7905
|
c |
C, the third letter in the English alphabet, and the second articulation or consonant, is a ... |
7906
|
cab |
CAB, n. An oriental dry measure, being the sixth part of a seah or satum, and the eighteenth of an ... |
7907
|
cabal |
CABAL, n. 1. A number of persons untied in some close design; usually to promote their private ... |
7908
|
cabala |
CABALA, [See the preceding word. It is from the sense of reception.] Tradition, or a mysterious ... |
7909
|
cabalism |
CABALISM, n. The secret science of the cabalists. |
7910
|
cabalist |
CABALIST, n. 1. A Jewish doctor who professes the study of the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish ... |
7911
|
cabalistic |
CABALISTIC |
7912
|
cabalistical |
CABALISTICAL, a. Pertaining to the cabala, or mysterious science of Jewish traditions; containing ... |
7913
|
cabalistically |
CABALISTICALLY, adv. In the manner of the cabalists. |
7914
|
cabalize |
CABALIZE, v.i. To use the manner or language of the cabalists. |
7915
|
caballer |
CABALLER, n. One who unites with others in close designs to effect an object by intrigue; one who ... |
7916
|
caballine |
CABALLINE, a. Pertaining to a horse; as caballine aloes, so called from its being given to horses ... |
7917
|
caballing |
CABALLING, ppr. Uniting in a cabal; intriguing in a small party. |
7918
|
cabaret |
CABARET, n. A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. |
7919
|
cabbage |
CABBAGE, n. A genus of plants, called in botany Brassica, of several species; some of which are ... |
7920
|
cabbage-net |
CABBAGE-NET, n. A small net to boil cabbage in. |
7921
|
cabbage-tree |
CABBAGE-TREE, n. The cabbage-palm, a species of Areca, the oleracea, a native of warm climates. ... |
7922
|
cabbage-worm |
CABBAGE-WORM, n. An insect. |
7923
|
cabiai |
CABIAI, n. An animal of South America resembling a hog, living on the margins of lakes and rivers, ... |
7924
|
cabin |
CABIN, n.1. A small room; an inclosed place.2. A cottage; a hut, or small house.3. A tent; a ... |
7925
|
cabin-boy |
CABIN-BOY, n. A boy whose duty is to wait on the officers and passengers on board of a ship. |
7926
|
cabin-mate |
CABIN-MATE, n. One who occupies the same cabin with another. |
7927
|
cabined |
CABINED, pp. Inclosed; covered. |
7928
|
cabinet |
CABINET, n.1. A closet; a small room, or retired apartment.2. A private room, in which ... |
7929
|
cabinet-council |
CABINET-COUNCIL, n. 1. A council held with privacy; the confidential council of a prince or ... |
7930
|
cabinet-maker |
CABINET-MAKER, n. A man whose occupation is to make cabinets, tables, bureaus, bed-steads, and ... |
7931
|
cabineted |
CABINETED, pp. Inclosed in a private apartment, or in a cabinet. |
7932
|
cabirean |
CABIREAN, n. One of the Cabiri. |
7933
|
cabirian |
CABIRIAN, |
7934
|
cabiric |
CABIRIC, |
7935
|
cabiritic |
CABIRITIC, a. Pertaining to the Cabiri, certain deities greatly venerated by the ancient Pagans, ... |
7936
|
cable |
CABLE, n. cabl. A large strong rope or chain, used to retain a vessel at anchor. It is made ... |
7937
|
cable-tier |
CABLE-TIER, n. The place where the cables are coiled away. |
7938
|
cabled |
CABLED, a. Fastened with a cable. |
7939
|
cablet |
CABLET, n. A little cable. |
7940
|
caboched |
CABOCHED, |
7941
|
caboose |
CABOOSE, n.1. The cook-room or kitchen of a ship. In smaller vessels, it is an inclosed ... |
7942
|
cabos |
CABOS, n. A species of eel-pout, about two feet long, whose flesh is well tasted. |
7943
|
caboshed |
CABOSHED, n. In heraldry, having the head cut close, so as to have no neck left. |
7944
|
cabriole |
CABRIOLE, |
7945
|
cabriolet |
CABRIOLET, n. A gig; a one horse chair, a light carriage. |
7946
|
cabure |
CABURE, n. A Brazilian bird of the owl kind, of the size of a thrush, of a beautiful umber color, ... |
7947
|
caburns |
CABURNS, n. Small lines made of spun yarn, to bind cables, seize tackles, and the like. |
7948
|
cacao |
CACAO or COCOA, n. The chocolate-tree, a species of the Theobroma, a native of the West Indies. ... |
7949
|
caccoons |
CACCOONS, n. A plant called in botany Flevillea. |
7950
|
cachalot |
CACHALOT, n. A cetaceous fish, the physeter or spermaceti whale. The principal species are, the ... |
7951
|
cachectic |
CACHECTIC, |
7952
|
cachectical |
CACHECTICAL, a. [See Cachery.] Having an ill habit of body; of a deranged or vitiated state of the ... |
7953
|
cachexy |
CACHEXY, n. A vicious state of the powers of the body; a deranged state of the constitution, ... |
7954
|
cachinnation |
CACHINNATION, n. A variety of chalcedony, which is a subspecies of quartz, usually milk white, ... |
7955
|
cack |
CACK, v.i. To ease the body by stool. |
7956
|
cackerel |
CACKEREL, n. A fish which is said to void excrements when pursued. Others say, a fish which eaten ... |
7957
|
cackle |
CACKLE, v.i. 1. To make a particular noise, as a goose or a hen.2. To laugh with a broken noise, ... |
7958
|
cackler |
CACKLER, n. 1. A fowl that cackles.2. A tell-tale; a tattler. |
7959
|
cackling |
CACKLING, ppr. Making the noise of a goose or hen.CACKLING, n. The broken noise of a goose or ... |
7960
|
cacochymic |
CACOCHYMIC, |
7961
|
cacochymical |
CACOCHYMICAL, a. [See Cacochymy.] Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. |
7962
|
cacochymy |
CACOCHYMY, n. A vicious state of the vital humors, especially of the blood, arising from a ... |
7963
|
cacodemon |
CACODEMON, n. An evil spirit. |
7964
|
cacoethes |
CACOETHES, n.1. A bad custom or habit; a bad disposition.2. In medicine, an incurable ulcer. |
7965
|
cacophony |
CACOPHONY, n. 1. In rhetoric, an uncouth or disagreeable sound of words, proceeding from the ... |
7966
|
cadaver |
CADAVER, n. A corpse. |
7967
|
cadaverous |
CADAVEROUS, a.1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; wan; ghastly; as a ... |
7968
|
caddis |
CADDIS, n. 1. A kind of tape or ribin.2. A kind of worm or grub found in a case of straw. |
7969
|
caddow |
CADDOW, n. A chough; a jack daw. |
7970
|
caddy |
CADDY, n. A small box for keeping tea. |
7971
|
cade |
CADE, a. Tame; bred by hand; domesticated; as a cade lamb.CADE, v.t. To bring up or nourish by ... |
7972
|
cade-oil |
CADE-OIL, n. In the materia medica, an oil used in Germany and France, made of the fruit of the ... |
7973
|
cade-worm |
CADE-WORM, n. The same as caddis. |
7974
|
cadence |
CADENCE, |
7975
|
cadenced |
CADENCED, pp. or a. Having a particular cadence; as well cadenced music. |
7976
|
cadency |
CADENCY, n. 1. A fall, a decline; a state of sinking.2. A fall of the voice in reading or ... |
7977
|
cadene |
CADENE, n. A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. |
7978
|
cadent |
CADENT, n. Falling down; sinking. |
7979
|
cadenza |
CADENZA, n. The fall or modulation of the voice in singing. |
7980
|
cadet |
CADET, n.1. The younger or youngest son.2. A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a ... |
7981
|
cadew |
CADEW, n. A straw worm. [See Caddis.] |
7982
|
cadge |
CADGE, v.t. To carry a burden. |
7983
|
cadger |
CADGER, n. One who brings butter, eggs and poultry to the market, from the country; a huckster. |
7984
|
cadi |
CADI, n. In the Turkish dominions, a judge in civil affairs; usually the judge of a town or ... |
7985
|
cadillac |
CADILLAC, n. A sort of pear. |
7986
|
cadmean |
CADMEAN, |
7987
|
cadmia |
CADMIA, n. An oxyd of zink which collects on the sides of furnaces where zink is sublimed, as in ... |
7988
|
cadmian |
CADMIAN, a. Relating to Cadmus, a reputed prince of Thebes, who introduced into Greece, sixteen ... |
7989
|
cadmium |
CADMIUM, n. A metal discovered by M. Stromeyer, in 1817, in carbonate of zink, at Hanover. Its ... |
7990
|
caduceus |
CADUCEUS, n. In antiquity, Mercurys rod; a wand entwisted by two serpents, borne by Mercury as an ... |
7991
|
caducity |
CADUCITY, n. Tendency to fall. |
7992
|
caducous |
CADUCOUS, a. In botany, falling early; as caducous leaves, which fall before the end of summer. A ... |
7993
|
caecias |
CAECIAS, n. A wind from the northeast. |
7994
|
caer |
CAR, CAER, CHAR, in names of places, is sometimes the Celtic Caer, a town or city, as in ... |
7995
|
caesarian |
CAESARIAN. [See Cesarian.] |
7996
|
caesura |
CAESURA. [See Cesura.] |
7997
|
caftan |
CAFTAN, n. A Persian or Turkish vest or garment. |
7998
|
cage |
CAGE, v.t. To confine in a cage; to shut up, or confine. |
7999
|
cagit |
CAGIT, n. A beautiful green parrot of the Philippine isles. |
8000
|
cagui |
CAGUI, n. A monkey of Brazil, of two species, one of them called the pongi, the other not more ... |
8001
|
caic |
CAIC or CAIQUE, n. A skiff belonging to a galley. |
8002
|
caiman |
CAIMAN. [See Cayman.] |
8003
|
caique |
CAIC or CAIQUE, n. A skiff belonging to a galley. |
8004
|
cairn |
CAIRN, n. A heap of stones. |
8005
|
caisson |
CAISSON, or CAISSOON, n.1. A wooden chest into which several bombs are put, and sometimes ... |
8006
|
caissoon |
CAISSON, or CAISSOON, n.1. A wooden chest into which several bombs are put, and sometimes ... |
8007
|
caitif |
CAITIF, n. A mean villain; a despicable knave; it implies a mixture of wickedness and misery. |
8008
|
cajeput |
CAJEPUT, n. An oil from the East Indies, resembling that of cardamoms, obtained from the Melaleuca ... |
8009
|
cajole |
CAJOLE, v.t. To flatter; to soothe; to coax; to deceive or delude by flattery. |
8010
|
cajoler |
CAJOLER, n. A flatterer; a wheedler. |
8011
|
cajolery |
CAJOLERY, n. Flattery; a wheedling to delude. |
8012
|
cajoling |
CAJOLING, ppr. Flattering; wheedling; deceiving. |
8013
|
cajota |
CAJOTA, n. A Mexican animal resembling a wolf and a dog. |
8014
|
cake |
CAKE, n. 1. A small mass of dough baked; or a composition of flour, butter, sugar, or other ... |
8015
|
calabash |
CALABASH, n. 1. A vessel made of a dried gourd-shell or of the shell of a calabash tree, used for ... |
8016
|
calabash-tree |
CALABASH-TREE, n. A tree of two species, known in botany by the generic name Crescentia. The ... |
8017
|
calade |
CALADE, n. The slope or declivity of a rising manege-ground. |
8018
|
calaite |
CALAITE, n. A name given to the turquois; which see. |
8019
|
calamanco |
CALAMANCO, n. A woolen stuff, of a fine gloss, and checkered in the warp. |
8020
|
calamar |
CALAMAR, n. An animal, having an oblong body and ten legs. On the belly are two bladders ... |
8021
|
calambac |
CALAMBAC, n. Aloes-wood, xyloe-aloes, a drug, which is the product of a tree growing in China and ... |
8022
|
calambour |
CALAMBOUR, n. A species of the aloes-wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable ... |
8023
|
calamiferous |
CALAMIFEROUS, a. Producing plants having a long, hollow, knotted stem. |
8024
|
calamin |
CALAMINE, or CALAMIN, n. Lapis calaminaris, or cadmia fossilis; an ore of zink, much used in the ... |
8025
|
calamine |
CALAMINE, or CALAMIN, n. Lapis calaminaris, or cadmia fossilis; an ore of zink, much used in the ... |
8026
|
calamint |
CALAMINT, n. A plant, a species of Melissa, or baum, an aromatic plant, and a weak ... |
8027
|
calamistrate |
CALAMISTRATE, v.t. To curl or frizzle the hair. |
8028
|
calamistration |
CALAMISTRATION, n. The act of curling the hair. |
8029
|
calamit |
CALAMIT, n. A mineral, probably a variety of Tremolite. It occurs in imperfect or rounded ... |
8030
|
calamitous |
CALAMITOUS, a. 1. Very miserable; involved in deep distress; oppressed with infelicity; wretched ... |
8031
|
calamitously |
CALAMITOUSLY, adv. In a manner to bring great distress. |
8032
|
calamitousness |
CALAMITOUSNESS, n. Deep distress; wretchedness; misery; the quality of producing misery. |
8033
|
calamity |
CALAMITY, n. Any great misfortune, or cause of misery; generally applied to events or disasters ... |
8034
|
calamus |
CALAMUS, n. 1. The generic name of the Indian cane, called also rotang. It is without branches, ... |
8035
|
calander |
CALANDRE or CALANDER, n. The French name of a species of insect of the beetle kind, very ... |
8036
|
calandra |
CALANDRA, n. A species of lark, with a thick bill, the upper part of the body of a reddish brown, ... |
8037
|
calandre |
CALANDRE or CALANDER, n. The French name of a species of insect of the beetle kind, very ... |
8038
|
calangay |
CALANGAY, n. A species of white parrot. |
8039
|
calash |
CALASH, n. 1. A light chariot or carriage with very low wheels, used for taking the air in parks ... |
8040
|
calc-sinter |
CALC-SINTER, n. Stalactitic carbonate of lime. |
8041
|
calc-tuff |
CALC-TUFF, n. An alluvial formation of carbonate of lime. |
8042
|
calcar |
CALCAR, n. In glass works, a kind of oven, or reverberating furnace, used for the calcination of ... |
8043
|
calcarate |
CALCARATE, a. Furnished with a spur; as a calcarate corol, in larksupr; a calcarate nectary, a ... |
8044
|
calcario-sulphurou |
CALCARIO-SULPHUROUS, a. [See Calx and Sulphur.] Having lime and sulphur in combination, or ... |
8045
|
calcarious |
CALCARIOUS, a. Partaking of the nature of lime; having the qualities of lime; as calcarious earth ... |
8046
|
calcavalla |
CALCAVALLA, n. A kind of sweet wine from Portugal. |
8047
|
calceated |
CALCEATED, n. Shod; fitted with or wearing shoes. |
8048
|
calcedon |
CALCEDON, n. [See Chalcedony.] With jewelers, a foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious ... |
8049
|
calcedonian |
CALCEDONIAN, a. [See Chalcedony.] Pertaining to or resembling chalcedony. |
8050
|
calcedonic |
CALCEDONIC, |
8051
|
calcedony |
CALCEDONY. See Chalcedony, the more correct orthography. |
8052
|
calciferous |
CALCIFEROUS, a. [of calx, lime, and muria, salt water.] A species of earth, of the muriatic genus, ... |
8053
|
calcinable |
CALCINABLE, a. [See Calcine.] That may be calcined; capable of being reduced to a friable state by ... |
8054
|
calcinate |
CALCINATE, v.t. To calcine. [See Calcine.] |
8055
|
calcination |
CALCINATION, n. [from calcine.] 1. The operation of expelling from a substance by heat, some ... |
8056
|
calcinatory |
CALCINATORY, n. A vessel used in calcination. |
8057
|
calcine |
CALCINE, v.t.1. To reduce a substance to a powder or to a friable state, by the action of heat; or ... |
8058
|
calcium |
CALCIUM, n. The metallic basis of lime. |
8059
|
calcographical |
CALCOGRAPHICAL, a. [See Calcography.] Pertaining to calcography. |
8060
|
calcography |
CALCOGRAPHY, n. An engraving in the likeness of chalk. |
8061
|
calculalation |
CALCULALATION, n. 1. The art, practice or manner of computing by numbers. The use of numbers, by ... |
8062
|
calculary |
CALCULARY, n. A congeries of little stony knots dispersed through the parenchyma of the pear and ... |
8063
|
calculate |
CALCULATE, v.t. 1. To compute; to reckon; to add, subtract, multiply or divide any sums, for the ... |
8064
|
calculated |
CALCULATED, pp. Computed; reckoned; suited; adapted by design. |
8065
|
calculating |
CALCULATING, ppr. Computing; reckoining; adapting by design; adjusting. |
8066
|
calculative |
CALCULATIVE, a. Pertaining to calculation; tending to calculate. |
8067
|
calculator |
CALCULATOR, n. One who computes or reckons; one who estimates or considers the force and effect of ... |
8068
|
calculatory |
CALCULATORY, a. Belonging to calculation. |
8069
|
calcule |
CALCULE, n. Reckoning; computation. |
8070
|
calculous |
CALCULOUS, a. [Supra.] 1. Stony; gritty; hard like stone; as a calculous concretion.2. In ... |
8071
|
caldron |
CALDRON, n. A large kettle or boiler, of copper, or other metal, furnished with a movable handle ... |
8072
|
caleche |
CALECHE, [See Calash.] |
8073
|
caledonian |
CALEDONIAN, a. Pertaining to Caledonia, an ancient name of Scotland. The termination ia, ... |
8074
|
calefacient |
CALEFACIENT, a. [See Calefaction, Calefy.] Warming; heating.CALEFACIENT, n. That which warms or ... |
8075
|
calefaction |
CALEFACTION, n. 1. The act or operation of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body ... |
8076
|
calefactive |
CALEFACTIVE, |
8077
|
calefactor |
CALEFACTOR, a. [See Calefaction.] That makes warm or hot; that communicates heat. |
8078
|
calefy |
CALEFY, v.i. To grow hot or warm; to be heated.CALEFY, v.t. To make worm or hot. |
8079
|
calendar |
CALENDAR, n. 1. A register of the year, in which the months, weeks, and days are set down in ... |
8080
|
calender |
CALENDER, v.t. To press between rollers, for the purpose of making smooth, glossy and wavy; as ... |
8081
|
calendrer |
CALENDRER, n. The person who calenders cloth. |
8082
|
calends |
CALENDS, n. plu. Among the Romans, the fist day of each month. The origin of this name is ... |
8083
|
calenture |
CALENTURE, n. A violent ardent fever, incident to persons in hot climates, especially natives of ... |
8084
|
calf |
CALF, n.1. The young of the cow, or of the bovine genus of quadrupeds.2. In contempt, a dolt; an ... |
8085
|
calf-like |
CALF-LIKE, a. Resembling a calf. |
8086
|
calf-skin |
CALF-SKIN, n. The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin. |
8087
|
caliber |
CALIBER, n. 1. The diameter of a body; as the caliber of a column, or of a bullet.2. The bore of ... |
8088
|
calice |
CALICE, n. A cup appropriately, a communion cup, or vessel used to administer the wine in the ... |
8089
|
calico |
CALICO, n. [said to be from Calicut, in India.] Cotton cloth. In England, white or unprinted ... |
8090
|
calico-printer |
CALICO-PRINTER, n. One whose occupation is to print calicoes. |
8091
|
calid |
CALID, a. Hot; burning; ardent. |
8092
|
calidity |
CALIDITY, n. Heat. |
8093
|
caliduct |
CALIDUCT, n. Among the Ancients, a pipe or canal used to convey heat from a furnace to the ... |
8094
|
calif |
CALIF, n. Written also caliph and kalif. A successor or vicar; a representative of Mohammed, ... |
8095
|
califate |
CALIFATE, |
8096
|
caligation |
CALIGATION, n. Darkness; dimness; cloudiness.In medical authors, caligation or caligo, is an ... |
8097
|
caliginous |
CALIGINOUS, a. Dim; obscure; dark. |
8098
|
caliginousness |
CALIGINOUSNESS, n. Dimness; obscurity. |
8099
|
caligraphy |
CALIGRAPHY, |
8100
|
caligraphyic |
CALIGRAPHYIC, n. [Infra.] Pertaining to elegant penmanship. |
8101
|
calin |
CALIN, n. A compound metal, of which the Chinese make tea canisters and the like. The ingredients ... |
8102
|
caliphate |
CALIPHATE or KALIFATE, n. The office or dignity of a calif; or the government of a calif. |
8103
|
caliver |
CALIVER, n. [from caliber.] A kind of handgun, musket or arquebuse. |
8104
|
calk |
CALK, v.t. cauk.1. To drive oakum or old ropes untwised, into the seams of a ship or other vessel, ... |
8105
|
calked |
CALKED, pp. Cauked. Having the seams stopped; furnished with shoes with iron points. |
8106
|
calker |
CALKER, n. Cauker. A man who calks; sometimes perhaps a calk or pointed iron on a house-shoe. |
8107
|
calkin |
CALKIN, n. A calk. |
8108
|
calking |
CALKING, n. Cauking. In painting, the covering of the back side of a design with black lead, or ... |
8109
|
calking-iron |
CALKING-IRON, n. Cauking-iron. An instrument like a chisel, used in calking ships. |
8110
|
call |
CALL, v.t. [Heb. To hold or restrain.] In a general sense, to drive; to strain or force out sound. ... |
8111
|
callat |
CALLAT, n. A trull, or a scold. |
8112
|
called |
CALLED, pp. Invited; summoned; addressed; named; appointed; invoked; assembled by order; recited. |
8113
|
caller |
CALLER, n. One who calls. |
8114
|
callet |
CALLET, |
8115
|
calligraphy |
CALLIGRAPHY, n. Fair or elegant writing, or penmanship. |
8116
|
calling |
CALLING, n. 1. A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names ... |
8117
|
calliope |
CALLIOPE, n. Calliopy. In Pagan mythology, the muse that presides over eloquence and heroic ... |
8118
|
callipers |
CALLIPERS. [See Caliber.] |
8119
|
callix |
CALLIX, n. 1. A cup2. The membrane which covers the papillae in the pelvis of the human kidney. ... |
8120
|
callosity |
CALLOSITY, a. Hardness, or bony hardness; the hardness of the cicatrix of ulcers. |
8121
|
callous |
CALLOUS, a.1. Hard; hardened; indurated; as an ulcer or some part of the body.2. Hardened in ... |
8122
|
callously |
CALLOUSLY, adv. In a hardened or unfeeling manner. |
8123
|
callousness |
CALLOUSNESS, n. Hardness, induration, applied to the body; insensibility, applied to the mind or ... |
8124
|
callow |
CALLOW, a. Destitute of feathers, naked; unfledged; as a young bird. |
8125
|
callus |
CALLUS, n. Any cutaneous, corneous, or bony hardness, but generally the new growth of osseous ... |
8126
|
calm |
CALM, a. 1. Still; quiet; being at rest; as the air. Hence not stormy or tempestuous; as a calm ... |
8127
|
calmer |
CALMER, n. The person or thing that calms, or has the power to till, and make quiet; that which ... |
8128
|
calming |
CALMING, ppr. Stilling; appeasing. |
8129
|
calmly |
CALMLY, adv. In a quiet manner; without disturbance, agitation, tumult, or violence; without ... |
8130
|
calmness |
CALMNESS, n. 1. Quietness; stillness; tranquillity; applied to the elements.2. Quietness; ... |
8131
|
calmy |
CALMY, a. Calm; quiet; peaceable. |
8132
|
calogeri |
CALOYERS, or CALOGERI, n. Monks of the Greek church, of three orders; archari, or novices; ... |
8133
|
calomel |
CALOMEL, n. A preparation of mercury, much used in medicine. It is called the submuriate or ... |
8134
|
caloric |
CALORIC, n. The principle or matter of heat, or the simple element of heat. Caloric may be ... |
8135
|
calorific |
CALORIFIC, a. That has the quality of producing heat; causing heat; heating. |
8136
|
calorimeter |
CALORIMETER, n. An apparatus for measuring relative quantities of heat, or the specific caloric of ... |
8137
|
calorimotor |
CALORIMOTOR, n. A galvanic instrument, in which the calorific influence or effects are attended by ... |
8138
|
calote |
CALOTE, n.1. A cap or coif, of hair, satin or other stuff, worn in popish countries, as an ... |
8139
|
calotte |
CALOTTE, |
8140
|
caloyers |
CALOYERS, or CALOGERI, n. Monks of the Greek church, of three orders; archari, or novices; ... |
8141
|
calp |
CALP, n. A subspecies of carbonate of lime, of a bluish black, gray or grayish blue, but its ... |
8142
|
caltrop |
CALTROP, n.1. A kind of thistle, the Latin tribulus, with a roundish prickly pericarp; on one ... |
8143
|
calumet |
CALUMET, n. Among the aboriginals of America, a pipe, used for smoking tobacco, whose bowl is ... |
8144
|
calumniate |
CALUMNIATE, v.t. [See Calumny.] To accuse or charge one falsely, and knowingly, with some crime, ... |
8145
|
calumniated |
CALUMNIATED, pp. Slandered; falsely and maliciously accused of what is criminal, immoral, or ... |
8146
|
calumniating |
CALUMNIATING, ppr. Slandering. |
8147
|
calumniation |
CALUMNIATION, n. False accusation of a crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation ... |
8148
|
calumniator |
CALUMNIATOR, n. One who slanders; one who falsely and knowingly accuses another of a crime or ... |
8149
|
calumniatory |
CALUMNIATORY, a. Slanderous. |
8150
|
calumnious |
CALUMNIOUS, a. Slanderous; bearing or implying calumny; injurious to reputation. |
8151
|
calumniously |
CALUMNIOUSLY, n. Slanderously. |
8152
|
calumniousness |
CALUMNIOUSNESS, n. Slanderousness. |
8153
|
calumny |
CALUMNY, n. Slander; false accusation of a crime or offense, knowingly or maliciously made or ... |
8154
|
calvary |
CALVARY, n.1. A place of skulls; particularly, the place where Christ was crucified, on a small ... |
8155
|
calve |
CALVE, v.i.1. To bring forth young, as a cow.2. In a metaphorical sense, and sometimes by way of ... |
8156
|
calver |
CALVER, v.t. To cut in slices.CALVER, v.i. To shrink by cutting, and not fall to pieces. |
8157
|
calves-snout |
CALVES-SNOUT, n. A plant, snap-dragon, antirrhinum. |
8158
|
calville |
CALVILLE, n. A sort of apple. |
8159
|
calvinish |
CALVINISH, n. The theological tenets or doctrines of Calvin, who was born in Picardy in France, ... |
8160
|
calvinist |
CALVINIST, n. A follower of Calvin; one who embraces the theological doctrines of Calvin. |
8161
|
calvinistic |
CALVINISTIC, |
8162
|
calvinistical |
CALVINISTICAL, a. Pertaining to Calvin, or to his opinions in theology. |
8163
|
calvish |
CALVISH, a. Like a calf. |
8164
|
calx |
CALX, n. Properly lime or chalk; but more appropriately, the substance of a metal or mineral which ... |
8165
|
calycinal |
CALYCINAL, |
8166
|
calycine |
CALYCINE, a. Pertaining to a calyx; situated on a calyx. |
8167
|
calycle |
CALYCLE, n. In botany, a row of small leaflets, at the base of the calyx, on the outside. The ... |
8168
|
calycled |
CALYCULATE or CALYCLED, a. Having a calycle at the base on the outside; used of the calyx. |
8169
|
calyculate |
CALYCULATE or CALYCLED, a. Having a calycle at the base on the outside; used of the calyx. |
8170
|
calypter |
CALYPTER, n. The calyx of mosses, according to Linne; but not properly a calyx. It is a kind of ... |
8171
|
calyx |
CALYX, n. plu. calyxes. The outer covering of a flower, being the termination of the cortical ... |
8172
|
calzoons |
CALZOONS, n. Drawers. |
8173
|
camaieu |
CAMEO, CAMAIEU, OR CAMAYEU, n. A peculiar sort of onyx; also, a stone on which are found various ... |
8174
|
camayeu |
CAMEO, CAMAIEU, OR CAMAYEU, n. A peculiar sort of onyx; also, a stone on which are found various ... |
8175
|
camber |
CAMBER, n. Among builders, camber or camber-beam is a piece of timber cut archwise, or with an ... |
8176
|
cambering |
CAMBERING, ppr. or a. Bending; arched; as, a deck lies cambering. |
8177
|
cambist |
CAMBIST, n. A banker; one who deals in notes, and bills of exchange. |
8178
|
cambric |
CAMBRIC, n. A species of fine white linen, made of flax, said to be named from Cambray in ... |
8179
|
came |
CAME, pret. of come, which see.CAME, n. A slender rod of cast lead, of which glaziers make their ... |
8180
|
camel |
CAMEL, n. 1. A large quadruped used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens, and for riders. As ... |
8181
|
camel-backed |
CAMEL-BACKED, a. Having a back like a camel.Cameleon mineral. [See Chameleon.] A compound of pure ... |
8182
|
camelopard |
CAMELOPARD, n. [camelus and pardalis.] The giraff, a species constituting the genus Camelopardalis. ... |
8183
|
cameo |
CAMEO, CAMAIEU, OR CAMAYEU, n. A peculiar sort of onyx; also, a stone on which are found various ... |
8184
|
camerade |
CAMERADE, n. One who lodges or resides in the same apartment; now comrade, which see. |
8185
|
cameralistic |
CAMERALISTIC, a. Pertaining to finance and public revenue. |
8186
|
cameralistics |
CAMERALISTICS, n. The science of finance or public revenue, comprehending the means of raising and ... |
8187
|
camerate |
CAMERATE, v.t. To vault; to ceil. |
8188
|
camerated |
CAMERATED, a. Arched; vaulted. |
8189
|
cameration |
CAMERATION, n. An arching or vaulting. |
8190
|
camis |
CAMIS, n. A thin dress. |
8191
|
camisade |
CAMISADE, n. An attack by surprise, at night, or at break of day, when the enemy is supposed to be ... |
8192
|
camisated |
CAMISATED, a. Dressed with a shirt outwards. |
8193
|
camlet |
CAMLET, n. A stuff originally made of camels hair. It is now made, sometimes of wool, sometimes ... |
8194
|
camleted |
CAMLETED, a. Colored or veined. |
8195
|
cammoc |
CAMMOC, n. A plant, petty whin or rest-harrow, Ononis. |
8196
|
camomile |
CAMOMILE, n. A genus of plants, Anthemis, of many species. It has a chaffy receptacle; the calyx is ... |
8197
|
camous |
CAMOUS, |
8198
|
camoused |
CAMOUSED, a. Depressed; crooked. |
8199
|
camously |
CAMOUSLY, adv. Awry. |
8200
|
camoys |
CAMOYS, n. Flat; depressed; applied only to the nose, and little used. |
8201
|
camp |
CAMP, n.1. The ground on which an army pitch their tents, whether for a night or a longer time.2. ... |
8202
|
camp-fight |
CAMP-FIGHT, n. In law writers, a trial by duel, or the legal combat of two champions, for the ... |
8203
|
campaign |
CAMPAIGN, |
8204
|
campaigner |
CAMPAIGNER, n. One who has served in an army several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran. |
8205
|
campain |
CAMPAIN, n. 1. An open field; a large open plain; an extensive tract of ground without ... |
8206
|
campana |
CAMPANA, n. The pasque-flower. |
8207
|
campaniform |
CAMPANIFORM, a. In the shape of a bell; applied to flowers. |
8208
|
campanula |
CAMPANULA, n. The bell-flower. |
8209
|
campanulate |
CAMPANULATE, a. In the form of a bell. |
8210
|
campeachy-wood |
CAMPEACHY-WOOD, from Campeachy in Mexico. |
8211
|
campestral |
CAMPESTRAL, |
8212
|
campestrian |
CAMPESTRIAN, a. Pertaining to an open field; growing in a field or open ground. |
8213
|
camphor |
CAMPHOR, n. Properly cafor. A solid concrete juice or exudation, from the laurus camphora, or ... |
8214
|
camphor-oil |
CAMPHOR-OIL. [See Camphor-tree.] |
8215
|
camphor-tree |
CAMPHOR-TREE, n. The tree from which camphor is obtained. According to Miller, there are two ... |
8216
|
camphorate |
CAMPHORATE, n. In chimistry, a compound of the acid of camphor, with different bases.CAMPHORATE, ... |
8217
|
camphorated |
CAMPHORATED, a. Impregnated with camphor. |
8218
|
camphoric |
CAMPHORIC, a. Pertaining to camphor, or partaking of its qualities. |
8219
|
campilla |
CAMPILLA, n. A plant of a new genus, used by dyers. |
8220
|
camping |
CAMPING, ppr. Encamping.CAMPING, n. A playing at football. |
8221
|
campion |
CAMPION, n. A plant, the popular name of the lychnis. |
8222
|
camus |
CAMUS, |
8223
|
can |
CAN, n. A cup or vessel for liquors, in modern times made of metal; as a can of ale.CAN, v.i. ... |
8224
|
can-buoy |
CAN-BUOY, n. In seamanship, a buoy in form of a cone, made large, and sometimes painted, as a mark ... |
8225
|
can-hook |
CAN-HOOK, n. An instrument to sling a cask by the ends of its staves, formed by reeving a piece of ... |
8226
|
canadian |
CANADIAN, a. Pertaining to Canada, an extensive country on the north of the United ... |
8227
|
canail |
CANAIL, n. The coarser part of meal; hence, the lowest people; less; dregs; offscouring. |
8228
|
canakin |
CANAKIN, n. A little can or cup. |
8229
|
canal |
CANAL, n.1. A passage for water; a water course; properly, a long trench or excavation in the ... |
8230
|
canal-coal |
CANAL-COAL. [See Cannel-coal.] |
8231
|
canaliculate |
CANALICULATE, |
8232
|
canaliculated |
CANALICULATED, a. Channelled; furrowed. In botany, having a deep longitudinal groove above, and ... |
8233
|
canary |
CANARY, n. 1. Wine made in the Canary isles.2. An old dance. Shakespeare has used the word as a ... |
8234
|
canary-bird |
CANARY-BIRD, n. A singing bird from the Canary isles, a species of Fringilla. The bill is conical ... |
8235
|
canary-grass |
CANARY-GRASS, n. A plant, the Phalaris, whose seed are collected for canary-birds. |
8236
|
cancel |
CANCEL, v.t.1. To cross the lines of a writing, and deface them; to blot out or obliterate.2. To ... |
8237
|
cancelated |
CANCELATED, a. Cross-barred; marked with cross lines. |
8238
|
cancelation |
CANCELATION, n. The act of defacing by cross lines; a canceling. |
8239
|
canceled |
CANCELED, pp. Crossed; obliterated; annulled. |
8240
|
canceling |
CANCELING, ppr. Crossing; obliterating; annulling. |
8241
|
cancer |
CANCER, n. 1. The crab or crab-fish. This genus of animals have generally eight legs, and two ... |
8242
|
cancerate |
CANCERATE, v.i. To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. |
8243
|
canceration |
CANCERATION, n. A growing cancerous, or into a cancer. |
8244
|
cancerous |
CANCEROUS, a. Like a cancer; having the qualities of a cancer. |
8245
|
cancerousness |
CANCEROUSNESS, n. The state of being cancerous. |
8246
|
cancriform |
CANCRIFORM, a. 1. Cancerous.2. Having the form of a cancer or crab. |
8247
|
cancrine |
CANCRINE, a. Having the qualities of a crab. |
8248
|
cancrite |
CANCRITE, n. A fossil or petrified crab. |
8249
|
candent |
CANDENT, a. Very hot; heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. |
8250
|
candicant |
CANDICANT, a. Growing white. |
8251
|
candid |
CANDID, a. 1. White.2. Fair; open; frank; ingenuous; free from undue bias; disposed to think and ... |
8252
|
candidate |
CANDIDATE, n. 1. A man who seeks or aspires to an office; one who offers himself, or is proposed ... |
8253
|
candidly |
CANDIDLY, adv. Openly; frankly; without trick or disguise; ingenuously. |
8254
|
candidness |
CANDIDNESS, n. Openness of mind; frankness; fairness; ingenuousness. |
8255
|
candied |
CANDIED, pp. or a. Preserved with sugar, or incrusted with it; covered with crystals of sugar or ... |
8256
|
candle |
CANDLE, n. 1. A long, but small cylindrical body of tallow, wax or spermaceti, formed on a wick ... |
8257
|
candle-bomb |
CANDLE-BOMB, n. A small glass bubble, filled with water, place in the wick of a candle, where it ... |
8258
|
candle-coal |
CANNEL-COAL or CANDLE-COAL, n. A hard, opake, inflammable fossil coal of a black color, ... |
8259
|
candle-holder |
CANDLE-HOLDER, n. A person that holds a candle. Hence, one that remotely assists another, but is ... |
8260
|
candle-light |
CANDLE-LIGHT, n. The light of a candle; the necessary candles for use. |
8261
|
candle-stick |
CANDLE-STICK, n. An instrument or utensil to hold a candle, made in different forms and of ... |
8262
|
candle-stuff |
CANDLE-STUFF, n. A material of which candles are made, as tallow, wax, &c. |
8263
|
candlemas |
CANDLEMAS, n. The feast of the church celebrated on the second day of February, in honor of the ... |
8264
|
candles-ends |
CANDLES-ENDS, n. Scraps; fragments. |
8265
|
candoc |
CANDOC, n. A plant or weed tha grows in rivers. |
8266
|
candor |
CANDOR, n. Openness of heart; frankness; ingenuousness of mind; a disposition to treat subjects ... |
8267
|
candy |
CANDY, v.t.1. To conserve or dress with sugar; to boil in sugar.2. To from into congelations or ... |
8268
|
candy-tufts |
CANDY-TUFTS, n. 1. A plant, the Iberis.2. A Cretan flower. |
8269
|
candying |
CANDYING, ppr. Conserving with sugar.CANDYING, n. The act of preserving simples in substance, by ... |
8270
|
cane |
CANE, n. 1. In botany, this term is applied to several species of plants belonging to several ... |
8271
|
cane-brake |
CANE-BRAKE, n. A thicket of canes. |
8272
|
cane-hole |
CANE-HOLE, n. A hole or trench for planting the cuttings of cane, on sugar plantations. |
8273
|
cane-trash |
CANE-TRASH, n. Refuse of canes, or macerated rinds of cane, reserved for fuel to boil the ... |
8274
|
canescent |
CANESCENT, a. Growing white or hoary. |
8275
|
canicula |
CANICULA, |
8276
|
canicular |
CANICULAR, a. Pertaining to the dog-star. |
8277
|
canicule |
CANICULE, n. A star in the constellation of Canis Major, called also the dog-star, or Sirius; a ... |
8278
|
canine |
CANINE, a. Pertaining to dogs; having the properties or qualities of a dog; as a canine appetite, ... |
8279
|
caning |
CANING, n. A beating with a stick or cane. |
8280
|
canister |
CANISTER, n. Properly, a small basket, as in Dryden; but more generally, a small box or case, for ... |
8281
|
canker |
CANKER, n. 1. A disease incident to trees, which causes the bark to rot and fall.2. A popular ... |
8282
|
canker-fly |
CANKER-FLY, n. A fly that preys on fruit. |
8283
|
canker-like |
CANKER-LIKE, a. Eating or corrupting like a canker. |
8284
|
canker-worm |
CANKER-WORM, n. A worm, destructive to trees or plants. In America, this name is given to a worm ... |
8285
|
cankerbit |
CANKERBIT, a. Bitten with a cankered or envenomed tooth. |
8286
|
cankered |
CANKERED, pp. 1. Corrupted.2. a. Crabbed; uncivil. |
8287
|
cankeredly |
CANKEREDLY, adv. Crossly; adversely. |
8288
|
cankerous |
CANKEROUS, a. Corroding like a canker. |
8289
|
cankery |
CANKERY, a. Rusty |
8290
|
cannabine |
CANNABINE, a. Pertaining to hemp; hempen. |
8291
|
cannel-coal |
CANNEL-COAL or CANDLE-COAL, n. A hard, opake, inflammable fossil coal of a black color, ... |
8292
|
cannequin |
CANNEQUIN, n. White cotton cloth from the East Indies, suitable for the Guinea trade. |
8293
|
cannibal |
CANNIBAL, n. A human being that east human flesh; a man-eater, or anthropophagite. |
8294
|
cannibalism |
CANNIBALISM, n. 1. The act or practice of eating human flesh, by mankind.2. Murderous cruelty; ... |
8295
|
cannibally |
CANNIBALLY, adv. In the manner of a cannibal. |
8296
|
cannon |
CANNON, n. A large military engine for throwing balls, and other instruments of death, by the ... |
8297
|
cannon-ball |
CANNON-BALL, n. A ball, usually made of cast iron, to be thrown from cannon. Cannon bullet, of ... |
8298
|
cannon-proof |
CANNON-PROOF, a. Proof against cannon shot. |
8299
|
cannon-shot |
CANNON-SHOT, n. A ball for cannon; also, the range or distance a cannon will throw a ball. |
8300
|
cannonade |
CANNONADE, n. The act of discharging cannon and throwing balls, for the purpose of destroying an ... |
8301
|
cannoneer |
CANNONEER, |
8302
|
cannot |
CANNOT, [can and not.] These words are usually united, but perhaps without good reason; canst and ... |
8303
|
cannular |
CANNULAR, a. Tubular; having the form of a tube. |
8304
|
canoe |
CANOE,n.1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of the body or trunk of a tree, excavated, by ... |
8305
|
canon |
CANON, n. 1. In ecclesiastical affairs, a law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a ... |
8306
|
canon-bit |
CANON-BIT, n. That part of a bit let into a horses mouth. |
8307
|
canoness |
CANONESS, n. A woman who enjoys a prebend, affixed, by the foundation, to maids, without obliging ... |
8308
|
canonical |
CANONICAL, a. Pertaining to a canon; according to the canon or rule.Canonical books or canonical ... |
8309
|
canonically |
CANONICALLY, adv. In a manner agreeable to the canon. |
8310
|
canonicalness |
CANONICALNESS, n. The quality of being canonical. |
8311
|
canonicals |
CANONICALS, n. plu. The full dress of the clergy, worn when they officiate. |
8312
|
canonicate |
CANONICATE, n. The office of a canon. |
8313
|
canonist |
CANONIST, n. A professor of cannon law; one skilled in the study and practice of ecclesiastical ... |
8314
|
canonistic |
CANONISTIC, a. Having the knowledge of a canonist. |
8315
|
canonization |
CANONIZATION, n. [See Canonize.] 1. The act of declaring a man a saint, or rather the act of ... |
8316
|
canonize |
CANONIZE, v.t. [from canon.] To declare a man a saint and rank him in the catalogue, called a ... |
8317
|
canonry |
CANONRY, |
8318
|
canonship |
CANONSHIP, n. An ecclesiastical benefice, in a cathedral or collegiate church, which has a prebend ... |
8319
|
canopied |
CANOPIED, a. [See Canopy.] Covered with a canopy. |
8320
|
canopy |
CANOPY, n. 1. A covering over a throne, or over a bed; more generally, a covering over the head. ... |
8321
|
canorous |
CANOROUS, a. Musical; tuneful. |
8322
|
canorousness |
CANOROUSNESS, n. Musicalness. |
8323
|
cant |
CANT, v.t. 1. In popular usage, to turn about, or to turn over, by a sudden push or thrust; as, ... |
8324
|
cantabrian |
CANTABRIAN, a. Pertaining to Cantabria, on the Bay of Biscay, in Spain. |
8325
|
cantaliver |
CANTALIVER, n. [cantle and eaves.] In architecture, a piece of wood, framed into the front or side ... |
8326
|
cantar |
CANTAR, |
8327
|
cantaro |
CANTARO, n. An eastern weight; at Acra in Turkey, 603 pounds; at Tunis and Tripoli, 114 pounds, In ... |
8328
|
cantata |
CANTATA, n. A poem set to music; a composition or song, intermixed with recitatives and airs, ... |
8329
|
cantation |
CANTATION, a. A singing. |
8330
|
canteen |
CANTEEN, n. A tin vessel used by soldiers for carrying liquor for drink. |
8331
|
canteleup |
CANTELEUP, n. A variety of muskmelon. |
8332
|
canter |
CANTER, v.i. To move as a horse in a moderate gallop, raising the two fore feet nearly at the same ... |
8333
|
cantering |
CANTERING, ppr. Moving or riding with a slow gallop. |
8334
|
cantharidin |
CANTHARIDIN, n. That peculiar substance existing in the Meloe vesicatorius, or cantharides, which ... |
8335
|
cantharis |
CANTHARIS or plu. CANTHARIDES, n. Spanish flies; a species of Meloe. This fly is nine or ten ... |
8336
|
canthus |
CANTHUS, n. An angle of the eye; a cavity at the extremities of the eyelids; the greater is next ... |
8337
|
canticle |
CANTICLE, n. 1. A song. In the plural, canticles, the Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of ... |
8338
|
cantillate |
CANTILLATE, v.t. To chant; to recite with musical tones. |
8339
|
cantillation |
CANTILLATION, n. A chanting; recitation with musical modulations. |
8340
|
canting |
CANTING, ppr. 1. Throwing with a sudden jerk; tossing.2. Speaking with a whine or song-like ... |
8341
|
cantingly |
CANTINGLY, adv. With a cant. |
8342
|
cantion |
CANTION, n. A song or verses. |
8343
|
cantle |
CANTLE, n. A fragment; a piece; a portion.CANTLE, v.t. To cut into pieces; to cut out a piece. |
8344
|
cantlet |
CANTLET, n. A piece; a little corner; a fragment. |
8345
|
canto |
CANTO, n. A part or division of a poem, answering to what in prose is called a book. In Italian, ... |
8346
|
canton |
CANTON, n.1. A small portion of land, or division of territory; originally, a portion of territory ... |
8347
|
cantonal |
CANTONAL, a. Pertaining to a canton; divided into cantons. |
8348
|
cantoned |
CANTONED, pp. Divided into distinct parts, or quarters; lodged in distinct quarters, as troops. |
8349
|
cantoning |
CANTONING, ppr. Dividing into distinct districts; allotting separate quarters to each regiment. |
8350
|
cantonize |
CANTONIZE, v.t. To canton, or divide into small districts. |
8351
|
cantonment |
CANTONMENT, n. A part or division of a town or village, assigned to a particular regiment of ... |
8352
|
cantred |
CANTRED, |
8353
|
cantref |
CANTREF, n. A hundred villages, as in Wales. |
8354
|
canvas |
CANVAS, n. 1. A coarse cloth made of hemp, or flax, used for tents, sails of ships, painting and ... |
8355
|
canvas-climber |
CANVAS-CLIMBER, n. A sailor that goes aloft to handle sails. |
8356
|
canvass |
CANVASS, v.t.1. To discuss; literally, to beat or shake out, to open by beating or shaking, like ... |
8357
|
canvassed |
CANVASSED, pp. Discussed; examined. |
8358
|
canvasser |
CANVASSER, n. 1. One who solicits votes, or goes about to make interest.2. One who examines the ... |
8359
|
canvassing |
CANVASSING, ppr. Discussing; examining; sifting; seeking.CANVASSING, n. The act of discussing, ... |
8360
|
cany |
CANY, a. [from cane.] Consisting of cane, or abounding with canes. |
8361
|
canzone |
CANZONE, n. A song or air in two or three parts, with passages of fugue and imitation; or a poem ... |
8362
|
canzonet |
CANZONET, n. A little or short song, in one, two or three parts. It sometimes consists of two ... |
8363
|
cap |
CAP, n. 1. A part of dress made to cover the head.2. The ensign of a cardinalate.3. The top, or ... |
8364
|
capability |
CAPABILITY, n. [See Capable.] The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness. |
8365
|
capable |
CAPABLE, a. 1. Able to hold or contain; able to receive; sufficiently capacious; often followed ... |
8366
|
capableness |
CAPABLENESS, n. The state or quality of being capable; capacity; power of understanding; ... |
8367
|
capacify |
CAPACIFY, v.t. To qualify. |
8368
|
capacious |
CAPACIOUS, a. 1. Wide; large; that will hold much; as a capacious vessel.2. Broad; extensive; as ... |
8369
|
capaciousness |
CAPACIOUSNESS, n. 1. Wideness; largeness; as of a vessel.2. Extensiveness; largeness; as of a ... |
8370
|
capacitate |
CAPACITATE, v.t. [See Capacity.]1. To make capable; to enable; to furnish with natural power; as, ... |
8371
|
capacitated |
CAPACITATED, pp. Made capable; qualified. |
8372
|
capacitation |
CAPACITATION, n. The act of making capable. |
8373
|
capacity |
CAPACITY, n.1. Passive power; the power of containing, or holding; extent of room or space; as the ... |
8374
|
caparison |
CAPARISON, n. A cloth or covering laid over the saddle or furniture of a horse, especially a ... |
8375
|
capcase |
CAPCASE, n. A covered case. |
8376
|
cape |
CAPE, n. 1. A head land; properly the head, point or termination of a neck of land, extending ... |
8377
|
capelan |
CAPELAN, n. A small fish, about six inches in length, sholes of which appear off the coasts of ... |
8378
|
capella |
CAPELLA, n. A bright fixed star in the left shoulder of the constellation Auriga. |
8379
|
capellet |
CAPELLET, n. A kind of swelling, like a wen, growing on the heel of the hock on a horse, and on ... |
8380
|
caper |
CAPER, v.i. To leap; to skip or jump; to prance; to spring.CAPER, n. A leap; a skip; a spring; as ... |
8381
|
caper-bush |
CAPER-BUSH. [See Caper.] |
8382
|
caper-cutting |
CAPER-CUTTING, n. A leaping or dancing in a frolicksome manner. |
8383
|
caperer |
CAPERER, n. One who capers, leaps and skips about, or dances. |
8384
|
capering |
CAPERING, ppr. Leaping; skipping. |
8385
|
capias |
CAPIAS, n. In law, a writ of two sorts; one before judgment, called a capias ad respondendum, ... |
8386
|
capibar |
CAPIBAR, n. An animal partaking of the form of a hog and of a rabbit, the cabiai. |
8387
|
capillaceous |
CAPILLACEOUS, a. Hairy; resembling a hair. [See Capillary.] |
8388
|
capillaire |
CAPILLAIRE, n. A kind of sirrup, extracted rom maiden-hair. |
8389
|
capillament |
CAPILLAMENT, n.1. The filament, a small fine thread, like a hair, that grows in the middle of a ... |
8390
|
capillary |
CAPILLARY, a. 1. Resembling a hair, fine, minute, small in diameter, though long; as a capillary ... |
8391
|
capillation |
CAPILLATION, n. A blood vessel like a hair. |
8392
|
capilliform |
CAPILLIFORM, a. In the shape or form of a hair, or of hairs. |
8393
|
capital |
CAPITAL, a. 1. Literally, pertaining to the head; as a capital bruise, in Milton, a bruise on the ... |
8394
|
capitalist |
CAPITALIST, n. A man who has a capital or stock in trade, usually denoting a man of large ... |
8395
|
capitally |
CAPITALLY, adv. 1. In a capital manner; nobly; finely.2. With loss of life; as, to punish ... |
8396
|
capitalness |
CAPITALNESS, n. A capital offense. |
8397
|
capitate |
CAPITATE, a. In botany, growing in a head, applied to a flower, or stigma. |
8398
|
capitation |
CAPITATION, n. 1. Numeration by the head; a numbering of persons.2. A tax, or imposition upon ... |
8399
|
capite |
CAPITE. In English law, a tenant in capite, or in chief, is one who holds lands immediately of the ... |
8400
|
capitol |
CAPITOL, n. 1. The temple of Jupiter in Rome, and a fort or castle, on the Mons Capitolinus. In ... |
8401
|
capitolian |
CAPITOLIAN, a. Pertaining to the capitol in Rome. |
8402
|
capitoline |
CAPITOLINE, a. Pertaining to the capitol in Rome. The Capitoline Games were annual games ... |
8403
|
capitular |
CAPITULAR, |
8404
|
capitularly |
CAPITULARLY, adv. In the form of an ecclesiastical chapter. |
8405
|
capitulary |
CAPITULARY, n. 1. An act passed in a chapter, either of knights, canons or religious.2. The body ... |
8406
|
capitulate |
CAPITULATE, v.i.1. To draw up a writing in chapters, heads or articles. [But this sense is not ... |
8407
|
capitulation |
CAPITULATION, n. 1. The act of capitulating, or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms or ... |
8408
|
capitulator |
CAPITULATOR, n. One who capitulates. |
8409
|
capitule |
CAPITULE, n. A summary. |
8410
|
capivi |
CAPIVI, n. A balsam of the Spanish West-Indies. [See Capaiba.] |
8411
|
capnomancy |
CAPNOMANCY, n. Divination by the ascent or motion of smoke. |
8412
|
capoch |
CAPOCH, n. A monks hood. |
8413
|
capon |
CAPON, n. A castrated cock; a cock-chicken gelded as soon as he quits his dam, or as soon as he ... |
8414
|
caponniere |
CAPONNIERE, n. In fortification, a covered lodgment, sunk four or five feet into the ground, ... |
8415
|
capot |
CAPOT, n. A winning of all the tricks of cards at the game of piquet.CAPOT, v.t. To win all the ... |
8416
|
capper |
CAPPER, n. [from cap.] One whose business is to make or sell caps. |
8417
|
capreolate |
CAPREOLATE, a. In botany, having tendrils, or filiform spiral claspers, by which plants fasten ... |
8418
|
caprice |
CAPRICE, n. A sudden start of the mind; a sudden change of opinion, or humor; a whim, freak, or ... |
8419
|
capricious |
CAPRICIOUS, a. Freakish; whimsical; apt to change opinions suddenly, or to start from ones ... |
8420
|
capriciously |
CAPRICIOUSLY, adv. In a capricious manner; whimsically. |
8421
|
capriciousness |
CAPRICIOUSNESS, n. 1. The quality of being led by caprice; whimsicalness; unsteadiness of purpose ... |
8422
|
capricorn |
CAPRICORN, n. One of the twelve signs of the zodiac, the winter solstice; represented on ancient ... |
8423
|
caprification |
CAPRIFICATION, n. A method of ripening figs by means of a gnat or insect that pricks the bud. |
8424
|
caprifole |
CAPRIFOLE, n. Honeysuckle; woodbine. |
8425
|
capriform |
CAPRIFORM, a. Having the form of a goat. |
8426
|
capriole |
CAPRIOLE, n. In the manege, caprioles are leaps that a horse makes in the same place without ... |
8427
|
capriped |
CAPRIPED, a. Having feet like those of a goat. |
8428
|
capsicum |
CAPSICUM, n. Guinea pepper. |
8429
|
capsize |
CAPSIZE, v.t. To upset or overturn; a seamans phrase. |
8430
|
capstan |
CAPSTAN, n. A strong massy column of timber, formed like a truncated cone, and having its upper ... |
8431
|
capsular |
CAPSULAR, |
8432
|
capsulary |
CAPSULARY, a. 1. Hollow like a chest.2. Capsular ligament, is that which surrounds every movable ... |
8433
|
capsulate |
CAPSULATE, |
8434
|
capsulated |
CAPSULATED, a. Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box. |
8435
|
capsule |
CAPSULE, n. 1. The seed vessel of a plant; a dry membranaceous hollow pericarp, opening ... |
8436
|
captain |
CAPTAIN, n. 1. Literally, a head or chief officer; appropriately, the military officer who ... |
8437
|
captaincy |
CAPTAINCY, n. 1. The rank, post or commission of a captain.2. The jurisdiction of a captain, or ... |
8438
|
captainry |
CAPTAINRY, n. The power or command over a certain district; chieftainship. |
8439
|
captainship |
CAPTAINSHIP, n. 1. The condition or post of a captain or chief commander.2. The rank, quality or ... |
8440
|
captation |
CAPTATION, n. The act or practice of catching favor or applause, by flattery or address. |
8441
|
caption |
CAPTION, n. 1. The act of taking, or apprehending by a judicial process.2. A certificate signed ... |
8442
|
captious |
CAPTIOUS, a. 1. Disposed to find fault, or raise objections; apt to cavil, as in popular ... |
8443
|
captiously |
CAPTIOUSLY, adv. In a captious manner; with an inclination or intention to object, or censure. |
8444
|
captiousness |
CAPTIOUSNESS, n. Disposition to find fault; inclination to object; peevishness. |
8445
|
captivate |
CAPTIVATE, v.t.1. To take prisoner; to seize by force; as an enemy in war.2. To subdue; to bring ... |
8446
|
captivated |
CAPTIVATED, pp. Made prisoner; charmed. |
8447
|
captivating |
CAPTIVATING, ppr. 1. Taking prisoner; engaging the affections.2. a. Having power to engage the ... |
8448
|
captivation |
CAPTIVATION, n. The act of taking a prisoner; a taking one captive. |
8449
|
captive |
CAPTIVE, n. 1. A prisoner taken by force or stratagem in war, by an enemy; followed by to; as a ... |
8450
|
captivity |
CAPTIVITY, n. 1. The state of being a prisoner, or of being in the power of an enemy by force or ... |
8451
|
captor |
CAPTOR, n. One who takes, as a prisoner or a prize. It is appropriately one who takes a prize at ... |
8452
|
capture |
CAPTURE, n. 1. In a general sense, the act of taking or seizing; as the capture of an enemy, of a ... |
8453
|
captured |
CAPTURED, pp. Taken as a prize. |
8454
|
capturing |
CAPTURING, ppr. Seizing as a prize. |
8455
|
capuccio |
CAPUCCIO, n. A capuchin or hood. |
8456
|
capuched |
CAPUCHED, a. Covered with a hood. |
8457
|
capuchin |
CAPUCHIN, n. 1. A garment for females, consisting of a cloke and hood, made in imitation of the ... |
8458
|
capuchins |
CAPUCHINS, n. Monks of the order of St. Francis, who cover their heads with a capuce, capuchon, a ... |
8459
|
capucine |
CAPUCINE, n. A species of monkey, the sagoo or sai. |
8460
|
capulin |
CAPULIN, n. The Mexican cherry. |
8461
|
car |
CAR, CAER, CHAR, in names of places, is sometimes the Celtic Caer, a town or city, as in ... |
8462
|
carabine |
CARABINE, |
8463
|
carabineer |
CARABINEER, n. A man who carries a carabine; one who carries a longer carabine than others, which ... |
8464
|
carac |
CARAC, |
8465
|
carack |
CARACK, n. A large ship of burden; a Portuguese Indiaman. |
8466
|
caracol |
CARACOL, n. 1. In the manege, a semi-round, or half turn which a horseman makes, either to the ... |
8467
|
caracoly |
CARACOLY, n. A mixture of gold, silver and copper, of which are made rings pendants and other toys ... |
8468
|
carat |
CARAT, n. 1. The weight of four grains, used by gold-smiths and jewelers in weighing precious ... |
8469
|
caravan |
CARAVAN, n. A company of travellers, pilgrims or merchants, marching or proceeding in a body over ... |
8470
|
caravansary |
CARAVANSARY, n. A place appointed for receiving and loading caravans; a kind of inn, where the ... |
8471
|
caravel |
CARAVEL, |
8472
|
caraway |
CARAWAY, n. A plant of the genus Carum, a biennial plant, with a taper root like a parsnip, which, ... |
8473
|
carbine |
CARBINE, n. A short gun or fire arm, carrying a ball of 24 to the pound, borne by light horsemen, ... |
8474
|
carbon |
CARBON, n. Pure charcoal; a simple body, black, brittle, light and inodorous. It is usually the ... |
8475
|
carbonaceous |
CARBONACEOUS, a. Pertaining to charcoal. [See Carbonic.] |
8476
|
carbonade |
CARBONADE, |
8477
|
carbonado |
CARBONADO, n. In cookery, flesh, fowl or the like, cut across, seasoned and broiled on coals. |
8478
|
carbonate |
CARBONATE, v.t. In chimistry, a compound formed by the union of carbonic acid with a base; as the ... |
8479
|
carbonated |
CARBONATED, a. Combined with carbon. |
8480
|
carboncle |
CARBONCLE, n. 1. An anthrax; an inflammatory tumor, or painful gangrenous boil or ulcer.2. A ... |
8481
|
carbonic |
CARBONIC, a. Pertaining to carbon, or obtained from it. The carbonic acid is a saturated ... |
8482
|
carboniferous |
CARBONIFEROUS, a. Producing carbon, or coal. |
8483
|
carbonization |
CARBONIZATION, n. The act or process of carbonizing. |
8484
|
carbonize |
CARBONIZE, v.t. To convert into carbon by combustion or the action of fire; to expel from wood or ... |
8485
|
carbonized |
CARBONIZED, pp. Converted into carbon or charcoal. |
8486
|
carbonohydrous |
CARBONOHYDROUS, a. Composed of carbon and hydrogen. |
8487
|
carbonous |
CARBONOUS, a. Carbonous acid is carbon not fully saturated with oxygen. |
8488
|
carbuncled |
CARBUNCLED, a. Set with carbuncles; spotted. |
8489
|
carbuncular |
CARBUNCULAR, a. Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed. |
8490
|
carbunculation |
CARBUNCULATION, n. The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or cold. |
8491
|
carburet |
CARBURET, n. A combination of carbon with a metal, earth or alkali. A combination of carbon with ... |
8492
|
carbureted |
CARBURETED, a. Combined with carbon, or holding carbon in colution; as carbureted hydrogen gas. ... |
8493
|
carcajo |
CARCAJO, n. The glutton, a voracious carnivorous animal. |
8494
|
carcanet |
CARCANET, n. A chain or collar of jewels. |
8495
|
carcass |
CARCASS, n. 1. The body of an animal; usually the body when dead. It is not applied to the ... |
8496
|
carcelage |
CARCELAGE, n. Prison fees. |
8497
|
carceral |
CARCERAL, a. Belonging to a prison. |
8498
|
carcinoma |
CARCINOMA, n. A cancer; also, a turgesence of the veins of the eye. |
8499
|
carcinomatous |
CARCINOMATOUS, a. Cancerous; like a cancer, or tending to it. |
8500
|
card |
CARD, n.1. A paper or pasteboard of a oblong figure, on which are painted figures or points; used ... |
8501
|
card-maker |
CARD-MAKER, n. A maker of cards. |
8502
|
card-match |
CARD-MATCH, n. A match made by dipping pieces of card in melted sulphur. |
8503
|
cardamine |
CARDAMINE, n. The plant, meadow cresses, or cuckow flower. |
8504
|
cardamom |
CARDAMOM, n. A plant of the genus Amomum, and its seeds, a native of India. The seeds of this ... |
8505
|
carded |
CARDED, pp. Combed; opened; cleansed with cards. |
8506
|
carder |
CARDER, n. One who cards wool; also, one who plays much at cards. |
8507
|
cardiac |
CARDIAC, |
8508
|
cardiacal |
CARDIACAL, a. 1. Pertaining to the heart.2. Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of ... |
8509
|
cardialgy |
CARDIALGY, n. The heart-burn, a violent sensation of heat and acrimony in the upper or left ... |
8510
|
cardinal |
CARDINAL, a. Chief, principal, preeminent, or fundamental; as the cardinal virtues, which Pagans ... |
8511
|
cardinalate |
CARDINALATE, |
8512
|
cardinalize |
CARDINALIZE, v.t. To make a cardinal. |
8513
|
cardinalship |
CARDINALSHIP, n. The office, rank or dignity of a cardinal. |
8514
|
carding |
CARDING, ppr. 1. Combing, as flax, wool, &c.2. The act of playing at cards. |
8515
|
carding-machine |
CARDING-MACHINE, n. A machine lately invented, for combing, breaking and cleansing wool and ... |
8516
|
cardioid |
CARDIOID, n. An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart. |
8517
|
cardite |
CARDITE, n. Fossil or petrified shells of the genus Cardium. |
8518
|
cardoon |
CARDOON, n. A species of Cynara, resembling the artichoke, but larger.ARD-TABLE, n. The table ... |
8519
|
care |
CARE, n. 1. Concern; anxiety; solicitude; nothing some degree of pain in the mind, from ... |
8520
|
care-crazed |
CARE-CRAZED, a. [care and craze.] Broken or disordered by care, or solicitude; as a care-crazed ... |
8521
|
care-defying |
CARE-DEFYING, a. Bidding defiance to care.CARE-DEFYING, a. Bidding defiance to care. |
8522
|
care-tuned |
CARE-TUNED, a. Tuned by care; mournful. |
8523
|
care-wounded |
CARE-WOUNDED, a. Wounded with care. |
8524
|
careen |
CAREEN, v.t. In sea language, to heave or bring a ship to lie on one side, for the purpose of ... |
8525
|
careened |
CAREENED, pp. Laid on one side; inclined. |
8526
|
careening |
CAREENING, ppr. Heaving down on one side; inclining.CAREENING, n. The act of heaving down on one ... |
8527
|
career |
CAREER, n. 1. A course; a race, or running; a rapid running; speed in motion.2. General course ... |
8528
|
careering |
CAREERING, pp. Running or moving with speed. |
8529
|
careful |
CAREFUL, a. [See Care.] 1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous.Martha, thou art careful and troubled ... |
8530
|
carefully |
CAREFULLY, adv. 1. With care, anxiety, or solicitude.Though he sought it carefully with tears. ... |
8531
|
carefulness |
CAREFULNESS, n. 1. Anxiety; solicitude.Drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness. ... |
8532
|
careless |
CARELESS, a. [care and less. See Loose.]1. Having no care; heedless; negligent; unthinking; ... |
8533
|
carelessly |
CARELESSLY, adv. In a careless manner or way; negligently; heedlessly; inattentively; without care ... |
8534
|
carelessness |
CARELESSNESS, n. Heedlessness; inattention; negligence; manner without care. |
8535
|
carentane |
CARENTANE, n. A papal indulgence, multiplying the remission of penance by forties. |
8536
|
caress |
CARESS, v.t. To treat with fondness, affection, or kindness; to fondle; to embrace with tender ... |
8537
|
caressed |
CARESSED, pp. Treated or embraced with affection. |
8538
|
caressing |
CARESSING, ppr. Treating with endearment, or affection. |
8539
|
caret |
CARET, n. In writing, this mark ^, which shows that something, omitted in the line, is interlined ... |
8540
|
cargason |
CARGASON, n. A cargo; which see. |
8541
|
cargo |
CARGO, n. The lading or freight of a ship; the goods, merchandize, or whatever is conveyed in a ... |
8542
|
cargoose |
CARGOOSE, n. A fowl belonging to the genus Colymbus, called the crested diver. The cheeks and ... |
8543
|
cariated |
CARIATED, a. Carious. [See Carious.] |
8544
|
cariboo |
CARIBOO, n. A quadruped of the stag kind. |
8545
|
carica |
CARICA, n. The papaw, a tree bearing a fleshy fruit of the size of a small melon. |
8546
|
caricature |
CARICATURE, n. A figure or description in which beauties are concealed and blemishes exaggerated, ... |
8547
|
caricaturist |
CARICATURIST, n. One who caricatures others. |
8548
|
caricography |
CARICOGRAPHY, n. A description of the plants of the genus Carex or sedge. |
8549
|
caricous |
CARICOUS, a. Resembling a fig an epithet given to tumors that resemble a fig, such as occur often ... |
8550
|
caries |
CARIES, n. The corruption or mortification of a bone; an ulcerated bone. |
8551
|
carillon |
CARILLON, n. A little bell. Also, a simple air in music, adapted to the performance of small ... |
8552
|
carinate |
CARINATE, |
8553
|
carinated |
CARINATED, a. In botany, shaped like the keel of a ship; having a longitudinal prominency on the ... |
8554
|
carinthin |
CARINTHIN, n. A mineral from Carinthia, regarded as a variety of hornblend. |
8555
|
cariosity |
CARIOSITY, n. [See Caries.] Mortification, or ulceration of a bone. |
8556
|
carious |
CARIOUS, a. Mortified; corrupted; ulcerated; as a bone. |
8557
|
cark |
CARK, n. Care; anxiety; concern; solicitude; distress.CARK, v.i. To be careful, anxious, ... |
8558
|
carking |
CARKING, pp. Distressing; perplexing; giving anxiety. |
8559
|
carle |
CARLE, n. 1. A rude, rustic, rough, brutal man.2. A kind of hemp.CARLE, v.i. To act like a ... |
8560
|
carline |
CARLINE, OR CAROLINE, n. A silver coin in Naples. |
8561
|
carline-thistle |
CARLINE-THISTLE, n. A genus of plants growing in the south of France, and one a native of Great ... |
8562
|
carling |
CARLING, n. A piece of timber in a ship, ranging fore and aft, from one deck beam to another, ... |
8563
|
carlish |
CARLISH, CARLISHNESS. [See Churlish.] |
8564
|
carlishness |
CARLISH, CARLISHNESS. [See Churlish.] |
8565
|
carlock |
CARLOCK, n. A sort of isinglass from Russia, made of the sturgeons bladder, and used in clarifying ... |
8566
|
carlot |
CARLOT, n. A countryman. [See Carle.] |
8567
|
carlovingian |
CARLOVINGIAN, a. Pertaining to Charlemagne; as the Carlovingian race of kings. |
8568
|
carman |
CARMAN, n. [car and man.] A man whose employment is to drive a cart, or to convey goods and other ... |
8569
|
carmelin |
CARMELIN, |
8570
|
carmelite |
CARMELITE, a. Belonging to the order of Carmelites.CARMELITE, n. [from Mount Carmel.] 1. A ... |
8571
|
carminative |
CARMINATIVE, n. A medicine, which tends to expel wind, or to remedy colic and flatulencies. |
8572
|
carmine |
CARMINE, n. A powder or pigment, of a beautiful red or crimson color, bordering on purple, and ... |
8573
|
carnage |
CARNAGE, n. 1. Literally, flesh, or heaps of flesh, as in shambles.2. Slaughter; great ... |
8574
|
carnal |
CARNAL, a.1. Pertaining to flesh; fleshly; sensual; opposed to spiritual; as carnal pleasure.2. ... |
8575
|
carnal-minded |
CARNAL-MINDED, a. Worldly-minded. |
8576
|
carnal-mindedness |
CARNAL-MINDEDNESS, n. Grossness of mind. |
8577
|
carnalist |
CARNALIST, n. One given to the indulgence of sensual appetites. |
8578
|
carnalite |
CARNALITE, n. A worldly-minded man. |
8579
|
carnality |
CARNALITY, n. 1. Fleshly lust, or desires, or the indulgence of those lusts; sensuality.2. ... |
8580
|
carnalize |
CARNALIZE, v.t. To make carnal; to debase to carnality. |
8581
|
carnally |
CARNALLY, adv. In a carnal manner; according to the flesh; in a manner to gratify the flesh or ... |
8582
|
carnation |
CARNATION, n. 1. Flesh color; the parts of a picture which are naked, or without drapery, ... |
8583
|
carnationed |
CARNATIONED, a. Made like carnation color. |
8584
|
carnaval |
CARNAVAL, n. The feast or season of rejoicing, before Lent, observed, in Catholic countries, with ... |
8585
|
carnelian |
CARNELIAN, n. A siliceous stone, a variety of chalcedony, of a deep red, flesh-red, or reddish ... |
8586
|
carneous |
CARNEOUS, a. Fleshy; having the qualities of flesh. |
8587
|
carney |
CARNEY, n. A disease of horses, in which the mouth is so furred that they cannot eat. |
8588
|
carnification |
CARNIFICATION, n. A turning to flesh. |
8589
|
carnify |
CARNIFY, v.i. To form flesh; to receive flesh in growth. |
8590
|
carnival |
CARNIVAL, |
8591
|
carnivoracity |
CARNIVORACITY, n. Greediness of appetite for flesh. |
8592
|
carnivorous |
CARNIVOROUS, a. Eating or feeding on flesh; an epithet applied to animals which naturally seek ... |
8593
|
carnosity |
CARNOSITY, n. A little fleshy excrescence in the urethra, the neck of the bladder, &c. |
8594
|
carnous |
CARNOUS, a. Fleshy. [See Carneous.] |
8595
|
carob |
CAROB, n. The carob-tree, Ceratonia siliqua, a native of Spain, Italy, and the Levant. It is an ... |
8596
|
caroche |
CAROCHE, n. A carriage of pleasure. |
8597
|
caroched |
CAROCHED, a. Placed in a caroche. |
8598
|
carol |
CAROL, n. A song of joy and exultation; a song of devotion; or a song in general.CAROL, v.i. To ... |
8599
|
carolina |
CAROLINA, n. The name of two of the Atlantic States in North America, called North Carolina and ... |
8600
|
caroline |
CARLINE, OR CAROLINE, n. A silver coin in Naples. |
8601
|
caroling |
CAROLING, n. A song of praise or devotion. |
8602
|
carolinian |
CAROLINIAN, a. Pertaining to Carolina.CAROLINIAN, n. A native or inhabitant of Carolina. |
8603
|
caromel |
CAROMEL, n. The smell exhaled by sugar, at a calcining heat. |
8604
|
carotid |
CAROTID, a. The carotid arteries, in the body, are two arteries, the right and left, which convey ... |
8605
|
carousal |
CAROUSAL, n. s as z. [See Carouse.] A feast or festival.But in America it signifies a noisy ... |
8606
|
carouse |
CAROUSE, v.i. carouz. To drink hard; to guzzle. In the United States, it signifies also to be ... |
8607
|
carouser |
CAROUSER, n. A drinker; a toper; a noisy reveler, or bacchanalian. |
8608
|
carousing |
CAROUSING, ppr. Drinking hard; reveling. |
8609
|
carp |
CARP, v.i. Literally, to snap or catch at, or to pick. Hence, to censure, cavil, or find fault, ... |
8610
|
carpal |
CARPAL, a. Pertaining to the wrist. |
8611
|
carpathian |
CARPATHIAN, a. Pertaining to the Carpates, a range of mountains between Poland, Hungary and ... |
8612
|
carpenter |
CARPENTER, n. An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, and of ships. ... |
8613
|
carpentry |
CARPENTRY, n. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, in the construction of buildings; ... |
8614
|
carper |
CARPER, n. One who carps; a caviler. |
8615
|
carpet |
CARPET, n. 1. A covering for floors, tables, stairs, &c. This covering is usually made of wool, ... |
8616
|
carpet-walk |
CARPET-WALK, n. A walk on smooth turf. |
8617
|
carpeted |
CARPETED, pp. Covered with a carpet. |
8618
|
carpeting |
CARPETING, n. Cloth for carpets; carpets in general. |
8619
|
carping |
CARPING, ppr. Caviling; captious; censorious.CARPING, n. The act of caviling; a cavil; ... |
8620
|
carpingly |
CARPINGLY, adv. Captiously; in a carping manner. |
8621
|
carpmeals |
CARPMEALS, n. A kind of coarse cloth made in the North of England. |
8622
|
carpolite |
CARPOLITE, n. Petrified fruits, of which the most remarkable are nuts converted into silex. |
8623
|
carpologist |
CARPOLOGIST, n. One who describes fruits. |
8624
|
carpology |
CARPOLOGY, n. A description of fruits. |
8625
|
carpus |
CARPUS, n. The wrist, but not an English word. |
8626
|
carraway |
CARRAWAY, n. A kind of apple. |
8627
|
carriable |
CARRIABLE, a. That may be carried. |
8628
|
carriage |
CARRIAGE, n.1. The act of carrying, bearing, transporting, or conveying; as the carriage of ... |
8629
|
carriboo |
CARRIBOO. [See Cariboo.] |
8630
|
carrick-bend |
CARRICK-BEND, n. [See Carry.]1. One who carries; that which carries or conveys; also, a ... |
8631
|
carrion |
CARRION, n. 1. The dead and putrefying body or flesh of animals; flesh so corrupted as to be ... |
8632
|
carronade |
CARRONADE, n. A short piece of ordnance, having a large caliber, and a chamber for the powder, ... |
8633
|
carroon |
CARROON, n. 1. In London, a rent received for the privilege of driving a cart.2. A species of ... |
8634
|
carrot |
CARROT, n. An esculent root, of the genus Daucus, cultivated for the table and for cattle. |
8635
|
carroty |
CARROTY, a. Like a carrot in color; an epithet given to red hair. |
8636
|
carrows |
CARROWS, n. In Ireland, people who wander about and get their living by cards and dice; strolling ... |
8637
|
carry |
CARRY, v.t. 1. To bear, convey, or transport, by sustaining and moving the thing carried, either ... |
8638
|
carry-tale |
CARRY-TALE, n. A tale-bearer. |
8639
|
carrying |
CARRYING, ppr. Bearing, conveying, removing, &c.CARRYING, n. A bearing, conveying, removing, ... |
8640
|
cart |
CART, n. 1. A carriage with two wheels, fitted to be drawn by one horse, or by a yoke of oxen, ... |
8641
|
cart-bote |
CART-BOTE, n. In English law, wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairing carts ... |
8642
|
cart-horse |
CART-HORSE, n. A horse that draws a cart. |
8643
|
cart-jade |
CART-JADE, n. A sorry horse; a horse used in drawing, or fit only for the cart. |
8644
|
cart-load |
CART-LOAD, n. A load borne on a cart; as much as is usually carried at once on a cart, or as is ... |
8645
|
cart-rope |
CART-ROPE, n. A rope for binding hay, or other articles on a cart. |
8646
|
cart-rut |
CART-RUT, n. The cut or track of a cartwheel. [See Route.] |
8647
|
cart-tire |
CART-TIRE, n. The tire, or iron bands, used to bind the wheels of a cart. |
8648
|
cart-way |
CART-WAY, n. A way that is or may be passed with carts, or other wheel carriages. |
8649
|
cart-wheel |
CART-WHEEL, n. The wheel of a cart. |
8650
|
cart-wright |
CART-WRIGHT, n. An artificer who makes carts.Carte-blanche. A blank paper, signed at the bottom ... |
8651
|
cartage |
CARTAGE, n. The act of carrying in a cart, or the price paid for carting. |
8652
|
carted |
CARTED, pp. Borne or exposed in a cart. |
8653
|
cartel |
CARTEL, n. 1. A writing or agreement between states at war, for the exchange of prisoners, or for ... |
8654
|
carter |
CARTER, n. The man who drives a cart, or whose occupation is to drive a cart. |
8655
|
cartesian |
CARTESIAN, a. Pertaining to the philosopher Des Cartes, or to his philosophy, which taught the ... |
8656
|
carthaginian |
CARTHAGINIAN, a. Pertaining to ancient Carthage, a celebrated city on the Northern Coast of ... |
8657
|
carthamus |
CARTHAMUS, n. The generic name of Bastard Saffron. [See Safflower.] |
8658
|
carthusian |
CARTHUSIAN, n. One of an order of monks, so called from Chartreuse, the place of their ... |
8659
|
cartilage |
CARTILAGE, n. Gristle; a smooth, solid, elastic substance, softer than bone, of a pearly color and ... |
8660
|
cartilaginous |
CARTILAGINOUS, a. 1. Pertaining to or resembling a cartilage; gristly; consisting of cartilage.2. ... |
8661
|
carting |
CARTING, ppr. Conveying or exposing in a cart.CARTING, n. The act of carrying in a cart. |
8662
|
cartoon |
CARTOON n. In painting, a design drawn on strong paper, to be afterward calked through and ... |
8663
|
cartouch |
CARTOUCH, n. 1. A case of wood, about three inches thick at the bottom girt with marlin, holding ... |
8664
|
cartridge |
CARTRIDGE, n. [a corruption of cartouch.] A case of pasteboard or parchment, holding the charge of ... |
8665
|
cartridge-box |
CARTRIDGE-BOX, n. A case, usually of wood, covered with leather, with cells for cartridges. It is ... |
8666
|
cartulary |
CARTULARY, n. A register-book, or record, as of a monastery. Blackstone writes it chartulary; and ... |
8667
|
carucate |
CARUCATE, n. As much land as one team can plow in the year. |
8668
|
caruncle |
CARUNCLE, n. 1. A small fleshy excrescence, either natural or morbid.2. The fleshy comb on the ... |
8669
|
caruncular |
CARUNCULAR, a. In the form of a caruncle. |
8670
|
carunculated |
CARUNCULATED, a. Having a fleshy excrescence, or soft fleshy protuberance. |
8671
|
carve |
CARVE, v.t.1. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at tale.2. To cut wood, stone or other ... |
8672
|
carved |
CARVED, pp. Cut or divided; engraved; formed by carving. |
8673
|
carvel |
CARVEL, n. 1. A small vessel on the coast of France, used in the herring fishery. These vessels ... |
8674
|
carver |
CARVER, n. 1. One who cuts meat at tale; a sculptor; one who apportions or distributes at will, ... |
8675
|
carving |
CARVING, ppr. Cutting, dividing, as meat; cutting in stone, wood or metal; apportioning; ... |
8676
|
caryates |
CARYATES, |
8677
|
caryatic |
CARYATIC, a. Pertaining to the Caryans or Caryatides. |
8678
|
caryatides |
CARYATIDES, n. In architecture, figures of women dressed in long robes, after the Asiatic manner, ... |
8679
|
caryon |
CARYON, v.t 1. To sketch with a crayon. Hence, 2. To sketch; to plan; to commit to paper ones first ... |
8680
|
caryophylleous |
CARYOPHYLLEOUS, n. Having five petals with long claws, in a tubular calyx; applied to flowers. |
8681
|
caryophylloid |
CARYOPHYLLOID, n. A species of mica, the scales of which are concentric and perpendicular. |
8682
|
casarca |
CASARCA, n. A fowl of the genus Anas, called also ruddy-goose, larger than a mallard, found in ... |
8683
|
cascabel |
CASCABEL, n. The knob or pummelion of a cannon. |
8684
|
cascade |
CASCADE, n. A waterfall; a steep fall or flowing of water over a precipice, in a river or natural ... |
8685
|
cascalho |
CASCALHO, n. In Brazil, a deposit of pebbles, gravel and sand in which the diamond is usually ... |
8686
|
case |
CASE, n. 1. A covering, box or sheath; that which incloses or contains; as a case for knives; a ... |
8687
|
case-harden |
CASE-HARDEN, v.t. To harden the outer part or superficies, as of iron, by converting it into ... |
8688
|
case-knife |
CASE-KNIFE, n. A large table knife, often kept in a case. |
8689
|
case-worm |
CASE-WORM, n. A worm that makes itself a case. |
8690
|
cased |
CASED, pp. Covered with a case. |
8691
|
caseic |
CASEIC, a. The caseic acid is the acid of cheese, or a substance so called, extracted from cheese. |
8692
|
casemate |
CASEMATE, n. 1. In fortification, a vault of masons work in the flank of a bastion, next to the ... |
8693
|
casement |
CASEMENT, n. 1. A hollow molding, usually one sixth or one fourth of a circle.2. A little ... |
8694
|
caseous |
CASEOUS, a. Like cheese; having the qualities of cheese. |
8695
|
casern |
CASERN, n. A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart, containing each two ... |
8696
|
caseshot |
CASESHOT, n. Musket balls, stones, old iron, &c., put in cases, to be discharged from cannon. |
8697
|
cash |
CASH, n. Money; primarily, ready money, money in chest or on hand, in bank or at command. It is ... |
8698
|
cash-account |
CASH-ACCOUNT, n. An account of money received, paid, or on hand. |
8699
|
cash-book |
CASH-BOOK, n. A book in which is kept a register or account of money. |
8700
|
cash-keeper |
CASH-KEEPER, n. One entrusted with the keeping of money. |
8701
|
cashew-nut |
CASHEW-NUT, n. A tree of the West-Indies, Anacardium, bearing a kidney-shaped nut. The fruit is ... |
8702
|
cashier |
CASHIER, n. One who has charge of money; as cash-keeper. In a banking institution, the cashier is ... |
8703
|
cashiered |
CASHIERED, pp. Dismissed; discarded; annulled. |
8704
|
cashierer |
CASHIERER, n. One who rejects discards or breaks; as a cashierer of monarchs. |
8705
|
cashiering |
CASHIERING, ppr. Discarding; dismissing from service. |
8706
|
cashoo |
CASHOO, n. The juice or gum of a tree in the East Indies. |
8707
|
casing |
CASING, ppr. Covering with a case.CASING, n. 1. The act or operation of plastering a house with ... |
8708
|
cask |
CASK, n. A head-piece; a helmet; a piece of defensive armor, to cover and protect the head and ... |
8709
|
casket |
CASKET, n.1. A small chest or box, for jewels or other small articles.2. In seamens language, a ... |
8710
|
caspian |
CASPIAN, a. An epithet given to a large lake between Persia and Astracan, called the Caspian Sea. |
8711
|
cass |
CASS, v.t. To quash; to defeat; to annul. |
8712
|
cassada |
CASSADA, |
8713
|
cassamunair |
CASSAMUNAIR, n. An aromatic vegetable brought from the east. |
8714
|
cassate |
CASSATE, v.t. To vacate, annul, or make void. |
8715
|
cassation |
CASSATION, n. The act of annulling. In France there is a court of Cassation. |
8716
|
cassavi |
CASSAVI, n. A plant, of the genus Jatropha, of different species. The roots of the manihot or ... |
8717
|
cassia |
CASSIA, n. A genus of plants of many species, among which are the fistula, or purging cassia, and ... |
8718
|
cassidony |
CASSIDONY, n. A species of plant, Gnaphalium, cotton-weed, cudweed or goldylocks; also, Lavandula ... |
8719
|
cassimer |
CASSIMER, n. A thin twilled woolen cloth. |
8720
|
cassino |
CASSINO, n. A game at cards. |
8721
|
cassiobury |
CASSIOBURY, n. A species of plant, of the genus Cassine, of which the most remarkable species is ... |
8722
|
cassiopeia |
CASSIOPEIA, n. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, situated near to Cepheus, as the ... |
8723
|
cassiteria |
CASSITERIA, n. A kind of crystals which appear to have an admixture of tin. The color is brown or ... |
8724
|
cassock |
CASSOCK, n. A robe or gown worn over the other garments, particularly by the clergy. A close ... |
8725
|
cassocked |
CASSOCKED, a. Clothed with a cassock. The cassockd huntsman. |
8726
|
cassonade |
CASSONADE, n. Cask-sugar; sugar not refined. |
8727
|
cassowary |
CASSOWARY, n. A large fowl of the genus Struthio, nearly as large as the ostrich, but its legs are ... |
8728
|
cast |
CAST, v.t. pret. And pp. cast.1. To throw, fling or send; that is, to drive from, by force, as ... |
8729
|
castalian |
CASTALIAN, a. Pertaining to Castalia, a cool spring on Parnassus, sacred to the muses; as ... |
8730
|
castanet |
CASTANET, n. An instrument of music formed of small concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped ... |
8731
|
castaway |
CASTAWAY, n. That which is thrown away. A person abandoned by God, as unworthy of his favor; a ... |
8732
|
casted |
CASTED, pp. For cast, is not in use. |
8733
|
castellan |
CASTELLAN, n. A governor or constable of a castle. In Poland, the name of a dignity or charge; a ... |
8734
|
castellany |
CASTELLANY, n. [See Castle.] The lordship belonging to a castle; or the extent, of its land and ... |
8735
|
castellated |
CASTELLATED, a.1. Inclosed in a building, as a fountain or cistern.2. Adorned with turrets, and ... |
8736
|
castellation |
CASTELLATION, n. The act of fortifying a house and rendering it a castle. |
8737
|
caster |
CASTER, n. 1. One who throws or casts; one who computes; a calculator; one who calculates ... |
8738
|
castigate |
CASTIGATE, v.t. To chastise; to punish by stripes; to correct; to chasten; to check. |
8739
|
castigated |
CASTIGATED, pp. Punished; corrected. |
8740
|
castigating |
CASTIGATING, ppr. Punishing; correcting; chastising. |
8741
|
castigation |
CASTIGATION, n. 1. Punishment; correction; penance; discipline; emendation; restraint.2. Among ... |
8742
|
castigator |
CASTIGATOR, n. One who corrects. |
8743
|
castigatory |
CASTIGATORY, a. Tending to correction; corrective; punitive.CASTIGATORY, n. An engine formerly ... |
8744
|
castile-soap |
CASTILE-SOAP, n. A kind of pure, refined soap. |
8745
|
castilian |
CASTILIAN, a. Pertaining to Castile in Spain.CASTILIAN, n. An inhabitant or native of Castile in ... |
8746
|
casting |
CASTING, ppr. Throwing; sending; computing; calculating; turning; giving a preponderancy; ... |
8747
|
casting-net |
CASTING-NET, n. A net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left. |
8748
|
casting-voice |
CASTING-VOICE, n. The vote of a presiding officer, in an assembly or council, which decides a ... |
8749
|
casting-vote |
CASTING-VOTE, |
8750
|
castle |
CASTLE, n. 1. A house fortified for defense against an enemy; a fortress. The term seems to ... |
8751
|
castle-builder |
CASTLE-BUILDER, n. One who forms visionary schemes.CASTLE-BUILDER, n. The act of building castles ... |
8752
|
castle-crowned |
CASTLE-CROWNED, a. Crowned with a castle. |
8753
|
castle-guard |
CASTLE-GUARD, n. A feudal tenure, or knight service, which obliged the tenant to perform service ... |
8754
|
castle-ward |
CASTLE-WARD, n. An imposition laid upon subjects dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, ... |
8755
|
castled |
CASTLED, a. Furnished with castles; as a castled elephant. |
8756
|
castlery |
CASTLERY, n. The government of a castle. |
8757
|
castlet |
CASTLET, n. A small castle. |
8758
|
castling |
CASTLING, n. An abortion or abortive. |
8759
|
castor |
CASTOR, n.1. A beaver, an amphibious quadruped, with a flat ovate tail, short ears, a blunt nose, ... |
8760
|
castor-oil |
CASTOR-OIL, n. The oil of the Ricinus, or Palma Christi, a plant of the West Indies, which grows ... |
8761
|
castorin |
CASTORIN, |
8762
|
castorine |
CASTORINE, n. An animal principle discovered in castor, and prepared by boiling castor in six ... |
8763
|
castrametation |
CASTRAMETATION, n. The art or act of encamping; the marking or laying out of a camp. |
8764
|
castrate |
CASTRATE, v.t. 1. To geld; to deprive of the testicles; to emasculate.2. To take away or ... |
8765
|
castrated |
CASTRATED, pp. Gelded; emasculated; purified from obscene expressions. |
8766
|
castrating |
CASTRATING, ppr. Gelding; taking away the obscene parts of a writing. |
8767
|
castration |
CASTRATION, n. The act of gelding; the act or practice of making eunuchs; the act of taking away ... |
8768
|
castrato |
CASTRATO, n. A male person emasculated for the purpose of improving his voice for a singer. |
8769
|
castrel |
CASTREL or KESTREL, n. A kind of hawk, resembling the lanner in shape and the hobby in size. |
8770
|
castrensian |
CASTRENSIAN, a. Belonging to a camp. |
8771
|
casual |
CASUAL, a.1. Falling; happening or coming to pass without design in the person or persons ... |
8772
|
casually |
CASUALLY, adv. Accidentally; fortuitously; without design; by chance. |
8773
|
casualness |
CASUALNESS, n. Accidentalness; the quality of being casual. |
8774
|
casualty |
CASUALTY, n. 1. Accident; that which comes by chance or without design, or without being foreseen; ... |
8775
|
casuist |
CASUIST, n. One who studies and resolves cases of conscience.The judgment of any casuist or leaned ... |
8776
|
casuistic |
CASUISTIC, |
8777
|
casuistical |
CASUISTICAL, a. Relating to cases of conscience, or to cases of doubtful propriety. |
8778
|
casuistry |
CASUISTRY, n. The science or doctrine of cases of conscience; the science of resolving cases of ... |
8779
|
cat |
CAT, n. 1. A name applied to certain species of carnivorous quadrupeds, of the genus Felis. The ... |
8780
|
cat-block |
CAT-BLOCK, n. A two or three fold block with an iron strop and large hook, used to draw up an ... |
8781
|
cat-eyed |
CAT-EYED, a. Having eyes like a cat. |
8782
|
cat-fish |
CAT-FISH, n. A species of the Squalus, or shark. The cat-fish of the N. American rivers is a ... |
8783
|
cat-gut |
CAT-GUT, n. The intestines of sheep or lambs, dried and twisted together, used as strings for ... |
8784
|
cat-harpings |
CAT-HARPINGS, n. Ropes serving to brace in the shrouds of the lower masts behind their respective ... |
8785
|
cat-head |
CAT-HEAD, n. A strong beam projecting horizontally horizontally over a ships bows, carrying two or ... |
8786
|
cat-like |
CAT-LIKE. A. Resembling a cat. |
8787
|
cat-mint |
CAT-MINT, n. A plant of the genus Nepeta, so called because cats eat it. |
8788
|
cat-pipe |
CAT-PIPE, n. [See Catcall.] |
8789
|
cat-salt |
CAT-SALT, n. A sort of salt beautifully granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach-brine, used ... |
8790
|
cat-tail |
CAT-TAIL, n. 1. A species of reed, of the genus Typha, the downy substance of which is used for ... |
8791
|
catabaptist |
CATABAPTIST, n. One who opposes baptism. |
8792
|
catacaustic |
CATACAUSTIC, a. Catacaustic curves, in geometry, are that species of caustic curves, which are ... |
8793
|
catachresis |
CATACHRESIS, n. An abuse of a trope or of words; a figure in rhetoric, when one word is abusively ... |
8794
|
catachrestical |
CATACHRESTICAL, a. Belonging to a catachresis; forced; far-fetched; wrested from its natural ... |
8795
|
catachrestically |
CATACHRESTICALLY, adv. In a forced manner. |
8796
|
catachresttic |
CATACHRESTTIC, |
8797
|
cataclysm |
CATACLYSM, n. A deluge, or overflowing of water; particularly, the flood in Noahs days. |
8798
|
catacomb |
CATACOMB, n. A cave, grotto or subterraneous place for the burial of the dead. It is said to have ... |
8799
|
catacoustics |
CATACOUSTICS, n. That part of acoustics or the doctrine of sounds, which treats of reflected ... |
8800
|
catadioptric |
CATADIOPTRIC,TRICAL, a. Reflecting light. |
8801
|
catadupe |
CATADUPE, n. A cataract or waterfall. |
8802
|
catagmatic |
CATAGMATIC, a. That has the quality of consolidating broken parts; promoting the union of ... |
8803
|
catagraph |
CATAGRAPH, n. The first draught o a picture; also, a profile. |
8804
|
catalectic |
CATALECTIC, a. Pertaining to metrical composition, or to measure.Catalectic verses, are such as ... |
8805
|
catalepsis |
CATALEPSIS, |
8806
|
catalepsy |
CATALEPSY, . A sudden suppression of motion and sensation, a kind of apoplexy, in which the ... |
8807
|
cataleptic |
CATALEPTIC, a. Pertaining to catalepsy. |
8808
|
catalogize |
CATALOGIZE, v.t. To insert in a catalogue. |
8809
|
catalogue |
CATALOGUE, n. A list or enumeration of the names of men or things disposed in a certain order, ... |
8810
|
catalpa |
CATALPA, n. A large tree of Carolina and the South, which in blossom has a beautiful appearance. ... |
8811
|
catalysis |
CATALYSIS, n. Dissolution. |
8812
|
catamenial |
CATAMENIAL, a. Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges. |
8813
|
catamite |
CATAMITE, n. A boy kept for unnatural purposes. |
8814
|
catamount |
CATAMOUNT, n. Cat of the mountain, the wild cat. |
8815
|
catapasm |
CATAPASM, n. A dry powder for sprinkling the body. |
8816
|
catapelt |
CATAPELT, or CATAPULT, n. A military engine used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing ... |
8817
|
catapeltic |
CATAPELTIC, a. Pertaining to the catapelt. As a noun, the catapelt. |
8818
|
cataphonics |
CATAPHONICS, n. The doctrine of reflected sounds, a branch of acoustics. |
8819
|
cataphract |
CATAPHRACT, n.1. In the ancient military art, a piece of heavy defensive armor, formed of cloth or ... |
8820
|
cataplasm |
CATAPLASM, n. A poultice; a soft and moist substance to be applied to some part of the body, to ... |
8821
|
catapuce |
CATAPUCE, n. The herb spurge. |
8822
|
catapult |
CATAPELT, or CATAPULT, n. A military engine used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing ... |
8823
|
cataract |
CATARACT, n. 1. A great fall of water over a precipice; as that of Niagara, of the Rhine, Danube ... |
8824
|
catarrh |
CATARRH, n. catar. A defluxion, or increased secretion of mucus from the membranes of the nose, ... |
8825
|
catarrhal |
CATARRHAL, |
8826
|
catarrhous |
CATARRHOUS, a. Pertaining to catarrh, produced by it or attending it; as a catarrhal fever. |
8827
|
catasterism |
CATASTERISM, n. A constellation, or a placing among the stars. |
8828
|
catastrophe |
CATASTROPHE, |
8829
|
catastrophy |
CATASTROPHY, n. 1. The change or revolution which produces the final event of a dramatic piece; ... |
8830
|
catcall |
CATCALL, n. A squeaking instrument, used in play-houses to condemn plays. |
8831
|
catch |
CATCH, v.t.1. To seize or lay hold on with the hand; carrying the sense of pursuit, thrusting ... |
8832
|
catch-fly |
CATCH-FLY, n. A plant of the genus Lychnis; campion. |
8833
|
catch-poll |
CATCH-POLL, n. A bailiffs assistant, so called by way of reproach. |
8834
|
catch-word |
CATCH-WORD, n. Among printers, the word placed at the bottom of each page, under the last line, ... |
8835
|
catchable |
CATCHABLE, a. That may be caught. |
8836
|
catcher |
CATCHER, n. One who catches; that which catches, or in which any thing is caught. |
8837
|
catching |
CATCHING, ppr. Seizing; taking hold; ensnaring; entangling.CATCHING, a. Communicating, or that ... |
8838
|
catchpenny |
CATCHPENNY, n. Something worthless, particularly a book or pamphlet, adapted to the popular taste, ... |
8839
|
catchup |
CATCHUP, |
8840
|
cate |
CATE, n. [See Cates.] |
8841
|
catechetical |
CATECHETICAL, a. [See Catechise.] 1. Relating to oral instruction, and particularly in the first ... |
8842
|
catechetically |
CATECHETICALLY, adv. By question and answer; in the way of oral instruction. |
8843
|
catechise |
CATECHISE, v.t.1. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations ... |
8844
|
catechised |
CATECHISED, pp. Instructed. |
8845
|
catechiser |
CATECHISER, n. One who catechises; one who instructs by question and answer, and particularly in ... |
8846
|
catechising |
CATECHISING, ppr. Instructing in rudiments or principles. |
8847
|
catechism |
CATECHISM, n. 1. A form of instruction by means of questions and answers, particularly in the ... |
8848
|
catechist |
CATECHIST, n. One who instructs viva voice, or by question and answer; a catechiser; one appointed ... |
8849
|
catechistic |
CATECHISTIC, |
8850
|
catechistical |
CATECHISTICAL, a. Pertaining to a catechist, or catechism. |
8851
|
catechu |
CATECHU, n. Terra Japonica, a dry extract, or brown astringent substance, obtained by decoction ... |
8852
|
catechumen |
CATECHUMEN, n. One who is in the first rudiments of Christianity; one who is receiving instruction ... |
8853
|
catechumenical |
CATECHUMENICAL, a. Belonging to catechumens. |
8854
|
catechumenist |
CATECHUMENIST, n. A catechumen. |
8855
|
categorical |
CATEGORICAL, a.1. Pertaining to a category.2. Absolute; positive; express; not relative or ... |
8856
|
category |
CATEGORY, n. In logic, a series or order of all the predicates or attributes contained under a ... |
8857
|
catenarian |
CATENARIAN, |
8858
|
catenary |
CATENARY, a. Relating to a chain; like a chain. The catenarian curve, in geometry, is formed by a ... |
8859
|
catenate |
CATENATE, v.t. To chain, or rather to connect in a series of links or ties. |
8860
|
catenation |
CATENATION, n. Connection of links, union of parts, as in a chain; regular connection. [See ... |
8861
|
cater |
CATER, v.i. To provide food; to buy or procure provisions; followed by for; as, to cater for the ... |
8862
|
cater-cousin |
CATER-COUSIN, n. A quaere-cousin, a remote relation. |
8863
|
caterer |
CATERER, n. A provider, buyer or purveyor of provision. |
8864
|
cateress |
CATERESS, n. A woman who caters; a female provider of food. |
8865
|
caterpillar |
CATERPILLAR, n. The colored and often hairy larva of the lepidopterous insects. This term is also ... |
8866
|
caterpillar-eater |
CATERPILLAR-EATER, n. A worm bred in the body of a caterpillar, which eats it. |
8867
|
caterwaul |
CATERWAUL, v.i. To cry or wall, as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh offensive noise. |
8868
|
caterwauling |
CATERWAULING, n. The cry of cats; a harsh disagreeable noise or cry. |
8869
|
cates |
CATES, n. Delicious food or viands; dainties. |
8870
|
cath-arist |
CATH-ARIST, n. One who pretends to more purity than others possess. |
8871
|
cathartic |
CATHARTIC, |
8872
|
cathartical |
CATHARTICAL, a. Purging; cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. |
8873
|
catharticalness |
CATHARTICALNESS, n. The quality of promoting discharges from the bowels. |
8874
|
cathedral |
CATHEDRAL, n. The see or seat of a bishop; the principal church in a diocese.CATHEDRAL, a. 1. ... |
8875
|
cathedrated |
CATHEDRATED, a. Relating to the authority of the chair or office of a teacher. |
8876
|
catheter |
CATHETER, n. In surgery, a tubular instrument, usually made of silver, to be introduced into the ... |
8877
|
cathetus |
CATHETUS n. In geometry, a line or radius, falling perpendicularly on another line or surface; as ... |
8878
|
catholic |
CATHOLIC, a. 1. Universal or general; as the Catholic church. Originally this epithet was given ... |
8879
|
catholicize |
CATHOLICIZE, v.i. To become a catholic. |
8880
|
catholicly |
CATHOLICLY, adv. Generally; in a catholic manner. |
8881
|
catholicness |
CATHOLICNESS, n. Universality. |
8882
|
catholicon |
CATHOLICON, n. A remedy for all diseases; a universal remedy; a remedy supposed to be efficacious ... |
8883
|
catilinism |
CATILINISM, n. The practices of Catiline, the Roman conspirator; conspiracy. |
8884
|
catkin |
CATKIN, n. In botany, a species of calyx or rather of inflorescence, from a common chaffy ... |
8885
|
catling |
CATLING, n. 1. A dismembering knife, used by surgeons.2. The down or moss growing about walnut ... |
8886
|
catonian |
CATONIAN, a. Pertaining to or resembling Cato, the Roman, who was remarkable for his severity of ... |
8887
|
catopter |
CATOPTER, |
8888
|
catoptric |
CATOPTRIC, |
8889
|
catoptrical |
CATOPTRICAL, a. [See Catoptrics.] Relating to catoptries, or vision by reflection. |
8890
|
catoptrics |
CATOPTRICS, n. That part of optics which explains the properties of reflected light, and ... |
8891
|
catoptromancy |
CATOPTROMANCY, n. A species of divination among the ancients, which was performed by letting down ... |
8892
|
catoptron |
CATOPTRON, n. An optical glass or instrument. |
8893
|
cats-eye |
CATS-EYE, n. Sun-stone, a subspecies of quartz, called in Latin oculus cati or onycopalus, from ... |
8894
|
cats-foot |
CATS-FOOT, n. A plant of the genus Glechoma, ground ivy, or gill. |
8895
|
cats-head |
CATS-HEAD, n. A kind of apple. |
8896
|
cats-paw |
CATS-PAW, n. 1. Among seamen, a light air perceived, in a calm, by a rippling of the surface of ... |
8897
|
catsilver |
CATSILVER, n. A fossil, a species of mica. |
8898
|
catsup |
CATSUP, n. A liquor extracted from mushrooms, used as a sauce. |
8899
|
cattery |
CATTERY, n. The place where provisions are deposited. |
8900
|
cattle |
CATTLE, n. 1. Beasts or quadrupeds in general, serving for tillage, or other labor, and for food ... |
8901
|
caucasean |
CAUCASEAN, a. Pertaining to Mount Caucasus in Asia. |
8902
|
caucasian |
CAUCASIAN, |
8903
|
caucus |
CAUCUS, n. A word used in America to denote a meeting of citizens to agree upon candidates to be ... |
8904
|
caudal |
CAUDAL, a. Pertaining to a tail; or to the thread which terminates the seed of a plant. |
8905
|
caudate |
CAUDATE, |
8906
|
caudated |
CAUDATED, |
8907
|
caudex |
CAUDEX, n. In botany, the stem of a tree. Linne uses the word for the stock which proceeds from a ... |
8908
|
caudle |
CAUDLE, n. A kind of warm broth, a mixture of wine and other ingredients prepared for the ... |
8909
|
cauf |
CAUF, n. A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water. |
8910
|
caught |
CAUGHT, pret. and pp. of catch, pronounced caut. |
8911
|
cauk |
CAUK, |
8912
|
cauky |
CAUKY, a. Pertaining to cauk; like cauk. |
8913
|
caul |
CAUL, n. 1. In anatomy, a membrane in the abdomen, covering the greatest part of the lower ... |
8914
|
caulescent |
CAULESCENT, a. In botany, having a stem different from that which produces the flower; as a ... |
8915
|
cauliferous |
CAULIFEROUS, a. In botany, having a stem or stalk. |
8916
|
cauliflower |
CAULIFLOWER, n. A variety of Brassica or cabbage, well known and much esteemed. |
8917
|
cauliform |
CAULIFORM, a. Having the form of a stalk or of stems. |
8918
|
cauline |
CAULINE, a. In botany, growing immediately on the stem, without the intervention of branches; as a ... |
8919
|
caulk |
CAULK, [See Calk.] |
8920
|
cauponate |
CAUPONATE, v.i. To keep a victualling house. |
8921
|
cauponise |
CAUPONISE, v.t. To sell wine or victuals. |
8922
|
causable |
CAUSABLE, a. [See Cause.] That may be caused, produced or effected. |
8923
|
causal |
CAUSAL, a. [See Cause.] Relating to a cause or causes; implying or containing a cause or causes; ... |
8924
|
causality |
CAUSALITY, n. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect. |
8925
|
causally |
CAUSALLY, adv. According to the order or series of causes. |
8926
|
causalty |
CAUSALTY, n. Among miners, the lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off by washing. |
8927
|
causation |
CAUSATION, n. The act of causing or producing; the act or agency by which an effect is produced. |
8928
|
causative |
CAUSATIVE, a. That expresses a cause or reason; also, that effects as a cause. |
8929
|
causatively |
CAUSATIVELY, adv. In a causative manner. |
8930
|
causator |
CAUSATOR, n. One who causes or produces an effect. |
8931
|
cause |
CAUSE, n. s as z.1. A suit or action in court; any legal process which a party institutes to ... |
8932
|
caused |
CAUSED, pp. Produced; effected; brought about. |
8933
|
causeless |
CAUSELESS, a. 1. Having no cause, or producing agent.2. Without just ground, reason or motive; as ... |
8934
|
causelessly |
CAUSELESSLY, adv. Without cause or reason. |
8935
|
causelessness |
CAUSELESSNESS, n. The state of being causeless. |
8936
|
causer |
CAUSER, n. He that causes; the agent by which an effect is produced. |
8937
|
causey |
CAUSEY, n. A way raised above the natural level of the ground, by stones, earth, timber, fascines, ... |
8938
|
causidical |
CAUSIDICAL, a. Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits. |
8939
|
causing |
CAUSING, ppr. Producing; effecting; bringing into being. |
8940
|
caustic |
CAUSTIC, |
8941
|
caustical |
CAUSTICAL, a. Burning; corroding; destroying the texture of animal flesh. |
8942
|
causticity |
CAUSTICITY, n. The quality of acting like fire on animal matter, or the quality of combining with ... |
8943
|
cautel |
CAUTEL, n. Caution. |
8944
|
cautelous |
CAUTELOUS, a. 1. Cautions; wary; provident.2. Cunning; treacherous; wily. |
8945
|
cautelously |
CAUTELOUSLY, adv. 1. Cunningly; slily; treacherously.2. Cautiously; warily. |
8946
|
cautelousness |
CAUTELOUSNESS, n. Cautiousness. |
8947
|
cauterism |
CAUTERISM, n. The application of cautery. |
8948
|
cauterization |
CAUTERIZATION, n. [See Cauterize.] In surgery, the act of burning or searing some morbid part, by ... |
8949
|
cauterize |
CAUTERIZE, v.t. To burn or sear with fire or a hot iron, as morbid flesh. |
8950
|
cauterized |
CAUTERIZED, pp. Burnt or seared with a hot iron. |
8951
|
cauterizing |
CAUTERIZING, ppr. Burning, as with a hot iron.CAUTERIZING, n. The act of burning, as with a hot ... |
8952
|
cautery |
CAUTERY, n. A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, by a hot iron or by caustic medicines that ... |
8953
|
caution |
CAUTION, n. 1. Provident care; prudence in regard to danger; wariness, consisting in a careful ... |
8954
|
cautionary |
CAUTIONARY, a. 1. Containing caution, or warning to avoid danger; as cautionary advice.2. Given ... |
8955
|
cautioned |
CAUTIONED, pp. Warned; previously admonished. |
8956
|
cautioner |
CAUTIONER, n. In Scots law, the person who is bound for another, to the performance of an ... |
8957
|
cautioning |
CAUTIONING, ppr. Warning; giving previous notice of danger. |
8958
|
cautionry |
CAUTIONRY, n. In Scots law, the act of giving security for another, or the obligation by which one ... |
8959
|
cautious |
CAUTIOUS, a. Wary; watchful; careful to avoid evils; attentive to examine probable effects and ... |
8960
|
cautiously |
CAUTIOUSLY, adv. With caution; in a wary, scrupulous manner. |
8961
|
cautiousness |
CAUTIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being cautious; watchfulness; provident care; circumspection; ... |
8962
|
cavalcade |
CAVALCADE, n. A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen and ... |
8963
|
cavalier |
CAVALIER, n. 1. A horseman, especially an armed horseman; a knight.2. A gay, sprightly, military ... |
8964
|
cavalierly |
CAVALIERLY, adv. Haughtily; arrogantly; disdainfully. |
8965
|
cavalierness |
CAVALIERNESS, n. Haughtiness; a disdainful manner. |
8966
|
cavalry |
CAVALRY, n. A body of military troops on horses; a general term, including light-horse, dragoons, ... |
8967
|
cavate |
CAVATE, v.t. To dig out and make hollow; but superseded by excavate. |
8968
|
cavatina |
CAVATINA, n. In music, a short air, without a return or second part, which is sometimes relieved ... |
8969
|
cavazion |
CAVAZION, n. In architecture, the underdigging or hollowing of the earth for the foundation of a ... |
8970
|
cave |
CAVE, n. A hollow place in the earth; a subterraneous cavern; a den. This may be natural or ... |
8971
|
caveat |
CAVEAT, n. 1. In law, a process in a court, especially in a spiritual court, to stop proceedings, ... |
8972
|
caveating |
CAVEATING, n. In fencing, is the shifting the sword from one side of that of your adversary to the ... |
8973
|
caveator |
CAVEATOR, n. One who enters a caveat. |
8974
|
cavern |
CAVERN, n. A deep hollow place in the earth. In general, it differs from cave in greater depth, ... |
8975
|
caverned |
CAVERNED, a. 1. Full of caverns, or deep chasms; having caverns.2. Inhabiting a cavern. |
8976
|
cavernous |
CAVERNOUS, a. Hollow; full of caverns. |
8977
|
cavernulous |
CAVERNULOUS, a. Full of little cavities; as cavernulous metal. |
8978
|
cavesson |
CAVESSON, n. A sort of nose-band, of iron, leather or wood, sometimes flat, and sometimes hollow ... |
8979
|
cavetto |
CAVETTO, n. In architecture, a hollow member, or round concave molding, containing the quadrant of ... |
8980
|
cavezon |
CAVEZON, |
8981
|
caviar |
CAVIAR, n. The roes of certain large fish, prepared and salted. The best is made from the roes of ... |
8982
|
cavil |
CAVIL, v.i.1. To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason; ... |
8983
|
caviler |
CAVILER, n. One who cavils; one who is apt to raise captious objections; a captious disputant. |
8984
|
caviling |
CAVILING, ppr. Raising frivolous objections. |
8985
|
cavilingly |
CAVILINGLY, adv. In a caviling manner. |
8986
|
cavillation |
CAVILLATION, n. The act or practice of caviling, or raising frivolous objections. |
8987
|
cavilous |
CAVILOUS, a. Captious; unfair in argument; apt to object without good reason. |
8988
|
cavilously |
CAVILOUSLY, adv. In a cavilous manner; captiously. |
8989
|
cavilousness |
CAVILOUSNESS, n. Captiousness; disposition or aptitude to raise frivolous objections. |
8990
|
cavin |
CAVIN, n. In the military art, a hollow way or natural hollow, adapted to cover troops and ... |
8991
|
cavity |
CAVITY, n. A hollow place; hollowness; an opening; as the cavity of the mouth or throat. This is ... |
8992
|
cavolinite |
CAVOLINITE, n. A newly discovered Vesuvain mineral, of a hexahedral form, occurring in the ... |
8993
|
cavy |
CAVY, n. A genus of quadrupeds, holding a middle place between the murine and leporine tribes. |
8994
|
caw |
CAW, v.i. To cry like a crow, rook or raven. |
8995
|
cawk |
CAWK, n. A name given by miners to certain specimens of the compact sulphate of baryte. These are ... |
8996
|
caxou |
CAXOU, n. A chest of ores of any metal that has been burnt, ground and washed, and is ready to be ... |
8997
|
cayman |
CAYMAN, n. An animal of the genus Lacerta, found in the West Indies, the alligator. |
8998
|
cazic |
CAZIC, or CAZIQUE, n. The title of a king or chief among several tribes of Indians in America. |
8999
|
cazique |
CAZIC, or CAZIQUE, n. The title of a king or chief among several tribes of Indians in America. |
9000
|
ccatholicism |
CCATHOLICISM, n. 1. Adherence to the Catholic church.2. Universality, or the orthodox faith of ... |
9001
|
cease |
CEASE, v.i. 1. To stop moving, acting or speaking; to leave of; to give over; followed by from ... |
9002
|
ceaseless |
CEASELESS, a. 1. Without a stop or pause; incessant; continual; without intermission.All these ... |
9003
|
ceaselessly |
CEASELESSLY, adv. Incessantly; perpetually. |
9004
|
ceasing |
CEASING, ppr. Stopping; ending; desisting; failing. |
9005
|
cecchn |
CECCHN, n. A coin of Italy and Barbary. [See Zechin.] |
9006
|
cecity |
CECITY, n. Blindness. |
9007
|
cedar |
CEDAR, n. A tree. This name is given to different species of the juniper, and to a species of ... |
9008
|
cedar-like |
CEDAR-LIKE, a. Resembling a cedar. |
9009
|
cedarn |
CEDARN, a. Pertaining to the cedar. |
9010
|
cede |
CEDE, v.t.1. To yield; to surrender; to give up; to resign; as to cede a fortress, a province or ... |
9011
|
ceded |
CEDED, pp. Yielded; surrendered; given up. |
9012
|
ceding |
CEDING, ppr. Yielding; giving up. |
9013
|
cedrat |
CEDRAT, n. A species of citron-tree. |
9014
|
cedrine |
CEDRINE, a. Belonging to cedar. |
9015
|
cedry |
CEDRY, a. Having the color or properties of cedar. |
9016
|
ceduous |
CEDUOUS, a. Fit to be felled. |
9017
|
ceil |
CEIL, v.t. To overlay or cover the inner roof of a building; or to cover the top or roof of a ... |
9018
|
ceiled |
CEILED, pp. Overlaid with timber, or with plastering. |
9019
|
ceiling |
CEILING, ppr. Covering the top of a room or building.CEILING, n. 1. The covering which overlays ... |
9020
|
celandine |
CELANDINE, n. A plant, swallow-wort, horned or prickly poppy, growing on old walls, among rubbish, ... |
9021
|
celature |
CELATURE, n. 1. The act or art of engraving or embossing.2. That which is engraved. |
9022
|
cele-riac |
CELE-RIAC, n. A variety of celery, called also the turnep-rooted celery. see Celery.] |
9023
|
celebrate |
CELEBRATE, v.t.1. To praise; to extol; to commend; to give to; to make famous; as, to celebrate ... |
9024
|
celebrated |
CELEBRATED, pp. Praised; extolled; honored. |
9025
|
celebrating |
CELEBRATING, ppr. Praising; honoring. |
9026
|
celebration |
CELEBRATION, n. 1. Solemn performance; a distinguishing by solemn rites; as the celebration of a ... |
9027
|
celebrator |
CELEBRATOR, n. One who celebrates. |
9028
|
celebrious |
CELEBRIOUS, a. Famous; renowned. |
9029
|
celebriously |
CELEBRIOUSLY, adv. With praise or renown. |
9030
|
celebriousness |
CELEBRIOUSNESS, n. Fame; renown. |
9031
|
celebrity |
CELEBRITY, n. 1. Fame; renown; the distinction or honor publicly bestowed on a nation or person, ... |
9032
|
celeri |
CELERI. [See Celery.] |
9033
|
celerity |
CELERITY, n. 1. Rapidity in motion; swiftness; speed; applied most generally to bodies moving on ... |
9034
|
celery |
CELERY, n. A plant, a species of Apium cultivated for the table. |
9035
|
celestial |
CELESTIAL, a. 1. Heavenly; belonging or relating to heaven; dwelling in heaven; as celestial ... |
9036
|
celestially |
CELESTIALLY, adv. In a heavenly or transporting manner. |
9037
|
celestify |
CELESTIFY, v.t. To communicate something of a heavenly nature to any thing. |
9038
|
celestin |
CELESTIN, |
9039
|
celestine |
CELESTINE, n. In mineralogy, native sulphate of strontian, a mineral so named from its occasional ... |
9040
|
celestins |
CELESTINS, n. A religious order, so named from Pope Celestin. They have ninety-six convents in ... |
9041
|
celiac |
CELIAC, a. Pertaining to the lower belly, or intestines. |
9042
|
celibacy |
CELIBACY, n. An unmarried state; a single life. It is most frequently if not always applied to ... |
9043
|
celibate |
CELIBATE, n. A single life; celibacy; chiefly used when speaking of the single life of the Popish ... |
9044
|
cell |
CELL, n.1. A small or close apartment, as in a prison, or a bath.2. A cottage; a cave; a small or ... |
9045
|
cellar |
CELLAR, n. A room under a house or other building, used as a repository of liquors, provisions, ... |
9046
|
cellarage |
CELLARAGE, n. A case of cabinet work, for holding bottles of liquors. |
9047
|
cellarer |
CELLARIST, CELLARER, n. An officer in a monastery who has the care of the cellar, or the charge of ... |
9048
|
cellarist |
CELLARIST, CELLARER, n. An officer in a monastery who has the care of the cellar, or the charge of ... |
9049
|
celliferous |
CELLIFEROUS, a. Bearing or producing cells. |
9050
|
cellular |
CELLULAR, a. Consisting of cells, or containing cells.The cellular membrane, in animal bodies, is ... |
9051
|
celluliferous |
CELLULIFEROUS, a. Bearing or producing little cells. |
9052
|
celsitude |
CELSITUDE, n. Highth; elevation. |
9053
|
celt |
CELT, n. One of the primitive inhabitants of the South of Europe. [see Celtic.] |
9054
|
celtiberian |
CELTIBERIAN, a. Pertaining to Celtiberia, and its inhabitants, the Celtiberi, or Celts of the ... |
9055
|
celtic |
CELTIC, a. Pertaining to the primitive inhabitants of the South and West of Europe, or to the ... |
9056
|
celticism |
CELTICISM, n. The manners and customs of the Celts. |
9057
|
celtis |
CELTIS, n. The nettle-tree, of several species; among which are the australis or southern, a ... |
9058
|
cement |
CEMENT, n. 1. Any glutinous or other substance capable of uniting bodies in close cohesion, as ... |
9059
|
cementation |
CEMENTATION, n. 1. The act of cementing; the act of uniting by a suitable substance.2. In ... |
9060
|
cementatory |
CEMENTATORY, a. Cementing; having the quality of uniting firmly. |
9061
|
cemented |
CEMENTED, pp. United by cement; changed by cement; firmly united; consolidated. |
9062
|
cementer |
CEMENTER, n. The person or thing that cements. |
9063
|
cementing |
CEMENTING, ppr. Uniting by cement; changing by means of a cement; uniting closely; consolidating. |
9064
|
cementitious |
CEMENTITIOUS, a. Having the quality of cementing. |
9065
|
cemetery |
CEMETERY, n. A place where the dead bodies of human beings are buried. |
9066
|
cenatory |
CENATORY, a. Pertaining or relating to supper. |
9067
|
cency |
REJUVENES'CENCE,'CENCY, n. [L. re and juvenescens; juvenis, a youth.]A renewing of youth; the ... |
9068
|
cenobite |
CENOBITE, n. One of a religious order, who live in a convent, or in community; in opposition to an ... |
9069
|
cenobitic |
CENOBITIC, |
9070
|
cenobitical |
CENOBITICAL, a. Living in community, as men belonging to a convent. |
9071
|
cenoby |
CENOBY, n. A place where person live in community. |
9072
|
cenotaph |
CENOTAPH, n. An empty tomb erected in honor of some deceased person; a monument erected to one who ... |
9073
|
cense |
CENSE, n. 1. A public rate or tax.2. Condition; rank.CENSE, v.t. To perfume with odors from ... |
9074
|
censer |
CENSER, n. A vase or pan in which incense is burned. Among the Jews, a kind of chafing-dish, ... |
9075
|
censing |
CENSING, ppr. Perfuming with odors. |
9076
|
cension |
CENSION, n. A rate, tax, or assessment. |
9077
|
censor |
CENSOR, n. 1. An officer, in ancient Rome, whose business was to register the effects of the ... |
9078
|
censorial |
CENSORIAL, |
9079
|
censorian |
CENSORIAN, a. 1. Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals; as, censorial ... |
9080
|
censorious |
CENSORIOUS, a. 1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on ... |
9081
|
censoriously |
CENSORIOUSLY, adv. In a censorious manner. |
9082
|
censoriousness |
CENSORIOUSNESS, n. 1. Disposition to blame and condemn; the habit o censuring or reproaching.2. ... |
9083
|
censorship |
CENSORSHIP, n. The office or dignity of a censor; the time during which a censor holds his office. |
9084
|
censual |
CENSUAL, a. Relating to, or containing a census; liable to be rated. |
9085
|
censurable |
CENSURABLE, a. [See Censure.] Worthy of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensibly; faulty; as a ... |
9086
|
censurableness |
CENSURABLENESS, n. Blamableness; fitness to be censured. |
9087
|
censurabley |
CENSURABLEY, adv. In a manner worthy of blame. |
9088
|
censure |
CENSURE, n.1. The act of blaming or finding fault and condemning as wrong; applicable to the moral ... |
9089
|
censured |
CENSURED, pp. Blaming; finding fault with; condemning. |
9090
|
census |
CENSUS, n.1. In ancient Rome, an authentic declaration made before the censors, by the citizens, ... |
9091
|
cent |
CENT, n. 1. A hundred. In commerce, per cent, denotes a certain rate by the hundred; as, ten per ... |
9092
|
centage |
CENTAGE, n. Rate by the cent or hundred. |
9093
|
centaur |
CENTAUR, n. 1. In mythology, a fabulous being, supposed to be half man and half horse. It has ... |
9094
|
centaurlike |
CENTAURLIKE, a. Having the appearance of a centaur. |
9095
|
centaury |
CENTAURY, n. The name of a plant, and a genus of plants, of numerous species. The lesser centaury ... |
9096
|
centenary |
CENTENARY, n. The number of a hundred; as a centenary of years.CENTENARY, a. Relating to a ... |
9097
|
centennial |
CENTENNIAL, a. 1. Consisting of a hundred yeas, or completing that term.2. Pertaining to a ... |
9098
|
center |
CENTER, n. 1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure or body; the middle ... |
9099
|
centered |
CENTERED, pp. Collected to a point or center; fixed on a central point. |
9100
|
centering |
CENTERING, ppr. Placing on the center; collecting to a point. |
9101
|
centesimal |
CENTESIMAL, a. The hundredth. As a noun, the next step of progression after decimal in the ... |
9102
|
centesimation |
CENTESIMATION, n. A military punishment, for desertion, mutiny or the like, where one person in a ... |
9103
|
centesm |
CENTESM, n. The hundredth part of an integer or thing. |
9104
|
centifolious |
CENTIFOLIOUS, a. Having a hundred leaves. |
9105
|
centigrade |
CENTIGRADE, a. Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts; ... |
9106
|
centigram |
CENTIGRAM, n. In French Measure, the hundredth part of a gram. [see Gram.] |
9107
|
centiliter |
CENTILITER, n. The hundredth part of a liter, a little more than 6-10 of a cubic inch. |
9108
|
centimeter |
CENTIMETER, n. In French measure, the hundredth part of a meter, rather more than 39-100 of an ... |
9109
|
centinody |
CENTINODY, n. Knotgrass. |
9110
|
centiped |
CENTIPED, n. An insect having a hundred feet, but the term is applied to insects that have many ... |
9111
|
centipee |
CENTIPEE, for centiped. |
9112
|
centner |
CENTNER, n. In metallurgy and assaying, a docimastic hundred; a weight divisible first into a ... |
9113
|
cento |
CENTO, n. A composition formed by verses or passages from other authors, disposed in a new order. |
9114
|
central |
CENTRAL, a. Relating to the center; placed in the center or middle; containing the center, or ... |
9115
|
centrality |
CENTRALITY, n. The state of being central. |
9116
|
centrally |
CENTRALLY, adv. With regard to the center; in a central manner. |
9117
|
centric |
CENTRIC, a. Placed in the center or middle. |
9118
|
centrically |
CENTRICALLY, adv. In a central position. |
9119
|
centricalness |
CENTRICALNESS, n. Situation in the center. |
9120
|
centrifugal |
CENTRIFUGAL, a. Tending to recede from the center. The centrifugal force of a body, is that force ... |
9121
|
centripetal |
CENTRIPETAL, a. Tending towards the center. Centripetal force is that force which draws or impels ... |
9122
|
centumvir |
CENTUMVIR, n. One of a hundred and five judges, in ancient Rome, appointed to decide common causes ... |
9123
|
centumviral |
CENTUMVIRAL, a. Pertaining to the centumvirs. |
9124
|
centuple |
CENTUPLE, a. A hundred fold.CENTUPLE, v.t. To multiply a hundred fold. |
9125
|
centuplicate |
CENTUPLICATE, v.t. To make a hundred fold. |
9126
|
centurial |
CENTURIAL, a. Relating to a century, or a hundred years; as a chanterelle sermon.When the third ... |
9127
|
centuriate |
CENTURIATE, v.t. To divide into hundreds. |
9128
|
centuriators |
CENTURIATORS, |
9129
|
centurion |
CENTURION, n. Among the Romans, a military officer who commanded a hundred men, a century or ... |
9130
|
centurist |
CENTURIST, n. A historian who distinguishes time into centuries; as in the Universal Church ... |
9131
|
century |
CENTURY, n. 1. In a general sense, a hundred; any thing consisting of a hundred parts.2. A ... |
9132
|
ceol |
CEOL, Sax. A ship. This word is sometimes found prefixed to names. |
9133
|
cephalalgic |
CEPHALALGIC, n. A medicine good for the headache. |
9134
|
cephalalgy |
CEPHALALGY, n. The headache. |
9135
|
cephalic |
CEPHALIC, a. Pertaining to the head; as cephalic medicines, remedies for disorders in the head. ... |
9136
|
cepheus |
CEPHEUS, n. A constellation in the Northern hemisphere. |
9137
|
cephus |
CEPHUS, n. A fowl of the duck kind; also, a species of monkey, the mona. |
9138
|
cerasee |
CERASEE, n. The male balsam apple. |
9139
|
cerasin |
CERASIN, n. Any gummy substance which swells in cold water, but does not readily dissolve in it. |
9140
|
cerasite |
CERASITE, n. A petrifaction resembling a cherry. |
9141
|
cerastes |
CERASTES, n. In zoology, the name of a serpent, of the genus Coluber, which the ancients supposed ... |
9142
|
cerate |
CERATE, n. A thick kind of ointment, composed of wax and oil, with other ingredients; applied ... |
9143
|
cerated |
CERATED, a. Covered with wax. |
9144
|
cere |
CERE, n. The naked skin that covers the base of a hawks bill.CERE, v.t. To wax or cover with wax. |
9145
|
cerebel |
CEREBEL, |
9146
|
cerebellum |
CEREBELLUM, n. The hinder part of the head, or the little brain. |
9147
|
cerebral |
CEREBRAL, |
9148
|
cerebrine |
CEREBRINE, a. Pertaining to the cerebrum or brain. |
9149
|
cerecloth |
CERECLOTH, n. A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter. [But the ... |
9150
|
cerement |
CEREMENT, n. Cloths dipped in melted wax, with which dead bodies were infolded, when embalmed. |
9151
|
ceremonial |
CEREMONIAL, a. [See Ceremony.]1. Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the ... |
9152
|
ceremonially |
CEREMONIALLY, adv. According to rites and ceremonies; as a person ceremonially unclean; an act ... |
9153
|
ceremonious |
CEREMONIOUS, a. 1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; as the ceremonious part of worship. [In ... |
9154
|
ceremoniously |
CEREMONIOUSLY, adv. In a ceremonious manner; formally; with due forms. |
9155
|
ceremoniousness |
CEREMONIOUSNESS, n. The use of customary forms; the practice of too much ceremony; great formality ... |
9156
|
ceremony |
CEREMONY, n.1. Outward rite; external form in religion.2. Forms of civility; rules established by ... |
9157
|
cereolite |
CEREOLITE, n. A substance which in appearance and softness resembles wax; sometimes confounded ... |
9158
|
cereous |
CEREOUS, a. Waxen; like wax. |
9159
|
ceres |
CERES, n. 1. In mythology, the inventor or goddess of corn, or rather the name of corn deified.2. ... |
9160
|
cerin |
CERIN, n. 1. A peculiar substance which precipitates on evaporation, from alcohol, which has been ... |
9161
|
cerinthians |
CERINTHIANS, n. A set of heretics, so called from Cerinthus, one of the first heresiarchs in the ... |
9162
|
cerite |
CERITE, n. [See Cerium.] 1. The siliceous oxyd of Cerium, a rare mineral of a pale rose red color, ... |
9163
|
cerium |
CERIUM, n. A metal recently discovered in Sweden, in the mineral cerate, and so called rom the ... |
9164
|
ceroon |
CEROON, n. [from the Spanish.] A bale or package made of skins. |
9165
|
cerrial |
CERRIAL, a. Pertaining to the Cerrus, or bitter oak. |
9166
|
cerrus |
CERRUS, n. The bitter oak. |
9167
|
certain |
CERTAIN, a.1. Sure; true; undoubted; unquestionable; that cannot be denied; existing in fact and ... |
9168
|
certainly |
CERTAINLY, adv. 1. Without doubt or question; in truth and fact.Certainly this was a righteous ... |
9169
|
certainness |
CERTAINNESS, n. Certainty, which see. |
9170
|
certainty |
CERTAINTY, n. 1. A fixed or real state; truth; fact.Know for a certainty, that the Lord your God ... |
9171
|
certes |
CERTES, adv. Certainly; in truth; verily. |
9172
|
certificate |
CERTIFICATE, n. [See Certify.]1. In a general sense, a written testimony not sworn to; a ... |
9173
|
certification |
CERTIFICATION, n. The act of certifying. |
9174
|
certified |
CERTIFIED, pp. [See Certify.] Assured; made certain; informed. |
9175
|
certifier |
CERTIFIER, n. One who certifies, or assures. |
9176
|
certify |
CERTIFY, v.t.1. To testify to in writing; to make a declaration in writing, under hand, or hand ... |
9177
|
certifying |
CERTIFYING, ppr. Giving a written testimony, or certificate; giving certain notice; making ... |
9178
|
certiorari |
CERTIORARI, n. A writ issuing out of Chancery, Kings Bench or other superior court, to call up the ... |
9179
|
certitude |
CERTITUDE, n. Certainty; assurance; freedom from doubt. |
9180
|
cerulean |
CERULEAN, |
9181
|
ceruleous |
CERULEOUS, a. Sky-colored; blue. |
9182
|
cerulific |
CERULIFIC, a. Producing a blue or sky-color. |
9183
|
cerumen |
CERUMEN, n. The wax or yellow matter secreted by the ear. |
9184
|
ceruse |
CERUSE, n. White-lead; a carbonate of lead, produced by exposing the metal in thin plates to the ... |
9185
|
cerused |
CERUSED, a. Washed with a preparation of white lead. |
9186
|
cervical |
CERVICAL, a. Belonging to the neck; as the cervical nerves; cervical vessels. |
9187
|
cervin |
CERVIN, |
9188
|
cervine |
CERVINE, a. Pertaining to the deer, or to animals of the genus Cervus. |
9189
|
cesarean |
CESAREAN, a. The Cesarean operation is the taking of a child from the womb by cutting; an ... |
9190
|
cespititious |
CESPITITIOUS, a. Pertaining to turf; made of turf. |
9191
|
cespitous |
CESPITOUS, a. Pertaining to turf; turfy.A cespitous or turfy plant, has many stems from the same ... |
9192
|
cess |
CESS, as a noun, a rate or tax, and as a verb, to rate or lay a tax, is probably a corruption of ... |
9193
|
cessation |
CESSATION, n.1. A ceasing; a stop; a rest; the act of discontinuing motion or action of any kind, ... |
9194
|
cessavit |
CESSAVIT, n. In law, a writ given by statute, to recover lands, when the tenant or occupier has ... |
9195
|
cesser |
CESSER, n. [See Cess.] A ceasing; a neglect to perform services or payment for two years. See ... |
9196
|
cessibility |
CESSIBILITY, n. [See Cede and Cession.] The act of giving way or receding. |
9197
|
cessible |
CESSIBLE, a. [See Cede.] Giving way; yielding; easy to give way. |
9198
|
cession |
CESSION, n.1. The act of giving way; a yielding to force or impulse.2. A yielding, or surrender, ... |
9199
|
cessionary |
CESSIONARY, a. Having surrendered effects; as a cessionary bankrupt. |
9200
|
cessment |
CESSMENT, n. An assessment or tax. |
9201
|
cessor |
CESSOR, n. 1. In law, he that neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds ... |
9202
|
cest |
CEST, n. A ladys girdle. |
9203
|
cestus |
CESTUS, n. The girdle of Venus, or marriage-girdle, among the Greeks and Romans. |
9204
|
cesura |
CESURA, |
9205
|
cesural |
CESURAL, a. Pertaining to the cesure. |
9206
|
cesure |
CESURE, n. A pause in verse, so introduced as to aid the recital, and render the versification ... |
9207
|
cetaceous |
CETACEOUS, a. Pertaining to the whale; belonging to the whale kind. The cetacceous fishes include ... |
9208
|
cetate |
CETATE, n. A compound of cetic acid, with a base. |
9209
|
ceterach |
CETERACH, n. A trivial name of a species of Asplenium, or spleen-wort. |
9210
|
cetic |
CETIC, a. Pertaining to the whale. The cetic acid is a peculiar substance obtained from the ... |
9211
|
cetin |
CETIN, n. A name given to spermaceti by Chevreul. |
9212
|
cetological |
CETOLOGICAL, n. Pertaining to cetology. |
9213
|
cetologist |
CETOLOGIST, n. One who is versed in the natural history of the whale and its kindred animals. |
9214
|
cetology |
CETOLOGY, n. The doctrine or natural history of cetaceous animals. |
9215
|
cetus |
CETUS, n. In astronomy, the whale, a large constellation of the Southern hemisphere, containing ... |
9216
|
ceylanite |
CEYLANITE, n. A mineral, classed with the ruby family; called also pleonaste. Its color is a ... |
9217
|
chabasie |
CHABASIE, |
9218
|
chabasite |
CHABASITE, n. A mineral which has been regarded as a variety of zeolite. It is divisible into ... |
9219
|
chad |
CHAD, n. A kind of fish; pronounced shad. |
9220
|
chafe |
CHAFE, v.t.1. To excite heat or inflammation by friction, as to chafe the skin; also, to fret and ... |
9221
|
chafe-wax |
CHAFE-WAX, n. In England, an officer belonging to the Lord Chancellor, who fits the wax for the ... |
9222
|
chafed |
CHAFED, pp. Heated or fretted by rubbing; worn by friction. |
9223
|
chafer |
CHAFER, n. One who chafes.CHAFER, n. An insect, a species of Scarabaeus, or beetle. |
9224
|
chafery |
CHAFERY, n. In Iron works, a forge in which an ancony or square mass of iron, hammered into a bar ... |
9225
|
chaff |
CHAFF, n.1. The husk, or dry calyx of corn, and grasses. In common language, the word is applied ... |
9226
|
chaffer |
CHAFFER, v.i. To treat about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle; to negotiate; to chop and change; ... |
9227
|
chaffern |
CHAFFERN, n. A vessel for heating water. |
9228
|
chaffery |
CHAFFERY, n. Trafick; buying and selling. |
9229
|
chaffinch |
CHAFFINCH, n. A species of birds of the genus Fringilla, which are said to delight in chaff, and ... |
9230
|
chaffless |
CHAFFLESS, n. Without chaff. |
9231
|
chaffweed |
CHAFFWEED, n. A plant, cud-weed, a species of Gnaphalium; but this name is given also to the ... |
9232
|
chaffy |
CHAFFY, a. Like chaff; full of chaff; light; as, chaffy straws; chaffy opinions. |
9233
|
chafing |
CHAFING, ppr. Heating or fretting by friction. |
9234
|
chafing-dish |
CHAFING-DISH, n. A dish or vessel to hold coals for heating any thing set on it; a portable grate ... |
9235
|
chagrin |
CHAGRIN, n. Ill-humor; vexation; peevishness; fretfulness.CHAGRIN, v.t. To excite ill-humor in; ... |
9236
|
chagrined |
CHAGRINED, pp. Vexed; fretted; displeased. |
9237
|
chain |
CHAIN, n.1. A series of links or rings connected, or fitted into one another, usually made of some ... |
9238
|
chained |
CHAINED, pp. Made fast, or bound by a chain; connected by a chain; bound; enslaved. |
9239
|
chaining |
CHAINING, ppr. Binding, fastening or connecting with a chain; binding, or attaching to; enslaving. |
9240
|
chair |
CHAIR, n. 1. A movable seat; a frame with a bottom made of different materials, used for persons ... |
9241
|
chair-man |
CHAIR-MAN, n. 1. The presiding officer or speaker of an assembly, association or company, ... |
9242
|
chaise |
CHAISE, n. s as z. A two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig. It is open or covered. |
9243
|
chalcedonic |
CHALCEDONIC, a. Pertaining to chalcedony. |
9244
|
chalcedony |
CHALCEDONY, n. A subspecies of quartz, a mineral called also white agate, resembling milk diluted ... |
9245
|
chalcedonyx |
CHALCEDONYX, n. A variety of agate, in which white and gray layers alternate. |
9246
|
chalcite |
CHALCITE, n. Sulphate of iron of a red color, so far calcined as to have lost a considerable part ... |
9247
|
chalcographer |
CHALCOGRAPHER, n. An engraver in brass. |
9248
|
chalcography |
CHALCOGRAPHY, n. The act or art of engraving in brass. |
9249
|
chaldaic |
CHALDAIC, a. Pertaining to Chaldea, anciently a country on the Frat or Euphrates, in Asia, called ... |
9250
|
chaldaism |
CHALDAISM, n. An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect. |
9251
|
chaldean |
CHALDEAN, n. An inhabitant of Chaldea. |
9252
|
chaldee |
CHALDEE, a. Pertaining to Chaldea.CHALDEE, n. The language or dialect of the Chaldeans. |
9253
|
chalder |
CHALDER, n. A measure of coals consisting of thirty six bushels. |
9254
|
chaldron |
CHALDRON, |
9255
|
chalice |
CHALICE, n. A cup, or bowl; usually a communion cup. |
9256
|
chaliced |
CHALICED, n. Having a cell or cup; applied by Shakespeare to a flower; but I believe little used. |
9257
|
chalk |
CHALK, n. A well known calcarious earth, of an opake white color, soft and admitting no polish. ... |
9258
|
chalk-cutter |
CHALK-CUTTER, n. A man that digs chalk. |
9259
|
chalk-pit |
CHALK-PIT, n. A pit in which chalk is dug. |
9260
|
chalk-stone |
CHALK-STONE, n. 1. In medicine, a calcarious concretion in the hands and feet of men violently ... |
9261
|
chalkiness |
CHALKINESS, n. The state of being chalky. |
9262
|
challenge |
CHALLENGE, n. Literally, a calling, or crying out, the primary sense of many words expressing a ... |
9263
|
challengeable |
CHALLENGEABLE, a. That may be challenged; that may be called to account. |
9264
|
challenged |
CHALLENGED, pp. Called to combat or o contest; claimed; demanded, as due; called from a jury. |
9265
|
challenger |
CHALLENGER, n. 1. One who challenges; one who invites to a single combat; one who calls on another ... |
9266
|
challenging |
CHALLENGING, ppr. Summoning to a duel, or to contest; claiming as a right; defying; calling off ... |
9267
|
chalybean |
CHALYBEAN, a. Pertaining to steel well tempered. |
9268
|
chalybeate |
CHALYBEATE, a. Impregnated with particles of iron; as chalybeate waters.CHALYBEATE, n. Any water ... |
9269
|
cham |
CHAM, n. The sovereign prince of Tartary. Usually written Khan. |
9270
|
chamade |
CHAMADE, n. In war, the beat of a drum or sound of a trumpet, inviting an enemy to a parley; as ... |
9271
|
chamber |
CHAMBER, |
9272
|
chamber-fellow |
CHAMBER-FELLOW,AMBER-FELLOW, n. One who sleeps in the same apartment. |
9273
|
chamber-lye |
CHAMBER-LYE, n. Urine. |
9274
|
chamber-maid |
CHAMBER-MAID, |
9275
|
chamber-pot |
CHAMBER-POT, n. A vessel used in bedrooms. |
9276
|
chamber-practice |
CHAMBER-PRACTICE, |
9277
|
chamberer |
CHAMBERER, |
9278
|
chambering |
CHAMBERING, |
9279
|
chamberlain |
CHAMBERLAIN, |
9280
|
chamberlainship |
CHAMBERLAINSHIP, |
9281
|
chambrel |
CHAMBREL, n. The joint or bending of the upper part of a horses hind leg. In New England ... |
9282
|
chameleon |
CHAMELEON, n. An animal of the genus Lacerta, or lizard, with a naked body, a tail and four feet. ... |
9283
|
chameleonize |
CHAMELEONIZE, v.t. To change into various colors. |
9284
|
chamfer |
CHAMFER, |
9285
|
chamfered |
CHAMFERED, pp. Cut into furrows, or cut sloping. |
9286
|
chamfering |
CHAMFERING, ppr. Cutting a gutter in; cutting in a slope. |
9287
|
chamfret |
CHAMFRET, n. A small gutter or furrow cut in wood or other hard material; a slope. |
9288
|
chamite |
CHAMITE, n. Fossil remains of the Chama, shell. |
9289
|
chamlet |
CHAMLET, [See Camlet.] |
9290
|
chamois |
CHAMOIS, n. An animal of the goat kind, whose skin is made into soft leather, called shammy. It ... |
9291
|
chamomile |
CHAMOMILE, [See Camomile.] |
9292
|
champ |
CHAMP, v.t.1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth; as, a horse champs the bit.2. To bite ... |
9293
|
champagne |
CHAMPAGNE, |
9294
|
champaign |
CHAMPAIGN, |
9295
|
champain |
CHAMPAIN, n. A flat open country. |
9296
|
champane |
CHAMPANE, n. A kind of brisk sparkling wine, from Champagne in France. |
9297
|
champed |
CHAMPED, pp. Bitten; chewed. |
9298
|
champer |
CHAMPER, n. One that champs or bits. |
9299
|
champertor |
CHAMPERTOR, n. [See Champerty.] In law, one who is guilty of champerty, which see. |
9300
|
champerty |
CHAMPERTY, n. A species of maintenance, being a bargain with a plaintiff or defendant, to divide ... |
9301
|
champignon |
CHAMPIGNON, n. A kind of mushroom. |
9302
|
champing |
CHAMPING, pp. Biting with repeated action. |
9303
|
champion |
CHAMPION, n. 1. A man who undertakes a combat in the place or cause of another.2. A man who ... |
9304
|
championess |
CHAMPIONESS, n. A female champion. |
9305
|
chan-cre |
CHAN-CRE, n. A venereal ulcer. |
9306
|
chan-crous |
CHAN-CROUS, a. Ulcerous; having the qualities of a chancer. |
9307
|
chance |
CHANCE, n. 1. An event that happens, falls out or takes place, without being contrived, intended, ... |
9308
|
chance-comer |
CHANCE-COMER, n. One who comes unexpectedly. |
9309
|
chance-medley |
CHANCE-MEDLEY, n. In law, the killing of a person by chance, when the killer is doing a lawful ... |
9310
|
chanceable |
CHANCEABLE, a. Accidental; casual; fortuitous. |
9311
|
chanceful |
CHANCEFUL, a. Hazardous. |
9312
|
chancel |
CHANCEL, n. That part of the choir of a church, between the altar or communion table and the ... |
9313
|
chancellor |
CHANCELLOR, n. Ordinally, a chief notary or scribe, under the Roman Emperors; but in England, in ... |
9314
|
chancellorship |
CHANCELLORSHIP, n. The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor. |
9315
|
chancery |
CHANCERY, n. 1. In Great Britain, the highest court of justice, next to the parliament, ... |
9316
|
chandelier |
CHANDELIER, n. 1. A Frame with branches to hold a number of candles, to illuminate a public or ... |
9317
|
chandler |
CHANDLER, n. An artisan whose trade is to make candles, or one who sells candles.In America, I ... |
9318
|
chandlerly |
CHANDLERLY, a. Like a chandler. |
9319
|
chandlery |
CHANDLERY, n. The place where candles are kept. |
9320
|
change |
CHANGE, v.t.1. To cause to turn or pass from one state to another; to alter, or make different; to ... |
9321
|
changeability |
CHANGEABILITY, n. Changeableness, which is generally used. |
9322
|
changeable |
CHANGEABLE, a. 1. That may change; subject to alteration; fickle; inconstant; mutable; variable; ... |
9323
|
changeableness |
CHANGEABLENESS, n. 1. The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; instability; ... |
9324
|
changeably |
CHANGEABLY, adv. Inconstantly. |
9325
|
changed |
CHANGED, pp. Altered; varied; turned; converted; shifted. |
9326
|
changeful |
CHANGEFUL, a. Full of change; inconstant; mutable; fickle; uncertain; subject to alteration. |
9327
|
changeless |
CHANGELESS, a. Constant; not admitting alteration. |
9328
|
changeling |
CHANGELING, n. 1. A child left or taken in the place of another.2. An idiot; a fool.3. One apt ... |
9329
|
changer |
CHANGER, n. 1. One who alters the form of any thing.2. One that is employed in changing and ... |
9330
|
changing |
CHANGING, ppr. Altering; turning; putting one thing for another; shifting. |
9331
|
channa |
CHANNA, n. A fish taken in the Mediterranean, resembling the sea-perch. |
9332
|
channel |
CHANNEL, n.1. In a general sense, a passage; a place of passing or flowing; particularly, a water ... |
9333
|
channeled |
CHANNELED, pp. Having channels; grooved longitudinally. |
9334
|
channeling |
CHANNELING, ppr. Cutting channels; grooving longitudinally. |
9335
|
chanson |
CHANSON, n. A song. |
9336
|
chant |
CHANT, v.t.1. To sing; to utter a melodious voice; that is, to cant or throw the voice in ... |
9337
|
chanted |
CHANTED, pp. Sung; uttered with modulations of voice. |
9338
|
chanter |
CHANTER, n.1. One who chants; a singer or songster.2. The chief singer, or priest of the ... |
9339
|
chanticleer |
CHANTICLEER, n. A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in cowing. |
9340
|
chanting |
CHANTING, ppr. Singing; uttering a melodious voice; repeating words with a singing voice.CHANTING, ... |
9341
|
chantress |
CHANTRESS, n. A female singer. |
9342
|
chantry |
CHANTRY, n. A church or chapel endowed with lands, or other revenue, for the maintenance of one or ... |
9343
|
chaos |
CHAOS, n. 1. That confusion, or confused mass, in which matter is supposed to have existed, ... |
9344
|
chaotic |
CHAOTIC, a. Resembling chaos; confused; as, the earth was originally in a chaotic state. |
9345
|
chap |
CHAP, v.t. To cleave, split, crack, or open longitudinally, as the surface of the earth, or the ... |
9346
|
chap-fallen |
CHAP-FALLEN, a. [chap and fall.] Having the lower chap depressed; hence, dejected; dispirited; ... |
9347
|
chapbook |
CHAPBOOK, n. [See Chapman and Cheap.] a small book or pamphlet, carried about for sale by hawker. |
9348
|
chape |
CHAPE, n. 1. The catch of any thing, as the hook of a scabbard, or the catch of a buckle, by ... |
9349
|
chapeau |
CHAPEAU, n. A hat; in heraldry, a cap or bonnet. |
9350
|
chapel |
CHAPEL, n.1. A house for public worship; primarily, a private oratory, or house of worship ... |
9351
|
chapeless |
CHAPELESS, a. Without a chape. |
9352
|
chapelet |
CHAPELET, |
9353
|
chapellany |
CHAPELLANY, n. A place founded within some church and dependent thereon. |
9354
|
chapelling |
CHAPELLING, n. The act of turning a ship round in a light breeze of wind, when close hauled, so ... |
9355
|
chapelry |
CHAPELRY, n. The bounds or jurisdiction of a chapel. |
9356
|
chaperon |
CHAPERON, n. A hood or cap worn by the knights of the garter in their habits. It was anciently ... |
9357
|
chapiter |
CHAPITER, n.1. The upper part or capital of a column or pillar; a word used in the scriptures. ... |
9358
|
chaplain |
CHAPLAIN, n. 1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs service in a chapel. The king ... |
9359
|
chaplaincy |
CHAPLAINCY, n. The office or station of a chaplain. |
9360
|
chaplainship |
CHAPLAINSHIP, n.1. The office or business of a chaplain.2. The possession, or revenue of a ... |
9361
|
chapless |
CHAPLESS, n. 1. A garland or wreath to be worn on the head; the circle of a crown.2. A string of ... |
9362
|
chaplet |
CHAPLET, n. A pair of stirrup leathers, with stirrups, joined at the top in a sort of leather ... |
9363
|
chapman |
CHAPMAN, n. 1. A cheapener; one that offers as a purchaser.Their chapmen they betray.2. A ... |
9364
|
chapped |
CHAPPED, pp. Cleft; opened, as the surface or skin. |
9365
|
chapping |
CHAPPING, ppr. Cleaving, as the surface or skin. |
9366
|
chappy |
CHAPPY, a. Full of chaps; cleft. |
9367
|
chaps |
CHAPS, the mouth or jaws. [See Chap.] |
9368
|
chapter |
CHAPTER, n.1. A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis contains fifty chapters. Hence the ... |
9369
|
chapter-house |
CHAPTER-HOUSE, n. A house where a chapter meets. |
9370
|
chaptrel |
CHAPTREL, n. The capitals of pillars and pilasters, which support arches, commonly called imposts. |
9371
|
char |
CHAR, n. A fish.CHAR, n. In England, work done by the day; a single job, or task. In New ... |
9372
|
char-woman |
CHAR-WOMAN, n. A woman hired for odd work, or for single days.[Char-man and Char-woman are, I ... |
9373
|
charact |
CHARACT, |
9374
|
character |
CHARACTER, n. 1. A mark made by cutting or engraving, as on stone, metal or other hard material; ... |
9375
|
characteristic |
CHARACTERISTIC, |
9376
|
characteristical |
CHARACTERISTICAL, a. That constitutes the character; that marks the peculiar, distinctive ... |
9377
|
characteristically |
CHARACTERISTICALLY, adv. The state or qualities of being characteristic. |
9378
|
characterize |
CHARACTERIZE, v.t.1. To give a character, or an account of the personal qualities of a man; to ... |
9379
|
characterized |
CHARACTERIZED, pp. Described or distinguished by peculiar qualities. |
9380
|
characterizing |
CHARACTERIZING, ppr. Describing or distinguishing by peculiar qualities. |
9381
|
characterless |
CHARACTERLESS, a. Destitute of any peculiar character. |
9382
|
charactery |
CHARACTERY, n. Impression; mark; distinction. |
9383
|
charade |
CHARADE, n. A composition, in which the subject must be a word of two syllables, each forming a ... |
9384
|
charcoal |
CHARCOAL, n. Coal made by charring wood; the remains of wood burnt under turf, and from which all ... |
9385
|
chard |
CHARD n. The leaves of artichokes tied and wrapped all over, except the top, in straw, during ... |
9386
|
charect |
CHARECT, n. An inscription. |
9387
|
charge |
CHARGE, v.t.1. To rush on; to fall on; to attack, especially with fixed bayonets; as, an army ... |
9388
|
chargeable |
CHARGEABLE, a. 1. That may be charged; that may be set, laid, imposed; as, a duty of forty per ... |
9389
|
chargeableness |
CHARGEABLENESS, n. Expensiveness; cost; costliness. |
9390
|
chargeably |
CHARGEABLY, adv. Expensively; at great cost. |
9391
|
charged |
CHARGED, pp. Loaded; burdened; attacked; laid on; instructed; imputed; accused; placed to the ... |
9392
|
chargeful |
CHARGEFUL, a. Expensive; costly. |
9393
|
chargeless |
CHARGELESS, a. Not expensive; free from expense. |
9394
|
charger |
CHARGER, n. 1. In Scots law, one who charges another in a suit.2. A large dish. Num. 7.3. A ... |
9395
|
charging |
CHARGING, ppr. Loading; attacking; laying on; instructing; commanding; accusing; imputing. |
9396
|
charily |
CHARILY, adv. [See Chary.] Carefully; warily; frugally. |
9397
|
chariness |
CHARINESS, n. Caution; care; nicety; scrupulousness. |
9398
|
chariot |
CHARIOT,n.1. A half coach; a carriage with four wheels and one seat behind, used for convenience ... |
9399
|
chariot-man |
CHARIOT-MAN, n. The driver of a chariot. 2 Chron. 18. |
9400
|
chariot-race |
CHARIOT-RACE, n. A race with chariots; a sport in which chariots were driven in contest for a ... |
9401
|
charioted |
CHARIOTED, pp. Borne in a chariot. |
9402
|
charioteer |
CHARIOTEER, n. The person who drives or conducts a chariot. It is used in speaking of military ... |
9403
|
charitable |
CHARITABLE, a.1. Benevolent and kind; as a charitable disposition.2. Liberal in benefactions to ... |
9404
|
charitableness |
CHARITABLENESS, n. 1. The disposition to be charitable; or the exercise of charity.2. Liberality ... |
9405
|
charitably |
CHARITABLY, adv. Kindly; liberally; benevolently; with a disposition to help the poor; favorably. |
9406
|
charity |
CHARITY, n. 1. In a general sense, love, benevolence, good will; that disposition of heart which ... |
9407
|
chark |
CHARK, v.t. To burn to a coal; to char. |
9408
|
charlatan |
CHARLATAN, n. One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions to skill; ... |
9409
|
charlatanical |
CHARLATANICAL, a. Quackish; making undue pretensions to skill; ignorant. |
9410
|
charlatanry |
CHARLATANRY, n. Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; deception by fair words. |
9411
|
charless-wain |
CHARLESS-WAIN, n. In astronomy, seven stars in the constellation called Ursa Major, or the Great ... |
9412
|
charlock |
CHARLOCK, n. The English name of the Raphanus raphanistrum and Sinapis arvensis, very pernicious ... |
9413
|
charm |
CHARM, n.1. Words, characters or other things imagined to possess some occult or unintelligible ... |
9414
|
charma |
CHARMA, n. A fish resembling the sea-wolf. |
9415
|
charmed |
CHARMED, pp. Subdued by charms; delighted; enchanted. |
9416
|
charmer |
CHARMER, n. 1. One that charms, or has power to charm; one that uses or has the power of ... |
9417
|
charmeress |
CHARMERESS, n. An enchantress. |
9418
|
charmful |
CHARMFUL, a. Abounding with charms. |
9419
|
charming |
CHARMING, ppr. 1. Using charms; enchanting.2. a. Pleasing n the highest degree; ... |
9420
|
charmingly |
CHARMINGLY, adv. Delightfully; in a manner to charm, or to give delight.She smiled very ... |
9421
|
charmingness |
CHARMINGNESS, n. The power to please. |
9422
|
charmless |
CHARMLESS, a. Destitute of charms. |
9423
|
charnel |
CHARNEL, a. Containing flesh or carcasses. |
9424
|
charnel-house |
CHARNEL-HOUSE, n. A place under or near churches, where the bones of the dead are reposited. ... |
9425
|
charon |
CHARON, n. In fabulous history, the son of Erebus and Nox, whose office was to ferry the souls of ... |
9426
|
charr |
CHARR, n. A fish, a species of Salmo. |
9427
|
charring |
CHARRING, ppr. Reducing to coal; depriving of volatile matter. |
9428
|
charry |
CHARRY, a. [See Char.] Pertaining to charcoal; like charcoal, or partaking of its qualities. |
9429
|
chart |
CHART, n. A hydrographical or marine map; a draught or projection of some part of the earths ... |
9430
|
charter |
CHARTER, n. 1. A written instrument, executed with usual forms, given as evidence of a grant, ... |
9431
|
charter-land |
CHARTER-LAND, n. Land held by charter, or in soccage. |
9432
|
charter-party |
CHARTER-PARTY, n. In commerce, an agreement respecting the hire of a vessel and the freight. This ... |
9433
|
chartered |
CHARTERED, pp.1. Hired or let, as a ship.2. Invested with privileges by charter; privileged.3. ... |
9434
|
chartering |
CHARTERING, ppr. 1. Giving a charter; establishing by charter.2. Hiring or letting by charter. |
9435
|
chartless |
CHARTLESS, a. Without a chart; of which no chart has been made; not delineated on paper; as the ... |
9436
|
chartulary |
CHARTULARY, n. An officer in the ancient Latin church, who had the care of charters and other ... |
9437
|
chary |
CHARY, a. [Sax. Cearig. See Care.] Careful; wary; frugal. |
9438
|
chasable |
CHASABLE, a. That may be chased; fit for the chase. |
9439
|
chase |
CHASE, v.t.1. Literally to drive, urge, press forward with vehemence; hence, to pursue for the ... |
9440
|
chased |
CHASED, pp. Pursed; sought ardently; driven. |
9441
|
chaser |
CHASER, n. 1. One who chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.2. An enchaser. [See Enchase.] |
9442
|
chasideans |
ASSIDE'ANS or CHASIDE'ANS, [Heb. pious.]A sect of Jews who resorted to Mattathias to fight for the ... |
9443
|
chasing |
CHASING, ppr. Pursuing; driving; hunting. |
9444
|
chasm |
CHASM, n.1. A cleft; a fissure; a gap; properly, an opening made by disrupture, as a beach in the ... |
9445
|
chasmed |
CHASMED, a. Having gaps or a chasm. |
9446
|
chasselas |
CHASSELAS, n. A sort of grape. |
9447
|
chaste |
CHASTE, a. 1. Pure from all unlawful commerce of sexes. Applied to persons before marriage, it ... |
9448
|
chaste-eyed |
CHASTE-EYED, a. Having modest eyes. |
9449
|
chaste-tree |
CHASTE-TREE, n. The agnus castus, or vitex; a tree that grows to the highth of eight or ten feet, ... |
9450
|
chastely |
CHASTELY, adv. In a chaste manner; without unlawful commerce of sexes; without obscenity; purely; ... |
9451
|
chasten |
CHASTEN, v.t.1. To correct by punishment; to punish; to inflict pain for the purpose of reclaiming ... |
9452
|
chastened |
CHASTENED, pp. Corrected; punished; afflicted for correction. |
9453
|
chastener |
CHASTENER, n. One who punishes, for the purpose of correction. |
9454
|
chasteness |
CHASTENESS, n. Chastity; purity. |
9455
|
chastening |
CHASTENING, ppr. Correcting; afflicting for correction.CHASTENING, n. Correction; punishment for ... |
9456
|
chastisable |
CHASTISABLE, a. Deserving of chastisement. |
9457
|
chastise |
CHASTISE, v.t.1. To correct by punishing; to punish; to inflict pain by stripes, or in other ... |
9458
|
chastised |
CHASTISED, pp. Punished; corrected. |
9459
|
chastisement |
CHASTISEMENT, n. Correction; punishment; pain inflicted for punishment and correction, either by ... |
9460
|
chastiser |
CHASTISER, n. One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. |
9461
|
chastising |
CHASTISING, ppr. Punishing for correction; correcting. |
9462
|
chastity |
CHASTITY, n.1. Purity of the body; freedom from all unlawful commerce of sexes. Before marriage, ... |
9463
|
chat |
CHAT, v.i.1. To talk in a familiar manner; to talk without form or ceremony.2. To talk idly; to ... |
9464
|
chateau |
CHATEAU, n. A castle; a seat in the country. |
9465
|
chatelet |
CHATELET, n. A little castle. |
9466
|
chatellany |
CHATELLANY, n. The lordship or jurisdiction of a castellan, or governor of a castle. [See ... |
9467
|
chatoyant |
CHATOYANT, a. A hard stone, a little transparent, which being cut smooth presents on its surface ... |
9468
|
chatoyment |
CHATOYMENT, n. Changeable colors, or changeableness of color, in a mineral; play of colors. |
9469
|
chattel |
CHATTEL, n. chatl. [See Cattle.] Primarily, any article of movable goods. In modern usage, the ... |
9470
|
chatter |
CHATTER, v.i. [See Chat.]1. To utter sounds rapidly and indistinctly, as a magpie, or a monkey.2. ... |
9471
|
chatter-box |
CHATTER-BOX, n. One that talks incessantly. |
9472
|
chatterer |
CHATTERER, n. A prater; an idle talker. |
9473
|
chattering |
CHATTERING, ppr. Uttering rapid, indistinct sounds, as birds; talking idly; moving rapidly and ... |
9474
|
chatting |
CHATTING, ppr. Talking familiarly. |
9475
|
chatty |
CHATTY, a. Given to free conversation; talkative. |
9476
|
chatwood |
CHATWOOD, n. Little sticks; fuel. |
9477
|
chaumontelle |
CHAUMONTELLE, n. A sort of pear. |
9478
|
chaun |
CHAUN, n. A gap.CHAUN, v.i. To open; to yawn. |
9479
|
chavender |
CHAVENDER, |
9480
|
chaw |
CHAW, v.t.1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to ruminate, or to chew as ... |
9481
|
chawdron |
CHAWDRON, n. Entrails. |
9482
|
chay |
CHAY, n. Chaya-root; the root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, used in dyeing red. |
9483
|
cheap |
CHEAP, a.1. Bearing a low price, in market; that may be purchased at a low price; that is, at a ... |
9484
|
cheapen |
CHEAPEN, v.t.1. To attempt to buy; to ask the price of a commodity; to chaffer.To shops in crowds ... |
9485
|
cheapener |
CHEAPENER, n. One who cheapens or bargains. |
9486
|
cheaply |
CHEAPLY, adv. At a small price; at a low rate. |
9487
|
cheapness |
CHEAPNESS, n. Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value. |
9488
|
chear |
CHEAR, [See Cheer.] |
9489
|
cheat |
CHEAT, v.t.1. To deceive and defraud in a bargain; to deceive for the purpose of gain in selling. ... |
9490
|
cheat-bread |
CHEAT-BREAD, n. Fine bread purchased, or not made in the family. |
9491
|
cheatableness |
CHEATABLENESS, n. Liability to be cheated. |
9492
|
cheated |
CHEATED, ppr. Defrauded by deception. |
9493
|
cheater |
CHEATER, n. One who practices a fraud in commerce. |
9494
|
cheating |
CHEATING, ppr. Defrauding by deception; imposing on.CHEATING, n. The act of defrauding by ... |
9495
|
check |
CHECK, v.t.1. To stop; to restrain; to hinder; to curb. It signifies to put an entire stop to ... |
9496
|
check-mate |
CHECK-MATE, n.1. The movement on a chess board or in the game of chess that kills the opposite ... |
9497
|
checked |
CHECKED, CHECKT, pp. Stopped; restrained; repressed; curbed; moderated; controlled; reprimanded. |
9498
|
checker |
CHECKER, v.t.1. To variegate with cross lines; to form into little squares, like a chess board, by ... |
9499
|
checker-work |
CHECKER-WORK, n. Work varied alternately as to its colors or materials; work consisting of cross ... |
9500
|
checkers |
CHECKERS, n plu. A common game on a checkered board. |
9501
|
checking |
CHECKING, ppr. Stopping; curbing; restraining; moderating; controlling; rebuking. |
9502
|
checkless |
CHECKLESS, a. That cannot be checked, or restrained. |
9503
|
checkt |
CHECKED, CHECKT, pp. Stopped; restrained; repressed; curbed; moderated; controlled; reprimanded. |
9504
|
checky |
CHECKY, n. In heraldry, a border that has more than two rows of checkers, or when the bordure or ... |
9505
|
cheek |
CHEEK, n.1. The side of the face below the eyes on each side.2. Among mechanics, cheeks are those ... |
9506
|
cheek-bone |
CHEEK-BONE, n. The bone of the cheek. |
9507
|
cheek-tooth |
CHEEK-TOOTH, n. The hinder tooth or tusk. Joel 1:6. |
9508
|
cheeked |
CHEEKED, a. Brought near the cheek. |
9509
|
cheep |
CHEEP, v.i. To chirp, as a small bird. |
9510
|
cheer |
CHEER, v.t.1. To salute with shouts of joy, or cheers.2. To dispel gloom, sorrow, silence or ... |
9511
|
cheered |
CHEERED, pp. Enlivened; animated; made glad. |
9512
|
cheerer |
CHEERER, n. One who cheers; he or that which gladdens.Thou cheerer of our days.Prime cheerer, ... |
9513
|
cheerful |
CHEERFUL, a.1. Lively; animated; having good spirits; moderately joyful. This is the most usual ... |
9514
|
cheerfully |
CHEERFULLY, adv. In a cheerful manner; with alacrity or willingness; readily; with life, animation ... |
9515
|
cheerfulness |
CHEERFULNESS, n. Life; animation; good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.He ... |
9516
|
cheerily |
CHEERILY, adv. With cheerfulness; with spirit. |
9517
|
cheering |
CHEERING, ppr. Giving joy or gladness; enlivening; encouraging; animating. |
9518
|
cheerishness |
CHEERISHNESS, n. State of cheerfulness. |
9519
|
cheerless |
CHEERLESS, a. Without joy, gladness, or comfort; gloomy; destitute of any thing to enliven or ... |
9520
|
cheerly |
CHEERLY, a. Gay; cheerful; not gloomy. |
9521
|
cheese |
CHEESE, n.1. The curd of milk, coagulated by rennet, separated from the serum or whey, and pressed ... |
9522
|
cheese-cake |
CHEESE-CAKE, n. A cake made of soft curds, sugar and butter. |
9523
|
cheese-monger |
CHEESE-MONGER, n. One who deals in or sells cheese. |
9524
|
cheese-paring |
CHEESE-PARING, n. A press, or engine for pressing curd in the making of cheese. |
9525
|
cheese-press |
CHEESE-PRESS, n. A press, or engine for pressing curd in the making of cheese. |
9526
|
cheese-rennet |
CHEESE-RENNET, n. A plant, ladies bed-straw, Galium verum. |
9527
|
cheese-vat |
CHEESE-VAT, n. The vat or case in which curds are confined for pressing. |
9528
|
cheesy |
CHEESY, a. Having the nature, qualities, taste or form of cheese. |
9529
|
chegoe |
CHEGOE, n. A tropical insect that enters the skin of the feet and multiplies incredibly, causing ... |
9530
|
cheiropter |
CHEIROPTER, n. An animal whose anterior toes are connected by a membrane, and whose feet thus ... |
9531
|
chelidon |
CHELIDON, n. A brown fly with silvery wings. |
9532
|
cheliferous |
CHELIFEROUS, a. Furnished with claws, as an animal. |
9533
|
cheliform |
CHELIFORM, a. Having the form of a claw. |
9534
|
chelmsfordite |
CHELMSFORDITE, n. A mineral arranged as a subspecies of schaalstein; found in Chelmsford, ... |
9535
|
chelonian |
CHELONIAN, a. Pertaining to or designating animals of the tortoise kind. |
9536
|
chely |
CHELY, n. The claw of a shell-fish. |
9537
|
chemical |
CHEMICAL. [See Chimical.] |
9538
|
chemically |
CHEMICALLY. [See Chimically.] |
9539
|
chemise |
CHEMISE, n. 1. A shift, or under garment worn by females.2. A wall that lines the face of any ... |
9540
|
chemist |
CHEMIST. [ See chimist.] |
9541
|
chemistry |
CHEMISTRY. [See Chimistry.] |
9542
|
chequer |
CHEQUER. [See Checker.] |
9543
|
cheriff |
CHERIFF, n. Written also Sheriff. The prince of Mecca; a high priest among the Mohammedans. |
9544
|
cherish |
CHERISH, n. The prince of Mecca; a high priest among the Mohammedans.CHERISH, v.t.1. To treat ... |
9545
|
cherished |
CHERISHED, pp. Treated with tenderness; warmed; comforted; fostered. |
9546
|
cherisher |
CHERISHER, n. One who cherishes; an encourager; a supporter. |
9547
|
cherishing |
CHERISHING, ppr. Warming; comforting; encouraging; fostering; treating with affection. |
9548
|
cherishment |
CHERISHMENT, n. Encouragement; comfort. |
9549
|
chermes |
CHERMES. [See Kermes.] |
9550
|
cherry |
CHERRY, n. The fruit of a tree, a species of Prunus, of which there are many varieties, as the red ... |
9551
|
cherry-cheeked |
CHERRY-CHEEKED, a. Having ruddy cheeks. |
9552
|
cherry-pit |
CHERRY-PIT, n. A childs play, in which cherry stones are thrown into a hole. |
9553
|
cherry-tree |
CHERRY-TREE, n. A tree whose fruit is cherries, in the more appropriate sense of the word. The ... |
9554
|
chersonese |
CHERSONESE, n. A peninsula; a tract of land of any indefinite extent, which is nearly surrounded ... |
9555
|
chert |
CHERT, n. In mineralogy, a subspecies of rhomboidal quartz; called also hornstone, petrosilex or ... |
9556
|
cherty |
CHERTY, a. Like chert; flinty. |
9557
|
cherub |
CHERUB, n. plu. Cherubs, but the Hebrew plural cherubim is also used.A figure composed of various ... |
9558
|
cherubic |
CHERUBIC,CHERUBIC, a. Pertaining to cherubs; angelic. |
9559
|
cherubim |
CHERUBIM, n. The Hebrew plural of cherub. |
9560
|
cherubin |
CHERUBIN, a. Cherubic; angelic. |
9561
|
cherup |
CHERUP, a corruption of chirp, which see. |
9562
|
chervil |
CHERVIL, n. A genus of plants, two species of which are called cow-weed. |
9563
|
chesapeak |
CHESAPEAK, n. A bay of the United States, whose entrance is between Cape Charles and Cape Henry, ... |
9564
|
chesible |
CHESIBLE, n. A short vestment without sleeves, worn by a popish priest at mass. |
9565
|
cheslip |
CHESLIP, n. A small vermin that lies under stones and tiles. |
9566
|
chess |
CHESS, n. An ingenious game performed by two parties with different pieces, on a checkered board, ... |
9567
|
chess-apple |
CHESS-APPLE, n. A species of wild service. |
9568
|
chess-board |
CHESS-BOARD, n. The board used in the game of chess, and from the squares of which chess has its ... |
9569
|
chess-man |
CHESS-MAN, n. A piece or puppet, for the game of chess. |
9570
|
chess-player |
CHESS-PLAYER, n. One who plays chess; one skilled din the game of chess. |
9571
|
chess-tree |
CHESS-TREE, n. In ships, a piece of wood bolted perpendicularly on the side to confine the clews ... |
9572
|
chessom |
CHESSOM, n. Mellow earth. |
9573
|
chest |
CHEST, n.1. A box of wood or other material, in which goods are kept or transported. It differs ... |
9574
|
chest-foundering |
CHEST-FOUNDERING, n. A disease in horses, like the pleurisy or peripneumony in the human body. |
9575
|
chestnut |
CHESTNUT, n. The fruit, seed or nut of a tree belonging to the genus Fagus. It is inclosed in a ... |
9576
|
chestnut-tree |
CHESTNUT-TREE, n. The tree which produces the chestnut. This tree grows to a great size, with ... |
9577
|
cheston |
CHESTON, n. A species of plum. |
9578
|
chevachie |
CHEVACHIE, n. An expedition with cavalry. |
9579
|
chevage |
CHEVAGE, n. A tribute by the head. |
9580
|
chevalier |
CHEVALIER, n. 1. A knight; a gallant young man.2. In heraldry, a horseman armed at all points. |
9581
|
cheven |
CHEVEN, n. The chub, a fish. |
9582
|
cheveril |
CHEVERIL, n. A kid, or rather leather made of kid-skin; used as a noun or adjective. |
9583
|
cheverilize |
CHEVERILIZE, v.t. To make as pliable as kid-leather. |
9584
|
chevisance |
CHEVISANCE, n. 1. Achievement; deed; performance; enterprize accomplished.2. In law, a making of ... |
9585
|
chevron |
CHEVRON, n. In heraldry, an honorable ordinary, representing two rafters of a house meeting at the ... |
9586
|
chevroned |
CHEVRONED, a. Having a chevron, or the form of it. |
9587
|
chevrotain |
CHEVROTAIN, n. The smallest of the antelope kind. |
9588
|
chew |
CHEW, v.t.1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food, to prepare it for ... |
9589
|
chewed |
CHEWED, pp. Ground by the teeth; masticated. |
9590
|
chewet |
CHEWET, n. A kind of pie, made with chopped substances. |
9591
|
chewing |
CHEWING, ppr. Grinding with the teeth; masticating; ruminating; meditating; champing. |
9592
|
chia |
CHIA, n. A beautiful Mexican plant. |
9593
|
chian |
CHIAN, a. Pertaining to Chios, an isle in the Levant.Chian earth, a medicinal, dense, compact kind ... |
9594
|
chiastolite |
CHIASTOLITE, n. A mineral, called also macle, whose crystals are arranged in a peculiar manner. ... |
9595
|
chibbal |
CHIBBAL, n. A small sort of onion. |
9596
|
chicane |
CHICANE, n.1. In law, shift; turn; trick; cavil; an abuse of judiciary proceedings, by artifices, ... |
9597
|
chicaner |
CHICANER, n. One who uses shifts, turns, evasions or undue artifices, in litigation or disputes; a ... |
9598
|
chicanery |
CHICANERY, n. Sophistry; mean or unfair artifices to perplex a cause and obscure the truth. |
9599
|
chiches |
CHICHES, n. Dwarf peas. |
9600
|
chichling |
CHICHLING, |
9601
|
chick |
CHICK, v.i. To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. |
9602
|
chick-pea |
CHICK-PEA, n. A plant or pea, constituting the genus Cicer; a native of Spain, where it is used in ... |
9603
|
chick-weed |
CHICK-WEED, n. A plant of the genus Alsine, which includes many species. The common chick-weed, ... |
9604
|
chicken |
CHICKEN, n. 1. The young of fowls, particularly of the domestic hen, or gallinaceous fowls.2. A ... |
9605
|
chicken-hearted |
CHICKEN-HEARTED, a. Timid; fearful; cowardly. |
9606
|
chicken-pox |
CHICKEN-POX, n. A mild contagious eruptive disease, generally appearing in children. |
9607
|
chickling |
CHICKLING, n. A small chick or chicken. |
9608
|
chickling-vetch |
CHICKLING-VETCH, n. A vetch or pea, of the genus Lathyrus, used in Germany for food, but inferior ... |
9609
|
chide |
CHIDE, v.t.1. To scold at; to reprove; to utter words in anger, or by way of disapprobation; to ... |
9610
|
chider |
CHIDER, n. One who chides, clamors, reproves or rebukes. |
9611
|
chideress |
CHIDERESS, n. A female who chides. |
9612
|
chiding |
CHIDING, ppr. Scolding; clamoring; rebuking; making a harsh or continued noise.CHIDING, n. A ... |
9613
|
chidingly |
CHIDINGLY, adv. In a scolding or reproving manner. |
9614
|
chief |
CHIEF, a.1. Highest in office or rank; principal; as a chief priest; the chief butler. Gen ... |
9615
|
chiefage |
CHIEFAGE, |
9616
|
chiefdom |
CHIEFDOM, n. Sovereignty. |
9617
|
chiefless |
CHIEFLESS, a. Without a chief or leader. |
9618
|
chiefly |
CHIEFLY, adv.1. Principally; eminently; in the first place.It chiefly concerns us to obey the ... |
9619
|
chiefrie |
CHIEFRIE, n. A small rent paid to the lord paramount. |
9620
|
chieftain |
CHIEFTAIN, n. A captain, leader or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army or clan. It is ... |
9621
|
chieftainry |
CHIEFTAINRY, |
9622
|
chieftainship |
CHIEFTAINSHIP, n. Headship; captaincy; the government over a clan. |
9623
|
chievance |
CHIEVANCE, n. An unlawful bargain; traffick in which money is extorted. |
9624
|
chieve |
CHIEVE or CHIVE, v.i. To come to an end; to issue; to succeed. |
9625
|
chilblain |
CHILBLAIN, n. A blain or sore produced by cold; a tumor affecting the hands and feet, accompanied ... |
9626
|
child |
CHILD, n.1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate ... |
9627
|
child-bearing |
CHILD-BEARING, a. or ppr. [See Bear.] Bearing or producing children.CHILD-BEARING, n. The act of ... |
9628
|
childbed |
CHILDBED, n. The state of a woman bringing forth a child or being in labor; parturition. |
9629
|
childbirth |
CHILDBIRTH, n. The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor; as the pains of childbirth. |
9630
|
childed |
CHILDED, a. Furnished with a child. |
9631
|
childhood |
CHILDHOOD, n.1. The state of a child, or the time in which persons are children, including the ... |
9632
|
childing |
CHILDING, ppr. Bearing children; producing; as childing women. |
9633
|
childish |
CHILDISH, a.1. Belonging to a child; trifling; puerile.When I became a man, I put away childish ... |
9634
|
childishly |
CHILDISHLY, adv. In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner. |
9635
|
childishness |
CHILDISHNESS, n. Triflingness, puerility, the state or qualities of a child, in reference to ... |
9636
|
childlike |
CHILDLIKE, a. Resembling a child or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; ... |
9637
|
childly |
CHILDLY, a. Like a child. |
9638
|
children |
CHILDREN, n. plu. Of child. |
9639
|
chili |
CHILI, a. 1. Cool; moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; as the chill vapors of night.2. ... |
9640
|
chiliad |
CHILIAD, n. 1. A thousand; a collection or sum, containing a thousand individuals or ... |
9641
|
chiliagon |
CHILIAGON, n. A plain figure of a thousand angles and sides. |
9642
|
chiliahedron |
CHILIAHEDRON, n. A figure of a thousand equal sides. |
9643
|
chiliarch |
CHILIARCH, n. A body consisting of a thousand men. |
9644
|
chiliast |
CHILIAST, n. One of the sect of Millenarians. |
9645
|
chilifactive |
CHILIFACTIVE. [See Chylifactive.] |
9646
|
chilioliter |
CHILIOLITER. [See Kiloliter.] |
9647
|
chiliometer |
CHILIOMETER. [See Kilometer.] |
9648
|
chill |
CHILL, n. 1. A shivering with cold; rigors, as in an ague; the cold fit that precedes a fever; ... |
9649
|
chilled |
CHILLED, pp. Made cool; made to shiver; dejected. |
9650
|
chilli |
CHILLI, n. A Mexican plant, Guinea pepper. |
9651
|
chilliness |
CHILLINESS, n. 1. A sensation of shivering; rigors.2. A moderate degree of coldness; as the ... |
9652
|
chilling |
CHILLING, ppr. Cooling; causing to shiver. |
9653
|
chillness |
CHILLNESS, n. Coolness; coldness; a shivering. |
9654
|
chilly |
CHILLY, a. Cool; moderately cold, such as to cause shivering; as a chilly day, night, or air. |
9655
|
chilogram |
CHILOGRAM. [See Kilogram.] |
9656
|
chimb |
CHIMB, n. [See Chime.] |
9657
|
chime |
CHIME, n. 1. The consonant or harmonic sounds of several correspondent instruments.Instruments ... |
9658
|
chimer |
CHIMER, n. One who chimes. |
9659
|
chimera |
CHIMERA, n.1. In fabulous history, a monster with three heads, that of a lion, of a goat, and of a ... |
9660
|
chimerical |
CHIMERICAL, a. Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; that has, or can ... |
9661
|
chimerically |
CHIMERICALLY, adv. Wildly; vainly; fancifully; fantastically. |
9662
|
chimical |
CHIMICAL, a. [See Chimistry.]1. Pertaining to chimistry; as a chimical operation.2. Resulting ... |
9663
|
chimically |
CHIMICALLY, adv. According to chimical principles; by chimical process or operation. |
9664
|
chiminage |
CHIMINAGE, n. In law, a toll for passage through a forest. |
9665
|
chiming |
CHIMING, ppr. Causing to chime; sounding in accordance. |
9666
|
chimist |
CHIMIST, n. A person versed in chimistry; a professor of chimistry. |
9667
|
chimistry |
CHIMISTRY, n. Chimistry is a science, the object of which is to discover the nature and properties ... |
9668
|
chimney |
CHIMNEY, n.1. In architecture, a body of brick or stone, erected in a building, containing a ... |
9669
|
chimney-corner |
CHIMNEY-CORNER, n.1. The corner of a fire-place, or the space between the fire and the sides of ... |
9670
|
chimney-hook |
CHIMNEY-HOOK, n. A hook for holding pots and kettles over a fire. |
9671
|
chimney-money |
CHIMNEY-MONEY, n. Hearth-money, a duty paid for each chimney in a house. |
9672
|
chimney-piece |
CHIMNEY-PIECE, n. An ornamental piece of wood or stone set round a fire-place. |
9673
|
chimney-sweeper |
CHIMNEY-SWEEPER, n. One whose occupation is to sweep and scrape chimneys, to clean them of the ... |
9674
|
chimpanzee |
CHIMPANZEE, n. An animal of the ape kind, a variety of the ourang-outang.It is now considered a ... |
9675
|
chin |
CHIN, n. The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw. |
9676
|
chin-cough |
CHIN-COUGH, n. A contagious disease, often epidemic among children. It increases for some weeks, ... |
9677
|
china |
CHINA, n. A species of earthern ware made in China, and so called from the country; called also ... |
9678
|
china-orange |
CHINA-ORANGE, n. The sweet orange, said to have been originally brought from China. |
9679
|
china-root |
CHINA-ROOT, n. The root of a species Smilax, brought from the East Indies, of a pale reddish ... |
9680
|
chinch |
CHINCH, n. A genus of insects, resembling the feather-wing moths. These insects live in the ... |
9681
|
chine |
CHINE, n.1. The back-bone, or spine of an animal.2. A piece of the back-bone of an animal, with ... |
9682
|
chined |
CHINED, a. Pertaining to the back. |
9683
|
chinese |
CHINESE, a. Pertaining to China.CHINESE, n. sing. and plu. A native of China; also, the language ... |
9684
|
chingle |
CHINGLE, n. Gravel free from dirt. [See Shingle.] |
9685
|
chink |
CHINK, n. A small aperture lengthwise; a cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; ... |
9686
|
chinkapin |
CHINKAPIN, n. The dwarf chestnut, Fagus pumila, a tree that rises eight or ten feet, with a ... |
9687
|
chinky |
CHINKY, a. Full of chinks, or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts. |
9688
|
chinned |
CHINNED, a. Having a long chin. |
9689
|
chinse |
CHINSE, v.t. In naval affairs, to thrust oakum into the seams or chinks of a ship with a chisel or ... |
9690
|
chints |
CHINTS, n. Cotton cloth, printed with more than two colors. |
9691
|
chioppine |
CHIOPPINE, n. A high shoe, formerly worn by ladies. |
9692
|
chip |
CHIP, CHEAP, CHIPPING, in the names of places, imply a market; from Sax. Ceapan, cypan, to buy or ... |
9693
|
chip-ax |
CHIP-AX, n. An ax for chipping. |
9694
|
chipped |
CHIPPED, pp. Cut in chips, or small pieces; hewed. |
9695
|
chipping |
CHIPPING, n. 1. A chip; a piece cut off or separated by a cutting or engraving instrument; a ... |
9696
|
chiragrical |
CHIRAGRICAL, a. Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease. |
9697
|
chirk |
CHIRK, a. Lively; cheerful; in god spirits; in a comfortable state.CHIRK, v.i. To chirp. |
9698
|
chirm |
CHIRM, v.i. To sing as a bird. |
9699
|
chirograph |
CHIROGRAPH, n.1. Anciently a deed, which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same ... |
9700
|
chirographer |
CHIROGRAPHER, n. [See Chirograph.] He that exercises or professes the art or business of writing. ... |
9701
|
chirographic |
CHIROGRAPHIC, |
9702
|
chirographical |
CHIROGRAPHICAL, a. Pertaining to chirography. |
9703
|
chirographist |
CHIROGRAPHIST, n. One who tells fortunes by examining the hand. |
9704
|
chirography |
CHIROGRAPHY, n. [See Chirograph.] The art of writing, or a writing with ones own hand. |
9705
|
chirological |
CHIROLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to chirology. |
9706
|
chirologist |
CHIROLOGIST, n. One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers. |
9707
|
chirology |
CHIROLOGY, n. [See Chirologist.] The art or practice of communicating thoughts by signs made by the ... |
9708
|
chiromancer |
CHIROMANCER, n. [See Chiromancy.] One who attempts to foretell future events, or to tell the ... |
9709
|
chiromancy |
CHIROMANCY, n. Divination by the hand; the art or practice of attempting to foretell events, or to ... |
9710
|
chiromantic |
CHIROMANTIC, a. Pertaining to chiromancy, or divination by the hand.Chiromantic deception. |
9711
|
chirp |
CHIRP, v.i. Cherp. To make the noise of certain small birds, or of certain insects; as a chirping ... |
9712
|
chirper |
CHIRPER, n. One that chirps, or is cheerful. |
9713
|
chirping |
CHIRPING, ppr. Making the noise of certain small birds.CHIRPING, n. The noise of certain small ... |
9714
|
chirurgeon |
CHIRURGEON, n. A surgeon; one whose profession is to heal diseases by manual operations, ... |
9715
|
chirurgery |
CHIRURGERY, n. That part of the medical art which consists in healing diseases and wounds by ... |
9716
|
chirurgic |
CHIRURGIC, |
9717
|
chirurgical |
CHIRURGICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to surgery, or to the art of healing diseases and wounds by manual ... |
9718
|
chisel |
CHISEL, n. An instrument of iron or steel, used in carpentry, joinery, cabinet work, masonry, ... |
9719
|
chiseled |
CHISELED, pp. Cut or engraved with a chisel. |
9720
|
chiseling |
CHISELING, ppr. Cutting with a chisel. |
9721
|
chisleu |
CHISLEU, n. The ninth month of the Jewish year, answering to a part of November and a part of ... |
9722
|
chistianity |
CHISTIANITY, n. [See Christian, from Christ.] The religion of Christians; or the system of ... |
9723
|
chit |
CHIT, n.1. A shoot or sprout; the first shooting or germination of a seed or plant. Hence,2. A ... |
9724
|
chit-chat |
CHIT-CHAT, n. [See Chat, Chatter.] Prattle; familiar or trifling talk. |
9725
|
chitterling |
CHITTERLING, n. The frill to the breast of a shirt. |
9726
|
chitterlings |
CHITTERLINGS, n. plu. The guts or bowels; sausages. |
9727
|
chitty |
CHITTY, a. 1. Childish; like a babe.2. Full of chits or warts. |
9728
|
chivalrous |
CHIVALROUS, a. [See Chivalry.] Pertaining to chivalry, or knight errantry; warlike; bold; gallant. |
9729
|
chivalry |
CHIVALRY, n. 1. Knighthood; a military dignity, founded on the service of soldiers on horseback, ... |
9730
|
chive |
CHIVE, N. A SPECIES OF SMALL ONION. |
9731
|
chives |
CHIVES, n. plu. In botany, slender threads or filaments in the blossoms of plants. [See Stamen.] |
9732
|
chldless |
CHLDLESS, a. Destitute of children or offspring. 1 Sam. 15:33. |
9733
|
chlorate |
CHLORATE, n. [See chlorine.] A compound of chloric acid with a salifiable base. |
9734
|
chloric |
CHLORIC, a. Pertaining to chlorine, or obtained from it; as chloric acid. |
9735
|
chlorid |
CHLORID, n. [See Chlorine.] A compound of chlorine with a combustible body. |
9736
|
chloride |
CHLORIDE, |
9737
|
chloridic |
CHLORIDIC, a. Pertaining to a chloride. |
9738
|
chlorin |
CHLORIN, n. Chloric gas; a new name given to what has been called oxymuriatic gas. This substance ... |
9739
|
chlorine |
CHLORINE, |
9740
|
chloriodic |
CHLORIODIC, a. Consisting of chlorine and iodine, or obtained from them. |
9741
|
chloris |
CHLORIS, n. The green finch, a small bird. |
9742
|
chlorite |
CHLORITE, n. A mineral of a grass green color, opake, usually friable or easily pulverized, ... |
9743
|
chloro-carbonic |
CHLORO-CARBONIC, |
9744
|
chloro-carbonous |
CHLORO-CARBONOUS, a. The terms, chloro-carbonic acid and chloro-carbonous acid, are applied, the ... |
9745
|
chloropal |
CHLOROPAL, n. A newly observed mineral, of two varieties, the conchoidal and the earthy; the ... |
9746
|
chlorophane |
CHLOROPHANE, n. A variety of fluor spar, from Siberia. When placed on a heated iron, it gives a ... |
9747
|
chloropheite |
CHLOROPHEITE, n. A rare mineral found in small nodules. |
9748
|
chlorophyl |
CHLOROPHYL, n. The green matter of the leaves of vegetables. |
9749
|
chlorosis |
CHLOROSIS, n. The green sickness; a disease of females, characterized by a pale or greenish hue of ... |
9750
|
chlorotic |
CHLOROTIC, a.1. Pertaining to chlorosis; as, chlorotic affections. Medical Repository.2. ... |
9751
|
chlorous |
CHLOROUS, a. Pertaining to chlorine; as chlorous oxyd. |
9752
|
choak |
CHOAK, [See Choke.] |
9753
|
chock |
CHOCK, n. In marine language, a kind of wedge for confining a cask or other body, to prevent it ... |
9754
|
chocolate |
CHOCOLATE, n.1. A paste or cake composed of the kernel of cacao, with other ingredients, usually a ... |
9755
|
chocolate-house |
CHOCOLATE-HOUSE, n. A house where company many be served with chocolate. |
9756
|
chocolate-nut |
CHOCOLATE-NUT. [See Cacao.] |
9757
|
chode |
CHODE, the old preterit of chide, which see. |
9758
|
choice |
CHOICE, n.1. The act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more ... |
9759
|
choice-drawn |
CHOICE-DRAWN, a. Selected with particular care. |
9760
|
choiceless |
CHOICELESS, a. Not having the power of choosing; not free. |
9761
|
choicely |
CHOICELY, adv.1. With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference; with exact choice; as a ... |
9762
|
choiceness |
CHOICENESS, n. Valuableness; particular value or worth; as the choiceness of a plant or of wine. |
9763
|
choir |
CHOIR, n.1. A collection of singers, especially in divine service, in a church.2. Any collection ... |
9764
|
choir-service |
CHOIR-SERVICE, n. The service of singing performed by a choir. |
9765
|
choke |
CHOKE, v.t.1. To stop the passage of the breath, by filling the windpipe or compressing the neck. ... |
9766
|
choke-cherry |
CHOKE-CHERRY, n. The popular name of a species of wild cherry, remarkable for its astringent ... |
9767
|
choke-full |
CHOKE-FULL, a. [choke and full.] Full as possible; quite full. |
9768
|
choke-pear |
CHOKE-PEAR, n.1. A kind of pear that has a rough astringent taste, and is swallowed with ... |
9769
|
choke-weed |
CHOKE-WEED, n. A plant so called. |
9770
|
choked |
CHOKED, pp. Suffocated; strangled; obstructed by filling; stifled; suppressed; smothered. |
9771
|
choker |
CHOKER, n. One that chokes another; one that puts another to silence; that which cannot be ... |
9772
|
choky |
CHOKY, a. That tends to suffocate, or has power to suffocate. |
9773
|
cholagogue |
CHOLAGOGUE, n. A medicine that has the specific quality of evacuating the bile. |
9774
|
choler |
CHOLER, n. 1. The bile. By the superabundance of this fluid, anger was formerly supposed to be ... |
9775
|
choleric |
CHOLERIC, a.1. Abounding with choler.2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger; as a ... |
9776
|
cholericness |
CHOLERICNESS, n. Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as cholesteric acid. |
9777
|
cholesterin |
CHOLESTERIN, n. A name given by M. Chevreul, to the pearly or crystaline substance of human ... |
9778
|
cholesterine |
CHOLESTERINE, |
9779
|
choliambic |
CHOLIAMBIC, n. A verse in poetry having an iambic foot in the fifth place, and a spondee in the ... |
9780
|
chomer |
CHOMER, n. A Hebrew measure containing the tenth part of an epha,or about six pints. |
9781
|
chondrodite |
CHONDRODITE, n. A mineral, called also Brucite. It occurs in grains or imperfect crystals, or in ... |
9782
|
choose |
CHOOSE, v.t.1. To pick out; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more things ... |
9783
|
chooser |
CHOOSER, n. He that chooses he that has the power or right of choosing; an elector. |
9784
|
choosing |
CHOOSING, ppr. Selecting; taking in preference; electing.CHOOSING, n. Choice; election. |
9785
|
chop |
CHOP, v.t.1. To cut off or separate, by striking with a sharp instrument, either by a single blow ... |
9786
|
chop-church |
CHOP-CHURCH, n. An exchange or an exchanger of benefices. |
9787
|
chop-fallen |
CHOP-FALLEN, a. Dejected; dispirited. |
9788
|
chop-house |
CHOP-HOUSE, n. A house where provision ready dressed is sold. |
9789
|
chopin |
CHOPIN, n. A liquid measure in France, containing nearly a pint Winchester measure. In Scotland, ... |
9790
|
chopped |
CHOPPED, pp. Cut; minced. |
9791
|
chopping |
CHOPPING, ppr. Cutting; mincing; buying; bartering.CHOPPING, a. Stout; lusty; plump.CHOPPING, ... |
9792
|
chopping-block |
CHOPPING-BLOCK, n. A block on which any thing is laid to be chopped. |
9793
|
chopping-knife |
CHOPPING-KNIFE, n. A knife for mincing meat. |
9794
|
choppy |
CHOPPY, a. Full of clefts or cracks. |
9795
|
chops |
CHOPS, [See Chop.] |
9796
|
choral |
CHORAL, a. 1. Belonging to or composing a choir or concert; as, choral symphonies.2. Singing in ... |
9797
|
chorally |
CHORALLY, adv. In the manner of a chorus. |
9798
|
chord |
CHORD, n.1. The string of a musical instrument.2. In music, the union of two or more sounds ... |
9799
|
chordee |
CHORDEE, n. [See Chord.] In medicine and surgery, an inflammatory or spasmodic contraction of the ... |
9800
|
chore |
CHORE, n. In America, this word denotes small work of a domestic kind, as distinguished from the ... |
9801
|
chorepis-copal |
CHOREPIS-COPAL, a. Pertaining to the power of a suffragan or local bishop. |
9802
|
choreus |
CHOREUS, n. In ancient poetry, a foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short; the ... |
9803
|
choriamb |
CHORIAMB, |
9804
|
choriambic |
CHORIAMBIC, n. A choriamb.CHORIAMBIC, a. Pertaining to a choriamb. |
9805
|
choriambus |
CHORIAMBUS, n. In ancient poetry, a foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last ... |
9806
|
chorion |
CHORION, n. In anatomy, the exterior membrane which invests the fetus in utero. |
9807
|
chorist |
CHORIST, n. A singing man in a choir. |
9808
|
chorister |
CHORISTER, n.1. Literally, a singer; one of a choir; a singer in a concert.2. One who leads a ... |
9809
|
chorographer |
CHOROGRAPHER, n. [See Chorography.] A person who describes a particular region or country; or one ... |
9810
|
chorographical |
CHOROGRAPHICAL, a. Pertaining to chorography; descriptive of particular regions or countries; ... |
9811
|
chorographically |
CHOROGRAPHICALLY, adv. In a chorographical manner; in a manner descriptive of particular regions. |
9812
|
chorography |
CHOROGRAPHY, n. The art or practice of making a map of a particular region, country, or province; ... |
9813
|
choroid |
CHOROID, n. In anatomy, a term applied to several parts of the body that resemble the chorion; as ... |
9814
|
chorus |
CHORUS, n.1. A number of singers; a company of persons singing in concert.2. The persons who are ... |
9815
|
chose |
CHOSE, n. In law, property in action; a right to possession; or that which may be demanded and ... |
9816
|
chosen |
CHOSEN, pp.1. Selected from a number; picked out; taken in preference; elected; predestinated; ... |
9817
|
chough |
CHOUGH, n. The Cornish chough is a fowl of the genus Corvus, nearly of the size of the crow, and ... |
9818
|
choule |
CHOULE. [See Jowl.] |
9819
|
chouse |
CHOUSE, v.t. To cheat, trick, defraud; followed by of, in Hudibras; but in America, by out of; as, ... |
9820
|
choused |
CHOUSED, pp. Cheated; defrauded; imposed on. |
9821
|
chousing |
CHOUSING, ppr. Cheating; imposing on. |
9822
|
chowder |
CHOWDER, n. In New England, a dish of fish boiled with biscuit, &c. In Spanish, chode is a paste ... |
9823
|
chowter |
CHOWTER, v.t. To grumble like a frog or a froward child. |
9824
|
chrism |
CHRISM, n. Unguent; unction. In the Romish and Greek churches, oil consecrated by the bishop, and ... |
9825
|
chrismal |
CHRISMAL, a. Pertaining to chrism. |
9826
|
chrismation |
CHRISMATION, n. The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil; in baptism, by the priest; in ... |
9827
|
chrismatory |
CHRISMATORY, n. A vessel to hold the oil for chrism. |
9828
|
chrisom |
CHRISOM, n. [See Chrism.] a child that dies within a month after its birth; so called from the ... |
9829
|
christ |
CHRIST, n. THE ANOINTED; an appellation given to the Savior of the World, and synonymous with the ... |
9830
|
christanize |
CHRISTANIZE, v.t. To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans. |
9831
|
christen |
CHRISTEN, v.t.1. To baptize, or rather to baptize and name; to initiate into the visible church of ... |
9832
|
christendom |
CHRISTENDOM, n.1. The territories, countries or regions inhabited by Christians, or those who ... |
9833
|
christened |
CHRISTENED, pp. Baptized and named; initiated into Christianity. |
9834
|
christening |
CHRISTENING, ppr. The act or ceremony of baptizing and naming; initiation into the Christian ... |
9835
|
christian |
CHRISTIAN, n.1. A believer in the religion of Christ.2. A professor of his belief in the religion ... |
9836
|
christian-name |
CHRISTIAN-NAME, n. The name given in baptism, as distinct from the gentilitious or surname. |
9837
|
christianism |
CHRISTIANISM, n.1. The Christian religion.2. The nations professing Christianity. |
9838
|
christianite |
CHRISTIANITE, n. A newly discovered Vesuvian mineral; its primitive form is that of an oblique ... |
9839
|
christianlike |
CHRISTIANLIKE, a. Becoming a Christian. |
9840
|
christianly |
CHRISTIANLY, adv. In a Christian manner; in a manner becoming the principles of the Christian ... |
9841
|
christianography |
CHRISTIANOGRAPHY, n. A description of Christian nations. |
9842
|
christmas |
CHRISTMAS, n.1. The festival of the Christian church observed annually on the 25th day of ... |
9843
|
christmas-box |
CHRISTMAS-BOX, n. A box in which little presents are deposited at Christmas. |
9844
|
christmas-day |
CHRISTMAS-DAY, n. The twenty fifth day of December, when Christmas is celebrated. |
9845
|
christmas-flower |
CHRISTMAS-FLOWER, n. Hellebore. |
9846
|
christmas-rose |
CHRISTMAS-ROSE, n. A plant of the genus Helleborus, producing beautiful white flowers about ... |
9847
|
christs-thorn |
CHRISTS-THORN, n. The Rhamnus paliurus, a deciduous shrub, a native of Palestine and the South of ... |
9848
|
chroastaces |
CHROASTACES, n. In natural history, a genus of pellucid gems, comprehending all those of variable ... |
9849
|
chromate |
CHROMATE, n. [See chrome.] A salt or compound formed by the chromic acid with a base. |
9850
|
chromatic |
CHROMATIC, a.1. Relating to color.2. Noting a particular species of music, which proceeds by ... |
9851
|
chromatically |
CHROMATICALLY, adv. In the chromatic manner. |
9852
|
chromatics |
CHROMATICS, n. The science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of the ... |
9853
|
chrome |
CHROME, n. A metal consisting of a porous mass of agglutinated grains, very hard, brittle, and of ... |
9854
|
chromic |
CHROMIC, a. Pertaining to chrome, or obtained from it; as chromic acid.Chromic yellow, the ... |
9855
|
chronic |
CHRONIC, |
9856
|
chronical |
CHRONICAL, a. Continuing a long time, as a disease. A chronic disease is one which is inveterate ... |
9857
|
chronicle |
CHRONICLE, n. [See Chronic.]1. A historical account of facts or events disposed in the order of ... |
9858
|
chronicler |
CHRONICLER, n. A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; a historian. |
9859
|
chronique |
CHRONIQUE, n. A chronicle. |
9860
|
chronogram |
CHRONOGRAM, n. An inscription in which a certain date or epoch is expressed by numeral letters; as ... |
9861
|
chronogrammatic |
CHRONOGRAMMATIC, |
9862
|
chronogrammatical |
CHRONOGRAMMATICAL, a. Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one. |
9863
|
chronogrammatist |
CHRONOGRAMMATIST, n. A writer of chronograms. |
9864
|
chronographer |
CHRONOGRAPHER, n. One who writes concerning time or the events of time; a chronologer. |
9865
|
chronography |
CHRONOGRAPHY, n. The description of time past. |
9866
|
chronologer |
CHRONOLOGER, |
9867
|
chronologic |
CHRONOLOGIC, |
9868
|
chronological |
CHRONOLOGICAL, a. Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; ... |
9869
|
chronologically |
CHRONOLOGICALLY, adv. In a chronological manner; in a manner according with the order of time, the ... |
9870
|
chronologist |
CHRONOLOGIST, n. [See Chronology.] 1. A person who attempts to discover the true dates of past ... |
9871
|
chronology |
CHRONOLOGY, n. The science of time; the method of measuring, or computing time by regular ... |
9872
|
chronometer |
CHRONOMETER, n. Any instrument that measures time or that divides time into equal portions, or ... |
9873
|
chrysalid |
CHRYSALID, n. [See Chrysalis.] |
9874
|
chrysalis |
CHRYSALIS, n. The particular form which butterflies, moths, and some other insects assume, before ... |
9875
|
chrysoberyl |
CHRYSOBERYL, n. A siliceous gem, of a dilute yellowish green color.Chrysoberyl, the cymophane of ... |
9876
|
chrysocolla |
CHRYSOCOLLA, n. Carbonate of copper, of two subspecies, the blue and the green; formerly called ... |
9877
|
chrysolite |
CHRYSOLITE, n. A mineral, called by Hauy and Brongniart, peridote and by Jameson, prismatic ... |
9878
|
chrysoprase |
CHRYSOPRASE, n. A mineral, a subspecies of quartz. Its color is commonly apple green, and often ... |
9879
|
chub |
CHUB, n. A river fish, called also cheven, of the genus Cyprinus. The body is oblong, nearly ... |
9880
|
chub-faced |
CHUB-FACED, a. Having a plump round face. |
9881
|
chubbed |
CHUBBED, |
9882
|
chubby |
CHUBBY, a. Like a chub; short and thick. |
9883
|
chuck |
CHUCK, v.i. To make the noise of a hen or partridge, when she calls her chickens.CHUCK, v.t. To ... |
9884
|
chuck-farthing |
CHUCK-FARTHING, n. A play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole. |
9885
|
chuckle |
CHUCKLE, v.t.1. To call, as a hen her chickens.2. To fondle; to cocker.CHUCKLE, v.i. To laugh ... |
9886
|
chuckle-head |
CHUCKLE-HEAD, n. A vulgar word in America, denoting a person with a large head, a dunce. Bailey ... |
9887
|
chud |
CHUD, v.t. To champ; to bite. |
9888
|
chuet |
CHUET, n. Forced meat. |
9889
|
chuff |
CHUFF, n. A clown; a coarse, heavy, dull or surly fellow. |
9890
|
chuffily |
CHUFFILY, adv. In a rough, surly manner; clownishly. |
9891
|
chuffiness |
CHUFFINESS, n. Surliness. |
9892
|
chuffy |
CHUFFY, a. Blunt; clownish; surly; angry; stomachful. In New England, this word expresses that ... |
9893
|
chuk |
CHUK, n. A word used in calling swine. It is the original name of that animal, which our ... |
9894
|
chum |
CHUM, n. A chamber-fellow; one who lodges or resides in the same room; a word used in colleges. |
9895
|
chump |
CHUMP, n. A short, thick, heavy piece of wood, less than a block. |
9896
|
chunk |
CHUNK, n. A short thick piece of wood. [Colloquial.] |
9897
|
church |
CHURCH, n.1. A house consecrated to the worship of God, among Christians; the Lords house. This ... |
9898
|
church-ale |
CHURCH-ALE, n. A wake or feast commemoratory of the dedication of the church. |
9899
|
church-attire |
CHURCH-ATTIRE, n. The habit in which men officiate in divine service. |
9900
|
church-authority |
CHURCH-AUTHORITY, n. Ecclesiastical power; spiritual jurisdiction. |
9901
|
church-bench |
CHURCH-BENCH, n. The seat in the porch of a church. |
9902
|
church-burial |
CHURCH-BURIAL, n. Burial according to the rites of the church. |
9903
|
church-discipline |
CHURCH-DISCIPLINE, n. Discipline of the church, intended to correct the offenses of its members. |
9904
|
church-founder |
CHURCH-FOUNDER, n. He that builds or endows a church. |
9905
|
church-history |
CHURCH-HISTORY, n. History of the Christian church; ecclesiastical history. |
9906
|
church-land |
CHURCH-LAND, n. Land belonging to a church. |
9907
|
church-member |
CHURCH-MEMBER, n. A member in communion with a church; a professor of religion. |
9908
|
church-music |
CHURCH-MUSIC, n. 1. The service of singing or chanting in a church.2. Music suited to church ... |
9909
|
church-warden |
CHURCH-WARDEN, n. A keeper or guardian of the church, and a representative of the parish. ... |
9910
|
church-way |
CHURCH-WAY, n. The way, street or road that leads to the church. |
9911
|
church-work |
CHURCH-WORK, n. Work carried on slowly. |
9912
|
church-yard |
CHURCH-YARD, n. The ground adjoining to a church in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. |
9913
|
churchdom |
CHURCHDOM, n. The government or authority of the church. |
9914
|
churching |
CHURCHING, n. The act of offering thanks in church after childbirth. |
9915
|
churchlike |
CHURCHLIKE, a. Becoming the church. |
9916
|
churchman |
CHURCHMAN, n.1. An ecclesiastic or clergyman; one who ministers in sacred things.2. An ... |
9917
|
churchship |
CHURCHSHIP, n. Institution of the church. |
9918
|
churl |
CHURL, n.1. A rude, surly, ill-bred man.2. A rustic; a countryman, or laborer.3. A miser; a ... |
9919
|
churlish |
CHURLISH, a. 1. Rude; surly; austere; sullen; rough in temper; unfeeling; uncivil.2. Selfish; ... |
9920
|
churlishly |
CHURLISHLY, adv. Rudely; roughly; in a churlish manner. |
9921
|
churlishness |
CHURLISHNESS, n. Rudeness of manners or temper, but generally the word refers to the temper or ... |
9922
|
churly |
CHURLY, a. Rude; boisterous. |
9923
|
churme |
CHURME, or, CHIRM, n. Noise; clamor, or confused noise. |
9924
|
churn |
CHURN, n. A vessel in which cream or milk is agitated for separating the oily part from the caseous ... |
9925
|
churn-staff |
CHURN-STAFF, n. The staff or instrument used in churning. |
9926
|
churned |
CHURNED, pp. Agitated; made into butter. |
9927
|
churning |
CHURNING, ppr. Agitating to make butter; shaking; stirring.CHURNING, n.1. The operation of making ... |
9928
|
churnworm |
CHURNWORM, n. An insect that turns about nimbly, called also a fancricket. |
9929
|
chuse |
CHUSE, [See Choose.] |
9930
|
chusite |
CHUSITE, n. A yellowish mineral found by Saussure in the cavities of porphyries in the environs of ... |
9931
|
chylaceous |
CHYLACEOUS, a. [See Chyle.] Belonging to chyle; consisting of chyle. |
9932
|
chyle |
CHYLE, n. In animal bodies, a white or milky fluid separated from aliments by means of digestion. ... |
9933
|
chylifaction |
CHYLIFACTION, n. The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies. |
9934
|
chylifactive |
CHYLIFACTIVE, a. Forming or changing into chyle; having the power to make chyle. |
9935
|
chyliferous |
CHYLIFEROUS, a. [L.] Transmitting chyle. |
9936
|
chylopoetic |
CHYLOPOETIC, adv. Chylifactive; having the power to change into chyle; making chyle. |
9937
|
chylous |
CHYLOUS, a. Consisting of chyle, or partaking of it. |
9938
|
chyme |
CHYME, n. That particular modification which food assumes after it has undergone the action of the ... |
9939
|
chymic |
CHYMIC, CHYMIST, CHYMISTRY. [See chimical, Chimist, Chimistry.] |
9940
|
chymification |
CHYMIFICATION, n. The process of becoming or of forming chyme. |
9941
|
chymified |
CHYMIFIED, pp. Formed into chyme. |
9942
|
chymify |
CHYMIFY, v.t. To form into chyme. |
9943
|
chymist |
CHYMIC, CHYMIST, CHYMISTRY. [See chimical, Chimist, Chimistry.] |
9944
|
chymistry |
CHYMIC, CHYMIST, CHYMISTRY. [See chimical, Chimist, Chimistry.] |
9945
|
cibarious |
CIBARIOUS, a. Pertaining to food; useful for food; edible. |
9946
|
cibol |
CIBOL, n. A sort of small onion. |
9947
|
cicada |
CICADA, n. The frog-hopper, or flea locust; a genus of insects of many species. |
9948
|
cicatrice |
CICATRICE, n. A scar; a little seam or elevation of flesh remaining after a wound or ulcer is ... |
9949
|
cicatricle |
CICATRICLE, n. The germinating or fetal point in the embryo of a seed or the yolk of an egg; as, ... |
9950
|
cicatrisive |
CICATRISIVE, a. Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix. |
9951
|
cicatrix |
CICATRIX, |
9952
|
cicatrizant |
CICATRIZANT, n. A medicine or application that promotes the formation of a cicatrix, such as ... |
9953
|
cicatrization |
CICATRIZATION, n. The process of healing or forming a cicatrix; or the state of being healed, ... |
9954
|
cicatrize |
CICATRIZE, v.t. To heal, or induce the formation of a cicatrix, in wounded or ulcerated flesh; or ... |
9955
|
cicatrized |
CICATRIZED, pp. Healed, as wounded flesh; having a cicatrix formed. |
9956
|
cicatrizing |
CICATRIZING, ppr. Healing; skinning over; forming a cicatrix. |
9957
|
cicely |
CICELY, n. A plant, a species of Chaerophyllum. The sweet cicely is a species of Scandix. |
9958
|
cicerone |
CICERONE, n. A guide; one who explains curiosities. |
9959
|
ciceronian |
CICERONIAN, a. Resembling Cicero, either in style or action; in style, diffuse and flowing; in ... |
9960
|
ciceronianism |
CICERONIANISM, n. Imitation or resemblance of the style or action of Cicero. |
9961
|
cichoraceous |
CICHORACEOUS, a. Having the qualities of succory. |
9962
|
cicisbeism |
CICISBEISM, n. The practice of dangling about females. |
9963
|
cicisbeo |
CICISBEO, n. A dangler about females. |
9964
|
cicurate |
CICURATE, v.t. To tame; to reclaim from wildness. |
9965
|
cicuration |
CICURATION, n. The act of taming wild animals. |
9966
|
cicuta |
CICUTA, n. Water-hemlock, a plant whose root is poisonous. This term was used by the ancients and ... |
9967
|
cider |
CIDER, n. The juice of apples expressed, a liquor used for drink. The word was formerly used to ... |
9968
|
ciderist |
CIDERIST, n. A maker of cider. |
9969
|
ciderkin |
CIDERKIN, n. The liquor made of the gross matter of apples, after the cider is pressed out, and a ... |
9970
|
cierge |
CIERGE, n. A candle carried in processions. |
9971
|
cigar |
CIGAR, n. A small roll of tobacco, so formed as to be tubular, used for smoking. Cigars are of ... |
9972
|
ciliary |
CILIARY, a. Belonging to the eyelids. |
9973
|
ciliated |
CILIATED, a. In botany, furnished or surrounded with parallel filaments, or bristles, resembling ... |
9974
|
cilicious |
CILICIOUS, a. Made or consisting of hair. |
9975
|
cima |
CIMA, [See Cyma.] |
9976
|
cimbal |
CIMBAL, n. A kind of cake. |
9977
|
cimbric |
CIMBRIC, a. Pertaining to the Cimbri, the inhabitants of the modern Jutland, in Denmark, which was ... |
9978
|
cimiter |
CIMITER, n. A short sword with a convex edge or recurvated point, used by the Persians and Turks. |
9979
|
cimmerian |
CIMMERIAN, a. Pertaining to Cimmerium, a town at the mouth of the Palus Maeotis. The ancients ... |
9980
|
cimolite |
CIMOLITE, n. A species of clay, used by the ancients, as a remedy for erysipelas and other ... |
9981
|
cinchona |
CINCHONA, n. The Peruvian bark, quinquina, of which there are three varieties, the red, yellow and ... |
9982
|
cincture |
CINCTURE, n.1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body.2. That which encompasses, or ... |
9983
|
cinder |
CINDER, n.1. Small coals or particles of fire mixed with ashes; embers.2. Small particles of ... |
9984
|
cinder-wench |
CINDER-WENCH,WOMAN, n. A woman whose business is to rake into heaps of ashes for cinders. |
9985
|
cineration |
CINERATION, n. The reducing of any thing to ashes by combustion. |
9986
|
cinereous |
CINEREOUS, a. Like ashes; having the color of the ashes of wood. |
9987
|
cineritious |
CINERITIOUS, a. Having the color or consistence of ashes. |
9988
|
cingle |
CINGLE, n. A girth; but the word is little used. [See Surcingle.] |
9989
|
cinnabar |
CINNABAR, n. Red sulphuret of mercury. Native cinnabar is an ore of quicksilver, moderately ... |
9990
|
cinnabarine |
CINNABARINE, a. Pertaining to cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine ... |
9991
|
cinnamon |
CINNAMON, n. The bark of two species of Laurus. The true cinnamon is the inner bark of the Laurus ... |
9992
|
cinque |
CINQUE, n. A five; a word used in games. |
9993
|
cinque-foil |
CINQUE-FOIL, n. Five-leaved clover, a species of Potentilla. |
9994
|
cinque-pace |
CINQUE-PACE, n. A kind of grave dance. |
9995
|
cinque-ports |
CINQUE-PORTS, n. Five havens on the eastern shore of England, towards France, viz. Hastings, ... |
9996
|
cinque-spotted |
CINQUE-SPOTTED, a. Having five spots. |
9997
|
cion |
CION, n. A young shoot, twig or sprout of a tree, or plant, or rather the cutting of a twig, ... |
9998
|
cious |
VENEFI'CIAL,'CIOUS, a. [L. veneficium.] Acting by poison; bewitching. [Little used.] |
9999
|
cipher |
CIPHER, n.1. In arithmetic, an Arabian or Oriental character, of this form 0, which, standing by ... |
10000
|
ciphering |
CIPHERING, ppr. 1. Using figures, or practicing arithmetic.2. Writing in occult characters. |
10001
|
cipolin |
CIPOLIN, n. A green marble from Rome, containing white zones. It consists chiefly of carbonate of ... |
10002
|
circ |
CIRC, [See Circus.] |
10003
|
circean |
CIRCEAN, a. Pertaining to Circe, the fabled daughter of Sol and Perseis, who was supposed to ... |
10004
|
circensian |
CIRCENSIAN, a. Pertaining to the Circus, in Rome, where were practiced games of various kinds, as ... |
10005
|
circinal |
CIRCINAL, a. Rolled in spirally downwards, the tip occupying the center; a term in foliation or ... |
10006
|
circinate |
CIRCINATE, v.t. To make a circle; to compass. |
10007
|
circination |
CIRCINATION, n. An orbicular motion. |
10008
|
circle |
CIRCLE, n.1. In geometry, a plane figure comprehended by a single curve line, called its ... |
10009
|
circled |
CIRCLED, pp. Surrounded; encompassed; inclosed.CIRCLED, a. Having the form of a circle; round; as ... |
10010
|
circler |
CIRCLER, n. A mean poet, or circular poet. |
10011
|
circlet |
CIRCLET, n. A little circle; a circle; an orb. |
10012
|
circling |
CIRCLING, ppr. Surrounding; going round; inclosing.CIRCLING, a. Circular; round. |
10013
|
circocele |
CIRCOCELE, n. A varix, or dilatation of the spermatic vein; a varicocele; hernia varicosa. |
10014
|
circuit |
CIRCUIT, n.1. The act of moving or passing round; as the periodical circuit of the earth round the ... |
10015
|
circuiteer |
CIRCUITEER, n. One that travels a circuit. |
10016
|
circuition |
CIRCUITION, n. The act of going round; compass; circumlocution. |
10017
|
circuitous |
CIRCUITOUS, a. Going round in a circuit; not direct; as a circuitous road or course. |
10018
|
circuitously |
CIRCUITOUSLY, adv. In a circuit. |
10019
|
circuity |
CIRCUITY, n. A going round; a course not direct. |
10020
|
circular |
CIRCULAR, a.1. In the form of a circle; round; circumscribed by a circle; spherical; as, the sun ... |
10021
|
circularity |
CIRCULARITY, n. A circular form. |
10022
|
circularly |
CIRCULARLY, adv. In a circular manner; in the formof a circle; in the form of going and returning. |
10023
|
circulate |
CIRCULATE, v.i.1. To move in a circle; to move or pass round; to move round and return to the same ... |
10024
|
circulation |
CIRCULATION, n.1. The act of moving round, or in a circle, or in a course which brings or tends to ... |
10025
|
circulatorious |
CIRCULATORIOUS, a. Travelling in a circuit, or from house to house. |
10026
|
circulatory |
CIRCULATORY, a. 1. Circular; as a circulatory letter.2. Circulating.CIRCULATORY, n. A chimical ... |
10027
|
circumambiency |
CIRCUMAMBIENCY, n. The act of surrounding, or encompassing. |
10028
|
circumambient |
CIRCUMAMBIENT, a. Surrounding; encompassing; inclosing or being on all sides; used particularly of ... |
10029
|
circumambulate |
CIRCUMAMBULATE, v.i. To walk round about. |
10030
|
circumambulation |
CIRCUMAMBULATION, n. The act of walking round. |
10031
|
circumcellion |
CIRCUMCELLION, n. In church history, a set of illiterate peasants that adhered to the Donatists in ... |
10032
|
circumcise |
CIRCUMCISE, v.t. To cut off the prepuce or foreskin of males; a ceremony or rite in the Jewish and ... |
10033
|
circumciser |
CIRCUMCISER, n. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin. |
10034
|
circumcursation |
CIRCUMCURSATION, n. The act of running about. |
10035
|
circumduct |
CIRCUMDUCT, v.t. To contravene; to nullify; a term of civil law. |
10036
|
circumduction |
CIRCUMDUCTION, n.1. A leading about.2. An annulling; cancellation.CIRCUMDUCTION, n. 1. A ... |
10037
|
circumfer |
CIRCUMFER, v.t. To bear or carry round. |
10038
|
circumference |
CIRCUMFERENCE, n. 1. The line that bounds a circle; the exterior line of a circular body; the ... |
10039
|
circumferential |
CIRCUMFERENTIAL, a. Pertaining to the circumference. |
10040
|
circumferentor |
CIRCUMFERENTOR, n. An instrument used by surveyors for taking angles. It consists of a brass ... |
10041
|
circumflex |
CIRCUMFLEX, n. In grammar, an accent serving to note or distinguish a syllable of an intermediate ... |
10042
|
circumfluence |
CIRCUMFLUENCE, n. A flowing round on all sides; an inclosure of waters. |
10043
|
circumfluent |
CIRCUMFLUENT, a. Flowing round; surrounding as a fluid; as, circumfluent waves. |
10044
|
circumfluous |
CIRCUMFLUOUS, a. Flowing round; encompassing as a fluid; circumfluent. |
10045
|
circumforanean |
CIRCUMFORANEAN, |
10046
|
circumforaneous |
CIRCUMFORANEOUS, a. Going about; walking or wandering from house to house; as a circumforaneous ... |
10047
|
circumfuse |
CIRCUMFUSE, v.t.1. To pour round; to spread round, as a fluid.2. To spread round; to surround. |
10048
|
circumfusile |
CIRCUMFUSILE, a. That may be poured or spread round; as, circumfusile gold. |
10049
|
circumfusion |
CIRCUMFUSION, n. [See Circumfuse.] The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being poured ... |
10050
|
circumgestation |
CIRCUMGESTATION, n. A carrying about. |
10051
|
circumgyrate |
CIRCUMGYRATE, |
10052
|
circumgyration |
CIRCUMGYRATION, n. The act of turning, rolling or whirling round; the turning of a limb in its ... |
10053
|
circumgyre |
CIRCUMGYRE, v.t. To roll or turn round. |
10054
|
circumjacent |
CIRCUMJACENT, a. Lying round; bordering on every side. |
10055
|
circumligation |
CIRCUMLIGATION, n. The act of binding round; the bond with which any thing is encompassed. |
10056
|
circumlocution |
CIRCUMLOCUTION, n. A circuit or compass of words; a periphrase; the use of a number of words to ... |
10057
|
circumlocutory |
CIRCUMLOCUTORY, a. Pertaining to circumlocution; consisting or contained in a compass of words; ... |
10058
|
circummured |
CIRCUMMURED, a. Walled round; encompassed with a wall. |
10059
|
circumnavigable |
CIRCUMNAVIGABLE, a. [See Circumnavigate.] That may be sailed round. |
10060
|
circumnavigate |
CIRCUMNAVIGATE, v.t. To sail round; to pass round by water; as, to circumnavigate the globe. |
10061
|
circumnavigation |
CIRCUMNAVIGATION, n. The act of sailing round. |
10062
|
circumnavigator |
CIRCUMNAVIGATOR, n. One who sails round. |
10063
|
circumplication |
CIRCUMPLICATION, n. A folding, winding or wrapping round; or a state of being enwrapped. |
10064
|
circumpolar |
CIRCUMPOLAR, a. About the pole; an appellation given to stars, which are so near the north pole, ... |
10065
|
circumposition |
CIRCUMPOSITION, n. s as z. The act of placing in a circle; or the state of being so placed. |
10066
|
circumrasion |
CIRCUMRASION, n. s as z. The act of shaving or paring round. |
10067
|
circumrotary |
CIRCUMROTARY, a. Turning, rolling or whirling round. |
10068
|
circumrotation |
CIRCUMROTATION, n. The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of ... |
10069
|
circumscribe |
CIRCUMSCRIBE, v.t.1. To inclose within a certain limit; to limit, bound, confine.You are above the ... |
10070
|
circumscribed |
CIRCUMSCRIBED, pp. Drawn round as a line; limited; confined.In geometry, this word is applied to a ... |
10071
|
circumscribing |
CIRCUMSCRIBING, ppr. Drawing a line round; inclosing; limiting; confining. |
10072
|
circumscriptible |
CIRCUMSCRIPTIBLE, a. That may be circumscribed or limited by bounds. |
10073
|
circumscription |
CIRCUMSCRIPTION, n. 1. The line that limits; limitation; bound; confinement.2. In natural ... |
10074
|
circumscriptive |
CIRCUMSCRIPTIVE, a. Defining the external form; marking or inclosing the limits or superficies of ... |
10075
|
circumscriptively |
CIRCUMSCRIPTIVELY, adv. In a limited manner. |
10076
|
circumspect |
CIRCUMSPECT, a. Literally, looking on all sides; looking round. Hence,Cautious; prudent; watchful ... |
10077
|
circumspection |
CIRCUMSPECTION, n. Caution; attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case, and to the ... |
10078
|
circumspective |
CIRCUMSPECTIVE, a. Looking round every way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. |
10079
|
circumspectively |
CIRCUMSPECTIVELY, adv. Cautiously; vigilantly; heedfully; with watchfulness to guard against ... |
10080
|
circumspectly |
CIRCUMSPECTLY, adv. Cautiously; with watchfulness every way; with attention to guard against ... |
10081
|
circumspectness |
CIRCUMSPECTNESS, n. Caution; circumspection; vigilance in guarding against evil from every ... |
10082
|
circumstance |
CIRCUMSTANCE, n.1. Something attending, appendant, or relative to a fact, or case; a particular ... |
10083
|
circumstanced |
CIRCUMSTANCED, pp. or a. Placed in a particular manner, with regard to attending facts or ... |
10084
|
circumstant |
CIRCUMSTANT, a. Surrounding. |
10085
|
circumstantial |
CIRCUMSTANTIAL, a.1. Attending; relating to; but not essential.2. Consisting in or pertaining to ... |
10086
|
circumstantiality |
CIRCUMSTANTIALITY, n.1. The appendage of circumstances; the state of any thing as modified by ... |
10087
|
circumstantially |
CIRCUMSTANTIALLY, adv.1. According to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.2. Minutely; ... |
10088
|
circumstantiate |
CIRCUMSTANTIATE, v.t.1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents ... |
10089
|
circumterraneous |
CIRCUMTERRANEOUS, a. Around the earth. |
10090
|
circumvallate |
CIRCUMVALLATE, v.t. To surround with a rampart. |
10091
|
circumvallation |
CIRCUMVALLATION, n.1. In the art of war, a surrounding with a wall or rampart; also, a wall, ... |
10092
|
circumvection |
CIRCUMVECTION, n. A carrying about. |
10093
|
circumvent |
CIRCUMVENT, v.t. Literally, to come round; hence,To gain advantage over another, or to accomplish ... |
10094
|
circumvented |
CIRCUMVENTED, pp. Deceived by craft or stratagem; deluded. |
10095
|
circumventing |
CIRCUMVENTING, ppr. Deceiving; imposing on. |
10096
|
circumvention |
CIRCUMVENTION, n. 1. The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; ... |
10097
|
circumventive |
CIRCUMVENTIVE, a. Deceiving by artifices; deluding. |
10098
|
circumvest |
CIRCUMVEST, v.t. To cover round, as with a garment. |
10099
|
circumvolation |
CIRCUMVOLATION, n. The act of flying round. |
10100
|
circumvolution |
CIRCUMVOLUTION, n. 1. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled; also the thing rolled ... |
10101
|
circumvolve |
CIRCUMVOLVE, v.t. To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.CIRCUMVOLVE, ... |
10102
|
circumvolved |
CIRCUMVOLVED, pp. Rolled round; moved in a circular manner. |
10103
|
circumvolving |
CIRCUMVOLVING, ppr. Rolling round; revolving. |
10104
|
circus |
CIRCUS, n.1. In antiquity, a round or oval edifice, used for the exhibition of games and shows to ... |
10105
|
cirl |
CIRL, n. An Italian bird about the size of a sparrow. |
10106
|
cirriferous |
CIRRIFEROUS, a. Producing tendrils or claspers, as a plant. |
10107
|
cirrous |
CIRROUS, a. Terminating in a cirrus, curl or tendril; as a cirrous leaf. |
10108
|
cisalpine |
CISALPINE, a. On this side of the Alps, with regard to Rome; that is, on the south of the Alps; ... |
10109
|
cispadane |
CISPADANE, a. On this side of the Po, with regard to Rome; that is, on the south side. |
10110
|
cissoid |
CISSOID, n. A curve of the second order, invented by Diocles. |
10111
|
cist |
CIST, n. A case. [See Cyst, the proper orthography.] |
10112
|
cisted |
CISTED, a. Inclosed in a cyst. [See Cysted.] |
10113
|
cistercian |
CISTERCIAN, n. A monk, a reformed Benedictine. |
10114
|
cistern |
CISTERN, n.1. An artificial reservoir or receptacle for holding water, beer or other liquor, as in ... |
10115
|
cistic |
CISTIC, a. [See Cystic.] |
10116
|
cistus |
CISTUS, n. The rock-rose, a genus of plants of many species, most of them natives of the southern ... |
10117
|
cit |
CIT, n. [contracted from citizen.] A citizen, in a low sense; an inhabitant of a city; a pert ... |
10118
|
citadel |
CITADEL, n. A fortress or castle, in or near a city, intended for its defense; a place of arms. |
10119
|
cital |
CITAL, n.1. Reproof; impeachment.2. Summons; citation; quotation. |
10120
|
citation |
CITATION, n.1. A summons; an official call or notice, given to a person, to appear in a court, and ... |
10121
|
citatory |
CITATORY, a. Citing; calling; having the power or form of citation; as, letters citatory. |
10122
|
cite |
CITE, v.t.1. To call upon officially, or authoritatively; to summon; to give legal or official ... |
10123
|
citer |
CITER, n.1. One who cites or summons into court.2. One who quotes a passage or the words of ... |
10124
|
citess |
CITESS, n. [See Cit.] A city woman. |
10125
|
citharistic |
CITHARISTIC, a. Pertaining to or adapted to the harp; or appropriated to the accompaniment of the ... |
10126
|
cithern |
CITHERN, n. A stringed musical instrument, among the ancients, the precise form of which is not ... |
10127
|
citicism |
CITICISM, n. [from cit.] The manners of a cit or citizen. |
10128
|
citied |
CITIED, a. Belonging to a city. |
10129
|
citisin |
CITISIN, n. A substance of a yellow color, obtained from the seeds of the Cytisus Laburnum. |
10130
|
citizen |
CITIZEN, n.1. The native of a city, or an inhabitant who enjoys the freedom and privileges of the ... |
10131
|
citizenize |
CITIZENIZE, v.t. To make a citizen; to admit to the rights and privileges of a citizen.Talleyrand ... |
10132
|
citizenship |
CITIZENSHIP, n. The state of being vested with the rights and privileges of a citizen. |
10133
|
citrate |
CITRATE, n. In Chimistry, a neutral salt, formed by a union of the citric acid, or acid of lemons, ... |
10134
|
citric |
CITRIC, a. Belonging to lemons or limes; as citric acid. |
10135
|
citril |
CITRIL, n. A beautiful song bird of Italy. |
10136
|
citrination |
CITRINATION, n. [See Citrine.] The turning to a yellow green color. |
10137
|
citrine |
CITRINE, a. Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; yellow, or greenish yellow.CITRINE, n. A ... |
10138
|
citron |
CITRON, n. The fruit of the citron tree, a large species of lemon. |
10139
|
citron-tree |
CITRON-TREE, n. The tree which produces the citron, of the genus Citrus. It has an upright smooth ... |
10140
|
citron-water |
CITRON-WATER, n. A liquor distilled with the rind of citrons. |
10141
|
citrul |
CITRUL, n. The pompion or pumpkin, so named from its yellow color. |
10142
|
city |
CITY, n.1. In a general sense, a large town; a large number of houses and inhabitants, established ... |
10143
|
city-court |
CITY-COURT, n. The municipal court of a city, consisting of the mayor or recorder and aldermen. |
10144
|
cives |
CIVES, n. A species of leek, of the genus Allium. |
10145
|
civet |
CIVET, n. A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from a bag under the tail of ... |
10146
|
civet-cat |
CIVET-CAT, n. The animal that produces civet, a species of Viverra. This animal bears a ... |
10147
|
civic |
CIVIC, a. Literally, pertaining to a city or citizen; relating to civil affairs or honors. The ... |
10148
|
civil |
CIVIL, a.1. Relating to the community, or to the policy and government of the citizens and ... |
10149
|
civilian |
CIVILIAN, n. [from civil.]1. One who is skilled in the Roman law; a professor or doctor of civil ... |
10150
|
civilist |
CIVILIST, n. A civilian. |
10151
|
civility |
CIVILITY, n.1. The state of being civilized; refinement of manners; applied to nations; as ... |
10152
|
civilization |
CIVILIZATION, n. [See Civilize.]1. The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; the ... |
10153
|
civilize |
CIVILIZE, v.t. To reclaim from a savage state; to introduce civility of manners among a people, ... |
10154
|
civilized |
CIVILIZED, pp. Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning and civil ... |
10155
|
civilizer |
CIVILIZER, n. 1. One who civilizes; he that reclaims others from a wild and savage life, and ... |
10156
|
civilizing |
CIVILIZING, ppr. Reclaiming from savage life; instructing in arts and civility of manners. |
10157
|
civilly |
CIVILLY, adv.1. In a manner relating to government, or to the rights or character of a member of ... |
10158
|
civism |
CIVISM, n. Love of country; patriotism. |
10159
|
cizar |
CIZAR, v.t. To clip with scissors. |
10160
|
cize |
CIZE, for size, is not in use. |
10161
|
clabber |
CLABBER or BONNY-CLABBER, n. Milk turned, become thick or inspissated. |
10162
|
clack |
CLACK, v.i.1. To make a sudden sharp noise, as by striking or cracking; to clink; to click.2. To ... |
10163
|
clacker |
CLACKER, n. One that clacks; that which clacks. |
10164
|
clacking |
CLACKING, ppr. Making a sharp, abrupt sound, continually repeated; talking continually; tattling; ... |
10165
|
clad |
CLAD, pp. [See Clothe.] Clothed; invested; covered as with a garment.Jeroboam had clad himself with ... |
10166
|
clagulating |
CLAGULATING, ppr. Curdling; congealing. |
10167
|
claim |
CLAIM, v.t.1. To call for; to ask or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right or supposed ... |
10168
|
claimable |
CLAIMABLE, a. That may be demanded as due. |
10169
|
claimant |
CLAIMANT, n.1. A person who claims; one who demands any thing as his right.2. A person who has a ... |
10170
|
claimed |
CLAIMED, pp. Demanded as due; challenged as a right; asserted; maintained. |
10171
|
claimer |
CLAIMER, n. A claimant; one who demands as due. |
10172
|
claiming |
CLAIMING, ppr. Demanding as due; challenging as a right; asserting; maintaining; having a right to ... |
10173
|
clair-obscure |
CLAIR-OBSCURE. [See Clare-obscure.] |
10174
|
clam |
CLAM, n. [See the Verb.] The popular name of certain bivalvular shell-fish, of many species. |
10175
|
clam-shell |
CLAM-SHELL, n. The shell of a clam. |
10176
|
clamant |
CLAMANT, [See Claim.] Crying, beseeching. |
10177
|
clamber |
CLAMBER, v.i. [from climb, or D. Klampen, to grapple.] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and ... |
10178
|
clambering |
CLAMBERING, ppr. Climbing with effort and labor. |
10179
|
clamminess |
CLAMMINESS, n. [See Clammy.] The state of being viscous; viscosity; stickiness; tenacity of a soft ... |
10180
|
clammy |
CLAMMY, a. [See Clam.] Thick, viscous, adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; tenacious; as, bodies ... |
10181
|
clamor |
CLAMOR, n.1. A great outcry; noise; exclamation; vociferation, made by a loud human voice ... |
10182
|
clamorer |
CLAMORER, n. One who clamors. |
10183
|
clamoring |
CLAMORING, ppr. Uttering and repeating loud words; making a great and continued noise; ... |
10184
|
clamorous |
CLAMOROUS, a. Speaking and repeating loud words; noisy; vociferous; loud; turbulent. |
10185
|
clamorously |
CLAMOROUSLY, adv. With loud noise, or words. |
10186
|
clamorousness |
CLAMOROUSNESS, n. The state or quality of being loud or noisy. |
10187
|
clamp |
CLAMP, n.1. In general, something that fastens or binds; a piece of timber or of iron, used to ... |
10188
|
clamped |
CLAMPED, pp. United or strengthened with a clamp. |
10189
|
clamping |
CLAMPING, ppr. Fastening or strengthening with a clamp. |
10190
|
clan |
CLAN, n.1. A race; a family; a tribe. Hence, an association of persons under a chieftain.2. In ... |
10191
|
clancular |
CLANCULAR, a. Clandestine; secret; private; concealed. |
10192
|
clancularly |
CLANCULARLY, adv. Privately; secretly. |
10193
|
clandestine |
CLANDESTINE, a. Secret; private; hidden; withdrawn from public view. It often bears an ill sense, ... |
10194
|
clandestinely |
CLANDESTINELY, adv. Secretly; privately; in secret. |
10195
|
clandestineness |
CLANDESTINENESS, n. Secrecy; a state of concealment. |
10196
|
clang |
CLANG, v.t. To make a sharp, shrill sound, as by striking metallic substances; or to strike with a ... |
10197
|
clangor |
CLANGOR, n. A sharp, shrill, harsh sound. [See Clang.] |
10198
|
clangorous |
CLANGOROUS, a. Sharp, or harsh in sound. |
10199
|
clangous |
CLANGOUS, a. Making a clang, or a shrill, or harsh sound. |
10200
|
clanish |
CLANISH, a. Closely united, like a clan; disposed to adhere closely, as the members of a clan. |
10201
|
clanishness |
CLANISHNESS, n. Close adherence or disposition to unite, as a clan. |
10202
|
clank |
CLANK, n [See Clang.] The loud, shrill, sharp sound, made by a collision of metallic or other ... |
10203
|
clanship |
CLANSHIP, n. A state of union, as in a family, or clan; an association under a chieftain. |
10204
|
clap |
CLAP, v.t.1. To strike with a quick motion, so as to make a noise by the collision; to strike with ... |
10205
|
clap-board |
CLAP-BOARD, n. A thin narrow board for covering houses. In England, according to Bailey, a ... |
10206
|
clap-dish |
CLAP-DISH, n. A wooden bowl or dish. |
10207
|
clap-doctor |
CLAP-DOCTOR, n. One who is skilled in healing the clap. |
10208
|
clap-net |
CLAP-NET, n. A net for taking larks, united with a looking glass. |
10209
|
clapped |
CLAPPED, pp. Thrust or put on or together; applauded by striking the hands together; infected with ... |
10210
|
clapper |
CLAPPER, n. 1. A person who claps, or applauds by clapping.2. That which strikes, as the tongue ... |
10211
|
clapper-claw |
CLAPPER-CLAW, v.t. [slap and claw.] To scold; to abuse with the tongue; to revile. |
10212
|
clapping |
CLAPPING, ppr. Driving or putting on, in, over, or under, by a sudden motion; striking the hands ... |
10213
|
clare |
CLARE, n. A nun of the order of St. Clare. |
10214
|
clare-obscure |
CLARE-OBSCURE, n. Light and shade in painting; or the particular distribution of the lights and ... |
10215
|
clarenceux |
CLARENCEUX, |
10216
|
clarencieux |
CLARENCIEUX, n. In Great Britain, the second king at arms, so called from the duke of Clarence, ... |
10217
|
claret |
CLARET, n. A species of French wine, of a clear pale red color. |
10218
|
clarichord |
CLARICHORD, n. A musical instrument in form of a spinet, called also manichord. It has forty nine ... |
10219
|
clarification |
CLARIFICATION, n. [See Clarify.] The act of clearing; particularly the clearing or fining of liquid ... |
10220
|
clarified |
CLARIFIED, pp. Purified; made clear or fine; defecated. |
10221
|
clarifier |
CLARIFIER, n. 1. That which clarifies or purifies; as, whites of eggs, blood and isinglass are ... |
10222
|
clarify |
CLARIFY, v.t.1. To make clear; to purify from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; applied ... |
10223
|
clarifying |
CLARIFYING, ppr. Making clear, pure or bright; defecating; growing clear. |
10224
|
clarinet |
CLARINET, n. A wind instrument of music. |
10225
|
clarion |
CLARION, n. A kind of trumpet, whose tube is narrower and its tone more acute and shrill than that ... |
10226
|
claritude |
CLARITUDE, n. Clearness, brightness; splendor. |
10227
|
clary |
CLARY, v.i. To make a loud or shrill noise.CLARY, n. A plant of the genus Salvia, or sage. |
10228
|
clary-water |
CLARY-WATER, n. A composition of brandy, sugar, clary-glowers, and cinnamon, with a little ... |
10229
|
clash |
CLASH, v.i.1. To strike against; to drive against with force.Note. The sense of this word is ... |
10230
|
clashing |
CLASHING, ppr. Striking against with noise; meeting in opposition; opposing; interfering.CLASHING, ... |
10231
|
clasp |
CLASP, n.1. A hook for fastening; a catch; a small hook to hold together the covers of a book, or ... |
10232
|
clasp-knife |
CLASP-KNIFE, n. A knife which folds into the handle. |
10233
|
clasped |
CLASPED, pp. Fastened with a clasp; shut; embraced; inclosed; encompassed; caught. |
10234
|
clasper |
CLASPER, n. He or that which clasps; usually the tendril of a vine or other plant, which twines ... |
10235
|
claspered |
CLASPERED, a. Furnished with tendrils. |
10236
|
clasping |
CLASPING, ppr.1. Twining round; catching and holding; embracing; inclosing; shutting or fastening ... |
10237
|
class |
CLASS, n.1. An order or rank of persons; a number of persons in society, supposed to have some ... |
10238
|
classic |
CLASSIC, |
10239
|
classical |
CLASSICAL, a.1. Relating to ancient Greek and Roman authors of the first rank or estimation, ... |
10240
|
classically |
CLASSICALLY, adv.1. In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes, or sets.It ... |
10241
|
classific |
CLASSIFIC, a. Constituting a class or classes; noting classification, or the order of distribution ... |
10242
|
classification |
CLASSIFICATION, n. [See Classify.] The act of forming into a class or classes; distribution into ... |
10243
|
classified |
CLASSIFIED, pp. Arranged in classes; formed into a class or classes. |
10244
|
classify |
CLASSIFY, v.t. To make a class or classes; to distribute into classes; to arrange in sets ... |
10245
|
classifying |
CLASSIFYING, ppr. Forming a class or classes; arranging in sorts or ranks. |
10246
|
classis |
CLASSIS, n. 1. Class; order; sort.2. A convention or assembly. |
10247
|
clatter |
CLATTER, v.i.1. To make rattling sounds; to make repeated sharp sounds, as by striking sonorous ... |
10248
|
clatterer |
CLATTERER, n. One who clatters; a babbler. |
10249
|
clattering |
CLATTERING, ppr. Making or uttering sharp, abrupt sounds, as by a collision of sonorous bodies; ... |
10250
|
claudent |
CLAUDENT, a. Shutting; confining; drawing together; as a claudent muscle. |
10251
|
claudicant |
CLAUDICANT, a. Halting; limping. |
10252
|
claudicate |
CLAUDICATE, v.i. To halt or limp. |
10253
|
claudication |
CLAUDICATION, n. A halting or limping. |
10254
|
clause |
CLAUSE, n. s as z. Literally, a close, or inclosure. Hence, that which is included, or contained, ... |
10255
|
claustral |
CLAUSTRAL, a. [See Clause.] Relating to a cloister, or religious house; as a claustral prior. |
10256
|
clausure |
CLAUSURE, n. s as z. [See Clause.] 1. The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.2. In ... |
10257
|
clavated |
CLAVATED, a.1. Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker towards the top, ... |
10258
|
clave |
CLAVE, pret. Of cleave. |
10259
|
clavellated |
CLAVELLATED, a. Clavellated ashes, potash and pearlash. |
10260
|
claviary |
CLAVIARY, n. A scale of lines and spaces in music. |
10261
|
clavichord |
CLAVICHORD, n. A musical instrument of an oblong figure, of the nature of a spinet. The strings ... |
10262
|
clavicle |
CLAVICLE, n. The collar bone. There are two clavicles, or channel bones, joined at one end to the ... |
10263
|
claviger |
CLAVIGER, n. One who keeps the keys of any place. |
10264
|
claw |
CLAW, n.1. The sharp hooked nail of a beast, bird or other animal.Every beast that parteth the ... |
10265
|
clawed |
CLAWED, pp. 1. Scratched, pulled or torn with claws.2. a. Furnished with claws. |
10266
|
clawing |
CLAWING, ppr. Pulling, tearing or scratching with claws or nails. |
10267
|
clawless |
CLAWLESS, a. Destitute of claws. |
10268
|
clay |
CLAY, n.1. The name of certain substances which are mixtures of silex and alumin, sometimes with ... |
10269
|
clay-cold |
CLAY-COLD, a. Cold as clay or earth; lifeless. |
10270
|
clay-ground |
CLAY-GROUND, n. Ground consisting of clay, or abounding with it. |
10271
|
clay-land |
CLAY-LAND,SOIL, n. Land consisting of clay, or abounding with it. |
10272
|
clay-marl |
CLAY-MARL, n. A whitish, smooth, chalky clay. |
10273
|
clay-pit |
CLAY-PIT, n. A pit where clay is dug. |
10274
|
clay-slate |
CLAY-SLATE, n. A pit where clay is dug. |
10275
|
clay-stone |
CLAY-STONE, n. A mineral, the thonstein of Werner, and indurated clay of Kirwan. It resembles ... |
10276
|
clayed |
CLAYED, pp.1. Covered or manured with clay.2. Purified and whitened with clay; as clayed sugar. |
10277
|
clayes |
CLAYES, n. plu. In fortification, wattles or hurdles made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to ... |
10278
|
clayey |
CLAYEY, a. Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay. |
10279
|
clayish |
CLAYISH, a. Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it. |
10280
|
clean |
CLEAN, a. In a general sense, free from extraneous matter, or whatever is injurious or offensive; ... |
10281
|
clean-timbered |
CLEAN-TIMBERED, a. Well-proportioned. |
10282
|
cleanliness |
CLEANLINESS, n.1. Freedom from dirt, filth, or any foul, extraneous matter.2. Neatness of person ... |
10283
|
cleanly |
CLEANLY, a. clenly. [from clean.]1. Free rom dirt, filth, or any foul matter; neat; carefully ... |
10284
|
cleanness |
CLEANNESS, n.1. Freedom from dirt, filth, and foreign matter; neatness.2. Freedom from infection ... |
10285
|
cleansable |
CLEANSABLE, a. That may be lleansed. |
10286
|
cleanse |
CLEANSE, v.t.1. To purify; to make clean; to remove filth, or foul matter of any kind, or by any ... |
10287
|
cleansed |
CLEANSED, pp. Purified; made clean; purged; healed. |
10288
|
cleanser |
CLEANSER, n. He or that which cleanses; in medicine, a detergent. |
10289
|
cleansing |
CLEANSING, pp. Purifying; making clean; purging; removing foul or noxious matter from; freeing ... |
10290
|
clear |
CLEAR, a.1. Open; free from obstruction; as a clear plat of ground; the way is clear.2. Free from ... |
10291
|
clear-shining |
CLEAR-SHINING, a. [clear and shine.] Shining with brightness, or unobstructed splendor. |
10292
|
clear-sighted |
CLEAR-SIGHTED, a. [clear and sight.] Seeing with clearness; having acuteness of sight; discerning; ... |
10293
|
clear-sightedness |
CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS, n. Acute discernment. |
10294
|
clear-starch |
CLEAR-STARCH, v.t. To stiffen and clear with starch, and by clapping with the hands; as, to ... |
10295
|
clear-starcher |
CLEAR-STARCHER, n. One who clear-starches. |
10296
|
clear-starching |
CLEAR-STARCHING, ppr.1. Stiffening and clearing with starch.2. n. The act of stiffening and ... |
10297
|
clearage |
CLEARAGE, n. The removing of any thing. |
10298
|
clearance |
CLEARANCE, n. A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the custom house; permission ... |
10299
|
cleared |
CLEARED, pp. Purified; freed from foreign matter, or from incumbrance; made manifest; made ... |
10300
|
clearer |
CLEARER, n. That which clears, purifies, or enlightens; that which brightens. |
10301
|
clearing |
CLEARING, ppr. Purifying; removing foul matter, incumbrances, or obstructions; making evident, or ... |
10302
|
clearly |
CLEARLY, adv. 1. Plainly; evidently; fully; as, the fact is clearly proved.2. Without ... |
10303
|
clearness |
CLEARNESS, n.1. Freedom from foul or extraneous matter; purity; as the clearness of water, or ... |
10304
|
cleat |
CLEAT, n. A piece of wood used in a ship to fasten ropes upon. It is formed with one arm or two, ... |
10305
|
cleavage |
CLEAVAGE, n.1. The act of cleaving or splitting.2. In mineralogy, the manner of cleaving, or of ... |
10306
|
cleave |
CLEAVE, v.i.1. To stick; to adhere; to hold to.My bones cleave to my skin. Ps. 102.Let my tongue ... |
10307
|
cleaved |
CLEAVED, pp. Split; rived; divided. |
10308
|
cleavelandite |
CLEAVELANDITE, n. A mineral, generally of a white or grayish white color, sometimes blue or bluish ... |
10309
|
cleaver |
CLEAVER, n. One who cleaves; that which cleaves; a butchers instrument for cutting animal bodies ... |
10310
|
cleaving |
CLEAVING, ppr. Sticking; adhering; uniting to. Also, splitting; dividing; riving. |
10311
|
cleche |
CLECHE, n. In heraldry, a kind of cross, charged with another cross of the same figure, but of the ... |
10312
|
cledge |
CLEDGE, n. Among miners, the upper stratum of fullers earth. |
10313
|
clef |
CLEF, n. A character in music placed at the beginning of a stave, to determine the degree of ... |
10314
|
cleft |
CLEFT, pp. of cleave. Divided; split; parted asunder.CLEFT, n.1. A space or opening made by ... |
10315
|
cleft-graft |
CLEFT-GRAFT, v.t. [ cleft and graft.] To engraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a cion. |
10316
|
cleg |
CLEG, n. The hose fly; Dan. |
10317
|
clem |
CLEM, v.t. To starve. |
10318
|
clemency |
CLEMENCY, n. 1. Mildness; softness; as the clemency of the air.2. Mildness of temper; gentleness ... |
10319
|
clement |
CLEMENT, a. Mild in temper and disposition; gentle; lenient; merciful; kind; tender; ... |
10320
|
clementine |
CLEMENTINE, a. Pertaining to St. Clement, or to his compilations; or to the constitutions of ... |
10321
|
clemently |
CLEMENTLY, adv. With mildness of temper; mercifully. |
10322
|
clench |
CLENCH. [See Clinch.] |
10323
|
clepe |
CLEPE, v.t. or I. To call, or name. |
10324
|
clepsammia |
CLEPSAMMIA, n. An instrument for measuring time by sand, like an hour glass. |
10325
|
clepsydra |
CLEPSYDRA, n.1. A time piece used by the Greeks and Romans, which measured time by the discharge ... |
10326
|
clergical |
CLERGICAL, a. Pertaining to the clergy. [See Clerical.] |
10327
|
clergy |
CLERGY, n.1. The body of men set apart, and consecrated, by due ordination, to the service of God, ... |
10328
|
clergyable |
CLERGYABLE, a. Entitled to or admitting the benefit of clergy; as a clergyable felony. |
10329
|
clergyman |
CLERGYMAN, n. A man in holy orders; a man licensed to preach the gospel, according to the forms ... |
10330
|
cleric |
CLERIC, n. A clerk or clergyman. |
10331
|
clerical |
CLERICAL, a. Relating or pertaining to the clergy as clerical tonsure; clerical robes; clerical ... |
10332
|
clerk |
CLERK, n.1. A clergyman, or ecclesiastic; a man in holy orders.2. A man that can read.Everyone ... |
10333
|
clerk-ale |
CLERK-ALE, n. [clerk and ale.] In England, the feast of the parish clerk. |
10334
|
clerklike |
CLERKLIKE, a. Like a clerk; learned. |
10335
|
clerkly |
CLERKLY, a. Scholarlike.CLERKLY, adv. In a learned manner. |
10336
|
clerkship |
CLERKSHIP, n.1. A state of being in holy orders.2. Scholarship.3. The office or business of a ... |
10337
|
cleromancy |
CLEROMANCY, n. A divination by throwing dice or little bones, and observing the points or marks ... |
10338
|
cleve |
CLEVE, |
10339
|
clever |
CLEVER, a.1. Fit; suitable; convenient; proper; commodious.2. Dextrous; adroit; ready; that ... |
10340
|
cleverly |
CLEVERLY, adv. Fitly; dextrously; handsomely. |
10341
|
cleverness |
CLEVERNESS, n.1. Dexterity; adroitness; skill.2. Mildness of agreeableness of disposition; ... |
10342
|
clevis |
CLEVIS, n. An iron bent to the form of an ox bow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, ... |
10343
|
clevy |
CLEVY, |
10344
|
clew |
CLEW, n.1. A ball of thread.2. The thread that forms a ball; the thread that is used to guide a ... |
10345
|
clew-carnets |
CLEW-CARNETS, n. In marine language, a sort of tackle, or rope and pulley, fastened to the clews ... |
10346
|
clew-lines |
CLEW-LINES, n. These are the same tackle, and used for the like purpose as clew-garnets, but are ... |
10347
|
click |
CLICK, v.i. Literally, to strike; hence,To make a small sharp noise, or rather a succession of ... |
10348
|
click-maker |
CLICK-MAKER, n. An artificer whose occupation is to make clocks. |
10349
|
clicker |
CLICKER, n. The servant of a salesman, who stands at the door to invite customers; a law ward and ... |
10350
|
clicket |
CLICKET, n. The knocker of a door. |
10351
|
clicking |
CLICKING, ppr. Making small sharp noises. |
10352
|
client |
CLIENT, n.1. Among the Romans, a citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of ... |
10353
|
cliental |
CLIENTAL, a. Dependent. |
10354
|
cliented |
CLIENTED, a. Supplied with clients. |
10355
|
clientship |
CLIENTSHIP, n. The condition of a client; a state of being under the protection of a patron. |
10356
|
clif |
CLIF, |
10357
|
cliff |
CLIFF, in music. [See Clef.] |
10358
|
cliffy |
CLIFFY, a. Having cliffs; broken; craggy. |
10359
|
clifted |
CLIFTED, a. Broken. |
10360
|
climacter |
CLIMACTER, n.1. A critical year in human life; but climacteric is more generally used.2. A ... |
10361
|
climacteric |
CLIMACTERIC, a. Literally, noting a scale, progression, or gradation; appropriately, denoting a ... |
10362
|
climatarchic |
CLIMATARCHIC, a. Presiding over climates. |
10363
|
climate |
CLIMATE, n.1. In geography, a part of the surface of the earth, bounded by two circles parallel to ... |
10364
|
climatic |
CLIMATIC, |
10365
|
climatical |
CLIMATICAL, a. Pertaining to a climate or climates; limited by a climate. |
10366
|
climature |
CLIMATURE, n. A climate. |
10367
|
climax |
CLIMAX, n.1. Gradation; ascent; a figure of rhetoric, in which a sentence rises as it were, step ... |
10368
|
climb |
CLIMB, v.i.1. To creep up by little and little, or step by step; to mount or ascend, by means of ... |
10369
|
climbable |
CLIMBABLE, a. That may be climbed. |
10370
|
climbed |
CLIMBED, pp.1. One who climbs, mounts or rises, by the hands and feet; one who rises by labor or ... |
10371
|
climber |
CLIMBER, n. 1. One who climbs, mounts or rises, by the hands and feet; one who rises by labor or ... |
10372
|
climbing |
CLIMBING, ppr. Ascending by the use of the hands and feet; ascending with difficulty.CLIMBING, n. ... |
10373
|
clime |
CLIME, n. A climate; a tract or region of the earth; a poetical word, but sometimes used in prose. ... |
10374
|
clinch |
CLINCH, v.t. 1. To gripe with the hand; to make fast by bending over, folding, or embracing ... |
10375
|
clinched |
CLINCHED, pp. Made fast by doubling or embracing closely. |
10376
|
clincher |
CLINCHER, n. 1. That which clinches; a cramp or piece of iron bent down to fasten any thing.2. ... |
10377
|
clincher-built |
CLINCHER-BUILT, |
10378
|
clincher-work |
CLINCHER-WORK, n. In ship building, the disposition of the planks in the side of a boat or vessel, ... |
10379
|
clinching |
CLINCHING, ppr. Making fast by doubling over or embracing closely; griping with the fist. |
10380
|
cling |
CLING, v.i.1. To adhere closely; to stick to; to hold fast upon, especially by winding round or ... |
10381
|
clinging |
CLINGING, ppr. Adhering closely; sticking to; winding round and holding to. |
10382
|
clingy |
CLINGY, a. Apt to cling; adhesive. |
10383
|
clinic |
CLINIC, |
10384
|
clinical |
CLINICAL, a. In a general sense, pertaining to a bed. A clinical lecture is a discourse delivered ... |
10385
|
clinically |
CLINICALLY, adv. In a clinical manner; by the bed-side. |
10386
|
clink |
CLINK, v.t. To ring or jingle; to utter or make a small sharp sound, or a succession of such ... |
10387
|
clinker-built |
CLINKER-BUILT, a. Made of clincher work. |
10388
|
clinking |
CLINKING, ppr. Making a small sharp sound, or succession of sounds. |
10389
|
clinkstone |
CLINKSTONE, n. A mineral which has a slaty structure, and is generally divisible into tabular ... |
10390
|
clinometer |
CLINOMETER, n. An instrument for measuring the dip of mineral strata. |
10391
|
clinquant |
CLINQUANT, a. Dressed in tinsel finery. |
10392
|
clip |
CLIP, v.t.1. To cut off with shears or scissors; to separate by a sudden stroke; especially to cut ... |
10393
|
clipped |
CLIPPED, CLIPT, pp. Cut off; cut short; curtailed; diminished by paring. |
10394
|
clipper |
CLIPPER, n. One who clips; especially one who cuts off the edges of coin. |
10395
|
clipping |
CLIPPING, ppr. Cutting off or shortening with shears or scissors; diminishing coin by paring off ... |
10396
|
clipt |
CLIPPED, CLIPT, pp. Cut off; cut short; curtailed; diminished by paring. |
10397
|
clive |
CLIVE, in the composition of names, denote a place situated on or near a cliff, on the side of a ... |
10398
|
clivers |
CLIVERS, n. A plant, the Galium aparine; called also goose-grass, or hairiff. It has a square, ... |
10399
|
cloagulated |
CLOAGULATED, pp. Concreted; curdled. |
10400
|
cloak |
CLOAK. [See Cloke.] |
10401
|
clochard |
CLOCHARD, n. A belfry. |
10402
|
clock |
CLOCK, n.1. A machine, consisting of wheels moved by weights, so constructed that by a uniform ... |
10403
|
clock-setter |
CLOCK-SETTER, n. One who regulates the clock. |
10404
|
clock-work |
CLOCK-WORK, n. 1. The machinery and movements of a clock; or that part of the movement which ... |
10405
|
clod |
CLOD, n.1. A hard lump of earth, of any kind; a mass of earth cohering.2. A lump or mass of ... |
10406
|
cloddy |
CLODDY, a.1. Consisting of clods; abounding with clods.2. Earthy; mean; gross. |
10407
|
clodhopper |
CLODHOPPER, n. A clown; a dolt. |
10408
|
clodpate |
CLODPATE, n. A stupid fellow; a dolt; a thickskull. |
10409
|
clodpated |
CLODPATED, a. Stupid; dull; doltish. |
10410
|
clodpoll |
CLODPOLL, n. A stupid fellow; a dolt; a blockhead. |
10411
|
clog |
CLOG, v.t.1. To load or fill with something that retards or hinders motion; as, to clog the ... |
10412
|
clog-ged |
CLOG-GED, pp. Wearing a clog; shackled; obstructed; loaded with incumbrance. |
10413
|
clogginess |
CLOGGINESS, n. The state of being clogged. |
10414
|
clogging |
CLOGGING, ppr. Putting on a clog; loading with incumbrance; obstructing; impeding. |
10415
|
cloggy |
CLOGGY, a. That clogs, or has power to clog; thick; gross. |
10416
|
cloister |
CLOISTER, n.1. Literally, a close; a close, or inclosed place. A monastery or nunnery; a house ... |
10417
|
cloisteral |
CLOISTERAL, a. Confined to a cloister; retired from the world; recluse. |
10418
|
cloistered |
CLOISTERED, pp. 1. Shut up in a cloister; inhabiting a monastery.2. a. Solitary; retired from ... |
10419
|
cloistering |
CLOISTERING, ppr. Shutting up in a monastery; confining; secluding from the world. |
10420
|
cloistress |
CLOISTRESS, n. A nun; a woman who has vowed religious retirement. |
10421
|
cloke |
CLOKE, n.1. A loose outer garment worn over other clothes both by men and women.He was clad with ... |
10422
|
cloke-bag |
CLOKE-BAG, n. A bag in which a cloke or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. |
10423
|
cloked |
CLOKED, pp. Covered with a cloke; concealed under a cover. |
10424
|
cloking |
CLOKING, ppr. Covering with a cloke; hiding under an external covering. |
10425
|
clomb |
CLOMB, pret. of climb. |
10426
|
clong |
CLONG, old part. Of cling. |
10427
|
clonic |
CLONIC, a. Shaking; convulsive; irregular; as clonic spasm. |
10428
|
cloom |
CLOOM, v.t. To close with glutinous matter. |
10429
|
close |
CLOSE, v.t.1. To shut; to make fast, by pressing together, or by stopping an open place, so as to ... |
10430
|
close-banded |
CLOSE-BANDED, a. Being in close order; closely united. |
10431
|
close-bodied |
CLOSE-BODIED, a. Fitting the body exactly; setting close; as a garment. |
10432
|
close-compacted |
CLOSE-COMPACTED, a. Being in compact order; compact. |
10433
|
close-couched |
CLOSE-COUCHED, a. Quite concealed. |
10434
|
close-curtained |
CLOSE-CURTAINED, a. Inclosed or surrounded with curtains. |
10435
|
close-fisted |
CLOSE-FISTED, a. Covetous; niggardly. |
10436
|
close-handed |
CLOSE-HANDED, a. Covetous; penurious. |
10437
|
close-handedness |
CLOSE-HANDEDNESS, n. Covetousness. |
10438
|
close-hauled |
CLOSE-HAULED, a. In seamanship, having the tacks or lower corners of the sails drawn close to the ... |
10439
|
close-pent |
CLOSE-PENT, a. Shut close. |
10440
|
close-quarters |
CLOSE-QUARTERS, n. Strong barriers of wood used in a ship for defense when the ship is boarded. |
10441
|
close-stool |
CLOSE-STOOL, n. A chamber utensil for the convenience of the sick and infirm. |
10442
|
close-tongued |
CLOSE-TONGUED, a. Keeping silence; cautious in speaking. |
10443
|
closed |
CLOSED, pp. Shut; made fast; ended; concluded. |
10444
|
closely |
CLOSELY, adv.1. In a close, compact manner; with the parts united, or pressed together, so as to ... |
10445
|
closeness |
CLOSENESS, n.1. The state of being shut, pressed together, or united. Hence according to the ... |
10446
|
closer |
CLOSER, n. s as z. A finisher; one who concludes.CLOSER, a. comp. of close. More close. |
10447
|
closest |
CLOSEST, a. superl. of close. Most close. In these words, s has its proper sound. |
10448
|
closet |
CLOSET, n. s as z. 1. A small room or apartment for retirement; any room for privacy.When thou ... |
10449
|
closet-sin |
CLOSET-SIN, n. Sin committed in privacy. |
10450
|
closeted |
CLOSETED, pp. s as z. Shut up in a closet; concealed. |
10451
|
closeting |
CLOSETING, ppr. s as z. Shutting up in a private room; concealing. |
10452
|
closh |
CLOSH, n. A disease in the feet of cattle, called also the founder. |
10453
|
closing |
CLOSING, ppr. s as z. Shutting; coalescing; agreeing; ending.CLOSING, a. s as z. That ends or ... |
10454
|
clossus |
CLOSSUS, n. A statue of a gigantic size. The most remarkable colossus of antiquity was one at ... |
10455
|
closure |
CLOSURE, n.1. The act of shutting; a closing.2. That which closes, or shuts; that by which ... |
10456
|
clot |
CLOT, n. [See Clod.] A concretion, particularly of soft or fluid matter, which concretes into a ... |
10457
|
clot-bird |
CLOT-BIRD, n. The common Oenanthe or English Ortolan. |
10458
|
clot-bur |
CLOT-BUR, n. Burdock. |
10459
|
cloth |
CLOTH, n.1. A manufacture or stuff of wool or hair, or of cotton, flax, hemp or other vegetable ... |
10460
|
cloth-shearer |
CLOTH-SHEARER, n. One who shears cloth, and frees it from superfluous nap. |
10461
|
cloth-worker |
CLOTH-WORKER, n. A maker of cloth. |
10462
|
clothe |
CLOTHE, v.t. pret. and pp. clothed, or clad. [See Cloth.]1. To put on garments; to invest the body ... |
10463
|
clothed |
CLOTHED, pp. Covered with garments; dressed; invested; furnished with clothing. |
10464
|
clothes |
CLOTHES, n. plu. Of cloth; pronounced cloze. 1. Garments for the human body; dress; vestments; ... |
10465
|
clothier |
CLOTHIER, n.1. In English authors, a man who makes cloths; a maker of cloth. In this sense, I ... |
10466
|
clothing |
CLOTHING, ppr. Covering with or putting on vestments of any kind; providing with garments; ... |
10467
|
clotpoll |
CLOTPOLL, n. A thickskull; a blockhead. [See Clod-poll.] |
10468
|
clotted |
CLOTTED, pp. Concreted into a mass; inspissated; adhering in a lump. |
10469
|
clotter |
CLOTTER, v.i. [from clot.] To concrete or gather into lumps. |
10470
|
clotting |
CLOTTING, ppr. Concreting; inspissating; forming into clots. |
10471
|
clotty |
CLOTTY, a. [from clot.] Full of clots, or small hard masses; full of concretions, or clods. |
10472
|
cloud |
CLOUD, n. [I have not found this word in any other language. The sense is obvious--a ... |
10473
|
cloud-ascending |
CLOUD-ASCENDING, a. Ascending to the clouds. |
10474
|
cloud-berry |
CLOUD-BERRY, n. A plant, called also knot-berry; Rubus chamaemorus. |
10475
|
cloud-born |
CLOUD-BORN, a. Born of a cloud. |
10476
|
cloud-capt |
CLOUD-CAPT, a. [cloud and cap.] Capped with clouds; touching the clouds; lofty.The cloud-capt ... |
10477
|
cloud-compeller |
CLOUD-COMPELLER, n. He that collects clouds; Jove. |
10478
|
cloud-compelling |
CLOUD-COMPELLING, a. Collecting clouds; or driving clouds; as cloud-compelling Jove. |
10479
|
cloud-covered |
CLOUD-COVERED, a. Enveloped with clouds. |
10480
|
cloud-dispelling |
CLOUD-DISPELLING, a. Having power to disperse clouds. |
10481
|
cloud-eclipsed |
CLOUD-ECLIPSED, a. Eclipsed by a cloud. |
10482
|
cloud-kissing |
CLOUD-KISSING, a. Touching the clouds. |
10483
|
cloud-piercing |
CLOUD-PIERCING, a. Penetrating or rising above the clouds. |
10484
|
cloud-topt |
CLOUD-TOPT, a. Having the top covered with a cloud. |
10485
|
cloud-touching |
CLOUD-TOUCHING, a. Touching the clouds. |
10486
|
clouded |
CLOUDED, pp. Overcast; overspread with clouds; obscured; darkened; rendered gloomy or sullen; ... |
10487
|
cloudily |
CLOUDILY, adv. [from cloudy.] With clouds; darkly; obscurely. |
10488
|
cloudiness |
CLOUDINESS, n.1. The state of being overcast with clouds; as the cloudiness of the atmosphere.2. ... |
10489
|
clouding |
CLOUDING, ppr. Overspreading with clouds; obscuring; giving an appearance of gloom or sullenness. |
10490
|
cloudless |
CLOUDLESS, a. Being without a cloud; unclouded; clear; bright; luminous; as cloudless skies. |
10491
|
cloudy |
CLOUDY, a. 1. Overcast with clouds; obscured with clouds; as a cloudy day; a cloudy sky; a cloudy ... |
10492
|
clough |
CLOUGH, n. cluf. A cleft in a hill. In commerce, an allowance of two pounds in every hundred ... |
10493
|
clout |
CLOUT, n. 1. A patch; a piece of cloth or leather, &c., to close a breach.2. A piece of cloth ... |
10494
|
clouted |
CLOUTED, pp. Patched; mended clumsily; covered with a clout. |
10495
|
clouterly |
CLOUTERLY, a. Clumsy; awkward. |
10496
|
clove |
CLOVE, pret. of cleave. CLOVE, n. [See Cleave.] A cleft; a fissure; a gap; a ravine. This word, ... |
10497
|
clove-gilly-glower |
CLOVE-GILLY-GLOWER, n. A species of Dianthus, bearing a beautiful flower, cultivated in gardens; ... |
10498
|
cloven |
CLOVEN, pp. of cleave. Divided; parted; pronounced clovn. |
10499
|
cloven-footed |
CLOVEN-FOOTED, |
10500
|
cloven-hoofed |
CLOVEN-HOOFED, a. Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox; bisulcous. |
10501
|
clover |
CLOVER, |
10502
|
clover-grass |
CLOVER-GRASS, n. A genus of plants, called Trifolium, trefoil, or three-leafed, Fr. trefle. The ... |
10503
|
clovered |
CLOVERED, a. Covered with clover. |
10504
|
clown |
CLOWN, n. A countryman; a rustic; hence, one who has the manners of a rustic; a churl; a man of ... |
10505
|
clownage |
CLOWNAGE, n. The manners of a clown. |
10506
|
clownery |
CLOWNERY, n. Ill-breeding; rustic behavior; rudeness of manners. |
10507
|
clownish |
CLOWNISH, a.1. Containing clowns; consisting of rustics; as a clownish neighborhood.2. Coarse; ... |
10508
|
cloy |
CLOY, v.t.1. Strictly, to fill; to glut. Hence, to satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate. And as ... |
10509
|
cloyed |
CLOYED, pp. Filled; glutted; filled to satiety and lothing; spiked; pricked in shoeing. |
10510
|
cloying |
CLOYING, ppr. Filling; filling to satety, or disgust. |
10511
|
cloyless |
CLOYLESS, a. That cannot cloy, or fill to satiety. |
10512
|
cloyment |
CLOYMENT, n. Surfeit; repletion beyond the demands of appetite. |
10513
|
club |
CLUB, n.1. Properly, a stick or piece or wood with one end thicker and heavier than the other, and ... |
10514
|
club-fist |
CLUB-FIST, n. A large heavy fist. |
10515
|
club-fisted |
CLUB-FISTED, a. Having a large fist. |
10516
|
club-footed |
CLUB-FOOTED, a. Having short or crooked feet. |
10517
|
club-headed |
CLUB-HEADED, a. Having a thick head. |
10518
|
club-law |
CLUB-LAW, n. Government by clubs, or violence; the use of arms, or force, in place of law; ... |
10519
|
club-room |
CLUB-ROOM, n. The apartment in which a club meets. |
10520
|
club-rush |
CLUB-RUSH, n. A genus of plants, the Scirpus. |
10521
|
club-shaped |
CLUB-SHAPED, a. Shaped like a club; growing thicker towards the top; clavated. |
10522
|
clubbed |
CLUBBED, pp.1. Collected into a sum and averaged, as different expenses.2. United to one end or ... |
10523
|
clubber |
CLUBBER, |
10524
|
clubbing |
CLUBBING, ppr. Joining in a club; uniting to a common end. |
10525
|
clubbist |
CLUBBIST, n. One who belongs to a party, club or association. |
10526
|
cluck |
CLUCK, v.i. To make the noise, or utter the voice of the domestic hen, when sitting on eggs for ... |
10527
|
clucking |
CLUCKING, ppr. Uttering the voice of a sitting hen; calling chickens. |
10528
|
clue |
CLUE. [See Clew.] |
10529
|
clump |
CLUMP, n.1. A thick, short piece of wood, or other solid substance; a shapeless mass. Hence ... |
10530
|
clumps |
CLUMPS, n. [from clump.] A stupid fellow; a numskull. |
10531
|
clumsily |
CLUMSILY, adv. [from clumsy.] In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; in an unhandy manner; without ... |
10532
|
clumsiness |
CLUMSINESS, n. The quality of being short and thick, and moving heavily; awkwardness; unhandiness; ... |
10533
|
clumsy |
CLUMSY, a. s as z. [from clump, lump.]1. Properly, short and thick, like a clump or lump. ... |
10534
|
clunch |
CLUNCH, n. Among miners, indurated clay, found in coal pits next to the coal. |
10535
|
clung |
CLUNG, pret. and pp. of cling, which see.CLUNG, v.i. To shrink. See Cling. |
10536
|
cluniac |
CLUNIAC, n. One of a reformed order of Benedictine monks, so called from Cluni in Burgundy. |
10537
|
cluster |
CLUSTER, n.1. A bunch; a number of things of the same kind growing or joined together; a knot; as ... |
10538
|
cluster-grape |
CLUSTER-GRAPE, n. A small black grape. |
10539
|
clustered |
CLUSTERED, pp. Collected into a cluster, or crowd; crowded. |
10540
|
clustering |
CLUSTERING, ppr. Growing in a cluster or in bunches; uniting in a bunch, or in a flock, crowd, or ... |
10541
|
clustery |
CLUSTERY, a. Growing in clusters. Full of clusters. |
10542
|
clutch |
CLUTCH, v.t.1. To double in the fingers and pinch or compress them together; to clinch. [If n is ... |
10543
|
clutches |
CLUTCHES, plu.1. The paws or talons of a rapacious animal, as of a cat or dog.2. The hands, in ... |
10544
|
cluting |
CLUTING, ppr. Patching; covering with a clout. |
10545
|
clutter |
CLUTTER, n.1. A heap or assemblage of things lying in confusion; a word of domestic application.He ... |
10546
|
cluttered |
CLUTTERED, pp. Encumbered with things in disorder. |
10547
|
cluttering |
CLUTTERING, ppr. Encumbering with things in confusion. |
10548
|
clyster |
CLYSTER, n. An injection; a liquid substance injected into the lower intestines, for the purpose ... |
10549
|
clyster-pipe |
CLYSTER-PIPE, n. A tube, or pipe used for injections. |
10550
|
clysterwise |
CLYSTERWISE, adv. In the manner of a clyster. |
10551
|
co |
CO, a prefix, signifying with, in conjunction. [See Con.] |
10552
|
co-adjutorship |
CO-ADJUTORSHIP, n. State of a coadjutor; joint assistance. |
10553
|
co-ally |
CO-ALLY, n. A joint ally; as the subject of a co-ally. |
10554
|
co-cuardian |
CO-CUARDIAN, n. A joint guardian. |
10555
|
co-elder |
CO-ELDER, n. An elder of the same rank. |
10556
|
co-executor |
CO-EXECUTOR, n. A joint executor. |
10557
|
co-mate |
CO-MATE, n. A fellow mate, or companion. |
10558
|
co-operate |
CO-OPERATE, v.i. [L., to work.]1. To act or operate jointly with another or others, to the same ... |
10559
|
co-operating |
CO-OPERATING, ppr. Acting or operating together. |
10560
|
co-operation |
CO-OPERATION, n. The act of working, or operating together, to one end; joint operation; concurrent ... |
10561
|
co-operative |
CO-OPERATIVE, a. Operating jointly to the same end. |
10562
|
co-operator |
CO-OPERATOR, n. One who endeavors jointly with others to promote the same end. |
10563
|
co-optate |
CO-OPTATE, v.t. [L.] To choose, or choose with another. [Not used.] |
10564
|
co-optation |
CO-OPTATION, n. Adoption; assumption. |
10565
|
co-ordinate |
CO-ORDINATE, a. [L., to regulate. See Order.] Being of equal order, or of the same rank or degree; ... |
10566
|
co-ordinately |
CO-ORDINATELY, adv. In the same order or rank; in equal degree; without subordination. |
10567
|
co-ordinateness |
CO-ORDINATENESS, n. The state of being coordinate; equality of rank and authority. |
10568
|
co-ordination |
CO-ORDINATION, n. The state of holding equal rank, or of standing in the same relation to something ... |
10569
|
co-plant |
CO-PLANT, v.i. To plant together. [Not in use.] |
10570
|
co-portion |
CO-PORTION, n. Equal share. [Not used.] |
10571
|
co-regent |
CO-REGENT, n. A joint regent or ruler. |
10572
|
co-rival |
CO-RIVAL, n. [con and rival; written improperly corrival.] A rival, or fellow rival; a competitor. |
10573
|
co-secant |
CO-SECANT, n. [See Secant.] In geometry, the secant of an arc which is the complement of another to ... |
10574
|
co-sine |
CO-SINE, n. [See Sine.] In geometry, the sine of an arc which is the complement of another to ... |
10575
|
co-sufferer |
CO-SUFFERER, n. One who suffers with another. |
10576
|
co-supreme |
CO-SUPREME, n. A partaker of supremacy. |
10577
|
co-surety |
CO-SURETY, n. One who is surety with another. |
10578
|
co-tangent |
CO-TANGENT, n. The tangent of an arc which is the complement of another to ninety degrees. |
10579
|
co-tenant |
CO-TENANT, n. A tenant in common. |
10580
|
co-trustee |
CO-TRUSTEE, n. A joint trustee. |
10581
|
co-unite |
CO-UNITE, v.t. To unite. [Not used.] |
10582
|
co-worker |
CO-WORKER, n. One that works with another; a co-operator. |
10583
|
coacervate |
COACERVATE, v.t. To heap up; to pile.COACERVATE, a. Heaped; raised into a pile; collected into a ... |
10584
|
coacervation |
COACERVATION, n. The act of heaping, or state of being heaped together. |
10585
|
coach |
COACH, n. A close vehicle for commodious traveling, borne on four wheels, and drawn by horses or ... |
10586
|
coach-box |
COACH-BOX, n. The seat on which the driver of a coach sits. |
10587
|
coach-hire |
COACH-HIRE, n. Money paid for the use of a hired coach. |
10588
|
coach-horse |
COACH-HORSE, n. A horse used in drawing coaches. |
10589
|
coach-house |
COACH-HOUSE, n. A house to shelter a coach from the weather. |
10590
|
coach-maker |
COACH-MAKER, n. A man whose occupation is to make coaches. |
10591
|
coachman |
COACHMAN, n. The person who drives a coach. |
10592
|
coachmanship |
COACHMANSHIP, n. Skill in driving coaches. |
10593
|
coact |
COACT, v.i. To act together. |
10594
|
coacted |
COACTED, pp. or a. Forced; compelled. |
10595
|
coaction |
COACTION, n. Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling. |
10596
|
coactive |
COACTIVE, a.1. Forcing; compulsory; having the power to impel or restrain.2. Acting in ... |
10597
|
coactively |
COACTIVELY, adv. In a compulsory manner. |
10598
|
coadjutant |
COADJUTANT, a. Helping; mutually assisting or operating. |
10599
|
coadjutor |
COADJUTOR, n. 1. One who aids another; an assistant; a fellow-helper; an associate in ... |
10600
|
coadjutrix |
COADJUTRIX, n. A female assistant. |
10601
|
coadjuvancy |
COADJUVANCY, n. Joint help; assistance; concurrent aid; cooperation. |
10602
|
coadunate |
COADUNATE, a. In botany, coadunate leaves are several united at the base. The word is used also ... |
10603
|
coadunition |
COADUNITION, n. The union of different substances in one mass. |
10604
|
coadventurer |
COADVENTURER, n. A fellow adventurer. |
10605
|
coafforest |
COAFFOREST, v.t. To convert ground into a forest. |
10606
|
coagent |
COAGENT, n. An assistant or associate in an act. |
10607
|
coagment |
COAGMENT, v.t. To congregate or heap together. |
10608
|
coagmentation |
COAGMENTATION, n. Collection into a mass or united body; union; conjunction. |
10609
|
coagmented |
COAGMENTED, a. Congregated; heaped together; united in one mass. |
10610
|
coagulability |
COAGULABILITY, n. The capacity of being coagulated. |
10611
|
coagulable |
COAGULABLE, a. [See Coagulate.] That may be concreted; capable of congealing or changing from a ... |
10612
|
coagulate |
COAGULATE, v.t. To concrete; to curdle; to congeal; to change from a fluid into a fixed substance, ... |
10613
|
coagulation |
COAGULATION, n. The act of changing from a fluid to a fixed state; concretion; the state of being ... |
10614
|
coagulative |
COAGULATIVE, a. That has the power to cause concretion. |
10615
|
coagulator |
COAGULATOR, n. That which causes coagulation. |
10616
|
coagulum |
COAGULUM, n. Rennet; curd; the clot of blood, separated by cold, acid, &c. |
10617
|
coaiti |
COAITI, n. A species of monkey in South America. |
10618
|
coak |
COAK. [See Coke.] |
10619
|
coal |
COAL, n.1. A piece of wood, or other combustible substance, ignited, burning, or charred. When ... |
10620
|
coal-black |
COAL-BLACK, a. Black as a coal; very black. |
10621
|
coal-box |
COAL-BOX, n. A box to carry coal to the fire. |
10622
|
coal-fish |
COAL-FISH, n. A species of Gadus or cod, named from the color of its back. It grows to the length ... |
10623
|
coal-house |
COAL-HOUSE, n. A house or shed for keeping coal. |
10624
|
coal-mine |
COAL-MINE, n. A mine or pit in which coal is dug. |
10625
|
coal-miner |
COAL-MINER, n. One who works in a coal-mine. |
10626
|
coal-mouse |
COAL-MOUSE, n. A small species of titmouse, with a black head. |
10627
|
coal-pit |
COAL-PIT, n. A pit where coal is dug. In America, a place where charcoal is made. |
10628
|
coal-ship |
COAL-SHIP, n. A ship employed in transporting coal. |
10629
|
coal-stone |
COAL-STONE, n. A kind of cannel-coal. |
10630
|
coal-work |
COAL-WORK, n. A coalery; a place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal. |
10631
|
coalery |
COALERY, n. A coal-mine, coal-pit, or place where coals are dug, with the engines and machinery ... |
10632
|
coalesce |
COALESCE, v.i.1. To grow together; to unite, as separate bodies, or separate parts, into one body, ... |
10633
|
coalescence |
COALESCENCE, n. The act of growing together; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; ... |
10634
|
coalescing |
COALESCING, ppr. Growing or coming together; uniting in a body or mass; uniting and adhering ... |
10635
|
coalier |
COALIER. |
10636
|
coalite |
COALITE, v.t. To unite or coalesce. |
10637
|
coalition |
COALITION, n.1. Union in a body or mass; a coming together, as of separate bodies or parts, and ... |
10638
|
coallier |
COALLIER. [See Collier.] |
10639
|
coaly |
COALY, a. Like coal; containing coal. |
10640
|
coamings |
COAMINGS, n. In ships, the raised borders or edges of the hatches, made to prevent water from ... |
10641
|
coapprehend |
COAPPREHEND, v.t. To apprehend with another. |
10642
|
coaptation |
COAPTATION, n. The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other. |
10643
|
coarct |
COARCT, |
10644
|
coarctate |
COARCTATE, v.t.1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.2. To restrain; to ... |
10645
|
coarctation |
COARCTATION, n.1. Confinement; restraint to a narrow space.2. Pressure; contraction.3. Restraint ... |
10646
|
coarse |
COARSE, a.1. Thick; large or gross in bulk; comparatively of large diameter; as coarse thread or ... |
10647
|
coarsely |
COARSELY, adv. Roughly; without fineness or refinement; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly; ... |
10648
|
coarseness |
COARSENESS, n.1. Largeness of size; thickness; as the coarseness of thread.2. The quality of ... |
10649
|
coassessor |
COASSESSOR, n. [See Assess.] A joint assessor. |
10650
|
coassume |
COASSUME, v.t. [con and assume.] To assume something with another. |
10651
|
coast |
COAST, n.1. The exterior line, limit or border of a country, as in Scripture. From the river to ... |
10652
|
coasted |
COASTED, pp. Sailed by. |
10653
|
coaster |
COASTER, n.1. One who sails near the shore.2. A vessel that is employed in sailing along a coast, ... |
10654
|
coasting |
COASTING, ppr. Sailing along or near a coast. |
10655
|
coasting-pilot |
COASTING-PILOT, n. A pilot who conducts vessels along a coast. |
10656
|
coasting-trade |
COASTING-TRADE, n. The trade which is carried on between the different ports of the same country, ... |
10657
|
coasting-vessel |
COASTING-VESSEL, n. A vessel employed in coasting; a coaster. |
10658
|
coat |
COAT, n.1. An upper garment, of whatever material it may be made. The word is, in modern times, ... |
10659
|
coat-armor |
COAT-ARMOR, n. A coat of arms; armorial ensigns. |
10660
|
coated |
COATED, pp. 1. Covered with a coat; loricated; covered or overspread with any thing that defends; ... |
10661
|
coati |
COATI, n. An animal of South America, resembling the raccoon, but with a longer body and neck, ... |
10662
|
coating |
COATING, ppr. Covering with a coat; overspreading.COATING, n.1. A covering, or the act of ... |
10663
|
coax |
COAX, v.t. To wheedle; to flatter; to soothe, appease or persuade by flattery and foundling. |
10664
|
coaxed |
COAXED, pp. Soothed or persuaded by flattery. |
10665
|
coaxer |
COAXER, n. A wheedler; a flatterer. |
10666
|
coaxing |
COAXING, ppr. Wheedling; flattering. |
10667
|
cob |
COB, n.1. The top or head; a covetous wretch; a foreign coin.2. In America, the receptacle of the ... |
10668
|
cobalt |
COBALT, n. A mineral of a reddish gray or grayish white color, very brittle, of a fine close ... |
10669
|
cobaltic |
COBALTIC, a. Pertaining to cobalt, or consisting of it; resembling cobalt, or containing it. |
10670
|
cobble |
COBBLE, |
10671
|
cobble-stone |
COBBLE-STONE, n. A roundish stone; a pebble; supposed to be a fragment, rounded by the attrition ... |
10672
|
cobbler |
COBBLER, n.1. A mender of shoes.2. A clumsy workman.3. A mean person. |
10673
|
cobbling |
COBBLING, ppr. Mending coarsely. |
10674
|
cobby |
COBBY, a. Stout; brisk. |
10675
|
cobcal |
COBCAL, n. A sandal worn by ladies in the east. |
10676
|
cobcoals |
COBCOALS, n. Large round coals. |
10677
|
cobelligerent |
COBELLIGERENT, a. [See Belligerent.] Carrying on war in conjunction with another ... |
10678
|
cobiron |
COBIRON, n. [See Cob.] An andiron with a knob at the top. |
10679
|
cobishop |
COBISHOP, n. A joint or coadjutant bishop. |
10680
|
coble |
COBLE, n. A boat used in the herring fishery. |
10681
|
cobloaf |
COBLOAF, n. A loaf that is irregular, uneven or crusty. Is it not a round loaf? |
10682
|
cobnut |
COBNUT, n. A boys play, or a hazle-nut so called, used in play; the conquering nut. |
10683
|
coboose |
COBOOSE, n. [See Caboose.] |
10684
|
cobstone |
COBSTONE, n. [See Cobble.] |
10685
|
cobweb |
COBWEB, n.1. The line, thread or filament which a spider spins from its abdomen; the net-work ... |
10686
|
cobwebbed |
COBWEBBED, n.1. In botany, covered with a thick interwoven pubescence.2. Covered with cobwebs. |
10687
|
cocalon |
COCALON, n. A large cocoon, of a weak texture. |
10688
|
cocciferous |
COCCIFEROUS, a. Bearing or producing berries; as cocciferous trees or plants. |
10689
|
coccolite |
COCCOLITE, n. A variety of augite or pyroxene; called by Hauy, granuliform pyroxene. Its color is ... |
10690
|
cochineal |
COCHINEAL, n. An insect, the Coccus cacti, of the genus Coccus, a native of the warmer climates of ... |
10691
|
cochleary |
COCHLEARY, |
10692
|
cochleate |
COCHLEATE, |
10693
|
cochleated |
COCHLEATED, a. Having the form of a screw; spiral; turbinated; as a cochleate pod. |
10694
|
cochlite |
COCHLITE, n. A fossil shell having a mouth like that of a snail. |
10695
|
cock |
COCK, n.1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls, which having no ... |
10696
|
cock-bill |
COCK-BILL. In seamens language, the anchor is a cock-bill, when it is suspended perpendicularly ... |
10697
|
cock-boat |
COCK-BOAT, n. A small boat. [See Cock, No. 11.] |
10698
|
cock-brained |
COCK-BRAINED, a. Giddy; rash. |
10699
|
cock-broth |
COCK-BROTH, n. Broth made by boiling a cock. |
10700
|
cock-chaffer |
COCK-CHAFFER, n. The May-bug or dorr-beetle, a species of Scarabaeus. |
10701
|
cock-crowing |
COCK-CROWING, n. The time at which cocks crow; early morning. Mark 13. |
10702
|
cock-fight |
COCK-FIGHT, |
10703
|
cock-fighting |
COCK-FIGHTING, n. A match or contest of cocks; a barbarous sport of the ancients, and moderns, in ... |
10704
|
cock-horse |
COCK-HORSE, a. On horse back; triumphant; exulting. |
10705
|
cock-loft |
COCK-LOFT, n. [See Cock.] The top-loft; the upper room in a house or other building; a lumber room. |
10706
|
cock-master |
COCK-MASTER, n. One who breeds game cocks. |
10707
|
cock-match |
COCK-MATCH, n. A match of cocks; a cock-fight. |
10708
|
cock-paddle |
COCK-PADDLE, n. The lump fish or sea-owl. |
10709
|
cock-weed |
COCK-WEED, n. A plant called also dittander and pepperwort. |
10710
|
cockade |
COCKADE, n. A ribin or knot of ribin, or something similar, worn on the hat, usually by officers ... |
10711
|
cockaded |
COCKADED, a. Wearing a cockade. |
10712
|
cockal |
COCKAL, n. A game called huckle bone. |
10713
|
cockatrice |
COCKATRICE, n. A serpent imagined to proceed from a cocks egg. |
10714
|
cockatto |
COCKATTO n. A bird of the parrot kind. |
10715
|
cocker |
COCKER, v.t. To fondle; to indulge; to treat with tenderness; to pamper.COCKER, n.1. One who ... |
10716
|
cockerel |
COCKEREL, n. A young cock. |
10717
|
cockering |
COCKERING, n. Indulgence. |
10718
|
cocket |
COCKET, a. Brisk; pert.COCKET, n. A seal of the custom-house; a royal seal; rather a scroll of ... |
10719
|
cocket-bread |
COCKET-BREAD, n. The finest sort of wheat bread. |
10720
|
cocking |
COCKING, n. Cock-fighting. |
10721
|
cockle |
COCKLE, n. A plant or weed that grows among corn, the cornrose, a species of Agrostemma. It is ... |
10722
|
cockle-stairs |
COCKLE-STAIRS, n. Winding or spiral stairs. |
10723
|
cockled |
COCKLED, pp.1. Contracted into folds or wrinkles; winding.2. Having shells. |
10724
|
cockler |
COCKLER, n. One that takes and sells cockles. |
10725
|
cockney |
COCKNEY, n.1. A native of London, by way of contempt.2. An effeminate, ignorant, despicable ... |
10726
|
cockneylike |
COCKNEYLIKE, a. Resembling the manners of a cockney. |
10727
|
cockpit |
COCKPIT, n. 1. A pit or area, where game cocks fight.2. In ships of war, a room or apartment, in ... |
10728
|
cockroach |
COCKROACH, n. A genus of insects, the Blatta, of several species. They have four semicrustaceous ... |
10729
|
cockscomb |
COCKSCOMB, n.1. The caruncle or comb of a cock.2. A plant. This name is given to the Celosia ... |
10730
|
cockshead |
COCKSHEAD, n. A plant, the Hedysarum or sainfoin. |
10731
|
cockshut |
COCKSHUT, n. The close of the day, when fowls go to roost. |
10732
|
cockspur |
COCKSPUR, n. Virginia hawthorn, a species of medlar. |
10733
|
cocksure |
COCKSURE, a. Confidently certain. |
10734
|
cockswain |
COCKSWAIN, n. [See Swain.] An officer on board of a ship who has the care of the boat and the boats ... |
10735
|
cocoa |
COCOA, n. A tree belonging to the genus Cocos, of the order of Palmae; and the fruit or nut of the ... |
10736
|
cocoa-nut |
COCOA-NUT, n. The nut or fruit of the cocoa-tree. |
10737
|
cocoon |
COCOON, n. An oblong ball or case in which the silk-worm involves itself, formed by threads which ... |
10738
|
coctile |
COCTILE, a. Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick. |
10739
|
coction |
COCTION, n. The act of boiling or exposing to heat in liquor. In medicine, that alteration in the ... |
10740
|
cod |
COD, |
10741
|
cod-fish |
COD-FISH, n. A species of fish, of the genus Gadus, inhabiting northern seas, but particularly the ... |
10742
|
codded |
CODDED, a. Inclosed in a cod. |
10743
|
codder |
CODDER, n. A gatherer of cods or peas. |
10744
|
coddle |
CODDLE, v.t. To parboil, or soften by the heat of water. |
10745
|
coddy |
CODDY, a. Husky. |
10746
|
code |
CODE, n.1. A collection of the laws and constitutions of the Roman emperors, made by order of ... |
10747
|
codger |
CODGER, n. A rustic; a clown; a miserly man. |
10748
|
codicil |
CODICIL, n. A writing by way of supplement to a will. |
10749
|
codille |
CODILLE, n. A term at ombre, when the game is won. |
10750
|
codle |
CODLE, |
10751
|
codlin |
CODLIN, n. An apple codled; or one suitable for codling, or used for that purpose. |
10752
|
codling |
CODLING, |
10753
|
coefficacy |
COEFFICACY, n. Joint efficacy; the power of two or more things acting together to produce an ... |
10754
|
coefficiency |
COEFFICIENCY, n. Cooperation; joint power of two or more things or causes, acting to the same end. |
10755
|
coefficient |
COEFFICIENT, n.1. That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.2. ... |
10756
|
coefficiently |
COEFFICIENTLY, adv. By cooperation. |
10757
|
coeliac |
COELIAC, |
10758
|
coemption |
COEMPTION, n. The act of purchasing the whole quantity of any commodity. |
10759
|
coenjoy |
COENJOY, v.t. To enjoy together. |
10760
|
coequal |
COEQUAL, a. Equal with another person or thing; of the same rank, dignity or power.COEQUAL, n. ... |
10761
|
coequality |
COEQUALITY, n. The state of being equal with another; equality in rank, dignity or power. |
10762
|
coequally |
COEQUALLY, adv. With joint equality. |
10763
|
coerce |
COERCE,1. To restrain by force; to keep from acting, or transgressing, particularly by moral ... |
10764
|
coerced |
COERCED, pp. Restrained by force; compelled. |
10765
|
coercible |
COERCIBLE, a. That may or ought to be restrained or compelled. |
10766
|
coercing |
COERCING, ppr. Restraining by force; constraining. |
10767
|
coercion |
COERCION, n. Restraint, check, particularly by law or authority; compulsion; force. |
10768
|
coercive |
COERCIVE, a.1. That has power to restrain, particularly by moral force, as of law or authority.2. ... |
10769
|
coercively |
COERCIVELY, adv. By constraint. |
10770
|
coessential |
COESSENTIAL, a. Partaking of the same essence.We bless and magnify that coessential spirit, ... |
10771
|
coessentiality |
COESSENTIALITY, n. Participation of the same essence. |
10772
|
coessentially |
COESSENTIALLY, adv. In a coessential manner. |
10773
|
coestablishment |
COESTABLISHMENT, n. Joint establishment. |
10774
|
coetaneous |
COETANEOUS, a. Of the same age with another; beginning to exist at the same time; with to. Every ... |
10775
|
coetenrnal |
COETENRNAL, a. Equally eternal with another. |
10776
|
coeternally |
COETERNALLY, adv. With equal eternity. |
10777
|
coeternity |
COETERNITY, n. Existence from eternity equal with another eternal being; equal eternity. |
10778
|
coeval |
COEVAL, a. Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; of equal age; usually and ... |
10779
|
coevous |
COEVOUS, a. The same as coeval, but not used. |
10780
|
coexist |
COEXIST, v.i. To exist at the same time with another; followed by with. |
10781
|
coexistence |
COEXISTENCE, n. Existence at the same time with another; followed regularly by with. |
10782
|
coexistent |
COEXISTENT, a. Existing at the same time with another; regularly followed by with. |
10783
|
coextend |
COEXTEND, v.i. To extend through the same space or duration with another; to extend equally; as, ... |
10784
|
coextended |
COEXTENDED, pp. Being equally extended. |
10785
|
coextending |
COEXTENDING, ppr. Extending through the same space or duration with another. |
10786
|
coextension |
COEXTENSION, n. The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended. |
10787
|
coextensive |
COEXTENSIVE, a. Equally extensive; having equal extent. |
10788
|
coextensiveness |
COEXTENSIVENESS, n. Equal extension or extent. |
10789
|
coffee |
COFFEE, n.1. The berry of a tree belonging to the genus Coffea, growing in Arabia, Persia, and in ... |
10790
|
coffee-cup |
COFFEE-CUP, n. A cup from which coffee is drank. |
10791
|
coffee-house |
COFFEE-HOUSE, n.1. A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other ... |
10792
|
coffee-man |
COFFEE-MAN, n. One who keeps a coffee-house. |
10793
|
coffee-pot |
COFFEE-POT, n. A covered pot in which coffee is boiled, or in which it is brought upon the table ... |
10794
|
coffer |
COFFER, n.1. A chest or trunk; and as a chest is customarily used for keeping money, hence,2. A ... |
10795
|
coffered |
COFFERED, pp. Laid up in a coffer. |
10796
|
cofferer |
COFFERER, n. The Cofferer of the kings household in Great Britain, a principal officer of the ... |
10797
|
coffin |
COFFIN, n.1. The chest or box in which a dead human body is buried, or deposited in a vault.2. A ... |
10798
|
coffin-maker |
COFFIN-MAKER, n. One who makes, or whose occupation is to make coffins. |
10799
|
coffined |
COFFINED, pp. Inclosed in a coffin. |
10800
|
cofounder |
COFOUNDER, n. A joint founder. |
10801
|
cog |
COG, v.t.1. To flatter; to wheedle; to seduce or draw from, by adulation or artifice.2. To ... |
10802
|
cogency |
COGENCY, n. Force; strength; power of compelling; literally, urgency, or driving. It is used ... |
10803
|
cogenial |
COGENIAL, for congenial. |
10804
|
cogent |
COGENT, a. [See Cogency.]1. Forcible, in a physical sense; as the cogent force of nature.2. ... |
10805
|
cogently |
COGENTLY, adv. With urgent force; with powerful impulse; forcibly. |
10806
|
cogged |
COGGED, pp. Flattered; deceived; cheated; thrust in deceitfully; falsified; furnished with cogs. |
10807
|
cogger |
COGGER, n. A flatterer, or deceiver. |
10808
|
coggery |
COGGERY, n. Trick; falsehood. |
10809
|
cogging |
COGGING, ppr. Wheedling; deceiving; cheating; inserting deceitfully; fixing cogs.COGGING, n. ... |
10810
|
coggle |
COGGLE, n. A boat; a fishing boat. [See cock.] |
10811
|
cogitable |
COGITABLE, a. [See Cogitate.] That may be thought on; that may be meditated on. |
10812
|
cogitate |
COGITATE, v.i. To think; to meditate. |
10813
|
cogitation |
COGITATION, n.1. The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.2. Thought directed to ... |
10814
|
cogitative |
COGITATIVE, a. 1. Thinking; having the power of thinking, or meditating; as a cogitative ... |
10815
|
cognate |
COGNATE, a.1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth.2. Related in origin; proceeding from the same ... |
10816
|
cognation |
COGNATION, n.1. In the civil law, kindred or natural relation between males and females, both ... |
10817
|
cognition |
COGNITION, n. Knowledge or certain knowledge, as from personal view or experience. |
10818
|
cognitive |
COGNITIVE, a. Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as cognitive power. |
10819
|
cognizable |
COGNIZABLE, a.1. That falls or may fall under judicial notice; that may be heard, tried, and ... |
10820
|
cognizance |
COGNIZANCE, n.1. Judicial notice or knowledge; the hearing, trying and determining of a cause or ... |
10821
|
cognizee |
COGNIZEE, n. In law, one to whom a fine is acknowledged, or the plaintiff in an action for the ... |
10822
|
cognizor |
COGNIZOR, n. One who acknowledges the right of the plaintiff or cognizee, in a fine; otherwise ... |
10823
|
cognominal |
COGNOMINAL, a.1. Pertaining to a surname.2. Having the same name. |
10824
|
cognomination |
COGNOMINATION, n. A surname; the name of a family; a name given from any accident or quality; as ... |
10825
|
cognoscence |
COGNOSCENCE, n. [See Cognition.] Knowledge; the act or state of knowing. |
10826
|
cognoscible |
COGNOSCIBLE, a. That may be known. |
10827
|
cognoscitive |
COGNOSCITIVE, a. Having the power of knowing. |
10828
|
coguar |
COGUAR, n. A carnivorous quadruped of America. |
10829
|
cohabit |
COHABIT, v.i.1. To dwell with; to inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place, or ... |
10830
|
cohabitant |
COHABITANT, n. One who dwells with another or in the same place. |
10831
|
cohabitation |
COHABITATION, n.1. The act or state of dwelling together or in the same place with another.2. The ... |
10832
|
coheir |
COHEIR, n. A joint heir; one who succeeds to a share of an inheritance, which is to be divided ... |
10833
|
coheiress |
COHEIRESS, n. A female who inherits a share of an estate, which is to be divided among two or more ... |
10834
|
cohere |
COHERE, v.i.1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same ... |
10835
|
coherence |
COHERENCE, |
10836
|
coherency |
COHERENCY, n.1. A sticking, cleaving or hanging together; union of parts of the same body, or a ... |
10837
|
coherent |
COHERENT, a.1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies, solid or fluid.2. Connected; ... |
10838
|
coherently |
COHERENTLY, adv. In a coherent manner; with due connection or agreement of parts. |
10839
|
cohesibility |
COHESIBILITY, n. The tendency which one part of matter evinces to unite with another part of ... |
10840
|
cohesible |
COHESIBLE, a. Capable of cohesion. |
10841
|
cohesion |
COHESION, n. s as z.1. The act of sticking together; the state of being united by natural ... |
10842
|
cohesive |
COHESIVE, a. That has the power of sticking or cohering; tending to unite in a mass, and to resist ... |
10843
|
cohesively |
COHESIVELY, adv. With cohesion. |
10844
|
cohesiveness |
COHESIVENESS, n. The quality of being cohesive; the quality of adhering together, as particles of ... |
10845
|
cohobate |
COHOBATE, v.t. Among chimists, to repeat the distillation of the same liquor or that from the same ... |
10846
|
cohobated |
COHOBATED, pp. Repeatedly distilled. |
10847
|
cohobating |
COHOBATING, ppr. Distilling repeatedly. |
10848
|
cohobation |
COHOBATION, n. The operation of repeatedly distilling the same liquor, or that from the same ... |
10849
|
cohoes |
COHOES, OR COHOZE, n. A fall of water, or falls; a word of Indian origin in America. |
10850
|
cohort |
COHORT, n.1. Among the Romans, a body of about five or six hundred men; each cohort consisted of ... |
10851
|
cohortation |
COHORTATION, n. Exhortation; encouragement. |
10852
|
cohoze |
COHOES, OR COHOZE, n. A fall of water, or falls; a word of Indian origin in America. |
10853
|
coif |
COIF, n. A kind of caul, or cap, worn on the head, by sergeants at law, and others. Its chief use ... |
10854
|
coifed |
COIFED, a. Wearing a coif. |
10855
|
coiffure |
COIFFURE, n. A head-dress. |
10856
|
coigne |
COIGNE, for coin. [See coin, a corner.] |
10857
|
coil |
COIL, v.t. To gather, as a line or cord into a circular form; to wind into a ring, as a serpent, ... |
10858
|
coiled |
COILED, pp. Gathered into a circular form, as a rope or a serpent. |
10859
|
coiling |
COILING, ppr. Gathering or winding into a ring or circle. |
10860
|
coin |
COIN, n.1. A corner; a jutting point, as of a wall.Rustic coins, stones jutting from a wall for ... |
10861
|
coinage |
COINAGE, |
10862
|
coincide |
COINCIDE, v.i.1. To fall or to meet in the same point, as two lines, or bodies; followed by ... |
10863
|
coincidence |
COINCIDENCE, n.1. The falling or meeting of two or more lines, surfaces, or bodies in the same ... |
10864
|
coincident |
COINCIDENT, a. 1. Falling on the same point; meeting as lines, surfaces or bodies; followed by ... |
10865
|
coincider |
COINCIDER, n. He or that which coincides or concurs. |
10866
|
coinciding |
COINCIDING, ppr. Meeting in the same point; agreeing; concurring. |
10867
|
coindication |
COINDICATION, n. In medicine, a sign or symptom, which, with other signs, assists to show the ... |
10868
|
coined |
COINED, pp. Struck or stamped, as money; made; invented; forged. |
10869
|
coiner |
COINER, n. 1. One who stamps coin; a minter; a maker of money.2. A counterfeiter of the legal ... |
10870
|
coining |
COINING, n. 1. The act, art or practice of stamping money.2. Coin; money coined; stamped and ... |
10871
|
coinquinate |
COINQUINATE, v.t. To pollute. |
10872
|
coinquination |
COINQUINATION, n. Defilement. |
10873
|
coiny |
COIGNE or COINY, v.i. To live by extortion. |
10874
|
coistril |
COISTRIL, n.1. A coward; a runaway.2. A young lad. |
10875
|
coit |
COIT, n. A quoit, which see. |
10876
|
coiting |
COITING. [See Quoit.] |
10877
|
coition |
COITION, n. A coming together; chiefly the venereal intercourse of the sexes; copulation. |
10878
|
cojoin |
COJOIN, v.t. To join with another in the same office. |
10879
|
cojuror |
COJUROR, n. One who swears to anothers credibility. |
10880
|
coke |
COKE, n. Fossil coal charred, or deprived of its bitumen, sulphur or other extraneous or volatile ... |
10881
|
colander |
COLANDER, n. A vessel with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquors. In ... |
10882
|
colation |
COLATION, n. The act of straining, or purifying liquor, by passing it through a perforated vessel. |
10883
|
colature |
COLATURE, n. The act of straining; the matter strained. |
10884
|
colbertine |
COLBERTINE, n. A kind of lace worn by women. |
10885
|
colcothar |
COLCOTHAR, n. The brown red oxyd of iron which remains after the distillation of the acid from ... |
10886
|
cold |
COLD, a.1. Not warm or hot; gelid, frigid; a relative term. A substance is cold to the touch, ... |
10887
|
cold-blooded |
COLD-BLOODED, a. 1. Having cold blood.2. Without sensibility, or feeling. |
10888
|
cold-finch |
COLD-FINCH, n. A species of Motacilla, a bird frequenting the west of England, with the head and ... |
10889
|
cold-hearted |
COLD-HEARTED, a. Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent. |
10890
|
cold-heartedness |
COLD-HEARTEDNESS, n. Want of feeling or sensibility. |
10891
|
cold-shot |
COLD-SHOT, a. Brittle when cold, as a metal. |
10892
|
coldly |
COLDLY, adv. In a cold manner; without warmth; without concern; without ardor or animation; ... |
10893
|
coldness |
COLDNESS, n.1. Want of heat; as the coldness or water or air. When the heat or temperature of any ... |
10894
|
cole |
COLE, n. The general name of all sorts of cabbage or brassica; but we generally use it in its ... |
10895
|
cole-mouse |
COLE-MOUSE, n. [See Coal-mouse.] |
10896
|
cole-perch |
COLE-PERCH, n. A small fish, less than the common perch. |
10897
|
cole-seed |
COLE-SEED, n. 1. The seed of the navew, napus sativa, or long-rooted, narrow-leafed rapa; reckoned ... |
10898
|
cole-wort |
COLE-WORT, n. A particular species of cole, brassica, or cabbage. |
10899
|
coleopter |
COLEOPTER,TERA, n. The coleopters, in Linnes system of entomology, are an order of insects, having ... |
10900
|
coleopteral |
COLEOPTERAL, a. Having wings covered with a case or sheath, which shuts as above. |
10901
|
colic |
COLIC, n. In general, a severe pain in the bowels, of which there are several varieties; as ... |
10902
|
colical |
COLICAL, a. Affecting the bowels. |
10903
|
colin |
COLIN, n. A bird of the partridge kind, found in America and the West Indies, called. |
10904
|
coll |
COLL, v.t. To embrace. |
10905
|
collapse |
COLLAPSE, v.i. To fall together, as the two sides of a vessel; to close by falling together; as, ... |
10906
|
collapsed |
COLLAPSED, pp. Fallen together; closed. |
10907
|
collapsion |
COLLAPSION, n. A state of falling together; a state of vessels closed. |
10908
|
collar |
COLLAR, n.1. Something worn round the neck, as a ring of metal, or a chain. The knights of ... |
10909
|
collar-bone |
COLLAR-BONE, n. The clavicle. |
10910
|
collarage |
COLLARAGE, n. A tax or fine laid for the collars of wine-drawing horses. |
10911
|
collared |
COLLARED, pp.1. Seized by the collar.2. Having a collar on the neck. |
10912
|
collate |
COLLATE, v.t. Literally, to bring or lay together. Hence,1. To lay together and compare, by ... |
10913
|
collated |
COLLATED, pp. Laid together and compared; examined by comparing; presented and instituted, as a ... |
10914
|
collateral |
COLLATERAL, a.1. Being by the side, side by side, on the side, or side to side.In his bright ... |
10915
|
collaterally |
COLLATERALLY, adv. 1. Side by side; or by the side.2. Indirectly.3. In collateral relation; not ... |
10916
|
collateralness |
COLLATERALNESS, n. The state of being collateral. |
10917
|
collating |
COLLATING, ppr. Comparing; presenting and instituting. |
10918
|
collation |
COLLATION, n.1. The act of bringing or laying together, and comparing; a comparison of one copy or ... |
10919
|
collative |
COLLATIVE, a. Advowsons are presentative, collative or donative. An advowson collative is where ... |
10920
|
collator |
COLLATOR, n. 1. One who collates or compares manuscripts or copies of books.2. One who collates ... |
10921
|
collaud |
COLLAUD, v.t. To unite in praising. |
10922
|
colleague |
COLLEAGUE, n. A partner or associate in the same office, employment or commission, civil or ... |
10923
|
colleagued |
COLLEAGUED, pp. United as an associate in the same office. |
10924
|
colleagueship |
COLLEAGUESHIP, n. Partnership in office. |
10925
|
collect |
COLLECT, v.t.1. To gather, as separate persons or things, into one body or place; to assemble or ... |
10926
|
collectaneous |
COLLECTANEOUS, a. Gathered; collected. |
10927
|
collected |
COLLECTED, pp.1. Gathered; assembled; congregated; drawn together.2. Recovered from surprise or ... |
10928
|
collectedly |
COLLECTEDLY, adv. In one view; together; in one body. |
10929
|
collectedness |
COLLECTEDNESS, n. A collected state of the mind; recovery from surprise. |
10930
|
collectible |
COLLECTIBLE, a. 1. That may be collected or gathered; that may be inferred.2. That may be ... |
10931
|
collecting |
COLLECTING, ppr. Gathering; drawing together; assembling. |
10932
|
collection |
COLLECTION, n.1. The act of gathering, or assembling.2. The body formed by gathering; an ... |
10933
|
collective |
COLLECTIVE, a.1. Formed by gathering; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated, or ... |
10934
|
collectively |
COLLECTIVELY, adv. In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly; in a ... |
10935
|
collectiveness |
COLLECTIVENESS, n. A state of union; mass. |
10936
|
collector |
COLLECTOR, n.1. One who collects or gathers things which are scattered or separate.2. A compiler; ... |
10937
|
collectorship |
COLLECTORSHIP, n.1. The office of a collector of customs or taxes.2. The jurisdiction of a ... |
10938
|
collegatary |
COLLEGATARY, n. In the civil law, a person who has a legacy left to him in common with one or more ... |
10939
|
college |
COLLEGE, n. In its primary sense, a collection, or assembly. Hence,1. In a general sense, a ... |
10940
|
college-like |
COLLEGE-LIKE, n. Regulated after the manner of a college. |
10941
|
collegial |
COLLEGIAL, a. Relating to a college; belonging to a college; having the properties of a college. |
10942
|
collegiate |
COLLEGIATE, a.1. Pertaining to a college; as collegiate studies.2. Containing a college; ... |
10943
|
collet |
COLLET, n.1. Among jewelers, the horizontal face or plane at the bottom of brilliants; or the part ... |
10944
|
colletic |
COLLETIC, a. Having the property of gluing; agglutinant.COLLETIC, n. An agglutinant. |
10945
|
collide |
COLLIDE, v.i. To strike or dash against each other. |
10946
|
collier |
COLLIER, n.1. A digger of coal; one who works in a coal-mine.2. A coal-merchant or dealer in ... |
10947
|
colliery |
COLLIERY, n. 1. The place where coal is dug.2. The coal trade. |
10948
|
colliflower |
COLLIFLOWER. [See Cauliflower.] |
10949
|
colligate |
COLLIGATE, v.t. To tie or bind together.The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows. |
10950
|
colligated |
COLLIGATED, pp. Tied or bound together. |
10951
|
colligating |
COLLIGATING, ppr. Binding together. |
10952
|
colligation |
COLLIGATION, n. A binding together. |
10953
|
collimation |
COLLIMATION, n. The act of aiming at a mark; aim; the act of leveling, or of directing the sight ... |
10954
|
collineation |
COLLINEATION, n. The act of aiming, or directing in a line to a fixed object. |
10955
|
colling |
COLLING, n. An embrace; dalliance. |
10956
|
colliquable |
COLLIQUABLE, a. That may be liquefied, or melted; liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. |
10957
|
colliquament |
COLLIQUAMENT, n. 1. The substance formed by melting; that which is melted.2. Technically, the ... |
10958
|
colliquant |
COLLIQUANT, a. That has the power of dissolving or melting. |
10959
|
colliquate |
COLLIQUATE, v.i. To melt; to dissolve; to change from solid to fluid; to become liquid.COLLIQUATE, ... |
10960
|
colliquated |
COLLIQUATED, pp. Melted; dissolved; turned from a solid to a fluid substance. |
10961
|
colliquating |
COLLIQUATING, ppr. Melting; dissolving. |
10962
|
colliquation |
COLLIQUATION, n. 1. The act of melting.2. A dissolving, flowing or wasting; applied to the ... |
10963
|
colliquative |
COLLIQUATIVE, a. Melting; dissolving; appropriately indicating a morbid discharge of the animal ... |
10964
|
colliquefaction |
COLLIQUEFACTION, n. A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion. |
10965
|
collision |
COLLISION, n. s as z.1. The act of striking together; a striking together of two hard bodies.2. ... |
10966
|
collocate |
COLLOCATE, v.t. To set or place; to set; to station.COLLOCATE, a. Set; placed. |
10967
|
collocated |
COLLOCATED, pp. Placed. |
10968
|
collocating |
COLLOCATING, ppr. Setting; placing. |
10969
|
collocation |
COLLOCATION, n.1. A setting; the act of placing; disposition in place.2. The state of being ... |
10970
|
collocution |
COLLOCUTION, n. A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual discourse. |
10971
|
collocutor |
COLLOCUTOR, n. One of the speakers in a dialogue. |
10972
|
collogue |
COLLOGUE, v.t. To wheedle. |
10973
|
collop |
COLLOP, n.1. A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.2. In burlesque, a child.In Job 15:27 it ... |
10974
|
colloquial |
COLLOQUIAL, a. [See Colloquy.] Pertaining to common conversation, or to mutual discourse; as ... |
10975
|
colloquist |
COLLOQUIST, n. A speaker in a dialogue. |
10976
|
colloquy |
COLLOQUY, n. Conversation; mutual discourse of two or more; conference; dialogue. |
10977
|
collow |
COLLOW. [See Colly.] |
10978
|
collucatation |
COLLUCATATION, n. A struggling to resist; contest; resistance; opposition; contrariety. |
10979
|
colluctancy |
COLLUCTANCY, n. A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature. |
10980
|
collude |
COLLUDE, v.i. To play into the hand of each other; to conspire in a fraud; to act in concert. |
10981
|
colluder |
COLLUDER, n. One who conspires in a fraud. |
10982
|
colluding |
COLLUDING, ppr. Conspiring with another in a fraud.COLLUDING, n. A trick; collusion. |
10983
|
collusion |
COLLUSION, n. s as z. 1. In law, a deceitful agreement or compact between two or more persons, for ... |
10984
|
collusive |
COLLUSIVE, a. Fraudulently concerted between two or more; as a collusive agreement. |
10985
|
collusively |
COLLUSIVELY, adv. By collusion; by secret agreement to defraud. |
10986
|
collusiveness |
COLLUSIVENESS, n. The quality of being collusive. |
10987
|
collusory |
COLLUSORY, a. Carrying on a fraud by a secret concert; containing collusion. |
10988
|
colly |
COLLY, |
10989
|
collyrite |
COLLYRITE, n. A variety of clay, of a white color, with shades of gray, red, or yellow. |
10990
|
collyrium |
COLLYRIUM, n. Eye-salve; eye-wash; a topical remedy for disorders of the eyes. |
10991
|
colmar |
COLMAR, n. A sort of pear. |
10992
|
colocynth |
COLOCYNTH, n. The coloquintida, or bitter apple of the shops, a kind of gourd, from Aleppo and ... |
10993
|
cologne-earth |
COLOGNE-EARTH, n. A kind of light bastard ocher, of a deep brown color, not a pure native fossil, ... |
10994
|
colombo |
COLOMBO, n. A root from colombo in Ceylon. Its smell is aromatic, and its taste pungent and ... |
10995
|
colon |
COLON, n.1. In anatomy, the largest of the intestines, or rather the largest division of the ... |
10996
|
colonel |
COLONEL, n. The chief commander of a regiment of troops, whether infantry or cavalry. He ranks ... |
10997
|
colonelcy |
COLONELCY, n. |
10998
|
colonelship |
COLONELSHIP, n. The office, rank or commission of a colonel. |
10999
|
colonial |
COLONIAL, a. [See Colony.] Pertaining to a colony; as colonial government; colonial rights. |
11000
|
colonist |
COLONIST, n. [See Colony.] An inhabitant of a colony. |
11001
|
colonization |
COLONIZATION, n. The act of colonizing, or state of being colonized. |
11002
|
colonize |
COLONIZE, v.t.1. To plant or establish a colony in; to plant or settle a number of the subjects of ... |
11003
|
colonized |
COLONIZED, pp. Settle or planted with a colony. |
11004
|
colonizing |
COLONIZING, ppr. Planting with a colony.COLONIZING, n. The act of establishing a colony.This ... |
11005
|
colonnade |
COLONNADE, n. 1. In architecture, a peristyle of a circular figure, or a series of columns, ... |
11006
|
colony |
COLONY, n.1. A company or body of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote ... |
11007
|
colophon |
COLOPHON, n. The conclusion of a book, formerly containing the place or year, or both, of its ... |
11008
|
colophonite |
COLOPHONITE, n. A variety of garnet, of a reddish yellow or brown color, occurring in small ... |
11009
|
colophony |
COLOPHONY, n. In pharmacy, black resin or turpentine boiled in water and dried; or the residuum, ... |
11010
|
coloquintida |
COLOQUINTIDA, n. The colocynth or bitter apple, the fruit of a plant of the genus Cucumis, a ... |
11011
|
color |
COLOR, n.1. In physics, a property inherent in light, which, by a difference in the rays and the ... |
11012
|
colorable |
COLORABLE, adv. Speciously; plausibly; with a fair external appearance. |
11013
|
colorate |
COLORATE, a. Colored; dyed; or tinged with some color. |
11014
|
coloration |
COLORATION, n. The art or practice of coloring, or the state of being colored. |
11015
|
colorature |
COLORATURE, n. In music, all manner of variations, trills, &c., intended to make a song agreeable. |
11016
|
colored |
COLORED, pp. 1. Having the external appearance changed; dyed; tinged; painted stained.2. ... |
11017
|
colorific |
COLORIFIC, a. That has the quality of tinging; able to give color, or tint to other bodies. |
11018
|
coloring |
COLORING, ppr.1. Dying; staining; tinging.2. Giving a fair external appearance; palliating; ... |
11019
|
colorist |
COLORIST, n. One who colors; a painter who excels in giving the proper colors to his designs. |
11020
|
colorless |
COLORLESS, a. Destitute of color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as colorless water, ... |
11021
|
colossal |
COLOSSAL, |
11022
|
colossean |
COLOSSEAN, a. [See Colossus.] Like a colossus; very large; huge; gigantic. |
11023
|
colossus-wise |
COLOSSUS-WISE, adv. In the manner of a colossus. |
11024
|
colstaff |
COLSTAFF, n. A staff for carrying burdens by two on their shoulders. |
11025
|
colt |
COLT, n.1. The young of the equine genus of animals or horse kind. In America, colt is equally ... |
11026
|
colter |
COLTER, n. The fore iron of a plow, with a sharp edge, that cuts the earth or sod. |
11027
|
coltish |
COLTISH, a. Like a colt; wanton; frisky; gay. |
11028
|
colts-foot |
COLTS-FOOT, n. A genus of plants, the Tussilago. The name is also given to a species of Cacalia. |
11029
|
colts-tooth |
COLTS-TOOTH, n.1. A imperfect or superfluous tooth in young horses.2. A love of youthful ... |
11030
|
coluber |
COLUBER, n. In zoology, a genus of serpents, distinguished by scuta or hard crusts on the belly, ... |
11031
|
colubrine |
COLUBRINE, a. Relating to the coluber, or to serpents; cunning; crafty. |
11032
|
columbary |
COLUMBARY, n. A dove-cot; a pigeon-house. |
11033
|
columbate |
COLUMBATE, n. A salt or compound of columbic acid, with a base. |
11034
|
columbian |
COLUMBIAN, a. Pertaining to the United States, or to America, discovered by Columbus. |
11035
|
columbic |
COLUMBIC, a. Pertaining to columbium; as columbic acid. |
11036
|
columbiferous |
COLUMBIFEROUS, a. Producing or containing columbium. |
11037
|
columbine |
COLUMBINE, a. Like or pertaining to a pigeon or dove; of a dove-color, or like the neck of a ... |
11038
|
columbite |
COLUMBITE, n. [See Columbium.] The ore of columbium. |
11039
|
columbium |
COLUMBIUM, n. A metal first discovered in an ore or oxyd, found in Connecticut, at New-London, ... |
11040
|
columbo |
COLUMBO. [See Colombo.] |
11041
|
columel |
COLUMEL, n. In botany, the central column in a capsule, taking its rise from the receptacle, and ... |
11042
|
column |
COLUMN, n.1. In architecture, a long round body of wood or stone, used to support or adorn a ... |
11043
|
columnar |
COLUMNAR, a. Formed in columns; having the form of columns; like the shaft of a column; as ... |
11044
|
columnarish |
COLUMNARISH, a. Somewhat resembling a column. |
11045
|
colure |
COLURE, n. In astronomy and geography, the colures are two great circles supposed to intersect ... |
11046
|
com |
COM, in composition as a prefix denotes with, to or against. |
11047
|
coma |
COMA, n. Lethargy; dozing; a preternatural propensity to sleep; a kind of stupor of diseased ... |
11048
|
comart |
COMART, n. A treaty; article; agreement. |
11049
|
comatose |
COMATOSE, |
11050
|
comatous |
COMATOUS, a. [See Coma.] Preter-naturally disposed to sleep; drowsy; dozing; without natural sleep; ... |
11051
|
comb |
COMB, n. A valley between hills or mountains.COMB, n. b silent.1. An instrument, with teeth, for ... |
11052
|
comb-bird |
COMB-BIRD, n. A gallinaceous fowl of Africa, of the size of a turkey-cock. |
11053
|
comb-brush |
COMB-BRUSH, n. A brush to clean combs. |
11054
|
comb-maker |
COMB-MAKER, n. One whose occupation is to make combs. |
11055
|
combat |
COMBAT, v.i.1. To fight; to struggle or contend with an opposing force.Pardon me; I will not ... |
11056
|
combatant |
COMBATANT, a. Contending; disposed to contend.COMBATANT, n. 1. A person who combats; any person ... |
11057
|
combated |
COMBATED, pp. Opposed; resisted. |
11058
|
combater |
COMBATER, n. One who fights or contends. |
11059
|
combating |
COMBATING, ppr. Striving to resist; fighting; opposing by force or by argument. |
11060
|
combed |
COMBED, pp. Separated, cleaned, or dressed with a comb. |
11061
|
comber |
COMBER, n. One who combs; one whose occupation is to comb wool, &c.COMBER, n. Incumbrance.COMBER, ... |
11062
|
combinable |
COMBINABLE, a. Capable of combining. |
11063
|
combinate |
COMBINATE, a. [See Combine.] Espoused; betrothed. |
11064
|
combination |
COMBINATION, n.1. Intimate union, or association of two or more persons or things, by set purpose ... |
11065
|
combine |
COMBINE, v.t.1. To unite or join two or more things; to link closely together.Friendship combines ... |
11066
|
combined |
COMBINED, pp. United closely; associated; leagued; confederated; chimically united. |
11067
|
combing |
COMBING, ppr. Separating and adjusting hair, wool, &c.COMBING, n. Borrowed hair combed over a ... |
11068
|
combining |
COMBINING, ppr. Uniting closely; joining in purpose; confederating; uniting by chimical affinity. |
11069
|
combless |
COMBLESS, a. Without a comb or crest; as a combless cock. |
11070
|
combust |
COMBUST, a. When a planet is in conjunction with the sun or apparently very near it, it is said to ... |
11071
|
combustibility |
COMBUSTIBILITY, n. The quality of taking fire and burning; the quality of a substance which admits ... |
11072
|
combustible |
COMBUSTIBLE, a. That will take fire and burn; capable of catching fire; thus, wood and coal are ... |
11073
|
combustibleness |
COMBUSTIBLENESS, |
11074
|
combustion |
COMBUSTION, n.1. The operation of fire on inflammable substances; or according to modern ... |
11075
|
come |
COME, v.i. 1. To move towards; to advance near, in any manner, and from any distance. We say, the ... |
11076
|
come-off |
COME-OFF, n. Means of escape; evasion; excuseWe do not want this come-off. |
11077
|
comedian |
COMEDIAN, n. [See Comedy.]1. An actor or player in comedy; or a player in general, male or ... |
11078
|
comedy |
COMEDY, n. A dramatic composition intended to represent human characters, which are to be imitated ... |
11079
|
comelily |
COMELILY, adv. In a suitable or decent manner. |
11080
|
comeliness |
COMELINESS, n. That which is becoming, fit or suitable, in form or manner. Comeliness of person ... |
11081
|
comely |
COMELY, a. 1. Properly, becoming; suitable: whence, handsome; graceful. Applied to person or ... |
11082
|
comencing |
COMENCING, ppr. Beginning; entering on; originating. |
11083
|
comer |
COMER, n. One that comes; one who approaches; one who has arrived and is present. |
11084
|
comessation |
COMESSATION, n. Feasting or reveling. |
11085
|
comestible |
COMESTIBLE, a. Eatable. |
11086
|
comet |
COMET, n. An opake, spherical, solid body, like a planet, but accompanied with a train of light, ... |
11087
|
comet-like |
COMET-LIKE, a. Resembling a comet. |
11088
|
cometarium |
COMETARIUM, |
11089
|
cometary |
COMETARY, n. A machine exhibiting an idea of the revolution of a comet round the sun.COMETARY, a. ... |
11090
|
cometic |
COMETIC, a. Relating to a comet. |
11091
|
cometography |
COMETOGRAPHY, n. A description or treatise of comets. |
11092
|
comfit |
COMFIT, |
11093
|
comfit-maker |
COMFIT-MAKER, n. One who makes or prepares comfits. |
11094
|
comfiture |
COMFITURE, n. A dry sweet-meat; any kind of fruit or root preserved with sugar and dried. |
11095
|
comfort |
COMFORT, v.t.1. To strengthen; to invigorate; to cheer or enliven.Light excelleth in comforting ... |
11096
|
comfortable |
COMFORTABLE, a.1. Being in a state of ease, or moderate enjoyment; as a person after sickness or ... |
11097
|
comfortableness |
COMFORTABLENESS, n. The state of enjoying comfort. |
11098
|
comfortabley |
COMFORTABLEY, adv. 1. In a manner to give comfort or consolation.Speak ye comfortably to ... |
11099
|
comforted |
COMFORTED, pp. Strengthened; consoled; encouraged. |
11100
|
comforter |
COMFORTER, n.1. One who administers comfort or consolation; one who strengthens and supports the ... |
11101
|
comforting |
COMFORTING, ppr. Giving strength or spirits; giving ease; cheering; encouraging; consoling. |
11102
|
comfortless |
COMFORTLESS, a. Without comfort; without any thing to alleviate misfortune, or distress.I will not ... |
11103
|
comfortress |
COMFORTRESS, n. A female that affords comfort. |
11104
|
comfrey |
COMFREY, |
11105
|
comfry |
COMFRY, n. A genus of plants, the Symphytum. |
11106
|
comic |
COMIC, a.1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.2. Raising mirth; fitted to excite ... |
11107
|
comical |
COMICAL, a. 1. Relating to comedy; comic.2. Exciting mirth; diverting; sportive; droll.We say, a ... |
11108
|
comically |
COMICALLY, adv.1. In a manner befitting comedy.2. In a comical manner; in a manner to raise ... |
11109
|
comicalness |
COMICALNESS, n. The quality of being comical; the power or quality of raising mirth. |
11110
|
coming |
COMING, ppr.1. Drawing nearer or nigh; approaching; moving towards; advancing.2. Future; yet to ... |
11111
|
comitial |
COMITIAL, a.1. Relating to the comitia or popular assemblies of the Romans, for electing officers ... |
11112
|
comity |
COMITY, n. Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy; civility; good breeding. Wellbred people ... |
11113
|
comma |
COMMA, n.1. In writing and printing, this point [,] denoting the shortest pause in reading, and ... |
11114
|
command |
COMMAND, v.t.1. To bid; to order; to direct; to charge; implying authority, and power to control, ... |
11115
|
commandable |
COMMANDABLE, a. That may be commanded. |
11116
|
commandant |
COMMANDANT, n. A commander; a commanding officer of a place or of a body of forces. |
11117
|
commandatory |
COMMANDATORY, a. Having the force of a command. |
11118
|
commanded |
COMMANDED, pp. Ordered; directed; governed; controlled. |
11119
|
commander |
COMMANDER, n. 1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, ... |
11120
|
commandery |
COMMANDERY, |
11121
|
commandingly |
COMMANDINGLY, adv. In a commanding manner. |
11122
|
commandment |
COMMANDMENT, n.1. A command; a mandate; an order or injunction given by authority; charge; ... |
11123
|
commandning |
COMMANDNING, pr.1. Bidding; ordering; directing with authority; governing; bearing rule; ... |
11124
|
commandress |
COMMANDRESS, n. A woman invested with supreme authority. |
11125
|
commandry |
COMMANDRY, n. A kind of benefice or fixed revenue, belonging to a military order, conferred on ... |
11126
|
commark |
COMMARK, n. The frontier of a country. |
11127
|
commaterial |
COMMATERIAL, a. Consisting of the same matter with another thing. |
11128
|
commateriality |
COMMATERIALITY, n. Participation of the same matter. |
11129
|
commatism |
COMMATISM, n. Briefness; conciseness in writing. |
11130
|
commeasurable |
COMMEASURABLE, a. [See Measure.] Reducible to the same measure. But commensurable is generally ... |
11131
|
commed |
COMMED, n. Commendation. |
11132
|
commeline |
COMMELINE, n. A genus of herbaceous plants, Commelina, natives of warm climates. This name was ... |
11133
|
commemorable |
COMMEMORABLE, a. Memorable; worthy to be remembered, or noticed with honor. [See Memorable.] |
11134
|
commemorate |
COMMEMORATE, v.t. To call to remembrance by a solemn act; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; ... |
11135
|
commemorated |
COMMEMORATED, pp. Called to remembrance by some act of solemnity. |
11136
|
commemorating |
COMMEMORATING, ppr. Celebrating with honor by some solemn act. |
11137
|
commemoration |
COMMEMORATION, n. The act of calling to remembrance, by some solemnity; the act of honoring the ... |
11138
|
commemorative |
COMMEMORATIVE, a. Tending to preserve the remembrance of something. |
11139
|
commemoratory |
COMMEMORATORY, a. Serving to preserve the memory of. |
11140
|
commence |
COMMENCE, v.i.1. To begin; to take rise or origin; to have first existence; as, a state of glory ... |
11141
|
commenced |
COMMENCED, pp. Begun; originated. |
11142
|
commencement |
COMMENCEMENT, n.1. Beginning; rise; origin; first existence; as the commencement of New Style in ... |
11143
|
commend |
COMMEND, v.t.1. To represent as worthy of notice, regard, or kindness; to speak in favor of; to ... |
11144
|
commendable |
COMMENDABLE, a. That may be commended or praised; worthy of approbation or praise; laudable.Order ... |
11145
|
commendableness |
COMMENDABLENESS, n. State of being commendable. |
11146
|
commendably |
COMMENDABLY, adv. Laudably; in a praise-worthy manner. |
11147
|
commendam |
COMMENDAM, n. In ecclesiastical law, in England, a benefice or living commended, by the king or ... |
11148
|
commendatary |
COMMENDATARY, n. One who holds a living in commendam. |
11149
|
commendation |
COMMENDATION, n.1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; declaration ... |
11150
|
commendatory |
COMMENDATORY, a.1. Which serves to commend; presenting to favorable notice or reception; ... |
11151
|
commended |
COMMENDED, pp. Praised; represented favorably; committed in charge. |
11152
|
commender |
COMMENDER, n. One who commends or praises. |
11153
|
commending |
COMMENDING, ppr. Praising; representing favorably; committing, or delivering in charge.Note: In ... |
11154
|
commensal |
COMMENSAL, n. One that eats at the same table. |
11155
|
commensality |
COMMENSALITY, n. Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table. |
11156
|
commensurability |
COMMENSURABILITY, |
11157
|
commensurable |
COMMENSURABLE, a. That have a common measure; reducible to a common measure. Thus a yard and a ... |
11158
|
commensurableness |
COMMENSURABLENESS, n. The capacity of being compared with another in measure, or of being measured ... |
11159
|
commensurate |
COMMENSURATE, a.1. Reducible to one and the same common measure.2. Equal; proportional; having ... |
11160
|
commensurately |
COMMENSURATELY, adv. 1. With the capacity of measuring or being measured by some other thing.2. ... |
11161
|
commensuration |
COMMENSURATION, n. Proportion, or proportion in measure; a state of having a common measure.All ... |
11162
|
comment |
COMMENT, v.i.1. To write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, ... |
11163
|
commentary |
COMMENTARY, n.1. A comment; exposition; explanation; illustration of difficult and obscure ... |
11164
|
commentator |
COMMENTATOR, n. One who comments; one who writes annotations; an expositor; an annotator. [The ... |
11165
|
commenter |
COMMENTER, n.1. One that writes comments; an annotator.2. One who makes remarks. |
11166
|
commenting |
COMMENTING, ppr. Making notes or comments on something said or written. |
11167
|
commentitious |
COMMENTITIOUS, a. Invented; feigned; imaginary. |
11168
|
commerce |
COMMERCE, n.1. In a general sense, an interchange or mutual change of goods, wares, productions, ... |
11169
|
commercial |
COMMERCIAL, a.1. Pertaining to commerce or trade; as commercial concerns; commercial relations.2. ... |
11170
|
commercially |
COMMERCIALLY, adv. In a commercial view. |
11171
|
commigrate |
COMMIGRATE, v.i. To migrate together; to move in a body from one country or place to another for ... |
11172
|
commigration |
COMMIGRATION, n. The moving of a body of people from one country or place to another with a view ... |
11173
|
commination |
COMMINATION, n.1. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.2. The ... |
11174
|
comminatory |
COMMINATORY, a. Threatening; denouncing punishment. |
11175
|
commingle |
COMMINGLE, v.t. To mix together; to mingle in one mass, or intimately; to blend. [See ... |
11176
|
comminuate |
COMMINUATE, v.t. To grind. |
11177
|
comminuible |
COMMINUIBLE, a. Reducible to powder. |
11178
|
comminute |
COMMINUTE, v.t. To make small or fine; to reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder, by ... |
11179
|
comminuted |
COMMINUTED, pp. Reduced to fine particles; pulverized; triturated. |
11180
|
comminuting |
COMMINUTING, ppr. Reducing to fine particles; pulverizing; levigating. |
11181
|
comminution |
COMMINUTION, n.1. The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization.2. ... |
11182
|
commiserable |
COMMISERABLE, a. [See Commiserate.] Deserving of commiseration or pity; pitiable; that may excite ... |
11183
|
commiserate |
COMMISERATE, v.t.1. To pity; to compassionate; to feel sorrow, pain or regret for another in ... |
11184
|
commiserated |
COMMISERATED, pp. Pitied. |
11185
|
commiserating |
COMMISERATING, ppr. Pitying; compassionating; feeling sorrow for. |
11186
|
commiseration |
COMMISERATION, n. Pity; compassion; a sympathetic suffering of pain or sorrow for the wants, ... |
11187
|
commiseratively |
COMMISERATIVELY, adv. From compassion. |
11188
|
commiserator |
COMMISERATOR, n. One who pities. |
11189
|
commissarial |
COMMISSARIAL, a. [See Commissary.] Pertaining to a commissary.Smollett uses commissorial; but this ... |
11190
|
commissariate |
COMMISSARIATE, n. The office or employment of a commissary; or the whole body of officers in the ... |
11191
|
commissary |
COMMISSARY, n.1. In general sense, a commissioner; one to whom is committed some charge, duty or ... |
11192
|
commissaryship |
COMMISSARYSHIP, n. The office of a commissary. |
11193
|
commission |
COMMISSION, n.1. The act of committing, doing, performing, or perpetrating; as the commission of a ... |
11194
|
commission-merchan |
COMMISSION-MERCHANT, n. A merchant who transacts business as the agent of other men, in buying and ... |
11195
|
commissional |
COMMISSIONAL, |
11196
|
commissionary |
COMMISSIONARY, a. Appointed by warrant. |
11197
|
commissioned |
COMMISSIONED, pp. Furnished with a commission; empowered; authorized. |
11198
|
commissioner |
COMMISSIONER, n. A person who has a commission or warrant from proper authority, to perform some ... |
11199
|
commissioning |
COMMISSIONING, ppr. Giving a commission to; furnishing with a warrant; empowering by letters ... |
11200
|
commissure |
COMMISSURE, n.1. A joint, seam or closure; the place where two bodies or parts of a body meet and ... |
11201
|
commit |
COMMIT, v.t. Literally, to send to or upon; to throw, put or lay upon. Hence,1. To give in ... |
11202
|
commitment |
COMMITMENT, n.1. The act of committing; a sending to prison; a putting into prison; imprisonment. ... |
11203
|
committed |
COMMITTED, pp. Delivered in trust; given in charge; deposited; imprisoned; done; perpetrated; ... |
11204
|
committee |
COMMITTEE, n. One or more persons, elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is ... |
11205
|
committeeship |
COMMITTEESHIP, n. The office and profit of committees. |
11206
|
committer |
COMMITTER, n. One who commits; one who does or perpetrates. |
11207
|
committible |
COMMITTIBLE, a. That may be committed. |
11208
|
committing |
COMMITTING, ppr. Giving in trust; depositing; imprisoning; perpetrating; engaging; referring to a ... |
11209
|
commix |
COMMIX, v.t. To mix or mingle; to blend; to mix, as different substances.COMMIX, v.i. To mix; to ... |
11210
|
commixed |
COMMIXED, pp. Mixed; blended. |
11211
|
commixing |
COMMIXING, ppr. Mixing; blending. |
11212
|
commixtion |
COMMIXTION, n. Mixture; a blending of different ingredients in one mass or compound.Mixion is used ... |
11213
|
commixture |
COMMIXTURE, n.1. The act of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one ... |
11214
|
commode |
COMMODE, n. A kind of head dress formerly worn by ladies. |
11215
|
commodious |
COMMODIOUS, a. Convenient; suitable; fit; proper; adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and ... |
11216
|
commodiously |
COMMODIOUSLY, adv. Conveniently; in a commodious manner; suitable; in a manner to afford ease, or ... |
11217
|
commodiousness |
COMMODIOUSNESS, n. Convenience fitness; suitableness for its purpose; as the commodiousness of a ... |
11218
|
commodity |
COMMODITY, n.1. Primarily, convenience; profit; advantage; interest. Men seek their own ... |
11219
|
commodore |
COMMODORE, n. 1. The officer who commands a squadron or detachment of ships, destined on a ... |
11220
|
commodulation |
COMMODULATION, n. Measure; agreement. |
11221
|
commoigne |
COMMOIGNE, n. A monk of the same convent. |
11222
|
common |
COMMON, a.1. Belonging equally to more than one, or to many indefinitely; as, life and sense are ... |
11223
|
common-council |
COMMON-COUNCIL, n. The council of a city or corporate town, empowered to make by-laws for the ... |
11224
|
common-crier |
COMMON-CRIER, n. A crier whose occupation is to give notice of lost things. |
11225
|
common-hall |
COMMON-HALL, n. A hall or house in which citizens meet for business. |
11226
|
common-lawyer |
COMMON-LAWYER, n. One versed in Common Law. |
11227
|
commonable |
COMMONABLE, a.1. Held in common.2. That may be pastured on common land.Commonable beasts are ... |
11228
|
commonage |
COMMONAGE, n. The right of pasturing on a common; the joint right of using any thing in common ... |
11229
|
commonalty |
COMMONALTY, n. 1. The common people. In Great Britain, all classes and conditions of people, who ... |
11230
|
commoner |
COMMONER, n.1. One of the lower rank, or common people; one under the degree of nobility.2. A ... |
11231
|
commonition |
COMMONITION, n. Advice; warning; instruction. |
11232
|
commonitive |
COMMONITIVE, a. Warning; monitory. |
11233
|
commonly |
COMMONLY, adv. Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits ... |
11234
|
commonness |
COMMONNESS, n.1. Frequent occurrence; a state of being common or usual.2. Equal participation by ... |
11235
|
commonplace |
COMMONPLACE, n. A memorandum; a common topic.COMMONPLACE, v.t. To enter in a commonplace-book, or ... |
11236
|
commons |
COMMONS, n. plu.1. The common people, who inherit or possess no honors or titles; the vulgar.2. ... |
11237
|
commonty |
COMMONTY, n. In Scots law, land belonging to two or more common proprietors; or a heath or muir, ... |
11238
|
commonweal |
COMMONWEAL, |
11239
|
commonwealth |
COMMONWEALTH, n.1. An established form of government, or civil polity; or more generally, a state; ... |
11240
|
commonwealthsman |
COMMONWEALTHSMAN, n. One who favors the commonwealth, or a republican government. |
11241
|
commorance |
COMMORANCE,MORANCY, n. A dwelling or ordinary residence in a place; abode; habitation.Commorancy ... |
11242
|
commorant |
COMMORANT, a. Dwelling; ordinarily residing; inhabiting.All freeholders within the precinct--and ... |
11243
|
commorient |
COMMORIENT, a. Dying at the same time. |
11244
|
commother |
COMMOTHER, n. A godmother. |
11245
|
commotion |
COMMOTION, n.1. Agitation; as the commotion of the sea.2. Tumult of people; disturbance; ... |
11246
|
commotioner |
COMMOTIONER, n. One who excites commotion. |
11247
|
commove |
COMMOVE, v.t. To put in motion; to disturb; to agitate; to unsettle; a poetic word. |
11248
|
commune |
COMMUNE, v.i.1. To converse; to talk together familiarly; to impart sentiments mutually, in ... |
11249
|
communicability |
COMMUNICABILITY, n. [See Communicate.] The quality of being communicable; capability of being ... |
11250
|
communicable |
COMMUNICABLE, a.1. That may be communicated; capable of being imparted from one to another; as, ... |
11251
|
communicant |
COMMUNICANT, n. One who communes at the Lords table; one who is entitled to partake of the ... |
11252
|
communicate |
COMMUNICATE, v.t.1. To impart; to give to another, as a partaker; to confer for joint possession; ... |
11253
|
communicated |
COMMUNICATED, pp. Imparted from one to another; bestowed; delivered. |
11254
|
communicating |
COMMUNICATING, ppr.1. Imparting; giving or bestowing; delivering.2. Partaking of the sacrament of ... |
11255
|
communication |
COMMUNICATION, n.1. The act of imparting, conferring, or delivering, from one to another; as the ... |
11256
|
communicative |
COMMUNICATIVE, a.1. Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others. In the sense of liberal ... |
11257
|
communicativeness |
COMMUNICATIVENESS, n. The quality of being communicative; readiness to impart to others; freedom ... |
11258
|
communicatory |
COMMUNICATORY, a. Imparting knowledge. |
11259
|
communing |
COMMUNING, ppr. Conversing familiarly; having familiar intercourse.COMMUNING, n. Familiar ... |
11260
|
communion |
COMMUNION, n.1. Fellowship; intercourse between two persons or more; interchange of transactions, ... |
11261
|
community |
COMMUNITY, n.1. Properly, common possession or enjoyment; as a community of goods.It is a ... |
11262
|
commutability |
COMMUTABILITY, n. The quality of being capable of being exchanged, or put, one in the place of the ... |
11263
|
commutable |
COMMUTABLE, a. That may be exchanged, or mutually changed; that may be given for another. In ... |
11264
|
commutation |
COMMUTATION, n.1. Change; alteration; a passing from one state to another.2. Exchange; the act of ... |
11265
|
commutative |
COMMUTATIVE, a. Relative to exchange; interchangeable; mutually passing from one to another; as ... |
11266
|
commutatively |
COMMUTATIVELY, adv. By way of reciprocal exchange. |
11267
|
commute |
COMMUTE, v.t.1. To exchange; to put one thing in the place of another; to give or receive one ... |
11268
|
commutual |
COMMUTUAL, a. Mutual; reciprocal; used in poetry.There, with commutual zeal, we both had stroveIn ... |
11269
|
compact |
COMPACT, a.1. Closely and firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; ... |
11270
|
compacted |
COMPACTED, pp. Pressed close; firmly united, or connected. |
11271
|
compactedness |
COMPACTEDNESS, n. A state of being compact; firmness; closeness of parts; density, whence results ... |
11272
|
compacting |
COMPACTING, ppr. Uniting closely; consolidating. |
11273
|
compaction |
COMPACTION, n. The act of making compact; or the state of being compact. |
11274
|
compactly |
COMPACTLY, adv. Closely; densely; with close union of parts. |
11275
|
compactness |
COMPACTNESS, n. Firmness; close union of parts; density. |
11276
|
compacture |
COMPACTURE, n. Close union or connection of parts; structure well connected; manner of joining. |
11277
|
compages |
COMPAGES, |
11278
|
compagination |
COMPAGINATION, n. [See Compact.] Union of parts; structure; connection; contexture. |
11279
|
companable |
COMPANABLE, a. Companionable. |
11280
|
companableness |
COMPANABLENESS, n. Sociableness. |
11281
|
companiable |
COMPANIABLE, a. Social. |
11282
|
companiableness |
COMPANIABLENESS, n. Sociableness. |
11283
|
companion |
COMPANION, n. 1. One who keeps company with another; one with whom a person frequently ... |
11284
|
companionable |
COMPANIONABLE, a. Fit for good fellowship; qualified to be agreeable in company; sociable; ... |
11285
|
companionably |
COMPANIONABLY, adv. In a companionable manner. |
11286
|
companionship |
COMPANIONSHIP, n. 1. Fellowship; association.2. Company; train. |
11287
|
company |
COMPANY, n. 1. In military affairs, the soldiers united under the command of a captain; a ... |
11288
|
comparable |
COMPARABLE, a. That may be compared; worthy of comparison; being of equal regard; that may be ... |
11289
|
comparably |
COMPARABLY, adv. In a manner or degree worthy to be compared, or of equal regard. |
11290
|
comparative |
COMPARATIVE, a.1. Estimated by comparison; not positive or absolute. The comparative weight of a ... |
11291
|
comparatively |
COMPARATIVELY, adv. In a state of comparison; by comparison; according to estimate made by ... |
11292
|
compare |
COMPARE, v.t.1. To set or bring things together in fact or in contemplation, and to examine the ... |
11293
|
compared |
COMPARED, pp. Set together and examined with respect to likeness or unlikeness, agreement or ... |
11294
|
comparer |
COMPARER, n. One who compares or makes a comparison. |
11295
|
comparing |
COMPARING, ppr. Examining the relations of thins to each other; likening. |
11296
|
comparison |
COMPARISON, n.1. The act of comparing; the act of considering the relation between persons or ... |
11297
|
compart |
COMPART, v.t. To divide; to mark out a plan or design into its several parts, or subdivisions. |
11298
|
comparted |
COMPARTED, pp. Dividing or disposing into parts. |
11299
|
comparting |
COMPARTING, ppr. Dividing or disposing into parts. |
11300
|
compartition |
COMPARTITION, n.1. The act of dividing into parts. In architecture, the division or disposition ... |
11301
|
compartment |
COMPARTMENT, n.1. A division or separate part of a general design, as of a picture, or of a ... |
11302
|
compartner |
COMPARTNER, n. A sharer. |
11303
|
compass |
COMPASS, n.1. Stretch; reach; extent; the limit or boundary of a space, and the space included; ... |
11304
|
compassed |
COMPASSED, pp. Embraced; surrounded; inclosed; obtained; imagined. |
11305
|
compassing |
COMPASSING, ppr.1. Embracing; going round; inclosing; obtaining; accomplishing; imagining; ... |
11306
|
compassion |
COMPASSION, n.1. A suffering with another; painful sympathy; a sensation of sorrow excited by the ... |
11307
|
compassionable |
COMPASSIONABLE, a. Deserving of pity. |
11308
|
compassionate |
COMPASSIONATE, a. Having a temper or disposition to pity; inclined to show mercy; merciful; having ... |
11309
|
compassionately |
COMPASSIONATELY, adv. With compassion; mercifully. |
11310
|
compassionateness |
COMPASSIONATENESS, n. The quality of being compassionate. |
11311
|
compaternity |
COMPATERNITY, n. [con and paternity.] The relation of a godfather to the person for whom he ... |
11312
|
compatibility |
COMPATIBILITY, n. [See Compatible.] Consistency; the quality or power of coexisting with something ... |
11313
|
compatible |
COMPATIBLE, a.1. Consistent; that may exist with; suitable; not incongruous; agreeable; followed ... |
11314
|
compatibleness |
COMPATIBLENESS, n. Consistency; fitness; agreement; the same as compatibility, which is generally ... |
11315
|
compatibly |
COMPATIBLY, adv. Fitly; suitably; consistently. |
11316
|
compatient |
COMPATIENT, a. Suffering together. |
11317
|
compatriot |
COMPATRIOT, n. A fellow patriot; one of the same country.COMPATRIOT, a. Of the same country. |
11318
|
compeer |
COMPEER, n. An equal; a companion; an associate; a mate.COMPEER, v.t. To equal; to match; to be ... |
11319
|
compel |
COMPEL, v.t.1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to constrain; to oblige; to ... |
11320
|
compellable |
COMPELLABLE, a. That may be driven, forced or constrained. |
11321
|
compellably |
COMPELLABLY, adv. By compulsion. |
11322
|
compellation |
COMPELLATION, n. Style or manner of address; the word of salutation.The compellation of the Kings ... |
11323
|
compelled |
COMPELLED, pp. Forced; constrained; obliged. |
11324
|
compeller |
COMPELLER, n. One who compels or constrains. |
11325
|
compelling |
COMPELLING, ppr. Driving by force; constraining; obliging. |
11326
|
compend |
COMPEND, |
11327
|
compendiarious |
COMPENDIARIOUS, a. Short; contracted. |
11328
|
compendiate |
COMPENDIATE, v.t. To sum or collect together. |
11329
|
compendious |
COMPENDIOUS, a.1. Short; summary; abridged; comprehensive; containing the substance or general ... |
11330
|
compendiously |
COMPENDIOUSLY, adv. In a short or brief; in epitome.The substance of christian belief is ... |
11331
|
compendiousness |
COMPENDIOUSNESS, n. Shortness; brevity; comprehension in a narrow compass. |
11332
|
compendium |
COMPENDIUM, n. In literature, an abridgment; a summary; an epitome; a brief compilation or ... |
11333
|
compensable |
COMPENSABLE, a. [See Compensate.] That may be compensated. |
11334
|
compensate |
COMPENSATE, v.t.1. To give equal value to; to recompense; to give an equivalent for services, or ... |
11335
|
compensated |
COMPENSATED, pp. Recompensed; supplied with an equivalent in amount or effect; rewarded. |
11336
|
compensating |
COMPENSATING, ppr. Giving an equivalent; recompensing; remunerating. |
11337
|
compensation |
COMPENSATION, n.1. That which is given or received as an equivalent for services, debt, want, ... |
11338
|
compensative |
COMPENSATIVE, a. Making amends or compensation. |
11339
|
compensatory |
COMPENSATORY, a. Serving for compensation; making amends. |
11340
|
compense |
COMPENSE, v.t. To recompense, is found in Bacon; but is not now in use. |
11341
|
compete |
COMPETE, v.i.1. To seek, or strive for the same thing as another; to carry on competition or ... |
11342
|
competence |
COMPETENCE,PETENCY, n.1. Sufficiency; such a quantity as is sufficient; property or means of ... |
11343
|
competent |
COMPETENT, a.1. Suitable; fit; convenient; hence, sufficient, that is, fit for the purpose; ... |
11344
|
competently |
COMPETENTLY, adv. Sufficiently; adequately; suitably; reasonably; as, the fact has been ... |
11345
|
competible |
COMPETIBLE, a. [Not now used. See Compatible.] |
11346
|
competing |
COMPETING, ppr. Striving in rivalry. |
11347
|
competition |
COMPETITION, n.1. The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain, ... |
11348
|
competitor |
COMPETITOR, n.1. One who seeks and endeavors to obtain what another seeks; or one who claims what ... |
11349
|
competitory |
COMPETITORY, a. Rivaling; acting in competition. |
11350
|
competitress |
COMPETITRESS, |
11351
|
competitrix |
COMPETITRIX, |
11352
|
compilation |
COMPILATION, n.1. A collection of certain parts of a book or books, into a separate book or ... |
11353
|
compilator |
COMPILATOR, n. A collector. |
11354
|
compile |
COMPILE, v.t.1. To collect parts or passages of books or writings into a book or pamphlet; to ... |
11355
|
compiled |
COMPILED, pp. Collected from authors; selected and put together. |
11356
|
compilement |
COMPILEMENT, n. The act of piling together or heaping; coacervation. |
11357
|
compiler |
COMPILER, n. A collector of parts of authors, or of separate papers or accounts; one who forms a ... |
11358
|
compiling |
COMPILING, ppr. Collecting and arranging parts of books, or separate papers, in a body or ... |
11359
|
complacence |
COMPLACENCE, |
11360
|
complacency |
COMPLACENCY, n.1. Pleasure; satisfaction; gratification. It is more than approbation, and less ... |
11361
|
complacent |
COMPLACENT, a. Civil; complaisant.They look up with a sort of complacent awe to kings. |
11362
|
complacential |
COMPLACENTIAL, a. Marked by complacence; accommodating. |
11363
|
complacently |
COMPLACENTLY, adv. Softly; in a complacent manner. |
11364
|
complain |
COMPLAIN, v.i.1. To utter expressions of grief; to lament.I will complain in the bitterness of my ... |
11365
|
complainable |
COMPLAINABLE, a. That may be complained of. |
11366
|
complainant |
COMPLAINANT, n.1. A prosecutor; one who prosecutes by complaint, or commences a legal process ... |
11367
|
complainer |
COMPLAINER, n. One who complains, or expresses grief; one who laments; one who finds fault; a ... |
11368
|
complainful |
COMPLAINFUL, a. Full of complaint. |
11369
|
complaining |
COMPLAINING, ppr. Expressing grief, sorrow, or censure; finding fault; murmuring; lamenting; ... |
11370
|
complaint |
COMPLAINT, n. 1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; ... |
11371
|
complaisance |
COMPLAISANCE, n.1. A pleasing deportment; courtesy; that manner of address and behavior in social ... |
11372
|
complaisant |
COMPLAISANT, a. complazant. Pleasing in manners; courteous; obliging; desirous to please; as a ... |
11373
|
complaisantly |
COMPLAISANTLY, adv. complazantly. In a pleasing manner; with civility; with an obliging, affable ... |
11374
|
complaisantness |
COMPLAISANTNESS, n. Civility; complaisance. |
11375
|
complanate |
COMPLANATE, |
11376
|
complane |
COMPLANE, v.t. [See Plane and Plain.] to make level; to reduce to an even surface. |
11377
|
complement |
COMPLEMENT, n.1. Fulness; completion; whence, perfection.They as they feasted had their fill,For a ... |
11378
|
complemental |
COMPLEMENTAL, a. Filling; supplying a deficiency; completing. |
11379
|
complementary |
COMPLEMENTARY, n. One skilled in compliments. |
11380
|
complete |
COMPLETE, a.1. Having no deficiency; perfect.And ye are complete in him who is the head of all ... |
11381
|
completed |
COMPLETED, pp. Finished; ended; perfected fulfilled; accomplished. |
11382
|
completely |
COMPLETELY, adv. Fully; perfectly; entirely. |
11383
|
completement |
COMPLETEMENT, n. The act of completing; a finishing. |
11384
|
completeness |
COMPLETENESS, n. The state of being complete; perfection. |
11385
|
completing |
COMPLETING, ppr. Finishing; perfecting; accomplishing. |
11386
|
completion |
COMPLETION, n.1. Fulfilment; accomplishment.There was a full entire harmony and consent in the ... |
11387
|
completive |
COMPLETIVE, a. Filling; making complete. |
11388
|
completory |
COMPLETORY, a. Fulfilling; accomplishing.COMPLETORY, n. The evening service; the complin of the ... |
11389
|
complex |
COMPLEX, |
11390
|
complexed |
COMPLEXED, a.1. Composed of two or more parts or things; composite; not simple; including two or ... |
11391
|
complexedness |
COMPLEXEDNESS, n. Complication; involution of parts in one integral; compound state; as the ... |
11392
|
complexion |
COMPLEXION, n.1. Involution; a complex state.2. The color of the skin, particularly of the face; ... |
11393
|
complexional |
COMPLEXIONAL, a. Depending on or pertaining to complexion; as complexional efflorescencies; ... |
11394
|
complexionally |
COMPLEXIONALLY, adv. By complexion. |
11395
|
complexionary |
COMPLEXIONARY, a. Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it. |
11396
|
complexioned |
COMPLEXIONED, a. Having a certain temperament or state. |
11397
|
complexity |
COMPLEXITY, n. The state of being complex; complexness.COMPLEXITY, adv. In a complex manner; not ... |
11398
|
complexness |
COMPLEXNESS, n. The state of being complex or involved. |
11399
|
complexure |
COMPLEXURE, n. The involution or complication of one thing with others. |
11400
|
compliable |
COMPLIABLE, a. [See Comply.] that can bend or yield. |
11401
|
compliance |
COMPLIANCE, n. [See comply.] 1. The act of complying; a yielding, as to a request, wish, desire, ... |
11402
|
compliant |
COMPLIANT, a.1. Yielding, bending; as the compliant boughs. [See Pliant, which is generally ... |
11403
|
compliantly |
COMPLIANTLY, adv. In a yielding manner. |
11404
|
complicacy |
COMPLICACY, n. A state of being complex or intricate. |
11405
|
complicate |
COMPLICATE, v.t.1. Literally, to interweave; to fold and twist together. Hence, to make complex; ... |
11406
|
complicated |
COMPLICATED, pp. Interwoven; entangled; involved; intricate; composed of two or more things or ... |
11407
|
complicately |
COMPLICATELY, adv. In a complex manner. |
11408
|
complicateness |
COMPLICATENESS, n. The state of being complicated; involution; intricacy; perplexity. |
11409
|
complicating |
COMPLICATING, ppr. Interweaving; infolding; uniting. |
11410
|
complication |
COMPLICATION, n.1. The act of interweaving, or involving two or more things or parts; the state of ... |
11411
|
complice |
COMPLICE, n. One who is united with another in the commission of a crime, or in an ill design; an ... |
11412
|
complied |
COMPLIED, pret. of comply. |
11413
|
complier |
COMPLIER, n. One who complies, yields or obeys; a person of ready compliance; a man of an easy, ... |
11414
|
compliment |
COMPLIMENT, n.1. An expression of civility, respect or regard; as, to send, or make ones ... |
11415
|
complimental |
COMPLIMENTAL, a. Expressive of civility or respect; implying compliments.Languages--grow rich and ... |
11416
|
complimentally |
COMPLIMENTALLY, adv. In the nature of a compliment; by way of civility, or ceremony. |
11417
|
complimenter |
COMPLIMENTER, n. One who compliments; one given to compliments; a flatterer. |
11418
|
complin |
COMPLIN, n. The last division of the Romish breviary; the last prayer at night, to be recited ... |
11419
|
compline |
COMPLINE, |
11420
|
complish |
COMPLISH, for accomplish, is not now used. |
11421
|
complot |
COMPLOT, n. A plotting together; a joint plot; a plot; a confederacy in some evil design; a ... |
11422
|
complotment |
COMPLOTMENT, n. A plotting together; conspiracy. |
11423
|
complotted |
COMPLOTTED, pp. Plotted together; contrived. |
11424
|
complotter |
COMPLOTTER, n. One joined in a plot; a conspirator. |
11425
|
complotting |
COMPLOTTING, ppr. Plotting together; conspiring; contriving an evil design or crime. |
11426
|
comply |
COMPLY , v.i.1. To comply with, to fulfil; to perfect or carry into effect; to complete; to ... |
11427
|
complyping |
COMPLYPING with, ppr. Fulfilling; performing; yielding to. |
11428
|
compone |
COMPONE, |
11429
|
componed |
COMPONED, In heraldry, a bordure or composed of a row of angular parts or checkers of two colors. |
11430
|
component |
COMPONENT, a. Literally, setting or placing together; hence, composing; constituting; forming a ... |
11431
|
comport |
COMPORT, v.i. To comport with, literally, to bear to or with; to carry together. Hence, to agree ... |
11432
|
comportable |
COMPORTABLE, a. Suitable; consistent.We cast the rules of this art into some comportable method. |
11433
|
comportance |
COMPORTANCE, n. Behavior; deportment. |
11434
|
comportation |
COMPORTATION, n. An assemblage. |
11435
|
comportment |
COMPORTMENT, n. Behavior; demeanor; manner of acting. Possessed of mind; in a sound state of mind. |
11436
|
compose |
COMPOSE, v.t. s as z. Literally, to place or set together. Hence,1. To form a compound, or one ... |
11437
|
composed |
COMPOSED, pp. 1. Set together, or in due order; formed; constituted; calmed; quieted; settled; ... |
11438
|
composedly |
COMPOSEDLY, adv. Calmly; seriously; sedately.The man very composedly answered, I am he. |
11439
|
composedness |
COMPOSEDNESS, n. A state of being composed; calmness; sedateness; tranquility. |
11440
|
composer |
COMPOSER, n.1. One who composes; one who writes an original work, as distinguished from a ... |
11441
|
composing |
COMPOSING, ppr. Placing together; forming; constituting; writing an original work; quieting; ... |
11442
|
composing-stick |
COMPOSING-STICK, n. Among printers, an instrument on which types are set from the cases, adjusted ... |
11443
|
composite |
COMPOSITE, a. In architecture, the Composite order is the last of the five orders of columns; so ... |
11444
|
composition |
COMPOSITION, n. s as z.1. In a general sense, the act of composing, or that which is composed; ... |
11445
|
compositor |
COMPOSITOR, n. a as z. 1. In printing, one who sets types, and makes up the pages and forms.2. ... |
11446
|
compossible |
COMPOSSIBLE, a. Consistent. |
11447
|
compost |
COMPOST, n. In agriculture, a mixture or composition of various manuring substances for ... |
11448
|
composture |
COMPOSTURE, n. Soil; manure. |
11449
|
composure |
COMPOSURE, n.1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition; as a form of ... |
11450
|
compotation |
COMPOTATION, n. The act of drinking or tippling together. |
11451
|
compotator |
COMPOTATOR, n. One who drinks with another. |
11452
|
compound |
COMPOUND, v.t.1. To mix or unite two or more ingredients in one mass or body; as, to compound ... |
11453
|
compoundable |
COMPOUNDABLE, a. Capable of being compounded. |
11454
|
compounded |
COMPOUNDED, p. Made up of different materials mixed; formed by union of two or more substances. |
11455
|
compounder |
COMPOUNDER, n.1. One who compounds or mixes different things.2. One who attempts to bring parties ... |
11456
|
compounding |
COMPOUNDING, ppr. Uniting different substances in one body or mass; forming a mixed body; agreeing ... |
11457
|
comprehend |
COMPREHEND, v.t. Literally, to take in; to take with, or together.1. To contain; to include; to ... |
11458
|
comprehended |
COMPREHENDED, pp. Contained; included; implied; understood. |
11459
|
comprehending |
COMPREHENDING, ppr. Including; comprising; understanding; implying. |
11460
|
comprehensible |
COMPREHENSIBLE, a.1. That may be comprehended, or included; possible to be comprised.2. Capable ... |
11461
|
comprehensibleness |
COMPREHENSIBLENESS, n. Capability of being understood. |
11462
|
comprehensibly |
COMPREHENSIBLY, adv. With great extent of embrace, or comprehension; with large extent of ... |
11463
|
comprehension |
COMPREHENSION, n.1. The act or quality of comprehending, or containing; a comprising.In the Old ... |
11464
|
comprehensive |
COMPREHENSIVE, a.1. Having the quality of comprising much, or including a great extent; extensive; ... |
11465
|
comprehensively |
COMPREHENSIVELY, adv. In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of embrace. |
11466
|
comprehensiveness |
COMPREHENSIVENESS, n. 1. The quality of being comprehensive, or of including much extent; as the ... |
11467
|
comprehensor |
COMPREHENSOR, n. One who has obtained knowledge. [Not in use.] |
11468
|
compresbyterial |
COMPRESBYTERIAL, a. Pertaining to the presbyterian form of ecclesiastical ministration. |
11469
|
compress |
COMPRESS, v.t. [L. To press. See Press.]1. To press together by external force; to force, urge or ... |
11470
|
compressed |
COMPRESSED, pp. 1. Pressed or squeezed together; forced into a narrow or narrower compass; embraced ... |
11471
|
compressibility |
COMPRESSIBILITY, n. The quality of being compressible, or yielding to pressure; the quality of ... |
11472
|
compressible |
COMPRESSIBLE, a. Capable of being forced or driven into a narrower compass; yielding to pressure; ... |
11473
|
compressibleness |
COMPRESSIBLENESS, n. Compressibility; the quality of being compressible. |
11474
|
compression |
COMPRESSION, n. 1. The act of compressing, or of pressing into a narrower compass; the act of ... |
11475
|
compressive |
COMPRESSIVE, a. Having power to compress. |
11476
|
compressure |
COMPRESSURE, n. The act or force of one body pressing against another; pressure. |
11477
|
compriest |
COMPRIEST, n. A fellow priest. [Not in use.] |
11478
|
comprint |
COMPRINT, v.i. [See Print.] To print together. It is taken, in law, for the deceitful printing of ... |
11479
|
comprisal |
COMPRISAL, n. The act of comprising or comprehending. |
11480
|
comprise |
COMPRISE, v.t. [See Comprehend.] To comprehend; to contain; to include; as, the substance of a ... |
11481
|
comprised |
COMPRISED, pp. Comprehended; contained. |
11482
|
comprising |
COMPRISING, ppr. Containing; including; comprehending. |
11483
|
comprobate |
COMPROBATE, v.i. To agree in approving; to concur in testimony. |
11484
|
comprobation |
COMPROBATION, n. [L., to prove.] Proof; joint attestation. [Little used.] |
11485
|
compromise |
COMPROMISE, n. [L. To give bond to stand to an award, to promise. See Promise.]1. A mutual promise ... |
11486
|
compromised |
COMPROMISED, pp. Settled by agreement with mutual concessions. |
11487
|
compromiser |
COMPROMISER, n. One who compromises. |
11488
|
compromising |
COMPROMISING, ppr. Adjusting by agreement. |
11489
|
compromissorial |
COMPROMISSORIAL, a. Relating to a compromise. |
11490
|
compromit |
COMPROMIT, v.t. [L., To promise.] To pledge or engage, by some act or declaration, which may not be ... |
11491
|
compromited |
COMPROMITED, pp. Pledged by some previous act or declaration. |
11492
|
compromiting |
COMPROMITING, ppr. Pledging; exposing to hazard. |
11493
|
comprovincial |
COMPROVINCIAL, n. One belonging to the same province or archiepiscopal jurisdiction. |
11494
|
compt |
COMPT, n. Account; computation.COMPT, v.t. To compute. [See Count.]COMPT, a. [L.] Neat; spruce. ... |
11495
|
comptible |
COMPTIBLE, a. Accountable; subject; submissive. |
11496
|
comptly |
COMPTLY, adv. Neatly. [Not in use.] |
11497
|
comptness |
COMPTNESS, n. Neatness. [Not in use.] |
11498
|
comptonite |
COMPTONITE, n. A newly discovered mineral, found in drusy cavities of masses ejected from Mount ... |
11499
|
comptroll |
COMPTROLL, from L., To count or compute, and a register. If this word were of genuine origin, both ... |
11500
|
compulsative |
COMPULSATIVE, a. [L., See Compel.] Compelling; forcing; constraining; operating by force. |
11501
|
compulsatively |
COMPULSATIVELY, adv. By constraint or compulsion. |
11502
|
compulsion |
COMPULSION, n. [L., See Compel.]1. The act of driving or urging by force, physical or moral; force ... |
11503
|
compulsive |
COMPULSIVE, a. Having power to compel; driving; forcing; constraining; applying force.Uniformity of ... |
11504
|
compulsively |
COMPULSIVELY, adv. By compulsion; by force. |
11505
|
compulsiveness |
COMPULSIVENESS, n. Force; compulsion. |
11506
|
compulsorily |
COMPULSORILY, adv. In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint. |
11507
|
compulsory |
COMPULSORY, a. Having the power or quality of compelling; applying force; driving by violence; ... |
11508
|
compunction |
COMPUNCTION, n. [L. To prick or sting.]1. A pricking; stimulation; irritation; seldom used in a ... |
11509
|
compunctious |
COMPUNCTIOUS, a. Pricking the conscience; giving pain for offenses committed.Let no compunctious ... |
11510
|
compunctive |
COMPUNCTIVE, a. Causing remorse. |
11511
|
compupil |
COMPUPIL, n. A fellow-pupil. [Little used.] |
11512
|
compurgation |
COMPURGATION, n. [L., To purify.] In law, the act or practice of instifying a man by the oath of ... |
11513
|
compurgator |
COMPURGATOR, n. One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. [See ... |
11514
|
computable |
COMPUTABLE, a. [See Compute.] Capable of being computed, numbered or reckoned. |
11515
|
computation |
COMPUTATION, n. [L., See Compute.]1. The act of computing, numbering, reckoning or estimating; the ... |
11516
|
compute |
COMPUTE, v.t. [L. To lop or prune; to think, count, reckon; to cast up. The sense is probably to ... |
11517
|
computed |
COMPUTED, pp. Counted; numbered; reckoned; estimated. |
11518
|
computer |
COMPUTER, n. One who computes; a reckoner; a calculator. |
11519
|
computing |
COMPUTING, ppr. Counting; numbering; reckoning; estimating. |
11520
|
computist |
COMPUTIST, n. A computer. [Not used.] |
11521
|
comrade |
COMRADE, n., Literally, one who lodges in the same room. Hence in a more general sense, a fellow, ... |
11522
|
comrogue |
COMROGUE, n., A fellow rogue. [Not in use.] |
11523
|
con |
CON. A Latin inseparable preposition or prefix to other words. Ainsworth remarks that con and cum ... |
11524
|
conatus |
CONATUS, n. 1. Effort; attempt.2. The tendency of a body towards any point, or to pursue its course ... |
11525
|
concamerate |
CONCAMERATE, v.t. [L. To arch; an arch, arched roof, or chamber.] To arch over; to vault; to lay a ... |
11526
|
concamerated |
CONCAMERATED, pp. Arched over. |
11527
|
concameration |
CONCAMERATION, n. An arching; an arch or vault. |
11528
|
concatenate |
CONCATENATE, v.t. [L. A chain.] To link together; to unite in a successive series or chain, as ... |
11529
|
concatenated |
CONCATENATED, pp. Linked together; united in a series. |
11530
|
concatenation |
CONCATENATION, n. A series of links united; a successive series or order of things connected or ... |
11531
|
concause |
CONCAUSE, n. Joint cause. [Not used.] |
11532
|
concavation |
CONCAVATION, n. [See Concave.] The act of making concave. |
11533
|
concave |
CONCAVE, a. [L. Hollow. See Cave.]1. Hollow, and arched or rounded, as the inner surface of a ... |
11534
|
concaveness |
CONCAVENESS, n. Hollowness. |
11535
|
concavity |
CONCAVITY, n. Hollowness; the internal surface of a hollow spherical body, or a body of other ... |
11536
|
concavo-concave |
CONCAVO-CONCAVE, a. Concave or hollow on both surfaces. |
11537
|
concavo-convex |
CONCAVO-CONVEX, a. Concave on one side, and convex on the other. [See Convex.] |
11538
|
concavous |
CONCAVOUS, a. [L.] Concave, which see. |
11539
|
concavously |
CONCAVOUSLY, adv. With hollowness; in a manner to discover the internal surface of a hollow sphere. |
11540
|
conceal |
CONCEAL, v.t. [L. To withhold from sight,; G.,To conceal, and to heal; the primary sense is to ... |
11541
|
concealable |
CONCEALABLE, a. That may be concealed; hid or kept close. |
11542
|
concealed |
CONCEALED, pp. Kept close or secret; hid; withdrawn from sight; covered. |
11543
|
concealer |
CONCEALER, n. One who conceals; as the concealer of a crime. |
11544
|
concealing |
CONCEALING, ppr. Keeping close or secret; forbearing to disclose; hiding; covering.CONCEALING, n. A ... |
11545
|
concealment |
CONCEALMENT, n. 1. Forbearance of disclosure; a keeping close or secret; as the concealment of ... |
11546
|
concede |
CONCEDE, v.t. [L. To yield, give way, depart, desist.]1. To yield; to admit as true, just or ... |
11547
|
conceded |
CONCEDED, pp. Yielded; admitted; granted; as, a question, proposition, fact or statement is ... |
11548
|
conceding |
CONCEDING, ppr. Yielding; admitting; granting. |
11549
|
conceit |
CONCEIT, n. [L., to take or seize.]1. Conception; that which is conceived, imagined, or formed in ... |
11550
|
conceited |
CONCEITED, pp. 1. Conceived; imagined; fancied.2. Endowed with fancy, or imagination.3. ... |
11551
|
conceitedly |
CONCEITEDLY, adv. In a conceited manner; fancifully; whimsically.Conceitedly dress her. |
11552
|
conceitedness |
CONCEITEDNESS, n. The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity; an overweening fondness of ones ... |
11553
|
conceitless |
CONCEITLESS, a. Of dull conception; stupid; dull of apprehension. [Not in use.] |
11554
|
conceivable |
CONCEIVABLE, a. [See Conceive.]1. That may be imagined, or thought; capable of being framed in the ... |
11555
|
conceivableness |
CONCEIVABLENESS, n. The quality of being conceivable. |
11556
|
conceivably |
CONCEIVABLY, adv. In a conceivable or intelligible manner. |
11557
|
conceive |
CONCEIVE, v.t. [L., to take.]1. To receive into the womb, and breed; to begin the formation of the ... |
11558
|
conceived |
CONCEIVED, pp. Formed in the womb; framed in the mind; devised; imagined; understood. |
11559
|
conceiver |
CONCEIVER, n. One that conceives; one that comprehends. |
11560
|
conceiving |
CONCEIVING, ppr. Forming a fetus in the womb; framing in the mind; imagining; devising; thinking; ... |
11561
|
concelebrate |
CONCELEBRATE, v.t. To celebrate together. [Not used.] |
11562
|
concent |
CONCENT, n. [L. To sing.]1. Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as a concent of notes.2. ... |
11563
|
concented |
CONCENTED, part. a. Made to accord. |
11564
|
concenter |
CONCENTER, v.i. [Gr., a goad, a sharp point, a center; to prick or goad. The primary sense is a ... |
11565
|
concentered |
CONCENTERED, pp. Brought to a common center; united in a point. |
11566
|
concentering |
CONCENTERING, ppr. Tending to a common center; bringing to a center. |
11567
|
concentful |
CONCENTFUL, a. Harmonious. |
11568
|
concentrate |
CONCENTRATE, v.t. [See Concenter.] 1. To bring to a common center, or to a closer union; to cause ... |
11569
|
concentrated |
CONCENTRATED, pp. Brought to a point or center; brought to a closer union; reduced to a narrow ... |
11570
|
concentrating |
CONCENTRATING, ppr. Bringing to a point or to closer union; collecting into a closer body, or ... |
11571
|
concentration |
CONCENTRATION, n. The act of concentrating; the act of bringing nearer together; collection into a ... |
11572
|
concentric |
CONCENTRIC, a. [L., center.] Having a common center; as the concentric coats of an onion; the ... |
11573
|
concentual |
CONCENTUAL, a. [from concent.] Harmonious; accordant. |
11574
|
conceptacle |
CONCEPTACLE, n. [L., See Conceive.]1. That in which any thing is contained; a vessel; a receiver, ... |
11575
|
conceptible |
CONCEPTIBLE, a. [See Conceivable.] That may be conceived; conceivable; intelligible. [Not used.] |
11576
|
conception |
CONCEPTION, n. [L., See Conceive.]1. The act of conceiving; the first formation of the embryo or ... |
11577
|
conceptious |
CONCEPTIOUS, a. Apt to conceive; fruitful; pregnant. [Not now used.] |
11578
|
conceptive |
CONCEPTIVE, a. Capable of conceiving. [Little used.] |
11579
|
concern |
CONCERN, v.t. [L., to separate, sift, divide; to see. If this is the true origin, as I suppose, ... |
11580
|
concerned |
CONCERNED, pp. or a.1. Interested; engaged; having a connection with that which may affect the ... |
11581
|
concernedly |
CONCERNEDLY, adv. With affection or interest. |
11582
|
concerning |
CONCERNING, ppr. Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to.The Lord hath spoken good concerning ... |
11583
|
concernment |
CONCERNMENT, n. 1. The thing in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; business; ... |
11584
|
concert |
CONCERT, n. 1. Agreement of two or more in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication ... |
11585
|
concertation |
CONCERTATION, n. Strife; contention. [Little used.] |
11586
|
concerto |
CONCERTO, n. A piece of music for a concert. |
11587
|
concession |
CONCESSION, n. [L. From concedo. See Concede.]1. The act of granting or yielding; usually implying ... |
11588
|
concessionary |
CONCESSIONARY, a. Yielding by indulgence or allowance. |
11589
|
concessive |
CONCESSIVE, a. Implying concession; as a concessive conjunction. |
11590
|
concessively |
CONCESSIVELY, adv. By way of concession or yielding; by way of admitting what may be disputable. |
11591
|
concetto |
CONCETTO, n. [See Conceit.] Affected wit; conceit. [Not English, nor in use.] |
11592
|
conch |
CONCH, n. [See Cancer.] A marine shell. Adds orient pearls, which from the conchs he drew. |
11593
|
conchiferous |
CONCHIFEROUS, a. [L. Concha, shell, and fero, to bear.] Producing or having shells. |
11594
|
conchite |
CONCHITE, n. A fossil or petrified conch or shell. |
11595
|
conchoid |
CONCHOID, n. [Gr., form.] The name of a curve, given to it by its inventor Nicomedes. |
11596
|
conchoidal |
CONCHOIDAL, a. In mineralogy, resembling a conch or marine shell; having convex elevations and ... |
11597
|
conchological |
CONCHOLOGICAL, a. [See Conchology.] Pertaining to conchology. |
11598
|
conchologist |
CONCHOLOGIST, n. One versed in the natural history of shells or shell-fish; one who studies the ... |
11599
|
conchology |
CONCHOLOGY, n. [Gr. A shell and discourse.] The doctrine or science of shells and shellfish. |
11600
|
conchometer |
CONCHOMETER, n. [Gr., a shell, and to measure.] An instrument for measuring shells. |
11601
|
conchylaceous |
CONCHYLACEOUS, a. [from conch.] Pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as conchylaceous ... |
11602
|
conchyliologist |
CONCHYLIOLOGIST, CONCHYLIOLOGY, from L. Conchylium, a shell-fish, are sometimes used as synonyms of ... |
11603
|
conchyliology |
CONCHYLIOLOGIST, CONCHYLIOLOGY, from L. Conchylium, a shell-fish, are sometimes used as synonyms of ... |
11604
|
conciator |
CONCIATOR, n. In glass-works, the person who weighs and proportions the salt on ashes and sand, and ... |
11605
|
conciliable |
CONCILIABLE, n. A small assembly. [Not in use.] |
11606
|
conciliar |
CONCILIAR, a. [L. A council.] Pertaining or relating to a council. [Little used.] |
11607
|
conciliate |
CONCILIATE, v.t. [L. To draw or bring together, to unite; Gr. To call. The primary sense of the ... |
11608
|
conciliated |
CONCILIATED, pp. Won; gained; engaged by moral influence, as by favor or affection; reconciled. |
11609
|
conciliating |
CONCILIATING, ppr. 1. Winning; engaging; reconciling.2. Winning; having the quality of gaining ... |
11610
|
conciliation |
CONCILIATION, n. The act of winning or gaining, as esteem, favor or affection; reconciliation. |
11611
|
conciliator |
CONCILIATOR, n. One who conciliates or reconciles. |
11612
|
conciliatory |
CONCILIATORY, a. Tending to conciliate, or reconcile; tending to make peace between persons at ... |
11613
|
concinnity |
CONCINNITY, n. [L. Fit, to fit or prepare; to sound in accord.]1. Fitness; suitableness; neatness. ... |
11614
|
concinnous |
CONCINNOUS, a. [L. See Concinnity.] Fit; suitable; agreeable; becoming; pleasant; as a concinnous ... |
11615
|
concionator |
CONCIONATOR, n. A preacher. [Not in use.] |
11616
|
concionatory |
CONCIONATORY, a. [L., An assembly.] Used in preaching or discourses to public assemblies. |
11617
|
concise |
CONCISE, a. [L., cut off, brief, to cut. See Class Gd. No. 2. 4. 8. 49. 59.] Brief; short, applied ... |
11618
|
concisely |
CONCISELY, adv. Briefly; in few words; comprehensively. |
11619
|
conciseness |
CONCISENESS, n. Brevity in speaking or writing.Conciseness should not be studied at the expense of ... |
11620
|
concision |
CONCISION, n. [L., to cut off.] Literally, a cutting off. Hence, In scripture, the Jews or those ... |
11621
|
concitation |
CONCITATION, n. [L., to stir or disturb.] The act of stirring up, exciting or putting in motion. |
11622
|
concite |
CONCITE, v.t. [L.] To excite. [Not in use.] |
11623
|
conclamation |
CONCLAMATION, n. [L., to cry out. See Claim.] An outcry or shout of many together. |
11624
|
conclave |
CONCLAVE, n. [L., an inner room; a key, or from the same root, to make fast.]1. A private ... |
11625
|
conclude |
CONCLUDE, v.t. [L., to shut; Gr., contracted. The sense is to stop, make fast, shut, or rather to ... |
11626
|
concluded |
CONCLUDED, pp. Shut; ended; finished; determined; inferred; comprehended; stopped, or bound. |
11627
|
concludency |
CONCLUDENCY, n. Inference; logical deducation from premises. |
11628
|
concludent |
CONCLUDENT, a. Bringing to a close; decisive. |
11629
|
concluder |
CONCLUDER, n. One who concludes. |
11630
|
concluding |
CONCLUDING, ppr. 1. Shutting; ending; determining; inferring; comprehending.2. Final; ending; ... |
11631
|
concludingly |
CONCLUDINGLY, adv. Conclusively; with incontrovertible evidence. [Little used.] |
11632
|
conclusible |
CONCLUSIBLE, a. That may be concluded or inferred; determinable. [Little used.] |
11633
|
conclusion |
CONCLUSION, n. [L.]1. End; close; the last part; as the conclusion of an address.2. The close of an ... |
11634
|
conclusional |
CONCLUSIONAL, a. Concluding. [Not used.] |
11635
|
conclusive |
CONCLUSIVE, a. 1. Final; decisive; as a conclusive answer to a proposition.2. Decisive; giving a ... |
11636
|
conclusively |
CONCLUSIVELY, adv. Decisively; with final determination; as, the point of law is conclusively ... |
11637
|
conclusiveness |
CONCLUSIVENESS, n. The quality of being conclusive, or decisive; the power of determining the ... |
11638
|
concoagulate |
CONCOAGULATE, v.t. [con and coagulate.] To curdle or congeal one thing with another. |
11639
|
concoagulated |
CONCOAGULATED, pp. Curdled; concreted. |
11640
|
concoagulating |
CONCOAGULATING, ppr. Concreting; curdling. |
11641
|
concoagulation |
CONCOAGULATION, n. A coagulating together, as different substances, or bodies, in one mass. ... |
11642
|
concoct |
CONCOCT, v.t. [L., to cook. See Cook.]1. To digest by the stomach, so as to turn food to chyle or ... |
11643
|
concocted |
CONCOCTED, pp. Digested; purified; ripened. |
11644
|
concocting |
CONCOCTING, ppr. Digesting; purifying; ripening. |
11645
|
concoction |
CONCOCTION, [L.]1. Digestion or solution in the stomach; the process by which food is turned into ... |
11646
|
concoctive |
CONCOCTIVE, a. Digesting; having the power of digesting or ripening. |
11647
|
concolor |
CONCOLOR, a. Of one color. [Not in use.] |
11648
|
concomitance |
CONCOMITANCE, n. [L., to accompany, a companion. See Count.] A being together, or in connection ... |
11649
|
concomitant |
CONCOMITANT, a. Accompanying; conjoined with; concurrent; attending.It has pleased our wise creator ... |
11650
|
concomitantly |
CONCOMITANTLY, adv. In company with others. |
11651
|
concomitate |
CONCOMITATE, v.t. To accompany or attend; to be collaterally connected. [Not used.] |
11652
|
concord |
CONCORD, n. [L., the heart. See Accord.]1. Agreement between persons; union in opinions, ... |
11653
|
concordance |
CONCORDANCE, n. [L., to agree. See Concord.]1. Agreement. In this sense, accordance is generally ... |
11654
|
concordancy |
CONCORDANCY, n. Agreement. |
11655
|
concordant |
CONCORDANT, a. Agreeing; agreeable; correspondent; harmonious.CONCORDANT, n. That which is ... |
11656
|
concordantly |
CONCORDANTLY, adv. In conjunction. |
11657
|
concordat |
CONCORDAT, n. In the canon law, a compact, covenant, or agreement concerning some beneficiary ... |
11658
|
concordist |
CONCORDIST, n. The compiler of a concordance. |
11659
|
concorporate |
CONCORPORATE, v.t. [L., a body.] To unite different things in one mass or body; to incorporate. ... |
11660
|
concorporation |
CONCORPORATION, n. Union of things in one mass or body. |
11661
|
concourse |
CONCOURSE, n. [L., to run together, to run.]1. A moving, flowing or running together; confluence; ... |
11662
|
concreate |
CONCREATE, v.t. To create with, or at the same time.Dr. Taylor-insists that it is inconsistent with ... |
11663
|
concreated |
CONCREATED, pp. Created at the same time, or in union with. |
11664
|
concredit |
CONCREDIT, v.t. To entrust. [Not used.] |
11665
|
concremation |
CONCREMATION, n. [L., to burn together; to burn.] The act of burning different things together. ... |
11666
|
concrement |
CONCREMENT, n. [L., to grow together. See Concrete.] A growing together; the collection or mass ... |
11667
|
concrescence |
CONCRESCENCE, n. [L. See Concrete.] Growth or increase; the act of growing or increasing by ... |
11668
|
concrescible |
CONCRESCIBLE, a. Capable of concreting; that may congeal or be changed from a liquid to a solid ... |
11669
|
concrete |
CONCRETE, a. [L., to grow together, to grow. See Grow.]1. Literally, united in growth. Hence, ... |
11670
|
concreted |
CONCRETED, pp. United into a solid mass; congealed; inspissated; clotted. |
11671
|
concretely |
CONCRETELY, adv. In a concrete manner; in a manner to include the subject with the predicate; not ... |
11672
|
concreteness |
CONCRETENESS, n. A state of being concrete; coagulation. |
11673
|
concreting |
CONCRETING, ppr. Coalescing or congealing in a mass; becoming thick; making solid. |
11674
|
concretion |
CONCRETION, n. 1. The act of concreting; the process by which soft or fluid bodies become thick, ... |
11675
|
concretive |
CONCRETIVE, a. Causing to concrete; having power to produce concretion; tending to form a solid ... |
11676
|
concreture |
CONCRETURE, n. A mass formed by concretion. [Not used.] |
11677
|
concrew |
CONCREW, v.i. To grow together. [Not used.] |
11678
|
concubinage |
CONCUBINAGE, n. [See Concubine.] The act or practice of cohabiting, as man and woman, in sexual ... |
11679
|
concubinate |
CONCUBINATE, n. Whoredom; lewdness. [Not in use.] |
11680
|
concubine |
CONCUBINE, n. [L., to lie together, to lie down.]1. A woman who cohabits with a man, without the ... |
11681
|
conculcate |
CONCULCATE, v.t. [L.] To tread on; to trample under foot. |
11682
|
conculcation |
CONCULCATION, n. A trampling under foot. [Not much used.] |
11683
|
concupiscence |
CONCUPISCENCE, n. [L., to covet or lust after, to desire or covet.] Lust; unlawful or irregular ... |
11684
|
concupiscent |
CONCUPISCENT, a. Desirous of unlawful pleasure; libidinous. |
11685
|
concupiscible |
CONCUPISCIBLE, a. Exciting or impelling to the enjoyment of carnal pleasure; inclining to the ... |
11686
|
concur |
CONCUR, v.i. [L., to run together.]1. To meet in the same point; to agree.Reason and sense ... |
11687
|
concurrence |
CONCURRENCE, n. 1. A meeting or coming together; union; conjunction.We have no other measure but of ... |
11688
|
concurrency |
CONCURRENCY, n. The same as concurrence; but little used. |
11689
|
concurrent |
CONCURRENT, a. 1. Meeting; uniting; accompanying; acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act; ... |
11690
|
concurrently |
CONCURRENTLY, adv. With concurrence; unitedly. |
11691
|
concurring |
CONCURRING, ppr. Meeting in the same joint; agreeing; running or acting together; uniting in ... |
11692
|
concussation |
CONCUSSATION, n. [See Concussion.] A violent shock or agitation. |
11693
|
concussion |
CONCUSSION, n. [L., to shake, or shatter. The primary sense is to beat, to strike, or to beat in ... |
11694
|
concussive |
CONCUSSIVE, a. Having the power or quality of shaking. |
11695
|
cond |
COND, v.t. In seamens language, to conduct a ship; to direct the man at helm how to steer. |
11696
|
condemn |
CONDEMN, v.t. [L., to condemn, to disapprove, to doom, to devote.]1. To pronounce to be utterly ... |
11697
|
condemnable |
CONDEMNABLE, a. That may be condemned; blamable; culpable. |
11698
|
condemnation |
CONDEMNATION, n. 1. The act of condemning; the judicial act of declaring one guilty, and dooming ... |
11699
|
condemnatory |
CONDEMNATORY, a. Condemning; bearing condemnation or censure; as a condemnatory sentence or decree. |
11700
|
condemned |
CONDEMNED, pp. Censures; pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless or forfeited; adjudged or ... |
11701
|
condemner |
CONDEMNER, n. One who condemns or censures. |
11702
|
condemning |
CONDEMNING, ppr. Censuring; disallowing; pronouncing to be wrong, guilty, worthless or forfeited; ... |
11703
|
condensable |
CONDENSABLE, a. [See Condense.] Capable of being condensed; that may be compressed into a smaller ... |
11704
|
condensate |
CONDENSATE, v.t. [See Condense.] To condense; to compress into a closer form to cause to take a ... |
11705
|
condensation |
CONDENSATION, a. [L. See Condense.] The act of making more dense or compact; or the act of causing ... |
11706
|
condensative |
CONDENSATIVE, a. Having a power or tendency to condense. |
11707
|
condense |
CONDENSE, v.t. [L., to make thick or close. See Dense.]1. To make more close, thick or compact; to ... |
11708
|
condensed |
CONDENSED, pp. Made dense, or more close in parts; made or become compact; compressed into a ... |
11709
|
condenser |
CONDENSER, n. He or that which condenses; particularly a pneumatic engine or syringe in which air ... |
11710
|
condensity |
CONDENSITY, n. The state of being condensed; denseness; density. [The latter are generally used.] |
11711
|
conder |
CONDER, n. [L. See Cond.]1. A person who stands upon a cliff, or elevated part of the sea-coast, in ... |
11712
|
condescend |
CONDESCEND, v.i. [L. See Descend.]1. To descend from the privileges of superior rank or dignity, to ... |
11713
|
condescendence |
CONDESCENDENCE, n. A voluntary yielding or submission to an inferior.You will observe [in the ... |
11714
|
condescending |
CONDESCENDING, ppr. 1. Descending from rank or distinction in the intercourse of life; receding ... |
11715
|
condescendingly |
CONDESCENDINGLY, adv. By way of yielding to inferiors; with voluntary submission; by way of kind ... |
11716
|
condescension |
CONDESCENSION, n. Voluntary descent from rank, dignity or just claims; relinquishment of strict ... |
11717
|
condescensive |
CONDESCENSIVE, a. Condescending; courteous. |
11718
|
condescent |
CONDESCENT, n. Condescension. [Not used.] |
11719
|
condign |
CONDIGN, a. [L., worthy. See Dignity.]1. Deserved; merited; suitable; applied usually to ... |
11720
|
condignity |
CONDIGNITY, n. Merit; desert. In school divinity, the merit of human actions which claims reward, ... |
11721
|
condignly |
CONDIGNLY, adv. According to merit. |
11722
|
condignness |
CONDIGNNESS, n. Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness. |
11723
|
condiment |
CONDIMENT, n. [L., to season, pickle or preserve.] Seasoning; sauce; that which is used to give ... |
11724
|
condisciple |
CONDISCIPLE, n. [L. See Disciple.] A school fellow; a learner in the same school, or under the same ... |
11725
|
condite |
CONDITE, v.t. [L.] To prepare and preserve with sugar, salt, spices, or the like; to pickle; as, to ... |
11726
|
conditement |
CONDITEMENT, n. A composition of conserves, powders, and spices, in the form of an electuary. ... |
11727
|
conditing |
CONDITING, ppr. Preserving. [Little used.] |
11728
|
condition |
CONDITION, n. [L., to build or make, to ordain; properly, to set or fix, or to set together or in ... |
11729
|
conditional |
CONDITIONAL, a. 1. Containing or depending on a condition or conditions; made with limitations; not ... |
11730
|
conditionality |
CONDITIONALITY, n. The quality of being conditional , or limited; limitation by certain terms. |
11731
|
conditionally |
CONDITIONALLY, adv. With certain limitations; on particular terms or stipulations; not absolutely ... |
11732
|
conditionary |
CONDITIONARY, a. Conditional; Stipulated. [Not used.] |
11733
|
conditionate |
CONDITIONATE, a. Conditional; established on certain terms. [Not used.]CONDITIONATE, v.t. To ... |
11734
|
conditioned |
CONDITIONED, pp. 1. Stipulated; containing terms to be performed.2. a. Having a certain state or ... |
11735
|
conditionly |
CONDITIONLY, adv. On certain terms. [Not used.] |
11736
|
condole |
CONDOLE, v.i. [L., to ache, or to grieve.] To feel pain, or to grieve, at the distress or ... |
11737
|
condolement |
CONDOLEMENT, n. Grief; pain of mid, at anothers loss or misfortune; sorrow; mourning. |
11738
|
condolene |
CONDOLENE, n. Pain of mind, or grief excited by the distress, or misfortune of another. |
11739
|
condoler |
CONDOLER, n. One who condoles. |
11740
|
condoling |
CONDOLING, ppr. Grieving at anothers distress.CONDOLING, n. Expression of grief for anothers loss. |
11741
|
condoma |
CONDOMA, n. An animal of the goat kind, as large as a stag, and of a gray color.It is a species of ... |
11742
|
condonation |
CONDONATION, n. [L.] The act of pardoning. [Little used.] |
11743
|
condor |
CONDOR, n. The largest species of fowl hitherto discovered; a native of South America. Some ... |
11744
|
conduce |
CONDUCE, v.i. [L., to lead.] To lead or tend; to contribute; followed by to. They may conduce to ... |
11745
|
conducement |
CONDUCEMENT, n. A leading or tending to; tendency. |
11746
|
conducent |
CONDUCENT, a. Tending or contributing to. |
11747
|
conducible |
CONDUCIBLE, a. [L.] Leading or tending to; having the power of conducing; having a tendency to ... |
11748
|
conducibleness |
CONDUCIBLENESS, n. The quality of leading or contributing to any end. |
11749
|
conducive |
CONDUCIVE, a. That may conduce or contribute; having a tendency to promote.An action, however ... |
11750
|
conduciveness |
CONDUCIVENESS, n. The quality of conducing or tending to promote. |
11751
|
conduct |
CONDUCT, n. [L., to lead. See Duke.]1. Literally, the act of leading; guidance; command. So Waller ... |
11752
|
conducted |
CONDUCTED, pp. Led; guided; directed; introduced; commanded; managed. |
11753
|
conducting |
CONDUCTING, ppr. Leading; escorting; introducing; commanding; behaving; managing. |
11754
|
conduction |
CONDUCTION, n. 1. The act of training up. [Not in use.]2. Transmission through or by means of a ... |
11755
|
conductitious |
CONDUCTITIOUS, a. [L., to hire.] Hired; employed for wages. |
11756
|
conductor |
CONDUCTOR, n. 1. A leader; a guide; one who goes before or accompanies, and shows the way.2. A ... |
11757
|
conductress |
CONDUCTRESS, n. A female who leads or directs; a directress. |
11758
|
conduit |
CONDUIT, n. [L., to conduct.]1. A canal or pipe for the conveyance of water; an aqueduct. Conduits ... |
11759
|
conduplicate |
CONDUPLICATE, a. [L., to double or fold. See Double.] Doubled or folded over or together; as the ... |
11760
|
conduplicated |
CONDUPLICATED, a. Doubled; folded together. |
11761
|
conduplication |
CONDUPLICATION, n. [L.] A doubling; a duplicate. |
11762
|
condyl |
CONDYL, n. [L., Gr.] A protuberance on the end of a bone; a knot, or foint; a knuckle. |
11763
|
condyloid |
CONDYLOID, a. [Gr., and form.] The condyloid process is the posterior protuberance at the ... |
11764
|
cone |
CONE, n. [It coincides in radical sense with the root of can and begin.]1. A solid body or figure ... |
11765
|
conepate |
CONEPATE, CONEPATL, n. An animal of the weasel kind in America, resembling the pole-cat in form and ... |
11766
|
conepatl |
CONEPATE, CONEPATL, n. An animal of the weasel kind in America, resembling the pole-cat in form and ... |
11767
|
coney |
CONEY. [See Cony.] |
11768
|
confabulate |
CONFABULATE, v.i. [L., to tell. See Fable.] To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.If ... |
11769
|
confabulation |
CONFABULATION, n. [L.] Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation. [Not an ... |
11770
|
confabulatory |
CONFABULATORY, a. Belonging to familiar talk. [Little used.] |
11771
|
confamiliar |
CONFAMILIAR, a. Very familiar. [Not in use.] |
11772
|
confarreation |
CONFARREATION, n. [L., to join in marriage with a cake, corn or meal.] The solemnization of ... |
11773
|
confated |
CONFATED, a. Fated together. [Not in use.] |
11774
|
confect |
CONFECT, v.t. To make sweetmeats. [Not used. See Comfit.]CONFECT, n. [L., See Comfit.] Something ... |
11775
|
confection |
CONFECTION, n. [L., to make.]1. Any thing prepared with sugar, as fruit; a sweetmeat; something ... |
11776
|
confectionary |
CONFECTIONARY, CONFECTIONER, n. One whose occupation is to make, or to sell sweetmeats, &c. [The ... |
11777
|
confectioner |
CONFECTIONARY, CONFECTIONER, n. One whose occupation is to make, or to sell sweetmeats, &c. [The ... |
11778
|
confector |
CONFECTOR, n. [L.] An officer in the Roman games, whose business was to kill any beast that was ... |
11779
|
confectory |
CONFECTORY, a. Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats. |
11780
|
confederacy |
CONFEDERACY, n. [L., a league. See Federal and Wed.]1. A league, or covenant; a contract between ... |
11781
|
confederate |
CONFEDERATE, a. [L.] United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy.These were ... |
11782
|
confederated |
CONFED'ERATED, pp. United in a league. |
11783
|
confederating |
CONFED'ERATING, ppr. Uniting in a league. |
11784
|
confederation |
CONFEDERA'TION, [L.]1. The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance; ... |
11785
|
confer |
CONFER', v.i. [L., to bear, to bring forth, to show, to declare. See Bear.] To discourse; to ... |
11786
|
conference |
CON'FERENCE, n. [See Confer.]1. The act of conversing on a serious subject; a discoursing between ... |
11787
|
conferred |
CONFER'RED, pp. Given; imparted; bestowed. |
11788
|
conferrer |
CONFER'RER, n. One who confers; one who converses; one who bestows. |
11789
|
conferring |
CONFER'RING, ppr. Conversing together; bestowing. |
11790
|
confess |
CONFESS', v.t.[L., to own or acknowledge.]1. To own, acknowledge or avow, as a crime, a fault, a ... |
11791
|
confessant |
CONFESS'ANT, n. One who confesses to a priest. |
11792
|
confessary |
CONFESS'ARY, n. One who makes a confession. [Not used.] |
11793
|
confessed |
CONFESS'ED, pp. Owned; acknowledged; declared to be true; admitted in words; avowed; admitted to ... |
11794
|
confessedly |
CONFESS'EDLY, adv. 1. By confession, or acknowledgment; avowedly; undeniably. Demosthenes was ... |
11795
|
confessing |
CONFESS'ING, ppr. Owning; avowing; declaring to be true or real; granting or admitting by assent; ... |
11796
|
confession |
CONFES'SION, n. 1. The acknowledgment of a crime, fault or something to one's disadvantage; open ... |
11797
|
confessional |
CONFES'SIONAL, n. The seat where a priest or confessor sits to hear confessions; a ... |
11798
|
confessionary |
CONFES'SIONARY, n. A confession-chair, as above.CONFES'SIONARY, a. Pertaining to auricular ... |
11799
|
confessionist |
CONFES'SIONIST, n. One who makes a profession of faith. |
11800
|
confessor |
CONFESS'OR, n. 1. One who confesses; one who acknowledges his sins.2. One who makes a profession of ... |
11801
|
confest |
CONFEST', pp. [for confessed.] Owned; open; acknowledged; apparent; not disputed. |
11802
|
confestly |
CONFEST'LY, adv. [for confessedly.] Avowedly; indisputably. [Little used.] |
11803
|
confidant |
CON'FIDANT, n. [See Confident.] |
11804
|
confide |
CONFI'DE, v.t. [L., to trust. See Faith.] To trust; to rely on, with a persuasion of faithfulness ... |
11805
|
confided |
CONFI'DED, pp. Entrusted; committed to the care of, for preservation, or for performance or ... |
11806
|
confidence |
CON'FIDENCE, n. [L. See Confide.]1. A trusting, or reliance; an assurance of mind or firm belief in ... |
11807
|
confident |
CON'FIDENT, a. 1. Having full belief; trusting; relying; fully assured.I am confident that much may ... |
11808
|
confidential |
CONFIDEN'TIAL, a. 1. Enjoying the confidence of another; trusty; that may be safely trusted; as a ... |
11809
|
confidentially |
CONFIDEN'TIALLY, adv. In confidence; in reliance or secrecy. |
11810
|
confidently |
CON'FIDENTLY, adv. With firm trust; with strong assurance; without doubt or wavering of opinion; ... |
11811
|
confidentness |
CON'FIDENTNESS, n. Confidence; the quality or state of having full reliance. |
11812
|
confider |
CONFI'DER, n. one who confides; one who entrusts to another. |
11813
|
configurate |
CONFIG'URATE, v.i. [L. See Configure.] To show like the aspects of the planets towards each other. |
11814
|
configuration |
CONFIGURA'TION, n. [L.]1. External form, figure, shape; the figure which bounds a body, and gives ... |
11815
|
configure |
CONFIG'URE, v.t. [L., to form, figure.] To form; to dispose in a certain form, figure or shape. |
11816
|
confinable |
CONFI'NABLE, a. That may be confined or limited. |
11817
|
confine |
CON'FINE, n. [L., at the end or border, adjoining; a limit; end, border, limit. See Fine.] Border; ... |
11818
|
confined |
CONFI'NED, pp. Restrained within limits; imprisoned; limited; secluded; close. |
11819
|
confineless |
CON'FINELESS, a. Boundless; unlimited; without end. |
11820
|
confinement |
CONFI'NEMENT, n. 1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty by force or ... |
11821
|
confiner |
CONFI'NER, n. He or that which limits or restrains. |
11822
|
confining |
CONFINING, ppr. Restraining; limiting; imprisoning. |
11823
|
confinity |
CONFINITY, n. [L.] Contiguity; nearness; neighborhood. |
11824
|
confirm |
CONFIRM, v.t. [L., to make firm. See Firm.]1. To make firm, or more firm; to add strength to; to ... |
11825
|
confirmable |
CONFIRMABLE, a. That may be confirmed, established or ratified; capable of being made more certain. |
11826
|
confirmation |
CONFIRMATION, n.1. The act of confirming or establishing; a fixing, settling, establishing or ... |
11827
|
confirmative |
CONFIRMATIVE, a. Having the power of confirming; tending to establish. |
11828
|
confirmator |
CONFIRMATOR, n. He or that which confirms. |
11829
|
confirmatory |
CONFIRMATORY, a. 1. That serves to confirm; giving additional strength, force or stability, or ... |
11830
|
confirmed |
CONFIRMED, pp. 1. Made more firm; strengthened; established.2. Admitted to the full privileges of ... |
11831
|
confirmedness |
CONFIRMEDNESS, n. A fixed state. |
11832
|
confirmer |
CONFIRMER, n. He or that which confirms, establishes or ratifies; one that produces new evidence; ... |
11833
|
confirming |
CONFIRMING, ppr. Making firm or more firm; strengthening; ratifying; giving additional evidence or ... |
11834
|
confirmingly |
CONFIRMINGLY, adv. In a manner to strengthen or make firm. |
11835
|
confiscable |
CONFISCABLE, a. [See Confiscate.] That may be confiscated; liable to forfeiture. |
11836
|
confiscate |
CONFISCATE, v.t. [L., a basket, hamper or bag; hence, revenue or the Emperors treasure.] To adjudge ... |
11837
|
confiscated |
CONFISCATED, pp. Adjudged to the public treasury, as forfeited goods or estate. |
11838
|
confiscating |
CONFISCATING, ppr. Adjudging to the public use. |
11839
|
confiscation |
CONFISCATION, n. The act of condemning as forfeited, and adjudging to the public treasury; as the ... |
11840
|
confiscator |
CONFISCATOR, n. One who confiscates. |
11841
|
confiscatory |
CONFISCATORY, a. Consigning to forfeiture. |
11842
|
confit |
CONFIT, n. A sweetmeat. [See Confect.] |
11843
|
confitent |
CONFITENT, n. [L. See Confess.] One who confesses his sins and faults. [Not much used.] |
11844
|
confiture |
CONFITURE, n. [L. This word is corrupted into comfit, which is now used.] A sweetmeat; confection; ... |
11845
|
confix |
CONFIX, v.t. [L., to fix, to thrust to or on. See Fix.] To fix down; to fasten. |
11846
|
confixed |
CONFIXED, pp. Fixed down or to; fastened. |
11847
|
confixing |
CONFIXING, ppr. Fixing to or on; fastening. |
11848
|
confixure |
CONFIXURE, n. The act of fastening. |
11849
|
conflagrant |
CONFLAGRANT, a. [L., to burn. See Flagrant.] Burning together; involved in a common flame. |
11850
|
conflagration |
CONFLAGRATION, n. [L. See Flagrant.]1. A great fire or the burning of any great mass of ... |
11851
|
conflation |
CONFLATION, n. [L., to blow. See Blow.]1. The act of blowing tow or more instruments together.2. A ... |
11852
|
conflexure |
CONFLEXURE, n. A bending. [Not used.] |
11853
|
conflict |
CONFLICT, n. [L., to strike, to flog, to lick.]1. A striking or dashing against each other, as of ... |
11854
|
conflicting |
CONFLICTING, ppr. 1. Striking, or dashing together; fighting; contending; struggling to resist and ... |
11855
|
confluence |
CONFLUENCE, n. [L., to flow. See Flow.]1. A flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or ... |
11856
|
confluent |
CONFLUENT, a. [L.]1. Flowing together; meeting in their course, as two streams; as confluent ... |
11857
|
conflux |
CONFLUX, n. [L. See Confluence.]1. A flowing together; a meeting of two or more currents of a ... |
11858
|
confluxibility |
CONFLUXIBILITY, n. The tendency of fluids to run together. [Little used.] |
11859
|
conform |
CONFORM, a. [L., form.] Made to resemble; assuming the same form; like; resembling. [Little ... |
11860
|
conformable |
CONFORMABLE, a. 1. Correspondent; having the same or similar external form, or shape; like; ... |
11861
|
conformably |
CONFORMABLY, adv. With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.Let us settle, in our own minds, what ... |
11862
|
conformation |
CONFORMATION, n.1. The manner in which a body is formed; the particular texture or structure of a ... |
11863
|
conformed |
CONFORMED, pp. Made to resemble; reduced to a likeness of; made agreeable to; suited. |
11864
|
conformer |
CONFORMER, n. One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines. |
11865
|
conforming |
CONFORMING, ppr. Reducing to a likeness; adapting; complying with. |
11866
|
conformist |
CONFORMIST, n. One who conforms or complies; appropriately, one who complies with the worship of ... |
11867
|
conformity |
CONFORMITY, n. 1. Likeness; correspondence with a model in form or manner; resemblance; agreement; ... |
11868
|
confortation |
CONFORTATION, n. [See Comfort.] The act of comforting or giving strength. [Not used.] |
11869
|
confound |
CONFOUND, v.t. [L., to pour out. Literally, to pour or throw together.]1. To mingle and blend ... |
11870
|
confounded |
CONFOUNDED, pp. 1. Mixed or blended in disorder; perplexed; abashed; dismayed; put to shame and ... |
11871
|
confoundedly |
CONFOUNDEDLY, adv. Enormously; greatly; shamefully; as, he was confoundedly avaricious. [A low ... |
11872
|
confoundedness |
CONFOUNDEDNESS, n. The state of being confounded. |
11873
|
confounder |
CONFOUNDER, n. One who confounds; one who disturbs the mind, perplexes, refutes, frustrates and ... |
11874
|
confounding |
CONFOUNDING, ppr. Mixing and blending; putting into disorder; perplexing; disturbing the mind; ... |
11875
|
confraternity |
CONFRATERNITY, n. [L., fraternity, brother.] A brotherhood; a society or body of men, united for ... |
11876
|
confrication |
CONFRICATION, n. [L., to rub. See Friction.] A rubbing against; friction. |
11877
|
confrier |
CONFRIER, n. One of the same religious order. |
11878
|
confront |
CONFRONT, v.t. [L.]1. To stand face to face in full view; to face; to stand in front.He spoke and ... |
11879
|
confrontation |
CONFRONTATION, n. The act of bringing two persons into the presence of each other for examination ... |
11880
|
confronted |
CONFRONTED, pp. Set face to face, or in opposition; brought into the presence of. |
11881
|
confronting |
CONFRONTING, ppr. Setting or standing face to face, or in opposition, or in presence of. |
11882
|
confuse |
CONFUSE, v.t. [L. See Confound.]1. To mix or blend things, so that they cannot be ... |
11883
|
confused |
CONFUSED, pp. 1. Mixed; blended, so that the things or persons mixed cannot be distinguished.Some ... |
11884
|
confusedly |
CONFUSEDLY, adv. In a mixed mass; without order or separation; indistinctly; not clearly; ... |
11885
|
confusedness |
CONFUSEDNESS, n. A state of being confused; want of order, distinction or clearness.The cause of ... |
11886
|
confusion |
CONFUSION, n. 1. In a general sense, a mixture of several things promiscuously; hence, disorder; ... |
11887
|
confutable |
CONFUTABLE, a. [See Confute.] That may be confuted, disproved or overthrown; that may be shown to ... |
11888
|
confutant |
CONFUTANT, n. One who confutes or undertakes to confute. |
11889
|
confutation |
CONFUTATION, n. The act of confuting, disproving, or proving to be false, or invalid; refutation; ... |
11890
|
confute |
CONFUTE, v.t. [L.]1. To disprove; to prove to be false, defective or invaled; to overthrow; as, to ... |
11891
|
confuted |
CONFUTED, pp. Disproved; proved to be false, defective or unsound; overthrown by argument, fact or ... |
11892
|
confuter |
CONFUTER, n. One who disproves, or confutes. |
11893
|
confuting |
CONFUTING, ppr. Disproving; proving to be false, defective or invalid; overthrowing by argument or ... |
11894
|
conge |
CONGE, n. [L.]1. Leave; farewell; parting ceremony.2. The act of respect performed at the parting ... |
11895
|
congeal |
CONGEAL, v.t. [L., to freeze, has the elements of cool, but it may be a different word.]1. To ... |
11896
|
congealable |
CONGEALABLE, a. That may be congealed; capable of being converted from a fluid to a solid state. |
11897
|
congealed |
CONGEALED, pp. Converted into ice, or a solid mass, by the loss of heat or other process; ... |
11898
|
congealing |
CONGEALING, ppr. Changing from a liquid to a solid state; concreting. |
11899
|
congealment |
CONGEALMENT, n. A clot or concretion; that which is formed by congelation. Also, congelation. |
11900
|
congelation |
CONGELATION, n. [L.] The process of passing, or the act of converting, from a fluid to a solid ... |
11901
|
congener |
CONGENER, n. [L., kind, race.] A thing of the same kind or nature.The cherry tree has been often ... |
11902
|
congeneracy |
CONGENERACY, n. Similarity of origin. |
11903
|
congeneric |
CONGENERIC, a. Being of the same kind or nature. |
11904
|
congenerousness |
CONGENEROUSNESS, n. The quality of being from the same original, or of belonging to the same class. |
11905
|
congenial |
CONGENIAL, a. [L. See Generate.]1. Partaking of the same genus, kind or nature; kindred; cognate; ... |
11906
|
congeniality |
CONGENIALITY, CONGENIALNESS, n. Participation of the same genus, nature or original; cognation; ... |
11907
|
congenialness |
CONGENIALITY, CONGENIALNESS, n. Participation of the same genus, nature or original; cognation; ... |
11908
|
congenital |
CONGENITE, CONGENITAL, a. [L., born, to beget, to be born.] Of the same birth; born with another; ... |
11909
|
congenite |
CONGENITE, CONGENITAL, a. [L., born, to beget, to be born.] Of the same birth; born with another; ... |
11910
|
conger |
CONGER, n. [L., Gr. ] The sea-eel; a large species of eel, sometimes growing to the length of ten ... |
11911
|
congeries |
CONGERIES, n. [L., to bring together, to amass; to bear.] A collection of several particles or ... |
11912
|
congest |
CONGEST, v.t. [L., to bear.] To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate. |
11913
|
congestible |
CONGESTIBLE, a. That may be collected into a mass. |
11914
|
congestion |
CONGESTION, n. [L.] A collection of humors in an animal body, hardened into a tumor. An ... |
11915
|
congiary |
CONGIARY, n. [L.] Properly, a present made by the Roman emperors to the people; originally in corn ... |
11916
|
conglaciate |
CONGLACIATE, v.i. [L., to freeze; ice.] To turn to ice; to freeze. |
11917
|
conglaciation |
CONGLACIATION, n. The act of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; ... |
11918
|
conglobate |
CONGLOBATE, a. [L., to collect or to make round; a ball. See Globe.] Formed or gathered into a ... |
11919
|
conglobated |
CONGLOBATED, pp. Collected or formed into a ball. |
11920
|
conglobately |
CONGLOBATELY, adv. In a round or roundish form. |
11921
|
conglobation |
CONGLOBATION, n. The act of forming into a ball; a round body. |
11922
|
conglobe |
CONGLOBE, v.t. [L., a round body.] To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass.CONGLOBE, ... |
11923
|
conglobed |
CONGLOBED, pp. Collected into a ball. |
11924
|
conglobing |
CONGLOBING, ppr. Gathering into a round mass or ball. |
11925
|
conglobulate |
CONGLOBULATE, v.i. To gather into a little round mass, or globule. |
11926
|
conglomerate |
CONGLOMERATE, a. [L., to wind into a ball, a ball, a clew. See Glomerate.]1. Gathered into a ball ... |
11927
|
conglomerated |
CONGLOMERATED, pp. Gathered into a ball or round mass. |
11928
|
conglomerating |
CONGLOMERATING, ppr. Collecting into a ball. |
11929
|
conglomeration |
CONGLOMERATION, n. The act of gathering into a ball; the state of being thus collected; collection; ... |
11930
|
conglutinant |
CONGLUTINANT, a. [See Conglutinate.] Gluing; uniting; healing.CONGLUTINANT, n. A medicine that ... |
11931
|
conglutinate |
CONGLUTINATE, v.t. [L., glue. See Glue.]1. To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or ... |
11932
|
conglutinated |
CONGLUTINATED, pp. Glued together; united by a tenacious substance. |
11933
|
conglutinating |
CONGLUTINATING, ppr. Gluing together; uniting or closing by a tenacious substance. |
11934
|
conglutination |
CONGLUTINATION, n. The act of gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; a ... |
11935
|
conglutinative |
CONGLUTINATIVE, a. Having the power of uniting by glue or other substance of like nature. |
11936
|
conglutinatore |
CONGLUTINATORE, n. That which has the power of uniting wounds. |
11937
|
congo |
CONGO, n. A species of tea in China. |
11938
|
congratulant |
CONGRATULANT, a. Rejoicing in participation. |
11939
|
congratulate |
CONGRATULATE, v.t. [L., grateful, pleasing. See Grace.] To profess ones pleasure or joy to another ... |
11940
|
congratulated |
CONGRATULATED, pp. Complimented with expressions of joy at a happy event. |
11941
|
congratulating |
CONGRATULATING, ppr. Professing ones joy or satisfaction on account of some happy event, prosperity ... |
11942
|
congratulation |
CONGRATULATION, n. The act of professing ones joy or satisfaction on account of some happy event, ... |
11943
|
congratulator |
CONGRATULATOR, n. One who offers congratulation. |
11944
|
congratulatory |
CONGRATULATORY, a. Expressing joy for the good fortune of another, or for an event fortunate for ... |
11945
|
congree |
CONGREE, v.i. To agree. [Not in use.] |
11946
|
congreet |
CONGREET, v.t. To salute mutually. [Not in use.] |
11947
|
congregate |
CONGREGATE, v.t. [L., a herd. See Gregarious.] To collect separate persons or things into an ... |
11948
|
congregated |
CONGREGATED, pp. Collected; assembled in one place. |
11949
|
congregating |
CONGREGATING, ppr. Collecting; assembling; coming together. |
11950
|
congregation |
CONGREGATION, n. 1. The act of bringing together, or assembling.2. A collection or assemblage of ... |
11951
|
congregational |
CONGREGATIONAL, a. Pertaining to a congregation; appropriately used of such Christians as hold to ... |
11952
|
congregationalism |
CONGREGATIONALISM, n. Ecclesiastical government in the hands of each church, as an independent ... |
11953
|
congregationalist |
CONGREGATIONALIST, n. One who belongs to a congregational church or society; one who holds to the ... |
11954
|
congress |
CONGRESS, n. [L., to come together; to go or step; a step. See Grade and Degree.]1. A meeting of ... |
11955
|
congression |
CONGRESSION, n. A company. [Not in use.] |
11956
|
congressional |
CONGRESSIONAL, a. Pertaining to a congress, or to the congress of the United States; as ... |
11957
|
congressive |
CONGRESSIVE, a. 1. Meeting, as the sexes.2. Encountering. |
11958
|
congrue |
CONGRUE, v.i. To agree. [Not used.] |
11959
|
congruence |
CONGRUENCE, CONGRUENCY, n. [L., to agree, or suit.] Suitableness of one thing to another; ... |
11960
|
congruency |
CONGRUENCE, CONGRUENCY, n. [L., to agree, or suit.] Suitableness of one thing to another; ... |
11961
|
congruent |
CONGRUENT, a. Suitable; agreeing; correspondent. |
11962
|
congruity |
CONGRUITY, n. 1. Suitableness; the relation of agreement between things.There is no congruity ... |
11963
|
congruous |
CONGRUOUS, a. [L.]1. Suitable; consistent; agreeable to. Light airy music and a solemn or mournful ... |
11964
|
congruously |
CONGRUOUSLY, adv. Suitably; pertinently; agreeably; consistently. |
11965
|
conic |
CONIC, CONICAL, a. [L., Gr., See Cone.]1. Having the form of a cone; round and decreasing to a ... |
11966
|
conical |
CONIC, CONICAL, a. [L., Gr., See Cone.]1. Having the form of a cone; round and decreasing to a ... |
11967
|
conically |
CONICALLY, adv. In the form of a cone. |
11968
|
conicalness |
CONICALNESS, n. The state or quality of being conical. |
11969
|
conics |
CONICS, n. That part of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise form its ... |
11970
|
coniferous |
CONIFEROUS, a. [L., to bear.] Bearing cones; producing hard, dry, scaly seed-vessels of a conical ... |
11971
|
coniform |
CONIFORM, a. [cone and form.] In form of a cone; conical; as a coniform mountain of Potosi. |
11972
|
conite |
CONITE, n. [Gr., dust.] A mineral of an ash or greenish gray color, which becomes brown by exposure ... |
11973
|
conject |
CONJECT, v.t. To throw together, or to throw. [Not used.]CONJECT, v.i. To guess. [Not used.] |
11974
|
conjector |
CONJECTOR, n. [L., to cast together; to throw.] One who guesses or conjectures. [See Conjecture.] |
11975
|
conjecturable |
CONJECTURABLE, a. That may be guessed or conjectured. |
11976
|
conjectural |
CONJECTURAL, a. Depending on conjecture; done or said by guess; as a conjectural opinion. |
11977
|
conjecturally |
CONJECTURALLY, adv. Without proof, or evidence; by conjecture; by guess; as, this opinion was given ... |
11978
|
conjecture |
CONJECTURE, n. [L., See Conjector.]1. Literally, a casting or throwing together of possible or ... |
11979
|
conjectured |
CONJECTURED, pp. Guessed; surmised. |
11980
|
conjecturer |
CONJECTURER, n. One who guesses; a guesser; one who forms or utters an opinion without proof. |
11981
|
conjecturing |
CONJECTURING, ppr. Guessing; surmising. |
11982
|
conjoin |
CONJOIN, v.t. [L., to join. See Join.]1. To join together, without any thing intermediate; to unite ... |
11983
|
conjoined |
CONJOINED, pp. Joined to or with; united; associated. |
11984
|
conjoining |
CONJOINING, ppr. Joining together; uniting; connecting. |
11985
|
conjoint |
CONJOINT, a. United; connected; associate.Conjoint degrees, in music, two notes which follow each ... |
11986
|
conjointly |
CONJOINTLY, adv. Jointly; unitedly; in union; together. |
11987
|
conjugal |
CONJUGAL, a. [L., marriage; to yoke or couple. See Join and Yoke.]1. Belonging to marriage; ... |
11988
|
conjugally |
CONJUGALLY, adv. Matrimonially; connubially. |
11989
|
conjugate |
CONJUGATE, v.t. [L., to couple; to yoke, to marry. See Join and Yoke.]1. To join; to unite in ... |
11990
|
conjugation |
CONJUGATION, n. [L.]1. A couple or pair; as a conjugation of nerves. [Little used.]2. The act of ... |
11991
|
conjunct |
CONJUNCT, a. [L. See Conjoin.] Conjoined; united; concurrent. |
11992
|
conjunction |
CONJUNCTION, n. [L. See Conjoin.]1. Union; connection; association by treaty or otherwise.2. In ... |
11993
|
conjunctive |
CONJUNCTIVE, a. 1. Closely united.2. Uniting; serving to unite.3. In grammar, the conjunctive mode ... |
11994
|
conjunctively |
CONJUNCTIVELY, adv. In conjunction, or union; together. |
11995
|
conjunctiveness |
CONJUNCTIVENESS, n. The quality of conjoining or uniting. |
11996
|
conjunctly |
CONJUNCTLY, adv. In union; jointly; together. |
11997
|
conjuncture |
CONJUNCTURE, n. [See Conjoin.]1. A joining; a combination or union, as of causes, events or ... |
11998
|
conjuration |
CONJURATION, n. [See Conjure.] The act of using certain words or ceremonies to obtain the aid of a ... |
11999
|
conjure |
CONJURE, v.t. [L., to swear together, to conspire.]1. To call on or summon by a sacred name, or in ... |
12000
|
conjured |
CONJURED, pp. Bound by an oath. |
12001
|
conjurement |
CONJUREMENT, n. Serious injunction; solemn demand. |
12002
|
conjurer |
CONJURER, n. One who practices conjuration; one who pretends to the secret art of performing things ... |
12003
|
conjuring |
CONJURING, ppr. Enjoining or imploring solemnly. |
12004
|
connascence |
CONNASCENCE, n. [L., to be born.]1. The common birth of two or more at the same time; production of ... |
12005
|
connate |
CONNATE, a. [L., born.]1. Born with another; being of the same birth; as connate notions.2. In ... |
12006
|
connatural |
CONNATURAL, a. [con and natural.]1. Connected by nature; united in nature; born with another.These ... |
12007
|
connaturality |
CONNATURALITY, n. Participation of the same nature; natural union. |
12008
|
connaturally |
CONNATURALLY, adv. By the act of nature; originally. |
12009
|
connaturalness |
CONNATURALNESS, n. Participation of the same nature; natural union. |
12010
|
connect |
CONNECT, v.t. [L.]1. To knit or link together; to tie or fasten together, as by something ... |
12011
|
connection |
CONNECTION, n. [L. See Connect.] The act of joining or state of being joined; a state of being knit ... |
12012
|
connective |
CONNECTIVE, a. Having the power of connecting.CONNECTIVE, n. In grammar, a word that connects other ... |
12013
|
connectively |
CONNECTIVELY, adv. In union or conjunction; jointly. |
12014
|
connex |
CONNEX, v.t. [L.] To link together; to join. [Not in use.] |
12015
|
connexion |
CONNEXION, n. Connection. But for the sake of regular analogy, I have inserted connection, as the ... |
12016
|
connexive |
CONNEXIVE, a. Connective; having the power to connect; uniting; conjunctive; as connexive ... |
12017
|
connivance |
CONNIVANCE, n. [See Connive.] Properly, the act of winking. Hence figuratively, voluntary ... |
12018
|
connive |
CONNIVE, v.i. [L., to wink.]1. To wink; to close and open the eyelids rapidly.2. In a figurative ... |
12019
|
connivency |
CONNIVENCY, n. Connivance, which see. |
12020
|
connivent |
CONNIVENT, a. 1. Shutting the eyes; forbearing to see.2. In anatomy, the connivent valves are those ... |
12021
|
conniver |
CONNIVER, n. One who connives. |
12022
|
conniving |
CONNIVING, ppr. Closing the eyes against faults; permitting faults to pass uncensured. |
12023
|
connoisseur |
CONNOISSEUR, n. [L., to know.] A person well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a ... |
12024
|
connoisseurship |
CONNOISSEURSHIP, n. The skill of a connoisseur. |
12025
|
connotate |
CONNOTATE, v.t. [L.] To designate with something else; to imply. [Little used.] |
12026
|
connotation |
CONNOTATION, n. The act of making known or designating with something; implication of something ... |
12027
|
connote |
CONNOTE, v.t. [L., to mark. See Note.] To make known together; to imply; to denote or designate; to ... |
12028
|
connubial |
CONNUBIAL, a. [L., to marry.] Pertaining to marriage; nuptial; belonging to the state of husband ... |
12029
|
connumeration |
CONNUMERATION, n. A reckoning together. |
12030
|
connusance |
CONNUSANCE, n. [L.] Knowledge. [See Cognizance.] |
12031
|
connusant |
CONNUSANT, a. Knowing; informed; apprised.A neutral vessel, breaking a blockade, is liable to ... |
12032
|
conny |
CONNY, a. Brave; fine. [Local.] |
12033
|
conoid |
CONOID, n. [Gr., a cone, form.]1. In geometry, a solid formed by the revolution of a conic section ... |
12034
|
conoidic |
CONOIDIC, CONOIDICAL, a. Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid. |
12035
|
conoidical |
CONOIDIC, CONOIDICAL, a. Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid. |
12036
|
conquassate |
CONQUASSATE, v.t. [L.] To shake. [Little used.] |
12037
|
conquer |
CONQUER, v.t.1. To subdue; to reduce, by physical force, till resistance is no longer made; to ... |
12038
|
conquerable |
CONQUERABLE, a. That may be conquered, overcome or subdued. |
12039
|
conquered |
CONQUERED, pp. Overcome; subdued; vanquished; gained; won. |
12040
|
conqueress |
CONQUERESS, n. A female who conquers; a victorious female. |
12041
|
conquering |
CONQUERING, ppr. Overcoming; subduing; vanquishing; obtaining. |
12042
|
conqueror |
CONQUEROR, n. One who conquers; one who gains a victory; one who subdues and brings into subjection ... |
12043
|
conquest |
CONQUEST, n. [The primary sense is to seek, to press or drive towards.]1. The act of conquering; ... |
12044
|
consanguineous |
CONSANGUINEOUS, a. [L., infra.] Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent ... |
12045
|
consanguinity |
CONSANGUINITY, n. [L., blood.] The relation of persons by blood; the relation or connection of ... |
12046
|
conscience |
CONSCIENCE, n. [L., to know, to be privy to.]1. Internal or self-knowledge, or judgment of right ... |
12047
|
conscienced |
CONSCIENCED, a. Having conscience. |
12048
|
conscient |
CONSCIENT, Conscious. [Not used.] |
12049
|
conscientious |
CONSCIENTIOUS, a. 1. Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of ... |
12050
|
conscientiously |
CONSCIENTIOUSLY, adv. According to the direction of conscience; with a strict regard to right and ... |
12051
|
conscientiousness |
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS, n. A scrupulous regard to the decisions of conscience; a sense of justice, and ... |
12052
|
conscionable |
CONSCIONABLE, a. According to conscience; reasonable; just.Let my debtors have conscionable ... |
12053
|
conscionableness |
CONSCIONABLENESS, n. Reasonableness; equity. |
12054
|
conscionably |
CONSCIONABLY, adv. In a manner agreeable to conscience; reasonably; justly. |
12055
|
conscious |
CONSCIOUS, a. [L.]1. Possessing the faculty or power of knowing ones own thoughts or mental ... |
12056
|
consciously |
CONSCIOUSLY, adv. With knowledge of ones own mental operations or actions.If these perceptions, ... |
12057
|
consciousness |
CONSCIOUSNESS, n. 1. The knowledge of sensations and mental operations, or of what passes in ones ... |
12058
|
conscript |
CONSCRIPT, a. [L., to enroll; to write.] Written; enrolled; as conscript fathers, the senators of ... |
12059
|
conscription |
CONSCRIPTION, n. [L.] 1. An enrolling or registering. 2. Soldiers or forces levied by enrolling. |
12060
|
consecrate |
CONSECRATE, v.t. [L., to consecrate, sacred. See Sacred.]1. To make or declare to be sacred, by ... |
12061
|
consecrated |
CONSECRATED, pp. Made sacred by ceremonies or solemn rites; separated from a common to a sacred ... |
12062
|
consecrating |
CONSECRATING, ppr. Making sacred; appropriating to a sacred use; dedicating to the service of God; ... |
12063
|
consecration |
CONSECRATION, n. 1. The act or ceremony of separating form a common to a sacred use, or of devoting ... |
12064
|
consecrator |
CONSECRATOR, n. One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is ... |
12065
|
consecratory |
CONSECRATORY, a. Making sacred. |
12066
|
consectary |
CONSECTARY, a. [L., to follow. See Seek.] Following; consequent; consequential; ... |
12067
|
consecution |
CONSECUTION, n. [L., to follow. See Seek.]1. A following or sequel; train of consequences from ... |
12068
|
consecutive |
CONSECUTIVE, a. [See Consecution.]1. Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular ... |
12069
|
consecutively |
CONSECUTIVELY, adv. By way of consequence or succession, in opposition to antecedently or casually. |
12070
|
consenescence |
CONSENESCENCE, CONSENESCENCY, n. [L., to grow old.] A growing old; decay from age; as the ... |
12071
|
consenescency |
CONSENESCENCE, CONSENESCENCY, n. [L., to grow old.] A growing old; decay from age; as the ... |
12072
|
consension |
CONSENSION, n. [L. See consent.] Agreement; accord. [Little used.] |
12073
|
consent |
CONSENT, n. [L., to be of one mind, to agree; to think, feel or perceive. See Sense and Assent.]1. ... |
12074
|
consentaneous |
CONSENTANEOUS, a. [L. See Consent.] Agreeable; accordant; consistent with; suitable.The practice of ... |
12075
|
consentaneously |
CONSENTANEOUSLY, adv. Agreeably; consistently; suitably. |
12076
|
consentaneousness |
CONSENTANEOUSNESS, n. Agreement; accordance; consistency. |
12077
|
consenter |
CONSENTER, n. One who consents. |
12078
|
consentient |
CONSENTIENT, a. [L.] Agreeing in mind; accordant in opinion.The authority due to the consentient ... |
12079
|
consequence |
CONSEQUENCE, n. [L., to follow. See Seek.]1. That which follows from any act, cause, principle, or ... |
12080
|
consequent |
CONSEQUENT, a. [L.]1. Following, as the natural effect; with to or on.The right was consequent to, ... |
12081
|
consequential |
CONSEQUENTIAL, a. 1. Following as the effect; produced by the connection of effects with causes; as ... |
12082
|
consequentialness |
CONSEQUENTIALNESS, n. Regular consecution in discourse. |
12083
|
consequently |
CONSEQUENTLY, adv. By consequence; by necessary connection of effects with their causes; in ... |
12084
|
consequentness |
CONSEQUENTNESS, n. Regular connection of propositions, following each other; consecution of ... |
12085
|
consertion |
CONSERTION, n. [L.] Junction; adaptation. |
12086
|
conservable |
CONSERVABLE, a. [See Conserve.] That may be kept or preserved from decay or injury. |
12087
|
conservancy |
CONSERVANCY, n. [L. See Conserve.] A court of conservancy is held by the Lord Mayor of London, for ... |
12088
|
conservant |
CONSERVANT, a. Preserving; having the power or quality of preserving from decay or destruction. |
12089
|
conservation |
CONSERVATION, n. [L. See Conserve.] The act of preserving, guarding or protecting; preservation ... |
12090
|
conservative |
CONSERVATIVE, a. Preservative; having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, ... |
12091
|
conservator |
CONSERVATOR, n. 1. A preserver; one who preserves from injury or violation. Appropriately, an ... |
12092
|
conservatory |
CONSERVATORY, a. Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay or injury.CONSERVATORY, n. 1. A ... |
12093
|
conserve |
CONSERVE, v.t. [L., to hold, keep or guard.] To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve ... |
12094
|
conserved |
CONSERVED, pp. Preserved in a safe and sound state; guarded; kept; maintained; protected; prepared ... |
12095
|
conserver |
CONSERVER, n. One who conserves; one who keeps from loss or injury; one who lays up for ... |
12096
|
conserving |
CONSERVING, ppr. Keeping in safety; defending; maintaining; preparing with sugar. |
12097
|
consession |
CONSESSION, n. [L. See Session.] A sitting together. [Little used.] |
12098
|
consessor |
CONSESSOR, n. One that sits with others. [Little used.] |
12099
|
consider |
CONSIDER, v.t. [L., to consider, to view attentively, to sit by; to sit. See Sit. The literal sense ... |
12100
|
considerable |
CONSIDERABLE, a. [See Consider.]1. That may be considered; that is to be observed, remarked or ... |
12101
|
considerableness |
CONSIDERABLENESS, n. Some degree of importance, moment or dignity; a degree of value or importance ... |
12102
|
considerably |
CONSIDERABLY, adv. In a degree deserving notice; in a degree not trifling, or unimportant.And ... |
12103
|
considerance |
CONSIDERANCE, n. Consideration; reflection; sober thought. [Not used. See Consideration.] |
12104
|
considerate |
CONSIDERATE, a. [L. See Consider.]1. Given to consideration, or to sober reflection; thoughtful; ... |
12105
|
considerately |
CONSIDERATELY, adv. With deliberation; with due consideration; calmly; prudently. |
12106
|
considerateness |
CONSIDERATENESS, n. Prudence; calm deliberation. |
12107
|
consideration |
CONSIDERATION, n. [L. See Consider.]1. The act of considering; mental view; regard; notice.Let us ... |
12108
|
considerative |
CONSIDERATIVE, a. Taking into consideration. [Little used.] |
12109
|
considered |
CONSIDERED, pp. Thought of with care; pondered; viewed attentively; deliberated on; examined. |
12110
|
considerer |
CONSIDERER, n. A thinker; one who considers; a man of reflection. [Considerator is not in use.] |
12111
|
considering |
CONSIDERING, ppr. Fixing the mind on; meditating on; pondering; viewing with care and attention; ... |
12112
|
consideringly |
CONSIDERINGLY, adv. With consideration or deliberation. Whole Duty of Man. |
12113
|
consign |
CONSIGN, v.t. [L., to seal or sign; to seal or stamp; a sign, seal or mark; to deposit, deliver, ... |
12114
|
consignation |
CONSIGNATION, n. The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, ... |
12115
|
consignature |
CONSIGNATURE, n. Full signature; joint signing or stamping. |
12116
|
consigned |
CONSIGNED, pp. Delivered; committed for keeping, or management; deposited in trust. |
12117
|
consignee |
CONSIGNEE, n. The person to whom goods or other things are delivered in trust, for sale or ... |
12118
|
consigner |
CONSIGNER, CONSIGNOR, n. The person who consigns; one who sends, delivers, or commits goods to ... |
12119
|
consignification |
CONSIGNIFICATION, n. [See Signify.] Joint signification. |
12120
|
consignificative |
CONSIGNIFICATIVE, a. [See Signify.] Having a like signification, or jointly significative. |
12121
|
consigning |
CONSIGNING, ppr. Delivering to another in trust; sending or committing, as a possession or charge. |
12122
|
consignment |
CONSIGNMENT, n. 1. The act of consigning; consignation; the act of sending or committing, as a ... |
12123
|
consignor |
CONSIGNER, CONSIGNOR, n. The person who consigns; one who sends, delivers, or commits goods to ... |
12124
|
consimilar |
CONSIMILAR, a. Having common resemblance. [Little used.] |
12125
|
consimilitude |
CONSIMILITUDE, n. Resemblance. [Little used.] |
12126
|
consist |
CONSIST, v.i. [L., to stand.]1. To stand together; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body ... |
12127
|
consistence |
CONSISTENCE, CONSISTENCY, n. 1. A standing together; a being fixed in union, as the parts of a ... |
12128
|
consistency |
CONSISTENCE, CONSISTENCY, n. 1. A standing together; a being fixed in union, as the parts of a ... |
12129
|
consistent |
CONSISTENT, a. [L. See Consist.]1. Fixed; firm; not fluid; as the consistent parts of a body, ... |
12130
|
consistently |
CONSISTENTLY, adv. In a consistent manner; in agreement; agreeably; as, to command confidence, a ... |
12131
|
consistorial |
CONSISTORIAL, CONSISTORY, a. [See Consistory.] Pertaining or relating to a consistory, or ... |
12132
|
consistorian |
CONSISTORIAN, a. Relating to an order of presbyterian assemblies. |
12133
|
consistory |
CONSISTORY, n. [L. See Consist.] Primarily, a place of meeting; a council-house, or place of ... |
12134
|
consociate |
CONSOCIATE, n. [L. See the next word.] An associate; a partner or confederate; an ... |
12135
|
consociation |
CONSOCIATION, n.1. Intimate union of persons; fellowship; alliance; companionship; union of things. ... |
12136
|
consociational |
CONSOCIATIONAL, a. Pertaining to a consociation. |
12137
|
consol |
CONSOL, n. [from consolidate.] Consols, in England, are the funds or stocks formed by the ... |
12138
|
consolable |
CONSOLABLE, a. [See Console.] That admits comfort; capable of receiving consolation. |
12139
|
consolate |
CONSOLATE, v.t. To comfort. [See Console.] |
12140
|
consolation |
CONSOLATION, n. [L. See Console.]1. Comfort; alleviation of misery, or distress of mind; ... |
12141
|
consolator |
CONSOLATOR, n. One who comforts. |
12142
|
consolatory |
CONSOLATORY, a. [L.] Tending to give comfort; refreshing to the mind; assuaging grief.CONSOLATORY, ... |
12143
|
console |
CONSOLE, v.t. [L. The primary sense is either to set or allay, to give rest or quiet, or the sense ... |
12144
|
consoled |
CONSOLED, pp. Comforted; cheered. |
12145
|
consoler |
CONSOLER, n. One that gives comfort. |
12146
|
consolidant |
CONSOLIDANT, a. [See Consolidate.] Having the quality of uniting wounds or forming new ... |
12147
|
consolidate |
CONSOLIDATE, v.t. [L., solid. See Solid.]1. To make solid to unite or press together loose or ... |
12148
|
consolidated |
CONSOLIDATED, pp. Made solid, hard, or compact; united. |
12149
|
consolidating |
CONSOLIDATING, ppr. Making solid; uniting. |
12150
|
consolidation |
CONSOLIDATION, n.1. The act of making or process of becoming solid; the act of forming into a firm ... |
12151
|
consonance |
CONSONANCE, n. [L., to sound together; to sound. See Sound and Tone.]1. Accord or agreement of ... |
12152
|
consonant |
CONSONANT, a. 1. Agreeing; according; congruous; consistent; followed generally by to; sometimes by ... |
12153
|
consonantly |
CONSONANTLY, adv. Consistently; in agreement. |
12154
|
consonantness |
CONSONANTNESS, n. Agreeableness; consistency. |
12155
|
consonous |
CONSONOUS, a. [L.] Agreeing in sound; symphonious. |
12156
|
consopiate |
CONSOPIATE, v.t. To lull asleep. [Not used.] |
12157
|
consopiation |
CONSOPIATION, n. A lulling asleep. [Not used.] |
12158
|
consopite |
CONSOPITE, a. Calm; composed. [Not used.] |
12159
|
consort |
CONSORT, n. [L., sort, state, kind.]1. A companion; a partner; an intimate associate; particularly, ... |
12160
|
consortable |
CONSORTABLE, a. Suitable. |
12161
|
consorted |
CONSORTED, pp. United in marriage. |
12162
|
consorting |
CONSORTING, ppr. Uniting in company with; associating. |
12163
|
consortion |
CONSORTION, n. Fellowship. [Not used.] |
12164
|
consortship |
CONSORTSHIP, n. Fellowship; partnership. |
12165
|
consound |
CONSOUND, n. The name of several species of plants. |
12166
|
conspicuity |
CONSPICUITY, n. Conspicuousness; brightness. [Little used.] |
12167
|
conspicuous |
CONSPICUOUS, a. [L., to look or see. See Species.]1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to ... |
12168
|
conspicuously |
CONSPICUOUSLY, adv. In a conspicuous manner; obviously; in a manner to be clearly seen; eminently; ... |
12169
|
conspicuousness |
CONSPICUOUSNESS, n. 1. Openness or exposure to the view; a state of being visible at a distance; as ... |
12170
|
conspiracy |
CONSPIRACY, n. [L. See Conspire.]1. A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement between ... |
12171
|
conspirant |
CONSPIRANT, a. [L.] Conspiring; plotting; engaging in a plot to commit a crime. |
12172
|
conspiration |
CONSPIRATION, n. Conspiracy; agreement or concurrence of things to one end. |
12173
|
conspirator |
CONSPIRATOR, n. 1. One who conspires; one who engages in a plot to commit a crime, particularly ... |
12174
|
conspire |
CONSPIRE, v.i. [L., to plot; to breathe. But the primary sense is to throw, to wind; hence spira, a ... |
12175
|
conspirer |
CONSPIRER, n. One who conspires or plots; a conspirator. |
12176
|
conspiring |
CONSPIRING, ppr.1. Agreeing to commit a crime; plotting; uniting or concurring to one end.2. In ... |
12177
|
conspiringly |
CONSPIRINGLY, adv. In the manner of a conspiracy; by conspiracy. |
12178
|
conspissation |
CONSPISSATION, n. [L.] The act of making thick or viscous; thickness. |
12179
|
conspurcation |
CONSPURCATION, n. [L., to defile.] The act of defiling; defilement; pollution. [Not in use.] |
12180
|
constable |
CONSTABLE, n. [L., a stable; count of the stable.]1. The Lord High Constable of England, the ... |
12181
|
constableship |
CONSTABLESHIP, n. The office of a constable. |
12182
|
constablewick |
CONSTABLEWICK, n. The district to which a constables power is limited. |
12183
|
constancy |
CONSTANCY, n. [L., to stand.]1. Fixedness; a standing firm; hence, applied to God or his works, ... |
12184
|
constant |
CONSTANT, a. [L.] 1. Fixed; firm; opposed to fluid.To turn two fluid liquors into a constant ... |
12185
|
constantinopolitan |
CONSTANTINOPOLITAN, a. Relating to Constantinople, the metropolis of Turkey in Europe. |
12186
|
constantly |
CONSTANTLY, adv. Firmly; steadily; invariably; continually; perseveringly.Rhoda constantly affirmed ... |
12187
|
constat |
CONSTAT, n. [L., it appears.] 1. In England, a certificate given by the clerk of the pipe and ... |
12188
|
constellate |
CONSTELLATE, v.i. [Low L., to shine, a star.] To join luster; to shine with united radiance or one ... |
12189
|
constellated |
CONSTELLATED, pp.1. United in one splendor.2. Starry; set or adorned with stars or constellations. |
12190
|
constellation |
CONSTELLATION, n. 1. A cluster of fixed stars; an asterism; a number of stars which appear as if ... |
12191
|
consternation |
CONSTERNATION, n. [L., to throw or strike down.] Astonishment; amazement or horror that confounds ... |
12192
|
constipate |
CONSTIPATE, v.t. [L., to crowd, or cram. See Stuff and Stop.]1. To crowd or cram into a narrow ... |
12193
|
constipation |
CONSTIPATION, n. 1. The act of crowding any thing into a less compass; a pressing together; ... |
12194
|
constituent |
CONSTITUENT, a. [L., to set. See Statue, Statute.] Setting; constituting; applied to parts of a ... |
12195
|
constitute |
CONSTITUTE, v.t. [L., to set.]1. To set; to fix; to enact; to establish.We must obey laws appointed ... |
12196
|
constituted |
CONSTITUTED, pp. Set; fixed; established; made; elected; appointed. |
12197
|
constituter |
CONSTITUTER, n. One who constitutes or appoints. |
12198
|
constituting |
CONSTITUTING, ppr. Setting; establishing; composing; electing; appointing. |
12199
|
constitution |
CONSTITUTION, n. 1. The act of constituting, enacting, establishing, or appointing.2. The state of ... |
12200
|
constitutional |
CONSTITUTIONAL, a. 1. Bred or inherent in the constitution, or in the natural frame of body or ... |
12201
|
constitutionalist |
CONSTITUTIONALIST, n. 1. An adherent to the constitution of government.2. An innovator of the old ... |
12202
|
constitutionality |
CONSTITUTIONALITY, n. 1. The state of being constitutional; the state of being inherent in the ... |
12203
|
constitutionally |
CONSTITUTIONALLY, adv. In consistency with the constitution or frame of government. |
12204
|
constitutionist |
CONSTITUTIONIST, n. One who adheres to the constitution of the country. |
12205
|
constitutive |
CONSTITUTIVE, a. 1. That constitutes, forms or composes; elemental; essential.The constitutive ... |
12206
|
constrain |
CONSTRAIN, v.t. [L., to strain, to bind. See Strain.] In a general sense, to strain; to press; to ... |
12207
|
constrainable |
CONSTRAINABLE, a. That may be constrained, forced, or repressed; liable to constraint, or to ... |
12208
|
constrained |
CONSTRAINED, pp. Urged irresistibly or powerfully; compelled; forced; restrained; confined; bound; ... |
12209
|
constrainedly |
CONSTRAINEDLY, adv. By constraint; by compulsion. |
12210
|
constrainer |
CONSTRAINER, n. One who constrains. |
12211
|
constraining |
CONSTRAINING, ppr. Urging with irresistible or powerful force; compelling; forcing; repressing; ... |
12212
|
constraint |
CONSTRAINT, n. Irresistible force, or its effect; any force, or power, physical or moral, which ... |
12213
|
constraintive |
CONSTRAINTIVE, a. Having power to compel. |
12214
|
constrict |
CONSTRICT, v.t. [L. See Constrain.] To draw together; to bind; to cramp; to draw into a narrow ... |
12215
|
constricted |
CONSTRICTED, pp. Drawn together; bound; contracted. |
12216
|
constricting |
CONSTRICTING, ppr. Drawing together; binding; contracting. |
12217
|
constriction |
CONSTRICTION, n. A drawing together or contraction by means of some inherent power, or by spasm, as ... |
12218
|
constrictor |
CONSTRICTOR, n. 1. That which draws together or contracts. In anatomy, a muscle which draws ... |
12219
|
constringe |
CONSTRINGE, v.t. [L. See Constrain.] To draw together; to strain into a narrow compass; to ... |
12220
|
constringed |
CONSTRINGED, pp. Contracted; drawn together. |
12221
|
constringent |
CONSTRINGENT, a. Having the quality of contracting, binding or compressing. |
12222
|
constringing |
CONSTRINGING, ppr. Drawing or compressing into a smaller compass; contracting; binding. |
12223
|
construct |
CONSTRUCT, v.t. [L., to lay, dispose or set in order. See Structure.]1. To put together the parts ... |
12224
|
constructed |
CONSTRUCTED, pp. Built; formed; composed; compiled. |
12225
|
constructer |
CONSTRUCTER, n. One who constructs or frames. |
12226
|
constructing |
CONSTRUCTING, ppr. Building; framing; composing. |
12227
|
construction |
CONSTRUCTION, n. [L.]1. The act of building, or of devising and forming; fabrication.2. The form of ... |
12228
|
constructional |
CONSTRUCTIONAL, a. Pertaining to construction; deduced from construction or interpretation. ... |
12229
|
constructive |
CONSTRUCTIVE, a. By construction; created or deduced by construction, or mode of interpretation; ... |
12230
|
constructively |
CONSTRUCTIVELY, adv. In a constructive manner; by way of construction or interpretation; by fair ... |
12231
|
constructure |
CONSTRUCTURE, n. An edifice; pile; fabric. [For this, structure is more generally used.] |
12232
|
construe |
CONSTRUE, v.t. [L. See Construct.]1. To arrange words in their natural order; to reduce from a ... |
12233
|
construed |
CONSTRUED, pp. Arranged in natural order; interpreted; understood; translated. |
12234
|
construing |
CONSTRUING, ppr. Arranging in natural order; expounding; interpreting; translating. |
12235
|
constuprate |
CONSTUPRATE, v.t. [L., to ravish.] To violate; to debauch; to defile. |
12236
|
constupration |
CONSTUPRATION, n. The act of ravishing; violation; defilement. |
12237
|
consubsist |
CONSUBSIST, v.i. To subsist together. [See Subsist.] |
12238
|
consubstantial |
CONSUBSTANTIAL, a. [L. See Substance.]1. Having the same substance or essence; co-essential.The ... |
12239
|
consubstantialist |
CONSUBSTANTIALIST, n. One who believes in consubstantiation. |
12240
|
consubstantiality |
CONSUBSTANTIALITY, n. 1. The existence of more than one in the same substance; as, the co-eternity ... |
12241
|
consubstantiate |
CONSUBSTANTIATE, v.t. [L, substance.] To unite in one common substance or nature.CONSUBSTANTIATE, ... |
12242
|
consubstantiation |
CONSUBSTANTIATION, n. The union of the body of our blessed Savior with the sacramental elements. ... |
12243
|
consul |
CONSUL, n. [L., to consult.]1. The chief magistrate of the Ancient Roman Republic, invested with ... |
12244
|
consulage |
CONSULAGE, n. A duty laid by the British Levant Company on imports and exports for the support of ... |
12245
|
consular |
CONSULAR, a. Pertaining to a consul; as consular power; consular dignity, or privileges. |
12246
|
consulate |
CONSULATE, n. [L.] The office of a consul. [ This is applicable to modern consuls, as well as to ... |
12247
|
consulship |
CONSULSHIP, n. The office of a consul; or the term of his office; applicable only to Roman consuls. |
12248
|
consult |
CONSULT, v.i. [L., to consult, to ask counsel.]1. To seek the opinion or advice of another by, by a ... |
12249
|
consultation |
CONSULTATION, n. 1. The act of consulting; deliberation of two or more persons, with a view to some ... |
12250
|
consultative |
CONSULTATIVE, a. Having the privilege of consulting. |
12251
|
consulted |
CONSULTED, pp. Asked; enquired of, for opinion or advice; regarded. |
12252
|
consulter |
CONSULTER, n. One who consults, or asks counsel or information; as a consulter with familiar ... |
12253
|
consulting |
CONSULTING, ppr. Asking advice; seeking information; deliberating and enquiring mutually; ... |
12254
|
consumable |
CONSUMABLE, a. [See Consume.] That may be consumed; possible to be destroyed, dissipated, wasted or ... |
12255
|
consume |
CONSUME, v.t. [L., to take. So in English we say, it takes up time, that is, it consumes time.]1. ... |
12256
|
consumed |
CONSUMED, pp. Wasted; burnt up; destroyed; dissipated; squandered; expended. |
12257
|
consumer |
CONSUMER, n. One who consumes, spends, wastes or destroys; that which consumes. |
12258
|
consuming |
CONSUMING, ppr. 1. Burning; wasting; destroying; expending; eating; devouring.2. a. That ... |
12259
|
consummate |
CONSUMMATE, v.t. [L. See Sum.] To end; to finish by completing what was intended; to perfect; to ... |
12260
|
consummated |
CONSUMMATED, pp. Completed; perfected; ended. |
12261
|
consummately |
CONSUMMATELY, adv. Completely; perfectly. |
12262
|
consummating |
CONSUMMATING, ppr. Completing; accomplishing; perfecting. |
12263
|
consummation |
CONSUMMATION, n. [L.]1. Completion; end; perfection of a word, process or scheme. 2. The end or ... |
12264
|
consumption |
CONSUMPTION, n. [L. See Consume.]1. The act of consuming; waste; destruction by burning, eating, ... |
12265
|
consumptive |
CONSUMPTIVE, a. 1. Destructive; wasting; exhausting; having the quality of consuming, or ... |
12266
|
consumptively |
CONSUMPTIVELY, adv. In a way tending to consumption. |
12267
|
consumptiveness |
CONSUMPTIVENESS, n. A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption. |
12268
|
contabulate |
CONTABULATE, v.t. [L.] To floor with boards. |
12269
|
contabulation |
CONTABULATION, n. The act of laying with boards, or of flooring. |
12270
|
contact |
CONTACT, n. [L., to touch. See Touch.] A touching; touch; close union or juncture of bodies. Two ... |
12271
|
contaction |
CONTACTION, n. The act of touching. |
12272
|
contagion |
CONTAGION, n. [L., to touch.]1. Literally, a touch or touching. Hence, the communication of a ... |
12273
|
contagious |
CONTAGIOUS, a. 1. Containing or generating contagion; catching; that may be communicated by ... |
12274
|
contagiousness |
CONTAGIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being contagious. |
12275
|
contain |
CONTAIN, v.t. [L., to hold. See Tenet, Tenure.]1. To hold, as a vessel; as, the vessel contains a ... |
12276
|
containable |
CONTAINABLE, a. That may be contained, or comprised. |
12277
|
contained |
CONTAINED, pp. Held; comprehended; comprised; included; inclosed. |
12278
|
containing |
CONTAINING, ppr. Holding; having capacity to hold; comprehending; comprising; including; inclosing. |
12279
|
contaminate |
CONTAMINATE, v.t. [L., to defile.] To defile; to pollute; usually in a figurative sense; to sully; ... |
12280
|
contaminated |
CONTAMINATED, pp. Polluted; defiled; tarnished. |
12281
|
contaminating |
CONTAMINATING, ppr. Polluting; defiling; tarnishing. |
12282
|
contamination |
CONTAMINATION, n. The act of polluting; pollution; defilement; taint. |
12283
|
conteck |
CONTECK, n. Quarrel; contention. [Not English.] |
12284
|
contection |
CONTECTION, n. [L.] A covering. [Not used.] |
12285
|
contemn |
CONTEMN, v.t. [L., to despise; to drive away.]1. To despise; to consider and treat as mean and ... |
12286
|
contemned |
CONTEMNED, pp. Despised; scorned; slighted; neglected, or rejected with disdain. |
12287
|
contemner |
CONTEMNER, n. One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. |
12288
|
contemning |
CONTEMNING, ppr. Despising; slighting as vile or despicable; neglecting or rejecting, as unworthy ... |
12289
|
contemper |
CONTEMPER, v.t. [L., to mix or temper. See Temper.] To moderate; to reduce to a lower degree by ... |
12290
|
contemperament |
CONTEMPERAMENT, n. Moderated or qualified degree; a degree of any quality reduced to that of ... |
12291
|
contemperate |
CONTEMPERATE, v.t. [See Contemper.] To temper; to reduce the quality of, by mixing something ... |
12292
|
contemperation |
CONTEMPERATION, n. 1. The act of reducing a quality by admixture of the contrary; the act of ... |
12293
|
contemplate |
CONTEMPLATE, v.t. [L.]1. To view or consider with continued attention; to study; to meditate on. ... |
12294
|
contemplated |
CONTEMPLATED, pp. Considered with attention; meditated on; intended. |
12295
|
contemplating |
CONTEMPLATING, ppr. Considering with continued attention; meditating on; musing. |
12296
|
contemplation |
CONTEMPLATION, n. [L.] 1. The act of the mind in considering with attention; meditation; study; ... |
12297
|
contemplative |
CONTEMPLATIVE, a. 1. Given to contemplation, or continued application of the mind to a subject; ... |
12298
|
contemplatively |
CONTEMPLATIVELY, adv. With contemplation; attentively; thoughtfully; with deep attention. |
12299
|
contemplator |
CONTEMPLATOR, n. One who contemplates; one employed in study or meditation; an inquirer after ... |
12300
|
contemporaneous |
CONTEMPORANEOUS, a. [See Cotemporary.] living or being at the same time. |
12301
|
contemporary |
CONTEMPORARY, a. [L., time. For the sake of easier pronunciation and a ore agreeable sound, this ... |
12302
|
contemporise |
CONTEMPORISE, v.t. To make contemporary; to place in the same age or time. [Not used.] |
12303
|
contempt |
CONTEMPT, n. [L. See Contemn.]1. The act of despising; the act of viewing or considering and ... |
12304
|
contemptible |
CONTEMPTIBLE, a. [L.]1. Worthy of contempt; that deserves scorn, or disdain; despicable; mean; ... |
12305
|
contemptibleness |
CONTEMPTIBLENESS, n. The state of being contemptible, or of being despised; despicableness; ... |
12306
|
contemptibly |
CONTEMPTIBLY, adv. In a contemptible manner; meanly; in a manner deserving of contempt. |
12307
|
contemptuous |
CONTEMPTUOUS, a. Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; as contemptuous language ... |
12308
|
contemptuously |
CONTEMPTUOUSLY, adv. In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully.The apostles and ... |
12309
|
contemptuousness |
CONTEMPTUOUSNESS, n. Disposition to contempt; act of contempt; insolence; scornfulness; ... |
12310
|
contend |
CONTEND, v.i. [L., to stretch. Gr., See Tend, Tenet.]1. To strive, or to strive against; to ... |
12311
|
contended |
CONTENDED, pp. Urged in argument or debate; disputed; contested. |
12312
|
contendent |
CONTENDENT, n. An antagonist or opposer. |
12313
|
contender |
CONTENDER, n. One who contends; a combatant; a champion. |
12314
|
contending |
CONTENDING, ppr. 1. Striving; struggling to oppose; debating; urging in argument; quarreling.2. ... |
12315
|
contenement |
CONTENEMENT, n. [con and tenement.] Land, or freehold contiguous to a tenement. |
12316
|
content |
CONTENT, a. [L., to be held; to hold.] Literally, held, contained within limits; hence, quiet; not ... |
12317
|
contentation |
CONTENTATION, n. Content; satisfaction. |
12318
|
contented |
CONTENTED, pp. or a. Satisfied; quiet; easy in mind; not complaining, opposing or demanding more. ... |
12319
|
contentedly |
CONTENTEDLY, adv. In a contented manner; quietly; without concern. |
12320
|
contentedness |
CONTENTEDNESS, n. State of resting in mind; quiet; satisfaction of mind with any condition or ... |
12321
|
contentful |
CONTENTFUL, a. Full of contentment. [Not used.] |
12322
|
contention |
CONTENTION, n. [L. See Contend.]1. Strife; struggle; a violent effort to obtain something, or to ... |
12323
|
contentious |
CONTENTIOUS, a. 1. Apt to contend; given to angry debate; quarrelsome; perverse.A continual ... |
12324
|
contentiously |
CONTENTIOUSLY, adv. In a contentious manner; quarrelsomely; perversely. |
12325
|
contentiousness |
CONTENTIOUSNESS, n. A disposition to contend; proneness to contest; perverseness; quarrelsomeness. |
12326
|
contentless |
CONTENTLESS, a. Discontented; dissatisfied; uneasy. |
12327
|
contently |
CONTENTLY, adv. In a contented way. |
12328
|
contentment |
CONTENTMENT, n.1. Content; a resting or satisfaction of mind without disquiet; ... |
12329
|
conterminable |
CONTERMINABLE, a. [L. Con and terminus.] Capable of the same bounds. |
12330
|
conterminate |
CONTERMINATE, a. Having the same bounds. |
12331
|
conterminous |
CONTERMINOUS, a. [L., con and terminus, a border.] Bordering upon; touching at the boundary; ... |
12332
|
conterpractice |
CONTERPRACTICE, n. Practice in opposition to another. |
12333
|
conterranean |
CONTERRANEAN, CONTERRANEOUS, a. [L., con and terra, country.] Being of the same country. [Not ... |
12334
|
conterraneous |
CONTERRANEAN, CONTERRANEOUS, a. [L., con and terra, country.] Being of the same country. [Not ... |
12335
|
contest |
CONTEST, v.t. [L., have a different sense, being equivalent to the English attest. See Test.]1. To ... |
12336
|
contestable |
CONTESTABLE, a. That may be disputed or debated; disputable; controvertible. |
12337
|
contestableness |
CONTESTABLENESS, n. Possibility of being contested. |
12338
|
contestation |
CONTESTATION, n. 1. The act of contesting; strife; dispute.After years spent in domestic ... |
12339
|
contestingly |
CONTESTINGLY, adv. In a contending manner. |
12340
|
contestless |
CONTESTLESS, a. Not to be disputed. |
12341
|
contex |
CONTEX, v.t To weave together. [Not used.] |
12342
|
context |
CONTEXT, n. [L. Con and texo, to weave.] The general series or composition of a discourse; more ... |
12343
|
contextural |
CONTEXTURAL, a. Pertaining to contexture, or to the human frame. |
12344
|
contexture |
CONTEXTURE, n. The manner of interweaving several parts into one body; the disposition and union of ... |
12345
|
contignation |
CONTIGNATION, n. [L., a beam.] 1. A frame of beams; a story.2. The act of framing together, or ... |
12346
|
contiguity |
CONTIGUITY, n. [See Contiguous.] Actual contact of bodies; a touching. |
12347
|
contiguous |
CONTIGUOUS, a. [L., con and tango, tago, to touch.] Touching; meeting or joining at the surface or ... |
12348
|
contiguously |
CONTIGUOUSLY, adv. In a manner to touch; without intervening space. |
12349
|
contiguousness |
CONTIGUOUSNESS, n. A state of contact; close union of surfaces or borders. |
12350
|
continence |
CONTINENCE, CONTINENCY, n. [L., to hold, or withhold; con and teneo, to hold. See Tenet.]1. In a ... |
12351
|
continency |
CONTINENCE, CONTINENCY, n. [L., to hold, or withhold; con and teneo, to hold. See Tenet.]1. In a ... |
12352
|
continent |
CONTINENT, a. [L.]1. Refraining from unlawful sexual commerce, or moderate in the indulgence of ... |
12353
|
continental |
CONTINENTAL, a. Pertaining or relating to a continent; as the continental powers of Europe. In ... |
12354
|
continently |
CONTINENTLY, adv. In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately. |
12355
|
contingence |
CONTINGENCE, CONTINGENCY, n. [L., to fall or happen to; to touch. See Touch.]1. The quality of ... |
12356
|
contingency |
CONTINGENCE, CONTINGENCY, n. [L., to fall or happen to; to touch. See Touch.]1. The quality of ... |
12357
|
contingent |
CONTINGENT, a. 1. Falling or coming by chance, that is, without design or expectation on our part; ... |
12358
|
contingently |
CONTINGENTLY, adv. Accidentally; without design or foresight. |
12359
|
contingentness |
CONTINGENTNESS, n. The state of being contingent; fortuitousness. |
12360
|
continual |
CONTINUAL, a. [L. See Continue.]1. Proceeding without interruption or cessation; unceasing; not ... |
12361
|
continually |
CONTINUALLY, adv.1. Without pause or cessation; unceasingly; as, the ocean is continually rolling ... |
12362
|
continualness |
CONTINUALNESS, n. Permanence. |
12363
|
continuance |
CONTINUANCE, n. [See Continue.]1. A holding on or remaining in a particular state, or in a course ... |
12364
|
continuate |
CONTINUATE, v.t. To join closely together.CONTINUATE, a. [L.]1. Immediately united; holding ... |
12365
|
continuately |
CONTINUATELY, adv. With continuity; without interruption. [Little used.] |
12366
|
continuation |
CONTINUATION, n. [L.]1. Extension of existence in a series or line; succession uninterrupted.These ... |
12367
|
continuative |
CONTINUATIVE, n. 1. An expression noting permanence or duration.To these may be added ... |
12368
|
continuator |
CONTINUATOR, n. One who continues or keeps up a series or succession. |
12369
|
continue |
CONTINUE, v.i. [L., to hold. See Tenet.]1. To remain in a state, or place; to abide for any time ... |
12370
|
continued |
CONTINUED, pp.1. Drawn out; protracted; produced; extended in length; extended without ... |
12371
|
continuedly |
CONTINUEDLY, adv. Without interruption; without ceasing. |
12372
|
continuer |
CONTINUER, n. One who continues; cone that has the power of perseverance. |
12373
|
continuing |
CONTINUING, ppr. 1. Remaining fixed or permanent; abiding; lasting; enduring; persevering; ... |
12374
|
continuity |
CONTINUITY, n. [L.] Connection uninterrupted; cohesion; close union of parts; unbroken ... |
12375
|
continuous |
CONTINUOUS, a. [L.] Joined without intervening space; as continuous depth. |
12376
|
contorsion |
CONTORTION, CONTORSION, n. [L.]1. A twisting; a writhing; a wresting; a twist; wry motion; as the ... |
12377
|
contort |
CONTORT, v.t. [L.] TO twist together; to writhe. |
12378
|
contorted |
CONTORTED, pp. Twisted together. A contorted corol, in botany, has the edge of one petal lying over ... |
12379
|
contortion |
CONTORTION, CONTORSION, n. [L.]1. A twisting; a writhing; a wresting; a twist; wry motion; as the ... |
12380
|
contour |
CONTOUR, n. The outline; the line that defines or terminates a figure. |
12381
|
contourniated |
CONTOURNIATED, a. Having edges appearing as if turned in a lathe. |
12382
|
contra |
CONTRA. A Latin preposition signifying against, in opposition, entering into the composition of ... |
12383
|
contra-dance |
CONTRA-DANCE, COUNTER-DANCE, n. A dance in which the partners are arranged in opposition, or in ... |
12384
|
contra-tenor |
CONTRA-TENOR, n. In music, a middle part between the tenor and treble; counter. |
12385
|
contraband |
CONTRABAND, a. [See Ban.] Prohibited. Contraband goods are such as are prohibited to be imported ... |
12386
|
contrabandist |
CONTRABANDIST, n. One who trafficks illegally. |
12387
|
contract |
CONTRACT, v.t. [L., to draw. See Draw.]1. To draw together or nearer; to draw into a less compass, ... |
12388
|
contracted |
CONTRACTED, pp. 1. Drawn together, or into a shorter or narrower compass; shrunk; betrothed; ... |
12389
|
contractedly |
CONTRACTEDLY, adv. In a contracted manner. |
12390
|
contractedness |
CONTRACTEDNESS, n. 1. The state of being contracted.2. Narrowness; meanness; excessive selfishness. |
12391
|
contractibility |
CONTRACTIBILITY, n. Possibility of being contracted; quality of suffering contraction; as the ... |
12392
|
contractible |
CONTRACTIBLE, a. Capable of contraction.Small air bladders, dilatable and contractible. |
12393
|
contractibleness |
CONTRACTIBLENESS, n. The quality of suffering contraction; contractibility. |
12394
|
contractile |
CONTRACTILE, a. Tending to contract; having the power of shortening or of drawing into smaller ... |
12395
|
contractility |
CONTRACTILITY, n. The inherent quality or force by which bodies shrink or contract. |
12396
|
contracting |
CONTRACTING, ppr.1. Shortening or narrowing; drawing together; lessening dimensions; shrinking; ... |
12397
|
contraction |
CONTRACTION, n. [L.]1. The act of drawing together, or shrinking; the act of shortening, narrowing ... |
12398
|
contractor |
CONTRACTOR, n. 1. One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do any ... |
12399
|
contradict |
CONTRADICT, v.t. [L., to speak.]1. To oppose by words; to assert the contrary to what has been ... |
12400
|
contradicted |
CONTRADICTED, pp. Opposed in words; opposed; denied. |
12401
|
contradicter |
CONTRADICTER, n. One who contradicts or denies; an opposer. |
12402
|
contradicting |
CONTRADICTING, ppr. Affirming the contrary to what has been asserted; denying; opposing. |
12403
|
contradiction |
CONTRADICTION, n. [L.]1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial; ... |
12404
|
contradictional |
CONTRADICTIONAL, a. Inconsistent. [Not in use.] |
12405
|
contradictious |
CONTRADICTIOUS, a. 1. Filled with contradictions; inconsistent.2. Inclined to contradict; disposed ... |
12406
|
contradictiousness |
CONTRADICTIOUSNESS, n. 1. Inconsistency; contrariety to itself.2. Disposition to contradict or ... |
12407
|
contradictorily |
CONTRADICTORILY, adv. In a contradictory manner; in a manner inconsistent with itself, or opposite ... |
12408
|
contradictoriness |
CONTRADICTORINESS, n. Direct opposition; contrariety in assertion or effect. |
12409
|
contradictory |
CONTRADICTORY, a. 1. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; as ... |
12410
|
contradistinct |
CONTRADISTINCT, a. Distinguished by opposite qualities. |
12411
|
contradistinction |
CONTRADISTINCTION, n. [contra and distinction.] Distinction by opposite qualities. We speak of sins ... |
12412
|
contradistinctive |
CONTRADISTINCTIVE, a. Distinguishing by opposites. |
12413
|
contradistinguish |
CONTRADISTINGUISH, v.t. [contra and distinguish.] To distinguish not merely by differential, but by ... |
12414
|
contradistinguishe |
CONTRADISTINGUISHED, pp. Distinguished by opposites. |
12415
|
contradistinguishi |
CONTRADISTINGUISHING, ppr. Distinguishing by opposites. |
12416
|
contrafissure |
CONTRAFISSURE, n. [contra and fissure.] In surgery, a fissure or fracture in the cranium, on the ... |
12417
|
contraindicant |
CONTRAINDICANT, n. A symptom that forbids to treat a disorder in the usual way. |
12418
|
contraindicate |
CONTRAINDICATE, v.t. [contra and indicate.] In medicine, to indicate some method of cure, contrary ... |
12419
|
contraindication |
CONTRAINDICATION, n. An indication, from some peculiar symptom or fact, that forbids the method of ... |
12420
|
contramure |
CONTRAMURE, n. An out wall. [See Countermure.] |
12421
|
contranatural |
CONTRANATURAL, a. Opposite to nature. [Little used.] |
12422
|
contranitency |
CONTRANITENCY, n. [L. contra and nitor, to strive.] Reaction; resistance to force. |
12423
|
contraposition |
CONTRAPOSITION, n. [contra and position.] A placing over against; opposite position. |
12424
|
contrapuntist |
CONTRAPUNTIST, n. One skilled in counterpoint. |
12425
|
contraregularity |
CONTRAREGULARITY, n. [contra and regularity.] Contrariety to rule, or to regularity. |
12426
|
contrariant |
CONTRARIANT, a. Contradictory; opposite; inconsistent. [Little used.] |
12427
|
contraries |
CONTRARIES, n. [See Contrary.] In logic, propositions which destroy each other, but of which the ... |
12428
|
contrariety |
CONTRARIETY, n. [L. See Contrary.]1. Opposition in fact, essence, quality or principle; repugnance. ... |
12429
|
contrarily |
CONTRARILY, adv. In an opposite manner; in opposition; on the other side; in opposite ways. |
12430
|
contrariness |
CONTRARINESS, n. Contrariety; opposition. |
12431
|
contrarious |
CONTRARIOUS, a. Contrary; opposite; repugnant. |
12432
|
contrariously |
CONTRARIOUSLY, adv. Contrarily; oppositely. |
12433
|
contrariwise |
CONTRARIWISE, adv. [contrary and wise, manner.] On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand.Not ... |
12434
|
contrary |
CONTRARY, a. [L., against.]1. Opposite; adverse; moving against or in an opposite direction; as ... |
12435
|
contrary-minded |
CONTRARY-MINDED, a. Of a different mind or opinion. |
12436
|
contrast |
CONTRAST, v.t.1. To set in opposition two or more figures of a like kind, with a view to show the ... |
12437
|
contrasted |
CONTRASTED, pp. Set in opposition; examined in opposition. |
12438
|
contrasting |
CONTRASTING, ppr. Placing in opposition, with a view to discover the difference of figures or other ... |
12439
|
contrate-wheel |
CONTRATE-WHEEL, n. In watch-work, the wheel next to the crown, the teeth and hoop of which lie ... |
12440
|
contravallation |
CONTRAVALLATION, n. [L., to fortify.] In fortification, a trench guarded with a parapet, thrown ... |
12441
|
contravene |
CONTRAVENE, v.t. [L., to come.] Literally, to come against; to meet. Hence, to oppose, but used in ... |
12442
|
contravened |
CONTRAVENED, pp. Opposed; obstructed. |
12443
|
contravener |
CONTRAVENER, n. One who opposes. |
12444
|
contravening |
CONTRAVENING, ppr. Opposing in principle or effect. |
12445
|
contravention |
CONTRAVENTION, n. Opposition; obstruction; a defeating of the operation or effect.The proceedings ... |
12446
|
contraversion |
CONTRAVERSION, n. [L., a turning.] A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe. |
12447
|
contrayerva |
CONTRAYERVA, n. [L., an antidote for poison, or in general, an antidote.] The genus of plants, ... |
12448
|
contrectation |
CONTRECTATION, n. [L.] A touching or handling. |
12449
|
contributary |
CONTRIBUTARY, a. [See Contribute.] Paying tribute to the same sovereign; contributing aid to the ... |
12450
|
contribute |
CONTRIBUTE, v.t. [L., to grant, assign, or impart. See Tribe, Tribute.]1. To give or grant in ... |
12451
|
contributed |
CONTRIBUTED, pp. Given or advanced to a common fund, stock or purpose; paid as a share. |
12452
|
contributing |
CONTRIBUTING, ppr. Giving in common with others to some stock or purpose; imparting a share. |
12453
|
contribution |
CONTRIBUTION, n. 1. The act of giving to a common stock, or in common with others; the act of ... |
12454
|
contributive |
CONTRIBUTIVE, a. Tending to contribute; contributing; having the power or quality of giving a ... |
12455
|
contributor |
CONTRIBUTOR, n. One who contributes; one who gives or pays money to a common stock or fund; one who ... |
12456
|
contributory |
CONTRIBUTORY, a. Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing ... |
12457
|
contristate |
CONTRISTATE, v.t. [L.] To make sorrowful. [Not used.] |
12458
|
contristation |
CONTRISTATION, n. The act of making sad. [Not used.] |
12459
|
contrite |
CONTRITE, a. [L., to break or bruise; to rub or wear. See Trite.] Literally, worn or bruised. ... |
12460
|
contritely |
CONTRITELY, adv. In a contrite manner; with penitence. |
12461
|
contriteness |
CONTRITENESS, n. Deep sorrow and penitence for sin. |
12462
|
contrition |
CONTRITION, n. [L.]1. The act of grinding or rubbing to powder.2. Penitence; deep sorrow for sin; ... |
12463
|
contrivable |
CONTRIVABLE, a. [See Contrive.] That may be contrived; capable of being planned, invented, or ... |
12464
|
contrivance |
CONTRIVANCE, n. [See Contrive.] 1. The act of inventing, devising or planning. There is no work ... |
12465
|
contrive |
CONTRIVE, v.t. 1. To invent; to devise; to plan.Our poet has always some beautiful design, which he ... |
12466
|
contrived |
CONTRIVED, pp. Invented; planned; devised. |
12467
|
contrivement |
CONTRIVEMENT, n. Contrivance; invention. |
12468
|
contriver |
CONTRIVER, n. An inventor; one who plans or devises; a schemer. |
12469
|
contriving |
CONTRIVING, ppr. Planning; forming in design. |
12470
|
control |
CONTROL, CONTROLL, n. 1. Primarily, a book, register or account, kept to correct or check another ... |
12471
|
controll |
CONTROL, CONTROLL, n. 1. Primarily, a book, register or account, kept to correct or check another ... |
12472
|
controllable |
CONTROLLABLE, a. That may be controlled, checked or restrained; subject to command.Passion is the ... |
12473
|
controlled |
CONTROLLED, pp. Checked; restrained; governed. |
12474
|
controller |
CONTROLLER, n. 1. One who controls, or restrains; one that has the power or authority to govern or ... |
12475
|
controllership |
CONTROLLERSHIP, n. The office of a controller. |
12476
|
controllment |
CONTROLMENT, CONTROLLMENT, n. 1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; ... |
12477
|
controlment |
CONTROLMENT, CONTROLLMENT, n. 1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being restrained; ... |
12478
|
controverse |
CONTROVERSE, n. and v. Controversy, and to dispute. |
12479
|
controverser |
CONTROVERSER, CONTROVERSOR, n. A disputant. |
12480
|
controversial |
CONTROVERSIAL, a. [See Controvert, Controversy.] Relating to disputes; as a controversial ... |
12481
|
controversialist |
CONTROVERSIALIST, n. One who carries on a controversy; a disputant. |
12482
|
controversor |
CONTROVERSER, CONTROVERSOR, n. A disputant. |
12483
|
controversy |
CONTROVERSY, n. [L. See Controvert.]1. Dispute; debate; agitation of contrary opinions. A dispute ... |
12484
|
controvert |
CONTROVERT, v.t. [L., to turn. Literally, to turn against.] To dispute; to oppose by reasoning; to ... |
12485
|
controverted |
CONTROVERTED, pp. Disputed; opposed in debate. |
12486
|
controverter |
CONTROVERTER, n. One who controverts; a controversial writer. |
12487
|
controvertible |
CONTROVERTIBLE, a. That may be disputed; disputable; not too evident to exclude difference of ... |
12488
|
controverting |
CONTROVERTING, pp. Disputing; denying and attempting to refute. |
12489
|
controvertist |
CONTROVERTIST, n. One who controverts; a disputant; a man versed or engaged in controversy, or ... |
12490
|
contumacious |
CONTUMACIOUS, a. [L., to swell.]1. Literally, swelling against; haughty. Hence, obstinate; ... |
12491
|
contumaciously |
CONTUMACIOUSLY, adv. Obstinately; stubbornly; perversely; in disobedience of orders. |
12492
|
contumaciousness |
CONTUMACIOUSNESS, n. Obstinacy; perverseness; stubbornness; contumacy. |
12493
|
contumacy |
CONTUMACY, n. [L.]1. Stubbornness; unyielding obstinacy; inflexibility.2. In law, a wilful contempt ... |
12494
|
contumelious |
CONTUMELIOUS, a. [L. See Contumely.]1. Haughtily reproachful; contemptuous; insolent; rude and ... |
12495
|
contumeliously |
CONTUMELIOUSLY, adv. In a contumelious manner; with pride and contempt; reproachfully; rudely; ... |
12496
|
contumeliousness |
CONTUMELIOUSNESS, n. Reproach; rudeness; contempt. |
12497
|
contumely |
CONTUMELY, n. [L., to swell.] Rudeness or reproach compounded of haughtiness and contempt; ... |
12498
|
contund |
CONTUND, v.t. [L.] To beat; to bruise by beating. [Little used.] |
12499
|
contuse |
CONTUSE, v.t. [L.] To beat; to bruise; to injure the flesh or substance of a living being or other ... |
12500
|
contusion |
CONTUSION, n. [L., to beat.]1. The act of beating and bruising, or the state of being bruised.2. ... |
12501
|
contzontli |
CONTZONTLI, n. The Mexican name of the Turdus Polyglottus, or mocking thrush. |
12502
|
conundrum |
CONUNDRUM, n. A low jest; a mean conceit. |
12503
|
conusance |
CONUSANCE, n. Cognizance; knowledge; notice. [See Conusance.] |
12504
|
conusant |
CONUSANT, a. Knowing; having notice of. |
12505
|
conuterbuff |
CONUTERBUFF, n. A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or causes a recoil. |
12506
|
convalescence |
CONVALESCENCE, CONVALESCENCY, n. [L., to grow stronger; to get strength, to be strong. See Well ... |
12507
|
convalescency |
CONVALESCENCE, CONVALESCENCY, n. [L., to grow stronger; to get strength, to be strong. See Well ... |
12508
|
convalescent |
CONVALESCENT, a. Recovering health and strength after sickness or debility. |
12509
|
convallary |
CONVALLARY, n. A genus of plants, Convallaria. |
12510
|
convenable |
CONVENABLE, a. [See Convene.]1. That may be convened, or assembled.2. Consistent. |
12511
|
convene |
CONVENE, v.i. [L., to come.]1. To come together; to meet; to unite; as things.The rays of light ... |
12512
|
convened |
CONVENED, pp. Assembled; convoked. |
12513
|
convener |
CONVENER, n. One who convenes or meets with others; one who calls together. |
12514
|
convenience |
CONVENIENCE, CONVENIENCY, n. [L.] Literally, a coming together; a meeting. Hence,1. Fitness; ... |
12515
|
conveniency |
CONVENIENCE, CONVENIENCY, n. [L.] Literally, a coming together; a meeting. Hence,1. Fitness; ... |
12516
|
convenient |
CONVENIENT, a. Fit; suitable; proper; adapted to use or to wants; commodious; followed by to or ... |
12517
|
conveniently |
CONVENIENTLY, adv. 1. Fitly; suitably; with adaptation to the end or effect. That house is not ... |
12518
|
convening |
CONVENING, ppr. Coming together; calling together.CONVENING, n. The act of coming together; ... |
12519
|
convent |
CONVENT, n. [L., to assemble.]1. An assembly of persons devoted to religion; a body of monks or ... |
12520
|
conventicle |
CONVENTICLE, n. [L.]1. An assembly or meeting; usually applied to a meeting of dissenters from the ... |
12521
|
conventicler |
CONVENTICLER, n. One who supports or frequents conventicles. |
12522
|
convention |
CONVENTION, n. [L. See Convene.]1. The act of coming together; a meeting of several persons or ... |
12523
|
conventional |
CONVENTIONAL, a. Stipulated; formed by agreement.Conventional services reserved by tenures on ... |
12524
|
conventionary |
CONVENTIONARY, a. Acting under contract; settled by stipulation; conventional; as conventionary ... |
12525
|
conventioner |
CONVENTIONER, n. One who belongs to a convention. |
12526
|
conventionist |
CONVENTIONIST, n. One who makes a contract. |
12527
|
conventual |
CONVENTUAL, a. Belonging to a convent; monastic; as conventual priors.CONVENTUAL, n. One that lives ... |
12528
|
converge |
CONVERGE, v.i. [L., to incline. See Verge.] To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer ... |
12529
|
convergence |
CONVERGENCE, CONVERGENCY, n. The quality of converging; tendency to one point. |
12530
|
convergency |
CONVERGENCE, CONVERGENCY, n. The quality of converging; tendency to one point. |
12531
|
convergent |
CONVERGENT, a. Tending to one point; approaching each other, as they proceed or are extending. |
12532
|
converging |
CONVERGING, ppr. Tending to one point; approaching each other, as lines extended.Converging rays, ... |
12533
|
conversable |
CONVERSABLE, a. [See Converse.] Qualified for conversation, or rather disposed to converse; ready ... |
12534
|
conversableness |
CONVERSABLENESS, n. The quality of being free in conversation; disposition or readiness to ... |
12535
|
conversably |
CONVERSABLY, adv. In a conversable manner. |
12536
|
conversant |
CONVERSANT, a. [See Converse.]1. Keeping company; having frequent or customary intercourse; ... |
12537
|
conversation |
CONVERSATION, n. 1. General course of manners; behavior; deportment; especially as it respects ... |
12538
|
conversationed |
CONVERSATIONED, a. Acquainted with the manner of acting in life. [Not used.] |
12539
|
conversative |
CONVERSATIVE, a. Relating to an intercourse with men; opposed to contemplative.She chose to endue ... |
12540
|
conversazione |
CONVERSAZIONE, n. A meeting of company. |
12541
|
converse |
CONVERSE, v.i. [L., to be turned. Literally, to be turned to or with; to be turned about.]1. To ... |
12542
|
conversely |
CONVERSELY, adv. With change of order; in a contrary order; reciprocally. |
12543
|
conversion |
CONVERSION, n. [L. See Convert.]1. In a general sense, a turning or change from one state to ... |
12544
|
convert |
CONVERT, v.t. [L., to turn; coinciding in elements and signification with barter.]1. To change or ... |
12545
|
converted |
CONVERTED, pp. Turned or changed from one substance or state to another; turned form one religion ... |
12546
|
converter |
CONVERTER, n. One who converts; one who makes converts. |
12547
|
convertibility |
CONVERTIBILITY, n. [from convertible.]1. The quality of being possible to be converted or changed ... |
12548
|
convertible |
CONVERTIBLE, a. 1. That may be changed; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.Minerals ... |
12549
|
convertibly |
CONVERTIBLY, adv. Reciprocally; with interchange of terms. |
12550
|
convertite |
CONVERTITE, n. A convert. [Not in use.] |
12551
|
convex |
CONVEX, a. [L.] Rising or swelling on the exterior surface into a spherical or round form; gibbous; ... |
12552
|
convexed |
CONVEXED, a. Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. |
12553
|
convexedly |
CONVEXEDLY, adv. In a convex form. |
12554
|
convexity |
CONVEXITY, n. [L.] The exterior surface of a convex body; a gibbous or globular form; roundness. |
12555
|
convexly |
CONVEXLY, adv. In a convex form; as a body convexly conical. |
12556
|
convexness |
CONVEXNESS, n. Convexity, which see. |
12557
|
convexo-concave |
CONVEXO-CONCAVE, a. Convex on one side and concave on the other; having the hollow on the inside ... |
12558
|
convexo-convex |
CONVEXO-CONVEX, a. Convex on both sides. |
12559
|
convey |
CONVEY, v.t. [L., to carry; to weigh. See Weigh and Way.]1. To carry , bear or transport, either by ... |
12560
|
conveyable |
CONVEYABLE, a. That may be conveyed or transferred. |
12561
|
conveyance |
CONVEYANCE, n. 1. The act of conveying; the act of bearing, carrying, or transporting, by land or ... |
12562
|
conveyancer |
CONVEYANCER, n. One whose occupation is to draw conveyances of property, deeds, &c. |
12563
|
conveyancing |
CONVEYANCING, n. The act or practice of drawing deeds, leases or other writings for transferring ... |
12564
|
conveyer |
CONVEYER, n. 1. One who conveys; he or that which conveys, carries, transports, transmits or ... |
12565
|
conveying |
CONVEYING, ppr. Carrying; transporting; transferring. |
12566
|
convicinity |
CONVICINITY, n. Neighborhood; vicinity. |
12567
|
convict |
CONVICT, v.t. [L., to vanquish or subdue. See Convince.]1. To determine the truth of a charge ... |
12568
|
convicted |
CONVICTED, ppr. Proved or determined to be guilty, either by verdict of a jury or by the decision ... |
12569
|
convicting |
CONVICTING, ppr. Proving or finding guilty. |
12570
|
conviction |
CONVICTION, n. 1. The act of proving, finding or determining to be guilty of an offense charged ... |
12571
|
convictive |
CONVICTIVE, a. Having the power to convince or convict. |
12572
|
convictively |
CONVICTIVELY, adv. In a convincing manner. |
12573
|
convince |
CONVINCE, v.t. [L., to vanquish.]1. To persuade or satisfy the mind by evidence; to subdue the ... |
12574
|
convinced |
CONVINCED, pp. Persuaded in mind; satisfied with evidence; convicted. |
12575
|
convincement |
CONVINCEMENT, n. Conviction. [Little used.] |
12576
|
convincer |
CONVINCER, n. He or that which convinces; that which makes manifest. |
12577
|
convincible |
CONVINCIBLE, a. 1. Capable of conviction.2. Capable of being disproved or refuted. [Little used.] |
12578
|
convincing |
CONVINCING, ppr. 1. Persuading the mind by evidence; convicting.2. a. Persuading the mind by ... |
12579
|
convincingly |
CONVINCINGLY, adv. In a convincing manner; in a manner to leave no room to doubt, or to compel ... |
12580
|
convincingness |
CONVINCINGNESS, n. The power of convincing. |
12581
|
convitious |
CONVITIOUS, a. [L.] Reproachful. |
12582
|
convive |
CONVIVE, v.t. To entertain; to feast. [Not in use.] |
12583
|
convivial |
CONVIVIAL, a. [L., a guest, to live or eat and drink together. See Victuals.] Relating to a feast ... |
12584
|
conviviality |
CONVIVIALITY, n. 1. The good humor or mirth indulged at an entertainment.2. A convivial spirit or ... |
12585
|
convocate |
CONVOCATE, v.t. [L., to convoke; to call. See Voice.] To convoke; to call or summon to meet; to ... |
12586
|
convocation |
CONVOCATION, n. [L.]1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.2. An assembly.In the first day ... |
12587
|
convoke |
CONVOKE, v.t. [L. See Voice.] To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.It is the ... |
12588
|
convoked |
CONVOKED, pp. Summoned or assembled by order. |
12589
|
convoking |
CONVOKING, ppr. Summoning to convene; assembling. |
12590
|
convolute |
CONVOLUTE, CONVOLUTED, a. Rolled together, or one part on another; as the sides or margins of ... |
12591
|
convoluted |
CONVOLUTE, CONVOLUTED, a. Rolled together, or one part on another; as the sides or margins of ... |
12592
|
convolution |
CONVOLUTION, n. [L.]1. The act of rolling or winding together, or one thing on another; the state ... |
12593
|
convolve |
CONVOLVE, v.t. [L., to roll. See Wallow.] To roll or wind together; to roll one part on another. |
12594
|
convolvulus |
CONVOLVULUS, n. [L.] Bindweed, a genus of plants of many species. |
12595
|
convoy |
CONVOY, v.t. [L., to carry, to bear or carry, to bring along.] To accompany on the way for ... |
12596
|
convoyed |
CONVOYED, pp. Attended on a passage by a protecting force. |
12597
|
convoying |
CONVOYING, ppr. Attending on a voyage or passage for defense from enemies; attending and guarding. |
12598
|
convulse |
CONVULSE, v.t. [L., to pull or pluck.]1. To draw or contract, as the muscular parts of an animal ... |
12599
|
convulsed |
CONVULSED, pp. Contracted by spasms; shaken violently. |
12600
|
convulsing |
CONVULSING, ppr. Affecting by spasmodic contractions; shaking with violence. |
12601
|
convulsion |
CONVULSION, n. [L.]1. A preternatural, violent and involuntary contraction of the muscular parts of ... |
12602
|
convulsive |
CONVULSIVE, a. 1. That produces convulsion; as convulsive rage; convulsive sorrow.2. Attended with ... |
12603
|
convulsively |
CONVULSIVELY, adv. With violent shaking or agitation. |
12604
|
cony |
CONY, CONEY, n. [L. The primary sense is a shoot, or a shooting along.] A rabbit; a quadruped of ... |
12605
|
cony-burrow |
CONY-BURROW, n. A place where rabbits burrow in the earth. |
12606
|
cony-catch |
CONY-CATCH, v.i. [cony and catch.] In the cant of thieves, to cheat; to bite; to trick. |
12607
|
cony-catcher |
CONY-CATCHER, n. A thief; a cheat; a sharper. |
12608
|
cony-catching |
CONY-CATCHING, n. Banter. |
12609
|
coo |
COO, v.i. [probably from the sound.] To cry, or make a low sound, as pigeons or doves. |
12610
|
cooing |
COOING, ppr. Uttering a low sound, as a dove.COOING, n. Invitation, as the note of the dove. |
12611
|
cook |
COOK, v.t. [L.]1. To prepare, as victuals for the table, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, ... |
12612
|
cooked |
COOKED, ppr. Prepared for the table. |
12613
|
cookery |
COOKERY, n. The art or the practice of dressing and preparing victuals for the table. |
12614
|
cooking |
COOKING, ppr. Preparing victuals for the table. |
12615
|
cookmaid |
COOKMAID, n. [cook and maid.] A female servant or maid who dresses provisions. |
12616
|
cookroom |
COOKROOM, n. [cook and room.] A room for cookery; a kitchen. On board of ships, a galley or ... |
12617
|
cool |
COOL, a. [G., cold, to cool; chilliness; to blow strong.]1. Moderately cold; being of a temperature ... |
12618
|
cool-cup |
COOL-CUP, n. A beverage that is cooling. |
12619
|
cool-headed |
COOL-HEADED, a. Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. |
12620
|
cooled |
COOLED, pp. Made less hot, or less ardent. |
12621
|
cooler |
COOLER, n. 1. That which cools; any substance which abates heat or excitement; as, acids are ... |
12622
|
cooling |
COOLING, ppr. Abating heat or excitement; making or becoming cool. |
12623
|
coolish |
COOLISH, a. Somewhat cool. |
12624
|
coolly |
COOLLY, adv. 1. Without heat or sharp cold.2. In a cool or indifferent manner; not cordially; ... |
12625
|
coolness |
COOLNESS, n. 1. A moderate degree of cold; a temperature between cold and heat; as the coolness of ... |
12626
|
coom |
COOM, n. Soot that gathers over an ovens mouth; also, the matter that works out of the naves or ... |
12627
|
coomb |
COOMB, COMB, n. [Gr.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. |
12628
|
coop |
COOP, n. [L, from bending, hollowness, or containing, holding. See Cup.]1. A box of boards, grated ... |
12629
|
cooped |
COOPED, pp. Shut up in a coop; confined to narrow limits. |
12630
|
cooper |
COOPER, n. [G.] One whose occupation is to make barrels, hogsheads, butts, tubs and casks of ... |
12631
|
cooperage |
COOPERAGE, n. The price paid for coopers work; also, a place where coopers work is done. |
12632
|
coot |
COOT, n. A fowl of the genus Fulica, frequenting lakes and other still waters. The common coot ... |
12633
|
cop |
COP, n. [G.] The had or top of a thing, as in cob-castle for cop-castle, a castle on a hill; a tuft ... |
12634
|
copaiba |
COPAIBA, n. Balsam of copaiba or capivi, is a liquid resinous juice, flowing from incisions made in ... |
12635
|
copal |
COPAL, n. The concrete juice of a tree growing in Mexico or New Spain, hard, shining, transparent, ... |
12636
|
coparcenary |
COPARCENARY, n. [See Coparcener.] Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of ... |
12637
|
coparcener |
COPARCENER, n. [con and parcener, L., to divide.] A coheir; one who has an equal portion of the ... |
12638
|
coparceny |
COPARCENY, n. An equal share of an inheritance. |
12639
|
copartment |
COPARTMENT, n. The same as compartment. [Not in use.] |
12640
|
copartner |
COPARTNER, n. [con and partner. See Coparcener.]1. One who has a share in a common stock for ... |
12641
|
copartnership |
COPARTNERSHIP, n. 1. Joint concern in business; a state of having joint share in a common stock, or ... |
12642
|
copatan |
COPATAN, n. [See Cop.] High raised; pointed. [Not in use.] |
12643
|
cope |
COPE, n. 1. A cover for the head.2. A sacerdotal ornament or vestment worn in sacred ministrations. ... |
12644
|
copeman |
COPEMAN, n. A chapman. [Not used.] |
12645
|
copernican |
COPERNICAN, a. Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth, who taught the world the solar system ... |
12646
|
copesmate |
COPESMATE, n. [cope and mate.] A companion or friend. |
12647
|
copied |
COPIED, pp. [See Copy.] Taken off; written or transcribed from an original or form; imitated. |
12648
|
copier |
COPIER, COPYIST, n. One who copies; one who writes or transcribes from an original or form; a ... |
12649
|
coping |
COPING, n. [See cope, n.] The top or cover of a wall, made sloping to carry off the water. 1 Kings ... |
12650
|
copious |
COPIOUS, a. 1. Abundant; plentiful; in great quantities; full; ample; furnishing full supplies.The ... |
12651
|
copiousness |
COPIOUSNESS, n. 1. Abundance; plenty; great quantity; full supply.2. Diffusiveness of style or ... |
12652
|
copist |
COPIST, n. A copier; an ill formed word. |
12653
|
copland |
COPLAND, n. A piece of ground terminating in a cop or acute angle. [Not used in America.] |
12654
|
copped |
COPPED, COPPLED, a. [See Cop.] Rising to a point, or head.Copped like a sugar loaf. |
12655
|
coppel |
COPPEL. [See Cupel.] |
12656
|
copper |
COPPER, n. [L., G., supposed to be so called from Cyprus, an isle in the Mediterranean. This ... |
12657
|
copper-bottomed |
COPPER-BOTTOMED, a. Having a bottom sheathed with copper. |
12658
|
copper-fastened |
COPPER-FASTENED, a. Fastened with copper bolts. |
12659
|
copper-nose |
COPPER-NOSE, n. A red nose. |
12660
|
copper-plate |
COPPER-PLATE, n. A plate of copper on which concave lines are engraved or corroded, according to ... |
12661
|
copper-smith |
COPPER-SMITH, n. One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils. |
12662
|
copper-work |
COPPER-WORK, n. A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. |
12663
|
copper-worm |
COPPER-WORM, n. A little worm in ships; a worm that frets garments; a worm that breeds in ones ... |
12664
|
copperas |
COPPERAS, n. Sulphate of iron, or green vitriol; a salt of a peculiar astringent taste, and of ... |
12665
|
coppered |
COPPERED, pp. Covered with sheets of copper; sheathed. |
12666
|
copperish |
COPPERISH, a. Containing copper; like copper or partaking of it. |
12667
|
coppery |
COPPERY, a. Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper in taste or smell. |
12668
|
coppice |
COPPICE, COPSE, n. A wood of small growth, or consisting of underwood or brushwood; a wood cut at ... |
12669
|
coppiously |
COPPIOUSLY, adv. 1. Abundantly; plentifully; in large quantities.2. Largely; fully; amply; ... |
12670
|
copple-dust |
COPPLE-DUST, n. Powder used in purifying metals. |
12671
|
copple-stones |
COPPLE-STONES, n. Lumps and fragments of stone broke from the adjacent cliffs, rounded by being ... |
12672
|
coppled |
COPPLED, a. [from cop.] Rising to a point; conical. |
12673
|
copse |
COPSE, n. [See Coppice.]COPSE, v.t. To preserve underwoods. |
12674
|
copsy |
COPSY, a. Having copses. |
12675
|
coptic |
COPTIC, a. Pertaining to the descendants of the ancient Egyptians, called Copts, or cophti, as ... |
12676
|
copula |
COPULA, n. [L. See Copulation and Couple.] In logic, the word which unties the subject and ... |
12677
|
copulate |
COPULATE, a. Joined. [Little used.]COPULATE, v.t. [L.] To unite; to join in pairs. [Little ... |
12678
|
copulation |
COPULATION, n. [L.] The act of coupling; the embrace of the sexes in the act of generation; ... |
12679
|
copulative |
COPULATIVE, a. That unites or couples. In grammar, the copulative conjunction connects two or more ... |
12680
|
copy |
COPY, n. [See Cope and Cuff.] Literally, a likeness, or resemblance of any kind. Hence,1. A ... |
12681
|
copybook |
COPYBOOK, n. A book in which copies are written or printed for learners to imitate. |
12682
|
copyed |
COPYED, pp. Transcribed; imitated; usually written copied. |
12683
|
copyer |
COPYER, n. One who copies or transcribes; usually written copier. |
12684
|
copyhold |
COPYHOLD, n. In England, a tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant ... |
12685
|
copyholder |
COPYHOLDER, n. One who is possessed of land in copyhold. |
12686
|
copyist |
COPYIST, n. A copier; a transcriber. |
12687
|
copyright |
COPYRIGHT, n. The sole right which an author has in his own original literary compositions; the ... |
12688
|
coquallin |
COQUALLIN, n. A small quadruped of the squirrel kind, but incapable of climbing trees. |
12689
|
coquelico |
COQUELICOT, COQUELICO, n. Wild poppy; corn rose; hence, the color of wild poppy. |
12690
|
coquelicot |
COQUELICOT, COQUELICO, n. Wild poppy; corn rose; hence, the color of wild poppy. |
12691
|
coquet |
COQUET, COQUETTE, n. A vain, airy, trifling girl, who endeavors to attract admiration and advances ... |
12692
|
coquetish |
COQUETISH, a. Practicing coquetry. |
12693
|
coquetry |
COQUETRY, n. Attempts to attract admiration, notice or love, from vanity; affectation of amorous ... |
12694
|
coquette |
COQUET, COQUETTE, n. A vain, airy, trifling girl, who endeavors to attract admiration and advances ... |
12695
|
coracle |
CORACLE,n. [Gr., a crow, and form.] A small sharp process of the scapula, shaped like a crows beak. |
12696
|
coracoid |
CORACOID, a. Shaped like a beak. |
12697
|
coral |
CORAL, n. [L. Gr.] 1. In zoology, a genus belonging to the order of vermes zoophyta. The trunk is ... |
12698
|
coral-tree |
CORAL-TREE, n. A genus of plants, Erythrina, of several species, natives of Africa and America. ... |
12699
|
coral-wort |
CORAL-WORT, n. A genus of plants, Dentaria, called also tooth-wort or tooth-violet. |
12700
|
corallaceous |
CORALLACEOUS, a. Like coral, or partaking of its qualities. |
12701
|
coralliform |
CORALLIFORM, a. [coral and form.] Resembling coral; forked and crooked. |
12702
|
coralline |
CORALLINE, a. Consisting of coral; like coral; containing coral.CORALLINE, n. A submarine ... |
12703
|
corallinite |
CORALLINITE, n. A fossil polypier or coralline. |
12704
|
corallite |
CORALLITE, n. A mineral substance or petrifaction , in the form of coral; or a fossil polypier, ... |
12705
|
coralloid |
CORALLOID, CORALLOIDAL, a. Having the form of coral; branching like coral. |
12706
|
coralloidal |
CORALLOID, CORALLOIDAL, a. Having the form of coral; branching like coral. |
12707
|
corant |
CORANT, n. [L.] A lofty sprightly dance. |
12708
|
corb |
CORB, n. [L. See the next word.] 1. A basket used in coaleries.2. An ornament in a building. |
12709
|
corban |
CORBAN, n. [L. G., a wicker basket.]1. In Jewish antiquity, an offering which had life; an animal ... |
12710
|
corbe |
CORBE, a. Crooked. [Not in use.] |
12711
|
corbeil |
CORBEIL, n. In fortification, a little basket, to be filled with earth, and set upon a parapet, to ... |
12712
|
corbel |
CORBEL, n. [See the preceding words.]1. In architecture, the representation of a basket, sometimes ... |
12713
|
corby |
CORBY, n. A raven. [Not in use.] |
12714
|
corcelet |
CORCELET, CORSELET, n. In natural history, that part of winged insects, which answers to the breast ... |
12715
|
corcle |
CORCULE, CORCLE, n. [L. It is a diminutive, from cor, the heart.] In botany, the heart of the seed, ... |
12716
|
corcule |
CORCULE, CORCLE, n. [L. It is a diminutive, from cor, the heart.] In botany, the heart of the seed, ... |
12717
|
cord |
CORD, n. [L. Gr. According to the Welsh, this word signifies a twist, from cor, the root of ... |
12718
|
cordage |
CORDAGE, n. All sorts of cords or ropes, used in the running rigging of a ship, or kept in reserve ... |
12719
|
cordate |
CORDATE, CORDATED, a. [L., with a different signification, from cor, the heart.] Having the form of ... |
12720
|
cordated |
CORDATE, CORDATED, a. [L., with a different signification, from cor, the heart.] Having the form of ... |
12721
|
cordately |
CORDATELY, adv. In a cordate form. |
12722
|
corded |
CORDED, pp. 1. Bound or fastened with cords.2. Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.3. Made ... |
12723
|
cordelier |
CORDELIER, n. A Franciscan friar; one of the order of religious founded by St. Francis; a gray ... |
12724
|
cordial |
CORDIAL, a. [L., the heart.]1. Proceeding from the heart; hearty; sincere; not hypocritical; warm; ... |
12725
|
cordiality |
CORDIALITY, n. 1. Relation to the heart. [Not used.]2. Sincerity; freedom from hypocrisy; sincere ... |
12726
|
cordially |
CORDIALLY, adv. Heartily; sincerely; without hypocrisy; with real affection.The Christian cordially ... |
12727
|
cordierite |
CORDIERITE, n. The mineral called otherwise iolite and dichroite. |
12728
|
cordiform |
CORDIFORM, a. [L., the heart, and form.] Heart-shaped; having the form of the human heart. |
12729
|
cordiner |
CORDINER, n. [Not used. See Cordwainer.] |
12730
|
cordon |
CORDON, n. [See Cord.]1. In fortification, a row of stones jutting before the rampart, and the ... |
12731
|
cordovan |
CORDOVAN, n. Spanish leather. |
12732
|
corduroy |
CORDUROY, n. A thick cotton stuffribbed. |
12733
|
cordwain |
CORDWAIN, n. Spanish leather; goatskin tanned and dressed. |
12734
|
cordwainer |
CORDWAINER, n. [from cordwain.] A shoemaker. This word was formerly written cordiners. It is ... |
12735
|
cordwood |
CORDWOOD, n. Wood cut and piled for sale by the cord, in distinction from long wood; properly, wood ... |
12736
|
core |
CORE, n. [L., the heart. Gr. See Class Gr.]1. The heart or inner part of a thing; particularly, the ... |
12737
|
cored |
CORED, a. In the herring fishery, rolled in salt and prepared for drying. |
12738
|
coriaceous |
CORIACEOUS, a. [L., leather.]1. Consisting of leather, or resembling leather; tough; as coriaceous ... |
12739
|
coriander |
CORIANDER, n. [L., Gr.] A genus of plants of two species. The seeds of one species, the sativum, ... |
12740
|
corindon |
CORINDON, n. [See Corundum.] |
12741
|
corinth |
CORINTH, n. 1. A city of Greece. Hence, 2. A small fruit, now called currant, which see. |
12742
|
corinthiac |
CORINTHIAC, a. Pertaining to Corinth. |
12743
|
corinthian |
CORINTHIAN, a. Pertaining to Corinth, a celebrated city of Greece; as Corinthian column; Corinthian ... |
12744
|
corival |
CORIVAL, v.t. To rival; to pretend to equal. |
12745
|
cork |
CORK, n. [G., L., bark, rind, shell, crust.]1. A glandiferous tree, a species of Quercus, growing ... |
12746
|
cork-screw |
CORK-SCREW, n. A screw to draw corks from bottles. |
12747
|
corking-pin |
CORKING-PIN, n. A pin of a large size. |
12748
|
corky |
CORKY, a. Consisting of cork; resembling cork; made of cork; tough. |
12749
|
cormorant |
CORMORANT, n. [Cormorant is supposed to be corrupted from corvus marinus, sea raven. The Welsh ... |
12750
|
corn |
CORN, n. [G., L. See Grain.]1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley and maiz; a ... |
12751
|
corn-chandler |
CORN-CHANDLER, n. [Chandler, a dealer in candles, is supposed to be from the French chandelier; but ... |
12752
|
corn-crake |
CORN-CRAKE, n. The crake or land rail; the corn-crow, for kraka, in Sw., and krage, in Dan., is our ... |
12753
|
corn-cutter |
CORN-CUTTER, n. [corn and cut.] One who cuts corns, or indurations of the skin. |
12754
|
corn-marygold |
CORN-MARYGOLD, n. A genus of plants, the Chrysanthemum. |
12755
|
corn-parsley |
CORN-PARSLEY, n. A genus of plants, the Sison. |
12756
|
corn-rocket |
CORN-ROCKET, n. A genus of plants, the Bunias. |
12757
|
corn-sallad |
CORN-SALLAD, n. A plant, a species of valeriana, whose top leaves are said to be a good sallad. |
12758
|
corn-violet |
CORN-VIOLET, n. A species of Campanula. |
12759
|
cornage |
CORNAGE, n. [L., a horn.] An ancient tenure of lands, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an ... |
12760
|
cornamute |
CORNELIAN, CORNEMUSE, CORNAMUTE, n. A kind of rustic flute. |
12761
|
cornbind |
CORNBIND, n. Climbing buck-wheat. [Local.] |
12762
|
cornblade |
CORNBLADE, n. The leaf of the maiz. Cornblades are collected and preserved as fodder, in some of ... |
12763
|
cornclad |
CORNCLAD, a. Covered with growing corn. |
12764
|
cornea |
CORNEA, n. [L., a horn.] The transparent membrane in the fore-part of the eye, through which the ... |
12765
|
cornel |
CORNEL, CORNEL-TREE, CORNELIAN-TREE, n. [L., a horn, or its root, from the hardness of the wood.] ... |
12766
|
cornel-tree |
CORNEL, CORNEL-TREE, CORNELIAN-TREE, n. [L., a horn, or its root, from the hardness of the wood.] ... |
12767
|
cornelian |
CORNELIAN, CORNEMUSE, CORNAMUTE, n. A kind of rustic flute. |
12768
|
cornelian-tree |
CORNEL, CORNEL-TREE, CORNELIAN-TREE, n. [L., a horn, or its root, from the hardness of the wood.] ... |
12769
|
cornemuse |
CORNELIAN, CORNEMUSE, CORNAMUTE, n. A kind of rustic flute. |
12770
|
corneous |
CORNEOUS, a. [L., a horn. See Horn.] Horny; like horn; consisting of a horny substance, or ... |
12771
|
corner |
CORNER, n. [See Horn and Grain.]1. The point where two converging lines meet; properly, the ... |
12772
|
corner-stone |
CORNER-STONE, n. The stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal ... |
12773
|
corner-wise |
CORNER-WISE, adv. Diagonally; with the corner in front; not parallel. |
12774
|
cornered |
CORNERED, a. Having corners; having three or more angles. |
12775
|
cornet |
CORNET, n. [L., a horn. See Horn.]1. An instrument of music, in the nature of a trumpet, sounded by ... |
12776
|
cornetcy |
CORNETCY, n. The commission or rank of a cornet. |
12777
|
corneter |
CORNETTER, CORNETER, CORNICE, n. One who blows a cornet.1. In architecture, the uppermost member of ... |
12778
|
cornetter |
CORNETTER, CORNETER, CORNICE, n. One who blows a cornet.1. In architecture, the uppermost member of ... |
12779
|
cornfield |
CORNFIELD, n. A field where corn is growing. |
12780
|
cornflag |
CORNFLAG, n. A genus of plants, the Gladiolus, of several species, bearing red or white flowers. |
12781
|
cornfloor |
CORNFLOOR, n. A floor for corn, or for thrashing corn. Isaiah 21. Hosea 9. |
12782
|
cornflower |
CORNFLOWER, n. A flower or plant growing among corn; as the blue-bottle, wild poppy, &c. |
12783
|
cornheap |
CORNHEAP, n. A heap of corn. |
12784
|
cornice |
CORNETTER, CORNETER, CORNICE, n. One who blows a cornet.1. In architecture, the uppermost member of ... |
12785
|
cornicle |
CORNICLE, n. [L., a horn.] A little horn. |
12786
|
corniculate |
CORNICULATE, a. [from L., a horn.]1. Horned; having horns.2. In botany, producing horned pods; ... |
12787
|
cornigerous |
CORNIGEROUS, a. [L., a horn, to bear.] Horned; having horns; as cornigerous animals. |
12788
|
corning-house |
CORNING-HOUSE, n. A house or place where powder is granulated. |
12789
|
cornish |
CORNISH, a. Pertaining to Cornwall in England; and as a noun, the language of Cornwall. |
12790
|
cornist |
CORNIST, n. A performer on the cornet or horn. |
12791
|
cornland |
CORNLAND, n. Land appropriated or suitable to the production of corn, or grain. |
12792
|
cornless |
CORNLESS, a. Destitute of corn; as cornless dwelling places. |
12793
|
cornloft |
CORNLOFT, n. An apartment for corn; a granary. |
12794
|
cornmaster |
CORNMASTER, n. One who cultivates corn for sale. [Not used.] |
12795
|
cornmeter |
CORNMETER, n. One who measures corn. |
12796
|
cornmill |
CORNMILL, n. A mill for grinding corn, more generally called a grist-mill. |
12797
|
cornpipe |
CORNPIPE, n. A pipe made by slitting the joint of a green stalk of corn. |
12798
|
cornrose |
CORNROSE, n. A species of poppy, or Papaver. |
12799
|
cornstalk |
CORNSTALK, n. A stalk of corn, particularly a stalk of the maiz. |
12800
|
cornucopia |
CORNUCOPIA, n. [L., a horn, and plenty.]1. The horn of plenty, an emblem of abundance of fruits.2. ... |
12801
|
cornute |
CORNUTE, v.t. [L., a horn.[ To bestow horns; to cuckold. |
12802
|
cornuted |
CORNUTED, pp. or a. 1. Grafted with horns; horned; cuckolded.2. In botany, horn-shaped. |
12803
|
cornuto |
CORNUTO, n. A man that wears the horns; a cuckold. |
12804
|
cornutor |
CORNUTOR, n. A cuckold-maker. |
12805
|
corny |
CORNY, a. [L., a horn.] Horny; strong, stiff or hard like horn; resembling horn.CORNY, a. [from ... |
12806
|
corody |
CORODY, CORRODY, n. An allowance of meat, drink or clothing, due to the king from an abbey or other ... |
12807
|
corol |
COROL, COROLLA, n. [L., a little crown.] In botany, the inner covering of a flower. The corol ... |
12808
|
corolla |
COROL, COROLLA, n. [L., a little crown.] In botany, the inner covering of a flower. The corol ... |
12809
|
corollaceous |
COROLLACEOUS, a. Pertaining to a corol; inclosing and protecting like a wreath.A corrollaceous ... |
12810
|
corollary |
COROLLARY, n. [L., coronet, a crown. 1. A conclusion or consequence drawn from premises, or from ... |
12811
|
corollet |
COROLLET, COROLLULE, n. One of the partial flowers which make a compound one; the floret in an ... |
12812
|
corollule |
COROLLET, COROLLULE, n. One of the partial flowers which make a compound one; the floret in an ... |
12813
|
corona |
CORONA, n. [L., A crown.]1. In architecture, a large flat member of a cornice, crowning the ... |
12814
|
coronal |
CORONAL, a. Belonging to the crown or top of the head; as the coronal suture.CORONAL, n. 1. A ... |
12815
|
coronary |
CORONARY, a. Relating to a crown; seated on the top of the head; or placed as a crown. Coronary ... |
12816
|
coronation |
CORONATION, n. [a crown.]1. The act or solemnity of crowning a king or emperor; the act of ... |
12817
|
coronel |
CORONEL, n. The officer who commands a regiment. |
12818
|
coroner |
CORONER, n. [Law Lat., a crown.] An officer whose office is concerned principally with pleas of the ... |
12819
|
coronet |
CORONET, n. [from corona, a crown.] 1. An inferior crown worn by noblemen. The coronet of a duke is ... |
12820
|
coroniform |
CORONIFORM, a. [L., a crown, form.] Having the form of a crown. |
12821
|
coronoid |
CORONOID, a. [Gr., a crow, and form.] Noting the upper and anterior process of the end of the ... |
12822
|
coronule |
CORONULE, n. [from corona, a crown.] A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. |
12823
|
corporal |
CORPORAL, n. [L., head.]1. The lowest officer of a company of infantry, next below a sergeant. He ... |
12824
|
corporale |
CORPORAL, CORPORALE, n. A fine linen cloth, used to cover the sacred elements in the eucharist or ... |
12825
|
corporality |
CORPORALITY, n. The state of being a body or embodied; opposed to spirituality.If this light hath ... |
12826
|
corporally |
CORPORALLY, adv. Bodily; in or with the body; as, to be corporally present. |
12827
|
corporalship |
CORPORALSHIP, n. [from corporal.] A corporals command in a Russian company, or a division of ... |
12828
|
corporas |
CORPORAS, n. The old name of the corporal or communion cloth. |
12829
|
corporate |
CORPORATE, a. [L., to be shaped into a body, body.]1. United in a body, or community, as a number ... |
12830
|
corporateness |
CORPORATENESS, n. The state of a corporate body. |
12831
|
corporation |
CORPORATION, n. A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single ... |
12832
|
corporator |
CORPORATOR, n. The member of a corporation. |
12833
|
corporature |
CORPORATURE, n. The state of being embodied. [Not in use.] |
12834
|
corporeal |
CORPOREAL, CORPOREOUS, a. Having a body; consisting of a material body; material; opposed to ... |
12835
|
corporealist |
CORPOREALIST, n. One who denies the existence of spiritual substances. |
12836
|
corporeally |
CORPOREALLY, adv. In body; in a bodily form or manner. |
12837
|
corporeity |
CORPOREITY, n. The state of having a body, or of being embodied; materiality.The one attributed ... |
12838
|
corporeous |
CORPOREAL, CORPOREOUS, a. Having a body; consisting of a material body; material; opposed to ... |
12839
|
corporify |
CORPORIFY, v.t. To embody; to form into a body. |
12840
|
corposant |
CORPOSANT, n. A name given by seamen to a luminous appearance often beheld, in dark tempestuous ... |
12841
|
corps |
CORPS, n. [L., body. It is pronounced kore, and is an ill word in English.1. In military language, ... |
12842
|
corpse |
CORPSE, n. [L., a body.] The dead body of a human being. |
12843
|
corpulence |
CORPULENCE, CORPULENCY, n. [L., body.]1. Fleshiness; excessive fatness; a state of being loaded ... |
12844
|
corpulency |
CORPULENCE, CORPULENCY, n. [L., body.]1. Fleshiness; excessive fatness; a state of being loaded ... |
12845
|
corpulent |
CORPULENT, a. Fleshy; having a great or excessive quantity of fat or flesh, in proportion to the ... |
12846
|
corpuscle |
CORPUSCLE, n. [L., body.] A minute particle, or physical atom; corpuscles are the very small bodies ... |
12847
|
corpuscular |
CORPUSCULAR, a. Relating to corpuscles, or small particles, supposed to be the constituent ... |
12848
|
corpuscularian |
CORPUSCULARIAN, a. Corpuscular, as above.CORPUSCULARIAN, n. An advocate for the corpuscular ... |
12849
|
corradiation |
CORRADIATION, n. [L. See Ray.] A conjunction of rays in one point. |
12850
|
correct |
CORRECT, a. [L., to set right; right, straight. See Right.] Literally, set right, or made straight. ... |
12851
|
corrected |
CORRECTED, pp. Set right; freed from errors; amended; punished. |
12852
|
correcting |
CORRECTING, ppr. Bringing to the standard of truth, justice or propriety; amending; chastising. |
12853
|
correction |
CORRECTION, n. [L.]1. The act of correcting; the act of bringing back, from error or deviation, to ... |
12854
|
correctional |
CORRECTIONAL, a. Tending to or intended for correction. |
12855
|
correctioner |
CORRECTIONER, n. One that has been in the house of correction. [Not used.] |
12856
|
corrective |
CORRECTIVE, a. Having the power to correct; having the quality of removing or obviating what is ... |
12857
|
correctly |
CORRECTLY, adv. In a correct manner; in conformity with truth, justice, rectitude, or propriety; ... |
12858
|
correctness |
CORRECTNESS, n. 1. Conformity to truth, justice, or propriety; as the correctness of opinions, of ... |
12859
|
corrector |
CORRECTOR, n. 1. One who corrects; one who amends faults, retrenches error, and renders conformable ... |
12860
|
corregidor |
CORREGIDOR, n. A Spanish magistrate. |
12861
|
correlate |
CORRELATE, n. [L. Con and relatus. See Relate.] One who stands in an opposite relation, as father ... |
12862
|
correlation |
CORRELATION, n. Reciprocal relation. |
12863
|
correlative |
CORRELATIVE, a. [L. Con and relativus. See Relate and Relative.] Having a reciprocal relation, so ... |
12864
|
correlatively |
CORRELATIVELY, adv. In a correlative relation. |
12865
|
correlativeness |
CORRELATIVENESS, n. The state of being correlative. |
12866
|
correption |
CORREPTION, n. [L.] Chiding; reproof; reprimand. |
12867
|
correspond |
CORRESPOND, v.i. [L., to answer, to promise. See Sponsor.]1. To suit; to answer; to agree; to fit; ... |
12868
|
correspondence |
CORRESPONDENCE, CORRESPONDENCY, n. 1. Relation; fitness; congruity; mutual adaptation of one thing ... |
12869
|
correspondency |
CORRESPONDENCE, CORRESPONDENCY, n. 1. Relation; fitness; congruity; mutual adaptation of one thing ... |
12870
|
correspondent |
CORRESPONDENT, a. Suitable; fit; congruous; agreeable; answerable; adapted. Let behavior be ... |
12871
|
correspondently |
CORRESPONDENTLY, adv. In a corresponding manner. |
12872
|
corresponding |
CORRESPONDING, ppr. 1. Carrying on intercourse by letters.2. a. Answering; agreeing; suiting. |
12873
|
corresponsive |
CORRESPONSIVE, a. Answerable; adapted. |
12874
|
corridor |
CORRIDOR, n. The termination dor may perhaps be the L. Tor, as in curator, cursitor. Corridor ... |
12875
|
corrigible |
CORRIGIBLE, a. [L., to correct.]1. That may be set right, or amended; as a corrigible defect.2. ... |
12876
|
corrival |
CORRIVAL, n. A fellow rival; a competitor. More correctly co-rival, which see. |
12877
|
corrivate |
CORRIVATE, v.t. [L. Con and rivus.] To draw water out of several streams into one. [Little used.] |
12878
|
corrivation |
CORRIVATION, n. The running of different streams into one. [Not much used.] |
12879
|
corroborant |
CORROBORANT, a. [See Corroborate.] Strengthening; having the power or quality of giving strength; ... |
12880
|
corroborate |
CORROBORATE, v.t. [L., to strengthen, strength.]1. To strengthen; to make strong, or to give ... |
12881
|
corroborated |
CORROBORATED, pp. Strengthened; confirmed; rendered more certain. |
12882
|
corroborating |
CORROBORATING, ppr. Strengthening; giving firmness or additional assurance. |
12883
|
corroboration |
CORROBORATION, n. The act of strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength, assurance, or ... |
12884
|
corroborative |
CORROBORATIVE, n. A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant. |
12885
|
corrode |
CORRODE, v.t. [L., to eat or gnaw.]1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away, or diminish, by ... |
12886
|
corroded |
CORRODED, pp. Eaten away gradually; worn, diminished, impaired, by slow degrees. |
12887
|
corrodent |
CORRODENT, a. Having the power of corroding, or wasting by degrees.CORRODENT, n. Any substance or ... |
12888
|
corrodibility |
CORRODIBILITY, n. The quality of being corrodible. |
12889
|
corrodible |
CORRODIBLE, a. That may be corroded. |
12890
|
corroding |
CORRODING, ppr. Eating away gradually; impairing; wasting. |
12891
|
corrody |
CORRODY, [See Corody.] But corrody is the most correct orthography. |
12892
|
corrosibility |
CORROSIBILITY, n. [See Corrodibility.] |
12893
|
corrosible |
CORROSIBLE, a. [See Corrodible.] |
12894
|
corrosion |
CORROSION, n. s as z. From corrode. The action of eating or wearing away by slow degrees, as by the ... |
12895
|
corrosive |
CORROSIVE, a. 1. Eating; wearing away; having the power of gradually wearing, consuming or ... |
12896
|
corrosively |
CORROSIVELY, adv. Like a corrosive; with the power of corrosion; in a corrosive manner. |
12897
|
corrosiveness |
CORROSIVENESS, n. The quality of corroding, eating away or wearing; acrimony. |
12898
|
corrugant |
CORRUGANT, a. [See Corrugate.] Having the power of contracting into wrinkles. |
12899
|
corrugate |
CORRUGATE, v.t. [L., to wrinkle, in our vulgar language, to ruck, to furrow.] To wrinkle; to draw ... |
12900
|
corrugated |
CORRUGATED, pp. Wrinkled. |
12901
|
corrugating |
CORRUGATING, ppr. Contracting into wrinkles. |
12902
|
corrugation |
CORRUGATION, n. A wrinkling; contraction into wrinkles. |
12903
|
corrugator |
CORRUGATOR, n. A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles. |
12904
|
corrupt |
CORRUPT, v.t. [L., to break.] Literally, to break, separate or dissolve. Hence, 1. To change from a ... |
12905
|
corrupted |
CORRUPTED, pp. Putrefied; vitiated; depraved; spoiled; marred; bribed; infected with errors. |
12906
|
corrupter |
CORRUPTER, n. 1. One who corrupts; one who vitiates, or taints; as a corrupter of morals, or of ... |
12907
|
corruptibility |
CORRUPTIBILITY, n. The possibility of being corrupted. |
12908
|
corruptible |
CORRUPTIBLE, a. 1. That may be corrupted; that may become putrid; subject to decay and destruction. ... |
12909
|
corruptibleness |
CORRUPTIBLENESS, n. Susceptibility of corruption; corruptibility. |
12910
|
corruptibly |
CORRUPTIBLY, adv. In such a manner as to be corrupted or vitiated. |
12911
|
corrupting |
CORRUPTING, ppr. Putrefying; depraving; vitiating. |
12912
|
corruption |
CORRUPTION, n. [L.]1. The act of corrupting, or state of being corrupt or putrid; the destruction ... |
12913
|
corruptive |
CORRUPTIVE, a. Having the quality of corrupting, tainting or vitiating.It should be endued with ... |
12914
|
corruptless |
CORRUPTLESS, a. Not susceptible of corruption, or decay. |
12915
|
corruptly |
CORRUPTLY, adv. 1. In a corrupt manner; with corruption; viciously; wickedly; without integrity.We ... |
12916
|
corruptness |
CORRUPTNESS, n. 1. The state of being corrupt; putrid state or putrescence.2. A state of moral ... |
12917
|
corruptress |
CORRUPTRESS, n. A female that corrupts others. |
12918
|
corsair |
CORSAIR, n. A pirate; one who cruises or scours the ocean, with an armed vessel, without a ... |
12919
|
corsak |
CORSAK, n. A species of fox. |
12920
|
corse |
CORSE, n. [L.] A corpse; the dead body of a human being; a poetical word. |
12921
|
corse-encumbered |
CORSE-ENCUMBERED, a. Loaded with dead bodies; as the corse-encumbered plains. |
12922
|
corse-present |
CORSE-PRESENT, n. A mortuary or present paid at the interment of a dead body. |
12923
|
corselet |
CORSELET, n. 1. A little cuirass, or an armor to cover the body for protection, worn formerly by ... |
12924
|
corset |
CORSET, n. A boddice; jumps; something worn to give shape to the body; used by ladies and dandies. |
12925
|
corsned |
CORSNED, n. The morsel of execration, or curse; a piece of bread consecrated by exorcism, and to ... |
12926
|
cortege |
CORTEGE, n. A train of attendants. |
12927
|
cortes |
CORTES, n. plu. [from corte, court.] The Spanish name of the States of the kingdom, composed of ... |
12928
|
cortical |
CORTICAL, a. [from L., bark. See Chart.] Belonging to bark; consisting of bark or rind; resembling ... |
12929
|
corticate |
CORTICATE, CORTICATED, a. [L., bark.] Resembling the bark or rind of a tree. |
12930
|
corticated |
CORTICATE, CORTICATED, a. [L., bark.] Resembling the bark or rind of a tree. |
12931
|
corticiferous |
CORTICIFEROUS, a. [cortex and fero, to produce.] Producing bark, or that which resembles it. |
12932
|
corticiform |
CORTICIFORM, a. [cortex and form.[ Resembling bark. |
12933
|
corticose |
CORTICOSE, CORTICOUS, a. Barky; full of bark. |
12934
|
corticous |
CORTICOSE, CORTICOUS, a. Barky; full of bark. |
12935
|
corundum |
CORUNDUM,n. The corindon-harmophane of nauy, corindon adamantin of Brongniart, the korund of ... |
12936
|
coruscant |
CORUSCANT, a. [see Coruscate.] Flashing; glittering by flashes. |
12937
|
coruscate |
CORUSCATE, v.i. [L., to flash.] To flash; to lighten; to glitter. |
12938
|
coruscation |
CORUSCATION, n [L.]1. A flash; a sudden burst of light in the clouds or atmosphere.2. The light ... |
12939
|
corvet |
CORVET, n. A sloop of war; an advice boat. |
12940
|
corvus |
CORVUS, n. [L., a raven.]1. In astronomy, a constellation of the southern hemisphere, containing ... |
12941
|
corybantic |
CORYBANTIC, a. Madly agitated; inflamed like the Corybantes, the frantic priests of Cybele. |
12942
|
corymb |
CORYMB, n. [L. Gr.] Primarily, a top, head or cluster. In modern botany, a species of ... |
12943
|
corymbiated |
CORYMBIATED, a. Garnished with corymbs. |
12944
|
corymbiferous |
CORYMBIFEROUS, a. [L., to bear.] Producing corymbs; bearing fruit or berries in clusters, or ... |
12945
|
corymbous |
CORYMBOUS, a. Consisting of corymbs; in clusters. |
12946
|
corymbulous |
CORYMBULOUS, a. Having or consisting of little corymbs. |
12947
|
coryphene |
CORYPHENE, n. A fish with a sloping truncated head, and the dorsal fin extending the whole length ... |
12948
|
corypheus |
CORYPHEUS, n. [Gr.] The chief of a chorus; the chief of a company. |
12949
|
coscinomancy |
COSCINOMANCY, n. [Gr., a sieve, and divination.] The art or practice of divination, by suspending a ... |
12950
|
cosier |
COSIER, n. A botcher. [Not used.] |
12951
|
cosinage |
COSINAGE, n. [See Cousin.] In law, a writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a ... |
12952
|
cosmetic |
COSMETIC, a. s as z. [Gr., order, beauty.] Beautifying; improving beauty, particularly the beauty ... |
12953
|
cosmical |
COSMICAL, a. s as z. [Gr., order, the world.]1. Relating to the world, or to the whole system of ... |
12954
|
cosmically |
COSMICALLY, adv. With the sun at rising or setting; a star is said to rise or set cosmically, when ... |
12955
|
cosmogonist |
COSMOGONIST, n. [See Cosmogony.] One who treats of the origin or formation of the universe. |
12956
|
cosmogony |
COSMOGONY, n. s as z. [Gr., world, and generation.] The generation, origin or creation of the world ... |
12957
|
cosmographer |
COSMOGRAPHER, n. [See Cosmography.] one who describes the world or universe, including the heavens ... |
12958
|
cosmographic |
COSMOGRAPHIC, COSMOGRAPHICAL, a. Relating to the general description of the universe. |
12959
|
cosmographically |
COSMOGRAPHICALLY, adv. In a manner relating to the science of describing the universe, or ... |
12960
|
cosmography |
COSMOGRAPHY, n. [Gr., the world, to describe.] A description of the world or universe; or the art ... |
12961
|
cosmolabe |
COSMOLABE, n. s as z. [Gr., world, to take.] An ancient instrument for measuring distances in the ... |
12962
|
cosmolatory |
COSMOLATORY, n. s as z. [Gr., world and to worship.] The worship paid to the world or its parts by ... |
12963
|
cosmological |
COSMOLOGICAL, a. [See Cosmology.] Relating to a discourse or treatise of the world, or to the ... |
12964
|
cosmologist |
COSMOLOGIST, n. One who describes the universe. |
12965
|
cosmology |
COSMOLOGY, n. s as z. [Gr., the universe, discourse.] The science of the world or universe; or a ... |
12966
|
cosmoplastic |
COSMOPLASTIC, a. [Gr, world, and to form.] World-forming; pertaining to the formation of the world. |
12967
|
cosmopolitan |
COSMOPOLITAN, COSMOPOLITE, n. s as z. [Gr., world, a citizen.] A person who has no fixed residence; ... |
12968
|
cosmopolite |
COSMOPOLITAN, COSMOPOLITE, n. s as z. [Gr., world, a citizen.] A person who has no fixed residence; ... |
12969
|
coss |
COSS, n. A Hindoo measure of one English mile and a quarter nearly. |
12970
|
cossack |
COSSACK, n. The Cossacks inhabit the Ukraine, in the Russian empire. |
12971
|
cossas |
COSSAS, n. Plain India muslins, of various qualities and breadths. |
12972
|
cosset |
COSSET, n. [G., a house.] A lamb brought up by hand, or without the aid of the dam. |
12973
|
cossic |
COSSIC, a. Relating to algebra. |
12974
|
cost |
COST, n. [See the Verb.]1. The price, value or equivalent of a thing purchased; the amount in value ... |
12975
|
costal |
COSTAL, a. [L., a side or rib. A coast or side is the extreme part, a limit, from extending, ... |
12976
|
costard |
COSTARD, n. 1. A head. [Not used.]2. An apple, round and bulky, like the head. |
12977
|
costard-monger |
COSTARD-MONGER, n. An apple-seller. |
12978
|
coster-monger |
COSTER-MONGER, n. An apple seller. |
12979
|
costive |
COSTIVE, a. [L, to cram, to stuff.]1. Literally, crowded, stuffed, as the intestines; hence, bound ... |
12980
|
costiveness |
COSTIVENESS, n. A preternatural detention of the fecal matter of the bowels, with hardness and ... |
12981
|
costless |
COSTLESS, a. Costing nothing. |
12982
|
costliness |
COSTLINESS, n. [See Costly.] Expensiveness; great cost, or expense; sumptuousness. Revelations ... |
12983
|
costly |
COSTLY, a. [from cost.] Of a high price; sumptuous; expensive; purchased at a great expense; as a ... |
12984
|
costmary |
COSTMARY, n. [Gr. L., an aromatic plant, and Maria.] A species of tansy, or Tanacetum; alecost. |
12985
|
costrel |
COSTREL, n. A bottle. [Not in use.] |
12986
|
costume |
COSTUME, n. 1. In painting, a rule or precept by which an artist is enjoined to make every person ... |
12987
|
cot |
COT, COTE, n. [G. In Welsh, this word signifies a cot, a hovel or stye, an abrupt termination, a ... |
12988
|
cote |
COTE, n. A sheepfold. [See Cot.]COTE, v.t. TO pass by and turn before; to gain ground in coursing ... |
12989
|
cotemporaneous |
COTEMPORANEOUS, a. [infra.] Living or being at the same time. |
12990
|
cotemporary |
COTEMPORARY, a. [L., time.] Living or being at the same time; as cotemporary authors. Josephus was ... |
12991
|
coterie |
COTERIE, n. A friendly party, or fashionable association. |
12992
|
coticular |
COTICULAR, a. [L., whetstone.] Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones. |
12993
|
cotillon |
COTILLON, n. A brisk dance, performed by eight persons together; also, a tune which regulates the ... |
12994
|
cotland |
COTLAND, n. Land appendant to a cottage. |
12995
|
cotquean |
COTQUEAN, n. A man who busies himself with the affairs which properly belong to women. |
12996
|
cotswold |
COTSWOLD, n. Sheepcotes in an open country. |
12997
|
cott |
COTT, n. A small bed; on board of ships, a bed frame suspended from the beams, for the officers to ... |
12998
|
cottage |
COTTAGE, n. [from cot.] A cot; a hut; a small mean habitation.The sea coast shall be dwellings and ... |
12999
|
cottaged |
COTTAGED, a. Set or covered with cottages. |
13000
|
cottager |
COTTAGER, n. 1. One who lives in a hut or cottage.2. In law, one who lives on the common, without ... |
13001
|
cottar |
COTTER, COTTAR or COTTIER, n. A cottager. |
13002
|
cotter |
COTTER, COTTAR or COTTIER, n. A cottager. |
13003
|
cotton |
COTTON, n. 1. A soft downy substance, resembling fine wool, growing in the capsules or pods of a ... |
13004
|
cotton-gin |
COTTON-GIN, n. A machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by that celebrated ... |
13005
|
cotton-grass |
COTTON-GRASS, n. A genus of plants, the Eriophorum. |
13006
|
cotton-machine |
COTTON-MACHINE, n. A machine for carding or spinning cotton. |
13007
|
cotton-mill |
COTTON-MILL, n. A mill or building, with machinery for carding, roving and spinning cotton, by the ... |
13008
|
cotton-plant |
COTTON-PLANT, COTTON-SHRUB, n. A plant or shrub of the genus Gossypium, of several species, all ... |
13009
|
cotton-shrub |
COTTON-PLANT, COTTON-SHRUB, n. A plant or shrub of the genus Gossypium, of several species, all ... |
13010
|
cotton-thistle |
COTTON-THISTLE, n. A plant, the Onopordum. |
13011
|
cotton-weed |
COTTON-WEED, n. A plant, the Filago. The name is given also to the Gnaphalium, cud-weed, or ... |
13012
|
cottony |
COTTONY, a. 1. Downy; nappy; covered with hairs or pubescence like cotton.2. Soft like cotton. |
13013
|
cotyle |
COTYLE, n. [Gr.] The cavity of a bone which receives the end of another in articulation. |
13014
|
cotyledon |
COTYLEDON, n. [Gr., a hollow or cavity.]1. In botany, the perishable lobe or placenta of the seeds ... |
13015
|
cotyledonous |
COTYLEDONOUS, a. Pertaining to cotyledons; having a seed-lobe. |
13016
|
couch |
COUCH, v.i. 1. To lie down, as on a bed or place of repose.2. To lie down on the knees; to stop and ... |
13017
|
couch-fellow |
COUCH-FELLOW, n. A bed fellow; a companion in lodging. |
13018
|
couch-grass |
COUCH-GRASS, n. A species of grass, very injurious to other plants. |
13019
|
couchant |
COUCHANT, a. [See Couch.] Lying down; squatting. In heraldry, lying down with the head raised, ... |
13020
|
couched |
COUCHED, pp. Laid down; laid on; hid; included or involved; laid close; fixed in the rest, as a ... |
13021
|
couchee |
COUCHEE, n. Bedtime; late visiting at night. |
13022
|
coucher |
COUCHER, n. 1. One who couches cataracts.2. In old English statutes, a factor; a resident in a ... |
13023
|
couching |
COUCHING, ppr. Lying down; laying down; lying close; involving; including; expressing; depressing a ... |
13024
|
cough |
COUGH, n. A violent effort of the lungs to throw off offending matter; a violent, sometimes ... |
13025
|
cougher |
COUGHER, n. One that coughs. |
13026
|
coughing |
COUGHING, ppr. Expelling from the lungs by a violent effort with noise; expectorating. |
13027
|
could |
COULD, pron. COOD. [The past tense of can, according to our customary arrangement in grammar; but ... |
13028
|
coulter |
COULTER. [See Colter.] |
13029
|
council |
COUNCIL, n. [L., to call, Gr. See Hold. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it ... |
13030
|
council-board |
COUNCIL-BOARD, n. Council-table; the table round which a council holds consultation. Hence, the ... |
13031
|
council-table |
COUNCIL-TABLE, n. Council-board. |
13032
|
councilor |
COUNCILOR, n. The member of a council. [See Counselor.] |
13033
|
counsel |
COUNSEL, n. [L., to consult; to ask, to assail.]1. Advice; opinion, or instruction, given upon ... |
13034
|
counsel-keeper |
COUNSEL-KEEPER, n. One who can keep a secret. |
13035
|
counsel-keeping |
COUNSEL-KEEPING, a. Keeping secrets. |
13036
|
counselable |
COUNSELABLE, a. Willing to receive counsel; disposed to follow the advice or opinions of others. |
13037
|
counseled |
COUNSELED, pp. Advised; instructed; admonished. |
13038
|
counseling |
COUNSELING, ppr. Advising; instructing; admonishing. |
13039
|
counselor |
COUNSELOR, n. 1. Any person who gives advice; but properly one who is authorized by natural ... |
13040
|
counselorship |
COUNSELORSHIP, n. The office of a counselor, or privy counselor. |
13041
|
count |
COUNT, v.t.1. To number; to tell or name one by one, or by small numbers, for ascertaining the ... |
13042
|
count-wheel |
COUNT-WHEEL, n. The wheel in a clock which moves round and causes it to strike. |
13043
|
countable |
COUNTABLE, a. That may be numbered. |
13044
|
counted |
COUNTED, pp. Numbered; told; esteemed; reckoned; imputed. |
13045
|
countenance |
COUNTENANCE, n. [L., to hold.]1. Literally, the contents of a body; the outline and extent which ... |
13046
|
countenanced |
COUNTENANCED, pp. Favored; encouraged; supported. |
13047
|
countenancer |
COUNTENANCER, n. One who countenances, favors or supports. |
13048
|
countenancing |
COUNTENANCING, ppr. Favoring; encouraging; supporting. |
13049
|
counter |
COUNTER, n. [from count.]1. A false piece of money or stamped metal, used as means of reckoning; ... |
13050
|
counter-attraction |
COUNTER-ATTRACTION, n. [counter and attraction.] Opposite attraction. |
13051
|
counter-dance |
CONTRA-DANCE, COUNTER-DANCE, n. A dance in which the partners are arranged in opposition, or in ... |
13052
|
counter-evidence |
COUNTER-EVIDENCE, n. [counter and evidence.] Opposite evidence; evidence or testimony which opposes ... |
13053
|
counter-influence |
COUNTER-INFLUENCE, v.t To hinder by opposing influence. [Little used.] |
13054
|
counter-motion |
COUNTER-MOTION, n. [counter and motion.] An opposite motion; a motion counteracting another. |
13055
|
counter-movement |
COUNTER-MOVEMENT, n. A movement in opposition to another. |
13056
|
counter-natural |
COUNTER-NATURAL, a. [counter and natural.] Contrary to nature. |
13057
|
counter-negotiatio |
COUNTER-NEGOTIATION, n. [counter and negotiation.] Negotiation in opposition to other negotiation. |
13058
|
counter-opening |
COUNTER-OPENING, n. [counter and opening.] An aperture or vent on the opposite side, or in a ... |
13059
|
counter-petition |
COUNTER-PETITION, n. A petition in opposition to another. |
13060
|
counter-revolution |
COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY, a. Pertaining to a counter-revolution. |
13061
|
counter-revolution |
COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY, a. Pertaining to a counter-revolution. |
13062
|
counter-revolution |
COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY, a. Pertaining to a counter-revolution. |
13063
|
counter-saliant |
COUNTER-SALIANT, a. In heraldry, is when two beasts are borne in a coat leaping from each other. |
13064
|
counter-secure |
COUNTER-SECURE, v.t. [counter and secure.] To secure one who has given security. |
13065
|
counter-security |
COUNTER-SECURITY, n. Security given to one who has entered into bonds or become surety for another. |
13066
|
counter-surety |
COUNTER-SURETY, n. A counterbond, or a surety to secure one that has given security. |
13067
|
counteract |
COUNTERACT, v.t. [counter and act.] To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat or frustrate by ... |
13068
|
counteracted |
COUNTERACTED, pp. Hindered; frustrated; defeated by contrary agency. |
13069
|
counteracting |
COUNTERACTING, ppr. Hindering; frustrating. |
13070
|
counteraction |
COUNTERACTION, n. Action in opposition; hindrance. |
13071
|
counterbalance |
COUNTERBALANCE, v.t. [counter and balance.] To weigh against; to weigh against with an equal ... |
13072
|
counterbalanced |
COUNTERBALANCED, pp. Opposed by equal weight, power or effect. |
13073
|
counterbalancing |
COUNTERBALANCING, ppr. Opposing by equal weight, power or operation. |
13074
|
counterbond |
COUNTERBOND, n. [counter and bond.] A bond to save harmless one who has given bond for another. |
13075
|
counterbuff |
COUNTERBUFF, v.t. [counter and buff.] To strike back or in an opposite direction; to drive back; to ... |
13076
|
counterbuffed |
COUNTERBUFFED, pp. Struck with a blow in opposition. |
13077
|
countercast |
COUNTERCAST, n. Delusive contrivance; contrary cast. |
13078
|
countercaster |
COUNTERCASTER, n. [counter and caster.] A caster of accounts; a reckoner; a bookkeeper, in ... |
13079
|
counterchange |
COUNTERCHANGE, n. [counter and change.] Exchange; reciprocation.COUNTERCHANGE, v.t. To give and ... |
13080
|
counterchanged |
COUNTERCHANGED, pp. Exchanged. In heraldry, intermixed, as the colors of the field and charge. |
13081
|
countercharm |
COUNTERCHARM, n. [counter and charm.] That which has the power of dissolving or opposing the effect ... |
13082
|
countercheck |
COUNTERCHECK, v.t. [counter and check.] To oppose or stop by some obstacle; to check.COUNTERCHECK, ... |
13083
|
countercurrent |
COUNTERCURRENT, a. [counter and current.] Running in an opposite direction.COUNTERCURRENT, n. A ... |
13084
|
counterdistinction |
COUNTERDISTINCTION, n. Contradistinction. |
13085
|
counterdraw |
COUNTERDRAW, v.t. [counter and draw.] In painting, to copy a design or painting, by means of a fine ... |
13086
|
counterdrawing |
COUNTERDRAWING, ppr. Copying by means of lines drawn on some transparent matter. |
13087
|
counterdrawn |
COUNTERDRAWN, pp. Copied from lines drawn on something else. |
13088
|
counterfeit |
COUNTERFEIT, v.t. 1. To forge; to copy or imitate, without authority or right, and with a view to ... |
13089
|
counterfeited |
COUNTERFEITED, pp. Forged; made in imitation of something, with a view to defraud; copied; ... |
13090
|
counterfeiter |
COUNTERFEITER, n. 1. One who counterfeits; a forger.2. One who copies or imitates; one who assumes ... |
13091
|
counterfeitly |
COUNTERFEITLY, adv. By forgery; falsely; fictitiously. |
13092
|
counterferment |
COUNTERFERMENT, n. [counter and ferment.] Ferment opposed to ferment. |
13093
|
counterfesance |
COUNTERFESANCE, n. The act of forging; forgery. |
13094
|
counterfoil |
COUNTERFOIL, COUNTERSTOCK, n. That part of a tally struck in the Exchequer, which is kept by an ... |
13095
|
counterfort |
COUNTERFORT, n. [counter and fort.] A buttress, spur or pillar serving to support a wall or terrace ... |
13096
|
countergage |
COUNTERGAGE, n. [counter and gage.] In carpentry, a method used to measure the joints, by ... |
13097
|
counterguard |
COUNTERGUARD,n. [counter and guard.] In fortification, a small rampart or work raised before the ... |
13098
|
counterlight |
COUNTERLIGHT, n. [counter and light.] A light opposite to any thing, which makes it appear to ... |
13099
|
countermand |
COUNTERMAND, v.t. [L., to command.]1. To revoke a former command; or to give an order contrary to ... |
13100
|
countermanded |
COUNTERMANDED, pp. Revoked; annulled, as an order. |
13101
|
countermanding |
COUNTERMANDING, ppr. Revoking a former order; giving directions contrary to a former command. |
13102
|
countermarch |
COUNTERMARCH, n. 1. A marching back; a returning.2. A change of the wings or face of a battalion, ... |
13103
|
countermark |
COUNTERMARK, n. [counter and mark.]1. A second or third mark put on a bale of goods belonging to ... |
13104
|
countermine |
COUNTERMINE, n. [counter and mine.]1. In military affairs, a well and gallery sunk in the earth and ... |
13105
|
countermure |
COUNTERMURE, n. [L., a wall.] A wall raised behind another, to supply its place, when a breach is ... |
13106
|
counternoise |
COUNTERNOISE, n. [counter and noise.] A noise or sound by which another noise or sound is ... |
13107
|
counterpace |
COUNTERPACE, n. [counter and pace.] A step or measure in opposition to another; contrary measure or ... |
13108
|
counterpaled |
COUNTERPALED, a. [counter and pale.] In heraldry, is when the escutcheon is divided into twelve ... |
13109
|
counterpane |
COUNTERPANE, n. 1. A particular kind of coverlet for a bed. [See Counterpoint.]2. One part of an ... |
13110
|
counterpart |
COUNTERPART, n. [counter and part.]1. The correspondent part; the part that answers to another, as ... |
13111
|
counterpassant |
COUNTERPASSANT, a. [counter and passant.] In heraldry, is when two lions in a coat of arms are ... |
13112
|
counterplea |
COUNTERPLEA, n. [counter and plea.] In law, a replication to a plea, or request. |
13113
|
counterplot |
COUNTERPLOT, v.t. [counter and plot.] To oppose one plot to another; to attempt to frustrate ... |
13114
|
counterplotting |
COUNTERPLOTTING, n. A plotting in opposition to a stratagem. |
13115
|
counterpoint |
COUNTERPOINT, n. 1. A coverlet; a cover for a bed, stitched or woven in squares; written corruptly ... |
13116
|
counterpoise |
COUNTERPOISE, v.t. s as z. [See Poise.]1. To counterbalance; to weigh against with equal weight; to ... |
13117
|
counterpoised |
COUNTERPOISED, pp. Balanced by an equivalent opposing weight, or by equal power. |
13118
|
counterpoising |
COUNTERPOISING, ppr. Balancing by equal weight in the opposite scale, or by equal power. |
13119
|
counterpoison |
COUNTERPOISON, n. s as z. [counter and poison.] One poison that destroys the effect of another; an ... |
13120
|
counterpressure |
COUNTERPRESSURE, n. [counter and pressure.] Opposing pressure; a force or pressure that acts in a ... |
13121
|
counterproject |
COUNTERPROJECT, n. [counter and project.] A project, scheme or proposal, of one party, given in ... |
13122
|
counterproof |
COUNTERPROOF, n. [counter and proof.] In rolling-press printing, a print taken off from another ... |
13123
|
counterprove |
COUNTERPROVE, v.t. [counter and prove.] To take off a design in black lead or red chalk, by passing ... |
13124
|
counterroll |
COUNTERROLL, n. [counter and roll.]1. In law, a counterpart or copy of the rolls, relating to ... |
13125
|
counterrolment |
COUNTERROLMENT, n. A counter account. [See Control.] |
13126
|
counterscarp |
COUNTERSCARP, n. In fortification, the exterior talus or slope of the ditch, or the talus that ... |
13127
|
counterscuffle |
COUNTERSCUFFLE, n. Opposite scuffle; contest. |
13128
|
counterseal |
COUNTERSEAL, v.t. To seal with another. |
13129
|
countersense |
COUNTERSENSE, n. Opposite meaning. |
13130
|
countersign |
COUNTERSIGN, v.t. [counter and sign.] Literally, to sign on the opposite side of an instrument or ... |
13131
|
countersignal |
COUNTERSIGNAL, n. A signal to answer or correspond to another; a naval term. |
13132
|
countersigned |
COUNTERSIGNED, pp. Signed by a secretary or other subordinate officer. |
13133
|
countersigning |
COUNTERSIGNING, ppr. Attesting by the signature of a subordinate officer. |
13134
|
counterstatute |
COUNTERSTATUTE, n. A contrary statute, or ordinance. |
13135
|
counterstock |
COUNTERFOIL, COUNTERSTOCK, n. That part of a tally struck in the Exchequer, which is kept by an ... |
13136
|
counterstroke |
COUNTERSTROKE, n. A contrary stroke; a stroke returned. |
13137
|
countersway |
COUNTERSWAY, n. Contrary sway; opposite influence. |
13138
|
countertally |
COUNTERTALLY, n. A tally corresponding to another. |
13139
|
countertaste |
COUNTERTASTE, n. [counter and taste.] Opposite or false taste. |
13140
|
countertenor |
COUNTERTENOR, COUNTER, n. [counter and tenor.] In music, one of the middle parts, between the tenor ... |
13141
|
countertide |
COUNTERTIDE, n. [counter and tide.] Contrary tide. |
13142
|
countertime |
COUNTERTIME, n. [counter and time.]1. In the manege, the defense or resistance of a horse that ... |
13143
|
counterturn |
COUNTERTURN, n. The highth of a play, which puts an end to expectation. |
13144
|
countervail |
COUNTERVAIL, v.t. [counter and L., to avail or be strong.] To act against with equal force, or ... |
13145
|
countervailed |
COUNTERVAILED, pp. Acted against with equal force or power; balanced; compensated. |
13146
|
countervailing |
COUNTERVAILING, ppr. Opposing with equal strength or value; balancing; obviating an effect. |
13147
|
counterview |
COUNTERVIEW, n. [counter and view.]1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which ... |
13148
|
countervote |
COUNTERVOTE, v.t. To vote in opposition; to outvote. |
13149
|
counterweigh |
COUNTERWEIGH, v.t. [See Weigh.] To weigh against; to counterbalance. |
13150
|
counterwheel |
COUNTERWHEEL, v.t. To cause to wheel in an opposite direction. |
13151
|
counterwind |
COUNTERWIND, n. Contrary wind. |
13152
|
counterwork |
COUNTERWORK. [See Work.] To work in opposition to; to counteract; to hinder any effect by contrary ... |
13153
|
counterwrought |
COUNTERWROUGHT, pp. Counteracted; opposed by contrary action. |
13154
|
countess |
COUNTESS, n. [See count.] The consort of an earl or count. |
13155
|
counting-house |
COUNTING-HOUSE, COUNTING-ROOM, n. [See Count, the verb.] The house or room appropriated by ... |
13156
|
counting-room |
COUNTING-HOUSE, COUNTING-ROOM, n. [See Count, the verb.] The house or room appropriated by ... |
13157
|
countless |
COUNTLESS, a. [count and less.] That cannot be counted; not having the number ascertained, nor ... |
13158
|
country |
COUNTRY, n. [L., land adjacent to a city. Hence the citizen says, let us go into the country. The ... |
13159
|
countryman |
COUNTRYMAN, n. 1. One born in the same country with another. This man is my countryman. [See 2 ... |
13160
|
county |
COUNTY, n. [L. See Count.]1. Originally, an earldom; the district or territory of a count or earl. ... |
13161
|
coupee |
COUPEE, n. A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent and suspended from the ground, and ... |
13162
|
couple |
COUPLE, n. [L. G.]1. Two of the same species or kind, and near in place, or considered together; as ... |
13163
|
coupled |
COUPLED, pp. United, as two things; linked; married. |
13164
|
couplement |
COUPLEMENT, n. Union. |
13165
|
couplet |
COUPLET, n. 1. Two verses; a pair of rhymes.2. A division of a hymn or ode in which an equal number ... |
13166
|
coupling |
COUPLING, ppr. Uniting in couples; fastening or connecting together; embracing.COUPLING, n. 1. That ... |
13167
|
courage |
COURAGE, n. [L., the heart.] Bravery; intrepidity; that quality of mind which enables men to ... |
13168
|
courageous |
COURAGEOUS, a. Brave; bold; daring; intrepid; hardy to encounter difficulties and dangers; ... |
13169
|
courageously |
COURAGEOUSLY, adv. With courage; bravely; boldly; stoutly. |
13170
|
courageousness |
COURAGEOUSNESS, n. Courage; boldness; bravery; intrepidity; spirit; valor. |
13171
|
courant |
COURANT, COURANTO, n. 1. A piece of music in triple time; also, a kind of dance, consisting of a ... |
13172
|
couranto |
COURANT, COURANTO, n. 1. A piece of music in triple time; also, a kind of dance, consisting of a ... |
13173
|
courap |
COURAP, n. A distemper in the East Indies; a kind of herpes or itch in the armpits, groin, breast ... |
13174
|
courb |
COURB, v.i. To bend. [Not in use.]COURB, a. Crooked. [Not in use.] |
13175
|
courbaril |
COURBARIL, n. Gum anime, which flows from the Hymenaea, a tree of South America; used for ... |
13176
|
courier |
COURIER, n. [L.] A messenger sent express, for conveying letters or dispatches on public business. |
13177
|
course |
COURSE, n. 1. In its general sense, a passing; a moving, or motion forward, in a direct or curving ... |
13178
|
coursed |
COURSED, pp. Hunted; chased; pursued; caused to run. |
13179
|
courser |
COURSER, n. 1. A swift horse; a runner; a war-horse; a word used chiefly in poetry.2. One who ... |
13180
|
courses |
COURSES, n. plu.1. In a ship, the principal sails, as the main sail, fore sail, and mizen; ... |
13181
|
coursey |
COURSEY, n. Part of the hatches in a galley. |
13182
|
coursing |
COURSING, ppr. Hunting; chasing; running; flowing; compelling to run.COURSING, n. The act or sport ... |
13183
|
court |
COURT, n. 1. A place in front of a house, inclosed by a wall or fence; in popular language, a ... |
13184
|
court-baron |
COURT-BARON, n. A barons court; a court incident to a manor. |
13185
|
court-bred |
COURT-BRED, a. [See Breed.] Bred at court. |
13186
|
court-breeding |
COURT-BREEDING, n. Education at a court. |
13187
|
court-bubble |
COURT-BUBBLE, n. The trifle of a court. |
13188
|
court-chaplain |
COURT-CHAPLAIN, n. A chaplain to a king or prince. |
13189
|
court-cupboard |
COURT-CUPBOARD, n. The sideboard of ancient days. |
13190
|
court-day |
COURT-DAY, n. A day in which a court sits to administer justice. |
13191
|
court-dress |
COURT-DRESS, n. A dress suitable for an appearance at court of levee. |
13192
|
court-dresser |
COURT-DRESSER, n. A flatterer. |
13193
|
court-fashion |
COURT-FASHION, n. The fashion of a court. |
13194
|
court-favor |
COURT-FAVOR, n. A favor or benefit bestowed by a court or prince. |
13195
|
court-hand |
COURT-HAND, n. The hand or manner of writing used in records and judicial proceedings. |
13196
|
court-house |
COURT-HOUSE, n. A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and ... |
13197
|
court-lady |
COURT-LADY, n. A lady who attends or is conversant in court. |
13198
|
court-leet |
COURT-LEET, n. A court of record held once a year, in particular hundred, lordship or manor, before ... |
13199
|
court-martial |
COURT-MARTIAL, n. A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of offences of a ... |
13200
|
courted |
COURTED, pp. Flattered; wooed; solicited in marriage; sought. |
13201
|
courteous |
COURTEOUS, a. [from court.]1. Polite; wellbred; being of elegant manners; civil; obliging; ... |
13202
|
courteously |
COURTEOUSLY, adv. In a courteous manner; with obliging civility and condescension; complaisantly. |
13203
|
courteousness |
COURTEOUSNESS, n. Civility of manners; obliging condescension; complaisance. |
13204
|
courter |
COURTER, n. One who courts; one who solicits in marriage. |
13205
|
courtesan |
COURTESAN, n. A prostitute; a woman who prostitutes herself for hire, especially to men of rank. |
13206
|
courtesy |
COURTESY, n. 1. Elegance or politeness of manners; especially, politeness connected with kindness; ... |
13207
|
courtier |
COURTIER, n. [from court.]1. A man who attends or frequents the courts of princes.2. One who courts ... |
13208
|
courtiery |
COURTIERY, n. The manners of a courtier. [Not used.] |
13209
|
courting |
COURTING, ppr. Flattering; attempting to gain by address; wooing; soliciting in marriage. |
13210
|
courtlike |
COURTLIKE, a. Polite; elegant. |
13211
|
courtliness |
COURTLINESS, n. [See Courtly.] Elegance of manners; grace of mien; civility; complaisance with ... |
13212
|
courtling |
COURTLING, n. A courtier; a retainer to a court. |
13213
|
courtly |
COURTLY, a. [court and like.] Relating to a court; elegant; polite with dignity; applied to men and ... |
13214
|
courtship |
COURTSHIP, n. 1. The act of soliciting favor.2. The act of wooing in love; solicitation of a woman ... |
13215
|
cousin |
COUSIN, n. 1. In a general sense, one collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister. ... |
13216
|
couter-signature |
COUTER-SIGNATURE, n. The name of a secretary or other subordinate officer, countersigned to a ... |
13217
|
cove |
COVE, n. A small inlet, creek or bay; a recess in the sea shore, where vessels and boats may ... |
13218
|
covenable |
COVENABLE, a. Fit; suitable. |
13219
|
covenant |
COVENANT, n. [L, to come; a coming together; a meeting or agreement of minds.]1. A mutual consent ... |
13220
|
covenanted |
COVENANTED, pp. Pledged or promised by covenant. |
13221
|
covenantee |
COVENANTEE, n. The person to whom a covenant is made. |
13222
|
covenanter |
COVENANTER, n. He who makes a covenant. |
13223
|
covenanting |
COVENANTING, ppr. Making a covenant; stipulating. |
13224
|
covenous |
COVENOUS, COVINOUS, a. [See Covin.] Collusive; fraudulent; deceitful; as a covenous lease of lands. |
13225
|
cover |
COVER, v.t. [L.]1. To overspread the surface of a thing with another substance; to lay or set over; ... |
13226
|
cover-shame |
COVER-SHAME, n. Something used to conceal infamy. |
13227
|
coverchief |
COVERCHIEF,n. A covering of the head. |
13228
|
covercle |
COVERCLE, n. A small cover; a lid. |
13229
|
covered |
COVERED, pp. Spread over; hid; concealed; clothed; vailed; having a hat on; wrapped; inclosed; ... |
13230
|
covering |
COVERING, ppr. Spreading over; laying over; concealing; vailing; clothing; wrapping; inclosing; ... |
13231
|
coverlet |
COVERLET, n. [cover, and a bed.] The cover of a bed; a piece of furniture designed to be spread ... |
13232
|
covert |
COVERT, a. 1. Covered; hid; private; secret; concealed.Whether of open war, or covert guile.2. ... |
13233
|
covert-way |
COVERT-WAY, n. In fortification, a space of ground level with the field, on the edge of the ditch, ... |
13234
|
covertly |
COVERTLY, adv. Secretly; closely; in private; insidiously.Among the poets, Persius covertly strikes ... |
13235
|
covertness |
COVERTNESS, n. Secrecy; privacy. |
13236
|
coverture |
COVERTURE, n. 1. Covering; shelter; defense.2. In law, the state of a married woman, who is ... |
13237
|
covet |
COVET, v.t. 1. To desire or wish for, with eagerness; to desire earnestly to obtain or possess; in ... |
13238
|
covetable |
COVETABLE, a. That may be coveted. |
13239
|
coveted |
COVETED, pp. Earnestly desired; greatly wished or longed for. |
13240
|
coveting |
COVETING, n. Inordinate desire. |
13241
|
covetise |
COVETISE, n. Avarice. [Not in use.] |
13242
|
covetous |
COVETOUS, a. 1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; in a good sense; as covetous of wisdom, virtue or ... |
13243
|
covetously |
COVETOUSLY, adv. With a strong or inordinate desire to obtain and possess; eagerly; avariciously. |
13244
|
covetousness |
COVETOUSNESS, n. 1. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; ... |
13245
|
covey |
COVEY, n. 1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old fowl with her brood of young. Hence, a small flock ... |
13246
|
covin |
COVIN, n. In law, a collusive or deceitful agreement between two or more to prejudice a third ... |
13247
|
coving |
COVING, n. [See Cove.] In building, a term denoting an arch or arched projecture, as when houses ... |
13248
|
covinous |
COVINOUS, a. Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent. |
13249
|
cow |
COW, n. plu. cows; old plu. kine. The female of the bovine genus of animals; a quadruped with ... |
13250
|
cow-bane |
COW-BANE, n. [cow and bane.] A popular name of the Aethusa cynapium. |
13251
|
cow-house |
COW-HOUSE, n. A house or building in which cows are kept or stabled. |
13252
|
cow-itch |
COWHAGE, COW-ITCH, n. A leguminous plant of the genus Dolichos, a native of warm climates. It has a ... |
13253
|
cow-keeper |
COW-KEEPER, n. One whose business is to keep cows. |
13254
|
cow-leech |
COW-LEECH, n. [See Leech.] One who professes to heal the diseases of cows. |
13255
|
cow-leeching |
COW-LEECHING, n. The act or art of healing the distempers of cows. |
13256
|
cow-lick |
COW-LICK, n. A tuft of hair that appears as if licked by a cow. |
13257
|
cow-parsnep |
COW-PARSNEP, n. A plant of the genus Heracleum. |
13258
|
cow-pen |
COW-PEN, n. A pen for cows. |
13259
|
cow-pox |
COW-POX, n. The vaccine disease. |
13260
|
cow-quakes |
COW-QUAKES, n. Quaking grass, the Briza, a genus of plants. |
13261
|
cow-weed |
COW-WEED, n. A plant of the genus Chaerophyllum, or chervil. |
13262
|
cow-wheat |
COW-WHEAT, n. A plant of the genus Melampyrum. |
13263
|
coward |
COWARD, n. [L.]1. A person who wants courage to meet danger; a poltroon; a timid or pusillanimous ... |
13264
|
cowardice |
COWARDICE, n. Want of courage to face danger; timidity; pusillanimity; fear of exposing ones person ... |
13265
|
cowardlike |
COWARDLIKE, a. Resembling a coward; mean. |
13266
|
cowardliness |
COWARDLINESS, n. Want of courage; timidity; cowardice. |
13267
|
cowardly |
COWARDLY, a. 1. Wanting courage to face danger; timid; timorous; fearful; pusillanimous.2. Mean; ... |
13268
|
cowardous |
COWARDOUS, a. Cowardly. [Not used.] |
13269
|
cowardship |
COWARDSHIP, n. Cowardice. [Not used.] |
13270
|
cower |
COWER, v.i. To sink by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; to stoop or sink downwards.Our dame ... |
13271
|
cowhage |
COWHAGE, COW-ITCH, n. A leguminous plant of the genus Dolichos, a native of warm climates. It has a ... |
13272
|
cowherd |
COWHERD, n. [See Herd.] One whose occupation is to tend cows. |
13273
|
cowish |
COWISH, a. Timorous; fearful; cowardly. [Little used.] |
13274
|
cowl |
COWL, n. 1. A monks hood, or habit, worn by the Bernardines and Benedictines. It is either white or ... |
13275
|
cowl-staff |
COWL-STAFF, n. A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons. |
13276
|
cowled |
COWLED, a. Wearing a cowl; hooded; in shape of a cowl, as a cowled leaf. |
13277
|
cowlike |
COWLIKE, a. Resembling a cow. |
13278
|
cowry |
COWRY, n. A small shell, the Cypraea moneta, used for coin in Africa and the East Indies. |
13279
|
cows-lip |
COWSLIP, COWS-LIP, n. A plant of the genus Primula, or primrose, of several varieties. The American ... |
13280
|
cows-lungwort |
COWS-LUNGWORT, n. A plant of the genus Verbascum. |
13281
|
cowslip |
COWSLIP, COWS-LIP, n. A plant of the genus Primula, or primrose, of several varieties. The American ... |
13282
|
coxcomb |
COXCOMB, n. [cocks comb.] 1. The top of the head.2. The comb resembling that of a cock, which ... |
13283
|
coxcombly |
COXCOMBLY, a. Like a coxcomb. [Not used.] |
13284
|
coxcomical |
COXCOMICAL, a. Foppish; vain; conceited; a low word. |
13285
|
coy |
COY, a. Modest; silent; reserved; not accessible; shy; not easily condescending to familiarity.Like ... |
13286
|
coyish |
COYISH, a. Somewhat coy, or reserved. |
13287
|
coyly |
COYLY, adv. With reserve; with disinclination to familiarity. |
13288
|
coyness |
COYNESS, n. Reserve; unwillingness to become familiar; disposition to avoid free intercourse, by ... |
13289
|
coystrel |
COYSTREL, n. A species of degenerate hawk. |
13290
|
coz |
COZ. A contraction of cousin. |
13291
|
cozen |
COZEN, v.t. 1. To cheat; to defraud.He that suffers a government to be abused by carelessness and ... |
13292
|
cozenage |
COZENAGE, n. Cheat; trick; fraud; deceit; artifice; the practice of cheating. |
13293
|
cozened |
COZENED, pp. Cheated; defrauded; beguiled. |
13294
|
cozener |
COZENER, n. One who cheats, or defrauds. |
13295
|
cozening |
COZENING, ppr. Cheating; defrauding; beguiling. |
13296
|
crab |
CRAB, n. [Gr. L.]1 A crustaceous fish, the cray-fish, Cancer, a genus containing numerous species. ... |
13297
|
crab-apple |
CRAB-APPLE, n. A wild apple. [See Crab.] |
13298
|
crab-grass |
CRAB-GRASS, n. A genus of plants, the Digitaria. |
13299
|
crab-tree |
CRAB-TREE, n. The tree that bears crabs. |
13300
|
crab-yaws |
CRAB-YAWS, n. The name of a disease in the West Indies, being a kind of ulcer on the soles of the ... |
13301
|
crabbed |
CRABBED, a. [from crab.]1. Rough; harsh; austere; sour; peevish; morose; cynical; applied to the ... |
13302
|
crabbedly |
CRABBEDLY, adv. Peevishly; roughly; morosely; with perplexity. |
13303
|
crabbedness |
CRABBEDNESS, n. 1. Roughness; harshness.2. Sourness; peevishness; asperity.3. Difficulty; ... |
13304
|
crabby |
CRABBY, a. Difficult. |
13305
|
craber |
CRABER, n. The water-rat. |
13306
|
crack |
CRACK, v.t. 1. To rend, break, or burst into chinks; to break partially; to divide the parts a ... |
13307
|
crack-brained |
CRACK-BRAINED, a. Having intellects impaired; crazy. |
13308
|
crack-hemp |
CRACK-HEMP, CRACK-ROPE, n. A wretch fated to the gallows; one who deserves to be hanged. |
13309
|
crack-rope |
CRACK-HEMP, CRACK-ROPE, n. A wretch fated to the gallows; one who deserves to be hanged. |
13310
|
cracker |
CRACKER, n. 1. A noisy boasting fellow.2. A rocket; a quantity of gunpowder confined so as to ... |
13311
|
cracking |
CRACKING,ppr. Breaking or dividing partially; opening; impairing; snapping; uttering a sudden sharp ... |
13312
|
crackle |
CRACKLE, v.i. To make slight cracks; to make small abrupt noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; ... |
13313
|
crackling |
CRACKLING, ppr. Making slight cracks, or abrupt noises.CRACKLING, n. The making of small abrupt ... |
13314
|
cracknel |
CRACKNEL, n. A hard brittle cake or biscuit. 1 Kings 14:3. |
13315
|
cradle |
CRADLE, n. [Gr., to swing.]1. A movable machine of various constructions, placed on circular pieces ... |
13316
|
cradle-clothes |
CRADLE-CLOTHES, n. The clothes used for covering one in a cradle. |
13317
|
cradled |
CRADLED, pp. Laid or rocked in a cradle; cut and laid with a cradle, as grain. |
13318
|
cradling |
CRADLING, ppr. Laying or rocking in a cradle; cutting and laying with a cradle, as grain. |
13319
|
craft |
CRAFT, n. 1. Art; ability; dexterity; skill.Poesy is the poets skill or craft of making--2. ... |
13320
|
craftily |
CRAFTILY, adv. [See Crafty.] With craft, cunning or guile; artfully; cunningly; with more art than ... |
13321
|
craftiness |
CRAFTINESS, n. Artfulness; dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; ... |
13322
|
craftsman |
CRAFTSMAN, n. An artificer; a mechanic; one skilled in a manual occupation. |
13323
|
craftsmaster |
CRAFTSMASTER, n. One skilled in his craft or trade. |
13324
|
crafty |
CRAFTY, a. 1. Cunning; artful; skillful in devising and pursuing a scheme, by deceiving others, or ... |
13325
|
crag |
CRAG, n. [Gr., to break, L., breaking. See Crack.] A steep rugged rock; a rough broken rock, or ... |
13326
|
cragged |
CRAGGED, a. Full of crags or broken rocks; rough; rugged; abounding with prominences, points and ... |
13327
|
craggedness |
CRAGGEDNESS, n. The state of abounding with crags, or broken, pointed rocks. |
13328
|
cragginess |
CRAGGINESS, n. The state of being craggy. |
13329
|
craggy |
CRAGGY, a. Full of crags; abounding with broken rocks; rugged with projecting points of rocks; as ... |
13330
|
crake |
CRAKE, n. A boast. [See Crack.]CRAKE, n. The corn-crake, a migratory fowl, is a species of the ... |
13331
|
crake-berry |
CRAKE-BERRY, n. A species of Empetrum or berry-bearing heath. |
13332
|
cram |
CRAM, v.t. 1. To press or drive, particularly in filling or thrusting one thing into another; to ... |
13333
|
crambo |
CRAMBO, n. A rhyme; a play in which one person gives a word to which another finds a rhyme. |
13334
|
crammed |
CRAMMED, pp. Stuffed; crowded; thrust in; filled with food. |
13335
|
cramming |
CRAMMING, ppr. Driving in; stuffing; crowding; eating beyond satiety of sufficiency. |
13336
|
cramp |
CRAMP, n. 1. Spasm; the contraction of a limb, or some muscle of the body, attended with pain, and ... |
13337
|
cramp-fish |
CRAMP-FISH, n. The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which affects a person like electricity, ... |
13338
|
cramp-iron |
CRAMP-IRON, n. An iron used for fastening things together; a cramp, which see. |
13339
|
cramped |
CRAMPED, pp. Affected with spasm; convulsed; confined; restrained. |
13340
|
cramping |
CRAMPING, ppr. Affecting with cramp; confining. |
13341
|
cranage |
CRANAGE, n. [from crane. Low L.] The liberty of using a crane at a wharf for raising wares from a ... |
13342
|
cranberry |
CRANBERRY, n. [crane and berry.] A species of Vaccinium; a berry that grows on a slender, bending ... |
13343
|
crane |
CRANE, n. [Gr., the plant, cranes-bill.]1. A migratory fowl of the genus Ardea, belonging to the ... |
13344
|
crane-fly |
CRANE-FLY, n. An insect of the genus Tipula, of many species. The mouth is a prolongation of the ... |
13345
|
cranes-bill |
CRANES-BILL, n. The plant Geranium, of many species; so named from an appendage of the seed-vessel, ... |
13346
|
craniognomy |
CRANIOGNOMY, n. [Gr., the skull, and knowledge; index; L. , the skull.] The doctrine or science of ... |
13347
|
craniological |
CRANIOLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to craniology. |
13348
|
craniologist |
CRANIOLOGIST, n. One who treats of craniology, or one who is versed in the science of the cranium. |
13349
|
craniology |
CRANIOLOGY, n. [Gr., the skull, and discourse.] A discourse or treatise on the cranium or skull; or ... |
13350
|
craniometer |
CRANIOMETER, n. [the skull, and measure.] An instrument for measuring the skulls of animals. |
13351
|
craniometrical |
CRANIOMETRICAL, a. Pertaining to craniometry. |
13352
|
craniometry |
CRANIOMETRY, n. The art of measuring the cranium, or skulls, of animals, for discovering their ... |
13353
|
cranioscopy |
CRANIOSCOPY, n. [supra, and to view.] The science of the eminences produced in the cranium by the ... |
13354
|
cranium |
CRANIUM, n. [L. Gr.] The skull of an animal; the assemblage of bones which inclose the brain. |
13355
|
crank |
CRANK, n. [This word probably belongs to the root of cringe, krinkle, to bend.]1. Literally, a bend ... |
13356
|
crankle |
CRANKLE, v.t. To break into bends, turns or angles; to crinkle.Old Vagas stream--Crankling her ... |
13357
|
crankness |
CRANKNESS, n. 1. Liability to be overset, as a ship.2. Stoutness; erectness. |
13358
|
crannied |
CRANNIED, a. [See Cranny.] Having rents, chinks or fissures; as a crannied wall. |
13359
|
cranny |
CRANNY, n. [L., to split; to cut off; to divide; a piece.]1. Properly, a rent; but commonly, any ... |
13360
|
crants |
CRANTS, n. [G.] Garlands carried before the bier of a maiden and hung over her grave. |
13361
|
crape |
CRAPE, n. [See Crisp.] A thin transparent stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill, ... |
13362
|
craple |
CRAPLE, n. A claw. |
13363
|
crapnel |
CRAPNEL, n. A hook or drag. |
13364
|
crapulence |
CRAPULENCE, n. [L., a surfeit. See Crop.] Cropsickness; drunkenness; a surfeit, or the sickness ... |
13365
|
crapulous |
CRAPULOUS, a. Drunk; surchared with liquor; sick by intemperance. |
13366
|
crash |
CRASH, v.t. To break; to bruise.CRASH, v.i. To make the loud, clattering, multifarious sound of ... |
13367
|
crashing |
CRASHING, n. The sound of many things falling and breaking at once.There shall be a great crashing ... |
13368
|
crasis |
CRASIS, n. [Gr., to mix, to temper.]1. The temper or healthy constitution of the blood in an animal ... |
13369
|
crass |
CRASS, a. [L., the same as gross, which see.] Gross; thick; coarse; not thing, nor fine; applied to ... |
13370
|
crassament |
CRASSAMENT, n. The thick red part of the blood, as distinct from the serum, or aqueous part; the ... |
13371
|
crassitude |
CRASSITUDE, n. [L.] Grossness; coarseness; thickness; applied to liquids or solids. |
13372
|
crassness |
CRASSNESS, n. Grossness. |
13373
|
cratch |
CRATCH, n. A rack; a grated crib or manger. [I believe not used in New England.]CRATCH. [See ... |
13374
|
cratches |
CRATCHES, n. [G., the itch, cratches; to scratch.] In the manege, a swelling on the pastern, under ... |
13375
|
crate |
CRATE, n. [L.] A kind of basket or hamper of wicker-word, used for the transportation of china, ... |
13376
|
crater |
CRATER, n. [L., Gr, a great cup.]1. The aperture or mouth of a volcano.2. A constellation of the ... |
13377
|
craunch |
CRAUNCH, v.t. To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise. |
13378
|
craunching |
CRAUNCHING, ppr. Crushing with the teeth with violence. |
13379
|
cravant |
CRAVEN, CRAVENT, CRAVANT, n. 1. A word of obloquy, used formerly by one vanquished in trial by ... |
13380
|
cravat |
CRAVAT, n. A neck-cloth; a piece of fine muslin or other cloth worn by men about the neck. |
13381
|
crave |
CRAVE, v.t. 1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to beseech; to implore; to ask with ... |
13382
|
craved |
CRAVED, pp. Asked for with earnestness; implored; entreated; longed for; required. |
13383
|
craven |
CRAVEN, CRAVENT, CRAVANT, n. 1. A word of obloquy, used formerly by one vanquished in trial by ... |
13384
|
cravent |
CRAVEN, CRAVENT, CRAVANT, n. 1. A word of obloquy, used formerly by one vanquished in trial by ... |
13385
|
craver |
CRAVER, n. One who craves or begs. |
13386
|
craving |
CRAVING, ppr.1. Asking with importunity; urging for earnestly; begging; entreating.2. Calling for ... |
13387
|
craw |
CRAW, n. [G.] The crop or first stomach of fowls. |
13388
|
craw-fish |
CRAW-FISH, CRAY-FISH, n. [Craw is contracted form crab, or from the Welsh crag, a shell. See Crab.] ... |
13389
|
crawl |
CRAWL, v.i. 1. To creep; to move slowly by thrusting or drawing the body along the ground, as a ... |
13390
|
crawler |
CRAWLER, n. He or that which crawls; a creeper; a reptile. |
13391
|
crawling |
CRAWLING, ppr. Creeping; moving slowly along the ground, or other substance; moving or walking ... |
13392
|
cray |
CRAY or CRAYER, n. A small sea vessel. [Not in use.] |
13393
|
cray-fish |
CRAY-FISH, n. The river lobster. [See Craw-fish.] |
13394
|
crayon |
CRAYON, n. [L.] 1. A general name for all colored stones, earths, or other minerals and substances, ... |
13395
|
crayon-painting |
CRAYON-PAINTING, n. The act or art of drawing with crayons. |
13396
|
craze |
CRAZE, v.t. [See Crush.]1. To break; to weaken; to break or impair the natural force or energy ... |
13397
|
craze-mill |
CRAZE-MILL, CRAZING-MILL, n. A mill resembling a grist mill, used for grinding tin. |
13398
|
crazed |
CRAZED, pp. Broken; bruised; crushed; impaired; deranged in intellect; decrepit. |
13399
|
crazedness |
CRAZEDNESS, n. A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect. |
13400
|
crazily |
CRAZILY, adv. [See Crazy.] In a broken or crazy manner. |
13401
|
craziness |
CRAZINESS, n. [See Crazy.]1. The state of being broken or weakened; as the craziness of a ship or ... |
13402
|
crazing-mill |
CRAZE-MILL, CRAZING-MILL, n. A mill resembling a grist mill, used for grinding tin. |
13403
|
crazy |
CRAZY, a. 1. Broken; decrepit; weak; feeble; applied to the body, or constitution, or any ... |
13404
|
creaght |
CREAGHT, n. Herds of cattle. [Not used.]CREAGHT, v.i. To graze on lands. [Not used.] |
13405
|
creak |
CREAK, v.i. [L., Gr., to comb, scrape, rake; to cry.] To make a sharp harsh grating sound, of some ... |
13406
|
creaking |
CREAKING, ppr. Making a harsh grating sound; as creaking hinges or shoes.CREAKING, n. A harsh ... |
13407
|
cream |
CREAM, n. [L., G.]1. In a general sense, any part of a liquor that separates from the rest, rises ... |
13408
|
cream-bowl |
CREAM-BOWL, n. A bowl for holding cream. |
13409
|
cream-faced |
CREAM-FACED, a. White; pale; having a coward look. |
13410
|
cream-pot |
CREAM-POT, n. A vessel for holding cream. |
13411
|
creamy |
CREAMY, a. Full of cream; like cream; having the nature of cream; luscious. |
13412
|
creance |
CREANCE, n. In falconry, a fine small line, fastened to a hawks leash, when she is first lured. |
13413
|
crease |
CREASE, n. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any thing; a hollow streak, like a ... |
13414
|
creat |
CREAT, n. In the manege, an usher to a riding master. |
13415
|
create |
CREATE, v.t. [L.]1. To produce; to bring into being from nothing; to cause to exist.In the ... |
13416
|
created |
CREATED, pp. Formed from nothing; caused to exist; produced; generated; invested with a new ... |
13417
|
creating |
CREATING, ppr. Forming from nothing; originating; producing; giving a new character; constituting ... |
13418
|
creation |
CREATION, n. 1. The act of creating; the act of causing to exist; and especially, the act of ... |
13419
|
creative |
CREATIVE, a. Having the power to create, or exerting the act of creation; as creative fancy; ... |
13420
|
creator |
CREATOR, n. [L.] 1. The being or person that creates.Remember thy creator in the days of thy youth. ... |
13421
|
creatress |
CREATRESS, n. A female that creates any thing. |
13422
|
creature |
CREATURE, n. 1. That which is created; every being besides the Creator, or every thing not ... |
13423
|
creaturely |
CREATURELY, a. Having the qualities of a creature. [Little used.] |
13424
|
creatureship |
CREATURESHIP, n. The state of a creature. [Little used.] |
13425
|
credence |
CREDENCE, n. [See Creed.]1. Belief; credit; reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from ... |
13426
|
credenda |
CREDENDA, n. [L., See Creed.] In theology, things to be believed; articles of faith; distinguished ... |
13427
|
credent |
CREDENT, a. 1. Believing; giving credit; easy of belief.2. Having credit; not to be questioned. |
13428
|
credentials |
CREDENTIALS, n. plu. [Rarely or never used in the singular.] That which gives credit; that which ... |
13429
|
credibility |
CREDIBILITY, n. [L.] Credibleness; the quality or state of a thing which renders it possible to be ... |
13430
|
credible |
CREDIBLE, a. [L.] 1. That may be believed; worthy of credit. A thing is credible, when it is known ... |
13431
|
credibleness |
CREDIBLENESS, n. Credibility; worthiness of belief; just claim to credit. [See Credibility.] |
13432
|
credibly |
CREDIBLY, adv. In a manner that deserves belief; with good authority to support belief. |
13433
|
credit |
CREDIT, n. [L., See Creed.]1. Belief; faith; a reliance or resting of the mind on the truth of ... |
13434
|
creditable |
CREDITABLE, a. Reputable; that may be enjoyed or exercised with reputation or esteem; estimable. A ... |
13435
|
creditableness |
CREDITABLENESS, n. Reputation; estimation. |
13436
|
creditably |
CREDITABLY, adv. Reputable; with credit; without disgrace. |
13437
|
credited |
CREDITED, pp. Believed; trusted; passed to the credit, or entered on the credit side of an account. |
13438
|
crediting |
CREDITING, ppr. Believing; trusting; entering to the credit in account. |
13439
|
creditor |
CREDITOR, n. [L. See Creed.] 1. A person to whom a sum of money or other thing is due, by ... |
13440
|
creditrix |
CREDITRIX, n. A female creditor. |
13441
|
credulity |
CREDULITY, n. [L., to believe. See Creed and Credulous.] Easiness of belief; a weakness of mind by ... |
13442
|
credulous |
CREDULOUS, a. [L. See Creed.] Apt to believe without sufficient evidence; unsuspecting; easily ... |
13443
|
credulousness |
CREDULOUSNESS, n. Credulity; easiness of belief; readiness to believe without sufficient ... |
13444
|
creed |
CREED, n. [This word seems to have been introduced by the use of the Latin credo, I believe, at the ... |
13445
|
creek |
CREEK, v.t. To make a harsh sharp noise. [See Creak.]CREEK, n. [See Crack.]1. A small inlet, bay or ... |
13446
|
creeky |
CREEKY, a. Containing creeks; full of creeks; winding. |
13447
|
creep |
CREEP, v.i. [Gr., the sense is to catch, to grapple; L., to scrape or scratch.]1. To move with the ... |
13448
|
creeper |
CREEPER, n. 1. One who creeps; that which creeps; a reptile; also, a creeping plant, which moves ... |
13449
|
creephole |
CREEPHOLE, n. A hole into which an animal may creep to escape notice or danger; also, a subterfuge; ... |
13450
|
creeping |
CREEPING, ppr. Moving on the belly, or close to the surface of the earth or other body; moving ... |
13451
|
creepingly |
CREEPINGLY, adv. By creeping; slowly; in the manner of a reptile. |
13452
|
creeple |
CREEPLE. [Not used.] [See Cripple.] |
13453
|
creese |
CREESE, n. A Malay dagger. |
13454
|
cremation |
CREMATION, n. [L., to burn.] A burning; particularly, the burning of the dead, according to the ... |
13455
|
cremor |
CREMOR, n. [L. See cream.] Cream; any expressed juice of grain; yeast; scum; a substance resembling ... |
13456
|
crenate |
CRENATE, CRENATED, a. [L., a notch. See Cranny.] Notched; indented; scolloped. In botany, a crenate ... |
13457
|
crenated |
CRENATE, CRENATED, a. [L., a notch. See Cranny.] Notched; indented; scolloped. In botany, a crenate ... |
13458
|
crenature |
CRENATURE, n. A scollop, like a notch, in a leaf, or in the style of a plant. |
13459
|
crengle |
CRENKLE, CRENGLE, CRENULATE, a. [See Cringle.] Having the edge, as it were, cut into very small ... |
13460
|
crenkle |
CRENKLE, CRENGLE, CRENULATE, a. [See Cringle.] Having the edge, as it were, cut into very small ... |
13461
|
crenulate |
CRENKLE, CRENGLE, CRENULATE, a. [See Cringle.] Having the edge, as it were, cut into very small ... |
13462
|
creole |
CREOLE, n. In the West Indies and Spanish America, a native of those countries descended from ... |
13463
|
crepance |
CREPANCE, CREPANE, n. [L., to burst.] A chop or cratch in a horses leg, caused by the shoe of one ... |
13464
|
crepane |
CREPANCE, CREPANE, n. [L., to burst.] A chop or cratch in a horses leg, caused by the shoe of one ... |
13465
|
crepitate |
CREPITATE, v.i. [L., to crackle, to crack, to burst with a sharp sound.] To crackle; to snap; to ... |
13466
|
crepitating |
CREPITATING, ppr. Crackling; snapping. |
13467
|
crepitation |
CREPITATION, n. 1. The act of bursting with a frequent repetition of sharp sounds; the noise of ... |
13468
|
crept |
CREPT, pret. and pp. of creep. |
13469
|
crepuscle |
CREPUSCLE, CREPUSCULE, n. [L., a little burst or break of light, or broken light.] Twilight; the ... |
13470
|
crepuscular |
CREPUSCULAR, CREPUSCULOUS, a. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; noting the imperfect light of the ... |
13471
|
crepuscule |
CREPUSCLE, CREPUSCULE, n. [L., a little burst or break of light, or broken light.] Twilight; the ... |
13472
|
crepusculine |
CREPUSCULINE, a. Crepuscular. [Not used.] |
13473
|
crepusculous |
CREPUSCULAR, CREPUSCULOUS, a. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; noting the imperfect light of the ... |
13474
|
crescent |
CRESCENT, a. [L., to grow. See Grow.] Increasing; growing; as crescent horns.CRESCENT, n. 1. The ... |
13475
|
crescent-shaped |
CRESCENT-SHAPED, a. In botany, lunate; lunated; shaped like a crescent; as a leaf. |
13476
|
crescive |
CRESCIVE, a. [L., to grow.] Increasing; growing. |
13477
|
cress |
CRESS, n. [G., L.] The name of several species of plants, most of them of the class tetradynamia. ... |
13478
|
cresset |
CRESSET, n. [See Cross.]1. A great light set on a beacon, lighthouse, or watch tower.2. A lamp or ... |
13479
|
crest |
CREST, n. [L. This is probably, a growing or shooting up, from the root of cresco.]1. The plume of ... |
13480
|
crest-fallen |
CREST-FALLEN, a. 1. Dejected; sunk; bowed; dispirited; heartless; spiritless.2. Having the upper ... |
13481
|
crested |
CRESTED, a. [from crest.] 1. Wearing a crest; adorned with a crest or plume; having a comb; as a ... |
13482
|
crestless |
CRESTLESS, a. Without a crest; not dignified with coat-armor; not of an eminent family; of low ... |
13483
|
cretaceous |
CRETACEOUS, a. [L., chalk.] Chalky; having the qualities of chalk; like chalk; abounding with ... |
13484
|
cretic |
CRETIC, n. [Gr.] A poetic foot of three syllables, one short between two long syllables. |
13485
|
cretin |
CRETIN, n. A name given to certain deformed and helpless idiots in the Alps. |
13486
|
crevice |
CREVICE, n. [L., to burst. See Crepitate and Rip.] A crack; a cleft; a fissure; a rent; an opening; ... |
13487
|
crevis |
CREVIS, n. The craw-fish. |
13488
|
crew |
CREW, n. 1. A company of people associated; as a noble crew; a gallant crew.2. A company, in a low ... |
13489
|
crewel |
CREWEL, n. Yarn twisted and wound on a knot or ball, or two threaded worsted. |
13490
|
crewet |
CREWET. [See Cruet.] |
13491
|
crib |
CRIB, n. 1. The manger of a stable, in which oxen and cows feed. In America, it is distinguished ... |
13492
|
cribbage |
CRIBBAGE, n. A game at cards. |
13493
|
cribbed |
CRIBBED, pp. Shut up; confined; caged. |
13494
|
cribble |
CRIBBLE, n. 1. A corn-sieve or riddle.2. Coarse flour or meal. [Not used in the United ... |
13495
|
cribration |
CRIBRATION, n. [See Cribble.] The act of sifting or riddling; used in pharmacy. |
13496
|
cribriform |
CRIBRIFORM, a. [L., a sieve, and form.] Resembling a sieve or riddle; a term applied to the lamen ... |
13497
|
crichtonite |
CRICHTONITE, n. A mineral so called from Dr. Crichton, physician to the Emperor of Russia. It has a ... |
13498
|
crick |
CRICK, n. [See Creak.] 1. The creaking of a door. [Not used.]2. A spasmodic affection of some part ... |
13499
|
cricket |
CRICKET, n. An insect of the genus Gryllus, belonging to the order of Hemipters. There are several ... |
13500
|
cricket-match |
CRICKET-MATCH, n. A match at cricket. |
13501
|
cricketer |
CRICKETER, n. One who plays at cricket. |
13502
|
cried |
CRIED, pret. and part. of cry. |
13503
|
crier |
CRIER, CRYER, n. [See Cry.] One who cries; one who makes proclamation. The crier of a court is an ... |
13504
|
crime |
CRIME, n. [L., Gr. , to separate, to judge, to decree, to condemn.]1. An act which violates a law, ... |
13505
|
crimeful |
CRIMEFUL, a. Criminal; wicked; partaking of wrong; contrary to law, right to duty. |
13506
|
crimeless |
CRIMELESS, a. Free from crime; innocent. |
13507
|
criminal |
CRIMINAL, a. 1. Guilty of a crime; applied to persons.2. Partaking of a crime; involving a crime; ... |
13508
|
criminality |
CRIMINALITY, CRIMINALNESS, n. The quality of being criminal, or a violation of law; guiltiness; the ... |
13509
|
criminally |
CRIMINALLY, adv. In violation of public law; in violation of divine law; wickedly; in a wrong or ... |
13510
|
criminalness |
CRIMINALITY, CRIMINALNESS, n. The quality of being criminal, or a violation of law; guiltiness; the ... |
13511
|
criminate |
CRIMINATE, v.t. [L.] To accuse; to charge with a crime; to alledge to be guilty of a crime, offense ... |
13512
|
criminated |
CRIMINATED, pp. Accused; charge with a crime. |
13513
|
criminating |
CRIMINATING, ppr. Accusing; alledging to be guilty. |
13514
|
crimination |
CRIMINATION, n. [L.] The act of accusing; accusation; charge of having been guilty of a criminal ... |
13515
|
criminatory |
CRIMINATORY, a. Relating to accusation; accusing. |
13516
|
criminous |
CRIMINOUS, a. Very wicked; hainous; involving great crime. [Not used.] |
13517
|
criminously |
CRIMINOUSLY, adv. Criminally; hainously; enormously. [Not used.] |
13518
|
criminousness |
CRIMINOUSNESS, n. Wickedness; guilt; criminality. [Not used.] |
13519
|
crimosin |
CRIMOSIN. [See Crimson.] |
13520
|
crimp |
CRIMP, a. [See Crumble.]1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [Little used.]The fowler--treads the ... |
13521
|
crimple |
CRIMPLE, v.t. [G. See Crumple and Rumple.] To contract or draw together; to shrink; to cause to ... |
13522
|
crimpled |
CRIMPLED, pp. Contracted; shrunk; curled. |
13523
|
crimpling |
CRIMPLING, ppr. Contracting; shrinking; curling; hobbling. |
13524
|
crimson |
CRIMSON, n. [G.] A deep red color; a red tinged with blue; also, a red color in general; as the ... |
13525
|
crimsoned |
CRIMSONED, pp. Dyed or tinged with a deep red. |
13526
|
crimsoning |
CRIMSONING, ppr. Dyeing or tinging with a deep red. |
13527
|
crincum |
CRINCUM, n. A cramp; a contraction; a turn or bend; a whim. [A vulgar word.] |
13528
|
cringe |
CRINGE, v.t. [G.] Properly, to shrink; to contract; to draw together; a popular use of the word. ... |
13529
|
cringer |
CRINGER, n. One who cringes, or bows and flatters with servility. |
13530
|
cringing |
CRINGING, ppr. Shrinking; bowing servilely. |
13531
|
cringle |
CRINGLE, n. [See Crank and Cringe.]1. A withe for fastening a gate. [Local.]2. In marine language, ... |
13532
|
crinigerous |
CRINIGEROUS, a. [L., hear, to wear.] Hairy; overgrown with hair. |
13533
|
crinite |
CRINITE, a. [L., hair.] Having the appearance of a tuft of hair. |
13534
|
crinkle |
CRINKLE, v.i. To turn or wind; to bend; to wrinkle; to run in and out in little or short bends or ... |
13535
|
crinose |
CRINOSE, a. Hairy. [See Crinite.] [Little used.] |
13536
|
crinosity |
CRINOSITY, n. Hairiness. [Little used.] |
13537
|
cripple |
CRIPPLE, n. [G.] A lame person; primarily, one who creeps, halts or limps; one who has lost, or ... |
13538
|
crippled |
CRIPPLED, pp. Lamed; rendered impotent in the limbs; disabled. |
13539
|
crippleness |
CRIPPLENESS, n. Lameness. |
13540
|
crippling |
CRIPPLING, ppr. Laming; depriving of the use of the limbs; disabling. |
13541
|
crisis |
CRISIS, n. plu. [Gr. L., to separate, to determine, to decide. See Crime.]1. In medical science, ... |
13542
|
crisp |
CRISP, a. [L. G. See the Verb.]1. Curled; formed into curls or ringlets.2. Indented; winding; as ... |
13543
|
crispation |
CRISPATION, n. The act of curling, or state of being curled. |
13544
|
crispature |
CRISPATURE, n. A curling; the state of being curled. |
13545
|
crisped |
CRISPED, pp. Curled; twisted; frizzled. |
13546
|
crisping |
CRISPING, ppr. Curling; frizzling. |
13547
|
crisping-pin |
CRISPING-PIN, n. A curling iron. |
13548
|
crispness |
CRISPNESS, n. A state of being curled; also, brittleness. |
13549
|
crispy |
CRISPY, a. 1. Curled; formed into ringlets; as crispy locks.2. Brittle; dried so as to break short; ... |
13550
|
cristate |
CRISTATE, CRISTATED, a. [L., a crest.] In botany, crested; tufted; having an appendage like a crest ... |
13551
|
cristated |
CRISTATE, CRISTATED, a. [L., a crest.] In botany, crested; tufted; having an appendage like a crest ... |
13552
|
criterion |
CRITERION, n. plu. [Gr., to judge. See Crime.] A standard of judging; any established law, rule, ... |
13553
|
crithomancy |
CRITHOMANCY, n. [Gr., barley, and divination.] A kind of divination by means of the dough of cakes, ... |
13554
|
critic |
CRITIC, n. [Gr., a judge or discerner, to judge, to separate, to distinguish. See Crime.]1. A ... |
13555
|
critical |
CRITICAL, a. [L. Gr. See Critic.]1. Relating to criticism; nicely exact; as a critical dissertation ... |
13556
|
critically |
CRITICALLY, adv. 1. In a critical manner; with nice discernment of truth or falsehood, propriety or ... |
13557
|
criticalness |
CRITICALNESS, n. 1. The state of being critical; incidence at a particular point of time.2. ... |
13558
|
criticise |
CRITICISE, v.i. s as z. 1. To examine and judge critically; to judge with attention to beauties and ... |
13559
|
criticised |
CRITICISED, pp. Examined and judged with respect to beauties and faults. |
13560
|
criticising |
CRITICISING, ppr. Examining and judging with regard to beauties and faults; remarking on; ... |
13561
|
criticism |
CRITICISM, n. 1. The art of judging with propriety of the beauties and faults of a literary ... |
13562
|
critique |
CRITIQUE, CRITIC, n. 1. A critical examination of the merits of a performance; remarks or ... |
13563
|
crizzel |
CRIZZEL, CRIZZELING, n. [See Crisp.] A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its ... |
13564
|
crizzeling |
CRIZZEL, CRIZZELING, n. [See Crisp.] A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its ... |
13565
|
croak |
CROAK, v.i. [L. G. See Crow.]1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog or other ... |
13566
|
croaker |
CROAKER, n. One that croaks, murmurs or grumbles; one who complains unreasonably. |
13567
|
croaking |
CROAKING, ppr. Uttering a low, harsh sound from the throat, or other similar sound.CROAKING, n. A ... |
13568
|
croats |
CROATS, n. Troops, natives or Croatia. |
13569
|
crocalite |
CROCALITE, n. A mineral, a variety of zeolite, of an orange or brick red color. It is sometimes ... |
13570
|
croceous |
CROCEOUS, a. [L.] Like saffron; yellow; consisting of saffron. |
13571
|
croches |
CROCHES, n. Little buds or knobs about the tops of a deers horn. |
13572
|
crocitation |
CROCITATION, n. [L.] A croaking. |
13573
|
crock |
CROCK, n. An earthen vessel; a pot or pitcher; a cup.CROCK, n. Soot, or the black matter collected ... |
13574
|
crockery |
CROCKERY, n. [See Crock.] Earthen ware; vessels formed of clay, glazed and baked. The term is ... |
13575
|
crocodile |
CROCODILE, n. [Gr., saffron, and fearing. L.] 1. An amphibious animal of the genus Lacerta or ... |
13576
|
crocus |
CROCUS, n. [Gr.]1. Saffron, a genus of plants.2. In chimistry, a yellow powder; any metal calcined ... |
13577
|
croft |
CROFT, n. [L., Gr., to conceal.] A little close adjoining or near to a dwelling house, and used for ... |
13578
|
croisade |
CROISADE, n. A holy war; an expedition of Christians against the infidels, for the conquest of ... |
13579
|
croises |
CROISES, n. [See Cross.] 1. Soldiers enrolled under the banners of the cross.2. Pilgrims who carry ... |
13580
|
croker |
CROKER, n. A fowl that inhabits the Chesapeak and the large rivers in Virginia; sometimes of three ... |
13581
|
cromlech |
CROMLECH, n. Huge flat stones resting on other stones, set on end for that purpose; supposed to be ... |
13582
|
crone |
CRONE, n. [Gr., old.]1. An old woman.2. An old ewe. |
13583
|
cronet |
CRONET, n. [coronet.] 1. The hair which grows over the top of a horses hoof.2. The iron at the end ... |
13584
|
cronical |
CRONICAL, CRONYCAL. [See Acronical.] |
13585
|
crony |
CRONY, n. [See Crone. But this word seems to carry the sense of fellowship; to join, to associate; ... |
13586
|
cronycal |
CRONICAL, CRONYCAL. [See Acronical.] |
13587
|
crook |
CROOK, n. [G., the back, or ridge of an animal. L., a wrinkle, a circle; rough, hoarse. The radical ... |
13588
|
crook-back |
CROOK-BACK, n. A crooked back; one who has a crooked back or round shoulders. |
13589
|
crook-backed |
CROOK-BACKED, a. Having a round back, or shoulders. |
13590
|
crook-kneed |
CROOK-KNEED, a. Having crooked knees. |
13591
|
crook-shouldered |
CROOK-SHOULDERED, a. Having bent shoulders. |
13592
|
crooked |
CROOKED, pp. or a.1. Bent; curved; curving; winding.2. Winding in moral conduct; devious; froward; ... |
13593
|
crookedly |
CROOKEDLY, adv. 1. In a winding manner.2. Untowardly; not compliantly. |
13594
|
crookedness |
CROOKEDNESS, n. 1. A winding, bending or turning; curvity; curvature; inflection.2. Perverseness; ... |
13595
|
crooken |
CROOKEN, v.t. To make crooked. [Not in use.] |
13596
|
crooking |
CROOKING, ppr. Bending; winding. |
13597
|
croop |
CROOP, CROUP, n. The disease called technically cynanche trachealis, and affection of the throat ... |
13598
|
croopade |
CROUPADE, CROOPADE, n. [from croup, or its root.] In the manege, a leap in which the horse pulls up ... |
13599
|
crop |
CROP, n. [G., L. The crop of a fowl, and a crop of grain or hay are consistently the same word.]1. ... |
13600
|
crop-ear |
CROP-EAR, n. [crop and ear.] A horse whose ears are cropped. |
13601
|
crop-eared |
CROP-EARED, a. Having the ears cropped. |
13602
|
crop-sick |
CROP-SICK, a. Sick or indisposed from a surcharged stomach; sick with excess in eating or drinking. |
13603
|
crop-sickness |
CROP-SICKNESS, n. Sickness from repletion of the stomach. L. |
13604
|
cropful |
CROPFUL, a. Having a full crop or belly; satiated. |
13605
|
cropped |
CROPPED, CROPT, pp. Cut off; plucked; eaten off; reaped, or mowed. |
13606
|
cropper |
CROPPER, n. A pigeon with a large crop. |
13607
|
cropping |
CROPPING, ppr. Cutting off; pulling off; eating off; reaping, or mowing.CROPPING, n. 1. The act of ... |
13608
|
cropt |
CROPPED, CROPT, pp. Cut off; plucked; eaten off; reaped, or mowed. |
13609
|
crosier |
CROSIER, n. 1. A bishop crook or pastoral staff, a symbol of pastoral authority and care. It ... |
13610
|
croslet |
CROSLET, n. [See Cross.] A small cross. In heraldry, a cross crossed at a small distance from the ... |
13611
|
cross |
CROSS, n. [G., L.]1. A gibbet consisting of two pieces of timber placed across each other, either ... |
13612
|
cross-armed |
CROSS-ARMED, a. With arms across. In botany, brachiate; decussated; having branches in pairs, each ... |
13613
|
cross-bar-shot |
CROSS-BAR-SHOT, n. A bullet with an iron bar passing through it, and standing out a few inches on ... |
13614
|
cross-barred |
CROSS-BARRED, a. Secured by transverse bars. |
13615
|
cross-bearer |
CROSS-BEARER, n. In the Romish church, the chaplain of an archbishop or primate, who bears a cross ... |
13616
|
cross-bill |
CROSS-BILL, n. In chancery, an original bill by which the defendant prays relief against the ... |
13617
|
cross-bite |
CROSS-BITE, n. A deception; a cheat.CROSS-BITE, v.t. To thwart or contravene by deception. |
13618
|
cross-bow |
CROSS-BOW, n. In archery, a missive weapon formed by placing a bow athwart a stock. |
13619
|
cross-bower |
CROSS-BOWER, n. One who shoots with a cross-bow. |
13620
|
cross-examination |
CROSS-EXAMINATION, n. The examination or interrogation of a witness called by one party, by the ... |
13621
|
cross-examine |
CROSS-EXAMINE, v.t. To examine a witness by the opposite party or his counsel, as the witness for ... |
13622
|
cross-examined |
CROSS-EXAMINED, pp. Examined or interrogated by the opposite party. |
13623
|
cross-flow |
CROSS-FLOW, v.i. To flow across. |
13624
|
cross-grained |
CROSS-GRAINED, a. 1. Having the grain or fibers across or irregular; as in timber, where a branch ... |
13625
|
cross-jack |
CROSS-JACK, n. cro-jeck,. A sail extended on the lower yard of the mizen mast; but seldom used. |
13626
|
cross-legged |
CROSS-LEGGED, a. Having the legs across. |
13627
|
cross-piece |
CROSS-PIECE, n. A rail of timber extending over the windlass of a ship, furnished with pins with ... |
13628
|
cross-purpose |
CROSS-PURPOSE, n. A contrary purpose; contradictory system; also, a conversation in which one ... |
13629
|
cross-question |
CROSS-QUESTION, v.t. To cross examine. |
13630
|
cross-road |
CROSS-WAY, CROSS-ROAD, n. A way or road that crosses another road or the chief road; an obscure ... |
13631
|
cross-row |
CROSS-ROW, n. 1. The alphabet, so named because a cross is placed at the beginning, to show that ... |
13632
|
cross-sea |
CROSS-SEA, n. Waves running across others; a swell running in different directions. |
13633
|
cross-staff |
CROSS-STAFF, n. An instrument to take the altitude of the sun or stars. |
13634
|
cross-stone |
CROSS-STONE, n. A mineral called also harmotome, and staurolite. It is almost always in crystals. ... |
13635
|
cross-tining |
CROSS-TINING, n. In husbandry, a harrowing by drawing the harrow or drag back and forth on the same ... |
13636
|
cross-trees |
CROSS-TREES, n. In ships, certain pieces of timber, supported by the cheeks and trestle-trees, at ... |
13637
|
cross-way |
CROSS-WAY, CROSS-ROAD, n. A way or road that crosses another road or the chief road; an obscure ... |
13638
|
cross-wind |
CROSS-WIND, n. A side wind; an unfavorable wind. |
13639
|
cross-wise |
CROSS-WISE, adv. Across; in the form of a cross. |
13640
|
cross-wort |
CROSS-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Valantia. |
13641
|
crosscut |
CROSSCUT, v.t. To cut across. |
13642
|
crosscut-saw |
CROSSCUT-SAW, n. A saw managed by two men, one at each end. |
13643
|
crossed |
CROSSED, pp. Having a line drawn over; canceled; erased; passed over; thwarted; opposed; ... |
13644
|
crossing |
CROSSING, ppr. Drawing; running or passing a line over; erasing; canceling; thwarting; opposing; ... |
13645
|
crossly |
CROSSLY, adv.1. Athwart; so as to intersect something else.2. Adversely; in opposition; ... |
13646
|
crossness |
CROSSNESS, n. Peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor; perverseness. |
13647
|
crotch |
CROTCH, n. [See Crook and Crutch.]1. A fork or forking; the parting of two legs or branches; as the ... |
13648
|
crotched |
CROTCHED, a. Having a crotch; forked. |
13649
|
crotchet |
CROTCHET, n. [See Crook.]1. In printing, a hook including words, a sentence or a passage ... |
13650
|
crotcheted |
CROTCHETED, a. Marked with crotchets. |
13651
|
crouch |
CROUCH, v.i. [G., to creep, to stoop, to cringe.]1. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ... |
13652
|
crouching |
CROUCHING, ppr. Bending; stooping; cringing. |
13653
|
croup |
CROUP, CROOP, n. 1. The rump of a fowl; the buttocks of a horse, or extremity of the reins above ... |
13654
|
croupade |
CROUPADE, CROOPADE, n. [from croup, or its root.] In the manege, a leap in which the horse pulls up ... |
13655
|
crout |
CROUT, KROUT, n. [G., an herb.] Sour crout is made by laying minced or chopped cabbage in layers in ... |
13656
|
crow |
CROW, n. [G., L.]1. A large black fowl, of the genus Corvus; the beak is convex and cultrated, the ... |
13657
|
crow-bar |
CROW-BAR, n. A bar of iron sharpened at one end, used as a lever for raising weights. |
13658
|
crow-berry |
CROW-BERRY, n. A plant of the genus Empetrum, or berry-bearing heath. One species bears the ... |
13659
|
crow-flower |
CROW-FLOWER, n. A kind of campion. |
13660
|
crow-foot |
CROW-FOOT, n. 1. On board of ships, a complication of small cords spreading out from a long block; ... |
13661
|
crow-keeper |
CROW-KEEPER, n. A scarecrow. [Not used.] |
13662
|
crow-net |
CROW-NET, n. In England, a net for catching wild fowls; the net used in New England for catching ... |
13663
|
crow-silk |
CROW-SILK, n. A plant, the Conferva rivalis. |
13664
|
crow-toe |
CROW-TOE, n. A plant; as the tufted crow-toe. |
13665
|
crowd |
CROWD, CROWTH, n. An instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin. |
13666
|
crowded |
CROWDED, pp. Collected and pressed; pressed together; urged; driven; filled by a promiscuous ... |
13667
|
crowder |
CROWDER, n. A fiddler; one who plays on a crowd. |
13668
|
crowding |
CROWDING, ppr. Pressing together; pushing; thrusting; driving; assembling in a promiscuous ... |
13669
|
crowing |
CROWING, ppr. Uttering a particular voice, as a cock; boasting in triumph; vaunting; bragging. |
13670
|
crown |
CROWN, n. [G., L.]1. An ornament worn on the head by kings and sovereign princes, as a badge of ... |
13671
|
crown-glass |
CROWN-GLASS, n. The finest sort of English window-glass. |
13672
|
crown-imperial |
CROWN-IMPERIAL, n. A plant of the genus Fritillaria, having a beautiful flower. |
13673
|
crown-office |
CROWN-OFFICE, n. In England, an office belonging to the court of Kings Bench, of which the kings ... |
13674
|
crown-post |
CROWN-POST, n. In building, a post which stands upright in the middle, between two principal ... |
13675
|
crown-scab |
CROWN-SCAB, n. A scab formed round the corners of a horses hoof, a cancerous and painful sore. |
13676
|
crown-thistle |
CROWN-THISTLE, n. A flower. |
13677
|
crown-wheel |
CROWN-WHEEL, n. In a watch, the upper wheel next the balance, which drives the balance, and in ... |
13678
|
crown-work |
CROWN-WORK, n. In fortification, an outwork running into the field, consisting of two demi-bastions ... |
13679
|
crowned |
CROWNED, pp. Invested with a crown, or with regal power and dignity; honored; dignified; rewarded ... |
13680
|
crowner |
CROWNER, n. He or that which crowns or completes. |
13681
|
crownet |
CROWNET, n. A coronet, which see. Shakspeare has used it for chief end or last purpose; but this ... |
13682
|
crowning |
CROWNING, ppr. Investing with a crown, or with royalty or supreme power; honoring with a wreath or ... |
13683
|
crows-bill |
CROWS-BILL, n. In surgery, a kind of forceps for extracting bullets and other things from wounds. |
13684
|
crows-feet |
CROWS-FEET, n. The wrinkles under the eyes, which are the effects of age. |
13685
|
crows-foot |
CROWS-FOOT, n. In the military art, a machine of iron, with four points, so formed that in whatever ... |
13686
|
crowth |
CROWD, CROWTH, n. An instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin. |
13687
|
croylstone |
CROYLSTONE, n. Crystalized cauk, in which the crystals are small. |
13688
|
crucial |
CRUCIAL, a. [L., a cross.] In surgery, transverse; passing across; intersecting; in form of a ... |
13689
|
crucian |
CRUCIAN, n. A short, thick, broad fish, of a deep yellow color. |
13690
|
cruciate |
CRUCIATE, v.t. [L., to torture, a cross.] To torture; to torment; to afflict with extreme pain or ... |
13691
|
cruciation |
CRUCIATION, n. The act of torturing; torment. [Little used.] |
13692
|
crucible |
CRUCIBLE, n. 1. A chemical vessel or melting pot, made of earth, and so tempered and baked, as to ... |
13693
|
cruciferous |
CRUCIFEROUS, a. [L., a cross, and to bear.] Bearing the cross. |
13694
|
crucifier |
CRUCIFIER, n. [See Crucify.] A person who crucifies; one who puts another to death on a cross. |
13695
|
crucifix |
CRUCIFIX, n. [L., to fix on a cross; to fix.]1. A cross on which the body of Christ is fastened in ... |
13696
|
crucifixion |
CRUCIFIXION, n. [See Crucifix.] The nailing or fastening of a person to a cross, for the purpose of ... |
13697
|
cruciform |
CRUCIFORM, a. [L., a cross, and form.] Cross-shaped. In botany, consisting of four equal petals, ... |
13698
|
crucify |
CRUCIFY, v.t. [L., cross, to fix.]1. To nail to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and ... |
13699
|
crucifying |
CRUCIFYING, ppr. Putting to death on a cross or gibbet; subduing; destroying the life and power of. |
13700
|
crud |
CRUD, n. Curd. [See Crud, the usual orthography.] |
13701
|
crude |
CRUDE, a. [L. G.]1. Raw; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; in its natural state; undressed; ... |
13702
|
crudely |
CRUDELY, adv. Without due preparation; without form or arrangement; without maturity or digestion. |
13703
|
crudeness |
CRUDENESS, n. 1. Rawness; unripeness; an undigested or unprepared state; as the crudeness of flesh ... |
13704
|
crudity |
CRUDITY, n. [L.] Rawness; crudeness. Among physicians, undigested substances in the stomach; or ... |
13705
|
crudle |
CRUDLE, v.t. To coagulate. But this word is generally written curdle, which see. |
13706
|
crudy |
CRUDY, a. 1. Concreted; coagulated. [Not in use. See Curd.]2. Raw; chill. [Not used. See Crude.] |
13707
|
cruel |
CRUEL, a. [L. See Crude and Rude.]1. Disposed to give pain to others, in body or mind; willing or ... |
13708
|
cruelly |
CRUELLY, adv. 1. In a cruel manner; with cruelty; inhumanly; barbarously.Because he cruelly ... |
13709
|
cruelness |
CRUELNESS, n. Inhumanity; cruelty. |
13710
|
cruelty |
CRUELTY, n. [L.]1. Inhumanity; a savage or barbarous disposition or temper, which is gratified in ... |
13711
|
cruentate |
CRUENTATE, a. [L.] Smeared with blood. [Little used.] |
13712
|
cruet |
CRUET, n. [See Cruse.] A vial or small glass bottle, for holding vinegar, oil, &c. |
13713
|
cruise |
CRUISE, n. [See Cruse.]CRUISE, v.i. s as z. [See cross.] To sail back and forth, or to rove on the ... |
13714
|
cruiser |
CRUISER, n. A person or a ship that cruises; usually, an armed ship that sails to and fro for ... |
13715
|
cruising |
CRUISING, ppr. Sailing for the capture of an enemys ships, or for protecting commerce, or for ... |
13716
|
crum |
CRUM, n. [G.] A small fragment or piece; usually, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or ... |
13717
|
crumble |
CRUMBLE, v.t. [G.] To break into small pieces; to divide into minute parts.CRUMBLE, v.i. 1. To fall ... |
13718
|
crumbled |
CRUMBLED, pp. Broken or parted into small pieces. |
13719
|
crumbling |
CRUMBLING, ppr. Breaking into small fragments; falling into small pieces; decaying. |
13720
|
crumenal |
CRUMENAL, n. [L.] A purse. [Not used.] |
13721
|
crummy |
CRUMMY, a. Full of crums; soft. |
13722
|
crump |
CRUMP, a. [G. Crump, rump, rumple, crumple, crimple, are doubtless of one family.] Crooked; as ... |
13723
|
crumpet |
CRUMPET, n. A soft cake. |
13724
|
crumple |
CRUMPLE, v.i. [from crump. See Rumple, the same word without a prefix.] To draw or press into ... |
13725
|
crumpled |
CRUMPLED, pp. Drawn or pressed into wrinkles. |
13726
|
crumpling |
CRUMPLING, ppr. Drawing or pressing into wrinkles.CRUMPLING, n. A small degenerate apple. |
13727
|
crunk |
CRUNK, CRUNKLE, v.i. To cry like a crane. [Not used.] |
13728
|
crunkle |
CRUNK, CRUNKLE, v.i. To cry like a crane. [Not used.] |
13729
|
cruor |
CRUOR, n. [L.] Gore; coagulated blood. |
13730
|
crup |
CRUP, CROUP, n. The buttocks. |
13731
|
crupper |
CRUPPER, n. [See Croup.]1. In the manege, the buttocks of a horse; the rump.2. A strap of leather ... |
13732
|
crural |
CRURAL, a. [L., the leg.] Belonging to the leg; as the crural artery, which conveys blood to the ... |
13733
|
crusade |
CRUSADE, n. [L.] A military expedition undertaken by Christians, for the recovery of the Holy Land, ... |
13734
|
crusader |
CRUSADER, n. A person engaged in a crusade. |
13735
|
cruse |
CRUSE, n. [See crucible.] A small cup.Take with thee a cruse of honey. 1 Kings 14.In New England, ... |
13736
|
cruset |
CRUSET, n. [See Crucible.] A goldsmiths crucible or melting pot. |
13737
|
crush |
CRUSH, v.t. 1. To press and bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to force a thing out ... |
13738
|
crushed |
CRUSHED, pp. Pressed or squeezed so as to break or bruise; overwhelmed or subdued by power; broken ... |
13739
|
crushing |
CRUSHING, ppr. Pressing or squeezing into a mass, or until broken or bruised; overwhelming; ... |
13740
|
crust |
CRUST, n. [L., G.]1. An external coat or covering of a thing, which is hard or harder than the ... |
13741
|
crustaceology |
CRUSTACEOLOGY. [See Crustalogy.] |
13742
|
crustaceous |
CRUSTACEOUS, a. [L.] Pertaining to crust; like crust; of the nature of crust or shell. Crustaceous ... |
13743
|
crustaceousness |
CRUSTACEOUSNESS, n. The quality of having a soft and jointed shell. |
13744
|
crustalogical |
CRUSTALOGICAL, a. [See Crustalogy.] Pertaining to curstalogy. |
13745
|
crustalogist |
CRUSTALOGIST, n. One who describes, or is versed in the science of crustaceous animals. |
13746
|
crustalogy |
CRUSTALOGY, n. [L., a shell, Gr., discourse.] That part of zoology which treats of crustaceous ... |
13747
|
crustated |
CRUSTATED, a. Covered with a crust; as crustated basalt. |
13748
|
crustation |
CRUSTATION, n. An adherent crust; incrustation. |
13749
|
crusted |
CRUSTED, pp. Covered with a crust. |
13750
|
crustily |
CRUSTILY, adv. [from crusty.] Peevishly; harshly; morosely. |
13751
|
crustiness |
CRUSTINESS, n. 1. The quality of crust; harness.2. Peevishness; moroseness; surliness. |
13752
|
crusting |
CRUSTING, ppr. Covering with crust. |
13753
|
crusty |
CRUSTY, a. 1. Like crust; of the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; hard; as a crusty ... |
13754
|
crutch |
CRUTCH, n. [G.] 1. A staff with a curving cross piece at the head, to be placed under the arm or ... |
13755
|
crux |
CRUX, n. [L., a cross.] Any thing that puzzles and vexes. [Little used.] |
13756
|
cruyshage |
CRUYSHAGE, n. A fish of the shark kind, having a triangular head and mouth. |
13757
|
cry |
CRY, v.i. pret. and pp. cried. It ought to be cryed. 1. To utter a loud voice; to speak, call or ... |
13758
|
cryal |
CRYAL, n. The heron. |
13759
|
cryer |
CRYER, n. A crier, which see.CRYER, n. A kind of hawk, called the falcon gentle, an enemy to ... |
13760
|
crying |
CRYING, ppr. Uttering a loud voice; proclaiming; &c.CRYING, a. Notorious; common; great; as a ... |
13761
|
cryolite |
CRYOLITE, n. [Gr., cold, and stone, ice-stone.] A fluate of soda and alumin, found in Greenland, of ... |
13762
|
cryophorus |
CRYOPHORUS, n. [Gr., frost, and to bear.] Frost-bearer; an instrument for showing the relation ... |
13763
|
crypt |
CRYPT, n. [Gr., to hide.] A subterranean cell or cave, especially under a church for the interment ... |
13764
|
cryptic |
CRYPTIC, CRYPTICAL, a. Hidden; secret; occult. |
13765
|
cryptical |
CRYPTIC, CRYPTICAL, a. Hidden; secret; occult. |
13766
|
cryptically |
CRYPTICALLY, adv. Secretly. |
13767
|
cryptogam |
CRYPTOGAM, n. [See Cryptogamy.] In botany, a plant whose stamens and pistils are not distinctly ... |
13768
|
cryptogamian |
CRYPTOGAMIAN, a. Pertaining to plants of the class Cryptogamia, including ferns, mosses, sea-weeds, ... |
13769
|
cryptogamy |
CRYPTOGAMY, n. [Gr., concealed, and marriage.] Concealed marriage; a term applied to plants whose ... |
13770
|
cryptographer |
CRYPTOGRAPHER, n. One who writes in secret characters. |
13771
|
cryptographical |
CRYPTOGRAPHICAL, a. Written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink. |
13772
|
cryptography |
CRYPTOGRAPHY, n. [Gr., hidden, and to write.] The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, ... |
13773
|
cryptology |
CRYPTOLOGY, n. [Gr., secret, and discourse.] Secret or enigmatical language. |
13774
|
crystal |
CRYSTAL, n. [L. Gr., frost.]1. In chemistry and mineralogy, an inorganic body, which, by the ... |
13775
|
crystal-form |
CRYSTAL-FORM, a. Having the form of crystal. |
13776
|
crystaline |
CRYSTALINE, a. [L., Gr.]1. Consisting of crystal; as a crystaline palace.2. Resembling crystal; ... |
13777
|
crystalizable |
CRYSTALIZABLE, a. [from crystalize.] That may be crystalized; that may form or be formed into ... |
13778
|
crystalization |
CRYSTALIZATION, n. [from crystalize.] 1. The act or process by which the parts of a solid body, ... |
13779
|
crystalize |
CRYSTALIZE, v.t. To cause to form crystals.Common salt is crystalized by the evaporation of sea ... |
13780
|
crystalized |
CRYSTALIZED, pp. Formed into crystals. |
13781
|
crystalizing |
CRYSTALIZING, ppr. Causing to crystalize; forming or uniting in crystals. |
13782
|
crystallite |
CRYSTALLITE, n. A name given to whinstone, cooled slowly after fusion. |
13783
|
crystalographer |
CRYSTALOGRAPHER, n. [infra.] One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation. |
13784
|
crystalographic |
CRYSTALOGRAPHIC, CRYSTALOGRAPHICAL, a. Pertaining to crystalography. |
13785
|
crystalographical |
CRYSTALOGRAPHIC, CRYSTALOGRAPHICAL, a. Pertaining to crystalography. |
13786
|
crystalographicall |
CRYSTALOGRAPHICALLY, adv. IN the manner of crystalography. |
13787
|
crystalography |
CRYSTALOGRAPHY, n. [crystal, as above, and description.]1. The doctrine or science of ... |
13788
|
cub |
CUB, n. 1. The young of certain quadrupeds, as the bear and the fox; a puppy; a whelp. Waller uses ... |
13789
|
cubation |
CUBATION, n. [L., to lie down.] The act of lying down; a reclining. |
13790
|
cubatory |
CUBATORY, a. Lying down; reclining; incumbent. |
13791
|
cubature |
CUBATURE, n. [from cube.] The finding exactly the solid or cubic contents of a body. |
13792
|
cube |
CUBE, n. [Gr., L., a die or cube; to set or throw down, that which is set or laid, a solid mass.]1. ... |
13793
|
cube-ore |
CUBE-ORE, n. Hexahedral olivenite, or arseniate or iron, a mineral of a greenish color. |
13794
|
cubeb |
CUBEB, n. The small spicy berry of the Piper cubeba, from Java and the other E. India isles. It was ... |
13795
|
cubic |
CUBIC, CUBICAL, a. [L. See Cube.] Having the form or properties of a cube; that may be or is ... |
13796
|
cubical |
CUBIC, CUBICAL, a. [L. See Cube.] Having the form or properties of a cube; that may be or is ... |
13797
|
cubicalness |
CUBICALNESS, n. The state or quality of being cubical. |
13798
|
cubicular |
CUBICULAR, a. [L.] Belonging to a chamber. |
13799
|
cubiculary |
CUBICULARY, a. [L., a bedroom.] Fitted for the posture of lying down. [Little used.] |
13800
|
cubiform |
CUBIFORM, a. Having the form of a cube. |
13801
|
cubit |
CUBIT, n. [L., the elbow; signifying a turn or corner; Gr.] 1. In anatomy, the fore arm; the ulna, ... |
13802
|
cubital |
CUBITAL, a. 1. Of the length or measure of a cubit.2. Pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as the ... |
13803
|
cubited |
CUBITED, a. Having the measure of a cubit. |
13804
|
cubo-dodecahedral |
CUBO-DODECAHEDRAL, a. Presenting the two forms, a cube and a dodecahedron. |
13805
|
cubo-octahedral |
CUBO-OCTAHEDRAL, a. [cube and octahedral.] Presenting a combination of the two forms, a cube and an ... |
13806
|
cuboid |
CUBOID, a. Having the form of a cube, or differing little from it. |
13807
|
cuboidal |
CUBOIDAL, a. [Gr., cube, and form.] Cubiform; in the shape of a cube; as the cuboidal bone of the ... |
13808
|
cuckingstool |
CUCKINGSTOOL, n. An engine for punishing scolds and refractory women; also brewers and bakers; ... |
13809
|
cuckold |
CUCKOLD, n. A man whose wife is false to his bed; the husband of an adulteress.CUCKOLD, v.t. 1. To ... |
13810
|
cuckold-maker |
CUCKOLD-MAKER, n. One who has criminal conversation with another mans wife; one who makes a ... |
13811
|
cuckolddom |
CUCKOLDDOM, n. The act of adultery; the state of a cuckold. |
13812
|
cuckoldly |
CUCKOLDLY, a. Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean; sneaking. |
13813
|
cuckoo |
CUCKOO, n. [L., Gr. See Gawk.] A bird of the genus Cuculus, whose name is supposed to be called ... |
13814
|
cuckoo-bud |
CUCKOO-FLOWER, CUCKOO-BUD, n. A plant, a species of Cardamine. |
13815
|
cuckoo-flower |
CUCKOO-FLOWER, CUCKOO-BUD, n. A plant, a species of Cardamine. |
13816
|
cuckoo-pint |
CUCKOO-PINT, n. A plant, of the genus Arum. |
13817
|
cuckoo-spit |
CUCKOO-SPIT, CUCKOO-SPITTLE, n. A dew or exudation found on plants, especially about the joints of ... |
13818
|
cucquean |
CUCQUEAN, n. A vile lewd woman. [Not in use.] |
13819
|
cucullate |
CUCULLATE, CUCULLATED, a. [L., a hood, a cowl.]1. Hooded; cowled; covered as with a hood.2. Having ... |
13820
|
cucullated |
CUCULLATE, CUCULLATED, a. [L., a hood, a cowl.]1. Hooded; cowled; covered as with a hood.2. Having ... |
13821
|
cucumber |
CUCUMBER, n. [L.] The name of a plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucumis. The flower is yellow and ... |
13822
|
cucurbit |
CUCURBIT, n. [L., a gourd.] A chemical vessel in the shape of a gourd; but some of them are ... |
13823
|
cucurbitaceous |
CUCURBITACEOUS, a. Resembling a gourd; as cucurbitaceous plants, such as the melon and pumpkin or ... |
13824
|
cud |
CUD, n. [See Chew and Jaw.]1. The food which ruminating animals chew at leisure, when not grazing ... |
13825
|
cudden |
CUDDEN, CUDDY, n. A clown; a low rustic; a dolt. [Not used.] |
13826
|
cuddle |
CUDDLE, v.i. To retire from sight; to lie close or snug; to squat. |
13827
|
cuddy |
CUDDY, n.1. In ships, an apartment; a cabin under the poop, or a cook-room. It is applied to ... |
13828
|
cudgel |
CUDGEL, n. A short thick stick of wood, such as may be used by the hand in beating. It differs ... |
13829
|
cudgel-proof |
CUDGEL-PROOF, a. Able to resist a cudgel; not to be hurt by beating. |
13830
|
cudgeler |
CUDGELER, n. One who beats with a cudgel. |
13831
|
cudle |
CUDLE, n. A small sea fish. |
13832
|
cudweed |
CUDWEED, n. A plant of the genus Gnaphalium, goldy-locks or eternal flower, of many species. The ... |
13833
|
cue |
CUE, n. [L.]1. The tail; the end of a thing; as the long curl of a wig, or a long roll of hair.2. ... |
13834
|
cuerpo |
CUERPO, n. [L., body.] To be in cuerpo, or to walk in cuerpo, are Spanish phrases fro being without ... |
13835
|
cuff |
CUFF, n. [L.,Gr.]1. A blow with the fist; a stroke; a box.2. It is used of fowls that fight with ... |
13836
|
cuinage |
CUINAGE, n. The making up of tin into pigs, &c. for carriage. |
13837
|
cuirass |
CUIRASS, n. A breast-plate; a piece of defensive armor, made or iron plate, well hammered, and ... |
13838
|
cuirassier |
CUIRASSIER, n. A soldier armed with a cuirass, or breast plate. |
13839
|
cuish |
CUISH, n. Defensive armor for the thighs. |
13840
|
culdee |
CULDEE, n. [L., worshipers of God.] A monkish priest, remarkable for religious duties. The Culdees ... |
13841
|
culerage |
CULERAGE, n. Another name of the arse-smart. |
13842
|
culiciform |
CULICIFORM, a. [L., a gnat or flea; form.] Of the form or shape of a flea; resembling a flea. |
13843
|
culinary |
CULINARY, a. [L., a kitchen. See Kiln.] Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in ... |
13844
|
cull |
CULL, v.t. To pick out; to separate one or more things from others; to select from many; as, to ... |
13845
|
culled |
CULLED, pp. Picked out; selected from many. |
13846
|
culler |
CULLER, n. 1. One who picks or chooses from many.2. An inspector who selects merchantable hoops and ... |
13847
|
cullibility |
CULLIBILITY, n. [from cully.] Credulity; easiness of belief. [Not elegant nor used.] |
13848
|
culling |
CULLING, ppr. Selecting; choosing from many. |
13849
|
cullion |
CULLION, n. 1. A mean wretch. If from cully, one easily deceived; a dupe.2. A round or bulbous ... |
13850
|
cullionly |
CULLIONLY, a. Mean; base. [A bad word, and not used.] |
13851
|
cullis |
CULLIS, n. 1. Broth of boiled meat strained.2. A kind of jelly. |
13852
|
cully |
CULLY, n. [See the Verb.] A person who is meanly deceived, tricked or imposed on, as by a sharper, ... |
13853
|
cullyism |
CULLYISM, n. The state of a cully. [Cully and its derivatives are not elegant words.] |
13854
|
culm |
CULM, n. [L. See Quill and Haulm.] 1. In botany, the stalk or stem of corn and grasses, usually ... |
13855
|
culmiferous |
CULMIFEROUS, a. [L., a stalk; to bear.] Producing stalks. Culmiferous plants have a smooth jointed ... |
13856
|
culminate |
CULMINATE, v.i. [L., a top or ridge.] To be vertical; to come or be in the meridian; to be in the ... |
13857
|
culmination |
CULMINATION, n. 1. The transit of a planet over the meridian, or highest point of altitude for the ... |
13858
|
culpability |
CULPABILITY, n. [See Culpable.] Blamableness; culpableness. |
13859
|
culpable |
CULPABLE, a. [L., a fault.]1. Blamable; deserving censure; as the person who has done wrong, or the ... |
13860
|
culpableness |
CULPABLENESS, n. Blamableness; guilt; the quality of deserving blame. |
13861
|
culpably |
CULPABLY, adv. Blamably; in a faulty manner; in a manner to merit censure. |
13862
|
culprit |
CULPRIT, n. [supposed to be formed from cul, for culpable, and prit, ready; certain abbreviations ... |
13863
|
culter |
CULTER, n. [L.] A colter, which see. |
13864
|
cultivable |
CULTIVABLE, a. [See Cultivate.] Capable of being tilled or cultivated. |
13865
|
cultivate |
CULTIVATE, v.t. [L., to till, to dwell.]1. To till; to prepare for crops; to manure, plow, dress, ... |
13866
|
cultivated |
CULTIVATED, pp. Tilled; improved in excellence or condition; corrected and enlarged; cherished; ... |
13867
|
cultivating |
CULTIVATING, ppr. Tilling; preparing for crops; improving in worth or good qualities; meliorating; ... |
13868
|
cultivation |
CULTIVATION, n. 1. The art or practice of tilling and preparing for crops; husbandry; the ... |
13869
|
cultivator |
CULTIVATOR, n.1. One who tills, or prepares land for crops; one who manages a farm, or carries on ... |
13870
|
cultrated |
CULTRATED, a. [L, a knife.] Sharp-edged and pointed; formed like a knife; as, the beak of a bird is ... |
13871
|
culture |
CULTURE, n. [L. See Cultivate.]1. The act of tilling and preparing the earth for crops; ... |
13872
|
culver |
CULVER, n. [L.] A pigeon, or wood pigeon. |
13873
|
culver-house |
CULVER-HOUSE, n. A dove-cote. |
13874
|
culverin |
CULVERIN, n. [L., a serpent.] A long slender piece of ordnance or artillery, serving to carry a ... |
13875
|
culverkey |
CULVERKEY, n. A plant or flower. |
13876
|
culvert |
CULVERT, n. A passage under a road or canal, covered with a bridge; an arched drain for the passage ... |
13877
|
culvertail |
CULVERTAIL, n. [culver and tail.] Dove-tail, in joinery and carpentry. |
13878
|
culvertailed |
CULVERTAILED, a. United or fastened, as pieces of timber by a dove-tailed joint; a term used by ... |
13879
|
cumbent |
CUMBENT, a. [L.] Lying down. |
13880
|
cumber |
CUMBER, v.t. [G., to arrest, to concern, to trouble, to grieve.]1. To load; to crowd.A variety of ... |
13881
|
cumbersome |
CUMBERSOME, a. 1. Troublesome; burdensome; embarrassing; vexatious; as cumbersome obedience.2. ... |
13882
|
cumbersomely |
CUMBERSOMELY, adv. In a manner to encumber. |
13883
|
cumbersomeness |
CUMBERSOMENESS, n. Burdensomeness; the quality of being cumbersome and troublesome. |
13884
|
cumbrance |
CUMBRANCE, n. That which obstructs, retards, or renders motion or action difficult and toilsome; ... |
13885
|
cumbrous |
CUMBROUS, a. 1. Burdensome; troublesome; rendering action difficult or toilsome; oppressive; as a ... |
13886
|
cumbrously |
CUMBROUSLY, adv. In a cumbrous manner. |
13887
|
cumfrey |
CUMFREY, n. A genus of plants, the Symphytum; sometimes written comfrey, comfry, and comphry. |
13888
|
cumin |
CUMIN, n. [L., Gr.] An annual plant of one species, whose seeds have a bitterish warm taste, with ... |
13889
|
cumulate |
CUMULATE, v.t. [L., a heap.] To gather or throw into a heap; to form a heap; to heap together. ... |
13890
|
cumulation |
CUMULATION, n. The act of heaping together; a heap. [See Accumulation.] |
13891
|
cumulative |
CUMULATIVE, a. 1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass.2. That augments by addition; that is ... |
13892
|
cun |
CUN, v.t. 1. To know. [Not used.] [See Con.]2. To direct the course of a ship. [See Cond, the true ... |
13893
|
cunctation |
CUNCTATION, n. [L., to delay.] Delay. [Not much used.] |
13894
|
cunctator |
CUNCTATOR, n. One who delays or lingers. [Little used.] |
13895
|
cund |
CUND, v.t. To give notice. [See Cond.] |
13896
|
cuneal |
CUNEAL, a. [L., a wedge. See coin.] Having the form of a wedge. |
13897
|
cuneate |
CUNEATE, CUNEATED, a. Wedge-shaped. |
13898
|
cuneated |
CUNEATE, CUNEATED, a. Wedge-shaped. |
13899
|
cuneiform |
CUNEIFORM, CUNIFORM, a. [L., a wedge, and form.] Having the shape or form of a wedge. |
13900
|
cuniform |
CUNEIFORM, CUNIFORM, a. [L., a wedge, and form.] Having the shape or form of a wedge. |
13901
|
cunner |
CUNNER, n. A kind of fish, less than an oyster, that sticks close to the rocks. |
13902
|
cunning |
CUNNING, a. [G. See Can.]1. Knowing; skillful; experienced; well-instructed. It is applied to all ... |
13903
|
cunningly |
CUNNINGLY, adv. Artfully; craftily; with subtilty; with fraudulent contrivance.We have not followed ... |
13904
|
cunningman |
CUNNINGMAN, n. A man who pretends to tell fortunes, or teach how to recover stolen or lost goods. |
13905
|
cunningness |
CUNNINGNESS, n. Cunning; craft; deceitfulness. |
13906
|
cup |
CUP, n. [L., a little cup.]1. A small vessel of capacity, used commonly to drink out of. It is ... |
13907
|
cup-rose |
CUP-ROSE, n. The poppy. |
13908
|
cupbearer |
CUPBEARER, n. An attendant of a prince or at a feast, who conveys wine or other liquors to the ... |
13909
|
cupboard |
CUPBOARD, n. [cup and board.] Originally, a board or shelf for cups to stand on. In modern houses, ... |
13910
|
cupel |
CUPEL, n. [L., a little cup.] A small cup or vessel used in refining metals. It retains them while ... |
13911
|
cupellation |
CUPELLATION, n. The refining of gold or silver by a cupel or by scorification. |
13912
|
cupgall |
CUPGALL, n. A singular kind of gall found on the leaves of oak, &c. It contains the worm of a small ... |
13913
|
cupidity |
CUPIDITY, n. [L., to desire, to covet.] An eager desire to possess something; an ardent wishing or ... |
13914
|
cupola |
CUPOLA, n. In architecture, a spherical vault on the top of an edifice; a dome, or the round top of ... |
13915
|
cupolaid |
CUPOLAID, a. Having a cupola. [Not used.] |
13916
|
cupper |
CUPPER, n. [from cup.] One who applies a cupping-glass; a scarifier. |
13917
|
cupping |
CUPPING, ppr. Applying a cupping-glass, with scarification; a drawing blood with a cupping-glass. |
13918
|
cupping-glass |
CUPPING-GLASS, n. A glass vessel like a cup, to be applied to the skin, before and after ... |
13919
|
cupreous |
CUPREOUS, a. [L., copper.] Coppery; consisting of copper; resembling copper, or partaking of its ... |
13920
|
cupriferous |
CUPRIFEROUS, a. [L., copper; to bear.] Producing or affording copper; as cupriferous silver. |
13921
|
cur |
CUR, n. A degenerate dog; and in reproach, a worthless man. |
13922
|
curable |
CURABLE, a. [See Cure.] That may be healed or cured; admitting a remedy; as acurable wound or ... |
13923
|
curableness |
CURABLENESS, n. Possibility of being cured, healed or remedied. |
13924
|
curacy |
CURACY, CURATESHIP, n. [See Cure and Curate.] 1. The office or employment of a curate; the ... |
13925
|
curate |
CURATE, n. [L., care. See Cure.]1. A clergyman in the church of England, who is employed to perform ... |
13926
|
curateship |
CURACY, CURATESHIP, n. [See Cure and Curate.] 1. The office or employment of a curate; the ... |
13927
|
curative |
CURATIVE, a. Relating to the cure of diseases; tending to cure. |
13928
|
curator |
CURATOR, n. [L. See Cure.] 1. One who hast he care and superintendence of any thing.2. A guardian ... |
13929
|
curb |
CURB, n. 1. In the manege, a chain of iron made fast to the upper part of the branches of the ... |
13930
|
curb-stone |
CURB-STONE, n. A stone placed at the edge of a pavement, to hold the work together. It is written ... |
13931
|
curbed |
CURBED, pp. Restrained; checked; kept in subjection; furnished with a curb. |
13932
|
curbing |
CURBING, ppr. Holding back; checking; restraining.CURBING, n. A check. |
13933
|
curd |
CURD, n. [See Crystal.] The coagulated or thickened part of milk, which is formed into cheese, or, ... |
13934
|
curdle |
CURDLE, v.i. [sometimes written crudle. See Curd.]1. To coagulate or concrete; to thicken, or ... |
13935
|
curdled |
CURDLED, pp. Coagulated; congealed. |
13936
|
curdling |
CURDLING, ppr. Concreting; coagulating. |
13937
|
curdy |
CURDY, a. Like curd; full of curd; coagulated. |
13938
|
cure |
CURE, n. [L., to cure, to take care, to prepare.]1. A healing; the act of healing; restoration to ... |
13939
|
cured |
CURED, pp. Healed; restored to health or soundness; removed, as a disease; remedied; dried, smoked, ... |
13940
|
cureless |
CURELESS, a. That cannot be cured or healed; incurable; not admitting of a remedy; as a cureless ... |
13941
|
curer |
CURER, n. A healer; a physician; one who heals. |
13942
|
curfew |
CURFEW, n. 1. The ringing of a bell or bells at night, as a signal to the inhabitants to rake up ... |
13943
|
curiality |
CURIALITY, n. [L., a court.] The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court. [Not used.] |
13944
|
curing |
CURING, ppr. Healing; restoring to health or soundness; removing, as an evil; preparing for ... |
13945
|
curing-house |
CURING-HOUSE, n. A building in which sugar is drained and dried. |
13946
|
curiologic |
CURIOLOGIC, a. [Gr., propriety of speaking.] Designating a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a ... |
13947
|
curiosity |
CURIOSITY, n. [L. See Curious.]1. A strong desire to see something novel, or to discover something ... |
13948
|
curioso |
CURIOSO, n. A curious person; a virtuoso. |
13949
|
curious |
CURIOUS, a. [L., care. See Cure.]1. Strongly desirous to see what is novel, or to discover what is ... |
13950
|
curiously |
CURIOUSLY, adv. 1. With nice inspection; inquisitively; attentively.I saw nothing at first, but ... |
13951
|
curiousness |
CURIOUSNESS, n. 1. Fitness to excite curiosity; exactness of workmanship.2. Singularity of ... |
13952
|
curl |
CURL, v.t. 1. To turn, bend or form into ringlets; to crisp; as the hair.2. To writhe; to twist; to ... |
13953
|
curled |
CURLED, pp. Turned or formed into ringlets; crisped; twisted; undulated. |
13954
|
curlew |
CURLEW, n. 1. An aquatic fowl of the genus Scolopax and the grallic order. It has a long bill; its ... |
13955
|
curliness |
CURLINESS, n. A state of being curly. |
13956
|
curling |
CURLING, ppr. Bending; twisting; forming into ringlets. |
13957
|
curling-irons |
CURLING-IRONS, CURLING-TONGS, n. An instrument for curling the hair. |
13958
|
curling-tongs |
CURLING-IRONS, CURLING-TONGS, n. An instrument for curling the hair. |
13959
|
curly |
CURLY, a. Having curls; tending to curl; full of ripples. |
13960
|
curmudgeon |
CURMUDGEON, n. An avaricious churlish fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl. |
13961
|
curmudgeonly |
CURMUDGEONLY, a. Avaricious; covetous; niggardly; churlish. |
13962
|
currant |
CURRANT, n. [from Corinth.] 1. The fruit of a well known shrub belonging to the genus Ribes, of ... |
13963
|
currency |
CURRENCY, n. [See Current.] 1. Literally, flowing, running or passing; a continued or uninterrupted ... |
13964
|
current |
CURRENT, a. [L., to flow or run.]1. Literally, flowing, running, passing. Hence, passing from ... |
13965
|
currently |
CURRENTLY, a. In constant motion; with continued progression. Hence, commonly; generally; ... |
13966
|
currentness |
CURRENTNESS, n. 1. Currency; circulation; general reception.2. Fluency; easiness of pronunciation. ... |
13967
|
curricle |
CURRICLE, n. [L., to run.]1. A chaise or carriage, with two wheels, drawn by two horses abreast.2. ... |
13968
|
curried |
CURRIED, pp. [See Curry.] Dressed by currying; dressed as leather; cleaned; prepared. |
13969
|
currier |
CURRIER, n. [L. See Curry.] A man who dresses and colors leather, after it is tanned. |
13970
|
currish |
CURRISH, a. [See Cur.] Like a cur; having the qualities of a cur; brutal; malignant; snappish; ... |
13971
|
currishly |
CURRISHLY, adv. Like a cur; in a brutal manner. |
13972
|
currishness |
CURRISHNESS, n. Moroseness; churlishness. |
13973
|
curry |
CURRY, v.t. [L., to scrape; scrape, from cutting.]1. To dress leather, after it is tanned; to soak, ... |
13974
|
curry-comb |
CURRY-COMB, n. [See Comb.] An iron instrument or comb, for rubbing and cleaning horses. |
13975
|
currying |
CURRYING, ppr. Scraping and dressing; cleaning; scratching. |
13976
|
curse |
CURSE, v.t. pret. and pp. cursed or curst. 1. To utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate ... |
13977
|
cursed |
CURSED, pp. 1. Execrated; afflicted; vexed; tormented; blasted by a curse.2. Devoted to ... |
13978
|
cursedly |
CURSEDLY, adv. In a cursed manner; enormously; miserably; in a manner to be cursed or detested. [A ... |
13979
|
cursedness |
CURSEDNESS, n. The state of being under a curse, or of being doomed to execration or to evil. |
13980
|
curser |
CURSER, n. One who curses, or utters a curse. |
13981
|
curship |
CURSHIP, n. [See Cur.] Dogship; meanness; ill-nature. |
13982
|
cursing |
CURSING, ppr. Execrating; imprecating evil on; denouncing evil; dooming to evil, misery, or ... |
13983
|
cursitor |
CURSITOR, n. [L., to run.] In England, a clerk in the court of chancery, whose business is to make ... |
13984
|
cursive |
CURSIVE, a. [See Course and Current.] Running; flowing. Cursive hand is a running hand. |
13985
|
cursorary |
CURSORARY, a. Cursory; hasty. [Not in use.] |
13986
|
cursorily |
CURSORILY, a. [See Cursory.[ In a running or hasty manner; slightly; hastily; without attention; ... |
13987
|
cursoriness |
CURSORINESS, n. Slight view or attention. |
13988
|
cursory |
CURSORY, a. [L. See Course.]1. Running; hasty; slight; superficial; careless; not with close ... |
13989
|
curst |
CURST, pp. of curse. [See Cursed.]CURST, a. Hateful; detestable; froward; tormenting; vexatious; ... |
13990
|
curstness |
CURSTNESS, n. Peevishness; malignity; frowardness; crabbedness; surliness. |
13991
|
curt |
CURT, a. [L.] Short. [Rarely used, and not elegant.] |
13992
|
curtail |
CURTAIL, v.t. [L., to cut; edge.] To shorten; to cut off the end or a part; as, to curtail words. ... |
13993
|
curtail-dog |
CURTAIL-DOG, n. A dog whose tail is cut off, according to the forest laws, and therefore hindered ... |
13994
|
curtailed |
CURTAILED, pp. Cut short or shorter; abridged. |
13995
|
curtailing |
CURTAILING, ppr. Cutting short or shorter; abridging. |
13996
|
curtain |
CURTAIN, n. [Low L., in fortification. This word may be from the root of court, and from the sense ... |
13997
|
curtain-lecture |
CURTAIN-LECTURE, n. Reproof given in bed by a wife to her husband. |
13998
|
curtal |
CURTAL, n. A horse with a docked tail.CURTAL, a. Short; abridged; brief. |
13999
|
curtate |
CURTATE, a. [L., to shorten.] The curtate distance, in astronomy, is the distance of a planet from ... |
14000
|
curtation |
CURTATION, n. [See Curtate.] The interval between a planets distance from the sun and the curtate ... |
14001
|
curtilage |
CURTILAGE, n. In law, a yard, garden, inclosure or field near and belonging to a messuage. [This is ... |
14002
|
curtly |
CURTLY, adv. Briefly. [Not in use.] |
14003
|
curule |
CURULE, a. [L., a chariot.] Belonging to a chariot. The curule chair or seat, among the Romans, was ... |
14004
|
curvated |
CURVATED, a. [See Curve.] Curved; bent in a regular form. |
14005
|
curvature |
CURVATURE, n. [L. See Curve.] A bending in a regular form; crookedness, or the manner of bending; ... |
14006
|
curve |
CURVE, a. [L., bent, crooked; to bend, turn or wind.] Bending; crooked; inflected in a regular ... |
14007
|
curved |
CURVED, pp. Bent; regularly inflected. |
14008
|
curvet |
CURVET, n. 1. In the manege, a particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at ... |
14009
|
curvilineal |
CURVILINEAR, CURVILINEAL, a. [L., bent and a line.] Having a curve line; consisting of curve lines; ... |
14010
|
curvilinear |
CURVILINEAR, CURVILINEAL, a. [L., bent and a line.] Having a curve line; consisting of curve lines; ... |
14011
|
curvilinearity |
CURVILINEARITY, n. The state of being curvilinear, or of consisting in curve lines. |
14012
|
curving |
CURVING, ppr. Bending in a regular form; crooked. |
14013
|
curvity |
CURVITY, n. [L.] A bending in a regular form; crookedness. |
14014
|
cushat |
CUSHAT, n. The ring-dove or wood-pigeon. |
14015
|
cushion |
CUSHION, n. 1. A pillow for a seat; a soft pad to be placed on a chair; a bag, stuffed with wool, ... |
14016
|
cushioned |
CUSHIONED, a. Seated on a cushion; supported by cushions. |
14017
|
cushionet |
CUSHIONET, n. A little cushion. |
14018
|
cuskin |
CUSKIN, n. A kind of ivory cup. [Not in use.] |
14019
|
cusp |
CUSP, n. [L., a point.] The point or horn of the moon or other luminary. |
14020
|
cuspated |
CUSPATED, a. [L., a point.] Pointed; ending in a point. |
14021
|
cuspidal |
CUSPIDAL, a. Ending in a point. |
14022
|
cuspidate |
CUSPIDATE, CUSPIDATED,a. [L., a point.] Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating ... |
14023
|
cuspidated |
CUSPIDATE, CUSPIDATED,a. [L., a point.] Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating ... |
14024
|
custard |
CUSTARD, n. A composition of milk and eggs, sweetened and baked or boiled, forming an agreeable ... |
14025
|
custard-apple |
CUSTARD-APPLE, n. A plant, a species of Annona, growing in the West Indies, whose fruit is of the ... |
14026
|
custodial |
CUSTODIAL, a. [from custody.] Relating to custody or guardianship. |
14027
|
custody |
CUSTODY, n. [L., a watchman, a keeper. See Chaste.]1. A keeping; a guarding; care, watch, ... |
14028
|
custom |
CUSTOM, n. [L.]1. Frequent or common use, or practice; a frequent repetition o the same act; hence, ... |
14029
|
custom-house |
CUSTOM-HOUSE, n. The house where vessel enter and clear, and where the customs are paid or secured ... |
14030
|
customable |
CUSTOMABLE, a. 1. Common; habitual; frequent.2. Subject to the payment of the duties called ... |
14031
|
customableness |
CUSTOMABLENESS, n. Frequency; conformity to custom. [Little used.] |
14032
|
customably |
CUSTOMABLY, adv. According to custom; in a customary manner. |
14033
|
customarily |
CUSTOMARILY, adv. [See Customary.] Habitually; commonly. |
14034
|
customariness |
CUSTOMARINESS, n. Frequency; commonness; habitual use or practice. |
14035
|
customary |
CUSTOMARY, a. 1. According to custom, or to established or common usage; as a customary dress; ... |
14036
|
customed |
CUSTOMED, a. 1. Usual; common; to which we are accustomed. [See Accustomed.]2. Furnished with ... |
14037
|
customer |
CUSTOMER, n.1. One who frequents any place of sale for the sake of purchasing goods; one who ... |
14038
|
custos |
CUSTOS, n. [L.] A keeper; as custos brevium, the principal clerk of the common pleas; custos ... |
14039
|
custrel |
CUSTREL, n. A buckler-bearer. Also, a vessel for holding wine. [Not in use.] |
14040
|
cut |
CUT, v.t. pret. and prep. cut. [L., to thrust, to drive, to strike.]1. To separate the parts of any ... |
14041
|
cut-throat |
CUT-THROAT, n. A murderer; an assassin; a ruffian.CUT-THROAT, a. Murderous; cruel; barbarous. |
14042
|
cut-water |
CUT-WATER, n. The fore part of a ships prow, or knee of the head, which cuts the water. Also, a ... |
14043
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cut-work |
CUT-WORK, n. Embroidery. [Not in use.] |
14044
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cutaneous |
CUTANEOUS, a. [See Cuticle.] Belonging to the skin, or cutis; existing on, or affecting the skin; ... |
14045
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cuth |
CUTH, in Saxon, signifies known, or famous. Hence, Cuthwin, a famous conqueror; Cuthred, a famous ... |
14046
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cuticle |
CUTICLE, n. [L., skin, the same as hide, which see.]1. The scarf-skin; the thin exterior coat of ... |
14047
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cuticular |
CUTICULAR, a. Pertaining to the cuticle or external coat of the skin. |
14048
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cutlas |
CUTLAS, n. [L., to cut.] A broad curving sword; a hanger; used by soldiers int he cavalry, by ... |
14049
|
cutler |
CUTLER, n. [L., a knife.] One whose occupation is to make knives and other cutting instruments. |
14050
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cutlery |
CUTLERY, n. The business of making knives; or more generally, knives and other edged instruments in ... |
14051
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cutlet |
CUTLET, n. A small piece of meat for cooking; as a veal cutlet. |
14052
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cutpurse |
CUTPURSE, n. [cut and purse.] One who cuts purses for stealing them or their contents; a practice ... |
14053
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cutter |
CUTTER, n. 1. One who cuts or hews.2. An instrument that cuts; as a straw-cutter.3. A fore tooth, ... |
14054
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cutting |
CUTTING, ppr. [See Cut.]1. Dividing by an edged instrument; cleaving by the stroke or motion of an ... |
14055
|
cuttle |
CUTTLE, CUTTLE-FISH, n. 1. A genus of mollusca, called Sepia. They have small arms, with serrated ... |
14056
|
cuttle-fish |
CUTTLE, CUTTLE-FISH, n. 1. A genus of mollusca, called Sepia. They have small arms, with serrated ... |
14057
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cyanite |
CYANITE, n. [Gr. Sky-colored.] A mineral of a berlin blue color, passing into gray and green; ... |
14058
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cyanogen |
CYANOGEN, n. [Gr., blue, and to beget.] Carbureted azote, or carburet of nitrogen, the compound ... |
14059
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cyathiform |
CYATHIFORM, a. [L., a cup; Gr.] In the form of a cup, or drinking glass, a little widened at the ... |
14060
|
cyclades |
CYCLADES, n. plu. [Gr., a circle.] A number of isles arranged round the isle of delos, in the ... |
14061
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cycle |
CYCLE, n. [Gr. L., an orb or circle.]1. In chronology, a period or series of numbers, which ... |
14062
|
cyclograph |
CYCLOGRAPH, n. [circle, and to describe.] An instrument for describing the arcs of circles. |
14063
|
cycloid |
CYCLOID, n. A geometrical curve on which depends the doctrine of pendulums; a figure made by the ... |
14064
|
cycloidal |
CYCLOIDAL, a. Pertaining or relating to a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained ... |
14065
|
cyclolite |
CYCLOLITE, n. A name given to Madrepores. |
14066
|
cyclometry |
CYCLOMETRY, n. [Gr., circle, to measure.] The art of measuring cycles or circles. |
14067
|
cyclopean |
CYCLOPEAN, a. [from Cyclops.] Pertaining to the Cyclops; vast; terrific. |
14068
|
cyclopedia |
CYCLOPEDIA, CYCOPEDE, n. [Gr., circle, discipline, erudition.] The circle or compass of the arts ... |
14069
|
cyclopic |
CYCLOPIC, a. Pertaining to the Cyclops; gigantic; savage. |
14070
|
cyclops |
CYCLOPS, n. [Gr., a circle, an eye.] In fabulous history, certain giants, the sons of Neptune and ... |
14071
|
cycopede |
CYCLOPEDIA, CYCOPEDE, n. [Gr., circle, discipline, erudition.] The circle or compass of the arts ... |
14072
|
cyder |
CYDER. [See Cider.] |
14073
|
cygnet |
CYGNET, n. [L., a swan; Gr.] A young swan. |
14074
|
cylinder |
CYLINDER, n. [Gr. To roll; L.] In geometry, a solid body supposed to be generated by the rotation ... |
14075
|
cylindraceous |
CYLINDRACEOUS, a. Cylindrical. [Little used.] |
14076
|
cylindric |
CYLINDRIC, CYLINDRICAL, a. Having the form of a cylinder; or partaking of its properties. |
14077
|
cylindrical |
CYLINDRIC, CYLINDRICAL, a. Having the form of a cylinder; or partaking of its properties. |
14078
|
cylindriform |
CYLINDRIFORM, a. [cylinder and form.] Having the form of a cylinder. |
14079
|
cylindroid |
CYLINDROID, n. [cylinder and form.] A solid body, approaching to the figure of a cylinder, but ... |
14080
|
cyma |
CYMATIUM, CYMA, n. [L., Gr., a little wave.] In architecture, a member or molding of the cornice, ... |
14081
|
cymar |
CYMAR, n. A slight covering; a scarf; properly, simar. |
14082
|
cymatium |
CYMATIUM, CYMA, n. [L., Gr., a little wave.] In architecture, a member or molding of the cornice, ... |
14083
|
cymbal |
CYMBAL, n. [L., Gr.]1. A musical instrument used by the ancients, hollow and made of brass, ... |
14084
|
cymbiform |
CYMBIFORM, a. [L., a boat, form.] Shaped like a boat. |
14085
|
cyme |
CYME, CYMA, n. [Gr., fetus, to swell.] Literally, a sprout, particularly of the cabbage. ... |
14086
|
cymling |
CYMLING, n. A squash. |
14087
|
cymophane |
CYMOPHANE, n. [Gr., a wave, to appear.] A mineral, called also chrysoberyl. Its color is green of ... |
14088
|
cymophanous |
CYMOPHANOUS, a. Having a wavy floating light; opalescent; chatoyant. |
14089
|
cymose |
CYMOSE, CYMOUS, a. Containing a cyme; in the form of a cyme. |
14090
|
cymous |
CYMOSE, CYMOUS, a. Containing a cyme; in the form of a cyme. |
14091
|
cynanche |
CYNANCHE, n. [Gr., a dog-collar, angina; a dog, to press or bind, to suffocate.] A disease of the ... |
14092
|
cynanthropy |
CYNANTHROPY, n. [Gr., a dog, man.] A kind of madness in which men have the qualities of dogs. |
14093
|
cynarctomachy |
CYNARCTOMACHY, n. [Gr., a dog, a bear, a fight.] Bear-baiting with a dog. [A barbarous word.] |
14094
|
cynic |
CYNIC, CYNICAL, a. [Gr., canine, a dog.] Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; ... |
14095
|
cynical |
CYNIC, CYNICAL, a. [Gr., canine, a dog.] Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; ... |
14096
|
cynically |
CYNICALLY, adv. In a snarling, captious or morose manner. |
14097
|
cynicalness |
CYNICALNESS, n. Moroseness; contempt of riches and amusements. |
14098
|
cynics |
CYNICS, n. In ancient history, a sect of philosophers, who valued themselves on their contempt of ... |
14099
|
cynosure |
CYNOSURE, n. [Gr., the tail of the dog, ursa minor, the little bear.] The constellation near the ... |
14100
|
cyon |
CYON.[See Cion.] |
14101
|
cypher |
CYPHER. [See Cipher.] |
14102
|
cypress |
CYPRESS, n. [L., Gr.] 1. A genus of plants or trees. The most remarkable are the sempervirens or ... |
14103
|
cyprin |
CYPRIN, a. Pertaining to the fish of the genus Cyprinus. |
14104
|
cyprus |
CYPRUS, n. A thin transparent black stuff. |
14105
|
cyriologic |
CYRIOLOGIC, a. [Gr., a chief, discourse.] Relating or pertaining to capital letters. |
14106
|
cyst |
CYST, n. [Gr., a bladder.] A bag or tunic which includes morbid matter in animal bodies. |
14107
|
cystic |
CYSTIC, a. Pertaining to a cyst, or contained in a cyst. The cystic duct is the membranous canal ... |
14108
|
cystocele |
CYS'TOCELE, n. [Gr., a bladder or a tumor.] A hernia or rupture formed by the protrusion of the ... |
14109
|
cystotomy |
CYSTOT'OMY, n. [Gr., a bladder or to cut.] The act or practice of opening encysted tumors, for ... |
14110
|
cytisus |
CYT'ISUS, n. A shrub or tree. Also, a genus of trees; tree-trefoil. |
14111
|
czar |
CZ'AR, n. A king; a chief; a title of the emperor of Russia; pronounced tzar, and so written by ... |
14112
|
czarina |
CZARINA, n. A title of the empress of Russia. |
14113
|
czarish |
CZ'ARISH, a. Pertaining to the czar of Russia. |