole rat. it is native -| of the altai mountains. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|moles | Definition: -| zalambdodont n. one of the zalambdodonta. the -| tenrec solenodon and golden moles are examples. +|molestation | Definition: +| turmoil n. harassing labor; trouble; molestation +| by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|molest | Definition: -| molest n. molestation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|molested | Definition: -| molested imp. & p. p. of molest -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mollifying | Definition: -| obdurate a. hardened in feelings esp. against -| moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; -| hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|moloch | Definition: -| moloch n. a spiny australian lizard (moloch horridus). -| the horns on the head and numerous spines on -| the body give it a most formidable appearance. -| +|mollified | Definition: +| mollified imp. & p. p. of mollify +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|molten | Definition: -| vesicle n. a small cavity nearly spherical in -| form and usually of the size of a pea or smaller -| such as are common in some volcanic rocks. -| they are produced by the liberation of watery -| vapor in the molten mass. -| +|molly | Definition: +| molly n. a pet or colloquial name for mary. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |moment | Definition: @@ -39108,46 +35474,119 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in the arm or side. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|momentous | Definition: +| momentous a. of moment or consequence; very important; +| weighty; as a momentous decision; momentous +| affairs. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |moments | Definition: | serein n. a mist or very fine rain which sometimes | falls from a clear sky a few moments after | sunset. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|monarchies | Definition: -| monarchies pl. of monarchy +|monday | Definition: +| whitsuntide n. the week commencing with whitsunday +| esp. the first three days -- whitsunday whitsun +| monday and whitsun tuesday; the time of pentecost. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|monkey | Definition: +| warine n. a south american monkey one of the sapajous. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|monks | Definition: +| theatine n. one of an order of italian monks established +| in 1524 expressly to oppose reformation and +| to raise the tone of piety among roman catholics. +| they hold no property nor do they beg but depend +| on what providence sends. their chief employment +| is preaching and giving religious instruction. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|monomania | Definition: +| zoanthropy n. a kind of monomania in which the +| patient believes himself transformed into one +| of the lower animals. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|monopoly | Definition: +| monopoly n. the exclusive power or privilege of +| selling a commodity; the exclusive power right +| or privilege of dealing in some article or +| of trading in some market; sole command of +| the traffic in anything however obtained; as +| the proprietor of a patented article is given +| a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; +| chartered trading companies have sometimes +| had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; +| a combination of traders may get a monopoly +| of a particular product. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|monosyllable | Definition: +| monosyllable n. a word of one syllable. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|monotonous | Definition: +| thrum v. t. hence to drum on; to strike in a monotonous +| manner; to thrum the table. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |monster | Definition: | whirlpool n. a sea monster of the whale kind. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|monstrosity | Definition: +| monstrosity n. the state of being monstrous or +| out of the common order of nature; that which +| is monstrous; a monster. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |monstrous | Definition: | roc n. a monstrous bird of arabian mythology. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|monthly | Definition: -| turn n. monthly courses; menses. -| +|monumental | Definition: +| sacellum n. a small monumental chapel in a church. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|monument | Definition: -| trilithon n. a monument consisting of three stones; -| especially such a monument forming a kind of -| doorway as among the ancient celts. -| +|mood | Definition: +| wast the second person singular of the verb be +| in the indicative mood imperfect tense; -- +| now used only in solemn or poetical style. +| see was. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|monuments | Definition: -| vandal n. one of a teutonic race formerly dwelling -| on the south shore of the baltic the most barbarous -| and fierce of the northern nations that plundered -| rome in the 5th century notorious for destroying -| the monuments of art and literature. -| +|moodily | Definition: +| moodily adv. in a moody manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|moods | Definition: +| wert the second person singular indicative and +| subjunctive moods imperfect tense of the verb +| be. it is formed from were with the ending +| -t after the analogy of wast. now used only +| in solemn or poetic style. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|moody | Definition: +| moody superl. hence: out of humor; peevish; angry; +| fretful; also abstracted and pensive; sad; +| gloomy; melancholy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |moon | Definition: @@ -39156,35 +35595,61 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|moons | Definition: -| moon n. a secondary planet or satellite revolving -| about any member of the solar system; as the -| moons of jupiter or saturn. -| +|mooning | Definition: +| mooning p. pr. & vb. n. of moon +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|moonlight | Definition: +| night n. 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 starlight or artificial +| light. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|moored | Definition: +| unmoor v. t. to cause to ride with one anchor +| less than before after having been moored by +| two or more anchors. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mop | Definition: +| swab n. a kind of mop for cleaning floors the +| desks of vessels etc. esp. one made of rope-yarns +| or threads. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |moral | Definition: -| wrong a. nonconformity or disobedience to lawful -| authority divine or human; deviation from duty; -| -- the opposite of moral right. +| wrong a. whatever deviates from moral rectitude; +| usually an act that involves evil consequences +| as one which inflicts injury on a person; any +| injury done to or received from; another; a +| trespass; a violation of right. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |morality | Definition: -| utilitarianism n. the doctrine that utility is -| the sole standard of morality so that the rectitude -| of an action is determined by its usefulness. -| +| vanity n. one of the established characters in +| the old moralities and puppet shows. see morality +| n. 5. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|morals | Definition: -| wrong a. not according to the laws of good morals -| whether divine or human; not suitable to the -| highest and best end; not morally right; deviating -| from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; -| not true; not legal; as a wrong practice; wrong -| ideas; wrong inclinations and desires. -| +|moralizing | Definition: +| moralizing p. pr. & vb. n. of moralize +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|morally | Definition: +| wrong adv. in a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; +| morally ill; erroneously; wrongly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|morbidly | Definition: +| supersensitive a. excessively sensitive; morbidly +| sensitive. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |moreover | Definition: @@ -39193,11 +35658,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|moria | Definition: -| moria n. idiocy; imbecility; fatuity; foolishness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |morning | Definition: | yoke n. a portion of the working day; as to work | two yokes that is to work both portions of @@ -39205,15 +35665,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mornings | Definition: -| phylactery n. a small square box made either of -| parchment or of black calfskin containing slips -| of parchment or vellum on which are written -| the scriptural passages exodus xiii. 2-10 and -| 11-17 deut. vi. 4-9 13-22. they are worn by -| jews on the head and left arm on week-day mornings -| during the time of prayer. -| +|morose | Definition: +| surling n. a sour morose fellow. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |morrow | Definition: @@ -39250,17 +35704,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | mortally jealous. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mortals | Definition: -| spiritualism n. a belief that departed spirits -| hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical -| phenomena as by rappng or during abnormal mental -| states as in trances or the like commonly manifested -| through a person of special susceptibility -| called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and -| practices of spiritualists. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mortar | Definition: | trunnion n. a cylindrical projection on each side | of a piece whether gun mortar or howitzer serving @@ -39268,21 +35711,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | see illust. of cannon. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mortars | Definition: -| ordnance n. heavy weapons of warfare; cannon or -| great guns mortars and howitzers; artillery; -| sometimes a general term for all weapons and -| appliances used in war. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mortgage | Definition: -| unincumbered a. free from any temporary estate -| or interest or from mortgage or other charge -| or debt; as an estate unincumbered with dower. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mortification | Definition: | sackcloth n. linen or cotton cloth such as sacks | are made of; coarse cloth; anciently a cloth @@ -39290,31 +35718,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or penitence. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mortify | Definition: -| swig v. t. to castrate as a ram by binding the -| testicles tightly with a string so that they -| mortify and slough off. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mosaic | Definition: -| tarsiatura n. a kind of mosaic in woodwork much -| employed in italy in the fifteenth century -| and later in which scrolls and arabesques and -| sometimes architectural scenes landscapes fruits -| flowers and the like were produced by inlaying -| pieces of wood of different colors and shades -| into panels usually of walnut wood. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mosaical | Definition: -| mosaical a. mosaic (in either sense). -| +|mortified | Definition: +| mortified imp. & p. p. of mortify +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mosel | Definition: -| mosel n. & v. see muzzle. +|mortifying | Definition: +| mortifyingly adv. in a mortifying manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |moses | Definition: @@ -39322,10 +35733,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or his works. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mote | Definition: -| mote n. a small particle as of floating dust; -| anything proverbially small; a speck. -| +|mostly | Definition: +| zoanthus n. a genus of actinaria including numerous +| species found mostly in tropical seas. the +| zooids or polyps resemble small elongated actinias +| united together at their bases by fleshy stolons +| and thus forming extensive groups. the tentacles +| are small and bright colored. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |moth | Definition: @@ -39343,11 +35758,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to a ferment. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mothers | Definition: -| cr/che n. a public nursery where the young children -| of poor women are cared for during the day -| while their mothers are at work. -| +|motherly | Definition: +| motherly a. of or pertaining to a mother; like +| or suitable for a mother; tender; maternal; +| as motherly authority love or care. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|moths | Definition: +| zygenid n. any one of numerous species of moths +| of the family zygaenidae most of which are +| bright colored. the wood nymph and the vine +| forester are examples. also used adjectively. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |motion | Definition: @@ -39357,26 +35780,89 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|motions | Definition: -| zoetrope n. an optical toy in which figures made -| to revolve on the inside of a cylinder and -| viewed through slits in its circumference appear -| like a single figure passing through a series -| of natural motions as if animated or mechanically -| moved. +|motioned | Definition: +| motioned imp. & p. p. of motion +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mount | Definition: -| sinaitic a. of or pertaining to mount sinai; given -| or made at mount sinai; as the sinaitic law. +|motioning | Definition: +| motioning p. pr. & vb. n. of motion +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|motionless | Definition: +| spermatium n. one of the motionless spermatozoids +| in the conceptacles of certain fungi. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|motives | Definition: +| wickedly adv. in a wicked manner; in a manner +| or with motives and designs contrary to the +| divine law or the law of morality; viciously; +| corruptly; immorally. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mottled | Definition: +| viz-cacha n. a large burrowing south american +| rodent (lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to +| the chinchillas but much larger. its fur is +| soft and rather long mottled gray above white +| or yellowish white beneath. there is a white +| band across the muzzle and a dark band on each +| cheek. it inhabits grassy plains and is noted +| for its extensive burrows and for heaping up +| miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its +| burrows. called also biscacha bizcacha vischacha +| vishatscha. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mould | Definition: +| mould alt. of mouldy +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mouldering | Definition: +| mouldering of moulder +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|moulding | Definition: +| moulding p.a. used in making a mold or moldings; +| used in shaping anything according to a pattern. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|mound | Definition: +| undam v. t. to free from a dam mound or other +| obstruction. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mounds | Definition: +| maleo n. a bird of celebes (megacephalon maleo) +| allied to the brush turkey. it makes mounds +| in which to lay its eggs. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mount | Definition: +| upsoar v. i. to soar or mount up. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |mountain | Definition: -| twite n. the mountain linnet (linota flavirostris). +| volcano n. a mountain or hill usually more or +| less conical in form from which lava cinders +| steam sulphur gases and the like are ejected; +| -- often popularly called a burning mountain. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|mountainous | Definition: +| saxifrage n. any plant of the genus saxifraga +| mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices +| of rocks in mountainous regions. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |mountains | Definition: | zone n. a band or area of growth encircling anything; | as a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the @@ -39393,33 +35879,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mounts | Definition: -| skylark n. a lark that mounts and sings as it -| files especially the common species (alauda -| arvensis) found in europe and in some parts -| of asia and celebrated for its melodious song; -| -- called also sky laverock. see under lark. +|mounting | Definition: +| taxidermy v. t. the art of preparing preserving +| and mounting the skins of animals so as to +| represent their natural appearance as for cabinets. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mourn | Definition: -| sigh v. t. to utter sighs over; to lament or mourn -| over. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mourned | Definition: -| mourned imp. & p. p. of mourn -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mourner | Definition: | saulie n. a hired mourner at a funeral. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mournful | Definition: -| yowl n. a loud protracted and mournful cry as -| that of a dog; a howl. +| yowl v. i. to utter a loud long and mournful cry +| as a dog; to howl; to yell. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mourning | Definition: @@ -39427,12 +35902,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mourns | Definition: -| mourner n. one who mourns or is grieved at any -| misfortune as the death of a friend. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |mouse | Definition: | water mouse any one of several species of mice | belonging to the genus hydromys native of australia @@ -39451,6 +35920,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | not developed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|mouthful | Definition: +| sup n. a small mouthful as of liquor or broth; +| a little taken with the lips; a sip. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |mouths | Definition: | unifacial a. having but one front surface; as | some foliaceous corals are unifacial the polyp @@ -39471,30 +35946,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|moving | Definition: -| yarage a. the power of moving or being managed -| at sea; -- said with reference to a ship. -| +|movement | Definition: +| yaw n. a movement of a vessel by which she temporarily +| alters her course; a deviation from a straight +| course in steering. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mower | Definition: -| mower n. one who or that which mows; a mowing -| machine; as a lawn mower. -| +|movements | Definition: +| zoopraxiscope n. an instrument similar to or the +| same as the the phenakistoscope by means of +| which pictures projected upon a screen are +| made to exhibit the natural movements of animals +| and the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mowing | Definition: -| tore n. the dead grass that remains on mowing -| land in winter and spring. -| +|moves | Definition: +| whisker n. one who or that which whisks or moves +| with a quick sweeping motion. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|moving | Definition: +| yarage a. the power of moving or being managed +| at sea; -- said with reference to a ship. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mud | Definition: -| umbellularia n. a genus of deep-sea alcyonaria -| consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike -| polyps situated at the summit of a long slender -| stem which stands upright in the mud supported -| by a bulbous base. +| wade v. i. to walk in a substance that yields +| to the feet; to move sinking at each step as +| in water mud sand etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |muddy | Definition: @@ -39502,53 +35983,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in muddy places. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mulberries | Definition: -| mulberries pl. of mulberry -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mulberry | Definition: -| urticaceous a. of or pertaining to a natural order -| (urticaceae) of plants of which the nettle -| is the type. the order includes also the hop -| the elm the mulberry the fig and many other -| plants. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mule | Definition: -| unconscious a. having no knowledge by experience; -| -- followed by of; as a mule unconscious of -| the yoke. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|mules | Definition: -| plough n. a well-known implement drawn by horses -| mules oxen or other power for turning up the -| soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also -| used to furrow or break up the soil for other -| purposes; as the subsoil plow; the draining -| plow. +|muffin | Definition: +| muffin n. a light spongy cylindrical cake used +| for breakfast and tea. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|multipied | Definition: -| infinituple a. multipied an infinite number of -| times. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|multiple | Definition: -| syncarp n. a kind of aggregate fruit in which -| the ovaries cohere in a solid mass with a slender -| receptacle as in the magnolia; also a similar -| multiple fruit as a mulberry. -| +|muffins | Definition: +| muffineer n. a dish for keeping muffins hot. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|multiplicity | Definition: -| verbose a. abounding in words; using or containing -| more words than are necessary; tedious by a -| multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as a -| verbose speaker; a verbose argument. -| +|mug | Definition: +| noggin n. a small mug or cup. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |multiplied | Definition: @@ -39557,37 +36004,37 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | argument. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|multiply | Definition: -| septuple v. t. to multiply by seven; to make sevenfold. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|multiplying | Definition: -| zoogloea n. a colony or mass of bacteria imbedded -| in a viscous gelatinous substance. the zoogloea -| is characteristic of a transitory stage through -| which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in -| the course of their evolution. also used adjectively. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |multitude | Definition: | world n. as an emblem of immensity a great multitude | or quantity; a large number. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|multitudes | Definition: -| shout n. a loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement -| and sudden outcry especially of a multitudes -| expressing joy triumph exultation or animated -| courage. +|mum | Definition: +| mum n. a sort of strong beer originally made in +| brunswick germany. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mumbling | Definition: +| mumbling a. low; indistinct; inarticulate. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mummery | Definition: +| mummery n. farcical show; hypocritical disguise +| and parade or ceremonies. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|munching | Definition: +| munching p. pr. & vb. n. of munch +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |murder | Definition: -| tyrannicidal a. of or pertaining to tyrannicide -| or the murder of a tyrant. -| +| vendetta n. a blood feud; private revenge for +| the murder of a kinsman. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |murdered | Definition: @@ -39619,14 +36066,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|murders | Definition: -| uxoricide n. one who murders his wife. -| +|murderous | Definition: +| ruffian n. a boisterous cruel brutal fellow; a +| desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel +| deeds; a cutthroat. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|murky | Definition: +| murky superl. dark; obscure; gloomy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |murmur | Definition: -| remurmur v. t. & i. to murmur again; to utter -| back or reply in murmurs. +| sough v. i. the sound produced by soughing; a +| hollow murmur or roaring. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -39641,9 +36094,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|murrain | Definition: -| water murrain a kind of murrain affecting cattle. -| +|muscles | Definition: +| wryneck n. a twisted or distorted neck; a deformity +| in which the neck is drawn to one side by a +| rigid contraction of one of the muscles of +| the neck; torticollis. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|muscular | Definition: +| worm n. a certain muscular band in the tongue +| of some animals as the dog; the lytta. see +| lytta. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mused | Definition: +| mused imp. & p. p. of muse +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|museum | Definition: +| vatican n. a magnificent assemblage of buildings +| at rome near the church of st. peter including +| the pope's palace a museum a library a famous +| chapel etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |musical | Definition: @@ -39656,39 +36129,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|musician | Definition: -| voluntary n. a piece played by a musician often -| extemporarily according to his fancy; specifically -| an organ solo played before during or after -| divine service. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|musicians | Definition: -| wait v. i. musicians who sing or play at night -| or in the early morning especially at christmas -| time; serenaders; musical watchmen. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |musing | Definition: | revery n. a loose or irregular train of thought | occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; | daydream. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mustard | Definition: -| sinapoline n. a nitrogenous base co.(nh.c3h5)2 -| related to urea extracted from mustard oil -| and also produced artifically as a white crystalline -| substance; -- called also diallyl urea. -| +|musket | Definition: +| tang n. the projecting part of the breech of a +| musket barrel by which the barrel is secured +| to the stock. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|muster | Definition: -| muster v. i. to be gathered together for parade -| inspection exercise or the like; to come together -| as parts of a force or body; as his supporters -| mustered in force. +|muskets | Definition: +| ranger n. one of a body of mounted troops formerly +| armed with short muskets who range over the +| country and often fight on foot. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|muslin | Definition: +| tillet n. a bag made of thin glazed muslin used +| as a wrapper for dress goods. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mussy | Definition: +| mussy a. disarranged; rumpled. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mustered | Definition: @@ -39698,22 +36166,56 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | mustered in force. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mutter | Definition: -| mammer v. i. to hesitate; to mutter doubtfully. +|musty | Definition: +| tack n. a peculiar flavor or taint; as a musty +| tack. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mute | Definition: +| soft superl. applied to a palatal a sibilant or +| a dental consonant (as g in gem c in cent etc.) +| as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g +| in go c in cone etc.); -- opposed to hard. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|mutiny | Definition: +| mutiny v. i. to rise against or refuse to obey +| lawful authority in military or naval service; +| to excite or to be guilty of mutiny or mutinous +| conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer +| or any rightful authority. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mutter | Definition: +| mutter n. repressed or obscure utterance. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|muttered | Definition: +| muttered imp. & p. p. of mutter +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|muttering | Definition: +| mutteringly adv. with a low voice and indistinct +| articulation; in a muttering manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|mutton | Definition: +| vifda n. in the orkney and shetland islands beef +| and mutton hung and dried but not salted. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |mutual | Definition: | vicissitude n. regular change or succession from | one thing to another; alternation; mutual succession; | interchange. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mutually | Definition: -| zone n. a series of planes having mutually parallel -| intersections. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |muzzle | Definition: | viz-cacha n. a large burrowing south american | rodent (lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to @@ -39733,20 +36235,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|myrrh | Definition: -| stacte n. one of the sweet spices used by the -| ancient jews in the preparation of incense. -| it was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh -| or cinnamon or a kind of storax. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|myrtle | Definition: -| waxberry n. the wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle -| or bayberry. see bayberry and candleberry tree. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |myself | Definition: | myself pron. i or me in person; -- used for emphasis | my own self or person; as i myself will do @@ -39757,13 +36245,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mysteries | Definition: -| mystery n. a dramatic representation of a scriptural -| subject often some event in the life of christ; -| a dramatic composition of this character; as -| the chester mysteries consisting of dramas -| acted by various craft associations in that -| city in the early part of the 14th century. -| +| oratorio n. a more or less dramatic text or poem +| founded on some scripture nerrative or great +| divine event elaborately set to music in recitative +| arias grand choruses etc. to be sung with an +| orchestral accompaniment but without action +| scenery or costume although the oratorio grew +| out of the mysteries and the miracle and passion +| plays which were acted. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |mysterious | Definition: @@ -39780,54 +36270,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | soluble. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|mystical | Definition: -| shadow n. an imperfect and faint representation; -| adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying -| forth; hence mystical representation; type. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |nail | Definition: | weather-board v. t. to nail boards upon so as | to lap one over another in order to exclude | rain snow etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nailed | Definition: -| shoe n. a plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof -| of an animal to defend it from injury. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |nails | Definition: | unnail v. t. to remove the nails from; to unfasten | by removing nails. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|naked | Definition: -| wattlebird n. any one of several species of honey -| eaters belonging to anthochaera and allied -| genera of the family meliphagidae. these birds -| usually have a large and conspicuous wattle -| of naked skin hanging down below each ear. -| they are natives of australia and adjacent -| islands. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nakedness | Definition: -| nakedness n. the privy parts; the genitals. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |named | Definition: -| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16� -| or 18� broad in the middle of which is the +| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16¡ +| or 18¡ broad in the middle of which is the | ecliptic or sun's path. it comprises the twelve | constellations which one constituted and from | which were named the twelve signs of the zodiac. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|nameless | Definition: +| namelessly adv. in a nameless manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |namely | Definition: | ulema n. a college or corporation in turkey composed | of the hierarchy namely the imams or ministers @@ -39848,22 +36315,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | sulphate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|nap | Definition: +| velveting n. the fine shag or nap of velvet; a +| piece of velvet; velvet goods. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|nape | Definition: +| woodchat n. a european shrike (enneoctonus rufus). +| in the male the head and nape are rufous red; +| the back wings and tail are black varied with +| white. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |napkin | Definition: | sudary n. a napkin or handkerchief. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|narcissus | Definition: -| scyphus n. the cup of a narcissus or a similar -| appendage to the corolla in other flowers. -| +|narrate | Definition: +| story v. t. to tell in historical relation; to +| make the subject of a story; to narrate or +| describe in story. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|narration | Definition: -| story n. a narration or recital of that which -| has occurred; a description of past events; -| a history; a statement; a record. -| +|narrative | Definition: +| story n. the relation of an incident or minor +| event; a short narrative; a tale; especially +| a fictitious narrative less elaborate than +| a novel; a short romance. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |narrow | Definition: @@ -39871,6 +36352,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|nastiness | Definition: +| nastiness n. the quality or state of being nasty; +| extreme filthness; dirtiness; also indecency; +| obscenity. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|nasty | Definition: +| nasty superl. characterized by obcenity; indecent; +| indelicate; gross; filthy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |nation | Definition: | war v. i. to make war; to invade or attack a state | or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; @@ -39878,23 +36371,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nations | Definition: -| year n. the time of the apparent revolution of -| the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied -| by the earth in making its revolution around -| the sun called the astronomical year; also -| a period more or less nearly agreeing with -| this adopted by various nations as a measure -| of time and called the civil year; as the common -| lunar year of 354 days still in use among the -| mohammedans; the year of 360 days etc. in common -| usage the year consists of 365 days and every -| fourth year (called bissextile or leap year) -| of 366 days a day being added to february on -| that year on account of the excess above 365 -| days (see bissextile). -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |native | Definition: | zokor n. an asiatic burrowing rodent (siphneus | aspalax) resembling the mole rat. it is native @@ -39902,22 +36378,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|natives | Definition: -| yam n. a large esculent farinaceous tuber of various -| climbing plants of the genus dioscorea; also -| the plants themselves. mostly natives of warm -| climates. the plants have netted-veined petioled -| leaves and pods with three broad wings. the -| commonest species is d. sativa but several -| others are cultivated. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nativity | Definition: -| yule n. christmas or christmastide; the feast -| of the nativity of our savior. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |naturally | Definition: | yolk n. an oily secretion which naturally covers | the wool of sheep. @@ -39935,29 +36395,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | ill-natured etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|natures | Definition: -| nestorian n. an adherent of nestorius patriarch -| of constantinople to the fifth century who -| has condemned as a heretic for maintaining -| that the divine and the human natures were -| not merged into one nature in christ (who was -| god in man) and hence that it was improper -| to call mary the mother of christ; also one -| of the sect established by the followers of -| nestorius in persia india and other oriental -| countries and still in existence. opposed to -| eutychian. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |naught | Definition: -| naught a. of no value or account; worthless; bad; -| useless. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|naughtiness | Definition: -| naughtiness n. the quality or state of being naughty; -| perverseness; badness; wickedness. -| +| naught a. hence vile; base; naughty. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |naughty | Definition: @@ -39966,55 +36406,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | as a naughty child. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nave | Definition: -| wheel n. a circular frame turning about an axis; -| a rotating disk whether solid or a frame composed -| of an outer rim spokes or radii and a central -| hub or nave in which is inserted the axle -- -| used for supporting and conveying vehicles -| in machinery and for various purposes; as the -| wheel of a wagon of a locomotive of a mill -| of a watch etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|navel | Definition: -| umbilicated a. depressed in the middle like a -| navel as a flower fruit or leaf; navel-shaped; -| having an umbilicus; as an umbilicated smallpox -| vesicle. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|naves | Definition: -| suradanni n. a valuable kind of wood obtained -| on the shores of the demerara river in south -| america much used for timbers rails naves and -| fellies of wheels and the like. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|navies | Definition: -| physical a. of or pertaining to nature (as including -| all created existences); in accordance with -| the laws of nature; also of or relating to -| natural or material things or to the bodily -| structure as opposed to things mental moral -| spiritual or imaginary; material; natural; -| as armies and navies are the physical force -| of a nation; the body is the physical part -| of man. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|navigable | Definition: -| strand n. the shore especially the beach of a -| sea ocean or large lake; rarely the margin -| of a navigable river. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|navy | Definition: -| strength n. force as measured; amount numbers -| or power of any body as of an army a navy and -| the like; as what is the strength of the enemy -| by land or by sea? +|navigation | Definition: +| spherograph n. an instrument for facilitating +| the practical use of spherics in navigation +| and astronomy being constructed of two cardboards +| containing various circles and turning upon +| each other in such a manner that any possible +| spherical triangle may be readily found and +| the measures of the parts read off by inspection. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |nay | Definition: @@ -40024,26 +36424,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nazarene | Definition: -| nazarene n. one of a sect of judaizing christians -| in the first and second centuries who observed -| the laws of moses and held to certain heresies. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nazarite | Definition: -| nazaritic a. of or pertaining to a nazarite or -| to nazarites. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ne | Definition: -| ne exeat a writ to restrain a person from leaving -| the country or the jurisdiction of the court. -| the writ was originally applicable to purposes -| of state but is now an ordinary process of -| courts of equity resorted to for the purpose -| of obtaining bail or security to abide a decree. -| +|neared | Definition: +| near adv. to approach; to come nearer; as the +| ship neared the land. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |nearer | Definition: @@ -40063,12 +36446,37 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a triangle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|nearing | Definition: +| nearing p. pr. & vb. n of near +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|nearly | Definition: +| zero n. fig.: the lowest point; the point of exhaustion; +| as his patience had nearly reached zero. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |neat | Definition: | trim v. t. to make trim; to put in due order for | any purpose; to make right neat or pleasing; | to adjust. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|neatly | Definition: +| neatly adv. in a neat manner; tidily; tastefully. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|neatness | Definition: +| tidy superl. arranged in good order; orderly; +| appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming +| neatness or habitually keeping things so; as +| a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments +| are well furnished and tidy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |necessaries | Definition: | wallet n. a bag or sack for carrying about the | person as a bag for carrying the necessaries @@ -40077,6 +36485,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|necessarily | Definition: +| syllogism n. the regular logical form of every +| argument consisting of three propositions of +| which the first two are called the premises +| and the last the conclusion. the conclusion +| necessarily follows from the premises; so that +| if these are true the conclusion must be true +| and the argument amounts to demonstration +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |necessary | Definition: | wink n. the act of closing or closing and opening | the eyelids quickly; hence the time necessary @@ -40084,12 +36503,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|necessities | Definition: -| supply n. the food and the like which meets the -| daily necessities of an army or other large -| body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the -| plural; as the army was discontented for lack -| of supplies. +|necessitate | Definition: +| necessitate v. t. to reduce to the necessity of; +| to force; to compel. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |necessity | Definition: @@ -40103,10 +36519,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a fence. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|necks | Definition: -| yoke n. a bar or frame of wood by which two oxen -| are joined at the heads or necks for working -| together. +|neckcloth | Definition: +| steinkirk n. a kind of neckcloth worn in a loose +| and disorderly fashion. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|neckerchief | Definition: +| rail n. an outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief +| for women. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|necromantic | Definition: +| necromantic a. alt. of necromantical +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |needed | Definition: @@ -40118,11 +36544,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|needful | Definition: -| requisite a. required by the nature of things -| or by circumstances; so needful that it can -| not be dispensed with; necessary; indispensable. -| +|needing | Definition: +| unclean a. ceremonially impure; needing ritual +| cleansing. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |needle | Definition: @@ -40131,84 +36555,61 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|needy | Definition: -| needy superl. distressed by want of the means -| of living; very por; indigent; necessitous. -| +|needles | Definition: +| tease v. t. to tear or separate into minute shreds +| as with needles or similar instruments. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|neglect | Definition: -| truantship n. the conduct of a truant; neglect -| of employment; idleness; truancy. -| +|needless | Definition: +| wasteful a. expending or tending to expend property +| or that which is valuable in a needless or +| useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as a wasteful +| person; a wasteful disposition. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|neglected | Definition: -| wilderness v. t. a disorderly or neglected place. +|needlework | Definition: +| worktable n. a table for holding working materials +| and implements; esp. a small table with drawers +| and other conveniences for needlework etc. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|neglecting | Definition: -| self-neglecting n. a neglecting of one's self -| or of one's own interests. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|negligence | Definition: -| wantonness n. the quality or state of being wanton; -| negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; -| lasciviousness. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|negligent | Definition: -| undress n. a loose negligent dress; ordinary dress -| as distinguished from full dress. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|negligently | Definition: -| negligently adv. in a negligent manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|negotiate | Definition: -| syndicate n. an association of persons officially -| authorized to undertake some duty or to negotiate -| some business; also an association of persons -| who combine to carry out on their own account -| a financial or industrial project; as a syndicate -| of bankers formed to take up and dispose of -| an entire issue of government bonds. -| +|negative | Definition: +| yet adv. up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; +| until now; -- and with the negative not yet +| not up to the present time; not as soon as +| now; as is it time to go? not yet. see as yet +| under as conj. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|neigh | Definition: -| neigh n. the cry of a horse; a whinny. +|negativing | Definition: +| negativing p. pr. & vb. n. of negative | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|neighbor | Definition: -| neighbor v. i. to dwell in the vicinity; to be -| a neighbor or in the neighborhood; to be near. +|neglected | Definition: +| wilderness v. t. a disorderly or neglected place. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|neighborhood | Definition: -| venue n. a neighborhood or near place; the place -| or county in which anything is alleged to have -| happened; also the place where an action is -| laid. +|negotiation | Definition: +| truce n. a suspension of arms by agreement of +| the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary +| cessation of hostilities for negotiation or +| other purpose; an armistice. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|neighbors | Definition: -| skimmington n. a word employed in the phrase to -| ride skimmington; that is to ride on a horse -| with a woman but behind her facing backward -| carrying a distaff and accompanied by a procession -| of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade -| in ridicule of a henpecked man. the custom -| was in vogue in parts of england. -| +|negress | Definition: +| negress n. a black woman; a female negro. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|negro | Definition: +| voodoo n. one who practices voodooism; a negro +| sorcerer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |neighbours | Definition: @@ -40217,55 +36618,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or contents. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|neighed | Definition: -| neighed imp. & p. p. of neigh -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|neighing | Definition: -| neighing p. pr. & vb. n. of neigh -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |neither | Definition: | zain n. a horse of a dark color neither gray nor | white and having no spots. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|neomenia | Definition: -| neomenia n. the time of the new moon; the beginning -| of the month in the lunar calendar. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|neophyte | Definition: -| neophyte n. a new convert or proselyte; -- a name -| given by the early christians and still given -| by the roman catholics to such as have recently -| embraced the christian faith and been admitted -| to baptism esp. to converts from heathenism -| or judaism. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nephew | Definition: -| will n. to give or direct the disposal of by testament; -| to bequeath; to devise; as to will one's estate -| to a child; also to order or direct by testament; -| as he willed that his nephew should have his -| watch. +|nerves | Definition: +| vasomotor a. causing movement in the walls of +| vessels; as the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor +| nerves a system of nerves distributed over +| the muscular coats of the blood vessels. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ner | Definition: -| ner adv. & a. nearer. +|nervous | Definition: +| twittering n. a slight nervous excitement or agitation +| such as is caused by desire expectation or +| suspense. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nereus | Definition: -| nereid n. a sea nymph one of the daughters of -| nereus who were attendants upon neptune and -| were represented as riding on sea horses sometimes -| with the human form entire and sometimes with -| the tail of a fish. +|nervously | Definition: +| nervously adv. in a nervous manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |nest | Definition: @@ -40273,19 +36648,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | its nest on walls. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nests | Definition: -| tschego n. a west african anthropoid ape allied -| to the gorilla and chimpanzee and by some considered -| only a variety of the chimpanzee. it is noted -| for building large umbrella-shaped nests in -| trees. called also tscheigo tschiego nschego -| nscheigo. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nether | Definition: -| stock n. a covering for the leg or leg and foot; -| as upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings). -| +|nesting | Definition: +| eyas n. a nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry +| a young hawk from the nest not able to prey +| for itself. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |nets | Definition: @@ -40296,14 +36662,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | cord or string. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nettle | Definition: -| urticaria n. the nettle rash a disease characterized -| by a transient eruption of red pimples and -| of wheals accompanied with a burning or stinging -| sensation and with itching; uredo. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |nettles | Definition: | sting v. t. to pierce or wound with a sting; as | bees will sting an animal that irritates them; @@ -40318,49 +36676,47 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|newborn | Definition: -| whitecoat n. the skin of a newborn seal; also -| the seal itself. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |newly | Definition: | windrow v. t. to arrange in lines or windrows | as hay when newly made. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|newness | Definition: -| newness n. the quality or state of being new; -| as the newness of a system; the newness of -| a scene; newness of life. -| +|newspaper | Definition: +| subscribe v. i. to enter one's name for a newspaper +| a book etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nice | Definition: -| sharp superl. of keen perception; quick to discern -| or distinguish; having nice discrimination; -| acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as a -| sharp eye; sharp sight hearing or judgment. -| +|newspapers | Definition: +| subscription n. a method of purchasing items produced +| periodically in a series as newspapers or magazines +| in which a certain number of the items are +| delivered as produced without need for ordering +| each item individually; also the purchase thus +| executed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nicely | Definition: -| tretys a. long and well-proportioned; nicely made; -| pretty. +|nice | Definition: +| tact n. sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill +| or faculty; nice perception or discernment; +| ready power of appreciating and doing what +| is required by circumstances. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|niceness | Definition: -| subtle superl. characterized by refinement and -| niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -| -- said of persons; as a subtle logician; refined; -| tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence penetrative -| or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties -| or its operations; as a subtle intellect; a -| subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; -| also difficult of apprehension; elusive. +|nicety | Definition: +| subtlety n. nice discernment with delicacy of +| mental action; nicety of discrimination. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|nick | Definition: +| screw-driver n. a tool for turning screws so as +| to drive them into their place. it has a thin +| end which enters the nick in the head of the +| screw. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |niece | Definition: | uncle n. the brother of one's father or mother; | also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative @@ -40368,25 +36724,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|niger | Definition: -| pomfret n. one of two or more species of marine -| food fishes of the genus stromateus (s. niger -| s. argenteus) native of southern europe and -| asia. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|niggard | Definition: -| scantle v. t. to scant; to be niggard of; to divide -| into small pieces; to cut short or down. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|niggardliness | Definition: -| niggardliness n. the quality or state of being -| niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; -| stinginess. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |niggardly | Definition: | niggardly adv. in a niggard manner. | @@ -40401,6 +36738,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or ox; the off leg. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|nightcap | Definition: +| nightcap n. a potion of spirit drank at bedtime. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|nightly | Definition: +| noctuary n. a record of what passes in the night; +| a nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|nightmare | Definition: +| succubus n. the nightmare. see nightmare 2. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |nights | Definition: | sennight n. the space of seven nights and days; | a week. @@ -40412,6 +36765,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | irrigation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|nimble | Definition: +| whipster n. a nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |nine | Definition: | whip v. t. to punish with a whip scourge or rod; | to flog; to beat; as to whip a vagrant; to @@ -40419,47 +36777,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | perverse boy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nineteen | Definition: -| twentieth n. the next in order after the nineteen; -| one coming after nineteen others. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nineteenth | Definition: -| scampavia n. a long low war galley used by the -| neapolitans and sicilians in the early part -| of the nineteenth century. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ninety | Definition: -| tetragon n. an aspect of two planets with regard -| to the earth when they are distant from each -| other ninety degrees or the fourth of a circle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ninth | Definition: -| viking n. one belonging to the pirate crews from -| among the northmen who plundered the coasts -| of europe in the eighth ninth and tenth centuries. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nisan | Definition: -| nisan n. the first month of the jewish ecclesiastical -| year formerly answering nearly to the month -| of april now to march of the christian calendar. -| see abib. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nisi | Definition: -| nisi conj. unless; if not. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nitre | Definition: -| nitre n. see niter. +|noah | Definition: +| shemitish a. of or pertaining to shem the son +| of noah or his descendants. see semitic. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |nob | Definition: @@ -40479,35 +36800,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | not of mean birth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nobleman | Definition: -| tuft n. a nobleman or person of quality especially -| in the english universities; -- so called from -| the tuft or gold tassel on the cap worn by -| them. +|nobler | Definition: +| philistine n. a person deficient in liberal culture +| and refinement; one without appreciation of +| the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; +| one whose scope is limited to selfish and material +| interests. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |nobles | Definition: -| tribune n. an officer or magistrate chosen by -| the people to protect them from the oppression -| of the patricians or nobles and to defend their -| liberties against any attempts that might be -| made upon them by the senate and consuls. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|noblest | Definition: -| arian a. pertaining to arius a presbyter of the -| church of alexandria in the fourth century -| or to the doctrines of arius who held christ -| to be inferior to god the father in nature -| and dignity though the first and noblest of -| all created beings. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nobly | Definition: -| nobly adv. in a noble manner; with greatness of -| soul; heroically; with magnanimity; as a deed -| nobly done. +| vair n. the skin of the squirrel much used in +| the fourteenth century as fur for garments +| and frequently mentioned by writers of that +| period in describing the costly dresses of +| kings nobles and prelates. it is represented +| in heraldry by a series of small shields placed +| close together and alternately white and blue. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |nobody | Definition: @@ -40516,11 +36825,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|noetus | Definition: -| noetian n. one of the followers of noetus who -| lived in the third century. he denied the distinct -| personality of the father son and holy ghost. -| +|nocturnal | Definition: +| woodcock n. any one of several species of long-billed +| limicoline birds belonging to the genera scolopax +| and philohela. they are mostly nocturnal in +| their habits and are highly esteemed as game +| birds. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|nod | Definition: +| understand v. t. to have just and adequate ideas +| of; to apprehended the meaning or intention +| of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to +| know; as to understand a problem in euclid; +| to understand a proposition or a declaration; +| the court understands the advocate or his argument; +| to understand the sacred oracles; to understand +| a nod or a wink. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|nodded | Definition: +| nodded imp. & p. p. of nod +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|nodding | Definition: +| staggerbush n. an american shrub (andromeda mariana) +| having clusters of nodding white flowers. it +| grows in low sandy places and is said to poison +| lambs and calves. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |noise | Definition: @@ -40534,11 +36867,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|noised | Definition: -| noised imp. & p. p. of noise -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |noises | Definition: | rattle v. i. to make a quick succession of sharp | inharmonious noises as by the collision of @@ -40546,10 +36874,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to clatter. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|noisome | Definition: -| smoky superl. tarnished with smoke; noisome with -| smoke; as smoky rafters; smoky cells. -| +|noisily | Definition: +| swash v. i. to dash or flow noisily as water; +| to splash; as water swashing on a shallow place. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |noisy | Definition: @@ -40558,12 +36886,44 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nomen | Definition: -| nome alt. of nomen +|nominal | Definition: +| token n. a piece of metal intended for currency +| and issued by a private party usually bearing +| the name of the issuer and redeemable in lawful +| money. also a coin issued by government esp. +| when its use as lawful money is limited and +| its intrinsic value is much below its nominal +| value. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|nonsense | Definition: +| nonsense n. trifles; things of no importance. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|nonsensical | Definition: +| rigmarole n. a succession of confused or nonsensical +| statements; foolish talk; nonsense. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|noodle | Definition: +| noodle n. a thin strip of dough made with eggs +| rolled up cut into small pieces and used in +| soup. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|nook | Definition: +| out n. a place or space outside of something; +| a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; +| an open space; -- chiefly used in the phrase +| ins and outs; as the ins and outs of a question. +| see under in. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nonne | Definition: -| nonne n. a nun. +|nooks | Definition: +| unhooked a. without nooks and corners; guileless. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |noon | Definition: @@ -40571,14 +36931,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | last past. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|noonday | Definition: -| noonday a. of or pertaining to midday; meridional; -| as the noonday heat. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|noontide | Definition: -| noontide n. the time of noon; midday. -| +|noose | Definition: +| yama n. the king of the infernal regions corresponding +| to the greek pluto and also the judge of departed +| souls. in later times he is more exclusively +| considered the dire judge of all and the tormentor +| of the wicked. he is represented as of a green +| color with red garments having a crown on his +| head his eyes inflamed and sitting on a buffalo +| with a club and noose in his hands. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |nor | Definition: @@ -40587,40 +36949,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|northern | Definition: -| yankee n. a nickname for a native or citizen of -| new england especially one descended from old -| new england stock; by extension an inhabitant -| of the northern states as distinguished from -| a southerner; also applied sometimes by foreigners -| to any inhabitant of the united states. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|northward | Definition: -| solstice v. i. the point in the ecliptic at which -| the sun is farthest from the equator north -| or south namely the first point of the sign -| cancer and the first point of the sign capricorn -| the former being the summer solstice latter -| the winter solstice in northern latitudes; -| -- so called because the sun then apparently -| stands still in its northward or southward -| motion. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|northwest | Definition: -| shallon n. an evergreen shrub (gaultheria shallon) -| of northwest america; also its fruit. see salal-berry. -| +|normal | Definition: +| vicarious prep. acting as a substitute; -- said +| of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed +| normal function; as vicarious hemorrhage replacing +| menstruation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |nose | Definition: -| tupaiid n. any one of several species of east -| indian and asiatic insectivores of the family -| tupaiidae somewhat resembling squirrels in -| size and arboreal habits. the nose is long -| and pointed. +| vespertiliones n. pl. a tribe of bats including +| the common insectivorous bats of america and +| europe belonging to vespertilio and allied +| genera. they lack a nose membrane. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |noses | Definition: @@ -40633,6 +36974,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|nostril | Definition: +| thrill v. t. a breathing place or hole; a nostril +| as of a bird. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |nostrils | Definition: | vomer n. a bone or one of a pair of bones beneath | the ethmoid region of the skull forming a part @@ -40641,17 +36987,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|notable | Definition: -| remark n. to mark in a notable manner; to distinquish -| clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; -| to piont out. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|notably | Definition: -| notably adv. in a notable manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |noted | Definition: | zulus n. pl. the most important tribe belonging | to the kaffir race. they inhabit a region on @@ -40673,11 +37008,40 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and grow. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|notified | Definition: -| office n. the company or corporation or persons -| collectively whose place of business is in -| an office; as i have notified the office. -| +|noticeable | Definition: +| remark n. to mark in a notable manner; to distinquish +| clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; +| to piont out. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|noticeably | Definition: +| noticeably adv. in a noticeable manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|noticed | Definition: +| noticed imp. & p. p. of notice +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|notices | Definition: +| bibliography n. a history or description of books +| and manuscripts with notices of the different +| editions the times when they were printed etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|noticing | Definition: +| respective a. noticing with attention; hence careful; +| wary; considerate. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|notify | Definition: +| warn v. t. to make ware or aware; to give previous +| information to; to give notice to; to notify; +| to admonish; hence to notify or summon by authority; +| as to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant +| to quit a house. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |notion | Definition: @@ -40695,17 +37059,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | taught by fichte. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|notorious | Definition: -| vandal n. one of a teutonic race formerly dwelling -| on the south shore of the baltic the most barbarous -| and fierce of the northern nations that plundered -| rome in the 5th century notorious for destroying -| the monuments of art and literature. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|notus | Definition: -| notus n. the south wind. +|notoriously | Definition: +| infamous a. of very bad report; having a reputation +| of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty +| of something that exposes to infamy; base; +| notoriously vile; detestable; as an infamous +| traitor; an infamous perjurer. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |notwithstanding | Definition: @@ -40714,48 +37074,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nought | Definition: -| nought n. & adv. see naught. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nourish | Definition: -| soil n. the upper stratum of the earth; the mold -| or that compound substance which furnishes -| nutriment to plants or which is particularly -| adapted to support and nourish them. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nourished | Definition: -| suck v. i. to draw milk from the breast or udder; -| as a child or the young of an animal is first -| nourished by sucking. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|nourishing | Definition: -| weak v. i. not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated -| with the usual or required ingredients or with -| stimulating and nourishing substances; of less -| than the usual strength; as weak tea broth -| or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a -| weak dose of medicine. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |nourishment | Definition: | zootrophic a. of or pertaining to the nourishment | of animals. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|novelties | Definition: -| sight-seer n. one given to seeing sights or noted -| things or eager for novelties or curiosities. -| +|novel | Definition: +| romance n. a species of fictitious writing originally +| composed in meter in the romance dialects and +| afterward in prose such as the tales of the +| court of arthur and of amadis of gaul; hence +| any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of +| novel especially one which treats of surprising +| adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; +| a tale of extravagant adventures of love and +| the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|noviceship | Definition: -| noviceship n. the state of being a novice; novitiate. -| +|novelty | Definition: +| wonder n. that emotion which is excited by novelty +| or the presentation to the sight or mind of +| something new unusual strange great extraordinary +| or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; +| admiration; amazement. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |nowhere | Definition: @@ -40764,30 +37105,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nowise | Definition: -| #name? a suffix formed from way by the addition -| of the adverbial -s (see -wards). it is often -| used interchangeably with wise; as endways -| or endwise; noways or nowise etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|num | Definition: -| epithesis n. the addition of a letter at the end -| of a word without changing its sense; as numb -| for num whilst for whiles. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|numbered | Definition: -| untold a. not numbered or counted; as untold money. -| +|nowt | Definition: +| nowt n. pl. neat cattle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|numbering | Definition: -| reckon v. i. to make an enumeration or computation; -| to engage in numbering or computing. -| +|numbed | Definition: +| numbed imp. & p. p. of numb +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |numbers | Definition: @@ -40801,17 +37125,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of persons. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|numenius | Definition: -| curlew n. a wading bird of the genus numenius -| remarkable for its long slender curved bill. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|numeral | Definition: -| v as a numeral v stands for five in english and -| latin. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |numerous | Definition: | zygenid n. any one of numerous species of moths | of the family zygaenidae most of which are @@ -40820,11 +37133,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|nun | Definition: -| nun n. the european blue titmouse. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |nurse | Definition: | wet nurse a nurse who suckles a child especially | the child of another woman. cf. dry nurse. @@ -40842,6 +37150,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a nursing infant. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|nurture | Definition: +| nurturing p. pr. & vb. n. of nurture +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |nut | Definition: | weevil n. any one of numerous species of snout | beetles or rhynchophora in which the head is @@ -40859,6 +37172,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|nutmeg | Definition: +| spice n. a vegetable production of many kinds +| fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste +| as pepper cinnamon nutmeg mace allspice ginger +| cloves etc. which are used in cookery and to +| flavor sauces pickles etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |nuts | Definition: | wrench v. t. an instrument often a simple bar | or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either @@ -40869,28 +37191,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of different sizes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|oak | Definition: -| yeara n. the california poison oak (rhus diversiloba). -| see under poison a. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|oaks | Definition: -| oak n. any tree or shrub of the genus quercus. -| the oaks have alternate leaves often variously -| lobed and staminate flowers in catkins. the -| fruit is a smooth nut called an acorn which -| is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre -| called the cup or cupule. there are now recognized -| about three hundred species of which nearly -| fifty occur in the united states the rest in -| europe asia and the other parts of north america -| a very few barely reaching the northern parts -| of south america and africa. many of the oaks -| form forest trees of grand proportions and -| live many centuries. the wood is usually hard -| and tough and provided with conspicuous medullary -| rays forming the silver grain. -| +|nutshells | Definition: +| sclerenchyma n. vegetable tissue composed of short +| cells with thickened or hardened walls as in +| nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. see +| sclerotic. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |oar | Definition: @@ -40898,12 +37203,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | enters the water. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|oared | Definition: +| oared a. totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain +| birds. see illust. of aves. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |oars | Definition: | wash n. the backward current or disturbed water | caused by the action of oars or of a steamer's | screw or paddles etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|oarsmen | Definition: +| oarsmen pl. of oarsman +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |oath | Definition: | zounds interj. an exclamation formerly used as | an oath and an expression of anger or wonder. @@ -40911,67 +37226,37 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |oaths | Definition: -| ods interj. a corruption of god's; -- formerly -| used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|obedience | Definition: -| service n. the act of serving; the occupation -| of a servant; the performance of labor for -| the benefit of another or at another's command; -| attendance of an inferior hired helper slave -| etc. on a superior employer master or the like; -| also spiritual obedience and love. -| +| perjure v. t. to make a false oath to; to deceive +| by oaths and protestations. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|obedient | Definition: -| observant a. submissively attentive; obediently -| watchful; regardful; mindful; obedient (to); -| -- with of as to be observant of rules. -| +|obdurate | Definition: +| till n. a kind of coarse obdurate land. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|obeisance | Definition: -| salam n. a salutation or compliment of ceremony -| in the east by word or act; an obeisance performed -| by bowing very low and placing the right palm -| on the forehead. +|obedience | Definition: +| suspend n. to make to depend; as god hath suspended +| the promise of eternal life on the condition +| of obedience and holiness of life. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |obey | Definition: -| serve v. t. to work for; to labor in behalf of; -| to exert one's self continuously or statedly -| for the benefit of; to do service for; to be -| in the employment of as an inferior domestic -| serf slave hired assistant official helper -| etc.; specifically in a religious sense to -| obey and worship. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|obeyed | Definition: -| question n. discussion; debate; hence objection; -| dispute; doubt; as the story is true beyond -| question; he obeyed without question. -| +| steer v. i. to be directed and governed; to take +| a direction or course; to obey the helm; as +| the boat steers easily. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|obeying | Definition: -| under prep. denoting relation to some thing or -| person that is superior weighs upon oppresses -| bows down governs directs influences powerfully -| or the like in a relation of subjection subordination -| obligation liability or the like; as to travel -| under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; -| to have fortitude under the evils of life; -| to have patience under pain or under misfortunes; -| to behave like a christian under reproaches -| and injuries; under the pains and penalties -| of the law; the condition under which one enters -| upon an office; under the necessity of obeying -| the laws; under vows of chastity. -| +|object | Definition: +| zealot n. one who is zealous; one who engages +| warmly in any cause and pursues his object +| with earnestness and ardor; especially one +| who is overzealous or carried away by his zeal; +| one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; +| a fanatical partisan. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |objected | Definition: @@ -40987,6 +37272,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|objection | Definition: +| weaken v. t. to make weak; to lessen the strength +| of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; +| to enfeeble; to enervate; as to weaken the +| body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a +| magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection +| or an argument. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|objectionable | Definition: +| tolerance n. the endurance of the presence or +| actions of objectionable persons or of the +| expression of offensive opinions; toleration. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |objections | Definition: | respondent n. one who maintains a thesis in reply | and whose province it is to refute objections @@ -41003,18 +37304,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|oblation | Definition: -| offertory n. the oblation of the elements. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|oblations | Definition: -| artotyrite n. one of a sect in the primitive church -| who celebrated the lord's supper with bread -| and cheese alleging that the first oblations -| of men not only of the fruit of the earth but -| of their flocks. [gen. iv. 3 4.] -| +|obligated | Definition: +| obligation n. the state of being obligated or +| bound; the state of being indebted for an act +| of favor or kindness; as to place others under +| obligations to one. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |obligation | Definition: @@ -41031,14 +37325,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|obligatory | Definition: -| obligatory a. binding in law or conscience; imposing -| duty or obligation; requiring performance or -| forbearance of some act; -- often followed -| by on or upon; as obedience is obligatory on -| a soldier. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |oblige | Definition: | obliging a. putting under obligation; disposed | to oblige or do favors; hence helpful; civil; @@ -41053,39 +37339,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |obliging | Definition: -| obliging a. putting under obligation; disposed -| to oblige or do favors; hence helpful; civil; -| kind. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|oblique | Definition: -| windmill n. a mill operated by the power of the -| wind usually by the action of the wind upon -| oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a -| horizontal shaft. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|oblivion | Definition: -| revive v. i. hence to recover from a state of -| oblivion obscurity neglect or depression; as -| classical learning revived in the fifteenth -| century. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|obscene | Definition: -| virus v. i. fig.: any morbid corrupting quality -| in intellectual or moral conditions; something -| that poisons the mind or the soul; as the virus -| of obscene books. +| politeness n. the quality or state of being polite; +| refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous +| behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|obscenity | Definition: -| obscenity n. that quality in words or things which -| presents what is offensive to chasity or purity -| of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; -| moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as the -| obscenity of a speech or a picture. -| +|obnoxious | Definition: +| subject v. t. to expose; to make obnoxious or +| liable; as credulity subjects a person to impositions. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |obscure | Definition: @@ -41099,23 +37362,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | this use. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|obscurity | Definition: -| whiteness n. the quality or state of being white; -| white color or freedom from darkness or obscurity -| on the surface. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|obsequies | Definition: -| obsequies pl. of obsequy +|obscurely | Definition: +| subobscurely adv. somewhat obscurely or darkly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|observable | Definition: -| rattle n. the noise in the throat produced by -| the air in passing through mucus which the -| lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable -| at the approach of death when it is called -| the death rattle. see r/le. -| +|obsequious | Definition: +| worship a. obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant +| admiration; adoration. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |observance | Definition: @@ -41136,6 +37390,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | its influence. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|observant | Definition: +| watch v. i. the act of watching; forbearance of +| sleep; vigil; wakeful vigilant or constantly +| observant attention; close observation; guard; +| preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly +| a watching or guarding by night. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |observation | Definition: | west a. lying toward the west; situated at the | west or in a western direction from the point @@ -41146,11 +37409,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|observations | Definition: -| weight v. t. to assign a weight to; to express -| by a number the probable accuracy of as an -| observation. see weight of observations under -| weight. +|observatory | Definition: +| observatory n. a lookout on a flank of a battery +| whence an officer can note the range and effect +| of the fire. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |observe | Definition: @@ -41173,24 +37435,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | vibrations. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|obstacle | Definition: -| trou-de-loup n. a pit in the form of an inverted -| cone or pyramid constructed as an obstacle -| to the approach of an enemy and having a pointed -| stake in the middle. the pits are called also -| trapholes. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|obstetric | Definition: -| obstetrical a. of or pertaining to midwifery or -| the delivery of women in childbed; as the obstetric -| art. +|obstacles | Definition: +| timenoguy n. a rope carried taut between or over +| obstacles likely to engage or foul the running +| rigging in working a ship. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |obstinacy | Definition: -| obstinacy n. the quality or state of being difficult -| to remedy relieve or subdue; as the obstinacy -| of a disease or evil. +| opinion n. obstinacy in holding to one's belief +| or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |obstinate | Definition: @@ -41207,6 +37462,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|obstruction | Definition: +| tumbler n. a movable obstruction in a lock consisting +| of a lever latch wheel slide or the like which +| must be adjusted to a particular position by +| a key or other means before the bolt can be +| thrown in locking or unlocking. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|obstructions | Definition: +| torpedo n. an explosive cartridge or shell lowered +| or dropped into a bored oil well and there +| exploded to clear the well of obstructions +| or to open communication with a source of supply +| of oil. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |obtain | Definition: | yoga n. a species of asceticism among the hindoos | which consists in a complete abstraction from @@ -41222,21 +37494,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|obtaining | Definition: -| worldliness n. the quality of being worldly; a -| predominant passion for obtaining the good -| things of this life; covetousness; addictedness -| to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness. +|obtruded | Definition: +| obtruded imp. & p. p. of obtrude +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|obtrusive | Definition: +| touter n. one who seeks customers as for an inn +| a public conveyance shops and the like: hence +| an obtrusive candidate for office. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|obtuseness | Definition: +| obtuseness n. state or quality of being obtuse. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|obtains | Definition: -| remitter n. the sending or placing back of a person -| to a title or right he had before; the restitution -| of one who obtains possession of property under -| a defective title to his rights under some -| valid title by virtue of which he might legally -| have entered into possession only by suit. +|obvious | Definition: +| superficial a. reaching or comprehending only +| what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; +| shallow; -- said especially in respect to study +| learning and the like; as a superficial scholar; +| superficial knowledge. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|obviously | Definition: +| identical a. uttering sameness or the same truth; +| expressing in the predicate what is given or +| obviously implied in the subject; tautological. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -41246,6 +37532,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|occasional | Definition: +| turn n. incidental or opportune deed or office; +| occasional act of kindness or malice; as to +| do one an ill turn. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |occasionally | Definition: | y- a prefix of obscure meaning originally used | with verbs adverbs adjectives nouns and pronouns. @@ -41271,6 +37563,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|occupants | Definition: +| vis-a-vis n. a carriage in which two persons sit +| face to face. also a form of sofa with seats +| for two persons so arranged that the occupants +| are face to face while sitting on opposite +| sides. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |occupation | Definition: | wheelwright n. a man whose occupation is to make | or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles as carts @@ -41286,17 +37586,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and military skill. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|occur | Definition: -| zeolite n. a term now used to designate any one -| of a family of minerals hydrous silicates of -| alumina with lime soda potash or rarely baryta. -| here are included natrolite stilbite analcime -| chabazite thomsonite heulandite and others. -| these species occur of secondary origin in -| the cavities of amygdaloid basalt and lava -| also less frequently in granite and gneiss. -| so called because many of these species intumesce -| before the blowpipe. +|occupy | Definition: +| whitlow a. 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 applied to a felon or inflammation +| of the periosteal structures of the bone. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|occupying | Definition: +| zu/is n. pl. a tribe of pueblo indians occupying +| a village in new mexico on the zu/i river. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|occurred | Definition: +| time n. the period at which any definite event +| occurred or person lived; age; period; era; +| as the spanish armada was destroyed in the +| time of queen elizabeth; -- often in the plural; +| as ancient times; modern times. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |occurrence | Definition: @@ -41307,13 +37619,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or sixteen. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|occurrences | Definition: -| turn n. one of the successive portions of a course -| or of a series of occurrences reckoning from -| change to change; hence a winding; a bend; -| a meander. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |occurs | Definition: | zirconoid n. a double eight-sided pyramid a form | common with tetragonal crystals; -- so called @@ -41321,19 +37626,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of zircon. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ocean | Definition: -| zone n. a band or area of growth encircling anything; -| as a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the -| zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean -| around an island or a continent; the alpine -| zone that part of mountains which is above -| the limit of tree growth. -| +|octagonal | Definition: +| squinch n. a small arch thrown across the corner +| of a square room to support a superimposed +| mass as where an octagonal spire or drum rests +| upon a square tower; -- called also sconce +| and sconcheon. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|odd | Definition: +| whimwham n. a whimsical thing; an odd device; +| a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|oddly | Definition: +| oddly adv. in a manner measured by an odd number. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|octave | Definition: -| twelfth n. an interval comprising an octave and -| a fifth. +|odds | Definition: +| odds a. quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly +| in the phrase at odds. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ode | Definition: @@ -41354,26 +37668,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the air. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|odoriferous | Definition: -| vanilla n. the long podlike capsules of vanilla -| planifolia and v. claviculata remarkable for -| their delicate and agreeable odor for the volatile -| odoriferous oil extracted from them; also the -| flavoring extract made from the capsules extensively -| used in confectionery perfumery etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |offence | Definition: | trespass v. any injury or offence done to another. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|offend | Definition: -| transgress v. i. to offend against the law; to -| sin. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |offended | Definition: | squeamish a. having a stomach that is easily or | nauseated; hence nice to excess in taste; fastidious; @@ -41389,44 +37688,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|offenders | Definition: -| whirligig n. a mediaeval instrument for punishing -| petty offenders being a kind of wooden cage -| turning on a pivot in which the offender was -| whirled round with great velocity. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|offending | Definition: -| scrupulous a. full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; -| nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or -| to act from a fear of offending or of doing -| wrong. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|offends | Definition: -| offensive n. the state or posture of one who offends -| or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act -| of the attacking party; -- opposed to defensive. +|offensive | Definition: +| weapon n. an instrument of offensive of defensive +| combat; something to fight with; anything used +| or designed to be used in destroying defeating +| or injuring an enemy as a gun a sword etc. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|offenses | Definition: -| mala n. evils; wrongs; offenses against right -| and law. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |offered | Definition: -| underbid v. t. to bid less than as when a contract -| or service is offered to the lowest bidder; -| to offer to contract sell or do for a less -| price than. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|offerer | Definition: -| offerer n. one who offers; esp. one who offers -| something to god in worship. -| +| vendible n. something to be sold or offered for +| sale. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |offering | Definition: @@ -41436,12 +37708,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|offerings | Definition: -| sacrifice v. i. to make offerings to god or to -| a deity of things consumed on the altar; to -| offer sacrifice. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |officer | Definition: | yeoman n. an interior officer under the boatswain | gunner or carpenters charged with the stowage @@ -41464,62 +37730,48 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|officious | Definition: -| taleteller n. one who tells tales or stories especially -| in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; -| a telltale; a tattler. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|offscouring | Definition: -| offscouring n. that which is scoured off; hence -| refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile -| or despised. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|offspring | Definition: -| young n. the offspring of animals either a single -| animal or offspring collectively. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|oftentimes | Definition: -| oftentimes adv. frequently; often; many times. -| +|officiating | Definition: +| stall v. i. a seat in the choir of a church for +| one of the officiating clergy. it is inclosed +| either wholly or partially at the back and +| sides. the stalls are frequently very rich +| with canopies and elaborate carving. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|og | Definition: -| rhinal a. og or pertaining to the nose or olfactory -| organs. +|offshoot | Definition: +| ramification n. a small branch or offshoot proceeding +| from a main stock or channel; as the ramifications +| of an artery vein or nerve. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ointment | Definition: -| unction n. the act of anointing smearing or rubbing -| with an unguent oil or ointment especially -| for medical purposes or as a symbol of consecration; -| as mercurial unction. +|oftener | Definition: +| reparation n. the act of renewing restoring etc. +| or the state of being renewed or repaired; +| as the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; +| -- in this sense repair is oftener used. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ointments | Definition: -| veratrine n. a poisonous alkaloid obtained from -| the root hellebore (veratrum) and from sabadilla -| seeds as a white crystalline powder having -| an acrid burning taste. it is sometimes used -| externally as in ointments in the local treatment -| of neuralgia and rheumatism. called also veratria -| and veratrina. +|ogre | Definition: +| ogre n. an imaginary monster or hideous giant +| of fairy tales who lived on human beings; hence +| any frightful giant; a cruel monster. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|oldest | Definition: -| royal n. one of the soldiers of the first regiment -| of foot of the british army formerly called -| the royals and supposed to be the oldest regular -| corps in europe; -- now called the royal scots. -| +|oiled | Definition: +| southwester n. a hat made of painted canvas oiled +| cloth or the like with a flap at the back -- +| worn in stormy weather. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|oldness | Definition: -| oldness n. the state or quality of being old; -| old age. +|older | Definition: +| thither a. applied to time: on the thither side +| of older than; of more years than. see hither +| a. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |olive | Definition: @@ -41533,54 +37785,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|olives | Definition: -| rhachiglossa n. pl. a division of marine gastropods -| having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal -| rows of teeth on the radula. it includes many -| of the large ornamental shells as the miters -| murices olives purpuras volutes and whelks. -| see illust. in append. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|olla | Definition: -| olla n. a dish of stewed meat; an olio; an olla-podrida. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|omega | Definition: -| omegoid a. having the form of the greek capital -| letter omega (/). -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|omens | Definition: -| superstition n. belief in the direct agency of -| superior powers in certain extraordinary or -| singular events or in magic omens prognostics -| or the like. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |omit | Definition: -| omit v. t. to pass by; to forbear or fail to perform -| or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect. +| pass v. t. to go by without noticing; to omit +| attention to; to take no note of; to disregard. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|omitted | Definition: -| whether conj. in case; if; -- used to introduce -| the first or two or more alternative clauses -| the other or others being connected by or or -| by or whether. when the second of two alternatives -| is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes -| only indicated by the particle not or no after -| the correlative and sometimes it is omitted -| entirely as being distinctly implied in the -| whether of the first. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|omnibus | Definition: -| omnibus n. a sheet-iron cover for articles in -| a leer or annealing arch to protect them from -| drafts. +|omitting | Definition: +| omittance n. the act of omitting or the state +| of being omitted; forbearance; neglect. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |omnipotent | Definition: @@ -41588,12 +37802,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|omnipresence | Definition: -| omnipresence n. presence in every place at the -| same time; unbounded or universal presence; -| ubiquity. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |ones | Definition: | worm n. any small creeping animal or reptile either | entirely without feet or with very short ones @@ -41602,28 +37810,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|onions | Definition: -| salad n. a preparation of vegetables as lettuce -| celery water cress onions etc. usually dressed -| with salt vinegar oil and spice and eaten for -| giving a relish to other food; as lettuce salad; -| tomato salad etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|onset | Definition: -| nap-taking n. a taking by surprise; an unexpected -| onset or attack. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|onycha | Definition: -| onycha n. the precious stone called onyx. -| +|ooze | Definition: +| sicker v. i. to percolate trickle or ooze as water +| through a crack. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|onyx | Definition: -| sardonyx n. a variety of onyx consisting of sard -| and white chalcedony in alternate layers. -| +|ope | Definition: +| ope v. t. & i. to open. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |opened | Definition: @@ -41635,6 +37828,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|opener | Definition: +| opener n. one who or that which opens. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |opening | Definition: | yawn n. the act of opening wide or of gaping. | @@ -41646,23 +37844,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|operation | Definition: -| worm n. to cut the worm or lytta from under the -| tongue of as a dog for the purpose of checking -| a disposition to gnaw. the operation was formerly -| supposed to guard against canine madness. -| +|opens | Definition: +| wincopipe n. a little red flower no doubt the +| pimpernel which when it opens in the morning +| is supposed to bode a fair day. see pimpernel. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|operations | Definition: -| woodbury-type n. a process in photographic printing -| in which a relief pattern in gelatin which -| has been hardened after certain operations -| is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft -| metal. an intaglio impression in thus produced -| from which pictures may be directly printed -| but by a slower process than in common printing. -| +|operas | Definition: +| repertoire n. a list of dramas operas pieces parts +| etc. which a company or a person has rehearsed +| and is prepared to perform. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|operate | Definition: +| work v. t. to labor or operate upon; to give exertion +| and effort to; to prepare for use or to utilize +| by labor. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|operates | Definition: +| wire-puller n. one who pulls the wires as of a +| puppet; hence one who operates by secret means; +| an intriguer. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ophthalmic | Definition: +| orbitonasal a. of or pertaining to the orbit and +| the nose; as the orbitonasal or ophthalmic +| nerve. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |opinion | Definition: @@ -41679,6 +37890,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | opinions or zeal. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|opportune | Definition: +| turn n. incidental or opportune deed or office; +| occasional act of kindness or malice; as to +| do one an ill turn. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |opportunities | Definition: | regret v. t. to experience regret on account of; | to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to @@ -41696,48 +37913,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the mine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|oppose | Definition: -| theatine n. one of an order of italian monks established -| in 1524 expressly to oppose reformation and -| to raise the tone of piety among roman catholics. -| they hold no property nor do they beg but depend -| on what providence sends. their chief employment -| is preaching and giving religious instruction. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |opposed | Definition: | zoon n. an animal which is the sole product of | a single egg; -- opposed to zooid. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|opposer | Definition: -| jacobite n. a partisan or adherent of james the -| second after his abdication or of his descendants -| an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor -| of william and mary. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|opposes | Definition: -| rigidity n. the quality or state of being rigid; -| want of pliability; the quality of resisting -| change of form; the amount of resistance with -| which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed -| to flexibility ductility malleability and softness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|opposing | Definition: -| zoroastrianism n. the religious system of zoroaster -| the legislator and prophet of the ancient persians -| which was the national faith of persia; mazdeism. -| the system presupposes a good spirit (ormuzd) -| and an opposing evil spirit (ahriman). cf. -| fire worship under fire and parsee. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |opposite | Definition: | zinnia n. any plant of the composite genus zinnia | mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large @@ -41752,50 +37933,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | against. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|oppress | Definition: -| wring v. t. to subject to extortion; to afflict -| or oppress in order to enforce compliance. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |oppressed | Definition: | waid a. oppressed with weight; crushed; weighed | down. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|oppressing | Definition: -| oppression n. the act of oppressing or state of -| being oppressed. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|oppression | Definition: -| tribune n. an officer or magistrate chosen by -| the people to protect them from the oppression -| of the patricians or nobles and to defend their -| liberties against any attempts that might be -| made upon them by the senate and consuls. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|oppressions | Definition: -| fleece v. t. to strip of money or other property -| unjustly especially by trickery or fraud; to -| bring to straits by oppressions and exactions. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|oppressor | Definition: -| oppressor n. one who oppresses; one who imposes -| unjust burdens on others; one who harasses -| others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|opprobrious | Definition: -| scurrile a. such as befits a buffoon or vulgar -| jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose -| in language; scurrilous; as scurrile taunts. -| +|oppressive | Definition: +| tyrannize v. i. to act the tyrant; to exercise +| arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive +| severity; to exercise power others not permitted +| by law or required by justice or with a severity +| not necessary to the ends of justice and government; +| as a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; +| masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants +| or apprentices. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |oracle | Definition: @@ -41804,10 +37955,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | dogmatism. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|oracles | Definition: -| theomancy n. a kind of divination drawn from the -| responses of oracles among heathen nations. -| +|orange | Definition: +| zest v. t. to cut into thin slips as the peel +| of an orange lemon etc.; to squeeze as peel +| over the surface of anything. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|oranges | Definition: +| fruit v. t. the pulpy edible seed vessels of certain +| plants especially those grown on branches above +| ground as apples oranges grapes melons berries +| etc. see 3. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |oration | Definition: @@ -41818,53 +37977,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|orator | Definition: -| supereminency n. the quality or state of being -| supereminent; distinguished eminence; as the -| supereminence of cicero as an orator or lord -| chatham as a statesman. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|oratory | Definition: -| unity n. in dramatic composition one of the principles -| by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety -| of representation are preserved; conformity -| in a composition to these; in oratory discourse -| etc. the due subordination and reference of -| every part to the development of the leading -| idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |orchard | Definition: | plant n. to furnish or fit out with plants; as | to plant a garden an orchard or a forest. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|orchards | Definition: -| orcharding n. orchards in general. +|orchestra | Definition: +| symphony n. an elaborate instrumental composition +| for a full orchestra consisting usually like +| the sonata of three or four contrasted yet +| inwardly related movements as the allegro the +| adagio the minuet and trio or scherzo and the +| finale in quick time. the term has recently +| been applied to large orchestral works in freer +| form with arguments or programmes to explain +| their meaning such as the >symphonic poems +| > of liszt. the term was formerly applied to +| any composition for an orchestra as overtures +| etc. and still earlier to certain compositions +| partly vocal partly instrumental. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ordain | Definition: -| settle n. to establish in the pastoral office; -| to ordain or install as pastor or rector of -| a church society or parish; as to settle a -| minister. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ordained | Definition: -| title n. a church to which a priest was ordained -| and where he was to reside. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |ordered | Definition: -| reprimand n. to reprove publicly and officially -| in execution of a sentence; as the court ordered -| him to be reprimanded. +| sizing n. food and drink ordered from the buttery +| by a student. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ordering | Definition: @@ -41893,40 +38031,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ordinance | Definition: -| sign n. that which being external stands for or -| signifies something internal or spiritual; -| -- a term used in the church of england in -| speaking of an ordinance considered with reference -| to that which it represents. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ordinances | Definition: -| sacrament n. one of the solemn religious ordinances -| enjoined by christ the head of the christian -| church to be observed by his followers; hence -| specifically the eucharist; the lord's supper. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ordinarilly | Definition: -| orthotone a. retaining the accent; not enclitic; -| -- said of certain indefinite pronouns and -| adverbs when used interrogatively which when -| not so used are ordinarilly enclitic. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |ordinary | Definition: | whinny n. the ordinary cry or call of a horse; | a neigh. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ordination | Definition: -| settlement n. establishment in life in business -| condition etc.; ordination or installation -| as pastor. +|ordnance | Definition: +| tertiate v. t. to examine as the thickness of +| the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or in general +| to examine the thickness of as ordnance in +| order to ascertain its strength. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |organ | Definition: @@ -41935,68 +38050,52 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | temperament. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|organs | Definition: -| zygobranchia n. pl. a division of marine gastropods -| in which the gills are developed on both sides -| of the body and the renal organs are also paired. -| the abalone (haliotis) and the keyhole limpet -| (fissurella) are examples. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|orient | Definition: -| occidental a. possessing inferior hardness brilliancy -| or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones -| and gems because those found in the orient -| are generally superior. -| +|originally | Definition: +| zouave n. one of an active and hardy body of soldiers +| in the french service originally arabs but +| now composed of frenchmen who wear the arab +| dress. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|orientals | Definition: -| hadji n. a mohammedan pilgrim to mecca; -- used -| among orientals as a respectful salutation -| or a title of honor. +|originate | Definition: +| superior a. above the ovary; -- said of parts +| of the flower which although normally below +| the ovary adhere to it and so appear to originate +| from its upper part; also of an ovary when +| the other floral organs are plainly below it +| in position and free from it. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|origin | Definition: -| zeolite n. a term now used to designate any one -| of a family of minerals hydrous silicates of -| alumina with lime soda potash or rarely baryta. -| here are included natrolite stilbite analcime -| chabazite thomsonite heulandite and others. -| these species occur of secondary origin in -| the cavities of amygdaloid basalt and lava -| also less frequently in granite and gneiss. -| so called because many of these species intumesce -| before the blowpipe. +|originated | Definition: +| uckewallist n. one of a sect of rigid anabaptists +| which originated in 1637 and whose tenets were +| essentially the same as those of the mennonists. +| in addition however they held that judas and +| the murderers of christ were saved. so called +| from the founder of the sect ucke wallis a +| native of friesland. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|originally | Definition: -| zouave n. one of an active and hardy body of soldiers -| in the french service originally arabs but -| now composed of frenchmen who wear the arab -| dress. +|originating | Definition: +| volitive a. of or pertaining to the will; originating +| in the will; having the power to will. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|orion | Definition: -| orion n. a large and bright constellation on the -| equator between the stars aldebaran and sirius. -| it contains a remarkable nebula visible to -| the naked eye. +|ornamental | Definition: +| waterwork n. an hydraulic apparatus or a system +| of works or fixtures by which a supply of water +| is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes +| including dams sluices pumps aqueducts distributing +| pipes fountains etc.; -- used chiefly in the +| plural. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ornament | Definition: -| yak n. a bovine mammal (poephagus grunnies) native -| of the high plains of central asia. its neck -| the outer side of its legs and its flanks are -| covered with long flowing fine hair. its tail -| is long and bushy often white and is valued -| as an ornament and for other purposes in india -| and china. there are several domesticated varieties -| some of which lack the mane and the long hair -| on the flanks. called also chauri gua grunting -| cow grunting ox sarlac sarlik and sarluc. -| +|ornamented | Definition: +| vined a. having leaves like those of the vine; +| ornamented with vine leaves. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ornaments | Definition: @@ -42011,40 +38110,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |orphans | Definition: -| lorettine n. one of a order of nuns founded in -| 1812 at loretto in kentucky. the members of -| the order (called also sisters of loretto or -| friends of mary at the foot of the cross) devote -| themselves to the cause of education and the -| care of destitute orphans their labors being -| chiefly confined to the western united states. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|orthodox | Definition: -| shiah n. a member of that branch of the mohammedans -| to which the persians belong. they reject the -| first three caliphs and consider ali as being -| the first and only rightful successor of mohammed. -| they do not acknowledge the sunna or body of -| traditions respecting mohammed as any part -| of the law and on these accounts are treated -| as heretics by the sunnites or orthodox mohammedans. -| +| orphanage n. the state of being an orphan; orphanhood; +| orphans collectively. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|orthodoxy | Definition: -| hyperorthodoxy n. orthodoxy pushed to excess. +|orthographical | Definition: +| orthographical a. of or pertaining to orthography +| or right spelling; also correct in spelling; +| as orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|orthography | Definition: -| paronymous a. having a similar sound but different -| orthography and different meaning; -- said -| of certain words as al/ and awl; hair and hare -| etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |os | Definition: | show n. that which os shown or brought to view; | that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; @@ -42052,40 +38128,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | show. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|osiris | Definition: -| osiris n. one of the principal divinities of egypt -| the brother and husband of isis. he was figured -| as a mummy wearing the royal cap of upper egypt -| and was symbolized by the sacred bull called -| apis. cf. serapis. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|osprey | Definition: -| sea eagle any one of several species of fish-eating -| eagles of the genus haliaeetus and allied genera -| as the north pacific sea eagle. (h. pelagicus) -| which has white shoulders head rump and tail; -| the european white-tailed eagle (h. albicilla); -| and the indian white-tailed sea eagle or fishing -| eagle (polioaetus ichthyaetus). the bald eagle -| and the osprey are also sometimes classed as -| sea eagles. +|ostentatious | Definition: +| vamper v. i. to swagger; to make an ostentatious +| show. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ostentation | Definition: -| vaunt n. a vain display of what one is or has -| or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; -| a brag. +|ostentatiously | Definition: +| swagger v. i. to boast or brag noisily; to be +| ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; +| to bully. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ostrich | Definition: -| wing n. one of the two anterior limbs of a bird -| pterodactyl or bat. they correspond to the -| arms of man and are usually modified for flight -| but in the case of a few species of birds as -| the ostrich auk etc. the wings are used only -| as an assistance in running or swimming. -| +|ostler | Definition: +| ostler n. see hostler. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ostriches | Definition: @@ -42096,6 +38151,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | dromaeognathae. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|otherways | Definition: +| otherways adv. see otherwise. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |otherwise | Definition: | wreck v. t. the ruins of a ship stranded; a ship | dashed against rocks or land and broken or @@ -42126,7 +38186,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ours | Definition: -| ours pl. of i +| ours possessive pron. see note under our. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ourselves | Definition: @@ -42136,22 +38197,65 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|outcast | Definition: -| outcast n. a quarrel; a contention. -| +|ouse | Definition: +| ouse n. & v. see ooze. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|outbreak | Definition: +| outbreak n. a bursting forth; eruption; insurrection. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|outburst | Definition: +| storm n. a heavy shower or fall any adverse outburst +| of tumultuous force; violence. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|outdone | Definition: +| outdone p. p. of outdo +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|outer | Definition: +| yak n. a bovine mammal (poephagus grunnies) native +| of the high plains of central asia. its neck +| the outer side of its legs and its flanks are +| covered with long flowing fine hair. its tail +| is long and bushy often white and is valued +| as an ornament and for other purposes in india +| and china. there are several domesticated varieties +| some of which lack the mane and the long hair +| on the flanks. called also chauri gua grunting +| cow grunting ox sarlac sarlik and sarluc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|outfit | Definition: +| trousseau n. the collective lighter equipments +| or outfit of a bride including clothes jewelry +| and the like; especially that which is provided +| for her by her family. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|outcasts | Definition: -| cagot n. one of a race inhabiting the valleys -| of the pyrenees who until 1793 were political -| and social outcasts (christian pariahs). they -| are supposed to be a remnant of the visigoths. +|outlaw | Definition: +| proclaim v. t. to outlaw by public proclamation. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|outmost | Definition: -| outmost a. farthest from the middle or interior; -| farthest outward; outermost. +|outline | Definition: +| wagon-headed a. having a top or head shaped like +| the top of a covered wagon or resembling in +| section or outline an inverted u thus /; as +| a wagonheaded ceiling. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|outlived | Definition: +| outlived imp. & p. p. of outlive +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|outrage | Definition: +| outraye v. i. see outrage v. i. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -42162,10 +38266,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|outrun | Definition: -| outrun v. t. to exceed or leave behind in running; -| to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond. -| +|outright | Definition: +| outright adv. completely; utterly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|outrunning | Definition: +| outrunning p. pr. & vb. n. of outrun +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|outs | Definition: +| out n. a place or space outside of something; +| a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; +| an open space; -- chiefly used in the phrase +| ins and outs; as the ins and outs of a question. +| see under in. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |outside | Definition: @@ -42173,6 +38289,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|outspread | Definition: +| palmated a. spreading from the apex of a petiole +| as the divisions of a leaf or leaflets so as +| to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |outward | Definition: | turbine n. a water wheel commonly horizontal variously | constructed but usually having a series of @@ -42184,25 +38307,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|outwardly | Definition: -| sursanure n. a wound healed or healing outwardly -| only. +|overboard | Definition: +| overboard adv. over the side of a ship; hence +| from on board of a ship into the water; as +| to fall overboard. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|outwards | Definition: -| outwards adv. see outward adv. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|oven | Definition: -| tops-and-bottoms n. pl. small rolls of dough baked -| cut in halves and then browned in an oven -- -| used as food for infants. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overcame | Definition: -| overcame imp. of overcome +|overcame | Definition: +| overcame imp. of overcome |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |overcome | Definition: @@ -42217,11 +38329,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overflow | Definition: -| water v. t. to wet or supply with water; to moisten; -| to overflow with water; to irrigate; as to -| water land; to water flowers. -| +|overdo | Definition: +| overdo v. t. to cook too much; as to overdo the +| meat. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|overdoing | Definition: +| overdoing p. pr. & vb. n. of overdo +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |overflowed | Definition: @@ -42238,35 +38353,44 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a beach etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overflowings | Definition: -| intervale n. a tract of low ground between hills -| or along the banks of a stream usually alluvial -| land enriched by the overflowings of the river -| or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the -| adjacent hills. cf. bottom n. 7. -| +|overgrown | Definition: +| willowed a. abounding with willows; containing +| willows; covered or overgrown with willows. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overflows | Definition: -| swell v. i. to increase in size or extent by any -| addition; to increase in volume or force; as -| a river swells and overflows its banks; sounds -| swell or diminish. +|overhanging | Definition: +| undercut v. t. to cut away as the side of an object +| so as to leave an overhanging portion. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overlaid | Definition: -| washed a. appearing as if overlaid with a thin -| layer of different color; -- said of the colors -| of certain birds and insects. -| +|overhead | Definition: +| vertical a. of or pertaining to the vertex; situated +| at the vertex or highest point; directly overhead +| or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overlay | Definition: -| whip v. t. to overlay (a cord rope or the like) -| with other cords going round and round it; -| to overcast as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -| -- often with about around or over. -| +|overhear | Definition: +| overhear v. t. to hear more of (anything) than +| was intended to be heard; to hear by accident +| or artifice. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|overheard | Definition: +| overheard imp. & p. p. of overhear +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|overhearing | Definition: +| overhearing p. pr. & vb. n. of overhear +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|overhung | Definition: +| overhung a. suspended from above or from the top. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |overlook | Definition: @@ -42276,9 +38400,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | by over. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overmaster | Definition: -| overmaster v. t. to overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; -| to govern. +|overlooking | Definition: +| overlooking p. pr. & vb. n. of overlook +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|overlying | Definition: +| stalactite n. a pendent cone or cylinder of calcium +| carbonate resembling an icicle in form and +| mode of attachment. stalactites are found depending +| from the roof or sides of caverns and are produced +| by deposition from waters which have percolated +| through and partially dissolved the overlying +| limestone rocks. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |overmuch | Definition: @@ -42286,72 +38420,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overpass | Definition: -| transgress v. t. hence to overpass as any prescribed -| as the /imit of duty; to break or violate as -| a law civil or moral. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overplus | Definition: -| superproportion n. overplus or excess of proportion. +|overnight | Definition: +| overnight adv. in the fore part of the night last +| past; in the evening before; also during the +| night; as the candle will not last overnight. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overpower | Definition: -| swelt v. t. to overpower as with heat; to cause -| to faint; to swelter. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |overpowered | Definition: | overpowered imp. & p. p. of overpower | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overreach | Definition: -| overreach n. the act of striking the heel of the -| fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- -| said of horses. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overreached | Definition: -| overreached imp. & p. p. of overreach -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|oversee | Definition: -| supervise v. t. to oversee for direction; to superintend; -| to inspect with authority; as to supervise -| the construction of a steam engine or the printing -| of a book. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overseeing | Definition: -| overseeing p. pr. & vb. n. of oversee -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overseer | Definition: -| shopwalker n. one who walks about in a shop as -| an overseer and director. cf. floorwalker. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|oversees | Definition: -| housekeeper n. one who does or oversees the work -| of keeping house; as his wife is a good housekeeper; -| often a woman hired to superintend the servants -| of a household and manage the ordinary domestic -| affairs. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overshadow | Definition: -| overshadow v. t. fig.: to cover with a superior -| influence. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overshadowed | Definition: -| overshadowed imp. & p. p. of overshadow -| +|overrated | Definition: +| overrated imp. & p. p. of overrate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |overshadowing | Definition: @@ -42359,87 +38442,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|oversight | Definition: -| vicariate n. delegated office or power; vicarship; -| the office or oversight of a vicar. -| +|overshooting | Definition: +| overshooting p. pr. & vb. n. of overshoot +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overspread | Definition: -| shady superl. abounding in shade or shades; overspread -| with shade; causing shade. -| +|overspreading | Definition: +| overspreading p. pr. & vb. n. of overspread +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overtake | Definition: -| overtake v. t. hence figuratively in the past -| participle (overtaken) drunken. -| +|overstate | Definition: +| overstating p. pr. & vb. n. of overstate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |overtaken | Definition: -| nighted a. overtaken by night; belated. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overthrew | Definition: -| overthrew imp. of overthrow -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overthrow | Definition: -| underwork v. t. to injure by working secretly; -| to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; -| to undermine. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overthrowing | Definition: -| vindicate v. t. to maintain as a law or a cause -| by overthrowing enemies. +| overtaken p. p. of overtake | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overthrown | Definition: -| yezdegerdian a. of or pertaining to yezdegerd -| the last sassanian monarch of persia who was -| overthrown by the mohammedans; as the yezdegerdian -| era which began on the 16th of june a. d. 632. -| the era is still used by the parsees. -| +|overtaking | Definition: +| overtaking p. pr. & vb. n. of overtake +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |overtook | Definition: | overtook imp. of overtake |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|overturn | Definition: -| upset v. t. to overturn overthrow or overset; -| as to upset a carriage; to upset an argument. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overturned | Definition: -| overturnable a. capable of being or liable to -| be overturned or subverted. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overwhelm | Definition: -| vituperate v. t. to find fault with; to scold; -| to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely -| or abusively; to rate. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|overwhelmed | Definition: -| woe-begone a. beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed -| in grief or sorrow; woeful. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |owe | Definition: -| noctilucin n. a fatlike substance in certain marine -| animals to which they owe their phosphorescent -| properties. +| owe v. hence: to have or be under an obigation +| to restore pay or render (something) in return +| or compensation for something received; to +| be indebted in the sum of; as the subject owes +| allegiance; the fortunate owe assistance to +| the unfortunate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |owed | Definition: @@ -42460,33 +38498,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|owl | Definition: -| wekau n. a small new zealand owl (sceloglaux albifacies). -| it has short wings and long legs and lives -| chiefly on the ground. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|owls | Definition: -| ulula n. a genus of owls including the great gray -| owl (ulula cinerea) of arctic america and other -| similar species. see illust. of owl. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |owner | Definition: | warehouseman n. one who keeps a warehouse; the | owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf | store. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|owners | Definition: -| subsidy n. a grant from the government from a -| municipal corporation or the like to a private -| person or company to assist the establishment -| or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous -| to the public; a subvention; as a subsidy to -| the owners of a line of ocean steamships. -| +|owns | Definition: +| yachtsman n. one who owns or sails a yacht; a +| yachter. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ox | Definition: @@ -42501,27 +38521,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|oxen | Definition: -| yokelet n. a small farm; -- so called as requiring -| but one yoke of oxen to till it. -| +|oyster | Definition: +| trillachan n. the oyster catcher. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|oxford | Definition: -| tractarian n. one of the writers of the oxford -| tracts called tracts for the times > issued -| during the period 1833-1841 in which series -| of papers the sacramental system and authority -| of the church and the value of tradition were -| brought into prominence. also a member of the -| high church party holding generally the principles -| of the tractarian writers; a puseyite. -| +|oysters | Definition: +| water measure a measure formerly used for articles +| brought by water as coals oysters etc. the +| water-measure bushel was three gallons larger +| than the winchester bushel. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pa | Definition: +| pa n. a shortened form of papa. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pace | Definition: -| trot v. i. fig.: a jogging pace as of a person -| hurrying. +| trot v. i. the pace of a horse or other quadruped +| more rapid than a walk but of various degrees +| of swiftness in which one fore foot and the +| hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at +| the same time. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |paces | Definition: @@ -42547,43 +38570,59 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pacified | Definition: -| pacified imp. & p. p. of pacify -| +|pacing | Definition: +| tolutation n. a pacing or ambling. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pacify | Definition: -| repacify v. t. to pacify again. -| +|pack | Definition: +| woolpack n. a pack or bag of wool weighing two +| hundred and forty pounds. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|packs | Definition: -| wolf a. any one of several species of wild and -| savage carnivores belonging to the genus canis -| and closely allied to the common dog. the best-known -| and most destructive species are the european -| wolf (canis lupus) the american gray or timber -| wolf (c. occidentalis) and the prairie wolf -| or coyote. wolves often hunt in packs and may -| thus attack large animals and even man. -| +|packages | Definition: +| rummage v. t. to make room in as a ship for the +| cargo; to move about as packages ballast so +| as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; +| to pack; -- formerly written roomage and romage. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|paddle | Definition: -| wheelhouse n. a paddle box. see under paddle. -| +|packed | Definition: +| tinned a. packed in tin cases; canned; as tinned +| meats. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pagan | Definition: -| unpaganize v. t. to cause to cease to be pagan; -| to divest of pagan character. -| +|packet | Definition: +| screw n. a small packet of tobacco. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|paganism | Definition: -| relapse v. i. to fall from christian faith into -| paganism heresy or unbelief; to backslide. -| +|packing | Definition: +| washer n. a ring of metal leather or other material +| or a perforated plate used for various purposes +| as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for +| the head or nut or around a wagon axle to prevent +| endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and +| relieve friction or in a joint to form a packing +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|paddles | Definition: +| wash n. the backward current or disturbed water +| caused by the action of oars or of a steamer's +| screw or paddles etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pageant | Definition: +| pageant v. t. to exhibit in show; to represent; +| to mimic. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|paged | Definition: +| paged imp. & p. p. of page +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |paid | Definition: @@ -42594,6 +38633,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|pail | Definition: +| stave n. one of a number of narrow strips of wood +| or narrow iron plates placed edge to edge to +| form the sides covering or lining of a vessel +| or structure; esp. one of the strips which +| form the sides of a cask a pail etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pain | Definition: | yelp v. i. to utter a sharp quick cry as a hound; | to bark shrilly with eagerness pain or fear; @@ -42615,6 +38663,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|painfully | Definition: +| scorch v. t. to affect painfully with heat or +| as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect +| as by heat. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pains | Definition: | under prep. denoting relation to some thing or | person that is superior weighs upon oppresses @@ -42632,11 +38686,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|paint | Definition: -| unpaint v. t. to remove the paint from; to efface -| as a painting. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |painted | Definition: | white n. specifically the central part of the | butt in archery which was formerly painted @@ -42644,14 +38693,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | is shot. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|painter | Definition: -| render v. t. to interpret; to set forth represent -| or exhibit; as an actor renders his part poorly; -| a singer renders a passage of music with great -| effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous -| manner. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |painting | Definition: | zaffer n. a pigment obtained usually by roasting | cobalt glance with sand or quartz as a dark @@ -42672,23 +38713,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|palace | Definition: -| verge n. the compass of the court of marshalsea -| and the palace court within which the lord -| steward and the marshal of the king's household -| had special jurisdiction; -- so called from -| the verge or staff which the marshal bore. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|palate | Definition: -| umbo n. a boss or rounded elevation or a corresponding -| depression in a palate disk or membrane; as -| the umbo in the integument of the larvae of -| echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of -| the ear. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |pale | Definition: | yacca n. a west indian name for two large timber | trees (podocarpus coriaceus and p. purdicanus) @@ -42712,29 +38736,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | sailors and soldiers. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pales | Definition: -| palisade n. any fence made of pales or sharp stakes. +|pall | Definition: +| woof n. texture; cloth; as a pall of softest woof. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|palest | Definition: -| verditure n. the faintest and palest green. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|palestine | Definition: -| scallop n. any one of numerous species of marine -| bivalve mollusks of the genus pecten and allied -| genera of the family pectinidae. the shell -| is usually radially ribbed and the edge is -| therefore often undulated in a characteristic -| manner. the large adductor muscle of some the -| species is much used as food. one species (vola -| jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of palestine -| and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims -| as a mark that they had been to the holy land. -| called also fan shell. see pecten 2. -| +|pallor | Definition: +| pallor a. paleness; want of color; pallidity; +| as pallor of the complexion. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |palm | Definition: @@ -42744,33 +38754,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wine; palm wine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|palma | Definition: -| ricinus n. a genus of plants of the spurge family -| containing but one species (r. communis) the -| castor-oil plant. the fruit is three-celled -| and contains three large seeds from which castor -| oil iss expressed. see palma christi. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|palmerworm | Definition: -| palmerworm n. in america the larva of any one -| of several moths which destroys the foliage -| of fruit and forest trees esp. the larva of -| ypsolophus pometellus which sometimes appears -| in vast numbers. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|palms | Definition: -| zamia n. a genus of cycadaceous plants having -| the appearance of low palms but with exogenous -| wood. see coontie and illust. of strobile. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|palsy | Definition: -| stag-evil n. a kind of palsy affecting the jaw -| of a horse. +|pampered | Definition: +| wanton n. one brought up without restraint; a +| pampered pet. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pan | Definition: @@ -42778,26 +38764,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | sugar. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pangs | Definition: -| travail n. to suffer the pangs of childbirth; -| to be in labor. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|panic | Definition: -| oatmeal n. a plant of the genus panicum; panic -| grass. +|pane | Definition: +| windowpane n. see pane n. (3) b. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pans | Definition: -| tinker v. i. to busy one's self in mending old -| kettles pans etc.; to play the tinker; to be -| occupied with small mechanical works. -| +|panelled | Definition: +| panelled of panel |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pant | Definition: -| pant n. a violent palpitation of the heart. -| +|panels | Definition: +| tarsiatura n. a kind of mosaic in woodwork much +| employed in italy in the fifteenth century +| and later in which scrolls and arabesques and +| sometimes architectural scenes landscapes fruits +| flowers and the like were produced by inlaying +| pieces of wood of different colors and shades +| into panels usually of walnut wood. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |panted | Definition: @@ -42805,62 +38789,52 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|paphos | Definition: -| paphian a. of or pertaining to paphos an ancient -| city of cyprus having a celebrated temple of -| venus; hence pertaining to venus or her rites. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|paps | Definition: -| barbel n. barbs or paps under the tongued of horses -| and cattle. see 1st barb 3. -| +|panting | Definition: +| panting p. pr. & vb. n. of pant +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|par | Definition: -| water v. t. an addition to the shares representing -| the capital of a stock company so that the -| aggregate par value of the shares is increased -| while their value for investment is diminished -| or diluted. +|pantomime | Definition: +| sign n. hence one of the gestures of pantomime +| or of a language of a signs such as those used +| by the north american indians or those used +| by the deaf and dumb. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|parable | Definition: -| talent v. t. intellectual ability natural or acquired; -| mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; -| a special gift particularly in business art -| or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably -| originating in the scripture parable of the -| talents (matt. xxv. 14-30). -| +|pantry | Definition: +| pantry n. an apartment or closet in which bread +| and other provisions are kept. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|parables | Definition: -| parable n. a comparison; a similitude; specifically -| a short fictitious narrative of something which -| might really occur in life or nature by means -| of which a moral is drawn; as the parables -| of christ. +|papa | Definition: +| papa n. a parish priest in the greek church. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|paraclete | Definition: -| paraclete n. an advocate; one called to aid or -| support; hence the consoler comforter or intercessor; -| -- a term applied to the holy spirit. -| +|papers | Definition: +| transmission n. the act of transmitting or the +| state of being transmitted; as the transmission +| of letters writings papers news and the like +| from one country to another; the transmission +| of rights titles or privileges from father +| to son or from one generation to another. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|paradise | Definition: -| sifilet n. the six-shafted bird of paradise. see -| paradise bird under paradise. -| +|paraded | Definition: +| paraded imp. & p. p. of parade +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|paralipomenon | Definition: -| paralipomenon n. pl. a title given in the douay -| bible to the books of chronicles. -| +|paragraph | Definition: +| postscript n. a paragraph added to a letter after +| it is concluded and signed by the writer; an +| addition made to a book or composition after +| the main body of the work has been finished +| containing something omitted or something new +| occurring to the writer. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |paralytic | Definition: @@ -42868,40 +38842,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|parasceve | Definition: -| parasceve n. a preparation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |parcel | Definition: -| parcel a. & adv. part or half; in part; partially. -| shak. [sometimes hyphened with the word following.] -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|parcelled | Definition: -| parcelled of parcel -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|parched | Definition: -| water-white n. a vinelike plant (vitis caribaea) -| growing in parched districts in the west indies -| and containing a great amount of sap which -| is sometimes used for quenching thirst. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|parchment | Definition: -| tympan n. a frame covered with parchment or cloth -| on which the blank sheets are put in order -| to be laid on the form to be impressed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|parchments | Definition: -| limn v. t. to illumine as books or parchments -| with ornamental figures letters or borders. -| +| parcel v. t. to make up into a parcel; as to parcel +| a customer's purchases; the machine parcels +| yarn wool etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pardon | Definition: @@ -42911,21 +38855,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | penalty debt etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pardoned | Definition: -| pardoned imp. & p. p. of pardon -| +|parent | Definition: +| unparented a. having no parent or no acknowledged +| parent. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pare | Definition: -| whittle v. t. to pare or cut off the surface of -| with a small knife; to cut or shape as a piece -| of wood held in the hand with a clasp knife -| or pocketknife. +|parentage | Definition: +| parentage n. descent from parents or ancestors; +| parents or ancestors considered with respect +| to their rank or character; extraction; birth; +| as a man of noble parentage. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|parent | Definition: -| side n. a line of descent traced through one parent -| as distinguished from that traced through another. +|parental | Definition: +| storge n. parental affection; the instinctive +| affection which animals have for their young. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -42935,6 +38880,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|parenthetical | Definition: +| parenthetical a. of the nature of a parenthesis; +| pertaining to or expressed in or as in a parenthesis; +| as a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |parents | Definition: | venerate v. t. to regard with reverential respect; | to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; @@ -42942,27 +38894,88 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|paros | Definition: -| parian a. of or pertaining to paros an island -| in the aegean sea noted for its excellent statuary -| marble; as parian marble. -| +|paris | Definition: +| tournois n. a former french money of account worth +| 20 sous or a franc. it was thus called in distinction +| from the paris livre which contained 25 sous. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|partake | Definition: -| share v. i. to have part; to receive a portion; -| to partake enjoy or suffer with others. -| +|parish | Definition: +| wake n. an annual parish festival formerly held +| in commemoration of the dedication of a church. +| originally prayers were said on the evening +| preceding and hymns were sung during the night +| in the church; subsequently these vigils were +| discontinued and the day itself often with +| succeeding days was occupied in rural pastimes +| and exercises attended by eating and drinking +| often to excess. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|parley | Definition: +| parley v. i. to speak with another; to confer +| on some point of mutual concern; to discuss +| orally; hence specifically to confer orally +| with an enemy; to treat with him by words as +| on an exchange of prisoners an armistice or +| terms of peace. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|parliament | Definition: +| whip v. t. a person (as a member of parliament) +| appointed to enforce party discipline and secure +| the attendance of the members of a parliament +| party at any important session especially when +| their votes are needed. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|parliamentary | Definition: +| whig n. one of a political party which grew up +| in england in the seventeenth century in the +| reigns of charles i. and ii. when great contests +| existed respecting the royal prerogatives and +| the rights of the people. those who supported +| the king in his high claims were called tories +| and the advocates of popular rights of parliamentary +| power over the crown and of toleration to dissenters +| were after 1679 called whigs. the terms liberal +| and radical have now generally superseded whig +| in english politics. see the note under tory. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|partaker | Definition: -| partaker n. an accomplice; an associate; a partner. +|paroxysm | Definition: +| period n. the time of the exacerbation and remission +| of a disease or of the paroxysm and intermission. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|partaking | Definition: -| whiggish a. of or pertaining to whigs; partaking -| of or characterized by the principles of whigs. +|parrots | Definition: +| vaza parrot any one of several species of parrots +| of the genus coracopsis native of madagascar; +| -- called also vasa parrot. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|parsley | Definition: +| umbelliferous a. of or pertaining to a natural +| order (umbelliferae) of plants of which the +| parsley carrot parsnip and fennel are well-known +| examples. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|partake | Definition: +| token n. a piece of metal given beforehand to +| each person in the congregation who is permitted +| to partake of the lord's supper. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|partaken | Definition: +| table n. hence food placed on a table to be partaken +| of; fare; entertainment; as to set a good table. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -42973,19 +38986,43 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|partial | Definition: +| xylic a. pertaining to derived from or related +| to xylene; specifically designating any one +| of several metameric acids produced by the +| partial oxidation of mesitylene and pseudo-cumene. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|partially | Definition: +| water mouse any one of several species of mice +| belonging to the genus hydromys native of australia +| and tasmania. their hind legs are strong and +| their toes partially webbed. they live on the +| borders of streams and swim well. they are +| remarkable as being the only rodents found +| in australia. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|participate | Definition: +| taste v. t. to partake of; to participate in; +| -- usually with an implied sense of relish +| or pleasure. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |participation | Definition: -| plot n. a share in such a plot or scheme; a participation -| in any stratagem or conspiracy. -| +| possessor n. one who possesses; one who occupies +| holds owns or controls; one who has actual +| participation or enjoyment generally of that +| which is desirable; a proprietor. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|particles | Definition: -| wave v. i. an advancing ridge or swell on the -| surface of a liquid as of the sea resulting -| from the oscillatory motion of the particles -| composing it when disturbed by any force their -| position of rest; an undulation. -| +|particle | Definition: +| whit n. the smallest part or particle imaginable; +| a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in +| an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |particular | Definition: @@ -43021,14 +39058,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |parting | Definition: -| shode v. t. the parting of the hair on the head. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|partition | Definition: -| wrest n. a partition in a water wheel by which -| the form of the buckets is determined. -| +| tittle-tattling n. the act or habit of parting +| idly or gossiping. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |partly | Definition: @@ -43053,34 +39084,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |partnership | Definition: -| partnership n. a contract between two or more -| competent persons for joining together their -| money goods labor and skill or any or all of -| them under an understanding that there shall -| be a communion of profit between them and for -| the purpose of carrying on a legal trade business -| or adventure. +| partnership n. see fellowship n. 6. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |partook | Definition: | partook imp. of partake. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|partridge | Definition: -| water partridge the ruddy duck. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pasch | Definition: -| pasch n. alt. of pascha -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|paschal | Definition: -| passover n. the sacrifice offered at the feast -| of the passover; the paschal lamb. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |pass | Definition: | zoogloea n. a colony or mass of bacteria imbedded | in a viscous gelatinous substance. the zoogloea @@ -43090,13 +39101,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|passable | Definition: -| settle n. to restore or bring to a smooth dry -| or passable condition; -- said of the ground -| of roads and the like; as clear weather settles -| the roads. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |passage | Definition: | yoke n. a frame worn on the neck of an animal | as a cow a pig a goose to prevent passage through @@ -43104,13 +39108,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |passages | Definition: -| siege n. the sitting of an army around or before -| a fortified place for the purpose of compelling -| the garrison to surrender; the surrounding -| or investing of a place by an army and approaching -| it by passages and advanced works which cover -| the besiegers from the enemy's fire. see the -| note under blockade. +| unison n. sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; +| as unison passages in which two or more parts +| unite in coincident sound. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |passed | Definition: @@ -43138,20 +39139,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a pier. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|passes | Definition: -| way n. that by upon or along which one passes -| or processes; opportunity or room to pass; -| place of passing; passage; road street track -| or path of any kind; as they built a way to -| the mine. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|passible | Definition: -| passible a. susceptible of feeling or suffering -| or of impressions from external agents. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |passing | Definition: | zoetrope n. an optical toy in which figures made | to revolve on the inside of a cylinder and @@ -43176,6 +39163,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | fervor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|passionately | Definition: +| passionately adv. angrily; irascibly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |passions | Definition: | weep v. i. formerly to express sorrow grief or | anguish by outcry or by other manifest signs; @@ -43184,44 +39176,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|paste | Definition: -| wafer n. an adhesive disk of dried paste made -| of flour gelatin isinglass or the like and -| coloring matter -- used in sealing letters -| and other documents. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pastime | Definition: -| pastime v. i. to sport; to amuse one's self. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pastor | Definition: -| shepherd n. the pastor of a church; one with the -| religious guidance of others. -| +|passive | Definition: +| use v. t. to accustom; to habituate; to render +| familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed +| chiefly in the passive participle; as men used +| to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships +| and danger. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pastors | Definition: -| consociation n. a voluntary and permanent council -| or union of neighboring congregational churches -| for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical -| matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates -| from churches thus united. -| +|pastry | Definition: +| tart n. a species of small open pie or piece of +| pastry containing jelly or conserve; a sort +| of fruit pie. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pasture | Definition: -| scutch grass a kind of pasture grass (cynodon -| dactylon). see bermuda grass: also illustration -| in appendix. +|pastureless | Definition: +| pastureless a. destitute of pasture. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pastures | Definition: -| pasture v. t. to feed esp. to feed on growing -| grass; to supply grass as food for; as the -| farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture -| forty cows. +|pat | Definition: +| pat adv. in a pat manner. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |patches | Definition: @@ -43231,10 +39206,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | xanthelasma. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|paternity | Definition: -| paternity n. derivation or descent from a father; -| male parentage; as the paternity of a child. -| +|patchwork | Definition: +| patchwork n. work composed of pieces sewed together +| esp. pieces of various colors and figures; +| hence anything put together of incongruous +| or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly +| clumsily composed; a thing putched up. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|patented | Definition: +| patented imp. & p. p. of patent +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |path | Definition: @@ -43245,8 +39228,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the mine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pathetical | Definition: -| pathetical a. pathetic. +|pathetic | Definition: +| pathos n. that quality or property of anything +| which touches the feelings or excites emotions +| and passions esp. that which awakens tender +| emotions such as pity sorrow and the like; +| contagious warmth of feeling action or expression; +| pathetic quality; as the pathos of a picture +| of a poem or of a cry. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |paths | Definition: @@ -43273,31 +39262,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of the lower animals. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|patiently | Definition: -| swallow v. t. to put up with; to bear patiently -| or without retaliation; as to swallow an affront -| or insult. +|patriotic | Definition: +| septembrist n. an agent in the massacres in paris +| committed in patriotic frenzy on the 22d of +| september 1792. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|patron | Definition: +| usurp v. t. 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 dispossess him. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|patmos | Definition: -| apocalypse n. the revelation delivered to st. -| john in the isle of patmos near the close of -| the first century forming the last book of -| the new testament. +|patronage | Definition: +| voluntaryism n. the principle of supporting a +| religious system and its institutions by voluntary +| association and effort rather than by the aid +| or patronage of the state. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|patriarch | Definition: -| noah n. a patriarch of biblical history in the -| time of the deluge. +|patroness | Definition: +| themis n. the goddess of law and order; the patroness +| of existing rights. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|patriarchs | Definition: -| hierarchy n. a form of government administered -| in the church by patriarchs metropolitans archbishops -| bishops and in an inferior degree by priests. +|patronizing | Definition: +| patronizing a. showing condescending favor; assuming +| the manner of airs of a superior toward another. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|patted | Definition: +| patted imp. & p. p. of pat +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pattern | Definition: | woodbury-type n. a process in photographic printing | in which a relief pattern in gelatin which @@ -43309,15 +39312,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|patterns | Definition: -| scrim n. a kind of light cotton or linen fabric -| often woven in openwork patterns -- used for -| curtains etc; -- called also india scrim. +|paupers | Definition: +| skilligalee n. a kind of thin weak broth or oatmeal +| porridge served out to prisoners and paupers +| in england; also a drink made of oatmeal sugar +| and water sometimes used in the english navy +| or army. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pause | Definition: +| syncope n. a pause or cessation; suspension. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|paulin | Definition: -| paulin n. see tarpaulin. +|paused | Definition: +| paused imp. & p. p. of pause +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pausing | Definition: +| pausing p. pr. & vb. n. of pause +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |paved | Definition: @@ -43336,35 +39351,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pavilion | Definition: -| tent n. a pavilion or portable lodge consisting -| of skins canvas or some strong cloth stretched -| and sustained by poles -- used for sheltering -| persons from the weather especially soldiers -| in camp. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pavilions | Definition: -| curtain n. that part of a wall of a building which -| is between two pavilions towers etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|paving | Definition: -| quarrel n. a square or lozenge-shaped paving tile. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|paw | Definition: -| tridacna n. a genus of very large marine bivalve -| shells found on the coral reefs of the indian -| and pacific oceans. one species (t. gigas) -| often weighs four or five hundred pounds and -| is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. called -| also paw shell and fountain shell. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |paying | Definition: | worship a. the act of paying divine honors to | the supreme being; religious reverence and @@ -43388,6 +39374,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|pea | Definition: +| weevil n. any one of numerous species of snout +| beetles or rhynchophora in which the head is +| elongated and usually curved downward. many +| of the species are very injurious to cultivated +| plants. the larvae of some of the species live +| in nuts fruit and grain by eating out the interior +| as the plum weevil or curculio the nut weevils +| and the grain weevil (see under plum nut and +| grain). the larvae of other species bore under +| the bark and into the pith of trees and various +| other plants as the pine weevils (see under +| pine). see also pea weevil rice weevil seed +| weevil under pea rice and seed. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |peace | Definition: | truage n. a pledge of truth or peace made on payment | of a tax. @@ -43400,42 +39403,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|peacemaker | Definition: -| peacemaker n. one who makes peace by reconciling -| parties that are at variance. -| +|peaceful | Definition: +| peaceful a. not disposed or tending to war tumult +| or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; +| as peaceful words. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pear | Definition: -| warden n. a large hard pear chiefly used for baking -| and roasting. +|peach | Definition: +| yellows n. a disease of plants esp. of peach trees +| in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; +| jeterus. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pearl | Definition: -| tharos n. a small american butterfly (phycoides -| tharos) having the upper surface of the wings -| variegated with orange and black the outer -| margins black with small white crescents; -- -| called also pearl crescent. -| +|peal | Definition: +| peal v. t. to pour out. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pearls | Definition: -| pearlfish n. any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like -| pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls -| as the bleak and whitebait. -| +|peas | Definition: +| pisiform a. resembling a pea or peas in size and +| shape; as a pisiform iron ore. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pease | Definition: -| shealing n. the outer husk pod or shell as of -| oats pease etc.; sheal; shell. -| +|pebbles | Definition: +| stone n. 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. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pebble | Definition: -| sycite n. a nodule of flint or a pebble which -| resembles a fig. +|peck | Definition: +| slip n. an opening or space for vessels to lie +| in between wharves or in a dock; as peck slip. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |peculiar | Definition: @@ -43444,20 +39444,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pedagogue | Definition: -| pedagogue v. t. to play the pedagogue toward. -| +|peculiarity | Definition: +| syrianism n. a syrian idiom or a peculiarity of +| the syrian language; a syriacism. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pedigree | Definition: -| pedigree n. a record of the lineage or strain -| of an animal as of a horse. -| +|peculiarly | Definition: +| tonka bean the seed of a leguminous tree (dipteryx +| odorata) native of guiana. it has a peculiarly +| agreeable smell and is employed in the scenting +| of snuff. called also tonquin bean. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|peeled | Definition: -| peeled imp. & p. p. of peel -| +|peel | Definition: +| zest v. t. to cut into thin slips as the peel +| of an orange lemon etc.; to squeeze as peel +| over the surface of anything. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |peep | Definition: @@ -43465,16 +39470,47 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|peeped | Definition: +| peeped imp. & p. p. of peep +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|peeping | Definition: +| pipe n. the peeping whistle call or note of a +| bird. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|peer | Definition: +| viscount a. a nobleman of the fourth rank next +| in order below an earl and next above a baron; +| also his degree or title of nobility. see peer +| n. 3. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|peering | Definition: +| peer v. i. to look narrowly or curiously or intently; +| to peep; as the peering day. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|peerless | Definition: +| peerless a. having no peer or equal; matchless; +| superlative. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |peg | Definition: | unpeg v. t. to remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; | to open. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pelican | Definition: -| totipalmate a. having all four toes united by -| a web; -- said of certain sea birds as the -| pelican and the gannet. see illust. under aves. -| +|pegging | Definition: +| pegging n. the act or process of fastening with +| pegs. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pegs | Definition: +| unpeg v. t. to remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; +| to open. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pelted | Definition: @@ -43484,12 +39520,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pelusium | Definition: -| pelusiac a. of or pertaining to pelusium an ancient -| city of egypt; as the pelusiac (or former eastern) -| outlet of the nile. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |pen | Definition: | use v. t. the act of employing anything or of | applying it to one's service; the state of @@ -43499,6 +39529,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in general use. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|penalties | Definition: +| under prep. denoting relation to some thing or +| person that is superior weighs upon oppresses +| bows down governs directs influences powerfully +| or the like in a relation of subjection subordination +| obligation liability or the like; as to travel +| under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; +| to have fortitude under the evils of life; +| to have patience under pain or under misfortunes; +| to behave like a christian under reproaches +| and injuries; under the pains and penalties +| of the law; the condition under which one enters +| upon an office; under the necessity of obeying +| the laws; under vows of chastity. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|penalty | Definition: +| whipper n. one who whips; especially an officer +| who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |penance | Definition: | peri n. an imaginary being male or female like | an elf or fairy represented as a descendant @@ -43508,12 +39561,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pence | Definition: -| shilling n. a silver coin and money of account -| of great britain and its dependencies equal -| to twelve pence or the twentieth part of a -| pound equivalent to about twenty-four cents -| of the united states currency. -| +| tester n. an old french silver coin originally +| of the value of about eighteen pence subsequently +| reduced to ninepence and later to sixpence +| sterling. hence in modern english slang a sixpence; +| -- often contracted to tizzy. called also teston. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pencil | Definition: @@ -43523,19 +39576,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|penetrate | Definition: -| work n. to make one's way slowly and with difficulty; -| to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed -| with effort; -- with a following preposition -| as down out into up through and the like; as -| scheme works out by degrees; to work into the -| earth. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|penetrated | Definition: -| wormed a. penetrated by worms; injured by worms; -| worm-eaten; as wormed timber. -| +|penitence | Definition: +| penitential a. of or pertaining to penitence or +| to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature +| of penance; as the penitential book; penitential +| tears. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |penitent | Definition: @@ -43550,24 +39595,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | book. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|penitents | Definition: -| sanbenito n. anciently a sackcloth coat worn by -| penitents on being reconciled to the church. -| +|penitentially | Definition: +| penitentially adv. in a penitential manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|penknife | Definition: -| knife n. an instrument consisting of a thin blade -| usually of steel and having a sharp edge for -| cutting fastened to a handle but of many different -| forms and names for different uses; as table -| knife drawing knife putty knife pallet knife -| pocketknife penknife chopping knife etc.. -| +|penitently | Definition: +| penitently adv. in a penitent manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|penmen | Definition: -| penmen pl. of penman +|penknife | Definition: +| penknife n. a small pocketknife; formerly a knife +| used for making and mending quill pens. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |penned | Definition: @@ -43583,66 +39624,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and penny dog. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pennyworth | Definition: -| pennyworth n. a small quantity; a trifle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |pens | Definition: | stationery n. the articles usually sold by stationers | as paper pens ink quills blank books etc. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pensions | Definition: -| reprise n. deductions and duties paid yearly out -| of a manor and lands as rent charge rent seck -| pensions annuities and the like. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pensive | Definition: -| pensive a. expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness -| with sadness; as pensive numbers. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pensiveness | Definition: -| pensiveness n. the state of being pensive; serious -| thoughtfulness; seriousness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pentecost | Definition: -| whitsunday n. the seventh sunday and the fiftieth -| day after easter; a festival of the church -| in commemoration of the descent of the holy -| spirit on the day of pentecost; pentecost; -| -- so called it is said because in the primitive -| church those who had been newly baptized appeared -| at church between easter and pentecost in white -| garments. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|peopled | Definition: -| peopled a. stocked with or as with people; inhabited. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|peoples | Definition: -| shamanism n. the type of religion which once prevalied -| among all the ural-altaic peoples (tungusic -| mongol and turkish) and which still survives -| in various parts of northern asia. the shaman -| or wizard priest deals with good as well as -| with evil spirits especially the good spirits -| of ancestors. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|peradventure | Definition: -| peradventure adv. & conj. by chance; perhaps; -| it may be; if; supposing. -| +|pepper | Definition: +| yellowseed n. a kind of pepper grass (lepidium +| campestre). |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |perceive | Definition: @@ -43652,22 +39642,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |perceived | Definition: -| umbrageous a. not easily perceived as if from -| being darkened or shaded; obscure. +| unheard a. not heard; not perceived by the ear; +| as words unheard by those present. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|perceives | Definition: +| smeller n. one who smells or perceives by the +| sense of smell; one who gives out smell. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |perceiving | Definition: -| sight v. t. the power of seeing; the faculty of -| vision or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality -| of the eyes. +| tasting n. the act of perceiving or tasting by +| the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by +| which we perceive or distinguish savors. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|perception | Definition: +| view n. mental survey; intellectual perception +| or examination; as a just view of the arguments +| or facts in a case. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|perdition | Definition: -| perdition n. entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; -| esp. the utter loss of the soul or of final -| happiness in a future state; future misery -| or eternal death. +|perch | Definition: +| zingel n. a small edible freshwater european perch +| (aspro zingel) having a round elongated body +| and prominent snout. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |perfect | Definition: @@ -43681,12 +39683,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|perfecting | Definition: -| rape n. a filter containing the above refuse used -| in clarifying and perfecting malt vinegar etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |perfection | Definition: | utopia n. an imaginary island represented by sir | thomas more in a work called utopia as enjoying @@ -43695,23 +39691,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | names in fiction. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|perfections | Definition: -| theodicy n. that department of philosophy which -| treats of the being perfections and government -| of god and the immortality of the soul. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |perfectly | Definition: | zoon n. any one of the perfectly developed individuals | of a compound animal. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|perforated | Definition: +| whirtle n. a perforated steel die through which +| wires or tubes are drawn to form them. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |perform | Definition: -| worship v. t. to pay divine honors to; to reverence -| with supreme respect and veneration; to perform -| religious exercises in honor of; to adore; -| to venerate. +| worship v. i. to perform acts of homage or adoration; +| esp. to perform religious service. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |performances | Definition: @@ -43728,27 +39722,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a working day. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|performs | Definition: -| workwoman n. a woman who performs any work; especially -| a woman skilled in needlework. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|perfume | Definition: -| water mint a kind of mint (mentha aquatica) growing -| in wet places and sometimes having a perfume -| resembling bergamot. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|perfumed | Definition: -| sandalwood n. the highly perfumed yellowish heartwood -| of an east indian and polynesian tree (santalum -| album) and of several other trees of the same -| genus as the hawaiian santalum freycinetianum -| and s. pyrularium the australian s. latifolium -| etc. the name is extended to several other -| kinds of fragrant wood. -| +|performing | Definition: +| transaction n. the doing or performing of any +| business; management of any affair; performance. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |perfumer | Definition: @@ -43756,11 +39733,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | perfumes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|perfumes | Definition: -| thymiatechny n. the art of employing perfumes -| in medicine. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |perhaps | Definition: | yellowtop n. a kind of grass perhaps a species | of agrostis. @@ -43772,15 +39744,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | ashore or aground. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|perils | Definition: -| salve v. t. & i. to save as a ship or goods from -| the perils of the sea. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|perish | Definition: -| wither v. t. to cause to languish perish or pass -| away; to blight; as a reputation withered by -| calumny. +|periodical | Definition: +| ticketing n. a periodical sale of ore in the english +| mining districts; -- so called from the tickets +| upon which are written the bids of the buyers. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |perished | Definition: @@ -43798,28 +39766,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|perjured | Definition: -| reflexive a. having for its direct object a pronoun -| which refers to the agent or subject as its -| antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as the -| witness perjured himself; i bethought myself. -| applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; -| reflective. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|perjury | Definition: -| suborn v. t. to procure or cause to take a false -| oath amounting to perjury such oath being actually -| taken. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|permanent | Definition: -| weld v. t. to press or beat into intimate and -| permanent union as two pieces of iron when -| heated almost to fusion. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |permission | Definition: | xenelasia n. a spartan institution which prohibited | strangers from residing in sparta without permission @@ -43827,42 +39773,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | simplicity of manners. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|permit | Definition: -| single-breasted a. lapping over the breast only -| far enough to permit of buttoning and having -| buttons on one edge only; as a single-breasted -| coast. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|permits | Definition: -| trap n. a bend sag or partitioned chamber in a -| drain soil pipe sewer etc. arranged so that -| the liquid contents form a seal which prevents -| passage of air or gas but permits the flow -| of liquids. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|permitted | Definition: -| water gate a gate or valve by which a flow of -| water is permitted prevented or regulated. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|permitting | Definition: -| translucent a. transmitting rays of light without -| permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially -| transparent. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |pernicious | Definition: | worst n. that which is most bad or evil; the most | severe pernicious calamitous or wicked state | or degree. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|perpetrated | Definition: -| perpetrated imp. & p. p. of perpetrate -| +|perpendicular | Definition: +| zone n. the portion of the surface of a sphere +| included between two parallel planes; the portion +| of a surface of revolution included between +| two planes perpendicular to the axis. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |perpetual | Definition: @@ -43880,12 +39802,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | altar. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|perpetuity | Definition: -| perpetuity n. the quality or condition of an estate -| by which it becomes inalienable either perpetually -| or for a very long period; also the estate -| itself so modified or perpetuated. -| +|perplex | Definition: +| scruou-lize v. t. to perplex with scruples; to +| regard with scruples. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |perplexed | Definition: @@ -43901,53 +39820,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|perplexities | Definition: +| perplexities pl. of perplexity +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |perplexity | Definition: | stumbling-block n. any cause of stumbling perplexity | or error. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|persecute | Definition: -| persecute v. t. to harass with importunity; to -| pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|persecuted | Definition: -| persecuted imp. & p. p. of persecute -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|persecutes | Definition: -| persecutor n. one who persecutes or harasses. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|persecuting | Definition: -| persecuting p. pr. & vb. n. of persecute -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|persecution | Definition: -| waldenses n. pl. a sect of dissenters from the -| ecclesiastical system of the roman catholic -| church who in the 13th century were driven -| by persecution to the valleys of piedmont where -| the sect survives. they profess substantially -| protestant principles. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|persecutor | Definition: -| persecutor n. one who persecutes or harasses. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|persecutors | Definition: -| traditor n. a deliverer; -- a name of infamy given -| to christians who delivered the scriptures -| or the goods of the church to their persecutors -| to save their lives. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |perseverance | Definition: | semi-pelagian n. a follower of john cassianus | a french monk (died about 448) who modified @@ -43960,63 +39842,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|persevere | Definition: -| persevere v. i. to persist in any business or -| enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any -| project or course begun; to maintain a purpose -| in spite of counter influences opposition or -| discouragement; not to give or abandon what -| is undertaken. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|persevering | Definition: -| sedulous a. diligent in application or pursuit; -| constant steady and persevering in business -| or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily -| industrious; assiduous; as the sedulous bee. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|persia | Definition: -| yezdegerdian a. of or pertaining to yezdegerd -| the last sassanian monarch of persia who was -| overthrown by the mohammedans; as the yezdegerdian -| era which began on the 16th of june a. d. 632. -| the era is still used by the parsees. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|persian | Definition: -| zend n. properly the translation and exposition -| in the huzv/resh or literary pehlevi language -| of the avesta the zoroastrian sacred writings; -| as commonly used the language (an ancient persian -| dialect) in which the avesta is written. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|persians | Definition: -| zoroastrianism n. the religious system of zoroaster -| the legislator and prophet of the ancient persians -| which was the national faith of persia; mazdeism. -| the system presupposes a good spirit (ormuzd) -| and an opposing evil spirit (ahriman). cf. -| fire worship under fire and parsee. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|persis | Definition: -| persis n. a kind of coloring matter obtained from -| lichens. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|persist | Definition: -| persist v. i. to stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; -| to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially -| to continue fixed in a course of conduct against -| opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes -| conveying an unfavorable notion as of doggedness -| or obstinacy. +|persevered | Definition: +| persevered imp. & p. p. of persevere +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |persisted | Definition: @@ -44024,6 +39852,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|persistent | Definition: +| trachystomata n. pl. an order of tailed aquatic +| amphibians including siren and pseudobranchus. +| they have anterior legs only are eel-like in +| form and have no teeth except a small patch +| on the palate. the external gills are persistent +| through life. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |persists | Definition: | superfetation n. the formation of a fetus at the | result of an impregnation occurring after another @@ -44034,12 +39871,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|personated | Definition: -| maidmarian n. the lady of the may games; one of -| the characters in a morris dance; a may queen. -| afterward a grotesque character personated -| in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman's -| clothes. +|personage | Definition: +| scaramouch n. a personage in the old italian comedy +| (derived from spain) characterized by great +| boastfulness and poltroonery; hence a person +| of like characteristics; a buffoon. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|personally | Definition: +| spectator n. one who on; one who sees or beholds; +| a beholder; one who is personally present at +| and sees any exhibition; as the spectators +| at a show. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |persons | Definition: @@ -44047,73 +39891,79 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|persuade | Definition: -| reason v. t. to persuade by reasoning or argument; -| as to reason one into a belief; to reason one -| out of his plan. +|perspective | Definition: +| table n. a plane surface supposed to be transparent +| and perpendicular to the horizon; -- called +| also perspective plane. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|persuaded | Definition: -| unconverted a. not persuaded of the truth of the -| christian religion; heathenish. -| +|perspicuity | Definition: +| perspicuity n. sagacity; perspicacity. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|persuading | Definition: -| seduction n. the act of seducing; enticement to -| wrong doing; specifically the offense of inducing -| a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse -| by enticements which overcome her scruples; -| the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to -| surrender her chastity. -| +|perspiration | Definition: +| transpiration n. the act or process of transpiring +| or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation +| as through the skin or other membranes of the +| body; as pulmonary transpiration or the excretion +| of aqueous vapor from the lungs. perspiration +| is a form of transpiration. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|persuasion | Definition: -| weak v. i. not able to withstand temptation urgency -| persuasion etc.; easily impressed moved or -| overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as weak resolutions; -| weak virtue. +|persuade | Definition: +| reason v. t. to persuade by reasoning or argument; +| as to reason one into a belief; to reason one +| out of his plan. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|persuasive | Definition: -| persuasive a. tending to persuade; having the -| power of persuading; as persuasive eloquence. -| +|persuaded | Definition: +| voluntary v. t. unconstrained by the interference +| of another; unimpelled by the influence of +| another; not prompted or persuaded by another; +| done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; +| acting of one's self or of itself; free. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pertain | Definition: -| technicals n. pl. those things which pertain to -| the practical part of an art science or profession; -| technical terms; technics. -| +|persuasive | Definition: +| persuasive n. that which persuades; an inducement; +| an incitement; an exhortation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pertained | Definition: -| pertained imp. & p. p. of pertain -| +|perusal | Definition: +| perusal n. the act of reading especially of reading +| through or with care. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pertaining | Definition: -| zymotic a. designating or pertaining to a certain -| class of diseases. see zymotic disease below. -| +|perused | Definition: +| perused imp. & p. p. of peruse +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|perverse | Definition: -| wrongheaded a. wrong in opinion or principle; -| having a perverse understanding; perverse. +|pervade | Definition: +| pervasive a. tending to pervade or having power +| to spread throughout; of a pervading quality. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|perversely | Definition: -| perversely adv. in a perverse manner. -| +|pervaded | Definition: +| pervaded imp. & p. p. of pervade +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|perverseness | Definition: -| perverseness n. the quality or state of being -| perverse. +|pervading | Definition: +| strain n. any sustained note or movement; a song; +| a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; +| also the pervading note or burden of a song +| poem oration book etc.; theme; motive; manner; +| style; also a course of action or conduct; +| as he spoke in a noble strain; there was a +| strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery +| appears in his career. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |perversion | Definition: @@ -44125,59 +39975,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|perversity | Definition: -| perversity n. the quality or state of being perverse; -| perverseness. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pervert | Definition: -| subvert v. t. to pervert as the mind and turn -| it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|perverted | Definition: -| perverted imp. & p. p. of pervert -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|perverting | Definition: -| perverting p. pr. & vb. n. of pervert -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pestilence | Definition: -| sweep v. i. to drive or carry along or off with -| a broom or a brush or as if with a broom; to -| remove by or as if by brushing; as to sweep -| dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow -| from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam -| timber or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off -| multitudes. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pestilent | Definition: -| pestilently adv. in a pestilent manner; mischievously; -| destructively. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pestilential | Definition: -| pestilential a. hence: mischievous; noxious; pernicious; -| morally destructive. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pestle | Definition: -| stamp v. t. a kind of heavy hammer or pestle raised -| by water or steam power for beating ores to -| powder; anything like a pestle used for pounding -| or bathing. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|peter | Definition: -| woulfe bottle n. a kind of wash bottle with two -| or three necks; -- so called after the inventor -| peter woulfe an english chemist. -| +|pester | Definition: +| pester v. t. to crowd together in an annoying +| way; to overcrowd; to infest. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |petition | Definition: @@ -44195,31 +39996,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pharaoh | Definition: -| pharaon n. see pharaoh 2. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pharisee | Definition: -| pharisee n. one of a sect or party among the jews -| noted for a strict and formal observance of -| rites and ceremonies and of the traditions -| of the elders and whose pretensions to superior -| sanctity led them to separate themselves from -| the other jews. +|pew | Definition: +| slip n. a long seat or narrow pew in churches +| often without a door. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pharisees | Definition: -| pharisaism n. the notions doctrines and conduct -| of the pharisees as a sect. -| +|pews | Definition: +| pew n. one of the compartments in a church which +| are separated by low partitions and have long +| seats upon which several persons may sit; -- +| sometimes called slip. pews were originally +| made square but are now usually long and narrow. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pharos | Definition: -| pharos n. a lighthouse or beacon for the guidance -| of seamen. +|phantom | Definition: +| phantom n. that which has only an apparent existence; +| an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; +| an airy spirit; an ideal image. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|phase | Definition: +|phases | Definition: | wave v. i. a vibration propagated from particle | to particle through a body or elastic medium | as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage @@ -44229,21 +40027,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|phebe | Definition: -| phebe n. see phoebe. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|philadelphia | Definition: -| wagon v. i. to wagon goods as a business; as the -| man wagons between philadelphia and its suburbs. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|philadelphus | Definition: -| philadelphian a. of or pertaining to ptolemy philadelphus -| or to one of the cities named philadelphia -| esp. the modern city in pennsylvania. -| +|phenomenon | Definition: +| waterspout n. a remarkable meteorological phenomenon +| of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind usually +| observed over the sea but sometimes over the +| land. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |philip | Definition: @@ -44251,34 +40039,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of philip of macedon. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|philippi | Definition: -| philippian a. of or pertaining to philippi a city -| of ancient macedonia. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|philistia | Definition: -| philistine n. a native or an inhabitant of ancient -| philistia a coast region of southern palestine. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|philistine | Definition: -| philistinism n. the condition character aims and -| habits of the class called philistines. see -| philistine 3. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|philistines | Definition: -| dagon the national god of the philistines represented -| with the face and hands and upper part of a -| man and the tail of a fish. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|philosophers | Definition: -| symposiac n. a conference or conversation of philosophers -| at a banquet; hence any similar gathering. -| +|philosophical | Definition: +| theory n. the philosophical explanation of phenomena +| either physical or moral; as lavoisier's theory +| of combustion; adam smith's theory of moral +| sentiments. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |philosophy | Definition: @@ -44288,60 +40053,63 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|phosphoric | Definition: +| sulphophosphoric a. of pertaining to or designating +| a hypothetical sulphacid of phosphorus analogous +| to phosphoric acid and known in its salts. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|photographs | Definition: +| photosculpture n. a process in which by means +| of a number of photographs simultaneously taken +| from different points of view on the same level +| rough models of the figure or bust of a person +| or animal may be made with great expedition. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |phrase | Definition: | word n. a brief remark or observation; an expression; | a phrase clause or short sentence. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|phrases | Definition: -| worth v. i. to be; to become; to betide; -- now -| used only in the phrases woe worth the day -| woe worth the man etc. in which the verb is -| in the imperative and the nouns day man etc. -| are in the dative. woe be to the day woe be -| to the man etc. are equivalent phrases. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|phrasing | Definition: -| phrasing n. the act or method of grouping the -| notes so as to form distinct musical phrases. -| +|physic | Definition: +| physicking p. pr. & vb. n. fr. physic v. t. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|phrygia | Definition: -| phrygian a. of or pertaining to phrygia or to -| its inhabitants. +|physical | Definition: +| worst a. bad evil or pernicious in the highest +| degree whether in a physical or moral sense. +| see worse. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|phrygian | Definition: -| tantalus n. a phrygian king who was punished in -| the lower world by being placed in the midst -| of a lake whose waters reached to his chin -| but receded whenever he attempted to allay -| his thirst while over his head hung branches -| laden with choice fruit which likewise receded -| whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp -| them. +|physically | Definition: +| work n. exertion of strength or faculties; physical +| or intellectual effort directed to an end; +| industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes +| specifically physically labor. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|phylacteries | Definition: -| phylacteries pl. of phylactery -| +|physiognomy | Definition: +| physiognomy n. the general appearance or aspect +| of a thing without reference to its scientific +| characteristics; as the physiognomy of a plant +| or of a meteor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|physician | Definition: -| water doctor a physician who treats diseases -| with water; an hydropathist. -| +|pi | Definition: +| pied imp. & p. p. of pi or pie v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|physicians | Definition: -| sweat v. t. to cause to excrete moisture from -| the skin; to cause to perspire; as his physicians -| attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics. -| +|piano | Definition: +| wolf a. the harsh howling sound of some of the +| chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal +| temperament. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pick | Definition: @@ -44358,6 +40126,38 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|picking | Definition: +| unstitch v. t. to open by picking out stitches; +| to take out or undo the stitches of; as to +| unstitch a seam. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pickled | Definition: +| souse n. something kept or steeped in pickle; +| esp. the pickled ears feet etc. of swine. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pickles | Definition: +| spice n. a vegetable production of many kinds +| fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste +| as pepper cinnamon nutmeg mace allspice ginger +| cloves etc. which are used in cookery and to +| flavor sauces pickles etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|picturesque | Definition: +| prospect v. especially a picturesque or widely +| extended view; a landscape; hence a sketch +| of a landscape. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pie | Definition: +| umble pie a pie made of umbles. see to eat humble +| pie under humble. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |piece | Definition: | zest n. a piece of orange or lemon peel or the | aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such @@ -44365,6 +40165,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|pieced | Definition: +| pieced imp. & p. p. of piece +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pieces | Definition: | wordle n. one of several pivoted pieces forming | the throat of an adjustable die used in drawing @@ -44376,39 +40181,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pierce | Definition: -| wimble v. t. to bore or pierce as with a wimble. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pierced | Definition: -| turret n. the elevated central portion of the -| roof of a passenger car. its sides are pierced -| for light and ventilation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pierces | Definition: -| thrill v. t. hence to affect as if by something -| that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a -| shivering throbbing tingling or exquisite sensation; -| to pierce; to penetrate. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|piercing | Definition: -| shrill v. i. to utter an acute piercing sound; -| to sound with a sharp shrill tone; to become -| shrill. +|pieman | Definition: +| pieman n. a man who makes or sells pies. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|piety | Definition: -| worldly-minded a. devoted to worldly interests; -| mindful of the affairs of the present life -| and forgetful of those of the future; loving -| and pursuing this world's goods to the exclusion -| of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -| +|pig | Definition: +| yoke n. a frame worn on the neck of an animal +| as a cow a pig a goose to prevent passage through +| a fence. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pigeon | Definition: @@ -44424,16 +40205,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | cuneata). |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pikes | Definition: -| hyoganoidei n. pl. a division of ganoid fishes -| including the gar pikes and bowfins. -| +|pigs | Definition: +| pig v. t. & i. to huddle or lie together like +| pigs in one bed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pilate | Definition: -| ecce homo a picture which represents the savior -| as given up to the people by pilate and wearing -| a crown of thorns. +|pigtail | Definition: +| pigtail n. a kind of twisted chewing tobacco. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pile | Definition: @@ -44441,41 +40220,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to drain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|piled | Definition: +| upheaped a. piled up; accumulated. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |piles | Definition: | wharfing n. a mode of facing sea walls and embankments | with planks driven as piles and secured by | ties. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pilgrimage | Definition: -| pilgrimage n. the journey of a pilgrim; a long -| journey; especially a journey to a shrine or -| other sacred place. fig. the journey of human -| life. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pilgrims | Definition: -| xenodochium n. in the middle ages a room in a -| monastery for the reception and entertainment -| of strangers and pilgrims and for the relief -| of paupers. [called also xenodocheion.] -| +|pilfering | Definition: +| pilfering n. petty theft. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pillage | Definition: -| sacker n. one who sacks; one who takes part in -| the storm and pillage of a town. -| +|pilgrim | Definition: +| pilgrim a. of or pertaining to a pilgrim or pilgrims; +| making pilgrimages. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pillaged | Definition: -| pillaged imp. & p. p. of pillage -| +|pilgrimage | Definition: +| pilgrimage n. a tedious and wearisome time. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pillaging | Definition: -| pillaging p. pr. & vb. n. of pillage -| +|pill | Definition: +| suppository n. a pill or bolus for introduction +| into the rectum; esp. a cylinder or cone of +| medicated cacao butter. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pillar | Definition: @@ -44483,75 +40257,60 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pillars | Definition: -| wicket n. the space between the pillars in postand-stall -| working. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pilled | Definition: -| pilled a. stripped of hair; scant of hair; bald. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |pillow | Definition: | wanger n. a pillow for the cheek; a pillow. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|pills | Definition: +| vallet's pills pills containing sulphate of iron +| and carbonate of sodium mixed with saccharine +| matter; -- called also vallet's mass. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pilot | Definition: | texas n. a structure on the hurricane deck of | a steamer containing the pilot house officers' | cabins etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|pimples | Definition: +| urticaria n. the nettle rash a disease characterized +| by a transient eruption of red pimples and +| of wheals accompanied with a burning or stinging +| sensation and with itching; uredo. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pin | Definition: | wrist n. a stud or pin which forms a journal; | -- also called wrist pin. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pine | Definition: -| weevil n. any one of numerous species of snout -| beetles or rhynchophora in which the head is -| elongated and usually curved downward. many -| of the species are very injurious to cultivated -| plants. the larvae of some of the species live -| in nuts fruit and grain by eating out the interior -| as the plum weevil or curculio the nut weevils -| and the grain weevil (see under plum nut and -| grain). the larvae of other species bore under -| the bark and into the pith of trees and various -| other plants as the pine weevils (see under -| pine). see also pea weevil rice weevil seed -| weevil under pea rice and seed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pined | Definition: -| pined imp. & p. p. of pine -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pining | Definition: -| starveling a. hungry; lean; pining with want. +|pinch | Definition: +| tweak v. t. to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk +| and twist; to twitch; as to tweak the nose. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pinions | Definition: -| unpinion v. t. to loose from pinions or manacles; -| to free from restraint. -| +|pinching | Definition: +| twinge v. i. to affect with a sharp sudden pain; +| to torment with pinching or sharp pains. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pinnacle | Definition: -| pinnacle n. an architectural member upright and -| generally ending in a small spire -- used to -| finish a buttress to constitute a part in a -| proportion as where pinnacles flank a gable -| or spire and the like. pinnacles may be considered -| primarily as added weight where it is necessary -| to resist the thrust of an arch etc. -| +|pink | Definition: +| watermelon n. the very large ovoid or roundish +| fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (citrullus +| vulgaris) of many varieties; also the plant +| itself. the fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; +| its pulp is usually pink in color and full +| of a sweet watery juice. it is a native of +| tropical africa but is now cultivated in many +| countries. see illust. of melon. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pins | Definition: @@ -44560,19 +40319,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to unpin a frame. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pints | Definition: -| litre n. a measure of capacity in the metric system -| being a cubic decimeter equal to 61.022 cubic -| inches or 2.113 american pints or 1.76 english -| pints. +|pint | Definition: +| pint n. the laughing gull. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pious | Definition: -| office n. that which a person does either voluntarily -| or by appointment for or with reference to -| others; customary duty or a duty that arises -| from the relations of man to man; as kind offices -| pious offices. +| pious a. practiced under the pretext of religion; +| prompted by mistaken piety; as pious errors; +| pious frauds. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pip | Definition: +| pip v. i. to cry or chirp as a chicken; to peep. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pipe | Definition: @@ -44594,15 +40354,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | plural. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pique | Definition: -| pique v. t. to excite to action by causing resentment -| or jealousy; to stimulate; to prick; as to -| pique ambition or curiosity. -| +|pips | Definition: +| vingt et un a game at cards played by two or +| more persons. the fortune of each player depends +| upon obtaining from the dealer such cards that +| the sum of their pips or spots is twenty-one +| or a number near to it. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pirate | Definition: +| viking n. one belonging to the pirate crews from +| among the northmen who plundered the coasts +| of europe in the eighth ninth and tenth centuries. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pistol | Definition: +| slug v. i. to become reduced in diameter or changed +| in shape by passing from a larger to a smaller +| part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of +| a bullet when fired from a gun pistol or other +| firearm. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|piss | Definition: -| piss v. t. & i. to discharge urine to urinate. +|pistols | Definition: +| uhlan n. one of a kind of light cavalry of tartaric +| origin first introduced into european armies +| in poland. they are armed with lances pistols +| and sabers and are employed chiefly as skirmishers. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -44645,23 +40425,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pitied | Definition: -| pitied imp. & p. p. of pity -| +|pitchy | Definition: +| pitchy a. black; pitch-dark; dismal. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pitiful | Definition: -| ruth v. that which causes pity or compassion; -| misery; distress; a pitiful sight. -| +|pitfall | Definition: +| pitfall n. a pit deceitfully covered to entrap +| wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pits | Definition: -| wince n. a reel used in dyeing steeping or washing -| cloth; a winch. it is placed over the division -| wall between two wince pits so as to allow -| the cloth to descend into either compartment. -| at will. +|pitied | Definition: +| pitied imp. & p. p. of pity +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pity | Definition: @@ -44676,6 +40453,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or word. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|placable | Definition: +| placable a. capable of being appeased or pacified; +| ready or willing to be pacified; willing to +| forgive or condone. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |placed | Definition: | wrong a. designed to be worn or placed inward; | as the wrong side of a garment or of a piece @@ -44689,6 +40472,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|placid | Definition: +| placidly adv. in a placid manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|placidly | Definition: +| placidly adv. in a placid manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |placing | Definition: | watch v. i. the period of the night during which | a person does duty as a sentinel or guard; @@ -44697,58 +40490,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plague | Definition: -| wanion n. a word of uncertain signification used -| only in the phrase with a wanion apparently -| equivalent to with a vengeance with a plague -| or with misfortune. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|plagued | Definition: -| plagued imp. & p. p. of plague -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|plagues | Definition: -| plaguer n. one who plagues or annoys. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |plain | Definition: | wold n. a plain or low hill; a country without | wood whether hilly or not. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plainest | Definition: -| figure n. a mode of expressing abstract or immaterial -| ideas by words which suggest pictures or images -| from the physical world; pictorial language; -| a trope; hence any deviation from the plainest -| form of statement. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |plainly | Definition: -| silurian a. of or pertaining to the country of -| the ancient silures; -- a term applied to the -| earliest of the paleozoic eras and also to -| the strata of the era because most plainly -| developed in that country. -| +| superior a. above the ovary; -- said of parts +| of the flower which although normally below +| the ovary adhere to it and so appear to originate +| from its upper part; also of an ovary when +| the other floral organs are plainly below it +| in position and free from it. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plains | Definition: -| yak n. a bovine mammal (poephagus grunnies) native -| of the high plains of central asia. its neck -| the outer side of its legs and its flanks are -| covered with long flowing fine hair. its tail -| is long and bushy often white and is valued -| as an ornament and for other purposes in india -| and china. there are several domesticated varieties -| some of which lack the mane and the long hair -| on the flanks. called also chauri gua grunting -| cow grunting ox sarlac sarlik and sarluc. -| +|plaintively | Definition: +| whine v. t. to utter or express plaintively or +| in a mean unmanly way; as to whine out an excuse. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |plaited | Definition: @@ -44756,27 +40517,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | hats. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plaiting | Definition: -| windlestraw n. a grass used for making ropes or -| for plaiting esp. agrostis spica-ventis. -| +|plank | Definition: +| wringstaff n. a strong piece of plank used in +| applying wringbolts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plane | Definition: -| wrench v. t. the system made up of a force and -| a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular -| to that force. any number of forces acting -| at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded -| so as to be equivalent to a wrench. -| +|planned | Definition: +| studious a. planned with study; deliberate; studied. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|planks | Definition: -| wringbolt n. a bolt used by shipwrights to bend -| and secure the planks against the timbers till -| they are fastened by bolts spikes or treenails; -| -- not to be confounded with ringbolt. -| +|plans | Definition: +| succeed v. i. to obtain the object desired; to +| accomplish what is attempted or intended; to +| have a prosperous issue or termination; to +| be successful; as he succeeded in his plans; +| his plans succeeded. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |plant | Definition: @@ -44787,20 +40543,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plantation | Definition: -| vineyard n. an inclosure or yard for grapevines; -| a plantation of vines producing grapes. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|plantations | Definition: -| planting n. the act or operation of setting in -| the ground for propagation as seeds trees shrubs -| etc.; the forming of plantations as of trees; -| the carrying on of plantations as of sugar -| coffee etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |planted | Definition: | thinly a. in a thin manner; in a loose scattered | manner; scantily; not thickly; as ground thinly @@ -44808,19 +40550,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|planters | Definition: -| plantocracy n. government by planters; planters -| collectively. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|planting | Definition: -| settlement n. the act of peopling or state of -| being peopled; act of planting as a colony; -| colonization; occupation by settlers; as the -| settlement of a new country. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |plants | Definition: | zostera n. a genus of plants of the naiadaceae | or pondweed family. zostera marina is commonly @@ -44833,11 +40562,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | plaster with a trowel. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plastered | Definition: -| white-limed a. whitewashed or plastered with lime. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |plate | Definition: | zincoid a. pertaining to or resembling zinc; -- | said of the electricity of the zincous plate @@ -44852,17 +40576,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | form a butt joint. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|platter | Definition: -| trencher v. t. a large wooden plate or platter -| as for table use. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|platting | Definition: -| wattling n. the act or process of binding or platting -| with twigs; also the network so formed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |played | Definition: | whist n. a certain game at cards; -- so called | because it requires silence and close attention. @@ -44875,6 +40588,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|playfellow | Definition: +| playfellow n. a companion in amusements or sports; +| a playmate. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|playful | Definition: +| scherzo n. a playful humorous movement commonly +| in 3-4 measure which often takes the place +| of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a +| symphony. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|playfully | Definition: +| flirt v. t. to toss or throw about; to move playfully +| to and fro; as to flirt a fan. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |playing | Definition: | zither n. an instrument of music used in austria | and germany. it has from thirty to forty wires @@ -44885,9 +40616,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or cithern.] |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plead | Definition: -| replead v. t. & i. to plead again. -| +|plays | Definition: +| whiffler n. one who plays on a whiffle; a fifer +| or piper. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|plea | Definition: +| rebut v. t. to contradict meet or oppose by argument +| plea or countervailing proof. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pleaded | Definition: @@ -44897,14 +40634,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pleads | Definition: -| intercessor n. one who goes between or intercedes; -| a mediator. (a) one who interposes between -| parties at variance with a view to reconcile -| them. (b) one who pleads in behalf of another. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |pleasant | Definition: | zest n. hence something that gives or enhances | a pleasant taste or the taste itself; an appetizer; @@ -44919,6 +40648,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|pleasantry | Definition: +| rally v. t. to attack with raillery either in +| good humor and pleasantry or with slight contempt +| or satire. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pleased | Definition: | sympathy n. an agreement of affections or inclinations | or a conformity of natural temperament which @@ -44928,22 +40663,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pleases | Definition: -| pleaser n. one who pleases or gratifies. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pleasing | Definition: -| well-favored a. handsome; wellformed; beautiful; -| pleasing to the eye. +| pulchritude n. that quality of appearance which +| pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; +| loveliness. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pleasure | Definition: -| yacht n. a light and elegantly furnished vessel -| used either for private parties of pleasure -| or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished -| persons from one place to another; a seagoing -| vessel used only for pleasure trips racing -| etc. +| yachting n. sailing for pleasure in a yacht. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pleasures | Definition: @@ -44954,67 +40681,48 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | honor lusts men. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|plebeian | Definition: +| plebiscitum n. a law enacted by the common people +| under the superintendence of a tribune or some +| subordinate plebeian magistrate without the +| intervention of the senate. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pledge | Definition: | wadset n. a kind of pledge or mortgage. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pledged | Definition: -| security n. something given deposited or pledged -| to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation -| the performance of a contract the payment of -| a debt or the like; surety; pledge. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pledges | Definition: -| pledgor n. one who pledges or delivers anything -| in pledge; a pledger; -- opposed to pledgee. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pleiades | Definition: -| taurus n. a zodiacal constellation containing -| the well-known clusters called the pleiades -| and the hyades in the latter of which is situated -| the remarkably bright aldebaran. -| +| teetotaler n. one pledged to entire abstinence +| from all intoxicating drinks. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plenitude | Definition: -| plenitude n. the quality or state of being full -| or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; -| as the plenitude of space or power. +|plenipotentiary | Definition: +| plenipotentiary a. containing or conferring full +| power; invested with full power; as plenipotentiary +| license; plenipotentiary ministers. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plenteous | Definition: -| plenteous a. having plenty; abounding; rich. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|plentiful | Definition: -| scarce superl. not plentiful or abundant; in small -| quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily -| to be procured; rare; uncommon. +|plenty | Definition: +| poorly adv. in a poor manner or condition; without +| plenty or sufficiency or suitable provision +| for comfort; as to live poorly. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plenty | Definition: -| plenty a. full or adequate supply; enough and -| to spare; sufficiency; specifically abundant -| productiveness of the earth; ample supply for -| human wants; abundance; copiousness. -| +|plied | Definition: +| plied imp. & p. p. of ply |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plot | Definition: -| weave v. t. to form as cloth by interlacing threads; -| to compose as a texture of any kind by putting -| together textile materials; as to weave broadcloth; -| to weave a carpet; hence to form into a fabric; -| to compose; to fabricate; as to weave the plot -| of a story. +|plight | Definition: +| plight n. to pledge; to give as a pledge for the +| performance of some act; as to plight faith +| honor word; -- never applied to property or +| goods. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |plots | Definition: @@ -45023,57 +40731,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plotted | Definition: -| plotted imp. & p. p. of plot -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|plotting | Definition: -| sector n. a mathematical instrument consisting -| of two rulers connected at one end by a joint -| each arm marked with several scales as of equal -| parts chords sines tangents etc. one scale -| of each kind on each arm and all on lines radiating -| from the common center of motion. the sector -| is used for plotting etc. to any scale. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|plough | Definition: -| plough v. i. to labor with or as with a plow; -| to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to -| prepare the soil or bed for anything. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ploughed | Definition: -| ploughed of plough -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ploughing | Definition: -| ploughing of plough -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ploughman | Definition: -| ploughman n. one who plows or who holds and guides -| a plow; hence a husbandman. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ploughshare | Definition: -| ploughshare n. the share of a plow or that part -| which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the -| bottom of the furrow. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pluck | Definition: -| twitch v. t. 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. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |plucked | Definition: | singe v. t. to remove the hair or down from (a | plucked chicken or the like) by passing it @@ -45086,30 +40743,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plummet | Definition: -| plummet n. a piece of lead formerly used by school -| children to rule paper for writing. -| +|plum | Definition: +| weevil n. any one of numerous species of snout +| beetles or rhynchophora in which the head is +| elongated and usually curved downward. many +| of the species are very injurious to cultivated +| plants. the larvae of some of the species live +| in nuts fruit and grain by eating out the interior +| as the plum weevil or curculio the nut weevils +| and the grain weevil (see under plum nut and +| grain). the larvae of other species bore under +| the bark and into the pith of trees and various +| other plants as the pine weevils (see under +| pine). see also pea weevil rice weevil seed +| weevil under pea rice and seed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plunder | Definition: -| sea king one of the leaders among the norsemen -| who passed their lives in roving the seas in -| search of plunder and adventures; a norse pirate -| chief. see the note under viking. -| +|plumber | Definition: +| plumber block a pillow block. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plundered | Definition: -| viking n. one belonging to the pirate crews from -| among the northmen who plundered the coasts -| of europe in the eighth ninth and tenth centuries. -| +|plumed | Definition: +| plumed imp. & p. p. of plume +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plunders | Definition: -| plunderer n. one who plunders or pillages. -| +|plummet | Definition: +| plummet n. a piece of lead formerly used by school +| children to rule paper for writing. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|plump | Definition: +| plumper n. a vote given to one candidate only +| when two or more are to be elected thus giving +| him the advantage over the others. a person +| who gives his vote thus is said to plump or +| to plump his vote. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |plunge | Definition: @@ -45126,49 +40798,69 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | into debt. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plural | Definition: -| ye pron. the plural of the pronoun of the second -| person in the nominative case. -| +|plunging | Definition: +| tempering n. the process of giving the requisite +| degree of hardness or softness to a substance +| as iron and steel; especially the process of +| giving to steel the degree of hardness required +| for various purposes consisting usually in +| first plunging the article when heated to redness +| in cold water or other liquid to give an excess +| of hardness and then reheating it gradually +| until the hardness is reduced or drawn down +| to the degree required as indicated by the +| color produced on a polished portion or by +| the burning of oil. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|plurality | Definition: -| world n. any planet or heavenly body especially -| when considered as inhabited and as the scene -| of interests analogous with human interests; -| as a plurality of worlds. -| +|plying | Definition: +| wherry n. a passenger barge or lighter plying +| on rivers; also a kind of light half-decked +| vessel used in fishing. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|poacher | Definition: +| sea poacher alt. of sea poker +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|poem | Definition: -| witty n. especially possessing wit or humor; good -| at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes sarcastic; -| as a witty remark poem and the like. +|pocket | Definition: +| whittle n. a knife; esp. a pocket sheath or clasp +| knife. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pockets | Definition: +| billiards n. a game played with ivory balls o +| a cloth-covered rectangular table bounded by +| elastic cushions. the player seeks to impel +| his ball with his cue so that it shall either +| strike (carom upon) two other balls or drive +| another ball into one of the pockets with which +| the table sometimes is furnished. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|poet | Definition: +| verve n. excitement of imagination such as animates +| a poet artist or musician in composing or performing; +| rapture; enthusiasm; spirit; energy. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|poems | Definition: -| symphony n. an elaborate instrumental composition -| for a full orchestra consisting usually like -| the sonata of three or four contrasted yet -| inwardly related movements as the allegro the -| adagio the minuet and trio or scherzo and the -| finale in quick time. the term has recently -| been applied to large orchestral works in freer -| form with arguments or programmes to explain -| their meaning such as the >symphonic poems -| > of liszt. the term was formerly applied to -| any composition for an orchestra as overtures -| etc. and still earlier to certain compositions -| partly vocal partly instrumental. -| +|poetic | Definition: +| wert the second person singular indicative and +| subjunctive moods imperfect tense of the verb +| be. it is formed from were with the ending +| -t after the analogy of wast. now used only +| in solemn or poetic style. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|poets | Definition: -| whirlbat n. anything moved with a whirl as preparatory -| for a blow or to augment the force of it; -- -| applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers. -| +|poetry | Definition: +| 'twixt an abbreviation of betwixt used in poetry +| or in colloquial language. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pointed | Definition: @@ -45180,16 +40872,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|pointedly | Definition: +| epigram n. a short poem treating concisely and +| pointedly of a single thought or event. the +| modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise +| the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn +| of thought and is often satirical in character. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pointing | Definition: | upright a. in an erect position or posture; perpendicular; | vertical or nearly vertical; pointing upward; | as an upright tree. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|poised | Definition: -| unpoised a. not poised or weighed; hence regardless -| of consequences; unhesitating. -| +|poising | Definition: +| poising p. pr. & vb. n. of poise +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |poison | Definition: @@ -45204,26 +40904,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | crystalline substance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|poke | Definition: +| stoke v. t. to poke or stir up as a fire; hence +| to tend as the fire of a furnace boiler etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|poked | Definition: +| poked imp. & p. p. of poke +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|poking | Definition: +| poking a. drudging; servile. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pole | Definition: | zincous a. of or pertaining to the positive pole | of a galvanic battery; electro-positive. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|poles | Definition: -| xylophone n. an instrument common among the russians -| poles and tartars consisting of a series of -| strips of wood or glass graduated in length -| to the musical scale resting on belts of straw -| and struck with two small hammers. called in -| germany strohfiedel or straw fiddle. -| +|police | Definition: +| watchhouse n. a place where persons under temporary +| arrest by the police of a city are kept; a +| police station; a lockup. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|polish | Definition: -| silver v. t. to polish like silver; to impart -| a brightness to like that of silver. -| +|policeman | Definition: +| roundsman n. a patrolman; also a policeman who +| acts as an inspector over the rounds of the +| patrolmen. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |polished | Definition: @@ -45232,45 +40945,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|poll | Definition: -| sconce p. p. a poll tax; a mulct or fine. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|polled | Definition: -| moolley n. a mulley or polled animal. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pollute | Definition: -| puddle v. t. to make foul or muddy; to pollute -| with dirt; to mix dirt with (water). -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|polluted | Definition: -| ungodly a. polluted by sin or wickedness. -| +|polite | Definition: +| urbanity n. polite wit; facetiousness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pollution | Definition: -| purification n. a cleansing from guilt or the -| pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful -| desires appetites and inclinations. -| +|politely | Definition: +| politely adv. in a polished manner; so as to be +| smooth or glossy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pomegranate | Definition: -| pomegranate n. a carved or embroidered ornament -| resembling a pomegranate. -| +|politeness | Definition: +| politeness n. the quality or state of being polite; +| refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous +| behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pomp | Definition: -| spectacular a. adapted to excite wonder and admiration -| by a display of pomp or of scenic effects; -| as a spectacular celebration of some event; -| a spectacular play. +|pompously | Definition: +| declaim v. i. to speak for rhetorical display; +| to speak pompously noisily or theatrically; +| to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite +| arguments in debate; to rant. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pond | Definition: @@ -45291,23 +40988,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ponds | Definition: -| water moccasin a venomous north american snake -| (ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake -| but destitute of a rattle. it lives in or about -| pools and ponds and feeds largely of fishes. -| called also water snake water adder water viper. -| +|ponderous | Definition: +| weight v. t. a ponderous mass; something heavy; +| as a clock weight; a paper weight. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pontus | Definition: -| pontic a. of or pertaining to the pontus euxine -| or black sea. +|pooh | Definition: +| pooh interj. pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression +| of scorn dislike or contempt. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pool | Definition: -| sea pool a pool of salt water. -| +| stew n. a small pond or pool where fish are kept +| for the table; a vivarium. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pools | Definition: @@ -45325,25 +41021,52 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pope | Definition: -| uniate n. a member of the greek church who nevertheless -| acknowledges the supremacy of the pope of rome; -| one of the united greeks. also used adjectively. +|poorer | Definition: +| worse compar. bad ill evil or corrupt in a greater +| degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically +| in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in +| a physical and moral sense. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|populace | Definition: +| populace n. the common people; the vulgar; the +| multitude -- comprehending all persons not +| distinguished by rank office education or profession. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|poplar | Definition: -| viceroy prep. a large and handsome american butterfly -| (basilarchia / limenitis archippus). its wings -| are orange-red with black lines along the nervures -| and a row of white spots along the outer margins. -| the larvae feed on willow poplar and apple -| trees. +|popularity | Definition: +| popularly adv. in a popular manner; so as to be +| generally favored or accepted by the people; +| commonly; currently; as the story was popularity +| reported. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|populous | Definition: -| populous a. numerous; in large number. -| +|popularly | Definition: +| yankee-doodle n. the name of a tune adopted popularly +| as one of the national airs of the united states. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|population | Definition: +| repopulation n. the act of repeopling; act of +| furnishing with a population anew. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|porcelain | Definition: +| zaffer n. a pigment obtained usually by roasting +| cobalt glance with sand or quartz as a dark +| earthy powder. it consists of crude cobalt +| oxide or of an impure cobalt arseniate. it +| is used in porcelain painting and in enameling +| pottery to produce a blue color and is often +| confounded with smalt from which however it +| is distinct as it contains no potash. the name +| is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer +| proper with silica or oxides of iron manganese +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |porch | Definition: @@ -45353,17 +41076,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|porches | Definition: -| portal n. by analogy with the french portail used -| by recent writers for the whole architectural -| composition which surrounds and includes the -| doorways and porches of a church. -| +|poring | Definition: +| poring p. pr. & vb. n. of pore +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|porphyry | Definition: -| verd antique a green porphyry called oriental -| verd antique. +|pork | Definition: +| steak v. t. a slice of beef broiled or cut for +| broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other +| large animals; as venison steak; bear steak; +| pork steak; turtle steak. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |port | Definition: @@ -45372,9 +41095,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|portending | Definition: -| portending p. pr. & vb. n. of portend -| +|portable | Definition: +| wardrobe v. t. a room or apartment where clothes +| are kept or wearing apparel is stored; a portable +| closet for hanging up clothes. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|portal | Definition: +| vagina n. a sheath; a theca; as the vagina of +| the portal vein. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|portentous | Definition: +| portentous a. hence: monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; +| dreadful; as a beast of portentous size. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |porter | Definition: @@ -45382,29 +41118,50 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|porteress | Definition: -| porteress n. see portress. -| +|portly | Definition: +| portly a. having a dignified port or mien; of +| a noble appearance; imposing. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|portion | Definition: -| zone n. the portion of the surface of a sphere -| included between two parallel planes; the portion -| of a surface of revolution included between -| two planes perpendicular to the axis. -| +|portmanteau | Definition: +| portmanteau n. a bag or case usually of leather +| for carrying wearing apparel etc. on journeys. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|portions | Definition: -| yoke n. a portion of the working day; as to work -| two yokes that is to work both portions of -| the day or morning and afternoon. -| +|portraits | Definition: +| kitcat a. designating a canvas used for portraits +| of a peculiar size viz. twenty-right or twenty-nine +| inches by thirty-six; -- so called because +| that size was adopted by sir godfrey kneller +| for the portraits he painted of the members +| of the kitcat club. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|portress | Definition: -| portress n. a female porter. -| +|pose | Definition: +| station n. the act of standing; also attitude +| or pose in standing; posture. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|positions | Definition: +| triangulation n. the series or network of triangles +| into which the face of a country or any portion +| of it is divided in a trigonometrical survey; +| the operation of measuring the elements necessary +| to determine the triangles into which the country +| to be surveyed is supposed to be divided and +| thus to fix the positions and distances of +| the several points connected by them. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|positive | Definition: +| zircofluoride n. a double fluoride of zirconium +| and hydrogen or some other positive element +| or radical; as zircofluoride of sodium. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |positively | Definition: @@ -45414,11 +41171,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|posses | Definition: +| enviable a. fitted to excite envy; capable of +| awakening an ardent desire to posses or to +| resemble. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |possess | Definition: -| simple a. a medicinal plant; -- so called because -| each vegetable was supposed to possess its -| particular virtue and therefore to constitute -| a simple remedy. +| tenant v. t. to hold occupy or possess as a tenant. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |possessed | Definition: @@ -45455,15 +41216,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|possessors | Definition: -| hesperides n. pl. the daughters of hesperus or -| night (brother of atlas) and fabled possessors -| of a garden producing golden apples in africa -| at the western extremity of the known world. -| to slay the guarding dragon and get some of -| these apples was one of the labors of hercules. -| called also atlantides. -| +|possibility | Definition: +| subconscious a. occurring without the possibility +| or the fact of an attendant consciousness; +| -- said of states of the soul. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |possibly | Definition: @@ -45475,59 +41232,109 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|posterity | Definition: -| posterity n. succeeding generations; future times. -| +|postboy | Definition: +| postboy n. a boy who carries letters from the +| post. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |postern | Definition: -| klicket n. a small postern or gate in a palisade -| for the passage of sallying parties. +| postern a. back; being behind; private. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|posting | Definition: +| publish v. t. to make known by posting or by reading +| in a church; as to publish banns of marriage. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|postponement | Definition: +| suspension n. a stay or postponement of execution +| of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters +| of suspension granted on application to the +| lord ordinary. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|posturing | Definition: +| posturing p. pr. & vb. n. of posture +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pot | Definition: | washpot n. a pot containing melted tin into which | the plates are dipped to be coated. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pots | Definition: -| scullion n. a servant who cleans pots and kettles -| and does other menial services in the kitchen. +|potatoes | Definition: +| whiskey n. an intoxicating liquor distilled from +| grain potatoes etc. especially in scotland +| ireland and the united states. in the united +| states whisky is generally distilled from maize +| rye or wheat but in scotland and ireland it +| is often made from malted barley. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|potent | Definition: +| potent n. one of the furs; a surface composed +| of patches which are supposed to represent +| crutch heads; they are always alternately argent +| and azure unless otherwise specially mentioned. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|potsherd | Definition: -| potsherd n. a piece or fragment of a broken pot. +|potentially | Definition: +| potentially adv. in a potential manner; possibly +| not positively. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|potman | Definition: +| potman n. a servant in a public house; a potboy. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|potsherds | Definition: -| sweepwasher n. one who extracts the residuum of -| precious metals from the sweepings potsherds -| etc. of refineries of gold and silver or places -| where these metals are used. -| +|pottle | Definition: +| pottle n. a vessel or small basket for holding +| fruit. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pottage | Definition: -| pottage n. a kind of food made by boiling vegetables -| or meat or both together in water until soft; -| a thick soup or porridge. -| +|pouch | Definition: +| uterus n. a receptacle or pouch connected with +| the oviducts of many invertebrates in which +| the eggs are retained until they hatch or until +| the embryos develop more or less. see illust. +| of hermaphrodite in append. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|potter | Definition: -| potter v. t. to poke; to push; also to disturb; -| to confuse; to bother. +|poultice | Definition: +| stopping n. a pad or poultice of dung or other +| material applied to a horse's hoof to keep +| it moist. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|potters | Definition: -| pallet n. a wooden implement used by potters crucible -| makers etc. for forming beating and rounding -| their works. it is oval round and of other -| forms. +|poultry | Definition: +| weasel n. any one of various species of small +| carnivores belonging to the genus putorius +| as the ermine and ferret. they have a slender +| elongated body and are noted for the quickness +| of their movements and for their bloodthirsty +| habit in destroying poultry rats etc. the ermine +| and some other species are brown in summer +| and turn white in winter; others are brown +| at all seasons. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pounce | Definition: +| truss n. to take fast hold of; to seize and hold +| firmly; to pounce upon. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pounced | Definition: +| pounced a. ornamented with perforations or dots. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pound | Definition: @@ -45541,6 +41348,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|pounded | Definition: +| sycee n. silver pounded into ingots of the shape +| of a shoe and used as currency. the most common +| weight is about one pound troy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pounding | Definition: +| stamper n. an instrument for pounding or stamping. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pounds | Definition: | yellowtail n. any one of several species of marine | carangoid fishes of the genus seriola; especially @@ -45551,11 +41370,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pour | Definition: -| yote v. t. to pour water on; to soak in or mix -| with water. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |poured | Definition: | vessel n. fig.: a person regarded as receiving | or containing something; esp. (script.) one @@ -45572,11 +41386,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |poverty | Definition: -| ruin n. to bring to ruin; to cause to fall to -| pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring -| to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; -| to impair seriously; to damage essentially; -| to overthrow. +| sufferer n. one who suffers; one who endures or +| undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience +| or loss; as sufferers by poverty or sickness; +| men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |powder | Definition: @@ -45588,16 +41402,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|powders | Definition: -| saleratus n. aerated salt; a white crystalline -| substance having an alkaline taste and reaction -| consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under -| sodium.) it is largely used in cooking with -| sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar -| as a substitute for yeast. it is also an ingredient -| of most baking powders and is used in the preparation -| of effervescing drinks. -| +|powdered | Definition: +| woad n. a blue dyestuff or coloring matter consisting +| of the powdered and fermented leaves of the +| isatis tinctoria. it is now superseded by indigo +| but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment +| in dyeing. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |powerful | Definition: @@ -45611,6 +41421,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|powerfully | Definition: +| virtuous a. having power or efficacy; powerfully +| operative; efficacious; potent. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|powerless | Definition: +| royalet n. a petty or powerless king. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |powers | Definition: | wedge n. a piece of metal or other hard material | thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge @@ -45622,15 +41443,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|pr | Definition: +| young superl. being in the first part pr period +| of growth; as a young plant; a young tree. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|practicable | Definition: +| temperament v. t. a system of compromises in the +| tuning of organs pianofortes and the like whereby +| the tones generated with the vibrations of +| a ground tone are mutually modified and in +| part canceled until their number reduced to +| the actual practicable scale of twelve tones +| to the octave. this scale although in so far +| artificial is yet closely suggestive of its +| origin in nature and this system of tuning +| although not mathematically true yet satisfies +| the ear while it has the convenience that the +| same twelve fixed tones answer for every key +| or scale c/ becoming identical with d/ and +| so on. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |practical | Definition: | wisdom a. the results of wise judgments; scientific | or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|practices | Definition: -| xylographer n. one who practices xylography. -| +|practically | Definition: +| volt n. the unit of electro-motive force; -- defined +| by the international electrical congress in +| 1893 and by united states statute as that electro-motive +| force which steadily applied to a conductor +| whose resistance is one ohm will produce a +| current of one ampere. it is practically equivalent +| to / the electro-motive force of a standard +| clark's cell at a temperature of 15¡ c. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |practise | Definition: @@ -45641,9 +41492,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|practitioner | Definition: +| profess v. t. to present to knowledge of to proclaim +| one's self versed in; to make one's self a +| teacher or practitioner of to set up as an +| authority respecting; to declare (one's self +| to be such); as he professes surgery; to profess +| one's self a physician. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |praise | Definition: -| underpraise v. t. to praise below desert. -| +| unpraise v. t. to withhold praise from; to deprive +| of praise. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |praised | Definition: @@ -45658,16 +41519,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |praising | Definition: -| khutbah n. an address or public prayer read from -| the steps of the pulpit in mohammedan mosques -| offering glory to god praising mohammed and -| his descendants and the ruling princes. -| +| praising p. pr. & vb. n. of praise +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prating | Definition: -| prating p. pr. & vb. n. of prate -| +|prancing | Definition: +| snort v. i. to force the air with violence through +| the nose so as to make a noise as do high-spirited +| horsed in prancing and play. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pray | Definition: @@ -45699,99 +41559,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | often to excess. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|praying | Definition: -| praying a. & n. from pray v. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |prays | Definition: | oyer n. a hearing or an inspection as of a deed | bond etc. as when a defendant in court prays | oyer of a writing. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pre | Definition: -| neomorph n. a structure part or organ developed -| independently that is not derived from a similar -| structure part or organ in a pre existing form. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|preach | Definition: -| sermonize v. t. to preach or discourse to; to -| affect or influence by means of a sermon or -| of sermons. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|preached | Definition: -| southcottian n. a follower of joanna southcott -| (1750-1814) an englishwoman who professing -| to have received a miraculous calling preached -| and prophesied and committed many impious absurdities. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|preacher | Definition: -| refer v. i. to carry the mind or thought; to direct -| attention; as the preacher referred to the -| late election. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|preachers | Definition: -| pulpit n. the whole body of the clergy; preachers -| as a class; also preaching. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|preaches | Definition: -| teacher n. one who instructs others in religion; -| a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes -| one who preaches without regular ordination. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|preaching | Definition: -| theatine n. one of an order of italian monks established -| in 1524 expressly to oppose reformation and -| to raise the tone of piety among roman catholics. -| they hold no property nor do they beg but depend -| on what providence sends. their chief employment -| is preaching and giving religious instruction. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |precaution | Definition: | precautionary a. of or pertaining to precaution | or precautions; as precautionary signals. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|precept | Definition: -| warrantable a. authorized by commission precept -| or right; justifiable; defensible; as the seizure -| of a thief is always warrantable by law and -| justice; falsehood is never warrantable. -| +|precautions | Definition: +| precaution n. a measure taken beforehand to ward +| off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary +| act; as to take precautions against accident. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|preceptor | Definition: -| preceptor n. one who gives commands or makes rules; -| specifically the master or principal of a school; -| a teacher; an instructor. -| +|preceded | Definition: +| unwares adv. unawares; unexpectedly; -- sometimes +| preceded by at. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|precepts | Definition: -| school n. the canons precepts or body of opinion -| or practice sanctioned by the authority of -| a particular class or age; as he was a gentleman -| of the old school. +|precedence | Definition: +| preeminent a. eminent above others; prominent +| among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; +| surpassing or taking precedence of others; +| rarely surpassing others in evil or in bad +| qualities; as preeminent in guilt. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|precinct | Definition: -| patrolman n. one who patrols; a watchman; especially -| a policeman who patrols a particular precinct -| of a town or city. +|preceding | Definition: +| youth n. the part of life that succeeds to childhood; +| the period of existence preceding maturity +| or age; the whole early part of life from childhood +| or sometimes from infancy to manhood. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |precious | Definition: @@ -45803,46 +41609,49 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|precipices | Definition: -| cirque n. a kind of circular valley in the side -| of a mountain walled around by precipices of -| great height. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |precise | Definition: | water thermometer a thermometer filled with water | instead of mercury for ascertaining the precise | temperature at which water attains its maximum -| density. this is about 39� fahr. or 4� centigrade; -| and from that point down to 32� fahr. or 0� +| density. this is about 39¡ fahr. or 4¡ centigrade; +| and from that point down to 32¡ fahr. or 0¡ | centigrade or the freezing point it expands. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|precursors | Definition: -| turlupin n. one of the precursors of the reformation; -| -- a nickname corresponding to lollard etc. -| +|precisely | Definition: +| term n. a word or expression; specifically one +| that has a precisely limited meaning in certain +| relations and uses or is peculiar to a science +| art profession or the like; as a technical +| term. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|predestinated | Definition: -| predestinated imp. & p. p. of predestinate -| +|precision | Definition: +| sharpshooting n. a shooting with great precision +| and effect; hence a keen contest of wit or +| argument. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|predatory | Definition: +| raid n. a hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad +| or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid +| invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |prediction | Definition: -| parusia n. a figure of speech by which the present -| tense is used instead of the past or the future -| as in the animated narration of past or in -| the prediction of future events. -| +| prediction n. the act of foretelling; also that +| which is foretold; prophecy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|preeminence | Definition: -| title n. an appellation of dignity distinction -| or preeminence (hereditary or acquired) given -| to persons as duke marquis honorable esquire -| etc. +|predominant | Definition: +| worldliness n. the quality of being worldly; a +| predominant passion for obtaining the good +| things of this life; covetousness; addictedness +| to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |preface | Definition: @@ -45851,24 +41660,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |prefer | Definition: -| oe a diphthong employed in the latin language -| and thence in the english language as the representative -| of the greek diphthong oi. in many words in -| common use e alone stands instead of /. classicists -| prefer to write the diphthong oe separate in -| latin words. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|preferable | Definition: -| surloin n. a loin of beef or the upper part of -| the loin. see sirloin the more usual but not -| etymologically preferable orthography. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|preferably | Definition: -| preferably adv. in preference; by choice. -| +| prefer v. t. to cause to go before; hence to advance +| before others as to an office or dignity; to +| raise; to exalt; to promote; as to prefer an +| officer to the rank of general. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |preference | Definition: @@ -45878,6 +41674,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|preferment | Definition: +| simoniac n. one who practices simony or who buys +| or sells preferment in the church. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |preferred | Definition: | yew n. the wood of the yew. it is light red in | color compact fine-grained and very elastic. @@ -45897,59 +41699,65 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prefers | Definition: -| roebuck n. a small european and asiatic deer (capreolus -| capraea) having erect cylindrical branched -| antlers forked at the summit. this the smallest -| european deer is very nimble and graceful. -| it always prefers a mountainous country or -| high grounds. +|prejudice | Definition: +| waste v. spoil destruction or injury done to houses +| woods fences lands etc. by a tenant for life +| or for years to the prejudice of the heir or +| of him in reversion or remainder. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prefigured | Definition: -| synastry n. concurrence of starry position or -| influence; hence similarity of condition fortune -| etc. as prefigured by astrological calculation. -| +|preliminaries | Definition: +| preliminary n. that which precedes the main discourse +| work design or business; something introductory +| or preparatory; as the preliminaries to a negotiation +| or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year +| before entering college. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prefixed | Definition: -| what pron. a. & adv. sometimes prefixed to adjectives -| in an adverbial sense as nearly equivalent -| to how; as what happy boys! -| +|preliminary | Definition: +| substruction n. underbuilding; the foundation +| or any preliminary structure intended to raise +| the lower floor or basement of a building above +| the natural level of the ground. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pregnant | Definition: -| venter n. a pregnant woman; a mother; as a has -| a son b by one venter and a daughter c by another -| venter; children by different venters. -| +|premature | Definition: +| warp v. a premature casting of young; -- said +| of cattle sheep etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prejudice | Definition: -| waste v. spoil destruction or injury done to houses -| woods fences lands etc. by a tenant for life -| or for years to the prejudice of the heir or -| of him in reversion or remainder. -| +|prematurely | Definition: +| warp v. t. to cast prematurely as young; -- said +| of cattle sheep etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prelates | Definition: -| presbyterianism n. that form of church government -| which invests presbyters with all spiritual -| power and admits no prelates over them; also -| the faith and polity of the presbyterian churches -| taken collectively. +|premises | Definition: +| watchdog n. a dog kept to watch and guard premises +| or property and to give notice of the approach +| of intruders. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prelude | Definition: -| toccata n. an old form of piece for the organ -| or harpsichord somewhat in the free and brilliant -| style of the prelude fantasia or capriccio. +|premium | Definition: +| usury v. t. a premium or increase paid or stipulated +| to be paid for a loan as of money; interest. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|prentice | Definition: +| prentice n. an apprentice. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|preoccupied | Definition: +| unprejudiced a. not prejudiced; free from undue +| bias or prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; +| impartial; as an unprejudiced mind; an unprejudiced +| judge. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |preparation | Definition: | yeast n. the foam or troth (top yeast) or the | sediment (bottom yeast) of beer or other in @@ -45970,6 +41778,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|preparatory | Definition: +| whirlbat n. anything moved with a whirl as preparatory +| for a blow or to augment the force of it; -- +| applied by poets to the cestus of ancient boxers. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |prepare | Definition: | work v. t. to labor or operate upon; to give exertion | and effort to; to prepare for use or to utilize @@ -45984,12 +41799,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prepares | Definition: -| tripos n. a university examination of questionists -| for honors; also a tripos paper; one who prepares -| a tripos paper. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |preparing | Definition: | yaupon n. a shrub (ilex cassine) of the holly | family native from virginia to florida. the @@ -46000,48 +41809,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prerogative | Definition: -| seguestration n. a prerogative process empowering -| certain commissioners to take and hold a defendant's -| property and receive the rents and profits -| thereof until he clears himself of a contempt -| or performs a decree of the court. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prescribe | Definition: -| sentence v. t. to pass or pronounce judgment upon; -| to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe -| the punishment of. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prescribed | Definition: -| usucaption n. the acquisition of the title or -| right to property by the uninterrupted possession -| of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -| -- the same as prescription in common law. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prescribes | Definition: -| penitentiary n. one who prescribes the rules and -| measures of penance. +|prepossessions | Definition: +| prepossession n. preoccupation of the mind by +| an opinion or impression already formed; preconceived +| opinion; previous impression; bias; -- generally +| but not always used in a favorable sense; as +| the prepossessions of childhood. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prescription | Definition: -| warren n. a privilege which one has in his lands -| by royal grant or prescription of hunting and -| taking wild beasts and birds of warren to the -| exclusion of any other person not entering -| by his permission. +|preposterous | Definition: +| rational a. agreeable to reason; not absurd preposterous +| extravagant foolish fanciful or the like; wise; +| judicious; as rational conduct; a rational +| man. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prescriptions | Definition: -| spatula n. an implement shaped like a knife flat -| thin and somewhat flexible used for spreading -| paints fine plasters drugs in compounding prescriptions -| etc. cf. palette knife under palette. -| +|prescribing | Definition: +| prescription n. a prescribing for title; the claim +| of title to a thing by virtue immemorial use +| and enjoyment; the right or title acquired +| by possession had during the time and in the +| manner fixed by law. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |presence | Definition: @@ -46052,12 +41841,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|presentation | Definition: -| wonder n. that emotion which is excited by novelty -| or the presentation to the sight or mind of -| something new unusual strange great extraordinary -| or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; -| admiration; amazement. +|presentable | Definition: +| presentable a. capable or admitting of being presented; +| suitable to be exhibited represented or offered; +| fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence +| fitted to be introduced to another or to go +| into society; as ideas that are presentable +| in simple language; she is not presentable +| in such a gown. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |presented | Definition: @@ -46067,6 +41858,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|presentiment | Definition: +| presentiment n. previous sentiment conception +| or opinion; previous apprehension; especially +| an antecedent impression or conviction of something +| unpleasant distressing or calamitous about +| to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |presenting | Definition: | trichroism n. the quality possessed by some crystals | of presenting different colors in three different @@ -46074,16 +41874,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |presently | Definition: -| presently adv. with actual presence; actually -| . -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|presents | Definition: -| sigillaria n. pl. little images or figures of -| earthenware exposed for sale or given as presents -| on the last two days of the saturnalia; hence -| the last two or the sixth and seventh days -| of the saturnalia. +| presently adv. at once; without delay; forthwith; +| also less definitely soon; shortly; before +| long; after a little while; by and by. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |preservation | Definition: @@ -46095,32 +41889,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|preservative | Definition: -| watch v. i. the act of watching; forbearance of -| sleep; vigil; wakeful vigilant or constantly -| observant attention; close observation; guard; -| preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly -| a watching or guarding by night. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|preserve | Definition: -| xenelasia n. a spartan institution which prohibited -| strangers from residing in sparta without permission -| its object probably being to preserve the national -| simplicity of manners. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |preserved | Definition: -| trophy n. anything taken from an enemy and preserved -| as a memorial of victory as arms flags standards -| etc. +| veronica n. a portrait or representation of the +| face of our savior on the alleged handkerchief +| of saint veronica preserved at rome; hence +| a representation of this portrait or any similar +| representation of the face of the savior. formerly +| called also vernacle and vernicle. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|preside | Definition: -| wraith n. sometimes improperly a spirit thought -| to preside over the waters; -- called also -| water wraith. +|preserving | Definition: +| urn n. a vessel of various forms usually a vase +| furnished with a foot or pedestal employed +| for different purposes as for holding liquids +| for ornamental uses for preserving the ashes +| of the dead after cremation and anciently for +| holding lots to be drawn. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |presided | Definition: @@ -46141,24 +41927,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|presses | Definition: -| shoe n. the part of a railroad car brake which -| presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |pressing | Definition: | wringer n. a machine for pressing water out of | anything particularly from clothes after they | have been washed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|presume | Definition: -| presume v. i. to suppose or assume something to -| be or to be true on grounds deemed valid though -| not amounting to proof; to believe by anticipation; -| to infer; as we may presume too far. -| +|pressure | Definition: +| wiredraw v. t. to pass or to draw off (as steam) +| through narrow ports or the like thus reducing +| its pressure or force by friction. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |presumed | Definition: @@ -46175,43 +41954,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | proof. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|presumption | Definition: -| venture v. i. to hazard one's self; to have the -| courage or presumption to do undertake or say -| something; to dare. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|presumptuous | Definition: -| whippersnapper n. a diminutive insignificant or -| presumptuous person. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|presumptuously | Definition: -| presumptuously adv. in a presumptuous manner; -| arrogantly. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|presupposed | Definition: -| presupposed imp. & p. p. of presuppose -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |pretence | Definition: | pretence n. intention; design. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pretend | Definition: -| reformalize v. i. to affect reformation; to pretend -| to correctness. +| skepticize v. i. to doubt; to pretend to doubt +| of everything. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pretended | Definition: -| sanctimony n. holiness; devoutness; scrupulous -| austerity; sanctity; especially outward or -| artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended -| holiness; hypocritical devoutness. -| +| stoicism n. a real or pretended indifference to +| pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pretender | Definition: +| witling n. a person who has little wit or understanding; +| a pretender to wit or smartness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pretending | Definition: @@ -46220,16 +41982,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prevail | Definition: -| work v. t. to influence by acting upon; to prevail -| upon; to manage; to lead. -| +|pretext | Definition: +| under prep. denoting relation to something that +| comprehends or includes that represents or +| designates that furnishes a cover pretext pretense +| or the like; as he betrayed him under the guise +| of friendship; morpheus is represented under +| the figure of a boy asleep. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|prettily | Definition: +| prettily adv. in a pretty manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prevailed | Definition: -| rococo n. a florid style of ornamentation which -| prevailed in europe in the latter part of the -| eighteenth century. +|pretty | Definition: +| pretty adv. in some degree; moderately; considerably; +| rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; +| as i am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold +| weather. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |prevailing | Definition: @@ -46238,28 +42010,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | magnesian limestone. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prevalent | Definition: -| weak v. i. not prevalent or effective or not felt -| to be prevalent; not potent; feeble. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prevaricated | Definition: -| prevaricated imp. & p. p. of prevaricate -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prevarication | Definition: -| prevarication n. a false or deceitful seeming -| to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating -| or destroying it. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prevaricator | Definition: -| prevaricator n. one who betrays or abuses a trust. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |prevent | Definition: | yoke n. a frame worn on the neck of an animal | as a cow a pig a goose to prevent passage through @@ -46272,22 +42022,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|preventing | Definition: -| turnstile n. a revolving frame in a footpath preventing -| the passage of horses or cattle but admitting -| that of persons; a turnpike. see turnpike n. -| 1. +|previously | Definition: +| unwork v. t. to undo or destroy as work previously +| done. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |prey | Definition: -| trussing n. the act of a hawk or other bird of -| prey in seizing its quarry and soaring with -| it into air. +| vagantes p. pl. a tribe of spiders comprising +| some of those which take their prey in a web +| but which also frequently run with agility +| and chase and seize their prey. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pricked | Definition: -| pricked imp. & p. p. of prick -| +|preyed | Definition: +| prometheus n. the son of iapetus (one of the titans) +| and clymene fabled by the poets to have surpassed +| all mankind in knowledge and to have formed +| men of clay to whom he gave life by means of +| fire stolen from heaven. jupiter being angry +| at this sent mercury to bind prometheus to +| mount caucasus where a vulture preyed upon +| his liver. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pride | Definition: @@ -46299,53 +42055,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|priest | Definition: -| urim n. a part or decoration of the breastplate -| of the high priest among the ancient jews by -| which jehovah revealed his will on certain -| occasions. its nature has been the subject -| of conflicting conjectures. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|priesthood | Definition: -| seminarist n. a member of or one educated in a -| seminary; specifically an ecclesiastic educated -| for the priesthood in a seminary. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|priestly | Definition: -| vestment n. any priestly garment. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|priests | Definition: -| showbread n. bread of exhibition; loaves to set -| before god; -- the term used in translating -| the various phrases used in the hebrew and -| greek to designate the loaves of bread which -| the priest of the week placed before the lord -| on the golden table in the sanctuary. they -| were made of fine flour unleavened and were -| changed every sabbath. the loaves twelve in -| number represented the twelve tribes of israel. -| they were to be eaten by the priests only and -| in the holy place. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|primacy | Definition: -| primacy a. the office rank or character of a primate; -| the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity -| in a national church; the office or dignity -| of an archbishop; as the primacy of england. -| +|prime | Definition: +| unessential a. not essential; not of prime importance; +| not indispensable; unimportant. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|primitive | Definition: -| xerophagy n. among the primitive christians the -| living on a diet of dry food in lent and on -| other fasts. +|primeval | Definition: +| primeval a. belonging to the first ages; pristine; +| original; primitive; primary; as the primeval +| innocence of man. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |prince | Definition: @@ -46367,16 +42086,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|princes | Definition: -| seneschal n. an officer in the houses of princes -| and dignitaries in the middle ages who had -| the superintendence of feasts and domestic -| ceremonies; a steward. sometimes the seneschal -| had the dispensing of justice and was given -| high military commands. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |princess | Definition: | princess n. the consort of a prince; as the princess | of wales. @@ -46391,17 +42100,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the arms. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|principalities | Definition: -| principalities pl. of principality -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|principality | Definition: -| unprince v. t. to deprive of the character or -| authority of a prince; to divest of principality -| of sovereignty. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |principally | Definition: | zinc n. an abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium | group extracted principally from the minerals @@ -46416,24 +42114,37 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | 64.9. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|principals | Definition: +| purline n. in root construction a horizontal member +| supported on the principals and supporting +| the common rafters. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |principle | Definition: | zyme n. the morbific principle of a zymotic disease. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prior | Definition: -| warrandice n. the obligation by which a person -| conveying a subject or a right is bound to -| uphold that subject or right against every -| claim challenge or burden arising from circumstances -| prior to the conveyance; warranty. -| +|printed | Definition: +| york use the one of the three printed uses of +| england which was followed in the north. it +| was based on the sarum use. see use n. 6. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|priory | Definition: +| priory n. a religious house presided over by a +| prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot +| of an subordinate to an abbey and called also +| cell and obedience. see cell 2. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |prison | Definition: -| turnkey n. a person who has charge of the keys -| of a prison for opening and fastening the doors; -| a warder. +| vault n. an arched apartment; especially a subterranean +| room use for storing articles for a prison +| for interment or the like; a cell; a cellar. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |prisoner | Definition: @@ -46474,13 +42185,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|privy | Definition: -| water-closet n. a privy; especially a privy furnished -| with a contrivance for introducing a stream -| of water to cleanse it. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |prize | Definition: | win a. to gain by superiority in competition or | contest; to obtain by victory over competitors @@ -46489,19 +42193,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prized | Definition: -| unprizable a. not prized or valued; being without -| value. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|probability | Definition: -| probability n. likelihood of the occurrence of -| any event in the doctrine of chances or the -| ratio of the number of favorable chances to -| the whole number of chances favorable and unfavorable. -| see 1st chance n. 5. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |probable | Definition: | weight v. t. to assign a weight to; to express | by a number the probable accuracy of as an @@ -46523,6 +42214,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|probe | Definition: +| tent n. a probe for searching a wound. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |proceed | Definition: | work n. to make one's way slowly and with difficulty; | to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed @@ -46548,84 +42244,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |proceedings | Definition: -| transpire v. i. to escape from secrecy; to become -| public; as the proceedings of the council soon -| transpired. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|proceeds | Definition: -| root n. that which resembles a root in position -| or function esp. as a source of nourishment -| or support; that from which anything proceeds -| as if by growth or development; as the root -| of a tooth a nail a cancer and the like. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|processions | Definition: -| talipot n. a beautiful tropical palm tree (corypha -| umbraculifera) a native of ceylon and the malabar -| coast. it has a trunk sixty or seventy feet -| high bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped -| leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans -| in ceremonial processions and when cut into -| strips as a substitute for writing paper. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|proclaim | Definition: -| yell v. t. to utter or declare with a yell; to -| proclaim in a loud tone. -| +| vacate v. t. to annul; to make void; to deprive +| of force; to make of no authority or validity; +| as to vacate a commission or a charter; to +| vacate proceedings in a cause. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|proclaimed | Definition: -| proclamation n. that which is proclaimed publicly -| announced or officially declared; a published -| ordinance; as the proclamation of a king; a -| thanksgiving proclamation. +|procession | Definition: +| whiffler n. an officer who went before procession +| to clear the way by blowing a horn or otherwise; +| hence any person who marched at the head of +| a procession; a harbinger. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|proclaiming | Definition: -| manifesto n. & a. a public declaration usually -| of a prince sovereign or other person claiming -| large powers showing his intentions or proclaiming -| his opinions and motives in reference to some -| act done or contemplated by him; as a manifesto -| declaring the purpose of a prince to begin -| war and explaining his motives. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|proclaims | Definition: -| trumpeter n. one who proclaims publishes or denounces. +|procrastinating | Definition: +| procrastination n. the act or habit of procrastinating +| or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|proclamation | Definition: -| ukase n. in russia a published proclamation or -| imperial order having the force of law. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|proconsul | Definition: -| proconsulate n. the office jurisdiction of a proconsul -| or the term of his office. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|procure | Definition: -| waste v. i. to procure or sustain a reduction -| of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation -| for a race etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|procured | Definition: -| train oil oil procured from the blubber or fat -| of whales by boiling. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |prodigal | Definition: | prodigally adv. in a prodigal manner; with profusion | of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; @@ -46633,8 +42272,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prodigies | Definition: -| prodigies pl. of prodigy +|prodigious | Definition: +| prodigious a. extraordinary in bulk extent quantity +| or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; +| as a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; +| a prodigious blunder. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|prodigiously | Definition: +| prodigiously adv. very much; extremely; as he +| was prodigiously pleased. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |produce | Definition: @@ -46657,50 +42305,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | lactic acid. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|produces | Definition: -| zymogene n. one of a physiological group of globular -| bacteria which produces fermentations of diverse -| nature; -- distinguished from pathogene. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|profanation | Definition: -| violation n. an act of irreverence or desecration; -| profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred -| things; as the violation of a church. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|profane | Definition: -| swearer n. a profane person; one who uses profane -| language. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|profaned | Definition: -| sacred a. hence not to be profaned or violated; -| inviolable. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|profanely | Definition: -| profanely adv. in a profane manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|profaning | Definition: -| sacrilege n. the sin or crime of violating or -| profaning sacred things; the alienating to -| laymen or to common purposes what has been -| appropriated or consecrated to religious persons -| or uses. +|producible | Definition: +| producible a. capable of being produced brought +| forward brought forth generated made or extended. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|profess | Definition: -| waldenses n. pl. a sect of dissenters from the -| ecclesiastical system of the roman catholic -| church who in the 13th century were driven -| by persecution to the valleys of piedmont where -| the sect survives. they profess substantially -| protestant principles. +|producing | Definition: +| zymogenic a. capable of producing a definite zymogen +| or ferment. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |professed | Definition: @@ -46708,21 +42321,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|professes | Definition: -| water doctor one who professes to be able to -| divine diseases by inspection of the urine. +|profession | Definition: +| war n. the profession of arms; the art of war. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|professing | Definition: -| would-be a. desiring or professing to be; vainly -| pretending to be; as a would-be poet. -| +|professionally | Definition: +| professionally adv. in a professional manner or +| capacity; by profession or calling; in the +| exercise of one's profession; one employed +| professionally. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|profession | Definition: -| war n. the profession of arms; the art of war. -| +|proffered | Definition: +| proffered imp. & p. p. of proffer +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|proficiency | Definition: +| up adv. in a higher place or position literally +| or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; +| in an upright or nearly upright position; standing; +| mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation +| prominence advance proficiency excitement insurrection +| or the like; -- used with verbs of rest situation +| condition and the like; as to be up on a hill; +| the lid of the box was up; prices are up. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |profit | Definition: @@ -46752,18 +42377,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|profound | Definition: -| shock n. a sudden depression of the vital forces -| of the entire body or of a port of it marking -| some profound impression produced upon the -| nervous system as by severe injury overpowering -| emotion or the like. +|profits | Definition: +| usufructuary n. a person who has the use of property +| and reaps the profits of it. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|progenitors | Definition: -| manu n. one of a series of progenitors of human -| beings and authors of human wisdom. -| +|profound | Definition: +| sopor n. profound sleep from which a person can +| be roused only with difficulty. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |progress | Definition: @@ -46774,18 +42397,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prohibit | Definition: -| veto n. a power or right possessed by one department -| of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying -| out of projects attempted by another department; -| especially in a constitutional government a -| power vested in the chief executive to prevent -| the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. -| such a power may be absolute as in the case -| of the tribunes of the people in ancient rome -| or limited as in the case of the president -| of the united states. called also the veto -| power. +|progressing | Definition: +| progressing p. pr. & vb. n. of progress +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |prohibited | Definition: @@ -46795,16 +42409,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | simplicity of manners. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prohibiting | Definition: -| statute n. an act of the legislature of a state -| or country declaring commanding or prohibiting -| something; a positive law; the written will -| of the legislature expressed with all the requisite -| forms of legislation; -- used in distinction -| fraom common law. see common law under common -| a. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |prohibition | Definition: | veto n. the exercise of such authority; an act | of prohibition or prevention; as a veto is @@ -46812,59 +42416,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prohibits | Definition: -| prohibit v. t. to forbid by authority; to interdict; -| as god prohibited adam from eating of the fruit -| of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from -| doing a thing and also the doing of the thing; -| as the law prohibits men from stealing or it -| prohibits stealing. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|projecting | Definition: -| xebec n. a small three-masted vessel with projecting -| bow stern and convex decks used in the mediterranean -| for transporting merchandise etc. it carries -| large square sails or both. xebecs were formerly -| armed and used by corsairs. -| +|prolix | Definition: +| prolixly adv. in a prolix manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prologue | Definition: -| prologuing p. pr. & vb. n. of prologue -| +|prolonged | Definition: +| wind v. t. to blow; to sound by blowing; esp. +| to sound with prolonged and mutually involved +| notes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prolong | Definition: -| retrenchment n. a work constructed within another -| to prolong the defense of the position when -| the enemy has gained possession of the outer -| work; or to protect the defenders till they -| can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation. +|prolonging | Definition: +| retardation n. the keeping back of an approaching +| consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones +| of a previous chord into the intermediate chord +| which follows; -- differing from suspension +| by resolving upwards instead of downwards. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prolongation | Definition: -| sea elephant a very large seal (macrorhinus proboscideus) -| of the antarctic seas much hunted for its oil. -| it sometimes attains a length of thirty feet -| and is remarkable for the prolongation of the -| nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic -| proboscis about a foot in length. another species -| of smaller size (m. angustirostris) occurs -| on the coast of lower california but is now -| nearly extinct. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prolonged | Definition: -| wind v. t. to blow; to sound by blowing; esp. -| to sound with prolonged and mutually involved -| notes. +|prominent | Definition: +| zingel n. a small edible freshwater european perch +| (aspro zingel) having a round elongated body +| and prominent snout. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |promise | Definition: -| undertaking n. a promise or pledge; a guarantee. -| +| vow n. to give consecrate or dedicate to god or +| to some deity by a solemn promise; to devote; +| to promise solemnly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |promised | Definition: @@ -46878,19 +42459,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | is caveat emptor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|promises | Definition: -| unfaithful a. not faithful; not observant of promises -| vows allegiance or duty; violating trust or -| confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as an -| unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or -| servant. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |promising | Definition: -| note n. a written or printed paper acknowledging -| a debt and promising payment; as a promissory -| note; a note of hand; a negotiable note. -| +| promising a. making a promise or promises; affording +| hope or assurance; as promising person; a promising +| day. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |promoted | Definition: @@ -46898,26 +42470,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|promoter | Definition: -| seditionary n. an inciter or promoter of sedition. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |promotion | Definition: | post v. t. to enter (a name) on a list as for | service promotion or the like. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|promulgated | Definition: -| promulgated imp. & p. p. of promulgate -| +|prompt | Definition: +| whisper v. t. to prompt secretly or cautiously; +| to inform privately. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|promulgation | Definition: -| placet n. the assent of the civil power to the -| promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. -| +|promptly | Definition: +| ready superl. a word of command or a position +| in the manual of arms at which the piece is +| cocked and held in position to execute promptly +| the next command which is aim. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |prone | Definition: @@ -46931,13 +42500,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pronounce | Definition: -| voice v. t. to utter with sonant or vocal tone; -| to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid -| vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above -| a whisper. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |pronounced | Definition: | ye an old method of printing the article the | (as. /e) the y being used in place of the anglo-saxon @@ -46946,67 +42508,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pronounces | Definition: -| whur v. i. to make a rough humming sound like -| one who pronounces the letter r with too much -| force; to whir; to birr. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pronunciation | Definition: -| ywis adv. certainly; most likely; truly; probably. -| z () z the twenty-sixth and last letter of -| the english alphabet is a vocal consonant. -| it is taken from the latin letter z which came -| from the greek alphabet this having it from -| a semitic source. the ultimate origin is probably -| egyptian. etymologically it is most closely -| related to s y and j; as in glass glaze; e. -| yoke gr. / l. yugum; e. zealous jealous. see -| guide to pronunciation // 273 274. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |proof | Definition: | weatherproof a. proof against rough weather. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|proofs | Definition: -| reasoning n. that which is offered in argument; -| proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; -| course of argument. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prop | Definition: -| underset v. t. to prop or support. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|propagated | Definition: -| wave v. i. a vibration propagated from particle -| to particle through a body or elastic medium -| as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage -| of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration -| with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; -| an undulation. see undulation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|propagating | Definition: -| trumpet n. one who praises or propagates praise -| or is the instrument of propagating it. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|propagation | Definition: -| undulation n. a motion to and fro up and down -| or from side to side in any fluid or elastic -| medium propagated continuously among its particles -| but with no translation of the particles themselves -| in the direction of the propagation of the -| wave; a wave motion; a vibration. -| +|propensities | Definition: +| propensities pl. of propensity +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |proper | Definition: @@ -47023,92 +42532,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|properly | Definition: -| zend n. properly the translation and exposition -| in the huzv/resh or literary pehlevi language -| of the avesta the zoroastrian sacred writings; -| as commonly used the language (an ancient persian -| dialect) in which the avesta is written. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|properties | Definition: -| xylophone n. an instrument to determine the vibrative -| properties of different kinds of wood. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prophecies | Definition: -| revelation n. specifically the last book of the -| sacred canon containing the prophecies of st. -| john; the apocalypse. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prophecy | Definition: -| shall v. i. & auxiliary. as an auxiliary shall -| indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation -| is derived from the person speaking; as you -| shall go; he shall go; that is i order or promise -| your going. it thus ordinarily expresses in -| the second and third persons a command a threat -| or a promise. if the auxillary be emphasized -| the command is made more imperative the promise -| or that more positive and sure. it is also -| employed in the language of prophecy; as >the -| day shall come when . . . > since a promise -| or threat and an authoritative prophecy nearly -| coincide in significance. in shall with the -| first person the necessity of the action is -| sometimes implied as residing elsewhere than -| in the speaker; as i shall suffer; we shall -| see; and there is always a less distinct and -| positive assertion of his volition than is -| indicated by will. >i shall go > implies nearly -| a simple futurity; more exactly a foretelling -| or an expectation of my going in which naturally -| enough a certain degree of plan or intention -| may be included; emphasize the shall and the -| event is described as certain to occur and -| the expression approximates in meaning to our -| emphatic >i will go. > in a question the relation -| of speaker and source of obligation is of course -| transferred to the person addressed; as >shall -| you go? > (answer >i shall go >); >shall -| he go? > i. e. >do you require or promise -| his going? > (answer >he shall go >.) the -| same relation is transferred to either second -| or third person in such phrases as >you say -| or think you shall go; > >he says or thinks -| he shall go. > after a conditional conjunction -| (as if whether) shall is used in all persons -| to express futurity simply; as if i you or -| he shall say they are right. should is everywhere -| used in the same connection and the same senses -| as shall as its imperfect. it also expresses -| duty or moral obligation; as he should do it -| whether he will or not. in the early english -| and hence in our english bible shall is the -| auxiliary mainly used in all the persons to -| express simple futurity. (cf. will v. t.) shall -| may be used elliptically; thus with an adverb -| or other word expressive of motion go may be -| omitted. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prophesied | Definition: -| southcottian n. a follower of joanna southcott -| (1750-1814) an englishwoman who professing -| to have received a miraculous calling preached -| and prophesied and committed many impious absurdities. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prophesies | Definition: -| prophet n. one who prophesies or foretells events; -| a predicter; a foreteller. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |prophesy | Definition: | prophesy v. i. to give instruction in religious | matters; to interpret or explain scripture @@ -47116,53 +42539,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to expound. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prophesying | Definition: -| prophesying p. pr. & vb. n. of prophesy -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prophet | Definition: -| zoroastrianism n. the religious system of zoroaster -| the legislator and prophet of the ancient persians -| which was the national faith of persia; mazdeism. -| the system presupposes a good spirit (ormuzd) -| and an opposing evil spirit (ahriman). cf. -| fire worship under fire and parsee. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prophetess | Definition: -| prophetess n. a female prophet. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prophetic | Definition: -| vision v. especially that which is seen otherwise -| than by the ordinary sight or the rational -| eye; a supernatural prophetic or imaginary -| sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; -| as the visions of isaiah. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prophetical | Definition: -| prophetically adv. in a prophetical manner; by -| way of prediction. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prophetically | Definition: -| prophetically adv. in a prophetical manner; by -| way of prediction. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prophets | Definition: -| irvingite n. the common designation of one a sect -| founded by the rev. edward irving (about 1830) -| who call themselves the catholic apostolic -| church. they are highly ritualistic in worship -| have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles prophets -| etc. and look for the speedy coming of christ. -| +|propitiate | Definition: +| propitiate v. t. to appease to render favorable; +| to make propitious; to conciliate. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |propitiation | Definition: @@ -47175,22 +42555,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | an ox or a sheep. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|propitiatory | Definition: -| lustrate v. t. to make clear or pure by means -| of a propitiatory offering; to purify. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |proportion | Definition: | vulcanite n. hard rubber produced by vulcanizing | with a large proportion of sulphur. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|proportionable | Definition: -| proportionable a. capable of being proportioned -| or made proportional; also proportional; proportionate. -| +|proportioned | Definition: +| work n. the causing of motion against a resisting +| force. the amount of work is proportioned to +| and is measured by the product of the force +| into the amount of motion along the direction +| of the force. see conservation of energy under +| conservation unit of work under unit also foot +| pound horse power poundal and erg. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|proportions | Definition: +| vary v. t. to change the aspect of; to alter in +| form appearance substance position or the like; +| to make different by a partial change; to modify; +| as to vary the properties proportions or nature +| of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; +| to vary one's dress or opinions. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |proposal | Definition: @@ -47198,6 +42587,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|proposals | Definition: +| proposal n. that which is proposed or propounded +| for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or +| design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; +| as to make proposals for a treaty of peace; +| to offer proposals for erecting a building; +| to make proposals of marriage. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |propose | Definition: | suggest v. t. to propose with difference or modesty; | to hint; to intimate; as to suggest a difficulty. @@ -47213,30 +42612,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |proposing | Definition: -| offer v. t. the act of offering bringing forward -| proposing or bidding; a proffer; a first advance. -| +| proposing p. pr. & vb. n. of propose +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |proposition | Definition: -| understand v. t. to have just and adequate ideas -| of; to apprehended the meaning or intention -| of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to -| know; as to understand a problem in euclid; -| to understand a proposition or a declaration; -| the court understands the advocate or his argument; -| to understand the sacred oracles; to understand -| a nod or a wink. +| vote v. i. to express or signify the mind will +| or preference either viva voce or by ballot +| or by other authorized means as in electing +| persons to office in passing laws regulations +| etc. or in deciding on any proposition in which +| one has an interest with others. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|propositions | Definition: -| ultimatum n. a final proposition concession or -| condition; especially the final propositions -| conditions or terms offered by either of the -| parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most -| favorable terms a negotiator can offer the -| rejection of which usually puts an end to the -| hesitation. +|propound | Definition: +| propound v. t. to propose or name as a candidate +| for admission to communion with a church. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |propped | Definition: @@ -47244,15 +42637,55 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|propriety | Definition: -| wide superl. far from truth from propriety from -| necessity or the like. +|proprieties | Definition: +| proprieties pl. of propriety +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|proselyte | Definition: -| proselyte v. t. to convert to some religion opinion -| or system; to bring over. -| +|proprietor | Definition: +| zamindar n. a landowner; also a collector of land +| revenue; now usually a kind of feudatory recognized +| as an actual proprietor so long as he pays +| to the government a certain fixed revenue. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|proprietorship | Definition: +| proprietorship n. the state of being proprietor; +| ownership. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|proscribed | Definition: +| proscribe v. t. 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. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|prose | Definition: +| turn v. t. to change the form quality aspect or +| effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; +| to transform; -- often with to or into before +| the word denoting the effect or product of +| the change; as to turn a worm into a winged +| insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose +| into verse; to turn a whig to a tory or a hindu +| to a christian; to turn good to evil and the +| like. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|prosecuted | Definition: +| rage n. the subject of eager desire; that which +| is sought after or prosecuted with unreasonable +| or excessive passion; as to be all the rage. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|prosecution | Definition: +| vigorous a. exhibiting strength either of body +| or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; +| as vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution +| of a war. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |prospect | Definition: @@ -47263,9 +42696,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the avenue. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prosper | Definition: -| thrive v. i. to prosper in any business; to have -| increase or success. +|prospects | Definition: +| humanly adv. in a human manner; after the manner +| of men; according to the knowledge or wisdom +| of men; as the present prospects humanly speaking +| promise a happy issue. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |prospered | Definition: @@ -47289,46 +42724,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | welfare. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prostitute | Definition: -| rip n. a term applied to a mean worthless thing -| or person as to a scamp a debauchee or a prostitute -| or a worn-out horse. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prostituted | Definition: -| prostituted imp. & p. p. of prostitute -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prostitutes | Definition: -| whore n. a woman who practices unlawful sexual -| commerce with men especially one who prostitutes -| her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prostituting | Definition: -| prostitution n. the act or practice of prostituting -| or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse -| with men; common lewdness of a woman. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prostitution | Definition: -| venality n. the quality or state of being venal -| or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution -| of talents offices or services for money or -| reward; as the venality of a corrupt court; -| the venality of an official. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prostrate | Definition: -| vesicoprostatic a. of a pertaining to the bladder -| and the prostrate gland. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |prostrated | Definition: | windfall n. anything blown down or off by the | wind as fruit from a tree or the tree itself @@ -47336,45 +42731,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wind etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prostrating | Definition: -| prostration n. the act of prostrating throwing -| down or laying fiat; as the prostration of -| the body. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|protect | Definition: -| wormwood n. a composite plant (artemisia absinthium) -| having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste -| formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge and -| to protect woolen garments from moths. it gives -| the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. -| the volatile oil is a narcotic poison. the -| term is often extended to other species of -| the same genus. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |protected | Definition: -| sea-walled a. surrounded bounded or protected -| by the sea as if by a wall. -| +| tectibranchiata n. pl. an order or suborder of +| gastropod mollusca in which the gills are usually +| situated on one side of the back and protected +| by a fold of the mantle. when there is a shell +| it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. +| the aplysias and the bubble shells are examples. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |protecting | Definition: -| tutelary a. having the guardianship or charge -| of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; -| protecting; as tutelary goddesses. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|protector | Definition: -| protectorship n. the office of a protector or -| regent; protectorate. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|protects | Definition: -| tutor n. one who guards protects watches over -| or has the care of some person or thing. -| +| visor n. the fore piece of a cap projecting over +| and protecting the eyes. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |protest | Definition: @@ -47383,29 +42753,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | drawee. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|protestant | Definition: -| waldenses n. pl. a sect of dissenters from the -| ecclesiastical system of the roman catholic -| church who in the 13th century were driven -| by persecution to the valleys of piedmont where -| the sect survives. they profess substantially -| protestant principles. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|protestants | Definition: -| interim n. a name given to each of three compromises -| made by the emperor charles v. of germany for -| the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions -| of protestants and catholics. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |protested | Definition: -| redraft n. a new bill of exchange which the holder -| of a protected bill draws on the drawer or -| indorsers in order to recover the amount of -| the protested bill with costs and charges. -| +| redraw v. i. to draw a new bill of exchange as +| the holder of a protested bill on the drawer +| or indorsers. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |protesting | Definition: @@ -47418,14 +42769,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |proud | Definition: -| show n. proud or ostentatious display; parade; -| pomp. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|proudly | Definition: -| proudly adv. in a proud manner; with lofty airs -| or mien; haughtily; arrogantly; boastfully. -| +| vain superl. proud of petty things or of trifling +| attainments; having a high opinion of one's +| own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; +| puffed up; inflated. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |prove | Definition: @@ -47444,41 +42791,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|provender | Definition: -| whisket n. a basket; esp. a straw provender basket. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prover | Definition: -| prover n. one who or that which proves. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |proverb | Definition: | proverb v. i. to write or utter proverbs. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|proverbial | Definition: -| saying n. that which is said; a declaration; a -| statement especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; -| a proverb. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|proverbs | Definition: -| proverbialist n. one who makes much use of proverbs -| in speech or writing; one who composes collects -| or studies proverbs. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|proves | Definition: -| trial n. the state of being tried or tempted; -| exposure to suffering that tests strength patience -| faith or the like; affliction or temptation -| that exercises and proves the graces or virtues -| of men. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |providence | Definition: | unbelief n. disbelief; especially disbelief of | divine revelation or in a divine providence @@ -47491,11 +42808,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | covering with turf. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|province | Definition: -| waywodeship n. the office province or jurisdiction -| of a waywode. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |provinces | Definition: | walloons n. pl. a romanic people inhabiting that | part of belgium which comprises the provinces @@ -47505,6 +42817,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|provincial | Definition: +| whinstone n. a provincial name given in england +| to basaltic rocks and applied by miners to +| other kind of dark-colored unstratified rocks +| which resist the point of the pick. -- for +| example to masses of chert. whin-dikes and +| whin-sills are names sometimes given to veins +| or beds of basalt. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |proving | Definition: | voucher n. a book paper or document which serves | to vouch the truth of accounts or to confirm @@ -47516,29 +42838,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | proving facts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|provision | Definition: -| victualer n. a vessel employed to carry provisions -| usually for military or naval use; a provision -| use; a provision ship. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |provisions | Definition: | wangan n. a boat for conveying provisions tools | etc.; -- so called by maine lumbermen. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|provocation | Definition: -| provoke v. i. to cause provocation or anger. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|provoke | Definition: -| salmis n. a ragout of partly roasted game stewed -| with sauce wine bread and condiments suited -| to provoke appetite. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |provoked | Definition: | resentment n. in a bad sense strong displeasure; | anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury @@ -47550,10 +42855,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | diuretic. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prudence | Definition: -| telltale n. one who officiously communicates information -| of the private concerns of others; one who -| tells that which prudence should suppress. +|prowl | Definition: +| prowling a. accustomed to prowl or engaged in +| roving stealthily as for prey. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|prowling | Definition: +| scourer n. a rover or footpad; a prowling robber. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -47562,90 +42871,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in money affairs. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|prudently | Definition: -| prudently adv. in a prudent manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|prune | Definition: -| reprune v. t. to prune again or anew. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pruned | Definition: -| pruned imp. & p. p. of prune -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pruning | Definition: -| serpette n. a pruning knife with a curved blade. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |pry | Definition: -| nose v. i. to pry officiously into what does not -| concern one. +| pry v. t. to raise or move or attempt to raise +| or move with a pry or lever; to prize. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |psalm | Definition: -| tune n. a rhythmical melodious symmetrical series -| of tones for one voice or instrument or for -| any number of voices or instruments in unison -| or two or more such series forming parts in -| harmony; a melody; an air; as a merry tune; -| a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. -| see air. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|psalmist | Definition: -| psalmist n. a clerk precentor singer or leader -| of music in the church. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|psalms | Definition: -| psalter n. specifically the book of psalms as -| printed in the book of common prayer; among -| the roman catholics the part of the breviary -| which contains the psalms arranged for each -| day of the week. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|psalteries | Definition: -| psalteries pl. of psaltery -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|psaltery | Definition: -| psaltery n. a stringed instrument of music used -| by the hebrews the form of which is not known. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ptolemais | Definition: -| sabellian n. a follower of sabellius a presbyter -| of ptolemais in the third century who maintained -| that there is but one person in the godhead -| and that the son and holy spirit are only different -| powers operations or offices of the one god -| the father. +| venite n. the 95th psalm which is said or sung +| regularly in the public worship of many churches. +| also a musical composition adapted to this +| psalm. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ptolemy | Definition: -| ptolemaic a. of or pertaining to ptolemy the geographer -| and astronomer. +|psychological | Definition: +| psychologic a. alt. of psychological +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |publican | Definition: -| publican n. the keeper of an inn or public house; -| one licensed to retail beer spirits or wine. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|publication | Definition: -| weekly n. a publication issued once in seven days -| or appearing once a week. -| +| publican n. a farmer of the taxes and public revenues; +| hence a collector of toll or tribute. the inferior +| officers of this class were often oppressive +| in their exactions and were regarded with great +| detestation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |publicly | Definition: @@ -47657,32 +42906,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|publish | Definition: -| trumpet v. t. to publish by or as by sound of -| trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as to -| trumpet good tidings. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|publishes | Definition: -| trumpeter n. one who proclaims publishes or denounces. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|publishing | Definition: -| quotation n. the naming or publishing of the current -| price of stocks bonds or any commodity; also -| the price named. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|publius | Definition: -| falcidian a. of or pertaining to publius falcidius -| a roman tribune. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|puff | Definition: -| whiff v. t. to carry or convey by a whiff or as -| by a whiff; to puff or blow away. -| +|pudding | Definition: +| thible n. a slice; a skimmer; a spatula; a pudding +| stick. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |puffed | Definition: @@ -47692,6 +42918,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | puffed up; inflated. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|puffy | Definition: +| turgent a. rising into a tumor or a puffy state; +| swelling; tumid; as turgent humors. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pugilistic | Definition: +| pugilistic a. of or pertaining to pugillism. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |pull | Definition: | wrest v. t. to turn; to twist; esp. to twist or | extort by violence; to pull of force away by @@ -47713,20 +42950,56 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pulse | Definition: -| tricrotism n. that condition of the arterial pulse -| in which there is a triple beat. the pulse -| curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing -| characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary -| crests in addition to the primary. -| +|pulls | Definition: +| wire-puller n. one who pulls the wires as of a +| puppet; hence one who operates by secret means; +| an intriguer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|punish | Definition: -| whip v. t. to punish with a whip scourge or rod; -| to flog; to beat; as to whip a vagrant; to -| whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a -| perverse boy. +|pummel | Definition: +| pummel n. & v. t. same as pommel. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pump | Definition: +| vacuum n. a space entirely devoid of matter (called +| also by way of distinction absolute vacuum); +| hence in a more general sense a space as the +| interior of a closed vessel which has been +| exhausted to a high or the highest degree by +| an air pump or other artificial means; as water +| boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pumps | Definition: +| windbore n. the lower or bottom pipe in a lift +| of pumps in a mine. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|punch | Definition: +| set n. a kind of punch used for bending indenting +| or giving shape to metal; as a saw set. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|punctual | Definition: +| punctually adv. in a punctual manner; promptly; +| exactly. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|punctuality | Definition: +| punctuality n. the quality or state of being punctual; +| especially adherence to the exact time of an +| engagement; exactness. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pungent | Definition: +| water cress a perennial cruciferous herb (nasturtium +| officinale) growing usually in clear running +| or spring water. the leaves are pungent and +| used for salad and as an antiscorbutic. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |punished | Definition: @@ -47736,27 +43009,38 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|punishes | Definition: -| punish v. t. to impose a penalty upon; to afflict -| with pain loss or suffering for a crime or -| fault either with or without a view to the -| offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in -| retribution; to chasten; as to punish traitors -| with death; a father punishes his child for -| willful disobedience. +|punishment | Definition: +| wrath a. the effects of anger or indignation; +| the just punishment of an offense or a crime. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|punishing | Definition: -| whirligig n. a mediaeval instrument for punishing -| petty offenders being a kind of wooden cage -| turning on a pivot in which the offender was -| whirled round with great velocity. -| +|pupil | Definition: +| tutor n. one who has the charge of a child or +| pupil and his estate; a guardian. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|punishment | Definition: -| wrath a. the effects of anger or indignation; -| the just punishment of an offense or a crime. +|pupils | Definition: +| schoolroom n. a room in which pupils are taught. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|puppets | Definition: +| fantoccini n. pl. puppets caused to perform evolutions +| or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also +| the representations in which they are used. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|puppy | Definition: +| puppying p. pr. & vb. n. of puppy +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|purblind | Definition: +| purblind a. nearsighted or dim-sighted; seeing +| obscurely; as a purblind eye; a purblind mole. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -47776,110 +43060,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |purchasing | Definition: -| tributary a. paying tribute to another either -| from compulsion as an acknowledgment of submission -| or to secure protection or for the purpose -| of purchasing peace. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pure | Definition: -| white superl. reflecting to the eye all the rays -| of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any -| of the proper colors or their mixtures; having -| the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite -| of black or dark; as white paper; a white skin. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|purely | Definition: -| vocal n. a vocal sound; specifically a purely -| vocal element of speech unmodified except by -| resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic -| element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal -| and a nonvocal. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|purer | Definition: -| ethereal a. pertaining to the hypothetical upper -| purer air or to the higher regions beyond the -| earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; -| as ethereal space; ethereal regions. +| value n. worth estimated by any standard of purchasing +| power especially by the market price or the +| amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent +| to the utility and cost of anything. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|purest | Definition: -| tonic a. of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically -| (phon.) applied to or distingshing a speech -| sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by -| obstruction such sounds namely the vowels and -| diphthongs being so called by dr. james rush -| (1833) > from their forming the purest and -| most plastic material of intonation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|purgation | Definition: -| purgatory n. a state or place of purification -| after death; according to the roman catholic -| creed a place or a state believed to exist -| after death in which the souls of persons are -| purified by expiating such offenses committed -| in this life as do not merit eternal damnation -| or in which they fully satisfy the justice -| of god for sins that have been forgiven. after -| this purgation from the impurities of sin the -| souls are believed to be received into heaven. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|purgatory | Definition: -| purgatory n. a state or place of purification -| after death; according to the roman catholic -| creed a place or a state believed to exist -| after death in which the souls of persons are -| purified by expiating such offenses committed -| in this life as do not merit eternal damnation -| or in which they fully satisfy the justice -| of god for sins that have been forgiven. after -| this purgation from the impurities of sin the -| souls are believed to be received into heaven. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|purge | Definition: -| soil v. t. to feed as cattle or horses in the -| barn or an inclosure with fresh grass or green -| food cut for them instead of sending them out -| to pasture; hence (such food having the effect -| of purging them) to purge by feeding on green -| food; as to soil a horse. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|purged | Definition: -| scour v. i. to be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|purging | Definition: -| soil v. t. to feed as cattle or horses in the -| barn or an inclosure with fresh grass or green -| food cut for them instead of sending them out -| to pasture; hence (such food having the effect -| of purging them) to purge by feeding on green -| food; as to soil a horse. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|purification | Definition: -| vaseline n. a yellowish translucent substance -| almost odorless and tasteless obtained as a -| residue in the purification of crude petroleum -| and consisting essentially of a mixture of -| several of the higher members of the paraffin -| series. it is used as an unguent and for various -| purposes in the arts. see the note under petrolatum. -| +|pure | Definition: +| white n. the color of pure snow; one of the natural +| colors of bodies yet not strictly a color but +| a composition of all colors; the opposite of +| black; whiteness. see the note under color +| n. 1. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |purified | Definition: @@ -47888,24 +43081,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|purify | Definition: -| try v. t. to purify or refine as metals; to melt -| out and procure in a pure state as oil tallow -| lard etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|purifying | Definition: -| sublimation n. that which is sublimed; the product -| of a purifying process. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|purity | Definition: -| virtue n. specifically moral excellence; integrity -| of character; purity of soul; performance of -| duty. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |purple | Definition: | wineberry n. a peculiar new zealand shrub (coriaria | ruscifolia) in which the petals ripen and afford @@ -47921,12 +43096,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | strain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|purposed | Definition: -| scope n. that at which one aims; the thing or -| end to which the mind directs its view; that -| which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; -| hence ultimate design aim or purpose; intention; -| drift; object. +|purposely | Definition: +| purposely adv. with purpose or design; intentionally; +| with predetermination; designedly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |purposes | Definition: @@ -47948,9 +43121,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|purses | Definition: -| pickpurse n. one who steals purses or money from -| purses. +|purser | Definition: +| purser n. a clerk on steam passenger vessels whose +| duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels +| such as the receipt of freight tickets etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pursuance | Definition: +| pursuance n. the act of pursuing or prosecuting; +| a following out or after. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|pursuant | Definition: +| pursuant adv. alt. of pursuantly +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pursue | Definition: @@ -47965,12 +43151,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pursuer | Definition: -| pursuer n. one who pursues or chases; one who -| follows in haste with a view to overtake. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |pursuing | Definition: | worldly-minded a. devoted to worldly interests; | mindful of the affairs of the present life @@ -47987,19 +43167,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | fervor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|push | Definition: -| shuffle v. t. to shove one way and the other; -| to push from one to another; as to shuffle -| money from hand to hand. -| +|pursuits | Definition: +| virtuosoship n. the condition pursuits or occupation +| of a virtuoso. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pushed | Definition: -| trundle-bed n. a low bed that is moved on trundles -| or little wheels so that it can be pushed under -| a higher bed; a truckle-bed; also sometimes -| a simiral bed without wheels. -| +| vinaigrette n. a small two-wheeled vehicle like +| a bath chair to be drawn or pushed by a boy +| or man. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |pushing | Definition: @@ -48008,32 +43184,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|pusillanimity | Definition: -| pusillanimity n. the quality of being pusillanimous; -| weakness of spirit; cowardliness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|putrefy | Definition: -| putrefy v. i. to become putrid; to decay offensively; -| to rot. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|putrify | Definition: -| putrify v. t. & i. to putrefy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|puts | Definition: -| ultimatum n. a final proposition concession or -| condition; especially the final propositions -| conditions or terms offered by either of the -| parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most -| favorable terms a negotiator can offer the -| rejection of which usually puts an end to the -| hesitation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |putting | Definition: | weave v. t. to form as cloth by interlacing threads; | to compose as a texture of any kind by putting @@ -48043,71 +43193,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of a story. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|puzzles | Definition: -| sticker n. that which causes one to stick; that -| which puzzles or poses. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pygarg | Definition: -| pygarg alt. of pygargus -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pyramids | Definition: -| quartzoid n. a form of crystal common with quartz -| consisting of two six-sided pyramids base to -| base. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|python | Definition: -| python n. any species of very large snakes of -| the genus python and allied genera of the family -| pythonidae. they are nearly allied to the boas. -| called also rock snake. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|pythonic | Definition: -| pythonic a. prophetic; oracular; pretending to -| foretell events. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|quail | Definition: -| turnstone n. any species of limicoline birds of -| the genera strepsilas and arenaria allied to -| the plovers especially the common american -| and european species (strepsilas interpres). -| they are so called from their habit of turning -| up small stones in search of mollusks and other -| aquatic animals. called also brant bird sand -| runner sea quail sea lark sparkback and skirlcrake. +|puzzled | Definition: +| sophist n. one of a class of men who taught eloquence +| philosophy and politics in ancient greece; +| especially one of those who by their fallacious +| but plausible reasoning puzzled inquirers after +| truth weakened the faith of the people and +| drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|quails | Definition: -| turnix n. any one of numerous species of birds -| belonging to turnix or hemipodius and allied -| genera of the family turnicidae. these birds -| resemble quails and partridges in general appearance -| and in some of their habits but differ in important -| anatomical characteristics. the hind toe is -| usually lacking. they are found in asia africa -| southern europe the east indian islands and -| esp. in australia and adjacent islands where -| they are called quails (see quail n. 3.). see -| turnicimorphae. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|quake | Definition: -| quaking a. & n. from quake v. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|quaked | Definition: -| quaked imp. & p. p. of quake -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |qualified | Definition: | venire facias a judicial writ or precept directed | to the sheriff requiring him to cause a certain @@ -48132,34 +43227,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a yoke of oxen. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|quantum | Definition: +| quantum n. a definite portion of a manifoldness +| limited by a mark or by a boundary. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |quarrel | Definition: -| wrangle v. i. to dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly -| and noisily; to brawl; to altercate. -| +| wrangle v. t. to involve in a quarrel or dispute; +| to embroil. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |quarrelled | Definition: | quarrelled of quarrel |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|quarrelling | Definition: -| quarrelling of quarrel -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|quarrels | Definition: -| quarrel n. one who quarrels or wrangles; one who -| is quarrelsome. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|quarrelsome | Definition: -| rixatrix n. a scolding or quarrelsome woman; a -| scold. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |quarries | Definition: | quarries pl. of quarry |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|quarry | Definition: +| trussing n. the act of a hawk or other bird of +| prey in seizing its quarry and soaring with +| it into air. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |quarter | Definition: | western a. of or pertaining to the west; situated | in the west or in the region nearly in the @@ -48168,24 +43260,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the western ocean. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|quarters | Definition: -| tap n. a signal by drum or trumpet for extinguishing -| all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring -| to bed -- usually given about a quarter of -| an hour after tattoo. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|quashed | Definition: -| quashed imp. & p. p. of quash -| +|quarterly | Definition: +| quarterly adv. in quarters or quarterings; as +| to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; +| -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn +| through it at right angles. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |queen | Definition: -| tudor a. of or pertaining to a royal line of england -| descended from owen tudor of wales who married -| the widowed queen of henry v. the first reigning -| tudor was henry vii.; the last elizabeth. -| +| victorian a. of or pertaining to the reign of +| queen victoria of england; as the victorian +| poets. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |queens | Definition: @@ -48195,29 +43281,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|quench | Definition: -| restinguish v. t. to quench or extinguish. -| +|queer | Definition: +| rum n. a queer or odd person or thing; a country +| parson. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|quenched | Definition: -| quenched imp. & p. p. of quench -| +|quell | Definition: +| quell v. t. to quiet; to allay; to pacify; to +| cause to yield or cease; as to quell grief; +| to quell the tumult of the soul. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|quenching | Definition: -| water-white n. a vinelike plant (vitis caribaea) -| growing in parched districts in the west indies -| and containing a great amount of sap which -| is sometimes used for quenching thirst. -| +|querulous | Definition: +| querulous v. expressing complaint; fretful; whining; +| as a querulous tone of voice. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|query | Definition: -| wonder v. i. to feel doubt and curiosity; to wait -| with uncertain expectation; to query in the -| mind; as he wondered why they came. -| +|quest | Definition: +| questman n. one legally empowered to make quest +| of certain matters esp. of abuses of weights +| and measures. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|questionable | Definition: +| questionableness n. the quality or state of being +| questionable doubtful or suspicious. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |questioned | Definition: @@ -48225,34 +43316,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|questioner | Definition: +| questioner n. one who asks questions; an inquirer. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |questioning | Definition: | questioning p. pr. & vb. n. of question | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|qui | Definition: -| qui vive the challenge of a french sentinel or -| patrol; -- used like the english challenge: -| who comes there? -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|quicken | Definition: -| wicken tree same as quicken tree. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |quickened | Definition: | quickened imp. & p. p. of quicken | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|quickening | Definition: -| quickening n. the first motion of the fetus in -| the womb felt by the mother occurring usually -| about the middle of the term of pregnancy. -| it has been popularly supposed to be due to -| the fetus becoming possessed of independent -| life. +|quicker | Definition: +| run a. to move proceed advance pass go come etc. +| swiftly smoothly or with quick action; -- said +| of things animate or inanimate. hence to flow +| glide or roll onward as a stream a snake a +| wagon etc.; to move by quicker action than +| in walking as a person a horse a dog. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |quickly | Definition: @@ -48262,11 +43348,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|quid | Definition: -| quiddity n. the essence nature or distinctive -| peculiarity of a thing; that which answers -| the question quid est? or what is it? -| +|quickness | Definition: +| weasel n. any one of various species of small +| carnivores belonging to the genus putorius +| as the ermine and ferret. they have a slender +| elongated body and are noted for the quickness +| of their movements and for their bloodthirsty +| habit in destroying poultry rats etc. the ermine +| and some other species are brown in summer +| and turn white in winter; others are brown +| at all seasons. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |quiet | Definition: @@ -48284,9 +43375,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|quieting | Definition: -| quieting p. pr. & vb. n. of quiet -| +|quieter | Definition: +| quieter n. one who or that which quiets. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |quietly | Definition: @@ -48303,18 +43394,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|quintus | Definition: -| fabian a. of pertaining to or in the manner of -| the roman general quintus fabius maximus verrucosus; -| cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|quis | Definition: -| si quis a notification by a candidate for orders -| of his intention to inquire whether any impediment -| may be alleged against him. -| +|quintin | Definition: +| quintin n. see quintain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |quit | Definition: @@ -48324,64 +43405,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |quite | Definition: -| undulation n. the pulsation caused by the vibrating -| together of two tones not quite in unison; -| -- called also beat. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|quitting | Definition: -| turn-out n. the act of coming forth; a leaving -| of houses shops etc.; esp. a quitting of employment -| for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; -| a strike; -- opposed to lockout. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|quiver | Definition: -| sheaf n. any collection of things bound together; -| a bundle; specifically a bundle of arrows sufficient -| to fill a quiver or the allowance of each archer -| -- usually twenty-four. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|quorum | Definition: -| quorum n. such a number of the officers or members -| of any body as is competent by law or constitution -| to transact business; as a quorum of the house -| of representatives; a constitutional quorum -| was not present. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|quoted | Definition: -| quoted imp. & p. p. of quote -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rabbi | Definition: -| zohar n. a jewish cabalistic book attributed by -| tradition to rabbi simon ben yochi who lived -| about the end of the 1st century a. d. modern -| critics believe it to be a compilation of the -| 13th century. +| uranium n. an element of the chromium group found +| in certain rare minerals as pitchblende uranite +| etc. and reduced as a heavy hard nickel-white +| metal which is quite permanent. its yellow +| oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate +| greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by +| a strong fluorescence and its black oxide is +| used as a pigment in porcelain painting. symbol +| u. atomic weight 239. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rabbins | Definition: -| rabbinist n. one among the jews who adhered to -| the talmud and the traditions of the rabbins -| in opposition to the karaites who rejected -| the traditions. +|quitted | Definition: +| quitted of quit |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rabbit | Definition: -| water rabbit see water hare. -| +|quivering | Definition: +| vibrate v. i. to produce an oscillating or quivering +| effect of sound; as a whisper vibrates on the +| ear. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|raca | Definition: -| raca a. a term of reproach used by the jews of -| our savior's time meaning worthless. -| +|rabbits | Definition: +| rodentia a. an order of mammals having two (rarely +| four) large incisor teeth in each jaw distant +| from the molar teeth. the rats squirrels rabbits +| marmots and beavers belong to this order. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |race | Definition: @@ -48391,14 +43441,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|racked | Definition: -| racked imp. & p. p. of rack -| +|races | Definition: +| xanthous a. yellow; specifically (ethnol.) of +| or pertaining to those races of man which have +| yellowish red auburn or brown hair. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rafter | Definition: -| yard v. i. a long piece of timber as a rafter -| etc. +|radiant | Definition: +| roast v. t. to cook by exposure to radiant heat +| before a fire; as to roast meat on a spit or +| in an oven open toward the fire and having +| reflecting surfaces within; also to cook in +| a close oven. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rafters | Definition: @@ -48420,23 +43475,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|raged | Definition: -| rage n. to ravage; to prevail without restraint -| or with destruction or fatal effect; as the -| plague raged in cairo. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rages | Definition: | tearer n. one who tears or rends anything; also | one who rages or raves with violence. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|raging | Definition: -| still a. to stop as motion or agitation; to cause -| to become quiet or comparatively quiet; to -| check the agitation of; as to still the raging -| sea. +|ragged | Definition: +| tatterdemalion n. a ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rags | Definition: @@ -48446,21 +43493,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|raia | Definition: -| raia n. a genus of rays which includes the skates. -| see skate. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|railer | Definition: -| railer n. one who rails; one who scoffs insults -| censures or reproaches with opprobrious language. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|railing | Definition: -| top-armor n. a top railing supported by stanchions -| and equipped with netting. -| +|rail | Definition: +| weka n. a new zealand rail (ocydromus australis) +| which has wings so short as to be incapable +| of flight. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rails | Definition: @@ -48470,11 +43506,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | rail. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|raiment | Definition: -| woolward adv. in wool; with woolen raiment next -| the skin. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rain | Definition: | zamang n. an immense leguminous tree (pithecolobium | saman) of venezuela. its branches form a hemispherical @@ -48484,26 +43515,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rainbow | Definition: -| yellow superl. 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. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rained | Definition: -| rain n. to fall or drop like water from the clouds; -| as tears rained from their eyes. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|raining | Definition: -| showery a. raining in showers; abounding with -| frequent showers of rain. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rains | Definition: | wash v. t. to waste or abrade by the force of | water in motion; as heavy rains wash a road @@ -48528,17 +43539,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|raises | Definition: -| woolgrower n. one who raises sheep for the production -| of wool. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|raisin | Definition: -| sultana n. a kind of seedless raisin produced -| near smyrna in asiatic turkey. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |raising | Definition: | yeast n. the foam or troth (top yeast) or the | sediment (bottom yeast) of beer or other in @@ -48551,55 +43551,49 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|raisins | Definition: -| usquebaugh a. a liquor compounded of brandy or -| other strong spirit raisins cinnamon and other -| spices. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rake | Definition: -| shank v. that part of a hoe rake knife or the -| like by which it is secured to a handle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |raked | Definition: | windrow n. a row or line of hay raked together | for the purpose of being rolled into cocks | or heaps. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ram | Definition: -| water ram an hydraulic ram. -| +|rakes | Definition: +| raker n. one who or that which rakes +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rama | Definition: -| ramayana n. the more ancient of the two great -| epic poems in sanskrit. the hero and heroine -| are rama and his wife sita. -| +|raking | Definition: +| raking n. a space gone over with a rake; also +| the work done or the quantity of hay grain +| etc. collected by going once over a space with +| a rake. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rampart | Definition: -| trench v. t. to fortify by cutting a ditch and -| raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth -| thrown out of the ditch; to intrench. -| +|rakish | Definition: +| rakishly adv. in a rakish manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ramparts | Definition: -| fascine n. a cylindrical bundle of small sticks -| of wood bound together used in raising batteries -| filling ditches strengthening ramparts and -| making parapets; also in revetments for river -| banks and in mats for dams jetties etc. -| +|rallied | Definition: +| rallied imp. & p. p. of rally +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rams | Definition: -| rammer n. one who or that which rams or drives. -| +|rallying | Definition: +| watchword n. a sentiment or motto; esp. one used +| as a rallying cry or a signal for action. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ram | Definition: +| water ram an hydraulic ram. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rampage | Definition: +| rampage v. violent or riotous behavior; a state +| of excitement passion or debauchery; as to +| be on the rampage. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ran | Definition: @@ -48620,35 +43614,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|ranges | Definition: +| valley n. the space inclosed between ranges of +| hills or mountains; the strip of land at the +| bottom of the depressions intersecting a country +| including usually the bed of a stream with +| frequently broad alluvial plains on one or +| both sides of the stream. also used figuratively. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rank | Definition: | yield v. i. to give place as inferior in rank | or excellence; as they will yield to us in | nothing. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ranks | Definition: -| trifarious a. facing three ways; arranged in three -| vertical ranks as the leaves of veratrum. -| +|rankled | Definition: +| rankle a. to produce a festering or inflamed effect; +| to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; +| as a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words +| rankled in his bosom. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ransom | Definition: -| re-demption n. the procuring of god's favor by -| the sufferings and death of christ; the ransom -| or deliverance of sinners from the bondage -| of sin and the penalties of god's violated -| law. +|rantipole | Definition: +| rantipole v. i. to act like a rantipole. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rape | Definition: -| violate v. t. to commit rape on; to ravish; to -| outrage. +|rap | Definition: +| tap v. t. to strike with a slight or gentle blow; +| to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as +| to tap one with the hand or a cane. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|raphael | Definition: -| raphaelism n. the principles of painting introduced -| by raphael the italian painter. -| +|rapid | Definition: +| wing n. motive or instrument of flight; means +| of flight or of rapid motion. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rapidity | Definition: @@ -48659,10 +43663,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rapine | Definition: -| rapine n. the act of plundering; the seizing and -| carrying away of things by force; spoliation; -| pillage; plunder. +|raps | Definition: +| rapper n. one who or that which raps or knocks; +| specifically the knocker of a door. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rapture | Definition: +| rapture v. t. to transport with excitement; to +| enrapture. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rapturously | Definition: +| rapturously adv. in a rapturous manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rare | Definition: @@ -48687,11 +43701,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | before the blowpipe. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rase | Definition: -| rase n. a way of measuring in which the commodity -| measured was made even with the top of the -| measuring vessel by rasing or striking off -| all that was above it. +|rascal | Definition: +| rascal a. of or pertaining to the common herd +| or common people; low; mean; base. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rash | Definition: @@ -48702,19 +43715,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rashly | Definition: -| reckless a. rashly negligent; utterly careless -| or heedless. +|rasped | Definition: +| rasp v. t. hence figuratively: to grate harshly +| upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment +| or language; as some sounds rasp the ear; his +| insults rasped my temper. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rashness | Definition: -| rashness n. the quality or state of being rash. -| +|rasping | Definition: +| rasping p. pr. & vb. n. of rasp +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rated | Definition: -| rated imp. & p. p. of rate -| +|rat | Definition: +| zemni n. the blind mole rat (spalax typhlus) native +| of eastern europe and asia. its eyes and ears +| are rudimentary and its fur is soft and brownish +| more or less tinged with gray. it constructs +| extensive burrows. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rater | Definition: +| rater n. one who rates or scolds. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rather | Definition: @@ -48727,64 +43751,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ratified | Definition: -| treaty n. an agreement so made; specifically an -| agreement league or contract between two or -| more nations or sovereigns formally signed -| by commissioners properly authorized and solemnly -| ratified by the several sovereigns or the supreme -| power of each state; an agreement between two -| or more independent states; as a treaty of -| peace; a treaty of alliance. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rational | Definition: -| understanding n. the power to understand; the -| intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the -| rational powers collectively conceived an designated; -| the higher capacities of the intellect; the -| power to distinguish truth from falsehood and -| to adapt means to ends. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rattle | Definition: | water rattle alt. of water rattler | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|rattled | Definition: +| rattle v. i. to make a clatter with the voice; +| to talk rapidly and idly; to clatter; -- with +| on or away; as she rattled on for an hour. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rattling | Definition: | ruttle n. a rattling sound in the throat arising | from difficulty of breathing; a rattle. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ravage | Definition: -| ravage n. desolation by violence; violent ruin -| or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; -| as the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire -| or tempest; the ravages of an army or of time. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ravaged | Definition: -| ravaged imp. & p. p. of ravage -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |ravaging | Definition: | ravaging p. pr. & vb. n. of ravage | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|raven | Definition: -| sea raven the cormorant. +|raved | Definition: +| rave v. i. to talk with unreasonable enthusiasm +| or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed +| by about of or on; as he raved about her beauty. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ravening | Definition: -| ravening a. greedily devouring; rapacious; as -| ravening wolves. +|ravel | Definition: +| unweave v. t. to unfold; to undo; to ravel as +| what has been woven. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ravenous | Definition: @@ -48794,23 +43793,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | door. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ravens | Definition: -| ravener n. one who or that which ravens or plunders. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ravished | Definition: -| ravished imp. & p. p. of ravish -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ravisher | Definition: -| ravisher n. one who ravishes (in any sense). -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ravishing | Definition: -| ravishment n. the act of ravishing a woman; rape. +|ravenously | Definition: +| gormandize v. i. & t. to eat greedily; to swallow +| voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -48825,6 +43810,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|rawness | Definition: +| rawness n. the quality or state of being raw. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|raymond | Definition: +| decretal a. the collection of ecclesiastical decrees +| and decisions made by order of gregory ix. +| in 1234 by st. raymond of pennafort. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rays | Definition: | whiteweed n. a perennial composite herb (chrysanthemum | leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and @@ -48833,16 +43830,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|razed | Definition: -| razed a. slashed or striped in patterns. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |razor | Definition: -| shave v. i. to use a razor for removing the beard; -| to cut closely; hence to be hard and severe -| in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat. -| +| solen n. any marine bivalve mollusk belonging +| to solen or allied genera of the family solenidae; +| a razor shell. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reach | Definition: @@ -48856,12 +43847,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|reaches | Definition: +| tropic n. one of the two small circles of the +| celestial sphere situated on each side of the +| equator at a distance of 23¡ 28/ and parallel +| to it which the sun just reaches at its greatest +| declination north or south and from which it +| turns again toward the equator the northern +| circle being called the tropic of cancer and +| the southern the tropic of capricorn from the +| names of the two signs at which they touch +| the ecliptic. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |reaching | Definition: | water sail a small sail sometimes set under a | studding sail or under a driver boom and reaching | nearly to the water. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|reaction | Definition: +| xanthoproteic a. pertaining to or derived from +| xanthoprotein; showing the characters of xanthoprotein; +| as xanthoproteic acid; the xanthoproteic reaction +| for albumin. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |reader | Definition: | subreader n. an under reader in the inns of court | who reads the texts of law the reader is to @@ -48890,67 +43901,56 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or forbear. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reads | Definition: -| sightsman n. one who reads or performs music readily -| at first sight. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |ready | Definition: | welcome n. kind reception of a guest or newcomer; | as we entered the house and found a ready welcome. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reality | Definition: -| sincere superl. being in reality what it appears -| to be; having a character which corresponds -| with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; -| true; real; as a sincere desire for knowledge; -| a sincere contempt for meanness. -| +|realities | Definition: +| realities pl. of reality |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|realm | Definition: -| ruble n. the unit of monetary value in russia. -| it is divided into 100 copecks and in the gold -| coin of the realm (as in the five and ten ruble -| pieces) is worth about 77 cents. the silver -| ruble is a coin worth about 60 cents. -| +|reality | Definition: +| suppose v. t. to represent to one's self or state +| to another not as true or real but as if so +| and with a view to some consequence or application +| which the reality would involve or admit of; +| to imagine or admit to exist for the sake of +| argument or illustration; to assume to be true; +| as let us suppose the earth to be the center +| of the system what would be the result? +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reap | Definition: -| shear v. t. to reap as grain. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reaped | Definition: -| riptowel n. a gratuity given to tenants after -| they had reaped their lord's corn. -| +|reaping | Definition: +| twibil n. a reaping hook. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reaper | Definition: -| reaper n. a reaping machine. -| +|reappear | Definition: +| reappear v. i. to appear again. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reapers | Definition: -| harvest-home n. the song sung by reapers at the -| feast made at the close of the harvest; the -| feast itself. +|reappearance | Definition: +| reappearance n. a second or new appearance; the +| act or state of appearing again. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reaping | Definition: -| twibil n. a reaping hook. +|reappearing | Definition: +| heterogenesis n. that method of reproduction in +| which the successive generations differ from +| each other the parent organism producing offspring +| different in habit and structure from itself +| the original form however reappearing after +| one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis +| or gamogenesis. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rear | Definition: -| troilus n. a large handsome american butterfly -| (euph/ades / papilio troilus). it is black -| with yellow marginal spots on the front wings -| and blue spots on the rear wings. -| +| upbreed v. t. to rear or bring up; to nurse. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reared | Definition: @@ -48960,12 +43960,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rearing | Definition: -| vinery n. a structure usually inclosed with glass -| for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |reason | Definition: | why adv. the reason or cause for which; that on | account of which; on what account; as i know @@ -49002,6 +43996,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|reasons | Definition: +| veto n. a document or message communicating the +| reasons of the executive for not officially +| approving a proposed law; -- called also veto +| message. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|reassurance | Definition: +| reassurance n. same as reinsurance. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rebel | Definition: | rebel v. i. to renounce and resist by force the | authority of the ruler or government to which @@ -49009,23 +44015,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rebelled | Definition: -| rebelled imp. & p. p. of rebel -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rebellion | Definition: -| rebellion v. i. the act of rebelling; open and -| avowed renunciation of the authority of the -| government to which one owes obedience and -| resistance to its officers and laws either -| by levying war or by aiding others to do so; -| an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose -| of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler -| or government by force; revolt; insurrection. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rebellious | Definition: | reduction n. the act of reducing or state of being | reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; @@ -49036,46 +44025,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rebounding | Definition: -| recoil n. specifically the reaction or rebounding -| of a firearm when discharged. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rebuild | Definition: -| rebuild v. t. to build again as something which -| has been demolished; to construct anew; as -| to rebuild a house a wall a wharf or a city. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rebuilding | Definition: -| renidification n. the act of rebuilding a nest. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rebuke | Definition: -| tush interj. an exclamation indicating check rebuke -| or contempt; as tush tush! do not speak of -| it. +|rebuff | Definition: +| rebuff v. t. to beat back; to offer sudden resistance +| to; to check; to repel or repulse violently +| harshly or uncourteously. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rebuked | Definition: -| rebuked imp. & p. p. of rebuke -| +|recall | Definition: +| withdraw v. t. to take back; to recall or retract; +| as to withdraw false charges. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rebuking | Definition: -| rebuking p. pr. & vb. n. of rebuke -| +|recalled | Definition: +| revivification n. renewal of life; restoration +| of life; the act of recalling or the state +| of being recalled to life. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|recapitulation | Definition: -| recapitulation n. the act of recapitulating; a -| summary or concise statement or enumeration -| of the principal points facts or statements -| in a preceding discourse argument or essay. -| +|recalling | Definition: +| suggestion n. the act or power of originating +| or recalling ideas or relations distinguished +| as original and relative; -- a term much used +| by scottish metaphysicians from hutcherson +| to thomas brown. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |receipt | Definition: @@ -49084,14 +44059,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|receives | Definition: -| welsher n. one who cheats at a horse race; one -| who bets without a chance of being able to -| pay; one who receives money to back certain -| horses and absconds with it. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |receiving | Definition: | water-logged a. filled or saturated with water | so as to be heavy unmanageable or loglike; @@ -49101,51 +44068,51 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|receptacles | Definition: -| trichomanes n. any fern of the genus trichomanes. -| the fronds are very delicate and often translucent -| and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles -| rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal -| involucres. several species are common in conservatories; -| two are native in the united states. -| +|recently | Definition: +| weanling a. recently weaned. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rechab | Definition: -| rechabite n. one of the descendants of jonadab -| the son of rechab all of whom by his injunction -| abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks -| and even from planting the vine. jer. xxxv. -| 2-19. also in modern times a member of a certain -| society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors. +|reception | Definition: +| xenodochy n. reception of strangers; hospitality. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|recite | Definition: -| write v. i. to frame or combine ideas and express -| them in written words; to play the author; -| to recite or relate in books; to compose. -| +|recess | Definition: +| sinus n. a bay of the sea; a recess in the shore. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reciting | Definition: -| statement n. the act of stating reciting or presenting -| orally or in paper; as to interrupt a speaker -| in the statement of his case. -| +|reciprocated | Definition: +| reciprocated imp. & p. p. of reciprocate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reckon | Definition: -| underreckon v. t. to reckon below what is right -| or proper; to underrate. +|recital | Definition: +| story n. a narration or recital of that which +| has occurred; a description of past events; +| a history; a statement; a record. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|recited | Definition: +| sequence n. a hymn introduced in the mass on certain +| festival days and recited or sung immediately +| before the gospel and after the gradual or +| introit whence the name. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reckoned | Definition: -| wineglassful as much as a wineglass will hold; -| enough to fill a wineglass. it is usually reckoned -| at two fluid ounces or four tablespoonfuls. -| +|reckless | Definition: +| reckless a. rashly negligent; utterly careless +| or heedless. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|reckon | Definition: +| value v. t. to estimate the value or worth of; +| to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to +| reckon with respect to number power importance +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reckoning | Definition: @@ -49155,6 +44122,56 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a meander. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|reclined | Definition: +| reclined a. falling or turned downward; reclinate. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|recluses | Definition: +| convent v. i. an association or community of recluses +| devoted to a religious life; a body of monks +| or nuns. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|recognition | Definition: +| whereas conj. when in fact; while on the contrary; +| the case being in truth that; although; -- +| implying opposition to something that precedes; +| or implying recognition of facts sometimes +| followed by a different statement and sometimes +| by inferences or something consequent. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|recoiled | Definition: +| recoiled imp. & p. p. of recoil +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|recoiling | Definition: +| recoiling p. pr. & vb. n. of recoil +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|recollect | Definition: +| recollet n. same as recollect n. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|recollecting | Definition: +| recollection n. the act of recollecting or recalling +| to the memory; the operation by which objects +| are recalled to the memory or ideas revived +| in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|recollection | Definition: +| recollection n. the act or practice of collecting +| or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |recommend | Definition: | such a. of that kind; of the like kind; like; | resembling; similar; as we never saw such a @@ -49168,6 +44185,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|recommendation | Definition: +| recommendation n. that which recommends or commends +| to favor; anything procuring or tending to +| procure a favorable reception or to secure +| acceptance and adoption; as he brought excellent +| recommendations. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |recommended | Definition: | recommend v. t. to commend to the favorable notice | of another; to commit to another's care confidence @@ -49178,12 +44203,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|recommends | Definition: -| recommendation n. that which recommends or commends -| to favor; anything procuring or tending to -| procure a favorable reception or to secure -| acceptance and adoption; as he brought excellent -| recommendations. +|recommending | Definition: +| recommending p. pr. & vb. n. of recommend +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |recompense | Definition: @@ -49194,30 +44216,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reconcile | Definition: -| wean a. hence to detach or alienate the affections -| of from any object of desire; to reconcile -| to the want or loss of anything. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reconciled | Definition: -| sanbenito n. anciently a sackcloth coat worn by -| penitents on being reconciled to the church. -| +|reconcilable | Definition: +| reconcilable a. capable of being reconciled; as +| reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable +| with previous acts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reconciliation | Definition: -| reconciliation n. reduction to congruence or consistency; -| removal of inconsistency; harmony. -| +|reconnoitre | Definition: +| reconnoitre v. t. to examine with the eye to make +| a preliminary examination or survey of; esp. +| to survey with a view to military or engineering +| operations. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reconciling | Definition: -| reconciliation n. the act of reconciling or the -| state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; -| restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. -| +|reconsider | Definition: +| reconsider v. t. to take up for renewed consideration +| as a motion or a vote which has been previously +| acted upon. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |recorded | Definition: @@ -49238,15 +44253,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | criminal court. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|recording | Definition: -| writing n. the act or art of forming letters and -| characters on paper wood stone or other material -| for the purpose of recording the ideas which -| characters and words express or of communicating -| them to others by visible signs. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |recount | Definition: | recount v. to tell over; to relate in detail; | to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars @@ -49254,21 +44260,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | one's blessings. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|recourse | Definition: -| take v. t. to make selection of; to choose; also -| to turn to; to have recourse to; as to take -| the road to the right. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |recover | Definition: -| trover n. an action to recover damages against -| one who found goods and would not deliver them -| to the owner on demand; an action which lies -| in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully -| converted by another to his own use. in this -| case the finding though alleged is an immaterial -| fact; the injury lies in the conversion. -| +| valetudinarian n. a person of a weak or sickly +| constitution; one who is seeking to recover +| health. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |recovered | Definition: @@ -49288,30 +44283,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rectified | Definition: -| rectified imp. & p. p. of rectify -| +|recruiting | Definition: +| recruiting p. pr. & vb. n. of recruit +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rectitude | Definition: -| wrong a. not according to the laws of good morals -| whether divine or human; not suitable to the -| highest and best end; not morally right; deviating -| from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; -| not true; not legal; as a wrong practice; wrong -| ideas; wrong inclinations and desires. -| +|recurring | Definition: +| turn n. a change of condition; especially a sudden +| or recurring symptom of illness as a nervous +| shock or fainting spell; as a bad turn. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reddish | Definition: -| yaws n. a disease occurring in the antilles and -| in africa characterized by yellowish or reddish -| tumors of a contagious character which in shape -| and appearance often resemble currants strawberries -| or raspberries. there are several varieties -| of this disease variously known as framboesia -| pian verrugas and crab-yaws. -| +|reddened | Definition: +| sudamina n. pl minute vesicles surrounded by an +| area of reddened skin produced by excessive +| sweating. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |redeem | Definition: @@ -49321,24 +44308,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | error. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|redeemed | Definition: -| trophy n. any evidence or memorial of victory -| or conquest; as every redeemed soul is a trophy -| of grace. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|redeemer | Definition: -| redemptorist n. one of the congregation of the -| most holy redeemer founded in naples in 1732 -| by st. alphonsus maria de liquori. it was introduced -| onto the united states in 1832 at detroit. -| the fathers of the congregation devote themselves -| to preaching to the neglected esp. in missions -| and retreats and are forbidden by their rule -| to engage in the instruction of youth. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |redeeming | Definition: | trinitarian n. one of a monastic order founded | in rome in 1198 by st. john of matha and an @@ -49347,13 +44316,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|redemption | Definition: -| salvation n. the redemption of man from the bondage -| of sin and liability to eternal death and the -| conferring on him of everlasting happiness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |redness | Definition: | tempering n. the process of giving the requisite | degree of hardness or softness to a substance @@ -49369,54 +44331,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the burning of oil. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|redound | Definition: -| redound v. i. to roll back as a wave or flood; -| to be sent or driven back; to flow back as -| a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; -| to result. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reduce | Definition: -| widow v. t. to reduce to the condition of a widow; -| to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except -| in the past participle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |reduced | Definition: -| unalloyed a. not alloyed; not reduced by foreign -| admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure; as unalloyed -| metals; unalloyed happiness. -| +| vanadium n. a rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus +| group found combined in vanadates in certain +| minerals and reduced as an infusible grayish-white +| metallic powder. it is intermediate between +| the metals and the non-metals having both basic +| and acid properties. symbol v (or vd rarely). +| atomic weight 51.2. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reducing | Definition: -| xenylic a. pertaining to derived from designating -| certain amido compounds obtained by reducing -| certain nitro derivatives of diphenyl. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reduction | Definition: -| waste v. i. to procure or sustain a reduction -| of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation -| for a race etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reed | Definition: -| water sparrow the reed bunting. -| +|reeds | Definition: +| thatch n. to cover with or with a roof of straw +| reeds or some similar substance; as to thatch +| a roof a stable or a stack of grain. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reeds | Definition: -| seraphine n. a wind instrument whose sounding -| parts are reeds consisting of a thin tongue -| of brass playing freely through a slot in a -| plate. it has a case like a piano and is played -| by means of a similar keybord the bellows being -| worked by the foot. the melodeon is a portable -| variety of this instrument. -| +|reek | Definition: +| reek v. i. to emit vapor usually that which is +| warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; +| to smoke; to exhale. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reeled | Definition: @@ -49425,10 +44360,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|refectory | Definition: -| refectory n. a room for refreshment; originally -| a dining hall in monasteries or convents. -| +|refectories | Definition: +| refectories pl. of refectory +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |refer | Definition: @@ -49443,6 +44377,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|referable | Definition: +| referable a. capable of being referred or considered +| in relation to something else; assignable; +| ascribable. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|references | Definition: +| syndetical a. connecting; conjunctive; as syndetic +| words or connectives; syndetic references in +| a dictionary. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |referred | Definition: | zeugma n. a figure by which an adjective or verb | which agrees with a nearer word is by way of @@ -49452,18 +44398,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | also to arma. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|refers | Definition: -| they obj. 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. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|refine | Definition: -| try v. t. to purify or refine as metals; to melt -| out and procure in a pure state as oil tallow -| lard etc. +|referring | Definition: +| which pron. 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 +| (generally involving a reference however to +| something which has preceded). it is used in +| all numbers and genders and was formerly used +| of persons. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |refined | Definition: @@ -49472,18 +44415,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of africa or america. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|refining | Definition: -| tossing n. a process for refining tin by dropping -| it through the air while melted. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |reflect | Definition: | think v. t. to reflect upon any subject; to muse; | to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|reflected | Definition: +| superreflection n. the reflection of a reflected +| image or sound. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |reflecting | Definition: | yellow n. a bright golden color reflecting more | light than any other except white; the color @@ -49491,29 +44433,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the orange and green. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|reflection | Definition: +| twilight n. the light perceived before the rising +| and after the setting of the sun or when the +| sun is less than 18¡ below the horizon occasioned +| by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere +| by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection +| on the earth. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |reflections | Definition: | skit v. t. to cast reflections on; to asperse. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reform | Definition: -| ultraism n. the principles of those who advocate -| extreme measures as radical reform and the -| like. +|reformatory | Definition: +| reformatory n. an institution for promoting the +| reformation of offenders. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reformed | Definition: -| reformed a. corrected; amended; restored to purity -| or excellence; said specifically of the whole -| body of protestant churches originating in -| the reformation. also in a more restricted -| sense of those who separated from luther on -| the doctrine of consubstantiation etc. and -| carried the reformation as they claimed to -| a higher point. the protestant churches founded -| by them in switzerland france holland and part -| of germany were called the reformed churches. -| +|refractory | Definition: +| refractory a. resisting ordinary treatment; difficult +| of fusion reduction or the like; -- said especially +| of metals and the like which do not readily +| yield to heat or to the hammer; as a refractory +| ore. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |refrain | Definition: @@ -49526,6 +44471,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|refraining | Definition: +| reticence n. the quality or state of being reticent +| or keeping silence; the state of holding one's +| tonque; refraining to speak of that which is +| suggested; uncommunicativeness. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |refresh | Definition: | refresh n. the act of refreshing. | @@ -49536,14 +44489,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|refreshing | Definition: -| sherbet n. a refreshing drink common in the east -| made of the juice of some fruit diluted sweetened -| and flavored in various ways; as orange sherbet; -| lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |refreshment | Definition: | refreshment n. the act of refreshing or the state | of being refreshed; restoration of strength @@ -49552,16 +44497,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|refuge | Definition: -| sanctuary n. a sacred and inviolable asylum; a -| place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; -| protection. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|refusal | Definition: -| utter a. peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; -| final; as an utter refusal or denial. -| +|refreshments | Definition: +| coffeeroom n. a public room where coffee and other +| refreshments may be obtained. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |refuse | Definition: @@ -49579,33 +44518,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|refuses | Definition: -| refuser n. one who refuses or rejects. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |refusing | Definition: | self-denying a. refusing to gratify one's self; | self-sacrificing. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|refute | Definition: -| unreason v. t. to undo disprove or refute by reasoning. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|refuted | Definition: -| refuted imp. & p. p. of refute +|regaled | Definition: +| regaled imp. & p. p. of regale | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|refutes | Definition: -| elench n. that part of an argument on which its -| conclusiveness depends; that which convinces -| of refutes an antagonist; a refutation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |regard | Definition: | worldlywise a. wise in regard to things of this | world. @@ -49629,44 +44551,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|regeneration | Definition: -| weldon's process a process for the recovery or -| regeneration of manganese dioxide in the manufacture -| of chlorine by means of milk of lime and the -| oxygen of the air; -- so called after the inventor. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|regent | Definition: -| varuna n. the god of the waters; the indian neptune. -| he is regarded as regent of the west and lord -| of punishment and is represented as riding -| on a sea monster holding in his hand a snaky -| cord or noose with which to bind offenders -| under water. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|regions | Definition: -| yama n. the king of the infernal regions corresponding -| to the greek pluto and also the judge of departed -| souls. in later times he is more exclusively -| considered the dire judge of all and the tormentor -| of the wicked. he is represented as of a green -| color with red garments having a crown on his -| head his eyes inflamed and sitting on a buffalo -| with a club and noose in his hands. -| +|regret | Definition: +| rue v. t. to lament; to regret extremely; to grieve +| for or over. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|regma | Definition: -| regma n. a kind of dry fruit consisting of three -| or more cells each which at length breaks open -| at the inner angle. +|regretted | Definition: +| regretted imp. & p. p. of regret +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|regret | Definition: -| rue v. t. to lament; to regret extremely; to grieve -| for or over. +|regular | Definition: +| yoke n. a tie securing two timbers together not +| used for part of a regular truss but serving +| a temporary purpose as to provide against unusual +| strain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |regularly | Definition: @@ -49686,37 +44585,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | habits. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|regulating | Definition: -| water bath a device for regulating the temperature -| of anything subjected to heat by surrounding -| the vessel containing it with another vessel -| containing water which can be kept at a desired -| temperature; also a vessel designed for this -| purpose. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|regulation | Definition: -| thermotaxic a. pertaining to or connected with -| the regulation of temperature in the animal -| body; as the thermotaxic nervous system. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rehearse | Definition: -| sing v. t. to celebrate is song; to give praises -| to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers -| verse or poetry. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rehearsed | Definition: -| repertoire n. a list of dramas operas pieces parts -| etc. which a company or a person has rehearsed -| and is prepared to perform. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rei | Definition: -| reis pl. of rei +|rehearsal | Definition: +| tale v. i. that which is told; an oral relation +| or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; +| narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reign | Definition: @@ -49725,56 +44598,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | poets. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reigned | Definition: -| reign n. the territory or sphere which is reigned -| over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reigning | Definition: -| tudor a. of or pertaining to a royal line of england -| descended from owen tudor of wales who married -| the widowed queen of henry v. the first reigning -| tudor was henry vii.; the last elizabeth. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reigns | Definition: -| whig n. one of a political party which grew up -| in england in the seventeenth century in the -| reigns of charles i. and ii. when great contests -| existed respecting the royal prerogatives and -| the rights of the people. those who supported -| the king in his high claims were called tories -| and the advocates of popular rights of parliamentary -| power over the crown and of toleration to dissenters -| were after 1679 called whigs. the terms liberal -| and radical have now generally superseded whig -| in english politics. see the note under tory. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reins | Definition: -| webbing n. a woven band of cotton or flax used -| for reins girths bed bottoms etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reject | Definition: -| weed v. t. to reject as unfit for breeding purposes. -| +|reiterate | Definition: +| re-reiterate v. t. to reiterate many times. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rejected | Definition: -| semi-pelagian n. a follower of john cassianus -| a french monk (died about 448) who modified -| the doctrines of pelagius by denying human -| merit and maintaining the necessity of the -| spirit's influence while on the other hand -| he rejected the augustinian doctrines of election -| the inability of man to do good and the certain -| perseverance of the saints. -| +|reiterated | Definition: +| reiterative n. a word expressing repeated or reiterated +| action. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rejecting | Definition: @@ -49783,36 +44614,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rejects | Definition: -| unitarian n. one who rejects the principle of -| dualism. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rejoice | Definition: -| triumph n. to celebrate victory with pomp; to -| rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage -| gained; to exhibit exultation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rejoiced | Definition: | rejoiced imp. & p. p. of rejoice | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rejoices | Definition: -| triumpher n. one who triumphs or rejoices for -| victory. +|rejoicings | Definition: +| chamber n. a short piece of ordnance or cannon +| which stood on its breech without any carriage +| formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical +| cannonades. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rejoicing | Definition: -| triumplant v. i. rejoicing for victory; triumphing; -| exultant. +|rejoined | Definition: +| rejoined imp. & p. p. of rejoin +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|relapse | Definition: -| weed n. a sudden illness or relapse often attended -| with fever which attacks women in childbed. +|relapsed | Definition: +| relapse v. one who has relapsed or fallen back +| into error; a backslider; specifically one +| who after recanting error returns to it again. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -49823,35 +44645,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|relates | Definition: -| zoology n. that part of biology which relates -| to the animal kingdom including the structure -| embryology evolution classification habits -| and distribution of all animals both living -| and extinct. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|relating | Definition: -| yestern a. of or pertaining to yesterday; relating -| to the day last past. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |relation | Definition: | worldly adv. with relation to this life; in a | worldly manner. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |relations | Definition: -| ultra- a. a prefix from the latin ultra beyond -| (see ulterior) having in composition the signification -| beyond on the other side chiefly when joined -| with words expressing relations of place; as -| ultramarine ultramontane ultramundane ultratropical -| etc. in other relations it has the sense of -| excessively exceedingly beyond what is common -| natural right or proper; as ultraconservative; -| ultrademocratic ultradespotic ultraliberal -| ultraradical etc. +| universology n. the science of the universe and +| the relations which it involves. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |relative | Definition: @@ -49871,6 +44673,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | that; whosoever. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|relatives | Definition: +| who object. originally an interrogative pronoun +| later a relative pronoun also; -- used always +| substantively and either as singular or plural. +| see the note under what pron. 1. as interrogative +| pronouns who and whom ask the question: what +| or which person or persons? who and whom as +| relative pronouns (in the sense of that) are +| properly used of persons (corresponding to +| which as applied to things) but are sometimes +| less properly and now rarely used of animals +| plants etc. who and whom as compound relatives +| are also used especially of persons meaning +| the person that; the persons that; the one +| that; whosoever. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|relax | Definition: +| unstring v. t. to relax the tension of; to loosen. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |released | Definition: | rue v. t. to repent of and withdraw from as a | bargain; to get released from. @@ -49886,11 +44710,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|relict | Definition: -| relict n. a woman whose husband is dead; a widow. +|reliable | Definition: +| reliable a. suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy +| of dependance or reliance; trustworthy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|reliance | Definition: +| trust v. i. to sell or deliver anything in reliance +| upon a promise of payment; to give credit. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|relics | Definition: +| shrine n. a case box or receptacle especially +| one in which are deposited sacred relics as +| the bones of a saint. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |relied | Definition: | suresby n. one to be sure of or to be relied on. | @@ -49919,15 +44756,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|relieving | Definition: -| satisfactory a. giving or producing satisfaction; -| yielding content; especially relieving the -| mind from doubt or uncertainty and enabling -| it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as -| a satisfactory account or explanation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |religion | Definition: | zendik n. an atheist or unbeliever; -- name given | in the east to those charged with disbelief @@ -49935,12 +44763,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | heresies. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|religions | Definition: -| taoism n. one of the popular religions of china -| sanctioned by the state. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |religious | Definition: | zoroastrianism n. the religious system of zoroaster | the legislator and prophet of the ancient persians @@ -49956,49 +44778,63 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|religiousness | Definition: -| religiousness n. the quality of being religious. +|relinquish | Definition: +| waive v. t. to throw away; to relinquish voluntarily +| as a right which one may enforce if he chooses. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|relinquished | Definition: +| relinquished imp. & p. p. of relinquish +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|relinquishing | Definition: +| relinquishing p. pr. & vb. n. of relinquish +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |relish | Definition: | zest v. t. to give a relish or flavor to; to heighten | the taste or relish of; as to zest wine. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rely | Definition: -| trust n. to place confidence in; to rely on to -| confide or repose faith in; as we can not trust -| those who have deceived us. -| +|relishing | Definition: +| taste n. the power of perceiving and relishing +| excellence in human performances; the faculty +| of discerning beauty order congruity proportion +| symmetry or whatever constitutes excellence +| particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; +| critical judgment; discernment. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|relying | Definition: -| self-confident a. confident of one's own strength -| or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; -| self-reliant. +|reluctance | Definition: +| reluctance n. alt. of reluctancy +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|remain | Definition: -| wreck v. t. the remain of anything ruined or fatally -| injured. +|reluctant | Definition: +| scruple v. i. to be reluctant or to hesitate as +| regards an action on account of considerations +| of conscience or expedience. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|reluctantly | Definition: +| reluctantly adv. in a reluctant manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|remainder | Definition: -| toothing n. bricks alternately projecting at the -| end of a wall in order that they may be bonded -| into a continuation of it when the remainder -| is carried up. +|rely | Definition: +| venture v. t. to confide in; to rely on; to trust. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|remainders | Definition: -| equal n. one not inferior or superior to another; -| one having the same or a similar age rank station -| office talents strength or other quality or -| condition; an equal quantity or number; as -| >if equals be taken from equals the remainders -| are equal. +|remain | Definition: +| wreck v. t. the remain of anything ruined or fatally +| injured. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |remained | Definition: @@ -50019,6 +44855,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|remark | Definition: +| word n. a brief remark or observation; an expression; +| a phrase clause or short sentence. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |remarkable | Definition: | zebra n. either one of two species of south african | wild horses remarkable for having the body @@ -50027,17 +44869,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|remarkably | Definition: +| tough superl. having the quality of flexibility +| without brittleness; yielding to force without +| breaking; capable of resisting great strain; +| as the ligaments of animals are remarkably +| tough. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |remarked | Definition: -| remarkable a. worthy of being remarked or noticed; -| noticeable; conspicuous; hence uncommon; extraordinary. -| +| remark n. the expression in speech or writing +| of something remarked or noticed; the mention +| of that which is worthy of attention or notice; +| hence also a casual observation comment or +| statement; as a pertinent remark. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|remedies | Definition: -| treat v. t. to care for medicinally or surgically; -| to manage in the use of remedies or appliances; -| as to treat a disease a wound or a patient. -| +|remarking | Definition: +| remark n. act of remarking or attentively noticing; +| notice or observation. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|remarks | Definition: +| tone n. tenor; character; spirit; drift; as the +| tone of his remarks was commendatory. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |remedy | Definition: @@ -50068,12 +44925,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|remembrancer | Definition: -| remembrancer n. a term applied in england to several -| officers having various functions their duty -| originally being to bring certain matters to -| the attention of the proper persons at the -| proper time. +|remind | Definition: +| remind v. t. to put (one) in mind of something; +| to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to +| the notice or consideration of (a person). +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|reminding | Definition: +| twit v. t. to vex by bringing to notice or reminding +| of a fault defect misfortune or the like; to +| revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; +| as he twitted his friend of falsehood. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reminds | Definition: @@ -50083,50 +44947,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in a theater. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|remiss | Definition: -| remissly adv. in a remiss or negligent manner; -| carelessly. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|remission | Definition: -| remittitur n. a remission or surrender -- remittitur -| damnut being a remission of excess of damages. +|remissness | Definition: +| remissness n. quality or state of being remiss. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|remit | Definition: -| unbend v. t. a remit from a strain or from exertion; -| to set at ease for a time; to relax; as to -| unbend the mind from study or care. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|remitted | Definition: -| remittitur n. a sending back as when a record -| is remitted by a superior to an inferior court. +|remonstrance | Definition: +| remonstrance n. earnest presentation of reason +| in opposition to something; protest; expostulation. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|remitting | Definition: -| remitment n. the act of remitting or the state -| of being remitted; remission. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|remnant | Definition: -| wends n. pl. a slavic tribe which once occupied -| the northern and eastern parts of germany of -| which a small remnant exists. -| +|remonstrate | Definition: +| remonstrate v. i. to present and urge reasons +| in opposition to an act measure or any course +| of proceedings; to expostulate; as to remonstrate +| with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate +| against proposed taxation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|remnants | Definition: -| waste v. that which is of no value; worthless -| remnants; refuse. specifically: remnants of -| cops or other refuse resulting from the working -| of cotton wool hemp and the like used for wiping -| machinery absorbing oil in the axle boxes of -| railway cars etc. +|remonstrated | Definition: +| remonstrated imp. & p. p. of remonstrate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |remorse | Definition: @@ -50136,10 +44979,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | past life. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|remorseful | Definition: +| remorseful a. exciting pity; pitiable. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |remote | Definition: -| ultimate a. farthest; most remote in space or -| time; extreme; last; final. -| +| voyageur n. a traveler; -- applied in canada to +| a man employed by the fur companies in transporting +| goods by the rivers and across the land to +| and from the remote stations in the northwest. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|remotely | Definition: +| macrosporangium n. a sporangium or conceptacle +| containing only large spores; -- opposed to +| microsporangium. both are found in the genera +| selaginella isoctes and marsilia plants remotely +| allied to ferns. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|remoter | Definition: +| to prep. in a very general way and with innumerable +| varieties of application to connects transitive +| verbs with their remoter or indirect object +| and adjectives nouns and neuter or passive +| verbs with a following noun which limits their +| action. its sphere verges upon that of for +| but it contains less the idea of design or +| appropriation; as these remarks were addressed +| to a large audience; let us keep this seat +| to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; +| an event painful to the mind; duty to god and +| to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |remove | Definition: @@ -50161,13 +45035,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |removing | Definition: -| uncapper n. an instrument for removing an explode -| cap from a cartridge shell. -| +| uvulatomy n. the operation of removing the uvula. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|remunerate | Definition: +| remunerate v. t. to pay an equivalent to for any +| service loss expense or other sacrifice; to +| recompense; to requite; as to remunerate men +| for labor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rend | Definition: -| untwain v. t. to rend in twain; to tear in two. +|remunerative | Definition: +| remunerative a. affording remuneration; as a remunerative +| payment for services; a remunerative business. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -50199,14 +45080,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rending | Definition: -| sever v. t. to separate as one from another; to -| cut off from something; to divide; to part -| in any way especially by violence as by cutting -| rending etc.; as to sever the head from the -| body. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |renew | Definition: | ventilate v. t. to change or renew as the air | of a room. @@ -50218,48 +45091,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | god. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|renewing | Definition: -| tap n. a piece of leather fastened upon the bottom -| of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing -| the sole or heel. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|renews | Definition: -| supernaturalism n. the doctrine of a divine and -| supernatural agency in the production of the -| miracles and revelations recorded in the bible -| and in the grace which renews and sanctifies -| men -- in opposition to the doctrine which -| denies the agency of any other than physical -| or natural causes in the case. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |renounce | Definition: | sequester v. i. to renounce (as a widow may) any | concern with the estate of her husband. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|renounced | Definition: -| renounced imp. & p. p. of renounce -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|renouncing | Definition: -| self-renunciation n. the act of renouncing or -| setting aside one's own wishes claims etc.; -| self-sacrifice. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|renovation | Definition: -| renovation n. the act or process of renovating; -| the state of being renovated or renewed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |renown | Definition: -| renown v. t. to make famous; to give renown to. +| renown v. report of nobleness or exploits; praise. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -50278,6 +45117,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|rented | Definition: +| rentable a. capable of being rented or suitable +| for renting. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |repaid | Definition: | repaid imp. & p. p. of repay | @@ -50295,11 +45139,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | as a reparable injury. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|repairer | Definition: -| repairer n. one who or that which repairs restores -| or makes amends. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |repairing | Definition: | town adv. & prep. the body of inhabitants resident | in a town; as the town voted to send two representatives @@ -50308,17 +45147,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|repairs | Definition: -| repairer n. one who or that which repairs restores -| or makes amends. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |reparation | Definition: -| reparation n. the act of renewing restoring etc. -| or the state of being renewed or repaired; -| as the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -| -- in this sense repair is oftener used. -| +| reparation n. the act of making amends or giving +| satisfaction or compensation for a wrong injury +| etc.; also the thing done or given; amends; +| satisfaction; indemnity. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |repay | Definition: @@ -50347,15 +45181,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|repeatedly | Definition: +| turn v. i. to move round; to have a circular motion; +| to revolve entirely repeatedly or partially; +| to change position so as to face differently; +| to whirl or wheel round; as a wheel turns on +| its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man +| turns on his heel. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|repeater | Definition: +| repeater n. a pennant used to indicate that a +| certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |repeating | Definition: | translator n. a repeating instrument. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|repeats | Definition: -| rhapsodist n. hence one who recites or sings poems -| for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats -| verses extempore. +|repelled | Definition: +| reverberate v. i. to be driven back; to be reflected +| or repelled as rays of light; to be echoed +| as sound. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |repent | Definition: @@ -50371,18 +45220,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | for sin. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|repentant | Definition: +| repentantly adv. in a repentant manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |repented | Definition: | repented imp. & p. p. of repent | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|repenting | Definition: -| repentance n. the act of repenting or the state -| of being penitent; sorrow for what one has -| done or omitted to do; especially contrition -| for sin. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |repetition | Definition: | vying a. & n. from vie. w () the twenty-third | letter of the english alphabet is usually a @@ -50401,18 +45248,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|repining | Definition: -| envy v. t. to feel envy on account of; to have -| a feeling of grief or repining with a longing -| to possess (some excellence or good fortune -| of another or an equal good fortune etc.); -| to look with grudging upon; to begrudge. -| +|replace | Definition: +| transplantation n. the removal of a bodily organ +| or of tissues from one person and the insertion +| of them into another person to replace a damaged +| organ or tissue; as the transplantation of +| a heart kidney or liver. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|replenished | Definition: -| replenished imp. & p. p. of replenish -| +|replaced | Definition: +| truncated a. replaced or cut off by a plane especially +| when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; +| as a truncated edge. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|replenish | Definition: +| replenish v. t. to finish; to complete; to perfect. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|replied | Definition: +| warmth n. a state of lively and excited interest; +| zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; +| as the warmth of love or piety; he replied +| with much warmth. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|replying | Definition: +| replying p. pr. & vb. n. of reply +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reported | Definition: @@ -50431,32 +45296,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reprehend | Definition: -| reprehend v. t. to reprove or reprimand with a -| view of restraining checking or preventing; -| to make charge of fault against; to disapprove -| of; to chide; to blame; to censure. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reprehended | Definition: -| reprehended imp. & p. p. of reprehend -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reprehending | Definition: -| reprehending p. pr. & vb. n. of reprehend -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reprehensible | Definition: -| reprehensible a. worthy of reprehension; culpable; -| censurable; blamable. +|reposed | Definition: +| use v. t. the benefit or profit of lands and tenements. +| use imports a trust and confidence reposed +| in a man for the holding of lands. he to whose +| use or benefit the trust is intended shall +| enjoy the profits. an estate is granted and +| limited to a for the use of b. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reprehension | Definition: -| reprimand n. severe or formal reproof; reprehension -| private or public. +|reposing | Definition: +| repose v. i. to lie; to be supported; as trap +| reposing on sand. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |represent | Definition: @@ -50480,6 +45332,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of ezekiel (ch. i.) |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|representative | Definition: +| write v. i. to form characters letters or figures +| as representative of sounds or ideas; to express +| words and sentences by written signs. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |represented | Definition: | yama n. the king of the infernal regions corresponding | to the greek pluto and also the judge of departed @@ -50498,19 +45357,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|represents | Definition: -| wreath n. an appendage to the shield placed above -| it and supporting the crest (see illust. of -| crest). it generally represents a twist of -| two cords of silk one tinctured like the principal -| metal the other like the principal color in -| the arms. +|repress | Definition: +| smother v. t. hence to repress the action of; +| to cover from public view; to suppress; to +| conceal; as to smother one's displeasure. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|repressed | Definition: +| mutter n. repressed or obscure utterance. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|repressing | Definition: +| repression n. the act of repressing or state of +| being repressed; as the repression of evil +| and evil doers. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reproach | Definition: -| shend n. to blame reproach or revile; to degrade -| disgrace or put to shame. -| +| taunt v. t. to reproach with severe or insulting +| words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to +| flout. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reproached | Definition: @@ -50535,6 +45403,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|reproachful | Definition: +| womanish a. suitable to a woman having the qualities +| of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; +| -- usually in a reproachful sense. see the +| note under effeminate. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |reproachfully | Definition: | utilitarian a. of or pertaining to utility; consisting | in utility; /iming at utility as distinguished @@ -50545,61 +45420,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to art. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reproaching | Definition: -| self-reproach n. the act of reproaching one's -| self; censure by one's own conscience. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reprobate | Definition: -| reprobated imp. & p. p. of reprobate -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reprobates | Definition: -| reprobation n. the predestination of a certain -| number of the human race as reprobates or objects -| of condemnation and punishment. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reprobation | Definition: -| scandal n. offense caused or experienced; reproach -| or reprobation called forth by what is regarded -| as wrong criminal heinous or flagrant: opprobrium -| or disgrace. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reproof | Definition: -| unreproved a. not having incurred reproof blameless. +|republic | Definition: +| septinsular a. consisting of seven islands; as +| the septinsular republic of the ionian isles. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reprove | Definition: -| upbraid v. t. to reprove severely; to rebuke; -| to chide. +|repudiate | Definition: +| repudiate v. t. to refuse to acknowledge or to +| pay; to disclaim; as the state has repudiated +| its debts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reproved | Definition: -| self-reproved a. reproved by one's own conscience -| or one's own sense of guilt. -| +|repudiated | Definition: +| repudiate v. t. to refuse to acknowledge or to +| pay; to disclaim; as the state has repudiated +| its debts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reproving | Definition: -| self-reproving a. reproving one's self; reproving -| by consciousness of guilt. -| +|repugnance | Definition: +| repugnance n. alt. of repugnancy +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|repugnant | Definition: -| repugnant a. disposed to fight against; hostile; -| at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; -| refractory; disobedient; also distasteful in -| a high degree; offensive; -- usually followed -| by to rarely and less properly by with; as -| all rudeness was repugnant to her nature. -| +|repulse | Definition: +| repulse n. figuratively: refusal; denial; rejection; +| failure. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |repulsed | Definition: @@ -50608,6 +45454,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|repulsion | Definition: +| solenoid n. an electrodynamic spiral having the +| conjuctive wire turned back along its axis +| so as to neutralize that component of the effect +| of the current which is due to the length of +| the spiral and reduce the whole effect to that +| of a series of equal and parallel circular +| currents. when traversed by a current the solenoid +| exhibits polarity and attraction or repulsion +| like a magnet. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|repulsive | Definition: +| repulsive a. serving or able to repulse; repellent; +| as a repulsive force. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |reputation | Definition: | wound n. fig.: an injury hurt damage detriment | or the like to feeling faculty reputation etc. @@ -50615,13 +45478,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reputed | Definition: -| sapphic a. belonging to or in the manner of sappho; -| -- said of a certain kind of verse reputed -| to have been invented by sappho consisting -| of five feet of which the first fourth and -| fifth are trochees the second is a spondee -| and the third a dactyl. -| +| snakeroot n. any one of several plants of different +| genera and species most of which are (or were +| formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies +| for the bites of serpents; also the roots of +| any of these. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |requested | Definition: @@ -50634,63 +45495,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|requests | Definition: -| whereas conj. considering that; it being the case -| that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble -| which is the basis of declarations affirmations -| commands requests or like that follow. -| +|requirement | Definition: +| shortage n. amount or extent of deficiency as +| determined by some requirement or standard; +| as a shortage in money accounts. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|require | Definition: -| shall v. i. & auxiliary. as an auxiliary shall -| indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation -| is derived from the person speaking; as you -| shall go; he shall go; that is i order or promise -| your going. it thus ordinarily expresses in -| the second and third persons a command a threat -| or a promise. if the auxillary be emphasized -| the command is made more imperative the promise -| or that more positive and sure. it is also -| employed in the language of prophecy; as >the -| day shall come when . . . > since a promise -| or threat and an authoritative prophecy nearly -| coincide in significance. in shall with the -| first person the necessity of the action is -| sometimes implied as residing elsewhere than -| in the speaker; as i shall suffer; we shall -| see; and there is always a less distinct and -| positive assertion of his volition than is -| indicated by will. >i shall go > implies nearly -| a simple futurity; more exactly a foretelling -| or an expectation of my going in which naturally -| enough a certain degree of plan or intention -| may be included; emphasize the shall and the -| event is described as certain to occur and -| the expression approximates in meaning to our -| emphatic >i will go. > in a question the relation -| of speaker and source of obligation is of course -| transferred to the person addressed; as >shall -| you go? > (answer >i shall go >); >shall -| he go? > i. e. >do you require or promise -| his going? > (answer >he shall go >.) the -| same relation is transferred to either second -| or third person in such phrases as >you say -| or think you shall go; > >he says or thinks -| he shall go. > after a conditional conjunction -| (as if whether) shall is used in all persons -| to express futurity simply; as if i you or -| he shall say they are right. should is everywhere -| used in the same connection and the same senses -| as shall as its imperfect. it also expresses -| duty or moral obligation; as he should do it -| whether he will or not. in the early english -| and hence in our english bible shall is the -| auxiliary mainly used in all the persons to -| express simple futurity. (cf. will v. t.) shall -| may be used elliptically; thus with an adverb -| or other word expressive of motion go may be -| omitted. +|requires | Definition: +| whist n. a certain game at cards; -- so called +| because it requires silence and close attention. +| it is played by four persons (those who sit +| opposite each other being partners) with a +| complete pack of fifty-two cards. each player +| has thirteen cards and when these are played +| out he hand is finished and the cards are again +| shuffled and distributed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |requiring | Definition: @@ -50705,23 +45526,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|requite | Definition: -| retaliate v. t. to return the like for; to repay -| or requite by an act of the same kind; to return -| evil for (evil). [now seldom used except in -| a bad sense.] -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |requited | Definition: | requited imp. & p. p. of requite | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|res | Definition: -| res n. a thing; the particular thing; a matter; -| a point. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rescue | Definition: | save a. to rescue from something undesirable or | hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to @@ -50733,9 +45542,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rescuing | Definition: -| rescuing p. pr. & vb. n. of rescue -| +|researches | Definition: +| research n. diligent inquiry or examination in +| seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued +| search after truth; as researches of human +| wisdom. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |resemblance | Definition: @@ -50744,36 +45555,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|resemblances | Definition: -| comparison n. the faculty of the reflective group -| which is supposed to perceive resemblances -| and contrasts. +|resent | Definition: +| waspish a. quick to resent a trifling affront; +| characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; +| petulant; snappish. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|resemble | Definition: -| zoophyte v. i. any one of numerous species of -| invertebrate animals which more or less resemble -| plants in appearance or mode of growth as the -| corals gorgonians sea anemones hydroids bryozoans -| sponges etc. especially any of those that form -| compound colonies having a branched or treelike -| form as many corals and hydroids. -| +|resented | Definition: +| resented imp. & p. p. of resent +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|resembles | Definition: -| xanthopuccine n. one of three alkaloids found -| in the root of the yellow puccoon (hydrastis -| canadensis). it is a yellow crystalline substance -| and resembles berberine. -| +|resentful | Definition: +| resentful a. inclined to resent; easily provoked +| to anger; irritable. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|resembling | Definition: -| zymome n. a glutinous substance insoluble in alcohol -| resembling legumin; -- now called vegetable -| fibrin vegetable albumin or gluten casein. -| +|resenting | Definition: +| resenting p. pr. & vb. n. of resent +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |resentment | Definition: @@ -50786,20 +45586,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reserve | Definition: -| unturn v. t. to turn in a reserve way especially -| so as to open something; as to unturn a key. -| +|reservation | Definition: +| superficies n. a real right consisting of a grant +| by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground +| bearing a strong resemblance to the long building +| leases granted by landholders in england in +| consideration of a rent and under reservation +| of the ownership of the soil. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reserving | Definition: -| reserve n. the act of reserving or keeping back; -| reservation. +|reservations | Definition: +| hedge v. i. to use reservations and qualifications +| in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's +| self to anything definite. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|resided | Definition: -| resided imp. & p. p. of reside -| +|reserve | Definition: +| unturn v. t. to turn in a reserve way especially +| so as to open something; as to unturn a key. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |residence | Definition: @@ -50809,26 +45616,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|residue | Definition: -| vinyl n. the hypothetical radical c2h3 regarded -| as the characteristic residue of ethylene and -| that related series of unsaturated hydrocarbons -| with which the allyl compounds are homologous. +|residences | Definition: +| directory n. a book containing the names and residences +| of the inhabitants of any place or of classes +| of them; an address book; as a business directory. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|residing | Definition: +| xenelasia n. a spartan institution which prohibited +| strangers from residing in sparta without permission +| its object probably being to preserve the national +| simplicity of manners. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |resignation | Definition: | resignee n. one to whom anything is resigned or | in whose favor a resignation is made. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|resist | Definition: -| withstand prep. to stand against; to oppose; to -| resist either with physical or moral force; -| as to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand -| eloquence or arguments. -| +|resigned | Definition: +| resignee n. one to whom anything is resigned or +| in whose favor a resignation is made. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |resistance | Definition: @@ -50844,29 +45655,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|resisting | Definition: -| work n. the causing of motion against a resisting -| force. the amount of work is proportioned to -| and is measured by the product of the force -| into the amount of motion along the direction -| of the force. see conservation of energy under -| conservation unit of work under unit also foot -| pound horse power poundal and erg. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |resolute | Definition: | sturdy superl. resolute in a good sense; or firm | unyielding quality; as a man of sturdy piety | or patriotism. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|resolutely | Definition: -| resolutely adv. in a resolute manner; with fixed -| purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |resolution | Definition: | weakness n. the quality or state of being weak; | want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; @@ -50874,6 +45668,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|resolutions | Definition: +| resolution n. that which is resolved or determined; +| a settled purpose; determination. specifically: +| a formal expression of the opinion or will +| of an official body or a public assembly adopted +| by vote; as a legislative resolution; the resolutions +| of a public meeting. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |resolve | Definition: | unform v. t. to decompose or resolve into parts; | to destroy the form of; to unmake. @@ -50886,30 +45689,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|resolving | Definition: -| retardation n. the keeping back of an approaching -| consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones -| of a previous chord into the intermediate chord -| which follows; -- differing from suspension -| by resolving upwards instead of downwards. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |resort | Definition: -| shuffle v. i. to change one's position; to shift -| ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; -| to prevaricate. +| summerhouse n. a rustic house or apartment in +| a garden or park to be used as a pleasure resort +| in summer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|resorted | Definition: -| unfrequented a. rarely visited; seldom or never -| resorted to by human beings; as an unfrequented -| place or forest. +|resorting | Definition: +| resorting p. pr. & vb. n. of resort +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|resound | Definition: -| tinkle v. i. to hear or resound with a small sharp -| sound. +|resounded | Definition: +| resound v. i. to echo or reverberate; to be resonant; +| as the earth resounded with his praise. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |respect | Definition: @@ -50918,25 +45712,85 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|respectable | Definition: +| yeoman n. a common man or one of the commonly +| of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; +| a man free born. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |respected | Definition: | respected imp. & p. p. of respect | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|respecter | Definition: -| respecter n. one who respects. -| +|respectful | Definition: +| sir n. a respectful title used in addressing a +| man without being prefixed to his name; -- +| used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; +| sometimes also used in the way of emphatic +| formality. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|respective | Definition: -| tenuis n. one of the three surd mutes / / /; -- -| so called in relation to their respective middle -| letters or medials / / / and their aspirates -| / / /. the term is also applied to the corresponding -| letters and articulate elements in other languages. +|respectfully | Definition: +| forsooth v. t. to address respectfully with the +| term forsooth. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|respecting | Definition: +| wordish a. respecting words; full of words; wordy. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|respects | Definition: +| water pore one of certain minute pores in the +| leaves of some plants. they are without true +| guardian cells but in other respects closely +| resemble ordinary stomata. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|respond | Definition: +| responsible a. able to respond or answer for one's +| conduct and obligations; trustworthy financially +| or otherwise; as to have a responsible man +| for surety. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|responded | Definition: +| unanswered a. not responded to in kind; unrequited; +| as unanswered affection. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|respondent | Definition: +| respondent n. one who maintains a thesis in reply +| and whose province it is to refute objections +| or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from +| opponent. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|responding | Definition: +| responding p. pr. & vb. n. of respond +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|responsibility | Definition: +| sinecure n. any office or position which requires +| or involves little or no responsibility labor +| or active service. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|responsible | Definition: +| tutor n. an officer or member of some hall who +| instructs students and is responsible for their +| discipline. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|responsive | Definition: +| responsive a. responsible. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rest | Definition: | zumbooruk n. a small cannon supported by a swiveled | rest on the back of a camel whence it is fired @@ -50958,32 +45812,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|restitution | Definition: -| restitution v. the movement of rotetion which -| usually occurs in childbirth after the head -| has been delivered and which causes the latter -| to point towards the side to which it was directed -| at the beginning of labor. -| +|restless | Definition: +| restless a. not affording rest; as a restless +| chair. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|restless | Definition: -| restless a. not satisfied to be at rest or in -| peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for -| change; discontented; as restless schemers; -| restless ambition; restless subjects. -| +|restlessly | Definition: +| walk v. i. to be stirring; to be abroad; to go +| restlessly about; -- said of things or persons +| expected to remain quiet as a sleeping person +| or the spirit of a dead person; to go about +| as a somnambulist or a specter. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|restlessness | Definition: +| jactitation n. a frequent tossing or moving of +| the body; restlessness as in delirium. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|restoration | Definition: -| vivification n. the act of vivifying or the state -| of being vivified; restoration of life; revival. +|restorative | Definition: +| setwall n. a plant formerly valued for its restorative +| qualities (valeriana officinalis or v. pyrenaica). | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |restore | Definition: -| unfool v. t. to restore from folly or from being -| a fool. +| unwarp v. t. to restore from a warped state; to +| cause to be linger warped. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |restored | Definition: @@ -50999,11 +45857,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |restrain | Definition: -| silence v. t. to restrain from the exercise of -| any function privilege of instruction or the -| like especially from the act of preaching; -| as to silence a minister of the gospel. -| +| trash n. a collar leash or halter used to restrain +| a dog in pursuing game. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |restrained | Definition: @@ -51011,6 +45867,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|restraining | Definition: +| styptic a. producing contraction; stopping bleeding; +| having the quality of restraining hemorrhage +| when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |restraint | Definition: | wild superl. not submitted to restraint training | or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; @@ -51019,37 +45882,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | crazy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|restraints | Definition: -| fetter p. pr. & vb. n. to restrain from motion; -| to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; -| as fettered by obligations. -| +|resulted | Definition: +| resulted imp. & p. p. of result +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|resurrection | Definition: -| scarabee n. a stylized representation of a scarab -| beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of -| resurrection used by the ancient egyptians -| as an ornament or a talisman and in modern -| times used in jewelry usually by engraving -| designs on cabuchon stones. also used attributively; -| as a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing -| scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf]. -| +|resume | Definition: +| resume v. t. to begin again; to recommence as +| something which has been interrupted; as to +| resume an argument or discourse. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|retail | Definition: -| tag n. a sale of usually used items (such as furniture -| clothing household items or bric-a-brac) conducted -| by one or a small group of individuals at a -| location which is not a normal retail establishment. -| +|resumed | Definition: +| resumed imp. & p. p. of resume +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|retailer | Definition: -| retailer n. one who retails anything; as a retailer -| of merchandise; a retailer of gossip. -| +|resuming | Definition: +| resumptive a. taking back; resuming or tending +| toward resumption; as resumptive measures. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |retain | Definition: @@ -51065,30 +45918,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in the dress of nuns. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|retains | Definition: -| tzetze n. same as tsetse. u () the twenty-first -| letter of the english alphabet is a cursive -| form of the letter v with which it was formerly -| used interchangeably both letters being then -| used both as vowels and consonants. u and v -| are now however differentiated u being used -| only as a vowel or semivowel and v only as -| a consonant. the true primary vowel sound of -| u in anglo-saxon was the sound which it still -| retains in most of the languages of europe -| that of long oo as in tool and short oo as -| in wood answering to the french ou in tour. -| etymologically u is most closely related to -| o y (vowel) w and v; as in two duet dyad twice; -| top tuft; sop sup; auspice aviary. see v also -| o and y. +|reticence | Definition: +| reticence n. a figure by which a person really +| speaks of a thing while he makes a show as +| if he would say nothingon the subject. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|retire | Definition: -| shrink v. i. to withdraw or retire as from danger; -| to decline action from fear; to recoil as in -| fear horror or distress. -| +|reticent | Definition: +| reticent a. inclined to keep silent; reserved; +| uncommunicative. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |retired | Definition: @@ -51099,14 +45938,59 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|retract | Definition: -| unspeak v. t. to retract as what has been spoken; -| to recant; to unsay. +|retirement | Definition: +| withdrawing-room n. a room for retirement from +| another room as from a dining room; a drawing-room. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|retiring | Definition: +| tap n. a signal by drum or trumpet for extinguishing +| all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring +| to bed -- usually given about a quarter of +| an hour after tattoo. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|retrenching | Definition: -| retrenching p. pr. & vb. n. of retrench -| +|retort | Definition: +| tubulure n. a short tubular opening at the top +| of a retort or at the top or side of a bottle; +| a tubulation. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|retorted | Definition: +| retort n. to bend or curve back; as a retorted +| line. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|retrace | Definition: +| retrace v. t. to go back in or over (a previous +| course); to go over again in a reverse direction; +| as to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's +| proceedings. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|retreat | Definition: +| webform n. any one of various species of moths +| whose gregarious larvae eat the leaves of trees +| and construct a large web to which they retreat +| when not feeding. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|retributive | Definition: +| visitation n. special dispensation; communication +| of divine favor and goodness or more usually +| of divine wrath and vengeance; retributive +| calamity; retribution; judgment. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|retrospectively | Definition: +| status quo the state in which anything is already. +| the phrase is also used retrospectively as +| when on a treaty of place matters return to +| the status quo ante bellum or are left in statu +| quo ante bellum i.e. the state (or in the state) +| before the war. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |returned | Definition: @@ -51132,31 +46016,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reveal | Definition: -| unbosom v. t. to disclose freely; to reveal in -| confidence as secrets; to confess; -- often -| used reflexively; as to unbosom one's self. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|revealed | Definition: -| zendik n. an atheist or unbeliever; -- name given -| in the east to those charged with disbelief -| of any revealed religion or accused of magical -| heresies. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|revealer | Definition: -| revealer n. one who or that which reveals. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|revealing | Definition: -| telltale n. a machine or contrivance for indicating -| or recording something particularly for keeping -| a check upon employees as factory hands watchmen -| drivers check takers and the like by revealing -| to their employers what they have done or omitted. -| +| unveil v. i. to remove a veil; to reveal one's +| self. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |revelation | Definition: @@ -51167,70 +46028,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|revelations | Definition: -| testament n. one of the two distinct revelations -| of god's purposes toward man; a covenant; also -| one of the two general divisions of the canonical -| books of the sacred scriptures in which the -| covenants are respectively revealed; as the -| old testament; the new testament; -- often -| limited in colloquial language to the latter. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|revelling | Definition: -| revelling of revel -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |revenge | Definition: | vendetta n. a blood feud; private revenge for | the murder of a kinsman. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|revenged | Definition: -| revenged imp. & p. p. of revenge -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|revenger | Definition: -| revenger n. one who revenges. -| +|revengeful | Definition: +| revengeful a. full of or prone to revenge; vindictive; +| malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|revenging | Definition: -| war n. a contest between nations or states carried -| on by force whether for defence for revenging -| insults and redressing wrongs for the extension -| of commerce for the acquisition of territory -| for obtaining and establishing the superiority -| and dominion of one over the other or for any -| other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign -| powers; declared and open hostilities. +|reverberating | Definition: +| ring v. i. to sound loud; to resound; to be filled +| with a ringing or reverberating sound. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|revenue | Definition: -| treasurer n. one who has the care of a treasure -| or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives -| the public money arising from taxes and duties -| or other sources of revenue takes charge of -| the same and disburses it upon orders made -| by the proper authority; one who has charge -| of collected funds; as the treasurer of a society -| or corporation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|revenues | Definition: -| treasury n. a place or building in which stores -| of wealth are deposited; especially a place -| where public revenues are deposited and kept -| and where money is disbursed to defray the -| expenses of government; hence also the place -| of deposit and disbursement of any collected -| funds. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |reverence | Definition: | worshipful a. entitled to worship reverence or | high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; @@ -51238,30 +46053,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | ironically. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reverenced | Definition: -| tetradite n. a person in some way remarkable with -| regard to the number four as one born on the -| fourth day of the month or one who reverenced -| four persons in the godhead. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reverencing | Definition: -| reverencing p. pr. & vb. n. of reverence -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|reverential | Definition: -| venerate v. t. to regard with reverential respect; -| to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; -| to revere; as we venerate parents and elders. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |reverse | Definition: -| undo v. t. to reverse as what has been done; to -| annul; to bring to naught. -| +| verso n. the reverse or left-hand page of a book +| or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reversed | Definition: @@ -51273,37 +46068,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|revile | Definition: -| revile v. t. & i. to address or abuse with opprobrious -| and contemptuous language; to reproach. +|revert | Definition: +| revest v. i. to take effect or vest again as a +| title; to revert to former owner; as the title +| or right revests in a after alienation. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reviled | Definition: -| reviled imp. & p. p. of revile -| +|reverted | Definition: +| reverted a. turned back; reversed. specifically: +| (her.) bent or curved twice in opposite directions +| or in the form of an s. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|reviling | Definition: -| reviling a. uttering reproaches; containing reproaches. +|reverting | Definition: +| revertible a. capable of or admitting of reverting +| or being reverted; as a revertible estate. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|revised | Definition: -| sacramentary n. an ancient book of the roman catholic -| church written by pope gelasius and revised -| corrected and abridged by st. gregory in which -| were contained the rites for mass the sacraments -| the dedication of churches and other ceremonies. -| there are several ancient books of the same -| kind in france and germany. -| +|reviewing | Definition: +| revisal n. the act of revising or reviewing and +| reexamining for correction and improvement; +| revision; as the revisal of a manuscript; the +| revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a +| treaty. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|revision | Definition: -| roughcast v. t. to form in its first rudiments -| without revision correction or polish. -| +|revisit | Definition: +| revisit v. t. to revise. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|revival | Definition: +| wakening n. the revival of an action. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |revive | Definition: @@ -51322,34 +46121,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|revoked | Definition: -| revoked imp. & p. p. of revoke -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|revolt | Definition: -| revolt n. the act of revolting; an uprising against -| legitimate authority; especially a renunciation -| of allegiance and subjection to a government; -| rebellion; as the revolt of a province of the -| roman empire. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|revolted | Definition: -| revolted imp. & p. p. of revolt -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|revolting | Definition: -| revolting a. causing abhorrence mixed with disgust; -| exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome; as -| revolting cruelty. +|reviving | Definition: +| reviviscency n. the act of reviving or the state +| of being revived; renewal of life. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|revolutions | Definition: -| trochometer n. a contrivance for computing the -| revolutions of a wheel; an odometer. -| +|revolving | Definition: +| worm n. a short revolving screw the threads of +| which drive or are driven by a worm wheel by +| gearing into its teeth or cogs. see illust. +| of worm gearing below. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |reward | Definition: @@ -51362,71 +46144,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | gold. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rewarder | Definition: -| rewarder n. one who rewards. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rewarding | Definition: -| visit v. t. to come to for the purpose of chastising -| rewarding comforting; to come upon with reward -| or retribution; to appear before or judge; -| as to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath. +|rhapsody | Definition: +| rhapsody n. a composition irregular in form like +| an improvisation; as liszt's hungarian rhapsodies. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rewards | Definition: -| paymaster n. one who pays; one who compensates -| rewards or requites; specifically an officer -| or agent of a government a corporation or an -| employer whose duty it is to pay salaries wages -| etc. and keep account of the same. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rheims | Definition: -| douay bible a translation of the scriptures into -| the english language for the use of english-speaking -| roman catholics; -- done from the latin vulgate -| by english scholars resident in france. the -| new testament portion was published at rheims -| a. d. 1582 the old testament at douai a. d. -| 1609-10. various revised editions have since -| been published. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rheum | Definition: -| salt rheum a popular name esp. in the united -| states for various cutaneous eruptions particularly -| for those of eczema. see eczema. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rhinoceros | Definition: -| umhofo n. an african two-horned rhinoceros (atelodus -| / rhinoceros simus); -- called also chukuru -| and white rhinoceros. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rhode | Definition: -| redroot n. a name of several plants having red -| roots as the new jersey tea (see under tea) -| the gromwell the bloodroot and the lachnanthes -| tinctoria an endogenous plant found in sandy -| swamps from rhode island to florida. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rhodes | Definition: -| rhodian a. of or pertaining to rhodes an island -| of the mediterranean. +|rheumatic | Definition: +| rheumatic a. of or pertaining to rheumatism; as +| rheumatic pains or affections; affected with +| rheumatism; as a rheumatic old man; causing +| rheumatism; as a rheumatic day. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rib | Definition: -| siding n. the thickness of a rib or timber measured -| at right angles with its side across the curved -| edge; as a timber having a siding of ten inches. -| +|ribbon | Definition: +| tongue n. the lingual ribbon or odontophore of +| a mollusk. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ribs | Definition: @@ -51449,34 +46183,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|richer | Definition: -| snob n. a vulgar person who affects to be better -| richer or more fashionable than he really is; -| a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors. -| +|richly | Definition: +| strelitzia n. a genus of plants related to the +| banana found at the cape of good hope. they +| have rigid glaucous distichous leaves and peculiar +| richly colored flowers. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|riches | Definition: -| riches a. that which makes one rich; an abundance -| of land goods money or other property; wealth; -| opulence; affluence. +|rick | Definition: +| rickstand n. a flooring or framework on which +| a rick is made. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rick | Definition: -| rick n. a stack or pile as of grain straw or hay -| in the open air usually protected from wet -| with thatching. +|ricks | Definition: +| rick v. t. to heap up in ricks as hay etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rid | Definition: -| ship v. t. hence to send away; to get rid of. -| +| unload v. t. to sell in large quantities as stock; +| to get rid of. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|riddle | Definition: -| unriddle v. t. & i. to read the riddle of; to -| solve or explain; as to unriddle an enigma -| or a mystery. +|riddance | Definition: +| riddance n. the state of being rid or free; freedom; +| escape. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |riddles | Definition: @@ -51492,37 +46224,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rider | Definition: -| sidesaddle n. a saddle for women in which the -| rider sits with both feet on one side of the -| animal mounted. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|riders | Definition: -| saddlebags n. pl. bags usually of leather united -| by straps or a band formerly much used by horseback -| riders to carry small articles one bag hanging -| on each side. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rides | Definition: -| wheelman n. one who rides a bicycle or tricycle; -| a cycler or cyclist. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ridges | Definition: -| whipstitch v. t. to rafter; to plow in ridges -| as land. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ridiculed | Definition: -| ridiculed imp. & p. p. of ridicule -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ridiculing | Definition: -| subderisorious a. ridiculing with moderation. -| +|ridgy | Definition: +| ridgy a. having a ridge or ridges; rising in a +| ridge. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ridiculous | Definition: @@ -51531,12 +46235,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|riding | Definition: -| wrap n. a wrapper; -- often used in the plural -| for blankets furs shawls etc. used in riding -| or traveling. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rifle | Definition: | sight v. t. to apply sights to; to adjust the | sights of; also to give the proper elevation @@ -51545,17 +46243,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rifled | Definition: -| whitworth gun a form of rifled cannon and small -| arms invented by sir joseph whitworth of manchester -| england. +|rigging | Definition: +| unlace v. t. to loose and take off as a bonnet +| from a sail or to cast off as any lacing in +| any part of the rigging of a vessel. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rifles | Definition: -| yager n. in the german army one belonging to a -| body of light infantry armed with rifles resembling -| the chasseur of the french army. -| +|righted | Definition: +| righted imp. & p. p. of right +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |righteous | Definition: @@ -51563,26 +46260,48 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | conduct. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|righteousness | Definition: -| righteousness n. the state of being right with -| god; justification; the work of christ which -| is the ground of justification. -| +|rigidity | Definition: +| scleroderma n. a disease of adults characterized +| by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rightfully | Definition: -| valid a. having legal strength or force; executed -| with the proper formalities; incapable of being -| rightfully overthrown or set aside; as a valid -| deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument -| of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid -| marriage. +|rigidly | Definition: +| textuary n. one who adheres strictly or rigidly +| to the text. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rightly | Definition: -| rightly adv. according to truth or fact; correctly; -| not erroneously; exactly. -| +|rim | Definition: +| wheel n. a circular frame turning about an axis; +| a rotating disk whether solid or a frame composed +| of an outer rim spokes or radii and a central +| hub or nave in which is inserted the axle -- +| used for supporting and conveying vehicles +| in machinery and for various purposes; as the +| wheel of a wagon of a locomotive of a mill +| of a watch etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rims | Definition: +| tiara n. a form of headdress worn by the ancient +| persians. according to xenophon the royal tiara +| was encircled with a diadem and was high and +| erect while those of the people were flexible +| or had rims turned over. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rimy | Definition: +| rimy a. abounding with rime; frosty. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rind | Definition: +| wampee n. a tree (cookia punctata) of the orange +| family growing in china and the east indies; +| also its fruit which is about the size of a +| large grape and has a hard rind and a peculiar +| flavor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ring | Definition: @@ -51592,6 +46311,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|ringing | Definition: +| yoke n. a frame or convex piece by which a bell +| is hung for ringing it. see illust. of bell. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rings | Definition: | zibeth n. a carnivorous mammal (viverra zibetha) | closely allied to the civet from which it differs @@ -51600,28 +46325,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | tail more numerous. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ringtail | Definition: -| ringtail n. a light sail set abaft and beyong -| the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called -| also ringsail. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|riot | Definition: -| suppression n. the act of suppressing or the state -| of being suppressed; repression; as the suppression -| of a riot insurrection or tumult; the suppression -| of truth of reports of evidence and the like. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rioted | Definition: -| rioted imp. & p. p. of riot -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rioting | Definition: -| rioting p. pr. & vb. n. of riot -| +|rinse | Definition: +| rinse v. t. to cleancse by the introduction of +| water; -- applied especially to hollow vessels; +| as to rinse a bottle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |riotous | Definition: @@ -51631,51 +46338,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|riotously | Definition: -| saturnalian a. of unrestrained and intemperate -| jollity; riotously merry; dissolute. -| +|ripple | Definition: +| wimple v. t. to cause to appear as if laid in +| folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; +| as the wind wimples the surface of water. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rip | Definition: -| unsew v. t. to undo as something sewn or something -| inclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out -| the stitches of. +|rippling | Definition: +| ripply a. having ripples; as ripply water; hence +| resembling the sound of rippling water; as +| ripply laughter; a ripply cove. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ripe | Definition: -| ypsiliform a. resembling the / in appearance; -| -- said of the germinal spot in the ripe egg -| at one of the stages of fecundation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ripen | Definition: -| wineberry n. a peculiar new zealand shrub (coriaria -| ruscifolia) in which the petals ripen and afford -| an abundant purple juice from which a kind -| of wine is made. the plant also grows in chili. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ripeness | Definition: -| ripeness n. the state or quality of being ripe; -| maturity;; completeness; perfection; as the -| ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness -| of judgment. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ripped | Definition: -| ripped imp. & p. p. of rip -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rise | Definition: -| zymogen n. a mother substance or antecedent of -| an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to -| such substances as not being themselves actual -| ferments may by internal changes give rise -| to a ferment. +|rise | Definition: +| zymogen n. a mother substance or antecedent of +| an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to +| such substances as not being themselves actual +| ferments may by internal changes give rise +| to a ferment. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |risen | Definition: @@ -51691,27 +46373,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | tempest. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rite | Definition: -| unsacrament v. t. to deprive of sacramental character -| or efficacy; as to unsacrament the rite of -| baptism. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rites | Definition: -| tradition n. the unwritten or oral delivery of -| information opinions doctrines practices rites -| and customs from father to son or from ancestors -| to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge -| opinions or practice from forefathers to descendants -| by oral communication without written memorials. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rival | Definition: -| try v. t. to settle; to decide; to determine; -| specifically to decide by an appeal to arms; -| as to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions. -| +|risked | Definition: +| risked imp. & p. p. of risk +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |river | Definition: @@ -51724,21 +46388,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a pier. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rivers | Definition: -| watershed n. the line of division between two -| adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the -| flow of water by natural channels into them; -| the natural boundary of a basin. -| +|riveted | Definition: +| welt n. in steam boilers and sheet-iron work a +| strip riveted upon the edges of plates that +| form a butt joint. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|roads | Definition: -| wheeling n. condition of a road or roads which -| admits of passing on wheels; as it is good -| wheeling or bad wheeling. +|roadway | Definition: +| velocipede n. a light road carriage propelled +| by the feet of the rider. originally it was +| propelled by striking the tips of the toes +| on the roadway but commonly now by the action +| of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected +| with the axle of one or more of the wheels +| and causing their revolution. they are made +| in many forms with two three or four wheels. +| see bicycle and tricycle. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|roam | Definition: +| uncouple v. i. to roam at liberty. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |roar | Definition: | thunder n. to produce thunder; to sound rattle | or roar as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; @@ -51757,6 +46430,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | rote. see rote. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|roast | Definition: +| torrefy v. t. to subject to scorching heat so +| as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast +| as ores. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |roasted | Definition: | wassail n. the liquor used for a wassail; esp. | a beverage formerly much used in england at @@ -51793,12 +46472,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |robber | Definition: -| sea robber a pirate; a sea rover. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|robberies | Definition: -| robberies pl. of robbery +| tanystomata n. pl. a division of dipterous insects +| in which the proboscis is large and contains +| lancelike mandibles and maxillae. the horseflies +| and robber flies are examples. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |robbers | Definition: @@ -51810,14 +46488,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |robbery | Definition: -| rover v. i. one who practices robbery on the seas; -| a pirate. +| spoliation v. t. robbery or plunder in war; especially +| the authorized act or practice of plundering +| neutrals at sea. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |robe | Definition: -| robe v. t. to invest with a robe or robes; to -| dress; to array; as fields robed with green. -| +| star v. t. to set or adorn with stars or bright +| radiating bodies; to bespangle; as a robe starred +| with gems. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |robes | Definition: @@ -51827,12 +46506,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rocks | Definition: -| wreck v. t. to destroy disable or seriously damage -| as a vessel by driving it against the shore -| or on rocks by causing it to become unseaworthy -| to founder or the like; to shipwreck. -| +|robin | Definition: +| wingfish n. a sea robin having large winglike +| pectoral fins. see sea robin under robin. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rocked | Definition: +| rocking-stone n. a stone often of great size and +| weight resting upon another stone and so exactly +| poised that it can be rocked or slightly moved +| with but little force. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rocking | Definition: +| titubation n. the act of stumbling rocking or +| rolling; a reeling. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rod | Definition: @@ -51848,30 +46537,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rods | Definition: -| wiper n. a piece generally projecting from a rotating -| or swinging piece as an axle or rock shaft -| for the purpose of raising stampers lifting -| rods or the like and leaving them to fall by -| their own weight; a kind of cam. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|roe | Definition: -| trubu n. an east india herring (clupea toli) which -| is extensively caught for the sake of its roe -| and for its flesh. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|roes | Definition: -| caviar n. the roes of the sturgeon prepared and -| salted; -- used as a relish esp. in russia. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rohob | Definition: -| rohob n. an inspissated juice. see rob. -| +|rogue | Definition: +| rogue v. t. to give the name or designation of +| rogue to; to decry. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |roll | Definition: @@ -51885,12 +46553,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or heaps. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|roller | Definition: +| windlass n. a machine for raising weights consisting +| of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on +| its axis and turned by a crank lever or similar +| means so as to wind up a rope or chain attached +| to the weight. in vessels the windlass is often +| used instead of the capstan for raising the +| anchor. it is usually set upon the forecastle +| and is worked by hand or steam. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rolling | Definition: | wheel n. a rolling or revolving body; anything | of a circular form; a disk; an orb. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|rolls | Definition: +| tumbledung n. any one of numerous species of scaraboid +| beetles belonging to scarabaeus copris phanaeus +| and allied genera. the female lays her eggs +| in a globular mass of dung which she rolls +| by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated +| in the earth in which she buries it. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |roman | Definition: | whiteboy a. one of an association of poor roman | catholics which arose in ireland about 1760 @@ -51900,29 +46590,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|romance | Definition: +| romanza n. see romance 5. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |romans | Definition: -| tuscan a. 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 of the order. the original -| of this order was not used by the greeks but -| by the romans under the empire. see order and -| illust. of capital. +| vesta n. 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. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rome | Definition: -| veto n. a power or right possessed by one department -| of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying -| out of projects attempted by another department; -| especially in a constitutional government a -| power vested in the chief executive to prevent -| the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. -| such a power may be absolute as in the case -| of the tribunes of the people in ancient rome -| or limited as in the case of the president -| of the united states. called also the veto -| power. +|romantic | Definition: +| troubadour n. one of a school of poets who flourished +| from the eleventh to the thirteenth century +| principally in provence in the south of france +| and also in the north of italy. they invented +| and especially cultivated a kind of lyrical +| poetry characterized by intricacy of meter +| and rhyme and usually of a romantic amatory +| strain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |roof | Definition: @@ -51933,18 +46621,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|roofless | Definition: +| roofless a. having no roof; as a roofless house. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |roofs | Definition: -| truss n. an assemblage of members of wood or metal -| supported at two points and arranged to transmit -| pressure vertically to those points with the -| least possible strain across the length of -| any member. architectural trusses when left -| visible as in open timber roofs often contain -| members not needed for construction or are -| built with greater massiveness than is requisite -| or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance -| with the exigencies of style. -| +| upher n. a fir pole of from four to seven inches +| diameter and twenty to forty feet long sometimes +| roughly hewn used for scaffoldings and sometimes +| for slight and common roofs for which use it +| is split. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rooks | Definition: +| chess n. a game played on a chessboard by two +| persons with two differently colored sets of +| men sixteen in each set. each player has a +| king a queen two bishops two knights two castles +| or rooks and eight pawns. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rooms | Definition: @@ -51963,24 +46659,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rooted | Definition: -| root v. t. to plant and fix deeply in the earth -| or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence -| to make deep or radical; to establish; -- used -| chiefly in the participle; as rooted trees -| or forests; rooted dislike. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rooting | Definition: -| rooting p. pr. & vb. n. of root -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|roots | Definition: -| yamp n. an umbelliferous plant (carum gairdneri); -| also its small fleshy roots which are eaten -| by the indians from idaho to california. -| +| stump n. the part of a limb or other body remaining +| after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed +| or rooted remnant; a stub; as the stump of +| a leg a finger a tooth or a broom. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |rope | Definition: @@ -51989,12 +46672,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ropes | Definition: -| windlestraw n. a grass used for making ropes or -| for plaiting esp. agrostis spica-ventis. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rose | Definition: | tansy n. a dish common in the seventeenth century | made of eggs sugar rose water cream and the @@ -52002,33 +46679,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | dish. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|roses | Definition: -| rosier n. a rosebush; roses collectively. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rosin | Definition: -| rosiny a. like rosin or having its qualities. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ross | Definition: -| ross v. t. to divest of the ross or rough scaly -| surface; as to ross bark. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rosy | Definition: -| sunglow n. a rosy flush in the sky seen after -| sunset. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rot | Definition: | water-rot v. t. to rot by steeping in water; to | water-ret; as to water-rot hemp or flax. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|rotatory | Definition: +| wheel v. t. to put into a rotatory motion; to +| cause to turn or revolve; to cause to gyrate; +| to make or perform in a circle. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rots | Definition: +| xanthoxylum n. a genus of prickly shrubs or small +| trees the bark and rots of which are of a deep +| yellow color; prickly ash. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rotted | Definition: | rotted imp. & p. p. of rot | @@ -52040,11 +46710,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | stone. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|rotting | Definition: +| rotting p. pr. & vb. n. of rot +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rouge | Definition: +| rouge dragon n. one of the four pursuivants of +| the english college of arms. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rough | Definition: | yarrish a. having a rough dry taste. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|roughened | Definition: +| roughened imp. & p. p. of roughen +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |roughly | Definition: | upher n. a fir pole of from four to seven inches | diameter and twenty to forty feet long sometimes @@ -52059,9 +46745,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and prominent snout. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|roundabout | Definition: +| windlass v. i. to take a roundabout course; to +| work warily or by indirect means. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rounded | Definition: +| yeast n. a form of fungus which grows as indvidual +| rounded cells rather than in a mycelium and +| reproduces by budding; esp. members of the +| orders endomycetales and moniliales. some fungi +| may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium depending +| on the conditions of growth. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rounds | Definition: +| stave n. one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern +| wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack +| a ladder etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rouse | Definition: -| unbed v. t. to raise or rouse from bed. -| +| waken v. t. to excite or rouse from sleep; to +| wake; to awake; to awaken. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |roused | Definition: @@ -52070,21 +46779,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to be active. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rout | Definition: -| routously adv. with that violation of law called -| a rout. see 5th rout 4. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|routed | Definition: -| routed imp. & p. p. of rout -| +|routine | Definition: +| routine n. any regular course of action or procedure +| rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|roving | Definition: -| wanton n. a roving frolicsome thing; a trifler; -| -- used rarely as a term of endearment. -| +|rove | Definition: +| wildness n. the quality or state of being wild; +| an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition +| to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; +| irregularity; distraction. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |row | Definition: @@ -52134,6 +46840,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|rubbed | Definition: +| washboard n. a fluted or ribbed board on which +| clothes are rubbed in washing them. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rubbing | Definition: | wipe n. act of rubbing esp. in order to clean. | @@ -52144,6 +46856,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|rubicund | Definition: +| rubicund a. inclining to redness; ruddy; red. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|rubies | Definition: +| rubies pl. of ruby +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rudder | Definition: | wheel n. a circular frame having handles on the | periphery and an axle which is so connected @@ -52152,11 +46873,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ruddy | Definition: -| water partridge the ruddy duck. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rude | Definition: | tribe n. a nation of savages or uncivilized people; | a body of rude people united under one leader @@ -52171,24 +46887,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rue | Definition: -| rutin n. a glucoside resembling but distinct from -| quercitrin. rutin is found in the leaves of -| the rue (ruta graveolens) and other plants -| and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline -| substance which yields quercitin on decomposition. -| +|rueful | Definition: +| rueful a. causing one to rue or lament; woeful; +| mournful; sorrowful. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ruffled | Definition: +| unruffled a. not ruffled or agitated; smooth; +| calm; tranquil; quiet. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rufus | Definition: -| brocket n. a small south american deer of several -| species (coassus superciliaris c. rufus and -| c. auritus). +|ruffles | Definition: +| cat's-paw n. a light transitory air which ruffles +| the surface of the water during a calm or the +| ripples made by such a puff of air. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rugged | Definition: -| rugged n. vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of -| health physique etc. +|rug | Definition: +| rug v. t. to pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; +| to spoil; to tear. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ruin | Definition: @@ -52202,20 +46920,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | injured. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ruinous | Definition: -| ruinous a. characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; -| as an edifice bridge or wall in a ruinous state. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ruins | Definition: -| wreck v. t. the ruins of a ship stranded; a ship -| dashed against rocks or land and broken or -| otherwise rendered useless by violence and -| fracture; as they burned the wreck. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rule | Definition: | warranty n. an engagement or undertaking express | or implied that a certain fact regarding the @@ -52227,59 +46931,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | is caveat emptor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ruled | Definition: -| unruled a. not ruled or marked with lines; as -| unruled paper. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |ruler | Definition: | zeus n. the chief deity of the greeks and ruler | of the upper world (cf. hades). he was identified | with jupiter. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rulers | Definition: -| waywode n. originally the title of a military -| commander in various slavonic countries; afterwards -| applied to governors of towns or provinces. -| it was assumed for a time by the rulers of -| moldavia and wallachia who were afterwards -| called hospodars and has also been given to -| some inferior turkish officers. -| +|rum | Definition: +| spirit n. rum whisky brandy gin and other distilled +| liquors having much alcohol in distinction +| from wine and malt liquors. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ruling | Definition: -| timocracy n. a state in which the love of honor -| is the ruling motive. +|rumination | Definition: +| ruminative a. inclined to or engaged in rumination +| or meditation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ruminate | Definition: -| rumination n. the state of being disposed to ruminate -| or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection. -| +|rumple | Definition: +| rumple v. t. & i. to make uneven; to form into +| irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; +| as to rumple an apron or a cravat. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rump | Definition: -| shama n. a saxicoline singing bird (kittacincla -| macroura) of india noted for the sweetness -| and power of its song. in confinement it imitates -| the notes of other birds and various animals -| with accuracy. its head neck back breast and -| tail are glossy black the rump white the under -| parts chestnut. +|rumpled | Definition: +| rumpled a. wrinkled; crumpled. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|runner | Definition: -| yellowtail n. the runner 12. -| +|runaway | Definition: +| runaway a. very successful; accomplishing success +| quickly; as a runaway bestseller. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|runneth | Definition: -| run a. to extend; to reach; as the road runs from -| philadelphia to new york; the memory of man -| runneth not to the contrary. -| +|rung | Definition: +| streak n. the rung or round of a ladder. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |running | Definition: @@ -52288,24 +46978,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|runs | Definition: -| water spider any spider that habitually lives -| on or about the water especially the large -| american species (dolomedes lanceolatus) which -| runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called -| also raft spider. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|rupture | Definition: -| wind-broken a. having the power of breathing impaired -| by the rupture dilatation or running together -| of air cells of the lungs so that while the -| inspiration is by one effort the expiration -| is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema -| or with heaves; -- said of a horse. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |rush | Definition: | uprush v. i. to rush upward. | @@ -52316,52 +46988,62 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|rushes | Definition: +| thatch n. straw rushes or the like used for making +| or covering the roofs of buildings or of stacks +| of hay or grain. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |rushing | Definition: | uprush n. act of rushing upward; an upbreak or | upburst; as an uprush of lava. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|rust | Definition: -| verdigris n. the green rust formed on copper. -| +|rushlight | Definition: +| rushlight n. a rush candle or its light; hence +| a small feeble light. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ruth | Definition: -| ruthful a. full of ruth +|rustic | Definition: +| villanella n. an old rustic dance accompanied +| with singing. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|saba | Definition: -| sabian a. of or pertaining to saba in arabia celebrated -| for producing aromatic plants. -| +|rustily | Definition: +| rustily adv. in a rusty state. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sabaoth | Definition: -| sabaoth n. pl. incorrectly the sabbath. -| +|rustle | Definition: +| rustle n. a quick succession or confusion of small +| sounds like those made by shaking leaves or +| straw by rubbing silk or the like; a rustling. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sabbath | Definition: -| week n. a period of seven days usually that reckoned -| from one sabbath or sunday to the next. -| +|rustled | Definition: +| rustled imp. & p. p. of rustle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sabellius | Definition: -| sabellian n. a follower of sabellius a presbyter -| of ptolemais in the third century who maintained -| that there is but one person in the godhead -| and that the son and holy spirit are only different -| powers operations or offices of the one god -| the father. +|rusty | Definition: +| rusty superl. resembling or covered with a substance +| resembling rust; affected with rust; rubiginous. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|saber | Definition: -| yataghan n. a long knife or short saber common -| among mohammedan nations usually having a double -| curve sometimes nearly straight. -| +|sable | Definition: +| sable v. t. to render sable or dark; to drape +| darkly or in black. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sables | Definition: +| timber n. a certain quantity of fur skins as of +| martens ermines sables etc. packed between +| boards; being in some cases forty skins in +| others one hundred and twenty; -- called also +| timmer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sack | Definition: @@ -52372,69 +47054,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sackbut | Definition: -| trombone n. a powerful brass instrument of the -| trumpet kind thought by some to be the ancient -| sackbut consisting of a tube in three parts -| bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. -| the middle part bent double slips into the -| outer parts as in a telescope so that by change -| of the vibrating length any tone within the -| compass of the instrument (which may be bass -| or tenor or alto or even in rare instances -| soprano) is commanded. it is the only member -| of the family of wind instruments whose scale -| both diatonic and chromatic is complete without -| the aid of keys or pistons and which can slide -| from note to note as smoothly as the human -| voice or a violin. softly blown it has a rich -| and mellow sound which becomes harsh and blatant -| when the tones are forced; used with discretion -| its effect is often solemn and majestic. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sackcloth | Definition: | sanbenito n. anciently a sackcloth coat worn by | penitents on being reconciled to the church. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sacked | Definition: -| sacked imp. & p. p. of sack -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sacks | Definition: -| ton n. a certain weight or quantity of merchandise -| with reference to transportation as freight; -| as six hundred weight of ship bread in casks -| seven hundred weight in bags eight hundred -| weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight -| sacks or ten barrels of flour; forty cubic -| feet of rough or fifty cubic feet of hewn timber -| etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sacrament | Definition: -| sacramentary a. of or pertaining to a sacrament -| or the sacraments; sacramental. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sacramental | Definition: -| transubstantiate v. t. to change as the sacramental -| elements bread and wine into the flesh and -| blood of christ. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sacraments | Definition: -| trisacramentarian n. one who recognizes three -| sacraments and no more; -- namely baptism the -| lord's supper and penance. see sacrament. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sacred | Definition: | zend n. properly the translation and exposition | in the huzv/resh or literary pehlevi language @@ -52445,44 +47070,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sacrifice | Definition: -| sin n. a sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sacrificed | Definition: -| victim n. a person or thing destroyed or sacrificed -| in the pursuit of an object or in gratification -| of a passion; as a victim to jealousy lust -| or ambition. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sacrifices | Definition: -| voodooism n. a degraded form of superstition and -| sorcery said to include human sacrifices and -| cannibalism in some of its rites. it is prevalent -| among the negroes of hayti and to some extent -| in the united states and is regarded as a relic -| of african barbarism. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sacrificing | Definition: -| self-sacrificing a. yielding up one's own interest -| ffeelings etc; sacrificing one's self. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sacrilege | Definition: -| sacrilege n. the sin or crime of violating or -| profaning sacred things; the alienating to -| laymen or to common purposes what has been -| appropriated or consecrated to religious persons -| or uses. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sacrilegious | Definition: -| sacrilegious a. violating sacred things; polluted -| with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; -| impious. +| tabernacle n. a portable structure of wooden framework +| covered with curtains which was carried through +| the wilderness in the israelitish exodus as +| a place of sacrifice and worship. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sad | Definition: @@ -52494,6 +47086,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | life. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|saddened | Definition: +| saddened imp. & p. p. of sadden +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |sadder | Definition: | sadder n. same as sadda. |_____________________________________________________________ @@ -52504,15 +47101,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|saddled | Definition: -| saddled a. having a broad patch of color across -| the back like a saddle; saddle-backed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|saddling | Definition: -| saddling p. pr. & vb. n. of saddle -| +|saddler | Definition: +| saddler n. a harp seal. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sadly | Definition: @@ -52521,8 +47111,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sadness | Definition: -| sadness n. seriousness; gravity; discretion. -| +| sadness n. quality of being sad or unhappy; gloominess; +| sorrowfulness; dejection. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |safe | Definition: @@ -52565,19 +47156,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | decomposition. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|saffron | Definition: -| turmeric n. the root or rootstock of the curcuma -| longa. it is externally grayish but internally -| of a deep lively yellow or saffron color and -| has a slight aromatic smell and a bitterish -| slightly acrid taste. it is used for a dye -| a medicine a condiment and a chemical test. +|safest | Definition: +| channel n. the deeper part of a river harbor strait +| etc. where the main current flows or which +| affords the best and safest passage for vessels. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|sagacious | Definition: +| sagacious a. hence of quick intellectual perceptions; +| of keen penetration and judgment; discerning +| and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; +| sage; wise; as a sagacious man; a sagacious +| remark. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |sage | Definition: -| save n. the herb sage or salvia. -| +| tea n. any infusion or decoction especially when +| made of the dried leaves of plants; as sage +| tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sail | Definition: @@ -52598,12 +47196,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|sailor | Definition: +| yarn n. a story told by a sailor for the amusement +| of his companions; a story or tale; as to spin +| a yarn. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |sailors | Definition: -| shipwreck v. t. to cause to experience shipwreck -| as sailors or passengers. hence to cause to -| suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or -| ruin as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as to shipwreck -| a business. +| throw v. t. to drive by violence; as a vessel +| or sailors may be thrown upon a rock. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sails | Definition: +| yawl-rigged a. having two masts with fore-and-aft +| sails but differing from a schooner in that +| the after mast is very small and stepped as +| far aft as possible. see illustration in appendix. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |saint | Definition: @@ -52612,32 +47222,46 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|saints | Definition: -| sainthood n. the order or united body of saints; -| saints considered collectively. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|saith | Definition: -| saith 3d pers. sing. pres. of say. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sake | Definition: | trubu n. an east india herring (clupea toli) which | is extensively caught for the sake of its roe | and for its flesh. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sallied | Definition: -| sallied imp. & p. p. of sally -| +|sal | Definition: +| spirit n. any one of the four substances sulphur +| sal ammoniac quicksilver or arsenic (or according +| to some orpiment). |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|salmon | Definition: -| sewen n. a british trout usually regarded as a -| variety (var. cambricus) of the salmon trout. -| +|salad | Definition: +| water cress a perennial cruciferous herb (nasturtium +| officinale) growing usually in clear running +| or spring water. the leaves are pungent and +| used for salad and as an antiscorbutic. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|salary | Definition: +| salary v. t. to pay or agree to pay a salary to; +| to attach salary to; as to salary a clerk; +| to salary a position. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sally | Definition: +| sally lunn a tea cake slighty sweetened and raised +| with yeast baked in the form of biscuits or +| in a thin loaf and eaten hot with butter. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|saloon | Definition: +| saloon n. a spacious and elegant apartment for +| the reception of company or for works of art; +| a hall of reception esp. a hall for public +| entertainments or amusements; a large room +| or parlor; as the saloon of a steamboat. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |salt | Definition: @@ -52645,9 +47269,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|salted | Definition: -| waterhorse n. a pile of salted fish heaped up -| to drain. +|saltcellar | Definition: +| saltfoot n. a large saltcellar formerly placed +| near the center of the table. the superior +| guests were seated above the saltfoot. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |salutation | Definition: @@ -52655,15 +47281,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|salutations | Definition: -| greet v. t. to address with salutations or expressions -| of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; -| to accost with friendship; to pay respects -| or compliments to either personally or through -| the intervention of another or by writing or -| token. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |salute | Definition: | welcome v. t. to salute with kindness as a newcomer; | to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; @@ -52676,58 +47293,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|saluting | Definition: -| salute v. the act of saluting or expressing kind -| wishes or respect; salutation; greeting. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|salvation | Definition: -| savior v. specifically: the (or our your etc.) -| savior he who brings salvation to men; jesus -| christ the redeemer. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|samaria | Definition: -| samaritan a. of or pertaining to samaria in palestine. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|samaritan | Definition: -| samaritan n. a native or inhabitant of samaria; -| also the language of samaria. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|samosata | Definition: -| paulianist n. a follower of paul of samosata a -| bishop of antioch in the third century who -| was deposed for denying the divinity of christ. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|samson | Definition: -| samson n. an israelite of bible record (see judges -| xiii.) distinguished for his great strength; -| hence a man of extraordinary physical strength. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|samuel | Definition: -| thomsonianism n. an empirical system which assumes -| that the human body is composed of four elements -| earth air fire and water and that vegetable -| medicines alone should be used; -- from the -| founder dr. samuel thomson of massachusetts. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sanctification | Definition: -| sanctification n. the act of god's grace by which -| the affections of men are purified or alienated -| from sin and the world and exalted to a supreme -| love to god; also the state of being thus purified -| or sanctified. +|sample | Definition: +| swatch n. a piece pattern or sample generally +| of cloth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sanctified | Definition: @@ -52735,179 +47303,145 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sanctifier | Definition: -| sanctifier n. one who sanctifies or makes holy; -| specifically the holy spirit. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sanctify | Definition: -| sanctify v. t. to impart or impute sacredness -| venerableness inviolability title to reverence -| and respect or the like to; to secure from -| violation; to give sanction to. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sanctifying | Definition: -| unction n. divine or sanctifying grace. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sanctity | Definition: -| unsaint v. t. to deprive of saintship; to deny -| sanctity to. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sanctorum | Definition: -| bollandists n. pl. the jesuit editors of the acta -| sanctorum or lives of the saints; -- named -| from john bolland who began the work. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sanctuaries | Definition: -| sanctuaries pl. of sanctuary -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sanctuary | Definition: -| taboo v. t. to put under taboo; to forbid or to -| forbid the use of; to interdict approach to -| or use of; as to taboo the ground set apart -| as a sanctuary for criminals. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sand | Definition: | zandmole n. the sand mole. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sandals | Definition: -| discalceate v. t. to pull off shoes or sandals -| from. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sands | Definition: -| silex n. silica sio2 as found in nature constituting -| quarz and most sands and sandstones. see silica -| and silicic. +|sandwich | Definition: +| sandwich v. t. to make into a sandwich; also figuratively +| to insert between portions of something dissimilar; +| to form of alternate parts or things or alternating +| layers of a different nature; to interlard. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sandy | Definition: -| simoon n. a hot dry suffocating dust-laden wind -| that blows occasionally in arabia syria and -| neighboring countries generated by the extreme -| heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains. -| +| sugar n. a sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline +| substance of a sandy or granular consistency +| obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice +| of certain plants as the sugar cane sorghum +| beet root sugar maple etc. it is used for seasoning +| and preserving many kinds of food and drink. +| ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. see +| the note below. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sang | Definition: -| sang of sing +| to prep. accompaniment; as she sang to his guitar; +| they danced to the music of a piano. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sanhedrim | Definition: -| sanhedrim n. the great council of the jews which -| consisted of seventy members to whom the high -| priest was added. it had jurisdiction of religious -| matters. +|sanguinary | Definition: +| sanguinary a. the sanguinaria. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sanhedrin | Definition: -| sanhedrin n. alt. of sanhedrim -| +|sanguine | Definition: +| temperament v. t. the peculiar physical and mental +| character of an individual in olden times erroneously +| supposed to be due to individual variation +| in the relations and proportions of the constituent +| parts of the body especially of the fluids +| as the bile blood lymph etc. hence the phrases +| bilious or choleric temperament sanguine temperament +| etc. implying a predominance of one of these +| fluids and a corresponding influence on the +| temperament. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sapphire | Definition: -| water sapphire a deep blue variety of iolite -| sometimes used as a gem; -- called also saphir -| d'eau. +|sank | Definition: +| sank of sink |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sardine | Definition: -| sardine n. any one of several small species of -| herring which are commonly preserved in olive -| oil for food especially the pilchard or european -| sardine (clupea pilchardus). the california -| sardine (clupea sagax) is similar. the american -| sardines of the atlantic coast are mostly the -| young of the common herring and of the menhaden. -| +|sap | Definition: +| wood-sere n. the time when there no sap in the +| trees; the winter season. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sardius | Definition: -| sardius n. a precious stone probably a carnelian -| one of which was set in aaron's breastplate. -| +|sarcastic | Definition: +| taunt n. upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic +| reproach; insulting invective. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sardonyx | Definition: -| sardonyx n. a variety of onyx consisting of sard -| and white chalcedony in alternate layers. -| +|sarcastically | Definition: +| sarcastically adv. in a sarcastic manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sat | Definition: -| seat n. the place or thing upon which one sits; -| hence; anything made to be sat in or upon as -| a chair bench stool saddle or the like. -| +| star-chamber n. an ancient high court exercising +| jurisdiction in certain cases mainly criminal +| which sat without the intervention of a jury. +| it consisted of the king's council or of the +| privy council only with the addition of certain +| judges. it could proceed on mere rumor or examine +| witnesses; it could apply torture. it was abolished +| by the long parliament in 1641. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|satan | Definition: -| tempter n. one who tempts or entices; especially -| satan or the devil regarded as the great enticer -| to evil. +|satisfaction | Definition: +| tender v. t. to offer in payment or satisfaction +| of a demand in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; +| as to tender the amount of rent or debt. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|satisfaction | Definition: -| self-satisfying a. giving satisfaction to one's -| self. +|satisfied | Definition: +| surplus n. that which remains when use or need +| is satisfied or when a limit is reached; excess; +| overplus. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|satisfactory | Definition: -| satisfactory a. making amends indemnification -| or recompense; causing to cease from claims -| and to rest content; compensating; atoning; -| as to make satisfactory compensation or a satisfactory -| apology. +|satisfy | Definition: +| vanity n. the quality or state of being vain; +| want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; +| unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|satisfied | Definition: -| seguestration n. a kind of execution for a rent -| as in the case of a beneficed clerk of the -| profits of a benefice till he shall have satisfied -| some debt established by decree; the gathering -| up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy -| for the use of the next incumbent; the disposing -| of the goods by the ordinary of one who is -| dead whose estate no man will meddle with. +|saturday | Definition: +| tract v. verses of scripture sung at mass instead +| of the alleluia from septuagesima sunday till +| the saturday befor easter; -- so called because +| sung tractim or without a break by one voice +| instead of by many as in the antiphons. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sauce | Definition: +| vinaigrette n. a sauce made of vinegar oil and +| other ingredients -- used esp. for cold meats. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|satisfy | Definition: -| utility n. adaptation to satisfy the desires or -| wants; intrinsic value. see note under value -| 2. +|saucepan | Definition: +| saucepan n. a small pan with a handle in which +| sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|satisfying | Definition: -| satisfying p. pr. & vb. n. of satisfy -| +|sauces | Definition: +| spice n. a vegetable production of many kinds +| fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste +| as pepper cinnamon nutmeg mace allspice ginger +| cloves etc. which are used in cookery and to +| flavor sauces pickles etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|satyrs | Definition: -| thyrsus n. a staff entwined with ivy and surmounted -| by a pine cone or by a bunch of vine or ivy -| leaves with grapes or berries. it is an attribute -| of bacchus and of the satyrs and others engaging -| in bacchic rites. +|sauntered | Definition: +| sauntered imp. & p. p. of saunter +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|saul | Definition: -| saul n. same as sal the tree. -| +|sausage | Definition: +| sausage n. a saucisson. see saucisson. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |savage | Definition: @@ -52922,6 +47456,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|savagely | Definition: +| savagely adv. in a savage manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |saved | Definition: | warrant n. to make secure; to give assurance against | harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority @@ -52941,14 +47480,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|savior | Definition: -| veronica n. a portrait or representation of the -| face of our savior on the alleged handkerchief -| of saint veronica preserved at rome; hence -| a representation of this portrait or any similar -| representation of the face of the savior. formerly -| called also vernacle and vernicle. -| +|savings | Definition: +| saving n. something kept from being expended or +| lost; that which is saved or laid up; as the +| savings of years of economy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|savory | Definition: +| savory n. an aromatic labiate plant (satureia +| hortensis) much used in cooking; -- also called +| summer savory. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |saw | Definition: @@ -52957,14 +47499,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | also a fret saw. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|sawdust | Definition: +| scobiform a. having the form of or resembling +| sawdust or raspings. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |sawed | Definition: | wood n. trees cut or sawed for the fire or other | uses. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |saws | Definition: -| saw v. i. to be cut with a saw; as the timber -| saws smoothly. +| saw v. i. to cut as a saw; as the saw or mill +| saws fast. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |saying | Definition: @@ -52973,23 +47520,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sayings | Definition: -| wit v. a person of eminent sense or knowledge; -| a man of genius fancy or humor; one distinguished -| for bright or amusing sayings for repartee -| and the like. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|scab | Definition: -| scabby superl. diseased with the scab or mange; -| mangy. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |scabbard | Definition: -| trichiuriform a. like or pertaining to the genus -| trichiurus or family trichiuridae comprising -| the scabbard fishes and hairtails. -| +| unsheathe v. t. to deprive of a sheath; to draw +| from the sheath or scabbard as a sword. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |scaffold | Definition: @@ -53004,36 +47538,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scaled | Definition: -| scaled a. having feathers which in form color -| or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as -| the scaled dove. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|scales | Definition: -| xanthium n. a genus of composite plants in which -| the scales of the involucre are united so as -| to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|scandal | Definition: -| talebearing n. the act of informing officiously; -| communication of sectrts scandal etc. maliciously. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|scandalize | Definition: -| scandalize v. t. to offend the feelings or the -| conscience of (a person) by some action which -| is considered immoral or criminal; to bring -| shame disgrace or reproach upon. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|scandalized | Definition: -| scandalized imp. & p. p. of scandalize -| +|scaly | Definition: +| vulpinite n. a scaly granular variety of anhydrite +| of a grayish white color used for ornamental +| purposes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |scant | Definition: @@ -53042,31 +47550,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | put out of breath. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scar | Definition: -| scarry a. like a scar or rocky eminence; containing -| scars. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|scarce | Definition: -| scarce adv. alt. of scarcely -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |scarcely | Definition: | wheel-shaped a. expanding into a flat circular | border at top with scarcely any tube; as a | wheel-shaped corolla. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scarcity | Definition: -| want v. i. the state of not having; the condition -| of being without anything; absence or scarcity -| of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; -| as a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; -| want of food and clothing. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |scarecrow | Definition: | sewel n. a scarecrow generally made of feathers | tied to a string hung up to prevent deer from @@ -53078,6 +47567,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|scarf | Definition: +| turban n. a headdress worn by men in the levant +| and by most mohammedans of the male sex consisting +| of a cap and a sash scarf or shawl usually +| of cotton or linen wound about the cap and +| sometimes hanging down the neck. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |scarlet | Definition: | xanthic a. tending toward a yellow color or to | one of those colors green being excepted in @@ -53085,20 +47583,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|scarred | Definition: +| scarred imp. & p. p. of scar +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |scatter | Definition: -| shower v. t. to bestow liberally; to destribute -| or scatter in /undance; to rain. -| +| toscatter v. t. to scatter in pieces; to divide. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |scattered | Definition: -| turbot n. a large european flounder (rhombus maximus) -| highly esteemed as a food fish. it often weighs -| from thirty to forty pounds. its color on the -| upper side is brownish with small roundish -| tubercles scattered over the surface. the lower -| or blind side is white. called also bannock -| fluke. +| vedanta n. a system of philosophy among the hindus +| founded on scattered texts of the vedas and +| thence termed the >anta > or end or substance. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |scattering | Definition: @@ -53110,30 +47609,55 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|scene | Definition: +| world n. in a more restricted sense that part +| of the earth and its concerns which is known +| to any one or contemplated by any one; a division +| of the globe or of its inhabitants; human affairs +| as seen from a certain position or from a given +| point of view; also state of existence; scene +| of life and action; as the old world; the new +| world; the religious world; the catholic world; +| the upper world; the future world; the heathen +| world. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|scenes | Definition: +| tragi-comedy n. a kind of drama representing some +| action in which serious and comic scenes are +| blended; a composition partaking of the nature +| both of tragedy and comedy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |scent | Definition: | vent v. t. to scent as a hound. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sceptre | Definition: -| sceptre v. t. to endow with the scepter or emblem -| of authority; to invest with royal authority. -| +|scented | Definition: +| scented imp. & p. p. of scent +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|schism | Definition: -| schism n. division or separation; specifically -| (eccl.) permanent division or separation in -| the christian church; breach of unity among -| people of the same religious faith; the offense -| of seeking to produce division in a church -| without justifiable cause. -| +|scents | Definition: +| hunter n. a dog that scents game or is trained +| to the chase; a hunting dog. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|schismatical | Definition: -| schismatical a. same as schismatic. -| +|scheme | Definition: +| work n. to make one's way slowly and with difficulty; +| to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed +| with effort; -- with a following preposition +| as down out into up through and the like; as +| scheme works out by degrees; to work into the +| earth. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|scheming | Definition: +| scheming a. given to forming schemes; artful; +| intriguing. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |scholar | Definition: @@ -53142,41 +47666,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | was a tabard. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scholarly | Definition: -| scholarly a. like a scholar or learned person; -| showing the qualities of a scholar; as a scholarly -| essay or critique. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|schoolmaster | Definition: -| schoolmaster n. one who or that which disciplines -| and directs. +|scholars | Definition: +| montem n. a custom formerly practiced by the scholars +| at eton school england of going every third +| year on whittuesday to a hillock near the bath +| road and exacting money from all passers-by +| to support at the university the senior scholar +| of the school. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scibboleth | Definition: -| scibboleth n. shibboleth. +|schoolboy | Definition: +| schoolboy n. a boy belonging to or attending a +| school. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scoff | Definition: -| scorn n. to treat with extreme contempt; to make -| the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; -| to deride. +|schoolhouse | Definition: +| schoolhouse n. a house appropriated for the use +| of a school or schools or for instruction. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scoffed | Definition: -| scoffed imp. & p. p. of scoff -| +|schooling | Definition: +| schooling a. collecting or running in schools +| or shoals. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scoffer | Definition: -| scorner n. one who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; -| specifically a scoffer at religion. -| +|scold | Definition: +| scolding a. & n. from scold v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scoffing | Definition: -| scoffingly adv. in a scoffing manner. -| +|scooped | Definition: +| tray n. a small trough or wooden vessel sometimes +| scooped out of a block of wood for various +| domestic uses as in making bread chopping meat +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |scorched | Definition: @@ -53186,48 +47710,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |score | Definition: -| single n. a unit; one; as to score a single. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|scorn | Definition: -| whew n. & interj. a sound like a half-formed whistle -| expressing astonishment scorn or dislike. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|scorned | Definition: -| scorned imp. & p. p. of scorn -| +| tie v. t. to make an equal score with in a contest; +| to be even with. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scorner | Definition: -| scorner n. one who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; -| specifically a scoffer at religion. -| +|scores | Definition: +| tie v. t. an equality in numbers as of votes scores +| etc. which prevents either party from being +| victorious; equality in any contest as a race. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |scornful | Definition: -| scornful a. treated with scorn; exciting scorn. -| +| smile v. i. a somewhat similar expression of countenance +| indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent +| feelings as contempt scorn etc; as a scornful +| smile. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scorpion | Definition: -| water scorpion see nepa. +|scornfully | Definition: +| sarcastical a. expressing or expressed by sarcasm; +| characterized by or of the nature of sarcasm; +| given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly satirical; +| scornfully severe; taunting. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scorpions | Definition: -| venom n. matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; -| particularly the poisonous the poisonous matter -| which certain animals such as serpents scorpions -| bees etc. secrete in a state of health and -| communicate by thing or stinging. -| +|scoundrel | Definition: +| scoundrel a. low; base; mean; unprincipled. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scoured | Definition: -| scoured imp. & p. p. of scour -| +|scoundrels | Definition: +| scoundreldom n. the domain or sphere of scoundrels; +| scoundrels collectively; the state ideas or +| practices of scoundrels. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |scourge | Definition: @@ -53237,19 +47755,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | perverse boy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scourged | Definition: -| scourged imp. & p. p. of scourge -| +|scowling | Definition: +| scowlingly adv. in a scowling manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scourges | Definition: -| scourger n. one who scourges or punishes; one -| who afflicts severely. +|scrambled | Definition: +| scrambled imp. & p. p. of scramble +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scourging | Definition: -| scourging p. pr. & vb. n. of scourge -| +|scrap | Definition: +| scrap v. t. same as scrap iron below. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |scrape | Definition: @@ -53259,110 +47777,110 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |scraped | Definition: -| scraping n. something scraped off; that which -| is separated from a substance or is collected -| by scraping; as the scraping of the street. +| strigment n. scraping; that which is scraped off. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|screak | Definition: -| screak n. a creaking; a screech; a shriek. -| +|scratched | Definition: +| streak n. the fine powder or mark yielded by a +| mineral when scratched or rubbed against a +| harder surface the color of which is sometimes +| a distinguishing character. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|screech | Definition: -| tiger n. a kind of growl or screech after cheering; -| as three cheers and a tiger. -| +|scratches | Definition: +| score v. t. to mark with lines scratches or notches; +| to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to +| scratch; to furrow; as to score timber for +| hewing; to score the back with a lash. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scribe | Definition: -| secretary n. a person employed to write orders -| letters dispatches public or private papers -| records and the like; an official scribe amanuensis -| or writer; one who attends to correspondence -| and transacts other business for an association -| a public body or an individual. -| +|scratching | Definition: +| scratching adv. with the action of scratching. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scrip | Definition: -| scrip n. a preliminary certificate of a subscription -| to the capital of a bank railroad or other -| company or for a share of other joint property -| or a loan stating the amount of the subscription -| and the date of the payment of the installments; -| as insurance scrip consol scrip etc. when all -| the installments are paid the scrip is exchanged -| for a bond share certificate. -| +|scream | Definition: +| yell v. i. to cry out or shriek with a hideous +| noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scripture | Definition: -| vulgate a. an ancient latin version of the scripture -| and the only version which the roman church -| admits to be authentic; -- so called from its -| common use in the latin church. -| +|screamed | Definition: +| screamed imp. & p. p. of scream +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scriptures | Definition: -| writ n. that which is written; writing; scripture; -| -- applied especially to the scriptures or -| the books of the old and new testaments; as -| sacred writ. +|screen | Definition: +| zoopraxiscope n. an instrument similar to or the +| same as the the phenakistoscope by means of +| which pictures projected upon a screen are +| made to exhibit the natural movements of animals +| and the like. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|screened | Definition: +| screen v. t. to provide with a shelter or means +| of concealment; to separate or cut off from +| inconvenience injury or danger; to shelter; +| to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; +| as fruits screened from cold winds by a forest +| or hill. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scrivener | Definition: -| scrivener n. one whose business is to place money -| at interest; a broker. +|screw | Definition: +| wrench v. t. an instrument often a simple bar +| or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either +| at the end or between the ends for exerting +| a twisting strain as in turning bolts nuts +| screw taps etc.; a screw key. many wrenches +| have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts etc. +| of different sizes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scruple | Definition: -| scruple v. t. to excite scruples in; to cause -| to scruple. +|screwed | Definition: +| screwed imp. & p. p. of screw +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sculptures | Definition: -| superstition n. an ignorant or irrational worship -| of the supreme deity; excessive exactness or -| rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme -| and unnecessary scruples in the observance -| of religious rites not commanded or of points -| of minor importance; also a rite or practice -| proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion. -| +|screwing | Definition: +| screwing a. & n. from screw v. t. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scurf | Definition: -| sea scurf any bryozoan which forms rounded or -| irregular patches of coral on stones seaweeds -| etc. +|screws | Definition: +| unscrew v. t. to draw the screws from; to loose +| from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything +| as a screw) by turning it. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scurrility | Definition: -| scurrility n. that which is scurrile or scurrilous; -| gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; -| vulgar abuse. +|scrubbing | Definition: +| scrubbing p. pr. & vb. n. of scrub +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scythes | Definition: -| scythed a. armed scythes as a chariot. -| +|scrutiny | Definition: +| scrutiny v. t. to scrutinize. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scythia | Definition: -| scythian a. of or pertaining to scythia (a name -| given to the northern part of asia and europe -| adjoining to asia) or its language or inhabitants. -| +|scuffle | Definition: +| scuffle n. a garden hoe. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|scythian | Definition: -| scythian n. a native or inhabitant of scythia; -| specifically (ethnol.) one of a slavonic race -| which in early times occupied eastern europe. -| +|scum | Definition: +| spumy a. consisting of containing or covered with +| froth scum or foam; frothy; foamy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|scuttle | Definition: +| scuttle v. t. to sink by making holes through +| the bottom of; as to scuttle a ship. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sea | Definition: @@ -53372,6 +47890,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|seafaring | Definition: +| seafaring a. following the business of a mariner; +| as a seafaring man. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |seal | Definition: | writ n. an instrument in writing under seal in | an epistolary form issued from the proper authority @@ -53388,32 +47911,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sealing | Definition: -| waxwing n. any one of several species of small -| birds of the genus ampelis in which some of -| the secondary quills are usually tipped with -| small horny ornaments resembling red sealing -| wax. the bohemian waxwing (see under bohemian) -| and the cedar bird are examples. called also -| waxbird. +|seals | Definition: +| sphragistics n. the science of seals their history +| age distinctions etc. esp. as verifying the +| age and genuiness of documents. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seals | Definition: -| sea lion any one of several large species of -| seals of the family otariidae native of the -| pacific ocean especially the southern sea lion -| (otaria jubata) of the south american coast; -| the northern sea lion (eumetopias stelleri) -| found from california to japan; and the black -| or california sea lion (zalophus californianus) -| which is common on the rocks near san francisco. -| +|seaman | Definition: +| waterman n. a man who plies for hire on rivers +| lakes or canals or in harbors in distinction +| from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; +| a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; +| a ferryman. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seam | Definition: -| welt n. in carpentry a strip of wood fastened -| over a flush seam or joint or an angle to strengthen -| it. +|seaport | Definition: +| seaport n. a port on the seashore or one accessible +| for seagoing vessels. also used adjectively; +| as a seaport town. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |searched | Definition: @@ -53421,11 +47937,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|searcher | Definition: -| searcher n. an implement for sampling butter; -| a butter trier. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |searching | Definition: | visitation n. the act of a naval commander who | visits or enters on board a vessel belonging @@ -53443,36 +47954,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | insensibility. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seas | Definition: -| water n. the fluid which descends from the clouds -| in rain and which forms rivers lakes seas etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seashore | Definition: -| shingle n. round water-worn and loose gravel and -| pebbles or a collection of roundish stones -| such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |season | Definition: | yuletide n. christmas time; christmastide; the | season of christmas. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seasonable | Definition: -| seasonable a. occurring in good time in due season -| or in proper time for the purpose; suitable -| to the season; opportune; timely; as a seasonable -| supply of rain. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seasoned | Definition: -| sew n. juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |seasons | Definition: | whitebait n. a small translucent fish (salanx | chinensis) abundant at certain seasons on the @@ -53503,9 +47989,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seconded | Definition: -| seconded imp. & p. p. of second -| +|secluded | Definition: +| shade n. an obscure place; a spot not exposed +| to light; hence a secluded retreat. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|seclusion | Definition: +| seguestration n. the state of being separated +| or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion +| from society. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|seconding | Definition: +| seconding p. pr. & vb. n. of second +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |secondly | Definition: @@ -53513,17 +48011,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|seconds | Definition: +| seconder n. one who seconds or supports what another +| attempts affirms moves or proposes; as the +| seconder of an enterprise or of a motion. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|secrecy | Definition: +| squeak v. i. to break silence or secrecy for fear +| of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |secret | Definition: | worm v. t. to effect remove drive draw or the | like by slow and secret means; -- often followed | by out. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|secretaries | Definition: -| secretaries pl. of secretary -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |secretary | Definition: | undersecretary n. a secretary who is subordinate | to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; @@ -53537,39 +48043,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |secrets | Definition: -| silentiary n. one appointed to keep silence and -| order in court; also one sworn not to divulge -| secrets of state. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sect | Definition: -| wesleyanism n. the system of doctrines and church -| polity inculcated by john wesley (b. 1703; -| d. 1791) the founder of the religious sect -| called methodist; methodism. see methodist -| n. 2. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sectaries | Definition: -| sectaries pl. of sectary -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sects | Definition: -| simonian n. one of the followers of simon magus; -| also an adherent of certain heretical sects -| in the early christian church. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|secular | Definition: -| world n. the earth and its affairs as distinguished -| from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished -| from those of the life to come; the present -| existence and its interests; hence secular -| affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs -| of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly -| or wicked part of mankind. -| +| sting v. t. a sharp-pointed hollow hair seated +| on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid as +| in nettles. the points of these hairs usually +| break off in the wound and the acrid fluid +| is pressed into it. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |secure | Definition: @@ -53585,12 +48063,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wickers or wickerwork. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|securely | Definition: -| securely adv. in a secure manner; without fear -| or apprehension; without danger; safely. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |securing | Definition: | yoke n. a tie securing two timbers together not | used for part of a regular truss but serving @@ -53598,61 +48070,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | strain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sedge | Definition: -| warbler n. any one of numerous species of small -| old world singing birds belonging to the family -| sylviidae many of which are noted songsters. -| the bluethroat blackcap reed warbler (see under -| reed) and sedge warbler (see under sedge) are -| well-known species. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sedges | Definition: -| perigynium n. some unusual appendage about the -| pistil as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges -| and the bristles or scales in some other genera -| of the sedge family or cyperaceae. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sedition | Definition: -| sedition n. dissension; division; schism. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seditious | Definition: -| seditious a. disposed to arouse or take part in -| violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; -| factious; guilty of sedition; as seditious -| citizens. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seduce | Definition: -| seducement n. the means employed to seduce as -| flattery promises deception etc.; arts of enticing -| or corrupting. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seduced | Definition: -| seduced imp. & p. p. of seduce -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seducer | Definition: -| seducer n. one who or that which seduces; specifically -| one who prevails over the chastity of a woman -| by enticements and persuasions. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seducing | Definition: -| seducing a. seductive. +|sedan | Definition: +| tomjohn n. a kind of open sedan used in ceylon +| carried by a single pole on men's shoulders. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seduction | Definition: -| seduction n. that which seduces or is adapted -| to seduce; means of leading astray; as the -| seductions of wealth. +|sedative | Definition: +| strophanthus n. a genus of tropical apocynaceous +| shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. one +| species (strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally +| as a cardiac sedative and stimulant. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |seed | Definition: @@ -53679,9 +48108,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seedtime | Definition: -| seedtime n. the season proper for sowing. -| +|seedsman | Definition: +| seedsman n. a person who deals in seeds. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |seeing | Definition: @@ -53702,16 +48131,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seeks | Definition: -| touter n. one who seeks customers as for an inn -| a public conveyance shops and the like: hence -| an obtrusive candidate for office. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |seem | Definition: -| seem v. t. to befit; to beseem. -| +| think v. t. to seem or appear; -- used chiefly +| in the expressions methinketh or methinks and +| methought. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |seemed | Definition: @@ -53720,13 +48143,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |seeming | Definition: -| semblant a. seeming rather than real; apparent. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seemly | Definition: -| seemly superl. in a decent or suitable manner; -| becomingly. +| substantial a. not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; +| real; solid; true; veritable. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |seems | Definition: @@ -53742,11 +48161,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | unreal image. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seer | Definition: -| seer n. a person who foresees events; a prophet. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sees | Definition: | witness v. i. one who sees the execution of an | instrument and subscribes it for the purpose @@ -53755,21 +48169,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seeth | Definition: -| seeth imp. of seethe. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seethe | Definition: -| seethe n. to decoct or prepare for food in hot -| liquid; to boil; as to seethe flesh. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seething | Definition: -| seething p. pr. & vb. n. of seethe -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |seize | Definition: | waylay v. t. to lie in wait for; to meet or encounter | in the way; especially to watch for the passing @@ -53782,75 +48181,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seldom | Definition: -| uncial a. of pertaining to or designating a certain -| style of letters used in ancient manuscripts -| esp. in greek and latin manuscripts. the letters -| are somewhat rounded and the upstrokes and -| downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. -| these letters were used as early as the 1st -| century b. c. and were seldom used after the -| 10th century a. d. being superseded by the -| cursive style. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|selfsame | Definition: -| selfsame a. precisely the same; the very same; -| identical. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|selim | Definition: -| crescent n. any one of three orders of knighthood; -| the first instituted by charles i. king of -| naples and sicily in 1268; the second by rene -| of anjou in 1448; and the third by the sultan -| selim iii. in 1801 to be conferred upon foreigners -| to whom turkey might be indebted for valuable -| services. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sellers | Definition: -| selters water a mineral water from sellers in -| the district of nassan germany containing much -| free carbonic acid. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|selling | Definition: -| wholesale a. pertaining to or engaged in trade -| by the piece or large quantity; selling to -| retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; -| as a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|selves | Definition: -| selves n. pl. of self. +|seizing | Definition: +| vine n. hence a climbing or trailing plant; the +| long slender stem of any plant that trails +| on the ground or climbs by winding round a +| fixed object or by seizing anything with its +| tendrils or claspers; a creeper; as the hop +| vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons squashes +| pumpkins and other cucurbitaceous plants. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seminary | Definition: -| seminary n. a roman catholic priest educated in -| a foreign seminary; a seminarist. -| +|seldom | Definition: +| unfrequented a. rarely visited; seldom or never +| resorted to by human beings; as an unfrequented +| place or forest. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sen | Definition: -| sen n. a japanese coin worth about one half of -| a cent. +|selected | Definition: +| team n. a number of persons associated together +| in any work; a gang; especially a number of +| persons selected to contend on one side in +| a match or a series of matches in a cricket +| football rowing etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|senate | Definition: -| tribune n. an officer or magistrate chosen by -| the people to protect them from the oppression -| of the patricians or nobles and to defend their -| liberties against any attempts that might be -| made upon them by the senate and consuls. -| +|selecting | Definition: +| will v. the power of choosing; the faculty or +| endowment of the soul by which it is capable +| of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind +| by which we decide to do or not to do; the +| power or faculty of preferring or selecting +| one of two or more objects. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|senators | Definition: -| patrician a. of or pertaining to the roman patres -| (fathers) or senators or patricians. -| +|selection | Definition: +| take v. t. to make selection of; to choose; also +| to turn to; to have recourse to; as to take +| the road to the right. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sending | Definition: @@ -53859,17 +48228,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sends | Definition: -| shipper n. one who sends goods from one place -| to another not in the same city or town esp. -| one who sends goods by water. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|senna | Definition: -| senna n. the plants themselves native to the east -| but now cultivated largely in the south of -| europe and in the west indies. -| +| token n. a bit of leather having a peculiar mark +| designating a particular miner. each hewer +| sends one of these with each corf or tub he +| has hewn. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sensation | Definition: @@ -53885,13 +48247,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|senseless | Definition: -| senseless a. destitute of deficient in or contrary -| to sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; -| stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |senses | Definition: | volubility n. the quality or state of being voluble | (in any of the senses of the adjective). @@ -53904,24 +48259,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sensual | Definition: -| weasiness n. quality or state of being weasy; -| full feeding; sensual indulgence. -| +|sensibly | Definition: +| thermopile n. an instrument of extreme sensibility +| used to determine slight differences and degrees +| of heat. it is composed of alternate bars of +| antimony and bismuth or any two metals having +| different capacities for the conduction of +| heat connected with an astatic galvanometer +| which is very sensibly affected by the electric +| current induced in the system of bars when +| exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sensuality | Definition: -| sensuality n. the quality or state of being sensual; -| devotedness to the gratification of the bodily -| appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual -| pleasures; luxuriousness; voluptuousness; lewdness. -| +|sensitive | Definition: +| vision v. the faculty of seeing; sight; one of +| the five senses by which colors and the physical +| qualities of external objects are appreciated +| as a result of the stimulating action of light +| on the sensitive retina an expansion of the +| optic nerve. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sent | Definition: -| unfrankable a. not frankable; incapable of being -| sent free by public conveyance. -| +| viaticum n. an allowance for traveling expenses +| made to those who were sent into the provinces +| to exercise any office or perform any service. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sentence | Definition: @@ -53942,6 +48306,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|sententious | Definition: +| sententious a. abounding with sentences axioms +| and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic +| in expression; pithy; as a sententious style +| or discourse; sententious truth. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |sentiment | Definition: | watchword n. a sentiment or motto; esp. one used | as a rallying cry or a signal for action. @@ -53955,21 +48327,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sentinels | Definition: -| watchword n. a word given to sentinels and to -| such as have occasion to visit the guards used -| as a signal by which a friend is known from -| an enemy or a person who has a right to pass -| the watch from one who has not; a countersign; -| a password. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seor | Definition: -| seor n. a spanish title of courtesy corresponding -| to the english mr. or sir; also a gentleman. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |separate | Definition: | winnew n. to sift as for the purpose of separating | falsehood from truth; to separate as had from @@ -53984,6 +48341,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to droop;. to wither. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|separately | Definition: +| sort n. letters figures points marks spaces or +| quadrats belonging to a case separately considered. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |separating | Definition: | winnew n. to sift as for the purpose of separating | falsehood from truth; to separate as had from @@ -53996,18 +48359,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | blow or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|septuagint | Definition: -| version n. a translation; that which is rendered -| from another language; as the common or authorized -| version of the scriptures (see under authorized); -| the septuagint version of the old testament. -| +|sequence | Definition: +| tierce n. a sequence of three playing cards of +| the same suit. tierce of ace king queen is +| called tierce-major. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sepulchre | Definition: -| sepulchre v. t. to bury; to inter; to entomb; -| as obscurely sepulchered. -| +|serene | Definition: +| serenely adv. in a serene manner; clearly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sergeant | Definition: +| serjeantcy see sergeant sergeantcy etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|serious | Definition: +| tragi-comedy n. a kind of drama representing some +| action in which serious and comic scenes are +| blended; a composition partaking of the nature +| both of tragedy and comedy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |seriously | Definition: @@ -54018,19 +48391,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|serjeants | Definition: -| callot n. such a cap worn by english serjeants -| at law. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sermon | Definition: -| sermonize v. t. to preach or discourse to; to -| affect or influence by means of a sermon or -| of sermons. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seron | Definition: -| seron n. alt. of seroon +| text n. a verse or passage of scripture especially +| one chosen as the subject of a sermon or in +| proof of a doctrine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |serpent | Definition: @@ -54039,12 +48403,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|serpents | Definition: -| viperoides n. pl. a division of serpents which -| includes the true vipers of the old world and -| the rattlesnakes and moccasin snakes of america; -| -- called also viperina. -| +|serpentine | Definition: +| verd antique a mottled-green serpentine marble. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |servant | Definition: @@ -54054,14 +48415,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |servants | Definition: -| tyrannize v. i. to act the tyrant; to exercise -| arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive -| severity; to exercise power others not permitted -| by law or required by justice or with a severity -| not necessary to the ends of justice and government; -| as a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; -| masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants -| or apprentices. +| vail n. money given to servants by visitors; a +| gratuity; -- usually in the plural. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |serve | Definition: @@ -54076,6 +48432,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|serves | Definition: +| welt n. that which being sewed or otherwise fastened +| to an edge or border serves to guard strengthen +| or adorn it +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|serviceable | Definition: +| useful a. full of use advantage or profit; producing +| or having power to produce good; serviceable +| for any end or object; helpful toward advancing +| any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; +| as vessels and instruments useful in a family; +| books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; +| useful arts. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |servile | Definition: | villain n. one who holds lands by a base or servile | tenure or in villenage; a feudal tenant of @@ -54090,32 +48462,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | strain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|servitude | Definition: -| servitude n. a right whereby one thing is subject -| to another thing or person for use or convenience -| contrary to the common right. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|setim | Definition: -| setim n. see shittim. +|sessions | Definition: +| assize n. the periodical sessions of the judges +| of the superior courts in every county of england +| for the purpose of administering justice in +| the trial and determination of civil and criminal +| cases; -- usually in the plural. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sets | Definition: -| undertow n. the current that sets seaward near -| the bottom when waves are breaking upon the -| shore. +| wale n. certain sets or strakes of the outside +| planking of a vessel; as the main wales or +| the strakes of planking under the port sills +| of the gun deck; channel wales or those along +| the spar deck etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|setter | Definition: -| setting n. the act of marking the position of -| game as a setter does; also hunting with a -| setter. +|settee | Definition: +| settee n. a vessel with a very long sharp prow +| carrying two or three masts with lateen sails +| -- used in the mediterranean. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |setting | Definition: -| typesetting n. the act or art of setting type. -| +| venditation n. the act of setting forth ostentatiously; +| a boastful display. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |settle | Definition: @@ -54130,18 +48503,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |settlement | Definition: -| settlement n. a settled place of abode; residence; -| a right growing out of residence; legal residence -| or establishment of a person in a particular -| parish or town which entitles him to maintenance -| if a pauper and subjects the parish or town -| to his support. +| surrogate n. in some states of the united states +| an officer who presides over the probate of +| wills and testaments and yield the settlement +| of estates. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|settlements | Definition: -| open v. t. to make known; to discover; also to -| render available or accessible for settlements -| trade etc. +|settles | Definition: +| squatter n. one who squats; specifically one who +| settles unlawfully upon land without a title. +| in the united states and australia the term +| is sometimes applied also to a person who settles +| lawfully upon government land under permission +| and restrictions before acquiring title. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |settling | Definition: @@ -54161,34 +48536,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sevenfold | Definition: -| sevenfold adv. seven times as much or as often. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seventeen | Definition: -| xyris n. a genus of endogenous herbs with grassy -| leaves and small yellow flowers in short scaly-bracted -| spikes; yellow-eyed grass. there are about -| seventeen species in the atlantic united states. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seventeenth | Definition: -| whig n. one of a political party which grew up -| in england in the seventeenth century in the -| reigns of charles i. and ii. when great contests -| existed respecting the royal prerogatives and -| the rights of the people. those who supported -| the king in his high claims were called tories -| and the advocates of popular rights of parliamentary -| power over the crown and of toleration to dissenters -| were after 1679 called whigs. the terms liberal -| and radical have now generally superseded whig -| in english politics. see the note under tory. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |seventh | Definition: | za n. an old solfeggio name for b flat; the seventh | harmonic as heard in the or aeolian string; @@ -54197,14 +48544,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the flat seventh. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|seventieth | Definition: -| seventieth n. one next in order after the sixty-ninth. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|seventy | Definition: -| seventy n. a symbol representing seventy units -| as 70 or lxx. +|sever | Definition: +| shear v. t. to cut clip or sever anything from +| with shears or a like instrument; as to shear +| sheep; to shear cloth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |severe | Definition: @@ -54225,29 +48568,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sew | Definition: -| whip v. t. to sew lightly; specifically to form -| (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting -| the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; -| as to whip a ruffle. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sewed | Definition: | wheeler n. a worker on sewed muslin. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sexes | Definition: -| water deer a small chinese deer (hydropotes inermis). -| both sexes are destitute of antlers but the -| male has large descending canine tusks. -| +|sewing | Definition: +| yarn n. spun wool; woolen thread; also thread +| of other material as of cotton flax hemp or +| silk; material spun and prepared for use in +| weaving knitting manufacturing sewing thread +| or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sextary | Definition: -| sextary n. an ancient roman liquid and dry measure -| about equal to an english pint. -| +|shabby | Definition: +| shabbily adv. in a shabby manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shackled | Definition: +| shackled imp. & p. p. of shackle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shade | Definition: @@ -54262,11 +48603,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | ease. see parasol. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shades | Definition: -| violet-tip n. a very handsome american butterfly -| (polygonia interrogationis). its wings are -| mottled with various shades of red and brown -| and have violet tips. +|shaded | Definition: +| tint n. a shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition +| of many fine parallel lines. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shading | Definition: +| stump n. a short thick roll of leather or paper +| cut to a point or any similar implement used +| to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil +| drawing in shading it or for shading drawings +| by producing tints and gradations from crayon +| etc. in powder. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shadow | Definition: @@ -54285,10 +48634,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a criminal. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shady | Definition: -| shady superl. of or pertaining to shade or darkness; -| hence unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; -| dubious or corrupt. +|shadowy | Definition: +| umbrage n. shadowy resemblance; shadow. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shaft | Definition: @@ -54298,12 +48646,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shafts | Definition: -| shafting n. shafts collectivelly; a system of -| connected shafts for communicating motion. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |shake | Definition: | whiffle v. t. to wave or shake quickly; to cause | to whiffle. @@ -54318,36 +48660,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|shaker | Definition: +| shaker n. one of a religious sect who do not marry +| popularly so called from the movements of the +| members in dancing which forms a part of their +| worship. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |shaking | Definition: | tremble n. an involuntary shaking or quivering. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shakings | Definition: -| shakings n. pl. deck sweepings refuse of cordage -| canvas etc. +|shallow | Definition: +| zither n. 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 both hands in playing on it. [not +| to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern +| or cithern.] |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shalt | Definition: -| shalt 2d per. sing. of shall. -| +|sham | Definition: +| sham v. i. to make false pretenses; to deceive; +| to feign; to impose. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shame | Definition: -| shameful a. exciting the feeling of shame in others; -| indecent; as a shameful picture; a shameful -| sight. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|shamed | Definition: -| shamed imp. & p. p. of shame -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|shamefaced | Definition: -| shamefaced n. easily confused or put out of countenance; -| diffident; bashful; modest. -| +| slander v. t. to bring discredit or shame upon +| by one's acts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shameful | Definition: @@ -54356,18 +48698,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | depravity. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shamefully | Definition: -| flagitious a. disgracefully or shamefully criminal; -| grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said -| of acts crimes etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|shameless | Definition: -| shameless a. indicating want of modesty or sensibility -| to disgrace; indecent; as a shameless picture -| or poem. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |shape | Definition: | yaws n. a disease occurring in the antilles and | in africa characterized by yellowish or reddish @@ -54379,26 +48709,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|shaped | Definition: +| yoke n. a band shaped to fit the shoulders or +| the hips and joined to the upper full edge +| of the waist or the skirt. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |shapes | Definition: -| trimorphism n. the coexistence among individuals -| of the same species of three distinct forms -| not connected as a rule by intermediate gradations; -| the condition among individuals of the same -| species of having three different shapes or -| proportions of corresponding parts; -- contrasted -| with polymorphism and dimorphism. -| +| variform a. having different shapes or forms. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shared | Definition: -| shared imp. & p. p. of share -| +|shaping | Definition: +| turning n. turnery or the shaping of solid substances +| into various by means of a lathe and cutting +| tools. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sharer | Definition: -| sharer n. one who shares; a participator; a partaker; -| also a divider; a distributer. -| +|shared | Definition: +| tontine n. an annuity with the benefit of survivorship +| or a loan raised on life annuities with the +| benefit of survivorship. thus an annuity is +| shared among a number on the principle that +| the share of each at his death is enjoyed by +| the survivors until at last the whole goes +| to the last survivor or to the last two or +| three according to the terms on which the money +| is advanced. used also adjectively; as tontine +| insurance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shares | Definition: @@ -54409,85 +48748,97 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or diluted. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|sharing | Definition: +| signatory a. signing; joining or sharing in a +| signature; as signatory powers. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shark | Definition: +| tope n. a small shark or dogfish (galeorhinus +| / galeus galeus) native of europe but found +| also on the coasts of california and tasmania; +| -- called also toper oil shark miller's dog +| and penny dog. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |sharp | Definition: | zigzaggy a. having sharp turns. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sharpen | Definition: -| whet v. t. to rub or on with some substance as -| a piece of stone for the purpose of sharpening; -| to sharpen by attrition; as to whet a knife. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sharpened | Definition: | rebate n. an iron tool sharpened something like | a chisel and used for dressing and polishing | wood. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sharply | Definition: -| shut a. cut off sharply and abruptly by a following -| consonant in the same syllable as the english -| short vowels / / / / / always are. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|shave | Definition: -| shaving n. that which is shaved off; a thin slice -| or strip pared off with a shave a knife a plane -| or other cutting instrument. -| +|sharper | Definition: +| super- a prefix formerly much used to denote +| that the ingredient to the name of which it +| was prefixed was present in a large or unusually +| large proportion as compared with the other +| ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. +| it has been superseded by per- bi- di- acid +| etc. (as peroxide bicarbonate disulphide and +| acid sulphate) which retain the old meanings +| of super- but with sharper definition. cf. +| acid a. bi- di- and per-. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shaved | Definition: -| shaving n. that which is shaved off; a thin slice -| or strip pared off with a shave a knife a plane -| or other cutting instrument. -| +|sharply | Definition: +| tip n. the point or extremity of anything; a pointed +| or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as +| the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shaven | Definition: -| shaven of shave +|sharpness | Definition: +| sharpness n. the quality or condition of being +| sharp; keenness; acuteness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shaving | Definition: -| shaving n. that which is shaved off; a thin slice -| or strip pared off with a shave a knife a plane -| or other cutting instrument. -| +|shattered | Definition: +| shatter v. t. to break at once into many pieces; +| to dash burst or part violently into fragments; +| to rend into splinters; as an explosion shatters +| a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a +| boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sheaf | Definition: -| sheave v. t. to gather and bind into a sheaf or -| sheaves; hence to collect. -| +|shaver | Definition: +| shaver n. a tool or machine for shaving. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shear | Definition: -| shearman n. one whose occupation is to shear cloth. -| +|shaving | Definition: +| tonsure n. the act of clipping the hair or of +| shaving the crown of the head; also the state +| of being shorn. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shearer | Definition: -| shearer n. a reaper. +|shavings | Definition: +| whittlings n. pl. chips made by one who whittles; +| shavings cut from a stick with a knife. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shearing | Definition: -| sheep-shearing n. act of shearing sheep. -| +|shawl | Definition: +| whittle n. same as whittle shawl below. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sheath | Definition: -| whittle n. a knife; esp. a pocket sheath or clasp -| knife. +|shawls | Definition: +| wrap n. a wrapper; -- often used in the plural +| for blankets furs shawls etc. used in riding +| or traveling. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sheaves | Definition: -| windrow n. sheaves of grain set up in a row one -| against another that the wind may blow between -| them. +|shay | Definition: +| shay n. a chaise. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shed | Definition: @@ -54495,18 +48846,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | worshipers etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shedder | Definition: -| shedder n. a crab in the act of casting its shell -| or immediately afterwards while still soft; -| -- applied especially to the edible crabs which -| are most prized while in this state. -| +|shedding | Definition: +| weeping a. grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shedding | Definition: -| weeping n. the act of one who weeps; lamentation -| with tears; shedding of tears. -| +|sheds | Definition: +| weeper n. one who weeps; esp. one who sheds tears. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sheep | Definition: @@ -54515,32 +48862,43 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sheepcotes | Definition: -| cotswold n. an open country abounding in sheepcotes -| as in the cotswold hills in gloucestershire -| england. +|sheer | Definition: +| surfboat n. 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. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sheepfold | Definition: -| sheepfold n. a fold or pen for sheep; a place -| where sheep are collected or confined. -| +|sheet | Definition: +| web n. a thin metal sheet plate or strip as of +| lead. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sheepskins | Definition: -| fellmonger n. a dealer in fells or sheepskins -| who separates the wool from the pelts. -| +|sheets | Definition: +| wadding n. any soft stuff of loose texture used +| for stuffing or padding garments; esp. sheets +| of carded cotton prepared for the purpose. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sheet | Definition: -| web n. a thin metal sheet plate or strip as of -| lead. +|shelf | Definition: +| terrace v. a raised level space shelf or platform +| of earth supported on one or more sides by +| a wall a bank of tuft or the like whether designed +| for use or pleasure. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shekel | Definition: -| shekel n. a jocose term for money. -| +|shell | Definition: +| wreath-shell n. a marine shell of the genus turbo. +| see turbo. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shells | Definition: +| wing-shell n. any one of various species of marine +| bivalve shells belonging to the genus avicula +| in which the hinge border projects like a wing. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shelter | Definition: @@ -54549,9 +48907,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sheol | Definition: -| sheol n. the place of departed spirits; hades; -| also the grave. +|sheltered | Definition: +| woodhouse n. a house or shed in which wood is +| stored and sheltered from the weather. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sheltering | Definition: +| umbrella n. a shade screen or guard carried in +| the hand for sheltering the person from the +| rays of the sun or from rain or snow. it is +| formed of silk cotton or other fabric extended +| on strips of whalebone steel or other elastic +| material inserted or fastened to a rod or stick +| by means of pivots or hinges in such a way +| as to allow of being opened and closed with +| ease. see parasol. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shelves | Definition: +| whatnot n. a kind of stand or piece of furniture +| having shelves for books ornaments etc.; an +| etagere. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shepherd | Definition: @@ -54560,23 +48937,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shepherds | Definition: -| shieling n. a hut or shelter for shepherds of -| fishers. see sheeling. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sherd | Definition: -| sherd n. a fragment; -- now used only in composition -| as in potsherd. see shard. -| +|sheriff | Definition: +| viscount a. an officer who formerly supplied the +| place of the count or earl; the sheriff of +| the county. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shew | Definition: -| shew n. show. +|sheriffs | Definition: +| scavage n. a toll or duty formerly exacted of +| merchant strangers by mayors sheriffs etc. +| for goods shown or offered for sale within +| their precincts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shewn | Definition: -| shewn p. p. of shew. +|sherry | Definition: +| sherry n. a spanish light-colored dry wine made +| in andalusia. as prepared for commerce it is +| colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing +| with it cheap wine boiled down. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shield | Definition: @@ -54588,23 +48967,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the arms. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shields | Definition: -| vair n. the skin of the squirrel much used in -| the fourteenth century as fur for garments -| and frequently mentioned by writers of that -| period in describing the costly dresses of -| kings nobles and prelates. it is represented -| in heraldry by a series of small shields placed -| close together and alternately white and blue. +|shifts | Definition: +| whiffler n. one who whiffles or frequently changes +| his opinion or course; one who uses shifts +| and evasions in argument; hence a trifler. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|shifty | Definition: +| shifty a. full of or ready with shifts; fertile +| in expedients or contrivance. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shilling | Definition: +| twelvepence n. a shilling sterling being about +| twenty-four cents. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |shillings | Definition: -| scudo n. a silver coin and money of account used -| in italy and sicily varying in value in different -| parts but worth about 4 shillings sterling -| or about 96 cents; also a gold coin worth about -| the same. +| thaler n. a german silver coin worth about three +| shillings sterling or about 73 cents. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shine | Definition: @@ -54614,10 +48998,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shined | Definition: -| shined of shine -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |shines | Definition: | winter n. the season of the year in which the | sun shines most obliquely upon any region; @@ -54639,15 +49019,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shipmaster | Definition: -| shipmaster n. the captain master or commander -| of a ship. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|shipmen | Definition: -| shipmen pl. of shipman -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |shipped | Definition: | shipped imp. & p. p. of ship | @@ -54667,20 +49038,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shirts | Definition: -| whiteboy a. one of an association of poor roman -| catholics which arose in ireland about 1760 -| ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes -| the members of which were so called from the -| white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids. -| +|shirt | Definition: +| wristband n. the band of the sleeve of a shirt +| or other garment which covers the wrist. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shocked | Definition: -| shock v. to strike with surprise terror horror -| or disgust; to cause to recoil; as his violence -| shocked his associates. -| +|shivered | Definition: +| shivered imp. & p. p. of shiver +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shivering | Definition: +| tremor v. a trembling; a shivering or shaking; +| a quivering or vibratory motion; as the tremor +| of a person who is weak infirm or old. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shoal | Definition: +| spit n. a small point of land running into the +| sea or a long narrow shoal extending from the +| shore into the sea; as a spit of sand. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shock | Definition: +| turn n. a change of condition; especially a sudden +| or recurring symptom of illness as a nervous +| shock or fainting spell; as a bad turn. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shocks | Definition: +| slidometer n. an instrument for indicating and +| recording shocks to railway cars occasioned +| by sudden stopping. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shod | Definition: @@ -54693,6 +49086,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | sole. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|shoeing | Definition: +| shoeing p. pr. & vb. n. of shoe +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |shone | Definition: | shone imp. & p. p. of shine. | @@ -54714,50 +49112,65 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shore | Definition: -| wreck-master n. a person appointed by law to take -| charge of goods etc. thrown on shore after -| a shipwreck. +|shoplifting | Definition: +| shoplifting n. larceny committed in a shop; the +| stealing of anything from a shop. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shorn | Definition: -| shorn p. p. of shear. +|shopman | Definition: +| shopman n. one who works in a shop or a factory. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shorten | Definition: -| tuck n. a horizontal sewed fold such as is made -| in a garment to shorten it; a plait. -| +|shops | Definition: +| turn-out n. the act of coming forth; a leaving +| of houses shops etc.; esp. a quitting of employment +| for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; +| a strike; -- opposed to lockout. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shortened | Definition: -| shortened / imp. & p. p. of shorten -| +|shore | Definition: +| wreck-master n. a person appointed by law to take +| charge of goods etc. thrown on shore after +| a shipwreck. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shortening | Definition: -| shortening n. that which renders pastry short -| or friable as butter lard etc. -| +|shorl | Definition: +| shorl a. alt. of shorlaceous +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shortest | Definition: -| minim n. a time note formerly the shortest in -| use; a half note equal to half a semibreve -| or two quarter notes or crotchets. +|shortened | Definition: +| slide n. an apparatus in the trumpet and trombone +| by which the sounding tube is lengthened and +| shortened so as to produce the tones between +| the fundamental and its harmonics. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|shorter | Definition: +| wedge-tailed a. having a tail which has the middle +| pair of feathers longest the rest successively +| and decidedly shorter and all more or less +| attenuate; -- said of certain birds. see illust. +| of wood hoopoe under wood. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |shortly | Definition: -| shortly adv. in few words; briefly; abruptly; -| curtly; as to express ideas more shortly in -| verse than in prose. +| soon adv. in a short time; shortly after any time +| specified or supposed; as soon after sunrise. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shortness | Definition: -| short-winded a. affected with shortness of breath; -| having a quick difficult respiration as dyspnoic -| and asthmatic persons. +|shorts | Definition: +| short superl. engaging or engaged to deliver what +| is not possessed; as short contracts; to be +| short of stock. see the shorts under short +| n. and to sell short under short adv. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shot | Definition: @@ -54772,6 +49185,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of horse. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|shouldered | Definition: +| shouldered a. having shoulders; -- used in composition; +| as a broad-shouldered man. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shouldering | Definition: +| shouldering p. pr. & vb. n. of shoulder +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |shoulders | Definition: | yoke n. a band shaped to fit the shoulders or | the hips and joined to the upper full edge @@ -54796,32 +49220,66 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|shouts | Definition: +| shout v. t. to treat with shouts or clamor. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shoved | Definition: +| shoved imp. & p. p. of shove +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shovelful | Definition: +| shovelful n. as much as a shovel will hold; enough +| to fill a shovel. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |showed | Definition: | showed of show |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shower | Definition: -| showery a. of or pertaining to a shower or showers. -| +| thundershower n. a shower accompanied with lightning +| and thunder. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|showers | Definition: -| showery a. raining in showers; abounding with -| frequent showers of rain. -| +|showing | Definition: +| xanthoproteic a. pertaining to or derived from +| xanthoprotein; showing the characters of xanthoprotein; +| as xanthoproteic acid; the xanthoproteic reaction +| for albumin. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shown | Definition: -| shown p. p. of show. +| valence n. the degree of combining power of an +| atom (or radical) as shown by the number of +| atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads as chlorine +| sodium etc.) with which it will combine or +| for which it can be substituted or with which +| it can be compared; thus an atom of hydrogen +| is a monad and has a valence of one; the atoms +| of oxygen nitrogen and carbon are respectively +| dyads triads and tetrads and have a valence +| respectively of two three and four. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|showy | Definition: +| zauschneria n. a genus of flowering plants. zauschneria +| californica is a suffrutescent perennial with +| showy red flowers much resembling those of +| the garden fuchsia. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shrank | Definition: | shrank imp. of shrink |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shred | Definition: -| shred n. to lop; to prune; to trim. -| +|shreds | Definition: +| tease v. t. to tear or separate into minute shreds +| as with needles or similar instruments. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shrew | Definition: @@ -54835,45 +49293,97 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|shrewdly | Definition: +| conjurer n. one who conjectures shrewdly or judges +| wisely; a man of sagacity. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shriek | Definition: +| yell v. i. to cry out or shriek with a hideous +| noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shrieked | Definition: +| shrieked imp. & p. p. of shriek +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shrieking | Definition: +| shrieking p. pr. & vb. n. of shriek +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shrill | Definition: +| yelper n. the avocet; -- so called from its sharp +| shrill cry. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |shrink | Definition: | wrinkle v. i. to shrink into furrows and ridges. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shrub | Definition: -| yaupon n. a shrub (ilex cassine) of the holly -| family native from virginia to florida. the -| smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute -| for tea and were formerly used in preparing -| the black drink of the indians of north carolina. -| called also south-sea tea. -| +|shrinking | Definition: +| wrinkle n. a small ridge prominence or furrow +| formed by the shrinking or contraction of any +| smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; +| a slight fold; as wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle +| in cloth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shrubs | Definition: -| xanthoxylum n. a genus of prickly shrubs or small -| trees the bark and rots of which are of a deep -| yellow color; prickly ash. -| +|shroud | Definition: +| unshroud v. t. to remove the shroud from; to uncover. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shuffling | Definition: -| shuffling v. in a shuffling manner. -| +|shrouded | Definition: +| shrouded a. provided with a shroud or shrouds. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shun | Definition: -| shun v. t. to avoid; to keep clear of; to get -| out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; -| as to shun rocks shoals vice. -| +|shrugged | Definition: +| shrugged imp. & p. p. of shrug +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shunned | Definition: -| unavoidable a. not avoidable; incapable of being -| shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; -| as unavoidable troubles. -| +|shrunk | Definition: +| sinew-shrunk a. having the sinews under the belly +| shrunk by excessive fatigue. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shudder | Definition: +| shudder n. the act of shuddering as with fear. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shuddered | Definition: +| shuddered imp. & p. p. of shudder +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shuddering | Definition: +| shudderingly adv. in a shuddering manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shuffled | Definition: +| whist n. a certain game at cards; -- so called +| because it requires silence and close attention. +| it is played by four persons (those who sit +| opposite each other being partners) with a +| complete pack of fifty-two cards. each player +| has thirteen cards and when these are played +| out he hand is finished and the cards are again +| shuffled and distributed. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shuffling | Definition: +| shuffling v. in a shuffling manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shut | Definition: @@ -54882,9 +49392,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|shuts | Definition: -| shutter n. one who shuts or closes. -| +|shutter | Definition: +| window n. the shutter casement sash with its fittings +| or other framework which closes a window opening. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shutters | Definition: +| unshutter v. t. to open or remove the shutters +| of. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |shutting | Definition: @@ -54892,12 +49408,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a significant cast. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|si | Definition: -| si a syllable applied in solmization to the note -| b; more recently to the seventh tone of any -| major diatonic scale. it was added to guido's -| scale by le maire about the end of the 17th -| century. +|shy | Definition: +| skew v. i. to start aside; to shy as a horse. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|shyness | Definition: +| shyness n. the quality or state of being shy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sick | Definition: @@ -54907,26 +49425,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sickle | Definition: -| sickle n. a reaping instrument consisting of a -| steel blade curved into the form of a hook -| and having a handle fitted on a tang. the sickle -| has one side of the blade notched so as always -| to sharpen with a serrated edge. cf. reaping -| hook under reap. +|sickened | Definition: +| sickened imp. & p. p. of sicken +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sickness | Definition: -| unfit v. t. to make unsuitable or incompetent; -| to deprive of the strength skill or proper -| qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; -| to disqualify; as sickness unfits a man for -| labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy -| beings. +|sickening | Definition: +| sickening a. causing sickness; specif. causing +| surfeit or disgust; nauseating. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sicle | Definition: -| sicle n. a shekel. +|sickly | Definition: +| yaup n. a cry of distress rage or the like as +| the cry of a sickly bird or of a child in pain. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sides | Definition: @@ -54938,39 +49451,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|siege | Definition: -| siegework n. a temporary fort or parallel where -| siege guns are mounted. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sieges | Definition: -| ponvolant n. a kind of light bridge used in sieges -| for surprising a post or outwork which has -| but a narrow moat; a flying bridge. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sieve | Definition: -| try n. a screen or sieve for grain. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sift | Definition: -| winnew n. to sift as for the purpose of separating -| falsehood from truth; to separate as had from -| good. +|sideways | Definition: +| volt n. a circular tread; a gait by which a horse +| going sideways round a center makes two concentric +| tracks. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sifted | Definition: -| sifted imp. & p. p. of sift -| +|sidling | Definition: +| sidling p. pr. & vb. n. of sidle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sigh | Definition: -| sigh v. i. a deep and prolonged audible inspiration -| or respiration of air as when fatigued or grieved; -| the act of sighing. +| sough v. i. to whistle or sigh as the wind. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sighed | Definition: @@ -54979,13 +49473,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sighing | Definition: -| sighing a. uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sighs | Definition: -| sigh v. t. to utter sighs over; to lament or mourn -| over. +| swimbel n. a moaning or sighing sound or noise; +| a sough. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sight | Definition: @@ -54996,9 +49485,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | admiration; amazement. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sightliness | Definition: -| sightliness n. the state of being sightly; comeliness; -| conspicuousness. +|sighted | Definition: +| unsighted a. not sighted or seen. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sights | Definition: +| vane n. one of the sights of a compass quadrant +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |signal | Definition: @@ -55007,55 +49501,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | for the purpose. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|signals | Definition: -| signify n. to show by a sign; to communicate by -| any conventional token as words gestures signals -| or the like; to announce; to make known; to -| declare; to express; as a signified his desire -| to be present. +|signature | Definition: +| subscription n. the signature attached to a paper. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |signed | Definition: -| signed imp. & p. p. of sign -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|signet | Definition: -| signet n. a seal; especially in england the seal -| used by the sovereign in sealing private letters -| and grants that pass by bill under the sign -| manual; -- called also privy signet. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|signification | Definition: -| wanion n. a word of uncertain signification used -| only in the phrase with a wanion apparently -| equivalent to with a vengeance with a plague -| or with misfortune. +| treaty n. an agreement so made; specifically an +| agreement league or contract between two or +| more nations or sovereigns formally signed +| by commissioners properly authorized and solemnly +| ratified by the several sovereigns or the supreme +| power of each state; an agreement between two +| or more independent states; as a treaty of +| peace; a treaty of alliance. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|significative | Definition: -| significative a. having signification or meaning; -| expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant. -| +|significant | Definition: +| wink n. a hint given by shutting the eye with +| a significant cast. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |signified | Definition: -| signify n. to show by a sign; to communicate by -| any conventional token as words gestures signals -| or the like; to announce; to make known; to -| declare; to express; as a signified his desire -| to be present. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|signifies | Definition: -| sign n. that which being external stands for or -| signifies something internal or spiritual; -| -- a term used in the church of england in -| speaking of an ordinance considered with reference -| to that which it represents. -| +| sub- a prefix denoting that the ingredient (of +| a compound) signified by the term to which +| it is prefixedis present in only a small proportion +| or less than the normal amount; as subsulphide +| suboxide etc. prefixed to the name of a salt +| it is equivalent to basic; as subacetate or +| basic acetate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |signify | Definition: @@ -55066,22 +49541,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |signifying | Definition: -| un- adv. an inseparable prefix or particle signifying -| not; in-; non-. in- is prefixed mostly to words -| of latin origin or else to words formed by -| latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application -| and is attached at will to almost any adjective -| or participle used adjectively or adverb from -| which it may be desired to form a corresponding -| negative adjective or adverb and is also but -| less freely prefixed to nouns. un- sometimes -| has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless -| unremorseless. +| volta n. a turning; a time; -- chiefly used in +| phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated +| one two or more times; as una volta once. seconda +| volta second time points to certain modifications +| in the close of a repeated strain. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |signs | Definition: -| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16� -| or 18� broad in the middle of which is the +| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16¡ +| or 18¡ broad in the middle of which is the | ecliptic or sun's path. it comprises the twelve | constellations which one constituted and from | which were named the twelve signs of the zodiac. @@ -55100,19 +49570,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|silenced | Definition: -| silenced imp. & p. p. of silence -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |silent | Definition: | whist v. i. to be or become silent or still; to | be hushed or mute. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |silently | Definition: -| silently adv. in a silent manner. -| +| sulk v. i. to be silently sullen; to be morose +| or obstinate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |silk | Definition: @@ -55124,17 +49589,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the arms. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|silly | Definition: -| twaddle v. i. & t. to talk in a weak and silly -| manner like one whose faculties are decayed; -| to prate; to prattle. +|silks | Definition: +| mercer n. originally a dealer in any kind of goods +| or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile +| fabrics as silks or woolens. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|silo | Definition: -| silo n. a pit or vat for packing away green fodder -| for winter use so as to exclude air and outside -| moisture. see ensilage. -| +|silly | Definition: +| twaddler n. one who prates in a weak and silly +| manner like one whose faculties are decayed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |silver | Definition: @@ -55143,34 +49608,43 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|silversmith | Definition: -| silversmith n. one whose occupation is to manufacture -| utensils ornaments etc. of silver; a worker -| in silver. +|silvery | Definition: +| wou-wou n. the agile or silvery gibbon; -- called +| also camper. see gibbon. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|silversmiths | Definition: -| brush wheel a circular revolving brush used by -| turners lapidaries silversmiths etc. for polishing. -| +|similarity | Definition: +| use v. i. to be wont or accustomed; to be in the +| habit or practice; as he used to ride daily; +| -- now disused in the present tense perhaps +| because of the similarity in sound between +| use to and used to. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|similes | Definition: -| similes pl. of simile +|similarly | Definition: +| territory n. in the united states a portion of +| the country not included within the limits +| of any state and not yet admitted as a state +| into the union but organized with a separate +| legislature under a territorial governor and +| other officers appointed by the president and +| senate of the united states. in canada a similarly +| organized portion of the country not yet formed +| into a province. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|similitude | Definition: -| similitude n. that which is like or similar; a -| representation semblance or copy; a facsimile. -| +|simmered | Definition: +| simmered imp. & p. p. of simmer +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|simon | Definition: -| zohar n. a jewish cabalistic book attributed by -| tradition to rabbi simon ben yochi who lived -| about the end of the 1st century a. d. modern -| critics believe it to be a compilation of the -| 13th century. +|simplest | Definition: +| nativity n. a picture representing or symbolizing +| the early infancy of christ. the simplest form +| is the babe in a rude cradle and the heads +| of an ox and an ass to express the stable in +| which he was born. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |simplicity | Definition: @@ -55180,25 +49654,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | simplicity of manners. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sin | Definition: -| whoredom n. the sin of worshiping idols; idolatry. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sinai | Definition: -| decalogue n. the ten commandments or precepts -| given by god to moses on mount sinai and originally -| written on two tables of stone. -| +|simply | Definition: +| trancscendental a. in the kantian system of or +| pertaining to that which can be determined +| a priori in regard to the fundamental principles +| of all human knowledge. what is transcendental +| therefore transcends empiricism; but is does +| not transcend all human knowledge or become +| transcendent. it simply signifies the a priori +| or necessary conditions of experience which +| though affording the conditions of experience +| transcend the sphere of that contingent knowledge +| which is acquired by experience. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sincere | Definition: -| sincere superl. being in reality what it appears -| to be; having a character which corresponds -| with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; -| true; real; as a sincere desire for knowledge; -| a sincere contempt for meanness. -| +| unsincere a. not sincere or pure; insincere. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sincerely | Definition: @@ -55215,21 +49688,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | sincereness. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sinew | Definition: -| sinewy a. pertaining to consisting of or resembling -| a sinew or sinews. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sinews | Definition: -| sinew-shrunk a. having the sinews under the belly -| shrunk by excessive fatigue. -| +| unsinew v. t. to deprive of sinews or of strength. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sinful | Definition: -| sinful a. tainted with or full of sin; wicked; -| iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as sinful men; -| sinful thoughts. +|sinewy | Definition: +| sinewy a. well braced with or as if with sinews; +| nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as +| the sinewy ajax. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sing | Definition: @@ -55245,26 +49712,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|singer | Definition: -| vocalist n. a singer or vocal musician as opposed -| to an instrumentalist. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|singers | Definition: -| tutti n. pl. all; -- a direction for all the singers -| or players to perform together. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |singing | Definition: | wren n. any one of numerous species of small singing | birds more or less resembling the true wrens | in size and habits. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|singleness | Definition: +| singleness n. freedom from duplicity or secondary +| and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; +| simplicity; sincerity; as singleness of purpose; +| singleness of heart. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|singling | Definition: +| singling p. pr. & vb. n. of single +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |singly | Definition: -| singly adv. singularly; peculiarly. -| +| sporadic a. occuring singly or apart from other +| things of the same kind or in scattered instances; +| separate; single; as a sporadic fireball; a +| sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example +| of a flower. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |singular | Definition: @@ -55284,12 +49755,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | that; whosoever. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|singularly | Definition: -| water vine any plant of the genus phytocrene -| climbing shrubs of asia and africa the stems -| of which are singularly porous and when cut -| stream with a limpid potable juice. -| +|singularity | Definition: +| singularity n. celibacy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sink | Definition: @@ -55304,9 +49771,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in water mud sand etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sinned | Definition: -| sinned imp. & p. p. of sin -| +|sinks | Definition: +| sink v. i. to fall by or as by the force of gravity; +| to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; +| to subside; as a stone sinks in water; waves +| rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sinner | Definition: @@ -55316,28 +49786,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sinners | Definition: -| re-demption n. the procuring of god's favor by -| the sufferings and death of christ; the ransom -| or deliverance of sinners from the bondage -| of sin and the penalties of god's violated -| law. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sinning | Definition: -| sinning p. pr. & vb. n. of sin -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sins | Definition: -| sin n. transgression of the law of god; disobedience -| of the divine command; any violation of god's -| will either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency -| in the character; iniquity; as sins of omission -| and sins of commission. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sir | Definition: | winter's bark the aromatic bark of tree (drimys | / drymis winteri) of the magnolia family which @@ -55347,17 +49795,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in 1577. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sirens | Definition: -| partenope n. one of the sirens who threw herself -| into the sea in despair at not being able to -| beguile ulysses by her songs. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sis | Definition: -| sis n. six. see sise. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sister | Definition: | step- a prefix used before father mother brother | sister son daughter child etc. to indicate @@ -55369,12 +49806,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | stepson etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sisters | Definition: -| sisterhood n. a society of sisters; a society -| of women united in one faith or order; sisters -| collectively. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sit | Definition: | whist n. a certain game at cards; -- so called | because it requires silence and close attention. @@ -55387,16 +49818,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sits | Definition: -| watcher n. one who watches; one who sits up or -| continues; a diligent observer; specifically -| one who attends upon the sick during the night. -| +|sitter | Definition: +| sitter n. one who sits; esp. one who sits for +| a portrait or a bust. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sitten | Definition: -| sitten p. p. of sit for sat. -| +|sitters | Definition: +| barouche n. a four-wheeled carriage with a falling +| top a seat on the outside for the driver and +| two double seats on the inside arranged so +| that the sitters on the front seat face those +| on the back seat. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sitting | Definition: @@ -55431,19 +49863,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | company of. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|siva | Definition: -| vishnu n. a divinity of the modern hindu trimurti -| or trinity. he is regarded as the preserver -| while brahma is the creator and siva the destroyer -| of the creation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sivan | Definition: -| sivan n. the third month of the jewish ecclesiastical -| year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with -| our month of june. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |six | Definition: | yield v. t. to give in return for labor expended; | to produce as payment or interest on what is @@ -55459,32 +49878,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sixteen | Definition: -| sextodecimo n. a book composed of sheets each -| of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence -| indicating more or less definitely a size of -| a book; -- usually written 16mo or 16�. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sixteenth | Definition: -| waterlandian n. one of a body of dutch anabaptists -| who separated from the mennonites in the sixteenth -| century; -- so called from a district in north -| holland denominated waterland. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sixth | Definition: -| ventose a. the sixth month of the calendar adopted -| by the first french republic. it began february -| 19 and ended march 20. see vend/miaire. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sixtieth | Definition: -| sexagesima n. the second sunday before lent; -- -| so called as being about the sixtieth day before -| easter. +| swordfish n. a very large oceanic fish (xiphias +| gladius) the only representative of the family +| xiphiidae. it is highly valued as a food fish. +| the bones of the upper jaw are consolidated +| and form a long rigid swordlike beak; the dorsal +| fin is high and without distinct spines; the +| ventral fins are absent. the adult is destitute +| of teeth. it becomes sixteen feet or more long. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sixty | Definition: @@ -55495,12 +49897,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | as a food fish. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|skeleton | Definition: +| visceroskeletal a. of or pertaining to the framework +| or skeleton or skeleton of the viscera; as +| the visceroskeletal system of muscles. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |sketch | Definition: | view n. the pictorial representation of a scene; | a sketch /ither drawn or painted; as a fine | view of lake george. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|sketched | Definition: +| sketched imp. & p. p. of sketch +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |skies | Definition: | skies pl. of sky |_____________________________________________________________ @@ -55515,9 +49929,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|skillful | Definition: -| wrestler n. one who wrestles; one who is skillful -| in wrestling. +|skilled | Definition: +| zymologist n. one who is skilled in zymology or +| in the fermentation of liquors. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |skin | Definition: @@ -55525,35 +49940,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of a walnut. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|skins | Definition: -| shoder n. a package of gold beater's skins in -| which gold is subjected to the second process -| of beating. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|skip | Definition: -| ricochet v. i. to skip with a rebound or rebounds -| as a flat stone on the surface of water or -| a cannon ball on the ground. see ricochet n. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |skipped | Definition: | skipped imp. & p. p. of skip | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |skipping | Definition: -| ricochet n. a rebound or skipping as of a ball -| along the ground when a gun is fired at a low -| angle of elevation or of a fiat stone thrown -| along the surface of water. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|skirt | Definition: -| underskirt n. a petticoat; the foundation skirt -| of a draped dress. +| skippingly adv. in a skipping manner; by skips +| or light leaps. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |skirts | Definition: @@ -55578,6 +49972,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|skylight | Definition: +| skylight n. a window placed in the roof of a building +| in the ceiling of a room or in the deck of +| a ship for the admission of light from above. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slab | Definition: +| tile n. a small slab of marble or other material +| used for flooring. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |slack | Definition: | tight superl. not slack or loose; firmly stretched; | taut; -- applied to a rope chain or the like @@ -55585,55 +49991,42 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slain | Definition: -| valkyria n. one of the maidens of odin represented -| as awful and beautiful who presided over battle -| and marked out those who were to be slain and -| who also ministered at the feasts of heroes -| in valhalla. +|slacken | Definition: +| surge n. to let go or slacken suddenly as a rope; +| as to surge a hawser or messenger; also to +| slacken the rope about (a capstan). +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slander | Definition: -| slander v. t. to defame; to injure by maliciously -| uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair -| the reputation of by false tales maliciously -| told or propagated; to calumniate. -| +|slackened | Definition: +| slackened of slacken |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slandered | Definition: -| slandered imp. & p. p. of slander -| +|slanted | Definition: +| slanted imp. & p. p. of slant +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slanderous | Definition: -| rake v. t. to collect or draw together with laborious -| industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape -| together; as to rake together wealth; to rake -| together slanderous tales; to rake together -| the rabble of a town. +|slapped | Definition: +| slapped imp. & p. p. of slap +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slanting | Definition: -| sponson n. one of the slanting supports under -| the guards of a steamboat. -| +|slapping | Definition: +| slapper a. alt. of slapping +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slaughter | Definition: -| slaughter v. t. to visit with great destruction -| of life; to kill; to slay in battle. -| +|slate | Definition: +| tail n. the bottom or lower portion of a member +| or part as a slate or tile. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |slave | Definition: -| service n. the act of serving; the occupation -| of a servant; the performance of labor for -| the benefit of another or at another's command; -| attendance of an inferior hired helper slave -| etc. on a superior employer master or the like; -| also spiritual obedience and love. -| +| slaver n. a person engaged in the purchase and +| sale of slaves; a slave merchant or slave trader. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |slavery | Definition: @@ -55643,35 +50036,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of slavery. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slaves | Definition: -| stigmatize v. t. to mark with a stigma or brand; -| as the ancients stigmatized their slaves and -| soldiers. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|slay | Definition: -| smite v. t. to destroy the life of by beating -| or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; -| to kill; as to smite one with the sword or -| with an arrow or other instrument. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|slayer | Definition: -| slayer n. one who slays; a killer; a murderer; -| a destrroyer of life. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|slaying | Definition: -| were n. a fine for slaying a man; the money value -| set upon a man's life; weregild. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sleds | Definition: -| double-ripper n. a kind of coasting sled made -| of two sleds fastened together with a board -| one before the other. +|slaving | Definition: +| slaving p. pr. & vb. n. of slave +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sleep | Definition: @@ -55689,74 +50056,128 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slept | Definition: -| slept imp. & p. p. of sleep. -| +|sleepy | Definition: +| stagger n. a disease of horses and other animals +| attended by reeling unsteady gait or sudden +| falling; as parasitic staggers; appopletic +| or sleepy staggers. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slew | Definition: -| slew v. t. see slue. +|sleet | Definition: +| sleet v. i. to snow or hail with a mixture of +| rain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slid | Definition: -| slid of slide +|sleeve | Definition: +| wristband n. the band of the sleeve of a shirt +| or other garment which covers the wrist. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slide | Definition: -| tumbler n. a movable obstruction in a lock consisting -| of a lever latch wheel slide or the like which -| must be adjusted to a particular position by -| a key or other means before the bolt can be -| thrown in locking or unlocking. -| +|sleeves | Definition: +| tunic n. an under-garment worn by the ancient +| romans of both sexes. it was made with or without +| sleeves reached to or below the knees and was +| confined at the waist by a girdle. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slight | Definition: -| wrinkle n. a small ridge prominence or furrow +|sleight | Definition: +| sleight n. dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slender | Definition: +| zoospore n. a spore provided with one or more +| slender cilia by the vibration of which it +| swims in the water. zoospores are produced +| by many green and by some olive-brown algae. +| in certain species they are divided into the +| larger macrozoospores and the smaller microzoospores. +| called also sporozoid and swarmspore. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slept | Definition: +| slept imp. & p. p. of sleep. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slice | Definition: +| thermotype n. a picture (as of a slice of wood) +| obtained by first wetting the object slightly +| with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid +| then taking an impression with a press and +| next strongly heating this impression. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sliced | Definition: +| sliced imp. & p. p. of slice +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slices | Definition: +| toast v. bread dried and browned before a fire +| usually in slices; also a kind of food prepared +| by putting slices of toasted bread into milk +| gravy etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slight | Definition: +| wrinkle n. a small ridge prominence or furrow | formed by the shrinking or contraction of any | smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; | a slight fold; as wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle | in cloth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slighted | Definition: -| thing n. a diminutive or slighted object; any -| object viewed as merely existing; -- often -| used in pity or contempt. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |slighter | Definition: | slighter n. one who slights. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slighting | Definition: -| superficialize v. t. to attend to or to treat -| superficially or in a shallow or slighting -| way. +|slightest | Definition: +| ticklish a. standing so as to be liable to totter +| and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily +| affected; unstable. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slightingly | Definition: +| slightingly adv. in a slighting manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slightly | Definition: +| wormwood n. a composite plant (artemisia absinthium) +| having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste +| formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge and +| to protect woolen garments from moths. it gives +| the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. +| the volatile oil is a narcotic poison. the +| term is often extended to other species of +| the same genus. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |slime | Definition: | sludge n. see slime 4. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sling | Definition: -| sling n. a drink composed of spirit (usually gin) -| and water sweetened. +|slimy | Definition: +| warp v. a slimy substance deposited on land by +| tides etc. by which a rich alluvial soil is +| formed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slinging | Definition: -| top-chain n. a chain for slinging the lower yards -| in time of action to prevent their falling -| if the ropes by which they are hung are shot -| away. +|sling | Definition: +| sling v. t. to pass a rope round as a cask gun +| etc. preparatory to attaching a hoisting or +| lowering tackle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slings | Definition: -| unsling v. t. to take off the slings of as a yard -| a cask or the like; to release from the slings. -| +|slinking | Definition: +| slinking p. pr. & vb. n. of slink +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |slip | Definition: @@ -55771,6 +50192,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|slipperiness | Definition: +| slipperiness n. the quality of being slippery. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |slippery | Definition: | slippery a. wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. | @@ -55795,17 +50221,44 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sloth | Definition: -| unau n. the two-toed sloth (cholopus didactylus) -| native of south america. it is about two feet -| long. its color is a uniform grayish brown -| sometimes with a reddish tint. -| +|slit | Definition: +| ward n. a notch or slit in a key corresponding +| to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward +| notch. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slothful | Definition: -| slothful a. addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; -| lazy; indolent; idle. +|slop | Definition: +| slopseller n. one who sells slops or ready-made +| clothes. see 4th slop 3. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sloping | Definition: +| weathered a. made sloping so as to throw off water; +| as a weathered cornice or window sill. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slouch | Definition: +| slouch v. t. to cause to hang down; to depress +| at the side; as to slouth the hat. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slouched | Definition: +| slouched imp. & p. p. of slouch +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slouching | Definition: +| slouching a. hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; +| without firmness or shapeliness; moving in +| an ungainly manner. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slovenly | Definition: +| slubberingly adv. in a slovenly or hurried and +| imperfect manner. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |slow | Definition: @@ -55814,37 +50267,101 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | by out. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|slower | Definition: +| woodbury-type n. a process in photographic printing +| in which a relief pattern in gelatin which +| has been hardened after certain operations +| is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft +| metal. an intaglio impression in thus produced +| from which pictures may be directly printed +| but by a slower process than in common printing. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |slowly | Definition: | worm v. i. to work slowly gradually and secretly. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slowness | Definition: -| tardigrada a. a tribe of edentates comprising -| the sloths. they are noted for the slowness -| of their movements when on the ground. see -| sloth 3. +|slued | Definition: +| slued imp. & p. p. of slue +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sluggish | Definition: +| sluggish a. characteristic of a sluggard; dull; +| stupid; tame; simple. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sluggard | Definition: -| sluggard n. a person habitually lazy idle and -| inactive; a drone. +|sluice | Definition: +| unsluice v. t. to sluice; to open the sluice or +| sluices of; to let flow; to discharge. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sluices | Definition: +| waterwork n. an hydraulic apparatus or a system +| of works or fixtures by which a supply of water +| is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes +| including dams sluices pumps aqueducts distributing +| pipes fountains etc.; -- used chiefly in the +| plural. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sluicing | Definition: +| sluicing p. pr. & vb. n. of sluice +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |slumber | Definition: -| relapse v. i. to slide or turn back into a former -| state or practice; to fall back from some condition -| attained; -- generally in a bad sense as from -| a state of convalescence or amended condition; -| as to relapse into a stupor into vice or into -| barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as -| to relapse into slumber after being disturbed. -| +| slumber n. sleep; especially light sleep; sleep +| that is not deep or sound; repose. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|slumbered | Definition: -| slumbered imp. & p. p. of slumber -| +|slumbering | Definition: +| slumberingly adv. in a slumbering manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slumberous | Definition: +| slumberous a. being in the repose of slumber; +| sleepy; drowsy. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slung | Definition: +| slung imp. & p. p. of sling. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|slushy | Definition: +| slushy a. abounding in slush; characterized by +| soft mud or half-melted snow; as the streets +| are slushy; the snow is slushy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sly | Definition: +| wile n. a trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring +| or deception; a sly insidious; artifice; a +| beguilement; an allurement. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smacked | Definition: +| smacked imp. & p. p. of smack +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smaller | Definition: +| zoospore n. a spore provided with one or more +| slender cilia by the vibration of which it +| swims in the water. zoospores are produced +| by many green and by some olive-brown algae. +| in certain species they are divided into the +| larger macrozoospores and the smaller microzoospores. +| called also sporozoid and swarmspore. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |smallest | Definition: @@ -55854,6 +50371,56 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|smart | Definition: +| yerk v. t. to throw or thrust with a sudden smart +| movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smarting | Definition: +| smartweed n. an acrid plant of the genus polygonum +| (p. hydropiper) which produces smarting if +| applied where the skin is tender. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smartly | Definition: +| smartly adv. in a smart manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smash | Definition: +| smash n. hence bankruptcy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smashed | Definition: +| smashed imp. & p. p. of smash +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smashing | Definition: +| smashing p. pr. & vb. n. of smash +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smear | Definition: +| wax v. t. to smear or rub with wax; to treat with +| wax; as to wax a thread or a table. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smeared | Definition: +| wash n. that with which anything is washed or +| wetted smeared tinted etc. upon the surface. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smeary | Definition: +| smeary a. tending to smear or soil; adhesive; +| viscous. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |smell | Definition: | zedoary n. a medicinal substance obtained in the | east indies having a fragrant smell and a warm @@ -55861,11 +50428,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | as a stimulant. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|smelled | Definition: -| smelled imp. & p. p. of smell -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |smelling | Definition: | vinaigrette n. a small perforated box for holding | aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge or a @@ -55873,6 +50435,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | also vinegarette. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|smells | Definition: +| smeller n. one who smells or perceives by the +| sense of smell; one who gives out smell. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smelt | Definition: +| sparling n. the european smelt (osmerus eperlanus). +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smelter | Definition: +| smelter n. one who or that which smelts. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |smile | Definition: | wear v. t. to have or exhibit an appearance of | as an aspect or manner; to bear; as she wears @@ -55885,6 +50463,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|smiles | Definition: +| smile v. i. gay or joyous appearance; as the smiles +| of spring. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |smiling | Definition: | synecdoche n. a figure or trope by which a part | of a thing is put for the whole (as fifty sail @@ -55896,9 +50479,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|smite | Definition: -| smite n. the act of smiting; a blow. -| +|smirked | Definition: +| smirked imp. & p. p. of smirk +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smiter | Definition: +| smiter n. one who smites. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |smith | Definition: @@ -55906,19 +50493,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of at the anvil. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|smiting | Definition: -| smiting p. pr. & vb. n. of smite -| +|smock | Definition: +| smock frock a coarse frock or shirt worn over +| the other dress as by farm laborers. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|smitten | Definition: -| smitten p. p. of smite. +|smoke | Definition: +| vapor n. in a loose and popular sense any visible +| diffused substance floating in the atmosphere +| and impairing its transparency as smoke fog +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|smoke | Definition: -| uptake n. the pipe leading upward from the smoke -| box of a steam boiler to the chimney or smokestack; -| a flue leading upward. +|smoked | Definition: +| smoked imp. & p. p. of smoke +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |smoking | Definition: @@ -55932,6 +50522,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and whitebelly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|smoky | Definition: +| smoky superl. suspicious; open to suspicion. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |smooth | Definition: | yaupon n. a shrub (ilex cassine) of the holly | family native from virginia to florida. the @@ -55942,27 +50537,63 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|smoothed | Definition: +| waterworn a. worn smoothed or polished by the +| action of water; as waterworn stones. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |smoother | Definition: | smoother n. one who or that which smooths. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|smoothing | Definition: +| trowel n. a tool used for smoothing a mold. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smoothly | Definition: +| trombone n. a powerful brass instrument of the +| trumpet kind thought by some to be the ancient +| sackbut consisting of a tube in three parts +| bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. +| the middle part bent double slips into the +| outer parts as in a telescope so that by change +| of the vibrating length any tone within the +| compass of the instrument (which may be bass +| or tenor or alto or even in rare instances +| soprano) is commanded. it is the only member +| of the family of wind instruments whose scale +| both diatonic and chromatic is complete without +| the aid of keys or pistons and which can slide +| from note to note as smoothly as the human +| voice or a violin. softly blown it has a rich +| and mellow sound which becomes harsh and blatant +| when the tones are forced; used with discretion +| its effect is often solemn and majestic. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |smote | Definition: | smote imp. (/ rare p. p.) of smite. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|smyrna | Definition: -| sultana n. a kind of seedless raisin produced -| near smyrna in asiatic turkey. +|smothered | Definition: +| smothered imp. & p. p. of smother | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|snaffle | Definition: -| rein n. the strap of a bridle fastened to the -| curb or snaffle on each side by which the rider -| or driver governs the horse. -| +|smouldering | Definition: +| smouldering a. being in a state of suppressed +| activity; quiet but not dead. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|smuggling | Definition: +| smuggling p. pr. & vb. n. of smuggle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |snake | Definition: @@ -55971,14 +50602,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|snare | Definition: -| wire v. t. to snare by means of a wire or wires. -| +|snaky | Definition: +| varuna n. the god of the waters; the indian neptune. +| he is regarded as regent of the west and lord +| of punishment and is represented as riding +| on a sea monster holding in his hand a snaky +| cord or noose with which to bind offenders +| under water. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|snared | Definition: -| snared imp. & p. p. of snare -| +|snap | Definition: +| snappish a. apt to snap at persons or things; +| eager to bite; as a snapping cur. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|snapped | Definition: +| snap v. t. that which is or may be snapped up; +| something bitten off seized or obtained by +| a single quick movement; hence a bite morsel +| or fragment; a scrap. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|snapping | Definition: +| wireworm n. one of the larvae of various species +| of snapping beetles or elaters; -- so called +| from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness +| of the integument. wireworms are sometimes +| very destructive to the roots of plants. called +| also wire grub. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|snappish | Definition: +| snappish a. sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily +| or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |snares | Definition: @@ -55986,37 +50644,41 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|snatch | Definition: -| wrap v. t. to snatch up; transport; -- chiefly -| used in the p. p. wrapt. -| +|snarling | Definition: +| snarling a. & n. from snarl v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|snatched | Definition: -| snatched imp. & p. p. of snatch -| +|sneaking | Definition: +| snudge n. a miser; a sneaking fellow. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sneezing | Definition: -| sneezing n. the act of violently forcing air out -| through the nasal passages while the cavity -| of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by -| the approximation of the soft palate and the -| base of the tongue. +|sneer | Definition: +| sneer n. a smile grin or contortion of the face +| indicative of contempt; an indirect expression +| or insinuation of contempt. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|snorting | Definition: -| rhonchisonant a. making a snorting noise; snorting. +|sneered | Definition: +| sneered imp. & p. p. of sneer +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sneeze | Definition: +| sneeze n. a sudden and violent ejection of air +| with an audible sound chiefly through the nose. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|snout | Definition: -| whipparee n. a large sting ray (rhinoptera bonasus -| or r. quadriloba) of the atlantic coast of -| the united states. its snout appears to be -| four-lobed when viewed in front whence it is -| also called cow-nosed ray. -| +|snivelling | Definition: +| snivelling of snivel +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|snorting | Definition: +| snorting p. pr. & vb. n. of snort +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |snow | Definition: @@ -56024,9 +50686,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|snuffed | Definition: -| snuffed imp. & p. p. of snuff -| +|snuff | Definition: +| thief n. a waster in the snuff of a candle. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |snuffers | Definition: @@ -56035,9 +50697,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|soak | Definition: -| yote v. t. to pour water on; to soak in or mix -| with water. +|snuffing | Definition: +| snuffingly adv. in a snuffing manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|snugly | Definition: +| snugly adv. in a snug manner; closely; safely. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |soaked | Definition: @@ -56048,70 +50715,71 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|soam | Definition: -| soam n. a chain by which a leading horse draws -| a plow. +|soaking | Definition: +| suing n. the process of soaking through anything. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|soar | Definition: -| upsoar v. i. to soar or mount up. -| +|soap | Definition: +| suds n. pl. water impregnated with soap esp. when +| worked up into bubbles and froth. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sober | Definition: -| sober v. i. to become sober; -- often with down. -| +|soaped | Definition: +| soaped imp. & p. p. of soap +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|soberly | Definition: -| soberly a. grave; serious; solemn; sad. -| +|soapsuds | Definition: +| soapsuds n. pl. suds made with soap. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|soberness | Definition: -| sally v. transgression of the limits of soberness -| or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; -| frolic; escapade. +|soaring | Definition: +| wingy a. soaring with wings or as if with wings; +| volatile airy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sobriety | Definition: -| sobriety n. habitual freedom from enthusiasm inordinate -| passion or overheated imagination; calmness; -| coolness; gravity; seriousness; as the sobriety -| of riper years. +|sob | Definition: +| sob n. any sorrowful cry or sound. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|societies | Definition: -| sash n. a scarf or band worn about the waist over -| the shoulder or otherwise; a belt; a girdle -| -- worn by women and children as an ornament; -| also worn as a badge of distinction by military -| officers members of societies etc. -| +|sobbing | Definition: +| sobbing n. a series of short convulsive inspirations +| the glottis being suddenly closed so that little +| or no air enters into the lungs. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|socket | Definition: -| shoe n. an iron socket to protect the point of -| a wooden pile. +|sober | Definition: +| soberly adv. in a sober manner; temperately; cooly; +| calmly; gravely; seriously. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sockets | Definition: -| thecodont a. having the teeth inserted in sockets -| in the alveoli of the jaws. -| +|sociable | Definition: +| starling n. any passerine bird belonging to sturnus +| and allied genera. the european starling (sturnus +| vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black with +| a metallic gloss and spotted with yellowish +| white. it is a sociable bird and builds about +| houses old towers etc. called also stare and +| starred. the pied starling of india is sternopastor +| contra. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sodden | Definition: -| sodden of seethe +|societies | Definition: +| societies pl. of society |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|soever | Definition: -| whatever pron. anything soever which; the thing -| or things of any kind; being this or that; -| of one nature or another; one thing or another; -| anything that may be; all that; the whole that; -| all particulars that; -- used both substantively -| and adjectively. +|sofa | Definition: +| vis-a-vis n. a carriage in which two persons sit +| face to face. also a form of sofa with seats +| for two persons so arranged that the occupants +| are face to face while sitting on opposite +| sides. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |soft | Definition: @@ -56126,14 +50794,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |softened | Definition: -| scumble v. t. to cover lighty as a painting or -| a drawing with a thin wash of opaque color -| or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the -| stump or to make any similar additions to the -| work so as to produce a softened effect. +| sop v. t. anything steeped or dipped and softened +| in any liquid; especially something dipped +| in broth or liquid food and intended to be +| eaten. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|softening | Definition: +| taw v. t. to dress and prepare as the skins of +| sheep lambs goats and kids for gloves and the +| like by imbuing them with alum salt and other +| agents for softening and bleaching them. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|softer | Definition: +| tender superl. adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; +| expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; +| as tender expressions; tender expostulations; +| a tender strain. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |softly | Definition: | whisper v. i. to speak softly or under the breath | so as to be heard only by one near at hand; @@ -56143,36 +50824,38 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | n. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|soil | Definition: -| water furrow a deep furrow for conducting water -| from the ground and keeping the surface soil -| dry. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sojourn | Definition: -| sojourning p. pr. & vb. n. of sojourn -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sojourned | Definition: -| sojourned imp. & p. p. of sojourn -| +|softness | Definition: +| tempering n. the process of giving the requisite +| degree of hardness or softness to a substance +| as iron and steel; especially the process of +| giving to steel the degree of hardness required +| for various purposes consisting usually in +| first plunging the article when heated to redness +| in cold water or other liquid to give an excess +| of hardness and then reheating it gradually +| until the hardness is reduced or drawn down +| to the degree required as indicated by the +| color produced on a polished portion or by +| the burning of oil. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sojourner | Definition: -| sojourner n. one who sojourns. -| +|soho | Definition: +| soho interj. ho; -- a word used in calling from +| a distant place; a sportsman's halloo. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sojourning | Definition: -| sojourning n. the act or state of one who sojourns. -| +|soiling | Definition: +| soiling p. pr. & vb. n. of soil +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sojournment | Definition: -| sojournment n. temporary residence as that of -| a stranger or a traveler. -| +|solar | Definition: +| yellow superl. 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. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sold | Definition: @@ -56182,23 +50865,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|soldering | Definition: -| soldering a. & n. from solder v. t. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |soldier | Definition: | water soldier an aquatic european plant (stratiotes | aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|soldiering | Definition: +| soldiering n. the act of feigning to work. see +| the note under soldier v. i. 2. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |soldiers | Definition: -| zouave n. hence one of a body of soldiers who -| adopt the dress and drill of the zouaves as -| was done by a number of volunteer regiments -| in the army of the united states in the civil -| war 1861-65. +| zouave n. one of an active and hardy body of soldiers +| in the french service originally arabs but +| now composed of frenchmen who wear the arab +| dress. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sole | Definition: @@ -56208,8 +50891,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |solely | Definition: -| siderite n. a meteorite consisting solely of metallic -| iron. +| traditionlism n. a system of faith founded on +| tradition; esp. the doctrine that all religious +| faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered +| from competent authority exclusive of rational +| processes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |solemn | Definition: @@ -56221,20 +50907,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|solemnities | Definition: -| solemnities pl. of solemnity -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |solemnity | Definition: -| semidouble n. an office or feast celebrated with -| less solemnity than the double ones. see double -| n. 8. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|solemnized | Definition: -| solemnized imp. & p. p. of solemnize -| +| supplication n. a religious solemnity observed +| in consequence of some military success and +| also in times of distress and danger to avert +| the anger of the gods. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |solemnly | Definition: @@ -56245,37 +50922,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|soles | Definition: -| scraper n. an instrument by which the soles of -| shoes are cleaned from mud and the like by -| drawing them across it. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|solicitations | Definition: -| ply v. t. to lay on closely or in folds; to work -| upon steadily or with repeated acts; to press -| upon; to urge importunately; as to ply one -| with questions with solicitations or with drink. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|soliciting | Definition: -| soliciting p. pr. & vb. n. of solicit -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|solicitous | Definition: -| solicitous v. t. disposed to solicit; eager to -| obtain something desirable or to avoid anything -| evil; concerned; anxious; careful. -| +|solicited | Definition: +| solicited imp. & p. p. of solicit +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|solicitude | Definition: -| solicitude n. the state of being solicitous; uneasiness -| of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire -| good; anxiety. +|solicitor | Definition: +| solicitor n. the law officer of a city town department +| or government; as the city solicitor; the solicitor +| of the treasury. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |solid | Definition: @@ -56289,35 +50944,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of a watch etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|solids | Definition: -| supernatant n. the liquid remaining after solids -| suspended in the liquid have been sedimented -| by gravity or by centrifugation. contrasted -| with the solid sediment or (in centrifugation) -| the pellet. +|solitaire | Definition: +| solitaire n. any species of american thrushlike +| birds of the genus myadestes. they are noted +| their sweet songs and retiring habits. called +| also fly-catching thrush. a west indian species +| (myadestes sibilans) is called the invisible +| bird. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |solitary | Definition: -| rust n. a minute mold or fungus forming reddish -| or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal -| and other grasses (trichobasis rubigo-vera) -| now usually believed to be a form or condition -| of the corn mildew (puccinia graminis). as -| rust it has solitary reddish spores; as corn -| mildew the spores are double and blackish. -| +| sullen n. one who is solitary or lives alone; +| a hermit. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |solitude | Definition: -| retreat n. a special season of solitude and silence -| to engage in religious exercises. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|solomon | Definition: -| solomon n. one of the kings of israel noted for -| his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; -| hence a very wise man. +| solitude a. solitary or lonely place; a desert +| or wilderness. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |solution | Definition: @@ -56329,16 +50972,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|solve | Definition: +| unriddle v. t. & i. to read the riddle of; to +| solve or explain; as to unriddle an enigma +| or a mystery. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|solved | Definition: +| sum n. a problem to be solved or an example to +| be wrought out. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|solvency | Definition: +| solvency n. the quality or state of being solvent. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |somebody | Definition: -| reinsurance n. a contract by which an insurer -| is insured wholly or in part against the risk -| he has incurred in insuring somebody else. -| see reassurance. +| somebody n. a person of consideration or importance. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sometime | Definition: -| sometime a. having been formerly; former; late; -| whilom. +|somehow | Definition: +| somehow adv. in one way or another; in some way +| not yet known or designated; by some means; +| as the thing must be done somehow; he lives +| somehow. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sometimes | Definition: @@ -56354,10 +51013,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|somewhere | Definition: +| somewhere adv. in some place unknown or not specified; +| in one place or another. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |son | Definition: -| unfilial a. unsuitable to a son or a daughter; -| undutiful; not becoming a child. -| +| venter n. a pregnant woman; a mother; as a has +| a son b by one venter and a daughter c by another +| venter; children by different venters. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |song | Definition: @@ -56365,21 +51031,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | mountaineers. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|songs | Definition: -| vaudeville n. a theatrical piece usually a comedy -| the dialogue of which is intermingled with -| light or satirical songs set to familiar airs. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sons | Definition: -| tribe n. a family race or series of generations -| descending from the same progenitor and kept -| distinct as in the case of the twelve tribes -| of israel descended from the twelve sons of -| jacob. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |soon | Definition: | yet adv. up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; | until now; -- and with the negative not yet @@ -56393,16 +51044,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | sooner than dark ones. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sooth | Definition: -| sooth a. blandishment; cajolery. -| +|soot | Definition: +| soot a. alt. of soote |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |soothe | Definition: -| salve n. to heal; to remedy; to cure; to make -| good; to soothe as with an ointment especially -| by some device trick or quibble; to gloss over. -| +| soothing a. & n. from soothe v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |soothed | Definition: @@ -56410,35 +51058,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|soothsayer | Definition: -| soothsayer n. a mantis. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|soothsaying | Definition: -| soothsaying n. a prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sophistry | Definition: -| sophistry n. the practice of a sophist; fallacious -| reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sorcerers | Definition: -| sabbat n. in mediaeval demonology the nocturnal -| assembly in which demons and sorcerers were -| thought to celebrate their orgies. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sorceress | Definition: -| sorceress n. a female sorcerer. -| +|soothing | Definition: +| unction n. that which is used for anointing; an +| unguent; an ointment; hence anything soothing +| or lenitive. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sorceries | Definition: -| sorceries pl. of sorcery +|sooty | Definition: +| zirconium n. a rare element of the carbon-silicon +| group intermediate between the metals and nonmetals +| obtained from the mineral zircon as a dark +| sooty powder or as a gray metallic crystalline +| substance. symbol zr. atomic weight 90.4. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sore | Definition: @@ -56447,16 +51079,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sores | Definition: -| unguent n. a lubricant or salve for sores burns -| or the like; an ointment. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sori | Definition: -| sori pl. of sorus -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sorrow | Definition: | willow n. any tree or shrub of the genus salix | including many species most of which are characterized @@ -56474,21 +51096,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | accident. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sorrowing | Definition: -| sorrowing p. pr. & vb. n. of sorrow -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sorrows | Definition: -| stabat mater a celebrated latin hymn beginning -| with these words commemorating the sorrows -| of the mother of our lord at the foot of the -| cross. it is read in the mass of the sorrows -| of the virgin mary and is sung by catholics -| when making >the way of the cross > (via crucis). -| see station 7 (c). -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sorry | Definition: | underling n. an inferior person or agent; a subordinate; | hence a mean sorry fellow. @@ -56503,6 +51110,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to the order tri/cia. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|sot | Definition: +| sot v. t. to stupefy; to infatuate; to besot. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |sought | Definition: | warm superl. in children's games being near the | object sought for; hence being close to the @@ -56516,40 +51128,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and its enjoyments. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|souls | Definition: -| undying a. not dying; imperishable; unending; -| immortal; as the undying souls of men. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sounded | Definition: -| turn n. an embellishment or grace (marked thus -| /) commonly consisting of the principal note -| or that on which the turn is made with the -| note above and the semitone below the note -| above being sounded first the principal note -| next and the semitone below last the three -| being performed quickly as a triplet preceding -| the marked note. the turn may be inverted so -| as to begin with the lower note in which case -| the sign is either placed on end thus / or -| drawn thus /. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sounding | Definition: -| tubby a. resembling a tub; specifically sounding -| dull and without resonance like a tub; wanting -| elasticity or freedom of sound; as a tubby -| violin. +| voiceless a. not sounded with voice; as a voiceless +| consonant; surd. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|soundness | Definition: -| test v. t. to put to the proof; to prove the truth -| genuineness or quality of by experiment or -| by some principle or standard; to try; as to -| test the soundness of a principle; to test -| the validity of an argument. -| +|soundly | Definition: +| wise v. hence especially making due use of knowledge; +| discerning and judging soundly concerning what +| is true or false proper or improper; choosing +| the best ends and the best means for accomplishing +| them; sagacious. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sounds | Definition: @@ -56559,51 +51148,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sour | Definition: -| tupelo n. a north american tree (nyssa multiflora) -| of the dogwood family having brilliant glossy -| foliage and acid red berries. the wood is crossgrained -| and very difficult to split. called also black -| gum sour gum and pepperidge. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sources | Definition: -| treasurer n. one who has the care of a treasure -| or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives -| the public money arising from taxes and duties -| or other sources of revenue takes charge of -| the same and disburses it upon orders made -| by the proper authority; one who has charge -| of collected funds; as the treasurer of a society -| or corporation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|southern | Definition: -| yuen n. the crowned gibbon (hylobates pileatus) -| native of siam southern china and the island -| of hainan. it is entirely arboreal in its habits -| and has very long arms. the males are dark -| brown or blackish with a caplike mass of long -| dark hair and usually with a white band around -| the face. the females are yellowish white with -| a dark spot on the breast and another on the -| crown. called also wooyen and wooyen ape. -| +|soup | Definition: +| tureen n. a large deep vessel for holding soup +| or other liquid food at the table. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|southward | Definition: -| sunwise adv. in the direction of the sun's apparent -| motion or from the east southward and westward -| and so around the circle; also in the same -| direction as the movement of the hands of a -| watch lying face upward. -| +|sour | Definition: +| vinegar v. t. to convert into vinegar; to make +| like vinegar; to render sour or sharp. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|southwest | Definition: -| turkey n. an empire in the southeast of europe -| and southwest of asia. +|sources | Definition: +| valeric a. valerianic; specifically designating +| any one of three metameric acids of which the +| typical one (called also inactive valeric acid) +| c4h9co2h is obtained from valerian root and +| other sources as a corrosive mobile oily liquid +| having a strong acid taste and an odor of old +| cheese. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|southwark | Definition: +| marshalsea n. the court or seat of a marshal; +| hence the prison in southwark belonging to +| the marshal of the king's household. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sovereign | Definition: @@ -56618,38 +51189,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sovereignty | Definition: -| throne v. t. to place in an elevated position; -| to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sow | Definition: -| till prep. to plow and prepare for seed and to -| sow dress raise crops from etc. to cultivate; -| as to till the earth a field a farm. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sowed | Definition: | sowed of sow |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sower | Definition: -| seedlop n. a vessel in which a sower carries the -| seed to be scattered. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sowing | Definition: -| trifallow v. t. to plow the third time before -| sowing as land. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sown | Definition: -| semined a. thickly covered or sown as with seeds. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |spaces | Definition: | triglyph n. an ornament in the frieze of the doric | order repeated at equal intervals. each triglyph @@ -56672,43 +51215,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | entry. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spade | Definition: -| spud n. a sharp narrow spade usually with a long -| handle used by farmers for digging up large-rooted -| weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for -| various purposes. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|spades | Definition: -| suit n. one of the four sets of cards which constitute -| a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen -| cards bearing a particular emblem as hearts -| spades cubs or diamonds. -| +|spanish | Definition: +| vara n. a spanish measure of length equal to about +| one yard. the vara now in use equals 33.385 +| inches. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spain | Definition: -| torilto n. a species of turnix (turnix sylvatica) -| native of spain and northen africa. -| +|spanned | Definition: +| spanned imp. & p. p. of span +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|span | Definition: -| saddle n. a seat for a rider -- usually made of -| leather padded to span comfortably a horse's -| back furnished with stirrups for the rider's -| feet to rest in and fastened in place with -| a girth; also a seat for the rider on a bicycle -| or tricycle. +|spanning | Definition: +| tympanum n. the space within an arch and above +| a lintel or a subordinate arch spanning the +| opening below the arch. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spare | Definition: -| spare n. the right of bowling again at a full -| set of pins after having knocked all the pins -| down in less than three bowls. if all the pins -| are knocked down in one bowl it is a double -| spare; in two bowls a single spare. -| +| sparely adv. in a spare manner; sparingly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spared | Definition: @@ -56716,27 +51243,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sparing | Definition: -| sparing a. spare; saving; frugal; merciful. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sparingly | Definition: -| tellurite n. oxide of tellurium. it occurs sparingly -| in tufts of white or yellowish crystals. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|spark | Definition: -| tinder n. something very inflammable used for -| kindling fire from a spark as scorched linen. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sparkle | Definition: -| twinkle n. a closing or opening or a quick motion -| of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye. -| +|sparely | Definition: +| sparely adv. in a spare manner; sparingly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sparkled | Definition: @@ -56744,14 +51253,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sparks | Definition: -| scintillate v. i. to emit sparks or fine igneous -| particles. +|sparkling | Definition: +| sparkling a. emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; +| brilliant; lively; as sparkling wine; sparkling +| eyes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sparrow | Definition: -| water sparrow the reed bunting. -| +|sparks | Definition: +| steel n. a piece of steel for striking sparks +| from flint. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sparrows | Definition: @@ -56766,17 +51276,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sparta | Definition: -| xenelasia n. a spartan institution which prohibited -| strangers from residing in sparta without permission -| its object probably being to preserve the national -| simplicity of manners. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|spartans | Definition: -| harmost n. a governor or prefect appointed by -| the spartans in the cities subjugated by them. -| +|spasmodic | Definition: +| vomiting n. the spasmodic ejection of matter from +| the stomach through the mouth. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spat | Definition: @@ -56785,10 +51288,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|spawn | Definition: +| sturgeon n. any one of numerous species of large +| cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to acipenser +| and allied genera of the family acipenseridae. +| they run up rivers to spawn and are common +| on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes +| of north america europe and asia. caviare is +| prepared from the roe and isinglass from the +| air bladder. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |speak | Definition: -| whisper n. to speak with suspicion or timorous -| caution; to converse in whispers as in secret -| plotting. +| whisper v. i. to speak softly or under the breath +| so as to be heard only by one near at hand; +| to utter words without sonant breath; to talk +| without that vibration in the larynx which +| gives sonorous or vocal sound. see whisper +| n. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |speaker | Definition: @@ -56797,16 +51314,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|speakers | Definition: -| platform n. any flat or horizontal surface; especially -| one that is raised above some particular level -| as a framework of timber or boards horizontally -| joined so as to form a roof or a raised floor -| or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a -| stage for speakers performers or workmen; a -| standing place. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |speaking | Definition: | well-spoken a. speaking well; speaking with fitness | or grace; speaking kindly. @@ -56814,38 +51321,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |speaks | Definition: -| riddler n. one who speaks in or propounds riddles. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|spear | Definition: -| trident n. a three-pronged spear or goad used -| for urging horses; also the weapon used by -| one class of gladiators. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|spearmen | Definition: -| spearmen pl. of spearman +| spokesman n. one who speaks for another. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spears | Definition: -| cheval-de-frise n. 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. +|speciality | Definition: +| speciality n. the special or peculiar mark or +| characteristic of a person or thing; that for +| which a person is specially distinguished; +| an object of special attention; a special occupation +| or object of attention; a specialty. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|specify | Definition: -| stylus n. a pen-shaped pointing device used to -| specify the cursor position on a graphics tablet. +|species | Definition: +| zygenid n. any one of numerous species of moths +| of the family zygaenidae most of which are +| bright colored. the wood nymph and the vine +| forester are examples. also used adjectively. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|specifying | Definition: -| relational a. indicating or specifying some relation. -| +|specimens | Definition: +| preparator n. one who prepares beforehand as subjects +| for dissection specimens for preservation in +| collections etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |speck | Definition: @@ -56857,23 +51357,103 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|speckle | Definition: +| speckle v. t. to mark with small spots of a different +| color from that of the rest of the surface; +| to variegate with spots of a different color +| from the ground or surface. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |speckled | Definition: | speckled a. marked or variegated with small spots | of a different color from that of the rest | of the surface. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|specks | Definition: +| speck v. t. to cause the presence of specks upon +| or in especially specks regarded as defects +| or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as paper +| specked by impurities in the water used in +| its manufacture. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |spectacle | Definition: -| scene n. the structure on which a spectacle or -| play is exhibited; the part of a theater in -| which the acting is done with its adjuncts -| and decorations; the stage. -| +| sublime superl. awakening or expressing the emotion +| of awe adoration veneration heroic resolve +| etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- +| said of an impressive object in nature of an +| action of a discourse of a work of art of a +| spectacle etc.; as sublime scenery; a sublime +| deed. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spectacles | Definition: +| theatre n. an edifice in which dramatic performances +| or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement +| of spectators; anciently uncovered except the +| stage but in modern times roofed. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spectator | Definition: +| umbra n. the conical shadow projected from a planet +| or satellite on the side opposite to the sun +| within which a spectator could see no portion +| of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction +| from penumbra. see penumbra. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spectators | Definition: +| vanish v. i. 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 land. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spectral | Definition: +| tarsius n. a genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals +| having very large eyes and ears a long tail +| and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called +| also malmag spectral lemur podji and tarsier. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spectre | Definition: +| spectre n. see specter. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|speculate | Definition: +| theologize v. i. to frame a system of theology; +| to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|speculated | Definition: +| speculated imp. & p. p. of speculate +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|speculation | Definition: +| trancscendental a. vaguely and ambitiously extravagant +| in speculation imagery or diction. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|speculative | Definition: -| theoretics n. the speculative part of a science; -| speculation. +|speculations | Definition: +| transcendent a. transcending or reaching beyond +| the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to +| affirmations and speculations concerning what +| lies beyond the reach of the human intellect. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sped | Definition: +| sped imp. & p. p. of speed +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |speech | Definition: @@ -56906,10 +51486,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|speedy | Definition: -| transitoriness n. the quality or state of being -| transitory; speedy passage or departure. -| +|spell | Definition: +| weird n. a spell or charm. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|speller | Definition: +| speller n. a spelling book. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spelling | Definition: +| spelling a. of or pertaining to spelling. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spend | Definition: @@ -56919,6 +51508,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|spending | Definition: +| spending n. the act of expending; expenditure. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |spent | Definition: | wear v. i. to be wasted consumed or diminished | by being used; to suffer injury loss or extinction @@ -56926,10 +51520,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spiced | Definition: -| sangaree n. wine and water sweetened and spiced -| -- a favorite west indian drink. -| +|sphere | Definition: +| zone n. the portion of the surface of a sphere +| included between two parallel planes; the portion +| of a surface of revolution included between +| two planes perpendicular to the axis. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spices | Definition: @@ -56953,41 +51549,46 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spies | Definition: -| spies pl. of spy -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|spikenard | Definition: -| spikenard n. an aromatic plant. in the united -| states it is the aralia racemosa often called -| spignet and used as a medicine. the spikenard -| of the ancients is the nardostachys jatamansi -| a native of the himalayan region. from its -| blackish roots a perfume for the hair is still -| prepared in india. +|spiked | Definition: +| trifolium n. a genus of leguminous herbs with +| densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate +| leaves; trefoil. there are many species all +| of which are called clover. see clover. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spilled | Definition: -| spilled imp. & p. p. of spill -| +|spikes | Definition: +| wringbolt n. a bolt used by shipwrights to bend +| and secure the planks against the timbers till +| they are fastened by bolts spikes or treenails; +| -- not to be confounded with ringbolt. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spilt | Definition: -| unspilt a. not spilt or wasted; not shed. -| +|spine | Definition: +| vertebrated a. contracted at intervals so as to +| resemble the spine in animals. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spin | Definition: -| yarn n. a story told by a sailor for the amusement -| of his companions; a story or tale; as to spin -| a yarn. +|spinning | Definition: +| whir n. a buzzing or whizzing sound produced by +| rapid or whirling motion; as the whir of a +| partridge; the whir of a spinning wheel. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spindle | Definition: -| whirl v. t. a revolving hook used in twisting -| as the hooked spindle of a rope machine to -| which the threads to be twisted are attached. -| +|spires | Definition: +| protestant v. one who protests; -- originally +| applied to those who adhered to luther and +| protested against or made a solemn declaration +| of dissent from a decree of the emperor charles +| v. and the diet of spires in 1529 against the +| reformers and appealed to a general council; +| -- now used in a popular sense to designate +| any christian who does not belong to the roman +| catholic or the greek church. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spirit | Definition: @@ -57000,27 +51601,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|spirited | Definition: +| steed n. a horse especially a spirited horse for +| state of war; -- used chiefly in poetry or +| stately prose. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |spirits | Definition: | undine n. one of a class of fabled female water | spirits who might receive a human soul by intermarrying | with a mortal. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spiritual | Definition: -| worldly-minded a. devoted to worldly interests; -| mindful of the affairs of the present life -| and forgetful of those of the future; loving -| and pursuing this world's goods to the exclusion -| of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|spiritually | Definition: -| spiritually adv. in a spiritual manner; with purity -| of spirit; like a spirit. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |spit | Definition: | turnspit n. a small breed of dogs having a long | body and short crooked legs. these dogs were @@ -57029,9 +51621,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spite | Definition: -| secrecy n. the state or quality of being hidden; -| as his movements were detected in spite of -| their secrecy. +| still a. notwithstanding what has been said or +| done; in spite of what has occured; nevertheless; +| -- sometimes used as a conjunction. see synonym +| of but. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spiteful | Definition: +| spiteful a. filled with or showing spite; having +| a desire to vex annoy or injure; malignant; +| malicious; as a spiteful person or act. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spitting | Definition: @@ -57039,39 +51639,51 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spittle | Definition: -| spittle n. the thick moist matter which is secreted -| by the salivary glands; saliva; spit. -| +|splash | Definition: +| splash n. a noise made by striking upon or in +| a liquid. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|splendid | Definition: -| splendidly adv. in a splendid manner; magnificently. -| +|splashed | Definition: +| splashy a. full of dirty water; wet and muddy +| so as be easily splashed about; slushy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spoil | Definition: -| waste v. spoil destruction or injury done to houses -| woods fences lands etc. by a tenant for life -| or for years to the prejudice of the heir or -| of him in reversion or remainder. -| +|splashes | Definition: +| splasher n. a guard to keep off splashes from +| anything. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spoiled | Definition: -| work n. manner of working; management; treatment; -| as unskillful work spoiled the effect. -| +|splashing | Definition: +| swash n. impulse of water flowing with violence; +| a dashing or splashing of water. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spoiler | Definition: -| spoiler n. one who corrupts mars or renders useless. +|splendid | Definition: +| splendidly adv. in a splendid manner; magnificently. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spoiling | Definition: -| spoiling p. pr. & vb. n. of spoil -| +|split | Definition: +| welwitschia n. an african plant (welwitschia mirabilis) +| belonging to the order gnetaceae. it consists +| of a short woody topshaped stem and never more +| than two leaves which are the cotyledons enormously +| developed and at length split into diverging +| segments. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spluttering | Definition: +| sputter v. t. to spit out hastily by quick successive +| efforts with a spluttering sound; to utter +| hastily and confusedly without control over +| the organs of speech. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spoilt | Definition: +| spoilt of spoil |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spoke | Definition: @@ -57096,17 +51708,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spokes | Definition: -| wheel n. a circular frame turning about an axis; -| a rotating disk whether solid or a frame composed -| of an outer rim spokes or radii and a central -| hub or nave in which is inserted the axle -- -| used for supporting and conveying vehicles -| in machinery and for various purposes; as the -| wheel of a wagon of a locomotive of a mill -| of a watch etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sponge | Definition: | vinaigrette n. a small perforated box for holding | aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge or a @@ -57114,16 +51715,64 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | also vinegarette. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sport | Definition: -| wanton v. i. to sport in lewdness; to play the -| wanton; to play lasciviously. +|sponging | Definition: +| sponging a. & n. from sponge v. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|spontaneous | Definition: +| vinegar a. a sour liquid used as a condiment or +| as a preservative and obtained by the spontaneous +| (acetous) fermentation or by the artificial +| oxidation of wine cider beer or the like. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spontaneously | Definition: +| strobilation n. the act or phenomenon of spontaneously +| dividing transversely as do certain species +| of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. +| see illust. under syllidian. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spoon | Definition: +| teaspoon n. a small spoon used in stirring and +| sipping tea coffee etc. and for other purposes. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spooney | Definition: +| spooney n. a weak-minded or silly person; one +| who is foolishly fond. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|spoons | Definition: +| castanets n. pl. 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 to their dance and guitars. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sported | Definition: +| sported imp. & p. p. of sport +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |sporting | Definition: -| retrieve n. the recovery of game once sprung; -| -- an old sporting term. -| +| sporting a. of pertaining to or engaging in sport +| or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct +| of one who or that which sports. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sportive | Definition: +| waggery n. the manner or action of a wag; mischievous +| merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored +| sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as the waggery +| of a schoolboy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spot | Definition: @@ -57139,13 +51788,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spotless | Definition: -| spotless a. without a spot; especially free from -| reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; -| as a spotless mind; spotless behavior. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |spots | Definition: | zibeth n. a carnivorous mammal (viverra zibetha) | closely allied to the civet from which it differs @@ -57154,14 +51796,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | tail more numerous. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spotted | Definition: -| witwall n. the greater spotted woodpecker. -| +|sprang | Definition: +| sprang imp. of spring |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spouse | Definition: -| spouse n. to wed; to espouse. -| +|sprat | Definition: +| sprat n. a small european herring (clupea sprattus) +| closely allied to the common herring and the +| pilchard; -- called also garvie. the name is +| also applied to small herring of different +| kinds. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spread | Definition: @@ -57171,16 +51815,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spreading | Definition: -| tuft n. a collection of small flexible or soft -| things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending -| and spreading cluster; as a tuft of flowers -| or feathers. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sprigs | Definition: -| spriggy a. full of sprigs or small branches. -| +|sprightly | Definition: +| vivacious a. sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; +| merry; as a vivacious poet. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spring | Definition: @@ -57196,48 +51834,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|springs | Definition: -| vulcanology n. the science which treats of phenomena -| due to plutonic action as in volcanoes hot -| springs etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sprinkle | Definition: -| seed v. t. to sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds -| in; to sow; as to seed a field. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sprinkled | Definition: -| seme a. sprinkled or sown; -- said of field or -| a charge when strewed or covered with small -| charges. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sprinkling | Definition: -| waterpot n. a vessel for holding or conveying -| water or for sprinkling water on cloth plants -| etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sprout | Definition: -| turio n. a shoot or sprout from the ground. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sprung | Definition: -| seljuckian n. a member of the family of seljuk; -| an adherent of that family or subject of its -| government; (pl.) the dynasty of turkish sultans -| sprung from seljuk. +| sprinkled imp. & p. p. of sprinkle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|spun | Definition: -| yarn n. spun wool; woolen thread; also thread -| of other material as of cotton flax hemp or -| silk; material spun and prepared for use in -| weaving knitting manufacturing sewing thread -| or the like. +|spurious | Definition: +| spurious a. not legitimate; bastard; as spurious +| issue. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |spurned | Definition: @@ -57253,9 +51857,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to the proper officer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|squander | Definition: -| squander n. the act of squandering; waste. -| +|squally | Definition: +| squally a. abounding with squalls; disturbed often +| with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; +| as squally weather. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |square | Definition: @@ -57273,10 +51878,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wany a. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stab | Definition: -| wound n. to hurt by violence; to produce a breach -| or separation of parts in as by a cut stab -| blow or the like. +|squaring | Definition: +| squaring p. pr. & vb. n. of square +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|squat | Definition: +| trubtall n. a short squat woman. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|squeaker | Definition: +| squeaker n. the australian gray crow shrile (strepera +| anaphonesis); -- so called from its note. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|squeezed | Definition: +| zest n. a piece of orange or lemon peel or the +| aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such +| peel used to give flavor to liquor etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|squeezing | Definition: +| wine n. the expressed juice of grapes esp. when +| fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from +| grapes by squeezing out their juice and (usually) +| allowing it to ferment. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|squint | Definition: +| squinting a. & n. from squint v. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|squires | Definition: +| squiry n. the body of squires collectively considered; +| squirarchy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stabbed | Definition: @@ -57284,10 +51924,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stability | Definition: -| shake v. fig.: to move from firmness; to weaken -| the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair -| the resolution of. +|stabbing | Definition: +| stabbing p. pr. & vb. n. of stab +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stable | Definition: @@ -57304,25 +51943,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|stack | Definition: +| thatch n. to cover with or with a roof of straw +| reeds or some similar substance; as to thatch +| a roof a stable or a stack of grain. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |stacks | Definition: | thatch n. straw rushes or the like used for making | or covering the roofs of buildings or of stacks | of hay or grain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stacte | Definition: -| stacte n. one of the sweet spices used by the -| ancient jews in the preparation of incense. -| it was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh -| or cinnamon or a kind of storax. -| +|stage | Definition: +| zoogloea n. a colony or mass of bacteria imbedded +| in a viscous gelatinous substance. the zoogloea +| is characteristic of a transitory stage through +| which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in +| the course of their evolution. also used adjectively. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stagger | Definition: -| stumble v. i. to trip in walking or in moving -| in any way with the legs; to strike the foot -| so as to fall or to endanger a fall; to stagger -| because of a false step. +|stages | Definition: +| zooid n. an animal in one of its inferior stages +| of development as one of the intermediate forms +| in alternate generation. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -57337,9 +51983,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stags | Definition: -| wing n. one of the sides of the stags in a theater. -| +|stagnant | Definition: +| ventilator n. a contrivance for effecting ventilation; +| especially a contrivance or machine for drawing +| off or expelling foul or stagnant air from +| any place or apartment or for introducing that +| which is fresh and pure. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stagnation | Definition: +| stagnation n. the cessation of action or of brisk +| action; the state of being dull; as the stagnation +| of business. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |staid | Definition: @@ -57359,14 +52015,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|staining | Definition: -| staining p. pr. & vb. n. of stain -| +|stair | Definition: +| stepstone n. a stone laid before a door as a stair +| to rise on in entering the house. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stains | Definition: -| stainer n. one who stains or tarnishes. -| +|staircase | Definition: +| wentletrap n. any one of numerous species of elegant +| usually white marine shells of the genus scalaria +| especially scalaria pretiosa which was formerly +| highly valued; -- called also staircase shell. +| see scalaria. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stairs | Definition: @@ -57377,12 +52037,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of header. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stake | Definition: -| trou-de-loup n. a pit in the form of an inverted -| cone or pyramid constructed as an obstacle -| to the approach of an enemy and having a pointed -| stake in the middle. the pits are called also -| trapholes. +|staked | Definition: +| wage v. t. that which is staked or ventured; that +| for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; +| gage. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stakes | Definition: @@ -57391,10 +52049,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | for taking fish. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stalk | Definition: -| weak v. i. not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as -| the weak stalk of a plant. -| +|stalking | Definition: +| stalking p. pr. & vb. n. of stalk +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stalks | Definition: @@ -57406,28 +52063,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or umbellule. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stallion | Definition: -| stud-horse n. a stallion esp. one kept for breeding. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|stalls | Definition: -| subsellium n. one of the stalls of the lower range -| where there are two ranges. see illust. of -| stall. +|stammer | Definition: +| stutter n. the act of stuttering; a stammer. see +| stammer and stuttering. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stamp | Definition: -| signature v. t. a sign stamp or mark impressed -| as by a seal. +|stammered | Definition: +| stammered imp. & p. p. of stammer +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stamped | Definition: -| wafer n. a thin cake or piece of bread (commonly -| unleavened circular and stamped with a crucifix -| or with the sacred monogram) used in the eucharist -| as in the roman catholic church. -| +|stamping | Definition: +| stamping a. & n. from stamp v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stand | Definition: @@ -57466,25 +52115,97 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|staring | Definition: +| staringly adv. with a staring look. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|staringly | Definition: +| staringly adv. with a staring look. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|starlight | Definition: +| starlight a. lighted by the stars or by the stars +| only; as a starlight night. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|starlings | Definition: +| myna n. any one of numerous species of asiatic +| starlings of the genera acridotheres sturnopastor +| sturnia gracula and allied genera. in habits +| they resemble the european starlings and like +| them are often caged and taught to talk. see +| hill myna under hill and mino bird. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |stars | Definition: | uranometry n. a chart or catalogue of fixed stars | especially of stars visible to the naked eye. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|started | Definition: +| washingtonian a. designating or pertaining to +| a temperance society and movement started in +| baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total +| abstinence. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|starting | Definition: +| subsultus n. a starting twitching or convulsive +| motion. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|startle | Definition: +| startle n. a sudden motion or shock caused by +| an unexpected alarm surprise or apprehension +| of danger. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|startled | Definition: +| startled imp. & p. p. of startle +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|starts | Definition: +| start n. a sudden unexpected movement; a sudden +| and capricious impulse; a sally; as starts +| of fancy. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|starve | Definition: +| starve v. t. to deprive of force or vigor; to +| disable. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|starved | Definition: +| starvedly adv. in the condition of one starved +| or starving; parsimoniously. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stated | Definition: +| vacation n. intermission of a stated employment +| procedure or office; a period of intermission; +| rest; leisure. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |stately | Definition: | triumph n. hence any triumphal procession; a pompous | exhibition; a stately show or pageant. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stater | Definition: -| stater n. the principal gold coin of ancient grece. -| it varied much in value the stater best known -| at athens being worth about �1 2s. or about -| $5.35. the attic silver tetradrachm was in -| later times called stater. -| +|stating | Definition: +| trace v. t. a very small quantity of an element +| or compound in a given substance especially +| when so small that the amount is not quantitatively +| determined in an analysis; -- hence in stating +| an analysis often contracted to tr. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |station | Definition: @@ -57496,10 +52217,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|statuary | Definition: -| statuary n. the art of carving statues or images -| as representatives of real persons or things; -| a branch of sculpture. +|stationed | Definition: +| waister n. a seaman usually a green hand or a +| broken-down man stationed in the waist of a +| vessel of war. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stationery | Definition: +| stationery a. belonging to or sold by a stationer. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stations | Definition: +| voyageur n. a traveler; -- applied in canada to +| a man employed by the fur companies in transporting +| goods by the rivers and across the land to +| and from the remote stations in the northwest. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |statue | Definition: @@ -57507,14 +52241,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the whole figure. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|statues | Definition: -| valhalla n. fig.: a hall or temple adorned with -| statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; -| specifically the pantheon near ratisbon in -| bavaria consecrated to the illustrious dead -| of all germany. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |stature | Definition: | virago n. a woman of extraordinary stature strength | and courage; a woman who has the robust body @@ -57522,36 +52248,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|statute | Definition: -| volt n. the unit of electro-motive force; -- defined -| by the international electrical congress in -| 1893 and by united states statute as that electro-motive -| force which steadily applied to a conductor -| whose resistance is one ohm will produce a -| current of one ampere. it is practically equivalent -| to / the electro-motive force of a standard -| clark's cell at a temperature of 15� c. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|statutes | Definition: -| statute a. an act of a corporation or of its founder -| intended as a permanent rule or law; as the -| statutes of a university. +|staved | Definition: +| staved imp. & p. p. of stave | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|staves | Definition: -| vyce n. a kind of clamp with gimlet points for -| holding a barrel head while the staves are -| being closed around it. -| +|staving | Definition: +| staving n. a cassing or lining of staves; especially +| one encircling a water wheel. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stay | Definition: -| wait v. t. to stay for; to rest or remain stationary -| in expectation of; to await; as to wait orders. -| +| wait v. i. to stay or rest in expectation; to +| stop or remain stationary till the arrival +| of some person or event; to rest in patience; +| to stay; not to depart. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stayed | Definition: @@ -57560,20 +52273,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|staying | Definition: -| transient a. staying for a short time; not regular -| or permanent; as a transient guest; transient -| boarders. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|stead | Definition: -| stedfastly adv. see stead steadfast etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|steadfast | Definition: -| stedfastly adv. see stead steadfast etc. -| +|staylace | Definition: +| staylace n. a lace for fastening stays. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |steadfastly | Definition: @@ -57581,10 +52283,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|steadfastness | Definition: -| steadfastness n. the quality or state of being -| steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy. -| +|steadily | Definition: +| volt n. the unit of electro-motive force; -- defined +| by the international electrical congress in +| 1893 and by united states statute as that electro-motive +| force which steadily applied to a conductor +| whose resistance is one ohm will produce a +| current of one ampere. it is practically equivalent +| to / the electro-motive force of a standard +| clark's cell at a temperature of 15¡ c. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |steady | Definition: @@ -57598,16 +52306,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|steal | Definition: -| unhoard v. t. to take or steal from a hoard; to -| pilfer. +|steak | Definition: +| steak v. t. a slice of beef broiled or cut for +| broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other +| large animals; as venison steak; bear steak; +| pork steak; turtle steak. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|steals | Definition: -| shoplifter n. one who steals anything in a shop -| or takes goods privately from a shop; one who -| under pretense of buying goods takes occasion -| to steal. +|stealing | Definition: +| stealingly adv. by stealing or as by stealing +| furtively or by an invisible motion. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stealth | Definition: @@ -57618,27 +52328,93 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of goods. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|steep | Definition: -| uprising n. act of rising; also a steep place; -| an ascent. +|steam | Definition: +| whistle v. i. an instrument in which gas or steam +| forced into a cavity or against a thin edge +| produces a sound more or less like that made +| by one who whistles through the compressed +| lips; as a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; +| a steam whistle (see steam whistle under steam). +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|steamer | Definition: +| towboat n. a steamer used for towing other vessels; +| a tug. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|steamers | Definition: +| stoke v. i. to poke or stir up a fire; hence to +| tend the fires of furnaces steamers etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|steaming | Definition: +| wash-off a. capable of being washed off; not permanent +| or durable; -- said of colors not fixed by +| steaming or otherwise. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|steel | Definition: +| wootz n. a species of steel imported from the +| east indies valued for making edge tools; indian +| steel. it has in combination a minute portion +| of alumina and silica. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stench | Definition: -| stench n. to cause to emit a disagreeable odor; -| to cause to stink. +|steeped | Definition: +| touch-paper n. paper steeped in saltpeter which +| burns slowly and is used as a match for firing +| gunpowder and the like. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stephen | Definition: -| protomartyr n. the first martyr; the first who -| suffers or is sacrificed in any cause; -- applied -| esp. to stephen the first christian martyr. +|steeple | Definition: +| steeplechasing n. the act of riding steeple chases. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stepmother | Definition: -| stepsister n. a daughter of one's stepfather or -| stepmother by a former marriage. -| +|steer | Definition: +| yaw v. i. & t. to steer wild or out of the line +| of her course; to deviate from her course as +| when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|steered | Definition: +| yoke n. a crosspiece upon the head of a boat's +| rudder. to its ends lines are attached which +| lead forward so that the boat can be steered +| from amidships. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|steerer | Definition: +| steerer n. one who steers; as a boat steerer. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|steering | Definition: +| wheelhouse n. a small house on or above a vessel's +| deck containing the steering wheel. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|steersman | Definition: +| steersman n. one who steers; the helmsman of a +| vessel. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stepped | Definition: +| yawl-rigged a. having two masts with fore-and-aft +| sails but differing from a schooner in that +| the after mast is very small and stepped as +| far aft as possible. see illustration in appendix. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stepping | Definition: +| tripping a. quick; nimble; stepping lightly and +| quickly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |steps | Definition: @@ -57662,10 +52438,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stew | Definition: -| zoutch v. t. to stew as flounders eels etc. with -| just enough or liquid to cover them. -| +|sternly | Definition: +| sternly adv. in a stern manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sternness | Definition: +| sternness n. the quality or state of being stern. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |steward | Definition: @@ -57677,24 +52457,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stewardship | Definition: -| #name? n. a suffix denoting state office dignity -| profession or art; as in lordship friendship -| chancellorship stewardship horsemanship. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|stews | Definition: -| okra n. an annual plant (abelmoschus / hibiscus -| esculentus) whose green pods abounding in nutritious -| mucilage are much used for soups stews or pickles; -| gumbo. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|stibic | Definition: -| stibic a. antimonic; -- used with reference to -| certain compounds of antimony. -| +|stewed | Definition: +| water souchy a dish consisting of small fish +| stewed and served in a little water. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stick | Definition: @@ -57728,17 +52494,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | see feather. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stiffen | Definition: -| wigan n. a kind of canvaslike cotton fabric used -| to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers -| and of the skirts of women's dresses etc.; -| -- so called from wigan the name of a town -| in lancashire england. +|stiffened | Definition: +| tip n. a piece of stiffened lining pasted on the +| inside of a hat crown. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stifle | Definition: -| strangle v. t. to stifle choke or suffocate in -| any manner. +|stiffly | Definition: +| stiffly adv. in a stiff manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stifled | Definition: @@ -57746,14 +52509,48 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|stifling | Definition: +| stifling p. pr. & vb. n. of stifle +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stile | Definition: +| stile v. i. one of the upright pieces in a frame; +| one of the primary members of a frame into +| which the secondary members are mortised. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |stilled | Definition: | stilled imp. & p. p. of still | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stills | Definition: -| stiller n. one who stills or quiets. -| +|stillness | Definition: +| stillness n. the quality or state of being still; +| quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stilts | Definition: +| stiltify v. t. to raise upon stilts or as upon +| stilts; to stilt. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stimulated | Definition: +| tetanus n. that condition of a muscle in which +| it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction +| as when stimulated by a series of induction +| shocks. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stimulating | Definition: +| weak v. i. not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated +| with the usual or required ingredients or with +| stimulating and nourishing substances; of less +| than the usual strength; as weak tea broth +| or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a +| weak dose of medicine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sting | Definition: @@ -57765,35 +52562,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stinging | Definition: -| wasp n. 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 jackets. +|stinger | Definition: +| stinger n. one who or that which stings. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stings | Definition: -| sea ginger a hydroid coral of the genus millepora -| especially m. alcicornis of the west indies -| and florida. so called because it stings the -| tongue like ginger. see illust. under millepore. +|stipulate | Definition: +| stipulate v. i. to make an agreement or covenant +| with any person or company to do or forbear +| anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle +| terms; as certain princes stipulated to assist +| each other in resisting the armies of france. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stink | Definition: -| stinking a. & n. from stink v. -| +|stipulated | Definition: +| wage v. t. that for which one labors; meed; reward; +| stipulated payment for service performed; hire; +| pay; compensation; -- at present generally +| used in the plural. see wages. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stinking | Definition: -| teledu n. an east indian carnivore (mydaus meliceps) -| allied to the badger and noted for the very -| offensive odor that it emits somewhat resembling -| that of a skunk. it is a native of the high -| mountains of java and sumatra and has long -| silky fur. called also stinking badger and -| stinkard. +|stipulating | Definition: +| stipulating p. pr. & vb. n. of stipulate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stipulations | Definition: @@ -57805,8 +52598,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stir | Definition: -| scarify v. t. to stir the surface soil of as a -| field. +| temper v. t. to moisten to a proper consistency +| and stir thoroughly as clay for making brick +| loam for molding etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stirred | Definition: @@ -57821,17 +52615,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|stitches | Definition: +| unstitch v. t. to open by picking out stitches; +| to take out or undo the stitches of; as to +| unstitch a seam. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stocking | Definition: +| stockinger n. a stocking weaver. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stockings | Definition: +| welt n. in machine-made stockings a strip or flap +| of which the heel is formed. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |stocks | Definition: | unstock v. t. to remove from the stocks as a ship. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stoics | Definition: -| stoical n. of or pertaining to the stoics; resembling -| the stoics or their doctrines. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |stole | Definition: | stole n. a narrow band of silk or stuff sometimes | enriched with embroidery and jewels worn on @@ -57844,9 +52649,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stolen | Definition: -| secrete v. t. to deposit in a place of hiding; -| to hide; to conceal; as to secrete stolen goods; -| to secrete one's self. +| stolen p. p. of steal. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stolidity | Definition: +| stolidity n. the state or quality of being stolid; +| dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stomach | Definition: @@ -57857,13 +52666,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stomacher | Definition: -| stomacher n. an ornamental covering for the breast -| worn originally both by men and women. those -| worn by women were often richly decorated. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |stone | Definition: | yellowlegs n. any one of several species of long-legged | sandpipers of the genus totanus in which the @@ -57872,28 +52674,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | see tattler 2. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stoned | Definition: -| stoned imp. & p. p. of stone -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |stones | Definition: | wich n. a narrow port or passage in the rink or | course flanked by the stones of previous players. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stoning | Definition: -| stoning p. pr. & vb. n. of stone -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|stony | Definition: -| tabulata n. pl. an artificial group of stony corals -| including those which have transverse septa -| in the calicles. the genera pocillopora and -| favosites are examples. -| +|stonily | Definition: +| stonily adv. in a stony manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stood | Definition: @@ -57911,7 +52700,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stoop | Definition: -| stoop n. the fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop. +| stoop n. descent as from dignity or superiority; +| condescension; an act or position of humiliation. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -57921,9 +52711,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stooping | Definition: -| round-shouldered a. having the shoulders stooping -| or projecting; round-backed. -| +| stooping a. & n. from stoop. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stop | Definition: @@ -57934,10 +52723,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stopped | Definition: -| shut a. formed by complete closure of the mouth -| passage and with the nose passage remaining -| closed; stopped as are the mute consonants -| p t k b d and hard g. +| strangulated a. having the circulation stopped +| by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction +| of circulation caused by constriction or compression; +| as a strangulated hernia. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stoppers | Definition: +| selvagee n. a skein or hank of rope yarns wound +| round with yarns or marline -- used for stoppers +| straps etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stopping | Definition: @@ -57947,65 +52743,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|storax | Definition: -| rosemaloes n. the liquid storax of the east indian -| liquidambar orientalis. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|stored | Definition: -| woodhouse n. a house or shed in which wood is -| stored and sheltered from the weather. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |storehouse | Definition: | warehouse n. a storehouse for wares or goods. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|storeroom | Definition: -| storeroom n. room in a storehouse or repository; -| a room in which articles are stored. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|storerooms | Definition: -| cellarage n. the space or storerooms of a cellar; -| a cellar. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|storing | Definition: -| vault n. an arched apartment; especially a subterranean -| room use for storing articles for a prison -| for interment or the like; a cell; a cellar. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|stork | Definition: -| stork n. any one of several species of large wading -| birds of the family ciconidae having long legs -| and a long pointed bill. they are found both -| in the old world and in america and belong -| to ciconia and several allied genera. the european -| white stork (ciconia alba) is the best known. -| it commonly makes its nests on the top of a -| building a chimney a church spire or a pillar. -| the black stork (c. nigra) is native of asia -| africa and europe. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |storm | Definition: | windstorm n. a storm characterized by high wind | with little or no rain. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|storms | Definition: -| rude superl. violent; tumultuous; boisterous; -| inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather -| of storms and the like; as the rude winter. -| +|storming | Definition: +| storming a. & n. from storm v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stormy | Definition: @@ -58021,21 +52772,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or powerful. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stoutest | Definition: -| but v. t. the thickest and stoutest part of tanned -| oxhides used for soles of boots harness trunks. -| +|stouter | Definition: +| rudd n. a fresh-water european fish of the carp +| family (leuciscus erythrophthalmus). it is +| about the size and shape of the roach but it +| has the dorsal fin farther back a stouter body +| and red irises. called also redeye roud finscale +| and shallow. a blue variety is called azurine +| or blue roach. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stoutly | Definition: -| tenacious a. holding stoutly to one's opinion -| or purpose; obstinate; stubborn. -| +|stowed | Definition: +| winger n. one of the casks stowed in the wings +| of a vessel's hold being smaller than such +| as are stowed more amidships. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|straggling | Definition: -| stragglingly adv. in a straggling manner. -| +|straddling | Definition: +| straddling a. applied to spokes when they are +| arranged alternately in two circles in the +| hub. see straddle v. i. and straddle v. t. +| 3. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|straggle | Definition: +| straggling a. & n. from straggle v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |straight | Definition: @@ -58044,6 +52807,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | course in steering. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|straightening | Definition: +| plucker n. a machine for straightening and cleaning +| wool. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |straightway | Definition: | straightway adv. immediately; without loss of | time; without delay. @@ -58057,46 +52825,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to be eager. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|strait | Definition: -| transfretation n. the act of passing over a strait -| or narrow sea. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|straiten | Definition: -| straiten v. t. to restrict; to distress or embarrass -| in respect of means or conditions of life; -| -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- -| as a man straitened in his circumstances. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|straitened | Definition: -| straiten v. t. to restrict; to distress or embarrass -| in respect of means or conditions of life; -| -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- -| as a man straitened in his circumstances. -| +|strained | Definition: +| tensity n. the quality or state of being tense +| or strained to stiffness; tension; tenseness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|straitness | Definition: -| straitness n. the quality or condition of being -| strait; especially a pinched condition or situation -| caused by poverty; as the straitnessof their -| circumstances. +|straining | Definition: +| straining a. & n. from strain. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|straits | Definition: -| willywaw n. a whirlwind or whirlwind squall encountered -| in the straits of magellan. -| +|strait | Definition: +| transfrete v. i. to pass over a strait or narrow +| sea. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|strakes | Definition: -| wale n. certain sets or strakes of the outside -| planking of a vessel; as the main wales or -| the strakes of planking under the port sills -| of the gun deck; channel wales or those along -| the spar deck etc. +|stranded | Definition: +| strand v. i. to drift or be driven on shore to +| run aground; as the ship stranded at high water. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |strange | Definition: @@ -58126,6 +52874,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|strapping | Definition: +| strapping a. tall; strong; lusty; large; as a +| strapping fellow. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |stratagem | Definition: | wily superl. full of wiles tricks or stratagems; | using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; @@ -58143,6 +52896,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|strawberries | Definition: +| yaws n. a disease occurring in the antilles and +| in africa characterized by yellowish or reddish +| tumors of a contagious character which in shape +| and appearance often resemble currants strawberries +| or raspberries. there are several varieties +| of this disease variously known as framboesia +| pian verrugas and crab-yaws. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|straws | Definition: +| sideromancy n. divination by burning straws on +| red-hot iron and noting the manner of their +| burning. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |stray | Definition: | wander v. i. to go away; to depart; to stray off; | to deviate; to go astray; as a writer wanders @@ -58159,21 +52929,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|streaks | Definition: +| touch-needle n. a small bar of gold and silver +| either pure or alloyed in some known proportion +| with copper for trying the purity of articles +| of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks +| made by the article and the bar on a touchstone. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |stream | Definition: | wear n. a fence of stakes brushwood or the like | set in a stream tideway or inlet of the sea | for taking fish. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|streams | Definition: -| water ouzel any one of several species of small -| insessorial birds of the genus cinclus (or -| hydrobates) especially the european water ousel -| (c. aquaticus) and the american water ousel -| (c. mexicanus). these birds live about the -| water and are in the habit of walking on the -| bottom of streams beneath the water in search -| of food. +|streaming | Definition: +| streaming n. the reduction of stream tin; also +| the search for stream tin. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |streets | Definition: @@ -58190,14 +52964,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|strengthen | Definition: -| woold v. t. to wind or wrap; especially to wind -| a rope round as a mast or yard made of two -| or more pieces at the place where it has been -| fished or scarfed in order to strengthen it. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |strengthened | Definition: | wing n. one of the two pairs of upper thoracic | appendages of most hexapod insects. they are @@ -58207,8 +52973,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |strengthening | Definition: -| shoring n. the act of supporting or strengthening -| with a prop or shore. +| strengthening a. that strengthens; giving or increasing +| strength. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|strenuous | Definition: +| strenuous a. eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; +| ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as +| a strenuous advocate for national rights; a +| strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of +| his country. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stress | Definition: +| weather-driven a. driven by winds or storms; forced +| by stress of weather. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stretch | Definition: @@ -58219,36 +52998,45 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stretched | Definition: -| twang n. a harsh quick sound like that made by -| a stretched string when pulled and suddenly -| let go; as the twang of a bowstring. -| +| vibration n. a limited reciprocating motion of +| a particle of an elastic body or medium in +| alternately opposite directions from its position +| of equilibrium when that equilibrium has been +| disturbed as when a stretched cord or other +| body produces musical notes or particles of +| air transmit sounds to the ear. the path of +| the particle may be in a straight line in a +| circular arc or in any curve whatever. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stretching | Definition: -| tambour n. a small frame commonly circular and -| somewhat resembling a tambourine used for stretching -| and firmly holding a portion of cloth that -| is to be embroidered; also the embroidery done -| upon such a frame; -- called also in the latter -| sense tambour work. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|strew | Definition: -| verbenate v. t. to strew with verbena or vervain -| as in ancient sacrifices and rites. -| +| tenter n. a machine or frame for stretching cloth +| by means of hooks called tenter-hooks so that +| it may dry even and square. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |strewed | Definition: -| seme a. sprinkled or sown; -- said of field or -| a charge when strewed or covered with small -| charges. +| strew v. t. to cover more or less thickly by scattering +| something over or upon; to cover or lie upon +| by having been scattered; as they strewed the +| ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |strewing | Definition: -| scattering n. act of strewing about; something -| scattered. +| strewing n. anything that is or may be strewed; +| -- used chiefly in the plural. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|strewn | Definition: +| strewn p. p. of strew. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stricken | Definition: +| stricken of strike |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |strict | Definition: @@ -58258,6 +53046,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|strictest | Definition: +| canon n. a musical composition in which the voices +| begin one after another at regular intervals +| successively taking up the same subject. it +| either winds up with a coda (tailpiece) or +| as each voice finishes commences anew thus +| forming a perpetual fugue or round. it is the +| strictest form of imitation. see imitation. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |strictly | Definition: | white n. the color of pure snow; one of the natural | colors of bodies yet not strictly a color but @@ -58266,13 +53065,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | n. 1. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|strictness | Definition: -| strictness n. quality or state of being strict. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|strife | Definition: -| theomachy n. a battle or strife among the gods. +|strides | Definition: +| stroam v. i. to take long strides in walking. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -58282,10 +53076,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|striker | Definition: -| striker n. a blackmailer in politics; also one -| whose political influence can be bought. -| +|strikes | Definition: +| water hammer a vessel partly filled with water +| exhausted of air and hermetically sealed. when +| reversed or shaken the water being unimpeded +| by air strikes the sides in solid mass with +| a sound like that of a hammer. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |striking | Definition: @@ -58320,34 +53117,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stripe | Definition: -| zone n. a band or stripe extending around a body. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|stripes | Definition: -| zenick n. a south african burrowing mammal (suricata -| tetradactyla) allied to the civets. it is grayish -| brown with yellowish transverse stripes on -| the back. called also suricat. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|stripling | Definition: -| stripling n. a youth in the state of adolescence -| or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a -| lad. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |stripped | Definition: -| unclothed a. divested or stripped of clothing. +| unroofed a. stripped of a roof or similar covering. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stripping | Definition: -| scarifier n. an implement for stripping and loosening -| the soil without bringing up a fresh surface. -| +|strips | Definition: +| xylophone n. an instrument common among the russians +| poles and tartars consisting of a series of +| strips of wood or glass graduated in length +| to the musical scale resting on belts of straw +| and struck with two small hammers. called in +| germany strohfiedel or straw fiddle. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |strive | Definition: @@ -58355,17 +53137,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to contend. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|striving | Definition: -| wrestle v. t. to contend by grappling with and -| striving to trip or throw down an opponent; -| as they wrestled skillfully. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |stroke | Definition: -| trip n. a stroke or catch by which a wrestler -| causes his antagonist to lose footing. -| +| upstroke n. an upward stroke especially the stroke +| or line made by a writing instrument when moving +| upward or from the body of the writer or a +| line corresponding to the part of a letter +| thus made. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |strokes | Definition: @@ -58375,6 +53152,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|stroll | Definition: +| wander v. t. to travel over without a certain +| course; to traverse; to stroll through. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|strolled | Definition: +| strolled imp. & p. p. of stroll +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|strolling | Definition: +| vagabond a. being a vagabond; strolling and idle +| or vicious. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |strong | Definition: | yarrow n. an american and european composite plant | (achillea millefolium) with very finely dissected @@ -58399,13 +53192,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|strongholds | Definition: -| oubliette n. a dungeon with an opening only at -| the top found in some old castles and other -| strongholds into which persons condemned to -| perpetual imprisonment or to perish secretly -| were thrust or lured to fall. -| +|stronghold | Definition: +| stronghold n. a fastness; a fort or fortress; +| fortfield place; a place of security. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |strongly | Definition: @@ -58413,10 +53203,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|strove | Definition: -| strove imp. of strive. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |struck | Definition: | yaw v. i. & t. to steer wild or out of the line | of her course; to deviate from her course as @@ -58432,35 +53218,54 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and extinct. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|struggle | Definition: +| wrestle n. a struggle between two persons to see +| which will throw the other down; a bout at +| wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |struggled | Definition: | struggled imp. & p. p. of struggle | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|strumpet | Definition: -| strumpet a. of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic -| of a strumpet. +|struggling | Definition: +| struggling p. pr. & vb. n. of struggle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stubble | Definition: -| wayz-goose n. a stubble goose. -| +|strung | Definition: +| zither n. 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 both hands in playing on it. [not +| to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern +| or cithern.] |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stubborn | Definition: -| subdue v. t. to render submissive; to bring under -| command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; -| to tame; as to subdue a stubborn child; to -| subdue the temper or passions. -| +|strutting | Definition: +| strutting a. & n. from strut v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |stuck | Definition: -| triangle n. a kind of frame formed of three poles -| stuck in the ground and united at the top to -| which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal -| punishment -- now disused. -| +| unstick v. t. to release as one thing stuck to +| another. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|studded | Definition: +| willow n. a machine in which cotton or wool is +| opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes +| projecting from a drum which revolves within +| a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably +| so called from having been originally a cylindrical +| cage made of willow rods though some derive +| the term from winnow as denoting the winnowing +| or cleansing action of the machine. called +| also willy twilly twilly devil and devil. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |studied | Definition: @@ -58480,6 +53285,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|stuffed | Definition: +| truffled a. provided or cooked with truffles; +| stuffed with truffles; as a truffled turkey. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stuffing | Definition: +| wadding n. any soft stuff of loose texture used +| for stuffing or padding garments; esp. sheets +| of carded cotton prepared for the purpose. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stuffs | Definition: +| drapery n. cloth or woolen stuffs in general. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |stumble | Definition: | trip v. t. to cause to stumble or take a false | step; to cause to lose the footing by striking @@ -58489,11 +53312,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|stumbled | Definition: -| stumbled imp. & p. p. of stumble -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |stumbling | Definition: | titubation n. the act of stumbling rocking or | rolling; a reeling. @@ -58504,6 +53322,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|stung | Definition: +| stung imp. & p. p. of sting. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stunned | Definition: +| stunned imp. & p. p. of stun +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|stunning | Definition: +| stunning a. striking or overpowering with astonishment +| especially on account of excellence; as stunning +| poetry. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |stupefied | Definition: | stupefied imp. & p. p. of stupefy | @@ -58520,17 +53354,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|styled | Definition: -| templar n. one belonged to a certain order or -| degree among the freemasons called knights -| templars. also one of an order among temperance -| men styled good templars. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|subdue | Definition: -| vanquish v. t. to conquer overcome or subdue in -| battle as an enemy. +|sty | Definition: +| swinesty n. a sty or pen for swine. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |subdued | Definition: @@ -58540,15 +53366,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|subjected | Definition: -| water bath a device for regulating the temperature -| of anything subjected to heat by surrounding -| the vessel containing it with another vessel -| containing water which can be kept at a desired -| temperature; also a vessel designed for this -| purpose. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |subjection | Definition: | under prep. denoting relation to some thing or | person that is superior weighs upon oppresses @@ -58582,22 +53399,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sublimity | Definition: -| sublimity n. that which is sublime; as the sublimities -| of nature. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |submission | Definition: | worship v. t. to honor with extravagant love and | extreme submission as a lover; to adore; to | idolize. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|submits | Definition: -| wittol n. a man who knows his wife's infidelity -| and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called -| because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's -| nest. +|submissive | Definition: +| worship a. obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant +| admiration; adoration. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|submissively | Definition: +| observant a. submissively attentive; obediently +| watchful; regardful; mindful; obedient (to); +| -- with of as to be observant of rules. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |submitted | Definition: @@ -58606,34 +53423,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|submitting | Definition: -| tory n. one who in the time of the revolution -| favored submitting tothe claims of great britain -| against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|subordination | Definition: -| under prep. denoting relation to some thing or -| person that is superior weighs upon oppresses -| bows down governs directs influences powerfully -| or the like in a relation of subjection subordination -| obligation liability or the like; as to travel -| under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; -| to have fortitude under the evils of life; -| to have patience under pain or under misfortunes; -| to behave like a christian under reproaches -| and injuries; under the pains and penalties -| of the law; the condition under which one enters -| upon an office; under the necessity of obeying -| the laws; under vows of chastity. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|suborn | Definition: -| suborn v. t. to procure privately or by collusion; -| to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; -| to instigate. +|subordinate | Definition: +| utes n. pl. an extensive tribe of north american +| indians of the shoshone stock inhabiting colorado +| utah new mexico arizona and adjacent regions. +| they are subdivided into several subordinate +| tribes some of which are among the most degraded +| of north american indians. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |suborned | Definition: @@ -58641,18 +53438,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|subscribed | Definition: -| subscribe v. t. to promise to give by writing -| one's name with the amount; as each man subscribed -| ten dollars. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|subscribers | Definition: -| canvass n. search; exploration; solicitation; -| systematic effort to obtain votes subscribers -| etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |subsequent | Definition: | xerophthalmia n. an abnormal dryness of the eyeball | produced usually by long-continued inflammation @@ -58660,110 +53445,109 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|subsist | Definition: -| subsist v. t. to support with provisions; to feed; -| to maintain; as to subsist one's family. -| +|subside | Definition: +| subside v. i. to fall into a state of quiet; to +| cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; +| to become tranquil; to abate; as the sea subsides; +| the tumults of war will subside; the fever +| has subsided. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|subsistence | Definition: -| trade v. the business which a person has learned -| and which he engages in for procuring subsistence -| or for profit; occupation; especially mechanical -| employment as distinguished from the liberal -| arts the learned professions and agriculture; -| as we speak of the trade of a smith of a carpenter -| or mason but not now of the trade of a farmer -| or a lawyer or a physician. -| +|subsided | Definition: +| subsided imp. & p. p. of subside +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|substance | Definition: -| zymome n. a glutinous substance insoluble in alcohol -| resembling legumin; -- now called vegetable -| fibrin vegetable albumin or gluten casein. -| +|subsiding | Definition: +| subsiding p. pr. & vb. n. of subside +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|substituted | Definition: -| trivalent a. having a valence of three; capable -| of being combined with substituted for or compared -| with three atoms of hydrogen; -- said of triad -| atoms or radicals; thus nitrogen is trivalent -| in ammonia. +|subsisted | Definition: +| subsisted imp. & p. p. of subsist +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|substitution | Definition: -| vicegerent a. having or exercising delegated power; -| acting by substitution or in the place of another. +|substance | Definition: +| zymome n. a glutinous substance insoluble in alcohol +| resembling legumin; -- now called vegetable +| fibrin vegetable albumin or gluten casein. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|subtile | Definition: -| vortex n. a supposed collection of particles of -| very subtile matter endowed with a rapid rotary -| motion around an axis which was also the axis -| of a sun or a planet. descartes attempted to -| account for the formation of the universe and -| the movements of the bodies composing it by -| a theory of vortices. +|substances | Definition: +| zymogen n. a mother substance or antecedent of +| an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to +| such substances as not being themselves actual +| ferments may by internal changes give rise +| to a ferment. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|subtilties | Definition: -| school n. one of the seminaries for teaching logic -| metaphysics and theology which were formed -| in the middle ages and which were characterized -| by academical disputations and subtilties of -| reasoning. +|substantially | Definition: +| waldenses n. pl. a sect of dissenters from the +| ecclesiastical system of the roman catholic +| church who in the 13th century were driven +| by persecution to the valleys of piedmont where +| the sect survives. they profess substantially +| protestant principles. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|subtilty | Definition: -| scholastic a. hence characterized by excessive -| subtilty or needlessly minute subdivisions; -| pedantic; formal. +|substitute | Definition: +| yaupon n. a shrub (ilex cassine) of the holly +| family native from virginia to florida. the +| smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute +| for tea and were formerly used in preparing +| the black drink of the indians of north carolina. +| called also south-sea tea. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|subtle | Definition: -| serpent n. fig.: a subtle treacherous malicious -| person. +|substituting | Definition: +| vying a. & n. from vie. w () the twenty-third +| letter of the english alphabet is usually a +| consonant but sometimes it is a vowel forming +| the second element of certain diphthongs as +| in few how. it takes its written form and its +| name from the repetition of a v this being +| the original form of the roman capital letter +| which we call u. etymologically it is most +| related to v and u. see v and u. some of the +| uneducated classes in england especially in +| london confuse w and v substituting the one +| for the other as weal for veal and veal for +| weal; wine for vine and vine for wine etc. +| see guide to pronunciation // 266-268. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|subtlety | Definition: -| simplicity n. freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; -| clearness; as the simplicity of a doctrine; -| the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration. +|substitution | Definition: +| vicegerent a. having or exercising delegated power; +| acting by substitution or in the place of another. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|suburbs | Definition: -| suburbicary a. being in the suburbs; -- applied -| to the six dioceses in the suburbs of rome -| subject to the pope as bishop of rome. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|subvert | Definition: -| sap v. t. to subvert by digging or wearing away; -| to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation -| of. +|subterfuge | Definition: +| subterfuge n. that to which one resorts for escape +| or concealment; an artifice employed to escape +| censure or the force of an argument or to justify +| opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|subverted | Definition: -| subverted imp. & p. p. of subvert -| +|subtle | Definition: +| subtly adv. in a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; +| cunningly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|subverting | Definition: -| subverting p. pr. & vb. n. of subvert -| +|subtlety | Definition: +| subtlety n. nice discernment with delicacy of +| mental action; nicety of discrimination. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |succeed | Definition: -| succeed v. i. to obtain the object desired; to -| accomplish what is attempted or intended; to -| have a prosperous issue or termination; to -| be successful; as he succeeded in his plans; -| his plans succeeded. +| succeed v. i. to go under cover. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |succeeded | Definition: @@ -58773,26 +53557,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | not under his control. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|succeeding | Definition: -| wake n. an annual parish festival formerly held -| in commemoration of the dedication of a church. -| originally prayers were said on the evening -| preceding and hymns were sung during the night -| in the church; subsequently these vigils were -| discontinued and the day itself often with -| succeeding days was occupied in rural pastimes -| and exercises attended by eating and drinking -| often to excess. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|succeeds | Definition: -| youth n. the part of life that succeeds to childhood; -| the period of existence preceding maturity -| or age; the whole early part of life from childhood -| or sometimes from infancy to manhood. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |success | Definition: | zenith n. hence figuratively the point of culmination; | the greatest height; the height of success @@ -58800,13 +53564,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |successful | Definition: -| shiftless a. 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; improvident; thriftless; as a shiftless -| fellow; shiftless management. -| +| tessera n. a small piece of marble glass earthenware +| or the like having a square or nearly square +| face used by the ancients for mosaic as for +| making pavements for ornamenting walls and +| like purposes; also a similar piece of ivory +| bone wood etc. used as a ticket of admission +| to theaters or as a certificate for successful +| gladiators and as a token for various other +| purposes. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|successfully | Definition: +| support v. t. to assume and carry successfully +| as the part of an actor; to represent or act; +| to sustain; as to support the character of +| king lear. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |succession | Definition: @@ -58815,14 +53588,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|successively | Definition: -| zollverein n. literally a customs union; specifically -| applied to the several customs unions successively -| formed under the leadership of prussia among -| certain german states for establishing liberty -| of commerce among themselves and common tariff -| on imports exports and transit. -| +|successive | Definition: +| yawn n. an involuntary act excited by drowsiness +| etc. consisting of a deep and long inspiration +| following several successive attempts at inspiration +| the mouth fauces etc. being wide open. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |successor | Definition: @@ -58834,42 +53605,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | it. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|successors | Definition: -| transmission n. the right possessed by an heir -| or legatee of transmitting to his successor -| or successors any inheritance legacy right -| or privilege to which he is entitled even if -| he should die without enjoying or exercising -| it. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|suck | Definition: -| vampire n. any one of several species of harmless -| tropical american bats of the genus vampyrus -| especially v. spectrum. these bats feed upon -| insects and fruit but were formerly erroneously -| supposed to suck the blood of man and animals. -| called also false vampire. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sucking | Definition: -| shorthead n. a sucking whale less than one year -| old; -- so called by sailors. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|suckled | Definition: -| suckled imp. & p. p. of suckle -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|suckling | Definition: -| suckling v. t. a small kind of yellow clover (trifolium -| filiforme) common in southern europe. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sudden | Definition: | yerk n. a sudden or quick thrust or motion; a | jerk. @@ -58889,22 +53624,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sue | Definition: -| sue v. i. to prosecute; to make legal claim; to -| seek (for something) in law; as to sue for -| damages. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sues | Definition: -| suitor n. one who sues or prosecutes a demand -| in court; a party to a suit as a plaintiff -| petitioner etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |suffer | Definition: -| wreck v. t. to involve in a wreck; hence to cause -| to suffer ruin; to balk of success and bring -| disaster on. +| wreck v. i. to suffer wreck or ruin. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |suffered | Definition: @@ -58913,6 +53635,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | for fuel or timber. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|sufferer | Definition: +| sufferer n. one who permits or allows. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sufferers | Definition: +| sufferer n. one who suffers; one who endures or +| undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience +| or loss; as sufferers by poverty or sickness; +| men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |suffering | Definition: | waste a. to damage impair or injure as an estate | voluntarily or by suffering the buildings fences @@ -58928,31 +53663,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|suffers | Definition: -| protomartyr n. the first martyr; the first who -| suffers or is sacrificed in any cause; -- applied -| esp. to stephen the first christian martyr. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|suffice | Definition: -| suffice v. t. to furnish; to supply adequately. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sufficiency | Definition: -| supply n. that which supplies a want; sufficiency -| of things for use or want. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |sufficient | Definition: -| unable a. not able; not having sufficient strength -| means knowledge skill or the like; impotent' -| weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed -| by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as -| unable for work; unable to bear fatigue. -| +| valid a. having sufficient strength or force; +| founded in truth; capable of being justified +| defended or supported; not weak or defective; +| sound; good; efficacious; as a valid argument; +| a valid objection. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sufficiently | Definition: @@ -58965,13 +53681,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|suffocating | Definition: +| sweltry v. i. suffocating with heat; oppressively +| hot; sultry. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sugar | Definition: +| yaw v. i. to rise in blisters breaking in white +| froth as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar +| works. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |suggest | Definition: -| say v. t. to mention or suggest as an estimate -| hypothesis or approximation; hence to suppose; -| -- in the imperative followed sometimes by -| the subjunctive; as he had say fifty thousand -| dollars; the fox had run say ten miles. -| +| suggest v. i. to make suggestions; to tempt. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |suggested | Definition: @@ -58997,10 +53720,38 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |suggestions | Definition: -| resumption n. the taking again into the king's -| hands of such lands or tenements as he had -| granted to any man on false suggestions or -| other error. +| slander n. a false tale or report maliciously +| uttered tending to injure the reputation of +| another; the malicious utterance of defamatory +| reports; the dissemination of malicious tales +| or suggestions to the injury of another. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|suggestive | Definition: +| temperament v. t. a system of compromises in the +| tuning of organs pianofortes and the like whereby +| the tones generated with the vibrations of +| a ground tone are mutually modified and in +| part canceled until their number reduced to +| the actual practicable scale of twelve tones +| to the octave. this scale although in so far +| artificial is yet closely suggestive of its +| origin in nature and this system of tuning +| although not mathematically true yet satisfies +| the ear while it has the convenience that the +| same twelve fixed tones answer for every key +| or scale c/ becoming identical with d/ and +| so on. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|suicide | Definition: +| suicide adv. the act of taking one's own life +| voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically +| (law) the felonious killing of one's self; +| the deliberate and intentional destruction +| of one's own life by a person of years of discretion +| and of sound mind. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |suit | Definition: @@ -59013,17 +53764,50 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | zealous. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|suited | Definition: +| witching a. that witches or enchants; suited to +| enchantment or witchcraft; bewitching. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|suitor | Definition: +| suitor n. one who attends a court as plaintiff +| defendant petitioner appellant witness juror +| or the like. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |suits | Definition: | suiting n. among tailors cloth suitable for making | entire suits of clothes. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sully | Definition: -| sully v. t. to soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; -| to stain; to darken; -- used literally and -| figuratively; as to sully a sword; to sully -| a person's reputation. +|sulkily | Definition: +| sulkily adv. in a sulky manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sulks | Definition: +| sulks n. pl. the condition of being sulky; a sulky +| mood or humor; as to be in the sulks. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sulky | Definition: +| sulky a. a light two-wheeled carriage for a single +| person. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sullen | Definition: +| sullen v. t. to make sullen or sluggish. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sultan | Definition: +| sultan n. a ruler or sovereign of a mohammedan +| state; specifically the ruler of the turks; +| the padishah or grand seignior; -- officially +| so called. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sum | Definition: @@ -59035,6 +53819,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|summary | Definition: +| yearbook n. a book published yearly; any annual +| report or summary of the statistics or facts +| of a year designed to be used as a reference +| book; as the congregational yearbook. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|summed | Definition: +| summary a. formed into a sum; summed up; reduced +| into a narrow compass or into few words; short; +| brief; concise; compendious; as a summary statement +| of facts. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |summer | Definition: | yellowbird n. the common yellow warbler; -- called | also summer yellowbird. see illust. of yellow @@ -59042,11 +53841,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sumptuous | Definition: -| sumptuous a. involving large outlay or expense; -| costly; expensive; hence luxurious; splendid; -| magnificient; as a sumptuous house or table; -| sumptuous apparel. +|summing | Definition: +| summation v. t. the act of summing or forming +| a sum or total amount; also an aggregate. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|summon | Definition: +| warn v. t. to make ware or aware; to give previous +| information to; to give notice to; to notify; +| to admonish; hence to notify or summon by authority; +| as to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant +| to quit a house. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|summoned | Definition: +| tales n. persons added to a jury commonly from +| those in or about the courthouse to make up +| any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly +| summoned being like or such as the latter. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|summoning | Definition: +| summoning p. pr. & vb. n. of summon +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sums | Definition: @@ -59055,23 +53874,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | millions. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sunbeam | Definition: -| sunbeam n. a beam or ray of the sun. -| +|sunday | Definition: +| workyday n. a week day or working day as distinguished +| from sunday or a holiday. also used adjectively. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sunder | Definition: -| sunder v. t. to disunite in almost any manner -| either by rending cutting or breaking; to part; -| to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; -| to sever; as to sunder a rope; to sunder a -| limb; to sunder friends. -| +|sundays | Definition: +| advent n. the period including the four sundays +| before christmas. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sundry | Definition: -| sundry v. t. separate; diverse. -| +| sundries n. pl. many different or small things; +| sundry things. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sung | Definition: @@ -59079,11 +53895,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | mountaineers. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sunk | Definition: -| wretched a. very miserable; sunk in or accompanied -| by deep affliction or distress as from want -| anxiety or grief; calamitous; woeful; very -| afflicting. +|sunken | Definition: +| water joint a joint in a stone pavement where +| the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere +| the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. +| the raised surface is intended to prevent the +| settling of water in the joints. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sunlight | Definition: +| sunlight n. the light of the sun. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sunny | Definition: +| sunny superl. cheerful; genial; as a sunny disposition. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sunset | Definition: @@ -59091,6 +53919,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|sunshine | Definition: +| sunshine n. the light of the sun or the place +| where it shines; the direct rays of the sun +| the place where they fall or the warmth and +| light which they give. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |sup | Definition: | sup v. t. to treat with supper. | @@ -59101,9 +53936,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | 2. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|superfluities | Definition: -| superfluities pl. of superfluity -| +|superannuated | Definition: +| superannuation n. the state of being superannuated +| or too old for office or business; the state +| of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|superb | Definition: +| superb a. showy; excellent; grand; as a superb +| exhibition. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |superfluous | Definition: @@ -59113,15 +53955,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|superintendency | Definition: -| superintendency n. the act of superintending; -| superintendence. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |superior | Definition: -| underpossessor n. one who possesses or holds anything -| subject to the superior of another. -| +| visitor a superior or a person lawfully appointed +| for the purpose who makes formal visits of +| inspection to a corporation or an institution. +| see visit v. t. 2 and visitation n. 2. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |superiority | Definition: @@ -59132,24 +53971,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|superiors | Definition: -| saucy superl. showing impertinent boldness or -| pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; -| treating superiors with contempt; impudent; -| insolent; as a saucy fellow. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|supernal | Definition: -| supernal a. being in a higher place or region; -| locally higher; as the supernal orbs; supernal -| regions. +|superscription | Definition: +| superscription n. that which is written or engraved +| on the surface outside or above something else; +| specifically an address on a letter envelope +| or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|superscription | Definition: -| superscription n. that part of a prescription -| which contains the latin word recipe (take) -| or the sign /. +|superseded | Definition: +| yea adv. yes; ay; a word expressing assent or +| an affirmative or an affirmative answer to +| a question now superseded by yes. see yes. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |superstition | Definition: @@ -59161,20 +53994,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of african barbarism. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|superstitious | Definition: -| totemism n. superstitious regard for a totem; -| the worship of any real or imaginary object; -| nature worship. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|supersubstantial | Definition: -| supersubstantial a. more than substantial; spiritual. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|supped | Definition: -| supped imp. & p. p. of sup -| +|supervising | Definition: +| supervising p. pr. & vb. n. of supervise +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |supper | Definition: @@ -59184,43 +54006,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|supplant | Definition: -| supplant n. to overthrow undermine or force away -| in order to get a substitute in place of. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|supplanted | Definition: -| supplanted imp. & p. p. of supplant -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|supplanter | Definition: -| supplanter n. one who supplants. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|supplement | Definition: -| zeugma n. a figure by which an adjective or verb -| which agrees with a nearer word is by way of -| supplement referred also to another more remote; -| as >hic illius arma hic currus fuit; > where -| fuit which agrees directly with currus is referred -| also to arma. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|supplication | Definition: -| supplication n. a religious solemnity observed -| in consequence of some military success and -| also in times of distress and danger to avert -| the anger of the gods. +|supplementary | Definition: +| supplementary a. added to supply what is wanted; +| additional; being or serving as a supplement; +| as a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet +| or volume. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|supplications | Definition: -| all souls' day the second day of november; a -| feast day of the roman catholic church on which -| supplications are made for the souls of the -| faithful dead. +|supplicant | Definition: +| supplicant n. one who supplicates; a suppliant. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |supplied | Definition: @@ -59229,12 +54024,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|supplies | Definition: -| wood v. t. to supply with wood or get supplies -| of wood for; as to wood a steamboat or a locomotive. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |supply | Definition: | wood v. i. to take or get a supply of wood. | @@ -59246,16 +54035,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | -- used in the east. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|supporting | Definition: -| zoophoric a. bearing or supporting the figure -| of an animal; as a zoophoric column. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|supports | Definition: -| zaim n. a turkish chief who supports a mounted -| militia bearing the same name. -| +|supporter | Definition: +| whig n. a friend and supporter of the american +| revolution; -- opposed to tory and royalist. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |suppose | Definition: @@ -59287,6 +54070,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|supposititious | Definition: +| supposititious a. fraudulently substituted for +| something else; not being what is purports +| to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; +| as a supposititious child; a supposititious +| writing. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|suppressed | Definition: +| what pron. a. & adv. used substantively with the +| antecedent suppressed equivalent to that which +| or those [persons] who or those [things] which; +| -- called a compound relative. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|suppression | Definition: +| suppression n. the act of suppressing or the state +| of being suppressed; repression; as the suppression +| of a riot insurrection or tumult; the suppression +| of truth of reports of evidence and the like. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |supremacy | Definition: | uniate n. a member of the greek church who nevertheless | acknowledges the supremacy of the pope of rome; @@ -59301,47 +54108,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to venerate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sur | Definition: -| sub- a prefix signifying under below beneath -| and hence often in an inferior position or -| degree in an imperfect or partial state as -| in subscribe substruct subserve subject subordinate -| subacid subastringent subgranular suborn. sub- -| in latin compounds often becomes sum- before -| m sur before r and regularly becomes suc- suf- -| sug- and sup- before c f g and p respectively. -| before c p and t it sometimes takes form sus- -| (by the dropping of b from a collateral form -| subs-). -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |surely | Definition: | surely adv. in a sure or certain manner; certainly; | infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sureties | Definition: -| tithing n. a number or company of ten householders -| who dwelling near each other were sureties -| or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior -| of each other; a decennary. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|surety | Definition: -| security n. one who becomes surety for another -| or engages himself for the performance of another's -| obligation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|suretyship | Definition: -| suretyship n. the state of being surety; the obligation -| of a person to answer for the debt default -| or miscarriage of another. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |surface | Definition: | zone n. the portion of the surface of a sphere | included between two parallel planes; the portion @@ -59350,27 +54122,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|surfeited | Definition: -| sicken v. i. to be filled to disgust; to be disgusted -| or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence -| or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated. -| +|surge | Definition: +| surge n. to let go or slacken suddenly as a rope; +| as to surge a hawser or messenger; also to +| slacken the rope about (a capstan). +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|surfeiting | Definition: -| surfeiting p. pr. & vb. n. of surfeit -| +|surgeon | Definition: +| unskillful a. not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; +| bungling; as an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; +| an unskillful logician. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|surges | Definition: -| surgy a. rising in surges or billows; full of -| surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; -| swelling. +|surly | Definition: +| surly a. gloomily morose; ill-natured abrupt and +| rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; +| gloomy; as a surly groom; a surly dog; surly +| language; a surly look. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|surmounting | Definition: -| surmounting p. pr. & vb. n. of surmount -| +|surmising | Definition: +| surmising a. & n. from surmise v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |surname | Definition: @@ -59379,20 +54155,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|surnamed | Definition: -| surnamed imp. & p. p. of surname -| +|surpassed | Definition: +| surpassed imp. & p. p. of surpass +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|surpass | Definition: -| surpass v. t. to go beyond in anything good or -| bad; to exceed; to excel. -| +|surpassingly | Definition: +| inimitable a. not capable of being imitated copied +| or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly +| excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; +| unique; as an inimitable style; inimitable +| eloquence. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|surpassed | Definition: -| surpassed imp. & p. p. of surpass -| +|surplus | Definition: +| surplus a. being or constituting a surplus; more +| than sufficient; as surplus revenues; surplus +| population; surplus words. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |surprise | Definition: @@ -59409,10 +54189,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|surround | Definition: -| wreathe n. to surround with anything twisted or -| convolved; to encircle; to infold. -| +|surprising | Definition: +| wondrous n. in a wonderful or surprising manner +| or degree; wonderfully. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|surrender | Definition: +| timeserving n. an obsequious compliance with the +| spirit of the times or the humors of those +| in power which implies a surrender of one's +| independence and sometimes of one's integrity. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|surrey | Definition: +| surrey n. a four-wheeled pleasure carriage (commonly +| two-seated) somewhat like a phaeton but having +| a straight bottom. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |surrounded | Definition: @@ -59431,22 +54225,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|surrounds | Definition: -| unbay v. t. to free from the restraint of anything -| that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to -| open. +|surroundings | Definition: +| scene n. the place time circumstance etc. in which +| anything occurs or in which the action of a +| story play or the like is laid; surroundings +| amid which anything is set before the imagination; +| place of occurrence exhibition or action. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|survey | Definition: +| view v. t. to survey or examine mentally; to consider; +| as to view the subject in all its aspects. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |surveyed | Definition: -| triangulation n. the series or network of triangles -| into which the face of a country or any portion -| of it is divided in a trigonometrical survey; -| the operation of measuring the elements necessary -| to determine the triangles into which the country -| to be surveyed is supposed to be divided and -| thus to fix the positions and distances of -| the several points connected by them. -| +| unlocated a. not surveyed or designated by marks +| limits or boundaries as appropriated to some +| individual company or corporation; as unlocated +| lands. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |surveying | Definition: @@ -59457,11 +54255,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|surveyors | Definition: -| transit n. an instrument resembling a theodolite -| used by surveyors and engineers; -- called -| also transit compass and surveyor's transit. -| +|surveyor | Definition: +| surveyor n. in the united states an officer whose +| duties include the various measures to be taken +| for ascertaining the quantity condition and +| value of merchandise brought into a port. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|susceptibility | Definition: +| vitrescence n. 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. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |suspect | Definition: @@ -59481,11 +54288,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|suspended | Definition: +| yoke n. a frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders +| for carrying pails etc. suspended on each side; +| as a milkmaid's yoke. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |suspense | Definition: -| satisfy a. to free from doubt suspense or uncertainty; -| to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind -| of; to convince; as to satisfy one's self by -| inquiry. +| suspense a. the state of being suspended; specifically +| a state of uncertainty and expectation with +| anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; +| as the suspense of a person waiting for the +| verdict of a jury. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|suspension | Definition: +| truce n. a suspension of arms by agreement of +| the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary +| cessation of hostilities for negotiation or +| other purpose; an armistice. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |suspicion | Definition: @@ -59499,28 +54321,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or forebodings. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sustain | Definition: -| weather v. t. hence to sustain the trying effect -| of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; -| to endure; to resist; as to weather the storm. -| +|suspicious | Definition: +| suspicious a. liable to suspicion; adapted to +| raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; +| questionable; as an author of suspicious innovations; +| suspicious circumstances. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sustenance | Definition: -| sustenance n. the act of sustaining; support; -| maintenance; subsistence; as the sustenance -| of the body; the sustenance of life. -| +|sustained | Definition: +| tent n. a pavilion or portable lodge consisting +| of skins canvas or some strong cloth stretched +| and sustained by poles -- used for sheltering +| persons from the weather especially soldiers +| in camp. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|swaddled | Definition: -| swaddled imp. & p. p. of swaddle -| +|swab | Definition: +| swab n. a cod or pod as of beans or pease. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|swaddling | Definition: -| swaddling a. & n. from swaddle v. -| +|swabs | Definition: +| tangle v. an instrument consisting essentially +| of an iron bar to which are attached swabs +| or bundles of frayed rope or other similar +| substances -- used to capture starfishes sea +| urchins and other similar creatures living +| at the bottom of the sea. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |swallow | Definition: @@ -59552,41 +54381,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | 4. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|swallows | Definition: -| swift n. any one of numerous species of small -| long-winged insectivorous birds of the family -| micropodidae. in form and habits the swifts -| resemble swallows but they are destitute of -| complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds -| but belong to a widely different group allied -| to the humming birds. +|swamp | Definition: +| water hare a small american hare or rabbit (lepus +| aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts +| of the united states; -- called also water +| rabbit and swamp hare. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|swam | Definition: -| swam imp. of swim +|swamps | Definition: +| water tupelo a species of large tupelo (nyssa +| aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern +| of the united states. see ogeechee lime. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|swan | Definition: -| trumpeter n. an american swan (olor buccinator) -| which has a very loud note. +|swarthy | Definition: +| swarthy v. t. to make swarthy. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|swarm | Definition: -| upswarm v. i. & i. to rise or cause to rise in -| a swarm or swarms. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|swarmed | Definition: -| swarmed imp. & p. p. of swarm -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|swathed | Definition: -| tarboosh n. a red cap worn by turks and other -| eastern nations sometimes alone and sometimes -| swathed with linen or other stuff to make a -| turban. see fez. +|swaying | Definition: +| waddle v. i. to walk with short steps swaying +| the body from one side to the other like a +| duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and +| totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as +| a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose +| waddles. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |swear | Definition: @@ -59615,6 +54435,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|sweeping | Definition: +| whisking a. sweeping along lightly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |sweet | Definition: | zamang n. an immense leguminous tree (pithecolobium | saman) of venezuela. its branches form a hemispherical @@ -59624,34 +54449,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sweeten | Definition: -| sweeten a. to make pure and salubrious by destroying -| noxious matter; as to sweeten rooms or apartments -| that have been infected; to sweeten the air. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sweetly | Definition: -| sweetly adv. in a sweet manner. +|sweetened | Definition: +| water ice water flavored sweetened and frozen +| to be eaten as a confection. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sweetmeats | Definition: -| trifle n. a dish composed of sweetmeats fruits -| cake wine etc. with syllabub poured over it. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|sweetness | Definition: -| shama n. a saxicoline singing bird (kittacincla -| macroura) of india noted for the sweetness -| and power of its song. in confinement it imitates -| the notes of other birds and various animals -| with accuracy. its head neck back breast and -| tail are glossy black the rump white the under -| parts chestnut. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |swell | Definition: | wave v. i. an advancing ridge or swell on the | surface of a liquid as of the sea resulting @@ -59666,18 +54469,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | leg; tumid flesh. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|swelling | Definition: -| windgall n. a soft tumor or synovial swelling -| on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called -| from having formerly been supposed to contain -| air. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|swellings | Definition: -| torose a. cylindrical with alternate swellings -| and contractions; having the surface covered -| with rounded prominences. -| +|sweltering | Definition: +| sweltering p. pr. & vb. n. of swelter +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |swept | Definition: @@ -59686,32 +54480,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |swift | Definition: -| shoot n. 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 -| rapidly; esp. a channel having a swift current -| connecting the ends of a bend in the stream -| so as to shorten the course. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|swifter | Definition: -| swifter v. t. to tighten as slack standing rigging -| by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|swiftest | Definition: -| proa n. a sailing canoe of the ladrone islands -| and malay archipelago having its lee side flat -| and its weather side like that of an ordinary -| boat. the ends are alike. the canoe is long -| and narrow and is kept from overturning by -| a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending -| several feet to windward. it has been called -| the flying proa and is the swiftest sailing -| craft known. +| swiftly adv. in a swift manner; with quick motion +| or velocity; fleetly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |swiftly | Definition: @@ -59741,6 +54511,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|swindling | Definition: +| swindling p. pr. & vb. n. of swindle +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |swine | Definition: | wallow n. to roll one's self about as in mire; | to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or @@ -59748,20 +54523,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wallow in the mire. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|swollen | Definition: -| turgescency n. the act of swelling or the state -| of being swollen or turgescent. -| +|swing | Definition: +| weigh v. t. to bear up; to raise; to lift into +| the air; to swing up; as to weigh anchor. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|swoon | Definition: -| swound v. & n. see swoon v. & n. -| +|swinging | Definition: +| wiper n. a piece generally projecting from a rotating +| or swinging piece as an axle or rock shaft +| for the purpose of raising stampers lifting +| rods or the like and leaving them to fall by +| their own weight; a kind of cam. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|swooned | Definition: -| swooned imp. & p. p. of swoon -| +|swollen | Definition: +| varicose a. irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected +| with or containing varices or varicosities; +| of or pertaining to varices or varicosities; +| as a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; +| varicose ulcers. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|swoop | Definition: +| swoop n. a falling on and seizing as the prey +| of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |sword | Definition: @@ -59770,11 +54558,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |swords | Definition: -| ferrara n. a sword bearing the mark of one of -| the ferrara family of italy. these swords were -| highly esteemed in england and scotland in -| the 16th and 17th centuries. -| +| matachin n. an old dance with swords and bucklers; +| a sword dance. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |swore | Definition: @@ -59789,102 +54574,108 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to give evidence. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sycamore | Definition: -| treacle n. a saccharine fluid consisting of the -| inspissated juices or decoctions of certain -| vegetables as the sap of the birch sycamore -| and the like. +|swum | Definition: +| swum imp. & p. p. of swim. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|syene | Definition: -| syenite n. orig. a rock composed of quartz hornblende -| and feldspar anciently quarried at syene in -| upper egypt and now called granite. -| +|swung | Definition: +| under-arm a. done (as bowling) with the arm not +| raised above the elbow that is not swung far +| out from the body; underhand. cf. over-arm +| and round-arm. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|sylla | Definition: -| proscribe v. t. 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. +|syllable | Definition: +| xyster n. an instrument for scraping bones. y +| () y the twenty-fifth letter of the english +| alphabet at the beginning of a word or syllable +| except when a prefix (see y-) is usually a +| fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix and +| usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable +| it is a vowel. see guide to pronunciation // +| 145 178-9 272. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|symbol | Definition: -| zirconium n. a rare element of the carbon-silicon -| group intermediate between the metals and nonmetals -| obtained from the mineral zircon as a dark -| sooty powder or as a gray metallic crystalline -| substance. symbol zr. atomic weight 90.4. -| +|symmetrical | Definition: +| zygomorphous a. symmetrical bilaterally; -- said +| of organisms or parts of organisms capable +| of division into two symmetrical halves only +| in a single plane. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|symbols | Definition: -| zodiac n. a figure representing the signs symbols -| and constellations of the zodiac. -| +|symmetrically | Definition: +| radiata n. pl. an extensive artificial group of +| invertebrates having all the parts arranged +| radially around the vertical axis of the body +| and the various organs repeated symmetrically +| in each ray or spheromere. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|sympathetic | Definition: +| trisplanchnic a. of or pertaining to the three +| great splanchnic cavities namely that of the +| head the chest and the abdomen; -- applied +| to the sympathetic nervous system. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|symphony | Definition: -| trio n. the secondary or episodical movement of -| a minuet or scherzo as in a sonata or symphony -| or of a march or of various dance forms; -- -| not limited to three parts or instruments. +|sympathetically | Definition: +| sympathetically adv. in a sympathetic manner. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|synagogue | Definition: -| synagogue n. the council of probably 120 members -| among the jews first appointed after the return -| from the babylonish captivity; -- called also -| the great synagogue and sometimes though erroneously -| the sanhedrin. +|sympathy | Definition: +| unkind a. wanting in kindness sympathy benevolence +| gratitude or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; +| ungrateful. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|syria | Definition: -| simoon n. a hot dry suffocating dust-laden wind -| that blows occasionally in arabia syria and -| neighboring countries generated by the extreme -| heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains. -| +|symptoms | Definition: +| tyrotoxicon n. a ptomaine discovered by vaughan +| in putrid cheese and other dairy products and +| producing symptoms similar to cholera infantum. +| chemically it appears to be related to or identical +| with diazobenzol. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|syriac | Definition: -| syriac a. of or pertaining to syria or its language; -| as the syriac version of the pentateuch. -| +|synopsis | Definition: +| synopsis n. a general view or a collection of +| heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a +| general view of the whole; an abstract or summary +| of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|syrian | Definition: -| xylobalsamum n. the dried twigs of a syrian tree -| (balsamodendron gileadense). -| +|systematic | Definition: +| theology n. the science of god or of religion; +| the science which treats of the existence character +| and attributes of god his laws and government +| the doctrines we are to believe and the duties +| we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly +| understood) >the knowledge derivable from +| the scriptures the systematic exhibition of +| revealed truth the science of christian faith +| and life. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|syrians | Definition: -| tammuz n. a deity among the ancient syrians in -| honor of whom the hebrew idolatresses held -| an annual lamentation. this deity has been -| conjectured to be the same with the phoenician -| adon or adonis. +|tablecloth | Definition: +| tablecloth n. a cloth for covering a table especially +| one with which a table is covered before the +| dishes etc. are set on for meals. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tabernacle | Definition: -| shittah tree n. a tree that furnished the precious -| wood of which the ark tables altars boards -| etc. of the jewish tabernacle were made; -- -| now believed to have been the wood of the acacia -| seyal which is hard fine grained and yellowish -| brown in color. +|tablecloths | Definition: +| mangle n. a machine for smoothing linen or cotton +| cloth as sheets tablecloths napkins and clothing +| by roller pressure. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tables | Definition: -| shittah tree n. a tree that furnished the precious -| wood of which the ark tables altars boards -| etc. of the jewish tabernacle were made; -- -| now believed to have been the wood of the acacia -| seyal which is hard fine grained and yellowish -| brown in color. +| testimony n. the two tables of the law. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tablets | Definition: @@ -59893,14 +54684,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | against the plague. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tacking | Definition: -| wear v. t. to cause to go about as a vessel by -| putting the helm up instead of alee as in tacking -| so that the vessel's bow is turned away from -| and her stern is presented to the wind and -| as she turns still farther her sails fill on -| the other side; to veer. -| +|tacit | Definition: +| tacit a. done or made in silence; implied but +| not expressed; silent; as tacit consent is +| consent by silence or by not interposing an +| objection. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tacked | Definition: +| tackled a. made of ropes tacked together. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tact | Definition: +| tact n. sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill +| or faculty; nice perception or discernment; +| ready power of appreciating and doing what +| is required by circumstances. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tag | Definition: +| tag-rag n. & a. the lowest class of people; the +| rabble. cf. rag tag and bobtail under bobtail. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tail | Definition: @@ -59911,6 +54718,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | tail more numerous. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|tailor | Definition: +| tailoring adv. the business or the work of a tailor +| or a tailoress. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |tails | Definition: | wagtail n. any one of many species of old world | singing birds belonging to motacilla and several @@ -59920,54 +54732,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|takes | Definition: -| withdrawer n. one who withdraws; one who takes -| back or retracts. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|taking | Definition: -| yt an old method of printing that (as. /aet /aet) -| the y taking the place of the old letter thorn -| (/). cf. ye the. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tale | Definition: -| serial n. a publication appearing in a series -| or succession of part; a tale or other writing -| published in successive numbers of a periodical. +|tain | Definition: +| tain n. thin tin plate; also tin foil for mirrors. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|talebearer | Definition: -| talebearer n. one who officiously tells tales; -| one who impertinently or maliciously communicates -| intelligence scandal etc. and makes mischief. +|taint | Definition: +| taintless a. free from taint or infection; pure. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|talent | Definition: -| talent v. t. intellectual ability natural or acquired; -| mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; -| a special gift particularly in business art -| or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably -| originating in the scripture parable of the -| talents (matt. xxv. 14-30). -| +|takers | Definition: +| telltale n. a machine or contrivance for indicating +| or recording something particularly for keeping +| a check upon employees as factory hands watchmen +| drivers check takers and the like by revealing +| to their employers what they have done or omitted. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|talents | Definition: -| unequal a. not equal; not matched; not of the -| same size length breadth quantity strength -| talents acquirements age station or the like; -| as the fingers are of unequal length; peers -| and commoners are unequal in rank. -| +|takes | Definition: +| withdrawer n. one who withdraws; one who takes +| back or retracts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tales | Definition: -| taleteller n. one who tells tales or stories especially -| in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; -| a telltale; a tattler. +|taking | Definition: +| yt an old method of printing that (as. /aet /aet) +| the y taking the place of the old letter thorn +| (/). cf. ye the. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |talkative | Definition: @@ -59985,11 +54777,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|talks | Definition: -| somniloquist n. one who talks in his sleep. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |tall | Definition: | wood-bound a. incumbered with tall woody hedgerows. | @@ -60000,21 +54787,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | taller ones. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tallest | Definition: -| giraffe n. an african ruminant (camelopardalis -| giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes -| but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. -| it is the tallest of animals being sometimes -| twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the -| head. its neck is very long and its fore legs -| are much longer than its hind legs. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tamaric | Definition: -| tamaric n. a shrub or tree supposed to be the -| tamarisk or perhaps some kind of heath. -| +|tambourine | Definition: +| tambourine n. a small drum especially a shallow +| drum with only one skin played on with the +| hand and having bells at the sides; a timbrel. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tame | Definition: @@ -60033,65 +54810,80 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tammuz | Definition: -| tammuz n. the fourth month of the jewish ecclesiastical -| year -- supposed to correspond nearly with -| our month of july. +|taming | Definition: +| taming p. pr. & vb. n. of tame +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tanner | Definition: -| tanner n. one whose occupation is to tan hides -| or convert them into leather by the use of -| tan. +|tangle | Definition: +| tangly a. covered with tangle or seaweed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tapestry | Definition: -| toilet n. a covering of linen silk or tapestry -| spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing -| room. +|tangled | Definition: +| tangle n. to involve; to insnare; to entrap; as +| to be tangled in lies. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|target | Definition: -| targeteer n. one who is armed with a target or -| shield. +|tangles | Definition: +| untangle v. t. to loose from tangles or intricacy; +| to disentangle; to resolve; as to untangle +| thread. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|targets | Definition: -| testudo n. a cover or screen which a body of troops -| formed with their shields or targets by holding -| them over their heads when standing close to -| each other. this cover resembled the back of -| a tortoise and served to shelter the men from -| darts stones and other missiles. a similar -| defense was sometimes formed of boards and -| moved on wheels. +|tap | Definition: +| virginal v. i. to play with the fingers as if +| on a virginal; to tap or pat. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tarried | Definition: -| tarried imp. & p. p. of tarry -| +|tapped | Definition: +| tapped imp. & p. p. of tap +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tarry | Definition: -| tarry v. t. to wait for; to stay or stop for. -| +|tapping | Definition: +| tapping p. pr. & vb. n. of tap +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|taps | Definition: +| wrench v. t. an instrument often a simple bar +| or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either +| at the end or between the ends for exerting +| a twisting strain as in turning bolts nuts +| screw taps etc.; a screw key. many wrenches +| have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts etc. +| of different sizes. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tar | Definition: +| xylene n. any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons +| of the aromatic series found in coal and wood +| tar and so named because found in crude wood +| spirit. they are colorless oily inflammable +| liquids c6h4.(ch3)2 being dimethyl benzenes +| and are called respectively orthoxylene metaxylene +| and paraxylene. called also xylol. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tarrying | Definition: -| tarrying p. pr. & vb. n. of tarry +|tarnished | Definition: +| tarnished imp. & p. p. of tarnish | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tarsus | Definition: -| tibiotarsus n. the large bone between the femur -| and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. it -| is formed by the union of the proximal part -| of the tarsus with the tibia. -| +|tarpaulin | Definition: +| waistcloth n. a covering of canvas or tarpaulin +| for the hammocks stowed on the nettings between +| the quarterdeck and the forecastle. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tartary | Definition: -| tartary n. tartarus. +|tartar | Definition: +| turk n. a member of any of numerous tartar tribes +| of central asia etc.; esp. one of the dominant +| race in turkey. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |task | Definition: @@ -60102,6 +54894,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|taskmaster | Definition: +| taskmaster n. one who imposes a task or burdens +| another with labor; one whose duty is to assign +| tasks; an overseer. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |taste | Definition: | zest v. t. to give a relish or flavor to; to heighten | the taste or relish of; as to zest wine. @@ -60114,17 +54912,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tasting | Definition: -| tasting n. the act of perceiving or tasting by -| the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by -| which we perceive or distinguish savors. -| +|tatters | Definition: +| ragged n. rent or worn into tatters or till the +| texture is broken; as a ragged coat; a ragged +| sail. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tau | Definition: -| sarpo n. a large toadfish of the southern united -| states and the gulf of mexico (batrachus tau -| var. pardus). +|tattooed | Definition: +| tattooed imp. & p. p. of tattoo +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |taught | Definition: @@ -60132,10 +54928,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|taurus | Definition: -| taurus n. a genus of ruminants comprising the -| common domestic cattle. -| +|taunting | Definition: +| tauntingly adv. in a taunting manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tavern | Definition: +| victualer n. one who keeps a house of entertainment; +| a tavern keeper; an innkeeper. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |taxed | Definition: @@ -60154,11 +54955,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or corporation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|taxgatherer | Definition: -| taxgatherer n. one who collects taxes or revenues. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |te | Definition: | te deum an ancient and celebrated christian hymn | of uncertain authorship but often ascribed @@ -60173,6 +54969,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in america. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|tea | Definition: +| yaupon n. a shrub (ilex cassine) of the holly +| family native from virginia to florida. the +| smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute +| for tea and were formerly used in preparing +| the black drink of the indians of north carolina. +| called also south-sea tea. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |teach | Definition: | zufolo n. a little flute or flageolet especially | that which is used to teach birds. @@ -60180,29 +54986,34 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |teacher | Definition: -| usher n. an under teacher or assistant master -| in a school. +| vartabed n. a doctor or teacher in the armenian +| church. members of this order of ecclesiastics +| frequently have charge of dioceses with episcopal +| functions. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|teachers | Definition: -| student n. a person engaged in study; one who -| is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; -| a scholar; especially one who attends a school -| or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers -| or from books; as the students of an academy -| a college or a university; a medical student; -| a hard student. +|teaching | Definition: +| teaching n. the act or business of instructing; +| also that which is taught; instruction. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|teaches | Definition: -| schoolmistress n. a woman who governs and teaches -| a school; a female school-teacher. -| +|teachings | Definition: +| tractarianism n. the principles of the tractarians +| or of those persons accepting the teachings +| of the tracts for the times. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|teaching | Definition: -| sensualistic a. adopting or teaching the doctrines -| of sensualism. +|teacup | Definition: +| tea-saucer n. a small saucer in which a teacup +| is set. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|teapot | Definition: +| teapot n. a vessel with a spout in which tea is +| made and from which it is poured into teacups. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tear | Definition: @@ -60211,6 +55022,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | with the teeth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|tearful | Definition: +| tearful a. abounding with tears; weeping; shedding +| tears; as tearful eyes. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |tearing | Definition: | weeding-rhim n. a kind of implement used for tearing | up weeds esp. on summer fallows. @@ -60223,31 +55040,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of joy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|teats | Definition: -| strip v. t. to deprive of all milk; to milk dry; -| to draw the last milk from; hence to milk with -| a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats -| at the last of a milking; as to strip a cow. -| +|tease | Definition: +| vexingly adv. in a vexing manner; so as to vex +| tease or irritate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tebeth | Definition: -| tebeth n. the tenth month of the jewish ecclesiastical -| year answering to a part of december with a -| part of january. +|teel | Definition: +| teel n. sesame. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tedious | Definition: -| verbose a. abounding in words; using or containing -| more words than are necessary; tedious by a -| multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as a -| verbose speaker; a verbose argument. -| +|teemed | Definition: +| teemed imp. & p. p. of teem +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tee | Definition: -| tee iron see t iron under t. -| +|teems | Definition: +| teemer n. one who teems or brings forth. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |teeth | Definition: @@ -60257,9 +55066,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|telescope | Definition: +| y n. one of the forked holders for supporting +| the telescope of a leveling instrument or the +| axis of a theodolite; a wye. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|teller | Definition: +| teller n. one who is appointed to count the votes +| given in a legislative body public meeting +| assembly etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |telling | Definition: -| talebearing a. telling tales officiously. -| +| telltale a. telling tales; babbling. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tells | Definition: @@ -60270,16 +55092,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |temper | Definition: -| tune n. order; harmony; concord; fit disposition -| temper or humor; right mood. -| +| vivacious a. sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; +| merry; as a vivacious poet. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|temperance | Definition: -| washingtonian a. designating or pertaining to -| a temperance society and movement started in -| baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total -| abstinence. +|temperament | Definition: +| temperament v. t. the peculiar physical and mental +| character of an individual in olden times erroneously +| supposed to be due to individual variation +| in the relations and proportions of the constituent +| parts of the body especially of the fluids +| as the bile blood lymph etc. hence the phrases +| bilious or choleric temperament sanguine temperament +| etc. implying a predominance of one of these +| fluids and a corresponding influence on the +| temperament. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |temperate | Definition: @@ -60292,6 +55120,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | climates. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|temperature | Definition: +| water thermometer a thermometer filled with water +| instead of mercury for ascertaining the precise +| temperature at which water attains its maximum +| density. this is about 39¡ fahr. or 4¡ centigrade; +| and from that point down to 32¡ fahr. or 0¡ +| centigrade or the freezing point it expands. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |tempered | Definition: | tempered a. brought to a proper temper; as tempered | steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used @@ -60300,39 +55138,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tempering | Definition: -| tempering n. the process of giving the requisite -| degree of hardness or softness to a substance -| as iron and steel; especially the process of -| giving to steel the degree of hardness required -| for various purposes consisting usually in -| first plunging the article when heated to redness -| in cold water or other liquid to give an excess -| of hardness and then reheating it gradually -| until the hardness is reduced or drawn down -| to the degree required as indicated by the -| color produced on a polished portion or by -| the burning of oil. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tempest | Definition: -| tornado n. a violent whirling wind; specifically -| (meteorol.) a tempest distinguished by a rapid -| whirling and slow progressive motion usually -| accompaned with severe thunder lightning and -| torrents of rain and commonly of short duration -| and small breadth; a small cyclone. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tempestuous | Definition: -| tempestuous a. of or pertaining to a tempest; -| involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; -| violent; stormy; as tempestuous weather; a -| tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |temple | Definition: | venerable a. rendered sacred by religious or other | associations; that should be regarded with @@ -60341,17 +55146,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|temples | Definition: -| templed a. supplied with a temple or temples or -| with churches; inclosed in a temple. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|temporal | Definition: -| zygoma n. the zygomatic process of the temporal -| bone. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |temporary | Definition: | yoke n. a tie securing two timbers together not | used for part of a regular truss but serving @@ -60359,6 +55153,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | strain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|temporized | Definition: +| temporized imp. & p. p. of temporize +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |tempt | Definition: | untempter n. one who does not tempt or is not | a tempter. @@ -60376,32 +55175,48 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to evil. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tempter | Definition: -| tempter n. one who tempts or entices; especially -| satan or the devil regarded as the great enticer -| to evil. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |tempting | Definition: | tempting a. adapted to entice or allure; attractive; | alluring; seductive; enticing; as tempting | pleasures. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tempts | Definition: -| trial n. that which tries or afflicts; that which -| harasses; that which tries the character or -| principles; that which tempts to evil; as his -| child's conduct was a sore trial. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |ten | Definition: | zehner n. an austrian silver coin equal to ten | kreutzers or about five cents. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|tenancy | Definition: +| undertenancy n. tenancy or tenure under a tenant +| or lessee; the tenure of an undertenant. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tenant | Definition: +| waste v. spoil destruction or injury done to houses +| woods fences lands etc. by a tenant for life +| or for years to the prejudice of the heir or +| of him in reversion or remainder. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tended | Definition: +| ultimate a. last in a train of progression or +| consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; +| arrived at as the last result; final. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tendency | Definition: +| xeronic a. pertaining to or designating an acid +| c8h12o4 related to fumaric acid and obtained +| from citraconic acid as an oily substance having +| a bittersweet taste; -- so called from its +| tendency to form its anhydride. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |tender | Definition: | weakfish n. any fish of the genus cynoscion; a | squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth. @@ -60428,63 +55243,40 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tends | Definition: -| weigh v. t. to examine by the balance; to ascertain -| the weight of that is the force with which -| a thing tends to the center of the earth; to -| determine the heaviness or quantity of matter -| of; as to weigh sugar; to weigh gold. +|tendons | Definition: +| vinculum n. a commissure uniting the two main +| tendons in the foot of certain birds. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tenor | Definition: -| violoncello n. a stringed instrument of music; -| a bass viol of four strings or a bass violin -| with long large strings giving sounds an octave -| lower than the viola or tenor or alto violin. +|tenement | Definition: +| tenement n. fig.: dwelling; abode; habitation. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tens | Definition: -| thirty n. the sum of three tens or twenty and -| ten; thirty units or objects. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tent | Definition: -| untented a. having no tent or tents as a soldier -| or a field. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tenth | Definition: -| twentieth a. next in order after the nineteenth; -| tenth after the tenth; coming after nineteen -| others; -- the ordinal of twenty. -| +|tense | Definition: +| would v. t. commonly used as an auxiliary verb +| either in the past tense or in the conditional +| or optative present. see 2d & 3d will. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tenths | Definition: -| seven-thirties n. pl. a name given to three several -| issues of united states treasury notes made -| during the civil war in denominations of $50 -| and over bearing interest at the rate of seven -| and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent -| annually. within a few years they were all -| redeemed or funded. +|tenure | Definition: +| villanage n. the state of a villain or serf; base +| servitude; tenure on condition of doing the +| meanest services for the lord. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tents | Definition: -| untented a. having no tent or tents as a soldier -| or a field. +|ter | Definition: +| ter- a combining form from l. ter signifying +| three times thrice. see tri- 2. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|terebinth | Definition: -| turpentine n. a semifluid or fluid oleoresin primarily -| the exudation of the terebinth or turpentine -| tree (pistacia terebinthus) a native of the -| mediterranean region. it is also obtained from -| many coniferous trees especially species of -| pine larch and fir. +|terminate | Definition: +| terminate v. i. to come to a limit in time; to +| end; to close. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |terminated | Definition: @@ -60494,15 +55286,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|terra | Definition: -| terra n. the earth; earth. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|terrestrial | Definition: -| vitrina n. a genus of terrestrial gastropods having -| transparent very thin and delicate shells -- -| whence the name. +|terrace | Definition: +| vase n. a vessel similar to that described in +| the first definition above or the representation +| of one in a solid block of stone or the like +| used for an ornament as on a terrace or in +| a garden. see illust. of niche. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |terrible | Definition: @@ -60514,6 +55304,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | life. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|terribly | Definition: +| nitroglycerin n. a liquid appearing like a heavy +| oil colorless or yellowish and consisting of +| a mixture of several glycerin salts of nitric +| acid and hence more properly called glycerin +| nitrate. it is made by the action of nitric +| acid on glycerin in the presence of sulphuric +| acid. it is extremely unstable and terribly +| explosive. a very dilute solution is used in +| medicine as a neurotic under the name of glonion. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|terrier | Definition: +| terrier n. one of a breed of small dogs which +| includes several distinct subbreeds some of +| which such as the skye terrier and yorkshire +| terrier have long hair and drooping ears while +| others at the english and the black-and-tan +| terriers have short close smooth hair and upright +| ears. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|terrific | Definition: +| terrifically adv. in a terrific manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|terrifically | Definition: +| terrifically adv. in a terrific manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |terrified | Definition: | terrified imp. & p. p. of terrify | @@ -60527,21 +55350,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | shock or fall. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|terrifying | Definition: -| terrifying p. pr. & vb. n. of terrify -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|territories | Definition: -| territory n. the extent of land belonging to or -| under the dominion of a prince state or other -| form of government; often a tract of land lying -| at a distance from the parent country or from -| the seat of government; as the territory of -| a state; the territories of the east india -| company. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |terror | Definition: | whoop n. a shout of pursuit or of war; a very | of eagerness enthusiasm enjoyment vengeance @@ -60549,6 +55357,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | as of an owl. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|tersely | Definition: +| epigram n. an effusion of wit; a bright thought +| tersely and sharply expressed whether in verse +| or prose. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |testament | Definition: | will v. the legal declaration of a person's mind | as to the manner in which he would have his @@ -60560,22 +55374,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|testaments | Definition: -| surrogate n. in some states of the united states -| an officer who presides over the probate of -| wills and testaments and yield the settlement -| of estates. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|testator | Definition: -| testator n. a man who makes and leaves a will -| or testament at death. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|testicles | Definition: -| testiculate a. having two tubers resembling testicles -| in form as some species of orchis. -| +|tester | Definition: +| tester n. an old french silver coin originally +| of the value of about eighteen pence subsequently +| reduced to ninepence and later to sixpence +| sterling. hence in modern english slang a sixpence; +| -- often contracted to tizzy. called also teston. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |testified | Definition: @@ -60588,11 +55393,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to; to attest. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|testifying | Definition: -| testifying p. pr. & vb. n. of testify -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |testimonies | Definition: | testimonies pl. of testimony | @@ -60603,18 +55403,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to; to attest. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tetrarch | Definition: -| tetrarchical a. of or pertaining to a tetrarch -| or tetrarchy. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|texts | Definition: -| vedanta n. a system of philosophy among the hindus -| founded on scattered texts of the vedas and -| thence termed the >anta > or end or substance. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |th | Definition: | thorn n. the name of the anglo-saxon letter / | capital form /. it was used to represent both @@ -60623,6 +55411,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of thorn a spine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|thames | Definition: +| swan-upping n. a yearly expedition on the thames +| to take up young swans and mark them as by +| companies of dyers and vintners; -- called +| also swan-hopping. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |thank | Definition: | thank n. to express gratitude to (anyone) for | a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) @@ -60630,6 +55425,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | for blame. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|thanked | Definition: +| thanked imp. & p. p. of thank +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |thankful | Definition: | ungrateful a. not grateful; not thankful for favors; | making no returns or making ill return for @@ -60643,6 +55443,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|thankless | Definition: +| thankless a. not acknowledging favors; not expressing +| thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |thanksgiving | Definition: | thanksgiving n. a public acknowledgment or celebration | of divine goodness; also a day set apart for @@ -60653,9 +55459,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thankworthy | Definition: -| thankworthy a. deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; -| mreitorious. +|thay | Definition: +| cyathophylloid n. a fossil coral of the family +| cyathophyllidae; sometimes extended to fossil +| corals of other related families belonging +| to the group rugosa; -- also called cup corals. +| thay are found in paleozoic rocks. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |theatre | Definition: @@ -60664,35 +55474,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thebes | Definition: -| thebaic a. of or pertaining to thebes in egypt; -| specifically designating a version of the bible -| preserved by the copts and esteemed of great -| value by biblical scholars. this version is -| also called the sahidic version. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thee | Definition: -| thy pron. of thee or belonging to thee; the more -| common form of thine possessive case of thou; -| -- used always attributively and chiefly in -| the solemn or grave style and in poetry. thine -| is used in the predicate; as the knife is thine. -| see thine. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|theft | Definition: -| thief n. one who steals; one who commits theft -| or larceny. see theft. +|theatrical | Definition: +| vaudeville n. a theatrical piece usually a comedy +| the dialogue of which is intermingled with +| light or satirical songs set to familiar airs. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|theirs | Definition: -| it pron. 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). -| +|theme | Definition: +| variation n. repetition of a theme or melody with +| fanciful embellishments or modifications in +| time tune or harmony or sometimes change of +| key; the presentation of a musical thought +| in new and varied aspects yet so that the essential +| features of the original shall still preserve +| their identity. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|themes | Definition: +| fugue n. a polyphonic composition developed from +| a given theme or themes according to strict +| contrapuntal rules. the theme is first given +| out by one voice or part and then while that +| pursues its way it is repeated by another at +| the interval of a fifth or fourth and so on +| until all the parts have answered one by one +| continuing their several melodies and interweaving +| them in one complex progressive whole in which +| the theme is often lost and reappears. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |themselves | Definition: @@ -60715,24 +55525,58 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thenceforward | Definition: -| thenceforward adv. from that time onward; thenceforth. +|theological | Definition: +| theologue n. a student in a theological seminary. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|theocracy | Definition: -| zion n. hence the theocracy or church of god. +|theology | Definition: +| university n. an institution organized and incorporated +| for the purpose of imparting instruction examining +| students and otherwise promoting education +| in the higher branches of literature science +| art etc. empowered to confer degrees in the +| several arts and faculties as in theology law +| medicine music etc. a university may exist +| without having any college connected with it +| or it may consist of but one college or it +| may comprise an assemblage of colleges established +| in any place with professors for instructing +| students in the sciences and other branches +| of learning. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|theoretically | Definition: +| type n. a simple compound used as a mode or pattern +| to which other compounds are conveniently regarded +| as being related and from which they may be +| actually or theoretically derived. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|theories | Definition: +| voltairism n. the theories or practice of voltaire. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|theory | Definition: +| wernerian a. of or pertaining to a. g. werner +| the german mineralogist and geologist who classified +| minerals according to their external characters +| and advocated the theory that the strata of +| the earth's crust were formed by depositions +| from water; designating or according to werner's +| system. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |thereabouts | Definition: | thereabouts adv. concerning that; about that. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thereat | Definition: -| thereat adv. at that occurrence or event; on that -| account. +|thereafter | Definition: +| thereafter adv. of that sort. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |thereby | Definition: @@ -60748,90 +55592,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|therein | Definition: -| therein adv. in that or this place time or thing; -| in that particular or respect. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thereof | Definition: -| tradition n. that body of doctrine and discipline -| or any article thereof supposed to have been -| put forth by christ or his apostles and not -| committed to writing. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thereon | Definition: -| thereon adv. on that or this. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thereto | Definition: -| thereto adv. besides; moreover. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thereunto | Definition: -| thereunto adv. unto that or this; thereto; besides. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |thereupon | Definition: | thereupon adv. immediately; at once; without delay. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|therewith | Definition: -| therewith adv. at the same time; forthwith. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thessalonica | Definition: -| thessalonian a. of or pertaining to thessalonica -| a city of macedonia. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |thick | Definition: | zest n. the woody thick skin inclosing the kernel | of a walnut. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thickened | Definition: -| whipworm n. a nematode worm (trichocephalus dispar) -| often found parasitic in the human intestine. -| its body is thickened posteriorly but is very -| long and threadlike anteriorly. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |thicker | Definition: -| seam n. a thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein -| between two thicker strata; as a seam of coal. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thicket | Definition: -| thicket a. a wood or a collection of trees shrubs -| etc. closely set; as a ram caught in a thicket. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thickets | Definition: -| machete n. a large heavy knife resembling a broadsword -| often two or three feet in length -- used by -| the inhabitants of spanish america as a hatchet -| to cut their way through thickets and for various -| other purposes. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thickness | Definition: -| underlay n. a thickness of paper pasteboard or -| the like placed under a cut or stereotype plate -| or under type in the from to bring it or any -| part of it to the proper height; also something -| placed back of a part of the tympan so as to -| secure the right impression. -| +| tabby n. a kind of waved silk usually called watered +| silk manufactured like taffeta but thicker +| and stronger. the watering is given to it by +| calendering. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |thief | Definition: @@ -60842,25 +55617,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | thieves pl. of thief |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thigh | Definition: -| twister n. the inner part of the thigh the proper -| place to rest upon when on horseback. -| +|thieving | Definition: +| thieving p. pr. & vb. n. of thieve +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thighs | Definition: -| scurvy n. a disease characterized by livid spots -| especially about the thighs and legs due to -| extravasation of blood and by spongy gums and -| bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. -| it is accompanied by paleness languor depression -| and general debility. it is occasioned by confinement -| innutritious food and hard labor but especially -| by lack of fresh vegetable food or confinement -| for a long time to a limited range of food -| which is incapable of repairing the waste of -| the system. it was formerly prevalent among -| sailors and soldiers. +|thimble | Definition: +| unreeve v. t. to withdraw or take out as a rope +| from a block thimble or the like. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |thin | Definition: @@ -60870,15 +55635,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thine | Definition: -| thy pron. of thee or belonging to thee; the more -| common form of thine possessive case of thou; -| -- used always attributively and chiefly in -| the solemn or grave style and in poetry. thine -| is used in the predicate; as the knife is thine. -| see thine. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |thinking | Definition: | thinking a. having the faculty of thought; cogitative; | capable of a regular train of ideas; as man @@ -60886,62 +55642,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |thinks | Definition: -| shall v. i. & auxiliary. as an auxiliary shall -| indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation -| is derived from the person speaking; as you -| shall go; he shall go; that is i order or promise -| your going. it thus ordinarily expresses in -| the second and third persons a command a threat -| or a promise. if the auxillary be emphasized -| the command is made more imperative the promise -| or that more positive and sure. it is also -| employed in the language of prophecy; as >the -| day shall come when . . . > since a promise -| or threat and an authoritative prophecy nearly -| coincide in significance. in shall with the -| first person the necessity of the action is -| sometimes implied as residing elsewhere than -| in the speaker; as i shall suffer; we shall -| see; and there is always a less distinct and -| positive assertion of his volition than is -| indicated by will. >i shall go > implies nearly -| a simple futurity; more exactly a foretelling -| or an expectation of my going in which naturally -| enough a certain degree of plan or intention -| may be included; emphasize the shall and the -| event is described as certain to occur and -| the expression approximates in meaning to our -| emphatic >i will go. > in a question the relation -| of speaker and source of obligation is of course -| transferred to the person addressed; as >shall -| you go? > (answer >i shall go >); >shall -| he go? > i. e. >do you require or promise -| his going? > (answer >he shall go >.) the -| same relation is transferred to either second -| or third person in such phrases as >you say -| or think you shall go; > >he says or thinks -| he shall go. > after a conditional conjunction -| (as if whether) shall is used in all persons -| to express futurity simply; as if i you or -| he shall say they are right. should is everywhere -| used in the same connection and the same senses -| as shall as its imperfect. it also expresses -| duty or moral obligation; as he should do it -| whether he will or not. in the early english -| and hence in our english bible shall is the -| auxiliary mainly used in all the persons to -| express simple futurity. (cf. will v. t.) shall -| may be used elliptically; thus with an adverb -| or other word expressive of motion go may be -| omitted. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thinner | Definition: -| shingle n. a piece of wood sawed or rived thin -| and small with one end thinner than the other -| -- used in covering buildings especially roofs -| the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin -| ends of the row below. +| thinker n. one who thinks; especially and chiefly +| one who thinks in a particular manner; as a +| close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |thirdly | Definition: @@ -60949,62 +55653,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thirds | Definition: -| trug n. an old measure of wheat equal to two thirds -| of a bushel. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thirst | Definition: -| thirst v. t. to have a thirst for. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thirsted | Definition: -| thirsted imp. & p. p. of thirst -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thirsting | Definition: -| thirsting p. pr. & vb. n. of thirst -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thirsty | Definition: -| thirsty n. feeling thirst; having a painful or -| distressing sensation from want of drink; hence -| having an eager desire. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thirteen | Definition: -| whist n. a certain game at cards; -- so called -| because it requires silence and close attention. -| it is played by four persons (those who sit -| opposite each other being partners) with a -| complete pack of fifty-two cards. each player -| has thirteen cards and when these are played -| out he hand is finished and the cards are again -| shuffled and distributed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thirteenth | Definition: -| troubadour n. one of a school of poets who flourished -| from the eleventh to the thirteenth century -| principally in provence in the south of france -| and also in the north of italy. they invented -| and especially cultivated a kind of lyrical -| poetry characterized by intricacy of meter -| and rhyme and usually of a romantic amatory -| strain. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thirtieth | Definition: -| trental n. an office and mass for the dead on -| the thirtieth day after death or burial. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |thirty | Definition: | zither n. an instrument of music used in austria | and germany. it has from thirty to forty wires @@ -61015,20 +55663,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or cithern.] |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thistle | Definition: -| yellowbird n. the american goldfinch or thistle -| bird. see goldfinch. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thistles | Definition: -| pappus n. the hairy or feathery appendage of the -| achenes of thistles dandelions and most other -| plants of the order compositae; also the scales -| awns or bristles which represent the calyx -| in other plants of the same order. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |thither | Definition: | thither a. being on the farther side from the | person speaking; farther; -- a correlative @@ -61040,43 +55674,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | tho conj. though. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thomas | Definition: -| utopia n. 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 fiction. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thong | Definition: -| thong n. a strap of leather; especially one used -| for fastening anything. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thongs | Definition: -| whiplash n. the lash of a whip -- usually made -| of thongs of leather or of cords braided or -| twisted. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thorn | Definition: -| zareba n. an improvised stockade; especially one -| made of thorn bushes etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |thorns | Definition: -| shrike v. i. any one of numerous species of oscinine -| birds of the family laniidae having a strong -| hooked bill toothed at the tip. most shrikes -| are insectivorous but the common european gray -| shrike (lanius excubitor) the great northern -| shrike (l. borealis) and several others kill -| mice small birds etc. and often impale them -| on thorns and are on that account called also -| butcher birds. see under butcher. -| +| tinet n. brushwood and thorns for making and repairing +| hedges. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |thoroughly | Definition: @@ -61103,10 +55703,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | truth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thoughtless | Definition: -| traipse v. i. to walk or run about in a slatternly -| careless or thoughtless manner. -| +|thoughtfully | Definition: +| museful a. meditative; thoughtfully silent. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |thoughts | Definition: @@ -61134,42 +55733,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thrash | Definition: -| thrashing a. & n. from thrash v. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thrashed | Definition: -| thrashed imp. & p. p. of thresh -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thrasher | Definition: -| thresher n. a large and voracious shark (alopias -| vulpes) remarkable for the great length of -| the upper lobe of its tail with which it beats -| or thrashes its prey. it is found both upon -| the american and the european coasts. called -| also fox shark sea ape sea fox slasher swingle-tail -| and thrasher shark. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thrashing | Definition: -| thrashing a. & n. from thrash v. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|threads | Definition: -| yarn n. one of the threads of which the strands -| of a rope are composed. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|threaten | Definition: -| totter v. i. to shake so as to threaten a fall; -| to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; asan -| old man totters with age. -| +|threat | Definition: +| thunder v. t. to emit with noise and terror; to +| utter vehemently; to publish as a threat or +| denunciation. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |threatened | Definition: @@ -61183,35 +55750,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|threatens | Definition: -| parry v. t. to ward off; to stop or to turn aside; -| as to parry a thrust a blow or anything that -| means or threatens harm. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|threats | Definition: -| threaten v. i. to use threats or menaces; also -| to have a threatening appearance. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|threefold | Definition: -| triplication n. the act of tripling or making -| threefold or adding three together. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thresh | Definition: -| threshing p. pr. & vb. n. of thresh -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|threshing | Definition: -| threshing p. pr. & vb. n. of thresh -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |threshold | Definition: | threshold n. fig.: the place or point of entering | or beginning entrance; outset; as the threshold @@ -61240,6 +55778,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|thriven | Definition: +| thriven p. p. of thrive. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|thriving | Definition: +| thrivingly adv. in a thriving manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |throat | Definition: | zibeth n. a carnivorous mammal (viverra zibetha) | closely allied to the civet from which it differs @@ -61248,34 +55795,29 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | tail more numerous. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|throne | Definition: -| usurper n. one who usurps; especially one who -| seizes illegally on sovereign power; as the -| usurper of a throne of power or of the rights -| of a patron. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thrones | Definition: -| bourbon n. a member of a family which has occupied -| several european thrones and whose descendants -| still claim the throne of france. -| +|throats | Definition: +| throatwort n. a plant (campanula trachelium) formerly +| considered a remedy for sore throats because +| of its throat-shaped corolla. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|throng | Definition: -| throng v. t. to crowd into; to fill closely by -| crowding or pressing into as a hall or a street. -| +|throbbed | Definition: +| throbbed imp. & p. p. of throb +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thronged | Definition: -| thronged imp. & p. p. of throng -| +|throbbing | Definition: +| throbbing p. pr. & vb. n. of throb +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thronging | Definition: -| thronging p. pr. & vb. n. of throng -| +|throne | Definition: +| vacate v. t. to make vacant; to leave empty; to +| cease from filling or occupying; as it was +| resolved by parliament that james had vacated +| the throne of england; the tenant vacated the +| house. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |throttled | Definition: @@ -61289,8 +55831,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |throw | Definition: -| yerk v. i. to throw out the heels; to kick; to -| jerk. +| yerk v. t. to throw or thrust with a sudden smart +| movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|throwing | Definition: +| weaving n. an incessant motion of a horse's head +| neck and body from side to side fancied to +| resemble the motion of a hand weaver in throwing +| the shuttle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |thrown | Definition: @@ -61305,18 +55855,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | his head to the other. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thrust | Definition: -| yerk n. a sudden or quick thrust or motion; a -| jerk. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|thrusting | Definition: -| tilt v. i. to run or ride and thrust with a lance; -| to practice the military game or exercise of -| thrusting with a lance as a combatant on horseback; -| to joust; also figuratively to engage in any -| combat or movement resembling that of horsemen -| tilting with lances. +|thrush | Definition: +| water thrush the pied wagtail. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |thumb | Definition: @@ -61333,11 +55874,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thummim | Definition: -| thummim n. pl. a mysterious part or decoration -| of the breastplate of the jewish high priest. -| see the note under urim. -| +|thump | Definition: +| thump v. i. to give a thump or thumps; to strike +| or fall with a heavy blow; to pound. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|thumped | Definition: +| thumped imp. & p. p. of thump +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|thumping | Definition: +| thumping a. heavy; large. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |thunder | Definition: @@ -61350,11 +55899,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thundered | Definition: -| thunder n. to produce thunder; to sound rattle -| or roar as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -| -- often used impersonally; as it thundered -| continuously. +|thursday | Definition: +| thursday n. the fifth day of the week following +| wednesday and preceding friday. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |thus | Definition: @@ -61367,40 +55915,58 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thy | Definition: -| thy pron. of thee or belonging to thee; the more -| common form of thine possessive case of thou; -| -- used always attributively and chiefly in -| the solemn or grave style and in poetry. thine -| is used in the predicate; as the knife is thine. -| see thine. +|thwarted | Definition: +| thwarted imp. & p. p. of thwart +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thyine | Definition: -| thyine wood the fragrant and beautiful wood of -| a north african tree (callitris quadrivalvis) -| formerly called thuja articulata. the tree -| is of the cedar family and furnishes a balsamic -| resin called sandarach. -| +|ticked | Definition: +| ticked imp. & p. p. of tick +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|thyself | Definition: -| thyself pron. an emphasized form of the personal -| pronoun of the second person; -- used as a -| subject commonly with thou; as thou thyself -| shalt go; that is thou shalt go and no other. -| it is sometimes used especially in the predicate -| without thou and in the nominative as well -| as in the objective case. -| +|tickled | Definition: +| tickled imp. & p. p. of tickle +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tickler | Definition: +| tickler n. a prong used by coopers to extract +| bungs from casks. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ticks | Definition: +| wood tick any one of several species of ticks +| of the genus ixodes whose young cling to bushes +| but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies +| of any animal with which they come in contact. +| when they attach themselves to the human body +| they often produce troublesome sores. the common +| species of the northern united states is ixodes +| unipunctata. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tide | Definition: +| wind-rode a. caused to ride or drive by the wind +| in opposition to the course of the tide; -- +| said of a vessel lying at anchor with wind +| and tide opposed to each other. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tides | Definition: +| warp v. a slimy substance deposited on land by +| tides etc. by which a rich alluvial soil is +| formed. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tidied | Definition: +| tidied imp. & p. p. of tidy +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tiberias | Definition: -| masora n. a jewish critical work on the text of -| the hebrew scriptures composed by several learned -| rabbis of the school of tiberias in the eighth -| and ninth centuries. +|tiding | Definition: +| tiding n. tidings. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tidings | Definition: @@ -61421,33 +55987,51 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | -- said of the hair. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|tiers | Definition: +| trireme n. an ancient galley or vessel with tree +| banks or tiers of oars. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ties | Definition: +| tyer n. one who ties or unites. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |tiger | Definition: | water tiger a diving or water beetle especially | the larva of a water beetle. see illust. b | of water beetle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tigris | Definition: -| palmyra n. a species of palm (borassus flabelliformis) -| having a straight black upright trunk with -| palmate leaves. it is found native along the -| entire northern shores of the indian ocean -| from the mouth of the tigris to new guinea. -| more than eight hundred uses to which it is -| put are enumerated by native writers. its wood -| is largely used for building purposes; its -| fruit and roots serve for food its sap for -| making toddy and its leaves for thatching huts. -| +|tight | Definition: +| windtight a. so tight as to prevent the passing +| through of wind. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tightened | Definition: +| tourniquet n. 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. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|til | Definition: -| til tree see teil. +|tightening | Definition: +| turn-buckle n. a loop or sleeve with a screw thread +| at one end and a swivel at the other -- used +| for tightening a rod stay etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tighter | Definition: +| tighter n. a ribbon or string used to draw clothes +| closer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tile | Definition: -| tilery n. a place where tiles are made or burned; -| a tile kiln. +|tiled | Definition: +| tiled imp. & p. p. of tile +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tiles | Definition: @@ -61461,22 +56045,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tillage | Definition: -| workman n. a man employed in labor whether in -| tillage or manufactures; a worker. -| +|tilt | Definition: +| trip hammer a tilt hammer. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tilled | Definition: -| unimproved a. not tilled cultivated or built upon; -| yielding no revenue; as unimproved land or -| soil. +|tilted | Definition: +| trolly n. a form of truck which can be tilted +| for carrying railroad materials or the like. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tillers | Definition: -| peasant n. a countryman; a rustic; especially -| one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil -| in european countries. +|tilting | Definition: +| vamplate n. a round of iron on the shaft of a +| tilting spear to protect the hand. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |timber | Definition: @@ -61486,24 +56069,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|timbrel | Definition: -| timbrel n. a kind of drum tabor or tabret in use -| from the highest antiquity. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|timorous | Definition: -| whisper n. a cautious or timorous speech. -| +|timid | Definition: +| timid a. wanting courage to meet danger; easily +| frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|timothy | Definition: -| timothy grass a kind of grass (phleum pratense) -| with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also -| herd's grass in england cat's-tail grass and -| meadow cat's-tail grass. it is much prized -| for fodder. see illustration in appendix. -| +|timidly | Definition: +| mealy-mouthed a. using soft words; plausible; +| affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling +| to tell the truth in plain language. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tin | Definition: @@ -61512,25 +56088,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tine | Definition: -| tooth n. 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 a saw a file a card. -| +|tinder | Definition: +| touch-box n. a box containing lighted tinder formerly +| carried by soldiers who used matchlocks to +| kindle the match. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tingle | Definition: -| tingle v. i. to have or to cause a sharp thrilling -| sensation or a slight pricking sensation. -| +|tinge | Definition: +| yellow v. t. to make yellow; to cause to have +| a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tingling | Definition: +| tingling p. pr. & vb. n. of tingle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tinkling | Definition: -| tintinnabulous a. of pertaining to or resembling -| the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound; -| tintinnabular. +|tinker | Definition: +| tinker v. i. to busy one's self in mending old +| kettles pans etc.; to play the tinker; to be +| occupied with small mechanical works. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tip | Definition: @@ -61544,6 +56123,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | and whitetail. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|tipped | Definition: +| waxwing n. any one of several species of small +| birds of the genus ampelis in which some of +| the secondary quills are usually tipped with +| small horny ornaments resembling red sealing +| wax. the bohemian waxwing (see under bohemian) +| and the cedar bird are examples. called also +| waxbird. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tiptoe | Definition: +| tiptoe v. i. to step or walk on tiptoe. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |tire | Definition: | wheelband n. the tire of a wheel. | @@ -61554,34 +56148,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|titan | Definition: -| titan a. titanic. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tithe | Definition: -| tithe v. t. to levy a tenth part on; to tax to -| the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on. -| +|tiresome | Definition: +| tiresome a. fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; +| wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as a tiresome +| journey; a tiresome discourse. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tithes | Definition: -| wike n. a temporary mark or boundary as a bough -| of a tree set up in marking out or dividing -| anything as tithes swaths to be mowed in common -| ground etc.; -- called also wicker. -| +|tiring | Definition: +| unwearied a. not wearied; not fatigued or tired; +| hence persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tithing | Definition: -| sheading v. t. a tithing or division in the isle -| of man in which there is a coroner or chief -| constable. the island is divided into six sheadings. -| +|tissue | Definition: +| xanthin n. a crystalline nitrogenous body closely +| related to both uric acid and hypoxanthin present +| in muscle tissue and occasionally found in +| the urine and in some urinary calculi. it is +| also present in guano. so called from the yellow +| color of certain of its salts (nitrates). +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|titled | Definition: -| titled a. having or bearing a title. -| +|tithe | Definition: +| tithe v. i. tp pay tithes. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |titles | Definition: @@ -61594,9 +56186,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tittle | Definition: -| tittle n. a particle; a minute part; a jot; an -| iota. +|toadies | Definition: +| toadies pl. of toady +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|toady | Definition: +| toady v. t. to fawn upon with mean sycophancy. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|toast | Definition: +| wassail n. the liquor used for a wassail; esp. +| a beverage formerly much used in england at +| christmas and other festivals made of ale (or +| wine) flavored with spices sugar toast roasted +| apples etc.; -- called also lamb's wool. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|toasted | Definition: +| toast v. bread dried and browned before a fire +| usually in slices; also a kind of food prepared +| by putting slices of toasted bread into milk +| gravy etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|toasting | Definition: +| toaster n. a kitchen utensil for toasting bread +| cheese etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tobacco | Definition: +| weed n. tobacco or a cigar. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tobias | Definition: @@ -61604,20 +56226,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|toe | Definition: -| turnix n. any one of numerous species of birds -| belonging to turnix or hemipodius and allied -| genera of the family turnicidae. these birds -| resemble quails and partridges in general appearance -| and in some of their habits but differ in important -| anatomical characteristics. the hind toe is -| usually lacking. they are found in asia africa -| southern europe the east indian islands and -| esp. in australia and adjacent islands where -| they are called quails (see quail n. 3.). see -| turnicimorphae. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |toes | Definition: | zygodactylous a. yoke-footed; having the toes | disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which @@ -61631,6 +56239,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to overtake. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|toiling | Definition: +| toiling p. pr. & vb. n. of toil +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |token | Definition: | weed n. an article of dress worn in token of grief; | a mourning garment or badge; as he wore a weed @@ -61660,18 +56273,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tolerated | Definition: -| shot-clog n. a person tolerated only because he -| pays the shot or reckoning for the rest of -| the company otherwise a mere clog on them. +|tolerably | Definition: +| fairish a. tolerably fair. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tolerate | Definition: +| tolerate v. t. to suffer to be or to be done without +| prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit +| negatively by not preventing; not to restrain; +| to put up with; as to tolerate doubtful practices. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|toll | Definition: -| turnpike n. a gate or bar set across a road to -| stop carriages animals and sometimes people -| till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; -| a tollgate. +|toleration | Definition: +| whig n. one of a political party which grew up +| in england in the seventeenth century in the +| reigns of charles i. and ii. when great contests +| existed respecting the royal prerogatives and +| the rights of the people. those who supported +| the king in his high claims were called tories +| and the advocates of popular rights of parliamentary +| power over the crown and of toleration to dissenters +| were after 1679 called whigs. the terms liberal +| and radical have now generally superseded whig +| in english politics. see the note under tory. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tom | Definition: @@ -61684,9 +56311,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to entomb. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tomorrow | Definition: -| tomorrow n. the day after the present; the morrow. -| +|tombstone | Definition: +| tombstone n. a stone erected over a grave to preserve +| the memory of the deceased. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|ton | Definition: +| warpage n. the act of warping; also a charge per +| ton made on shipping in some harbors. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tone | Definition: @@ -61706,6 +56340,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|toned | Definition: +| toned a. having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used +| in composition; as high-toned; sweet-toned. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tones | Definition: +| undulation n. the pulsation caused by the vibrating +| together of two tones not quite in unison; +| -- called also beat. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |tongs | Definition: | tongs n. pl. an instrument usually of metal consisting | of two parts or long shafts jointed together @@ -61737,6 +56383,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | science. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|tonic | Definition: +| yellowwort n. a european yellow-flowered gentianaceous +| (chlora perfoliata). the whole plant is intensely +| bitter and is sometimes used as a tonic and +| also in dyeing yellow. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tonight | Definition: +| tonight n. the present or the coming night; the +| night after the present day. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tons | Definition: +| ton n. forty cubic feet of space being the unit +| of measurement of the burden or carrying capacity +| of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |took | Definition: | yesterday adv. on the day last past; on the day | preceding to-day; as the affair took place @@ -61748,21 +56414,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | slates. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tooth | Definition: -| toothlet n. a little tooth or like projection. +|toothache | Definition: +| toothache n. pain in a tooth or in the teeth; +| odontalgia. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|toothpick | Definition: +| toothpick n. a pointed instument for clearing +| the teeth of substances lodged between them. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|topaz | Definition: -| topaz n. either one of two species of large brilliantly -| colored humming birds of the topaza of south -| america and the west indies. -| +|topped | Definition: +| topped imp. & p. p. of top +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tops | Definition: -| shaw n. the leaves and tops of vegetables as of -| potatoes turnips etc. +|toppling | Definition: +| toppling p. pr. & vb. n. of topple +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |torch | Definition: @@ -61779,6 +56449,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|torchlight | Definition: +| torchlight n. the light of a torch or of torches. +| also adjectively; as a torchlight procession. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |tore | Definition: | torus n. see 3d tore 2. |_____________________________________________________________ @@ -61795,31 +56471,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | petty annoyances. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tormenting | Definition: -| tormenting a. causing torment; as a tormenting -| dream. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tormentor | Definition: -| yama n. the king of the infernal regions corresponding -| to the greek pluto and also the judge of departed -| souls. in later times he is more exclusively -| considered the dire judge of all and the tormentor -| of the wicked. he is represented as of a green -| color with red garments having a crown on his -| head his eyes inflamed and sitting on a buffalo -| with a club and noose in his hands. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|torments | Definition: -| self-tormentor n. one who torments himself. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |torn | Definition: -| shredding n. that which is cut or torn off; a -| piece. +| unroot v. i. to be torn up by the roots. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |torrent | Definition: @@ -61827,16 +56481,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of water; a washout. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|torrents | Definition: -| tornado n. a violent whirling wind; specifically -| (meteorol.) a tempest distinguished by a rapid -| whirling and slow progressive motion usually -| accompaned with severe thunder lightning and -| torrents of rain and commonly of short duration -| and small breadth; a small cyclone. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |torture | Definition: | wheel n. an instrument of torture formerly used. | @@ -61848,9 +56492,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |toss | Definition: -| shuttlecock v. t. to send or toss to and fro; -| to bandy; as to shuttlecock words. -| +| toss n. a throwing up of the head; a particular +| manner of raising the head with a jerk. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tossed | Definition: @@ -61861,14 +56505,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tot | Definition: -| tot n. a drinking cup of small size holding about -| half a pint. +|tossing | Definition: +| tossy a. tossing the head as in scorn or pride; +| hence proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly +| indifferent; as a tossy commonplace. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|totally | Definition: +| totally adv. in a total manner; wholly; entirely. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tottering | Definition: -| tottlish a. trembling or tottering as if about -| to fall; un steady. +|totter | Definition: +| totter v. i. to shake; to reel; to lean; to waver. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |touch | Definition: @@ -61894,22 +56545,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |touching | Definition: -| touching n. the sense or act of feeling; touch. -| +| touching prep. concerning; with respect to. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tow | Definition: -| warp v. t. to tow or move as a vessel with a line -| or warp attached to a buoy anchor or other -| fixed object. +|tough | Definition: +| withe-rod n. a north american shrub (viburnum +| nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes +| used for binding sheaves. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|toward | Definition: -| yard v. i. a long piece of timber nearly cylindrical -| tapering toward the ends and designed to support -| and extend a square sail. a yard is usually -| hung by the center to the mast. see illust. -| of ship. +|tour | Definition: +| tourist n. one who makes a tour or performs a +| journey in a circuit. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |towards | Definition: @@ -61922,6 +56571,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or rag. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|towels | Definition: +| toweling n. cloth for towels especially such as +| is woven in long pieces to be cut at will as +| distinguished from that woven in towel lengths +| with borders etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |tower | Definition: | water tower a large metal pipe made to be extended | vertically by sections and used for discharging @@ -61929,6 +56585,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|towering | Definition: +| towering a. hence extreme; violent; surpassing. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |towers | Definition: | starling n. any passerine bird belonging to sturnus | and allied genera. the european starling (sturnus @@ -61940,29 +56601,55 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | contra. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|towns | Definition: -| waywode n. originally the title of a military -| commander in various slavonic countries; afterwards -| applied to governors of towns or provinces. -| it was assumed for a time by the rulers of -| moldavia and wallachia who were afterwards -| called hospodars and has also been given to -| some inferior turkish officers. -| +|towing | Definition: +| warp v. a rope used in hauling or moving a vessel +| usually with one end attached to an anchor +| a post or other fixed object; a towing line; +| a warping hawser. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trace | Definition: -| tug n. a trace or drawing strap of a harness. +|townsman | Definition: +| townsman n. a selectman in new england. see selectman. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|traces | Definition: -| whippletree n. the pivoted or swinging bar to -| which the traces or tugs of a harness are fastened -| and by which a carriage a plow or other implement -| or vehicle is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; -| a singletree. see singletree. -| +|trace | Definition: +| uptrace v. t. to trace up or out. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|traced | Definition: +| trace v. t. to mark out; to draw or delineate +| with marks; especially to copy as a drawing +| or engraving by following the lines and marking +| them on a sheet superimposed through which +| they appear; as to trace a figure or an outline; +| a traced drawing. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|traces | Definition: +| whippletree n. the pivoted or swinging bar to +| which the traces or tugs of a harness are fastened +| and by which a carriage a plow or other implement +| or vehicle is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; +| a singletree. see singletree. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tracing | Definition: +| vibroscope n. an instrument for observing or tracing +| vibrations. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tracked | Definition: +| tracked imp. & p. p. of track +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tracks | Definition: +| y n. a portion of track consisting of two diverging +| tracks connected by a cross track. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tract | Definition: @@ -61973,6 +56660,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|tracts | Definition: +| tractarianism n. the principles of the tractarians +| or of those persons accepting the teachings +| of the tracts for the times. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |traded | Definition: | untraded a. not traded in or bartered; hence not | hackneyed; unusual; not common. @@ -61995,58 +56689,51 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |trades | Definition: -| tradeswoman n. a woman who trades or is skilled -| in trade. +| unionist n. a member or supporter of a trades +| union. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trading | Definition: -| trading a. venal; corrupt; jobbing; as a trading -| politician. +|tradesman | Definition: +| tradesman n. a mechanic or artificer; esp. one +| whose livelihood depends upon the labor of +| his hands. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tradition | Definition: -| zohar n. a jewish cabalistic book attributed by -| tradition to rabbi simon ben yochi who lived -| about the end of the 1st century a. d. modern -| critics believe it to be a compilation of the -| 13th century. +|tradesmen | Definition: +| van n. a light wagon either covered or open used +| by tradesmen and others fore the transportation +| of goods. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|traditions | Definition: -| shiah n. a member of that branch of the mohammedans -| to which the persians belong. they reject the -| first three caliphs and consider ali as being -| the first and only rightful successor of mohammed. -| they do not acknowledge the sunna or body of -| traditions respecting mohammed as any part -| of the law and on these accounts are treated -| as heretics by the sunnites or orthodox mohammedans. +|tradespeople | Definition: +| tradespeople n. people engaged in trade; shopkeepers. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|trading | Definition: +| trading a. venal; corrupt; jobbing; as a trading +| politician. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |traffic | Definition: | trant v. i. to traffic in an itinerary manner; | to peddle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trail | Definition: -| trail n. the act of taking advantage of the ignorance -| of a person; an imposition. -| +|tragedy | Definition: +| tragi-comi-pastoral a. partaking of the nature +| of or combining tragedy comedy and pastoral +| poetry. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|train | Definition: -| ultimate a. last in a train of progression or -| consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; -| arrived at as the last result; final. -| +|tragic | Definition: +| tragic n. a tragedy; a tragic drama. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trained | Definition: -| water dog a dog accustomed to the water or trained -| to retrieve waterfowl. retrievers waters spaniels -| and newfoundland dogs are so trained. -| +|trailed | Definition: +| trailed imp. & p. p. of trail +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |traitor | Definition: @@ -62054,34 +56741,27 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to deceive. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|traitors | Definition: -| sergeant n. formerly in england an officer nearly -| answering to the more modern bailiff of the -| hundred; also an officer whose duty was to -| attend on the king and on the lord high steward -| in court to arrest traitors and other offenders. -| he is now called sergeant-at-arms and two of -| these officers by allowance of the sovereign -| attend on the houses of parliament (one for -| each house) to execute their commands and another -| attends the court chancery. -| +|tramp | Definition: +| tramp n. a plate of iron worn to protect the sole +| of the foot or the shoe when digging with a +| spade. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trample | Definition: -| waddle v. t. to trample or tread down as high -| grass by walking through it. +|tramping | Definition: +| walleteer n. one who carries a wallet; a foot +| traveler; a tramping beggar. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trampled | Definition: -| trampled imp. & p. p. of trample -| +|tramps | Definition: +| cant n. vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language +| spoker by gipsies thieves tramps or beggars. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trance | Definition: -| trance v. i. to pass; to travel. -| +|tranquil | Definition: +| tranquilly adv. in a tranquil manner; calmly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tranquillity | Definition: @@ -62090,6 +56770,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|transact | Definition: +| transact v. t. to carry through; to do; perform; +| to manage; as to transact commercial business; +| to transact business by an agent. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|transacted | Definition: +| transacted imp. & p. p. of transact +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|transaction | Definition: +| transaction n. an adjustment of a dispute between +| parties by mutual agreement. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |transactions | Definition: | wastebook n. a book in which rough entries of | transactions are made previous to their being @@ -62105,216 +56803,64 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|transferred | Definition: -| undeeded a. not deeded or transferred by deed; -| as undeeded land. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transfigured | Definition: -| transfigured imp. & p. p. of transfigure -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transformed | Definition: -| zoanthropy n. a kind of monomania in which the -| patient believes himself transformed into one -| of the lower animals. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transforming | Definition: -| transformation n. the act of transforming or the -| state of being transformed; change of form -| or condition. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transgress | Definition: -| trespass v. i. to commit any offense or to do -| any act that injures or annoys another; to -| violate any rule of rectitude to the injury -| of another; hence in a moral sense to transgress -| voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate -| any known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed -| by against. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transgressed | Definition: -| transgressed imp. & p. p. of transgress -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transgressing | Definition: -| transgression n. the act of transgressing or of -| passing over or beyond any law civil or moral; -| the violation of a law or known principle of -| rectitude; breach of command; fault; offense; -| crime; sin. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transgression | Definition: -| sin n. to depart voluntarily from the path of -| duty prescribed by god to man; to violate the -| divine law in any particular by actual transgression -| or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; -| to violate any known rule of duty; -- often -| followed by against. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transgressions | Definition: -| knight marshal an officer in the household of -| the british sovereign who has cognizance of -| transgressions within the royal household and -| verge and of contracts made there a member -| of the household being one of the parties. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transgressor | Definition: -| trespasser n. a transgressor of the moral law; -| an offender; a sinner. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transitory | Definition: -| zoogloea n. a colony or mass of bacteria imbedded -| in a viscous gelatinous substance. the zoogloea -| is characteristic of a transitory stage through -| which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in -| the course of their evolution. also used adjectively. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|translate | Definition: -| travesty v. t. to translate imitate or represent -| so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|translated | Definition: -| translation n. the act of translating removing -| or transferring; removal; also the state of -| being translated or removed; as the translation -| of enoch; the translation of a bishop. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|translates | Definition: -| interpreter n. one who or that which interprets -| explains or expounds; a translator; especially -| a person who translates orally between two -| parties. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|translating | Definition: -| version n. the act of translating or rendering -| from one language into another language. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|translation | Definition: -| zend n. properly the translation and exposition -| in the huzv/resh or literary pehlevi language -| of the avesta the zoroastrian sacred writings; -| as commonly used the language (an ancient persian -| dialect) in which the avesta is written. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|translations | Definition: -| prick v. a mathematical point; -- regularly used -| in old english translations of euclid. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|translators | Definition: -| genesis n. the first book of the old testament; -| -- so called by the greek translators from -| its containing the history of the creation -| of the world and of the human race. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transmigration | Definition: -| transmigration n. the passing of the soul at death -| into another mortal body; metempsychosis. -| +|transfixed | Definition: +| transfixion n. the act of transfixing or the state +| of being transfixed or pierced. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|transmitted | Definition: -| transmitted imp. & p. p. of transmit +|transpired | Definition: +| transpired imp. & p. p. of transpire | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|transom | Definition: -| transsummer n. see transom 2. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transparent | Definition: -| window n. an opening in the wall of a building -| for the admission of light and air usually -| closed by casements or sashes containing some -| transparent material as glass and capable of -| being opened and shut at pleasure. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|transplanted | Definition: -| transplanted imp. & p. p. of transplant -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |transport | Definition: | wing v. t. to transport by flight; to cause to | fly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|transportation | Definition: +| water carriage transportation or conveyance by +| water; means of transporting by water. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |transported | Definition: | winged a. furnished with wings; transported by | flying; having winglike expansions. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|transubstantiation | Definition: -| transubstantiation n. the doctrine held by roman -| catholics that the bread and wine in the mass -| is converted into the body and blood of christ; -| -- distinguished from consubstantiation and -| impanation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |trap | Definition: | weely a kind of trap or snare for fish made of | twigs. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|trapped | Definition: +| trapped imp. & p. p. of trap +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |traps | Definition: | traps n. pl. small or portable articles for dress | furniture or use; goods; luggage; things. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|travail | Definition: -| travail v. t. to harass; to tire. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|travailing | Definition: -| travailing p. pr. & vb. n. of travail -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|travelled | Definition: -| travelled of travel -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |travelling | Definition: | travelling of travel |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|travels | Definition: -| trolly n. a truck which travels along the fixed -| conductors and forms a means of connection -| between them and a railway car. -| +|traversed | Definition: +| tubulidentate a. having teeth traversed by canals; +| -- said of certain edentates. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tray | Definition: +| waiter n. a vessel or tray on which something +| is carried as dishes etc.; a salver. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |treacherous | Definition: @@ -62322,20 +56868,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | person. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|treacherously | Definition: -| betray v. t. to deliver into the hands of an enemy -| by treachery or fraud in violation of trust; -| to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as -| an officer betrayed the city. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|treachery | Definition: -| treachery n. violation of allegiance or of faith -| and confidence; treasonable or perfidious conduct; -| perfidy; treason. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |tread | Definition: | winder n. one in a flight of steps which are curved | in plan so that each tread is broader at one @@ -62343,21 +56875,7 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | flyer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|treader | Definition: -| treader n. one who treads. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|treading | Definition: -| treadmill n. a mill worked by persons treading -| upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel -| having a horizontal axis. it is used principally -| as a means of prison discipline. also a mill -| worked by horses dogs etc. treading an endless -| belt. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|treason | Definition: +|treasonable | Definition: | treasonable a. pertaining to treason; consisting | of treason; involving the crime of treason | or partaking of its guilt. @@ -62374,20 +56892,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | appears. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|treasurer | Definition: -| treasurer n. one who has the care of a treasure -| or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives -| the public money arising from taxes and duties -| or other sources of revenue takes charge of -| the same and disburses it upon orders made -| by the proper authority; one who has charge -| of collected funds; as the treasurer of a society -| or corporation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|treasures | Definition: -| treasure-house n. a house or building where treasures -| and stores are kept. +|treasured | Definition: +| treasured imp. & p. p. of treasure +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |treasury | Definition: @@ -62405,9 +56912,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |treated | Definition: -| trinity n. any union of three in one; three units -| treated as one; a triad as the hindu trinity -| or trimurti. +| venerable a. rendered sacred by religious or other +| associations; that should be regarded with +| awe and treated with reverence; as the venerable +| walls of a temple or a church. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |treating | Definition: @@ -62416,17 +56925,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|treatise | Definition: -| zymology n. a treatise on the fermentation of -| liquors or the doctrine of fermentation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|treats | Definition: -| zoonomy n. the laws of animal life or the science -| which treats of the phenomena of animal life -| their causes and relations. -| +|treatises | Definition: +| literature n. the class of writings distinguished +| for beauty of style or expression as poetry +| essays or history in distinction from scientific +| treatises and works which contain positive +| knowledge; belles-lettres. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tree | Definition: @@ -62455,8 +56960,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tremble | Definition: -| tremble n. an involuntary shaking or quivering. -| +| tremble v. i. to quaver or shake as sound; to +| be tremulous; as the voice trembles. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |trembled | Definition: @@ -62477,37 +56983,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | shock or fall. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trench | Definition: -| underdrain n. an underground drain or trench with -| openings through which the water may percolate -| from the soil or ground above. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|trent | Definition: -| wharp n. a kind of fine sand from the banks of -| the trent used as a polishing powder. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|trespass | Definition: -| trespasser n. one who commits a trespass -| +|tremulous | Definition: +| undulation n. the tremulous tone produced by a +| peculiar pressure of the finger on a string +| as of a violin. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trespassed | Definition: -| trespassed imp. & p. p. of trespass -| +|trenchant | Definition: +| trenchantly adv. in a trenchant or sharp manner; +| sharply; severely. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trespasses | Definition: -| ranger n. the keeper of a public park or forest; -| formerly a sworn officer of a forest appointed -| by the king's letters patent whose business -| was to walk through the forest recover beasts -| that had strayed beyond its limits watch the -| deer present trespasses to the next court held -| for the forest etc. +|trepidation | Definition: +| trepidation n. a libration of the starry sphere +| in the ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed +| to the firmament to account for certain small +| changes in the position of the ecliptic and +| of the stars. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |trial | Definition: @@ -62526,115 +57018,89 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|triangular | Definition: +| wedge n. a solid of five sides having a rectangular +| base two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting +| in an edge and two triangular ends. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |tribe | Definition: | zu/is n. pl. a tribe of pueblo indians occupying | a village in new mexico on the zu/i river. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tribes | Definition: -| turk n. a member of any of numerous tartar tribes -| of central asia etc.; esp. one of the dominant -| race in turkey. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tribulation | Definition: -| tribulation n. that which occasions distress trouble -| or vexation; severe affliction. -| +|tricks | Definition: +| wily superl. full of wiles tricks or stratagems; +| using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; +| mischievously artful; subtle. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tribunal | Definition: -| unappealable a. not appealable; that can not be -| carried to a higher tribunal by appeal; as -| an unappealable suit or action. -| +|tried | Definition: +| warproof n. valor tried by war. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tribune | Definition: -| tribune n. anciently a bench or elevated place -| from which speeches were delivered; in france -| a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative -| assembly where a member stands while making -| an address; any place occupied by a public -| orator. +|trifle | Definition: +| trifle v. t. to spend in vanity; to fritter away; +| to waste; as to trifle away money. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tribunes | Definition: -| veto n. a power or right possessed by one department -| of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying -| out of projects attempted by another department; -| especially in a constitutional government a -| power vested in the chief executive to prevent -| the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. -| such a power may be absolute as in the case -| of the tribunes of the people in ancient rome -| or limited as in the case of the president -| of the united states. called also the veto -| power. +|trifled | Definition: +| trifled imp. & p. p. of trifle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tributaries | Definition: -| tributaries pl. of tributary -| +|trifles | Definition: +| vive long live that is success to; as vive le +| roi long live the king; vive la bagatelle success +| to trifles or sport. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tributary | Definition: -| tributary a. yielding supplies of any kind; serving -| to form or make up a greater object of the -| same kind as a part branch etc.; contributing; -| as the ohio has many tributary streams and -| is itself tributary to the mississippi. -| +|trifling | Definition: +| waspish a. quick to resent a trifling affront; +| characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; +| petulant; snappish. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tribute | Definition: -| tribute v. i. to pay as tribute. -| +|trimming | Definition: +| zax n. a tool for trimming and puncturing roofing +| slates. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trickling | Definition: -| trickling p. pr. & vb. n. of trickle -| +|trimmings | Definition: +| haberdasher n. a dealer in drapery goods of various +| descriptions as laces silks trimmings etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tried | Definition: -| warproof n. valor tried by war. -| +|trinkets | Definition: +| trinketry n. ornaments of dress; trinkets collectively. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trier | Definition: -| trior n. same as trier 2 and 3. +|trip | Definition: +| wrestle v. t. to contend by grappling with and +| striving to trip or throw down an opponent; +| as they wrestled skillfully. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trifling | Definition: -| waspish a. quick to resent a trifling affront; -| characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; -| petulant; snappish. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|trimmed | Definition: -| trimmed imp. & p. p. of trim +|tripped | Definition: +| tripped imp. & p. p. of trip | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trinity | Definition: -| triune a. being three in one; -- an epithet used -| to express the unity of a trinity of persons -| in the godhead. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|triple | Definition: -| waltz n. a dance performed by two persons in circular -| figures with a whirling motion; also a piece -| of music composed in triple measure for this -| kind of dance. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tripled | Definition: -| tripled imp. & p. p. of triple -| +|trips | Definition: +| yacht n. a light and elegantly furnished vessel +| used either for private parties of pleasure +| or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished +| persons from one place to another; a seagoing +| vessel used only for pleasure trips racing +| etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |triumph | Definition: @@ -62649,26 +57115,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|triumphed | Definition: -| triumphed imp. & p. p. of triumph -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|triumpher | Definition: -| triumpher n. one who triumphs or rejoices for -| victory. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|triumphing | Definition: -| triumphing a. having or celebrating a triumph; -| victorious; triumphant. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|troas | Definition: -| patrial n. a patrial noun. thus romanus a roman -| and troas a woman of troy are patrial nouns -| or patrials. +|triumphantly | Definition: +| triumphantly adv. in a triumphant manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |trod | Definition: @@ -62677,14 +57126,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |trodden | Definition: -| underfoot a. low; base; abject; trodden down. -| +| untraveled a. not traveled; not trodden by passengers; +| as an untraveled forest. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|troop | Definition: -| troupe n. a company or troop especially the company -| pf performers in a play or an opera. -| +|troopers | Definition: +| blackmail n. a certain rate of money corn cattle +| or other thing anciently paid in the north +| of england and south of scotland to certain +| men who were allied to robbers or moss troopers +| to be by them protected from pillage. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|trooping | Definition: +| trooping p. pr. & vb. n. of troop +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |troops | Definition: @@ -62693,18 +57151,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wheeled to the right. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trophies | Definition: -| trophy n. a sign or memorial of a victory raised -| on the field of battle or in case of a naval -| victory on the nearest land. sometimes trophies -| were erected in the chief city of the conquered -| people. +|trot | Definition: +| trot v. i. one who trots; a child; a woman. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |trouble | Definition: -| ugly superl. unpleasant; disagreeable; likely -| to cause trouble or loss; as an ugly rumor; -| an ugly customer. +| vexatious a. full or vexation trouble or disquiet; +| disturbed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |troubled | Definition: @@ -62731,14 +57185,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |troubling | Definition: -| troubling p. pr. & vb. n. of trouble -| +| vexation n. a harassing by process of law; a vexing +| or troubling as by a malicious suit. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|troughs | Definition: -| slip n. matter found in troughs of grindstones -| after the grinding of edge tools. -| +|trousers | Definition: +| wigan n. a kind of canvaslike cotton fabric used +| to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers +| and of the skirts of women's dresses etc.; +| -- so called from wigan the name of a town +| in lancashire england. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |trowel | Definition: @@ -62746,6 +57203,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to fill a trowel. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|truckle | Definition: +| truckling p. pr. & vb. n. of truckle +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|truculent | Definition: +| truculently adv. in a truculent manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |truly | Definition: | truly adv. in fact; in deed; in reality; in truth. | @@ -62759,31 +57226,40 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trumpets | Definition: -| trumpets n. pl. a plant (sarracenia flava) with -| long hollow leaves. +|trumps | Definition: +| tom n. the knave of trumps at gleek. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trust | Definition: -| wantrust n. failing or diminishing trust; want -| of trust or confidence; distrust. -| +|truncheon | Definition: +| warder n. a truncheon or staff carried by a king +| or a commander in chief and used in signaling +| his will. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|trunks | Definition: +| tremex n. a genus of large hymenopterous insects +| allied to the sawflies. the female lays her +| eggs in holes which she bores in the trunks +| of trees with her large and long ovipositor +| and the larva bores in the wood. see illust. +| of horntail. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trusted | Definition: -| trusted imp. & p. p. of trust +|trussed | Definition: +| trussed imp. & p. p. of truss | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trusting | Definition: -| trusting a. having or exercising trust; confiding; -| unsuspecting; trustful. -| +|trust | Definition: +| wantrust n. failing or diminishing trust; want +| of trust or confidence; distrust. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|trusty | Definition: -| trusty superl. involving trust; as a trusty business. -| +|trustful | Definition: +| untrustful a. not trustful or trusting. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |truth | Definition: @@ -62792,13 +57268,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the wrong. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|truths | Definition: -| truth n. a true thing; a verified fact; a true -| statement or proposition; an established principle -| fixed law or the like; as the great truths -| of morals. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |trying | Definition: | weather v. t. hence to sustain the trying effect | of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; @@ -62806,6 +57275,72 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|tub | Definition: +| washtub n. a tub in which clothes are washed. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tuck | Definition: +| untuck v. t. to unfold or undo as a tuck; to release +| from a tuck or fold. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tucked | Definition: +| tucked imp. & p. p. of tuck +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tucking | Definition: +| tucking p. pr. & vb. n. of tuck +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tuesday | Definition: +| tuesday n. the third day of the week following +| monday and preceding wednesday. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tuft | Definition: +| zati n. a species of macaque (macacus pileatus) +| native of india and ceylon. it has a crown +| of long erect hair and tuft of radiating hairs +| on the back of the head. called also capped +| macaque. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tuition | Definition: +| tuition n. especially the act art or business +| of teaching; instruction; as children are sent +| to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tumble | Definition: +| welter v. i. to rise and fall as waves; to tumble +| over as billows. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tumbled | Definition: +| tumbled imp. & p. p. of tumble +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tumbler | Definition: +| tumblerful n. as much as a tumbler will hold; +| enough to fill a tumbler. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|tumblers | Definition: +| stump n. a pin in a tumbler lock which forms an +| obstruction to throwing the bolt except when +| the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged +| as by the key; a fence; also a pin or projection +| in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |tumbling | Definition: | wall-sided a. having sides nearly perpendicular; | -- said of certain vessels to distinguish them @@ -62815,17 +57350,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tumult | Definition: -| tumult n. irregular or confused motion; agitation; -| high excitement; as the tumult of the spirits -| or passions. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tumults | Definition: -| subside v. i. to fall into a state of quiet; to -| cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; -| to become tranquil; to abate; as the sea subsides; -| the tumults of war will subside; the fever -| has subsided. +| tumult v. i. to make a tumult; to be in great +| commotion. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |tune | Definition: @@ -62834,33 +57360,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tunes | Definition: -| plagal a. having a scale running from the dominant -| to its octave; -- said of certain old church -| modes or tunes as opposed to those called authentic -| which ran from the tonic to its octave. -| +|tuner | Definition: +| tuner n. one who tunes; especially one whose occupation +| is to tune musical instruments. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tunic | Definition: -| tunicata n. pl. a grand division of the animal -| kingdom intermediate in some respects between -| the invertebrates and vertebrates and by some -| writers united with the latter. they were formerly -| classed with acephalous mollusks. the body -| is usually covered with a firm external tunic -| consisting in part of cellulose and having -| two openings one for the entrance and one for -| the exit of water. the pharynx is usually dilated -| in the form of a sac pierced by several series -| of ciliated slits and serves as a gill. -| +|tunnel | Definition: +| tunnel v. t. to make an opening or a passageway +| through or under; as to tunnel a mountain; +| to tunnel a river. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|turks | Definition: -| turkish n. the language spoken by turks esp. that -| of the people of turkey. -| +|tureen | Definition: +| tureenful n. as much as a tureen can hold; enough +| to fill a tureen. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |turn | Definition: @@ -62885,90 +57399,85 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|turnings | Definition: -| return n. the turnings and windings of a trench -| or mine. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|turns | Definition: -| zigzag n. something that has short turns or angles. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|turpentine | Definition: -| turpentine n. a semifluid or fluid oleoresin primarily -| the exudation of the terebinth or turpentine -| tree (pistacia terebinthus) a native of the -| mediterranean region. it is also obtained from -| many coniferous trees especially species of -| pine larch and fir. +|turnips | Definition: +| squally a. interrupted by unproductive spots; +| -- said of a flied of turnips or grain. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|turpitude | Definition: -| turpitude n. inherent baseness or vileness of -| principle words or actions; shameful wickedness; -| depravity. +|turnkey | Definition: +| turnkey n. an instrument with a hinged claw -- +| used for extracting teeth with a twist. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|turtle | Definition: -| turtle-shell n. the turtle cowrie. -| +|turnkeys | Definition: +| turnkeys pl. of turnkey |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|turtledove | Definition: -| turtledove n. any one of several species of pigeons -| more or less resembling the true turtledoves -| as the american mourning dove (see under dove) -| and the australian turtledove (stictopelia -| cuneata). +|turnpike | Definition: +| turnstile n. a revolving frame in a footpath preventing +| the passage of horses or cattle but admitting +| that of persons; a turnpike. see turnpike n. +| 1. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|turtledoves | Definition: -| turtledove n. any one of several species of pigeons -| more or less resembling the true turtledoves -| as the american mourning dove (see under dove) -| and the australian turtledove (stictopelia -| cuneata). +|turns | Definition: +| zigzag n. something that has short turns or angles. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|turtles | Definition: -| turtler n. one who catches turtles or tortoises. +|turret | Definition: +| turriculated a. furnished with or formed like +| a small turret or turrets; somewhat turreted. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tutors | Definition: -| faculty n. the body of person to whom are intrusted -| the government and instruction of a college -| or university or of one of its departments; -| the president professors and tutors in a college. -| +|tusks | Definition: +| wart hog either one of two species of large savage +| african wild hogs of the genus phacoch/rus. +| these animals have a pair of large rough fleshy +| tubercles behind the tusks and second pair +| behind the eyes. the tusks are large and strong +| and both pairs curve upward. the body is scantily +| covered with bristles but there is long dorsal +| mane. the south african species (phacoch/rus +| aethiopicus) is the best known. called also +| vlacke vark. the second species (p. aeliani) +| is native of the coasts of the red sea. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|twelfth | Definition: -| uncia n. a twelfth part as of the roman as; an -| ounce. +|tutor | Definition: +| tutor v. t. to play the tutor toward; to treat +| with authority or severity. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |twelve | Definition: -| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16� -| or 18� broad in the middle of which is the +| zodiac n. an imaginary belt in the heavens 16¡ +| or 18¡ broad in the middle of which is the | ecliptic or sun's path. it comprises the twelve | constellations which one constituted and from | which were named the twelve signs of the zodiac. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|twelvemonth | Definition: +| twelvemonth n. a year which consists of twelve +| calendar months. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |twentieth | Definition: -| twentieth n. the quotient of a unit divided by -| twenty; one of twenty equal parts of one whole. -| +| vigesimation n. the act of putting to death every +| twentieth man. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |twenty | Definition: -| twenty n. the number next following nineteen; -| the sum of twelve and eight or twice ten; twenty -| units or objects; a score. -| +| violaceous a. of or pertaining to a natural order +| of plants of which the violet is the type. +| it contains about twenty genera and two hundred +| and fifty species. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |twice | Definition: @@ -62987,27 +57496,44 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|twilight | Definition: +| twilight a. imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|twin | Definition: +| witherite n. barium carbonate occurring in white +| or gray six-sided twin crystals and also in +| columnar or granular masses. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |twined | Definition: -| twine n. to twist together; to form by twisting -| or winding of threads; to wreathe; as fine -| twined linen. +| untwine v. t. to untwist; to separate as that +| which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; +| to untie. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|twinkling | Definition: -| twinkling n. a shining with intermitted light; -| a scintillation; a sparkling; as the twinkling -| of the stars. +|twinge | Definition: +| twinge n. a sudden sharp pain; a darting local +| pain of momentary continuance; as a twinge +| in the arm or side. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|twinkle | Definition: +| twinkle n. the time of a wink; a twinkling. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|twins | Definition: -| twin v. t. to cause to be twins or like twins -| in any way. +|twinkled | Definition: +| twinkled imp. & p. p. of twinkle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |twist | Definition: -| writhe v. t. to twist; to turn; now usually to -| twist or turn so as to distort; to wring. -| +| writhe v. i. to twist or contort the body; to +| be distorted; as to writhe with agony. also +| used figuratively. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |twisted | Definition: @@ -63025,77 +57551,51 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or form. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|twofold | Definition: -| twofold a. double; duplicate; multiplied by two; -| as a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold -| argument. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tying | Definition: -| tying n. the act or process of washing ores in -| a buddle. +|twists | Definition: +| warper n. one who or that which warps or twists +| out of shape. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tyrannical | Definition: -| tyrannize v. t. to subject to arbitrary oppressive -| or tyrannical treatment; to oppress. -| +|twitched | Definition: +| twitched imp. & p. p. of twitch +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tyrannized | Definition: -| tyrannized imp. & p. p. of tyrannize +|twopence | Definition: +| twopence n. a small coin and money of account +| in england equivalent to two pennies -- minted +| to a fixed annual amount for almsgiving by +| the sovereign on maundy thursday. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tyrannus | Definition: -| kingbird n. a small american bird (tyrannus tyrannus -| or t. carolinensis) noted for its courage in -| attacking larger birds even hawks and eagles -| especially when they approach its nest in the -| breeding season. it is a typical tyrant flycatcher -| taking various insects upon the wing. it is -| dark ash above and blackish on the head and -| tail. the quills and wing coverts are whitish -| at the edges. it is white beneath with a white -| terminal band on the tail. the feathers on -| the head of the adults show a bright orange -| basal spot when erected. called also bee bird -| and bee martin. several southern and western -| species of tyrannus are also called king birds. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|tyranny | Definition: -| tyranny n. cruel government or discipline; as -| the tyranny of a schoolmaster. -| +|typified | Definition: +| typified imp. & p. p. of typify +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tyrant | Definition: -| tyrant n. any one of numerous species of american -| clamatorial birds belonging to the family tyrannidae; -| -- called also tyrant bird. -| +|ugly | Definition: +| witch n. an ugly old woman; a hag. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tyre | Definition: -| tyrian a. of or pertaining to tyre or its people. -| +|ulterior | Definition: +| undesigning a. having no artful ulterior or fraudulent +| purpose; sincere; artless; simple. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|tyrian | Definition: -| tyrian a. being of the color called tyrian purple. +|ultimately | Definition: +| ultimately adv. as a final consequence; at last; +| in the end; as afflictions often tend to correct +| immoral habits and ultimately prove blessings. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|udder | Definition: -| uddered a. having an udder or udders. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ulcer | Definition: -| wolf a. an eating ulcer or sore. cf. lupus. -| +|umbrella | Definition: +| velum n. the circular membrane that partially +| incloses the space beneath the umbrella of +| hydroid medusae. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |un | Definition: @@ -63112,73 +57612,106 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|unacceptable | Definition: +| unacceptable a. not acceptable; not pleasing; +| not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; +| offensive. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |unaccountable | Definition: | unaccountable a. not to be accounted for; inexplicable; | not consonant with reason or rule; strange; | mysterious. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unaccustomed | Definition: -| unaccustomed a. not used; not habituated; unfamiliar; -| unused; -- which to. +|unacquainted | Definition: +| unacquainted a. not usual; unfamiliar; strange. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unadvised | Definition: -| unadvised a. done without due consideration; wanton; -| rash; inconsiderate; as an unadvised proceeding. -| +|unaffected | Definition: +| unaffected a. free from affectation; plain; simple; +| natural; real; sincere; genuine; as unaffected +| sorrow. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unartistic | Definition: +| unartistic a. inartistic. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unassisted | Definition: +| wild superl. growing or produced without culture; +| growing or prepared without the aid and care +| of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth +| by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; +| as wild parsnip wild camomile wild strawberry +| wild honey. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unassuming | Definition: +| unassuming a. not assuming; not bold or forward; +| not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; +| retiring; as an unassuming youth; unassuming +| manners. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unavoidable | Definition: +| undo v. t. to bring to poverty; to impoverish; +| to ruin as in reputation morals hopes or the +| like; as many are undone by unavoidable losses +| but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation +| or by indolence. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unanimous | Definition: -| unanimous a. formed with unanimity; indicating -| unanimity; having the agreement and consent -| of all; agreed upon without the opposition -| or contradiction of any; as a unanimous opinion; -| a unanimous vote. +|unbeknown | Definition: +| unbeknown a. not known; unknown. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unarmed | Definition: -| unarmed a. having no hard and sharp projections -| as spines prickles spurs claws etc. -| +|unbend | Definition: +| unbend v. i. to relax in exertion attention severity +| or the like; hence to indulge in mirth or amusement. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unawares | Definition: -| unawares adv. without design or preparation; suddenly; -| without premeditation unexpectedly. -| +|unbind | Definition: +| unbind v. t. to remove a band from; to set free +| from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; +| to loose; as unbind your fillets; to unbind +| a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unbecoming | Definition: -| unbeseem v. t. to be unbecoming or unsuitable -| to; to misbecome. +|unbolted | Definition: +| pumpernickel n. a sort of bread made of unbolted +| rye which forms the chief food of the westphalian +| peasants. it is acid but nourishing. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unbelief | Definition: -| unbelief n. disbelief; especially disbelief of -| divine revelation or in a divine providence -| or scheme of redemption. -| +|unborn | Definition: +| unget v. t. to cause to be unbegotten or unborn +| or as if unbegotten or unborn. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unbeliever | Definition: -| unbeliever n. a disbeliever; especially one who -| does not believe that the bible is a divine -| revelation and holds that christ was neither -| a divine nor a supernatural person; an infidel; -| a freethinker. +|unbound | Definition: +| unbound imp. & p. p. of unbind. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unbelieving | Definition: -| unbelieving a. believing the thing alleged no -| to be true; disbelieving; especially believing -| that bible is not a divine revelation or that -| christ was not a divine or a supernatural person. -| +|unbounded | Definition: +| unbounded a. having no bound or limit; as unbounded +| space; an unbounded ambition. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unbloody | Definition: -| unbloody a. not bloody. +|unceremoniously | Definition: +| familiarity n. anything said or done by one person +| to another unceremoniously and without constraint; +| esp. in the pl. such actions and words as propriety +| and courtesy do not warrant; liberties. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |uncertain | Definition: @@ -63188,112 +57721,134 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |uncertainty | Definition: -| uncertainty n. the quality or state of being uncertain. -| +| uncertainty n. that which is uncertain; something +| unknown. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unchangeable | Definition: -| rubricate v. t. to mark or distinguished with -| red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish -| in a settled and unchangeable form. -| +|unchanged | Definition: +| theme n. a noun or verb not modified by inflections; +| also that part of a noun or verb which remains +| unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in +| declension or conjugation; stem. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unchanged | Definition: -| shear v. t. a strain or change of shape of an -| elastic body consisting of an extension in -| one direction an equal compression in a perpendicular -| direction with an unchanged magnitude in the -| third direction. +|unchanging | Definition: +| true-blue a. of inflexible honesty and fidelity; +| -- a term derived from the true or coventry +| blue formerly celebrated for its unchanging +| color. see true blue under blue. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uncharitable | Definition: -| uncharitable a. not charitable; contrary to charity; -| severe in judging; harsh; censorious; as uncharitable -| opinions or zeal. +|uncle | Definition: +| uncle n. the brother of one's father or mother; +| also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative +| of aunt in sex and of nephew and niece in relationship. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unchaste | Definition: -| unchaste a. not chaste; not continent; lewd. -| +|uncoil | Definition: +| unwreathe v. t. to untwist uncoil or untwine as +| anything wreathed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uncircumcised | Definition: -| uncircumcised n. not circumcised; hence not of -| the israelites. +|uncomfortable | Definition: +| uncomfortable a. feeling discomfort; uneasy; as +| to be uncomfortable on account of one's position. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uncircumcision | Definition: -| uncircumcision n. people not circumcised; the -| gentiles. +|uncommon | Definition: +| wireworm n. one of the larvae of various species +| of snapping beetles or elaters; -- so called +| from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness +| of the integument. wireworms are sometimes +| very destructive to the roots of plants. called +| also wire grub. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uncle | Definition: -| uncle n. the brother of one's father or mother; -| also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative -| of aunt in sex and of nephew and niece in relationship. -| +|uncommonly | Definition: +| whopper n. something uncommonly large of the kind; +| something astonishing; -- applied especially +| to a bold lie. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unclean | Definition: -| unclean a. ceremonially impure; needing ritual -| cleansing. +|uncongenial | Definition: +| dislike n. a feeling of positive and usually permanent +| aversion to something unpleasant uncongenial +| or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; +| disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uncleanness | Definition: -| lustration n. a sacrifice or ceremony by which -| cities fields armies or people defiled by crimes -| pestilence or other cause of uncleanness were -| purified. +|unconnected | Definition: +| scrap v. t. specifically a fragment of something +| written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected +| extract. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unclothed | Definition: -| unclothed a. not yet clothed; wanting clothes; -| naked. +|unconscionable | Definition: +| unconscionable a. not conscionable; not conforming +| to reason; unreasonable; exceeding the limits +| of any reasonable claim or expectation; inordinate; +| as an unconscionable person or demand; unconscionable +| size. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uncomely | Definition: -| uncomely a. not comely. -- adv. in an uncomely -| manner. +|unconscious | Definition: +| unconscious a. having no knowledge by experience; +| -- followed by of; as a mule unconscious of +| the yoke. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uncover | Definition: -| undrape v. t. to strip of drapery; to uncover -| or unveil. +|unconsciously | Definition: +| cynic n. one who holds views resembling those +| of the cynics; a snarler; a misanthrope; particularly +| a person who believes that human conduct is +| directed either consciously or unconsciously +| wholly by self-interest or self-indulgence +| and that appearances to the contrary are superficial +| and untrustworthy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uncovered | Definition: -| uncovered imp. & p. p. of uncover -| +|unconsciousness | Definition: +| megrim n. a sudden vertigo in a horse succeeded +| sometimes by unconsciousness produced by an +| excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of +| apoplexy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uncovering | Definition: -| uncovering p. pr. & vb. n. of uncover -| +|uncouth | Definition: +| uncouth a. unfamiliar; strange; hence mysterious; +| dreadful; also odd; awkward; boorish; as uncouth +| manners. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unction | Definition: -| unction n. that quality in language address or -| the like which excites emotion; especially -| strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; -| sometimes a simulated factitious or unnatural -| fervor. +|uncovered | Definition: +| waistcoateer n. one wearing a waistcoat; esp. +| a woman wearing one uncovered or thought fit +| for such a habit; hence a loose woman; strumpet. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|undefiled | Definition: -| virginity n. the quality or state of being a virgin; -| undefiled purity or chastity; maidenhood. -| +|undecided | Definition: +| suspend n. to hold in an undetermined or undecided +| state; as to suspend one's judgment or opinion. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|undeniable | Definition: -| undeniable a. not deniable; incapable of denial; -| palpably true; indisputable; obvious; as undeniable -| evidence. +|undefined | Definition: +| qualify v. t. to reduce from a general undefined +| or comprehensive form to particular or restricted +| form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to +| restrain; as to qualify a statement claim or +| proposition. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|underfoot | Definition: -| underfoot a. low; base; abject; trodden down. +|undeniable | Definition: +| undeniable a. unobjectionable; unquestionably +| excellent; as a person of undeniable connections. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -63305,34 +57860,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | by weather. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|undergone | Definition: -| undifferentiated a. not differentiated; specifically -| (biol.) homogenous or nearly so; -- said especially -| of young or embryonic tissues which have not -| yet undergone differentiation (see differentiation -| 3) that is which show no visible separation -| into their different structural parts. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|undermine | Definition: -| undermine v. t. to excavate the earth beneath -| or the part of especially for the purpose of -| causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a -| mine under; to sap; as to undermine a wall. -| +|undergoing | Definition: +| wasting a. causing waste; also undergoing waste; +| diminishing; as a wasting disease; a wasting +| fortune. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|undermined | Definition: -| niagara period a subdivision or the american -| upper silurian system embracing the medina -| clinton and niagara epoch. the rocks of the -| niagara epoch mostly limestones are extensively -| distributed and at niagara falls consist of -| about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater -| thickness of limestone which is gradually undermined -| by the removal of the shale. see chart of geology. -| +|underlet | Definition: +| underlet v. t. to let or lease at second hand; +| to sublet. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |underneath | Definition: @@ -63341,15 +57877,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|undersized | Definition: +| undersized a. of a size less than is common. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |understand | Definition: -| understand v. t. to have just and adequate ideas -| of; to apprehended the meaning or intention -| of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to -| know; as to understand a problem in euclid; -| to understand a proposition or a declaration; -| the court understands the advocate or his argument; -| to understand the sacred oracles; to understand -| a nod or a wink. +| universalist n. one who affects to understand +| all the particulars in statements or propositions. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |understanding | Definition: @@ -63358,21 +57894,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|understands | Definition: -| understanding n. the act of one who understands -| a thing in any sense of the verb; knowledge; -| discernment; comprehension; interpretation; -| explanation. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |understood | Definition: | understood imp. & p. p. of understand. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |undertake | Definition: -| undertake v. i. to give a promise or guarantee; -| to be surety. +| venture v. i. to hazard one's self; to have the +| courage or presumption to do undertake or say +| something; to dare. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|undertaker | Definition: +| upholder n. an undertaker or provider for funerals. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |undertaking | Definition: @@ -63396,27 +57931,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|underwritten | Definition: -| underwritten p. p. of underwrite -| +|undesigning | Definition: +| undesigning a. having no artful ulterior or fraudulent +| purpose; sincere; artless; simple. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|undisciplined | Definition: -| un- adv. those which have acquired an opposed -| or contrary instead of a merely negative meaning; -| as unfriendly ungraceful unpalatable unquiet -| and the like; or else an intensive sense more -| than a prefixed not would express; as unending -| unparalleled undisciplined undoubted unsafe -| and the like. +|undesirable | Definition: +| save a. to rescue from something undesirable or +| hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to +| spare. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|undisturbed | Definition: +| serenity n. calmness of mind; eveness of temper; +| undisturbed state; coolness; composure. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|undivided | Definition: +| whole-hoofed a. having an undivided hoof as the +| horse. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |undo | Definition: -| undo v. t. to bring to poverty; to impoverish; -| to ruin as in reputation morals hopes or the -| like; as many are undone by unavoidable losses -| but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation -| or by indolence. +| unwrap v. t. to open or undo as what is wrapped +| or folded. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |undone | Definition: @@ -63424,6 +57964,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|unearthly | Definition: +| unearthly a. not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; +| hence weird; appalling; terrific; as an unearthly +| sight or sound. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|uneasily | Definition: +| wriggle v. i. to move the body to and fro with +| short writhing motions like a worm; to squirm; +| to twist uneasily or quickly about. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|uneasiness | Definition: +| uneasiness n. the quality of making uneasy; discomfort; +| as the uneasiness of the road. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |uneasy | Definition: | yearn v. i. to be filled with longing desire; | to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing @@ -63432,14 +57991,43 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to be eager. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|unemployed | Definition: +| waste v. that which is wasted or desolate; a devastated +| uncultivated or wild country; a deserted region; +| an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary +| void; a desert; a wilderness. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unequal | Definition: +| wolf a. the harsh howling sound of some of the +| chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal +| temperament. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |unexpected | Definition: | windfall n. an unexpected legacy or other gain. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unexperienced | Definition: -| unexperienced a. untried; -- applied to things. -| +|unexpectedly | Definition: +| sudden a. happening without previous notice or +| with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly +| or without the common preparation; immediate; +| instant; speedy. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unexplained | Definition: +| truelove n. an unexplained word occurring in chaucer +| meaning perhaps an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening +| the breath. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unfair | Definition: +| unfair a. not fair; not honest; not impartial; +| disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; +| dishonest; unjust; unequal. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |unfaithful | Definition: @@ -63450,34 +58038,43 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | servant. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unfaithfulness | Definition: -| shirk v. t. to avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- -| implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as to shirk -| duty. +|unfeeling | Definition: +| unfeeling a. destitute of feeling; void of sensibility; +| insensible; insensate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unfeigned | Definition: -| unfeigned a. not feigned; not counterfeit; not -| hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as unfeigned -| piety; unfeigned love to man. -| +|unfit | Definition: +| weed v. t. to reject as unfit for breeding purposes. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unfolded | Definition: -| sheet v. t. a broad piece of paper whether folded -| or unfolded whether blank or written or printed -| upon; hence a letter; a newspaper etc. +|unfitness | Definition: +| solecism n. any inconsistency unfitness absurdity +| or impropriety as in deeds or manners. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unforeseen | Definition: -| fate n. the element of chance in the affairs of -| life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions -| considered as a force shaping events; fortune; -| esp. opposing circumstances against which it -| is useless to struggle; as fate was or the -| fates were against him. -| +|unfitted | Definition: +| sterile a. incapable of reproduction; unfitted +| for reproduction of offspring; not able to +| germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as a sterile +| flower which bears only stamens. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unfold | Definition: +| untuck v. t. to unfold or undo as a tuck; to release +| from a tuck or fold. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unfolding | Definition: +| unfoldment n. the acct of unfolding or the state +| of being unfolded. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unfortunate | Definition: +| unfortunate n. an unfortunate person. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |unfrequented | Definition: @@ -63486,29 +58083,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | echoes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unfruitful | Definition: -| unfruitful a. not producing fruit or offspring; -| unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as -| an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; -| an unfruitful life or effort. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ungirded | Definition: -| orthostade n. a chiton or loose ungirded tunic -| falling in straight folds. -| +|ungainly | Definition: +| ungainly adv. in an ungainly manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|ungodly | Definition: -| world n. the earth and its affairs as distinguished -| from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished -| from those of the life to come; the present -| existence and its interests; hence secular -| affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs -| of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly -| or wicked part of mankind. -| +|ungenerous | Definition: +| ungenerously adv. in an ungenerous manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ungracious | Definition: @@ -63533,12 +58115,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|unhealthy | Definition: +| malaria n. air infected with some noxious substance +| capable of engendering disease; esp. an unhealthy +| exhalation from certain soils as marshy or +| wet lands producing fevers; miasma. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |unheard | Definition: -| unheard a. not granted an audience or a hearing; -| not allowed to speak; not having made a defense -| or stated one's side of a question; disregarded; -| unheeded; as to condem/ a man unheard. -| +| unheard a. not heard; not perceived by the ear; +| as words unheard by those present. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |unholy | Definition: @@ -63547,36 +58135,32 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unicorn | Definition: -| unicorn n. the kamichi; -- called also unicorn -| bird. +|uniformly | Definition: +| uniformly adv. in a uniform manner; without variation +| or diversity; by a regular constant or common +| ratio of change; with even tenor; as a temper +| uniformly mild. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uniform | Definition: -| warm-blooded a. having warm blood; -- applied -| especially to those animals as birds and mammals -| which have warm blood or more properly the -| power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature -| whatever the temperature of the surrounding -| air. see homoiothermal. -| +|unintelligible | Definition: +| jargon v. i. to utter jargon; to emit confused +| or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly +| or in a harsh and noisy manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uninhabitable | Definition: -| tsetse n. a venomous two-winged african fly (glossina -| morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous and -| even fatal to horses and cattle but harmless -| to men. it renders extensive districts in which -| it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons -| of the year. +|unintentional | Definition: +| slip n. an unintentional error or fault; a false +| step. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uninhabited | Definition: -| wilderness v. t. a tract of land or a region uncultivated -| and uninhabited by human beings whether a forest -| or a wide barren plain; a wild; a waste; a -| desert; a pathless waste of any kind. -| +|unintentionally | Definition: +| lose v. t. to part with unintentionally or unwillingly +| as by accident misfortune negligence penalty +| forfeit etc.; to be deprived of; as to lose +| money from one's purse or pocket or in business +| or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; +| to lose men in battle. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |union | Definition: @@ -63585,17 +58169,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|unique | Definition: +| unique n. a thing without a like; something unequaled +| or unparalleled. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |unite | Definition: | yot v. t. to unite closely. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unity | Definition: -| triune a. being three in one; -- an epithet used -| to express the unity of a trinity of persons -| in the godhead. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |universal | Definition: | yoga n. a species of asceticism among the hindoos | which consists in a complete abstraction from @@ -63618,11 +58201,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unjustly | Definition: -| wrong v. t. to treat with injustice; to deprive -| of some right or to withhold some act of justice -| from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly -| with; to injure. +|unkind | Definition: +| unkind a. wanting in kindness sympathy benevolence +| gratitude or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; +| ungrateful. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unkindness | Definition: +| disoblige v. t. to do an act which contravenes +| the will or desires of; to offend by an act +| of unkindness or incivility; to displease; +| to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating +| to. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |unknown | Definition: @@ -63631,31 +58221,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unlade | Definition: -| unlade v. t. to take the load from; to take out -| the cargo of; as to unlade a ship or a wagon. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|unlawful | Definition: -| whorish a. resembling a whore in character or -| conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; -| lewd; unchaste. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|unlearned | Definition: -| unlearned a. not exhibiting learning; as unlearned -| verses. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|unleavened | Definition: -| wafer n. a thin cake or piece of bread (commonly -| unleavened circular and stamped with a crucifix -| or with the sacred monogram) used in the eucharist -| as in the roman catholic church. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |unless | Definition: | waif n. goods found of which the owner is not | known; originally such goods as a pursued thief @@ -63666,40 +58231,67 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |unlike | Definition: -| unchild v. t. to make unlike a child; to divest -| of the characteristics of a child. -| +| vary v. i. to differ or be different; to be unlike +| or diverse; as the laws of france vary from +| those of england. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unlooked | Definition: -| unlooked a. not observed or foreseen; unexpected; -| -- generally with for. +|unlikely | Definition: +| unlikely adv. in an unlikely manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unlucky | Definition: -| traverse a. something that thwarts crosses or -| obstructs; a cross accident; as he would have -| succeeded had it not been for unlucky traverses -| not under his control. +|unlimited | Definition: +| unlimited a. undefined; indefinite; not bounded +| by proper exceptions; as unlimited terms. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unmarried | Definition: -| virginity n. the unmarried life; celibacy. -| +|unloading | Definition: +| wharfage n. the fee or duty paid for the privilege +| of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; +| pierage collectively; quayage. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unmerciful | Definition: -| unmerciful a. not merciful; indisposed to mercy -| or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind. +|unlucky | Definition: +| unlucky a. not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; +| ill-fated; unhappy; as an unlucky man; an unlucky +| adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky +| game. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unmanageable | Definition: +| water-logged a. filled or saturated with water +| so as to be heavy unmanageable or loglike; +| -- said of a vessel when by receiving a great +| quantity of water into her hold she has become +| so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|unmanned | Definition: +| unmanned a. not furnished with men; as an unmanned +| ship. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unmoved | Definition: +| unmoved a. not moved; fixed; firm; unshaken; calm; +| apathetic. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |unnatural | Definition: -| unction n. that quality in language address or -| the like which excites emotion; especially -| strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; -| sometimes a simulated factitious or unnatural -| fervor. +| untimely a. not timely; done or happening at an +| unnatural unusual or improper time; unseasonable; +| premature; inopportune; as untimely frosts; +| untimely remarks; an untimely death. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unnaturally | Definition: +| sepulchral a. unnaturally low and grave; hollow +| in tone; -- said of sound especially of the +| voice. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |unnecessary | Definition: @@ -63708,8 +58300,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | labor care or rigor. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unpassable | Definition: -| unpassable a. impassable. +|unparalleled | Definition: +| unparalleled a. having no parallel or equal; unequaled; +| unmatched. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |unpleasant | Definition: @@ -63717,135 +58310,130 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unpolished | Definition: -| inurbanity n. want of urbanity or courtesy; unpolished -| manners or deportment; inurbaneness; rudeness. -| +|unprotected | Definition: +| hit v. t. to take up or replace by a piece belonging +| to the opposing player; -- said of a single +| unprotected piece on a point. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unprepared | Definition: -| raw superl. hence: unprepared for use or enjoyment; -| immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; -| unpracticed; untried; as raw soldiers; a raw -| recruit. +|unqualified | Definition: +| plumper n. a downright unqualified lie. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unprofitable | Definition: -| weed n. fig.: something unprofitable or troublesome; -| anything useless. +|unquestionably | Definition: +| undeniable a. unobjectionable; unquestionably +| excellent; as a person of undeniable connections. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |unquiet | Definition: -| un- adv. those which have acquired an opposed -| or contrary instead of a merely negative meaning; -| as unfriendly ungraceful unpalatable unquiet -| and the like; or else an intensive sense more -| than a prefixed not would express; as unending -| unparalleled undisciplined undoubted unsafe -| and the like. +| unquiet a. not quiet; restless; uneasy; agitated; +| disturbed. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unreason | Definition: +| unreason n. want of reason; unreasonableness; +| absurdity. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |unreasonable | Definition: -| tyrant n. specifically a monarch or other ruler -| or master who uses power to oppress his subjects; -| a person who exercises unlawful authority or -| lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one -| who by taxation injustice or cruel punishment -| or the demand of unreasonable services imposes -| burdens and hardships on those under his control -| which law and humanity do not authorize or -| which the purposes of government do not require; -| a cruel master; an oppressor. -| +| unreasonable a. not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; +| exorbitant. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unruly | Definition: -| un- adv. those which have the value of independent -| words inasmuch as the simple words are either -| not used at all or are rarely or at least much -| less frequently used; as unavoidable unconscionable -| undeniable unspeakable unprecedented unruly -| and the like; or inasmuch as they are used -| in a different sense from the usual meaning -| of the primitive or especially in one of the -| significations of the latter; as unaccountable -| unalloyed unbelieving unpretending unreserved -| and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently -| and familiarly used that they are hardly felt -| to be of negative origin; as uncertain uneven -| and the like. +|unreasonably | Definition: +| temerarious a. unreasonably adventurous; despising +| danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; +| heedless. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unsatiable | Definition: -| unsatiable a. insatiable. +|unremunerative | Definition: +| lean n. unremunerative copy or work. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unsearchable | Definition: -| unsearchable a. not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; -| mysterious. +|unreservedly | Definition: +| gushing a. emitting copiously as tears or words; +| weakly and unreservedly demonstrative in matters +| of affection; sentimental. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unseemly | Definition: -| unseemly adv. in an unseemly manner. -| +|unrestricted | Definition: +| open a. free to be used enjoyed visited or the +| like; not private; public; unrestricted in +| use; as an open library museum court or other +| assembly; liable to the approach trespass or +| attack of any one; unprotected; exposed. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unspeakable | Definition: -| un- adv. those which have the value of independent -| words inasmuch as the simple words are either -| not used at all or are rarely or at least much -| less frequently used; as unavoidable unconscionable -| undeniable unspeakable unprecedented unruly -| and the like; or inasmuch as they are used -| in a different sense from the usual meaning -| of the primitive or especially in one of the -| significations of the latter; as unaccountable -| unalloyed unbelieving unpretending unreserved -| and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently -| and familiarly used that they are hardly felt -| to be of negative origin; as uncertain uneven -| and the like. +|unsatisfactory | Definition: +| rude superl. not finished or complete; inelegant; +| lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good +| taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; +| -- said of literature language style and the +| like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unspotted | Definition: -| unspotted a. not spotted; free from spot or stain; -| especially free from moral stain; unblemished; -| immaculate; as an unspotted reputation. -| +|unsay | Definition: +| unsay v. t. to recant or recall as what has been +| said; to refract; to take back again; to make +| as if not said. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unstable | Definition: -| sinapine n. an alkaloid occuring in the seeds -| of mustard. it is extracted in combination -| with sulphocyanic acid as a white crystalline -| substance having a hot bitter taste. when sinapine -| is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition. +|unscrupulous | Definition: +| unscrupulous a. not scrupulous; unprincipled. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|unseen | Definition: +| unseen a. unskilled; inexperienced. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unsettled | Definition: +| wowf a. disordered or unsettled in intellect; +| deranged. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unspeakable | Definition: +| unspeakable a. not speakable; incapable of being +| uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; +| unutterable; ineffable; as unspeakable grief +| or rage. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unsteadily | Definition: +| wabble v. i. to move staggeringly or unsteadily +| from one side to the other; to vacillate; to +| move the manner of a rotating disk when the +| axis of rotation is inclined to that of the +| disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; +| as a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |unsteady | Definition: | wince v. i. to kick or flounce when unsteady or | impatient at a rider; as a horse winces. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unsufferable | Definition: -| unsufferable a. insufferable. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|untilled | Definition: -| fallow n. land that has lain a year or more untilled -| or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed -| for the season. +|unsuccessful | Definition: +| unsuccessful a. not successful; not producing +| the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with +| or resulting in failure; unlucky; unhappy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|untimely | Definition: -| untimely a. not timely; done or happening at an -| unnatural unusual or improper time; unseasonable; -| premature; inopportune; as untimely frosts; -| untimely remarks; an untimely death. -| +|untaught | Definition: +| savage n. a human being in his native state of +| rudeness; one who is untaught uncivilized or +| without cultivation of mind or manners. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |unto | Definition: @@ -63860,53 +58448,69 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|untruth | Definition: -| un- adv. un- is prefixed to nouns to express the -| absence of or the contrary of that which the -| noun signifies; as unbelief unfaith unhealth -| unrest untruth and the like. -| +|untoward | Definition: +| untoward a. inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; +| unlucky; unfortunate; as an untoward wind or +| accident. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unwary | Definition: -| unwary a. unexpected; unforeseen; unware. -| +|untried | Definition: +| neocracy n. government by new or inexperienced +| hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unwashed | Definition: -| unwashed a. not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean. +|untrue | Definition: +| untrue a. not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unwilling | Definition: -| unwilling a. not willing; loath; disinclined; -| reluctant; as an unwilling servant. -| +|untruthfulness | Definition: +| negation adv. the act of denying; assertion of +| the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; +| declaration that something is not or has not +| been or will not be; denial; -- the opposite +| of affirmation. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|unusual | Definition: +| yoke n. a tie securing two timbers together not +| used for part of a regular truss but serving +| a temporary purpose as to provide against unusual +| strain. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unwillingly | Definition: -| lost v. t. parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; -| not to be found; missing; as a lost book or -| sheep. +|unusually | Definition: +| super- a prefix formerly much used to denote +| that the ingredient to the name of which it +| was prefixed was present in a large or unusually +| large proportion as compared with the other +| ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. +| it has been superseded by per- bi- di- acid +| etc. (as peroxide bicarbonate disulphide and +| acid sulphate) which retain the old meanings +| of super- but with sharper definition. cf. +| acid a. bi- di- and per-. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unwise | Definition: -| unwise a. not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; -| indiscreet; foolish; as an unwise man; unwise -| kings; unwise measures. -| +|unutterable | Definition: +| unutterable a. not utterable; incapable of being +| spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; +| unspeakable; as unutterable anguish. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unwisely | Definition: -| unwisely adv. in an unwise manner; foolishly. -| +|unwilling | Definition: +| unwilling a. not willing; loath; disinclined; +| reluctant; as an unwilling servant. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unworthily | Definition: -| disingenuous a. not ingenuous; wanting in noble -| candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; -| unworthily or meanly artful. -| +|unwonted | Definition: +| unwonted a. not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; +| not made familiar by practice; as a child unwonted +| to strangers. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |unworthiness | Definition: @@ -63921,45 +58525,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|unwritten | Definition: -| unwritten a. not written; not reduced to writing; -| oral; as unwritten agreements. +|unwound | Definition: +| unwind v. i. to be or become unwound; to be capable +| of being unwound or untwisted. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|upbraid | Definition: -| upbraid n. the act of reproaching; contumely. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|upbraided | Definition: -| upbraided imp. & p. p. of upbraid -| +|unwrapping | Definition: +| evolution n. the formation of an involute by unwrapping +| a thread from a curve as an evolute. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|upbraiding | Definition: -| upbraiding p. pr. & vb. n. of upbraid -| +|uphill | Definition: +| uphill a. attended with labor; difficult; as uphill +| work. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|upheld | Definition: -| upheld imp. & p. p. of uphold. -| +|upholsterer | Definition: +| upholsterer n. one who provides hangings coverings +| cushions curtains and the like; one who upholsters. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uphold | Definition: -| warrandice n. the obligation by which a person -| conveying a subject or a right is bound to -| uphold that subject or right against every -| claim challenge or burden arising from circumstances -| prior to the conveyance; warranty. -| +|upholstery | Definition: +| upholstery n. the articles or goods supplied by +| upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|upholding | Definition: -| support n. the act state or operation of supporting -| upholding or sustaining. -| +|uplifted | Definition: +| upstare v. i. to stare or stand upward; hence +| to be uplifted or conspicuous. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |upper | Definition: @@ -63968,40 +58566,47 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | with jupiter. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uppermost | Definition: -| turn v. t. to cause to present a different side -| uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side -| the lower or the inside to be the outside of; -| to reverse the position of; as to turn a box -| or a board; to turn a coat. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |upright | Definition: | well-intentioned a. having upright intentions | or honorable purposes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uprightly | Definition: -| uprightly adv. in an upright manner. -| +|ups | Definition: +| up n. the state of being up or above; a state +| of elevation prosperity or the like; -- rarely +| occurring except in the phrase ups and downs. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uprightness | Definition: -| uprightness n. the quality or state of being upright. +|upshot | Definition: +| upshot n. final issue; conclusion; the sum and +| substance; the end; the result; the consummation. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uproar | Definition: -| tumult n. the commotion or agitation of a multitude -| usually accompanied with great noise uproar -| and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy -| confusion. +|upside | Definition: +| upsyturvy adv. upside down; topsy-turvy. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|upside | Definition: -| underturn v. t. to turn upside down; to subvert; -| to upset. +|upstairs | Definition: +| upstairs a. being above stairs; as an upstairs +| room. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|upstroke | Definition: +| upstroke n. an upward stroke especially the stroke +| or line made by a writing instrument when moving +| upward or from the body of the writer or a +| line corresponding to the part of a letter +| thus made. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|uptown | Definition: +| uptown a. situated in or belonging to the upper +| part of a town or city; as a uptown street +| shop etc.; uptown society. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |upward | Definition: @@ -64014,30 +58619,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |upwards | Definition: -| upwards adv. yet more; indefinitely more; above; -| over. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ur | Definition: -| urus n. a very large powerful and savage extinct -| bovine animal (bos urus / primigenius) anciently -| abundant in europe. it appears to have still -| existed in the time of julius caesar. it had -| very large horns and was hardly capable of -| domestication. called also ur ure and tur. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|urchin | Definition: -| turban-shell n. a sea urchin when deprived of -| its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied -| resemblance to a turban. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|urge | Definition: -| violent v. t. to urge with violence. -| +| upwards adv. in a direction from lower to higher; +| toward a higher place; in a course toward the +| source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as +| to tend or roll upward. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |urged | Definition: @@ -64049,41 +58635,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|urgency | Definition: +| weak v. i. not able to withstand temptation urgency +| persuasion etc.; easily impressed moved or +| overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as weak resolutions; +| weak virtue. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |urgent | Definition: | urgently adv. in an urgent manner. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|urging | Definition: -| urging p. pr. & vb. n. of urge -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|uria | Definition: -| murre n. any one of several species of sea birds -| of the genus uria or catarractes; a guillemot. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|urim | Definition: -| urim n. a part or decoration of the breastplate -| of the high priest among the ancient jews by -| which jehovah revealed his will on certain -| occasions. its nature has been the subject -| of conflicting conjectures. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|urine | Definition: -| xanthin n. a crystalline nitrogenous body closely -| related to both uric acid and hypoxanthin present -| in muscle tissue and occasionally found in -| the urine and in some urinary calculi. it is -| also present in guano. so called from the yellow -| color of certain of its salts (nitrates). -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |urn | Definition: | urnful n. as much as an urn will hold; enough | to fill an urn. @@ -64138,67 +58701,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of being ushered in. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|ushers | Definition: +| usherdom n. the office or position of an usher; +| ushership; also ushers collectively. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |usual | Definition: | weak v. i. not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated | with the usual or required ingredients or with | stimulating and nourishing substances; of less -| than the usual strength; as weak tea broth -| or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a -| weak dose of medicine. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|usurer | Definition: -| usurer n. one who lends money at a rate of interest -| beyond that established by law; one who exacts -| an exorbitant rate of interest for the use -| of money. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|usurpation | Definition: -| usurpation n. the act of usurping or of seizing -| and enjoying; an authorized arbitrary assumption -| and exercise of power especially an infringing -| on the rights of others; specifically the illegal -| seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used -| with of also used with on or upon; as the usurpation -| of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme -| power. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|usurped | Definition: -| usurped imp. & p. p. of usurp -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|usurping | Definition: -| usurpingly adv. in a usurping manner. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|usury | Definition: -| usury v. t. interest in excess of a legal rate -| charged to a borrower for the use of money. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|ut | Definition: -| ut n. the first note in guido's musical scale -| now usually superseded by do. see solmization. -| +| than the usual strength; as weak tea broth +| or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a +| weak dose of medicine. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|utility | Definition: -| utility n. the quality or state of being useful; -| usefulness; production of good; profitableness -| to some valuable end; as the utility of manure -| upon land; the utility of the sciences; the -| utility of medicines. +|utensils | Definition: +| vestry n. a room appendant to a church in which +| sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are +| sometimes kept and where meetings for worship +| or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- +| formerly called revestiary. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |utmost | Definition: -| tug n. a pull with the utmost effort as in the -| athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme -| effort. +| utmost a. being in the greatest or highest degree +| quantity number or the like; greatest; as the +| utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost +| misery or happiness. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |utter | Definition: @@ -64241,61 +58772,94 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |utterly | Definition: -| unremorseless a. utterly remorseless. -| +| utterly adv. in an utter manner; to the full extent; +| fully; totally; as utterly ruined; it is utterly +| vain. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|vacant | Definition: +| waste v. old or abandoned workings whether left +| as vacant space or filled with refuse. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|vacantly | Definition: +| vacantly adv. in a vacant manner; inanely. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|vacated | Definition: +| vacate v. t. to make vacant; to leave empty; to +| cease from filling or occupying; as it was +| resolved by parliament that james had vacated +| the throne of england; the tenant vacated the +| house. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|uttermost | Definition: -| uttermost a. extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest -| greatest or highest degree; as the uttermost -| extent or end. +|vacillating | Definition: +| vacillating a. inclined to fluctuate; wavering. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |vagabond | Definition: -| twire-pipe n. a vagabond musician. -| +| vagabond n. one who wanders from place to place +| having no fixed dwelling or not abiding in +| it and usually without the means of honest +| livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence a worthless +| person; a rascal. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|vagaries | Definition: +| vagaries pl. of vagary +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|vagrancy | Definition: +| vagrancy n. the quality or state of being a vagrant; +| a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled +| condition; vagabondism. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vagabonds | Definition: +|vagrants | Definition: | blackguard n. the criminals and vagrants or vagabonds | of a town or community collectively. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|vague | Definition: +| vaguely adv. in a vague manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|vaguely | Definition: +| vaguely adv. in a vague manner. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |vain | Definition: | vaunt n. a vain display of what one is or has | or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; | a brag. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|vainglorious | Definition: +| vainglorious a. feeling or indicating vainglory; +| elated by vanity; boastful. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |vainly | Definition: | would-be a. desiring or professing to be; vainly | pretending to be; as a would-be poet. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vale | Definition: -| vale n. see 2d vail 3. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|valiant | Definition: -| valiant a. performed with valor or bravery; heroic. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|valley | Definition: -| yoncopin n. a local name in parts of the mississippi -| valley for the american lotus (nelumbo lutea). -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|valleys | Definition: -| waldenses n. pl. a sect of dissenters from the -| ecclesiastical system of the roman catholic -| church who in the 13th century were driven -| by persecution to the valleys of piedmont where -| the sect survives. they profess substantially -| protestant principles. +|valedictory | Definition: +| valedictory n. a valedictory oration or address +| spoken at commencement in american colleges +| or seminaries by one of the graduating class +| usually by the leading scholar. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |valuable | Definition: @@ -64313,21 +58877,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vandals | Definition: -| vandalic a. of or pertaining to the vandals; resembling -| the vandals in barbarism and destructiveness. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vanish | Definition: -| vanish n. the brief terminal part of vowel or -| vocal element differing more or less in quality -| from the main part; as a as in ale ordinarily -| ends with a vanish of i as in ill o as in old -| with a vanish of oo as in foot. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |vanished | Definition: | vanished imp. & p. p. of vanish | @@ -64343,10 +58892,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | n. 5. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|variance | Definition: -| vary v. i. to disagree; to be at variance or in -| dissension; as men vary in opinion. -| +|vanquished | Definition: +| vanquished imp. & p. p. of vanquish +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|vantage | Definition: +| vantage n. the first point after deuce. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |varied | Definition: @@ -64356,15 +58909,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | white. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|varieties | Definition: -| zircon n. a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals -| usually of a brown or gray color. it consists -| of silica and zirconia. a red variety used -| as a gem is called hyacinth. colorless pale-yellow -| or smoky-brown varieties from ceylon are called -| jargon. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |variety | Definition: | zircon n. a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals | usually of a brown or gray color. it consists @@ -64374,15 +58918,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | jargon. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|variously | Definition: -| yaws n. a disease occurring in the antilles and -| in africa characterized by yellowish or reddish -| tumors of a contagious character which in shape -| and appearance often resemble currants strawberries -| or raspberries. there are several varieties -| of this disease variously known as framboesia -| pian verrugas and crab-yaws. -| +|varnish | Definition: +| varnish n. to cover or conceal with something +| that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair +| coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; +| as to varnish guilt. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |vary | Definition: @@ -64397,34 +58937,61 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vasa | Definition: -| vaza parrot any one of several species of parrots -| of the genus coracopsis native of madagascar; -| -- called also vasa parrot. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |vast | Definition: | weight v. t. importance; power; influence; efficacy; | consequence; moment; impressiveness; as a consideration | of vast weight. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|vastly | Definition: +| vastly adv. to a vast extent or degree; very greatly; +| immensely. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|vastness | Definition: +| vastness n. the quality or state of being vast. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|vat | Definition: +| vatful n. as much as a vat will hold; enough to +| fill a vat. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |vault | Definition: | welkin n. the visible regions of the air; the | vault of heaven; the sky. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vehement | Definition: -| wrath a. violent anger; vehement exasperation; -| indignation; rage; fury; ire. -| +|veal | Definition: +| vying a. & n. from vie. w () the twenty-third +| letter of the english alphabet is usually a +| consonant but sometimes it is a vowel forming +| the second element of certain diphthongs as +| in few how. it takes its written form and its +| name from the repetition of a v this being +| the original form of the roman capital letter +| which we call u. etymologically it is most +| related to v and u. see v and u. some of the +| uneducated classes in england especially in +| london confuse w and v substituting the one +| for the other as weal for veal and veal for +| weal; wine for vine and vine for wine etc. +| see guide to pronunciation // 266-268. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vehemently | Definition: -| vehemently adv. in a vehement manner. -| +|vehemence | Definition: +| vehemence n. violent ardor; great heat; animated +| fervor; as the vehemence of love anger or other +| passions. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|vehicles | Definition: +| wheelwright n. a man whose occupation is to make +| or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles as carts +| wagons and the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |veil | Definition: @@ -64432,23 +58999,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|veils | Definition: -| tulle n. a kind of silk lace or light netting -| used for veils etc. +|veiled | Definition: +| veiled a. covered by or as by a veil; hidden. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vein | Definition: -| underlay v. i. to incline from the vertical; to -| hade; -- said of a vein fault or lode. -| +|veinous | Definition: +| veinous a. marked with veins; veined; veiny. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|veins | Definition: -| wing n. one of the two pairs of upper thoracic -| appendages of most hexapod insects. they are -| broad fanlike organs formed of a double membrane -| and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures. -| +|vellum | Definition: +| vellum n. a fine kind of parchment usually made +| from calfskin and rendered clear and white +| -- used as for writing upon and for binding +| books. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|velvet | Definition: +| wilton carpet a kind of carpet woven with loops +| like the brussels but differing from it in +| having the loops cut so as to form an elastic +| velvet pile; -- so called because made originally +| at wilton england. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|velveteen | Definition: +| velveteen n. a kind of cloth usually cotton made +| in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |venerable | Definition: @@ -64456,15 +59035,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|veneration | Definition: -| veneration n. the act of venerating or the state -| of being venerated; the highest degree of respect -| and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a -| feeling or sentimental excited by the dignity -| wisdom or superiority of a person by sacredness -| of character by consecration to sacred services -| or by hallowed associations. -| +|venerated | Definition: +| venerated imp. & p. p. of venerate +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |vengeance | Definition: @@ -64473,84 +59046,57 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | on an enemy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|venial | Definition: -| venial a. capable of being forgiven; not heinous; -| excusable; pardonable; as a venial fault or -| transgression. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|venison | Definition: -| vert n. everything that grows and bears a green -| leaf within the forest; as to preserve vert -| and venison is the duty of the verderer. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|venite | Definition: -| venite n. the 95th psalm which is said or sung -| regularly in the public worship of many churches. -| also a musical composition adapted to this -| psalm. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|venom | Definition: -| venomous a. having a poison gland or glands for -| the secretion of venom as certain serpents -| and insects. +|ventriloquist | Definition: +| ventriloquous a. of or pertaining to a ventriloquist +| or ventriloquism. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|venomous | Definition: -| zimb n. a large venomous two-winged fly native -| of abyssinia. it is allied to the tsetse fly -| and like the latter is destructive to cattle. +|venture | Definition: +| venture v. t. to confide in; to rely on; to trust. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vent | Definition: -| ventilation n. the act of giving vent or expression. -| +|ventured | Definition: +| ventured imp. & p. p. of venture +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|venture | Definition: -| trust n. to risk; to venture confidently. -| +|verb | Definition: +| zeugma n. a figure by which an adjective or verb +| which agrees with a nearer word is by way of +| supplement referred also to another more remote; +| as >hic illius arma hic currus fuit; > where +| fuit which agrees directly with currus is referred +| also to arma. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|venus | Definition: -| vesper n. the evening star; hesper; venus when -| seen after sunset; hence the evening. -| +|verbal | Definition: +| word n. verbal contention; dispute. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|veracity | Definition: -| trust n. assured resting of the mind on the integrity -| veracity justice friendship or other sound -| principle of another person; confidence; reliance; -| reliance. +|verdict | Definition: +| verdict n. decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; +| as to be condemned by the verdict of the public. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|verbs | Definition: -| y- a prefix of obscure meaning originally used -| with verbs adverbs adjectives nouns and pronouns. -| in the middle english period it was little -| employed except with verbs being chiefly used -| with past participles though occasionally with -| the infinitive ycleped or yclept is perhaps -| the only word not entirely obsolete which shows -| this use. +|verge | Definition: +| verger n. one who carries a verge or emblem of +| office. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|verdure | Definition: -| verdure n. green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; -| as the verdure of the meadows in june. -| +|verification | Definition: +| oath n. an appeal (in verification of a statement +| made) to a superior sanction in such a form +| as exposes the party making the appeal to an +| indictment for perjury if the statement be +| false. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |verified | Definition: -| truth n. a true thing; a verified fact; a true -| statement or proposition; an established principle -| fixed law or the like; as the great truths -| of morals. +| verified imp. & p. p. of verify +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |verify | Definition: @@ -64566,16 +59112,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | in fact; certainly. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|verity | Definition: -| verity n. that which is true; a true assertion -| or tenet; a truth; a reality. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vermilion | Definition: -| vermilion n. hence a red color like the pigment; -| a lively and brilliant red; as cheeks of vermilion. -| +|vermin | Definition: +| vermin n. sing. & pl. a noxious or mischievous +| animal; especially noxious little animals or +| insects collectively as squirrels rats mice +| flies lice bugs etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |verse | Definition: @@ -64587,8 +59128,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |verses | Definition: -| triplet n. three verses rhyming together. -| +| vers de societe see society verses under society. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |vessel | Definition: @@ -64607,56 +59148,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vest | Definition: -| vesting n. cloth for vests; a vest pattern. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vested | Definition: -| veto n. a power or right possessed by one department -| of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying -| out of projects attempted by another department; -| especially in a constitutional government a -| power vested in the chief executive to prevent -| the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. -| such a power may be absolute as in the case -| of the tribunes of the people in ancient rome -| or limited as in the case of the president -| of the united states. called also the veto -| power. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vestment | Definition: -| tunicle n. a short close-fitting vestment worn -| by bishops under the dalmatic and by subdeacons. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vestments | Definition: -| vestry n. a room appendant to a church in which -| sacerdotal vestments and sacred utensils are -| sometimes kept and where meetings for worship -| or parish business are held; a sacristy; -- -| formerly called revestiary. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vesture | Definition: -| vestured a. covered with vesture or garments; -| clothed; enveloped. +|vestige | Definition: +| vestigial a. of or pertaining to a vestige or +| remnant; like a vestige. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vetches | Definition: -| vetchy a. consisting of vetches or of pea straw. -| +|vestry | Definition: +| vestry n. a body composed of wardens and vestrymen +| chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal +| concerns. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |vex | Definition: -| twit v. t. to vex by bringing to notice or reminding -| of a fault defect misfortune or the like; to -| revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; -| as he twitted his friend of falsehood. -| +| vexingly adv. in a vexing manner; so as to vex +| tease or irritate. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |vexation | Definition: @@ -64664,28 +59170,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | disturbed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vexed | Definition: -| vexed a. much debated or contested; causing discussion; -| as a vexed question. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vial | Definition: -| vial v. t. to put in a vial or vials. -| +|vibrated | Definition: +| vibration n. the act of vibrating or the state +| of being vibrated or in vibratory motion; quick +| motion to and fro; oscillation as of a pendulum +| or musical string. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vice | Definition: -| wretch v. t. one sunk in vice or degradation; -| a base despicable person; a vile knave; as -| a profligate wretch. +|vicariously | Definition: +| vicariously adv. in a vicarious manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vices | Definition: -| undo v. t. to bring to poverty; to impoverish; -| to ruin as in reputation morals hopes or the -| like; as many are undone by unavoidable losses -| but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation -| or by indolence. +|vicious | Definition: +| workhouse n. a house in which idle and vicious +| persons are confined to labor. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |victim | Definition: @@ -64693,54 +59193,48 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | to dupe; to cheat. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|victims | Definition: -| setter n. one who hunts victims for sharpers. +|victory | Definition: +| win a. to gain by superiority in competition or +| contest; to obtain by victory over competitors +| or rivals; as to win the prize in a gate; to +| win money; to win a battle or to win a country. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|victories | Definition: -| victories pl. of victory +|victualling | Definition: +| victualling of victual |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|victorious | Definition: -| victorious a. of or pertaining to victory or a -| victor' being a victor; bringing or causing -| a victory; conquering; winning; triumphant; -| as a victorious general; victorious troops; -| a victorious day. +|viewing | Definition: +| viewing p. pr. & vb. n. of view +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|victory | Definition: -| win a. to gain by superiority in competition or -| contest; to obtain by victory over competitors -| or rivals; as to win the prize in a gate; to -| win money; to win a battle or to win a country. -| +|views | Definition: +| viewer n. one who views or examines. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|victuals | Definition: -| victuals n. pl. food for human beings esp. when -| it is cooked or prepared for the table; that -| which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; -| meat; viands. +|vigilance | Definition: +| vigilance n. guard; watch. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|viewed | Definition: -| zoetrope n. an optical toy in which figures made -| to revolve on the inside of a cylinder and -| viewed through slits in its circumference appear -| like a single figure passing through a series -| of natural motions as if animated or mechanically -| moved. +|vigils | Definition: +| wake n. an annual parish festival formerly held +| in commemoration of the dedication of a church. +| originally prayers were said on the evening +| preceding and hymns were sung during the night +| in the church; subsequently these vigils were +| discontinued and the day itself often with +| succeeding days was occupied in rural pastimes +| and exercises attended by eating and drinking +| often to excess. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vigilant | Definition: -| watch v. i. the act of watching; forbearance of -| sleep; vigil; wakeful vigilant or constantly -| observant attention; close observation; guard; -| preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly -| a watching or guarding by night. -| +|vigor | Definition: +| wither n. to lose vigor or power; to languish; +| to pass away. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |vigorous | Definition: @@ -64756,20 +59250,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|vii | Definition: +| concordat n. an agreement made between the pope +| and a sovereign or government for the regulation +| of ecclesiastical matters with which both are +| concerned; as the concordat between pope pius +| vii and bonaparte in 1801. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |vile | Definition: | wretch v. t. one sunk in vice or degradation; | a base despicable person; a vile knave; as | a profligate wretch. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vilest | Definition: -| dreg n. corrupt or defiling matter contained in -| a liquid or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; -| lees; grounds; sediment; hence the vilest and -| most worthless part of anything; as the dregs -| of society. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |village | Definition: | zu/is n. pl. a tribe of pueblo indians occupying | a village in new mexico on the zu/i river. @@ -64781,6 +59276,24 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | as in wales. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|villain | Definition: +| villein n. see villain 1. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|villainous | Definition: +| villanousness n. see villainous etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|villains | Definition: +| team n. a royalty or privilege granted by royal +| charter to a lord of a manor of having keeping +| and judging in his court his bondmen neifes +| and villains and their offspring or suit that +| is goods and chattels and appurtenances thereto. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |vine | Definition: | zygenid n. any one of numerous species of moths | of the family zygaenidae most of which are @@ -64795,51 +59308,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vines | Definition: -| wind v. i. to turn completely or repeatedly; to -| become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved -| or spiral form; as vines wind round a pole. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vineyard | Definition: -| vineyard n. an inclosure or yard for grapevines; -| a plantation of vines producing grapes. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |vintage | Definition: | vintaging n. the act of gathering the vintage | or crop of grapes. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|violate | Definition: -| violate v. t. to commit rape on; to ravish; to -| outrage. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|violated | Definition: -| violable a. capable of being violated broken or -| injured. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|violating | Definition: -| unfaithful a. not faithful; not observant of promises -| vows allegiance or duty; violating trust or -| confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as an -| unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or -| servant. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|violation | Definition: -| wrong a. whatever deviates from moral rectitude; -| usually an act that involves evil consequences -| as one which inflicts injury on a person; any -| injury done to or received from; another; a -| trespass; a violation of right. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |violence | Definition: | wring v. t. to extract or obtain by twisting and | compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence @@ -64849,10 +59322,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |violent | Definition: -| wrest v. t. to turn; to twist; esp. to twist or -| extort by violence; to pull of force away by -| or as if by violent wringing or twisting. -| +| wrest n. the act of wresting; a wrench; a violent +| twist; hence distortion; perversion. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |violently | Definition: @@ -64860,39 +59332,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | violently onward. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|violet | Definition: -| water violet see under violet. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|viper | Definition: -| water viper see water moccasin. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vipers | Definition: -| viperoides n. pl. a division of serpents which -| includes the true vipers of the old world and -| the rattlesnakes and moccasin snakes of america; -| -- called also viperina. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|virgin | Definition: -| visitation n. a festival in honor of the visit -| of the virgin mary to elisabeth mother of john -| the baptist celebrated on the second of july. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|virginity | Definition: -| virginity n. the unmarried life; celibacy. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|virgins | Definition: -| vestales n. pl. a group of butterflies including -| those known as virgins or gossamer-winged butterflies. +|violoncello | Definition: +| violoncello n. a stringed instrument of music; +| a bass viol of four strings or a bass violin +| with long large strings giving sounds an octave +| lower than the viola or tenor or alto violin. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -64919,19 +59363,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | virtuous action. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vis | Definition: -| vis n. moral power. +|virtuously | Definition: +| given v. disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv.; +| as virtuously given. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |visage | Definition: | visage v. t. to face. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|visibility | Definition: -| visibility n. the quality or state of being visible. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |visible | Definition: | zenith n. that point in the visible celestial | hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; @@ -64940,8 +59380,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |vision | Definition: -| vision v. t. to see in a vision; to dream. -| +| visioning p. pr. & vb. n. of vision +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|visionary | Definition: +| visionary n. one whose imagination overpowers +| his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical +| schemer; one who builds castles in the air; +| a daydreamer. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |visions | Definition: @@ -64950,14 +59397,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|visitation | Definition: -| visitor a superior or a person lawfully appointed -| for the purpose who makes formal visits of -| inspection to a corporation or an institution. -| see visit v. t. 2 and visitation n. 2. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |visited | Definition: | visitable a. liable or subject to be visited or | inspected. @@ -64976,6 +59415,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|visitors | Definition: +| twelfth-cake n. an ornamented cake distributed +| among friends or visitors on the festival of +| twelfth-night. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |visits | Definition: | wrecker n. one who searches fro or works upon | the wrecks of vessels etc. specifically: (a) @@ -64986,46 +59431,54 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vital | Definition: -| warmth n. the quality or state of being warm; -| gentle heat; as the warmth of the sun; the -| warmth of the blood; vital warmth. -| +|vista | Definition: +| vista n. a view; especially a view through or +| between intervening objects as trees; a view +| or prospect through an avenue or the like; +| hence the trees or other objects that form +| the avenue. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|vitally | Definition: +| vitally adv. in a vital manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vitals | Definition: -| vitals n. pl. fig.: the part essential to the -| life or health of anything; as the vitals of -| a state. +|vivacity | Definition: +| vivacity n. life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; +| sprightliness; as the vivacity of a discourse; +| a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of countenance. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vitiated | Definition: -| vitiated imp. & p. p. of vitiate -| +|vivid | Definition: +| vivid a. true to the life; exhibiting the appearance +| of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; +| strong; intense; as vivid colors. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|viz | Definition: -| viz adv. to wit; that is; namely. -| +|vividly | Definition: +| realize v. t. to cause to seem real; to impress +| upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or +| strongly; to make one's own in apprehension +| or experience. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vocation | Definition: -| vocation n. the bestowment of god's distinguishing -| grace upon a person or nation by which that -| person or nation is put in the way of salvation; -| as the vocation of the jews under the old dispensation -| and of the gentiles under the gospel. -| +|vividness | Definition: +| dullness n. the state of being dull; slowness; +| stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; +| obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of +| vividness or of brightness. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|voce | Definition: -| vote v. i. to express or signify the mind will -| or preference either viva voce or by ballot -| or by other authorized means as in electing -| persons to office in passing laws regulations -| etc. or in deciding on any proposition in which -| one has an interest with others. -| +|vogue | Definition: +| vogue n. the way or fashion of people at any particular +| time; temporary mode custom or practice; popular +| reception for the time; -- used now generally +| in the phrase in vogue. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |voice | Definition: @@ -65046,15 +59499,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | see air. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|void | Definition: -| wrongless a. not wrong; void or free from wrong. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|voluble | Definition: -| voluble a. having the power or habit of turning -| or twining; as the voluble stem of hop plants. -| +|volatile | Definition: +| xanthin n. one of the gaseous or volatile decomposition +| products of the xanthates and probably identical +| with carbon disulphide. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |volume | Definition: @@ -65062,96 +59511,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|volumes | Definition: -| volumenometry n. the method or process of measuring -| volumes by means of the volumenometer. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|voluntarily | Definition: -| waste a. to damage impair or injure as an estate -| voluntarily or by suffering the buildings fences -| etc. to go to decay. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|voluntary | Definition: -| volunteer a. a grantee in a voluntary conveyance; -| one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable -| consideration; a party other than a wife or -| child of the grantor to whom or for whose benefit -| a voluntary conveyance is made. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vomit | Definition: -| vomit v. t. hence to eject from any hollow place; -| to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as -| volcanoes vomit flame stones etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vomited | Definition: -| vomited imp. & p. p. of vomit -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vomiting | Definition: -| vomiturition n. the vomiting of but little matter; -| also that vomiting which is effected with little -| effort. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|votive | Definition: -| votive a. given by vow or in fulfillment of a -| vow; consecrated by a vow; devoted; as votive -| offerings; a votive tablet. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vouchsafe | Definition: -| vouchsafe v. i. to condescend; to deign; to yield; -| to descend or stoop. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vow | Definition: -| vow-fellow n. one bound by the same vow as another. +|volunteered | Definition: +| volunteer v. i. to enter into or offer for any +| service of one's own free will without solicitation +| or compulsion; as he volunteered in that undertaking. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vowed | Definition: -| vowed imp. & p. p. of vow -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vowels | Definition: -| tzetze n. same as tsetse. u () the twenty-first -| letter of the english alphabet is a cursive -| form of the letter v with which it was formerly -| used interchangeably both letters being then -| used both as vowels and consonants. u and v -| are now however differentiated u being used -| only as a vowel or semivowel and v only as -| a consonant. the true primary vowel sound of -| u in anglo-saxon was the sound which it still -| retains in most of the languages of europe -| that of long oo as in tool and short oo as -| in wood answering to the french ou in tour. -| etymologically u is most closely related to -| o y (vowel) w and v; as in two duet dyad twice; -| top tuft; sop sup; auspice aviary. see v also -| o and y. +|voted | Definition: +| vote v. t. to declare by general opinion or common +| consent as if by a vote; as he was voted a +| bore. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vows | Definition: -| unfaithful a. not faithful; not observant of promises -| vows allegiance or duty; violating trust or -| confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as an -| unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or -| servant. +|vouchers | Definition: +| voucher n. a book paper or document which serves +| to vouch the truth of accounts or to confirm +| and establish facts of any kind; also any acquittance +| or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as +| the merchant's books are his vouchers for the +| correctness of his accounts; notes bonds receipts +| and other writings are used as vouchers in +| proving facts. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|voyage | Definition: -| yacht v. i. to manage a yacht; to voyage in a -| yacht. +|voyager | Definition: +| voyager n. one who voyages; one who sails or passes +| by sea or water. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |vulgar | Definition: @@ -65159,34 +59545,21 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|vulgate | Definition: -| vulgate a. of or pertaining to the vulgate or -| the old latin version of the scriptures. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|vulture | Definition: -| vulturine a. of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling -| a vulture in qualities or looks; as the vulturine -| sea eagle (gypohierax angolensis); vulturine -| rapacity. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |wafer | Definition: | wafer v. t. to seal or close with a wafer. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wag | Definition: -| wag v. a man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous -| fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker. -| +|wager | Definition: +| wager v. t. to hazard on the issue of a contest +| or on some question that is to be decided or +| on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wage | Definition: -| wages n. a compensation given to a hired person -| for services; price paid for labor; recompense; -| hire. see wage n. 2. +|wagers | Definition: +| wagerer n. one who wagers or lays a bet. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wages | Definition: @@ -65195,42 +59568,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | hire. see wage n. 2. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wagged | Definition: -| wagged imp. & p. p. of wag -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wagging | Definition: -| waggle v. i. to reel sway or move from side to -| side; to move with a wagging motion; to waddle. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|waging | Definition: -| waging p. pr. & vb. n. of wage -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wagon | Definition: -| wheel n. a circular frame turning about an axis; -| a rotating disk whether solid or a frame composed -| of an outer rim spokes or radii and a central -| hub or nave in which is inserted the axle -- -| used for supporting and conveying vehicles -| in machinery and for various purposes; as the -| wheel of a wagon of a locomotive of a mill -| of a watch etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wagons | Definition: -| wheelwright n. a man whose occupation is to make -| or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles as carts -| wagons and the like. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wail | Definition: -| wail n. loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. -| +|wagoner | Definition: +| wagoner n. the constellation charles's wain or +| ursa major. see ursa major under ursa. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wailing | Definition: @@ -65239,13 +59580,23 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wain | Definition: -| wain n. a chariot. +| wain n. a four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation +| of goods produce etc.; a wagon. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|waist | Definition: +| yoke n. a band shaped to fit the shoulders or +| the hips and joined to the upper full edge +| of the waist or the skirt. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wains | Definition: -| gainage v. t. the horses oxen plows wains or wagons -| and implements for carrying on tillage. -| +|waistcoat | Definition: +| waistcoat n. a short sleeveless coat or garment +| for men worn under the coat extending no lower +| than the hips and covering the waist; a vest. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wait | Definition: @@ -65260,24 +59611,65 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|waiter | Definition: +| waitress n. a female waiter or attendant; a waiting +| maid or waiting woman. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |waiting | Definition: | waitress n. a female waiter or attendant; a waiting | maid or waiting woman. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|waked | Definition: -| waked imp. & p. p. of wake -| +|waits | Definition: +| porter n. a man who has charge of a door or gate; +| a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to +| receive messages. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wakened | Definition: -| wakened imp. & p. pr. of waken -| +|waive | Definition: +| waive v. i. to turn aside; to recede. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|waiving | Definition: +| waiver n. the act of waiving or not insisting +| on some right claim or privilege. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|wake | Definition: +| wake n. an annual parish festival formerly held +| in commemoration of the dedication of a church. +| originally prayers were said on the evening +| preceding and hymns were sung during the night +| in the church; subsequently these vigils were +| discontinued and the day itself often with +| succeeding days was occupied in rural pastimes +| and exercises attended by eating and drinking +| often to excess. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|wakes | Definition: +| nightmare n. a condition in sleep usually caused +| by improper eating or by digestive or nervous +| troubles and characterized by a sense of extreme +| uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the +| chest or stomach impossibility of motion or +| speech etc.) or by frightful or oppressive +| dreams from which one wakes after extreme anxiety +| in a troubled state of mind; incubus. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |waking | Definition: -| waking n. the act of waking or the state or period -| of being awake. +| waking n. a watch; a watching. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|wales | Definition: +| welsh a. of or pertaining to wales or its inhabitants. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |walk | Definition: @@ -65302,9 +59694,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |walks | Definition: -| tripper n. one who trips or supplants; also one -| who walks or trips nimbly; a dancer. -| +| verge n. a slip of grass adjoining gravel walks +| and dividing them from the borders in a parterre. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wall | Definition: @@ -65324,23 +59716,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | caving in. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wallet | Definition: -| wallet n. anything protuberant and swagging. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wallow | Definition: -| wallow n. to roll one's self about as in mire; -| to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or -| heavily in any medium; to flounder; as swine -| wallow in the mire. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wallowing | Definition: -| wallowing p. pr. & vb. n. of wallow -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |walls | Definition: | whitewash n. a composition of line and water or | of whiting size and water or the like used @@ -65348,9 +59723,16 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | lime. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wand | Definition: -| wand n. a rod used by conjurers diviners magicians -| etc. +|walnut | Definition: +| walnut n. the fruit or nut of any tree of the +| genus juglans; also the tree and its timber. +| the seven or eight known species are all natives +| of the north temperate zone. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|wan | Definition: +| wan of win |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wander | Definition: @@ -65358,9 +59740,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wandered | Definition: -| wandered imp. & p. p. of wander -| +|wanderer | Definition: +| wanderer n. one who wanders; a rambler; one who +| roves; hence one who deviates from duty. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wandering | Definition: @@ -65369,6 +59752,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | the of chase. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|wanders | Definition: +| wander v. i. to go away; to depart; to stray off; +| to deviate; to go astray; as a writer wanders +| from his subject. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |wanted | Definition: | wanted imp. & p. p. of want | @@ -65378,13 +59767,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | zealless a. wanting zeal. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wanton | Definition: -| wantonly adv. in a wanton manner; without regularity -| or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; -| recklessly; lasciviously. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |wants | Definition: | want v. i. to be absent; to be deficient or lacking; | to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come @@ -65394,38 +59776,35 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ward | Definition: -| warn v. t. to ward off. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wardens | Definition: -| vestry n. a body composed of wardens and vestrymen -| chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal -| concerns. +| ward n. a guarding or defensive motion or position +| as in fencing; guard. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wardrobe | Definition: -| wardrobe v. t. a room or apartment where clothes -| are kept or wearing apparel is stored; a portable -| closet for hanging up clothes. -| +|warded | Definition: +| warded imp. & p. p. of ward +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wards | Definition: -| warder n. one who wards or keeps; a keeper; a -| guard. +|warder | Definition: +| warder n. a truncheon or staff carried by a king +| or a commander in chief and used in signaling +| his will. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wares | Definition: -| wares n. pl. see 4th ware. -| +|ware | Definition: +| wedgwood ware a kind of fine pottery the most +| remarkable being what is called jasper either +| white or colored throughout the body and capable +| of being molded into the most delicate forms +| so that fine and minute bas-reliefs like cameos +| were made of it fit even for being set as jewels. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|warfare | Definition: -| wear v. t. to carry or bear upon the person; to -| bear upon one's self as an article of clothing -| decoration warfare bondage etc.; to have appendant -| to one's body; to have on; as to wear a coat; -| to wear a shackle. +|warehousing | Definition: +| warehousing n. the act of placing goods in a warehouse +| or in a customhouse store. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |warily | Definition: @@ -65434,15 +59813,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|warlike | Definition: -| zulus n. pl. the most important tribe belonging -| to the kaffir race. they inhabit a region on -| the southeast coast of africa but formerly -| occupied a much more extensive country. they -| are noted for their warlike disposition courage -| and military skill. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |warm | Definition: | zedoary n. a medicinal substance obtained in the | east indies having a fragrant smell and a warm @@ -65455,11 +59825,31 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|warmest | Definition: +| summer n. the season of the year in which the +| sun shines most directly upon any region; the +| warmest period of the year. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |warming | Definition: | warming a. & n. from warm v. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|warmly | Definition: +| zealous a. filled with or characterized by zeal; +| warmly engaged or ardent in behalf of an object. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|warmth | Definition: +| warmth n. a state of lively and excited interest; +| zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; +| as the warmth of love or piety; he replied +| with much warmth. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |warn | Definition: | warn v. t. to make ware or aware; to give previous | information to; to give notice to; to notify; @@ -65478,20 +59868,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|warns | Definition: -| monitor n. one who admonishes; one who warns of -| faults informs of duty or gives advice and -| instruction by way of reproof or caution. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|warp | Definition: -| woof n. the threads that cross the warp in a woven -| fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually -| carried by the shuttle in weaving. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |warrant | Definition: | warranty n. a covenant real whereby the grantor | of an estate of freehold and his heirs were @@ -65505,35 +59881,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of a real covenant. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|warred | Definition: -| warred imp. & p. p. of war -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|warring | Definition: -| warring p. pr. & vb. n. of war -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|warrior | Definition: -| warrior n. a man engaged or experienced in war -| or in the military life; a soldier; a champion. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|warriors | Definition: -| scalp n. a part of the skin of the head with the -| hair attached cut or torn off from an enemy -| by the indian warriors of north america as -| a token of victory. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wars | Definition: -| huguenot n. a french protestant of the period -| of the religious wars in france in the 16th -| century. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |wash | Definition: | woulfe bottle n. a kind of wash bottle with two | or three necks; -- so called after the inventor @@ -65550,10 +59897,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | away. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|washes | Definition: -| washerwoman n. a woman who washes clothes especially -| for hire or for others. -| +|washerwoman | Definition: +| washerwoman n. the pied wagtail; -- so called +| in allusion to its beating the water with its +| tail while tripping along the leaves of water +| plants. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |washing | Definition: @@ -65562,26 +59910,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|washings | Definition: -| lool n. a vessel used to receive the washings -| of ores of metals. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wasps | Definition: -| wasp n. 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 jackets. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wast | Definition: -| wast the second person singular of the verb be -| in the indicative mood imperfect tense; -- -| now used only in solemn or poetical style. -| see was. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |waste | Definition: | wilderness v. t. a tract of land or a region uncultivated | and uninhabited by human beings whether a forest @@ -65595,16 +59923,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wasted; wasted away. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|waster | Definition: -| waster v. t. a kind of cudgel; also a blunt-edged -| sword used as a foil. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wastes | Definition: -| wearer n. that which wastes or diminishes. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |wasting | Definition: | wasting a. causing waste; also undergoing waste; | diminishing; as a wasting disease; a wasting @@ -65616,18 +59934,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|watcher | Definition: -| watcher n. one who watches; one who sits up or -| continues; a diligent observer; specifically -| one who attends upon the sick during the night. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|watches | Definition: -| watches n. pl. the leaves of saracenia flava. -| see trumpets. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |watchful | Definition: | watchful a. full of watch; vigilant; attentive; | careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; @@ -65638,19 +59944,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | habits. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|watchfulness | Definition: -| vigilance n. watchfulness in respect of danger; -| care; caution; circumspection. -| +|watchfully | Definition: +| hover v. i. to hang about; to move to and fro +| near a place threateningly watchfully or irresolutely. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |watching | Definition: -| watch v. i. the act of watching; forbearance of -| sleep; vigil; wakeful vigilant or constantly -| observant attention; close observation; guard; -| preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly -| a watching or guarding by night. -| +| watching p. pr. & vb. n. of watch +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|watchmaker | Definition: +| watchmaker n. one whose occupation is to make +| and repair watches. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |watchman | Definition: @@ -65659,40 +59966,28 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|watchmen | Definition: -| watchmen pl. of watchman -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|watchtower | Definition: -| watchtower n. a tower in which a sentinel is placed -| to watch for enemies the approach of danger -| or the like. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|watchword | Definition: -| watchword n. a word given to sentinels and to -| such as have occasion to visit the guards used -| as a signal by which a friend is known from -| an enemy or a person who has a right to pass -| the watch from one who has not; a countersign; -| a password. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |watered | Definition: | waved a. having a wavelike appearance; marked | with wavelike lines of color; as waved or watered | silk. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|watering | Definition: -| watering a. & n. from water v. -| +|waterloo | Definition: +| final a. conclusive; decisive; as a final judgment; +| the battle of waterloo brought the contest +| to a final issue. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|waterpot | Definition: -| waterpot n. a vessel for holding or conveying -| water or for sprinkling water on cloth plants -| etc. +|waterman | Definition: +| waterman n. a man who plies for hire on rivers +| lakes or canals or in harbors in distinction +| from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; +| a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; +| a ferryman. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|watermen | Definition: +| watermen pl. of waterman |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |waters | Definition: @@ -65715,10 +60010,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|waver | Definition: -| whiffle v. i. to waver or shake as if moved by -| gusts of wind; to shift turn or veer about. -| +|waved | Definition: +| wigwag v. t. to signal by means of a flag waved +| from side to side according to a code adopted +| for the purpose. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|wavered | Definition: +| wavered imp. & p. p. of waver +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wavering | Definition: @@ -65736,6 +60036,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|waving | Definition: +| wave v. i. a waving or undulating motion; a signal +| made with the hand a flag etc. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |wax | Definition: | zietrisikite n. a mineral wax vert similar to | ozocerite. it is found at zietrisika moldavia @@ -65746,28 +60052,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | waxed imp. & p. p. of wax |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wayfaring | Definition: -| wayfaring a. traveling; passing; being on a journey. -| +|waxwork | Definition: +| waxwork n. an american climbing shrub (celastrus +| scandens). it bears a profusion of yellow berrylike +| pods which open in the autumn and display the +| scarlet coverings of the seeds. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |ways | Definition: -| truss n. an assemblage of members of wood or metal -| supported at two points and arranged to transmit -| pressure vertically to those points with the -| least possible strain across the length of -| any member. architectural trusses when left -| visible as in open timber roofs often contain -| members not needed for construction or are -| built with greater massiveness than is requisite -| or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance -| with the exigencies of style. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wayside | Definition: -| wayside a. of or pertaining to the wayside; as -| wayside flowers. +| viatecture n. the art of making roads or ways +| for traveling including the construction of +| bridges canals viaducts etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |weak | Definition: @@ -65775,12 +60072,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | wish-wash. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|weakened | Definition: -| weaken v. i. to become weak or weaker; to lose -| strength spirit or determination; to become -| less positive or resolute; as the patient weakened; -| the witness weakened on cross-examination. -| +|weakening | Definition: +| weakening p. pr. & vb. n. of weaken +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |weaker | Definition: @@ -65789,48 +60083,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | emotions. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|weakly | Definition: +| weakly superl. not strong of constitution; infirm; +| feeble; as a weakly woman; a man of a weakly +| constitution. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |weakness | Definition: | weakness n. that which is a mark of lack of strength | or resolution; a fault; a defect. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|weal | Definition: +| weal v. t. to promote the weal of; to cause to +| be prosperous. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |wealth | Definition: | worth a. having possessions equal to; having wealth | or estate to the value of. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wealthy | Definition: -| wealthiness n. the quality or state of being wealthy -| or rich; richness; opulence. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wean | Definition: -| weanling a. & n. from wean v. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|weaned | Definition: -| weaned imp. & p. p. of wean -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|weaning | Definition: -| weaning p. pr. & vb. n. of wean -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |weapon | Definition: -| weapon n. fig.: the means or instrument with which -| one contends against another; as argument was -| his only weapon. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|weapons | Definition: -| weaponry n. weapons collectively; as an array -| of weaponry. +| weapon n. a thorn prickle or sting with which +| many plants are furnished. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wear | Definition: @@ -65840,6 +60119,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | dress. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|wearer | Definition: +| wearer n. one who wears or carries as appendant +| to the body; as the wearer of a cloak a sword +| a crown a shackle etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |wearied | Definition: | wearied imp. & p. p. of weary | @@ -65856,60 +60141,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wearisome | Definition: -| wearisome a. causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; -| weariful; as a wearisome march; a wearisome -| day's work; a wearisome book. -| +|wearisomeness | Definition: +| satiety n. the state of being satiated or glutted; +| fullness of gratification either of the appetite +| or of any sensual desire; fullness beyond desire; +| an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness +| or loathing; repletion; satiation. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |weary | Definition: -| weary v. t. to reduce or exhaust the physical -| strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; -| as to weary one's self with labor or traveling. +| weary v. i. to grow tired; to become exhausted +| or impatient; as to weary of an undertaking. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|weasel | Definition: -| weasel n. any one of various species of small -| carnivores belonging to the genus putorius -| as the ermine and ferret. they have a slender -| elongated body and are noted for the quickness -| of their movements and for their bloodthirsty -| habit in destroying poultry rats etc. the ermine -| and some other species are brown in summer -| and turn white in winter; others are brown -| at all seasons. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|weave | Definition: -| weave v. t. to form as cloth by interlacing threads; -| to compose as a texture of any kind by putting -| together textile materials; as to weave broadcloth; -| to weave a carpet; hence to form into a fabric; -| to compose; to fabricate; as to weave the plot -| of a story. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|weaver | Definition: -| whirligig n. any one of numerous species of beetles -| belonging to gyrinus and allied genera. the -| body is firm oval or boatlike in form and usually -| dark colored with a bronzelike luster. these -| beetles live mostly on the surface of water -| and move about with great celerity in a gyrating -| or circular manner but they are also able to -| dive and swim rapidly. the larva is aquatic. -| called also weaver whirlwig and whirlwig beetle. -| +|weathercock | Definition: +| weathercock v. t. to supply with a weathercock; +| to serve as a weathercock for. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|weaving | Definition: -| yarn n. spun wool; woolen thread; also thread -| of other material as of cotton flax hemp or -| silk; material spun and prepared for use in -| weaving knitting manufacturing sewing thread -| or the like. +|weazen | Definition: +| weazen a. thin; sharp; withered; wizened; as a +| weazen face. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |webs | Definition: @@ -65923,9 +60178,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | marriage; nuptials. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wedlock | Definition: -| wedlock v. t. to marry; to unite in marriage; -| to wed. +|wedge | Definition: +| wedging p. pr. & vb. n. of wedge +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|wednesday | Definition: +| woden n. a deity corresponding to odin the supreme +| deity of the scandinavians. wednesday is named +| for him. see odin. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |weed | Definition: @@ -65936,10 +60197,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|weeds | Definition: +| weedy a. dressed in weeds or mourning garments. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|weedy | Definition: +| weedy a. dressed in weeds or mourning garments. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |weekly | Definition: -| weekly a. coming happening or done once a week; -| hebdomadary; as a weekly payment; a weekly -| gazette. +| weekly adv. once a week; by hebdomadal periods; +| as each performs service weekly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |weeks | Definition: @@ -65952,20 +60223,8 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | jail. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|weep | Definition: -| weep v. t. to shed or pour forth as tears; to -| shed drop by drop as if tears; as to weep tears -| of joy. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |weeping | Definition: -| weeping a. having slender pendent branches; -- -| said of trees; as weeping willow; a weeping -| ash. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|weeps | Definition: -| greeter n. one who weeps or mourns. +| weepingly adv. in a weeping manner. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -65981,47 +60240,37 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|weigher | Definition: -| weigher n. one who weighs; specifically an officer -| whose duty it is to weigh commodities. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |weighing | Definition: | woolpack n. a pack or bag of wool weighing two | hundred and forty pounds. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|weights | Definition: -| windlass n. a machine for raising weights consisting -| of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on -| its axis and turned by a crank lever or similar -| means so as to wind up a rope or chain attached -| to the weight. in vessels the windlass is often -| used instead of the capstan for raising the -| anchor. it is usually set upon the forecastle -| and is worked by hand or steam. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |weighty | Definition: | weighty superl. having weight; heavy; ponderous; | as a weighty body. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|welfare | Definition: -| welfare n. well-doing or well-being in any respect; -| the enjoyment of health and the common blessings -| of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; -| prosperity; happiness. +|weird | Definition: +| weird a. of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused +| by or suggesting magical influence; supernatural; +| unearthly; wild; as a weird appearance look +| sound etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wells | Definition: -| welldrain v. t. to drain as land; by means of -| wells or pits which receive the water and from -| which it is discharged by machinery. -| +|welcomed | Definition: +| welcomed imp. & p. p. of welcome +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|welded | Definition: +| welded imp. & p. p. of weld +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|welled | Definition: +| welled imp. & p. p. of well +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |weltering | Definition: @@ -66049,21 +60298,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wert | Definition: -| wert the second person singular indicative and -| subjunctive moods imperfect tense of the verb -| be. it is formed from were with the ending -| -t after the analogy of wast. now used only -| in solemn or poetic style. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |western | Definition: | wych-elm n. a species of elm (ulmus montana) found | in northern and western europe; scotch elm. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|westminster | Definition: +| westminster assembly see under assembly. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |westward | Definition: | westwardly adv. in a westward direction. | @@ -66078,17 +60323,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whale | Definition: -| whirlpool n. a sea monster of the whale kind. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|whales | Definition: -| zeuglodon n. a genus of extinct eocene whales -| remains of which have been found in the gulf -| states. the species had very long and slender -| bodies and broad serrated teeth. see phocodontia. -| +|wharf | Definition: +| wharfage n. the fee or duty paid for the privilege +| of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; +| pierage collectively; quayage. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |whatever | Definition: @@ -66106,40 +60345,38 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wheat | Definition: -| yumas n. pl. a tribe of indians native of arizona -| and the adjacent parts of mexico and california. -| they are agricultural and cultivate corn wheat -| barley melons etc. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wheaten | Definition: -| wheaten a. made of wheat; as wheaten bread. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |wheel | Definition: | wrest n. a partition in a water wheel by which | the form of the buckets is determined. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wheels | Definition: +|wheeled | Definition: | wheelwright n. a man whose occupation is to make | or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles as carts | wagons and the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whelp | Definition: -| whelp v. t. to bring forth as cubs or young; to -| give birth to. +|wheeling | Definition: +| wheeling n. condition of a road or roads which +| admits of passing on wheels; as it is good +| wheeling or bad wheeling. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whelps | Definition: -| whelp n. one of the longitudinal ribs or ridges -| on the barrel of a capstan or a windless; -- -| usually in the plural; as the whelps of a windlass. -| +|wheels | Definition: +| wheelwright n. a man whose occupation is to make +| or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles as carts +| wagons and the like. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|wheelwright | Definition: +| wright n. one who is engaged in a mechanical or +| manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; +| a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp. a worker in +| wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds as in +| millwright wheelwright etc. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |whence | Definition: @@ -66153,12 +60390,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whensoever | Definition: -| whensoever adv. & conj. at what time soever; at -| whatever time; whenever. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |whereas | Definition: | whereas conj. when in fact; while on the contrary; | the case being in truth that; although; -- @@ -66169,25 +60400,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whereby | Definition: -| whereby adv. by what; how; -- used interrogatively. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |wherefore | Definition: -| wherefore adv. & conj. for which reason; so; -- -| used relatively. +| wherefore n. the reason why. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wherein | Definition: -| wherein adv. in which; in which place thing time -| respect or the like; -- used relatively. -| +| wherein adv. in what; -- used interrogatively. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |whereof | Definition: -| whereof adv. of what; -- used interrogatively. -| +| whereof adv. of which; of whom; formerly also +| with which; -- used relatively. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |whereon | Definition: @@ -66196,21 +60422,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wheresoever | Definition: -| wheresoever adv. in what place soever; in whatever -| place; wherever. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|whereto | Definition: -| whereto adv. to what; to what end; -- used interrogatively. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|whereunto | Definition: -| whereunto adv. same as whereto. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |whereupon | Definition: | whereupon adv. upon which; in consequence of which; | after which. @@ -66221,62 +60432,83 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wherewith | Definition: -| wherewith adv. with what; -- used interrogatively. -| +|wherries | Definition: +| wherries pl. of wherry |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wherewithal | Definition: -| wherewithal adv. & n. wherewith. +|wherry | Definition: +| wherry n. a liquor made from the pulp of crab +| apples after the verjuice is expressed; -- +| sometimes called crab wherry. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whet | Definition: -| whet v. t. to rub or on with some substance as -| a piece of stone for the purpose of sharpening; -| to sharpen by attrition; as to whet a knife. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|whetted | Definition: -| whetted imp. & p. p. of whet +|whichever | Definition: +| whichsoever pron. & a. whether one or another; +| whether one or the other; which; that one (of +| two or more) which; as whichever road you take +| it will lead you to town. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whilst | Definition: -| whilst adv. while. +|whiles | Definition: +| whiles conj. during the time that; while. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whip | Definition: -| whip v. t. to punish with a whip scourge or rod; -| to flog; to beat; as to whip a vagrant; to -| whip one with thirty nine lashes; to whip a -| perverse boy. +|whim | Definition: +| whimwham n. a whim or whimsey; a freak. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whips | Definition: -| whipperin n. a huntsman who keeps the hounds from -| wandering and whips them in if necessary to -| the of chase. +|whimpered | Definition: +| whimpered imp. & p. p. of whimper +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whirled | Definition: -| whirligig n. a mediaeval instrument for punishing -| petty offenders being a kind of wooden cage -| turning on a pivot in which the offender was -| whirled round with great velocity. +|whimpering | Definition: +| whimpering p. pr. & vb. n. of whimper | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|whimple | Definition: +| whimple v. i. to whiffle; to veer. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|whipped | Definition: +| whip v. i. to move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly +| and do something; to whisk; as he whipped around +| the corner. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|whirl | Definition: +| whirling a. & n. from whirl v. t. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |whirling | Definition: | whirling a. & n. from whirl v. t. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whirlwind | Definition: -| willywaw n. a whirlwind or whirlwind squall encountered -| in the straits of magellan. -| +|whisked | Definition: +| whisked imp. & p. p. of whisk +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|whisker | Definition: +| whisker n. iron rods extending on either side +| of the bowsprit to spread or guy out the stays +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|whiskers | Definition: +| vibrissa n. one of the specialized or tactile +| hairs which grow about the nostrils or on other +| parts of the face in many animals as the so-called +| whiskers of the cat and the hairs of the nostrils +| of man. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |whisper | Definition: @@ -66290,22 +60522,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whisperer | Definition: -| whisperer n. a tattler; one who tells secrets; -| a conveyer of intelligence secretly; hence; -| a backbiter; one who slanders secretly. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |whispering | Definition: | whisperingly adv. in a whisper or low voice; in | a whispering manner; with whispers. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whistle | Definition: -| whistling a. & n. from whistle v. -| +|whist | Definition: +| whistly adv. in a whist manner; silently. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|whistled | Definition: +| whistled imp. & p. p. of whistle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |whistling | Definition: @@ -66315,41 +60545,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or whistling sound. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whit | Definition: -| whit n. the smallest part or particle imaginable; -| a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in -| an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|whited | Definition: -| whited imp. & p. p. of white -| +|whites | Definition: +| whites n. pl. cloth or garments of a plain white +| color. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whiteness | Definition: -| whiteness n. a flock of swans. -| +|whitesmith | Definition: +| whitesmith n. a worker in iron who finishes or +| polishes the work in distinction from one who +| forges it. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whiter | Definition: -| zibeth n. a carnivorous mammal (viverra zibetha) -| closely allied to the civet from which it differs -| in having the spots on the body less distinct -| the throat whiter and the black rings on the -| tail more numerous. +|whitewash | Definition: +| whitewash v. t. to make white; to give a fair +| external appearance to; to clear from imputations +| or disgrace; hence to clear (a bankrupt) from +| obligation to pay debts. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whither | Definition: -| whither adv. to what point degree end conclusion -| or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a -| sense not physical. +|whitewashed | Definition: +| whitewashed imp. & p. p. of whitewash +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whithersoever | Definition: -| whithersoever adv. to whatever place; to what -| place soever; wheresoever; as i will go whithersoever -| you lead. +|whitlow | Definition: +| whitlow-wort n. same as whitlow grass under whitlow. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |whoever | Definition: @@ -66359,6 +60581,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|wholesale | Definition: +| wholesale a. pertaining to or engaged in trade +| by the piece or large quantity; selling to +| retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; +| as a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |wholesome | Definition: | wholesome superl. contributing to the health of | the mind; favorable to morals religion or prosperity; @@ -66387,28 +60617,15 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | whosoever. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whore | Definition: -| whorish a. resembling a whore in character or -| conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; -| lewd; unchaste. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|whoredom | Definition: -| whoredom n. the sin of worshiping idols; idolatry. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|whoremonger | Definition: -| whoremonger n. a whoremaster; a lecher; a man -| who frequents the society of whores. -| +|whooping | Definition: +| whooping a. & n. from whoop v. t. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|whose | Definition: -| xylophagides n. pl. a tribe or family of dipterous -| flies whose larvae live in decayed wood. some -| of the tropical species are very large. -| +|whose | Definition: +| xylophilan n. one of a tribe of beetles (xylophili) +| whose larvae live on decayed wood. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |whosoever | Definition: @@ -66417,35 +60634,43 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|wick | Definition: +| wick v. i. to strike a stone in an oblique direction. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |wicked | Definition: | wrongdoing n. evil or wicked behavior or action. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wickedly | Definition: -| wickedly adv. in a wicked manner; in a manner -| or with motives and designs contrary to the -| divine law or the law of morality; viciously; -| corruptly; immorally. +|wicket | Definition: +| wide superl. on one side or the other of the mark; +| too far side-wise from the mark the wicket +| the batsman etc. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wickedness | Definition: -| wickedness n. the quality or state of being wicked; -| departure from the rules of the divine or the -| moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; -| depravity; sinfulness. +|widen | Definition: +| widen v. t. to make wide or wider; to extend in +| breadth; to increase the width of; as to widen +| a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wickets | Definition: -| wicket n. the ground on which the wickets are -| set. +|widened | Definition: +| widened imp. & p. p. of widen +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wideness | Definition: -| wideness n. the quality or state of being wide; -| breadth; width; great extent from side to side; -| as the wideness of a room. -| +|wider | Definition: +| vermes n. pl. an extensive artificial division +| of the animal kingdom including the parasitic +| worms or helminths together with the nemerteans +| annelids and allied groups. by some writers +| the branchiopods the bryzoans and the tunicates +| are also included. the name was used in a still +| wider sense by linnaeus and his followers. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |widow | Definition: @@ -66453,17 +60678,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|widowhood | Definition: -| widowhood n. the state of being a widow; the time -| during which a woman is widow; also rarely -| the state of being a widower. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|widows | Definition: -| widow-hunter n. one who courts widows seeking -| to marry one with a fortune. -| +|wield | Definition: +| wield v. t. to use with full command or power +| as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to +| manage; to handle; hence to use or employ; +| as to wield a sword; to wield the scepter. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wife | Definition: @@ -66471,6 +60691,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | a woman. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|wig | Definition: +| wiggery n. a wig or wigs; false hair. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|wigs | Definition: +| full-bottomed a. full and large at the bottom +| as wigs worn by certain civil officers in great +| britain. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |wild | Definition: | zebra n. either one of two species of south african | wild horses remarkable for having the body @@ -66480,25 +60711,22 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wilderness | Definition: -| wilderness v. t. a tract of land or a region uncultivated -| and uninhabited by human beings whether a forest -| or a wide barren plain; a wild; a waste; a -| desert; a pathless waste of any kind. -| +| wilderness v. t. quality or state of being wild; +| wildness. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wile | Definition: -| wile n. a trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring -| or deception; a sly insidious; artifice; a -| beguilement; an allurement. -| +|wildly | Definition: +| wildly adv. in a wild manner; without cultivation; +| with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wiles | Definition: -| wily superl. full of wiles tricks or stratagems; -| using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; -| mischievously artful; subtle. -| +|wildness | Definition: +| wildness n. the quality or state of being wild; +| an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition +| to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; +| irregularity; distraction. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wilful | Definition: @@ -66511,27 +60739,13 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wiliness | Definition: -| wiliness n. the quality or state of being wily; -| craftiness; cunning; guile. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|willed | Definition: -| will n. to give or direct the disposal of by testament; -| to bequeath; to devise; as to will one's estate -| to a child; also to order or direct by testament; -| as he willed that his nephew should have his -| watch. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |william | Definition: -| norman n. a native or inhabitant of normandy; -| originally one of the northmen or scandinavians -| who conquered normandy in the 10th century; -| afterwards one of the mixed (norman-french) -| race which conquered england under william -| the conqueror. +| predesignate a. a term used by sir william hamilton +| to define propositions having their quantity +| indicated by a verbal sign; as all none etc.; +| -- contrasted with preindesignate defining +| propositions of which the quantity is not so +| indicated. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |willing | Definition: @@ -66546,10 +60760,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|willows | Definition: -| tumbril n. a kind of basket or cage of osiers -| willows or the like to hold hay and other food -| for sheep. +|willow | Definition: +| withy n. the osier willow (salix viminalis). see +| osier n. (a). |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wills | Definition: @@ -66559,10 +60772,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | of estates. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wilt | Definition: -| wilt v. t. to cause to begin to wither; to make -| flaccid as a green plant. -| +|win | Definition: +| win v. i. to gain the victory; to be successful; +| to triumph; to prevail. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wind | Definition: @@ -66572,12 +60785,39 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|winder | Definition: +| winder v. i. to wither; to fail. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|windfall | Definition: +| windfall n. anything blown down or off by the +| wind as fruit from a tree or the tree itself +| or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent +| wind etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |winding | Definition: | wrap v. t. to cover by winding or folding; to | envelop completely; to involve; to infold; | -- often with up. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|windmill | Definition: +| wing n. anything which agitates the air as a wing +| does or which is put in winglike motion by +| the action of the air as a fan or vane for +| winnowing grain the vane or sail of a windmill +| etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|windmills | Definition: +| quern n. a mill for grinding grain the upper stone +| of which was turned by hand; -- used before +| the invention of windmills and watermills. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |winds | Definition: | wreck v. t. the destruction or injury of a vessel | by being cast on shore or on rocks or by being @@ -66585,6 +60825,11 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | shipwreck. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|windsor | Definition: +| windsor n. a town in berkshire england. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |windy | Definition: | windy superl. serving to occasion wind or gas | in the intestines; flatulent; as windy food. @@ -66623,32 +60868,25 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | white. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wink | Definition: -| wink n. the act of closing or closing and opening -| the eyelids quickly; hence the time necessary -| for such an act; a moment. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |winked | Definition: | winked imp. & p. p. of wink | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|winning | Definition: -| winningly adv. in a winning manner. -| +|winking | Definition: +| winkingly adv. in a winking manner; with the eye +| almost closed. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|winnow | Definition: -| winnew n. to separate and drive off the chaff -| from by means of wind; to fan; as to winnow -| grain. +|winner | Definition: +| winner n. one who wins or gains by success in +| competition contest or gaming. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|winnowed | Definition: -| winnowed imp. & p. p. of winnew -| +|winning | Definition: +| winningly adv. in a winning manner. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |winter | Definition: @@ -66658,9 +60896,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wintered | Definition: -| wintered imp. & p. p. of winter -| +|wintry | Definition: +| wintry a. suitable to winter; resembling winter +| or what belongs to winter; brumal; hyemal; +| cold; stormy; wintery. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wipe | Definition: @@ -66673,6 +60912,17 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|wiping | Definition: +| wiper n. something used for wiping as a towel +| or rag. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|wire | Definition: +| wordle n. one of several pivoted pieces forming +| the throat of an adjustable die used in drawing +| wire lead pipe etc. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |wisdom | Definition: | wisdom a. the quality of being wise; knowledge | and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge @@ -66686,12 +60936,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | world. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wisely | Definition: -| wisely adv. in a wise manner; prudently; judiciously; -| discreetly; with wisdom. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |wiser | Definition: | stationary a. not improving or getting worse; | not growing wiser greater better more excellent @@ -66716,43 +60960,40 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | for; desirable. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|wisher | Definition: +| wisher n. one who wishes or desires; one who expresses +| a wish. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |wishes | Definition: | wisher n. one who wishes or desires; one who expresses | a wish. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|wishful | Definition: +| wishful a. desirable; exciting wishes. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |wishing | Definition: | wishing a. & n. from wish v. t. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wit | Definition: -| wottest 2d pers. sing. pres. of wit to know. +| wotteth 3d pers. sing. pres. of wit to know. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |witch | Definition: -| witching p. pr. & vb. n. of witch -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|witchcraft | Definition: -| witchcraft n. power more than natural; irresistible -| influence. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|withal | Definition: -| withal prep. with; -- put after its object at -| the end of sentence or clause in which it stands. +| witch v. t. to bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|withdraw | Definition: -| withdraw v. t. to take back or away as what has -| been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to -| cause to move away or retire; as to withdraw -| aid favor capital or the like. -| +|witches | Definition: +| witching a. that witches or enchants; suited to +| enchantment or witchcraft; bewitching. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |withdrawing | Definition: @@ -66771,17 +61012,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | from the company. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|withe | Definition: -| wythe n. same as withe n. 4. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wither | Definition: -| wither v. t. to cause to languish perish or pass -| away; to blight; as a reputation withered by -| calumny. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |withered | Definition: | wizen-faced a. having a shriveled thin withered | face. @@ -66804,36 +61034,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | with; to injure. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|withholden | Definition: -| withholden of withhold -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|withholding | Definition: -| withholding p. pr. & vb. n. of withhold -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|withstand | Definition: -| xerophilous a. drought-loving; able withstand -| the absence or lack of moisture. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|withstood | Definition: -| withstood imp. & p. p. o/ withstand. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |witness | Definition: -| witness v. t. to see the execution of as an instrument -| and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing -| its authenticity; as to witness a bond or a -| deed. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|witnessed | Definition: -| witnessed imp. & p. p. of witness -| +| witness v. i. to bear testimony; to give evidence; +| to testify. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |witnesses | Definition: @@ -66844,56 +61047,18 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | or the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|witnessing | Definition: -| witnessing p. pr. & vb. n. of witness -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |wits | Definition: | diswitted a. deprived of wits or understanding; | distracted. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|witty | Definition: -| witty n. especially possessing wit or humor; good -| at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes sarcastic; -| as a witty remark poem and the like. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wives | Definition: -| wives n. pl. of wife. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wizard | Definition: -| wizard a. haunted by wizards. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|woe | Definition: -| worth v. i. to be; to become; to betide; -- now -| used only in the phrases woe worth the day -| woe worth the man etc. in which the verb is -| in the imperative and the nouns day man etc. -| are in the dative. woe be to the day woe be -| to the man etc. are equivalent phrases. -| +|woke | Definition: +| woke imp. & p. p. wake. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wolf | Definition: -| wolf a. any one of several species of wild and -| savage carnivores belonging to the genus canis -| and closely allied to the common dog. the best-known -| and most destructive species are the european -| wolf (canis lupus) the american gray or timber -| wolf (c. occidentalis) and the prairie wolf -| or coyote. wolves often hunt in packs and may -| thus attack large animals and even man. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wolves | Definition: -| wolves n. pl. of wolf. +| wolf a. a willying machine. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |woman | Definition: @@ -66902,15 +61067,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|womankind | Definition: -| womankind n. the females of the human race; women -| collectively. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|womb | Definition: -| womb v. t. to inclose in a womb or as in a womb; -| to breed or hold in secret. -| +|womanly | Definition: +| womanly adv. in the manner of a woman; with the +| grace tenderness or affection of a woman. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |won | Definition: @@ -66923,10 +61083,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wondered | Definition: -| wonder v. i. to feel doubt and curiosity; to wait -| with uncertain expectation; to query in the -| mind; as he wondered why they came. -| +| wondered a. having performed wonders; able to +| perform wonderful things. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wonderful | Definition: @@ -66945,15 +61104,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | things. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wondrous | Definition: -| wondrous a. wonderful; astonishing; admirable; -| marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; -| strange. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |wont | Definition: -| wont n. custom; habit; use; usage. -| +| wont v. i. to be accustomed or habituated; to +| be used. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wood | Definition: @@ -66964,42 +61117,33 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|woodcut | Definition: +| woodcut n. an engraving on wood; also a print +| from it. same as wood cut under wood. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |wooden | Definition: | woolstock n. a heavy wooden hammer for milling | cloth. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|woodland | Definition: -| woodland a. of or pertaining to woods or woodland; -| living in the forest; sylvan. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |woods | Definition: | woodsy a. of or pertaining to the woods or forest. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|woody | Definition: -| zest n. the woody thick skin inclosing the kernel -| of a walnut. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|woof | Definition: -| woof n. the threads that cross the warp in a woven -| fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually -| carried by the shuttle in weaving. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |wool | Definition: | yolk n. an oily secretion which naturally covers | the wool of sheep. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|woollen | Definition: -| woolen n. cloth made of wool; woollen goods. -| +|woolsack | Definition: +| woolsack n. a sack or bag of wool; specifically +| the seat of the lord chancellor of england +| in the house of lords being a large square +| sack of wool resembling a divan in form. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wore | Definition: @@ -67012,21 +61156,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|worker | Definition: -| wright n. one who is engaged in a mechanical or -| manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; -| a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp. a worker in -| wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds as in -| millwright wheelwright etc. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|workers | Definition: -| worker n. one of the neuter or sterile individuals -| of the social ants bees and white ants. the -| workers are generally females having the sexual -| organs imperfectly developed. see ant and white -| ant under white. +|workingman | Definition: +| workingman n. a laboring man; a man who earns +| his daily support by manual labor. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |workman | Definition: @@ -67035,17 +61168,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|workmanship | Definition: -| workmanship n. that which is effected made or -| produced; manufacture something made by manual -| labor. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|workmaster | Definition: -| workmaster n. the performer of any work; a master -| workman. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |workmen | Definition: | workmen pl. of workman |_____________________________________________________________ @@ -67059,36 +61181,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|worlds | Definition: -| restrict v. t. to restrain within bounds; to limit; -| to confine; as to restrict worlds to a particular -| meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain -| diet. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |worm | Definition: -| worm v. t. to clean by means of a worm; to draw -| a wad or cartridge from as a firearm. see worm -| n. 5 (b). -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|worms | Definition: -| wormseed n. any one of several plants as artemisia -| santonica and chenopodium anthelminticum whose -| seeds have the property of expelling worms -| from the stomach and intestines. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wormwood | Definition: -| wormwood n. a composite plant (artemisia absinthium) -| having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste -| formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge and -| to protect woolen garments from moths. it gives -| the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. -| the volatile oil is a narcotic poison. the -| term is often extended to other species of -| the same genus. +| worm-eaten a. eaten or eaten into by a worm or +| by worms; as worm-eaten timber. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |worn | Definition: @@ -67098,24 +61194,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | black. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|worse | Definition: -| worse n. that which is worse; something less good; -| as think not the worse of him for his enterprise. -| +|worried | Definition: +| worried imp. & p. p. of worry +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|worship | Definition: -| zoroastrianism n. the religious system of zoroaster -| the legislator and prophet of the ancient persians -| which was the national faith of persia; mazdeism. -| the system presupposes a good spirit (ormuzd) -| and an opposing evil spirit (ahriman). cf. -| fire worship under fire and parsee. +|worrit | Definition: +| worrit n. worry; anxiety. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|worry | Definition: +| worry n. a state of undue solicitude; a state +| of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; +| anxiety; fret; as to be in a worry. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|worshipped | Definition: -| worshipped of worship +|worse | Definition: +| worse v. t. to make worse; to put disadvantage; +| to discomfit; to worst. see worst v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |worshipping | Definition: @@ -67128,9 +61226,10 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |worsted | Definition: -| worsted n. fine and soft woolen yarn untwisted -| or lightly twisted used in knitting and embroidery. -| +| worsted n. well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple +| wool which has been combed to lay the fibers +| parallel used for carpets cloth hosiery gloves +| and the like. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |worth | Definition: @@ -67142,12 +61241,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|worthily | Definition: -| worthily adv. in a worthy manner; excellently; -| deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; -| becomingly. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |worthless | Definition: | worthless a. destitute of worth; having no value | virtue excellence dignity or the like; undeserving; @@ -67158,8 +61251,20 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |worthy | Definition: -| worthy n. of high station; of high social position. -| +| worthy n. having suitable adapted or equivalent +| qualities or value; -- usually with of before +| the thing compared or the object; more rarely +| with a following infinitive instead of of or +| with that; as worthy of equal in excellence +| value or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; +| -- usually in a good sense but sometimes in +| a bad one. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|wot | Definition: +| wot 1st & 3d pers. sing. pres. of wit to know. +| see the note under wit v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wound | Definition: @@ -67186,32 +61291,6 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wove | Definition: -| wove p. pr. & rare vb. n. of weave. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|woven | Definition: -| woven p. p. of weave. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wrangle | Definition: -| wrangle n. an angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; -| a squabble; an altercation. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wrangling | Definition: -| wrangling p. pr. & vb. n. of wrangle -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wrap | Definition: -| wrap n. a wrapper; -- often used in the plural -| for blankets furs shawls etc. used in riding -| or traveling. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |wrapped | Definition: | wrapper n. specifically a loose outer garment; | an article of dress intended to be wrapped @@ -67224,39 +61303,56 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | impersonally. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wrathful | Definition: -| wrathful a. full of wrath; very angry; greatly -| incensed; ireful; passionate; as a wrathful -| man. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wreath | Definition: -| wreath n. something twisted intertwined or curled; -| as a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers. -| +|wreak | Definition: +| wreak v. t. to execute in vengeance or passion; +| to inflict; to hurl or drive; as to wreak vengeance +| on an enemy. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wreathed | Definition: -| wreathed imp. of wreathe +|wreaked | Definition: +| wreaked imp. & p. p. of wreak +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wreaths | Definition: | wreaths pl. of wreath |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wrest | Definition: -| wrest n. a partition in a water wheel by which -| the form of the buckets is determined. -| +|wreck | Definition: +| wrecking a. & n. from wreck v. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wrestled | Definition: -| wrestle v. t. to contend by grappling with and -| striving to trip or throw down an opponent; -| as they wrestled skillfully. +|wrecked | Definition: +| wrecker n. one who searches fro or works upon +| the wrecks of vessels etc. specifically: (a) +| one who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. +| (b) one who is employed in saving property +| or lives from a wrecked vessel or in saving +| the vessel; as the wreckers of key west. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|wrecks | Definition: +| wrecker n. one who searches fro or works upon +| the wrecks of vessels etc. specifically: (a) +| one who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. +| (b) one who is employed in saving property +| or lives from a wrecked vessel or in saving +| the vessel; as the wreckers of key west. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|wrenched | Definition: +| wrenched imp. & p. p. of wrench | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|wrenching | Definition: +| wrenching p. pr. & vb. n. of wrench +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |wrestling | Definition: | xystus n. a long and open portico for athletic | exercises as wrestling running etc. for use @@ -67275,17 +61371,14 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wringing | Definition: -| wringing a. & n. from wring v. -| +|wretchedness | Definition: +| wretchedness n. a wretched object; anything despicably. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wrinkle | Definition: -| wrinkle n. a small ridge prominence or furrow -| formed by the shrinking or contraction of any -| smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; -| a slight fold; as wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle -| in cloth. +|wriggling | Definition: +| wriggling p. pr. & vb. n. of wriggle +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wrinkles | Definition: @@ -67295,51 +61388,30 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|writ | Definition: -| writ n. an instrument in writing under seal in -| an epistolary form issued from the proper authority -| commanding the performance or nonperformance -| of some act by the person to whom it is directed; -| as a writ of entry of error of execution of -| injunction of mandamus of return of summons -| and the like. +|wrist | Definition: +| wristlet n. an elastic band worn around the wrist +| as for the purpose of securing the upper part +| of a glove. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|writer | Definition: -| writer n. one who is engaged in literary composition -| as a profession; an author; as a writer of -| novels. +|wrists | Definition: +| buck v. t. to subject to a mode of punishment +| which consists in tying the wrists together +| passing the arms over the bent knees and putting +| a stick across the arms and in the angle formed +| by the knees. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|writers | Definition: -| tuscan a. 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 of the order. the original -| of this order was not used by the greeks but -| by the romans under the empire. see order and -| illust. of capital. +|writer | Definition: +| writer n. a clerk of a certain rank in the service +| of the late east india company who after serving +| a certain number of years became a factor. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |writes | Definition: -| write v. i. to be regularly employed or occupied -| in writing copying or accounting; to act as -| clerk or amanuensis; as he writes in one of -| the public offices. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|writhe | Definition: -| writhe v. i. to twist or contort the body; to -| be distorted; as to writhe with agony. also -| used figuratively. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|writings | Definition: -| zend-avesta n. the sacred writings of the ancient -| persian religion attributed to zoroaster but -| chiefly of a later date. -| +| writer n. one who writes or has written; a scribe; +| a clerk. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wrong | Definition: @@ -67348,25 +61420,9 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|wronged | Definition: -| wronged imp. & p. p. of wrong -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wrongfully | Definition: -| trover n. an action to recover damages against -| one who found goods and would not deliver them -| to the owner on demand; an action which lies -| in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully -| converted by another to his own use. in this -| case the finding though alleged is an immaterial -| fact; the injury lies in the conversion. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|wronging | Definition: -| wronging p. pr. & vb. n. of wrong -| +|wrongdoing | Definition: +| wrongdoing n. evil or wicked behavior or action. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |wrongs | Definition: @@ -67384,6 +61440,26 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|wrung | Definition: +| wrung imp. & p. p. of wring. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|xiv | Definition: +| camisard n. one of the french protestant insurgents +| who rebelled against louis xiv after the revocation +| of the edict of nates; -- so called from the +| peasant's smock (camise) which they wore. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|xn | Definition: +| subindex n. a number or mark placed opposite the +| lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish +| the symbol; thus a0 b1 c2 xn have 0 1 2 and +| n as subindices. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |yard | Definition: | yardstick n. a stick three feet or a yard in length | used as a measure of cloth etc. @@ -67398,33 +61474,53 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|yarn | Definition: +| yarn n. a story told by a sailor for the amusement +| of his companions; a story or tale; as to spin +| a yarn. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|yawn | Definition: +| yawn n. a chasm mouth or passageway. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|yawned | Definition: +| yawned imp. & p. p. of yawn +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |ye | Definition: | yt an old method of printing that (as. /aet /aet) | the y taking the place of the old letter thorn | (/). cf. ye the. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|yea | Definition: -| yea adv. more than this; not only so but; -- used -| to mark the addition of a more specific or -| more emphatic clause. cf. nay adv. 2. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |yearly | Definition: | yearly adv. annually; once a year to year; as | blessings yearly bestowed. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|yell | Definition: +| yell n. a sharp loud hideous outcry. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|yelping | Definition: +| yelper n. an animal that yelps or makes a yelping +| noise. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |yesterday | Definition: -| yesterday n. the day last past; the day next before -| the present. +| yesterday adv. on the day last past; on the day +| preceding to-day; as the affair took place +| yesterday. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |yield | Definition: -| yield v. t. to permit; to grant; as to yield passage. -| +| yieldable a. disposed to yield or comply. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |yielded | Definition: @@ -67438,43 +61534,19 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|yields | Definition: -| yield v. t. to give in return for labor expended; -| to produce as payment or interest on what is -| expended or invested; to pay; as money at interest -| yields six or seven per cent. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|yoke | Definition: -| ywis adv. certainly; most likely; truly; probably. -| z () z the twenty-sixth and last letter of -| the english alphabet is a vocal consonant. -| it is taken from the latin letter z which came -| from the greek alphabet this having it from -| a semitic source. the ultimate origin is probably -| egyptian. etymologically it is most closely -| related to s y and j; as in glass glaze; e. -| yoke gr. / l. yugum; e. zealous jealous. see -| guide to pronunciation // 273 274. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|yoked | Definition: -| yoked imp. & p. p. of yoke -| +|yonder | Definition: +| yonder a. being at a distance within view or conceived +| of as within view; that or those there; yon. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|yokes | Definition: -| yoke n. a portion of the working day; as to work -| two yokes that is to work both portions of -| the day or morning and afternoon. -| +|yore | Definition: +| yore adv. in time long past; in old time; long +| since. |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|yonder | Definition: -| yonder a. being at a distance within view or conceived -| of as within view; that or those there; yon. +|yorkshire | Definition: +| yorkshire n. a county in the north of england. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ @@ -67489,46 +61561,36 @@ ______________________________________________________________ | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ -|youngest | Definition: -| postremogeniture n. the right of the youngest -| born. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ |yours | Definition: | yours pron. see the note under your. | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ +|yourself | Definition: +| yourself pron. 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 or objective case; as you +| have injured yourself. +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ |yourselves | Definition: | yourselves pl. of yourself | |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |youth | Definition: -| youths pl. of youth +| youth n. the part of life that succeeds to childhood; +| the period of existence preceding maturity +| or age; the whole early part of life from childhood +| or sometimes from infancy to manhood. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |youthful | Definition: -| youthful a. of or pertaining to the early part -| of life; suitable to early life; as youthful -| days; youthful sports. -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|youths | Definition: -| youths pl. of youth -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|zacharias | Definition: -| benedictus a. the song of zacharias at the birth -| of john the baptist (luke i. 68); -- so named -| from the first word of the latin version. -| -|_____________________________________________________________ -______________________________________________________________ -|zain | Definition: -| zain n. a horse of a dark color neither gray nor -| white and having no spots. -| +| youthful a. also used figuratively. +| |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |zeal | Definition: @@ -67536,7 +61598,12 @@ ______________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |zealous | Definition: -| zealous a. filled with or characterized by zeal; -| warmly engaged or ardent in behalf of an object. -| +| zealous a. filled with religious zeal. +| +|_____________________________________________________________ +______________________________________________________________ +|zest | Definition: +| zest v. t. to give a relish or flavor to; to heighten +| the taste or relish of; as to zest wine. +| |_____________________________________________________________ diff --git a/src/ie/atu/sw/ProcessFiles.java b/src/ie/atu/sw/ProcessFiles.java index 29dfe33..07cf48d 100644 --- a/src/ie/atu/sw/ProcessFiles.java +++ b/src/ie/atu/sw/ProcessFiles.java @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public void displayAll() { */ //Wrting To file - Big O Notation: O(n) public void writeToFile(String fileName) throws Exception { - FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(fileName); + FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(fileName+".txt"); PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(fw); Iterator iterator = index.iterator(); diff --git a/src/ie/atu/sw/Runner.java b/src/ie/atu/sw/Runner.java index 31840e2..d7b9d78 100644 --- a/src/ie/atu/sw/Runner.java +++ b/src/ie/atu/sw/Runner.java @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String fileDir = ""; String dictionary = "./Dictionary.csv"; String ignoreWords = "./google-1000.txt"; - String outputFileName = "output.txt"; + String outputFileName = "output"; Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);