47591
|
s |
S, the nineteenth letter of the English Alphabet, is a sibilant articulation, and numbered among ... |
47592
|
sabaoth |
SABAOTH, n. Armies; a word used, Rom. 9:29, James 5:4, the Lord of Sabaoth. |
47593
|
sabbatarian |
SABBATARIAN, n. [from sabbath.] One who observes the seventh day of the week as the sabbath, ... |
47594
|
sabbath |
SABBATH, n. 1. The day which God appointed to be observed by the Jews as a day of rest from all ... |
47595
|
sabbath-breaker |
SABBATH-BREAKER, n. One who profanes the sabbath by violating the laws of God or man which enjoin ... |
47596
|
sabbath-breaking |
SABBATH-BREAKING, n. A profanation of the sabbath by violating the injunction of the fourth ... |
47597
|
sabbathless |
SABBATHLESS, a. Without intermission of labor. |
47598
|
sabbatic |
SABBATIC, |
47599
|
sabbatical |
SABBATICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to the sabbath.2. Resembling the sabbath; enjoying or bringing an ... |
47600
|
sabbatism |
SABBATISM, n. Rest; intermission of labor. |
47601
|
sabean |
SABEAN, [See Sabian.] |
47602
|
sabeism |
SABEISM, N. The same as Sabianism. |
47603
|
sabellian |
SABELLIAN, a. Pertaining to the heresy of Sabellius.SABELLIAN, n. A follower of Sabellius, a ... |
47604
|
sabellianism |
SABELLIANISM, n. The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. |
47605
|
saber |
SABER, |
47606
|
sabian |
SABIAN, |
47607
|
sabianism |
SABIANISM, n. That species of idolatry which consisted in worshiping the sun, moon and stars. ... |
47608
|
sabine |
SABINE, n. A plant; usually written savin, which see. |
47609
|
sable |
SABLE, n. 1. A small animal of the weasel kind, the mustela zibelina, found in the northern ... |
47610
|
sabliere |
SAB'LIERE, n. [L. sabulum.]1. A sand pit. [Not much used.]2. In carpentry, a piece of timber as ... |
47611
|
sabot |
SABOT, n. A wooden shoe. [Not English.] |
47612
|
sabre |
SABRE, n. A sword or cimitar with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and a little ... |
47613
|
sabulosity |
SABULOS'ITY, n. [from sabulous.] Sandiness; grittiness. |
47614
|
sabulous |
SAB'ULOUS, a. [L. sabulosus, from sabulum, sand.] Sandy; gritty. |
47615
|
sac |
SAC, n. [This is the English sake, which see.]In English law, the privilege enjoyed by the lord of ... |
47616
|
saccade |
SACCA'DE, n. A sudden violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and ... |
47617
|
sacchariferous |
SACCHARIF'EROUS, a. [L. saccharum, sugar, and fero, to produce.]Producing sugar; as sacchariferous ... |
47618
|
saccharine |
SAC'CHARINE, a. [L. saccharum, sugar.]Pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; as a ... |
47619
|
saccholactic |
SACCHOLAC'TIC, a. [L. saccharum, sugar, and lac, milk.]A term in the new chimistry, denoting an ... |
47620
|
saccholate |
SAC'CHOLATE, n. In chimistry, a salt formed by the union of the saccholactic acid with a base. |
47621
|
sacerdotal |
SACERDO'TAL, a. [L. sacerdotalis, from sacerdos, a priest. See Sacred.]Pertaining to priests or ... |
47622
|
sachel |
SACH'EL, n. [L. sacculus, dim. of saccus.]A small sack or bag; a bag in which lawyers and children ... |
47623
|
sachem |
SA'CHEM, n. In America, a chief among some of the native Indian tribes. [See Sagamore.] |
47624
|
sack |
SACK, n. [L. saccus. Heb. See the verb to sack.]1. A bag, usually a large cloth bag, used for ... |
47625
|
sack-posset |
SACK-POS'SET, n. [sack and posset.] A posset made of sack, milk and some other ingredients. |
47626
|
sackage |
SACK'AGE, n. The act of taking by storm and pillaging. |
47627
|
sackbut |
SACK'BUT, n. [The last syllable is the L. buxus.]A wind instrument of music; a kind of trumpet, so ... |
47628
|
sackcloth |
SACK'CLOTH, n. [sack and cloth.] Cloth of which sacks are made; coarse cloth. This word is ... |
47629
|
sackclothed |
SACK'CLOTHED, a. Clothed in sackcloth. |
47630
|
sacked |
SACK'ED, pp. Pillaged; stormed and plundered. |
47631
|
sacker |
SACK'ER, n. One that takes a town or plunders it. |
47632
|
sackful |
SACK'FUL, n. A full sack or bag. |
47633
|
sacking |
SACK'ING, ppr. Taking by assault and plundering or pillaging.SACK'ING, n. The act of taking by ... |
47634
|
sackless |
SACK'LESS, a. Quiet; peaceable; not quarrelsome; harmless; innocent. [Local.] |
47635
|
sacrament |
SAC'RAMENT, n. [L. sacramentum, an oath, from sacer, sacred.]1. Among ancient christian writers, ... |
47636
|
sacramental |
SACRAMENT'AL, a. Constituting a sacrament or pertaining to it; as sacramental rites or ... |
47637
|
sacramentally |
SACRAMENT'ALLY, adv. After the manner of a sacrament. |
47638
|
sacramentarian |
SACRAMENTA'RIAN, n. One that differs from the Romish church in regard to the sacraments, or to the ... |
47639
|
sacramentary |
SACRAMENT'ARY, n. 1. An ancient book of the Romish church, written by pope Gelasius, and revised, ... |
47640
|
sacre |
SACRE. [See Saker.] |
47641
|
sacred |
SA'CRED, a. [L. sacer, sacred, holy, cursed, damnable. We here see the connection between ... |
47642
|
sacredly |
SA'CREDLY, adv.1. Religiously; with due reverence as of something holy or consecrated to God; as, ... |
47643
|
sacredness |
SA'CREDNESS, n.1. The state of being sacred, or consecrated to God, to his worship or to religious ... |
47644
|
sacrific |
SACRIF'IC, |
47645
|
sacrificable |
SACRIF'ICABLE, a. Capable of being offered in sacrifice. [Ill formed, harsh and not used.] |
47646
|
sacrifical |
SACRIF'ICAL, a. [L. sacrificus. See Sacrifice.] Employed in sacrifice. |
47647
|
sacrificant |
SACRIF'ICANT, n. [L. sacrificans.] One that offers a sacrifice. |
47648
|
sacrificator |
SACRIFICA'TOR, n. A sacrificer; one that offers a sacrifice. [Not used.] |
47649
|
sacrificatory |
SACRIF'ICATORY, a. Offering sacrifice. |
47650
|
sacrifice |
SAC'RIFICE, v.t. sac'rifize. [L. sacrifico; sacer, sacred, and facio, to make.]1. To offer to ... |
47651
|
sacrificed |
SAC'RIFICED, pp. Offered to God upon an altar; destroyed, surrendered, or suffered to be lost. |
47652
|
sacrificer |
SAC'RIFICER, n. One that sacrifices or immolates. |
47653
|
sacrificial |
SACRIFI'CIAL, a. Performing sacrifice; included in sacrifice; consisting in sacrifice. |
47654
|
sacrilege |
SAC'RILEGE, n. [L. sacrilegium; sacer, sacred, and lego, to take or steal.]The crime of violating ... |
47655
|
sacrilegious |
SACRILE'GIOUS, a. [L. sacrilegus.] 1. Violating sacred things; polluted with the crime of ... |
47656
|
sacrilegiously |
SACRILE'GIOUSLY, adv. With sacrilege; in violation of sacred things; as sacrilegiously invading ... |
47657
|
sacrilegiousness |
SACRILE'GIOUSNESS, n.1. The quality of being sacrilegious.2. Disposition to sacrilege. |
47658
|
sacrilegist |
SAC'RILEGIST, n. One who is guilty of sacrilege. |
47659
|
sacring |
SA'CRING, ppr. Consecrating. [Not in use.] |
47660
|
sacring-bell |
SA'CRING-BELL, n. A bell rung before the host. |
47661
|
sacrist |
SA'CRIST, n. A sacristan; a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and ... |
47662
|
sacristan |
SAC'RISTAN, n. [L. sacer, sacred.]An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or ... |
47663
|
sacristy |
SAC'RISTY, n. [L. sacer, sacred.]An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils are kept; now ... |
47664
|
sacrosanct |
SAC'ROSANCT, a. [L. sacrosanctus; sacer and sanctus, holy.] Sacred; inviolable. [Not in use.] |
47665
|
sad |
SAD, a. [It is probable this word is from the root of set. I have not found the word is from the ... |
47666
|
sadden |
SADDEN, v.t. sad'n.1. To make sad or sorrowful; also, to make melancholy or gloomy.2. To make ... |
47667
|
saddened |
SAD'DENED, pp. Made sad or gloomy. |
47668
|
saddening |
SAD'DENING, ppr. Making sad or gloomy. |
47669
|
saddle |
SADDLE, n. sad'l. [L. sedeo, sedile.]1. A seat to be placed on a horse's back for the rider to ... |
47670
|
saddle-backed |
SAD'DLE-BACKED, a. Having a low back and an elevated neck and head, as a horse. |
47671
|
saddle-bow |
SAD'DLE-BOW, n. The bows of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front. |
47672
|
saddle-maker |
SAD'DLE-MAKER, |
47673
|
saddler |
SAD'DLER, n. One whose occupation is to make saddles. |
47674
|
sadducean |
SADDUCE'AN, a. Pertaining to the Sadducees, a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the ... |
47675
|
sadducism |
SAD'DUCISM, n. The tenets of the Sadducees. |
47676
|
sadly |
SAD'LY, adv. 1. Sorrowfully; mournfully.He sadly suffers in their grief.2. In a calamitous or ... |
47677
|
sadness |
SAD'NESS, n.1. Sorrowfulness; mournfulness; dejection of mind; as grief and sadness at the memory ... |
47678
|
safe |
SAFE, a. [L. salvus, from salus, safety, health.]1. Free from danger of any kind; as safe from ... |
47679
|
safe-conduct |
SAFE-CON'DUCT, n. [safe and conduct.]That which gives a safe passage, either a convoy or guard to ... |
47680
|
safe-keeping |
SAFE-KEE'PING, n. [safe and keep.] The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from ... |
47681
|
safeguard |
SA'FEGU'ARD, n. [safe and guard.]1. He or that which defends or protects; defense; protection.The ... |
47682
|
safely |
SA'FELY, adv.1. In a safe manner; without incurring danger or hazard of evil consequences. We may ... |
47683
|
safeness |
SA'FENESS, n. 1. Freedom from danger; as the safeness of an experiment.2. The state of being ... |
47684
|
safety |
SA'FETY, n.1. Freedom from danger or hazard; as the safety of an electrical experiment; the safety ... |
47685
|
safety-valve |
SA'FETY-VALVE, n. A valve by means of which a boiler is preserved from bursting by the force of ... |
47686
|
safflow |
SAF'FLOW, |
47687
|
safflower |
SAF'FLOWER, n. The plant, bastard saffron, of the genus Carthamus.SAF'FLOWER, n. A deep red ... |
47688
|
saffron |
SAF'FRON, n. [The radical sense is to fail, or to be hollow, or to be exhausted.1. A plant of the ... |
47689
|
sag |
SAG, v.i. [a different spelling of swag, which see.]1. To yield; to give way; to lean or incline ... |
47690
|
sagacious |
SAGA'CIOUS, a. [L. sagax, from sagus, wise, foreseeing; saga, a wise woman; sagio, to perceive ... |
47691
|
sagaciously |
SAGA'CIOUSLY, adv.1. With quick scent.2. With quick discernment or penetration. |
47692
|
sagaciousness |
SAGA'CIOUSNESS, n.1. The quality of being sagacious; quickness of scent.2. Quickness or acuteness ... |
47693
|
sagacity |
SAGAC'ITY, n. [L. sagacitas.]1. Quickness or acuteness of scent; applied to animals.2. Quickness ... |
47694
|
sagamore |
SAG'AMORE, n. Among some tribes of American Indians, a king or chief. |
47695
|
sagapen |
SAG'APEN, |
47696
|
sagapenum |
SAGAPE'NUM, n. In pharmacy, a gum-resin, brought from Persia and the East in granules or in ... |
47697
|
sagathy |
SAG'ATHY, n. A kind of serge; a slight woolen stuff. |
47698
|
sage |
SAGE, n. A plant of the genius Salvia, of several species; as the officinalis, or common large ... |
47699
|
sagely |
SA'GELY, adv. Wisely; with just discernment and prudence. |
47700
|
sagene |
SAGE'NE, n. A Russian measure of about seven English feet. [See Sajene.] |
47701
|
sageness |
SA'GENESS, n. Wisdom; sagacity; prudence; gravity. |
47702
|
sagenite |
SAG'ENITE, n. Acicular rutile. |
47703
|
sagittal |
SAG'ITTAL, a. [L. sagittalis, from sagitta, an arrow; that which is thrown or driven, probably ... |
47704
|
sagittarius |
SAGITTA'RIUS, n. [L. an archer.] One of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters ... |
47705
|
sagittary |
SAG'ITTARY, n. [supra.] A centaur, an animal half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver. |
47706
|
sagittate |
SAG'ITTATE, a. In botany, shaped like the head of an arrow; triangular, hollowed at the base, with ... |
47707
|
sago |
SA'GO, n. a dry mealy substance or granulated paste, imported from Java and the Philippine and ... |
47708
|
sagoin |
SAGOIN', n. The Sagoins form a division of the genus Simia, including such of the monkeys of ... |
47709
|
sagy |
SA'GY, a. [from sage.] Full of sage; seasoned with sage. |
47710
|
sahlite |
SAH'LITE, n. A mineral name from the mountain Sahla, in Westermania, where it was discovered. It ... |
47711
|
saic |
SAIC, n. a Turkish or Grecian vessel, very common in the Levant, a kind of ketch which has no ... |
47712
|
said |
SAID, pret. and pp. of say; so written for sayed. 1. Declared; uttered; reported.2. Aforesaid; ... |
47713
|
sail |
SAIL, n. [L. sal, salt.]1. In navigation, a spread of canvas, or an assemblage of several ... |
47714
|
sail-board |
SA'IL-BOARD, a. [See Broad.] Spreading like a sail. |
47715
|
sail-borne |
SA'IL-BORNE, n. Borne or conveyed by sails. |
47716
|
sail-loft |
SA'IL-LOFT, n. A loft or apartment where sails are cut out and made. |
47717
|
sail-maker |
SA'IL-MAKER, n.1. One whose occupation is to make sails.2. An officer on board ships of war, ... |
47718
|
sail-making |
SA'IL-MAKING, n. The art or business of making sails. |
47719
|
sail-yard |
SA'IL-YARD, n. The yard or spar on which sails are extended. |
47720
|
sailable |
SA'ILABLE, a. Navigable; that may be passed by ships. |
47721
|
sailed |
SA'ILED, pp. Passed in ships or other water craft. |
47722
|
sailer |
SA'ILER, n. 1. One that sails; a seaman; usually sailor.2. A ship or other vessel, with ... |
47723
|
sailing |
SA'ILING, ppr. Moving on water or in air; passing in a ship or other vessel.SA'ILING, n.1. The ... |
47724
|
sailor |
SA'ILOR, n. [a more common spelling than sailer.]A mariner; a seaman; one who follows the business ... |
47725
|
saim |
SAIM, n. [L. sebum, contracted.] Lard. [Local.] |
47726
|
sain |
SAIN, for sayen, pp. of say. Obs. |
47727
|
sainfoin |
SA'INFOIN, |
47728
|
saint |
SAINT, n. [L. sanctus.]1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and ... |
47729
|
saint-seeming |
SA'INT-SEEMING, a. Having the appearance of a saint. |
47730
|
sainted |
SA'INTED, pp.1. Canonized; enrolled among the saints.2. a. Holy; pious; as, thy father was a ... |
47731
|
saintess |
SA'INTESS, n. A female saint. |
47732
|
saintfoin |
SA'INTFOIN, n. A plant cultivated for fodder, of the genus Hedysarum. |
47733
|
saintlike |
SA'INTLIKE, a. [saint and like.] 1. Resembling a saint; as a saintlike prince.2. Suiting a ... |
47734
|
saintly |
SA'INTLY, a. Like a saint; becoming a holy person; as wrongs with saintly patience borne. |
47735
|
saintship |
SA'INTSHIP, n. The character or qualities of a saint. |
47736
|
sajene |
SAJE'NE, n. [written also sagene. Tooke writes it sajene.]A Russian measure of length, equal to ... |
47737
|
sake |
SAKE, n. [Heb. to press or oppress. The primary sense is to strain, urge, press or drive forward, ... |
47738
|
saker |
SA'KER, n. 1. A hawk; a species of falcon.2. A piece of artillery. |
47739
|
sakeret |
SAK'ERET, n. The male of the sakerhawk. |
47740
|
sal |
SAL, n. [See Salt.] Salt; a word much used in chimistry and pharmacy. |
47741
|
sal-alembroth |
SAL-ALEMBROTH, n. A compound muriate of mercury and ammonia. |
47742
|
salable |
SA'LABLE, a. [from sale.] That may be sold; that finds a ready market; being in good demand. |
47743
|
salableness |
SA'LABLENESS, n. The state of being salable. |
47744
|
salably |
SA'LABLY, adv. In a salable manner. |
47745
|
salacious |
SALA'CIOUS, a. [L. salax, from the root of sal, salt; the primary sense of which is shooting, ... |
47746
|
salaciously |
SALA'CIOUSLY, adv. Lustfully; with eager animal appetite. |
47747
|
salaciousness |
SALA'CIOUSNESS, |
47748
|
salacity |
SALAC'ITY, n. Lust; lecherousness; strong propensity to venery. |
47749
|
salad |
SAL'AD, n.Raw herbs, usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil or spices, and eaten for giving a ... |
47750
|
salading |
SAL'ADING, n. Vegetables for salads. |
47751
|
salam |
SALAM', n. [Oriental, peace or safety.] A salutation or compliment of ceremony or respect. [Not ... |
47752
|
salamander |
SAL'AMANDER, n. [L. Gr. salamandra.] An animal of the genus Lacerta or Lizard, one of the smaller ... |
47753
|
salamandrine |
SALAMAN'DRINE, a. Pertaining to or resembling a salamander; enduring fire.Sal ammoniac, muriate of ... |
47754
|
salaried |
SAL'ARIED, a. Enjoying a salary. |
47755
|
salary |
SAL'ARY, n. [L. salarium; said to be from sal, salt, which was part of the pay of Roman ... |
47756
|
sale |
SALE, n. [The primary sense of sell, is simply to deliver or cause to pass from one person to ... |
47757
|
salebrosity |
SALEBROS'ITY, n. [See Salebrous.] Roughness or ruggedness of a place or road. |
47758
|
salebrous |
SAL'EBROUS, a. [L. salebrosus, from salebra, a rough place; probably allied to salio, to shoot ... |
47759
|
salep |
SAL'EP, n. [said to be a Turkish word; written also salop, saloop and saleb.]In the materia ... |
47760
|
salesman |
SA'LESMAN, n. [sale and man.] One that sells clothes ready made. |
47761
|
salework |
SA'LEWORK, n. Work or things made for sale; hence, work carelessly done. This last sense is a ... |
47762
|
salic |
SAL'IC, a. [The origin of this word is not ascertained.]The Salic law of France is a fundamental ... |
47763
|
salient |
SA'LIENT, a. [L. saliens, salio, to leap.]1. Leaping; an epithet in heraldry applied to a lion or ... |
47764
|
saliferous |
SALIF'EROUS, a. [L. sal, salt, and fero, to produce.]Producing or bearing salt; as saliferous ... |
47765
|
salifiable |
SAL'IFIABLE, a. [from salify.] Capable of becoming a salt, or of combining with an acid to form a ... |
47766
|
salification |
SALIFICA'TION, n. The act of salifying. |
47767
|
salified |
SAL'IFIED, pp. Formed into a neutral salt by combination with an acid. |
47768
|
salify |
SAL'IFY, v.t. [L. sal, salt, and facio, to make.]To form into a neutral salt, by combining an acid ... |
47769
|
salifying |
SAL'IFYING, ppr. Forming into a salt by combination with an acid. |
47770
|
saligot |
SAL'IGOT, n. A plant, the water thistle. |
47771
|
salination |
SALINA'TION, n. [L. sal, salt; salinator, a salt maker.]The act of washing with salt water. |
47772
|
saline |
SALI'NE, |
47773
|
saliniferous |
SALINIF'EROUS, a. [L. sal, salinum, and fero, to produce.] Producing salt. |
47774
|
saliniform |
SALIN'IFORM, a. [L. sal, salinum, and form.] Having the form of salt. |
47775
|
salino-terrene |
SALINO-TERRENE, a. [L. sal, salinum, and terrenus, from terra, earth.] Denoting a compound of ... |
47776
|
salinous |
SALI'NOUS, a. [L. sal, salt.] 1. Consisting of salt or constituting salt; as saline particles; ... |
47777
|
salite |
SAL'ITE, v.t. [L. salio, from sal, salt.] To salt; to impregnate or season with salt. [Little ... |
47778
|
saliva |
SALI'VA, |
47779
|
salival |
SAL'IVAL, |
47780
|
salivary |
SAL'IVARY, a. [from saliva.] Pertaining to saliva; secreting or conveying saliva; as salivary ... |
47781
|
salivate |
SAL'IVATE, v.t. [from saliva.]To excite an unusual secretion and discharge of saliva in a person, ... |
47782
|
salivated |
SAL'IVATED, pp. Having an increased secretion of saliva from medicine. |
47783
|
salivating |
SAL'IVATING, ppr. Exciting increased secretion of saliva. |
47784
|
salivation |
SALIVA'TION, n. The act or process of promoting ptyalism, or of producing an increased secretion ... |
47785
|
salive |
SAL'IVE, n. [L. saliva.]The fluid which is secreted by the salivary glands, and which serves to ... |
47786
|
salivous |
SALI'VOUS, a. Pertaining to saliva; partaking of the nature of saliva. |
47787
|
sallet |
SAL'LET, n. A head-piece or helmet.SAL'LET, |
47788
|
salleting |
SAL'LETING, n. [corrupted from salad. Not in use.] |
47789
|
salliance |
SAL'LIANCE, n. [from sally.] An issuing forth. [Not in use.] |
47790
|
sallow |
SAL'LOW, n. [L. salix.] A tree of the willow kind, or genus Salix.SAL'LOW, a. [L. salix, the ... |
47791
|
sallowness |
SAL'LOWNESS, n. A yellowish color; paleness tinged with a dark yellow; as sallowness of ... |
47792
|
sally |
SAL'LY, n. [See the Verb.] In a general sense, a spring; a darting or shooting. Hence,1. An ... |
47793
|
sally-port |
SAL'LY-PORT, n. 1. In fortification, a postern gate, or a passage under ground from the inner to ... |
47794
|
sallying |
SAL'LYING, ppr. Issuing or rushing out. |
47795
|
salmagundi |
SALMAGUN'DI, n. [See salpicon.]A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring with oil, vinegar, ... |
47796
|
salmon |
SALMON, n. sam'mon. [L. salmo.]A fish of the genus Salmo, found in all the northern climates of ... |
47797
|
salmon-trout |
SALMON-TROUT, n. sam'mon-trout. A species of trout resembling the salmon in color. |
47798
|
saloon |
SALOON', n. [See Hall.]In architecture, a lofty spacious hall, vaulted at the top, and usually ... |
47799
|
saloop |
SALOOP, |
47800
|
salop |
SALOP, [See Salep.] |
47801
|
salpicon |
SAL'PICON, n.Stuffing; farce; chopped meat or bread, &c. used to stuff legs of veal; called also ... |
47802
|
salsamentarious |
SALSAMENTA'RIOUS, a. [L. salsamentarius.] Pertaining to salt things. [Not in use.] |
47803
|
salsify |
SAL'SIFY, n. Goat's beard, a plant of the genus Tragopogon. |
47804
|
salsoacid |
SALSOAC'ID, a. [L. salsus, salt, and acidus, acid.]Having a taste compounded of saltness and ... |
47805
|
salsuginous |
SALSU'GINOUS, a. [from L. salsugo, from sal, salt.] Saltish; somewhat salt. |
47806
|
salt |
SALT, n. [Gr.; L. The radical sense is probably pungent, and if s is radical, the word belongs to ... |
47807
|
salt-work |
SALT'-WORK, n. A house or place where salt is made. |
47808
|
saltant |
SALT'ANT, a. [L. saltans, from salto, to leap.] Leaping; jumping; dancing. |
47809
|
saltation |
SALTA'TION, n. [L. saltatio, from salto, to leap.]1. A leaping or jumping.2. Beating or ... |
47810
|
saltcat |
SALT'CAT, n. A lump or heap of salt, made at the salt-works, which attracts pigeons. |
47811
|
salted |
SALT'ED, pp. Sprinkled, seasoned or impregnated with salt. |
47812
|
salter |
SALT'ER, n.1. One who salts; one who gives or applies salt.2. One that sells salt. |
47813
|
saltern |
SALT'ERN, n. A salt-work; a building in which salt is made by boiling or evaporation. |
47814
|
saltier |
SALT'IER, n. [L. salto, to leap.]In heraldry, one of the honorable ordinaries, in the form of St. ... |
47815
|
saltinbanco |
SALT'INBANCO, n. A mountebank; a quack. [Not in use.] |
47816
|
salting |
SALT'ING, ppr. Sprinkling, seasoning or impregnating with salt.SALT'ING, n. The act of sprinkling ... |
47817
|
saltish |
SALT'ISH, a. Somewhat salt; tinctured or impregnated moderately with salt. |
47818
|
saltishly |
SALT'ISHLY, adv. With a moderate degree of saltness. |
47819
|
saltishness |
SALT'ISHNESS, n. A moderate degree of saltness. |
47820
|
saltless |
SALT'LESS, a. Destitute of salt; insipid. |
47821
|
saltly |
SALT'LY, adv. With taste of salt; in a salt manner. |
47822
|
saltness |
SALT'NESS, n.1. The quality of being impregnated with salt; as the saltness of sea water or of ... |
47823
|
saltpeter |
SALTPE'TER,'TRE, n. [salt and Gr. stone.] A neutral salt formed by the nitric acid in combination ... |
47824
|
saltpetrous |
SALTPE'TROUS, a. Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with ... |
47825
|
salts |
SALTS, n. The salt water of rivers entering from the ocean. |
47826
|
salubrious |
SALU'BRIOUS, a. [L. saluber, salubris, from salus. See safe.]Favorable to health; healthful; ... |
47827
|
salubriously |
SALU'BRIOUSLY, adv. So as to promote health. |
47828
|
salubrity |
SALU'BRITY, n. [L. salubritas.] Wholesomeness; healthfulness; favorableness to the preservation ... |
47829
|
salutariness |
SAL'UTARINESS, n. [See Salutary.]1. Wholesomeness; the quality of contributing to health or ... |
47830
|
salutary |
SAL'UTARY, a. [L. salutaris, from salus, health.]1. Wholesome; healthful; promoting health. Diet ... |
47831
|
salutation |
SALUTA'TION, n. [L. salutatio. See Salute.]The act of saluting; a greeting; the act of paying ... |
47832
|
salute |
SALU'TE, v.t. [L. saluto; salus or salvus.]1. To greet; to hail; to address with expressions of ... |
47833
|
saluted |
SALU'TED, pp. Hailed; greeted. |
47834
|
saluter |
SALU'TER, n. One who salutes. |
47835
|
salutiferous |
SALUTIF'EROUS, a. [L. salutifer; salus, health, and fero, to bring.] Bringing health; healthy; as ... |
47836
|
salvability |
SALVABIL'ITY, n. [from salvable.] The possibility of being saved or admitted to everlasting life. |
47837
|
salvable |
SALV'ABLE, a. [L. salvus, safe; salvo, to save.]That may be saved, or received to everlasting ... |
47838
|
salvage |
SALV'AGE, n. [L. salvus, salvo.]In commerce, a reward or recompense allowed by law for the saving ... |
47839
|
salvation |
SALVA'TION, n. [L. salvo, to save.]1. The act of saving; preservation from destruction, danger or ... |
47840
|
salvatory |
SALV'ATORY, n. A place where things are preserved; a repository. |
47841
|
salve |
SALVE, n. sav. [L. salvus.]1. A glutinous composition or substance to be applied to wounds or ... |
47842
|
salver |
SAL'VER, n. A piece of plate with a foot; or a plate on which any thing is presented. |
47843
|
salvific |
SALVIF'IC, a. [L. salvus and facio.] Tending to save or secure safety. [A bad word and not ... |
47844
|
salvo |
SAL'VO, n. [from the L. salvo jure, an expression used in reserving rights.] An exception; a ... |
47845
|
salvor |
SALV'OR, n. One who saves a ship or goods at sea. |
47846
|
samaritan |
SAMAR'ITAN, a.1. Pertaining to Samaria, the principal city of the ten tribes of Israel, belonging ... |
47847
|
sambo |
SAM'BO, n. The offspring of a black person and a mulatto. |
47848
|
same |
SAME, a. [L. simul, together. Gr. Shall we suppose then that s has passed into an aspirate in ... |
47849
|
sameness |
SA'MENESS, n.1. Identity; the state of being not different or other; as the sameness of an ... |
47850
|
samiel |
SA'MIEL, |
47851
|
samite |
SAM'ITE, n. A species of silk stuff. Obs. |
47852
|
samlet |
SAM'LET, n. A little salmon. |
47853
|
samp |
SAMP, n. A species of food composed of maize broken or bruised, boiled and mixed with milk; a dish ... |
47854
|
sampane |
SAMP'ANE, n. A kind of vessel used by the Chinese. |
47855
|
samphire |
SAM'PHIRE, n. [said to be a corruption of Saint Pierre.]A plant of the genus Crithmum. The golden ... |
47856
|
sample |
SAM'PLE, n. [L. exemplum.]1. A specimen; a part of any thing presented for inspection or intended ... |
47857
|
sampler |
SAM'PLER, n. [L. exemplar, supra.] A pattern of work; a specimen; particularly, a piece of needle ... |
47858
|
samsons-post |
SAM'SON'S-POST, n. In ships, a notched post used instead of a ladder; also, a piece of timber that ... |
47859
|
sanable |
SAN'ABLE, a. [L. sanabilis, from sano, to heal; sanus, sound. See Sound.]That may be healed or ... |
47860
|
sanation |
SANA'TION, n. [L. sanatio, from sano, to heal.] The act of healing or curing. [Not used.] |
47861
|
sanative |
SAN'ATIVE, a. [L. sano, to heal.] Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal. |
47862
|
sanativeness |
SAN'ATIVENESS, n. The power of healing. |
47863
|
sanctificate |
SANC'TIFICATE, v.t. To sanctify. [Not in use.] |
47864
|
sanctification |
SANCTIFICA'TION, n. [See Sanctify.]1. The act of making holy. In an evangelical sense, the act ... |
47865
|
sanctified |
SANC'TIFIED, pp. 1. Made holy; consecrated; set apart for sacred services.2. Affectedly holy. |
47866
|
sanctifier |
SANC'TIFIER, n. He that sanctifies or makes holy. In theology, the Holy Spirit is, by way of ... |
47867
|
sanctify |
SANC'TIFY, v.t. [Low L. sanctifico; from sanctus, holy, and facio, to make.]1. In a general ... |
47868
|
sanctifying |
SANC'TIFYING, ppr. 1. Making holy; purifying from the defilements of sin; separating to a holy ... |
47869
|
sanctimonious |
SANCTIMO'NIOUS, a. [L. sanctimonia, from sanctus, holy.]Saintly; having the appearance of ... |
47870
|
sanctimoniously |
SANCTIMO'NIOUSLY, adv. With sanctimony. |
47871
|
sanctimoniousness |
SANCTIMO'NIOUSNESS, n. State of being sanctimonious; sanctity, or the appearance of it. [little ... |
47872
|
sanctimony |
SANC'TIMONY, n. [L. sanctimonia.] Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity, or the ... |
47873
|
sanction |
SANC'TION, n. [L. sanctio, from sanctus, holy, solemn, established.]1. Ratification; an official ... |
47874
|
sanctioned |
SANC'TIONED, pp. Ratified; confirmed; authorized. |
47875
|
sanctioning |
SANC'TIONING, ppr. Ratifying; authorizing. |
47876
|
sanctitude |
SANC'TITUDE, n. [L. sanctus, sanctitudo.] Holiness; sacredness. |
47877
|
sanctity |
SANC'TITY, n. [L. sanctitas.]1. Holiness; state of being sacred or holy. God attributes no ... |
47878
|
sanctuarize |
SANC'TUARIZE, v.t. [from sanctuary.] To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges. [A ... |
47879
|
sanctuary |
SANC'TUARY, n. [L. sanctuarium, from sanctus, sacred.]1. A sacred place; particularly among the ... |
47880
|
sand |
SAND, n.1. Any mass or collection of fine particles of stone, particularly of fine particles of ... |
47881
|
sandal |
SAN'DAL, n. [L. sandalium; Gr.]1. A kind of shoe, consisting of a sole fastened to the foot. ... |
47882
|
sandal-wood |
SAN'DAL-WOOD, |
47883
|
sandarac |
SAN'DARAC, |
47884
|
sandarach |
SAN'DARACH, n. [L. sandaraca.]1. A resin in white tears, more transparent than those of mastic; ... |
47885
|
sanded |
SAND'ED, pp.1. Sprinkled with sand; as a sanded floor.2. a. Covered with sand; barren.3. Marked ... |
47886
|
sanderling |
SAND'ERLING, n. A bird of the plover kind. |
47887
|
sanders |
SAN'DERS, n.A kind of wood which grows in the East Indies and on some of the isles of the Pacific. ... |
47888
|
sandever |
SAN'DEVER, |
47889
|
sandiness |
SAND'INESS, n. [from sandy.] 1. The state of being sandy; as the sandiness of a road.2. The ... |
47890
|
sandish |
SAND'ISH, a. [from sand.] Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact. |
47891
|
sandiver |
SAN'DIVER, n.Glass-gall; a whitish salt which is cast up from the materials of glass in fusion, and ... |
47892
|
sandix |
SAND'IX, n. A kind of minium or red lead, made of ceruse, but inferior to the true minium. |
47893
|
sandpiper |
SAND'PIPER, n. A bird of the genus Tringa. |
47894
|
sandstone |
SAND'STONE, n. [sand and stone.] Sandstone is, in most cases, composed chiefly of grains of ... |
47895
|
sandy |
SAND'Y, a. 1. Abounding with sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as a sandy ... |
47896
|
sane |
SANE, a. [L. sanus, Eng. sound. This is the Eng. sound. See sound.]1. Sound; not disordered or ... |
47897
|
sang |
SANG, pret. of sing. |
47898
|
sangiac |
SAN'GIAC, n. A Turkish governor of a province. |
47899
|
sanguiferous |
SANGUIF'EROUS, a. [L. sanguifer; sanguis, blood, and fero, to carry.]Conveying blood. The ... |
47900
|
sanguification |
SANGUIFICA'TION, n. [L. sanguis, blood, and facio, to make.]In the animal economy, the production ... |
47901
|
sanguifier |
SAN'GUIFIER, n. A producer of blood. |
47902
|
sanguifluous |
SANGUIF'LUOUS, a. [L. sanguis, blood, and fluo, to flow.] Floating or running with blood. |
47903
|
sanguify |
SAN'GUIFY, v.i. To produce blood. |
47904
|
sanguifying |
SAN'GUIFYING, ppr. Producing blood. |
47905
|
sanguin |
SAN'GUIN, a. [L. sanguineus, from sanguis, blood.]1. Red; having the color of blood; as a ... |
47906
|
sanguinary |
SAN'GUINARY, a. [L. sanguinarius, from sanguis, blood.]1. Bloody; attended with much bloodshed; ... |
47907
|
sanguine |
SAN'GUINE, |
47908
|
sanguineless |
SAN'GUINELESS, a. Destitute of blood; pale. [A bad word and little used.] |
47909
|
sanguinely |
SAN'GUINELY, adv. Ardently; with confidence of success. |
47910
|
sanguineness |
SAN'GUINENESS, n. 1. Redness; color of blood in the skin; as sanguineness of countenance.2. ... |
47911
|
sanguineous |
SANGUIN'EOUS, a. [L. sanguineus.]1. Abounding with blood; plethoric.2. Constituting blood. |
47912
|
sanguinity |
SANGUIN'ITY, for sanguineness, is not in use. |
47913
|
sanguisuge |
SAN'GUISUGE, n. [L. sanguisuga; sanguis, blood, and sugo, to suck.]The blood-sucker; a leech, or ... |
47914
|
sanhedrim |
SAN'HEDRIM, n. [Low L. synedrium; Gr. with, together and seat.]The great council of seventy elders ... |
47915
|
sanicle |
SAN'ICLE, n. [from L. sano, to heal.] Self-heal, a plant or genus of plants, the Sanicula; also, ... |
47916
|
sanidium |
SANID'IUM, n. A genus of fossils of the class of selenites, composed of plain flat plates. |
47917
|
sanies |
SA'NIES, n. [L.] A thin acrid discharge from wounds or sores; a serous matter, less thick and ... |
47918
|
sanious |
SA'NIOUS, a. [from sanies.] 1. Pertaining to sanies, or partaking of its nature and appearance; ... |
47919
|
sanity |
SAN'ITY, n. [L. sanitas. See Sane.] Soundness; particularly, a sound state of mind; the state of ... |
47920
|
sank |
SANK, pret. of sink, but nearly obsolete. |
47921
|
sannah |
SAN'NAH, n. The name of certain kinds of India muslins. |
47922
|
sans |
SANS, pret. Without. |
47923
|
sanscrit |
SAN'SCRIT, n. The ancient language of Hindoostan, from which are formed all the modern languages ... |
47924
|
santer |
SANTER. [See Saunter.] |
47925
|
santon |
SANT'ON, n. A Turkish priest; a kind of dervis, regarded by the vulgar as a saint. |
47926
|
sap |
SAP, n.1. The juice of plants of any kind, which flows chiefly between the wood and the bark. ... |
47927
|
sapadillo-tree |
SAPADIL'LO-TREE, n. A tree of the genus Sloanea. |
47928
|
sapajo |
SAP'AJO, n. The sapajos form a division of the genus Simia, including such of the monkeys of ... |
47929
|
sapid |
SAP'ID, a. [L. sapidus, from sapio, to taste.]Tasteful; tastable; having the power of affecting ... |
47930
|
sapidity |
SAPID'ITY, |
47931
|
sapidness |
SAP'IDNESS, n. Taste; tastefulness; savor; the quality of affecting the organs of taste; as the ... |
47932
|
sapience |
SA'PIENCE, n. [L. sapientia, from sapio, to taste, to know.]Wisdom; sageness; knowledge.- Still ... |
47933
|
sapient |
SA'PIENT, a. Wise; sage; discerning.There the sapient king held dalliance. |
47934
|
sapiential |
SAPIEN'TIAL, a. Affording wisdom or instructions for wisdom. [Not much used.] |
47935
|
sapless |
SAP'LESS, a. [from sap.] 1. Destitute of sap; as a sapless tree or branch.2. Dry; old; husky; as ... |
47936
|
sapling |
SAP'LING, n. [from sap.] A young tree.Nurse the saplings tall. |
47937
|
saponaceous |
SAPONA'CEOUS, a. [from L. sapo, soap.] Soapy; resembling soap; having the qualities of soap. ... |
47938
|
saponary |
SAP'ONARY, a. Saponaceous. |
47939
|
saponification |
SAPONIFICA'TION, n. Conversion into soap. |
47940
|
saponify |
SAPON'IFY, v.t. [L. sapo, soap, and facio, to make.]To convert into soap by combination with an ... |
47941
|
saponule |
SAP'ONULE, n. A combination of volatile or essential oil with some base. |
47942
|
sapor |
SA'POR, n. [L.] Taste; savor; relish; the power of affecting the organs of taste.There is some ... |
47943
|
saporific |
SAPORIF'IC, a. [L. sapor and facio, to make.]Having the power to produce taste; producing taste. |
47944
|
saporosity |
SAPOROS'ITY, n. The quality of a body by which it excites the sensation of taste. |
47945
|
saporous |
SA'POROUS, a. Having taste; yielding some kind of taste. |
47946
|
sapota |
SAPO'TA, n. In botany, a tree or plant of the genus Achras. |
47947
|
sappadillo-tree |
SAPPADIL'LO-TREE, |
47948
|
sappare |
SAP'PARE, n. A mineral or species of earth, the kyanite; called by Hauy, disthene. |
47949
|
sapped |
SAP'PED, pp. Undermined; subverted. |
47950
|
sapper |
SAP'PER, n. One who saps. In an army, sappers and miners are employed in working at saps, to ... |
47951
|
sapphic |
SAPPHIC, a. saf'ic. Pertaining to Sappho, a Grecian poetess; as sapphic odes; Sapphic verse. The ... |
47952
|
sapphire |
SAP'PHIRE, n. [L. sapphirus; Gr. to scrape, to shine, to be fair, open, beautiful.]A species of ... |
47953
|
sapphirine |
SAP'PHIRINE, a. Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the qualities of sapphire. |
47954
|
sappiness |
SAP'PINESS, n. [from sappy.] The state or quality of being full of sap; succulence; juiciness. |
47955
|
sappy |
SAP'PY, a. 1. Abounding with sap; juicy; succulent.2. Young; not firm; weak.When he had passed ... |
47956
|
saraband |
SAR'ABAND, n. A dance and a tune used in Spain, said to be derived from the Saracens. |
47957
|
saracenic |
SARACEN'IC, a. 1. Pertaining to the Saracens, inhabitants of Arabia; so called from sara, a ... |
47958
|
saragoy |
SAR'AGOY, n. The opossum of the Molucca isles. |
47959
|
sarasin |
SAR'ASIN, |
47960
|
sarcasm |
S'ARCASM, n. [l. sarcasmus; Gr. from to deride or sneer at, primarily to fly or pluck off the ... |
47961
|
sarcastic |
SARCAS'TIC, |
47962
|
sarcastical |
SARCAS'TICAL, a. Bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.What a fierce and sarcastic ... |
47963
|
sarcastically |
SARCAS'TICALLY, adv. In a sarcastic manner; with scornful satire. |
47964
|
sarcenet |
S'ARCENET, n. A species of fine thin woven silk. |
47965
|
sarcocele |
S'ARCOCELE, n. [Gr. flesh, and tumor.]A spurious rupture or hernia, in which the testicle is ... |
47966
|
sarcocol |
S'ARCOCOL, |
47967
|
sarcocolla |
S'ARCOCOL'LA, n. [Gr. compounded of flesh and glue.]A semi-transparent solid substance, imported ... |
47968
|
sarcolite |
S'ARCOLITE, n. [flesh-stone.] A substance of a vitreous nature, and of a rose flesh color, found ... |
47969
|
sarcological |
SARCOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to sarcology. |
47970
|
sarcology |
SARCOL'OGY, n. [Gr. flesh, and discourse.]That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts of ... |
47971
|
sarcoma |
SARCO'MA, n. [Gr from flesh.] Any fleshy excrescence on an animal body. |
47972
|
sarcophagous |
SARCOPH'AGOUS, a. [See sarcophagus.] Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating. |
47973
|
sarcophagus |
SARCOPH'AGUS, n. [L. from Gr. flesh and to eat.]1. A species of stone used among the Greeks in ... |
47974
|
sarcophagy |
SARCOPH'AGY, n. [supra.] The practice of eating flesh. |
47975
|
sarcotic |
SARCOT'IC, a. [Gr. flesh.] In surgery, producing or generating flesh.SARCOT'IC, n. A medicine or ... |
47976
|
sardachate |
S'ARDACHATE, n. The clouded and spotted agate, of a pale flesh color. |
47977
|
sardan |
S'ARDAN, n. A fish resembling the herring. |
47978
|
sarde |
S'ARDE, |
47979
|
sardel |
S'ARDEL, |
47980
|
sardine |
S'ARDINE, |
47981
|
sardius |
S'ARDIUS, n. [L. sardius; Gr. from Sardis, in Asia Minor, now Sart.] A precious stone. One of ... |
47982
|
sardoin |
S'ARDOIN, n. A mineral, a variety of carnelian, which displays on its surface a rich reddish ... |
47983
|
sardonian |
SARDO'NIAN, |
47984
|
sardonic |
SARDON'IC, a. Sardonian or sardonic laughter, a convulsive involuntary laughter, so called from ... |
47985
|
sardonyx |
S'ARDONYX, n. [L. sardonyches, from Gr. from Sardis, a city of Asia Minor, and a nail; so named, ... |
47986
|
sargus |
S'ARGUS, n. A fish of the Mediterranean, whose body is variegated with brown transverse rings, ... |
47987
|
sark |
S'ARK, n.1. In Scotland, a shirt.2. A shark. [Not used.] |
47988
|
sarlac |
S'ARLAC, n. The grunting ox of Tartary. |
47989
|
sarmatian |
SARMA'TIAN, |
47990
|
sarmatic |
SARMAT'IC, a. Pertaining to Sarmatia and its inhabitants, the ancestors of the Russians and Poles. |
47991
|
sarmentous |
SARMENT'OUS, a. [L. sarmentosus, from sarmentum, a twig.]A sarmentous stem, in botany, is one that ... |
47992
|
saronic |
SARON'IC, a. Denoting a gulf of Greece between Attica and Sparta. |
47993
|
sarplar |
S'ARPLAR, n. A sarplar of wool is a sack containing 80 tod; a tod contains two stone of 14 pounds ... |
47994
|
sarplier |
S'ARPLIER, n. Canvas, or a packing cloth. |
47995
|
sarrasine |
SAR'RASINE, n. 1. A plant, a kind of birth wort.2. A portcullis or herse. |
47996
|
sarsa |
S'ARSA, |
47997
|
sarsaparilla |
S'ARSAPARIL'LA, n. A plant, a species of Smilax, valued in medicine for its mucilaginous and ... |
47998
|
sarse |
S'ARSE, n. A fine sieve; usually written searce or searse. [Little used.]S'ARSE, v.t. [from the ... |
47999
|
sart |
S'ART, n. A piece of woodland turned into arabic. [Not used in America.] |
48000
|
sash |
SASH, n. 1. A belt worn for ornament. Sashes are worn by military officers as badges of ... |
48001
|
sashoon |
SASH'OON, n. A kind of leather stuffing put into a boot for the wearer's ease. |
48002
|
sassafras |
SAS'SAFRAS, n. [L. saxifraga; saxum, a stone, and frango, to break.]A tree of the genus Laurus, ... |
48003
|
sasse |
SASSE, n. A sluice, canal or lock on a navigable river; a word found in old British statutes. |
48004
|
sassolin |
SAS'SOLIN, |
48005
|
sassoline |
SAS'SOLINE, n. Native boracic acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs ... |
48006
|
sassorol |
SAS'SOROL, |
48007
|
sassorolla |
SASSOROL'LA, n. A species of pigeon, called rock pigeon. |
48008
|
sastra |
SAS'TRA, n. Among the Hindoos, a sacred book; a book containing sacred ordinances. The six great ... |
48009
|
sat |
SAT, pret of sit. |
48010
|
satan |
SA'TAN, n. [Heb. an adversary.] The grand adversary of man; the devil or prince of darkness; the ... |
48011
|
satanic |
SATAN'IC, |
48012
|
satanical |
SATAN'ICAL, a. Having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; ... |
48013
|
satanically |
SATAN'ICALLY, adv. With the wicked and malicious spirit of Satan; diabolically. |
48014
|
satanism |
SA'TANISM, n. The evil and malicious disposition of Satan; a diabolical spirit. |
48015
|
satanist |
SA'TANIST, n. A very wicked person. [Little used.] |
48016
|
satchel |
SATCH'EL, n. [See Sachel.] A little sack or bag. |
48017
|
sate |
SATE, v.t. [L. satio. The primary sense is to stuff, to fill, from crowding, driving.]To satiate; ... |
48018
|
sated |
SA'TED, pp. Filled; glutted; satiated. |
48019
|
sateless |
SA'TELESS, a. Insatiable; not capable of being satisfied. |
48020
|
satellite |
SAT'ELLITE, n. [L. satelles.]1. A secondary planet or moon; a small planet revolving round ... |
48021
|
satellitious |
SATELLI'TIOUS, a. Consisting of satellites. |
48022
|
satiate |
SATIATE, v.t. sa'shate. [L. satiatus, from satio. See sate.]1. To fill; to satisfy appetite or ... |
48023
|
satiation |
SATIA'TION, n. The state of being filled. |
48024
|
satiety |
SATI'ETY, n. [L. satietas. See Sate.]Properly, fullness of gratification, either of the appetite ... |
48025
|
satin |
SAT'IN, n. [Gr. L. sindon. Heb.] A species of glossy silk cloth, of a thick close texture. |
48026
|
satin-flower |
SAT'IN-FLOWER, n. A plant of the genus Lunaria. |
48027
|
satin-spar |
SAT'IN-SPAR, n. A mineral, fibrous limestone. |
48028
|
satinet |
SATINET', n. 1. A thin species of satin.2. A particular kind of woolen cloth. |
48029
|
satire |
SAT'IRE, n. [L. satira; so named from sharpness, pungency. See satyriasis.]1. A discourse or ... |
48030
|
satiric |
SATIR'IC, |
48031
|
satirical |
SATIR'ICAL, a. [L. satiricus.] 1. Belonging to satire; conveying satire; as a satiric style.2. ... |
48032
|
satirically |
SATIR'ICALLY, adv. With severity of remark; with invective; with intention to censure. |
48033
|
satirist |
SAT'IRIST, n. One who writes satire.Wycherly, in his writings, is the sharpest satirist of his ... |
48034
|
satirize |
SAT'IRIZE, v.t. To censure with keenness or severity.It is as hard to satirize well a man of ... |
48035
|
satirized |
SAT'IRIZED, pp. Severely censured. |
48036
|
satirizing |
SAT'IRIZING, ppr. Censuring with severity. |
48037
|
satisfaction |
SATISFAC'TION, n. [L. satisfactio. See Satisfy.]1. That state of the mind which results from the ... |
48038
|
satisfactive |
SATISFAC'TIVE, a. Giving satisfaction. [Little used or not at all.] |
48039
|
satisfactorily |
SATISFAC'TORILY, adv. 1. In a manner to give satisfaction or content.2. In a manner to impress ... |
48040
|
satisfactoriness |
SATISFAC'TORINESS, n. The power of satisfying or giving content; as the satisfactoriness of ... |
48041
|
satisfactory |
SATISFAC'TORY, a.1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; particularly, relieving ... |
48042
|
satisfied |
SAT'ISFIED, pp. Having the desires fully gratified; made content. |
48043
|
satisfier |
SAT'ISFIER, n. One that gives satisfaction. |
48044
|
satisfy |
SAT'ISFY, v.t. [L. satisfacio; satis, enough, and facio, to make.]1. To gratify wants, wishes or ... |
48045
|
satisfying |
SAT'ISFYING, ppr. Giving content; feeding or supplying to the full extent of desire; convincing; ... |
48046
|
sative |
SA'TIVE, a. [L. sativus, from sero, satum, to sow.] Sown in gardens. |
48047
|
satrap |
SAT'RAP, n. In Persia, an admiral; more generally, the governor of a province. |
48048
|
satrapal |
SAT'RAPAL, a. Pertaining to a satrap or a satrapy. |
48049
|
satrapess |
SAT'RAPESS, n. A female satrap. |
48050
|
satrapy |
SAT'RAPY, n. The government or jurisdiction of a satrap. |
48051
|
saturable |
SAT'URABLE, a. [See Saturate.] That may be saturated; capable of saturation. |
48052
|
saturanlian |
SATURAN'LIAN, a. [from L. saturnalia, feasts of Saturn.]1. Pertaining to the festivals celebrated ... |
48053
|
saturant |
SAT'URANT, a. [L. saturans.] Saturating; impregnating to the full.SAT'URANT, n. In medicine, a ... |
48054
|
saturate |
SAT'URATE, v.t. [L. saturo, from satur, filled; satio, to feed to the full. See Sate.]1. To ... |
48055
|
saturated |
SAT'URATED, pp. Supplied to fullness. |
48056
|
saturating |
SAT'URATING, ppr. Supplying to fullness. |
48057
|
saturation |
SATURA'TION, n. In a general sense, a filling or supply to fullness. In chimistry, the union, ... |
48058
|
saturday |
SAT'URDAY, n.The last day of the week; the day next preceding the sabbath. |
48059
|
saturity |
SATU'RITY, n. [L. saturitas. See Saturate.]Fullness of supply; the state of being saturated. ... |
48060
|
saturn |
SAT'URN, n. [L. saturnus.] 1. In mythology, one of the oldest and principal deities, the son of ... |
48061
|
saturnian |
SATURN'IAN, a. In fabulous history, pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness ... |
48062
|
saturnine |
SAT'URNINE, a. [L. Saturnus.]1. Supposed to be under the influence of Saturn. Hence,2. Dull; ... |
48063
|
saturnist |
SAT'URNIST, n. A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. |
48064
|
saturnite |
SAT'URNITE, n. A metallic substance of recent discovery, separated from lead in torrefaction, ... |
48065
|
satyr |
SA'TYR, n. [l. satyrus; Gr. a monkey, a fawn.]In mythology, a sylvan deity or demi-god, ... |
48066
|
satyriasis |
SATYRI'ASIS, n. [Gr. We observe in this word a connection with satire, in the sense of ... |
48067
|
satyrion |
SATYR'ION, n. A plant. |
48068
|
sauce |
SAUCE, n. [L. salsus, salt, from sal.]1. A mixture or composition to be eaten with food for ... |
48069
|
sauce-box |
SAUCE-BOX, n. saus'-box. [from saucy.] A saucy impudent fellow. |
48070
|
sauce-pan |
SAUCE-PAN, n. saus'-pan. A small pan for sauce, or a small skillet with a long handle, in which ... |
48071
|
saucer |
SAU'CER, n.1. A small pan in which sauce is set on a table.2. A piece of china or other ware, in ... |
48072
|
saucily |
SAU'CILY, adv. [from saucy.] Impudently; with impertinent boldness; petulantly. |
48073
|
sauciness |
SAU'CINESS, n. Impudence; impertinent boldness; petulance; contempt of superiors. |
48074
|
saucisse |
SAU'CISSE, |
48075
|
saucisson |
SAU'CISSON, n.In mining or gunnery, a long pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, ... |
48076
|
saucy |
SAU'CY, a. [from sauce; L. salsus, salt or salted. The use of this word leads to the primary ... |
48077
|
saul |
SAUL, an old spelling of soul. |
48078
|
saunders |
SAUNDERS. [See Sandal and Sanders.] |
48079
|
saunter |
SAUNTER, v.i. s'anter. 1. To wander about idly; as sauntering from place to place.2. To loiter; ... |
48080
|
saunterer |
S'AUNTERER, n. One that wanders about idly. |
48081
|
sauntering |
S'AUNTERING, ppr. Wandering about lazily or idly; loitering. |
48082
|
saurian |
SAU'RIAN, a. [Gr. a lizard.] Pertaining to lizards; designating an order of reptiles. |
48083
|
sausage |
SAUS'AGE, n. [L. salsus.]The intestine of an animal stuffed with minced meat and seasoned. |
48084
|
saussurite |
SAUS'SURITE, n. A mineral so named from Saussure, the discoverer, of a white gray or green color, ... |
48085
|
savable |
SA'VABLE, a. [from save.] Capable of being saved. |
48086
|
savableness |
SA'VABLENESS, n. Capability of being saved. |
48087
|
savage |
SAV'AGE, a. [L. silva, a wood, or silvicola, an inhabitant of a wood, or silvaticus.]1. ... |
48088
|
savagely |
SAV'AGELY, adv. In the manner of a savage; cruelly; inhumanly. |
48089
|
savageness |
SAV'AGENESS, n. 1. Wildness; an untamed, uncultivated or uncivilized state; barbarism. Hence,2. ... |
48090
|
savagery |
SAV'AGERY, n. 1. Wild growth, as of plants.2. Cruelty; barbarity. |
48091
|
savagism |
SAV'AGISM, n. The state of rude uncivilized men; the state of men in their native wildness and ... |
48092
|
savanna |
SAVAN'NA, n. An extensive open plain or meadow, or a plain destitute of trees. |
48093
|
save |
SAVE, v.t. [L. salvo. As salve is used in Latin for salutation or wishing health, as hail is in ... |
48094
|
saveall |
SA'VEALL, n. [save and all.] A small pan inserted in a candlestick to save the ends of candles. |
48095
|
saved |
SA'VED, pp. Preserved from evil; injury or destruction; kept frugally; prevented; spared; taken in ... |
48096
|
savelin |
SA'VELIN, n. A fish of the trout kind, having very small scales and a black back. |
48097
|
saver |
SA'VER, n.1. One that saves, preserves or rescues from evil or destruction; as the saver of the ... |
48098
|
savin |
SAV'IN, n. A tree or shrub of the genus Juniperus. The savin of Europe resembles the red cedar of ... |
48099
|
saving |
SA'VING, ppr.1. Preserving from evil or destruction; hindering from waste or loss; sparing; taking ... |
48100
|
savingly |
SA'VINGLY, adv.1. With frugality or parsimony.2. So as to be finally saved from eternal death; as ... |
48101
|
savingness |
SA'VINGNESS, n. 1. Frugality; parsimony, caution not to expend money without necessity or use.2. ... |
48102
|
savior |
SAVIOR, n. savyur. One that saves or preserves; but properly applied only to Jesus Christ, the ... |
48103
|
savor |
SA'VOR, n. [L. sapor, sapio, to taste.]1. Taste or odor; something that perceptibly affects the ... |
48104
|
savorily |
SA'VORILY, adv. [from savory.]1. With gust or appetite.2. With a pleasing relish. |
48105
|
savoriness |
SA'VORINESS, n. Pleasing taste or smell; as the savoriness of a pineapple or a peach. |
48106
|
savorless |
SA'VORLESS, a. Destitute of smell or taste; insipid. |
48107
|
savorly |
SA'VORLY, a. Well seasoned; of good taste.SA'VORLY, adv. With a pleasing relish. |
48108
|
savory |
SA'VORY, a. [from savor.] Pleasing to the organs of smell or taste; as a savory odor.Make me ... |
48109
|
savoy |
SAVOY', n. A variety of the common cabbage, much cultivated for winter use. |
48110
|
saw |
SAW, pret. of see.SAW, n. [See the Verb.]1. A cutting instrument consisting of a blade or thin ... |
48111
|
saw-fly |
SAW'-FLY, n. A genus of flies, having a serrated sting. |
48112
|
saw-pit |
SAW'-PIT, n. A pit over which timber is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the ... |
48113
|
sawed |
SAW'ED, pp. Cut, divided or formed with a saw. |
48114
|
sawer |
SAW'ER, n. One that saws; corrupted into sawyer. |
48115
|
sawyer |
SAW'YER, n.1. One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for ... |
48116
|
saxifrage |
SAX'IFRAGE, n. [L. saqxifraga; composed of saxum, a stone, and frango, to break.]A medicine that ... |
48117
|
saxifragous |
SAXIF'RAGOUS, a. Dissolving the stone. |
48118
|
saxon |
SAX'ON, n.1. One of the nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and ... |
48119
|
saxonism |
SAX'ONISM, n. An idiom of the Saxon language. |
48120
|
saxonist |
SAX'ONIST, n. One versed in the Saxon language. |
48121
|
say |
SAY, v.t. pret. and pp. said, contracted from sayed.1. To speak; to utter in words; as, he said ... |
48122
|
saye |
SAYE, n. In commerce, a kind of serge used for linings, shirts, aprons, &c. |
48123
|
saying |
SA'YING, ppr. Uttering in articulate sounds or words; speaking; telling; relating; ... |
48124
|
scab |
SCAB, n. [L. scabbies, scaber, rough.]1. An encrusted substance, dry and rough, formed over a ... |
48125
|
scabbard |
SCAB'BARD, n. The sheath of a sword.SCAB'BARD, v.t. To put in a sheath. |
48126
|
scabbed |
SCAB'BED, a. [from scab.] 1. Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.2. Mean; paltry; vile; ... |
48127
|
scabbedness |
SCAB'BEDNESS, n. The state of being scabbed. |
48128
|
scabbiness |
SCAB'BINESS, n. [from scabby.] The quality of being scabby. |
48129
|
scabby |
SCAB'BY, a. [from scab.] 1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.2. Diseased with the scab or ... |
48130
|
scabious |
SCA'BIOUS, a. [L. scabisus, from scabies, scab.]Consisting of scabs; rough itch; leprous; as ... |
48131
|
scabredity |
SCABRED'ITY, n. [L. scabredo, scabrities.] Roughness; ruggedness. [Not in use.] |
48132
|
scabrous |
SCA'BROUS, a. [L. scabrosus, scaber, from scabies, scab.1. Rough; rugged; having sharp points.2. ... |
48133
|
scabrousness |
SCA'BROUSNESS, n. Roughness; ruggedness. |
48134
|
scabwort |
SCAB'WORT, n. A plant, a species of Helenium. |
48135
|
scad |
SCAD, n. 1. A fish, the shad which see.2. A fish of the genus Caranx. |
48136
|
scaffold |
SCAF'FOLD, n. [The last syllable is the L. fala.]1. Among builders, an assemblage or structure of ... |
48137
|
scaffoldage |
SCAF'FOLDAGE, n. A gallery; a hollow floor. |
48138
|
scaffolding |
SCAF'FOLDING, n.1. A frame or structure for support in an elevated place.2. That which sustains; ... |
48139
|
scalable |
SCA'LABLE, a. That may be sealed. |
48140
|
scalade |
SCALA'DE, |
48141
|
scalado |
SCALA'DO, n. [L. scala, a latter. See Scale.]A storm or assault on a fortified place, in which ... |
48142
|
scalary |
SCA'LARY, a. Resembling a ladder; formed with steps. [Little used.] |
48143
|
scald |
SCALD, v.t. [L. caleo, caida, calidus. I suppose the primary sense of caleo is to contract, to ... |
48144
|
scalded |
SCALD'ED, pp. Injured by a hot liquor; exposed to boiling heat. |
48145
|
scalder |
SCALD'ER, n. A scald; a Scandinavian poet. |
48146
|
scaldhead |
SCALD'HEAD, n. [See Scald.] A lothesome affection of the head, in which it is covered with a ... |
48147
|
scaldic |
SCALD'IC, a. Pertaining to the scalds or poets of antiquity; composed by scalds. |
48148
|
scalding |
SCALD'ING, ppr. 1. Burning or injuring by hot liquor.2. Exposing to a boiling heat in liquor. |
48149
|
scalding-hot |
SCALD'ING-HOT, a. So hot as to scald the skin. |
48150
|
scale |
SCALE, n. [L. id. If the sense is to strip, it coincides with the Gr. to spoil.]1. The dish of a ... |
48151
|
scale-stone |
SCA'LE-STONE, n. A rare mineral, called also tafelspath and tabular spar, occurring in masses ... |
48152
|
scaled |
SCA'LED, pp.1. Ascended by ladders or steps; cleared of scales; pared; scattered.2. a. Having ... |
48153
|
scaleless |
SCA'LELESS, a. Destitute of scales. |
48154
|
scalene |
SCALE'NE, |
48155
|
scalenous |
SCALE'NOUS, a. [Gr. oblique, unequal.]A scalene triangle, is one whose sides and angles are ... |
48156
|
scaliness |
SCA'LINESS, n. [from scaly.] the state of being scaly; roughness. |
48157
|
scaling |
SCA'LING, ppr.1. Ascending by ladders or steps; storming.2. Stripping of scales.3. Peeling; ... |
48158
|
scaling-ladder |
SCA'LING-LADDER, n. a ladder made for enabling troops to scale a wall. |
48159
|
scall |
SCALL, n. [See Scald and Scaldhead.]Scab; scabbiness; leprosy.It is a dry scall, even a leprosy on ... |
48160
|
scallion |
SCAL'LION, n. [ascalonia.]a plant of the genus Allium; a variety of the common onion, which never ... |
48161
|
scallop |
SCAL'LOP, n. [This is from the root of shell, scale; coinciding with scalp.]1. A shell fish, or ... |
48162
|
scalp |
SCALP, n. [L. scalpo.]1. The skin of the top of the head; as a hairless scalp.2. The skin of the ... |
48163
|
scalped |
SCALP'ED, pp. Deprived of the skin of the head. |
48164
|
scalpel |
SCALP'EL, n. [L. scalpellum, from scalpo, to scrape.]In surgery, a knife used in anatomical ... |
48165
|
scalper |
SCALP'ER, |
48166
|
scalping |
SCALP'ING, ppr. Depriving of the skin of the top of the head. |
48167
|
scalping-iron |
SCALP'ING-IRON, n. An instrument of surgery, used in scraping foul and carious bones; a raspatory. |
48168
|
scaly |
SCA'LY, a. [from scale.]1. Covered or abounding with scales; rough; as a scaly fish; the scaly ... |
48169
|
scamble |
SCAM'BLE, v.i.1. To stir quick; to be busy; to scramble; to be bold or turbulent.2. To shift ... |
48170
|
scambler |
SCAM'BLER, n. A bold intruder upon the generosity or hospitality of others. |
48171
|
scambling |
SCAM'BLING, ppr. Stirring; scrambling; intruding. |
48172
|
scamblingly |
SCAM'BLINGLY, adv. With turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness. |
48173
|
scammel |
SCAM'MEL, n. A bird. |
48174
|
scammoniate |
SCAMMO'NIATE, a. [from scammony.] Made with scammony. [Not used.] |
48175
|
scammony |
SCAM'MONY, n. [L. scammonia.]1. A plant of the genus convolvulus.2. A gum resin, obtained from ... |
48176
|
scamper |
SCAMP'ER, v.i. To run with speed; to hasten escape. |
48177
|
scampering |
SCAMP'ERING, ppr. Running with speed; hastening in flight. |
48178
|
scan |
SCAN, v.t. [L. ascendo. See Ascend.]1. To examine with critical care; to scrutinize.The actions ... |
48179
|
scandal |
SCAN'DAL, n. [L. scandalum; Gr. In Greek, this word signifies a stumbling block, something ... |
48180
|
scandalize |
SCAN'DALIZE, v.t. [Gr. L. scandalizo.]1. To offend by some action supposed criminal.I demand who ... |
48181
|
scandalized |
SCAN'DALIZED, pp. Offended; defamed; disgraced. |
48182
|
scandalizing |
SCAN'DALIZING, ppr. Giving offense to; disgracing. |
48183
|
scandalous |
SCAN'DALOUS, a. 1. Giving offense.Nothing scandalous or offensive to any.2. Opprobrious; ... |
48184
|
scandalously |
SCAN'DALOUSLY, adv. 1. Shamefully; in a manner to give offense.His discourse at table was ... |
48185
|
scandalousness |
SCAN'DALOUSNESS, n. The quality of being scandalous; the quality of giving offense, or of being ... |
48186
|
scandent |
SCAND'ENT, a. [L. scandens, scando, to climb.]Climbing, either with spiral tendrils for its ... |
48187
|
scanned |
SCAN'NED, pp. Critically sifted or examined; resolved into feet in recital. |
48188
|
scanning |
SCAN'NING, ppr. Critically examining; resolving into feet, as verse. |
48189
|
scansion |
SCAN'SION, n. The act of scanning. |
48190
|
scant |
SCANT, v.t.To limit; to straiten; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of ... |
48191
|
scantily |
SCANT'ILY, adv. [from scanty.]1. Not fully; not plentifully. the troops were scantily supplied ... |
48192
|
scantiness |
SCANT'INESS, n.1. Narrowness; want of space or compass; as the scantiness of our heroic verse.2. ... |
48193
|
scantle |
SCANT'LE, v.t. To be deficient; to fail.SCANT'LE, v.i. To divide into thin or small pieces; to ... |
48194
|
scantlet |
SCANT'LET, n. [See Scantling.] A small pattern; a small quantity. [Not in use.] |
48195
|
scantling |
SCANT'LING, n.1. A pattern; a quantity cut for a particular purpose.2. A small quantity; as a ... |
48196
|
scantly |
SCANT'LY, adv.1. Scarcely; hardly. Obs.2. Not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously; ... |
48197
|
scantness |
SCANT'NESS, n. [from scant.] Narrowness; smallness; as the scantness of our capacities. |
48198
|
scanty |
SCANT'Y, a. [from scant, and having the same signification.]1. Narrow; small; wanting amplitude ... |
48199
|
scapaism |
SCAP'AISM, n. [Gr. to dig or make hollow.]Among the Persians, a barbarous punishment inflicted on ... |
48200
|
scape |
SCAPE, v.t. To escape; a contracted word, not now used except in poetry, and with a mark of ... |
48201
|
scape-goat |
SCA'PE-GOAT, n. [escape and goat.] In the Jewish ritual, a goat which was brought to the door of ... |
48202
|
scapeless |
SCA'PELESS, a. [from scape.] In botany, destitute of a scape. |
48203
|
scapement |
SCA'PEMENT, n. The method of communicating the impulse of the wheels to the pendulum of a clock. |
48204
|
scaphite |
SCA'PHITE, n. [L. scapha.] Fossil remains of the scapha. |
48205
|
scapolite |
SCAP'OLITE, n. [Gr. a rod, and a stone.]A mineral which occurs massive, or more commonly in four ... |
48206
|
scapula |
SCAP'ULA, n. [L.] The shoulder blade. |
48207
|
scapular |
SCAP'ULAR, a. [L. scapularis.] Pertaining to the shoulder, or to the scapula; as the scapular ... |
48208
|
scapulary |
SCAP'ULARY, n. A part of the habit of certain religious orders in the Romish church, consisting of ... |
48209
|
scar |
SC'AR, n. 1. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal made by a wound or an ulcer, and remaining ... |
48210
|
scarab |
SCAR'AB, |
48211
|
scarabee |
SCAR'ABEE, n. [L. scarabaeus, from Gr.]A beetle; an insect of the genus Scarabaeus, whose wings ... |
48212
|
scaramouch |
SCAR'AMOUCH, n.A buffoon in motley dress. |
48213
|
scarce |
SCARCE, a.1. Not plentiful or abundant; being in small quantity in proportion to the demand. We ... |
48214
|
scarcely |
SCARCELY, adv. 1. Hardly; scantly.We scarcely think our miseries our foes.2. Hardly; with ... |
48215
|
scarceness |
SCARCENESS, |
48216
|
scarcity |
SCARCITY, n. 1. Smallness of quantity, or smallness in proportion to the wants or demands; ... |
48217
|
scare |
SCARE, v.t. [L. ex and cor, heart; but qu.]To fright; to terrify suddenly; to strike with sudden ... |
48218
|
scarecrow |
SCARECROW, n. [scarce and crow.]1. Any frightful thing set up to frighten crows or other fowls ... |
48219
|
scared |
SCARED, pp. Frightened; suddenly terrified. |
48220
|
scarefire |
SCAREFIRE, n. A fire breaking out so as to frighten people. [Not used.] |
48221
|
scarf |
SCARF, n. plu. scarfsSomething that hangs loose upon the shoulders; as a piece of cloth.Put on your ... |
48222
|
scarfskin |
SC'ARFSKIN, n. [scarf and skin.] The cuticle; the epidermis; the outer thin integument of the ... |
48223
|
scarification |
SCARIFICA'TION, n. [L. scarificatio. See Scarify.]In surgery, the operation of making several ... |
48224
|
scarificator |
SCARIFICA'TOR, n. An instrument used in scarification. |
48225
|
scarifier |
SCAR'IFIER, n. [from scarify.]1. The person who scarifies.2. The instrument used for scarifying. |
48226
|
scarify |
SCAR'IFY, v.t. [L. scarifico. Gr. L. facio, to make. But the Greek is from a pointed instrument, ... |
48227
|
scarifying |
SCAR'IFYING, ppr. Making small incisions in the skin with an instrument. |
48228
|
scarious |
SCA'RIOUS, a. [Low L. scarrosus, rough.] In botany, tough, thinSCA'RIOUS, a. [Low L. scarrosus, ... |
48229
|
scarlatina |
SCARLATI'NA, n. the scarlet fever; called in popular language, the canker rash. |
48230
|
scarlatinous |
SCARLAT'INOUS, a. Of a scarlet color; pertaining to the scarlet fever. |
48231
|
scarlet |
SC'ARLET, n. 1. A beautiful bright red color, brighter than crimson.2. Cloth of a scarlet ... |
48232
|
scarlet-bean |
SC'ARLET-BEAN, n. A plant; a red bean. |
48233
|
scarlet-fever |
SC'ARLET-FE'VER, n. [scarlatina.] a disease in which the body is covered with an efflorescence or ... |
48234
|
scarlet-oak |
SC'ARLET-OAK, n. a species of oak, the Quercus coccifera, or kermes oak, producing small glandular ... |
48235
|
scarmage |
SC'ARMAGE, |
48236
|
scarmoge |
SC'ARMOGE, peculiar modes of spelling skirmish. [Not in use or local.] |
48237
|
scarn |
SC'ARN, n. Dung. [Not in use or local.] |
48238
|
scarn-bee |
SC'ARN-BEE, n. a beetle. [Not in use or local.] |
48239
|
scarp |
SC'ARP, n.In fortification, the interior talus or slope of the ditch next the place, at the foot of ... |
48240
|
scarus |
SCA'RUS, n. A fish. [See Scar.] |
48241
|
scary |
SCA'RY, n. Barren land having only a thin coat of grass upon it. [Local.] |
48242
|
scatch |
SCATCH, n. A kind of horsebit for bridles. |
48243
|
scatches |
SCATCH'ES, n. plu. Stilts to put the feet in for walking in dirty places. |
48244
|
scate |
SCATE, n. [This word may belong to the root of shoot, and L. scateo.]A wooden shoe furnished with ... |
48245
|
scatebrous |
SCA'TEBROUS, a. [L. scatebra, a spring; scateo, to overflow.] Abounding with springs. |
48246
|
scath |
SCATH, v.t. To damage; to waste; to destroy. [Little used.]SCATH, n. Damage; injury; waste; ... |
48247
|
scathful |
SCATH'FUL, a. Without waste or damage. [Little used.] |
48248
|
scathless |
SCATH'LESS, a. Without waste or damage. [Little used.] |
48249
|
scatter |
SCAT'TER, v.t. [L. scateo, discutio; Gr. to scatter, to discuss. This word may be formed on the ... |
48250
|
scattered |
SCAT'TERED, pp.1. Dispersed; dissipated; thinly spread; sprinkled or thinly spread over.2. In ... |
48251
|
scatteredly |
SCAT'TEREDLY, adv. In a dispersed manner; separately. [Not much used.] |
48252
|
scattering |
SCAT'TERING, ppr.1. Dispersing; spreading thinly; sprinkling.2. a. Not united; divided among ... |
48253
|
scatteringly |
SCAT'TERINGLY, adv. Loosely; in a dispersed manner; thinly; as habitations scatteringly placed ... |
48254
|
scatterling |
SCAT'TERLING, n. A vagabond; one that no fixed habitation or residence. [Little used.] |
48255
|
scaturient |
SCATU'RIENT, a. [L. scaturiens.] Springing, as the water of a fountain. [Not used.] |
48256
|
scaturiginous |
SCATURIG'INOUS, a. [L. scaturigo.] Abounding with springs. [Not used.] |
48257
|
scaup |
SCAUP, n. A fowl of the duck kind. |
48258
|
scavage |
SCAV'AGE, n. In ancient customs, a toll or duty exacted of merchant-strangers by mayors, sheriffs, ... |
48259
|
scavenger |
SCAV'ENGER, n. [L. scabio.]A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by ... |
48260
|
scelerat |
SCEL'ERAT, n. [L. sceleratus.] a villain; a criminal. [Not in use.] |
48261
|
scene |
SCENE, n. [L. scena; Gr. Heb. The Greek word signifies a tent, hut or cottage. In L. it is an ... |
48262
|
scenery |
SCE'NERY, n. The appearance of a place, or of the various objects presented to view; or the ... |
48263
|
scenic |
SCEN'IC, |
48264
|
scenical |
SCEN'ICAL, a. [L. scenicus.] Pertaining to scenery; dramatic; theatrical. |
48265
|
scenographic |
SCENOGRAPH'IC, |
48266
|
scenographical |
SCENOGRAPH'ICAL, a. [See scenography.] Pertaining to scenography; drawn in perspective. |
48267
|
scenographically |
SCENOGRAPH'ICALLY, adv. In perspective. |
48268
|
scenography |
SCENOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. scene, to describel.]the representation of a body on a perspective plane; or ... |
48269
|
scent |
SCENT, n. [L. sentio, to perceive.]1. Odor; smell; that substance which issuing from a body, ... |
48270
|
scentful |
SCENT'FUL, a. 1. Odorous; yielding much smell.2. Of quick smell. |
48271
|
scentless |
SCENT'LESS, a. Inodorous; destitute of smell. |
48272
|
scepter |
SCEP'TER, n. [L. sceptrum; Gr. from to send or thrust; coinciding with L. scipio, that is, a shoot ... |
48273
|
sceptered |
SCEP'TERED, a. Bearing a scepter; as a sceptered prince.To Britain's queen the scepter'd suppliant ... |
48274
|
sceptic |
SCEP'TIC, n. [Gr. from to look about, to consider, to speculate. See Show.]1. One who doubts the ... |
48275
|
sceptical |
SCEP'TICAL, a.1. Doubting; hesitating to admit the certainty of doctrines or principles; doubting ... |
48276
|
sceptically |
SCEP'TICALLY, adv. With doubt; in a doubting manner. |
48277
|
scepticism |
SCEP'TICISM, n. 1. The doctrines and opinions of the Pyrrhonists or sceptical philosophers; ... |
48278
|
scepticize |
SCEP'TICIZE, v.i. To doubt; to pretend to doubt of every thing. [Little used.] |
48279
|
scession |
SCES'SION, n. [L. secessio. See Secede.] 1. The act of withdrawing, particularly from ... |
48280
|
schaalstein |
SCHAALSTEIN, |
48281
|
schedule |
SCHED'ULE, n. [L. schedula, from scheda, a sheet or leaf of paper; Gr. from to cut or divide; L. ... |
48282
|
scheelin |
SCHEE'LIN, |
48283
|
scheich |
SCHEICH, Among the Arabians and Moors, an old man, and hence a chief, a lord, a man of eminence. |
48284
|
schelium |
SCHE'LIUM, n. A different, name of tungsten, a hard brittle metal of a grayish white color, and ... |
48285
|
schematism |
SCHE'MATISM, n. [Gr. See Scheme.]1. Combination of the aspects of heavenly bodies.2. Particular ... |
48286
|
schematist |
SCHE'MATIST, n. A projector; one given to forming schemes. [Schemer is more generally used.] |
48287
|
scheme |
SCHEME, n. [L. schema; Gr. from a contracted word, probably from to have or hold.]1. A plan; a ... |
48288
|
schemer |
SCHE'MER, n. One that contrives; a projector; a contriver. |
48289
|
scheming |
SCHE'MING, ppr.1. Planning; contriving.2. a. Given to forming schemes; artful. |
48290
|
schemist |
SCHE'MIST, n. A schemer; a projector. |
48291
|
schene |
SCHENE, n. [L. schaenos; Gr.] An Egyptian measure of length, equal to sixty stadia, or about 7 ... |
48292
|
schesis |
SCHE'SIS, n. [Gr. from to have or hold.]Habitude; general state or disposition of the body or ... |
48293
|
schiller-spar |
SCHILLER-SPAR, n. A mineral containing two subspecies, bronzite and common schiller-spar. |
48294
|
schism |
SCHISM, n. sizm. [L. schisma; Gr. to divide, L. scindo.]1. In a general sense, division or ... |
48295
|
schismatic |
SCHISMAT'IC, sizmat'ic, |
48296
|
schismatical |
SCHISMAT'ICAL, a. sizmat'ical. Pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of ... |
48297
|
schismatically |
SCHISMAT'ICALLY, adv. In a schismatical manner; by separation from a church on account of a ... |
48298
|
schismaticalness |
SCHISMAT'ICALNESS, n. The state of being schismatical. |
48299
|
schismatize |
SCHIS'MATIZE, v.i. To commit or practice schism; to make a breach of communion in the church. |
48300
|
schismless |
SCHISM'LESS, a. Free from schism; not affected by schism. [Little used.] |
48301
|
schist |
SCHIST. [See Shist.] |
48302
|
scholar |
SCHOL'AR, n. [Low L. scholaris, from schola, a school; Gr. leisure, a school. See School.]1. One ... |
48303
|
scholar-like |
SCHOL'AR-LIKE, a. Like a scholar; becoming a scholar. |
48304
|
scholarity |
SCHOLAR'ITY, n. Scholarship. [Not used.] |
48305
|
scholarship |
SCHOL'ARSHIP, n.1. Learning; attainments in science or literature; as a man of great ... |
48306
|
scholastic |
SCHOLAS'TIC, |
48307
|
scholastical |
SCHOLAS'TICAL, a. [L. scholasticus.] 1. Pertaining to a scholar, to a school or to schools; as ... |
48308
|
scholastically |
SCHOLAS'TICALLY, adv. In the manner of schools; according to the niceties or method of the ... |
48309
|
scholasticism |
SCHOLAS'TICISM, n. The method or subtilties of the schools.The spirit of the old scholasticism, ... |
48310
|
scholiast |
SCHO'LIAST, n. [Gr. See scholium.]A commentator or annotator; one who writes notes upon the works ... |
48311
|
scholiaze |
SCHO'LIAZE, v.i. To write notes on an author's works. [Not used.] |
48312
|
scholical |
SCHO'LICAL, a. Scholastic. [Not in use.] |
48313
|
scholium |
SCHO'LIUM, n. plu. scholia or scholiums. [L. scholion; Gr. from leisure, lucubration.]In ... |
48314
|
scholy |
SCHO'LY, n. A scholium. [Not in use.]SCHO'LY, v.i. To write comments. [Not in use.] |
48315
|
school |
SCHOOL, n. [L. schola; Gr. leisure, vacation from business, lucubration at leisure, a place where ... |
48316
|
school-fellow |
SCHOOL'-FELLOW, n. [See Fellow.] One bred at the same school; an associate in school. |
48317
|
school-house |
SCHOOL'-HOUSE, n. [See House.] A house appropriated for the use of schools, or for instruction; ... |
48318
|
schoolery |
SCHOOL'ERY, n. Something taught; precepts. [Not used.] |
48319
|
schooling |
SCHOOL'ING, ppr. Instructing; teaching; reproving.SCHOOL'ING, n.1. Instruction in school; ... |
48320
|
schoolmaid |
SCHOOL'MAID, n. [See Maid.] A girl at school. |
48321
|
schoolman |
SCHOOL'MAN, n. [See Man.]1. A man versed in the niceties of academical disputation or of school ... |
48322
|
schoolmaster |
SCHOOL'MASTER, n. [See Master.1. The man who presides over and teaches a school; a teacher, ... |
48323
|
schoolmistress |
SCHOOL'MISTRESS, n. [See Mistress.] A woman who governs and teaches a school. |
48324
|
schooner |
SCHOON'ER, n. A vessel with two masts, whose main-sail and fore- sail are suspended by gaffs, like ... |
48325
|
schorl |
SCHORL. [See Shorl.] |
48326
|
schware |
SCHWARE, n. A copper coin and money of account in Bremen, value one fifth of a groat, and 72 ... |
48327
|
sciagraphical |
SCIAGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to sciagraphy. |
48328
|
sciagraphy |
SCIAG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. a shadow, and to describe.]1. The art of sketching or delineating.2. In ... |
48329
|
sciatheric |
SCIATHER'IC, |
48330
|
sciatherical |
SCIATHER'ICAL, a. [Gr. a shadow, and a catching.]Belonging to a sun-dial. [Little used.] |
48331
|
sciatherically |
SCIATHER'ICALLY, adv. After the manner of a sun-dial. |
48332
|
sciatic |
SCIAT'IC, |
48333
|
sciatica |
SCIAT'ICA, n. [L. sciatica, from Gr. pain in the hips, from the hip, from the loin.] Rheumatism ... |
48334
|
sciatical |
SCIAT'ICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to the hip; as the sciatic artery.2. Affecting the hip; as sciatic ... |
48335
|
science |
SCI'ENCE, n. [L. scientia, from scio, to know.]1. In a general sense, knowledge, or certain ... |
48336
|
scient |
SCI'ENT, a. [L. sciens.] Skillful. [Not used.] |
48337
|
sciential |
SCIEN'TIAL, Producing science. |
48338
|
scientific |
SCIENTIF'IC, |
48339
|
scientifical |
SCIENTIF'ICAL, a. [L. scientia and facio, to make.]1. Producing certain knowledge or ... |
48340
|
scientifically |
SCIENTIF'ICALLY, adv. 1. In such a manner as to produce knowledge.It is easier to believe, than ... |
48341
|
scillitin |
SCIL'LITIN, n. [See Squill.] a white transparent acrid substance, extracted from squills by ... |
48342
|
scimitar |
SCIM'ITAR, [See cimiter.] |
48343
|
scink |
SCINK, n. a cast calf. [Not in use or local.] |
48344
|
scintillant |
SCIN'TILLANT, a. [See Scintillate.] emitting sparks or fine igneous particles; sparkling. |
48345
|
scintillate |
SCIN'TILLATE, v.i. [L. scintillo. This word seems to be a diminutive formed on the Teutonic ... |
48346
|
scintillating |
SCIN'TILLATING, ppr. emitting sparks; sparkling. |
48347
|
scintillation |
SCINTILLA'TION, n. the act of emitting sparks or igneous particles; the act of sparkling. |
48348
|
sciolism |
SCI'OLISM, n. [See Sciolist.] Superficial knowledge. |
48349
|
sciolist |
SCI'OLIST, n. [L. sciolus, a diminutive formed on scio, to know.]One who knows little, or who ... |
48350
|
sciolous |
SCI'OLOUS, a. Superficially or imperfectly knowing. |
48351
|
sciomachy |
SCIOM'ACHY, n. [Gr. a shadow, and a battle.]A battle with a shadow. [Little used.] |
48352
|
scion |
SCION. [See Cion.] |
48353
|
scioptic |
SCIOP'TIC, a. [Gr. shadow and to see.]Pertaining to the camera obscura, or to the art of ... |
48354
|
scioptics |
SCIOP'TICS, n. The science of exhibiting images of external objects, received through a double ... |
48355
|
sciroc |
SCI'ROC, |
48356
|
scirocco |
SCIROC'CO, n. In Italy, a southeast wind; a hot suffocating wind, blowing from the burning deserts ... |
48357
|
scirrosity |
SCIRROS'ITY, n. [See Scirrus.] An induration of the glands. |
48358
|
scirrous |
SCIR'ROUS, a.1. Indurated; hard; knotty; as a gland.2. Proceeding from scirrus; as scirrous ... |
48359
|
scirrus |
SCIR'RUS, n. [L. scirrus; Gr.]In surgery and medicine, a hard tumor on any part of the body, ... |
48360
|
sciscitation |
SCISCITA'TION, n. [L. sciscitor, to inquire or demand.]The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand. ... |
48361
|
scissible |
SCIS'SIBLE, a. [L. scissus, scindo, to cut.] Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp ... |
48362
|
scissile |
SCIS'SILE, a. [L. scissilis, from scindo, to cut.]That may be cut or divided by a sharp ... |
48363
|
scission |
SCISSION, n. sizh'on. [L. scissio, scindo, to cut.]The act of cutting or dividing by an edged ... |
48364
|
scissors |
SCISSORS, n. siz'zors, plu. [L. scissor, from scindo, to cut, Gr.]A cutting instrument resembling ... |
48365
|
scissure |
SCIS'SURE, n. [L. scissura, from scindo, to cut.]A longitudinal opening in a body, made by ... |
48366
|
scitamineous |
SCITAMIN'EOUS, a. Belonging to the Scitamineae, one of Linne's natural orders of plants. |
48367
|
sclavonian |
SCLAVO'NIAN, |
48368
|
sclerotic |
SCLEROT'IC, a. [Gr. hard; hardness.]Hard; firm; as the sclerotic coat or tunicle of the ... |
48369
|
scoat |
SCOAT. [See Scot.] |
48370
|
scobiform |
SCOB'IFORM, a. [L. scobs, saw dust, and form.]Having the form of saw dust or raspings. |
48371
|
scobs |
SCOBS, n. [L. from scabo, to scrape.] Raspings of ivory, hartshorn or other hard substance; dross ... |
48372
|
scoff |
SCOFF, v.i. [Gr. The primary sense is probably to throw. But I do not find the word in the ... |
48373
|
scoffer |
SCOFF'ER, n. One who scoffs; one that mocks, derides or reproaches in the language of contempt; a ... |
48374
|
scoffing |
SCOFF'ING, ppr. Deriding or mocking; treating with reproachful language. |
48375
|
scoffingly |
SCOFF'INGLY, adv. In mockery or contempt; by way of derision.Aristotle applied this hemistich ... |
48376
|
scold |
SCOLD, v.i.To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter railing or harsh, rude, ... |
48377
|
scolder |
SCOLDER, n. One that scolds or rails. |
48378
|
scolding |
SCOLDING, ppr. 1. Railing with clamor; uttering rebuke in rude and boisterous language.2. a. ... |
48379
|
scoldingly |
SCOLDINGLY, adv. With rude clamor or railing. |
48380
|
scollop |
SCOL'LOP, n. 1. A pectinated shell. [See Scallop.]2. An indenting or cut like those of a ... |
48381
|
scolopendra |
SCOLOPEN'DRA, n. [Gr. ] 1. A venomous serpent.2. A genus of insects of the order of Apters, ... |
48382
|
scomm |
SCOMM, n. [L. scomma; Gr. See Scoff.]1. A buffoon. [Not in use.]2. A flout; a jeer. [Not in ... |
48383
|
sconce |
SCONCE, n.1. A fort or bulwark; a work for defense. Obs.2. A hanging or projecting candlestick, ... |
48384
|
scoop |
SCOOP, n. 1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle fastened to a dish, used for dipping ... |
48385
|
scooped |
SCOOP'ED, pp. Taken out as with a scoop or ladle; hollowed; excavated; removed so as to leave a ... |
48386
|
scooper |
SCOOP'ER, n. One that scoops; also, a water fowl. |
48387
|
scooping |
SCOOP'ING, ppr. Lading out; making hollow; excavating; removing so as to leave a hollow. |
48388
|
scope |
SCOPE, n. [L. scopus; Gr. from to see or view; Heb. to see, to behold] The primary sense is to ... |
48389
|
scopiform |
SCO'PIFORM, a. [L. scopa, a broom, and form.] Having the form of a broom or besom.Zeolite, ... |
48390
|
scoppet |
SCOP'PET, v.t. To lade out. [Not in use.] |
48391
|
scoptical |
SCOP'TICAL, a. [Gr.] Scoffing. [Not in use.] |
48392
|
scopulous |
SCOP'ULOUS, a. [L. scopulosus.] Full of rocks; rocky. [Not in use.] |
48393
|
scorbute |
SCORBUTE, n. [L. scorbutus.] Scurvy. [Not in use.] |
48394
|
scorbutic |
SCORBU'TIC, |
48395
|
scorbutical |
SCORBU'TICAL, a. [L. scorbutus, the scurvy. See Scurf, Scurvy.]1. Affected or diseased with ... |
48396
|
scorbutically |
SCORBU'TICALLY, adv. With the scurvy, or with a tendency to it; as a woman scorbutically affected. |
48397
|
scorce |
SCORCE. [See Scorse.] |
48398
|
scorch |
SCORCH, v.t.1. To burn superficially; to subject to a degree of heat that changes the color of a ... |
48399
|
scorched |
SCORCH'ED, pp. Burnt on the surface; pained by heat. |
48400
|
scorching |
SCORCH'ING, ppr. Burning on the surface; paining by heat. |
48401
|
scorching-fennel |
SCORCH'ING-FENNEL, n. A plant of the genus Thapsia; deadly carrot. |
48402
|
scordium |
SCOR'DIUM, n. [L.] A plant, the water-germander, a species of Teucrium. |
48403
|
score |
SCORE, n.1. A notch or incision; hence, the number twenty. Our ancestors, before the knowledge of ... |
48404
|
scored |
SCO'RED, pp. Notched; set down; marked; prepared for hewing.In botany, a scored stem is marked with ... |
48405
|
scoria |
SCO'RIA, n. [L. from the Gr. rejected matter, that which is thrown off.]Dross; the recrement of ... |
48406
|
scoriaceous |
SCORIA'CEOUS, a. Pertaining to dross; like dross or the recrement of metals; partaking of the ... |
48407
|
scorification |
SCORIFICA'TION, n. In metallurgy, the act or operation of reducing a body, either wholly or in ... |
48408
|
scorified |
SCO'RIFIED, pp. Reduced to scoria. |
48409
|
scoriform |
SCO'RIFORM, a. [L. scoria and form.] Like scoria; in the form of dross. |
48410
|
scorify |
SCO'RIFY, v.t. To reduce to scoria or drossy matter. |
48411
|
scorifying |
SCO'RIFYING, ppr. Reducing to scoria. |
48412
|
scoring |
SCO'RING, ppr. Notching; marking; setting down as an account or debt; forming a score. |
48413
|
scorious |
SCO'RIOUS, a. Drossy; recrementitious. |
48414
|
scorn |
SCORN, n.1. Extreme contempt; that disdain which springs from a person's opinion of the meanness ... |
48415
|
scorned |
SCORN'ED, pp. Extremely contemned or despised; disdained. |
48416
|
scorner |
SCORN'ER, n.1. One that scorns; a contemner; a despiser.They are great scorners of death.2. A ... |
48417
|
scornful |
SCORN'FUL, a. 1. Contemptuous; disdainful; entertaining scorn; insolent.Th' enamor'd deity the ... |
48418
|
scornfully |
SCORN'FULLY, adv. With extreme contempt; contemptuously; insolently.The sacred rights of the ... |
48419
|
scornfulness |
SCORN'FULNESS, n. The quality of being scornful. |
48420
|
scorning |
SCORN'ING, ppr. Holding in great contempt; despising; disdaining.SCORN'ING, n. The act of ... |
48421
|
scorpion |
SCOR'PION, n. [L. scorpio; Gr. probably altered from the Oriental.]1. In zoology, an insect of ... |
48422
|
scorpion-fly |
SCOR'PION-FLY, n. An insect of the genus Panorna, having a tail which resembles that of a ... |
48423
|
scorpion-grass |
SCOR'PION-GRASS, |
48424
|
scorpion-senna |
SCOR'PION-SENNA, n. A plant of the genus Coronilla. |
48425
|
scorpion-wort |
SCOR'PION-WORT, n. A plant, the Ornithopus scorpioides. |
48426
|
scorpions-thorn |
SCOR'PION'S-THORN, n. A plant of the genus Ulex. |
48427
|
scorse |
SCORSE, n. [L. ex and cursus.] A course or dealing; barter. Obs.SCORSE, v.t.1. To chase. ... |
48428
|
scortatory |
SCORT'ATORY, a. [L. scortator, from scortor.] Pertaining to or consisting in lewdness. |
48429
|
scorza |
SCOR'ZA, n. [L. ex and cortex.] In mineralogy, a variety of epidote. |
48430
|
scot |
SCOT, |
48431
|
scotal |
SCOT'AL, |
48432
|
scotale |
SCOT'ALE, n. [scot and ale.] In law, the keeping of an alehouse by the officer of a forest, and ... |
48433
|
scotch |
SCOTCH, v.t.To support, as a wheel, by placing some obstacle to prevent its rolling. Our wagoners ... |
48434
|
scotch-collops |
SCOTCH-COLLOPS, |
48435
|
scotch-hopper |
SCOTCH-HOPPER, n. A play in which boys hop over scotches or lines in the ground. |
48436
|
scotched-collops |
SCOTCHED-COLLOPS, n. Veal cut into small pieces. |
48437
|
scoter |
SCO'TER, n. The black diver or duck, a species of Anas. |
48438
|
scotfree |
SCOT'FREE, a. 1. Free from payment or scot; untaxed.2. Unhurt; clear; safe. |
48439
|
scotia |
SCO'TIA, n. In architecture, a semicircular cavity or channel between the tores in the bases of ... |
48440
|
scotish |
SCOT'ISH, |
48441
|
scotist |
SCO'TIST, n.One of the followers of Scotus, a sect of school divines who maintained the immaculate ... |
48442
|
scotomy |
SCOT'OMY, n. [Gr. vertigo, from to darken.]Dizziness or swimming of the head, with dimness of ... |
48443
|
scottering |
SCOT'TERING, n. A provincial word in Herefordshire, England, denoting the burning of a wad of ... |
48444
|
scotticism |
SCOT'TICISM, n. An idiom or peculiar expression of the natives of Scotland. |
48445
|
scottish |
SCOT'TISH, a. Pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, or to their country or language; as ... |
48446
|
scoundrel |
SCOUN'DREL, n. [L. abscondo. ]A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a low petty villain; a man ... |
48447
|
scoundrelism |
SCOUN'DRELISM, n. Baseness; turpitude; rascality. |
48448
|
scour |
SCOUR, v.t.1. To rub hard with something rough, for the purpose of cleaning; as, to scour a ... |
48449
|
scoured |
SCOUR'ED, pp. Rubbed with something rough, or made clean by rubbing; severely purged; brushed ... |
48450
|
scourer |
SCOUR'ER, n.1. One that scours or cleans by rubbing.2. A drastic cathartic.3. One that runs with ... |
48451
|
scourge |
SCOURGE, n. skurj. [L. corriggia, from corrigo, to straighten.]1. To whip; a lash consisting of a ... |
48452
|
scourged |
SCOURG'ED, pp. Whipped; lashed; punished severely; harassed. |
48453
|
scourger |
SCOURG'ER, n. One that scourges or punishes; one that afflicts severely. |
48454
|
scourging |
SCOURG'ING, ppr. Whipping; lashing with severity; punishing or afflicting severely. |
48455
|
scouring |
SCOUR'ING, ppr. Rubbing hard with something rough; cleaning by rubbing; cleansing with a drastic ... |
48456
|
scourse |
SCOURSE. [See Scorse.] |
48457
|
scout |
SCOUT, n. [L. ausculto, culto, colo; Gr. the ear.]1. In military affairs, a person sent before an ... |
48458
|
scovel |
SCO'VEL, n. [L. scopa.]A mop for sweeping ovens; a maulkin. |
48459
|
scow |
SCOW, n.A large flat bottomed boat; used as a ferry boat, or for loading and unloading vessels. [A ... |
48460
|
scowl |
SCOWL, v.i. [Gr. to twist.]1. To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a ... |
48461
|
scowling |
SCOWL'ING, ppr. contracting the brows into wrinkles; frowning; expressing displeasure or ... |
48462
|
scowlingly |
SCOWL'INGLY, adv. With a wrinkled, frowning aspect; with a sullen look. |
48463
|
scrabble |
SCRAB'BLE, v.i. [L. scribo, Eng. grave, engrave, &c. See Scrape.]1. To scrape, paw or scratch ... |
48464
|
scrabbling |
SCRAB'BLING, ppr. Scraping; scratching; scrambling; making irregular marks. |
48465
|
scrag |
SCRAG, n. [This word is formed from the root of rag, crag, Gr. rack.]Something thin or lean with ... |
48466
|
scragged |
SCRAG'GED, |
48467
|
scraggedness |
SCRAG'GEDNESS, |
48468
|
scraggily |
SCRAG'GILY, adv. With leanness and roughness. |
48469
|
scragginess |
SCRAG'GINESS, n. Leanness, or leanness with roughness; ruggedness; roughness occasioned by broken ... |
48470
|
scraggy |
SCRAG'GY, a. [supra.]1. Rough with irregular points or a broken surface; as a scraggy hill; a ... |
48471
|
scramble |
SCRAM'BLE, v.i. [It is not improbably that this word is corrupted from the root of scrape, ... |
48472
|
scrambler |
SCRAM'BLER, n. One who scrambles; one who climbs by the help of the hands. |
48473
|
scrambling |
SCRAM'BLING, ppr.1. Climbing by the help of the hands.2. Catching at eagerly and without ... |
48474
|
scranch |
SCR'ANCH, v.t.To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [This is in vulgar ... |
48475
|
scrannel |
SCRAN'NEL, a. Slight; poor.Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw. [Not in use.] |
48476
|
scrap |
SCRAP, n. [from scrape.]1. A small piece; properly something scraped off, but used for any thing ... |
48477
|
scrape |
SCRAPE, v.t. [L. scribo, Gr. to write. See Grave.]1. To rub the surface of any thing with a ... |
48478
|
scraped |
SCRA'PED, pp. Rubbed on the surface with a sharp or rough instrument; cleaned by rubbing; cleared ... |
48479
|
scraper |
SCRA'PER, n.1. An instrument with which any thing is scraped; as a scraper for shoes.2. An ... |
48480
|
scraping |
SCRA'PING, ppr. Rubbing the surface with something sharp or hard; cleaning by a scraper; removing ... |
48481
|
scrat |
SCRAT, v.t. [formed on the root of L. rado.] To scratch. [Not in use.]SCRAT, v.i. To rake; to ... |
48482
|
scratch |
SCRATCH, v.t. [L. rado.]1. To rub and tear the surface of any thing with something sharp or ... |
48483
|
scratched |
SCRATCH'ED, pp. Torn by the rubbing of something rough or pointed. |
48484
|
scratcher |
SCRATCH'ER, n. He or that which scratches. |
48485
|
scratches |
SCRATCH'ES, n. plu. Cracked ulcers on a horse's foot, just above the hoof. |
48486
|
scratching |
SCRATCH'ING, ppr. Rubbing with something pointed or rough; rubbing and tearing the surface. |
48487
|
scratchingly |
SCRATCH'INGLY, adv. With the action of scratching. |
48488
|
scraw |
SCRAW, n. Surface; cut turf. [Not in use.] |
48489
|
scrawl |
SCRAWL, v.t.1. To draw or mark awkwardly and irregularly.2. To write awkwardly.SCRAWL, v.i.1. To ... |
48490
|
scrawler |
SCRAWL'ER, n. One who scrawls; a hasty or awkward writer. |
48491
|
scray |
SCRAY, n. A fowl called the sea swallow, of the genus Terna. |
48492
|
screable |
SCRE'ABLE, a. [L. screabilis, from screo, to spit out.] That may be spit out. Obs. |
48493
|
screak |
SCREAK, v.i. [This word is only a different orthography of screech and shriek, but is not ... |
48494
|
scream |
SCREAM, v.i. [English skirmish.]1. To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp ... |
48495
|
screamer |
SCRE'AMER, n. A fowl, or genus of fowls, of the grallic order, of two species, natives of America. |
48496
|
screaming |
SCRE'AMING, ppr. Uttering suddenly a sharp shrill cry; crying with a shrill voice.SCRE'AMING, n. ... |
48497
|
screech |
SCREECH, v.i. [See Screak and Shriek.]1. To cry out with a sharp shrill voice; to utter a sudden ... |
48498
|
screech-owl |
SCREE'CH-OWL, n. An owl that utters a harsh disagreeable cry at night, no more ominous of evil ... |
48499
|
screeching |
SCREE'CHING, ppr. Uttering a shrill or harsh cry. |
48500
|
screed |
SCREED, n. With plasterers, the floated work behind a cornice. |
48501
|
screen |
SCREEN, n. [L. cerno, excerno, Gr. to separate, to sift, to judge, to fight, contend skirmish. ... |
48502
|
screened |
SCREE'NED, pp. Protected or sheltered from injury or danger; sifted. |
48503
|
screening |
SCREE'NING, ppr. Protecting from injury or danger. |
48504
|
screw |
SCREW, n.1. A cylinder of wood or metal, grooved spirally; or a cylinder with a spiral channel or ... |
48505
|
screwed |
SCREW'ED, pp. Fastened with screws; pressed with screws; forced. |
48506
|
screwer |
SCREW'ER, n. He or that which screws. |
48507
|
screwing |
SCREW'ING, ppr. Turning a screw; fastening or pressing with a screw. |
48508
|
scribble |
SCRIB'BLE, v.t. [L. scribillo, dim. of scribo, to write. See Scribe.]1. To write with haste, or ... |
48509
|
scribbled |
SCRIB'BLED, pp. Written hastily and without care. |
48510
|
scribbler |
SCRIB'BLER, n. A petty author; a writer of no reputation.The scribbler pinch'd with hunger, writes ... |
48511
|
scribe |
SCRIBE, n. [L. scriba, from scribo, to write; formed probably on the root of grave, scrape, scrub. ... |
48512
|
scrimer |
SCRI'MER, n. A fencing-master. Obs. |
48513
|
scrimp |
SCRIMP, v.t.To contract; to shorten; to make too small or short; to limit or straiten; as, to ... |
48514
|
scrine |
SCRINE, n. [L. scrinium;, cerno, secerno.]A shrine; a chest, book-case or other place where ... |
48515
|
scringe |
SCRINGE, v.i. To cringe, of which this word is a corruption. |
48516
|
scrip |
SCRIP, n. [This belongs to the root of gripe, our vulgar grab, that is, to seize or press.]A small ... |
48517
|
scrippage |
SCRIP'PAGE, n. That which is contained in a scrip. [Not in use.] |
48518
|
script |
SCRIPT, n. A scrip. [Not in use.] |
48519
|
scriptory |
SCRIP'TORY, a. [L. scriptorius. See Scribe.]Written; expressed in writing; not verbal. [Little ... |
48520
|
scriptural |
SCRIP'TURAL, a. [from scripture.]1. Contained in the Scriptures, so called by way of eminence, ... |
48521
|
scripturalist |
SCRIP'TURALIST, n. One who adheres literally to the Scriptures and makes them the foundation of ... |
48522
|
scripture |
SCRIP'TURE, n. [L. scriptura, from scribo, to write.]1. In its primary sense, a writing; any ... |
48523
|
scripturist |
SCRIP'TURIST, n. One well versed in the Scriptures. |
48524
|
scrivener |
SCRIV'ENER, n. [See Scribe.]1. A writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or other ... |
48525
|
scrofula |
SCROF'ULA, n. [L.]A disease, called vulgarly the king's evil, characterized by hard, scirrous, and ... |
48526
|
scrofulous |
SCROF'ULOUS, a.1. Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as scrofulous tumors; a ... |
48527
|
scroll |
SCROLL, n. [probably formed from roll, or its root.]A roll of paper or parchment; or a writing ... |
48528
|
scrotum |
SCRO'TUM, n. The bag which contains the testicles. |
48529
|
scroyle |
SCROYLE, n. A mean fellow; a wretch. [Not in use.] |
48530
|
scrub |
SCRUB, v.t. [This word is probably formed on rub, or its root, and perhaps scrape, L. scribo, may ... |
48531
|
scrubbed |
SCRUB'BED, |
48532
|
scrubby |
SCRUB'BY, a. Small and mean; stunted in growth; as a scrubbed boy; a scrubby cur; a scrubby tree. |
48533
|
scruf |
SCRUF, for scurf, not in use. |
48534
|
scruple |
SCRU'PLE, n. [L. scrupulus, a doubt; scrupulum, the third part of a dram, from scrupus, a ... |
48535
|
scrupled |
SCRU'PLED, pp. Doubted; questioned. |
48536
|
scrupler |
SCRU'PLER, n. A doubter; one who hesitates. |
48537
|
scrupling |
SCRU'PLING, ppr. Doubting; hesitating; questioning. |
48538
|
scrupulosity |
SCRUPULOS'ITY, n. [L. scrupulositas.]1. The quality or state of being scrupulous; doubt; ... |
48539
|
scrupulous |
SCRU'PULOUS, a. [L. scrupulosus.]1. Nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act; cautious ... |
48540
|
scrupulously |
SCRU'PULOUSLY, adv. With a nice regard to minute particulars or to exact propriety. The duty ... |
48541
|
scrupulousness |
SCRU'PULOUSNESS, n. The state or quality of being scrupulous; niceness, exactness or caution in ... |
48542
|
scrutable |
SCRU'TABLE, a. [See Scrutiny.] Discoverable by inquiry or critical examination. |
48543
|
scrutation |
SCRUTA'TION, n. Search; scrutiny. |
48544
|
scrutator |
SCRUTA'TOR, n. [L. from scrutor.] One that scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer. |
48545
|
scrutinize |
SCRU'TINIZE, v.t. [from scrutiny.] To search closely; to examine or inquire into critically; as, ... |
48546
|
scrutinized |
SCRU'TINIZED, pp. Examined closely. |
48547
|
scrutinizer |
SCRU'TINIZER, n. One who examines with critical care. |
48548
|
scrutinous |
SCRU'TINOUS, a. Closely inquiring or examining; captious. |
48549
|
scrutiny |
SCRU'TINY, n. [L. scrutinium, from scrutor, to search closely, to pry into.] 1. Close ... |
48550
|
scrutoir |
SCRUTO'IR, n. A kind of desk, case of drawers or cabinet, with a lid opening downward for the ... |
48551
|
scruze |
SCRUZE, v.t. To crowd; to squeeze. |
48552
|
scud |
SCUD, v.i. 1. In a gereral sense, to be driven or to flee or fly with haste. In ... |
48553
|
scudding |
SCUD'DING, ppr. Driving or being driven before a tempest; running with fleetness. |
48554
|
scuddle |
SCUD'DLE, v.i.. To run with a kind of affected haste; commonly pronounced scuttle. |
48555
|
scuffle |
SCUF'FLE, n. [This is a different orthography of shuffle; from shove, or its root.] 1. ... |
48556
|
scuffler |
SCUF'FLER, n. One who scuffles. |
48557
|
scuffling |
SCUF'FLING, ppr. Striving for superiority with close embrace; struggling for contending without ... |
48558
|
scug |
SCUG, v.t. To hide. |
48559
|
sculk |
SCULK, v.i. To retire into a close or covered place for concealment; to lurl; to lie close from ... |
48560
|
sculker |
SCULK'ER, n. A lurker; one that lies close for hiding. |
48561
|
sculking |
SCULK'ING, ppr. Withdrawing into a close or covered place for concealment; lying close. |
48562
|
scull |
SCULL, n. 1. The brain pan. 2. A boat; a cock boat. 3. One who ... |
48563
|
scullcap |
SCULL'CAP [See Skull-cap.] |
48564
|
sculler |
SCULL'ER, n. 1. A boat rowed by one man with two sculls or short oars. 2. One ... |
48565
|
scullery |
SCULL'ERY, n. [probably from the root of shell, scale, G. schale, a scale, a shell, a dish or ... |
48566
|
scullion |
SCULL'ION, n. A servant taht cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the ... |
48567
|
scullionly |
SCULL'IONLY, a. Like a scullion; base; low; mean. |
48568
|
sculp |
SCULP, v.t. [L. sculpo, scalpo.] To carve; to engrave. |
48569
|
sculptile |
SCULP'TILE, a. [L. sculptilis,] Formed by carving; as sculptile images. |
48570
|
sculptor |
SCULP'TOR, n. [L. See Sculp.] One whose occupation is to carve wood or stone int images; a ... |
48571
|
sculpture |
SCULP'TURE, n. [L. sculptura.] 1. The art of carving, cutting or hewing wood or stone ... |
48572
|
sculptured |
SCULP'TURED, pp. Carved; engraved; as a sculptured vase; sculptured marble. |
48573
|
sculpturing |
SCULP'TURING, ppr. Carving; engraving. |
48574
|
scum |
SCUM, n. 1. The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquors ... |
48575
|
scumber |
SCUM'BER, n. The dung of the fox. |
48576
|
scummed |
SCUM'MED, pp. Cleaned of scum; skimmed. |
48577
|
scummer |
SCUM'MER, n. An instrument used for taking off the scum of liquors; a skimmer. |
48578
|
scumming |
SCUM'MING, ppr. Clearing of scum; slimming. |
48579
|
scummings |
SCUM'MINGS, n. The matter skimmed from boiling liquors; as the scummings of the boiling house. |
48580
|
scupper |
SCUP'PER, n. The scuppers or scupper holes of a ship, are channels cut through the water ways and ... |
48581
|
scupper-hose |
SCUP'PER-HOSE, n. A lethern pipe attached to the mouth of the scuppers of the lower deck of a ... |
48582
|
scupper-nail |
SCUP'PER-NAIL, n. A nail with a very broad head for covering a large surface of the hose. |
48583
|
scupper-plug |
SCUP'PER-PLUG, n. A plug to stop a scupper. |
48584
|
scurf |
SCURF, n. [L. scorbutus.] 1. A dry military scab or crust formed on the skin of an ... |
48585
|
scurff |
SCURFF, n. Another name for the bulltrout. |
48586
|
scurfiness |
SCURF'INESS, n. The state of being scurfy. |
48587
|
scurfy |
SCURF'Y, a. 1. Having scurf; covered with scurf. 2. Resembling scurf. |
48588
|
scurril |
SCUR'RIL, a. [L. scurrilis, from scurra ,a buffoon.] Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; ... |
48589
|
scurrility |
SCURRIL'ITY, n. [L. scurrilitas.] Such low. vulgar, indecent or abusive language as is used by ... |
48590
|
scurrilous |
SCUR'RILOUS, a. 1. Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or ... |
48591
|
scurrilously |
SCUR'RILOUSLY, adv. With gross reproach; with low indecent language. It is ... |
48592
|
scurrilousness |
SCUR'RILOUSNESS, n. Indecency of language; vulgarity; baseness of manners. |
48593
|
scurtinizing |
SCUR'TINIZING, ppr. Inquiring into with critical minuteness or exactness. |
48594
|
scurvily |
SCUR'VILY, adv. [from scurvy.] Basely; meanly; with coarse and vulgar incivility. ... |
48595
|
scurviness |
SCUR'VINESS, n. [from scurvy.] The state of being scurvy. |
48596
|
scurvogel |
SCUR'VOGEL, n. A Brazilian fowl of the stork kind, the jabiru guacu. |
48597
|
scurvy |
SCUR'VY, n. [from scurf; scurvy for scurfy; Low L. scorbutus.] A disease characterized by great ... |
48598
|
scurvy-grass |
SCUR'VY-GRASS, n. A plant of the genus Cochlearia; spoonwort. It grows on rocks near the sea, ... |
48599
|
scuses |
'SCUSES, for excuses. |
48600
|
scut |
SCUT, n. The tail of a hare or other animal whose tail is short. |
48601
|
scutage |
SCU'TAGE, n. [Law L. scutagium, from scutum, a shield.] In English history, a tax or ... |
48602
|
scutcheon |
SCUTCHEON, A contractiion of escutcheon, which see. |
48603
|
scute |
SCUTE, n. [L. scutum, a buckler.] A french gold coin of 3s. 4d. sterling. |
48604
|
scutellated |
SCU'TELLATED, a. [L. scutella, a dish. See Scuttle.] Formed like a pan; divided into small ... |
48605
|
scutiform |
SCU'TIFORM, a. [L. scutum, a buckler, and form.] Having a form of a buckler or shield. |
48606
|
scuttle |
SCUT'TLE, n. [L. scutella, a pan or saucer.] A broad shallow basket; so called from its ... |
48607
|
scuttle-butt |
SCUT'TLE-BUTT, n. A butt or cask having a square piece sawn out of its lilge, and lashed |
48608
|
scuttle-cask |
SCUT'TLE-CASK, upon deck. |
48609
|
scuttle-fish |
SCUT'TLE-FISH, n. The cuttle-fich, so called. [See Cuttle-fish.] |
48610
|
scuttled |
SCUT'TLED, pp. Having holes made in the bottom or sides; sunk by means of cutting holes in the ... |
48611
|
scuttling |
SCUT'TLING, ppr. Cutting holes in the bottom or sides; sinking by such holes. |
48612
|
scytale |
SCYT'ALE, n. A species of serpent. |
48613
|
scythe |
SCYTHE, A wrong spelling. [See Sythe.] |
48614
|
scythian |
SCYTH'IAN, a. Pretaining to Scythia, a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe ... |
48615
|
sdain |
SDAIN, for disdain. [Not in use.] |
48616
|
sdeinful |
SDEINFUL, for disdainful. [Not in use.] |
48617
|
sea |
SEA, n. see. [This word, like lake, signifies primarily a seat, set or lay, a repository, a ... |
48618
|
sea-anemony |
SEA-ANEM'ONY, n. The animal flower, which see. |
48619
|
sea-ape |
SE'A-APE, n. [sea and ape.] The name given to a marine animal which plays tricks like an ape. |
48620
|
sea-bank |
SE'A-BANK, n. [sea and bank.] 1. The sea shore. 2. A bank or mole to defend ... |
48621
|
sea-bar |
SE'A-BAR, n. [sea and bar.] The sea-swallow. |
48622
|
sea-bat |
SE'A-BAT, n. [sea and bat.] A sort of flying fish. |
48623
|
sea-bathed |
SEA-BA'THED, a. [sea and bathe.] Bathed dipped or washed in the sea. |
48624
|
sea-bear |
SE'A-BEAR, n. [sea and bear.] An animal of the bear kind that frequents the sea; the white or ... |
48625
|
sea-beard |
SE'A-BEARD, n. [sea and beard.] A marine plant. |
48626
|
sea-beast |
SE'A-BEAST, n. [sea and beast.] A beast or monstrous animal of the sea. |
48627
|
sea-beat |
SE'A-BEAT, a. [sea and beat.] Beaten by the sea; lashed by the waves. |
48628
|
sea-beaten |
SE'A-BEATEN, Along the sea-beat shore. Pope |
48629
|
sea-boat |
SE'A-BOAT, n. [sea and boat.] A vessel that bears the sea firmly, without laboring or straining ... |
48630
|
sea-bord |
SE'A-BORD, a. Bordering on the sea or ocean. |
48631
|
sea-bordering |
SEA-BORD'ERING, |
48632
|
sea-born |
SE'A-BORN, a. [sea and born.] 1. Born of the sea; produced by the sea; as Neptune and ... |
48633
|
sea-bound |
SE'A-BOUND, a. [sea and bound.] Bounded by the sea. |
48634
|
sea-bounded |
SE'A-BOUNDED, |
48635
|
sea-boy |
SE'A-BOY, n. [sea and boy.] A boy employed on shipboard. |
48636
|
sea-breach |
SE'A-BREACH, n. [sea and breach.] Irruption of the sea by breaking the banks. |
48637
|
sea-bream |
SE'A-BREAM, n. [sea and bream.] A fish of the Sparus kind. |
48638
|
sea-breeze |
SE'A-BREEZE, n. [sea and breeze.] A wind or current of air blowing from the sea upon land; for ... |
48639
|
sea-built |
SE'A-BUILT, a. [sea and built.] Built for the sea; as sea-built forts, [ships.] |
48640
|
sea-cabbage |
SE'A-CAB'BAGE, n. [sea and cabbage.] Sea-colewort, a plant of the genus Crambe. |
48641
|
sea-cale |
SE'A-CALE, |
48642
|
sea-calf |
SE'A-CALF, n. [sea and calf.] The connom seal, a species of Phoca. |
48643
|
sea-cap |
SE'A-CAP, n. [sea and cap.] A cap made to be worn at sea. |
48644
|
sea-card |
SE'A-C'ARD, n. [sea and card.] The mariner's card or compass. |
48645
|
sea-carp |
SE'A-CARP, n. [sea and carp.] A spotted fish fiving among rocks and stones. |
48646
|
sea-change |
SE'A-CHANGE, n. [sea and change.] A change wrought by the sea. |
48647
|
sea-chart |
SE'A-CH'ART, n. [sea and chart.] A chart or map on which the line of the shore, isles, shoals, ... |
48648
|
sea-circled |
SE'A-CIRCLED, a. [sea and circle.] Surrounded by the sea. |
48649
|
sea-coal |
SE'A-COAL, n. [sea and coal.] Coal brought by sea; a vulgar name for fossil coal, in ... |
48650
|
sea-coast |
SE'A-COAST, n. [sea and coast.] The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. |
48651
|
sea-cob |
SE'A-COB, n. [sea and cob.] A fowl, called also sea-gull. |
48652
|
sea-colewort |
SE'A-COLEWORT, n. Sea-cale, which see. |
48653
|
sea-compass |
SE'A-COMPASS, n. [sea and campass.] The mariner's card and needle; the compass constructed for ... |
48654
|
sea-coot |
SE'A-COOT, n. [sea and coot.] A sea fowl, |
48655
|
sea-cow |
SE'A-COW, n. [sea and cow.] The Trichecus manatus, or manati. [See Manati.] |
48656
|
sea-crow |
SE'A-CROW, n. [sea and crow.] A fowl of the full kind; the mire-crow or pewet. |
48657
|
sea-devil |
SE'A-DEVIL, n. [sea and devil.] The fishing frog or toad-fish, of the genus Lophius; a fish of a ... |
48658
|
sea-dog |
SE'A-DOG, n. [sea and dog.] 1. A fish, perhaps the shark. 2. The sea-calf or ... |
48659
|
sea-dragon |
SE'A-DRAGON, n. [sea and dragon.] A marine monster caught in England in 1749, resembling in some ... |
48660
|
sea-ear |
SE'A-EAR, n. [sea and ear.] A sea plant. |
48661
|
sea-eel |
SE'A-EEL, n. [sea and eel.] An eel caught in salt water; the conger. |
48662
|
sea-encircled |
SEA-ENCIR'CLED, a. [sea and encircled.] Encompassed by the sea. |
48663
|
sea-farer |
SE'A-FARER, n. [sea and fare.] One that follows the seas; a mariner. |
48664
|
sea-faring |
SE'A-FARING, a. Following the business of a seaman; customarily employed in navigation. |
48665
|
sea-fennel |
SE'A-FENNEL, n. [sea and fennel.] The sea as samphire. |
48666
|
sea-fight |
SE'A-FIGHT, n. [sea and fight.] An engagement between ships at sea; a naval action. |
48667
|
sea-fish |
SE'A-FISH, n. [sea and fish.] Any marine fish; any fish that lives usually in salt water. |
48668
|
sea-fowl |
SE'A-FOWL, n. [sea and fowl.] A marine fowl; any fowl that lives by the sea, and procures it ... |
48669
|
sea-fox |
SE'A-FOX, n. A species of squalus, having a tail longer than the body. |
48670
|
sea-gage |
SE'A-GAGE, n. [sea and gage.] The depth that a vessel sinks in the water. |
48671
|
sea-garland |
SE'A-G'ARLAND, n. [sea and garland.] A plant. |
48672
|
sea-girdles |
SE'A-GIRDLES, n. [sea and girdle.] A sort of sea mushroom. |
48673
|
sea-girt |
SE'A-GIRT, a. [sea and girt.] Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as a sea-girt isle. |
48674
|
sea-god |
SE'A-GOD, n. [sea and god.] A marine deity; a fabulous being supposed to preside over the ocean ... |
48675
|
sea-gown |
SE'A-GOWN, n. [sea and gown.] A gown or garment with short sleeves, worn by mariners. |
48676
|
sea-grass |
SE'A-GR'ASS, [sea and grass.] A plant growing on the sea shore; an aquatic plant of the genus ... |
48677
|
sea-green |
SE'A-GREEN, a. [sea and green.] Having the color of sea water; being of a faint green ... |
48678
|
sea-gull |
SE'A-GULL, n. [sea and gull.] A fowl of the genus Larus; a species of gull; called also ... |
48679
|
sea-hare |
SE'A-HARE, n. [sea and hare.] A marine animal of the genus Laplysia, whose body is covered with ... |
48680
|
sea-hedghog |
SEA-HEDGHOG, n. A sea shell, a species of Echinus, so called from its prickles, which resemble in ... |
48681
|
sea-hen |
SE'A-HEN, n. [sea and hen.] Anothe name of the guillemot. |
48682
|
sea-hog |
SE'A-HOG, n. [sea and hog.] The porpes, which see. |
48683
|
sea-holly |
SE'A-HOLLY, n. [sea and holly.] A plant of the genus Eryngium. |
48684
|
sea-holm |
SE'A-HOLM, n. 1. A small uninhabited isle. 2. Sea-holly. |
48685
|
sea-horse |
SE'A-HORSE, n. [sea and horse.] 1. In ichthyoilogy, the morse, a species of Trichechus ... |
48686
|
sea-legs |
SE'A-LEGS, n. [sea and leg.] The ability to walk on a ship' deck when pitching or rolling. |
48687
|
sea-lemon |
SE'A-LEMON, n. [sea and lemon] A marine animal of the genus Doris, having an oval body, convex, ... |
48688
|
sea-like |
SE'A-LIKE, a. [sea and like] Resembling the sea. |
48689
|
sea-lion |
SE'A-LION, n. [sea and lion] An animal of the genus Phoca or seal, which has a mane like a lion, ... |
48690
|
sea-maid |
SE'A-MAID, n. [sea and maid] 1. The mermaid. [See Mermaid.] 2. A sea nymph. |
48691
|
sea-mall |
SE'A-MALL, n. A fowl, a species of gull or Larus. |
48692
|
sea-man |
SE'A-MAN, n. [sea and man] 1. A sailor; a mariner; a man whose occupation is to assist ... |
48693
|
sea-mark |
SE'A-M'ARK, n. [sea and mark.] Any elevated object on land which serves for a direction to ... |
48694
|
sea-mew |
SE'A-MEW, |
48695
|
sea-monster |
SE'A-MONSTER, n. [sea and monster.] A huge marine animal. Lam. 4. |
48696
|
sea-moss |
SE'A-MOSS, n. [sea and moss.] A name given to coral. [See Coral.] |
48697
|
sea-navelwort |
SEA-NAVELWORT, n. [sea, navel and wort.] A plant growing in Syria, which is said to effect great ... |
48698
|
sea-needle |
SE'A-NEEDLE, n. [sea and needle.] A name of the gar or garfish, of the genus Esox. This fish ... |
48699
|
sea-nettle |
SE'A-NETTLE, n. [sea and nettle.] Another name of the animal flower, sea-anemony. |
48700
|
sea-nursed |
SE'A-NURSED, a. [sea and nursed.] Nursed by the sea. |
48701
|
sea-nymph |
SE'A-NYMPH, n. [sea and nymph.] A nymph or goddess of the sea. |
48702
|
sea-onion |
SE'A-ONION, n. [sea and onion.] A plant. |
48703
|
sea-ooze |
SE'A-OOZE, n. [sea and ooze.] The soft mud on or near the sea shore. |
48704
|
sea-otter |
SE'A-OTTER, n. [sea and otter.] A species of otter that has hind feet like those of a seal. It ... |
48705
|
sea-owl |
SE'A-OWL, n. [sea and owl.] Another name of the lump-fish. |
48706
|
sea-pad |
SE'A-PAD, n. The star-fish. [Stella marina.] |
48707
|
sea-panther |
SE'A-PANTHER, n. [sea and panther.] A fish like a lamprey. |
48708
|
sea-pheasant |
SE'A-PHEASANT, n. [sea and pheasant.] The pin-tailed duck. |
48709
|
sea-pie |
SE'A-PIE, n. [sea and pie, pica.] A fowl of the genus Haematopus, and grallic order; called |
48710
|
sea-piece |
SE'A-PIECE, n. [sea and piece.] A picture representing a scene at sea. |
48711
|
sea-plant |
SE'A-PLANT, n. [sea and plant.] A plant that grows in salt water, as the fucus, conferva &c. |
48712
|
sea-pool |
SE'A-POOL, n. [sea and pool.] A lake of salt water. |
48713
|
sea-pye |
SE'A-PYE, also the oyster-catcher, from its thrusting its beak into oysters when open, and taking ... |
48714
|
sea-resembling |
SEA-RESEM'BLING, a. Like the sea; sea-like. |
48715
|
sea-risk |
SE'A-RISK, n. [sea and risk.] Hazard or risk at sea; danger of injury or destruction by the sea. |
48716
|
sea-robber |
SE'A-ROBBER, n. [sea and robber.] A pirate; one that robs on the high seas. |
48717
|
sea-rocket |
SE'A-ROCKET, n. A plant of the genus Bunias. |
48718
|
sea-room |
SE'A-ROOM, n..[sea and room.] Ample space or distance from land, shoals or rocks, sufficient for ... |
48719
|
sea-rover |
SE'A-ROVER, n. [sea and rover.] 1. A pirate; one that cruizes for plunder. ... |
48720
|
sea-ruff |
SE'A-RUFF, n. A kind of sea fish. [L. orphus.] |
48721
|
sea-scorpion |
SEA-SCOR'PION, n. [sea and scorpion.] Another name for a fatherlasher. |
48722
|
sea-serpent |
SE'A-SERPENT, n. [sea and serpent.] A huge animal like a serpent inhabiting the sea. |
48723
|
sea-service |
SE'A-SERVICE, n. [sea and service.] Naval service; service in the navy or in ships of war. |
48724
|
sea-shark |
SE'A-SH'ARK, n. [sea and shark.] A ravenous sea fish. |
48725
|
sea-shell |
SE'A-SHELL, n. [sea ansd shell.] A marine shell; a shell that grows in the sea. |
48726
|
sea-shore |
SEA-SHO'RE, n. [sea and shore.] The coast of the sea; the land that lied adjacent to the sea or ... |
48727
|
sea-sick |
SE'A-SICK, a. [sea and sick.] Affected with sickness or nausea by means of the pitching or ... |
48728
|
sea-sickness |
SE'A-SICKNESS, n. The sickness or nausea occasioned by the pitching and rolling of a ship in an ... |
48729
|
sea-side |
SE'A-SIDE, n. [sea and side.] The land bordering on the sea; the country adjacent to the sea, or ... |
48730
|
sea-star |
SE'A-ST'AR, n. [sea and star.] The starfish, a genus of marine animals, called technically ... |
48731
|
sea-surgeon |
SEA-SUR'GEON, n. [sea and surgeon.] A surgeon employed on shipboard. |
48732
|
sea-surrounded |
SEA-SURROUND'ED, a. [sea and surround.] Encompassed by the sea. |
48733
|
sea-term |
SE'A-TERM, n. [sea and term.] A word or term used appropriately by seamen, or peculiar to the ... |
48734
|
sea-thief |
SE'A-THIEF, n. [sea and thief.] A pirate. |
48735
|
sea-toad |
SE'A-TOAD, n. [sea and toad.] An ugly fish, so called. |
48736
|
sea-torn |
SE'A-TORN, a. [sea and torn.] Torn by or at sea. |
48737
|
sea-tossed |
SE'A-TOSSED, a. [sea and tossed.] Tossed by sea. |
48738
|
sea-urchin |
SE'A-URCHIN, n. [sea and urchin.] A genus of marine animals, the Echinus, of many species. The ... |
48739
|
sea-walled |
SE'A-WALLED, a. [sea and walled.] Surrounded or defended by the sea. |
48740
|
sea-water |
SE'A-WATER, n. [sea and water.] Water of the sea or ocean, which is salt. |
48741
|
sea-weed |
SE'A-WEED, n. [sea and weed.] A marine plant of the genus Fucus, used as manure, and for glass ... |
48742
|
sea-withwind |
SE'A-WITHWIND, n. Bindweed. |
48743
|
sea-wolf |
SE'A-WOLF, n. [sea and wolf. See Wolf.] A fish of the genus Anarrhicas, found in northern ... |
48744
|
sea-wormwood |
SEA-WORM'WOOD, n. A sort of wormwood growing in the sea, the Artemisia maritima. |
48745
|
seaboard |
SE'ABOARD, adv. Towards the sea. |
48746
|
seabord |
SE'ABORD n. The sea shore. |
48747
|
seal |
SEAL, n. The common name for the species of the genus Phoca. These animals are ampibious, most ... |
48748
|
sealed |
SE'ALED, pp. Furnished with a seal; fastened with a seal; confirmed; closed. |
48749
|
sealer |
SE'ALER, n. 1. One who seals; an officer in chancery who seals writs and instruments. ... |
48750
|
sealing |
SE'ALING, ppr. Fixing a seal; fastening with a seal; confirming; closing; keeping secret; fixing a ... |
48751
|
sealing-voyage |
SE'ALING-VOYAGE, n. A voyage for the purpose of killing seals and obtaining their skins. |
48752
|
sealing-wax |
SE'ALING-WAX, n. [seal and wax.] A compound of gum lac and the red oxyd of mercury; used for ... |
48753
|
seam |
SEAM, n. 1. The suture or uniting of two edges of cloth by the needle. ... |
48754
|
seam-rent |
SE'AM-RENT, n. [seam and rent.] The rent of a seam; the separation of a suture. |
48755
|
seaman |
SEAMAN. [See under Sea.] |
48756
|
seamanship |
SE'AMANSHIP, n. The skill of a good seaman; an acquaintance with the art of managing and ... |
48757
|
seamed |
SE'AMED, pp. Marked with seams; having seams or scars. |
48758
|
seaming |
SE'AMING, ppr. Marking with scars; making seams. |
48759
|
seamless |
SE'AMLESS, a. Having mo seam; as the seamless garment of Christ. |
48760
|
seamouse |
SE'AMOUSE, n. [sea and mouse.] A marine animal of the genus Aphrodita. |
48761
|
seamster |
SE'AMSTER, n. One that sews well, or whose occupation is to sew. |
48762
|
seamstress |
SE'AMSTRESS, n. A woman whose occupation is sewing. |
48763
|
seamy |
SE'AMY, a. Having a seam; containing seams or showing them. |
48764
|
sean |
SEAN, n. a met. [See Seine.] |
48765
|
seaport |
SE'APORT, n. [sea and port.] 1. A harbor near the sea, formed by an arm of the sea or ... |
48766
|
seapoy |
SE'APOY, n. A native of India in the military service of an European power, and disceplined SE'POY, ... |
48767
|
sear |
SEAR, v. t. [Gr. to dry; to parch; dry. L. torreo, in a diffrent dialect.] 1. To burn ... |
48768
|
sear-cloth |
SE'AR-CLOTH, n. A cloth to cover a sore; a plaster. |
48769
|
searce |
SEARCE, v. t. sers. To shift; to bolt; to separate the fine part of meal from the coarse. ... |
48770
|
searcer |
SEARCER, n. sers'er. One that sifts or bolts. [Little used.] |
48771
|
search |
SEARCH, v. t. serch 1. To look over or through for the purpose of finding something; ... |
48772
|
searchable |
SEARCHABLE, a. serch'able. That may be searched or explored. |
48773
|
searched |
SEARCHED, pp. serch'ed. Looked over carefully; explored; examined. |
48774
|
searcher |
SEARCHER, n. serch'er. 1. One who searches, explores or examines for the prupose of ... |
48775
|
searching |
SEARCHING, pp. serch'ing. 1. Looking into or over; exploring; examining; inquiring; ... |
48776
|
searchless |
SEARCHLESS, n. serch'less. Inscrutable; eluding search or investigation. |
48777
|
seared |
SE'ARED, pp. [from sear.] Burnt on the furface; cauterized; hardened; |
48778
|
searedness |
SE'AREDNESS, n. The state of being seared, cauterized or hardened; hardness; hence insensibility. |
48779
|
season |
SE'ASON. n. se'zn.Season literally signifies that which comes or arrives; and in this general ... |
48780
|
seasonable |
SE'ASONABLE, a. Opportune; that comes, happens or is done in good time, in due season or in ... |
48781
|
seasonableness |
SE'ASONABLENESS, n. Opportuneness of time; that state of being in good time, or in time ... |
48782
|
seasonably |
SE'ASONABLY, adv. In due time; in time convenient; sufficiently early; as, to sow or plant ... |
48783
|
seasonage |
SE'ASONAGE, n. Seasoning; sauce. [Not used.] |
48784
|
seasoned |
SE'ASONED, pp. Mixed or sprinkled with something that gives a relish; tempered; moderated; ... |
48785
|
seasoner |
SE'ASONER, n. He that seasons; that which seasons, matures or gives a relish. |
48786
|
seasoning |
SE'ASONING, ppr. Giving a relish by something added; moderating; qualifying; maturing; drying and ... |
48787
|
seat |
SEAT, n. [L. sedes, situs.] 1. That on which one sits; a chair, bench, stool or any ... |
48788
|
seated |
SE'ATED, pp. Placed in a chair or on a bench, &c.; set; fixed; settled; established; furnished ... |
48789
|
seating |
SE'ATING, ppr. Placing on a seat; setting; settling; furnishing with a seat; having its seats ... |
48790
|
seaves |
SEAVES, n. plu. [Heb. suf.] Rushes. |
48791
|
seavy |
SE'AVY, a. Overgrown with rushes. |
48792
|
seaward |
SE'AWARD, a. [sea and ward.] Directed towards the sea.SE'AWARD, adv. Towards the sea. |
48793
|
seaworthy |
SE'AWORTHY, A. [sea and worthy.] Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo ... |
48794
|
sebaceous |
SEBA'CEOUS, a. [Low L. sebaceus, from sebum, sevum, tallow.] Made of tallow or fat; pretaining ... |
48795
|
sebacic |
SEBAC'IC, a. [supra.] In chimistry, pretaining to fat; obtained fro fat; as the sebacic acid. |
48796
|
sebate |
SE'BATE, n. [supra.] In chimistry, a salt formed by the sebacic acid and a base. |
48797
|
sebesten |
SEBES'TEN, n. The Assyrian plum, a plant of the genus Cordia, a species of jujube. |
48798
|
secant |
SE'CANT, a. [L. secans, seco, to cut or cut off, coinciding with Eng. saw.] Cutting; dividing ... |
48799
|
secede |
SECE'DE, v.i. [L. secedo; se, from, and cedo, to move. Se is an inseparable preposition or prefix ... |
48800
|
seceder |
SECE'DER, n. One who secedes. In Scotland, the seceders are a numerous body of presbyterians who ... |
48801
|
seceding |
SECE'DING, ppr. Withdrawing from fellowship or communion. |
48802
|
secern |
SECERN', v.t. [L. secerno; se and cerno, to separate.] In the animal economy, to secrete. ... |
48803
|
secerned |
SECERN'ED, pp. Separated; secreted. |
48804
|
secernent |
SECERN'ENT, n. That which promotes secretion; that which increases the irritative motions, which ... |
48805
|
secerning |
SECERN'ING, ppr. Separating; secreting; as secerning vessels. |
48806
|
seclude |
SECLU'DE, v. t. [L. secludo; se and claudo, cludo, to shut.] 1. To separate, as from ... |
48807
|
secluded |
SECLU'DED, pp. Separated from others; living in retirement; shut out. |
48808
|
secluding |
SECLU'DING, ppr. Separating from others; confining in solitude or in a separate state; preventing ... |
48809
|
seclusion |
SECLU'SION, n. s as z. The act of separating from society or connection; the state of being ... |
48810
|
second |
SEC'OND, a. [L. secundus; L. sequor, to follow. See Seek.] 1. That immediately ... |
48811
|
second-hand |
SEC'OND-HAND, n. Possession received from the first possessor.SEC'OND-HAND, a. 1. ... |
48812
|
second-rate |
SEC'OND-RATE, n. [second and rate.] The second order in size, dignity, or value. ... |
48813
|
second-sight |
SEC'OND-SIGHT, n. The power of seeing things future or distant; a power claimed by some of the ... |
48814
|
second-sighted |
SEC'OND-SIGHTED, a. Having the power of second-sight. |
48815
|
secondarily |
SEC'ONDARILY, adv. [from secondary.] In second degree or second order; not primarily or ... |
48816
|
secondariness |
SEC'ONDARINESS, n. The state of being secondary. |
48817
|
secondary |
SEC'ONDARY, a. [L. secundarius, from secundus.] 1. Succeeding next in order to the ... |
48818
|
seconded |
SEC'ONDED, pp. Supported; aided. |
48819
|
seconder |
SEC'ONDER, n. One that supported what another attempts, or what he affirms, or hat he moves or ... |
48820
|
secondly |
SEC'ONDLY, adv. In the second place. |
48821
|
secrecy |
SE'CRECY, n. [from secret.] 1. Properly, a state of separation; hence, concealment ... |
48822
|
secret |
SE'CRET, a. [L. secretus. This is given as the participle of secerno, but is radically a ... |
48823
|
secretariship |
SEC'RETARISHIP, n. The office of a secretary. |
48824
|
secretary |
SEC'RETARY, n. [L. secretus, secret;originally a confident, one entrusted with secrets.] ... |
48825
|
secrete |
SECRE'TE, v.t. 1. To hide; to conceal; to remove from observation or the knowledge of ... |
48826
|
secreted |
SECRE'TED, pp. Concealed; secerned. |
48827
|
secreting |
SECRE'TING, ppr. Hiding; secerning. |
48828
|
secretion |
SECRE'TION, n. 1. The act of secerning; the act of the producing from the blood ... |
48829
|
secretist |
SE'CRETIST, n. A dealer in secrets. [Not in use.] |
48830
|
secretitious |
SECRETI'TIOUS, a. Parted by an animal in secretion. |
48831
|
secretly |
SE'CRETLY, adv. 1. Privately; privily; not openly; without the knowledge of others; ... |
48832
|
secretness |
SE'CRETNESS, n. 1. The state of being hid or concealed. 2. The quality of ... |
48833
|
sect |
SECT, n. [L. Sp. secta; from L. seco, to cut off, to separate.] 1. A body or number of ... |
48834
|
sectarian |
SECTA'RIAN, a. [L. secrarius.] Pertaining to a sect or sects; as sectarian principles or ... |
48835
|
sectarianism |
SECTA'RIANISM, n. The disposition to dissent from the established church or predominant religion, ... |
48836
|
sectarism |
SECT'ARISM, n. Sectarianism. [Little used.] |
48837
|
sectarist |
SECT'ARIST, n. A secretary. [Not much used.] |
48838
|
sectary |
SECT'ARY, n. 1. A person who separates from an established church, or from the ... |
48839
|
sectator |
SECTA'TOR, n. A follower; a disciple; an adherent to a sect. [Not now used.] |
48840
|
sectile |
SECT'ILE, a. [L. sectilus, from seco, to cut.] A sectile mineral is one that is midway between ... |
48841
|
section |
SEC'TION, n. [L. sectio; seco, to cut off.] 1. The act of cutting or of separating by ... |
48842
|
sectional |
SEC'TIONAL, A. Pertaining to a section or distinct part of a larger body or territory. |
48843
|
sector |
SECT'OR, n. [L. seco, to cut.] 1. In geometry, a part of a circle comprehended between ... |
48844
|
secular |
SEC'ULAR, a. [L. secularis, from seculum, the world or an age.] 1. Pertaining to the ... |
48845
|
secularity |
SECULAR'ITY, n. Worldiness; supreme attention to the things of the present life. |
48846
|
secularization |
SECULARIZA'TION, n. [foom secularize.] the act of converting a regular person, place or benefice ... |
48847
|
secularize |
SEC'ULARIZE, v. t. 1. To make secular; to convert from spiritual appropriation to ... |
48848
|
secularized |
SEC'ULARIZED, pp. Converted from regular to secular. |
48849
|
secularizing |
SEC'ULARIZING, ppr. Converting from regular or monastic to secular. |
48850
|
secularly |
SEC'ULARLY, adv. In a worldy manner. |
48851
|
secularness |
SEC'ULARNESS, n. A secular disposition; worldliness; worldly mindedness. |
48852
|
secundine |
SEC'UNDINE, n. Secundines, in the plural, as generally used, are the several coats or membranes ... |
48853
|
secure |
SECU'RE, a. [L. securus.] 1. Free from danger of being taken by an enemy; that may ... |
48854
|
secured |
SECU'RED, pp. Effectually guarded or protected; made certain; put beyond hazard; effectually ... |
48855
|
securely |
SECU'RELY, adv. 1. Without danger; safely; as, to pass a river on ice securely. But ... |
48856
|
securement |
SECU'REMENT, n. Security; protection. [Not used.] |
48857
|
secureness |
SECU'RENESS, n. Confidence of safety; exemption from fear; hence, want of vigilance or caution. |
48858
|
securer |
SECU'RER, n. He or that which secures or protects. |
48859
|
securiform |
SECU'RIFORM, a. [L. securis, an ax or hatchet, and form.] In botany, having the form of an ax or ... |
48860
|
security |
SECU'RITY, n. [L. securitas.] 1. Protection; effectual defense or saftey from danger of ... |
48861
|
sedan |
SEDAN', n. [L. sedeo; like L. esseda] A portable chair or cover vehicle for carrying a single ... |
48862
|
sedate |
SEDA'TE, a. [L. sedatus, from sedo, to calm or appease, that is, to set, to cause to subside.] ... |
48863
|
sedately |
SEDA'TELY, adv. Calmly; without agitation of mind. |
48864
|
sedateness |
SEDA'TENESS, n. Calmness of mind, manner or countenance; freedom from agitation; a settled state; ... |
48865
|
sedation |
SEDA'TION, n. The act of calming. [Not in use.] |
48866
|
sedative |
SEDATIVE, a. [L. sedo, to calm.] In medicine, moderating muscular action or animal energy. |
48867
|
sedentarily |
SED'ENTARILY, adv. [from sedentary.] The state of being sedentary, or living without much ... |
48868
|
sedentariness |
SED'ENTARINESS, n. The state of being sedentary. |
48869
|
sedentary |
SED'ENTARY, a. [L. sedentarius, from sedens, sedeo, to sit.] 1. Accustomed to sit much, ... |
48870
|
sedge |
SEDGE, n. [L. seco, to cut; that is sword grass, like L. gladiolus.] 1. A narrow flag, ... |
48871
|
sedged |
SEDG'ED, a. Composed of flags or sedge. |
48872
|
sedgy |
SEDG'Y, a. Overgrown with sedge. On the gentle Severn's sedgy bank. Shak. |
48873
|
sediment |
SED'IMENT, n. [L. sedimentum, from sedeo, to settle.] The matter which subsides to the bottom of ... |
48874
|
sedition |
SEDI''TION, n. [L. seditio. The sense of this word is the contrary of that which is naturally ... |
48875
|
seditionary |
SEDI''TIONARY, n. An inciter or promoter of sedition. |
48876
|
seditious |
SEDI''TIOUS, a. [L. seditiosus.] 1. Pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of ... |
48877
|
seditiously |
SEDI''TIOUSLY, adv. With tumultious opposition to law; in a manner to violate the public peace. |
48878
|
seditiousness |
SEDI''TIOUSNESS, n. The disposition to excite popular commotion in opposition to law; or the act ... |
48879
|
seduce |
SEDU'CE, v. t. [L. seduco; se, from, and duco, to lead.] 1. To draw aside or entice ... |
48880
|
seducement |
SEDU'CEMENT, n. 1. The act of seducing; seduction. 2. The means employed to ... |
48881
|
seducer |
SEDU'CER, n. 1. One that seduces; one that by temptation or arts, entices another to ... |
48882
|
seducible |
SEDU'CIBLE, a. Capable of being drawn aside from the path of rectitude; corruptible. |
48883
|
seducing |
SEDU'CING, ppr. Enticing from the path of virtue or chastity. |
48884
|
seduction |
SEDU'CTION, n. [L. seductio.] 1. The act of seducing or of enticing from the path of ... |
48885
|
seductive |
SEDUC'TIVE, a. Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances. |
48886
|
sedulity |
SEDU'LITY, n. [L. sedulitas. See Sedulous.] Diligent and assiduous application to business; ... |
48887
|
sedulous |
SED'ULOUS, a. [L. sedulus, from the root of sedeo, to sit; as assiduous from assideo.] ... |
48888
|
sedulously |
SED'ULOUSLY, adv. Assiduously; industriously; diligently; with constant or continued application. |
48889
|
sedulousness |
SED'ULOUSNESS, n. Assiduity; assiduousness; steady diligence; continued industry or effort. |
48890
|
sedused |
SEDU'SED, pp. Drawn or enticed from virtue; corrupted; depraved. |
48891
|
see |
SEE, n. 1. The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop. |
48892
|
seed |
SEED, n. 1. The substance, animal or vegetable, which nature prepares for the ... |
48893
|
seed-bud |
SEE'D-BUD, n. [seed and bud.] The germ, germen or rudiment of the fruit in embryo. |
48894
|
seed-cake |
SEE'D-CAKE, n. [seed and cake.] A sweet cake containing aromatic seeds. |
48895
|
seed-coat |
SEE'D-COAT, n. In botany, the aril or outer coat of a seed. |
48896
|
seed-leaf |
SEE'D-LEAF, n. In botany, the primary leaf. The seed-leaves are the cotyledons or lobes of a seed ... |
48897
|
seed-lip |
SEE'D-LIP, n. A vessle in which a sower carries the seed to be dispersed. |
48898
|
seed-lobe |
SEE'D-LOBE, n. The lobe of a seed; a cotyledon, which see. |
48899
|
seed-lop |
SEE'D-LOP, |
48900
|
seed-pearl |
SEE'D-PEARL, n. [seed and pearl.] Small grains of pearl. |
48901
|
seed-plat |
SEE'D-PLAT, n. [seed and plat.] |
48902
|
seed-time |
SEE'D-TIME, n. [seed and time] The season proper for sowing. While the earth ... |
48903
|
seed-vessel |
SEE'D-VESSEL, n. In botany, the pericarp which contains the seeds. |
48904
|
seedling |
SEE'DLING, n. A young plant or root just sprung from the seed. |
48905
|
seedness |
SEE'DNESS, N. Seed-time. [Not in use.] |
48906
|
seedsman |
SEE'DSMAN, n. [seed and man.] A person who deals in seeds; also, a sower. |
48907
|
seedy |
SEE'DY, a. [from seed.] 1. Abounding with seeds. 2. Having a peculiar ... |
48908
|
seeing |
SEE'ING, ppr. [from see.] Perceiving by the eye; knowing; understanding; observing; ... |
48909
|
seek |
SEEK, v.t. pret and pp. sought, pronounced sawt. [L. sequor, to follow; for to seek is to go ... |
48910
|
seek-sorrow |
SEE'K-SORROW, n. [seek and sorrow.] One that contrives to give himself vexation. [Little used.] |
48911
|
seeker |
SEEKER, n. 1. One that seeks; an inquirer; as a seeker of truth. 2. One of a ... |
48912
|
seel |
SEEL, v. t. To close the eyes; a term of falconry, from the practice of the closing the eyes of a ... |
48913
|
seelily |
SEE'LILY, adv. In a silly manner. Obs. |
48914
|
seeling |
SEE'LING, |
48915
|
seely |
SEE'LY, a. [from seel.] 1. Lucky; fortunate. Obs. 2. Silly; foolish; ... |
48916
|
seem |
SEEM, v. i. 1. To appear; to make or have a show or semblance. Thou ... |
48917
|
seemer |
SEE'MER, n. One that carries an appearance or semblance. Hence we shall see If ... |
48918
|
seeming |
SEE'MING, ppr. 1. Appearing; having the appearance or semblance, whether real or not. ... |
48919
|
seemingly |
SEE'MINGLY, adv. In appearance; in show; in semblance. This the father ... |
48920
|
seemingness |
SEE'MINGNESS, n. Fair appearance; plausibility. |
48921
|
seemless |
SEE'MLESS, a. Unseemly; unfit; indecorous. Obs. |
48922
|
seemliness |
SEE'MLINESS, n. [from seemly.] Comliness; grace; fitness; propriety; decency; decorum. ... |
48923
|
seemly |
SEE'MLY, a. Becoming; fit; suited to the object, occasion, purpose or character; suitable. ... |
48924
|
seemlyhead |
SEE'MLYHEAD, [See Head and Hood.] Comely or decent appearance. Obs. |
48925
|
seen |
SEEN, pp. of see. 1. Beheld; observed; understood. 2. a. Versed; skilled. ... |
48926
|
seer |
SEER, n. [from see.] 1. One who sees; as a seer of visions. 2. A prophet; a ... |
48927
|
seer-wood |
SEER-WOOD, [See Sear, and Sear-wood, dry wood.] |
48928
|
seethe |
SEETHE, v. t. pret. seethed, sod; pp. seethed, sodden. [Heb. to seethe, to boil, to swell, to be ... |
48929
|
seethed |
SEE'THED, pp. Boiled; decoated. |
48930
|
seether |
SEE'THER, n. A boiler; a pot for boiling things. |
48931
|
seething |
SEE'THING, ppr. Boiling; decoating. |
48932
|
seg |
SEG, n. Sedge. [Not in use.] |
48933
|
seghol |
SEG'HOL, n. a Hebrew vowel-point, or short vowel. |
48934
|
segholate |
SEG'HOLATE, a. Marked with a seghol. |
48935
|
segment |
SEG'MENT, n. [L. segmentum, from seco, to cut off.] 1. In geometry, that part of the ... |
48936
|
segnity |
SEG'NITY, n. [from L. segnis.] Sluggishness; dullness; inactivity. [Not used.] |
48937
|
segregate |
SEG'REGATE, v. t. [L. segrego; se, from, and grex, flock.] To separate from others; to set ... |
48938
|
segregated |
SEG'REGATED, pp. Separated; parted from others. |
48939
|
segregating |
SEG'REGATING, ppr. Separating. |
48940
|
segregation |
SEGREGA'TION, n. Separation from others; a parting. |
48941
|
sehat-fish |
SEH'AT-FISH, n. A fish, a species of Silurus, having a long slimy body destitute of scales, and ... |
48942
|
seigneurial |
SEIGNEURIAL, a. 1. Pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial. 2. Vested ... |
48943
|
seignior |
SEIGNIOR, n. [L. senior, elder.] A lord; the lord of a manor; but used also in the sout of ... |
48944
|
seigniorage |
SEIGNIORAGE, n. A royal right or prerogative of the king of England, by which he claims an ... |
48945
|
seigniorial |
SEIGNIO'RIAL, the same as seigneurial. |
48946
|
seigniorize |
SEIGNIORIZE, v.t. To lord it over. [Little used.] |
48947
|
seigniory |
SEIGNIORY, n. 1. A lordship; a manor. 2. The power or authority of a lord; ... |
48948
|
sein |
SEIN, n. [L. sagena.] A large net for catching fish. The seins used for taking shad in the ... |
48949
|
seiner |
SE'INER, n. A fisher with a sein or net. [Not much used.] |
48950
|
seity |
SE'ITY, n. [L. se, one's self.] Something peculiar to a man's self. [Not well authorized.] |
48951
|
seize |
SEIZE, v.t. 1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold on; or to gripe or grasp ... |
48952
|
seized |
SE'IZED, pp. Suddenly caught or grasped; taken by force; invaded suddenly; taken possession of; ... |
48953
|
seizer |
SE'IZER, n. One that seizes. |
48954
|
seizing |
SE'IZING, ppr. Falling on and grasping suddenly; laying hold on suddenly; taking possession by ... |
48955
|
seizor |
SE'IZOR, n. One who seizes. |
48956
|
seizure |
SE'IZURE, n. 1. The act of seizing; the act of laying hold on suddenly; as the seizure ... |
48957
|
sejant |
SE'JANT, a. In heraldry, sitting, like a great cat with the fore feet straight; applied to a lion ... |
48958
|
sejugous |
SEJU'GOUS, a. [L. sejigus; sex, six, and jugum, yoke.] In botany, a sejugous leaf is a pinnate ... |
48959
|
sejunction |
SEJUNC'TION, n. [l. sejunctio; se, from, and jungo, to join.] The act of disjoining; a ... |
48960
|
sejungible |
SEJUNG'IBLE, a. [supra.] That may be disjoined. [Little used.] |
48961
|
seke |
SEKE, for sick, oblolete. [See Sick.] |
48962
|
selcouth |
SEL'COUTH, a. Rarely known; unusual; uncommon. Obs. |
48963
|
seldom |
SEL'DOM, adv. [Sel probably signifies separate, distinct, coinciding with L. solus.] Rarely; not ... |
48964
|
seldomness |
SEL'DOMNESS, n. Rareness; uncommonness; infrequency. |
48965
|
seldshown |
SELD'SHOWN, a. Rarely shown or exhibited. [Not in use.] |
48966
|
select |
SELECT', v. t. [L. selectus, from seligo; se, from, and lego, to pick, cull or gather.] to ... |
48967
|
selected |
SELECT'ED, pp. Chosen and taken by preference from among a number; picked; culled. |
48968
|
selectedly |
SELECT'EDLY, adv. With care in selection. |
48969
|
selecting |
SELECT'ING, ppr. Choosing and taking from a number; picked; culled. |
48970
|
selection |
SELEC'TION, n. [L. selectio.] 1. The act of choosing and taking from among a number; ... |
48971
|
selective |
SELECT'IVE, a. Selecting; tending to select. [Unusual.] |
48972
|
selectman |
SELECT'MAN, n. [select and man.] In New England, a town officer chosen anually to manage the ... |
48973
|
selectness |
SELECT'NESS, n. The state of being select or well chosen. |
48974
|
selector |
SELECT'OR, n. [L.] One that selects or chooses from among a number. |
48975
|
seleniate |
SELE'NIATE, n. a compound of selenic acid with a base. |
48976
|
selenic |
SELEN'IC, a. Pertaining to selenium, or extracted from it; as selenic acid. |
48977
|
selenite |
SEL'ENITE, n. [Gr. the moon; so called on account of its reflecting the the moon's light with ... |
48978
|
selenitic |
SELENIT'IC, a. Pertaining to selenite; resembling it, or partaking of its nature or properties. |
48979
|
selenitical |
SELENIT'ICAL, |
48980
|
selenium |
SELE'NIUM, n. [supra.] A new elementary body or substance, extracted from the pyrite of Fahlun ... |
48981
|
seleniuret |
SELENIU'RET, n. A newly discovered mineral, of a shining lead gray color, with granular ... |
48982
|
selenographic |
SELENOGRAPH'IC, a. [infra.] Belonging to selenography. |
48983
|
selenographical |
SELENOGRAPH'ICAL, |
48984
|
selenography |
SELENOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. the moon; to describe.] A desciption of the moon and its phenomena; a ... |
48985
|
self |
SELF, a. or pron. plu. selves; used chiefly in composition. 1. In old authors, this ... |
48986
|
self-abased |
SELF-ABA'SED, a. [self and abase.] Humbled by conscious guilt or shame. |
48987
|
self-abasement |
SELF-ABA'SEMENT, n. Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciouness of inferiority, guilt ... |
48988
|
self-abasing |
SELF-ABA'SING, a. Humbling by the consciouness of guilt or by shame. |
48989
|
self-abuse |
SELF-ABU'SE, n. [selfand abuse.] The abuse of one's own person or powers. |
48990
|
self-accusing |
SELF-ACCU'SING, a. [self and accuse.] Accusing one's self; as a self-accusing look. |
48991
|
self-activity |
SELF-ACTIV'ITY, n. [self and activity.] Self-motion, or the power of moving one's self without ... |
48992
|
self-admiration |
SELF-ADMIRA'TION, n. Admiration of one's self. |
48993
|
self-admiring |
SELF-ADMI'RING, a. Admiring one's self. |
48994
|
self-affairs |
SELF-AFFA'IRS, n. plu. [self and affair.] One's own private business. |
48995
|
self-affrighted |
SELF-AFFRIGHTED, a. [self and affright.] Frightened at one's self. |
48996
|
self-applause |
SELF-APPLAUSE, n. self-applauz'. Applause of one's self. |
48997
|
self-approving |
SELF-APPROVING, a. That approves of one's own conduct. |
48998
|
self-assumed |
SELF-ASSU'MED, a. Assumed by one's own act and without authority. |
48999
|
self-banished |
SELF-BAN'ISHED, a. [self and banish.] Exiled voluntarily. |
49000
|
self-begotten |
SELF-BEGOT'TEN, a. [self and beget.] Begotten by one's own powers. |
49001
|
self-cenceited |
SELF-CENCE'ITED, a. Vain; having a high or overweening opinion of one's own person or merits. |
49002
|
self-centered |
SELF-CEN'TERED, a. [self and center.] Centered in itself. The earth ... |
49003
|
self-charity |
SELF-CHAR'ITY, n. [self and charity.] Love of one's self. |
49004
|
self-communicative |
SELF-COMMU'NICATIVE, a. [self and communicative.] Imparted or communicated by its own powers. |
49005
|
self-conceit |
SELF-CONCE'IT, n. [self and conceit.] A high opinion of one's self; vanity. |
49006
|
self-conceitedness |
SELF-CONCE'ITEDNESS, n. Vanity; an overweening opinion of one's own person or accomplishments. |
49007
|
self-confidence |
SELF-CON'FIDENCE, n. [self and confidence.] Confidence in one's own judgement or ability; ... |
49008
|
self-confident |
SELF-CON'FIDENT, a. Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on the correctness of ... |
49009
|
self-confiding |
SELF-CONFI'DING, a. Confiding in one's own judgement or powers, without other aid. |
49010
|
self-conscious |
SELF-CON'SCIOUS, a. [self and conscious.] Conscious in one's self. |
49011
|
self-considering |
SELF-CONSID'ERING, a. [self and consider.] Considering in one's own mind; deliberating. |
49012
|
self-consuming |
SELF-CONSU'MING, a. [self and consume.] That consumes itself. |
49013
|
self-contradiction |
SELF-CONTRADIC'TION, n. [self and contradiction.] the art of contradicting itself; repugnancy in ... |
49014
|
self-contradictory |
SELF-CONTRADICT'ORY, a. Contradicting itself. |
49015
|
self-convicted |
SELF-CONVICT'ED, a. [self and convict.] Convited by one's own consciouness, knowledge or avowal. |
49016
|
self-conviction |
SELF-CONVIC'TION, n. Conviction proceeding from one's own consciouness, knowledge or confession. |
49017
|
self-created |
SELF-CREA'TED, a. Created by one's self; not formed or constituted by another. |
49018
|
self-deceit |
SELF-DECE'IT, n. [self and deceit.] Deception respecting one's self, or that originates from ... |
49019
|
self-deceived |
SELF-DECE'IVED, a. [self and deceive.] Deceived or mislead respecting one's self by one's own ... |
49020
|
self-deception |
SELF-DECEP'TION, n. [supra.] Deception concerning one's self proceeding from one's own mistake. |
49021
|
self-deceving |
SELF-DECE'VING, a. Deceiving one's self. |
49022
|
self-defense |
SELF-DEFENSE, n. self-defens'. [self and defense.] The act of defending one's own person, ... |
49023
|
self-delusion |
SELF-DELU'SION, n. [self and delusion.] The delusion of one's self; or respesting one'self. |
49024
|
self-denial |
SELF-DENI'AL, n. [self and denial.] The denial of one's self; the forbearing to gratify one's ... |
49025
|
self-dependent |
SELF-DEPEND'ENT, a. Depending on one's self. |
49026
|
self-depending |
SELF-DEPEND'ING, |
49027
|
self-destruction |
SELF-DESTRUC'TION, n. [self and destruction.] The desruction of one's self; voluntary ... |
49028
|
self-destructive |
SELF-DESTRUC'TIVE, a. Tending to the destruction of one's self. |
49029
|
self-determination |
SELF-DETERMINA'TION, n. [self and determination.] Determination by one's own mind; or ... |
49030
|
self-determining |
SELF-DETERM'INING, a. Determining by or of itself; determining or deciding without extraneous ... |
49031
|
self-devoted |
SELF-DEVO'TED, a. [self and devote.] Devoted in person, or voluntarily devoted in person. |
49032
|
self-devotement |
SELF-DEVO'TEMENT, n. The devoting of one's person and services voluntarily to any difficult or ... |
49033
|
self-devouring |
SELF-DEVOUR'ING, a. [self and devour.] Devouring one's self and itself. |
49034
|
self-diffusive |
SELF-DIFFU'SIVE, a. [self and diffusive.] Having power to diffuse itself; that diffuses itself. |
49035
|
self-enjoyment |
SELF-ENJOY'MENT, n. [self and enjoyment.] Internal satisfaction or pleasure. |
49036
|
self-esteem |
SELF-ESTEE'M, n. [self and esteem.] The esteem or good opinion of one's self. |
49037
|
self-estimation |
SELF-ESTIMA'TION, n. The esteem or good opinion of one's self. |
49038
|
self-evidence |
SELF-EV'IDENCE, n. [self and evidence.] Evidence or certainty resulting from a proposition ... |
49039
|
self-evident |
SELF-EV'IDENT, a. Evident without proof or reasoning; that produces certainty or clear conviction ... |
49040
|
self-evidently |
SELF-EV'IDENTLY, adv. By means of self-evidence. |
49041
|
self-exaltation |
SELF-EXALTA'TION, n. The exaltation of one's self. |
49042
|
self-exalting |
SELF-EXALT'ING, a. Exalting one's self. |
49043
|
self-examination |
SELF-EXAMINA'TION, n. [self and examination.] An examination or scrutiny into one's own ... |
49044
|
self-existence |
SELF-EXIST'ENCE, n. [self and existence.] Inherent existence; the existence possossed by virtue ... |
49045
|
self-existent |
SELF-EXIST'ENT, A. Existing by its own nature or essense, independent of any other cause. God is ... |
49046
|
self-exusing |
SELF-EXU'SING, a. Excusing one's self. |
49047
|
self-flattering |
SELF-FLAT'TERING, a. [self and flatter.] Flattering one's self. |
49048
|
self-flattery |
SELF-FLAT'TERY, n. Flattery of one's self. |
49049
|
self-glorious |
SELF-GLORIOUS, a. [self and glorious.] Springing from vain glory or vanity; vain; boastful. |
49050
|
self-harming |
SELF-H'ARMING, a. [self and harm.] Injuring or hurting one's self or itself. |
49051
|
self-heal |
SELF'-HEAL, n. [self and heal.] A plant of the genus Sanicula, and another of the genus ... |
49052
|
self-healing |
SELF-HE'ALING, a. Having the power or property of healing itself. The self-healing power of ... |
49053
|
self-homicide |
SELF-HOM'ICIDE, n. [self and homicide.] The killing of one's self. |
49054
|
self-idolized |
SELF-I'DOLIZED, a. Idolized by one's self. |
49055
|
self-imparting |
SELF-IMP'ARTING, a. [self and impart.] Inparting by its own powers and will. |
49056
|
self-imposture |
SELF-IMPOS'TURE, n. [self and imposture.] Imposture practiced on one's self. |
49057
|
self-interest |
SELF-IN'TEREST, n. [self and interest.] Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's ... |
49058
|
self-interested |
SELF-IN'TERESTED, a. Having self-interest; particularly concerned for one's self. |
49059
|
self-justifier |
SELF-JUS'TIFIER, n. One who excuses or justifies himself. |
49060
|
self-kindled |
SELF-KIN'DLED, a. [self and kindle.] Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power. |
49061
|
self-knowing |
SELF-KNOWING, a. [self and know.] Knowing of itself, or without communication from another. |
49062
|
self-knowledge |
SELF-KNOWL'EDGE, n. The knowledge of one's own real character, abilities, worth or demerit. |
49063
|
self-love |
SELF-LOVE, n. [self and love.] The love of one's own person or happiness. |
49064
|
self-loving |
SELF-LOV'ING, a. Loving one's self. |
49065
|
self-motion |
SELF-MO'TION, n. [self and motion.] Motion given by inherent powers, without external impulse; ... |
49066
|
self-moved |
SELF-MOVED, a. [self and move.] Moved by inherent power without the aid of extraneous influence. |
49067
|
self-moving |
SELF-MOVING, a. Moving or exiting to action by ingerent power, without the impulse of another ... |
49068
|
self-murder |
SELF-MUR'DER, n. [self and murder.] The murder of one's self; suicide. |
49069
|
self-neglecting |
SELF-NEGLECT'ING, n. [self and neglect.] A neglecting of one's self. Self-love ... |
49070
|
self-opinion |
SELF-OPIN'ION, n. [self and opinion.] One's own opinion. |
49071
|
self-opinioned |
SELF-OPIN'IONED, a. Valuing one's own opinion highly. |
49072
|
self-partiality |
SELF-PARTIAL'ITY; n. [self and partiality.] That partiality by which a man overrates his own ... |
49073
|
self-pleasing |
SELF-PLE'ASING, a. [self and please.] Pleasing one's self; gratifying one's own wishes. |
49074
|
self-praise |
SELF-PRAISE, n. [self and praise.] The praise of one's self; self-applause. |
49075
|
self-preference |
SELF-PREF'ERENCE, n. [self and preference.] The preference of one's self to others. |
49076
|
self-preservation |
SELF-PRESERVA'TION, n. [self and preservation.] The preservation of one's self from destruction ... |
49077
|
self-repellency |
SELF-REPEL'LENCY, n. [self and repellency.] The inherent power of repulsion in a body. |
49078
|
self-repelling |
SELF-REPEL'LING, a. [self and repel.] Repelling by its own inherent power. |
49079
|
self-reproved |
SELF-REPROVED, a. [self and reprove.] Reproved by consciousness or one's own sense of guilt. |
49080
|
self-reproving |
SELF-REPROVING, a. Reproving by consciouness.SELF-REPROVING, n. The act of reproving by a ... |
49081
|
self-restrained |
SELF-RESTRA'INED, a. [self an restrain.] Restrained by itself, or by one's own power or will; ... |
49082
|
self-restraining |
SELF-RESTRA'INING, a. Restraining or controlling itself. |
49083
|
self-same |
SELF'-SAME, a. [self and same.] Numerically the same; the very same; identical. |
49084
|
self-slaughter |
SELF-SLAUGHTER, n. self-slau'ter. [self and slaughter.] The slaughter of one's self. |
49085
|
self-subdued |
SELF-SUBDU'ED, a. [self and subdue.] Subdued by one's own power or means. |
49086
|
self-subversive |
SELF-SUBVER'SIVE, a. Overturning or subverting itself. |
49087
|
self-sufficiency |
SELF-SUFFI''CIENCY, n. [self and sufficiency.] An overweening opinion of one's own strength or ... |
49088
|
self-sufficient |
SELF-SUFFI''CIENT, a. Having full confidence in one's own strength, abilities or endowments; ... |
49089
|
self-tormenter |
SELF-TORMENT'ER, n. One who torments himself. |
49090
|
self-tormenting |
SELF-TORMENT'ING, a. [self and torment.] Tormenting one's self; as self-tormenting sin. |
49091
|
self-valuing |
SELF-VAL'UING, a. Esteeming one's self. |
49092
|
self-will |
SELF-WILL', n. [self and will.] One's own will; obstinacy. |
49093
|
self-willed |
SELF-WILL'ED, a. Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the will or wishes of others; not ... |
49094
|
self-wrong |
SELF-WRONG', n. [self and wrong.] Wrong done by a person to himself. |
49095
|
selfconsciouness |
SELF'CON'SCIOUNESS, n. Consciouness within one's self. |
49096
|
selfdenying |
SELF'DENY'ING, a. Denying one's self; a forbearing to indulge one's one appetites or desires. |
49097
|
selfish |
SELF'ISH, a. Regarding one's own interest chiefly or soley; influenced in actions by a view to ... |
49098
|
selfishly |
SELF'ISHLY, adv. The exclusive of a person to his own interest or happiness; or that supreme ... |
49099
|
selfness |
SELF'NESS, n. Self-love; selfishness. [Not in use.] |
49100
|
sell |
SELL, for self; and sells for selves. [Scot.]SELL, n. [L. sella.] A saddle, and a throne. ... |
49101
|
sellander |
SEL'LANDER, n. A dry scab in a horses hough or pastern. |
49102
|
seller |
SELL'ER, n. The person that sells; a vender. |
49103
|
selling |
SELL'ING, ppr. 1. Transferring the property of a thing for a price or equivalent in ... |
49104
|
selvedge |
SELV'EDGE, n. The edgr of a cloth, where it is closed by complication the threads; a woven ... |
49105
|
selvedged |
SELV'EDGED, a. Having a selvedge. |
49106
|
selves |
SELVES, plu. of self. |
49107
|
semblable |
SEM'BLABLE, a. Like; similar; resembles. |
49108
|
semblably |
SEM'BLABLY, adv. In like manner. [Not in use.] |
49109
|
semblance |
SEM'BLANCE, n. 1. Likeness; resemblance; actual similitude; as the semblance of worth; ... |
49110
|
semblant |
SEM'BLANT, n. Show; figure; resemblance. [Not in use.]SEM'BLANT, a. Like; resembling. [Not in ... |
49111
|
semblative |
SEM'BLATIVE, a. Resembling; fit; suitable; according to. And all is semblativea ... |
49112
|
semble |
SEM'BLE, v. t. To imitate; to represent or make similar. Where sembling art may ... |
49113
|
semi |
SEM'I, L. semi, In composition, signifies half. |
49114
|
semi-acidified |
SEMI-ACID'IFIED, a. or pp. Half acidified. [See Acidified.] |
49115
|
semi-amplexicaul |
SEMI-AMPLEX'ICAUL, a. [L. semi, amplexus, or amplector, to embrace, and caulis, stem.] In ... |
49116
|
semi-annual |
SEMI-AN'NUAL, a. [semi and annual.] Half yearly. |
49117
|
semi-annually |
SEMI-AN'NUALLY, adv. Every half year. |
49118
|
semi-annular |
SEMI-AN'NULAR, a. [L. semi and annulus, a ring.] Having the figure of a half circle; that is, ... |
49119
|
semi-aperture |
SEMI-AP'ERTURE, n. [semi and aperture.] The half of an aperture. |
49120
|
semi-arian |
SEMI-A'RIAN, n. [See Arian.] In ecclesiastical history, the Semi-arians were a branch of the ... |
49121
|
semi-arianism |
SEMI-A'RIANISM, n. The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-arians. The semi-arianism of modern times ... |
49122
|
semi-barbarian |
SEMI-BARBA'RIAN, a. [semi and barbarian.] Half savage; partially civilized. |
49123
|
semi-castrate |
SEMI-CAS'TRATE, v. t. To deprive of one testicle. |
49124
|
semi-castration |
SEMI-CASTRA'TION, n. Half castration; deprivation of one testicle. |
49125
|
semi-columnar |
SEMI-COLUM'NAR, a. [semi and columnar.] Like a half column; flat on one side and round on the ... |
49126
|
semi-compact |
SEMI-COM'PACT, a. [semi and compact.] Half compact; imperfectly indurated. |
49127
|
semi-crustaceous |
SEMI-CRUSTA'CEOUS, a. [semi and crustaceous.] Half crustaceous. |
49128
|
semi-cylindric |
SEMI-CYLIN'DRIC, a. [semi and cylindric.] Half cylindrical. |
49129
|
semi-cylindrical |
SEMI-CYLIN'DRICAL, |
49130
|
semi-deistical |
SEMI-DEIS'TICAL, a. Half deistical; bordering on deism. |
49131
|
semi-diameter |
SEMI-DIAM'ETER, n. [semi and diameter.] Half the diameter; a right line or the length of a right ... |
49132
|
semi-diapason |
SEMI-DIAPA'SON, n. [semi and diapason.] In music, an imperfect octave, or an octave diminished ... |
49133
|
semi-diapente |
SEMI-DIAPEN'TE, n. An imperfect fifth; a hemi-diapente. |
49134
|
semi-diaphaneity |
SEMI-DIAPHANE'ITY, n. [See Semidiaphanous.] Half or imperfect transparency. [Little used.] ... |
49135
|
semi-diaphanous |
SEMI-DIAPH'ANOUS, a. [semi and diaphanous.] Half or imperfecty transparent. [Instead of this, ... |
49136
|
semi-diatessaron |
SEMI-DIATES'SARON, n. [semi and diatessaron.] In music, an imperfect or defective fourth. |
49137
|
semi-ditone |
SEM'I-DITONE, n. [semi and It. ditono.] In music, a lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a ... |
49138
|
semi-double |
SEM'I-DOUBLE, n. [semi and double.] In the Romish breviary, an office celebrated with less ... |
49139
|
semi-fluid |
SEMI-FLU'ID, a. [semi and fluid.] Imperfectly fluid. |
49140
|
semi-formed |
SEM'I-FORMED, a. [semi and formed.] Half formed; imperfectly formed; as semi-formed crystals. |
49141
|
semi-indurated |
SEMI-IN'DURATED, a. [semi and indurated.] Imperfectly indurated or hardened. |
49142
|
semi-lapidified |
SEMI-LAPID'IFIED, a. [semi and lapidified.] Imperfectly changed into stone. |
49143
|
semi-lenticular |
SEMI-LENTIC'ULAR, a. [semi and lenticular.] Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a ... |
49144
|
semi-metal |
SEM'I-METAL, n. [semi and metal.] An imperfect metal, or rather a metal that is not malleable, ... |
49145
|
semi-metallic |
SEMI-METAL'LIC, a. Pertaining to a semi-metal, or partaking of its noture and qualities. |
49146
|
semi-opa-cous |
SEMI-OPA-COUS, |
49147
|
semi-opake |
SEMI-OPA'KE, a. [L. semi and opacus.] Half transparent only. |
49148
|
semi-opal |
SEM'I-OPAL, n. A variety of opal. |
49149
|
semi-orbiclar |
SEMI-ORBIC'LAR, a. [semi and orbicular.] Having the shape of a half orb or sphere. |
49150
|
semi-ordinate |
SEMI-OR'DINATE, n. [semi and ordinate.] In conic sections, a line drawn at right angles to and ... |
49151
|
semi-osseous |
SEMI-OS'SEOUS, a. [semi and osseous.] Half as hard as bone. |
49152
|
semi-ovate |
SEMI-O'VATE, a. [semi and ovate.] Half egg-shaped. |
49153
|
semi-oxygenated |
SEMI-OX'YGENATED, a. Half saturated with oxygen. |
49154
|
semi-palmate |
SEMI-PAL'MATE, a. [semi and palmate.] Half palmated or webbed. |
49155
|
semi-palmated |
SEMI-PAL'MATED, |
49156
|
semi-pelagian |
SEMI-PELA'GIAN, n.In ecclesiastical history, the Semi-pelagians are persons who retain some ... |
49157
|
semi-pelagianism |
SEMI-PELA'GIANISM, n. The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-pelagians, supra. |
49158
|
semi-pellucid |
SEMI-PELLU'CID, a. [semi and pellucid.] Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as a ... |
49159
|
semi-pellucidity |
SEMI-PELLUCID'ITY, n. The quality or state of being imperfecty transparent. |
49160
|
semi-perspicuous |
SEMI-PERSPIC'UOUS, a. [semi and perspicuous.] Half transparent; imperfectly clear. |
49161
|
semi-phlogisticate |
SEMI-PHLOGIS'TICATED, a. [semi and phlogisticated.] Partially impregnated with phlogiston. |
49162
|
semi-primigenous |
SEMI-PRIMIG'ENOUS, a. [semi and primigenous.] In geology, of a middle nature between substances ... |
49163
|
semi-proof |
SEM'I-PROOF, n. [semi and proof.] Half proof evidence from the testimony of a single witness. ... |
49164
|
semi-protolite |
SEMI-PRO'TOLITE, n. [semi and Gr. first and stone.] A species of fossil of a middle nature ... |
49165
|
semi-quadrate |
SEMI-QUAD'RATE, n. [L. semi and quadratus, or quartus, fourth.] An aspect of the SEMI-QUAR'TILE, ... |
49166
|
semi-quintile |
SEMI-QUIN'TILE, n. [L. semi and quintilis.] An aspect of the planets, when distant from each ... |
49167
|
semi-savage |
SEMI-SAV'AGE, a. [semi and savage.] Half savage; half barbarian.SEMI-SAV'AGE, n. One who is ... |
49168
|
semi-sextile |
SEMI-SEX'TILE, n. [semi and sextile.] An aspect of the planets, when they are distant from each ... |
49169
|
semi-spheric |
SEMI-SPHER'IC, A. [semi and spherical.] Having the figure of a half sphere. |
49170
|
semi-spherical |
SEMI-SPHER'ICAL, |
49171
|
semi-spheroidal |
SEMI-SPHEROID'AL, a. [semi and spheroidal.] Formed like a half spheroid. |
49172
|
semi-transept |
SEMI-TRAN'SEPT, n. [semi and transept; L. trans and septum.] the half of a transept or cross ... |
49173
|
semi-transparency |
SEMI-TRANSPA'RENCY, n. Imperfect transparency; partial opakeness. |
49174
|
semi-transparent |
SEMI-TRANSPA'RENT, a. [semi and transparent.] Half or imperfectly transparent. |
49175
|
semi-vitreous |
SEMI-VIT'REOUS, a. Partially vitreous. |
49176
|
semi-vitrification |
SEMI-VITRIFICA'TION, n. [semi and vitrification.] 1. The state of being imperfectly ... |
49177
|
semi-vitrified |
SEMI-VITRIFIED, a. [SeeVitrify.] Half or imperfectly vitrified; partially converted into glass. |
49178
|
semi-vocal |
SEM'I-VOCAL, a. [semi and vocal.] Pertaining to a semi-vowel; Half vocal; imperfectly sounding. |
49179
|
semi-vowel |
SEM'I-VOWEL, n. [semi and vowel.] In grammar, a half vowel, or an articulation which is ... |
49180
|
semibreve |
SEM'IBREVE, [semi and breve; formerly written semibref.] In music, a note of half the duration of ... |
49181
|
semicircle |
SEM'ICIRCLE, n. [semi and circle.] 1. The half of a circle; the part of a circle ... |
49182
|
semicircled |
SEM'ICIRCLED, a. Having the form of a half circle. |
49183
|
semicircular |
SEM'ICIRCULAR, |
49184
|
semicolon |
SEM'ICOLON, n. [semi and colon.] In grammar, and punctuation, the point [;] the mark of pause to ... |
49185
|
semific |
SEMIF'IC, a. [L. semen, seed and facio, to make.] Forming or producing seed. |
49186
|
semifloret |
SEM'IFLORET, n. [semi and floret.] A half floret, which is tubulous at the beginning, like a ... |
49187
|
semiflosculous |
SEMIFLOS'CULOUS, a. [semi and L. flosculous, a little flower. Semifloscular is also used, but is ... |
49188
|
semilunar |
SEMILU'NAR, a. [L. semi, and luna, moon.] Resembling in form a half moon. |
49189
|
semilunary |
SEMILU'NARY, |
49190
|
seminal |
SEM'INAL, a. [L. seminalis, from semen, seed; from the root of sow.] 1. Pertaining to ... |
49191
|
seminality |
SEMINAL'ITY, n. The nature of seed; or the power of being produced. |
49192
|
seminarist |
SEM'INARIST, n. [from seminary.] A Romish priest educated in a seminary. |
49193
|
seminary |
SEM'INARY, n. [L. seminarium, from semen, seed; semino, to sow.] 1. A seed-plant; ... |
49194
|
seminate |
SEM'INATE, v. t. [L. semino] To sow; to spread; to propagate. |
49195
|
semination |
SEMINA'TION, n. [L. seminatio.] 1. The act of sowing. 2. In botany, the ... |
49196
|
semined |
SEM'INED, a. Thick covered, as with seeds. |
49197
|
seminiferous |
SEMINIF'EROUS, a. [L. semen, seed, and fero, to produce.] Seed-bearing; producing seed. |
49198
|
seminifical |
SEMINIF'ICAL, |
49199
|
seminification |
SEMINIFICA'TION, n. Propagation from the seed or seminal parts. |
49200
|
semiped |
SEM'IPED, n. [semi and L. pes, a foot.] A half foot in poetry. |
49201
|
semipedal |
SEMIPE'DAL, a. Containing a half foot. |
49202
|
semiquaver |
SEM'IQUAVER, n. [semi and quaver.] In music, a note of half the duration of the quaver; the ... |
49203
|
semitertian |
SEMITER'TIAN, a. [semi and tertian.] Compounded of a tertian and a quotidian ague.SEMITER'TIAN, ... |
49204
|
semitone |
SEM'ITONE, n. [semi and tone.] In music, half a tone; an interval of sound, as between mi and fa ... |
49205
|
semitonic |
SEMITON'IC, a. Pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a simitone. |
49206
|
sempervirent |
SEMPERVI'RENT, a. [L. semper, always and virens, flourishing.] Always fresh; evergreen. |
49207
|
sempervive |
SEMP'ERVIVE, n. [L. semper, always, and vivus, alive.] A plant. |
49208
|
sempiternal |
SEMPITERN'AL, a. [L. sempiternus; semper, always, and eternus, eternal.] 1. Eternal ... |
49209
|
sempiternity |
SEMPITERN'ITY, n. [L. sempiternitas.] Future duration without end. |
49210
|
semster |
SEM'STER, n. A seamster; a man who uses a needle. [Not in use.] |
49211
|
sen |
SEN, adv. This word is usedby some of our common people for since. It seems to be a contraction ... |
49212
|
senary |
SEN'ARY, a. [L. seni, senarius.] Of six; belonging to six; containing six. |
49213
|
senate |
SEN'ATE, n. [L. senatus, from senex, old.] 1.An a assembly or council of senators; a ... |
49214
|
senate-house |
SEN'ATE-HOUSE, n. A house in which a senate meets, or a place of public council. |
49215
|
senator |
SEN'ATOR, n. 1. A mimber of a senate. In Rome one of the qualifications of a senator was ... |
49216
|
senatorial |
SENATO'RIAL, a. 1. Pertaining to a senate; becoming a senator; as senatorial robes; ... |
49217
|
senatorially |
SENATO'RIALLY, adv. In the manner of a senate; with dignity or solemnity. |
49218
|
senatorship |
SEN'ATORSHIP, n. The office or dignity of a senator. |
49219
|
send |
SEND, v. t. pret. and pp. sent. 1. In a general sense, to throw, cast or thrust; to ... |
49220
|
sendal |
SEN'DAL, n. A light thin stuff of silk or thread. [Not in use.] |
49221
|
sender |
SEND'ER, n. One that sends. |
49222
|
senega |
SEN'EGA, n. A plant called rattlesnake root, of the genus Polygala. |
49223
|
seneka |
SEN'EKA, |
49224
|
senescence |
SENES'CENCE, n. [L. senesco, from senex, old. See Senate.] The state of growing old; decay by ... |
49225
|
seneschal |
SEN'ESCHAL, n. A steward; an officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, who has the ... |
49226
|
sengreen |
SEN'GREEN, n. A plant, the houseleek, of the genus Sempervivium. |
49227
|
senile |
SE'NILE, a. [L. senilis.] Pertaining to old age; proceeding from age. |
49228
|
senility |
SENIL'ITY, n. Old age. [Not much used.] |
49229
|
senior |
SENIOR, a. see'nyor. [L. senior, comp. of senex, old.] Elder or older; but as an adjective, it ... |
49230
|
seniority |
SENIOR'ITY, n. 1. Eldership; superior age; priority of birth. He is the elder brother, ... |
49231
|
senna |
SEN'NA, n. The leaf of the cassia senna, a native of the east, used as a cathartic. |
49232
|
sennight |
SENNIGHT, n. sen'nit. [contracted from sevennight, as fortnight from fourteennight.] The space ... |
49233
|
senocular |
SENOC'ULAR, a. [L. seni, six, and oculus, the eye.] Having six eyes. Most ... |
49234
|
sensated |
SENS'ATED, a. [See Sense.] Perceived by the senses. [Not used.] |
49235
|
sensation |
SENSA'TION, n. [from L. sensus, sentio, to perceive. See Sense.] The perception of external ... |
49236
|
sense |
SENSE, n. [from L. sensus, from sentio, to feel or perceive.] 1. The faculty of the ... |
49237
|
sensed |
SENS'ED, pp. Perceived by the senses. [Not in use.] |
49238
|
senseful |
SENSEFUL, a. sens'ful. Reasonable; judicious. [Not in use.] |
49239
|
senseless |
SENSELESS, a. sens'less. 1. Wanting the faculty of perception. The body when dead is ... |
49240
|
senselessly |
SENSELESSLY adv. sens'lessly. In a senseless manner; stupidly; unreasonably; as a man ... |
49241
|
senselessness |
SENSELESSNESS, n. sens'lessness. Unreasonableness; folly; stupidity; absurdity. |
49242
|
sensibility |
SENSIBIL'ITY, n. 1. Susceptibility of impressions; the capacity for feeling or ... |
49243
|
sensible |
SENS'IBLE, a. 1. Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; ... |
49244
|
sensibleness |
SENS'IBLENESS, n. 1. Possibility of being perceived by the senses; as the sensibleness ... |
49245
|
sensibly |
SENS'IBLY, adv. 1. In a manner to be perceived by the senses; perceptibly to the ... |
49246
|
sensitive |
SENS'ITIVE, a. [L. sensitivus, from sensus, sentio.] 1. Having sense or feeling, or ... |
49247
|
sensitive-plant |
SENS'ITIVE-PLANT, n. A plant of the genus Mimosa [mimic,] so called from the sensibility of its ... |
49248
|
sensitively |
SENS'ITIVELY, adv. In a sensitive manner. |
49249
|
sensorial |
SENS'ORIAL, a. Pertaining to the sensory or sensorium; as sensorial faculties; sensorial motion ... |
49250
|
sensorium |
SENSO'RIUM, n. [from L. senus, sentio.] |
49251
|
sensory |
SENS'ORY, |
49252
|
sensual |
SENSUAL, a. [from L. sensus.] Pertaining to the senses, as distinct from the mind or ... |
49253
|
sensualist |
SENSU'ALIST, n. Aperson given to the indulgence of the appetites or senses; one who places his ... |
49254
|
sensuality |
SENSUAL'ITY, n. Devotedness o the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in ... |
49255
|
sensualize |
SENS'UALIZE, v. t. To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by ... |
49256
|
sensually |
SENS'UALLY, adv. In a sensual manner. |
49257
|
sensuous |
SENS'UOUS, a. [from sense.] Tender; pathetic. [Not in use.] |
49258
|
sent |
SENT, pret. and pp. of send. |
49259
|
sentence |
SEN'TENCE, n. [from L. sententia, from sentio, to think.] 1. In law, a judgement ... |
49260
|
sentential |
SENTEN'TIAL, a. 1. Comprising sentences. 2. Pertaining to a sentence or ... |
49261
|
sententious |
SENTEN'TIOUS, a. 1. Abounding with sentences, axioms and maxims; short and energetic; ... |
49262
|
sententiously |
SENTEN'TIOUSLY, adv. In short expressive periods; with striking brevity. ... |
49263
|
sententiousness |
SENTEN'TIOUSNESS, n. Pithiness of sentences; brevity with strength. The Medea I ... |
49264
|
sentient |
SENTIENT, a. sen'shent. [L. sentiens, sentio.] That perceives; having the faculty of perception. ... |
49265
|
sentiment |
SEN'TIMENT, n. [from L. sentio, to feel, perceive or think.] 1. Properly. a thought ... |
49266
|
sentimental |
SENTIMENT'AL, a. 1. Abounding with sentiment, or just opinions or reflections; as a ... |
49267
|
sentimentalist |
SENTIMENT'ALIST, n. One that affects sentiment, fine feeling or exquisite sensibility. |
49268
|
sentimentality |
SENTIMENTAL'ITY, n. Affectation of fine feeling or exqisite sensibility. |
49269
|
sentinel |
SENT'INEL, n. [from L. sentio, to perceive.] In military affairs, a soildier sent to watch or ... |
49270
|
sentry |
SEN'TRY, n. 1. [See Sentinel.] 2. Guard; watch; the duty of a sentines. ... |
49271
|
sentry-box |
SEN'TRY-BOX, n. A box to cover a sentinel at his post, and shelter him from the weather. |
49272
|
sepal |
SE'PAL, n. [from L. sepio.] In botany, the small leaf or part of a calyx. |
49273
|
separability |
SEPARABIL'ITY, n. [from separable.] The quality of being separable, or of admitting separation ... |
49274
|
separable |
SEP'ARABLE, a. That may be separated, disjoined, disunited or rent; as the separable parts of ... |
49275
|
separableness |
SEP'ARABLENESS, n. The quality of being capable of separation or disunion. ... |
49276
|
separate |
SEP'ARATE, v. t. [L. separo.] 1. To disunite; to divide; to sever; to part, in almost ... |
49277
|
separated |
SEP'ARATED, pp. Divided; parted; disunited; disconnected. |
49278
|
separately |
SEP'ARATELY, adv. In a separate or unconnected state; apart; distinctly; singly. The opinions of ... |
49279
|
separateness |
SEP'ARATENESS, n. The state of being separate. |
49280
|
separation |
SEPARA'TION, n. [L. separatio.] 1. The act of separating, severing or disconnecting; ... |
49281
|
separatist |
SEP'ARATIST, n. One that withdraws from an established church, to which he has belonged; a ... |
49282
|
separator |
SEP'ARATOR, n. One that divides or disjoins; a divider. |
49283
|
separatory |
SEP'ARATORY, a. That separates; as separatory ducts. [Little used.]SEP'ARATORY, n. A chimical ... |
49284
|
sepatating |
SEP'ATATING, ppr. Dividing; disjoining; putting or driving asunder; disconecting; decompsing. |
49285
|
sepawn |
SEPAWN', n. A species of food consisting of mial of maiz boiled in water. It is in New York |
49286
|
sepiment |
SEP'IMENT, n. [L. sepimentum, from sepio, to inclose.] A hedge; a fence; something that ... |
49287
|
sepin |
SEPIN', and Pennsylvania what hasty-pudding is in New England. |
49288
|
sepose |
SEPO'SE, v.t. sepo'ze. [L. sepono, sepositus.] To set apart. [Not in use.] |
49289
|
seposition |
SEPOSI''TION, n. The act of setting apart; segregation. [Not in use.] |
49290
|
sepoy |
SE'POY, n. A native of India, employed as a soldier in the service of European powers. |
49291
|
seps |
SEPS, n. [L. from Gr. Cuvier.] A species of venomous eft or lizard. A genus of lizards, the ... |
49292
|
sept |
SEPT, n. [L. prosapia; or Heb. See Class Sb. No. 23.] A clan, race or family, proceeding from a ... |
49293
|
septangular |
SEPTAN'GULAR, a. [L. septem, seven, and angulus, angle.] Having seven angles or sides. |
49294
|
septaria |
SEPTA'RIA, n. [L. septa, partitions.] A name given to nodules or spheroidal mass of calcarios ... |
49295
|
september |
SEPTEM'BER, n. [L. septem, seven.] The seventh month from march, which was formerly the first ... |
49296
|
septempartite |
SEPTEM'PARTITE, a. Divided into seven parts. |
49297
|
septenary |
SEP'TENARY, a. [L. septenarius, from septem, seven.] Consisting of seven; as a sepenary ... |
49298
|
septennial |
SEPTEN'NIAL, a. [L. septennis; septem, seven, and annus, year.] 1. Lasting or ... |
49299
|
septentrion |
SEPTEN'TRION, n. [L. septentrio.] The north or northern regions.SEPTEN'TRION, [L. ... |
49300
|
septentrional |
SEPTEN'TRIONAL From cold septerion blasts. |
49301
|
septentrionality |
SEPTENTRIONAL'ITY, n. Northerliness. [A bad word.] |
49302
|
septentrionate |
SEPTEN'TRIONATE, v.i. To tend northerly. [This word septentrion and its derivatives are hardly ... |
49303
|
septfoil |
SEPT'FOIL, n. [L. septem and folium; seven leaved.] A plant of the genus Tormentilla. |
49304
|
septic |
SEP'TIC, a. [Gr. to putrefy.] |
49305
|
septical |
SEP'TICAL, |
49306
|
septicity |
SEPTIC'ITY, n. Tendency to putrefaction. |
49307
|
septilateral |
SEPTILAT'ERAL, a. [L. septem, seven and latus, side.] Having seven sides; as a septilateral ... |
49308
|
septinsular |
SEPTIN'SULAR, a. [L. septum, seven, and insula, isle.] Consisting of seven isles; as the ... |
49309
|
septuagenary |
SEPTUAG'ENARY, a. [L. septuagenarius, from septuaginta, seventy.] Consisting of ... |
49310
|
septuagesima |
SEPTUAGES'IMA, n. [L. septuagesimus, seventieth.] THe third Sunday before Lent, or before ... |
49311
|
septuagesimal |
SEPTUAGES'IMAL, a. [supra.] Cosisting of seventy. Our abriged and ... |
49312
|
septuagint |
SEP'TUAGINT, n. [L. septuaginta, seventy; septem, seven, and some word signifying ten.] A Greek ... |
49313
|
septuary |
SEP'TUARY, n. [L. septum, seven.] Something composed of seven; a week. [Little used.] |
49314
|
septuple |
SEP'TUPLE, a. [Low L. septuplex; septum, seven. and plico, to fold.] Seven fold; seven times as ... |
49315
|
sepulcher |
SEP'ULCHER, n. [from L. sepulchrum, from sepelio, to bury, which seems to be formed with a prefix ... |
49316
|
sepulchral |
SEPUL'CHRAL, a. [L. sepulchralis, from sepulchrum.] Pertaining to burial, to grave, or to ... |
49317
|
sepulture |
SEP'ULTURE, n. Burial; internment; the act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the ... |
49318
|
sequacious |
SEQUA'CIOUS, a. [L. sequax, from sequor, to follow. See Seek.] 1. Following; attendant. ... |
49319
|
sequaciousness |
SEQUA'CIOUSNESS, n. State of being sepuacious; disposition to follow. |
49320
|
sequacity |
SEQUAC'ITY, n. [supra.] 1.A following, or disposition to follow. 2. ... |
49321
|
sequel |
SE'QUEL, n. [L. sequor, to follow.] 1. That which follows; a succeeding part; as the ... |
49322
|
sequence |
SE'QUENCE, n. [L. sequens, sequor.] 1. A following, or that which follows; aconsequent. ... |
49323
|
sequent |
SE'QUENT, a. [supra.] 1. Following; succeeding. 2. Consequential. [Little ... |
49324
|
sequester |
SEQUES'TER, v.t. [L. sequestro, to sever or separate, to put int the hands of and indifferent ... |
49325
|
sequestered |
SEQUES'TERED, pp. Seized asnd detained for a time, to satisfy a demand; separated; also, being in ... |
49326
|
sequestrable |
SEQUES'TRABLE, a. That may be seqestered or separated; subject or liable to sequestration. |
49327
|
sequestrate |
SEQUES'TRATE, v. t. To seqester. [It is less used than seqester, but exactly synonymous.] |
49328
|
sequestration |
SEQUESTRA'TION, n. 1. The act of taking a thing from parties contending for it, and ... |
49329
|
sequestrator |
SEQUESTRA'TOR, n. 1. One that sequesters property, or takes the possession of it for a ... |
49330
|
sequin |
SE'QUIN, n. A gold coin of Venice and Turkey, of different value in different places. At Venice, ... |
49331
|
seraglio |
SERAGLIO, n. seral'yo. The palace of the Grand Seignior or Turkish sultan, or the palace of a ... |
49332
|
seraph |
SER'APH, n. plu. seraphs; but sometimes the Hebrew plural, seraphim, is used. [from Heb. to ... |
49333
|
seraphic |
SERAPH'IC, a. |
49334
|
seraphical |
SERAPH'ICAL, 1. Pertaining to a seraph; angelic; sublime; as seraphic purity; seraphic ... |
49335
|
seraphim |
SER'APHIM, n. [the Hebrew plural of seraph.] Angels of the highest order in the celestial ... |
49336
|
seraskier |
SERAS'KIER, n. A Turkish commander or general of land forces. |
49337
|
serass |
SERASS' n. A fowl of the East Indies, of the crane kind. |
49338
|
sere |
SERE, a. Dry; withered; usually written sear, which see.SERE, n. A claw or talon. [Not in ... |
49339
|
serenade |
SERENA'DE, n. [from L. serenus, clear, serene.] 1. Properly, music performed in a ... |
49340
|
serenata |
SERENA'TA, n. A vocal piece of music on an armorous subject. |
49341
|
serene |
SERE'NE, a. [L. serenus; Heb. Ch. Syr. Ar. to shine. Class Sr. No. 2. 23.47.] 1. ... |
49342
|
serenely |
SERE'NELY, adv. 1. Calmly; quietly. The setting sun now shown ... |
49343
|
sereneness |
SERE'NENESS, n. The state of being serene; serenity. |
49344
|
serenitude |
SEREN'ITUDE, n. Calmness. [Not in use.] |
49345
|
serenity |
SEREN'ITY, n. [L. serenitas.] 1. Clearness and calmness; as the serenity of the air or ... |
49346
|
serf |
SERF, n. [L. servus.] A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries, attached ... |
49347
|
serge |
SERGE, n. A wollen quilted stuff manufactured in a loom with four treddles, after the manner of ... |
49348
|
serge-maker |
SERGE-MAKER, n. A manufacturer of serges. |
49349
|
sergeant |
SERGEANT, n. s'arjent. [L. serviens, serving, for so was this word written in Latin.] ... |
49350
|
sergeantry |
SERGEANTRY, n. s'arjentry. In england, sergeantry is of two kinds; grand sergeantry and petit ... |
49351
|
sergeantship |
SERGEANTSHIP, n. s'argentship. The office of a sergeant. |
49352
|
sericeous |
SERI''CEOUS, a. [L. sericus, from sericum, silk.] Pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky. ... |
49353
|
series |
SE'RIES, n. [L. this word probably belongs to the Shemetic, the primary sense of which is to ... |
49354
|
serin |
SER'IN, n. A songbird of Italy and Germany. |
49355
|
serious |
SE'RIOUS, a. [L. serius.] 1. Grave in manner or disposition; solemn; not light, gay or ... |
49356
|
seriously |
SE'RIOUSLY, adv. Gravely; solemnly; in earnest; without levity. One of the first duties of a ... |
49357
|
seriousness |
SE'RIOUSNESS, n. 1. Gravity of manner or of mind; solemnity. He spoke with great ... |
49358
|
sermocination |
SERMOCINA'TION, n. Speech-making. [Not used.] |
49359
|
sermocinator |
SERMOCINA'TOR, n. One that makes sermons or speeches. [Not in use.] |
49360
|
sermon |
SER'MON, n. 1. A discourse delivered in public by a licensed clergymen for the purpose ... |
49361
|
sermoning |
SER'MONING, n. Discourse; instruction; advice. [Not in use.] |
49362
|
sermonize |
SER'MONIZE, v. i. 1. To preach. 2. To inculate rigid rules. 3. To ... |
49363
|
sermonizer |
SER'MONIZER, n. One that composes sermons. |
49364
|
sermonizing |
SER'MONIZING, ppr. Preaching; inculating rigid precepts; composing sermons. |
49365
|
sermountain |
SER'MOUNTAIN, n. A plant of the genus Laserpitium; laserwort; seseli. |
49366
|
seroon |
SEROON, n. 1. A seroon of almonds is the quantity of two hudred pounds; of anise seed, ... |
49367
|
serosity |
SEROS'ITY, In medicine, the watery part of the blood. |
49368
|
serotine |
SER'OTINE, n. A species of bat. |
49369
|
serous |
SE'ROUS, a. 1. Thin; watery; like whey; used of that part of the blood which separates ... |
49370
|
serpent |
SER'PENT, n. [L. serpens, creeping; serpo, to creep.] 1. An animal of the order of ... |
49371
|
serpent-cucumber |
SERPENT-CUCUMBER, n. A plant of the genus Trichosanthes. |
49372
|
serpent-eater |
SER'PENT-EATER, n. A fowl of Africa that devours serpents. |
49373
|
serpent-fish |
SER'PENT-FISH, n. A fish of the genus Taenia, resembling a snake, but of a red color. |
49374
|
serpentaria |
SERPENTA'RIA, n. A plant, called also snake root; a species of Aristolochia. |
49375
|
serpentarius |
SERPENTA'RIUS, n. A constellation in the northern hemisphere, containing seventy-four stars. |
49376
|
serpentine |
SER'PENTINE, a. [L. serpentinus, from serpens.] 1. Resembling a serpent; usually, ... |
49377
|
serpentine-stone |
SER'PENTINE-STONE, either shades and spots resembling a serpent's skin. Serpentine is often ... |
49378
|
serpentize |
SER'PENTIZE, v.t. To wind; to turn or bend, first in one direction and then in opposite; to ... |
49379
|
serpents-tongue |
SER'PENTS-TONGUE, n. A plant of the genus Ophioglossum. |
49380
|
serpet |
SER'PET, n. A basket. [Not in use.] |
49381
|
serpiginous |
SERPIG'INOUS, a. [L. from serpo, to creep.] A kind of herpes or tetter; called in popular ... |
49382
|
serprntine |
SER'PRNTINE, n. A species of talck or magnesian stone, usually of an obscure green color, |
49383
|
serpulite |
SER'PULITE, n. Petrified shells or fossil remains of the genus Serpula. |
49384
|
serr |
SERR, v.t. To crowd, press or drive together. [ Not in use.] |
49385
|
serrate |
SER'RATE, [L. serratus, from serro, to saw; serra, a saw.] Jagged; notched; indented on the |
49386
|
serrated |
SER'RATED, edge, like a saw. In botany, having sharp notches about the edge, pointing towards the ... |
49387
|
serration |
SERRA'TION, n. Formation in the shape of a saw. |
49388
|
serrature |
SER'RATURE, n. An indenting or indenture in the edge of any thing, like those of a saw. |
49389
|
serrous |
SER'ROUS, a. Like the teeth of a saw; irregular. [Little used.] |
49390
|
serrulate |
SER'RULATE, a. Finely serrate; having very minute teeth or notches. |
49391
|
serry |
SER'RY, v.t. To crowd; to press together. [Not in use.] |
49392
|
serum |
SE'RUM, n. [L.] 1. The thin transparent part of the blood. 2. The thin part ... |
49393
|
serval |
SER'VAL, n. An animal of the feline genus, resembling the lynx in form and size, and the panther ... |
49394
|
servant |
SERV'ANT, [L. servans, from servo, to keep or hold; properly one that waits, that is, stops, ... |
49395
|
serve |
SERVE, v.t. serv. [L. servio. This verb is supposed to be from the noun servus, a servant or ... |
49396
|
served |
SERV'ED, pp. Attended; waited on; worshiped; levied. |
49397
|
service |
SERV'ICE, n. [From L. servitium.] 1. In a general sense, labor of body or of body and ... |
49398
|
serviceable |
SERV'ICEABLE, a. 1. That does service; that promotes happiness, interest, advantage or ... |
49399
|
serviceableness |
SERV'ICEABLENESS, n. 1. Usefulness of promoting good of any kind; beneficialness. ... |
49400
|
servient |
SERV'IENT, a. [L. serviens.] Subordinate. [Not in use.] |
49401
|
servile |
SERV'ILE, a. [L. servilis, from servio, to serve.] 1. Such as pertains to a servant or ... |
49402
|
servilely |
SERV'ILELY, adv. 1. Meanly; slavishly; with base submission or obsequiousness. ... |
49403
|
servileness |
SERV'ILENESS, n. |
49404
|
servility |
SERVIL'ITY, 1. Slavery; the condition of a slave or bondman. To be a ... |
49405
|
serving |
SERV'ING, ppr. Working for; acting in subordination to; yielding obedience to; worshiping; also, ... |
49406
|
serving-maid |
SERV'ING-MAID, n. A female servant; a menial. |
49407
|
serving-man |
SERV'ING-MAN, n. A male servant; a menial. |
49408
|
servitor |
SERV'ITOR, n. [From L. servio, to serve.] 1. A servant; an attendant. 2. One ... |
49409
|
servitorship |
SERV'ITORSHIP, n. The office of a servitor. |
49410
|
servitude |
SERV'ITUDE, n. [L. servitudo or servitus. See Serve.] 1. The condition of a slave; ... |
49411
|
sesame |
SES'AME, n. [L. sesama.] Oily grain; a genus of annual herbaceous plants, from the |
49412
|
sesamum |
SES'AMUM, seeds of which an oil is expressed. One species of it is cultivated in Carolina, and ... |
49413
|
sesban |
SES'BAN, n. A plant; a species of AEschynomene or Bastard sensitive plant. |
49414
|
seseli |
SES'ELI, n. [L. Gr. seselis.] A genus of plants; meadow saxifrage; hartwort. |
49415
|
sesqipedal |
SESQIP'EDAL, a. [L. sesqui, one and a half, and pedalis, from pes, a foot.] |
49416
|
sesquiduplicate |
SESQUIDU'PLICATE, a. [L. sesqui, supra, and duplicatis, double.] Designating the ratio of two ... |
49417
|
sesquilter |
SESQUIL'TER, a. [L. from sesqui, half as much more, and alter, other.] |
49418
|
sesquilteral |
SESQUIL'TERAL, 1. In geometry, designating a ratio where one quantity or number contains ... |
49419
|
sesquipedalian |
SESQUIPEDA'LIAN, Containing a foot and a half; as a sesquipedalian pigmy. Addison uses ... |
49420
|
sesquiplicate |
SESQUIP'LICATE, a. [L. sesqui, one and a half, and plicatus, plico, to fold.] Designating the ... |
49421
|
sesquitertian |
SESQUITER'TIAN, a. [L. sesqui, one and a half, and tertius, third.] Designating the |
49422
|
sesquitertional |
SESQUITER'TIONAL, ratio of one and one third. |
49423
|
sesquitone |
SES'QUITONE, n. In music, a minor third, or interval of three semitones. |
49424
|
sess |
SESS, n. [L. sessio.] A tax. [Little used or not at all. See Assessment.] |
49425
|
sessile |
SES'SILE, a. [L. sessilis. See Set.] In botany, sitting on the stem. A sessile leaf issues ... |
49426
|
session |
SES'SION, n. [L. sessio, from sedeo. See Set.] 1. A sitting or being placed; as the ... |
49427
|
sesterce |
SES'TERCE, n. [L. sestertius.] A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part ... |
49428
|
set |
SET, v.t. pret. pp. set. [L. sedo; to compose, as a book, to dispose or put in order, to ... |
49429
|
set-foil |
SET-FOIL. [See Sept-foil.] |
49430
|
set-off |
SET'-OFF, n. [set and off.] The act of admitting one claim to counterbalance another. In a ... |
49431
|
setaceous |
SETA'CEOUS, a. [L. seta, a bristle.] 1. Bristly; set with strong hairs; consisting of ... |
49432
|
setiform |
SE'TIFORM, a. [L. seta, a bristle, and form.] Having the form of a bristle. |
49433
|
seton |
SE'TON, n. [l. seta, a bristle.] In surgery, a few horsehairs or small threads, or a twist of ... |
49434
|
setous |
SE'TOUS, a. [L. setosus, from seta, a bristle.] In botany, bristly; having the surface set with ... |
49435
|
settee |
SETTEE', n. [from set.] 1. A long seat with a back to it. A vessel with one ... |
49436
|
setter |
SET'TER, n. 1. One that sets; as a setter on, or inciter; a setter up; a setter forth, ... |
49437
|
setter-wort |
SET'TER-WORT, n. A plant, a species of Helleborus. |
49438
|
setting |
SET'TING, ppr. Placing; putting; fixing; studding; appointing; sinking below the horizon, ... |
49439
|
setting-dog |
SET'TING-DOG, n. A setter; a dog trained to find and start birds for sportsmen. |
49440
|
settle |
SET'TLE, n. [L. sedile. See Set.] A seat or bench; something to sit on.SET'TLE, v.t. [from ... |
49441
|
settled |
SET'TLED, pp. Placed; established; determined; composed; adjusted. |
49442
|
settledness |
SET'TLEDNESS, n. The state of being settled; confirmed state. [Little used.] |
49443
|
settlement |
SET'TLEMENT, n. 1. The act of settling, the state of being settled. 2. The ... |
49444
|
settling |
SET'TLING, ppr. Placing; fixing; establishing; regulating; adjusting; planting or colonizing; ... |
49445
|
setwall |
SET'WALL, n. [set and wall.] A plant. The garden setwall is a species of Valeriana. |
49446
|
seven |
SEVEN, a. sev'n [L. septem.] Four and three; one more than six or less than eight. Seven days ... |
49447
|
sevenfold |
SEV'ENFOLD, a. [seven and fold.] Repeated seven times; doubled seven times; increased to seven ... |
49448
|
sevennight |
SEV'ENNIGHT, n. [seven and night.] A week; the period of seven days and nights; or the time from ... |
49449
|
sevenscore |
SEV'ENSCORE, n. [seven and score, twenty notches or marks.] Seven times twenty, that is, a ... |
49450
|
seventeen |
SEV'ENTEEN, a. [seven-ten.] Seven and ten. |
49451
|
seventeenth |
SEV'ENTEENTH, a. [from seventeen.] The ordinal of seventeen; the seventh after the tenth. ... |
49452
|
seventh |
SEV'ENTH, a. 1. The ordinal of seven; the first after the sixth. On ... |
49453
|
seventhly |
SEV'ENTHLY, adv. In the seventh place. |
49454
|
seventieth |
SEV'ENTIETH, a. [from seventy.] The ordinal of seventy; as a man in the seventieth year of his ... |
49455
|
seventy |
SEV'ENTY, a. [Gr. ten.] Seven times ten. That he would accomplish seventy ... |
49456
|
sever |
SEV'ER, v.t. [There may be a doubt whether sever is derived from the Latin separo. Heb. Ch. Syr. ... |
49457
|
several |
SEV'ERAL, a. [from several.] 1. Separate; distinct; not common to two or more; as a ... |
49458
|
severality |
SEVERAL'ITY, n. Each particular singly taken; distinction. [Not in use.] |
49459
|
severalize |
SEV'ERALIZE, v.t. To distinguish. [Not in use.] |
49460
|
severally |
SEV'ERALLY, adv. Separately; distinctly; apart from others. Call the men severally by name. ... |
49461
|
severalty |
SEV'ERALTY, n. A state of separation from the rest, or from all others. An estate in severalty, ... |
49462
|
severance |
SEV'ERANCE, n. Separation; the act of dividing or disuniting. The sevrance of a jointure is make ... |
49463
|
severe |
SEVE'RE, a. [L. severus.] 1. Rigid; harsh; not mild or indulgent; as severe words; ... |
49464
|
severely |
SEVE'RELY, adv. 1. Harshly; sharply; as, the chide one severely. 2. ... |
49465
|
severite |
SEV'ERITE, n. A mineral found near St. Sever, in France, occurring in small masses, white without ... |
49466
|
severity |
SEVER'ITY, n. [L. sveritas.] 1. Harshness; rigor; austerity; want of mildness or ... |
49467
|
sevruga |
SEVRU'GA, n. A fish, the accipenser stellatus. |
49468
|
sew |
SEW, To follow. [Not used. See Sue.]SEW, v.t. pronounced so, and better written soe. To unite ... |
49469
|
sewed |
SEW'ED, pp. United by stitches. |
49470
|
sewel |
SEW'EL, n. Among huntsmen, something hung up to prevent deer entering a place. |
49471
|
sewer |
SEW'ER, n. [L. sicco.] A drain or passage to cnvey off waterunder ground; a subterraneous canal, ... |
49472
|
sewing |
SEW'ING, ppr. Joining with the needle or with stitches. |
49473
|
sewster |
SEW'STER, n. A woman that sews or spins. Obs. |
49474
|
sex |
SEX, n. [L. sexus; from L. seco, to divide.] 1. The distinction between male and ... |
49475
|
sexagenarian |
SEXAGENA'RIAN, n. [infra.] A person who has arrived at the age of sixty years. |
49476
|
sexagenary |
SEX'AGENARY, a. [L. sexagenarius, from sex, six, and a word signifying ten, seen in viginti; ... |
49477
|
sexagesima |
SEXAGES'IMA, n. [L. sexagesimus, sextieth.] The second Sunday before Lent, the next to ... |
49478
|
sexagesimal |
SEXAGES'IMAL, a. Sixtieth; pertaining to the number sexty. Sexagenary or sexgesimal arithmetic, ... |
49479
|
sexangled |
SEXAN'GLED, a. [L. sex, six, and angulus, angle.] Having six angles; hexagonal. |
49480
|
sexangular |
SEXAN'GULAR, |
49481
|
sexdecimal |
SEXDEC'IMAL, a. [L. sex, six, and decem, ten.] In crystalography, when a prism or the middle ... |
49482
|
sexennial |
SEXEN'NIAL, a. [L. sex, six, and annus, year.] Lasting six years, or happening once in six ... |
49483
|
sexfid |
SEX'FID, a. [L. sex, six, and findo, to divide.] In botany, six-cleft; as a sexfid calyx or ... |
49484
|
sexinnially |
SEXIN'NIALLY, adv. Once in six years. |
49485
|
sexlocular |
SEXLOC'ULAR, a. [L. sex, six, and loculus, cell.] In botany, six-celled; having six cells for ... |
49486
|
sextain |
SEX'TAIN, n. [L. sextans, a sixth, from sex, six.] A stanza of six lines. |
49487
|
sextant |
SEX'TANT, n. [L. sextans, a sixth. the Romans divided the as into 12 ounces; a sixth, or two ... |
49488
|
sextary |
SEX'TARY, n. [L. sextarius.] A measure of a pint and a half.SEX'TARY, n. The same as sacristan. ... |
49489
|
sextile |
SEX'TILE, n. [L. sextilis, from sex, six.] Denoting the aspect or position of two planets, when ... |
49490
|
sexton |
SEX'TON, n. [contracted from sacristan, which see.] An under officer of the church, whose ... |
49491
|
sextonship |
SEX'TONSHIP, n. The office of a sexton. |
49492
|
sextry |
SEX'TRY, |
49493
|
sextuple |
SEX'TUPLE, a. [Low L. sextuplus; sex, six, and duplus, double.] 1. Sixfold; six times ... |
49494
|
sexual |
SEX'UAL, a. [from sex.] 1. Pertaining to sex or the sexes; distinguishing the sex; ... |
49495
|
sexualist |
SEX'UALIST, n. One who believes and maintains the doctrine of sexes in plants; or onw who ... |
49496
|
sexuality |
SEXUAL'ITY, n. The state of being distinguished by sex. |
49497
|
sezin |
SE'ZIN, n. 1. In law, possession. Seizin is of two sorts, seizin in deed or fact, and ... |
49498
|
shab |
SHAB v.i. To play mean tricks. In some parts of New England, it signifies to reject or dismiss; ... |
49499
|
shabbily |
SHAB'BILY, adv. [from shabby.] 1. Raggedly; with rent or ragged clothes; as, to be ... |
49500
|
shabbiness |
SHAB'BINESS, n. 1. Raggedness; as the shabbiness of a garment. 2. Meanness; ... |
49501
|
shabby |
SHAB'BY, a. 1. Ragged; torn or worn to rags; as a shabby coat; shabby clothes. ... |
49502
|
shack |
SHACK, n. In ancient customs of England, a liberty of witer pasturage. In Norfolk and Suffolk, ... |
49503
|
shackle |
SHACK'LE, n. Stubble. [In Scotish, shag is the refuse of barley, or that which is not well ... |
49504
|
shackled |
SHACK'LED, pp. Tied; confined; embarrassed. |
49505
|
shackles |
SHACK'LES, 1. Fetters, gyves, handcuffs, cords or something else that confines the ... |
49506
|
shackling |
SHACK'LING, ppr. Fettering; binding; confining. |
49507
|
shad |
SHAD, n. It has no plural termination. Shad is singular or plural. A fish, a species of Clupea. ... |
49508
|
shaddock |
SHAD'DOCK, n. A variety of the orange (Citrus aurantium;) pampelmoe. A large species of orange ... |
49509
|
shade |
SHADE, n. [L. scutum, a shield.] 1. Literally, the interception, cutting of or ... |
49510
|
shaded |
SHA'DED, pp. Defended from the rays of the sun; darkened. |
49511
|
shader |
SHA'DER, n. He or that which shades. |
49512
|
shadiness |
SHA'DINESS, n. [from shady.] The state of being shady; umbrageousness; as the shadiness of the ... |
49513
|
shading |
SHA'DING, ppr. Sheltering from the sun's rays. |
49514
|
shadow |
SHAD'OW, n. 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, ... |
49515
|
shadow-grass |
SHAD'OW-GRASS, n. A kind of grass so called. [Gramen sylvaticum.] |
49516
|
shadowed |
SHAD'OWED, pp. Represented imperfectly or typically. |
49517
|
shadowing |
SHAD'OWING, ppr. Representing by faint or imperfect resemblance.SHAD'OWING, n. Shade or ... |
49518
|
shadowy |
SHAD'OWY, a. 1. Full of shade; dark; gloomy. This shadowy desert, ... |
49519
|
shady |
SHA'DY, a. [from shade.] 1. Abounding with shade or shades; overspread with shade. ... |
49520
|
shaeful |
SHA'EFUL, n. a. [shame and full.] 1. That brings shame or disgrace; scandalous; ... |
49521
|
shaffle |
SHAF'FLE, v.i. [See Shuffle.] To hobble or limp. [Not in use.] |
49522
|
shaffler |
SHAF'FLER, n. A hobbler; one that limps. [Not in use.] |
49523
|
shaft |
SH'AFT, n. L. scapus; from the root of shape, from setting, or shooting, extending.] 1. ... |
49524
|
shafted |
SH'AFTED, a. Having a handle; a term in heraldry, applied to a spearhead. |
49525
|
shaftment |
SH'AFTMENT, n. A span, a measure of about six inches. [Not in use.] |
49526
|
shag |
SHAG, n. 1. Coarse hair or nap, or rough wooly hair. True Witney ... |
49527
|
shagged |
SHAG'GED, a. |
49528
|
shaggedness |
SHAG'GEDNESS, n. |
49529
|
shagginess |
SHAG'GINESS, The state of being shaggt; roughness with long losse hair or wool. |
49530
|
shaggy |
SHAG'GY, 1. Rough with long hair or wool. About his shoulders hangs ... |
49531
|
shagreen |
SHAGREE'N, n. A kind of grained leather prepared of the skin of a fish, a species of Squalus. To ... |
49532
|
shah |
SHAH, n. A Persian signifying king. |
49533
|
shaik |
SHAIK, n. |
49534
|
shail |
SHAIL, v.t. To walk sidewise. [Low and not in use.] [This word is probably the G. schielen, ... |
49535
|
shake |
SHAKE, v.t. pret. shook; pp. shaken. 1. To cause to move with quick vibrations; to move ... |
49536
|
shaken |
SHAKEN, pp. sha'kn. 1. Impelled with a vacillating motion; agitated. 2. a. ... |
49537
|
shaker |
SHA'KER, n. 1. A person or thing that shakes or agitates; as the shaker of the earth. ... |
49538
|
shaking |
SHA'KING, ppr. Impelling to a wavering motion; causing to vacillate or waver; agitating. ... |
49539
|
shaky |
SHA'KY, a. Cracked, as timber. |
49540
|
shal |
SHAL, verb auxiliary. pret, should. [L. scelus.] |
49541
|
shale |
SHALE, v.t. To peel. [Not in use. See Shell.]SHALE, n. 1. A shell or husk. ... |
49542
|
shall |
SHALL, 1. Shall is primarily in the present, and in our mother tongue was followed by a ... |
49543
|
shalloon |
SHALLOON', n. A slight woolen stuff. |
49544
|
shallop |
SHAL'LOP, n. [This word is changed into sloop; but the two words have now different ... |
49545
|
shallow |
SHAL'LOW, a. 1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal; as shallow water; a shallow ... |
49546
|
shallow-brained |
SHAL'LOW-BRAINED, a. Weak in the intellect; foolish; empty headed. |
49547
|
shallowly |
SHAL'LOWLY, adv. 1. With little depth. 2. Superficially; simply; without ... |
49548
|
shallowness |
SHAL'LOWNESS, n. 1. Want of depth; small depth; as the shallowness of water, of a ... |
49549
|
shalm |
SHALM, n. A kind of musical pipe. [Not used.] |
49550
|
shalote |
SHALO'TE, n. The French echalote anglicized. [See Eschalot.] |
49551
|
shalstone |
SHAL'STONE, n. A mineral found only in the Bannet of Temeswar, of a grayish, yellowish or reddish ... |
49552
|
shalt |
SHALT, the second person singular of shall; as, thou shalt not steal. |
49553
|
sham |
SHAM, n. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud or device that deludes and ... |
49554
|
shaman |
SHAM'AN, n. In russia, a wizzard or conjurer, who by enchantment pretends to cure diseases, ward ... |
49555
|
shambles |
SHAM'BLES, n. [L. scamnum a bench; from L. scando.] 1. The place where butcher's meat ... |
49556
|
shambling |
SHAM'BLING, a. [from scamble, scambling.] Moving with an awkward, irregular, cumsy pace; as a ... |
49557
|
shame |
SHAME, n. 1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt, or of having done ... |
49558
|
shamed |
SHA'MED, pp. Made ashamed. |
49559
|
shamefaced |
SHA'MEFACED, a. Bashful; easily confused or put out of countenance. A man may be shamefaced to ... |
49560
|
shamefacedly |
SHA'MEFACEDLY, adv. Bashfully; with excessive modesty. |
49561
|
shamefacedness |
SHA'MEFACEDNESS, n. Bashfulness; excess of modesty. |
49562
|
shamefully |
SHA'MEFULLY, adv. 1. Disgracefully; in a manner to bring reproach. He shamefully ... |
49563
|
shamefulness |
SHA'MEFULNESS, n. Disgracefulness. |
49564
|
shameless |
SHA'MELESS, a. [shame and less.] 1. Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; impudent; ... |
49565
|
shamelessly |
SHA'MELESSLY, adv. Without shame; impudently; as a man shamelessly wicked. |
49566
|
shamelessnes |
SHA'MELESSNES, n. Destitution of shame; want of sensiblity to desgrace or dishonor; impudence. ... |
49567
|
shamer |
SHA'MER, n. One who makes ashamed; that which confounds. |
49568
|
shaming |
SHA'MING, ppr. Making ashamed; causing to blush; confounding. |
49569
|
shammer |
SHAM'MER, n. [from sham.] One that shams; an imposter. [Low.] |
49570
|
shammy |
SHAM'MY, 1. A species of wild goat, (Capra rupicapra, goat of the rocks,) inhabiting ... |
49571
|
shamois |
SHAMOIS, n. |
49572
|
shamrock |
SHAM'ROCK, n. The Irish name for three-leafed grass. |
49573
|
shank |
SHANK, n. 1. The whole joint from the knee to the ankle. In a horse, th epart of the ... |
49574
|
shank-painter |
SHANK-PAINTER, n. With seamen, a short rope and chain which sustains the shank and flukes of an ... |
49575
|
shanked |
SHANK'ED, a. Having a shank. |
49576
|
shanker |
SHANK'ER, n. A malignent ulcer, usually occasioned by some venereal complaint. |
49577
|
shanscrit |
SHAN'SCRIT, n. The Sanscrit, or ancient language of Hindoostan. [See Sanscrit.] |
49578
|
shanty |
SHANTY, for janty, gay; showy. [Not in use or local.] |
49579
|
shape |
SHAPE, v.t. pret. shaped; pp. shaped or shapen. 1. To form or create. ... |
49580
|
shaped |
SHA'PED, pp. Formed; molded; cast; conceived. |
49581
|
shapelessness |
SHA'PELESSNESS, n. Destitution of regular form. |
49582
|
shapely |
SHA'PELY, a. [from shape.] Well formed; having a regular shapr; symmetrical. |
49583
|
shapen |
SHA'PEN, |
49584
|
shapesess |
SHA'PESESS, a. Destitute of regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; as deformed and ... |
49585
|
shapesmith |
SHA'PESMITH, n. [shape and smith.] One that undertakes to improve the form of the body. [In ... |
49586
|
shaping |
SHA'PING, ppr. Forming; molding; casting; conceiving; giving form. |
49587
|
shapliness |
SHA'PLINESS, n. [from shapely.] Beauty or proportion of form. [Little used.] |
49588
|
shard |
SH'ARD, n. 1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel or of any brittle substance. ... |
49589
|
shardborn |
SH'ARDBORN, a. [shard and born.] Born or produced among among fragments, or in crevices; as the ... |
49590
|
sharded |
SHA'RDED, a. Having wings sheathed with a hard case; as the sharded beetle. Inhabiting shards. |
49591
|
share |
SHARE, n. 1. a part; a portion; a quantity; as a small share of prudence or good ... |
49592
|
share-bone |
SHA'RE-BONE, n. The ossa pubis. |
49593
|
shared |
SHA'RED, pp. Held or enjoyed with another or others; divided; distributed in shares |
49594
|
shareholder |
SHA'REHOLDER, n. [share and holder.] One that holds or owns a share in a joint fund or property. ... |
49595
|
sharer |
SHA'RER, n. A partaker; one that participates any thing with another; one who enjoys or suffers ... |
49596
|
sharing |
SHA'RING, ppr. Partaking; having a part with another; enjoying or suffering with others.SHA'RING, ... |
49597
|
shark |
SH'ARK, n. [L. carcharius; Gr. from sharp.] 1. A voracious fish of the genus Squalus, ... |
49598
|
sharker |
SH'ARKER, n. One that lives by sharking; an artful fellow. |
49599
|
sharking |
SH'ARKING, ppr. Picking up in haste; living by petty rapine, or by shifts and devices.SH'ARKING, ... |
49600
|
sharp |
SH'ARP, a. 1. Having a very thin edge or a fine point; keen; acute; not blunt. Thus we ... |
49601
|
sharp-edged |
SH'ARP-EDG'ED, a. Having a fine keen edge. |
49602
|
sharp-set |
SH'ARP-SET, a. [sharp and set.] 1. Eager in appetite; affected by keen hunger; ... |
49603
|
sharp-shooter |
SH'ARP-SHOOTER, n. [Sharp and shoot.] One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; one ... |
49604
|
sharp-sighted |
SH'ARP-SIGHTED, a. [sharp and sight.] 1. Having quick or acute sight; as a ... |
49605
|
sharp-visaged |
SH'ARP-VISAGED, a. [sharp and visage.] Having a sharp or thin face. |
49606
|
sharp-witted |
SH'ARP-WITTED, a. Having an acute or nicely discerning mind. |
49607
|
sharpen |
SHARPEN, v.t. 1. To make sharp; to give a keen edge or a fine point to a thing; to ... |
49608
|
sharper |
SH'ARPER, n. A shrewd man in making bargains; a tricking fellow; a cheat in bargaining or gaming. |
49609
|
sharply |
SH'ARPLY, adv. 1. With a keen edge or a fine point. 2. Severely; rigorously; ... |
49610
|
sharpness |
SH'ARPNESS, n. 1. Keenness of an edge or point; as the sharpness of a razor or a dart. ... |
49611
|
shaster |
SHAS'TER, n. Among the Hindoos, a sacred book containing the dogmas of the religion of the Bramis ... |
49612
|
shatter |
SHAT'TER, v.t. 1. To braek at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, rend or part by ... |
49613
|
shatter-brained |
SHAT'TER-BRAINED, a. [shatter and brain or pated.] |
49614
|
shatter-pated |
SHAT'TER-PATED, 1. Disordered or wandering in intellect. 2. Heedless wild; not ... |
49615
|
shattered |
SHAT'TERED, pp. Broken or dashed to pieces; rent; disordered. |
49616
|
shattering |
SHAT'TERING, ppr. Dashing or breaking to pieces; rending; disordering. |
49617
|
shatters |
SHAT'TERS, n. [I believe used only in the plural.] The fragments of any thing forcibly rent or ... |
49618
|
shattery |
SHAT'TERY, a. Brittle; easily falling into many pieces; not compact; loose of texture; as ... |
49619
|
shave |
SHAVE, v.t. pret. shaved; pp. shaved or shaven. 1. To cut or pare off something from the ... |
49620
|
shave-grass |
SHA'VE-GRASS, n. A plant of the genus Equisetum. |
49621
|
shaved |
SHA'VED, pp. Pared; made smooth with a razor or other cutting instrument; fleeced. |
49622
|
shaveling |
SHA'VELING, n. A man shaved; a friar or religious; in contempt. |
49623
|
shaver |
SHA'VER, n. 1. One that shaves or whose occupation is to shave. 2. One that ... |
49624
|
shaving |
SHA'VING, ppr. Paring the surface with a razor or ather sharp instrument; making smooth by ... |
49625
|
shaw |
SHAW, n. A thicket; a small wood. [Local in England. In America not used.] |
49626
|
shawl |
SHAWL, n. A cloth of wool, cotton, silk or hair, used by females as a loose covering for the neck ... |
49627
|
shawm |
SHAWM, |
49628
|
she |
SHE, pronoun personal of the feminine gender. [She is perhaps the Heb. a woman or wife. L. quoe.] ... |
49629
|
sheading |
SHE'ADING, n. In the isle of Man, a riding, tithing or division, in which there is a corner or ... |
49630
|
sheaf |
SHEAF, n. plu. sheaves. [L. scopa, scopo.] 1. A quantity of the stalks of wheat, rye, ... |
49631
|
sheal |
SHEAL, to shell, not used. |
49632
|
shear |
SHEAR, v.t. pret. sheared; pp. sheared or shorn. The old pret. shore is entirely obsolete. ... |
49633
|
shear-water |
SHE'AR-WATER, n. A fowl. [Larus niger.] A species of petrel, (Procellaria puffinus, Linn.) ... |
49634
|
shearbill |
SHE'ARBILL, n. [shear and bill.] A fowl, the black skimmer or cut-water. |
49635
|
sheard |
SHEARD, n. A shard. [See Shard.] |
49636
|
sheared |
SHE'ARED, pp. Clipped; deprived of woll, hair, nap. |
49637
|
shearer |
SHE'ARER, n. One that shears; as a shearer of sheep. |
49638
|
shearman |
SHEARMAN, n. sher'man. One whose occupation is to shear cloth. |
49639
|
shears |
SHEARS, n. plu. [from the verb.] 1. An instrument consisting of two blades with a ... |
49640
|
sheat |
SHEAT. [See Sheet.] |
49641
|
sheath |
SHEATH, n. 1. A case for the reception of a sword or other long and slender ... |
49642
|
sheath-winged |
SHE'ATH-WINGED, a. [sheath and wing.] Having cases for covering the wings; as a sheath-winged ... |
49643
|
sheathe |
SHEATHE, 1. To put in a case or scabbard; as, the sheathe a sword or dagger. ... |
49644
|
sheathed |
SHE'ATHED, pp. 1. Put in a sheath; inclosed or covered in a case; covered; lined; ... |
49645
|
sheathing |
SHE'ATHING, ppr. Putting in a sheath; inclosing in a case; covering; liningl investing with a ... |
49646
|
sheathless |
SHE'ATHLESS, a. Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed. |
49647
|
sheathy |
SHE'ATHY, a. Forming a sheath or a case. |
49648
|
sheave |
SHEAVE, n. In seamen's language, a wheel in which the rope works in a block. It is made of hard ... |
49649
|
sheave-hole |
SHE'AVE-HOLE, n. A channel cut in a mast, yard or other timber, in which to fix a sheave. |
49650
|
sheaved |
SHE'AVED, a. Made of straw. [Not in use.] |
49651
|
shecklaton |
SHECK'LATON, n. A kind of gilt lether. [Not in use.] |
49652
|
shed |
SHED, v.t. pret. and pp. shed. 1. To pour out; to effuse; to spill; to suffer to flow ... |
49653
|
shedder |
SHED'DER, n. One that sheds or causes to flow out; as a shedder of blood. |
49654
|
shedding |
SHED'DING, ppr. Effusing; causing to flow out; letting fall; casting; throwing off; sending out; ... |
49655
|
sheen |
SHEEN, a. Bright; glittery; showy. |
49656
|
sheeny |
SHEE'NY, Up rose each warrior bold and brave, Glist'ring in ... |
49657
|
sheep |
SHEEP, n. sing. and plu. 1. An animal of the genus Ovis, which is one of the most useful ... |
49658
|
sheep-bite |
SHEE'P-BITE, v.t. [sheep and bite.] To practice petty thefts. [Not in use. |
49659
|
sheep-biter |
SHEE'P-BITER, n. One who practices petty thefts. [Not in use.] |
49660
|
sheep-market |
SHEE'P-M'ARKET, n. n. A place where sheep are sold. |
49661
|
sheep-master |
SHEE'P-M'ASTER, n. [sheep and master.] A feeder of sheep; one that has the care of sheep. |
49662
|
sheep-shank |
SHEE'P-SHANK, n. [sheep and shank.] Among seamen, a knot in a rope make to shorten it, as on a ... |
49663
|
sheep-shearer |
SHEE'P-SHEARER, n. [sheep and shear.] One that shears or cuts off the wool from sheep. |
49664
|
sheep-shearing |
SHEE'P-SHEARING, n. 1. The act of shearing sheep. 2. The time of shearing ... |
49665
|
sheep-stealer |
SHEE'P-STEALER, n. [sheep and steal.] One that steals sheep. |
49666
|
sheep-stealing |
SHEE'P-STEALING, n. the act of stealing sheep. |
49667
|
sheep-walk |
SHEE'P-WALK, n. [sheep and walk.] Pasture for sheep; a place where sheep feed. |
49668
|
sheepcot |
SHEE'PCOT, n. [sheep snd cot.] A small inclosure for sheep; a pen. |
49669
|
sheepfold |
SHEE'PFOLD, n. [sheep and fold.] A place where sheep are collected or confined. |
49670
|
sheephook |
SHEE'PHOOK, n. [sheep and hook.] A hook fastened fastened to a pole, by which shepherds lay hold ... |
49671
|
sheepish |
SHEE'PISH, a. 1. Like a sheep; bashfus; timorous to excess; over-modest; meanly ... |
49672
|
sheepishly |
SHEE'PISHLY, adv. Bashfully; with mean timidity or diffidence. |
49673
|
sheepishness |
SHEE'PISHNESS, n. Bashfulness; excessive modesty or diffidence; mean timorousness. |
49674
|
sheeps-eye |
SHEE'P'S-EYE, n. [sheep and eye.] A modest diffident look, such as lovers casst at their ... |
49675
|
sheeps-head |
SHEE'P'S-HEAD, n. [sheep and head.] A fish caught on the shores of Connecticut and of Long ... |
49676
|
sheepskin |
SHEE'PSKIN, n. The skin of a sheep; or the lether prepared from it. |
49677
|
sheer |
SHEER, a. 1. Pure; clear; separate from anything foreign; unmingled; as sheer ale. But ... |
49678
|
sheer-hulk |
SHEER-HULK, n. An old ship of war, fitted with sheers of apparatus to fix or take out the masts ... |
49679
|
sheerly |
SHEE'RLY, adv. At once; quite; absolutely. Obs. |
49680
|
sheers |
SHEERS, n. plu. An engine consisting of two or more pieces of timber or poses, fastened together ... |
49681
|
sheet |
SHEET, n. [L. schenda; Gr. The Greek and Latin words signify a table or plate for writing on; L. ... |
49682
|
sheet-anchor |
SHEET-ANCHOR, n. 1. The largest anchor of a ship, which in stress of wheather is ... |
49683
|
sheet-copper |
SHEET-COPPER, n. Copper in broad thin plates. |
49684
|
sheet-iron |
SHEET-IRON, n. Iron in sheets or broad thin plates. |
49685
|
sheet-lead |
SHEET-LEAD, n. Lead in sheets. |
49686
|
sheeting |
SHEE'TING, n. Cloth for sheets. |
49687
|
sheik |
SHEIK, n. In Egypt, a person who has the care of a mosk; a kind of priest. |
49688
|
sheild |
SHEILD, n. 1. A broad piece of defensive armor; a buckler; used in war for the ... |
49689
|
shekel |
SHEK'EL, n. [Heb. to way; Low L. siclus.] An ancient weight and coin among the Jews and other ... |
49690
|
sheldafle |
SHELD'AFLE, n. A chaffinch. This word is also written shell-apple. |
49691
|
sheldaple |
SHELD'APLE, |
49692
|
sheldrake |
SHEL'DRAKE, n. An aquatic fowl of the duck kind, the Anas tadorna. It has a greenish black head, ... |
49693
|
shelduck |
SHEL'DUCK, n. A species of wild duck. |
49694
|
shelf |
SHELF, n. plu. shelves. 1. A platform of boards or planks, elevated above the floor, and ... |
49695
|
shelfy |
SHELF'Y, a. 1. Full if shelves; abounding with with sand bank or rocks lying near the ... |
49696
|
shell |
SHELL, n. 1. The hard and stony covering of certain fruits and of certain animals; as ... |
49697
|
shell-fish |
SHELL'-FISH, n. An aquatic animal whose covering consists of a shell, crustaceous or testaceous; ... |
49698
|
shelled |
SHELL'ED, pp. Deprived of the shell; also, separated from the ear; as, shelled corn or maiz. |
49699
|
shelling |
SHELL'ING, ppr. 1. Taking off the shell; casting the external hard covering; ... |
49700
|
shelly |
SHELL'Y, a. 1. Abounding with shells; as the shelly shore. 2. Consisting of ... |
49701
|
shelter |
SHEL'TER, n. [L. celo.] 1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance. A ... |
49702
|
sheltered |
SHEL'TERED, pp. Covered from injury or annoyance; defended; protected. |
49703
|
sheltering |
SHEL'TERING, ppr. Covering from injury or annoyance; protecting. |
49704
|
shelterless |
SHEL'TERLESS, a. Destitute of shelter or protection; without home or refuge. ... |
49705
|
sheltery |
SHEL'TERY, a. affording shelter. [Little used.] |
49706
|
sheltie |
SHEL'TIE, n. A small but strong horse in Scotland; so called from Shetland, where it is produced. |
49707
|
shelve |
SHELVE, v.t. shelv. To place on a shelf or on shelves. [Not in use.]SHELVE, v.i. to incline; ... |
49708
|
shelving |
SHELV'ING, ppr. or a. Inclining; sloping; having declivity. With rocks and ... |
49709
|
shelvy |
SHELV'Y, a. Full of rocks or sand banks; shallow; as a shelvy shore. [See Shelfy.] |
49710
|
shemitic |
SHEMIT'IC, a. Pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah. The Shemetic languages are Chaldee, Syriac, ... |
49711
|
shend |
SHEND, v.t. ptet. and pp. shent. 1. To injure, mar or spoil. Obs. ... |
49712
|
shent |
SHENT, pp. Infured. Obsolete unless in poetry. |
49713
|
shepherd |
SHEP'HERD, n. 1. A man employed in tending, feeding and gaurding sheep in the pasture. ... |
49714
|
shepherdess |
SHEP'HERDESS, n. A woman that tends sheep; hence, a rural lass. She put herself ... |
49715
|
shepherdish |
SHEP'HERDISH, a. Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. |
49716
|
shepherdly |
SHEP'HERDLY, a. Pastoral; rustic. |
49717
|
sherbet |
SHER'BET, n. [L. sorbeo.] A drink composed of water, lemon juice and sugar, sometimes with ... |
49718
|
sherd |
SHERD, n. A pragment; usually written shard, which see. |
49719
|
sherif |
SHER'IF, n. An officer in each county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws. In ... |
49720
|
sherifalty |
SHER'IFALTY, n. The office or jurisdiction of sherif. [I believe none of these are in |
49721
|
sherifdom |
SHER'IFDOM, use. See Shrievalty. |
49722
|
sherifship |
SHER'IFSHIP, |
49723
|
sherifwick |
SHER'IFWICK, |
49724
|
sherriffe |
SHER'RIFFE, n. The title of a descendant of Mohammed by Hassan Ibn Ali. |
49725
|
sherry |
SHER'RY, n. [sometimes written sherris.] A species of wine; so called from Xeres in Spain, where ... |
49726
|
shew-bread |
SHEW-BREAD. [See Show-bread.] |
49727
|
shewer |
SHEW'ER, n. One that shows. [See Shower.] |
49728
|
shewing |
SHEWING. [See Showing.] |
49729
|
shibboleth |
SHIB'BOLETH, n. [Heb. an ear of corn, or a stream of water.] 1. A word which was made ... |
49730
|
shide |
SHIDE, n. A piece split off; a cleft; a piece; a billet of wood; a splinter. [Not used in New ... |
49731
|
shield |
SHIELD, v.t. 1. To cover, as with a shield; to cover from dasnger; to defend; to ... |
49732
|
shielded |
SHIE'LDED, pp. Covered, as with a shield; defended; protected. |
49733
|
shielding |
SHIEL'DING, ppr. Covering, as with a shield; defending from attack or injury; protected. |
49734
|
shift |
SHIFT, v.i. 1. To move; to change place or position. Vegetables are not able to shift ... |
49735
|
shifted |
SHIFT'ED, pp. Changed from one place or position to another. |
49736
|
shifter |
SHIFT'ER, n. 1. One that shifts; the person that plays tricks or practices artifice. ... |
49737
|
shifting |
SHIFT'ING, ppr. Changing place or position; reporting from one expedient to another. |
49738
|
shiftingly |
SHIFT'INGLY, adv. By shifts and changes; deceitfully. |
49739
|
shiftless |
SHIFT'LESS, a. Destitute of expedients, or not resorting to successful expedients; wanting means ... |
49740
|
shilf |
SHILF, n. Straw. |
49741
|
shill |
SHILL, to shell, not in use.SHILL, v.t. To put under cover; to sheal. [Not in use or local.] |
49742
|
shilling |
SHIL'LING, n. An English silver coin equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound. The ... |
49743
|
shilly-shally |
SHILLY-SHALLY, n. Foolish trifling; irresolution. [Vulgar.] [This word has probably been ... |
49744
|
shily |
SHI'LY. [See Shyly.] |
49745
|
shimner |
SHIM'NER, v.i. To gleam; to glisten. [Not in use.] |
49746
|
shin |
SHIN, n. The fore part of the leg, particularly of the human leg; the fore part of the crural ... |
49747
|
shine |
SHINE, v.i. [If s is a prefix, this word accords with the root of L. canus, caneo. 1. ... |
49748
|
shiness |
SHI'NESS. [See Shyness.] |
49749
|
shingle |
SHIN'GLE, n. [Gr.; L. scinkula, from scindo.] 1. A thin board sawed or rived for ... |
49750
|
shingled |
SHIN'GLED, pp. Covered with shingles. |
49751
|
shingling |
SHIN'GLING, ppr. Covering with shingles. |
49752
|
shining |
SHI'NING, ppr. 1. Emitting light; beaming; gleaming. 2. a. Bright; splendid; ... |
49753
|
shiny |
SHI'NY, a. Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. Like a distant thunder on a ... |
49754
|
ship |
SHIP, as a termination, denotes state or office; as in lordship.SHIP. [See Shape.]SHIP, n. [L. ... |
49755
|
ship-building |
SHIP'-BUILDING, n. [ship and build.] Naval architecture; the art of constructing |
49756
|
ship-carpenter |
SHIP-C'ARPENTER, n. A shipwright; a carpenter that works at ship-building. |
49757
|
ship-chandler |
SHIP-CH'ANDLER, n. [ship and chandler.] One who deals in cordage, canvas and other furniture of ... |
49758
|
shipboard |
SHIP'BOARD, adv. [ship and board.] 1. To go on shipboard or a shipboard is to go ... |
49759
|
shipless |
SHIP'LESS, a. Destitute of ships. |
49760
|
shipman |
SHIP'MAN, n. [ship and man.] A seaman or sailor. Obs. |
49761
|
shipmaster |
SHIP'M'ASTER, n. [ship and master.] The captain, master or commander of a ship. |
49762
|
shipment |
SHIP'MENT, n. 1. The act of putting any thing on board of another ship or vessel; ... |
49763
|
shipped |
SHIP'PED, pp. Put on board of a ship or vessel; received on board. |
49764
|
shippen |
SHIP'PEN, n. A stable; a cow house. [Not in use.] |
49765
|
shipping |
SHIP'PING, ppr. 1. Putting on board of a ship or vessel; receiving on board. ... |
49766
|
shipwreck |
SHIP'WRECK, n. [ship and wreck.] 1. The destruction of a ship or vessel by being cast ... |
49767
|
shipwrecked |
SHIP'WRECKED, pp. Cast ashore; dashed upon the rocks or banks; destroyed. |
49768
|
shipwright |
SHIP'WRIGHT, n. [ship and wright. See Work.] One whose occupation is to construct ships; a ... |
49769
|
shire |
SHIRE, n. In England, a division of territory, otherwise called a county. The shire was ... |
49770
|
shire-mote |
SHI'RE-MOTE, n. Anciently in England, the county court; sherif's turn or court. |
49771
|
shirk |
SHIRK, a different spelling of shark, which see. |
49772
|
shirl |
SHIRL, a different spelling of shorl. [See Shorl.] |
49773
|
shirley |
SHIR'LEY, n. A bird, by some called the greater bullfinch; having the upper part of the body a ... |
49774
|
shirt |
SHIRT, n. shurt. [L. curtus.] A loose garment of linen, cotton or other material, worn by men ... |
49775
|
shirtless |
SHIRTLESS, a. shurt'less. Wanting a shirt. |
49776
|
shist |
SHIST, n. A species of argillaceous earth or slate; clay or slate. |
49777
|
shistic |
SHIST'IC, a. Pertaining to shist, or partaking of its properties. |
49778
|
shistous |
SHIST'OUS, |
49779
|
shistus |
SHIST'US, |
49780
|
shittah |
SHIT'TAH, n. In Scripture, a sort of precious wood of which the tables, altars and |
49781
|
shittam |
SHIT'TAM, boards of the tabernacle were made among the Jews. Teh wood is said to be hard, tough ... |
49782
|
shittle |
SHIT'TLE, a. [See Shoot.] Wavering; unsettled. [Not used or or local.] |
49783
|
shittle-cock |
SHITTLE-COCK. [See Shuttle-cock.] |
49784
|
shittleness |
SHIT'TLENESS, n. Unsettledness; inconsistancy. [Not used or local.] |
49785
|
shive |
SHIVE, n. shiv. 1. A slice; a thin cut; as a shive of bread. [Not in use.] ... |
49786
|
shiver |
SHIV'ER, n. 1. In mineralogy, a species of blue slate; shist; shale. 2. In ... |
49787
|
shiver-spar |
SHIV'ER-SP'AR, n. A corbonate of lime, so called for its slaty structure; called also slate-spar. |
49788
|
shivered |
SHIV'ERED, pp. Broken or dashed into small pieces. |
49789
|
shivering |
SHIV'ERING, ppr. 1. Breaking or dashing into small pieces. 2. Quaking; ... |
49790
|
shivery |
SHIV'ERY, a. Easily falling inot many pieces; not firmly cohering; incompact; as shivery stone. |
49791
|
shoad |
SHOAD, n. Among miners, a train of metallic stones which serves to direct them in the discovery ... |
49792
|
shoad-stone |
SHOAD-STONE, n. A small ston, smooth, of a dark liver color with a shade of purple. Shoad-stoners ... |
49793
|
shoal |
SHOAL, n. 1. A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; as shoals of people. ... |
49794
|
shoaliness |
SHOALINESS, n. [from shoaly.] 1. Shallowness; little depth of water. 2. The ... |
49795
|
shoaly |
SHOALY, a. Full of shoals or shallow places. The tossing vessel sail'd on ... |
49796
|
shock |
SHOCK, n. 1. A violent collision of bodies, or the concussion which it occasions; a ... |
49797
|
shocked |
SHOCK'ED, pp. 1. Struck, as with horror; offended; disgusted. 2. Piled, as in ... |
49798
|
shocking |
SHOCK'ING, ppr. 1. Shaking with sudden violence. 2. Meeting in onset or ... |
49799
|
shockingly |
SHOCK'INGLY, adv. In a manner to strike with horror or disgust. |
49800
|
shod |
SHOD, for shoed, pret. and pp. of shoe. |
49801
|
shoe |
SHOE, n. plu. shoes. 1. A covering for the foot, usually of lether, composed of a ... |
49802
|
shoe-leather |
SHOE-LEATHER, n. [shoe and lether.] Lether for shoes. |
49803
|
shoe-lether |
SHOE-LETHER, |
49804
|
shoeblack |
SHOEBLACK, n. [shoe and black.] A person that cleans shoes. |
49805
|
shoeboy |
SHOEBOY, n. [shoe and boy.] A boy that cleans shoes. |
49806
|
shoebuckle |
SHOEBUCKLE, n. [shoe and buckle.] A buckle for fastening the shoe to the foot. |
49807
|
shoeing |
SHOEING, ppr. Putting on shoes. |
49808
|
shoeinghorn |
SHOEING'HORN, n. [shoe and horn.] 1. A horn used to facilitate the entrance of the foot ... |
49809
|
shoeless |
SHOELESS, a. Destitute of shoes. Caltrops very much incommoded the shoeless ... |
49810
|
shoemaker |
SHOEMAKER, n. [shoe and maker.] One whose occupation or trade is to make shoes and boots. |
49811
|
shoer |
SHOER, n. One that fits shoes to the feet; one that furnishes or futs on shoes; as a farrier. |
49812
|
shoestring |
SHOESTRING, n. [shoe and string.] A string used to fasten a shoe to the foot. |
49813
|
shoetye |
SHOETYE, n. [shoe and tye.] A ribin used to fasten a shoe to the foot. |
49814
|
shog |
SHOG, for shock, a violent concussion. [Not in use.]SHOG, v.t. To shake; to agitate. [Not in ... |
49815
|
shogging |
SHOG'GING, n. Concussion. [Not in use.] |
49816
|
shoggle |
SHOG'GLE, v.t. To shake; to joggle. [Not in use. See Joggle.] |
49817
|
shole |
SHOLE, n. A throng; a crowd; a great multitude assembled. [This is the better orthography. See ... |
49818
|
shone |
SHONE, pp. of shine. |
49819
|
shook |
SHOOK, pp. of shake. |
49820
|
shoot |
SHOOT, v.t. prte. and pp. shot. The old participle shotten, is obsolete. [L. scateo, to shoot out ... |
49821
|
shooter |
SHOOT'ER, n. One that shoots; an archer; a gunner. |
49822
|
shooting |
SHOOT'ING, ppr. Discharging, as fire-arms; driving or sending with violence; pushing out; ... |
49823
|
shop |
SHOP, n. 1. A builking in which goods, wares, drugs, &c. are sold by retail. ... |
49824
|
shopboard |
SHOP'BOARD, n. [shop and board.] A bench on which work is performed; as a doctor or divine taken ... |
49825
|
shopbook |
SHOP'BOOK, n. [shop and book.] A book in which a tradesman keeps his accounts. |
49826
|
shopkeeper |
SHOP'KEEPER, n. [shopand keep.] A trader who sells in a shop or by retail; in distinction from a ... |
49827
|
shoplifter |
SHOP'LIFTER, n. [shop and lift. See Lift.] One who steals any thing from a shop, or takes goods ... |
49828
|
shoplifting |
SHOP'LIFTING, n. Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of any thing from a shop. |
49829
|
shoplike |
SHOP'LIKE, a. Low; vulgar. |
49830
|
shopman |
SHOP'MAN, n. [shop and man.] 1. A petty trader. 2. One who serves in a ... |
49831
|
shopping |
SHOP'PING, ppr. Visiting shops for the purchase of goods. |
49832
|
shore |
SHORE, the old. pret. of shear. Obs.SHORE, n. The coast or land adjacent to the sea, or to a ... |
49833
|
shored |
SHO'RED, pp. Propped; supported by a prop. |
49834
|
shoreless |
SHO'RELESS, a. Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as a shoreless ocean. |
49835
|
shoreling |
SHO'RELING, n. |
49836
|
shorl |
SHORL, n. A mineral, usually of a black color, found in masses of an intermediate form, or ... |
49837
|
shorlaceous |
SHORLA'CEOUS, a. Like shorl; partaking of the nature and characters of shorl. |
49838
|
shorling |
SHOR'LING, In England, the skin of a living sheep shorn, as distinct from the morling, or skin ... |
49839
|
shorlite |
SHORL'ITE, n. A mineral of a greenish white color, sometimes yellowish; mostly found in irregular ... |
49840
|
shorn |
SHORN pp. of shear. 1. Cut off; as a lock of wool shorn. 2. Having the hair or ... |
49841
|
short |
SHORT, a. [L. curtus.] 1. Not long; not having great length or extension; as a short ... |
49842
|
short-breathed |
SHORT'-BREATHED, a. Having short breath or quick respiration. |
49843
|
short-jointed |
SHORT'-JOINTED, a. [short and joint.] A horse is said to be short-jointed when the pastern is to ... |
49844
|
short-lived |
SHORT'-LIVED, a. [short and live.] Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as a ... |
49845
|
short-sight |
SHORT-SIGHT, n. Short-sightedness; myopy; vision accurate only when the object is near. |
49846
|
short-sightedness |
SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS, n. 1. A defect in vision, consisting in the inability to see things ... |
49847
|
short-waisted |
SHORT-WAISTED, a. [short and waist.] Having a short waist or body. |
49848
|
short-winded |
SHORT-WIND'ED, a. [short and wind.] Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick ... |
49849
|
short-winged |
SHORT'-WINGED, a. [short and wing.] Having short wings; as a short-winged hawk. |
49850
|
short-witted |
SHORT-WIT'TED, a. Having little wit; not wise; of scanty intellect or judgement. |
49851
|
shorten |
SHORTEN, v.t. short'n. 1. To make short in measure, extent or time; as, to shorten ... |
49852
|
shortened |
SHORT'ENED, pp. Made shorter; abridged; contracted. |
49853
|
shortening |
SHORT'ENING, ppr. Making shorter; contracting.SHORT'ENING, n. Something used in cookery to make ... |
49854
|
shortly |
SHORT'LY, adv. 1. Quickly; soon; in a little time. The armies came ... |
49855
|
shortner |
SHORT'NER, n. He or that which shortens. |
49856
|
shortness |
SHORT'NESS, n. 1. The quality of being short in space or time; little length or little ... |
49857
|
shorts |
SHORTS, n. plu. The bran and coarse part of a meal. [Local.] |
49858
|
shortsighted |
SHORT'SIGHTED, a. [short and sight.] 1. Not able to see far; having limited vision; ... |
49859
|
shory |
SHO'RY, a. [from shore.] Lying near th eshore or coast. [Little used.] |
49860
|
shot |
SHOT, pret. and pp. of shoot.SHOT, n. 1. The act of shooting; discharge of a missile ... |
49861
|
shote |
SHOTE, n. 1. A fish resembling the trout. 2. A young hog. [See Shoot.] |
49862
|
shotten |
SHOTTEN, a. shot'n. [from shoot.] 1. Having ejected the spawn; as a shotten herring. ... |
49863
|
shotting |
SHOTT'ING, n. 1. The act of discharging fire-arms, or of sending an arrow with force; ... |
49864
|
shough |
SHOUGH, n. shok. A kind of shaggy dog. [Not in use. See Shock.] |
49865
|
should |
SHOULD. shood. The preterit of shall, but now used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past time ... |
49866
|
shoulder |
SHOULDER, n. 1. The joint by which the arm of a human being or the fore leg of a ... |
49867
|
shoulder-belt |
SHOULDER-BELT, n. [shoulder and belt.] A belt that passes across the shoulder. |
49868
|
shoulder-blade |
SHOULDER-BLADE, n. [shoulder and blade.] The bone of the shoulder, or blade bone, broad and ... |
49869
|
shoulder-clapper |
SHOULDER-CLAPPER, n. [shoulder and clap.] One that claps another on the shoulder, or that uses ... |
49870
|
shoulder-knot |
SHOULDER-KNOT, n. [shoulder and knot.] An ornamental knot of ribin or lace worn on the shoulder; ... |
49871
|
shoulder-shotten |
SHOULDER-SHOTTEN, a. [shoulder and shot.] Strained in the shoulder, as a horse. |
49872
|
shoulder-slip |
SHOULDER-SLIP, n. [shoulder and slip.] Dislocation of the shoulder or of the humerus. |
49873
|
shout |
SHOUT, v.i. To utter a sudden and loud outcry, usually in joy, triumph or exultation, or to ... |
49874
|
shouter |
SHOUT'ER, n. One that shouts. |
49875
|
shouting |
SHOUT'ING, ppr. Uttering a sudden and loud outcry in joy or exultation.SHOUT'ING, n. The act of ... |
49876
|
shove |
SHOVE, v.t. 1. To push; to propel; to drive along by the direct application of ... |
49877
|
shoved |
SHOVED, pp. Pushed; propelled. |
49878
|
shovel |
SHOVEL, n. shov'l. An instrument consisting of a broad scoop or hollow blade with a handle; used ... |
49879
|
shovel-board |
SHOVEL-BOARD, n. A board on which they play by sliding metal pieces at a mark. |
49880
|
shoveled |
SHOVELED, pp. Thrown with a shovel. |
49881
|
shoveler |
SHOVELER, n. [from shovel.] A fowl of the genus Anas or duck kind. |
49882
|
shoveling |
SHOVELING, ppr. Throwing with a shovel. |
49883
|
show |
SHOW, v.t. pret. showed; pp. shown or showed. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn. [If ... |
49884
|
show-bread |
SHOW-BREAD, n. [show and bread.] Among the Jews, bread of exhibition; the |
49885
|
shower |
SHOWER, n. One who shows or exhibits. |
49886
|
showered |
SHOW'ERED, pp. Wet with a shower; watered abundantly; bestowed or distributed liberally. |
49887
|
showerless |
SHOW'ERLESS, a. Without showers. |
49888
|
showery |
SHOW'ERY, a. Raining in showers; abounding with frequent falls of rain. |
49889
|
showily |
SHOWILY, adv. In a showy manner; pompously; with parade. |
49890
|
showiness |
SHOWINESS, n. State of being showy; pompousness; great parade. |
49891
|
showish |
SHOWISH, a. 1. Splendid; gaudy. [Little used.] 2. Ostentatious. |
49892
|
shown |
SHOWN, pp. of show. Exhibited; manifested; proved. |
49893
|
showy |
SHOWY, a. 1. Splendid; gay; gaudy; making a great show; fine. 2. ... |
49894
|
shrag |
SHRAG, v.t. To lop. [Not in use.]SHRAG, n. A twig of a tree cut off. [Not in use.] |
49895
|
shragger |
SHRAG'GER, n. One that lops; one that trims trees. [Not in use.] |
49896
|
shrank |
SHRANK, pret. or shrink, nearly obsolete. |
49897
|
shrap |
SHRAP, n. A place baited with chaff to invite birds. [Not in use.] |
49898
|
shrape |
SHRAPE, |
49899
|
shred |
SHRED, v.t. pret. and pp. shred. To cut into small pieces, particularly marrow and long pieces, ... |
49900
|
shredding |
SHRED'DING, ppr. Cutting into shreds. SHRED'DING, That which is cut off; a piece. |
49901
|
shrew |
SHREW, n. 1. A peevish, brawling, turbulent, vexatious woman. It appears to have ... |
49902
|
shrew-mouse |
SHREW'-MOUSE, n. A small animal resembling a mouse, but belong to the genus Sorex; an animal that ... |
49903
|
shrewd |
SHREWD, a. 1. Having the qualities of a shrew; vexatious; troublesome; mischievous. ... |
49904
|
shrewdly |
SHREWD'LY, adv. Mischievously; destructively. This practice hath most shrewdly ... |
49905
|
shrewdness |
SHREWD'NESS, n. 1. Sly cunning; archness. The neighbors round admire ... |
49906
|
shrewish |
SHREW'ISH, a. Having the qualities of a shrew; forward; peevish; petulantly clamorous. ... |
49907
|
shrewishly |
SHREW'ISHLY, adv. Peevishly; clamorously; turbulently. He speaks very ... |
49908
|
shrewishness |
SHREW'ISHNESS, n. The qualities of a shrew; forwardness; petulance; turbulent clamorousness. ... |
49909
|
shriek |
SHRIEK, v.i. [L. ruga, wrinkled, rugo, to bray.] To utter a sharp shrill cry; to scream; as in ... |
49910
|
shrieking |
SHRIE'KING, ppr. Crying out with a shrill voice. |
49911
|
shrieval |
SHRIE'VAL, a. Pertaining to a sherif. [Not in use.] |
49912
|
shrievalty |
SHRIE'VALTY, n. [from sherif.] Sherifalty; the office of a sherif. It was ... |
49913
|
shrieve |
SHRIEVE, n. Sherif. [Not in use.] |
49914
|
shrift |
SHRIFT, n. Confession made to a priest. Obs. |
49915
|
shright |
SHRIGHT, for shrieked.SHRIGHT, n. A shriek. [Not in use.] |
49916
|
shrike |
SHRIKE, n. [See Shriek.] The butcher-bird; a genus of birds called Lanius, of several species. |
49917
|
shrill |
SHRILL, a. [L. grillus.] 1. Sharp; acute; piercing; as sound; as a shrill voice; shrill ... |
49918
|
shrillness |
SHRILL'NESS, n. Acuteness of sound; sharpness or fineness of voice. |
49919
|
shrilly |
SHRIL'LY, adv. Acutely, as sound; with a sharp sound or voice. |
49920
|
shrimp |
SHRIMP, v.t. To contract. [Not in use.]SHRIMP, n. [supra.] 1. A crustaceous animal ... |
49921
|
shrine |
SHRINE, n. [L. scrinium.] A case or box; particularly applied to a case in which sacred things ... |
49922
|
shrink |
SHRINK, v.i. pret. and pp. shrunk. the old pret. shrank and pp. shrunken are nearly obsolete. ... |
49923
|
shrinkage |
SHRINK'AGE, n. A shrinking or contraction into a less compass. Make an allowance for the ... |
49924
|
shrinker |
SHRINK'ER, n. One that shrinks; one that withdraws from danger. |
49925
|
shrinking |
SHRINK'ING, ppr. Contracting; drawing together; withdrawing from danger; declining to act from ... |
49926
|
shrivalty |
SHRIV'ALTY. [See Shrievalty.] |
49927
|
shrive |
SHRIVE, v.t. To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession; as a priest. ... |
49928
|
shrivel |
SHRIVEL, v.i. shriv'l. [from the root of rivel.] To comtract; to draw or be drawn into wrinkles; ... |
49929
|
shriveled |
SHRIV'ELED, pp. Contracted into wrinkles. |
49930
|
shriveling |
SHRIV'ELING, ppr. Contracting into wrinkles. |
49931
|
shriver |
SHRI'VER, n. [from shrive.] A confessor. Obs. |
49932
|
shriving |
SHRI'VING, n. Shrift; confession taken. Obs. |
49933
|
shroud |
SHROUD, n. 1. A shelter; a cover; that which covers, conceals or protects. ... |
49934
|
shrouded |
SHROUD'ED, pp. Dressed; covered; concealed; sheltered; overwhelmed. |
49935
|
shrouding |
SHROUD'ING, ppr. Dressing; covering; cocealing; sheltering; overwhelming. |
49936
|
shroudy |
SHROUD'Y, a. Affording shelter. |
49937
|
shrove |
SHROVE, v.i. To join in the festivities of Shrove-tide. [Obs.] |
49938
|
shrove-tide |
SHRO'VE-TIDE, n. [from shrove, pret. of shrive, to take a confession. See Tide and |
49939
|
shrove-tuesday |
SHROVE-TUESDAY, Tuesday.] Confession-time; confession-Teusday; the Tuesday after Quinquagesima ... |
49940
|
shroving |
SHRO'VING, n. The festivity of Shrove-tide. |
49941
|
shrub |
SHRUB, n. A low dwarf tree; a woody plant of a size less than a tree; or more strictly, a plant ... |
49942
|
shrubbery |
SHRUB'BERY, n. 1. Shrubs in general. 2. A plantation of shrubs. |
49943
|
shrubby |
SHRUB'BY, a. 1. Full of shrubs; as a shrubby plain. 2. Resembling a shrub; ... |
49944
|
shruff |
SHRUFF, n. Dross; recrement of metals. [Not in use.] |
49945
|
shrug |
SHRUG, v.i. To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing horror or dissatisfaction. ... |
49946
|
shrugging |
SHRUG'GING, ppr. Drawing up, as the shoulders. |
49947
|
shrunk |
SHRUNK, pret. and pp. of shrink. |
49948
|
shrunken |
SHRUNK'EN, pp. of shrink. [Nearly obsolete.] |
49949
|
shudder |
SHUD'DER, v.i. [This word contains the same elements as the L. quatio.] To quake; to tremble or ... |
49950
|
shuddering |
SHUD'DERING, ppr. Trembling or shaking with fear or horror; quaking. |
49951
|
shuffle |
SHUF'FLE, v.t. 1. Properly, to shove one way and the other; to push from one to ... |
49952
|
shuffle-board |
SHUF'FLE-BOARD, the old spelling of shovel-board. |
49953
|
shuffle-cap |
SHUF'FLE-CAP, n. a play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap. |
49954
|
shuffled |
SHUF'FLED, pp. Moved by little shoves; mixed. |
49955
|
shuffler |
SHUF'FLER, n. One that shuffles or prevaricates; one that plays tricks; one that shuffles cards. |
49956
|
shuffling |
SHUF'FLING, ppr. 1. Moving by little shoves one way an the other; changing the places ... |
49957
|
shufflingly |
SHUF'FLINGLY, adv. With shuffling; with an irregular gait or pace. |
49958
|
shun |
SHUN, v.t. 1. To avoid; to keep clear of; not to fall on or come in contact with; as, ... |
49959
|
shunless |
SHUN'LESS, a. Not to be avoided; inevitable; unavoidable; as shunless destiny. [Little used.] |
49960
|
shunned |
SHUN'NED, pp. Avoided. |
49961
|
shunning |
SHUN'NING, ppr. Avoiding; keeping clear from; declining. |
49962
|
shurk |
SHURK. [See Shark.] |
49963
|
shut |
SHUT, v.t. pretand pp. shut. 1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to ... |
49964
|
shutter |
SHUT'TER, n. 1. A person that shuts or closes. 2. A door; a cover; something ... |
49965
|
shutting |
SHUT'TING, ppr. Closing; prohibiting entrance; confining. |
49966
|
shuttle |
SHUT'TLE, n. [from the root of shoot; Ice. skutul.] An instrument used by weavers for shooting ... |
49967
|
shuttle-cock |
SHUT'TLE-COCK, n. [shuttle and cock or cork.] A cork stuck with fethers, used to be struck by a ... |
49968
|
shy |
SHY, a. 1. Fearful of near approach; keeping at a distance through caution or ... |
49969
|
shyly |
SHY'LY, adv. In a shy or timid manner; not familiarity; with reserve. |
49970
|
shyness |
SHY'NESS, n. Fear of near approach or of familiarity; reserve; coyness. |
49971
|
sialogogue |
SIALOGOGUE, n. sial'ogog. [Gr. saliva, and leading.] A medicing that promotes the salivary ... |
49972
|
sib |
SIB, a relation, in Saxon, but not in use in English. |
49973
|
siberian |
SIBE'RIAN, a. Pertaining to Siberia, a name given to a great and indefinite extent of territory ... |
49974
|
siberite |
SIB'ERITE, n. Red tourmalin. |
49975
|
sibilant |
SIB'ILANT, a. [L. sibilo, to hiss.] Hissing; making a hissing sound. S and z are called ... |
49976
|
sibilation |
SIBILA'TION, n. A hissing sound. |
49977
|
sibyl |
SIB'YL, n. [from the L.] In pagan antiquity, the Sibyls were certain said to be endowed with a ... |
49978
|
sibylline |
SIB'YLLINE, a. Pertaining to the Sibyls; uttered, written or composed by the Sibyls. |
49979
|
sicamore |
SIC'AMORE, n. More usually written sycamore, which see. |
49980
|
siccate |
SIC'CATE, v.t. To dry. [Not in use.] |
49981
|
siccation |
SICCA'TION, n. The act or process of drying. [Not in use.] |
49982
|
siccative |
SIC'CATIVE, a. [from L. sicco, to dry.] Drying; causing to dry. SIC'CATIVE, n. That which ... |
49983
|
siccity |
SIC'CITY, n. [L. siccitas.] Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture; as the siccity of flesh ... |
49984
|
sice |
SICE, n. size. The number six at dice. |
49985
|
sich |
SICH, for such. [See Such.] |
49986
|
sick |
SICK, a. [Qu.Gr. squeamish, lothing.] 1. Affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; as, ... |
49987
|
sicken |
SICKEN, v.t. sik'n. 1. To make sick; to disease. Raise this to ... |
49988
|
sicker |
SICK'ER, a. [L. securus;] Sure; certain; firm.SICK'ER, adv. Surely; certainly. |
49989
|
sickerly |
SICK'ERLY, adv. Surely. |
49990
|
sickerness |
SICK'ERNESS, n. Security. |
49991
|
sickish |
SICK'ISH, a. [from sick]1. Somewhat sick or diseased.2. Exciting disgust; nauseating; as a ... |
49992
|
sickishness |
SICK'ISHNESS, n. The quality of exciting disgust. |
49993
|
sickle |
SICKLE, n. [Gr. Vaiclh, Vagclon; L. sicula, from the root of seco, to cut.] A reaping hook; a ... |
49994
|
sickled |
SICK'LED, a. Furnished with a sickle. |
49995
|
sicklewort |
SICK'LEWORT, n. A plant of the genus Coronilla. |
49996
|
sickliness |
SICK'LINESS, n. [from sickly.]1. The state of being sickly; the state of being habitually ... |
49997
|
sickly |
SICK'LY, a. 1. Not healthy; somewhat affected with disease; or habitually indisposed; as a sickly ... |
49998
|
sickness |
SICK'NESS, n. 1. Nausea; squeamishness; as sickness of the stomach.2. State of being diseased. ... |
49999
|
side |
SIDE, n. [L. latus.]1. The broad and long part of surface of a thing, as distinguished from the ... |
50000
|
side-box |
SI'DE-BOX, n. A box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater distinct from the seats in the pit. |
50001
|
side-fly |
SI'DE-FLY, n. An insect. |
50002
|
side-saddle |
SI'DE-SADDLE, n. A saddle for a woman's seat on horseback. |
50003
|
sideboard |
SI'DEBOARD, n. A piece of furniture or cabinet work consisting of a table or box with drawers or ... |
50004
|
sideling |
SI'DELING, adv.1. Sidewise; with the side foremost; as, to go sideling through a crowd. It may be ... |
50005
|
sidelong |
SI'DELONG, a. Lateral; oblique; not directly in front; as a sidelong glance. |
50006
|
sider |
SI'DER, n. 1. One that takes a side or joins a party.2. Cider. [Not in use.] |
50007
|
sideral |
SID'ERAL, SIDE'REAL, a. [L. sideralis, from sidus, a star.]1. Pertaining to a star or stars; ... |
50008
|
siderated |
SID'ERATED, a. [L. sideratus.] Blasted; planet-struck. |
50009
|
sideration |
SIDERA'TION, n. [L. sideratio; sidero, to blast, from sidus, a star.]1. A blasting or blast in ... |
50010
|
sidereal |
SID'ERAL, SIDE'REAL, a. [L. sideralis, from sidus, a star.]1. Pertaining to a star or stars; ... |
50011
|
siderite |
SID'ERITE, n. [L. sideritis; Gr. id. from sidhroV,iron.]1. The loadstone; also, iron-wort, a ... |
50012
|
sidero-calcite |
SIDERO-CAL'CITE, n. Brown spar. |
50013
|
sidero-clepte |
SIDERO-CLEP'TE, n. A mineral of a yellowish green color, soft and translucid, occurring in ... |
50014
|
siderographch |
SIDEROGRAPH'CH, SIDEROGRAPH'OCAL, a. [See Siderography.] Pertaining to siderography, or performed ... |
50015
|
siderographist |
SIDEROG'RAPHIST, n. One who engraves steel plates, or performs work by means of such plates. |
50016
|
siderographocal |
SIDEROGRAPH'CH, SIDEROGRAPH'OCAL, a. [See Siderography.] Pertaining to siderography, or performed ... |
50017
|
siderography |
SIDEROG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. sidhroV, steel or iron, grajw, to engrave.] and The art or practice of ... |
50018
|
sidesman |
SI'DESMAN, n. 1. An assistant to the church warden.2. A party man. |
50019
|
sidetaking |
SI'DETAKING, n. A taking sides, or engaging in a party. |
50020
|
sideways |
SI'DEWAYS, SI'DEWISE, adv. 1. Towards one side; inclining; as, to hold the head sidewise2. ... |
50021
|
sidewise |
SI'DEWAYS, SI'DEWISE, adv. 1. Towards one side; inclining; as, to hold the head sidewise2. ... |
50022
|
siding |
SI'DING, ppr. Joining one side or party.SI'DING, n. The attaching of one's self to a party. |
50023
|
sidle |
SI'DLE, v. i. 1. To go or move side foremost; as, to sidle through a crowd.2. To lie on the ... |
50024
|
siege |
SIEGE, n. [L. sigillum.]1. The setting of an army around or before a fortified place for the ... |
50025
|
sienite |
SI'ENITE, n. A compound granular rock composed of quartz, hornblend and feldspar, or a grayish ... |
50026
|
sieur |
SIEUR, n. A title of respect used by the French. |
50027
|
sieve |
SIEVE, n. siv. An utensil for separating flour from bran, or the fine part of any pulverized or ... |
50028
|
sift |
SIFT, v.t.1. To separate by a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift ... |
50029
|
sifted |
SIFT'ED, pp. Separated by a sieve; purified from the coarser parts; critically examined. |
50030
|
sifter |
SIFT'ER, n. One that sifts; that which sifts; a sieve. |
50031
|
sifting |
SIFT'ING, ppr. Separating the finer from the coarser parts; critically examining. |
50032
|
sig |
SIG, a Saxon word signifying victory. is used in names, as in Sigbert, bright victory. In answers ... |
50033
|
sigh |
SIGH, v.i. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual and immediately expel it; to suffer a ... |
50034
|
sigher |
SIGHER, n. One that sighs. |
50035
|
sighing |
SIGHING, ppr. Suffering a deep respiration; taking a long breath.SIGHING, n. The act of suffering ... |
50036
|
sight |
SIGHT, n. 1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of ... |
50037
|
sighted |
SIGHTED, n. In composition only, having sight, or seeing in a particular manner; as long-sighted, ... |
50038
|
sightfulness |
SIGHTFULNESS, n. Clearness of sight. [Not in use.] |
50039
|
sightless |
SIGHTLESS, a. 1. Wanting sight; blind. Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar.2. Offensive ... |
50040
|
sightliness |
SIGHTLINESS, n. Comely; having an appearance pleasing to the sight. |
50041
|
sightly |
SIGHTLY, a. 1. Pleasing to the eye; striking to the view.Many brave sightly horses. We have ... |
50042
|
sightsman |
SIGHTSMAN, n. Among musicians, one who reads music readily at first sight. |
50043
|
sigil |
SIG'IL, n. [L. sigillum] A seal; signature. |
50044
|
sigmoidal |
SIGMOID'AL, a. [Gr. digma and eidoV.]Curved like the Greek sigma. The sigmoid flexure, in ... |
50045
|
sign |
SIGN, n. [L. signum; Gr. deicnumt.]1. A token; something by which another thing is shown or ... |
50046
|
sign-post |
SIGN-POST, n. A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of ... |
50047
|
signal |
SIG'NAL, n. [L. signum.] A sign that gives or is intended to give notice; or the notice given. ... |
50048
|
signality |
SIGNAL'ITY, n. Quality of being signal or remarkable. [Not in use.] |
50049
|
signalize |
SIG'NALIZE, v. t. To make remarkable or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common. ... |
50050
|
signalized |
SIG'NALIZED, pp. Made eminent |
50051
|
signalizing |
SIG'NALIZING, ppr. Making remarkable. |
50052
|
signally |
SIG'NALLY, adv. Eminently; remarkably; memorably; in a distinguished manner. |
50053
|
signation |
SIGNA'TION, n. Sign given; act of betokening. [Not in use.] |
50054
|
signatory |
SIG'NATORY, a. Relating to a seal; used in sealing. |
50055
|
signature |
SIG'NATURE, n. [L. signo, to sign.]1. A sign, stamp or mark impressed. The brain being well ... |
50056
|
signaturist |
SIG'NATURIST, n. One who holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of ... |
50057
|
signer |
SIGNER, n. One that signs or subscribes his name; as a memorial with a hundred signers. |
50058
|
signet |
SIG'NET, n. A seal; particularly in Great Britain, the seal used by the king in sealing his ... |
50059
|
significance |
SIGNIF'ICANCE, SIGNIF'ICANCY, n. [L. significans. See Signify.]1. Meaning; import; that which ... |
50060
|
significancy |
SIGNIF'ICANCE, SIGNIF'ICANCY, n. [L. significans. See Signify.]1. Meaning; import; that which ... |
50061
|
significant |
SIGNIF'ICANT, a. [L. signigicans.]1. Expressive of something beyond the external mark.2. ... |
50062
|
significantly |
SIGNIF'ICANTLY, adv. 1. With meaning.2. With force of expression. |
50063
|
signification |
SIGNIFICA'TION, n. [L. significatio. See Signify.]1. The act of making known, or of ... |
50064
|
significative |
SIGNIF'ICATIVE, a. 1. Betokening or representing by an external sign; as the significative ... |
50065
|
significatively |
SIGNIF'ICATIVELY, adv. So as represent or express by an external sign. |
50066
|
significator |
SIGNIFICA'TOR, n. That which signifies. |
50067
|
significatory |
SIGNIF'ICATORY, n. That which betokens, signifies or represents. |
50068
|
signify |
SIG'NIFY, v. t. [L. significo; signum, a sign, and facio, to make.]1. To make known something, ... |
50069
|
signior |
SIGNIOR, n. A title of respect among the Italians. [See seignor.] |
50070
|
signorize |
SIGNORIZE, v. i. To exercise dominion; or to have dominion. [Little used.] |
50071
|
signory |
SIGNORY, n. A different, but less common spelling of seigniory, which see. It signifies lordship, ... |
50072
|
sik |
SIK, SIKE, a. Such. |
50073
|
sike |
SIK, SIKE, a. Such. |
50074
|
siker |
SIK'ER, a. or adv. Sure; surely. [See Sicker.] |
50075
|
sikerness |
SIK'ERNESS, n. Sureness safety. |
50076
|
silcia |
SI'LEX, SIL'CIA, n. One of the supposed primitive earths m usually found in the state of stone. ... |
50077
|
silence |
SI'LENCE, n. [L. silentium, from sileo, to be still.]1. In a general sense, stillness, or entire ... |
50078
|
silent |
SI'LENT, a. 1. Not speaking; mute. Ps. 22.2. Habitually taciturn; speaking little; not ... |
50079
|
silentiary |
SILEN'TIARY, n. One appointed to keep silence and order in court; one sworn not to divulge secrets ... |
50080
|
silently |
SI'LENTLY, adv.1. Without speech or words. Each silently demands thy grace, and seems to watch ... |
50081
|
silentness |
SI'LENTNESS, n. State of being silent; stillness; silence. |
50082
|
silesian |
SILESIAN, a. sile'zhan Pertaining to Silesia; mad in Silesia; as silesian linen. |
50083
|
silex |
SI'LEX, SIL'CIA, n. One of the supposed primitive earths m usually found in the state of stone. ... |
50084
|
silicicalcarious |
SILICICALCA'RIOUS, a. Consisting of silex and calcarious matter. |
50085
|
silicicalce |
SILICICAL'CE, n. [L. silex or silica and calx.] A mineral of the silicious kind, occurring in ... |
50086
|
siliciferous |
SILICIF'EROUS, a. [L. silex and fero, to produce.] Producing silex; or united with a portion of ... |
50087
|
silicify |
SIL'ICIFY, v. t. [L. silex, flint, and facio, to make.] To convert into silex. The specimens ... |
50088
|
silicimurite |
SILICIMU'RITE, n. An earth composed of silex and magnesia. |
50089
|
silicious |
SILI'CIOUS, a. Pertaining to silex, or partaking of its nature and qualities. |
50090
|
silicited |
SILIC'ITED, a. Impregnated with silex. |
50091
|
silicium |
SILICIUM, n. The undecomposed and perhaps undecomposable base of silex or silica. |
50092
|
silicle |
SIL'ICE,SIL'ICULE, SIL'ICLE, n. [L. silicula, a little husk.] In botany, a little pod or ... |
50093
|
siliculous |
SILIC'ULOUS, a. Havin silicles or little pods, or pertaining to them. |
50094
|
siling-dish |
SIL'ING-DISH, n. A colander. [Not in use.] |
50095
|
siliqua |
SIL'IQUA, n. [L.] With gold finers, a carat, six of which make a scruple. |
50096
|
silique |
SIL'IQUA, SILIQUE, n. [L. siliqua.] A pod; an oblong, membranaceous, bivalvular pericarp, having ... |
50097
|
siliquose |
SIL'IQUOSE, SIL'IQUOUS, n. [L. siliquosus.] Having that species of pericarp called silique; as ... |
50098
|
siliquous |
SIL'IQUOSE, SIL'IQUOUS, n. [L. siliquosus.] Having that species of pericarp called silique; as ... |
50099
|
silisia |
SILISIA, n. sile'zha. A duchy or country now chiefly belonging to Prussia; hence, a species of ... |
50100
|
silk |
SILK, n. 1. The fine soft thread produced by the insect called silk-worm or bombyx. That which ... |
50101
|
silken |
SILKEN, a. silk'n.1. Made of silk; as silken cloth; a silken vail.2. Like silk; soft to the ... |
50102
|
silkiness |
SILK'INESS, n. 1. The qualities of silk; softness and smoothness to the feel.2. Softness; ... |
50103
|
silkman |
SILK'MAN, n. A dealer in silks. |
50104
|
silkmercer |
SILK'MERCER, n. One whose occupation is to weave silk stuffs. |
50105
|
silkworm |
SILK'WORM, n. The worm which produces silk, of the genus Phalaena. Silk-worms are said to have ... |
50106
|
silky |
SILK'Y, a. 1. Made of silk; consisting of silk.2. Like silk; soft and smooth to the touch.3. ... |
50107
|
sill |
SILL, n. [L. solum; allied to solid. The primary sense is probably to lay, set or throw down.]1. ... |
50108
|
sillabub |
SIL'LABUB, n. A liquor made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd. |
50109
|
sillimanite |
SIL'LIMANITE, n. A mineral found at Saybrook in Connecticut, so named in honor of Prof, Silliman ... |
50110
|
silliness |
SIL'LINESS, n. Weakness of understanding; want of sound sense or judgment ; simplicity; harmless ... |
50111
|
silly |
SIL'LY, a. [Heb. This may be radically the same word, with a prefix. Class Sl. No. 26]1. Weak ... |
50112
|
sillyhow |
SIL'LYHOW, n. The membrane that covers the head of the fetus. [I believe not used.] |
50113
|
silt |
SILT, n. Saltness, or salt marsh or mud. |
50114
|
silure |
SILU'RE, SILU'RUS, n. The sheat-fish; also a name of the sturgeon. |
50115
|
silurus |
SILU'RE, SILU'RUS, n. The sheat-fish; also a name of the sturgeon. |
50116
|
silvan |
SIL'VAN, a. [L. silva, a wood or grove, It is also written sylvan]1. Pertaining to a wood or ... |
50117
|
silver |
SIL'VER, n. 1. A metal of a white color and lively brilliancy. It has neither taste nor smell; ... |
50118
|
silver-beater |
SIL'VER-BEATER, n. One that foliates silver, or forms it into a leaf. |
50119
|
silver-bush |
SIL'VER-BUSH, n. A plant, a species of Anthyllis. |
50120
|
silver-fir |
SIL'VER-FIR, n. A species of fir. |
50121
|
silver-fish |
SIL'VER-FISH, n. A fish of the size of a small carp, having a white color, striped with silvery ... |
50122
|
silver-thistle |
SIL'VER-THISTLE, n. A plant. |
50123
|
silver-tree |
SIL'VER-TREE, n. A plant of the genus Protea. |
50124
|
silver-weed |
SIL'VER-WEED, n. A plant of the genus Potentilla. |
50125
|
silvered |
SIL'VERED, pp. Covered with a thin coat of silver; rendered smooth and lustrous; made white or a ... |
50126
|
silvering |
SIL'VERING, ppr. Covering the surface with a thin coat of silver; foliating; rendering mildly ... |
50127
|
silverly |
SIL'VERLY, adv. With the appearance of silver. |
50128
|
silversmith |
SIL'VERSMITH, n. One whose occupation is to work'in silver, or in manufactures of which the ... |
50129
|
silvery |
SIL'VERY, a. 1. Like silver; having the appearance of silver; white; of a mild luster. Of all ... |
50130
|
simagre |
SIM'AGRE, n. Grimace. |
50131
|
simar |
SIM'AR, SIMA'RE, n. A woman's robe. [Not in use.] |
50132
|
simare |
SIM'AR, SIMA'RE, n. A woman's robe. [Not in use.] |
50133
|
similar |
SIM'ILAR, a. [L. similis; Gr. omaloV.] Like; resembling; having a like form or appearance. ... |
50134
|
similarity |
SIMILAR'ITY, n. Likeness; resemblance; as a similarity of features. There is a as a similarity in ... |
50135
|
similarly |
SIM'ILARLY, adv. In like manner; with resemblance. |
50136
|
simile |
SIMILE, n. sim'ily. [L.] In rhetoric, similitude; a comparison of two thing which, however ... |
50137
|
similitude |
SIMIL'ITUDE, n. [L. similitudo.]1. Likeness; resemblance; likeness in nature, qualities of ... |
50138
|
similitudinary |
SIMILITU'DINARY, a. Denoting resemblance or comparison. |
50139
|
similor |
SIM'ILOR, n. A name given to an alloy of red copper and zinc, made in the best proportions to ... |
50140
|
simitar |
SIMITAR. [See Cimeter.] |
50141
|
simmer |
SIM'MER, v. i. [ Gr. zumhm, zumow, to ferment.] To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing. ... |
50142
|
simmering |
SIM'MERING ppr. Boiling gently; |
50143
|
simnel |
SIM'NEL, n. A kind of sweet cake; a bun. |
50144
|
simoiacally |
SIMOI'ACALLY, adv. With the guilt or offense of simony. |
50145
|
simoniac |
SIMO'NIAC, n. [See Simony.] One who buys or sells preferment in the church. |
50146
|
simoniacal |
SIMONI'ACAL, a. 1. Guilty of simony.2. Consisting in simony, or the crime of buying or selling ... |
50147
|
simonious |
SIMO'NIOUS, a. Partaking of simony; given to simony. |
50148
|
simony |
SIM'ONY, n. [from Simon Magus, who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy Spirit. ... |
50149
|
simoom |
SIMOOM', n. A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows in Arabia. |
50150
|
simous |
SI'MOUS, a. [L. simo, one with a flat nose, Gr. simoV.]1. Having a very flat or snub nose, with ... |
50151
|
simper |
SIM'PER, v. i. To smile in a silly manner. |
50152
|
simpering |
SIM'PERING, ppr. Smiling foolishly.SIM'PERING, n. The act of smiling with an air of silliness. |
50153
|
simperingly |
SIM'PERINGLY, adv. With a silly smile. |
50154
|
simple |
SIM'PLE, a. [L. simplex; sine, without and plex, plica, doubling, fold;]1. Single; consisting of ... |
50155
|
simple-minded |
SIMPLE-MINDED, a. Artless; undesigning; unsuspecting. |
50156
|
simpleness |
SIM'PLENESS, n. 1. The state or quality of being simple, single or uncompounded; as the ... |
50157
|
simpler |
SIM'PLER, n. One that collects simples; as herbalist; asimplist. |
50158
|
simpless |
SIMPLESS, for simplicity or silliness, is not in use. |
50159
|
simpleton |
SIM'PLETON, n. A silly person; a person of weak intellect; a trifler; a foolish person. |
50160
|
simplicity |
SIMPLIC'ITY, n. [L. simplicitas.]1. Singleness; the state of being unmixed or uncompounded; as ... |
50161
|
simplification |
SIMPLIFICA'TION, n. [See Simplify.] The act of making simple; the act of reducing to simplicity, ... |
50162
|
simplified |
SIM'PLIFIED, pp. Made simple or not complex. |
50163
|
simplify |
SIM'PLIFY, v. t. [L. simplex, simple, and facio, to make.] To make simple; to reduce what is ... |
50164
|
simplifying |
SIM'PLIFYING, ppr. Making simple; rendering less complex. |
50165
|
simplist |
SIM'PLIST, n. One skilled in simples or medical plants. |
50166
|
simploce |
SIMPLOCE, [See Symploce.] |
50167
|
simply |
SIM'PLY, adv. 1. Without art; without subtilty; artlessly; plainly. Subverting worldly strong ... |
50168
|
simulacher |
SIM'ULACHER, n. [L. simulacrum.] An image. [Not in use.] |
50169
|
simular |
SIM'ULAR, n. [See Simulate.] One who simulates or counterfeits something. |
50170
|
simulate |
SIM'ULATE, v. t. [L. simulo, from similis, like.] To feign; to counterfeits; to assume the mere ... |
50171
|
simulating |
SIM'ULATING, ppr. Feigning; pretending; assuming the appearance of what is not real. |
50172
|
simulation |
SIMULA'TION, n. [L. simulation.] The act of feigning to be that which is not; the assumption of ... |
50173
|
simultameously |
SIMULTA'MEOUSLY, adv. At the same time. |
50174
|
simultaneous |
SIMULTA'NEOUS, a. [L. simul, at the same time.] Existing or happening at the same time; as ... |
50175
|
simultaneousness |
SIMULTA'NEOUSNESS, n. The state or quality of being or happening at the same time; as the ... |
50176
|
simulty |
SIMULTY, n. [L. simultas.] Private grudge or quarrel. [Not in use.] |
50177
|
sin |
SIN, n.1. The voluntary departure of a moral agent from a known rule of rectitude or duty, ... |
50178
|
sin-offering |
SIN'-OFFERING, n. [sin and offering.] A sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for ... |
50179
|
sinapism |
SIN'APISM,n.[L. sinapis, sinape, mustard.] In Pharmacy, a cataplasm composed of mustard seed ... |
50180
|
since |
SINCE,prep or adv.1. After; from the time that. The proper signification of since is after, and ... |
50181
|
sincere |
SINCE'RE, a. [L. sincerus, which is said to be composed of sine, without, and cera, wax; as if ... |
50182
|
sincerely |
SINCE'RELY, adv. Honestly; with real purity of heart; without simulation or disguise; to love ... |
50183
|
sincereness |
SINCE'RENESS, n. Sincerity. |
50184
|
sincerity |
SINCER'ITY, n. [L. sinceritas.]1. Honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation or ... |
50185
|
sinciput |
SIN'CIPUT, n. [L.] The fore part of the head from the forehead to the coronal suture. |
50186
|
sindon |
SIN'DON, n. [L. fine linen.] A wrapper. [Not in use.] |
50187
|
sine |
SINE, n. [L. sinus.] In geometry, the right sine of an arch or arc, is a line drawn from one end ... |
50188
|
sinecure |
SI'NECURE, n. [L. sine, without, and cura, cure, care.] An office which has revenue without ... |
50189
|
sinepite |
SIN'EPITE, n. [L. sinage, mustard.] Something resembling mustard seed. |
50190
|
sinew |
SIN'EW, n. 1. In anatomy, a tendon; that which unites a muscle to a bone.2. In the plural, ... |
50191
|
sinew-shrunk |
SIN'EW-SHRUNK, a. Gaunt-bellied; having the sinews under belly shrunk by excess of fatigue, as a ... |
50192
|
sinewed |
SIN'EWED, a. 1. Furnished with sinews; as a strong-sinewed youth.2. Strong; firm; vigorous. ... |
50193
|
sinewless |
SIN'EWLESS, a. Having no strength or vigor. |
50194
|
sinewy |
SIN'EWY, a. 1. Consisting of a sinew or nerve. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall.2. Nervous; ... |
50195
|
sinful |
SIN'FUL, a. [from sin.] 1. Tainted with sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as sinful men. ... |
50196
|
sinfully |
SIN'FULLY, adv. In a manner which the laws of God do not permit; wickedly; iniquitously; ... |
50197
|
sinfulness |
SIN'FULNESS, n. 1. The quality of being sinful or contrary to the divine will; wickedness; ... |
50198
|
sing |
SING, v. i. pret. sung, sang; pp. sung.1. To utter sounds with various inflections of ... |
50199
|
singe |
SINGE, v.t. sinj. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of a thing as the nap of ... |
50200
|
singed |
SING'ED, pp. Burnt superficially. |
50201
|
singeing |
SING'EING, ppr. Burning the surface. |
50202
|
singer |
SING'ER, n. [from sing.] 1. One that sings.2. One versed in music, or one whose occupation is ... |
50203
|
singing |
SING'ING, ppr. Uttering melodious or musical notes; making a shrill sound; celebrating in song; ... |
50204
|
singing-book |
SING'ING-BOOK, n. A music book, as it ought to be called; a book containing tunes. |
50205
|
singing-man |
SING'ING-MAN, n. A man who sings, or is employed to sing; as in cathedrals. |
50206
|
singing-master |
SING'ING-M'ASTER, n. A music master; one that teaches vocal music |
50207
|
singing-woman |
SING'ING-WOMAN, n. A woman employed to sing. |
50208
|
singingly |
SING'INGLY, adv. With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune. |
50209
|
single |
SIN'GLE, a. 1. Separate; one; only; individual; consisting of one only; as a single star; a ... |
50210
|
singled |
SIN'GLED, pp. Selected from among a number. |
50211
|
singleness |
SIN'GLENESS, n. 1. The state of being one only or separate from all others; the opposite of ... |
50212
|
singly |
SIN'GLY, adv. 1. Individually; particularly; as, to make men singly and personally good.2. Only; ... |
50213
|
singular |
SIN'GULAR, a. [L. singularis,from singulus, single.]1. Single; not complex or compound. That ... |
50214
|
singularity |
SINGULAR'ITY, n.1. Peculiarity; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished ... |
50215
|
singularize |
SIN'GULARIZE, v. t. To make single. [Not in use.] |
50216
|
singularly |
SIN'GULARLY, adv. 1. Peculiarly; in a manner or degree not common to others. It is no disgrace ... |
50217
|
singult |
SIN'GULT, n. [L. singullus.] A sigh. [Not in use.] |
50218
|
sinical |
SIN'ICAL, a. [from sine.] Pertaining to a sine. |
50219
|
sinister |
SIN'ISTER, a. [L. Probably the primary sense is weak, defective.]1. Left; on the left hand, or ... |
50220
|
sinister-handed |
SIN'ISTER-HANDED, a. Left-handed. [Not in use.] |
50221
|
sinisterly |
SIN'ISTERLY, adv. Absurdly; perversely; unfairly. |
50222
|
sinistrorsal |
SINISTROR'SAL, a. [sinister.] Rising from left to right, as a spiral line or helix. |
50223
|
sinistrous |
SIN'ISTROUS, a. 1. Being on the left side; inclined to the left.2. Wrong; absurd; perverse. A ... |
50224
|
sinistrously |
SIN'ISTROUSLY, adv. 1. Perversely; wrongly.2. With a tendency to use the left as the stronger ... |
50225
|
sink |
SINK, v. i. pret. sunk; pp. id. The old pret. sank is nearly obsolete.1. To fall by the ... |
50226
|
sinking |
SINK'ING, ppr. Falling; subsiding; depressing; declining. Sinking fund, in fiance, a fund created ... |
50227
|
sinless |
SIN'LESS, a. [from sin.] 1. Free from sin; pure; perfect. Christ yielded a sinless obedience.2. ... |
50228
|
sinlessness |
SIN'LESSNESS, n. Freedom from sin and guilt. |
50229
|
sinner |
SIN'NER, n. 1. One that has voluntarily violated the divine law; a moral agent who has ... |
50230
|
sinoper |
SIN'OPER, SIN'OPLE, n. [L. sinopis.] Red ferruginous quartz, of a blood or brownish red color, ... |
50231
|
sinople |
SIN'OPER, SIN'OPLE, n. [L. sinopis.] Red ferruginous quartz, of a blood or brownish red color, ... |
50232
|
sinteenth |
SIN'TEENTH, a. The sixth after the tenth; the ordinal of sixteen. |
50233
|
sinter |
SIN'TER,n. In mineralogy, calcarious sinter is a variety of carbonate of lime, composed of a ... |
50234
|
sinuate |
SIN'UATE, v.t. [L. sinuo.] To wind; to turn; to bend in and out.SIN'UATE, a. In botany, a ... |
50235
|
sinuation |
SINUA'TION, n. A winding or bending in and out. |
50236
|
sinuosity |
SINUOS'ITY, n. [L. sinuosus, sinus.] The quality of bending or curving in and out; or a series of ... |
50237
|
sinuous |
SIN'UOUS, a. [L. sinus.] Wind; crooked; bending in and out; as a sinuous pipe. Streaking the ... |
50238
|
sinus |
SI'NUS, n. [L. a bay.] 1. A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore , or an opening in the land.2. ... |
50239
|
sip |
SIP, v.t. 1. To take a fluid into the mouth in small quantities by the lips; as, to sip wine; to ... |
50240
|
sipe |
SIPE, v.i. To ooze; to issue slowly; as a fluid. |
50241
|
siphilis |
SIPH'ILIS, n. The venereal disease. |
50242
|
siphilitic |
SIPHILIT'IC, a. Pertaining to the venereal disease, or partaking of its nature. |
50243
|
siphon |
SI'PHON, n. [L. sipho,sipo]1. A bent pipe or tube whose legs are of unequal length, used for ... |
50244
|
siphunculated |
SIPHUN'CULATED, a. [L, siphunculus, a little siphon.] Having a little siphon or spout, as a ... |
50245
|
sipped |
SIP'PED, pp. Drawn in with the lips; imbibed in small quantities. |
50246
|
sipper |
SIP'PER, n. One that sips. |
50247
|
sippet |
SIP'PET, n. A small sop. [Not in use.] |
50248
|
sir |
SIR, n. sur.1. A word or respect used in addresses to men, as madam is in addresses to women. It ... |
50249
|
sire |
SIRE, n. [supra.] 1. A father; used in poetry. And raise his issue like a loving sire.2. The ... |
50250
|
sired |
SI'RED, pp. Begotten. |
50251
|
siren |
SIR'EN, n. 1. A mermaid. In ancient mythology, a goddess who enticed men into her power by the ... |
50252
|
siriasis |
SIRI'ASIS, n. An inflammation of the brain, proceeding from the excessive heat of the sun; phrensy ... |
50253
|
sirius |
SIR'IUS, n. [L. the sun.]The large and bright star called the dog star, in the mouth of the ... |
50254
|
sirloin |
SIR'LOIN, n. A particular piece of beef so called. [See Sir.] |
50255
|
sirname |
SIRNAME, is more correctly written surname. |
50256
|
siro |
SIRO, n. A mite. |
50257
|
sirocco |
SIROC'CO, n. A pernicious wind that blows from the south east in Italy, called the Syrian wind. ... |
50258
|
sirrah |
SIR'RAH, n. A word of reproach and contempt; used in addressing vile characters. Go sirrah, to my ... |
50259
|
sirt |
SIRT, n. sert. [L. syrtis.] A quicksand. [Not in use.] |
50260
|
sirup |
SIRUP,n. sur'up, [oriental. See Sherbet and Absorb.] The sweet juice of vegetables or fruits, or ... |
50261
|
sirupy |
SIR'UPY, a. Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities. |
50262
|
sise |
SISE, for assize. [Not used.] |
50263
|
siskin |
SIS'KIN, n. A bird, the green finch; another name of the aberdavine. The siskin or aberdavine is ... |
50264
|
siss |
SISS, v.i. To hiss; a legitimate word in universal popular use in New England. |
50265
|
sister |
SIS'TER, n.1. A female born of the same patents; correlative to brother.2. A woman of the same ... |
50266
|
sister-in-law |
SISTER-IN-LAW, n. A husband's or wife's sister. |
50267
|
sisterhood |
SIS'TERHOOD, n. 1. Sisters collectively, or a society of sisters; or a society of females united ... |
50268
|
sisterly |
SIS'TERLY, a. Like a sister; becoming a sister; affectionate; as sisterly kindness. |
50269
|
sit |
SIT, v.i. pret. sat; old pp. sitten [L. sedeo.]1. To rest upon the buttocks, as animals; as, ... |
50270
|
site |
SITE, n. [L. silus.]1. Situation; local position; as the site of a city or of a house.2. A seat ... |
50271
|
sited |
SI'TED, a. Placed; situated. [Not in use.] |
50272
|
sitfast |
SIT'FAST, n. A hard knob growing on a horse's back under the saddle. |
50273
|
sith |
SITH, adv. Since; in later times. |
50274
|
sithe |
SITHE, n. Time.SITHE, [See Sythe.] |
50275
|
sithence |
SITH'ENCE, SITH'ES, adv. Since; in later times. |
50276
|
sithes |
SITH'ENCE, SITH'ES, adv. Since; in later times. |
50277
|
sitter |
SIT'TER, n. [from sit.] 1. One that sits. The Turks are great sitters.2. A bird that sits or ... |
50278
|
sitting |
SIT'TING, ppr. 1. Resting on the buttocks, or on the feet, as fowls; incubating; brooding; being ... |
50279
|
situate |
SIT'UATE, a. [L. situs, sedeo.]1. Placed, with respect to any other object; as a town situate on ... |
50280
|
situated |
SIT'UATED, a. [See Siluate.] 1. Seated, placed or standing with respect to any other object; as a ... |
50281
|
situation |
SITUA'TION, n. 1. Position; seat; location in respect to something else. The situation of London ... |
50282
|
sivan |
SIV'AN, n. The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to part of our May and ... |
50283
|
six |
SIX, a. [L. sex;] Twice three; one more than five. |
50284
|
six-penny |
SIX'-PENNY, a. Worth sixpence; as a six-penny loaf. |
50285
|
sixfold |
SIX'FOLD, a. [six and fold.] Six times repeated; six double; six times as much. |
50286
|
sixpence |
SIX'PENCE, n. [six and pence.] 1. An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a ... |
50287
|
sixscore |
SIX'SCORE, a. [six and score.] Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty. |
50288
|
sixteen |
SIX'TEEN, a. Six and ten; noting the sum of six and ten. |
50289
|
sixth |
SIXTH, a. The first after the fifth; the ordinal of six.SIXTH, n.1. The sixth part.2. In music, ... |
50290
|
sixthly |
SIXTH'LY, adv. In the sixth place. |
50291
|
sixtieth |
SIXTIETH, a. The ordinal of sixty. |
50292
|
sixty |
SIX'TY, a. Ten times six. |
50293
|
sizable |
SIZABLE, a. [from size.] 1. Of considerable bulk.2. Being of reasonable of suitable size; as ... |
50294
|
size |
SIZE, n. [either contracted from assize, or from the L. scissus. I take it to be from the ... |
50295
|
sized |
SI'ZED, pp. 1. Adjusted according to size; prepared with size.2. a. Having a particular ... |
50296
|
sizel |
SIZ'EL, n. In coining, the residue of bars of silver, after pieces are cut out for coins. |
50297
|
sizier |
SI'ZIER, n. In the university of Cambridge, a student of the rank nest below that of a pensioner. |
50298
|
siziness |
SI'ZINESS, n. [from sizy.] Glutinousness; viscousness; the quality of size; as the siziness of ... |
50299
|
sizy |
SI'ZY, a. [from size.] Glutinous; thick and viscous; ropy; having the adhesiveness of size; as ... |
50300
|
skaddle |
SKAD'DLE, n. Hurt; damage. [Not in use.]SKAD'DLE, a. Hurtful; mischievous. [Not in use.] |
50301
|
skaddons |
SKAD'DONS, n. The embryos of bees. [Not in use.] |
50302
|
skain |
SKAIN, n. A knot of thread, yarn or silk, or a number of knots collected. |
50303
|
skainsmate |
SKA'INSMATE, n. A messmate; a companion. |
50304
|
skald |
SKALD, n. An ancient Scandinavian poet or bard. |
50305
|
skate |
SKATE, n. A sort or shoe furnished with a smooth iron for sliding on ice.SKATE, v.i. To slide or ... |
50306
|
skater |
SKATER, n. One who skates on ice. |
50307
|
skean |
SKEAN, n. A short sword, or a knife. [Not in use.] |
50308
|
skeed |
SKEED. [See Skid.] |
50309
|
skeel |
SKEEL, n. A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream. |
50310
|
skeet |
SKEET, n. A long scoop used to wet the sides of ships or the sails. |
50311
|
skeg |
SKEG, n. A little salmon. |
50312
|
skeleton |
SKEL'ETON, n. [L. calleo, callus.]1. The bones of an animal body, separated from the flesh and ... |
50313
|
skellum |
SKEL'LUM, n. A scoundrel. [Not in use.] |
50314
|
skep |
SKEP, n. A sort of basket, narrow at the bottom and wide at the top. [Not used in America.] |
50315
|
skeptic |
SKEPTIC. [See Sceptic.] |
50316
|
sketch |
SKETCH, n. [L. scateo.] An outline or general delineation of any thing; a first rough or ... |
50317
|
sketched |
SKETCH'ED, pp. Having the outline drawn. |
50318
|
sketching |
SKETCH'ING, ppr. Drawing the outline. |
50319
|
skew |
SKEW, adv. Awry; obliquely. [See Askew.]SKEW, v.t. 1. To look obliquely upon; to notice ... |
50320
|
skewer |
SKEW'ER, n. A pin of wood or iron for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while ... |
50321
|
skid |
SKID, n. 1. A curving timber to preserve a ship's side from injury by heavy bodies hoisted or ... |
50322
|
skiff |
SKIFF, n. [L. schapha;] A small light boar resembling a yawl.SKIFF, v.t. To pass over in a light ... |
50323
|
skill |
SKILL, n. Calleo, that is to strain, stretch, reach, and with to perfect, that is, to make sound, ... |
50324
|
skilled |
SKILL'ED, a. Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in the application of ... |
50325
|
skilless |
SKIL'LESS, a. Wanting skill; artless. |
50326
|
skillful |
SKILL'FUL, a.1. Knowing; well versed in any art; hence, dextrous; able in management; able to ... |
50327
|
skillfully |
SKILL'FULLY, adv. With skill; with nice art; dextrously; as a machine skillfully made; a ship ... |
50328
|
skillfulness |
SKILL'FULNESS, n. The quality of possessing skill; dextrousness; ability to perform well in any ... |
50329
|
skilling |
SKIL'LING, n. An isle or bay of a barn; also, a skight addition to a cottage |
50330
|
skilt |
SKILT, n. (See Skill) Difference. |
50331
|
skim |
SKIM, n. (a different orthography of scum;Scum; the thich matter that forms on the surface of a ... |
50332
|
skim-coulter |
SKIM-COULTER, n. A coulter for paring off the surface of land. |
50333
|
skim-milk |
SKIM-MILK, n. Milk from which the cream has been taken. |
50334
|
skimble-scamble |
SKIMBLE-SCAMBLE, a. (a duplication of scamble). Wandering; disorderly. |
50335
|
skimmer |
SKIM'MER, n. 1. An utensil in the form of a scoop; used for skimming liquors.2. One that skims ... |
50336
|
skimmings |
SKIM'MINGS, n. plu. Matter skimmed from the surface of liquors. |
50337
|
skin |
SKIN, n. 1. The natural covering of animal bodies, consisting of the cuticle or scarf-skin, the ... |
50338
|
skindeep |
SKIN'DEEP, a. Superficial; not deep; slight. |
50339
|
skinflint |
SKIN'FLINT, n. (skin and flint) A very niggardly person. |
50340
|
skink |
SKINK, n. 1. Drink; pottage.2. (L. scincus) A small lizard of Egypt; also, the common name of a ... |
50341
|
skinker |
SKINK'ER, n. One that serves liquors. |
50342
|
skinless |
SKIN'LESS, a. (from skin) Having a thin skin; as skinless fruit. |
50343
|
skinned |
SKIN'NED, pp. 1. Stripped of the skin; flayed2. Covered with skin. |
50344
|
skinner |
SKIN'NER, n. 1. One that skins.2. One that deals in skins, plets or hides. |
50345
|
skinniness |
SKIN'NINESS, n. The quality of being skinny. |
50346
|
skinny |
SKIN'NY, a. Consisting of skin, or of skin only; wanting flesh. |
50347
|
skip |
SKIP, v.i. To leap; to bound; to spring; as a goat or lamb.To skip over, to pass without notice; ... |
50348
|
skipper |
SKIP'PER, n. 1. The master of a small trading vessel.2. (from skip.) A dancer.3. A youngling; a ... |
50349
|
skippet |
SKIP'PET, n. (See Ship and Skiff.) A small boat. |
50350
|
skipping |
SKIP'PING, ppr. Leaping; bounding. Skipping notes, in music, are notes that are not in regular ... |
50351
|
skippingly |
SKIP'PINGLY, adv. by leaps. |
50352
|
skirmish |
SKIRMISH, n.1. A slight fight in war; a light combat by armies at a great distance from each ... |
50353
|
skirmisher |
SKIRM'ISHER, n. One that skirmishes. |
50354
|
skirmishing |
SKIRM'ISHING, ppr. Fighting slightly or in detached parties.SKIRM'ISHING, n. The act of fighting ... |
50355
|
skirr |
SKIRR, v.t. To scour; to ramble over in order to clear.SKIRR, v.i. To scour; to scud; to run ... |
50356
|
skirret |
SKIR'RET, n. A plant of the genus Sium. |
50357
|
skirrus |
SKIR'RUS. (See Scirrhus.) |
50358
|
skirt |
SKIRT, n. 1. The lower and loose part of a coat or other garment; the part below the waist; as ... |
50359
|
skirted |
SKIRT'ED, pp. Bordered. |
50360
|
skirting |
SKIRT'ING, ppr. Bordering; forming a border. |
50361
|
skit |
SKIT, n. A wanton girl; a reflection; a jeer or jibe; a whim.SKIT, v.t. To cast reflections. |
50362
|
skittish |
SKIT'TISH, a. 1. Shy; easily frightened; shunning familiarity; timorous; as a restif skittish ... |
50363
|
skittishly |
SKIT'TISHLY, adv. Shyly; wantonly; changeably. |
50364
|
skittishness |
SKIT'TISHNESS, n. 1. Shyness; aptness to fear approach; timidity.2. Fickleness; wantonness. |
50365
|
skittles |
SKIT'TLES, n. Nine pins. |
50366
|
skolezite |
SKOL'EZITE, n. A mineral allied to Thomsonite, occurring crystallized and massive, colorless and ... |
50367
|
skonce |
SKONCE, [See Sconce.] |
50368
|
skoradite |
SKOR'ADITE, n. A mineral of a greenish color of different shades or brown and nearly black, ... |
50369
|
skreen |
SKREEN. (See Screen). |
50370
|
skringe |
SKRINGE, properly scringe; a vulgar corruption of cringe. |
50371
|
skue |
SKUE. (See Skew.) |
50372
|
skug |
SKUG, v.t. To hide. |
50373
|
skulk |
SKULK, v.i. To lurk; to withdraw into a corner or into a close place for concealment (See Sculk). |
50374
|
skull |
SKULL, n. 1. The bone that forms the exterior of the head, and incloses the brain; the brain-pan. ... |
50375
|
skull-cap |
SKULL'-CAP, n.1. A head piece.2. A plant of the genus Scutellaria. |
50376
|
skunk |
SKUNK, n. In America, the popular name of a fetid animal of the weasel kind; the Viverra Mephitis ... |
50377
|
skute |
SKUTE, n. A boat. [See Scow.] |
50378
|
sky |
SKY, n. 1. The aerial region which surrounds the earth; the apparent arch or vault of heaven, ... |
50379
|
sky-colored |
SKY'-COLORED, a. Like the sky in color; blue; azure. |
50380
|
skyey |
SKY'EY, a. Like the sky; etherial. |
50381
|
skyish |
SKY'ISH, a. Like the sky, or approaching the sky. The skyish head of blue Olympus. |
50382
|
skylark |
SKY'LARK, n. A lark that mounts and sings as it flies. |
50383
|
slab |
SLAB, a. Thick; viscous. [Not used.]SLAB, n.1. A plane or table of stone; as a marble slab.2. ... |
50384
|
slabber |
SLAB'BER, v.i. To let the saliva or other liquid fall from the mouth carelessly; to drivel. It is ... |
50385
|
slabbererm |
SLAB'BERERM n. One that slabbers; an idiot. |
50386
|
slabbering |
SLAB'BERING, ppr. Driveling. |
50387
|
slabby |
SLAB'BY, a. 1. Thick; viscous. [Not much used.]2. Wet. [See Sloppy.] |
50388
|
slack |
SLACK, a. 1. Not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as a slack rope; slack rigging; ... |
50389
|
slacken |
SLACK'EN, n. Among miners, a spungy semi-vitrified substance which they mix with the ores of ... |
50390
|
slackly |
SLACK'LY, adv. 1. Not tightly; loosely.2. Negligently; remissly. |
50391
|
slackness |
SLACK'NESS, n. 1. Looseness; the state opposite to tension; not tightness or rigidness; as the ... |
50392
|
slade |
SLADE, n. A little dell or valley; also, a flat piece of low moist ground. |
50393
|
slag |
SLAG, n. The dross or recrement of a metal; or vitrified cinders. |
50394
|
slaie |
SLAIE, n. A weaver's reed. |
50395
|
slain |
SLAIN, pp. of slay; so written for slayen. Killed. |
50396
|
slake |
SLAKE, v.t. To quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. And slake the heav'nly fire.SLAKE, ... |
50397
|
slam |
SLAM, v.t. 1. To strike with force and noise; to shut against; a violent shutting of a door.2. ... |
50398
|
slamkin |
SLAM'KIN, SLAM'MERKIN, n. A slut; a slatternly woman. [Not used.] |
50399
|
slammerkin |
SLAM'KIN, SLAM'MERKIN, n. A slut; a slatternly woman. [Not used.] |
50400
|
slander |
SLA'NDER, n. 1. A false tale or report maliciously uttered. and tending to injure the reputation ... |
50401
|
slandered |
SLA'NDERED, pp. Defamed; injured in good name by false and malicious reports. |
50402
|
slanderer |
SLA'NDERER, n. A defamer; one who injures another by maliciously reporting something to his ... |
50403
|
slandering |
SLA'NDERING, ppr. Defaming. |
50404
|
slanderous |
SLA'NDEROUS, a. 1. That utters defamatory words or tales; as a slanderous tongue.2. Containing ... |
50405
|
slanderously |
SL'ANDEROUSLY, adv. With slander; calumniously; with false and malicious reproach. |
50406
|
slanderousness |
SL'ANDEROUSNESS, n. The state or quality of being slanderous or defamatory. |
50407
|
slang |
SLANG, old pret. of sling. We now use slung.SLANG, n. Low vulgar unmeaning language. [Low.] |
50408
|
slank |
SLANK, n. A plant. [alga marina.] |
50409
|
slant |
SLANT, STANTING, a. Sloping; oblique; inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or ... |
50410
|
slantingly |
SL'ANTINGLY, adv. With a slope or inclination; also, with an oblique hint or remark. |
50411
|
slantly |
SL'ANTLY, SL'ANTWISE, adv. Obliquely; in an inclined direction. |
50412
|
slantwise |
SL'ANTLY, SL'ANTWISE, adv. Obliquely; in an inclined direction. |
50413
|
slap |
SLAP, n. [L. alapa and schloppus.] A blow given with the open hand, or with something ... |
50414
|
slapdash |
SLAP'DASH, adv. [slap and dash.] All at once. |
50415
|
slape |
SLAPE, a. Slippery; smooth. |
50416
|
slapper |
SLAP'PER, SLAPPING, a. Very large. [Vulgar.] |
50417
|
slapping |
SLAP'PER, SLAPPING, a. Very large. [Vulgar.] |
50418
|
slash |
SLASH, v.t.1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long cuts.2. To lash.SLASH, ... |
50419
|
slashed |
SLASH'ED, pp. Cut at random. |
50420
|
slashing |
SLASH'ING, ppr. Striking violently and cutting at random. |
50421
|
slat |
SLAT, n. [This is doubtless the sloat of the English dictionaries. See Sloat.] A narrow piece of ... |
50422
|
slatch |
SLATCH, n. 1. In seamen's language, the period of a transitory breeze.2. An interval of fair ... |
50423
|
slate |
SLATE, n.1. An argillaceous stone which readily splits into plates; argillite; argillaceous ... |
50424
|
slate-ax |
SLA'TE-AX, n. A mattock with an ax-end; used in slating. |
50425
|
slated |
SLA'TED, pp. Covered with slates. |
50426
|
slater |
SLA'TER, v.i. 1. To be careless of dress and dirty.2. To be careless, negligent or awkward; to ... |
50427
|
slattern |
SLAT'TERN, n. A woman who is negligent of her dress, or who suffers her clothes and furniture to ... |
50428
|
slatternly |
SLAT'TERNLY, adv. Negligently; awkwardly. |
50429
|
slaty |
SLA'TY, a. Resembling slate; having the nature or properties of slate; as a slaty color or ... |
50430
|
slaughter |
SLAUGHTER, n. slaw'ter [See Slay.]1. In a general sense, a killing. Applied to men, slaughter ... |
50431
|
slaughter-house |
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE, n. slaw'ter-house, A house where beasts are butchered for the market. |
50432
|
slaughter-man |
SLAUGHTER-MAN, n. slaw'ter-man. One employed in killing. |
50433
|
slaughtered |
SLAUGHTERED, pp. slaw'tered. Slain; butchered. |
50434
|
slaughtering |
SLAUGHTERING, ppr. slaw'tering, Killing; destroying human life; butchering, |
50435
|
slaughterous |
SLAUGHTEROUS, a. slaw'terous. Destructive; murderous. |
50436
|
slave |
SLAVE, n.1. A person who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who has no will of his own, ... |
50437
|
slave-trade |
SLA'VE-TRADE, n. [slave and trade.] The barbarous and wicked business of purchasing men and women, ... |
50438
|
slaveborn |
SLA'VEBORN, a. Born in slavery. |
50439
|
slaveish |
SLA'VEISH, a. 1. Pertaining to slaves; servile; mean; base; such as becomes a slave; as a slavish ... |
50440
|
slavelike |
SLA'VELIKE, a. Like or becoming a slave. |
50441
|
slaver |
SLAV'ER, n. [the same as slabber.] Saliva driveling from the mouth.SLAV'ER, v.i. 1. To suffer ... |
50442
|
slavered |
SLAV'ERED, pp. Defiled with drivel. |
50443
|
slaverer |
SLAV'ERER, n. A driveler; an idiot. |
50444
|
slavering |
SLAV'ERING, ppr. Letting fall saliva. |
50445
|
slavery |
SLA'VERY, n. [See Slave.]1. Bondage; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of ... |
50446
|
slavishly |
SLA'VISHLY, adv. Servilely; meanly; basely. |
50447
|
slavishness |
SLA'VISHNESS, n. The state or quality of being slavish; servility; meanness. |
50448
|
slavonic |
SLAVON'IC, a. [from Sclavi, a people of the north of Europe.]Pertaining to the Sclavi, a people ... |
50449
|
slay |
SLAY, v.t. pret. slew; pp. slain. [The proper sense is to strike, and as beating was an early ... |
50450
|
slayer |
SLA'YER, n. One that slays; a killer; a murderer; an assassin; a destroyer of life. |
50451
|
slaying |
SLA'YING, ppr. Killing; destroying life. |
50452
|
sleave |
SLEAVE, n. The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread; silk or thread untwisted.SLEAVE, v.t. ... |
50453
|
sleaved |
SLE'AVED, a. Raw; not spun or wrought. |
50454
|
sleazy |
SLEA'ZY, SLEE'ZY, a. [probably from the root of loose.] Thin; flimsy; wanting firmness of texture ... |
50455
|
sled |
SLED, n. A carriage or vehicle moved on runners, much used in America for conveying heavy weights ... |
50456
|
sledded |
SLED'DED, pp. Conveyed on a sled. |
50457
|
sledding |
SLED'DING, ppr. Conveying on a sled.SLED'DING, n. The act of transporting on a sled.2. The means ... |
50458
|
sledge |
SLEDGE, n.1. A larger heavy hammer; used chiefly by ironsmiths.2. In England, a sled; a vehicle ... |
50459
|
sleek |
SLEEK, a. [See Like]1. Smooth; having an even smooth surface; whence, glossy; as sleek hair. So ... |
50460
|
sleekly |
SLEE'KLY, adv. Smoothly; nicely. |
50461
|
sleekness |
SLEE'KNESS, n. Smoothness of surface. |
50462
|
sleekstone |
SLEE'KSTONE, n. A smoothing stone. |
50463
|
sleeky |
SLEE'KY, a. Of a sleek or smooth appearance. [Not in use.] |
50464
|
sleep |
SLEEP, v.i. pret. and pp. slept.1. To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of ... |
50465
|
sleeper |
SLEE'PER, n. 1. A person that sleeps; also, a drone or lazy person.2. That which lies dormant, ... |
50466
|
sleepful |
SLEE'PFUL, a. Strongly inclined to sleep. [Little used.] |
50467
|
sleepfulness |
SLEE'PFULNESS, n. Strong inclination to sleep. [Little used.] |
50468
|
sleepily |
SLEE'PILY, adv. 1. Drowsily; with desire to sleep.2. Dully; in a lazy manner; heavily Raleigh3. ... |
50469
|
sleepiness |
SLEE'PINESS, n. Drowsiness; inclination to sleep. |
50470
|
sleeping |
SLEE'PING, ppr. Resting; reposing in sleep.SLEE'PING, n. The state of resting in sleep. |
50471
|
sleepless |
SLEE'PLESS, a. 1. Having no sleep; without sleep; wakeful.2. Having no rest; perpetually ... |
50472
|
sleeplessness |
SLEE'PLESSNESS, n. Want or destitution of sleep. |
50473
|
sleepy |
SLEE'PY, a. 1. Drowsy; inclined to sleep.2. Not awake. She wak'd her sleep crew.3. Tending to ... |
50474
|
sleet |
SLEET, n.1. A fall of hail or snow and rain together, usually in fine particles.2. In gunnery, ... |
50475
|
sleety |
SLEE'TY, a. Bringing sleet. |
50476
|
sleeve |
SLEEVE, 1. The part of a garment that is fitted to cover the arm; as the sleeve of a coat or ... |
50477
|
sleezy |
SLEA'ZY, SLEE'ZY, a. [probably from the root of loose.] Thin; flimsy; wanting firmness of texture ... |
50478
|
sleid |
SLEID, v.t. To sley or prepare for use in the weaver's sley or slaie. |
50479
|
sleigh |
SLEIGH, n. sla. [probably allied to sleek.] A vehicle moved on runners, and greatly used in ... |
50480
|
sleight |
SLEIGHT, n. slite.1. An artful trick; sly artifice; a trick or feat so dexterously performed that ... |
50481
|
sleightful |
SLEIGHTFUL, SLEIGHTY, a. Artful; cunningly dexterous. |
50482
|
sleighty |
SLEIGHTFUL, SLEIGHTY, a. Artful; cunningly dexterous. |
50483
|
slender |
SLEN'DER, a. 1. Thin; small in circumference compared with the length; not thick; as a slender ... |
50484
|
slenderly |
SLEN'DERLY, adv. 1. Without bulk.2. Slightly; meanly; as a debt to be slenderly regarded.3. ... |
50485
|
slenderness |
SLEN'DERNESS, n. Thinness; smallness of diameter in proportion to the length; as the slenderness ... |
50486
|
slent |
SLENT, v.i. To make an oblique remark. [Not used. See Slant.] |
50487
|
slept |
SLEPT, pret. and pp. of sleep. |
50488
|
slete |
SLATE, SLETE, v.t. To set a dog loose at any thing. |
50489
|
slew |
SLEW, pret. of slay. |
50490
|
sley |
SLEY, n. A weaver's reed. [See Sleave and Sleid.] |
50491
|
slice |
SLICE, v.t. 1. To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin broad piece.2. To cut into parts.3. ... |
50492
|
sliced |
SLI'CED, pp. Cut into broad thin pieces. |
50493
|
slich |
SLICH, n. The ore of a metal when pounded and prepared for working. |
50494
|
slicing |
SLI'CING, ppr. Cutting into broad thin pieces. |
50495
|
slick |
SLICK , the popular pronunciation of sleek, and so written by some authors. |
50496
|
slickensides |
SLICK'ENSIDES, n. A name which workmen give to a variety of galena in Derbyshire. |
50497
|
slid |
SLID, pret. of slide. |
50498
|
slidder |
SLID'DER, v.i. [See Slide.] To slide with interruption. [Not in use.] |
50499
|
slidderly |
SLID'DER, SLID'DERLY, a. [See Slide.] Slippery. [Not in use.] |
50500
|
slide |
SLIDE, v.i. pret. slid; pp. slid, slidden.1. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, ... |
50501
|
slider |
SLIDER, n. 1. One that slides.2. The part of an instrument or machine that slides. |
50502
|
sliding |
SLI'DING, ppr. Moving along the surface by slipping; gliding; passing smoothly, easily or ... |
50503
|
sliding-rule |
SLIDING-RULE, n. A mathematical instrument used to determine measure or quantity without ... |
50504
|
slight |
SLIGHT, a. [It seems that slight belongs to the family of sleek, smooth.]1. Weak; inconsiderable; ... |
50505
|
slighted |
SLIGHTED, pp. Neglected. |
50506
|
slighten |
SLIGHTEN, v.t. To slight or disregard. [Not in use.] |
50507
|
slighter |
SLIGHTER, n. One who neglects. |
50508
|
slighting |
SLIGHTING, ppr. Neglecting; disregarding. |
50509
|
slightingly |
SLIGHTINGLY, adv. With neglect; without respect. |
50510
|
slightly |
SLIGHTLY, adv. 1. Weakly; superficially; with inconsiderable force or effect; in a small degree; ... |
50511
|
slightness |
SLIGHTNESS, n. 1. Weakness; want of force or strength; superficialness; as the slightness of a ... |
50512
|
slighty |
SLIGHTY, a. 1. Superficial; slight.2. Trifling; inconsiderable. |
50513
|
slily |
SLILY, adv. [from sly.] With artful or dexterous secrecy. Satan slily robs us of our grand ... |
50514
|
slim |
SLIM, a. [Ice.] 1. Slender; of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the highth; as a slim ... |
50515
|
slime |
SLIME, n. [L. limus.] Soft moist earth having an adhesive quality; viscous mud. The had brick ... |
50516
|
slime-pit |
SLI'ME-PIT, n. A pit of slime or adhesive mire. |
50517
|
sliminess |
SLI'MINESS, n. The quality of slime; consisting of slime. |
50518
|
slimy |
SLI'MY, a.1. Abounding with slime; consisting of slime.2. Overspread with slime; as a slimy ... |
50519
|
sliness |
SLI'NESS, n. [from sly.] Dexterous artifice to conceal any thing; artful secrecy. |
50520
|
sling |
SLING, n.1. An instrument for throwing stones, consisting of a strap and two strings; the stone ... |
50521
|
slinger |
SLING'ER, n. One who slings or uses the sling. |
50522
|
slinging |
SLING'ING, ppr. Throwing with a sling; hanging so as to swing; moving by a sling. |
50523
|
slink |
SLINK, v.i. pret. and pp. slunk.1. To sneak; to creep away meanly; to steal away. He would ... |
50524
|
slip |
SLIP, v.i. [L. labor, to slide.]1. To slide; to glide; to move along the surface of a thing ... |
50525
|
slipper |
SLIP'PER, n.1. A kind of shoe consisting of a sole and vamp without quarters, which may be slipped ... |
50526
|
slippered |
SLIP'PERED, a. Wearing slippers. |
50527
|
slipperily |
SLIP'PERILY, adv. [from slippery.] In a slippery manner. |
50528
|
slipperiness |
SLIP'PERINESS, n. 1. The state or quality of being slippery; lubricity; smoothness; glibness; as ... |
50529
|
slippery |
SLIP'PERY, a. 1. Smooth; glib; having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; as, oily substances ... |
50530
|
slippy |
SLIP'PY, a. Slippery. [Not in use.] |
50531
|
slipshod |
SLIP'SHOD, a. [slip and shod.] Wearing shoes like slippers, without pulling up the quarters. |
50532
|
slipstring |
SLIP'STRING, n. [slip and string.] One that has shaken off restraint; a prodigal; called also ... |
50533
|
slit |
SLIT, v.t. pret. slit; pp. slot or slitted.1. To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or ... |
50534
|
slitter |
SLIT'TER, n. One that slits. |
50535
|
slitting |
SLIT'TING, ppr. Cutting lengthwise. |
50536
|
slitting-mill |
SLIT'TING-MILL, n. A mill where iron bars are slit into nail rods & c. |
50537
|
slive |
SLIVE, v.i. To sneak. |
50538
|
sliver |
SLIV'ER, v.t. To cut or divide into long thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend ... |
50539
|
sloat |
SLOAT, n. [from the root of L. claudo.] A narrow piece of timber which holds together larger ... |
50540
|
slobber |
SLOB'BER, and its derivatives, are a different orthography of slabber, the original pronunciation ... |
50541
|
slock |
SLOCK, to quench, is a different orthography of slake, but not used. |
50542
|
sloe |
SLOE, n. A small wild plum, the fruit of the black thorn. [Prunus spinosa.] |
50543
|
sloe-worm |
SLOW-WORM, SLOE-WORM, n. An insect found on the leaves of the sloe-tree, which often changes its ... |
50544
|
sloom |
SLOOM, n. Slumber. [Not used.] |
50545
|
sloomy |
SLOOM'Y, a. Sluggish; slow. [Not used.] |
50546
|
sloop |
SLOOP, n. A vessel with one mast, the main-sail of which is attached to a gaff above, to a boom ... |
50547
|
slop |
SLOP, v.t. [probably allied to lap.] To drink greedily and grossly. [Little used.]SLOP, n. ... |
50548
|
slope |
SLOPE, a. [This word contains the elements of L. labor, lapsus, and Eng. slip; also of L. levo. ... |
50549
|
slopeness |
SLO'PENESS, n. Declivity; obliquity. [Not much used.] |
50550
|
slopewise |
SLO'PEWISE, adv. Obliquely. |
50551
|
sloping |
SLO'PING, ppr. 1. Taking an inclined direction.2. a. Oblique; declivous; inclining or inclined ... |
50552
|
slopingly |
SLO'PINGLY, adv. Obliquely; with a slope. |
50553
|
sloppiness |
SLOP'PINESS, n. [from sloppy.] Wetness of the earth; muddiness. |
50554
|
sloppy |
SLOP'PY, a. Wet, as the ground; muddy; plashy. |
50555
|
slopseller |
SLOP'SELLER, n. A shop where ready made clothes are sold. |
50556
|
slot |
SLOT, v.t. To shut with violence; to slam, that is to drive. [Not in use.] |
50557
|
sloth |
SLOTH, n. 1. Slowness; tardiness I abhor this dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.2. Disinclination ... |
50558
|
slothful |
SLOTH'FUL, a. Inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle. He that is slothful in his work, is ... |
50559
|
slothfully |
SLOTH'FULLY, adv. Lazily; sluggish; idly. |
50560
|
slothfulness |
SLOTH'FULNESS, n. The indulgence of sloth; inactivity; the habit of idleness; laziness. ... |
50561
|
slottery |
SLOT'TERY, a.1. Squalid; dirty; sluttish untrimmed. [Not in use.] 2. Foul; wet. [Not in use.] |
50562
|
slouch |
SLOUCH, n. [This word probably belongs to the root of lag, slug.]1. A hanging down; a depression ... |
50563
|
slouching |
SLOUCH'ING, ppr. 1. Causing to hang down.2. a. Hanging down; walking heavily and awkwardly. |
50564
|
slough |
SLOUGH, n. slou. 1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.2. [pron. sluff.] The skin ... |
50565
|
sloughly |
SLOUGHLY, a. slou'y. Full of sloughs; miry. |
50566
|
sloven |
SLOVEN, n. A man careless of his dress, or negligent of cleanliness; a man habitually negligent of ... |
50567
|
slovenliness |
SLOVENLINESS, n. [from sloven.] 1. Negligence of dress; habitual want of cleanliness.2. Neglect ... |
50568
|
slovenly |
SLOVENLY, a. 1. Negligent of dress or neatness; as a slowenly man.2. Loose; disorderly; not neat; ... |
50569
|
slovenry |
SLOVENRY, n. Negligence of order or neatness; dirtiness. [Not in use.] |
50570
|
slow |
SLOW, a. 1. Moving a small distance in a long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; as ... |
50571
|
slow-worm |
SLOW-WORM, SLOE-WORM, n. An insect found on the leaves of the sloe-tree, which often changes its ... |
50572
|
slowback |
SLOW'BACK, n. A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer. |
50573
|
slowly |
SLOWLY, adv. 1. With moderate motion; not rapidly; not with velocity or celerity; as, to walk ... |
50574
|
slowness |
SLOWNESS, n. 1. Moderate motion; want of speed or velocity. Swifness and slowness are relative ... |
50575
|
slubber |
SLUB'BER, v.t. To do lazily, imperfectly or coarsely; to daub; to stain; to cover carelessly. ... |
50576
|
slubberingly |
SLUB'BERINGLY, adv. In a sloenly manner, [Not used and vulgar.] |
50577
|
sludge |
SLUDGE, n. Mud; mire; soft mud. |
50578
|
sluds |
SLUDS, n. Among miners, half roasted ore. |
50579
|
slue |
SLUE, v.t. In seamen's language, to turn any thing conical or cylindrical, & c. about its axis ... |
50580
|
slug |
SLUG, n. [allied to slack, sluggard.]1. A drone; a slow, heavy, lazy fellow.2. A hinderance; ... |
50581
|
slugabed |
SLUG'ABED, n. One who indulges in lying abed. [Not in use.] |
50582
|
sluggard |
SLUG'GARD, n. [from slug and ard, slow kind.] A person habitually lazy, idle and inactive; a ... |
50583
|
sluggardize |
SLUG'GARDIZE, v.t. To make lazy. [Little used.] |
50584
|
sluggish |
SLUG'GISH, a. 1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as a sluggish man.2.Slow; ... |
50585
|
sluggishly |
SLUG'GISHLY, adv. Lazily; slothfully; drowsily; idly; slowly. |
50586
|
sluggishness |
SLUG'GISHNESS, n. 1. Natural or habitual indolence or laziness; sloth; dullness; applied to ... |
50587
|
sluggy |
SLUG'GY, a. Sluggish [Not in use.] |
50588
|
sluice |
SLUICE, SLUSE, n. [L. claudo, clausi, clausus; Low L. exclusa. The most correct orthography is ... |
50589
|
sluicy |
SLUICY,SLU'SY, a. Falling in streams as from a sluice. And oft whole sheets descent of sluicy ... |
50590
|
slumber |
SLUM'BER, v.i. 1. To sleep lightly; to doze. He that keepth Israel shall neither slumber nor ... |
50591
|
slumberer |
SLUM'BERER, n. One that slumbers. |
50592
|
slumbering |
SLUM'BERING, ppr. Dozing; sleeping. |
50593
|
slumberous |
SLUM'BEROUS, SLUM'BERY, a. 1. Inviting or causing sleep; soporiferous. While pensive in the ... |
50594
|
slumbery |
SLUM'BEROUS, SLUM'BERY, a. 1. Inviting or causing sleep; soporiferous. While pensive in the ... |
50595
|
slump |
SLUMP, v.i. To fall or sink suddenly into water or mud, when walking on a hard surface, as on ice ... |
50596
|
slung |
SLUNG, pret. and pp. of sling. |
50597
|
slunk |
SLUNK, pret. and pp. of slink. |
50598
|
slur |
SLUR, v.t. 1. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.2. To pass lightly; to conceal. ... |
50599
|
sluse |
SLUSE, a more correct orthography of sluice. |
50600
|
slush |
SLUSH, n. Soft mud, or a soft mixture of filthy substances. [This may be the Eng. slutch.] |
50601
|
slusy |
SLUICY,SLU'SY, a. Falling in streams as from a sluice. And oft whole sheets descent of sluicy ... |
50602
|
slut |
SLUT, n.1. A woman who is negligent of cleanliness, and who suffers her person, clothes, funiture, ... |
50603
|
sluttery |
SLUT'TERY, n. The qualities of a slut; more generally, the practice of a slut; neglect of ... |
50604
|
sluttish |
SLUT'TISH, a. 1. Not neat or cleanly; dirty; careless of dress and neatness; disorderly; as a ... |
50605
|
sluttishly |
SLUT'TISHLY, adv. In a sluttish manner; negligently; dirtily, |
50606
|
sluttishness |
SLUT'TISHNESS, n. The qualities or practice of a slut; negligence of dress; dirtiness of dress, ... |
50607
|
sly |
SLY, a.1. Artfully dextrous in performing things secretly, and escaping observation or detection; ... |
50608
|
slyly |
SLYLY, SLYNESS. [See Slily, Sliness.] |
50609
|
slyness |
SLYLY, SLYNESS. [See Slily, Sliness.] |
50610
|
smack |
SMACK, v.i. [The primary sense is to throw, to strike, whence to touch or taste;]1. To kiss with ... |
50611
|
small |
SMALL, a. 1. Slender; thin; fine; of little diameter; hence in general, litte in size or ... |
50612
|
small-beer |
SMALL-BEER, n. [small and beer.] A species of weak beer. |
50613
|
small-coal |
SMALL-COAL, n. [small and coal.] Little wood coals unsed to light fires. |
50614
|
small-craft |
SMALL-CR'AFT, n. [small and craft.] A vessel, or vessels in general, of a small size, or below ... |
50615
|
small-pox |
SMALL-POX', n. [small and pox, pocks.] A very contagious disease, characterized by an eruprion of ... |
50616
|
smallage |
SMALL'AGE, n. A plant of the genus Apium, water parsley. |
50617
|
smallish |
SMALL'ISH, a. Somewhat small. |
50618
|
smallness |
SMALL'NESS, n. Littleness of size or extent; littleness of quantity; as the smallness of a fly or ... |
50619
|
smally |
SMALLY, adv. small'-ly. In a little quantity or degree; with minuteness. [Little used.] |
50620
|
smalt |
SMALT, n. A beautiful blue glass of cobalt; flint and potash fused together. |
50621
|
smaragd |
SMAR'AGD, n. The emerald. |
50622
|
smaragdine |
SMARAG'DINE, a. [L. Smaragdinus.] Pertaining to emerald; consisting of emerald, or resembling it; ... |
50623
|
smaragdite |
SMARAG'DITE, n. A mineral; called also green diallage. |
50624
|
smaris |
SMAR'IS, n. A fish of a dark green color. |
50625
|
smart |
SM'ART, n. [This word is probably formed on the root of L. amarus, bitter, that is, sharp.]1. ... |
50626
|
smart-weed |
SM'ART-WEED, n. A name given to the arsmart or persicaria. |
50627
|
smarten |
SM'ARTEN, v.t. To make smart. [Not in use.] |
50628
|
smartle |
SM'ARTLE, v.i. To waste away. [Not in use.] |
50629
|
smartly |
SM'ARTLY, adv. 1. With keen pain; as, to ake smartly.2. Briskly; sharply; wittily.3. Vigorously; ... |
50630
|
smartness |
SM'ARTNESS, n. 1. The quality of being smart or pungent; poignancy; as the smartness of pain.2. ... |
50631
|
smash |
SMASH, v.t. [probably mash, with a prefix.] To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to ... |
50632
|
smatch |
SMATCH, n. [corrupted from smack.]1. Taste; tincture. [Not in use or vulgar.]2. A bird. |
50633
|
smatter |
SMAT'TER, v.i. [It contains the elements of mutter.]1. To talk superficially or ignorantly. Of ... |
50634
|
smatterer |
SMAT'TERER, n. One who has only a slight superficial knowledge. |
50635
|
smattering |
SMAT'TERING, n. A slight superficial knowledge. [This is the word commonly used.] |
50636
|
smear |
SMEAR, v.t.1. To overspread with any thing unctuous, viscous or adhesive; to besmear; to daub; as, ... |
50637
|
smeared |
SME'ARED, pp. Overspread with soft or oily matter; soiled. |
50638
|
smearing |
SME'ARING, ppr. Overspreading with any thing soft and oleaginous; soiling. |
50639
|
smeary |
SME'ARY, a. That smears or soils; adhesive. [Little used.] |
50640
|
smeath |
SMEATH, n. A sea fowl. |
50641
|
smectite |
SMEC'TITE, n. An argillaceous earth; so called from its property of taking grease out of cloth, ... |
50642
|
smeeth |
SMEETH, v.t. To smole. [Not in use.] |
50643
|
smegmatic |
SMEGMAT'IC, a. Being of the nature of soap; soapy; cleansing; detersive. |
50644
|
smell |
SMELL, v.t. pret and pp. smelled, smelt. [I have not found this word in any other language.] TO ... |
50645
|
smelled |
SMELL'ED, SMELT, pret. and pp. of smell. |
50646
|
smeller |
SMELL'ER, n. One that smells. |
50647
|
smellfeast |
SMELL'FEAST, n. [smell and feast.] One that is apt to find and frequent good tables; an epicure; ... |
50648
|
smelt |
SMELT. [See Smelled.] |
50649
|
smelted |
SMELT'ED, pp. Melted for the extraction of the metal. |
50650
|
smelter |
SMELT'ER, n. One the melts ore. |
50651
|
smeltery |
SMELT'ERY, n. A house or place for smelting ores. |
50652
|
smelting |
SMELT'ING, ppr. Melting, as ore.SMELT'ING, n. The operation of melting ores for the purpose of ... |
50653
|
smerk |
SMERK, n. An affected smile.SMERK, a. Nice; smart; janty. So smerk, so smooth he prick'd his ... |
50654
|
smerlin |
SMER'LIN, n. A fish. |
50655
|
smew |
SMEW, n. An aquatic fowl, the Mergus albellus. |
50656
|
smicker |
SMICK'ER, v.i. To smerk; to look amorously or wantonly. |
50657
|
smickering |
SMICK'ERING, ppr. Smerking; smiling affectedly.SMICK'ERING, n. An affected smile or amorous look. |
50658
|
smicket |
SMICK'ET, n. Dim. of smock. [Not used.] |
50659
|
smiddy |
SMID'DY, n. A smithery or smith's workshop. [Not in use.] |
50660
|
smight |
SMIGHT, for smile, in Spenser, is a mistake. |
50661
|
smile |
SMILE, v.i. 1. To contract the features of the face in such a manner as to express pleasure, ... |
50662
|
smiler |
SMI'LER, n. One who smiles. |
50663
|
smiling |
SMI'LING, ppr. Having a smile on the countenance; looking joyous or gay; looking propitious. |
50664
|
smilingly |
SMI'LINGLY, adv. With a look of pleasure. |
50665
|
smilt |
SMILT, for smelt. [Not in use.] |
50666
|
smirch |
SMIRCH, v.t. smerch. [from murk, murky.] To cloud; to dusk; to soil; as, to smirch the face. ... |
50667
|
smirk |
SMIRK, v.i. smerch. To look affectedly soft or kind. [See Smerk.] |
50668
|
smit |
SMIT, sometimes used for smitten. [See Smite.] |
50669
|
smite |
SMITE, v.t. pret. smote; pp. smitten, smil. [This verb is the L. mitto.]1. To strike; to throw, ... |
50670
|
smiter |
SMI'TER, n. One who smites or strikes. I gave my back to the smiters. Is. 50. |
50671
|
smith |
SMITH, n. 1. Literally, the striker, the beater; hence, one who forges with the hammer; one who ... |
50672
|
smithcraft |
SMITH'CR'AFT, n. [smith and craft.] The art of occupation of a smith. [Little used.] |
50673
|
smithery |
SMITH'ERY, n. 1. The worshop of a smith.2. Work done by a smith. |
50674
|
smithing |
SMITH'ING, n. The act or art of working a mass of iron into the intended shape. |
50675
|
smithy |
SMITH'Y, n. The shop of a smith. [I believe never used.] |
50676
|
smitt |
SMITT, n. The finest of the clayey ore made up into balls, used for marking sheep. |
50677
|
smitten |
SMITTEN, pp. of smite, smit'n.1. Struck; killed.2. Affected with some passion; excited by beauty ... |
50678
|
smittle |
SMIT'TLE, v.t. [from smite.] To infect. |
50679
|
smock |
SMOCK, n. 1. A shift; a chemise; a woman's under garment.2. In composition, it is used for ... |
50680
|
smockless |
SMOCK'LESS, n. Wanting a smock. |
50681
|
smoke |
SMOKE, n.1. The exhalation, visble vapor or substance that escapes or is expelled in combustion ... |
50682
|
smoke-jack |
SMO'KE-JACK, n. An engine for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel turned by the current of ... |
50683
|
smoked |
SMO'KED, pp. Cured, cleansed or dried in smoke. |
50684
|
smokedry |
SMO'KEDRY, v.t. To dry by smoke. |
50685
|
smokeless |
SMO'KELESS, a. Having no smoke; as smokeless towers. |
50686
|
smoker |
SMO'KER, a. 1. One that dries by smoke.2. One that used tobacco by burning it in a pipe or in the ... |
50687
|
smoking |
SMO'KING, ppr. 1. Emitting smoke, as fuel, &c.2. Applying smoke for cleansing, drying, &c.3. ... |
50688
|
smoky |
SMO'KY, a. 1. Emitting smoke; fumid; as smoky fires.2. Having the appearance or nature of smoke; ... |
50689
|
smoldering |
SMOLDERING, the more correct orthography of smouldering, which see. |
50690
|
smoor |
SMOOR, SMORE, v.t. TO suffocate or smother. [Not in use.] |
50691
|
smooth |
SMOOTH, a. [L. mitis.]1. Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points ... |
50692
|
smooth-faced |
SMOOTH'-FACED, a. Having a mild, soft look; as smooth-faced wooers. |
50693
|
smoothed |
SMOOTH'ED, pp. Made smooth. |
50694
|
smoothen |
SMOOTHEN, for smooth, is used by mechanics; though not, I believe, in the U. States. |
50695
|
smoothly |
SMOOTH'LY, adv,1. Evenly; not roughly or harshly.2. With even flow or motion; as, to flow or ... |
50696
|
smoothness |
SMOOTH'NESS, n.1. Evenness of suface; freedom from roughness or asperity; as the smoothness of a ... |
50697
|
smore |
SMOOR, SMORE, v.t. TO suffocate or smother. [Not in use.] |
50698
|
smote |
SMOTE, pret. of smite. |
50699
|
smother |
SMOTHER, v.t. [allied perhaps to smoke.]1. To suffocate of extinguish life by causing smoke or ... |
50700
|
smouch |
SMOUCH, v.t. To salute. [Not in use.] |
50701
|
smouldering |
SMOULDERING, SMOULDRY, a. [a word formed from mold, molder. and therefore it ought to be written ... |
50702
|
smouldry |
SMOULDERING, SMOULDRY, a. [a word formed from mold, molder. and therefore it ought to be written ... |
50703
|
smug |
SMUG, a. Nice; neat; affectedly nice in dress. [Not in use.]SMUG, v.t. To make spruce; to dress ... |
50704
|
smuggle |
SMUG'GLE, v.t. [We probably have the root mug, in hugger mugger.]1. To import or export secretly ... |
50705
|
smuggled |
SMUG'GLED, pp. Imported or exported clandestinely and contrary to law. |
50706
|
smuggler |
SMUG'GLER, n.1. One that imports or exports goods privately and contrary to law, either contraband ... |
50707
|
smuggling |
SMUG'GLING, ppr. Importing or exporting goods contrary to law.SMUG'GLING, n. The offense of ... |
50708
|
smugly |
SMUG'LY, adv. Neatly; sprucely. [Not in use.] |
50709
|
smugness |
SMUG'NESS, n. Neatness; spruceness without elegance. [Not in use.] |
50710
|
smut |
SMUT, n.1. A spot made with soot or coal; or the foul matter itself.2. A foul black substance ... |
50711
|
smutch |
SMUTCH, v.t. [from smoke.] To blacken with smoke, soot or coal.[Note. We have a common word in ... |
50712
|
smuttily |
SMUT'TILY, adv.1. Blackly; smokily; foully.2. With obscene laguage. |
50713
|
smutty |
SMUT'TY, a.1. Soiled from smut, coal, soot or the like.2. Tainted with mildew; as smutty corn.3. ... |
50714
|
snack |
SNACK, n. [Qu. from the root of snatch.]1. A share. It is now chiefly or wholly used in the ... |
50715
|
snacket |
SNACK'ET, SNECK'ET, n. The hasp of a casement. |
50716
|
snacot |
SNAC'OT, n. A fish. [L. acus.] |
50717
|
snaffle |
SNAF'FLE, n. A bridle consisting of a slender bit-mouth, without branches.SNAF'FLE, v.t. To ... |
50718
|
snag |
SNAG, n.1. A short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a shoot; a knot. The coat of arms now on a ... |
50719
|
snagged |
SNAG'GED, SNAG'GY, a. Full of snags; full of short rough branches or sharp points; abounding with ... |
50720
|
snaggy |
SNAG'GED, SNAG'GY, a. Full of snags; full of short rough branches or sharp points; abounding with ... |
50721
|
snail |
SNAIL, n.1. A slimy slow creeping animal, of the genus Helix, and order of Mollusca. The eyes of ... |
50722
|
snail-claver |
SNAIL-CLAVER, SNAIL-TREFOIL, n. A plant of the genus Medicago. |
50723
|
snail-flower |
SNA'IL-FLOWER, n. A plant of the genus Phaseolus. |
50724
|
snail-like |
SNA'IL-LIKE, a. Resembling a snail; moving very slowly.SNA'IL-LIKE, adv. In the manner of a ... |
50725
|
snail-trefoil |
SNAIL-CLAVER, SNAIL-TREFOIL, n. A plant of the genus Medicago. |
50726
|
snake |
SNAKE, n. A serpent of the oviparous kind, distinguished from a viper, says Johnson. But in ... |
50727
|
snakeroot |
SNA'KEROOT, n. [snake and root.] A plant, a species of birth-wort, growing in North Am merica the ... |
50728
|
snakeweed |
SNA'KEWEED, n. [snake and weed.] A plant, bistort, of the genus Polygonum. |
50729
|
snakewood |
SNA'KEWOOD, n. [snake and wood.] The smaller branches of a tree, growing in the isle of Timor and ... |
50730
|
snaking |
SNA'KING, ppr. WInding small ropes spirally round a large one. |
50731
|
snaky |
SNA'KY, a. 1. Pertaining to a snake or to snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.2. Sly; ... |
50732
|
snancel |
SNAN'CEL, n. A rope to tie a cow's hind legs. |
50733
|
snap |
SNAP, v.t.1. To break at once; to break short; as substances that are brittle. Breaks the doors ... |
50734
|
snap-dragon |
SNAP'-DRAGON, n. 1. A plant, calf's snout, of the genus Antirrhinum, and another of the genus ... |
50735
|
snapped |
SNAP'PED, pp. Broken abruptly; seized or bitten suddenly; cracked, as a whip. |
50736
|
snapper |
SNAP'PER, n. One that snaps. |
50737
|
snappish |
SNAP'PISH, a. 1. Eager to bite; apt to snap; as a snappish cur.2. Peevish; sharp in reply; apt to ... |
50738
|
snappishly |
SNAP'PISHLY, adv. Peevishly; angrily; tartly. |
50739
|
snappishness |
SNAP'PISHNESS, n. The quality of being snappish; peeevishness; tartness. |
50740
|
snapsack |
SNAP'SACK, n. A knapsack. [Vulgar.] |
50741
|
snar |
SN'AR, v.i. To snarl. [Not in use.] |
50742
|
snare |
SNARE, n.1. An instrument for catching animals, particularly fowls, by the leg. It consists of a ... |
50743
|
snared |
SNA'RED, pp. Entangled; unexpectedly involved in difficulty. |
50744
|
snarer |
SNA'RER, n. One who lays snares or entangles. |
50745
|
snaring |
SNA'RING, ppr. Entangling; ensnaring. |
50746
|
snarl |
SN'ARL, v.i. [This word seems to be allied to gnarl, and to proceed from some root signifyingto ... |
50747
|
snarler |
SN'ARLER, n. One who snarls; a surly growling animal; a grumbling quarrelsime fellow. |
50748
|
snarling |
SN'ARLING, ppr. 1. Growling; grumblling angrily.2. Entangling. |
50749
|
snary |
SNA'RY, a. [from snare.] Entangling; insidious. Spiders in the vault their snary webs have ... |
50750
|
snast |
SNAST, n. The snuff of a candle. [Not in use.] |
50751
|
snatch |
SNATCH, v.t. pret. and pp. snatched or snacht.1. To seize hastily or abruptly. When half our ... |
50752
|
snatched |
SNATCH'ED, pp. Seized suddenly and violently. |
50753
|
snatcher |
SNATCH'ER, n. One that snatches or takes abruptly. |
50754
|
snatching |
SNATCH'ING, ppr. Seized hastily or abruptly; catching at. |
50755
|
snatchingly |
SNATCH'INGLY, adv. By snatching; hastily; abruptly. |
50756
|
snath |
SN'ATH, n. The handle of a sythe. |
50757
|
snathe |
SNATHE, v.t. To lop; to prune. [Not in use.] |
50758
|
snattock |
SNAT'TOCK, n. [supra.] A chip; a slice. [Not in use.] |
50759
|
snead |
SNEED, SNEAD, n. A snath. [See Snath.] |
50760
|
sneak |
SNEAK, v.i. [See Snake.]1. To creep or steal away privately; to withdraw meanly, as a person ... |
50761
|
sneaker |
SNE'AKER, n. A small vessel of drink. |
50762
|
sneaking |
SNE'AKING, ppr.1. Creeping away slily; stealing away.2. a. Mean; servile; crouching.3. Meanly ... |
50763
|
sneakingly |
SNE'AKINGLY, adv. In a sneaking manner; meanly. |
50764
|
sneakingness |
SNE'AKINGNESS, n. Meanness; niggardliness. |
50765
|
sneakup |
SNE'AKUP, n. A sneaking, cowardly, insidious fellow. [Not used.] |
50766
|
sneap |
SNEAP, v.t.1. To check; to reprove abruptly; to reprimand.2. To nip. |
50767
|
sneb |
SNEB, v.t. To check; to reprimand. [The same as sneap.] |
50768
|
snecket |
SNACK'ET, SNECK'ET, n. The hasp of a casement. |
50769
|
sneed |
SNEED, SNEAD, n. A snath. [See Snath.] |
50770
|
sneek |
SNEEK, n. The latch of a door. [Not in use.] |
50771
|
sneer |
SNEER, v.i. [from the root of L. naris, nose; to turn up the nose.]1. To show contempt by turning ... |
50772
|
sneerer |
SNEE'RER, n. One that sneers. |
50773
|
sneerful |
SNEE'RFUL, a. Given to sneering. [Not in use.] |
50774
|
sneering |
SNEE'RING, ppr. Manifesting contempt or scorn by turning up the nose, or by some grimace or ... |
50775
|
sneeringly |
SNEE'RINGLY, adv. With a look of contempt or scorn. |
50776
|
sneeze |
SNEEZE, v.i.To emit air through the nose audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive ... |
50777
|
sneeze-wort |
SNEE'ZE-WORT, n. A plant, a species of Achillea, and another of Xeranthemum. |
50778
|
sneezing |
SNEE'ZING, ppr. Emitting air from the nose audibly.SNEE'ZING, n. The act of ejecting air ... |
50779
|
snell |
SNELL, a. Active; brisk; nimble. [Not in use.] |
50780
|
snet |
SNET, n. The fat of a dear. [Local among sportsmen.] |
50781
|
snew |
SNEW, old pret. of snow. |
50782
|
snib |
SNIB, to nip or reprimand, is only a different spelling of sneb, sneap. |
50783
|
snick |
SNICK, n. A small cut or mark; a latch. [Not in use.] Snick and snee, a combat with knives. [Not ... |
50784
|
snicker |
SNICK'ER, SNIG'GER, v.i. [This can have no connection with sneer. the elements and the sense are ... |
50785
|
sniff |
SNIFF, v.i. To draw air audibly up the nose. [See Snuff.]SNIFF, v.t. To draw in with the breath. ... |
50786
|
snift |
SNIFT, v.i. To snort. [Not in use.] |
50787
|
snig |
SNIG, n. [See Snake.] A kind of eel. |
50788
|
snigger |
SNICK'ER, SNIG'GER, v.i. [This can have no connection with sneer. the elements and the sense are ... |
50789
|
sniggle |
SNIG'GLE, v.i. [supra.] To fish for eels, by thrusting the bait into their holes.SNIG'GLE, v.t. To ... |
50790
|
snip |
SNIP, v.t. To clip; to cut off the nip or neb, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors.SNIP, ... |
50791
|
snipe |
SNIPE, n.1. A bird tha frequents the banks of rivers and the borders of fens, distinguished by the ... |
50792
|
snipper |
SNIP'PER, n. One that snips or clips. |
50793
|
snippet |
SNIP'PET, n. A small part or share. [Not in use.] |
50794
|
snipsnap |
SNIPSNAP, a cant word, formed by repeating snap, and signifying a tart dialogue with quick replies. |
50795
|
snite |
SNITE, n. A snipe. [Not in use.]SNITE, v.t. To blow the nose. [Not in use.] In Scotland, snite ... |
50796
|
snivel |
SNIVEL, n. sniv'l. Snot; mucus running from the nose. |
50797
|
sniveler |
SNIV'ELER, n. 1. One that cries with sniveling.2. One that weeps for slight causes, or manifests ... |
50798
|
snively |
SNIV'ELY, a. Running at the nose; pitiful; whining. |
50799
|
snod |
SNOD, n. A fillet. [Not in use.] |
50800
|
snook |
SNOOK, v.i. To lurk; to lie in ambush. [Not in use.] |
50801
|
snore |
SNORE, v.i. [from the root of L. naris, the nose or nostrils.] To breathe with a rough hoarse ... |
50802
|
snorer |
SNO'RER, n. One that snores. |
50803
|
snoring |
SNO'RING, ppr. Respiring with a harsh noise. |
50804
|
snort |
SNORT, v.i. 1. To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as high ... |
50805
|
snorter |
SNORT'ER, n. One that snorts; a snorer. |
50806
|
snorting |
SNORT'ING, ppr. Forcing the air violently through the nose.SNORT'ING, n. The act of forcing the ... |
50807
|
snot |
SNOT, n. Mucus discharged from the nose.SNOT, v.t. To blow the nose. |
50808
|
snotter |
SNOT'TER, v.i. To snivel; to sob. |
50809
|
snotty |
SNOT'TY, a.1. Foul with snot.2. Mean; dirty. |
50810
|
snout |
SNOUT, n.1. The long projecting nose of a beast, as that of swine.2. The nose of a man; in ... |
50811
|
snouted |
SNOUT'ED, a. Having a snout. |
50812
|
snouty |
SNOUT'Y, a. Resembling a beast's snout. |
50813
|
snow |
SNOW, n. [L. nix,nivis; The Latin nivis, is contracted from nigis, like Eng. bow.]1. Frozen vapor; ... |
50814
|
snow-bird |
SNOW-BIRD, n. A small bird whcih appears in the time of snow, of the genus Emberiza; called also ... |
50815
|
snow-crowned |
SNOW-CROWNED, a. [snow and crown.] Crowned or having the top covered with snow. |
50816
|
snow-drift |
SNOW-DRIFT, n. [snow and drift.] A bank of snow driven together by the wind. |
50817
|
snow-drop |
SNOW-DROP, n. [snow and drop.] A plant bearing a white flower, cultivated in gardens for its ... |
50818
|
snow-shoe |
SNOW-SHOE, n. [snow and shoe.] A shoe or racket worn by men traveling on snow, to prevent their ... |
50819
|
snow-slip |
SNOW-SLIP, n. [snow and slip.] A large mass of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, and ... |
50820
|
snow-white |
SNOW-WHITE, a. [snow and white.] White as snow; very white. |
50821
|
snowball |
SNOWBALL, n. [snow and ball.] A round mass of snow, pressed or rolled together. |
50822
|
snowbroth |
SNOWBROTH, n. [snow and broth.] Snow and water mixed; very cold liquor. |
50823
|
snowdeep |
SNOWDEEP, n. [snow and deep.] A plant. |
50824
|
snowless |
SNOWLESS, a. Destitute of snow. |
50825
|
snowlike |
SNOWLIKE, a. Resembling snow. |
50826
|
snowy |
SNOWY, a. 1. White like snow.2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. The snowy top of cold ... |
50827
|
snub |
SNUB, n. A knot or protuberance in wood; a snag. [Not in use.]SNUB, v.t. [supra.] 1. To nip; to ... |
50828
|
snudge |
SNUDGE, v.i. [See Snug.] To lie close; to snug. [Not in use.]SNUDGE, n. A miser, or a sneaking ... |
50829
|
snuff |
SNUFF, n. [allied to snub, neb, nib.]1. The burning part of a candle wick, or that which has been ... |
50830
|
snuffbox |
SNUFF'BOX, n. A box for carrying snuff about the person. |
50831
|
snuffer |
SNUFF'ER, n. One that snuffs. |
50832
|
snuffers |
SNUFFERS, n. plu. An instrument for cropping the snuff of a candle. |
50833
|
snuffle |
SNUF'FLE, v.i. To speak through the nose; to breathe hard through the nose, or through the nose ... |
50834
|
snuffler |
SNUF'FLER, n. One that snuffles or speaks through the nose when obstructed. |
50835
|
snuffles |
SNUF'FLES, n. Obstruction of the nose by mucus. |
50836
|
snuffling |
SNUF'FLING, n. A speaking through the nose. |
50837
|
snufftaking |
SNUFF'TAKING, n. One that takes snuff, or inhales in into the nose. |
50838
|
snuffy |
SNUFF'Y, a. Soiled with snuff. |
50839
|
snug |
SNUG, v.i. [See Snake.] To lie close; as, a child snugs to its mother or nurse.SNUG, a.1. Lying ... |
50840
|
snuggle |
SNUG'GLE, v.i. [from snug.] To move one way and the other to get a close place; to lie close for ... |
50841
|
snugly |
SNUG'LY, adv. Closely; safely. |
50842
|
snugness |
SNUG'NESS, n. Closeness; the state of being neat or convenient. |
50843
|
so |
SO, adv. [L. sic, contracted. It is from some root signifying to set, to still, and this sense is ... |
50844
|
soak |
SOAK, v.t.1. To steep; to cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it ... |
50845
|
soaked |
SOAKED, pp. Steeped or macerated in a fluid; drenched. |
50846
|
soaker |
SOAKER, n. 1. One that soaks or macerates in a liquid.2. A hard drinker. [Low.] |
50847
|
soaking |
SOAKING, ppr.1. Steeping; macerating; drenching; imbibing.2. a. That wets thoroughly; as a ... |
50848
|
soal |
SOAL, of a show. [See Sole.] |
50849
|
soap |
SOAP, n. [L. sapo.] A compound of oil and alkali, or oil and earth, and metallic oxyds; usually, a ... |
50850
|
soap-boiler |
SOAP-BOILER, n. [soap and boiler.] One whose occupation is to make soap. |
50851
|
soap-suds |
SOAP-SUDS, n. Suds; water well impregnated with soap. |
50852
|
soapstone |
SOAPSTONE, n. Steatite; a minera; or species of magnesian earth, usually white or yellow;; the ... |
50853
|
soapwort |
SOAPWORT, n. A plant of the genus Saponaria. |
50854
|
soapy |
SOAPY, a.1. Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soft and smooth.2. Smeared with soap. |
50855
|
soar |
SOAR, v.i.1. To fly aloft; to mount upon the wing; as an eagle. Hence,2. To rise high; to mount; ... |
50856
|
soaring |
SOARING, ppr. Mounting on the wing; rising aloft; towering in thought or mind.SOARING, n. The act ... |
50857
|
sob |
SOB, v.i. To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh ... |
50858
|
sobbing |
SOB'BING, ppr. sighing with a heaving of the breast. |
50859
|
sober |
SO'BER, a. [L. sobrius.]1. Temperate in the use of spiritous liquors; habitually temperate; as a ... |
50860
|
sobered |
SO'BERED, pp. Make sober. |
50861
|
soberly |
SO'BERLY, adv.1. Without intemperance.2. Without enthusiasm.3. Without intemperate passion; ... |
50862
|
soberminded |
SO'BERMINDED, a. Having a disposition or tempter habitually sober, calm and temperate. |
50863
|
soberminedness |
SO'BERMINEDNESS, n, Calmness; freedon from inordinate passions; habitual sobriety. |
50864
|
soberness |
SO'BERNESS, n. 1. Freedom from intoxication; temperance.2. Gravity; seriousness.3. Freedom from ... |
50865
|
sobriety |
SOBRI'ETY, n. [L. sobrietas, from sobrius.]1. Habitual soberness or temperance in the use of ... |
50866
|
soc |
SOC, n. [L. sequor.]1. Properly, the sequela, secta or suit, or the body of suitors; hence, the ... |
50867
|
socage |
SOC'AGE, n. [from soc,supra, a privilege.] In English law, a tenure of lands and tenements by a ... |
50868
|
socager |
SOC'AGER, n. A tenant by socage; a socman. |
50869
|
sociability |
SOCIABIL'ITY, n. Sociableness; disposition to associate and converse with others; or the practive ... |
50870
|
sociable |
SO'CIABLE, a. [L. sociabilis, from socius, a companion, probably from sequor, to follow. See ... |
50871
|
sociableness |
SO'CIABLENESS, n. Disposition to associate; inclination to company and converse; or actual frequent ... |
50872
|
sociably |
SO'CIABLY, adv. In a sociable manner; with free intercourse; conversibly; familiarly; as a ... |
50873
|
social |
SO'CIAL, a. [L. socialis, from socius, companion.]1. Pertaining to society; relating to men living ... |
50874
|
sociality |
SOCIAL'ITY, n. Socialness; the quality of being social. |
50875
|
socially |
SOCIALLY, adv. In a social manner or way. |
50876
|
socialness |
SOCIALNESS, n. The quality of being social. |
50877
|
society |
SOCI'ETY, n. [L. societas, from socius, a companion. See Sociable.]1. The union of a number of ... |
50878
|
socinian |
SOCIN'IAN, a. [from Socinus, a native of Sienna, in Tuscany, the founder of the sect of Socinians ... |
50879
|
socinianism |
SOCINIANISM, n. The tenets or doctrines of Socinus, who held Christ to be a mere man inspired, ... |
50880
|
sock |
SOCK, n. [L. soccus;]1. The shoe of the ancient actors of comedy. Hence the word is used for ... |
50881
|
socket |
SOCK'ET, n. 1. The little hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. ... |
50882
|
socket-chisel |
SOCK'ET-CHISEL, n. A chisel made with a socket; a stronger sort of chisel. |
50883
|
sockless |
SOCK'LESS, a. Destitute of socks or shoes. |
50884
|
socle |
SO'CLE, n. [See Sock.] In architecture, a flat squre member under the basis of pedestals of vases ... |
50885
|
socman |
SOC'MAN, n. [See Socage.] One who holds lands or tenements by socage. |
50886
|
socmanry |
SOC'MANRY, n. Tenure by socage. [Not in use.] |
50887
|
socome |
SOC'OME, n. A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill. [Not used.] |
50888
|
socotorine |
SOC'OTORINE, SOC'OTRINE, a. Socotorine or socotrine aloes, a fine kind of aloes from Socotra, an ... |
50889
|
socotrine |
SOC'OTORINE, SOC'OTRINE, a. Socotorine or socotrine aloes, a fine kind of aloes from Socotra, an ... |
50890
|
socratic |
SOCRAT'IC, SOCRAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage, or his language or manner of ... |
50891
|
socratical |
SOCRAT'IC, SOCRAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage, or his language or manner of ... |
50892
|
socratically |
SOCRAT'ICALLY, adv. In the Socratic method. |
50893
|
socratism |
SOC'RATISM, n. The doctrines of philosophy of Socrates. |
50894
|
socratist |
SOC'RATIST, n. A disciple of Socrates. |
50895
|
sod |
SOD,n. Turf; sward; that stratum of earth on the surface which is filled with the roots of grass, ... |
50896
|
soda |
SO'DA, n. Mineral fixed alkali; natron; so called because it forms the basis of marine salt. It ... |
50897
|
soda-water |
SO'DA-WATER, n. A very weak solution of soda in water supersaturated with carbonic acid, and ... |
50898
|
sodalite |
SO'DALITE, n. A mineral; so called from the large portion of mineral alkali which enters into its ... |
50899
|
sodden |
SOD'DEN, pp. of seethe. Boiled; seethed. |
50900
|
soddy |
SOD'DY, a. [from sod.] Turfy; consisting of sod; covered with sod. |
50901
|
soder |
SOD'ER, v.t. [It has been taken for granted that this is a contracted word, from L. solido, and ... |
50902
|
sodium |
SO'DIUM, n. The metallic base of soda. It is soft, sectile, white and opake, and very malleable. ... |
50903
|
sodomite |
SOD'OMITE, n. 1. An inhabitant of Sodom.2. One guilty of sodomy. |
50904
|
sodomy |
SOD'OMY, n. A crime against nature. |
50905
|
soe |
SOE, n. A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl. |
50906
|
soever |
SOEVER, so and ever, found in compounds, as in whosoever, whatsoever, wheresoever, See these ... |
50907
|
sofa |
SO'FA, n. [probably an oriental word.] An elegant long seat, usually with a stuffed bottom. Sofas ... |
50908
|
soffit |
SOF'FIT, n. 1. In architecture, any timber ceiling formed of cross beams, the compartments of ... |
50909
|
soft |
SOFT, a. 1. Easily yielding to pressure ; the contrary of hard; as a soft bed; a soft peach; soft ... |
50910
|
soften |
SOFTEN, v.t. sof'n.1. To make soft or more soft; to make less hard. their arrow's point they ... |
50911
|
softened |
SOFT'ENED, pp. Made less hard or less harsh; made less obdurate or cruel, or less glaring. |
50912
|
softening |
SOFT'ENING, ppr. Making more soft; making less rough or cruel, &c. SOFT'ENING, n. The act of ... |
50913
|
softhearted |
SOFT'HEARTED, a. Having tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; ... |
50914
|
softling |
SOFT'LING, n. An effeminate person; one vitiously nice. [Little used.] |
50915
|
softly |
SOFT'LY, adv.1. Without hardness.2. Not with force or violence; gently; as, be softly pressed my ... |
50916
|
softner |
SOFT'NER, n.1. He or that which softens.2. One that palliates. |
50917
|
softness |
SOFT'NESS, n.1. The quality of bodies which renders them capable of yielding to pressure, or of ... |
50918
|
soggy |
SOG'GY, a. [allied probably to soak.]1. Wet; filled with water; soft with moisture; as soggy land. ... |
50919
|
soho |
SOHO, exclam. A word used in calling from a distant place; a sportman's halloo. |
50920
|
soil |
SOIL, v.t.1. To make dirty on the surface; to foul; to dirt; to stain; to defile; to tarnish; to ... |
50921
|
soiled |
SOIL'ED, pp. Fouled; stained; tarnished; manured; fed with grass. |
50922
|
soiliness |
SOIL'INESS, n. Stain; foulness. [Little used.] |
50923
|
soiling |
SOIL'ING, ppr. Defiling; fouling; tarnishing; feeding with fresh grass; manuring. |
50924
|
soilless |
SOIL'LESS, a. Destitute of soil. |
50925
|
soilure |
SOIL'URE, n. Stain; pollution [Not in use.] |
50926
|
sojourn |
SOJOURN, v.i. so'jurn. To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident, ... |
50927
|
sojourner |
SO'JOURNER, n. A temporary resident; a stranger or traveler who dwells in a place for a time. We ... |
50928
|
sojourning |
SO'JOURNING, ppr. Dwelling for a time.SO'JOURNING, n. The act of dwelling in a place for a time; ... |
50929
|
sojournment |
SO'JOURNMENT, n. Temporary residence, as that of a stanger or traveler. |
50930
|
sol |
SOL, n. [from L. solidus.]1. In France, a small copper coin; a penny; usually sou sor sous.2. A ... |
50931
|
sol-fa |
SOL-FA, v.i. To pronounce the notes of the gammut, ascending or descending, ut, re ,mi, sol, la, ... |
50932
|
solace |
SOL'ACE, v.t. [from L. soatium; solor, to comfort, assuage, relieve. See Console.]1. To cheer in ... |
50933
|
solaced |
SOL'ACED, pp. Comforted; cheered in afflication. |
50934
|
solacing |
SOL'ACING, ppr. Relieving grief; cheering in affliction. |
50935
|
solacious |
SOLA'CIOUS, a. Affording comfort or amusement. [Not in use.] |
50936
|
solan-goose |
SOLAN-GOOSE, n. The gannet, (Pelecanus bassanus,) as aquatic fowl found on the coasts of Great ... |
50937
|
solander |
SOLAND'ER, n. A disease in horses. |
50938
|
solano |
SOLA'NO, n. A hot S.E. wind in Spain which produces inflammatory effects on men. |
50939
|
solar |
SO'LAR, a. [L. solaris, for sol, the sun.]1. Pertaining to the sun, as the solar system;2. ... |
50940
|
sold |
SOLD, pret. and pp. of sell. |
50941
|
soldan |
SOL'DAN, for sultan, [Not in use.] |
50942
|
soldanel |
SOL'DANEL, n. [L, soldanella.] A plant. |
50943
|
solder |
SOL'DER, v.t. [from L. solido, solidus.] To unite by a metallic cement. [See Soder.]SOL'DER, n. A ... |
50944
|
soldier |
SOLDIER, n. soljur. [from L. solidus, a piece of money, the pay of a soldier.]1. A man engaged in ... |
50945
|
soldieress |
SOLDIERESS, n. A female soldier. [Not in use.] |
50946
|
soldierlike |
SOLDIERLIKE, SOLDIERLY, a. Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable. |
50947
|
soldierly |
SOLDIERLIKE, SOLDIERLY, a. Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable. |
50948
|
soldiership |
SOLDIERSHIP, n. Military qulities; military character or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a ... |
50949
|
sole |
SOLE, n. [L. solea, solum; that which sets or is set or laid. The radical sense coincides with ... |
50950
|
solecism |
SOL'ECISM, n. 1. Impropriety in language, or a gross deviation from the rules of syntax; ... |
50951
|
solecist |
SOL'ECIST, n. One who is guilty of impropriety in language. |
50952
|
solecistic |
SOLECIST'IC, SOLECIST'ICAL, a. Incorrect; incongruous. |
50953
|
solecistical |
SOLECIST'IC, SOLECIST'ICAL, a. Incorrect; incongruous. |
50954
|
solecistically |
SOLECIST'ICALLY, adv. In a solecistic manner. |
50955
|
solecize |
SOL'ECIZE, v.i. To commit solecism. |
50956
|
solely |
SO'LELY, adv. Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely on one argument; to ... |
50957
|
solemn |
SOLEMN, a. sol'em. [L. solennis, form soleo, to be accustomed, to use, that is, to hold on or ... |
50958
|
solemness |
SOL'EMNESS, n. 1. The state or quality of being solemn; reverential manner; gravity; as the ... |
50959
|
solemnity |
SOLEM'NITY, n.1. A rite or ceremony annualy performed with religious reverence. Great was the ... |
50960
|
solemnization |
SOLEMNIZA'TION, n. The act of solemnizing; celebration; as the solemnization of a marriage. |
50961
|
solemnize |
SOL'EMNIZE, v.t.1. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate; as, to solemnize the birth of ... |
50962
|
solemnly |
SOL'EMNLY, adv. With gravity and religious reverence. Let us solemnly address the throne of ... |
50963
|
solenite |
SO'LENITE, n. Petrified solen, a genus of shells. |
50964
|
solenness |
SO'LENNESS, n. [from sole.] Singleness; a state of being unconnected with others. |
50965
|
solicit |
SOLIC'IT, v.t. [L. solicito. I know not whether this word is somple or compound; probably the ... |
50966
|
solicitation |
SOLICITA'TION, n. 1. Earnest request; a seeking to obtain something from another with some degree ... |
50967
|
solicited |
SOLIC'ITED, pp. Earnestly requested. |
50968
|
soliciting |
SOLIC'ITING, ppr. Requesting with earnestness; asking for; attempting to obtain. |
50969
|
solicitor |
SOLIC'ITOR, n.1. One who asks with earnestness; one that asks for another.2. An attorney, ... |
50970
|
solicitor-general |
SOLIC'ITOR-GENERAL, n. A lawyer in Great Britain, who is employed as counsel for the queen. |
50971
|
solicitous |
SOLIC'ITOUS, a. [L. solicitus.]1. Careful; anxious; ver desirous, as to obtain something. Men are ... |
50972
|
solicitously |
SOLIC'ITOUSLY, adv. Anxiously; with car and concern. Errors in religion or in science are to be ... |
50973
|
solicitress |
SOLIC'ITRESS, n. A female who solicits pr petitions. |
50974
|
solicitude |
SOLIC'ITUDE, n. [L. solicitude.] Carefulness; concern; anxiety; uneasiness of mind occasioned by ... |
50975
|
solid |
SOL'ID, a. [L, solidus; from the sense to setting or pressure, and hence allied to L. solum, Eng. ... |
50976
|
solidate |
SOL'IDATE, v.t. [L. solido.] To make soild or firm. [Little used.] |
50977
|
solidification |
SOLIDIFICA'TION, n. The act of making solid. |
50978
|
solidified |
SOLID'IFIED, pp. Made solid. |
50979
|
solidify |
SOLID'IFY, v.t. [L. solidus, solid, and facio, to make.] To make solid or compact. |
50980
|
solidifying |
SOLID'IFYING, ppr. Making solid. |
50981
|
solidity |
SOLID'ITY, n. [L. soliditas.]1. Firmness; hardness; density; compactness; that quality of bodies ... |
50982
|
solidly |
SOL'IDLY, adv, 1. Firmly; densely; compactly; as the parts of a pier solidly united.2. Firmly; ... |
50983
|
solidness |
SOL'IDNESS, n.1. The quality of being firm, dense or compact; firmness; compactness; solidity; as ... |
50984
|
solidungulous |
SOLIDUN'GULOUS, a. [L. solidus, solid, and ungula, hoof.] Having hoofs that are whole or not ... |
50985
|
solifidian |
SOLIFID'IAN, n. [L. solus, alone, and fides, faith.] One who maintains that faith alone, without ... |
50986
|
solifidianism |
SOLIFID'IANISM,n. The tenets of solifidians. |
50987
|
soliloquize |
SOLIL'OQUIZE, v.i. To utter a soliloquy. |
50988
|
soliloquy |
SOLIL'OQUY, n. [L. solus, alone, and loquor, to speak.]1. A talking to one's self; a talking or ... |
50989
|
soliped |
SOL'IPED, n. [L. solus, alone, or solidus, and pes, foot. But the word is ill formed.] AN animal ... |
50990
|
solitair |
SOLITA'IR, n. [L. solitarius. See Solitary.]1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a ... |
50991
|
solitarian |
SOLITA'RIAN, n. A hermit. |
50992
|
solitarily |
SOL'ITARILY, adv. [from solitary.] In solitude; alone; without company. Feed they people with thy ... |
50993
|
solitariness |
SOL'ITARINESS, n. The state of being alone; forbearance of company; retirement, or habitual ... |
50994
|
solitary |
SOL'ITARY, a. [L. solitarius, from solus, alone.]1. Living alone; not having company. Some of the ... |
50995
|
solitude |
SOL'ITUDE, n. [L. solitudo; from solus, alone.]1. Loneliness; a state of being alone; a lonely ... |
50996
|
solivagant |
SOLIV'AGANT, a. [L. solivagus; solus, alone, and vagor, or wander.] Wandering alone. |
50997
|
sollar |
SOL'LAR, n. [Low L. solarium.] A garret or upper room. [Not in use.] |
50998
|
solmization |
SOLMIZA'TION, n. [from sol,mi, musical notes.] A solfaing; a repetition or recital of the notes of ... |
50999
|
solo |
SO'LO, n. [L. solus, alone.] A tune, air or strain to be played by a single instrument, or sung by ... |
51000
|
solstice |
SOL'STICE, n. [L. solstitium; sol, the sun, and sto, to stand.] In astronomy, the point in the ... |
51001
|
solubility |
SOLUBIL'ITY,N. [from soluble.] The quality of a body which renders it susceptible of solution; ... |
51002
|
soluble |
SOL'UBLE, a. [L. solubilis, from solvo, to melt.] Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; ... |
51003
|
solute |
SOLU'TE, a. [L. solutus, solvo.]1. In a general sense, loose; free; as a solute interpretation. ... |
51004
|
solution |
SOLU'TION, n. [L. solutio, from solvo, to loosen, melt, dissolve. See Solve.]1. The act of ... |
51005
|
solutive |
SOL'UTIVE, a. Tenging to dissolve; loosening; laxative. |
51006
|
solvability |
SOLVABIL'ITY, n. Ability to pay all just debts. |
51007
|
solvable |
SOLV'ABLE, a.1. That may be solved, resolved or explained.2. That can be paid. |
51008
|
solve |
SOLVE, v.t. solv. [L. solvo.]1. Properly, to loosen or separate the parts of any thing; hence, to ... |
51009
|
solved |
SOLV'ED, pp. Explained; removed. |
51010
|
solvency |
SOLV'ENCY, n. [L. solvens.] Ability to pay all debts or just claims; as, the solvency of a ... |
51011
|
solvend |
SOLVEND', n. A substance to be dissolved. |
51012
|
solvent |
SOLV'ENT, a.1. Having the power of dissolving; as a solvent body.2. Able to pay all just debts. ... |
51013
|
solvible |
SOLV'IBLE, a. Solvable, which see. |
51014
|
somatic |
SOMAT'IC, SOMAT'ICAL, a. Corporeal; pertaining to a body. [Not in use.] |
51015
|
somatical |
SOMAT'IC, SOMAT'ICAL, a. Corporeal; pertaining to a body. [Not in use.] |
51016
|
somatist |
SO'MATIST, n. [supra.] One who admits the existence or corporeal or material beings only; one who ... |
51017
|
somatology |
SOMATOL'OGY, n. The doctrine of bodies or material substances. |
51018
|
somber |
SOMBER, SOMBRE, a. Dull; dusky; cloudy; gloomy. |
51019
|
sombre |
SOMBER, SOMBRE, a. Dull; dusky; cloudy; gloomy. |
51020
|
sombrous |
SOMBROUS, a. Gloomy. |
51021
|
some |
SOME, a. sum.1. Noting a certain quantity of a thing, but indeterminate; a portion greater or ... |
51022
|
somebody |
SOMEBODY, n. [some and body.]1. A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate. Jesus said, ... |
51023
|
somedeal |
SOMEDEAL, adv. [some and deal.] In some degree. |
51024
|
somehow |
SOMEHOW, adv. [some and how.] One way or other; on some way not yet known. The thing must have ... |
51025
|
somersault |
SOM'ERSAULT, SOM'ERSET, n. [L super and salio, to leap.] A leap by which a person jumps from a ... |
51026
|
somerset |
SOM'ERSAULT, SOM'ERSET, n. [L super and salio, to leap.] A leap by which a person jumps from a ... |
51027
|
something |
SOMETHING, n. [some and thing.]1. An indeterminate or unknown event. Something must have happened ... |
51028
|
sometime |
SOMETIME, adv. [some and time.] 1. Once; formerly. That fair and warlike form, in which the ... |
51029
|
sometimes |
SOMETIMES, adv. [some and times.]1. At times; at intervals; not always; not and then. We are ... |
51030
|
somewhat |
SOMEWHAT, n. [some and what.]1. Something, though uncertain what.2. More or less; a certain ... |
51031
|
somewhere |
SOMEWHERE, adv. [some and where.] In some place, unknown or not specified; in one place or ... |
51032
|
somewhile |
SOMEWHILE, adv. [some and while.] Once; for a time. |
51033
|
somewhiter |
SOMEWHITER, adv. To some indeterminate place. |
51034
|
sommite |
SOM'MITE, n. Nepheline; a mineral which occurs in small crystals and crystaline grains in the lava ... |
51035
|
somnambulation |
SOMNAMBULA'TION, n. [L. somnus, sleep, and ambulo, to walk.] The act of walking in sleep. |
51036
|
somnambulist |
SOMNAM'BULIST, n. A person who walks in his sleep. |
51037
|
somner |
SOMNER, for summoner. [Not in use.] |
51038
|
somniferous |
SOMNIF'EROUS, a. [L. somnifer; somnus, sleep, and fero, to bring.] Causing or inducing sleep; ... |
51039
|
somnific |
SOMNIF'IC, a. [L. somnus, sleep, and facio, to make.] Causing sleep; tending to induce sleep. |
51040
|
somnolence |
SOM'NOLENCE, SOM'NOLENCY, n. [Low L. somnolentia; for somnus, sleep.] Sleepiness; drowsiness; ... |
51041
|
somnolency |
SOM'NOLENCE, SOM'NOLENCY, n. [Low L. somnolentia; for somnus, sleep.] Sleepiness; drowsiness; ... |
51042
|
somnolent |
SOM'NOLENT, a. Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. |
51043
|
son |
SON, n.1. A male child; the male issue of a parent, father or mother. Jacob had twelve sons. ... |
51044
|
son-in-law |
SON-IN-LAW, n. A man married to one's daughter. |
51045
|
sonata |
SON'ATA, n. A tune intended for an instrument only, as cantata is for the voice. |
51046
|
song |
SONG, n.1. In general, that which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, ... |
51047
|
songish |
SONG'ISH, a. Consisting of songs. [Low and Not in use.] |
51048
|
songster |
SONG'STER, n.1. One that sings; one skilled in singing; not often applied to human beings, or only ... |
51049
|
songstress |
SONG'STRESS, n. A female singer. |
51050
|
sonnet |
SON'NET, n.1. A short poem of fourteen lines, two stanzas of four verses each and two of three ... |
51051
|
sonneteer |
SONNETEE'R, n. A composer of sonnets or small poems; a small poet; usually in contempt. |
51052
|
sonometer |
SONOM'ETER, n. [L. sonus, sound, and fero, to measure.] An instrument for measuring sounds or the ... |
51053
|
sonoriferous |
SONORIF'EROUS, a. [L. sonus, sound and fero, to bring.] That gives sound; sounding; as the ... |
51054
|
sonorific |
SONORIF'IC, a. [L. sonus, sound and fecio, to make.] Producing sound; as the sonorific quality of ... |
51055
|
sonorous |
SONO'ROUS, a. [L. sonorus, from sonus, sound.]1. Giving sound when struck. Metals are sonorous ... |
51056
|
sonorously |
SONO'ROUSLY, adv. With sound; with a high sound. |
51057
|
sonorousness |
SONO'ROUSNESS, n. 1. The quality of yielding sound when struck or coming in collision with ... |
51058
|
sonship |
SONSHIP, n. [from son.]1. The state of being a son, or of having the relation of a son.2. ... |
51059
|
soon |
SOON, adv. 1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as soon after ... |
51060
|
soonly |
SOONLY, adv. quickly; speedily. [Not in use.] |
51061
|
sooshong |
SOOSHONG', SOUCHONG', n. A kind of black tea. |
51062
|
soosoo |
SOO'SOO, n. Among the Bengalese, the mane of a cetaceous fish, the Delphinus Gangeticus. |
51063
|
soot |
SOOT, n. A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of ... |
51064
|
sooted |
SOOT'ED, pp. Covered or soiled with soot. |
51065
|
sooterkin |
SOOT'ERKIN, n. A kind of false birth fabled to be produced by the Dutch women from sitting over ... |
51066
|
sooth |
SOOTH, n.1. Truth; reality.2. Prognostication.3. Sweetness; kindness.SOOTH, a.1. Pleasing; ... |
51067
|
soothe |
SOOTHE, v.t. [The sense of setting, allaying of softening, would give that of truth, and of sweet, ... |
51068
|
soothed |
SOOTH'ED, pp. Flattered; softened; calmed; pleased. |
51069
|
soother |
SOOTH'ER, n. A flatterer; he or that which softens or assuages. |
51070
|
soothing |
SOOTH'ING, ppr. Flattering; softening; assuaging. |
51071
|
soothingly |
SOOTH'INGLY, adv. With flattery or soft words. |
51072
|
soothly |
SOOTH'LY, adv. In truth; really. |
51073
|
soothsay |
SOOTH'SAY, v.i. [sooth and say.] To foretell; to predict. Acts. 16. [Little used.] |
51074
|
soothsayer |
SOOTH'SAYER, n. A foreteller; a prognosticator; one who undertakes to foretell future events ... |
51075
|
soothsaying |
SOOTH'SAYING, n. The foretelling of future events by persons without divine aid or authority, and ... |
51076
|
sootiness |
SOOT'INESS, n. [from sooty.] The quality of being sooty or foul with soot; fuliginousness. |
51077
|
sootish |
SOOT'ISH, a. Partaking of soot; like soot. |
51078
|
sooty |
SOOT'Y, a.1. Producing soot; as sooty coal.2. Consisting of soot; fuliginons; as sooty matter.3. ... |
51079
|
sop |
SOP, n.1. Anything steeped or dipped and softened in liquor, but chiefly something thus dipped in ... |
51080
|
sop-in-wine |
SOP-IN-WINE, a kind of pink. |
51081
|
sope |
SOPE, [See Soap.] |
51082
|
soph |
SOPH, n. [L. sophista.] In colleges and universities, a student in his second year; a sophomore. |
51083
|
sophi |
SO'PHI, n. A title of the king of Persia. |
51084
|
sophical |
SOPH'ICAL, a. Teaching wisdom. [Not in use.] |
51085
|
sophism |
SOPH'ISM, n. [L. sophisma.] A specious but fallacious argument; asubtilty in reasoning; an ... |
51086
|
sophist |
SOPH'IST, n. [L. sophista.]1. A professor of philosophy; as the sophists of Greece.2. A captious ... |
51087
|
sophister |
SOPH'ISTER, n. [supra.]1. A disputant fallaciously subtil; an artful but insidious logician; as an ... |
51088
|
sophistic |
SOPHIST'IC, SOPHIST'ICAL, a. Fallaciously subtil; not sound; as sophistical reasoning or argument. |
51089
|
sophistical |
SOPHIST'IC, SOPHIST'ICAL, a. Fallaciously subtil; not sound; as sophistical reasoning or argument. |
51090
|
sophistically |
SOPHIST'ICALLY, adv. With fallacious subtilty. |
51091
|
sophisticate |
SOPHIST'ICATE, v.t.1. To adulterate; to corrupt by something spurious or foreign; to pervert; as, ... |
51092
|
sophistication |
SOPHISTICA'TION, n. The act of adulterating; a counterfeiting or debasing the purity of some thing ... |
51093
|
sophisticator |
SOPHIST'ICATOR, n. One that adulterates; one who injures the purity and genuineness of any thing ... |
51094
|
sophistry |
SOPH'ISTRY, n.1. Fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only. These men have ... |
51095
|
sophomore |
SOPH'OMORE, n. [See Soph.] A student in a college or university, in his second year. |
51096
|
sopite |
SO'PITE, v.t. To lay asleep. [Not in use.] |
51097
|
sopition |
SOPI'TION, n. [L. sopio, to lay asleep.] Sleep. [Not in use.] |
51098
|
soporate |
SOP'ORATE, v.t. [L. soporo.] To lay asleep. [Not in use.] |
51099
|
soporiferous |
SOPORIF'EROUS, a. [L. soporifer; sopor, asleep, and fero, to bring; from sopio, to lull to sleep.] ... |
51100
|
soporiferousness |
SOPORIF'EROUSNESS, n. The quality of causing sleep. |
51101
|
soporific |
SOPORIF'IC, a. [L. sopor, sleep, and facio, to make.] Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; ... |
51102
|
soporous |
SO'POROUS, a. [L. soporus, from sopor, sleep.] Causing sleep; sleepy. |
51103
|
sopped |
SOP'PED, pp. [from sop.] Dipped in liquid food. |
51104
|
sopper |
SOP'PER, n. [from sop.] One that sops or dips in liquor some thing to be eaten. |
51105
|
sorably |
SOR'ABLY, adv. Suitably; fitly. |
51106
|
sorb |
SORB, n. [L. sorbum, sorbus.] The service tree or its fruit . |
51107
|
sorbate |
SOR'BATE, n. A compound of sorbic acid with a base. |
51108
|
sorbent |
SORB'ENT. [See absorbent.] |
51109
|
sorbic |
SORB'IC, a. Pertaining to the sorbus or service tree; as sorbic acid. |
51110
|
sorbile |
SORB'ILE, a. [L. sorbeo.] That may be drank or sipped. [Not in use.] |
51111
|
sorbonical |
SORBON'ICAL, a. Belonging to a sorbonist. |
51112
|
sorbonist |
SOR'BONIST, n. A doctor of the Sorbonne in the university of Paris. Sorbonne is the place of ... |
51113
|
sorcerer |
SOR'CERER, [L. sors, lot.] A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician. The Egyptian sorcerers contended ... |
51114
|
sorceress |
SOR'CERESS, n. A female magician or enchantress. |
51115
|
sorcerous |
SOR'CEROUS, a. Containing enchantments. |
51116
|
sorcery |
SOR'CERY, n. Magic; enchantment; witchcraft; divination be the assistance of evil spirits, or the ... |
51117
|
sord |
SORD, for sward, is not vulgar. [See Sward.] |
51118
|
sordawalite |
SORD'AWALITE, n. A mineral so named from Sordawald, in Wibourg. It is nearly black, rarely gray or ... |
51119
|
sordes |
SOR'DES, n. [L.] Foul matter; excretions; dregs; filthy, useless or rejected matter of any kind. |
51120
|
sordet |
SOR'DET, SOR'DINE, n. [L. surdus, deaf.] A little pipe in the mouth of a trumpet to make it sound ... |
51121
|
sordid |
SOR'DID, a. [L. sordidus, form sordes, filth.]1. Filthy; foul; dirty; gross. There Charon stands ... |
51122
|
sordidly |
SOR'DIDLY, adv. Meanly; basely; covetously. |
51123
|
sordidness |
SOR'DIDNESS, n.1. Filthiness; dirtiness.2. Meanness; baseness; as the execrable sordidness of the ... |
51124
|
sordine |
SOR'DET, SOR'DINE, n. [L. surdus, deaf.] A little pipe in the mouth of a trumpet to make it sound ... |
51125
|
sore |
SORE, n. 1. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to ... |
51126
|
sorehon |
SOREHON, SORN, n. A kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain ... |
51127
|
sorel |
SOR'EL, n. [dim. of sore.] A buck of the third year. |
51128
|
sorely |
SO'RELY, adv. [from sore.]1. With violent pain and distress; grievously; greatly; as, to be sorely ... |
51129
|
soreness |
SO'RENESS, n. [from sore.]1. The tenderness of any part of an animal body, which renders it ... |
51130
|
sorgo |
SOR'GO, n. A plant of the genus Holcus. |
51131
|
sorites |
SORI'TES, n. In logic, an argument where one proposition is accumulated on another. Thus, all men ... |
51132
|
sorn |
SOREHON, SORN, n. A kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain ... |
51133
|
sororicide |
SOROR'ICIDE, n. [L. soror, sister, and cado, to strike, to kill.] The murder or murderer of a ... |
51134
|
sorrage |
SOR'RAGE, n. The blades of green wheat or barley. [Not used.] |
51135
|
sorrance |
SOR'RANCE, n. In farriery, any disease or sore in horses. |
51136
|
sorrel |
SOR'REL, a. Of a reddish color; as a sorel horse.SOR'REL, n. A reddish color; a faint red. |
51137
|
sorrel-tree |
SOR'REL-TREE, n. A species of Andromeda. |
51138
|
sorrily |
SOR'RILY, adv. [from sorry.] Meanly; despicably; pitiably; in a wretched manner. Thy pipe, O Pan, ... |
51139
|
sorriness |
SOR'RINESS, n. Meanness; poorness; despicableness. |
51140
|
sorrow |
SOR'ROW, n. The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good. or of ... |
51141
|
sorrowed |
SOR'ROWED, pp. Accompanied with sorrow. [Not in use.] |
51142
|
sorrowful |
SOR'ROWFUL, A.1. Sad; grieving for the loss of some good, or on account of some expected evil.2. ... |
51143
|
sorrowfully |
SOR'ROWFULLY, adv. In a sorrowful manner; in a manner to produce grief. |
51144
|
sorrowfulness |
SOR'ROWFULNESS, n. State of being sorrowful; grief. |
51145
|
sorrowing |
SOR'ROWING, ppr. Feeling sorrow, grief or regret.SOR'ROWING, n. Expression of sorrow. |
51146
|
sorrowless |
SOR'ROWLESS, a. Free from sorrow. |
51147
|
sorry |
SOR'RY, a.1. Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil that has happened to one's ... |
51148
|
sort |
SORT, n. [L. sors, lot, chance, state, way, sort. This word is form the root of L. sortior; the ... |
51149
|
sortable |
SORT'ABLE, a. 1. That may be sorted.2. Suitable; befitting. |
51150
|
sortal |
SORT'AL, a. Pertaining to or designating a sort. [Not in use.] |
51151
|
sortance |
SORT'ANCE, n. Suitableness; agreement. [Not in use.] |
51152
|
sortilege |
SORT'ILEGE, n. [L. sortilegium; sors, lot, and lego, to select.] The act or practice of drawing ... |
51153
|
sortilegious |
SORTILEGIOUS, a. Pertaining to sortilege. |
51154
|
sortment |
SORT'MENT, n.1. The act of sorting; distribution into classes of kinds.2. A parcel sorted. [This ... |
51155
|
sory |
SORY, n. A fossil substance, firm, but of a spungy, cavernous structure, rugged on the surface, ... |
51156
|
soss |
SOSS, v.i. [This word is probably connected with the Armoric souez, surprise, the primary sense of ... |
51157
|
sot |
SOT, n.1. A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.2. A person stupefied by excessive ... |
51158
|
sothernwood |
SOTHERNWOOD, n. suth'ernwood, A plant agreeing in most parts with the wormwood. The southernwood ... |
51159
|
sottish |
SOT'TISH, a.1. Dull; stupid; senseless; doltish; very foolish. How ignorant are sottish ... |
51160
|
sottishly |
SOT'TISHLY, adv. Stupidly; senselessly; without reason. |
51161
|
sottishness |
SOT'TISHNESS, n.1. Dullness in the exercise reason; stupidity. Few consider into what a degree of ... |
51162
|
sou |
SOU, n. plu. sous. A French money of account, and a copper coin, in value the 20th part of a livre ... |
51163
|
souchong |
SOOSHONG', SOUCHONG', n. A kind of black tea. |
51164
|
sough |
SOUGH, n. suf. A subterraneous drain; a sewer. [Not in use.] |
51165
|
sought |
SOUGHT, pret and pp. of seek, pron, sawt. I am found of them who sought me not. Is. 65. |
51166
|
soul |
SOUL, n.1. The spiritual, rational and immortal substance in man, which distinguishes him from ... |
51167
|
soul-bell |
SOUL-BELL, n. The passing bell. |
51168
|
soul-destroying |
SOUL-DESTROY'ING, a. Pernicious to the soul. Procrastination of repentance and faith is a ... |
51169
|
soul-diseased |
SOUL-DISE'ASED, a. Diseased in soul or mind. [Not in use.] |
51170
|
soul-scot |
SOUL-SCOT, SOUL-SHOT, n. [soul and scot.] A funeral duty, or money paid by the Romanists in former ... |
51171
|
soul-selling |
SOUL-SELLING, a. [soul and sell.] Selling persons; dealing in the purchase and sale of human ... |
51172
|
soul-shot |
SOUL-SCOT, SOUL-SHOT, n. [soul and scot.] A funeral duty, or money paid by the Romanists in former ... |
51173
|
soul-sick |
SOUL-SICK, a. [soul and sick.] Diseased in mind or soul; morally diseased. |
51174
|
souled |
SOULED, a. Furnished with a soul or mind; as Grecian chiefs largely souled. [Little used.] |
51175
|
soulless |
SOUL'LESS, a. Without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness of mind; mean; spiritless. Slave, ... |
51176
|
sound |
SOUND, a. [L. sanus.]1. Entire; unbroken; not shaky, split or defective; as sound timber.2. ... |
51177
|
sound-board |
SOUND'-BOARD, SOUNG'ING BOARD, n. A board which propagates the sound in an organ. To many a row ... |
51178
|
sounded |
SOUND'ED, pp.1. Caused to make a noise; uttered audibly.2. Explored; examined. |
51179
|
sounding |
SOUND'ING, ppr.1. Causing to sound; uttering audibly.2. Trying the depth of water by the ... |
51180
|
sounding-board |
SOUND'ING-BOARD, n. A board or structure with a flat surface, suspended over a pulpit to prevent ... |
51181
|
sounding-rod |
SOUND'ING-ROD, n. A rod or piece of iron used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. ... |
51182
|
soundings |
SOUND'INGS, n. Any place or part of the ocean, where a deep sounding line will reach the bottom; ... |
51183
|
soundless |
SOUND'LESS, a. That cannot be fathomed; having no sound. |
51184
|
soundly |
SOUND'LY, adv. [from sound, entire.]1. Healthily; heartily.2. Severely; lustily; with heavy ... |
51185
|
soundness |
SOUND'NESS, n.1. Wholeness; entireness; an unbroken, unimpaired or undecayed state; as the ... |
51186
|
soup |
SOUP, n. [See Sup and Sop.] Broth; a decoction of flesh for food.SOUP, v.t. To sup; to breathe ... |
51187
|
sour |
SOUR, a. 1. Acid; having a pungent taste; sharp to the taste; tart; as, vinegar is sour; sour ... |
51188
|
source |
SOURCE, n. [L. surgo.]1. Properly, the spring or fountain from which a stream of water proceeds, ... |
51189
|
sourdet |
SOURDET, n. The little pipe of a trumpet. |
51190
|
soured |
SOUR'ED, pp. Made sour; made peevish. |
51191
|
souring |
SOUR'ING, ppr. Making acid; becoming sour; making peevish.SOUR'ING, n. That which makes acid. |
51192
|
sourish |
SOUR'ISH, a. Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as sourish fruit; a sourish taste. |
51193
|
sourly |
SOUR'LY, adv.1. With acidity.2. With peevishness; with acrimony. The stern Athenian prince the ... |
51194
|
sourness |
SOUR'NESS, n.1. Acidity; sharpness to the taste; tartness; as the sourness of vinegar or of fruit. ... |
51195
|
sous |
SOUS, n. plu. of sou or sol. [See Sou.] |
51196
|
souse |
SOUSE, n.1. Pickle made with salt.2. Something kept or steeped on pickle.3. The ears, feet, &c. ... |
51197
|
souter |
SOUTER, n. [L. sutor.] A shoemaker; a cobler. [Not in use.] |
51198
|
souterly |
SOUTERLY, adv. Like a cobler. [Not in use.] |
51199
|
souterrain |
SOUTERRAIN, n. A grotto or cavern under ground. [Not English.] |
51200
|
south |
SOUTH, n.1. The north and south are opposite points in the horizon; each ninety degrees or the ... |
51201
|
southeast |
SOUTHE'AST, n. The point of the compass equally distant from the south and east.SOUTHE'AST, a. In ... |
51202
|
southeastern |
SOUTHE'ASTERN, a. Towards the southeast. |
51203
|
southerly |
SOUTHERLY, a. suth'erly.1. Lying at the south, or in a direction nearly south; as a southerly ... |
51204
|
southern |
SOUTHERN, a. suth'ern.1. Belonging to the south; meridional; as the southern hemisphere.2. Lying ... |
51205
|
southernly |
SOUTHERNLY, a. suth'ernly. Towards the south. |
51206
|
southernmost |
SOUTHERNMOST, a. suth'ernmost. Furthest towards the south. |
51207
|
southing |
SOUTH'ING, a. Going towards the south; as the southing sun.SOUTH'ING, n.1. Tendency or motion to ... |
51208
|
southmost |
SOUTH'MOST, a. Furthest towards the south. |
51209
|
southsay |
SOUTHSAY, SOUTHSAYER. [See Soothsay.] |
51210
|
southsayer |
SOUTHSAY, SOUTHSAYER. [See Soothsay.] |
51211
|
southward |
SOUTHWARD, adv. suth'ard. Towards the south; as, to go southward.SOUTHWARD, n. suth'ard. The ... |
51212
|
southwest |
SOUTHWEST, n. [south and west.] The point of the compass equally distant from the south and ... |
51213
|
southwesterly |
SOUTHWEST'ERLY, a.1. In the direction of southwest, or nearly so.2. Coming from the southwest, or ... |
51214
|
southwestern |
SOUTHWEST'ERN, In the direction of southwest, or nearly so; as, to sail a southwestern course. |
51215
|
souvenir |
SOUVENIR, n. A remembrance. |
51216
|
sovenance |
SOVENANCE, n. Remembrance. [Not English, nor it used.] |
51217
|
sovereign |
SOVEREIGN, a. suv'eran. [We retain this babarous orthography from the Norman sovereign. The true ... |
51218
|
sovereignize |
SOVEREIGNIZE, v.i. suv'eranize. To exercise supreme authority. [Not in use.] |
51219
|
sovereignly |
SOVEREIGNLY, adv. suv'eranly. Supreme power; supremacy; the possession power. Absolute sovereignty ... |
51220
|
sow |
SOW, n.1. The female of the hog kind or of swine.2. An oblong piece of lead.3. An insect; a ... |
51221
|
sow-thistle |
SOW'-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Sonchus. The downy sow-thistle is of the genus Andryala. |
51222
|
sowce |
SOWCE, for souse. [See Souse.] |
51223
|
sowed |
SOWED, pp. Scattered on ground, as seed; sprinkled with seed, as ground. We say, seed is sowed; ... |
51224
|
sower |
SOWER, n.1. He that scatters seed for propagation. Behold, a sower went forth to sow. Matt. ... |
51225
|
sowing |
SOWING, ppr. Scattering, as seed; sprinkling with seed, as ground; stocking with seed.SOWING, n. ... |
51226
|
sowins |
SOW'INS, n. Flummery made of oatmeal somewhat soured. [Not used. I believe, in America.] |
51227
|
sowl |
SOWL, v.t. To pull by the ears. [Not used in America.] |
51228
|
sown |
SOWN, pp. Scattered, as seed; sprinkled with seed, as ground. |
51229
|
soy |
SOY, n. A kind of source, used in Japan. |
51230
|
sozzle |
SOZ'ZLE, n. [See Soss.] A sluttish woman, or one that spills water and other liquids carelessly. ... |
51231
|
spa |
SPAW, SPA, n.1. A mineral water from a place of this name in Germany. The name may perhaps be ... |
51232
|
spaad |
SPAAD, n. A kind of mineral; spar. |
51233
|
space |
SPACE, n. [L. spatium, space; spatior, to wander. This word is probably formed on the root of ... |
51234
|
spaceful |
SPA'CEFUL, a. Wide; extensive. [Not used.] |
51235
|
spacious |
SPA'CIOUS, a. [L. spatiosus.]1. Wide; roomy; having large or ample room; not narrow; as a ... |
51236
|
spaciously |
SPA'CIOUSLY, adv. Widely; extensively. |
51237
|
spaciousness |
SPA'CIOUSNESS, n.1. Wideness; largeness of extent; roominess; as the spaciousness of the rooms in ... |
51238
|
spaddle |
SPAD'DLE, n. [dim of spade.] A little spade. |
51239
|
spade |
SPADE, n. [L. spatula, from the root of pateo.]1. An instrument for digging, consisting of a broad ... |
51240
|
spade-bone |
SPA'DE-BONE, n. [spade and bone.] The shoulder blade. [I believe little used.] |
51241
|
spadeful |
SPA'DEFUL, n. [spade and full.] As much as a spade will hold. |
51242
|
spadille |
SPADILLE, n. spadil'. The ace of spades at omber. |
51243
|
spadix |
SPA'DIX, n. [L.] In botany, the receptacle in palms and some other plants, proceeding from a ... |
51244
|
spado |
SPA'DO, n. [L.] A gelding. |
51245
|
spagyric |
SPAGYR'IC, a. [L. spagyricus.] Chemical. [Not in use.]SPAGYR'IC, n. A chemist. [Not in use.] |
51246
|
spagyrist |
SPAG'YRIST, n. A chemist. [Not in use.] |
51247
|
spahee |
SPA'HEE, SPA'HI, n. [See Seapoy.] One of the Turkish cavalry. |
51248
|
spahi |
SPA'HEE, SPA'HI, n. [See Seapoy.] One of the Turkish cavalry. |
51249
|
spake |
SPAKE, pret. of speak; nearly obsolete. We not use spoke. |
51250
|
spall |
SPALL, n. The shoulder. [Not English.] |
51251
|
spalt |
SPALT, SPELT, n. A whitish scaly mineral, used to promote the fusion of metals. |
51252
|
span |
SPAN, n. [This word is formed on the root of bend, L. pando. The primary sense is to strain, ... |
51253
|
span-new |
SPAN'-NEW, a. Quite new; probably bright-new. |
51254
|
spancel |
SPAN'CEL, v.t. To tie the legs of a horse or cow with a rope . |
51255
|
spancounter |
SPAN'COUNTER, SPAN'F'ARTING, n. A play at which within a span or circuit marked. |
51256
|
spandrel |
SPAN'DREL, n. The space between the curve of an arch and the right lines inclosing it. |
51257
|
spane |
SPANE, v.t. To wean, [Not in use.] |
51258
|
spanfarting |
SPAN'COUNTER, SPAN'F'ARTING, n. A play at which within a span or circuit marked. |
51259
|
spang |
SPANG, n. A spangle or shining ornament; a thin piece of shining metal; something brilliant used ... |
51260
|
spangle |
SPAN'GLE, v.t. To set or sprinkle with spangles; to adorn with small distinct brilliant bodies; as ... |
51261
|
spangled |
SPAN'GLED, pp. Set with spangles. |
51262
|
spangling |
SPAN'GLING, ppr. Adorning with spangles. |
51263
|
spaniel |
SPAN'IEL, n. 1. A dog used in sports of the field, remarkable for his sagacity and obedience.2. A ... |
51264
|
spanish |
SPAN'ISH, a. Pertaining to Spain.SPAN'ISH, n. The language of Spain. |
51265
|
spanish-broom |
SPANISH-BROOM, n. A plant of the genus Spartium. |
51266
|
spanish-brown |
SPANISH-BROWN, n. A species of earth used in paints. |
51267
|
spanish-fly |
SPANISH-FLY, n. A fly or insect, the cantharis used in vesicatories, or composition for raising ... |
51268
|
spanish-nut |
SPANISH-NUT, n. A plant. |
51269
|
spanish-white |
SPANISH-WHITE, n. A white earth from Spain, used in paints. |
51270
|
spank |
SPANK, v.t. To strike with the open hand; to slap [A word common in New England.] |
51271
|
spanker |
SPANK'ER, n.1. A small coin.2. In seamen's language, a ship driver; a large sail occasionally set ... |
51272
|
spanking |
SPANK'ING, ppr.1. Striking with the open hand 2. a. Large; stout. [Vulgar.] |
51273
|
spanned |
SPAN'NED, pp. Measured with the hand. |
51274
|
spanner |
SPAN'NER, n.1. One that spans.2. The lock of a fusee or carbine; or the fusee itself.3. A wrench ... |
51275
|
spanning |
SPAN'NING, ppr. Measuring with the hand; encompassing with the fingers. |
51276
|
spar |
SP'AR, [If this word is connected with spare, the primary sense is probably thin. The sense of bar ... |
51277
|
sparable |
SP'ARABLE, n. Small nails. [Not in use.] |
51278
|
sparadrap |
SP'ARADRAP, n. In pharmacy, a cerecloth. |
51279
|
sparage |
SPARAGE, SPARAGUS, [Vulgar.] [See Asparagus.] |
51280
|
sparagus |
SPARAGE, SPARAGUS, [Vulgar.] [See Asparagus.] |
51281
|
spare |
SPARE, v.t. [It seems to be from the same root as L. parco.]1. To use frugally; not to be profuse; ... |
51282
|
spared |
SPA'RED, pp. Dispensed with; saved; forborne. |
51283
|
sparely |
SPA'RELY, adv. Sparingly. |
51284
|
spareness |
SPA'RENESS, n. State of being lean or thin; leanness. |
51285
|
sparer |
SPA'RER, n. One that avoids unnecessary expense. |
51286
|
sparerib |
SPA'RERIB, n. [spare and rib.] The piece of a hog taken from the side, consisting of the ribs with ... |
51287
|
spargefaction |
SPARGEFAC'TION, n. [L. spargo, to sprinkle.] The act of sprinkling. [Not Used.] |
51288
|
sparhawk |
SPAR'ROW-HAWK, SPAR'HAWK, n. A small species of short winged hawk. |
51289
|
sparing |
SPA'RING, ppr.1. Using frugally; forbearing; omitting to punish or destroy.2. a. Scarce; little.3. ... |
51290
|
sparingly |
SPA'RINGLY, adv.1. Not abundantly.2. Frugally; parsimoniously; not lavishly. High titles of ... |
51291
|
sparingness |
SPA'RINGNESS, n.1. Parsimony; want of liberality.2. Caution. |
51292
|
spark |
SP'ARK, n. [The sense is that which shoots, darts off or scatters; probably allied to B. spargo.]1. ... |
51293
|
sparkful |
SP'ARKFUL, a. Lively; brisk; gay. |
51294
|
sparkish |
SP'ARKISH, a.1. Airy; gay.2. Showy; well dressed; fine. |
51295
|
sparkle |
SP'ARKLE, n.1. A spark.2. A luminous particle.SP'ARKLE, v.i.1. To emit sparks; to send off small ... |
51296
|
sparkler |
SP'ARKLER, n. He or that which sparkles; one whose eyes sparkle. |
51297
|
sparklet |
SP'ARKLET, n. A small spark. |
51298
|
sparkliness |
SP'ARKLINESS, n. Vivacity. [Not in use.] |
51299
|
sparkling |
SP'ARKLING, ppr. or a. Emitting sparks; glittering; lively; as sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. |
51300
|
sparklingly |
SP'ARKLINGLY, adv. With twinkling or vivid brilliancy. |
51301
|
sparklingness |
SP'ARKLINGNESS, n. Vivid and twinkling luster. |
51302
|
sparling |
SP'ARLING, n. A smelt. |
51303
|
sparrow |
SPAR'ROW, n. A small bird of the genus Fringilla and order of Passers. These birds are frequently ... |
51304
|
sparrow-grass |
SPAR'ROW-GRASS, a corruption of asparagus. |
51305
|
sparrow-hawk |
SPAR'ROW-HAWK, SPAR'HAWK, n. A small species of short winged hawk. |
51306
|
sparry |
SP'ARRY, a. [from spar.] Resembling spar, or consisting or spar; having a confused cyrstraline ... |
51307
|
sparse |
SPARSE, a. spars. [L. sparsus, scattered, from spargo.]1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here ... |
51308
|
sparsed |
SP'ARSED, a. Scattered. |
51309
|
sparsedly |
SP'ARSEDLY, adv. In a scattered manner. |
51310
|
spartan |
SP'ARTAN, a. Pertaining to ancient Sparta; hence, hardly undaunted; as Spartan souls; Spartan ... |
51311
|
spasm |
SPASM, n. [L. spasmus.] A n involuntary contraction of muscles or muscular fibers in animal ... |
51312
|
spasmodic |
SPASMOD'IC, a. Consisting in spasm; as a spasmodic affection.SPASMOD'IC, n. A medicine good for ... |
51313
|
spat |
SPAT, pret. of spit, but nearly obsolete. |
51314
|
spathaceous |
SPATHA'CEOUS, a. Having a calyx like a sheath. |
51315
|
spathe |
SPATHE, n. [L. spatha.] In botany, the calyx of a spadix opening or bursting longitudinally, in ... |
51316
|
spathic |
SPATH'IC, a. Foliated or lamellar. Spathic iron is a mineral of a foliated structure, and a ... |
51317
|
spathiform |
SPATH'IFORM, a. [spath and form.] Resembling spar in form. The ocherous, spathiform and ... |
51318
|
spathous |
SPATH'OUS, a. Having a calyx like a sheath. |
51319
|
spathulate |
SPATH'ULATE, [See Spatulate.] |
51320
|
spatiate |
SPA'TIATE, v.t. [L. spatior.] To rove; to ramble. [Not in use.] |
51321
|
spatter |
SPAT'TER, v.t. [This root is a derivative of the family of spit, or L. pateo. See Sputter.]1. To ... |
51322
|
spatterdashes |
SPAT'TERDASHES, n. plu. [spatter and dash.] Coverings for the legs to keep them clean from water ... |
51323
|
spattered |
SPAT'TERED, pp.1. Sprinkling with moist some liquid or dirty substance.2. Aspersed. |
51324
|
spattering |
SPAT'TERING, ppr.1. Sprinkling with or foul matter.2. Aspersing. |
51325
|
spattle |
SPAT'TLE, n. Spittle. [Not in use.] |
51326
|
spattling-poppy |
SPATTLING-POPPY, n. [L. papaver spumeum.] A plant; white behen; a species of Campion. |
51327
|
spatula |
SPAT'ULA, SPAT'TLE, n. [L. spathula, spatha, a slice. from the root of L. pateo; so named from its ... |
51328
|
spatulate |
SPAT'ULATE, a. [from L. spathula.] In botany, a spatulate leaf is one shaped like a spatula or ... |
51329
|
spavin |
SPAV'IN, n. A tumor or excrescence that forms on the inside of a horse's hough, not far from the ... |
51330
|
spavined |
SPAV'INED, a. Affected with spavis. |
51331
|
spaw |
SPAW, SPA, n.1. A mineral water from a place of this name in Germany. The name may perhaps be ... |
51332
|
spawl |
SPAWL, v.i. To throw saliva from the mouth in a scattering form; to disperse spittle in a careless ... |
51333
|
spawling |
SPAWL'ING, ppr. Throwing spittle carelessly from the mouth.SPAWL'ING, n. Saliva thrown out ... |
51334
|
spawn |
SPAWN, n. It has no plural. [If this word is not contracted, it belongs to the root of L. pano. If ... |
51335
|
spawned |
SPAWN'ED, pp. Produced or deposited, as the eggs of fish or frogs. |
51336
|
spawner |
SPAWN'ER, n. the female fish. the spawner and the melter of the barbel cover their spawn with ... |
51337
|
spay |
SPAY, v.t. [L. spado, a gelding.] To castrate the female of a beast by cutting and by taking out ... |
51338
|
spayed |
SPA'YED, pp. Castrated, as a female beast. |
51339
|
spaying |
SPA'YING, ppr. Castrating, as a female beast. |
51340
|
speak |
SPEAK, v.i. pret. spoke, [spake, nearly, obs.] pp. spoke, spoken. It is easy to see that the root ... |
51341
|
speakable |
SPE'AKABLE, a. 1. That can be spoken.2. Having the power of speech. |
51342
|
speaker |
SPE'AKER, n.1. One that speaks, in what ever manner.2. One that proclaims or celebrates. -No ... |
51343
|
speaking |
SPE'AKING, ppr. Uttering words; discoursing; talking.SPE'AKING, n.1. The act of uttering words; ... |
51344
|
speaking-trumpet |
SPE'AKING-TRUMPET, n. A trumpet by which the sound of the human voice may be propagated to a great ... |
51345
|
spear |
SPEAR, n.1. A long pointed weapon, used in war and hunting by thrusting or throwing; a lance.2. A ... |
51346
|
spear-foot |
SPE'AR-FOOT, n. [spear and foot.] The far foot behind; used of a horse. |
51347
|
spear-grass |
SPE'AR-GRASS, n. [spear and grass.]1. A long stiff grass.2. In New England, this name is given to ... |
51348
|
spear-thistle |
SPE'AR-THISTLE, n. A plant, a troublesome weed. |
51349
|
spear-wort |
SPE'AR-WORT, n. A plant; the popular name of the Ranunculus flammula. |
51350
|
speared |
SPE'ARED, pp. Pierced or killed with a spear. |
51351
|
spearing |
SPE'ARING, ppr.1. Piercing or killing with a spear.2. Shooting into a long stem. |
51352
|
spearman |
SPE'ARMAN, n. [spear and man.] One who is armed with a spear. Ps. 68. |
51353
|
spearmint |
SPE'ARMINT, n. [spear and mint.] A plant of the genus Mentha; a species of mint. |
51354
|
specht |
SPECHT, SPEIGHT, n. A woodpecker. [Not in use.] |
51355
|
special |
SPECIAL, n. A particular. [Not Used.] |
51356
|
specialize |
SPECIALIZE, v.t. To mention specially. [Not in use.] |
51357
|
specially |
SPECIALLY, adv.1. Particularly; in a manner beyond what is common, or out of the ordinary course. ... |
51358
|
specialty |
SPECIALTY, n.1. Particularity. specialty of rule hat been neglected.2. A particular or peculiar ... |
51359
|
specie |
SPECIE, n. spe'shy. Coin; copper, silver or gold coined and used as a circulating medium of ... |
51360
|
species |
SPECIES, n. spe'shiz. [L. from specio, to see. See Special.]1. In zoology, a collection of ... |
51361
|
specific |
SPECIF'IC, SPECIF'ICAL, a. 1. That makes a thing of the species of which it is designating the ... |
51362
|
specifical |
SPECIF'IC, SPECIF'ICAL, a. 1. That makes a thing of the species of which it is designating the ... |
51363
|
specifically |
SPECIF'ICALLY, adv. In such a manner as to constitute a species; according to the nature of the ... |
51364
|
specification |
SPECIFICA'TION, n.1. The act of determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits. The ... |
51365
|
specified |
SPEC'IFIED, pp. Particularized; specially named. |
51366
|
specify |
SPEC'IFY, v.t. To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to ... |
51367
|
specifying |
SPEC'IFYING, ppr. Naming of designating particularly. |
51368
|
specimen |
SPEC'IMEN, n. [L. from species, with the termination men, which corresponds in sense to the English ... |
51369
|
specious |
SPE'CIOUS, a. [L. speciosus.]1. Showy; pleasing to the view. The rest, far greater part will ... |
51370
|
speciously |
SPE'CIOUSLY, adv. With a fair appearance; with show of right; as, to reason speciously. |
51371
|
speck |
SPECK, n. [This word may be formed from peck, for peckled has been used for speckled, spotted as ... |
51372
|
speckle |
SPECK'LE, n. A little spot in any thing, of a different substance or color from that of the thing ... |
51373
|
speckled |
SPECK'LED, pp. or a. Marked with specks; variegated with spots of a different color from the ... |
51374
|
speckledness |
SPECK'LEDNESS, n. The state of being speckled. |
51375
|
speckling |
SPECK'LING, ppr. Marking with small spots. |
51376
|
specktacle |
SPECK'TACLE, n. [L. spectaculum, from specto, to behold; specio, to see.]1. A show; something ... |
51377
|
spectacled |
SPEC'TACLED, a. Furnished with spectacles. |
51378
|
spectacular |
SPECTAC'ULAR, a. Pertaining to shows. |
51379
|
spectation |
SPECTA'TION, n. [L. spectatio.] Regard; respect. [Little used.] |
51380
|
spectator |
SPECTA'TOR, n. [L. whence]1. One that looks on; one that sees or beholds; a beholder; as the ... |
51381
|
spectatorial |
SPECTATO'RIAL, a. Pertaining to the Spectator. |
51382
|
spectatorship |
SPECTA'TORSHIP, n. 1. The act of beholding.2. The office or quality of a spectator. |
51383
|
spectatress |
SPECTA'TRESS, SPECTA'TRIX, n. [L. spectatrix.] A female beholder or looker on. |
51384
|
spectatrix |
SPECTA'TRESS, SPECTA'TRIX, n. [L. spectatrix.] A female beholder or looker on. |
51385
|
specter |
SPEC'TER, n. [L. spectrum, from specto, to behold.]1. An apparition; the appearance of a person ... |
51386
|
spectrum |
SPEC'TRUM, n. [L.] A visible form; an image of something seen, continuing after image of something ... |
51387
|
specuation |
SPECUA'TION, n.1. Examination by the eye; view [Little used.]2. Mental view of any thing in its ... |
51388
|
specular |
SPEC'ULAR, a. [L. specularis, from speculum, a mirror, from specio, to see.]1. Having the ... |
51389
|
speculate |
SPEC'ULATE, v.i. [L. speculor, to view, to contemplate, from specio, to see.]1. To meditate; to ... |
51390
|
speculatist |
SPEC'ULATIST, n. One who speculates or forms theories; a speculator. |
51391
|
speculative |
SPEC'ULATIVE, a.1. Given to speculation; contemplative; applied to persons. The min of man being ... |
51392
|
speculatively |
SPEC'ULATIVELY, adv.1. In contemplation; with meditation.2. Ideally; theoretically; in theory ... |
51393
|
speculativeness |
SPEC'ULATIVENESS, n. The state of being speculative, or of consisting in speculation only. |
51394
|
speculator |
SPEC'ULATOR, n.1. One who speculates or forms theories.2. An observer; a contemplator.3. A spy; ... |
51395
|
speculatory |
SPEC'ULATORY, a. 1. Exercising speculation.2. Intended or adapted for viewing or espying. |
51396
|
speculm |
SPEC'ULM, n. [L.]1. A mirror or looking glass.2. A glass that reflects the images of objects.3. ... |
51397
|
sped |
SPED, pret. and pp. of speed. |
51398
|
speech |
SPEECH, n.1. The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words, as in human beings; the faculty ... |
51399
|
speech-maker |
SPEE'CH-MAKER, n. One who makes speeches; one who speaks much in a public assembly. |
51400
|
speechless |
SPEE'CHLESS, a. 1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. More generally,2. Mute; ... |
51401
|
speechlessness |
SPEE'CHLESSNESS, n. The state of being speechless; muteness. |
51402
|
speed |
SPEED, v.i. pret. and pp. sped, speeded. [The L. expedio may be from the same root, which signifies ... |
51403
|
speedily |
SPEEDILY, adv. Quickly; with haste; in a short time. Send speedily to Bertram. |
51404
|
speediness |
SPEE'DINESS, n. The quality of being speedy; quickness; celerity; haste; dispatch. |
51405
|
speedwell |
SPEE'DWELL, n. A plant of the genus Veronica. |
51406
|
speedy |
SPEE'DY, a.1. Quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion; as a speedy flight; on speedy foot.2. ... |
51407
|
speet |
SPEET, v.t. [from the root of spit.] To stab. [Not in use.] |
51408
|
speight |
SPEIGHT, n. A wood pecker. [Not in use.] |
51409
|
spelk |
SPELK, n. A splinter; a small stick or rod used in thatching. |
51410
|
spell |
SPELL, n. [The verb primarily signifies to throw or drive, and is probably formed on the root of L. ... |
51411
|
spelled |
SPELL'ED, SPELT, pret. and pp. of spell. |
51412
|
speller |
SPELL'ER, n. One that spells; one skilled in spelling. |
51413
|
spelling |
SPELL'ING, ppr.1. Naming the letters of a word, or writing them; forming words with their proper ... |
51414
|
spelling-book |
SPELL'ING-BOOK, n. A book for teaching children to spell and read. |
51415
|
spelt |
SPELT, n. A species of grain of the genus Triticum; called also German wheat.SPELT, v.t. To ... |
51416
|
spelter |
SPEL'TER, n. Common zink, which contains a portion of lead, copper, iron, a little arsenic, ... |
51417
|
spence |
SPENCE, n. spens. A buttery; a larder; a place where provisions are kept. |
51418
|
spencer |
SPEN'CER, n.1. One who has the care of the spence or buttery.2. A kind of short coat. |
51419
|
spend |
SPEND, v.t. pret. and pp. spent. [L. expendo; from the root of L. pando, pendeo, the primary sense ... |
51420
|
spender |
SPEND'ER, n. One that spends; also, a prodigal; a lavisher. |
51421
|
spending |
SPEND'ING, ppr. Laying out; consuming; wasting; exhausting. |
51422
|
spendthrift |
SPEND'THRIFT, n. [spend and thrift.] One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; ... |
51423
|
sperable |
SPE'RABLE, a. [L. sperabilis, from spero, to hope.] That may be hoped. [Not in use.] |
51424
|
sperically |
SPER'ICALLY, adv. In the form of a sphere. |
51425
|
spericalness |
SPER'ICALNESS, SPERIC'ITY, n. The state or quality of being orbicular or spherical; roundness; as ... |
51426
|
spericity |
SPER'ICALNESS, SPERIC'ITY, n. The state or quality of being orbicular or spherical; roundness; as ... |
51427
|
sperm |
SPERM, n. [L. sperma.]1. Animal seed; that by which the species is propagated.2. The head matter ... |
51428
|
spermatic |
SPERMAT'IC, a.1. Consisting of seed; seminal.2. Pertaining to the semen, or conveying it; as ... |
51429
|
spermatize |
SPERM'ATIZE, v.i. To yield seed. [Not in use.] |
51430
|
spermatocele |
SPERMAT'OCELE, n. A swelling of the spermatic vessels, or vessels of the testicles. |
51431
|
sperse |
SPERSE, v.t. To disperse. [Not in use.] |
51432
|
spet |
SPET, v.t. To spit; to throw out. [Not in use.] |
51433
|
spew |
SPEW, v.t. [L. spuo.]1. To vomit; to puke; to eject from the stomach.2. To eject; to cast ... |
51434
|
spewed |
SPEW'ED, pp. Vomited; ejected. |
51435
|
spewer |
SPEW'ER, n. One who spews. |
51436
|
spewing |
SPEW'ING, ppr. Vomiting; ejecting from the stomach. |
51437
|
spewy |
SPEW'Y, a. Wet; foggy. |
51438
|
sphacelate |
SPHAC'ELATE, v.i. [See Sphacelus.]1. To mortify; to become gangrenous; as flesh.2. To decay or ... |
51439
|
sphacelus |
SPHAC'ELUS, n.1. In medicine and surgery, gangrene; mortification of the flesh of a living ... |
51440
|
sphaclation |
SPHACLA'TION, n. The process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification. |
51441
|
sphagnous |
SPHAG'NOUS, a. [shagnum, bog-moss. Linne.] Pertaining to bog-moss; mossy. |
51442
|
sphene |
SPHENE, n. A mineral composed of nearly equal parts of oxyd of titanium, silex and lime. Its ... |
51443
|
sphenoid |
SPHENOID, SPHENOID'AL, a. Resembling a wedge. The spenoid bone, is the pterygoid bone of the ... |
51444
|
sphenoidal |
SPHENOID, SPHENOID'AL, a. Resembling a wedge. The spenoid bone, is the pterygoid bone of the ... |
51445
|
sphere |
SPHERE, n. [L. sphera.]1. In geometry, a solid body contained under a single surface, which in ... |
51446
|
spheric |
SPHER'IC, SPHER'ICAL, a. [L. sphericus.]1. Globular; orbicular; having a surface in every part ... |
51447
|
spherical |
SPHER'IC, SPHER'ICAL, a. [L. sphericus.]1. Globular; orbicular; having a surface in every part ... |
51448
|
spherics |
SPHER'ICS, n. The doctrine of the sphere. |
51449
|
spheroid |
SPHEROID,n. [sphere and form.] A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly ... |
51450
|
spheroidal |
SPHEROID'AL, SPHEROID'IC, SPHEROID'ICAL, a.1. Having the form of a sheriod.2. In crystalography, ... |
51451
|
spheroidic |
SPHEROID'AL, SPHEROID'IC, SPHEROID'ICAL, a.1. Having the form of a sheriod.2. In crystalography, ... |
51452
|
spheroidical |
SPHEROID'AL, SPHEROID'IC, SPHEROID'ICAL, a.1. Having the form of a sheriod.2. In crystalography, ... |
51453
|
spheroidity |
SPHEROID'ITY, n. The state or quality of being spheroidal. |
51454
|
spherosiderite |
SPHEROSID'ERITE, n. A substance found in the basaltic compact lava of Steinheim; called also glass ... |
51455
|
spherule |
SPHER'ULE, n. [L. spharula.] A little sphere or spherical body. Mercury or quicksilver when ... |
51456
|
spherulite |
SPHER'ULITE, n. A variety of obsidian or pearl-stone, found in rounded grains. |
51457
|
sphery |
SPHE'RY, a. 1. Belonging to the sphere.2. Round; spherical. |
51458
|
sphincter |
SPHINC'TER, n. In anatomy, a muscle that contracts or shuts; as the sphincter labiorum; sphincter ... |
51459
|
sphinx |
SPHINX, n. [L. sphinx.]1. A famous monster in Egypt, having the body of a lion and the face of a ... |
51460
|
sphragid |
SPHRAG'ID, n. A species of ocherous clay which falls to pieces in water with the emission of many ... |
51461
|
spial |
SPIAL, n. A spy; a scout. [Not in use.] |
51462
|
spicate |
SPI'CATE, a. [L. spicatus, from spica, a spike.] Having a spike or ear. |
51463
|
spice |
SPICE, n. 1. A vegetable production, fragrant or aromatic to the smell and pungent to the taste; ... |
51464
|
spiced |
SPI'CED, pp. Seasoned with spice. |
51465
|
spicer |
SPI'CER, n.1. One that seasons with spice.2. One that deals in spice. |
51466
|
spicery |
SPI'CERY, n.1. Spices in general; fragrant and aromatic vegetable substances used in seasoning.2. ... |
51467
|
spick |
SPICK AND SPAN, bright; shining; as a garment spick and span new, or span-new. brightness; ... |
51468
|
spicknel |
SPICK'NEL, SPIG'NEL, n. The herb maldmony or bear wort. the Athamanta Meum, Ethusa Meum. |
51469
|
spicosity |
SPICOS'ITY, n. [L. spica.] The state of having or being full of ears, like corn. [Not in use.] |
51470
|
spicular |
SPIC'ULAR, a. [L. spiculum, a dart.] Resembling a dart; having sharp points. |
51471
|
spiculate |
SPIC'ULATE, v.t. [L. spiculo, to sharpen, from spiculum, a dart, from spica, or its root. See ... |
51472
|
spicy |
SPI'CY, a. [from spice.]1. Producing spice; abounding with spices; as the spicy shore of Arabia.2. ... |
51473
|
spider |
SPI'DER, n. [I know not from what source this word is derived.] The common name of the insects of ... |
51474
|
spider-catcher |
SPI'DER-CATCHER, n. A bird so called. |
51475
|
spiderlike |
SPI'DERLIKE, a. Resembling a spider. |
51476
|
spiderwort |
SPI'DERWORT, n. A plant of the genus Anthericum. |
51477
|
spignel |
SPIG'NEL. [See Spicknel.] |
51478
|
spigot |
SPIG'OT, n. A pin or peg used to stop a faucet, or to stop a small hole in a cask of liquor. |
51479
|
spike |
SPIKE, n. [L. L. spica, and ear of corn. It signifies a shoot or point.]1. A large uail; always ... |
51480
|
spike-lavender |
SPIKE-LAVENDER, n. The Lavandula spica. |
51481
|
spiked |
SPI'KED, pp. Furnished with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes; stopped with spikes. |
51482
|
spikelet |
SPI'KELET, n. In botany, a small spike of a large one; or a subdivision of a spike. |
51483
|
spikenard |
SPIKENARD, n. spik'nard. [L. spica nardi.]1. A plant of the genus Nardus.2. The oil of balsam ... |
51484
|
spiking |
SPI'KING, ppr. Fastening with spikes; stopping with large nails. |
51485
|
spiky |
SPI'KY, a. Having a sharp point. |
51486
|
spile |
SPILE, n. [L. pilus, pilum, &c.]1. A small peg or wooden pin, used to stop a hole.2. A stake ... |
51487
|
spill |
SPILL, n. [a different orthography of spile, supra.]1. A small peg or pin for stopping a cask; as ... |
51488
|
spilled |
SPILL'ED, pp. Suffered to fall, as liquids; shed. |
51489
|
spiller |
SPILL'ER, n.1. One that spills or sheds.2. A kind of fishing line. |
51490
|
spilling |
SPILL'ING, ppr. Suffering to fall or run out, as liquids; shedding. |
51491
|
spilling-lines |
SPILLING-LINES, in a ship, are ropes for furling more conveniently the square sails. |
51492
|
spilt |
SPILT, pret. and pp. of spill. |
51493
|
spilth |
SPILTH, n. [from spill.] Any thing spilt. [Not in use.] |
51494
|
spin |
SPIN, v.t. pret. and pp. spun. Span is not used. [If the sense is to draw out or extend, this ... |
51495
|
spinach |
SPIN'ACH, SPIN'AGE, n. [L. spinacia.] A plant of the genus Spinacia. |
51496
|
spinage |
SPIN'ACH, SPIN'AGE, n. [L. spinacia.] A plant of the genus Spinacia. |
51497
|
spinal |
SPI'NAL, a. [See Spine.] Pertaining to the spine or back bone of an animal; as the spinal marrow; ... |
51498
|
spindle |
SPIN'DLE, a. [See Spin.]1. The pin used in spinning wheels for twisting the thread, and on which ... |
51499
|
spindle-legs |
SPIN'DLE-LEGS, SPIN'DLE-SHANKS, n. A tall slender person; in contempt. |
51500
|
spindle-shanked |
SPIN'DLE-SHANKED, a. Having long slender legs. |
51501
|
spindle-shanks |
SPIN'DLE-LEGS, SPIN'DLE-SHANKS, n. A tall slender person; in contempt. |
51502
|
spindle-shaped |
SPIN'DLE-SHAPED, a. Having the shape of a spindle; fusiform. |
51503
|
spindle-tree |
SPIN'DLE-TREE, n. A plant, prick-wood, of the genus Euonymus. |
51504
|
spine |
SPINE, n. [L.]1. The back bone of an animal.2. The shin of the leg.3. A thorn; a sharp process ... |
51505
|
spinel |
SPI'NEL, SPINELLE, n. The spinelle ruby, says Hauy; is the true ruby, a gem of a red color, ... |
51506
|
spinellane |
SPINELLANE, n. A mineral occurring in small crystaline masses and in minute crystals. It has been ... |
51507
|
spinelle |
SPI'NEL, SPINELLE, n. The spinelle ruby, says Hauy; is the true ruby, a gem of a red color, ... |
51508
|
spinescent |
SPINES'CENT, a. [from spine.] Becoming hard and thorny. |
51509
|
spinet |
SPIN'ET, n. An instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller; a virginal; a ... |
51510
|
spiniferous |
SPINIF'EROUS, a. [L. spina, spine, and fero, to bear.] Producing spines; bearing thorns. |
51511
|
spining-wheel |
SPIN'ING-WHEEL, n. A wheel for spinning wool, cotton or flax into threads. |
51512
|
spink |
SPINK, n. A bird; a finch. |
51513
|
spinner |
SPIN'NER, n.1. One that spins; one skilled in spinning.2. A spider. |
51514
|
spinning |
SPIN'NING, ppr. Drawing out and twisting into threads; drawing out; delaying.SPIN'NING, n.1. The ... |
51515
|
spinning-jenny |
SPIN'NING-JENNY, n. An engine or complicated machine for spinning wool or cotton, in the ... |
51516
|
spinolet |
SPIN'OLET, n. A small bird of the lark kind. |
51517
|
spinosity |
SPINOS'ITY, n. The state of being spiny or thorny; crabbedness. |
51518
|
spinous |
SPI'NOUS, a. [L. spinosus, from spina.] Full of spines; armed with thorns; thorny. |
51519
|
spinozism |
SPI'NOZISM, n. The doctrines or principles of Spinoza, a native of Amsterdam, consisting in ... |
51520
|
spinster |
SPIN'STER, n. [spin and ster.]1. A woman who spins, or whose occupation is to spin. Hence,2. In ... |
51521
|
spinstry |
SPIN'STRY, n. The business of spinning. |
51522
|
spinthere |
SPIN'THERE, n. A mineral of a greenish gray color. |
51523
|
spiny |
SPI'NY, a. [from spine.]1. Full of spines; thorny; as a spiny tree.2. Perplexed; difficult; ... |
51524
|
spiracle |
SPIR'ACLE, n. [L. spiraculum, form spiro, to breathe.]1. A small aperture in animal and vegetable ... |
51525
|
spiral |
SPI'RAL, a. [L. spira, a spire.] Winding round a cylinder or other round body, or in a circular ... |
51526
|
spirally |
SPI'RALLY, adv. In a spiral form or direction; in the manner of a screw. |
51527
|
spiration |
SPIRA'TION, n. [L. spiratio.] A breathing. [Not used.] |
51528
|
spire |
SPIRE, n. [L. spira; from the root of L. spiro, to breathe. The primary sense of the root is to ... |
51529
|
spired |
SPI'RED, a. Having a spire. |
51530
|
spirit |
SPIR'IT, n. [L. spiritus, from spiro, to breathe, to blow. The primary sense is to rush or ... |
51531
|
spiritally |
SPIRITALLY, adv. By means of the breath. [Not in use.] |
51532
|
spirited |
SPIRITED, pp.1. Animated; encouraged; incited.2. a. Animated; full of life; lively; full of spirit ... |
51533
|
spiritedly |
SPIRITEDLY, adv. In a lively manner; with spirit; with strength; with animation. |
51534
|
spiritedness |
SPIRITEDNESS, n. 1. Life; animation.2. Disposition or make of mind; used in compounds; as ... |
51535
|
spiritful |
SPIRITFUL, a. Lively; full of spirit. [Not used.] |
51536
|
spiritfully |
SPIRITFULLY, adv. In a lively manner. [Not used.] |
51537
|
spiritfulness |
SPIRITFULNESS, n. Liveliness; sprightliness. [Not used.] |
51538
|
spiritless |
SPIRITLESS, a. 1. Destitute of spirits; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; ... |
51539
|
spiritlessly |
SPIRITLESSLY, adv. Without spirit; without exertion. |
51540
|
spiritlessness |
SPIRITLESSNESS, n. Dullness; want of life or vigor. |
51541
|
spiritous |
SPIRITOUS, a. 1. Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure.More refind, more spiritous and pure.2. Fine ... |
51542
|
spiritousness |
SPIRITOUSNESS, n. A refined state; fineness and activity of parts; as the thinness and ... |
51543
|
spiritual |
SPIRITUAL, a. 1. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as a spiritual substance or ... |
51544
|
spirituality |
SPIRITUALITY, n. 1. Essence distinct from matter; immateriality.If this light be not spiritual, it ... |
51545
|
spiritualization |
SPIRITUALIZATION, n. The act of spiritualizing. In chemistry, the operation of extracting spirit ... |
51546
|
spiritualize |
SPIRITUALIZE, v.i. 1. To refine the intellect; to purify from the feculences of the world; as, to ... |
51547
|
spiritually |
SPIRITUALLY, adv. Without corporeal grossness or sensuality; in a manner conformed to the spirit of ... |
51548
|
spirituous |
SPIRITUOUS, a. 1. Containing spirit; consisting of refined spirit; ardent; as spirituous liquors. ... |
51549
|
spirituousness |
SPIRITUOUSNESS, n. 1. The quality of being spirituous; ardor; heat; stimulating quality; as the ... |
51550
|
spirt |
SPIRT. [See Spurt, the more correct orthography.] |
51551
|
spiry |
SPIRY, a. 1. Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; as the spiry volumes of a serpent.2. Having the ... |
51552
|
spiss |
SPISS, a. [L.] Thick; close; dense. [Not in use.] |
51553
|
spissitude |
SPISSITUDE, n. [supra.] Thickness of soft substances; the denseness or compactness which belongs to ... |
51554
|
spit |
SPIT, n. [G.]1. An iron prong or bar pointed, on which meat is roasted.2. Such depth of earth as is ... |
51555
|
spital |
SPITAL, SPITTEL, n. Corrupted from hospital. Rob not the spital, or charitable foundation. [Vulgar ... |
51556
|
spitchcock |
SPITCHCOCK, v.t. To split an eel lengthwise and broil it.SPITCHCOCK, n. An eel split and broiled. |
51557
|
spite |
SPITE, n. [L.] Hatred; rancor; malice; malignity; malevolence.Spite, however, is not always ... |
51558
|
spited |
SPITED, pp. Hated; vexed. |
51559
|
spiteful |
SPITEFUL, a. Filled with spite; having a desire to vex, annoy or injure; malignant; malicious.--A ... |
51560
|
spitefully |
SPITEFULLY, adv. With a desire to vex, annoy or injure; malignantly; maliciously. |
51561
|
spitefulness |
SPITEFULNESS, n. The desire to vex, annoy or mischief, proceeding from irritation; malice; ... |
51562
|
spitted |
SPITTED, pp. [from spit.] 1. Put upon a spit.2. Shot out into length. |
51563
|
spittel |
SPITAL, SPITTEL, n. Corrupted from hospital. Rob not the spital, or charitable foundation. [Vulgar ... |
51564
|
spitter |
SPITTER, n. 1. One that puts meat on a spit.2. One who ejects saliva from his mouth.3. A young deer ... |
51565
|
spitting |
SPITTING, ppr.1. Putting on a spit.2. Ejecting saliva from the mouth. |
51566
|
spittle |
SPITTLE, n. [from spit.]1. Saliva; the thick moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands ... |
51567
|
spitvenom |
SPITVENOM, n. [spit and venom.] Poison ejected from the mouth. |
51568
|
splanchnology |
SPLANCHNOLOGY, n. [Gr., bowels, discourse.]1. The doctrine of the viscera; or a treatise or ... |
51569
|
splash |
SPLASH, v.t. [formed on plash.] To spatter with water, or with water and mud.SPLASH, v.i. To strike ... |
51570
|
splashy |
SPLASHY, a. Full of dirty water; wet; wet and muddy. |
51571
|
splay |
SPLAY, v.t. [See Display.] 1. To dislocate or break a horses shoulder bone.2. To spread. [Little ... |
51572
|
splayfoot |
SPLAYFOOT, SPLAYFOOTED, a. Having the foot turned outward; having a wide foot. |
51573
|
splayfooted |
SPLAYFOOT, SPLAYFOOTED, a. Having the foot turned outward; having a wide foot. |
51574
|
splaymouth |
SPLAYMOUTH, n. A wide mouth; a mouth stretched by design. |
51575
|
spleen |
SPLEEN, n. [L., Gr.] 1. The milt; a soft part of the viscera of animals, whose use is not well ... |
51576
|
spleened |
SPLEENED, a. Deprived of the spleen. |
51577
|
spleenful |
SPLEENFUL, a. 1. Angry; peevish; fretful.Myself have calmd their spleenful mutiny.2. Melancholy; ... |
51578
|
spleenless |
SPLEENLESS, a. Kind; gentle; mild. |
51579
|
spleenwort |
SPLEENWORT, n. [L.] A plant of the genus Asplenium; miltwaste. |
51580
|
spleeny |
SPLEENY, a. 1. Angry; peevish; fretful.A spleeny Lutheran, and not wholesome to our cause.2. ... |
51581
|
splendent |
SPLENDENT, a. [L., to shine.]1. Shining; glossy; beaming with light; as splendent planets; ... |
51582
|
splendid |
SPLENDID, a. [L., to shine. See Plain.]1. Properly, shining; very bright; as a splendid sun. ... |
51583
|
splendidly |
SPLENDIDLY, adv. 1. With great brightness or brilliant light.2. Magnificently; sumptuously; richly; ... |
51584
|
splendor |
SPLENDOR, n. [L. See Plant and Planet.]1. Great brightness; brilliant luster; as the splendor of ... |
51585
|
splendrous |
SPLENDROUS, a. Having splendor. [Not in use.] |
51586
|
splenetic |
SPLENETIC, a. [L.] Affected with spleen; peevish; fretful.You humor me when I am sick; Why not when ... |
51587
|
splenic |
SPLENIC, a. Belonging to the spleen; as the splenic vein. |
51588
|
splenish |
SPLENISH, a. Affected with spleen; peevish; fretful. |
51589
|
splenitive |
SPLENITIVE, a. Hot; fiery; passionate; irritable. [Not in use.]I am not splenitive and rash. |
51590
|
splent |
SPLENT, n. 1. A callous substance or insensible swelling on the shank-bone of a horse.2. A splint. ... |
51591
|
splice |
SPLICE, SPLISE, v.t. [G.] To separate the strands of the two ends of a rope, and unite them by a ... |
51592
|
splint |
SPLINT, SPLINTER, n. [G.]1. A piece of wood split off; a thin piece (in proportion to its ... |
51593
|
splinter |
SPLINTER, v.i. To be split or rent into long pieces. |
51594
|
splintered |
SPLINTERED, pp. Split into splinters; secured by splints. |
51595
|
splintery |
SPLINTERY, a. Consisting of splinters, or resembling splinters; as the splintery fracture of a ... |
51596
|
splise |
SPLICE, SPLISE, v.t. [G.] To separate the strands of the two ends of a rope, and unite them by a ... |
51597
|
split |
SPLIT, v.t. pret. and pp. split. [G. See Spalt.]1. To divide longitudinally or lengthwise; to ... |
51598
|
splitter |
SPLITTER, n. One who splits. |
51599
|
splitting |
SPLITTING, ppr. Bursting; riving; rending. |
51600
|
splutter |
SPLUTTER, n. A bustle; a stir. [A low word and little used.]SPLUTTER, v.i. To speak hastily and ... |
51601
|
spodumene |
SPODUMENE, n. [Gr., to reduce to ashes.] A mineral, called by Hauy triphane. It occurs in laminated ... |
51602
|
spoil |
SPOIL, v.t. [L., to pull asunder, to tear, to strip, to peel.]1. To plunder; to strip by violence; ... |
51603
|
spoiled |
SPOILED, pp. Plundered; pillaged; corrupted; rendered useless. |
51604
|
spoiler |
SPOILER, n. 1. A plunderer; a pillager; a robber.2. One that corrupts, mars or renders useless. |
51605
|
spoilful |
SPOILFUL, a. Wasteful; rapacious. [Little used.] |
51606
|
spoiling |
SPOILING, ppr. 1. Plundering; pillaging; corrupting; rendering useless.2. Wasting; ... |
51607
|
spoke |
SPOKE, pret. of speak.SPOKE, n. [G., this word, whose radical sense is to shoot or thrust, ... |
51608
|
spoke-shave |
SPOKE-SHAVE, n. A kind of plane to smooth the shells of blocks. |
51609
|
spoken |
SPOKEN, pp. of speak. pron. spokn. |
51610
|
spokesman |
SPOKESMAN, n. [speak, spoke, and man.[ One who speaks for another. He shall be thy spokesman to the ... |
51611
|
spoliate |
SPOLIATE, v.t. [L.] To plunder; to pillage.SPOLIATE, v.i. To practice plunder; to commit robbery. ... |
51612
|
spoliation |
SPOLIATION, n. 1. The act of plundering, particularly of plundering an enemy in time of war.2. The ... |
51613
|
spondaic |
SPONDAIC, SPONDAICAL, a. [See Spondee.] Pertaining to a spondee; denoting two long feet in poetry. |
51614
|
spondaical |
SPONDAIC, SPONDAICAL, a. [See Spondee.] Pertaining to a spondee; denoting two long feet in poetry. |
51615
|
spondee |
SPONDEE, n. [L.] A poetic foot of two long syllables. |
51616
|
spondyl |
SPONDYL, SPONDYLE, n. [L., Gr.] A joint of the back bone; a verteber or vertebra. |
51617
|
spondyle |
SPONDYL, SPONDYLE, n. [L., Gr.] A joint of the back bone; a verteber or vertebra. |
51618
|
sponge |
SPONGE. [See Spunge.] |
51619
|
sponk |
SPONK, n. [a word probably formed on punk.] Touchwood. In Scotland, a match; something dipped in ... |
51620
|
sponsal |
SPONSAL, a. [L., to betroth.] Relating to marriage or to a spouse. |
51621
|
sponsion |
SPONSION, n. [L., to engage.] The act of becoming surety for another. |
51622
|
sponsor |
SPONSOR, n. [L.] A surety; one who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his ... |
51623
|
spontaneity |
SPONTANEITY, n. [L., of free will.] Voluntariness; the quality of being of free will or accord. |
51624
|
spontaneous |
SPONTANEOUS, a. [L., of free will.]1. Voluntary; acting by its own impulse or will without the ... |
51625
|
spontaneously |
SPONTANEOUSLY, adv. 1. Voluntarily; of his own will or accord; used of animals; as, he acts ... |
51626
|
spontaneousness |
SPONTANEOUSNESS, n. 1. Voluntariness; freedom of will; accord unconstrained; applied to animals.2. ... |
51627
|
spontoon |
SPONTOON, n. A kind of half pike; a military weapon borne by officers of infantry. |
51628
|
spool |
SPOOL, n. [G.] A piece of cane or reed, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end; used ... |
51629
|
spoom |
SPOOM, v.i. To be driven swiftly; probably a mistake for spoon. [See Spoon, the verb.] |
51630
|
spoon |
SPOON, n. 1. A small domestic utensil, with a bowl or concave part and a handle, for dipping ... |
51631
|
spoon-bill |
SPOON-BILL, n. [spoon and bill.] A fowl of the grallic order, and genus Platatea, so named from the ... |
51632
|
spoon-drift |
SPOON-DRIFT, n. In seamens language, a showery sprinkling of sea water, swept from the surface in a ... |
51633
|
spoon-meat |
SPOON-MEAT, n. [spoon and meat.] Food that is or must be taken with a spoon; liquid food.Diet most ... |
51634
|
spoon-wort |
SPOON-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Cochlearia; scurvy grass. |
51635
|
spoonful |
SPOONFUL, n. [spoon and full.] 1. As much as a spoon contains or is able to contain; as a tea ... |
51636
|
sporadic |
SPORADIC, SPORADICAL, a. [Gr., separate, scattered; whence certain isles of Greece were called ... |
51637
|
sporadical |
SPORADIC, SPORADICAL, a. [Gr., separate, scattered; whence certain isles of Greece were called ... |
51638
|
sport |
SPORT, n. 1. That which diverts and makes merry; play; game; diversion; also, mirth. The word ... |
51639
|
sporter |
SPORTER, n. One who sports. |
51640
|
sportful |
SPORTFUL, a. 1. Merry; frolicksome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; as a sportful ... |
51641
|
sportfully |
SPORTFULLY, adv. In mirth; in jest; for the sake of diversion; playfully. |
51642
|
sportfulness |
SPORTFULNESS, n. Play; merriment; frolick; a playful disposition; playfulness; as the sportfulness ... |
51643
|
sportive |
SPORTIVE, a. 1. Gay; merry; wanton; frolicksome.Is it I that drive thee from the sportive court?2. ... |
51644
|
sportiveness |
SPORTIVENESS, n. 1. Playfulness; mirth; merriment.2. Disposition to mirth. |
51645
|
sportless |
SPORTLESS, a. Without sport or mirth; joyless. |
51646
|
sportsman |
SPORTSMAN, n. [sport and man.]1. One who pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes and ... |
51647
|
sportulary |
SPORTULARY, a. [L., a basket, an alms-basket.] Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions. ... |
51648
|
sportule |
SPORTULE, n. [L., a little basket.] An alms; a dole; a charitable gift or contribution. [Not in ... |
51649
|
spot |
SPOT, n. [We see this word is of the family of spatter, and that the radical sense is to throw or ... |
51650
|
spotless |
SPOTLESS, a. 1. Free from spots, foul matter or discoloration.2. Free from reproach or impurity; ... |
51651
|
spotlessness |
SPOTLESSNESS, n. Freedom from spot or stain; freedom from reproach. |
51652
|
spotted |
SPOTTED, pp. Marked with spots or places of a different color from the ground; as a spotted beast ... |
51653
|
spottedness |
SPOTTEDNESS, n. The state or quality of being spotted. |
51654
|
spotter |
SPOTTER, n. One that makes spots. |
51655
|
spottiness |
SPOTTINESS, n. The state or quality of being spotty. |
51656
|
spotting |
SPOTTING, ppr. Marking with spots; staining. |
51657
|
spotty |
SPOTTY, a. Full of spots; marked with discolored places. |
51658
|
spousage |
SPOUSAGE, n. [See Spouse.[ The act of espousing. [Not used.] |
51659
|
spousal |
SPOUSAL, a. [from spouse.] Pertaining to marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; connubial; ... |
51660
|
spouse |
SPOUSE, n. [L., to engage.] One engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife. We ... |
51661
|
spoused |
SPOUSED, pp. Wedded; joined in marriage; married; but seldom used. The word used in lieu of it is ... |
51662
|
spouseless |
SPOUSELESS, a. Destitute of a husband or of a wife; as a spouseless king or queen. |
51663
|
spout |
SPOUT, n. [G., to spit, and spotten is to mock, banter, sport. These are of one family; spout ... |
51664
|
spouted |
SPOUTED, pp. Thrown in a stream from a pipe or narrow orifice. |
51665
|
spouting |
SPOUTING, ppr. Throwing in a stream from a pipe or narrow opening; pouring out words violently or ... |
51666
|
sprag |
SPRAG, a. Vigorous; sprightly. [Local.] [Note. In America, this word is, in popular language, ... |
51667
|
sprain |
SPRAIN, v.t. To overstrain the ligaments of a joint; to stretch the ligaments so as to injure them, ... |
51668
|
sprained |
SPRAINED, pp. Injured by excessive straining. |
51669
|
spraining |
SPRAINING, ppr. Injuring by excessive extension. |
51670
|
spraints |
SPRAINTS, n. The dung of an otter. |
51671
|
sprang |
SPRANG, pret. of spring; but sprung is more generally used. |
51672
|
sprat |
SPRAT, n. A small fish of the species Clupea. |
51673
|
sprawl |
SPRAWL, v.i. [The origin and affinities of this word are uncertain. It may be a contracted word.]1. ... |
51674
|
sprawling |
SPRAWLING, ppr. 1. Lying with the limbs awkwardly stretched; creeping with awkward motions; ... |
51675
|
spray |
SPRAY, n. [probably allied to sprig. The radical sense is a shoot.]1. A small shoot or branch; or ... |
51676
|
spread |
SPREAD, SPRED, v.t. pret. and pp. spread or spred. [G., to spread. The more correct orthography is ... |
51677
|
spreader |
SPREADER, SPREDDER, n. 1. One that spreads, extends, expands or propagates; as a spreader of ... |
51678
|
spreading |
SPREADING, SPREDDING, ppr. 1. Extending; expanding; propagating; divulging; dispersing; ... |
51679
|
spred |
SPREAD, SPRED, v.t. pret. and pp. spread or spred. [G., to spread. The more correct orthography is ... |
51680
|
spredder |
SPREADER, SPREDDER, n. 1. One that spreads, extends, expands or propagates; as a spreader of ... |
51681
|
spredding |
SPREADING, SPREDDING, ppr. 1. Extending; expanding; propagating; divulging; dispersing; ... |
51682
|
sprent |
SPRENT, pp. Sprinkled. [See Sprinkle.] |
51683
|
sprig |
SPRIG, n. 1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as a sprig of laurel or of ... |
51684
|
sprig-crystal |
SPRIG-CRYSTAL, n. Crystal found in the form of a hexangular column, adhering to the stone, and ... |
51685
|
sprigged |
SPRIGGED, pp. Wrought with representations of small twigs. |
51686
|
sprigging |
SPRIGGING, ppr. Working with sprigs. |
51687
|
spriggy |
SPRIGGY, a. Full of sprigs or small branches. |
51688
|
spright |
SPRIGHT, SPRITE, n. [G., spirit. It should be written sprite.]1. A spirit; a shade; a soul; an ... |
51689
|
sprightful |
SPRIGHTFUL, a. [This word seems to be formed from the root of sprag, a local word, pronounced in ... |
51690
|
sprightfullly |
SPRIGHTFULLLY, adv. Briskly; vigorously. |
51691
|
sprightfulness |
SPRIGHTFULNESS, n. Briskness; liveliness; vivacity. |
51692
|
sprightless |
SPRIGHTLESS, a. Destitute of life; dull; sluggish; as virtues sprightless cold. |
51693
|
sprightliness |
SPRIGHTLINESS, n. [from sprightly.] Liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; ... |
51694
|
sprightly |
SPRIGHTLY, a. Lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; ... |
51695
|
spring |
SPRING, v.i. pret. sprung, [sprang, not wholly obsolete;] pp. sprung.1. To vegetate and rise out of ... |
51696
|
spring-bok |
SPRING-BOK, n. An African animal of the antelope kind. |
51697
|
spring-halt |
SPRING-HALT, n. [spring and halt.] A kind of lameness in which a horse twitches up his legs. |
51698
|
spring-head |
SPRING-HEAD, n. A fountain or source. [Useless.] |
51699
|
spring-tide |
SPRING-TIDE, n. [spring and tide.] The tide which happens at or soon after the new and full moon, ... |
51700
|
spring-wheat |
SPRING-WHEAT, n. [spring and wheat.] A species of wheat to be sown in the spring; so called in ... |
51701
|
springal |
SPRINGAL, n. A youth. [Not in use.] |
51702
|
springe |
SPRINGE, n. [from spring.] A gin; a noose; which being fastened to an elastic body, is drawn close ... |
51703
|
springer |
SPRINGER, n. 1. One who springs; one that rouses game.2. A name given to the grampus.3. In ... |
51704
|
springiness |
SPRINGINESS, n. [from springy.]1. Elasticity; also, the power of springing.2. The state of ... |
51705
|
springing |
SPRINGING, ppr. Arising; shooting up; leaping; proceeding; rousing.Sprining use, in law, a ... |
51706
|
springle |
SPRINGLE, n. A springe; a noose. [Not in use.] |
51707
|
springy |
SPRINGY, a. [from spring.] 1. Elastic; possessing the power of recovering itself when bent or ... |
51708
|
sprinkle |
SPRINKLE, v.t. [G., L.]1. To scatter; to disperse; as a liquid or a dry substance composed of fine ... |
51709
|
sprinkled |
SPRINKLED, pp.1. Dispersed in small particles, as a liquid or as dust.2. Having a liquid or a fine ... |
51710
|
sprinkler |
SPRINKLER , n. One that sprinkles. |
51711
|
sprinkling |
SPRINKLING, ppr. 1. Dispersing, as a liquid or as dust.2. Scattering on, in fine drops or ... |
51712
|
sprit |
SPRIT, v.t. [G.] To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spirt. [Not in use. ... |
51713
|
sprit-sail |
SPRIT-SAIL, n. [sprit and sail.]1. The sail extended by a sprit.2. A sail attached to a yard which ... |
51714
|
sprite |
SPRITE, n. A spirit. |
51715
|
spriteful |
SPRITEFUL. [See Sprightful.] |
51716
|
spritefully |
SPRITEFULLY. [See Sprightfully.] |
51717
|
spriteliness |
SPRITELINESS. [See Sprightliness.] |
51718
|
spritely |
SPRITELY. [See Sprightly.] |
51719
|
sprod |
SPROD, n. A salmon in its second year. |
51720
|
sprong |
SPRONG, old pret. of spring. [Not in use.] |
51721
|
sprout |
SPROUT, v.i. [G.]1. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots. A grain ... |
51722
|
sprouts |
SPROUTS, n. plu. Young coleworts. |
51723
|
spruce |
SPRUCE, a. Nice; trim; neat without elegance or dignity; formerly applied to things with a serious ... |
51724
|
spruce-beer |
SPRUCE-BEER, n. A kind of beer which is tinctured with spruce, either by means of the essence or by ... |
51725
|
sprucely |
SPRUCELY, adv. With extreme or affected neatness. |
51726
|
spruceness |
SPRUCENESS, n. Neatness without taste or elegance; trimness; fineness; quaintness. |
51727
|
sprue |
SPRUE, n. 1. A matter formed in the mouth in certain diseases.2. In Scotland, that which is thrown ... |
51728
|
sprug |
SPRUG, v.t. To make smart. [Not in use.] |
51729
|
sprung |
SPRUNG, pret. and pp. of spring. The man sprung over the ditch; the mast is sprung; a hero sprung ... |
51730
|
sprunt |
SPRUNT, v.i. To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward. [Not in use.] |
51731
|
spruntly |
SPRUNTLY, adv. Vigorously; youthfully; like a young man. [Not in use.] |
51732
|
spry |
SPRY, a. Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active; vigorous. [This word is in ... |
51733
|
spud |
SPUD, n. 1. A short knife. [Little used.]2. Any short thing; in contempt.3. A tool of the fork ... |
51734
|
spume |
SPUME, n. [L.] Froth; foam; scum; frothy matter raised on liquors or fluid substances by boiling, ... |
51735
|
spumescence |
SPUMESCENCE, n. Frothiness; the state of foaming. |
51736
|
spumous |
SPUMOUS, SPUMY, a. [L.] Consisting of froth or scum; foamy.The spumy waves proclaim the watry ... |
51737
|
spumy |
SPUMOUS, SPUMY, a. [L.] Consisting of froth or scum; foamy.The spumy waves proclaim the watry ... |
51738
|
spun |
SPUN, pret. and pp. of spin. |
51739
|
spun-hay |
SPUN-HAY, n. Hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage on a military expedition. |
51740
|
spun-yarn |
SPUN-YARN, n. Among seamen, a line or cord formed of two or three rope yarns twisted. |
51741
|
spunge |
SPUNGE, n. [L., Gr.] 1. A porous marine substance, found adhering to rocks, shells, &c. Under ... |
51742
|
spunged |
SPUNGED, pp. Wiped with a spunge; wiped out; extinguished. |
51743
|
spunger |
SPUNGER, n. One who uses a spunge; a hanger on. |
51744
|
spungiform |
SPUNGIFORM, a. [spunge and form.] Resembling a spunge; soft and porous; porous. |
51745
|
spunginess |
SPUNGINESS, n. The quality or state of being spungy, or porous like spunge. |
51746
|
spunging-house |
SPUNGING-HOUSE, n. A bailiffs house to put debtors in. |
51747
|
spungious |
SPUNGIOUS, a. Full of small cavities, like a spunge; as spungious bones. |
51748
|
spungy |
SPUNGY, a. 1. Soft and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as a spungy ... |
51749
|
spunk |
SPUNK, n. [probably from punk.]1. Touchwood; wood that readily takes fire. Hence,2. Vulgarly, an ... |
51750
|
spur |
SPUR, n. 1. An instrument having a rowel or little wheel with sharp points, worn on horsemens ... |
51751
|
spur-royal |
SPUR-ROYAL, n. A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV. IN the reign of James I. its ... |
51752
|
spurgall |
SPURGALL, v.t. [spur and gall.] To gall or wound with a spur.SPURGALL, n. A place galled or ... |
51753
|
spurgalled |
SPURGALLED, pp. Galled or hurt by a spur; as a spurgalled hackney. |
51754
|
spurge |
SPURGE, n. [L.] A plant of the genus Euphorbia. |
51755
|
spurge-flax |
SPURGE-FLAX, n. A plant. [L.] |
51756
|
spurge-laurel |
SPURGE-LAUREL, n. The Daphne laureola, a shrub, a native of Europe. |
51757
|
spurge-olive |
SPURGE-OLIVE, n. Mezereon, a shrub of the genus Daphne. |
51758
|
spurge-wort |
SPURGE-WORT, n. A plant. [L.] |
51759
|
spurging |
SPURGING, for purging, not in use. |
51760
|
spurious |
SPURIOUS, a. [L.]1. Not genuine; not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; ... |
51761
|
spuriously |
SPURIOUSLY, adv. Counterfeitly; falsely. |
51762
|
spuriousness |
SPURIOUSNESS, n. 1. The state or quality of being counterfeit, false or not genuine; as the ... |
51763
|
spurling |
SPURLING, n. A small sea fish. |
51764
|
spurling-line |
SPURLING-LINE, n. Among seamen, the line which forms the communication between the wheel and the ... |
51765
|
spurn |
SPURN, v.t. [L., spur, kicking.]1. To kick; to drive back or away, as with the foot.2. To reject ... |
51766
|
spurn-water |
SPURN-WATER, In ships, a channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water. |
51767
|
spurned |
SPURNED, pp. Rejected with disdain; treated with contempt. |
51768
|
spurner |
SPURNER, n. One who spurns. |
51769
|
spurney |
SPURNEY, n. A plant. |
51770
|
spurning |
SPURNING, ppr. Rejecting with contempt. |
51771
|
spurre |
SPURRE, n. A name of the sea swallow. |
51772
|
spurred |
SPURRED, pp. 1. Furnished with spurs.2. a. Wearing spurs, or having shoots like spurs. |
51773
|
spurrer |
SPURRER, n. One who uses spurs. |
51774
|
spurrier |
SPURRIER, n. One whose occupation is to make spurs. |
51775
|
spurry |
SPURRY, n. A plant of the genus Spergula. |
51776
|
spurt |
SPURT, v.t. [The English word has suffered a transposition of letters. It is from the root of ... |
51777
|
spurtle |
SPURTLE, v.t. [from spurt.] To shoot in a scattering manner. [Little used.] |
51778
|
spurway |
SPURWAY, n. [spur and way.] A horse path; a narrow way; a bridle road; a way for a single beast. ... |
51779
|
sputation |
SPUTATION, n. [L., to spit.] The act of spitting. [Not used.] |
51780
|
sputative |
SPUTATIVE, a. [supra.] Spitting much; inclined to spit. [Not used.] |
51781
|
sputter |
SPUTTER, v.i. [L., to spit. It belongs to the root of spout and spit; of the latter it seems to be ... |
51782
|
sputtered |
SPUTTERED, pp. Thrown out in small portions, as liquids; uttered with haste and indistinctness, as ... |
51783
|
sputterer |
SPUTTERER, n. One that sputters. |
51784
|
sputtering |
SPUTTERING, ppr. Emitting in small particles; uttering rapidly and indistinctly; speaking hastily; ... |
51785
|
spy |
SPY, n. 1. A person sent into an enemys camp to inspect their works, ascertain their works, ... |
51786
|
spy-boat |
SPY-BOAT, n. [spy and boat.] A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence. |
51787
|
spy-glass |
SPY-GLASS, n. The popular name of a small telescope, useful in viewing distant objects. |
51788
|
squab |
SQUAB, a. [G., plump, sleek; to be plump or sleek, and to vibrate.]1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky.Nor ... |
51789
|
squab-pie |
SQUAB-PIE, n. [squab and pie.] A pie made of squabs or young pigeons. |
51790
|
squabbish |
SQUABBISH, SQUABBY, a. Thick; fat; heavy. |
51791
|
squabble |
SQUABBLE, v.i. [I know not the origin of this word, but it seems to be from the root of wabble; G., ... |
51792
|
squabbler |
SQUABBLER, n. A contentious person; a brawler. |
51793
|
squabbling |
SQUABBLING, ppr. Scuffling; contending; wrangling. |
51794
|
squabby |
SQUABBISH, SQUABBY, a. Thick; fat; heavy. |
51795
|
squad |
SQUAD, n. A company of armed men; a party learning military exercise; any small party. |
51796
|
squadron |
SQUADRON, n. [L., to square; four.]1. In its primary sense, a square or square form; and hence, a ... |
51797
|
squadroned |
SQUADRONED, a. Formed into squadrons or squares. |
51798
|
squalid |
SQUALID, a. [L., to be foul.] Foul; filthy; extremely dirty. Uncombd his locks, and squalid his ... |
51799
|
squalidness |
SQUALIDNESS, n. Foulness; filthiness. |
51800
|
squall |
SQUALL, v.i. To cry out; to scream or cry violently; as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or ... |
51801
|
squaller |
SQUALLER, n. A screamer; one that cries loud. |
51802
|
squalling |
SQUALLING, ppr. Crying out harshly; screaming. |
51803
|
squally |
SQUALLY, a. 1. Abounding with squalls disturbed often with sudden and violent gust of wind; as ... |
51804
|
squalor |
SQUALOR, n. [L.] Foulness; filthiness; coarseness. |
51805
|
squamiform |
SQUAMIFORM, a. [L., a scale, and form.] Having the form or shape of scales. |
51806
|
squamigerous |
SQUAMIGEROUS, a. [L., to bear.] Bearing or having scales. |
51807
|
squamous |
SQUAMOUS, a. [L.] Scaly; covered with scales; as the squamous cones of the pine. |
51808
|
squander |
SQUANDER, v.t. [G., to turn.]1. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally; to dissipate; ... |
51809
|
squandered |
SQUANDERED, pp. Spent lavishly and without necessity or use; wasted; dissipated, as property. |
51810
|
squanderer |
SQUANDERER, n. One who spends his money prodigally, without necessity or use; a spendthrift; a ... |
51811
|
squandering |
SQUANDERING, ppr. Spending lavishly; wasting. |
51812
|
square |
SQUARE, a. [Gr.]1. Having four equal sides and four right angles; as a square room; a square ... |
51813
|
square-rigged |
SQUARE-RIGGED, a. In seamens language, a vessel is square-rigged when her principal sails are ... |
51814
|
square-sail |
SQUARE-SAIL, n. In seamens language, a sail extended to a yard suspended by the middle. |
51815
|
squareness |
SQUARENESS, n. The state of being square; as an instrument to try the squareness of work. |
51816
|
squarish |
SQUARISH, a. Nearly square. |
51817
|
squarrous |
SQUARROUS, a. [Gr., scurf.] In botany, scurfy or ragged, or full of scales; rough; jagged. A ... |
51818
|
squash |
SQUASH, v.t. [L.] To crush; to beat or press into pulp or a flat mass.SQUASH, n. 1. Someting soft ... |
51819
|
squat |
SQUAT, v.i. 1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as a human being.2. To sit close to the ground; ... |
51820
|
squatt |
SQUATT, n. Among miners, a bed of ore extending but a little distance. |
51821
|
squatter |
SQUATTER, n. 1. One that squats or sits close.2. In the United States, one that settles on new land ... |
51822
|
squeak |
SQUEAK, v.t. [G., to squeak. This word probably belongs to the family of quack.]1. To utter a sharp ... |
51823
|
squeaker |
SQUEAKER, n. One that utters a sharp shrill sound. |
51824
|
squeaking |
SQUEAKING, ppr. Crying with a sharp voice; making a sharp sound; as a squeaking wheel. |
51825
|
squeal |
SQUEAL, v.i. [See Squall.] To cry with a sharp shrill voice. It is used of animals only, and ... |
51826
|
squealing |
SQUEALING, ppr. Uttering a sharp shrill sound or voice; as a squealing pig. |
51827
|
squeamish |
SQUEAMISH, a. [probably from the root of wamble.] Literally, having a stomach that is easily ... |
51828
|
squeamishly |
SQUEAMISHLY, adv. IN a fastidious manner; with too much niceness. |
51829
|
squeamishness |
SQUEAMISHNESS, n. Excessive niceness; vicious delicacy of taste; fastidiousness; excessive ... |
51830
|
squeasiness |
SQUEASINESS, n. Nausea. [Not used.] [See Queasiness.] |
51831
|
squeasy |
SQUEASY, a. Queasy; nice; squeamish; scrupulous. [Not used.] [ See Queasy.] |
51832
|
squeeze |
SQUEEZE, v.t. 1. To press between two bodies; to press closely; as, to squeeze an orange the ... |
51833
|
squeezed |
SQUEEZED, pp. Pressed between bodies; compressed; oppressed. |
51834
|
squeezing |
SQUEEZING, ppr. Pressing; compressing; crowding; oppressing.SQUEEZING, n. 1. The act of pressing; ... |
51835
|
squelch |
SQUELCH, SQUELSH, v.t. To crush. [A low word and not used.] |
51836
|
squelsh |
SQUELCH, SQUELSH, v.t. To crush. [A low word and not used.] |
51837
|
squib |
SQUIB, n. [This word probably belongs to the family of whip; denoting that which is thrown.]1. A ... |
51838
|
squibbing |
SQUIBBING, ppr. Throwing squibs or severe reflections. |
51839
|
squill |
SQUILL, n. [L., a squill, a lobster or prawn.]1. A plant of the genus Scilla. It has a large acrid ... |
51840
|
squinancy |
SQUINANCY, n. The quinsy, which see. [Squinancy is not used.] |
51841
|
squint |
SQUINT, a. 1. Looking obliquely; having the optic axes directed to different objects.2. Looking ... |
51842
|
squint-eyed |
SQUINT-EYED, a. 1. Having eyes that squint; having oblique vision.2. Oblique; indirect; malignant; ... |
51843
|
squintifego |
SQUINTIFEGO, n. Squinting. [A cant word and not to be used.] |
51844
|
squinting |
SQUINTING, ppr. Seeing or looking obliquely; looking by side glances.SQUINTING, n. The act or habit ... |
51845
|
squintingly |
SQUINTINGLY, adv. With an oblique look; by side glances. |
51846
|
squiny |
SQUINY, v.i. To look squint. [A cant word not to be used.] |
51847
|
squir |
SQUIR, v.t. To throw; to thrust; to drive. |
51848
|
squire |
SQUIRE, n. [a popular contraction of esquire. See Esquire.]1. In Great Britain, the title of a ... |
51849
|
squirehood |
SQUIREHOOD, SQUIRESHIP, n. The rank and state of a squire. |
51850
|
squirely |
SQUIRELY, a. Becoming a squire. |
51851
|
squireship |
SQUIREHOOD, SQUIRESHIP, n. The rank and state of a squire. |
51852
|
squirrel |
SQUIRREL, n. [L., Gr., shade, and tail.] A small quadruped of the genus Sciurus, order of Glires, ... |
51853
|
squirt |
SQUIRT, v.t. To eject or drive out of a narrow pipe or orifice, in a stream; as, to squirt ... |
51854
|
squirter |
SQUIRTER, n. One that squirts. [This word in all its forms, is vulgar.]Squirting cucumber, a sort ... |
51855
|
stab |
STAB, v.t. [This word contains the elements, and is probably from the primary sense, of the L., to ... |
51856
|
stabbed |
STABBED, pp. Pierced with a pointed weapon; killed with a spear or other pointed instrument. |
51857
|
stabber |
STABBER, n. One that stabs; a privy murderer. |
51858
|
stabbing |
STABBING, ppr. Piercing with a pointed weapon; killing with a pointed instrument by piercing the ... |
51859
|
stabiliment |
STABILIMENT, n. [L., to make firm. See Stab.] Act of making firm; firm support. They serve for ... |
51860
|
stabilitate |
STABILITATE, v.t. To make stable; to establish. |
51861
|
stability |
STABILITY, n. [L. See Stab.]1. Steadiness; stableness; firmness; strength to stand without being ... |
51862
|
stable |
STABLE, a. [L. The primary sense is set, fixed. See Stab.]1. Fixed; firmly established; not to be ... |
51863
|
stable-boy |
STABLE-BOY, STABLE-MAN, n. A boy or a man who attends at a stable. |
51864
|
stable-man |
STABLE-BOY, STABLE-MAN, n. A boy or a man who attends at a stable. |
51865
|
stabled |
STABLED, pp. Put or kept in a stable. |
51866
|
stableness |
STABLENESS, n. 1. Fixedness; firmness of position or establishment; strength to stand; stability; ... |
51867
|
stablestand |
STABLESTAND, n. [stable and stand.] In law, when man is found at his standing in the forest with a ... |
51868
|
stabling |
STABLING, ppr. Putting or keeping in a stable.STABLING, n. 1. The act or practice of keeping cattle ... |
51869
|
stablish |
STABLISH, v.t. [L. See Stab.] To fix; to settle in a state for permanence; to make firm. [In lieu ... |
51870
|
stably |
STABLY, adv. Firmly; fixedly; steadily; as a government stably settled. |
51871
|
stack |
STACK, n. 1. A large conical pile of hay, grain or straw, sometimes covered with thatch. In ... |
51872
|
stack-yard |
STACK-YARD, n. A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain. |
51873
|
stacked |
STACKED, pp. Piled in a large conical heap. |
51874
|
stacking |
STACKING, ppr. Laying in a large conical heap. |
51875
|
stacking-band |
STACKING-BAND, STACKING-BELT, n. A band or rope used in binding thatch or straw upon a stack. |
51876
|
stacking-belt |
STACKING-BAND, STACKING-BELT, n. A band or rope used in binding thatch or straw upon a stack. |
51877
|
stacking-stage |
STACKING-STAGE, n. A stage used in building stacks. |
51878
|
stacte |
STACTE, n. [L., Gr.] A fatty resinous liquid matter, of the nature of liquid myrrh, very ... |
51879
|
staddle |
STADDLE, n. [G. It belongs to the root of stead, steady.]1. Any thing which serves for support; a ... |
51880
|
staddle-roof |
STADDLE-ROOF, n. The roof or covering of a stack. |
51881
|
stadium |
STADIUM, n. [L., Gr.] 1. A Greek measure of 125 geometrical paces; a furlong.2. The course or ... |
51882
|
stadtholder |
STADTHOLDER, n. Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; or the governor ... |
51883
|
stadtholderate |
STADTHOLDERATE, n. The office of a stadtholder. |
51884
|
staff |
STAFF, n. plu. [G., a bar, a rod. The primary sense is to thrust, to shoot. See Stab.]1. A stick ... |
51885
|
staff-tree |
STAFF-TREE, n. A sort of evergreen privet. It is of the genus Celastrus. |
51886
|
staffish |
STAFFISH, a. Stiff; harsh. [Not in use.] |
51887
|
stag |
STAG, n. [This word belongs to the root of stick, stage, stock. The primary sense is to thrust, ... |
51888
|
stag-beetle |
STAG-BEETLE, n. The Lucanus cervus, a species of insect. |
51889
|
stag-evil |
STAG-EVIL, n. A disease in horses. |
51890
|
stag-worm |
STAG-WORM, n. An insect that is troublesome to deer. |
51891
|
stage |
STAGE, n. [G.] Properly, one step or degree of elevation, and what the French call etage, we call a ... |
51892
|
stage-coach |
STAGE-COACH, n. [stage and coach.] A coach that runs by stages; or a coach that runs regularly ... |
51893
|
stage-play |
STAGE-PLAY, n. [stage and play.] Theatrical entertainment. |
51894
|
stage-player |
STAGE-PLAYER, n. An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the ... |
51895
|
stagely |
STAGELY, a. Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater. [Little used.] |
51896
|
stager |
STAGER, n. 1. A player. [Little used.]2. One that has long acted on the stage of life; a ... |
51897
|
stagery |
STAGERY, n. Exhibition on the stage. [Not in use.] |
51898
|
staggard |
STAGGARD, n. [from stag.] A stag of four years of age. |
51899
|
stagger |
STAGGER, v.t. 1. To reel; to vacillate; to move to one side and the other in standing or walking; ... |
51900
|
stagger-wort |
STAGGER-WORT, n. A plant, ragwort. |
51901
|
staggered |
STAGGERED, pp. Made to reel; made to doubt and waver. |
51902
|
staggering |
STAGGERING, ppr. Causing to reel, to waver or to doubt.STAGGERING, n. 1. The act of reeling.2. The ... |
51903
|
staggeringly |
STAGGERINGLY, adv. 1. In a reeling manner.2. With hesitation or doubt. |
51904
|
staggers |
STAGGERS, n. plu.1. A disease of horses and cattle, attended with reeling or giddiness; also, a ... |
51905
|
stagnancy |
STAGNANCY, n. [See Stagnant.] The state of being without motion, flow or circulation, as in a ... |
51906
|
stagnant |
STAGNANT, a. [L., to be without, a flowing motion.]1. Not flowing; not running in a current or ... |
51907
|
stagnate |
STAGNATE, v.i. [L.]1. To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an ... |
51908
|
stagnation |
STAGNATION, n. 1. The cessation of flowing or circulation of a fluid; or the state of being without ... |
51909
|
stagyrite |
STAGYRITE, n. An appellation given to Aristotle from the place of his birth. |
51910
|
staid |
STAID, pret, and pp. of stay; so written for stayed.1. a. [from stay, to stop.] Sober; grave; ... |
51911
|
staidness |
STAIDNESS, n. Sobriety; gravity; steadiness; regularity; the opposite of wildness.If he sometimes ... |
51912
|
stain |
STAIN, v.t. [L., a sprinkle, a spread, a layer; to spread, expand, sprinkle, or be scattered. ... |
51913
|
stained |
STAINED, pp. Discolored; spotted; dyed; blotted; tarnished. |
51914
|
stainer |
STAINER, n. 1. One who stains, blots or tarnishes.2. A dyer. |
51915
|
staining |
STAINING, ppr. Discoloring; spotting; tarnishing; dyeing. |
51916
|
stainless |
STAINLESS, a. 1. Free from stains or spots.2. Free from the reproach of guilt; free from sin. |
51917
|
stair |
STAIR, n. 1. A step; a stone or a frame of boards or planks by which a person rises one step. A ... |
51918
|
staircase |
STAIRCASE, n. [stair and case.] The part of a building which contains the stairs. Staircases are ... |
51919
|
stake |
STAKE, n. [The primary sense is to shoot, to thrust, hence to set or fix.]1. A small piece of wood ... |
51920
|
stake-head |
STAKE-HEAD, n. In rope-making, a stake with wooden pins in the upper side to keep the strands ... |
51921
|
staked |
STAKED, pp. Fastened or supported by stakes; set or marked with stakes; wagered; put at hazard. |
51922
|
staking |
STAKING, ppr. 1. Supporting with stakes; marking with stakes; wagering; putting at hazard.2. ... |
51923
|
stalactic |
STALACTIC, STALACTICAL, a. [from stalactite.] Pertaining to stalactite; resembling an icicle. |
51924
|
stalactical |
STALACTIC, STALACTICAL, a. [from stalactite.] Pertaining to stalactite; resembling an icicle. |
51925
|
stalactiform |
STALACTIFORM, STALACTITIFORM, a. Like stalactite; resembling an icicle. |
51926
|
stalactite |
STALACTITE, n. [Gr., to drop. L.] A subvariety of carbonate lime, usually in a conical or ... |
51927
|
stalactitic |
STALACTITIC, a. In the form of stalactite, or pendent substances like icicles. |
51928
|
stalactitiform |
STALACTIFORM, STALACTITIFORM, a. Like stalactite; resembling an icicle. |
51929
|
stalagmite |
STALAGMITE, n. [L., a drop. Gr.] A deposit of earthy or calcarious matter, formed by drops on the ... |
51930
|
stalagmitic |
STALAGMITIC, a. Having the form of stalagmite. |
51931
|
stalagmitically |
STALAGMITICALLY, adv. In the form or manner of stalagmite. |
51932
|
stalder |
STALDER, n. A wooden frame to set casks on. [Not used in the United States.] |
51933
|
stale |
STALE, a. [I do not find this word in the other Teutonic dialects. It is probably from the root of ... |
51934
|
stalely |
STALELY, adv. Of old; of a long time. |
51935
|
staleness |
STALENESS, n. 1. The state of being stale; vapidness; the state of having lost the life or flavor; ... |
51936
|
stalk |
STALK, n. [G., a handle, and a stalk or stem. Gr. from the root of stall; to set.]1. The stem, culm ... |
51937
|
stalked |
STALKED, a. Having a stalk. |
51938
|
stalker |
STALKER, n. One who walks with a proud step; also, a kind of fishing net. |
51939
|
stalking |
STALKING, ppr. Walking with proud or lofty steps. |
51940
|
stalking-horse |
STALKING-HORSE, n. A horse, real or factitious, behind which a fowler conceals himself from the ... |
51941
|
stalky |
STALKY, a. Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk. |
51942
|
stall |
STALL, n. [G., to set, that is, to throw down, to thrust down. See Still.]1. Primarily, a stand; a ... |
51943
|
stall-fed |
STALL-FED, pp. Fed on dry fodder, or fattened in a stall or stable. [See Stallfeed.] |
51944
|
stall-feed |
STALL-FEED, v.t. [stall and feed.] To feed and fatten in a stable or on dry fodder; as, to ... |
51945
|
stall-feeding |
STALL-FEEDING, ppr. Feeding and fattening in the stable. |
51946
|
stall-worn |
STALL-WORN, in Shakespeare, Johnson thinks a mistake for stall-worth, stout. His stall-worn steed ... |
51947
|
stallage |
STALLAGE, n. 1. The right of erecting stalls in fairs; or rent paid for a stall.2. In old books, ... |
51948
|
stallation |
STALLATION, n. Installation. [Not used.] |
51949
|
stallion |
STALLION, n. [G.] A stone horse; a seed horse; or any male horse not castrated, whether kept for ... |
51950
|
stamen |
STAMEN, n. plu. stamens or stamina. [L. This word belong to the root of sto, stabilis, or of ... |
51951
|
stamened |
STAMENED, a. Furnished with stamens. |
51952
|
stamin |
STAMIN, n. A slight woolen stuff. |
51953
|
staminal |
STAMINAL, a. Pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens or stamina. |
51954
|
staminate |
STAMINATE, a. Consisting of stamens.STAMINATE, v.t. To endue with stamina. |
51955
|
stamineous |
STAMINEOUS, a. [L.]1. Consisting of stamens or filaments. Stamineous flowers have no corol; they ... |
51956
|
staminiferous |
STAMINIFEROUS, a. [L., to bear.] A staminiferous flower is one which has stamens without a pistil. ... |
51957
|
stammel |
STAMMEL, n. 1. A species of red color.2. A kind of woolen cloth. [See Stamin.] |
51958
|
stammer |
STAMMER, v.i. Literally, to stop in uttering syllables or words; to stutter; to hesitate or falter ... |
51959
|
stammerer |
STAMMERER, n. One that stutters or hesitates in speaking. |
51960
|
stammering |
STAMMERING, ppr. 1. Stopping or hesitating in the uttering of syllables and words; stuttering.2. a. ... |
51961
|
stammeringly |
STAMMERINGLY, adv. With stops or hesitation in speaking. |
51962
|
stamp |
STAMP, v.t. [G.] In a general sense, to strike; to beat; to press. Hence, 1. To strike or beat ... |
51963
|
stamp-duty |
STAMP-DUTY, n. [stamp and duty.] A duty or tax imposed on paper and parchment, the evidence of the ... |
51964
|
stamped |
STAMPED, pp. Impressed with a mark or figure; coined; imprinted; deeply fixed. |
51965
|
stamper |
STAMPER, n. An instrument for pounding or stamping. |
51966
|
stamping |
STAMPING, ppr. Impressing with a mark or figure; coining; imprinting. |
51967
|
stamping-mill |
STAMPING-MILL, n. An engine used in tin works for breaking or bruising ore. |
51968
|
stan |
STAN, as a termination, is said to have expressed the superlative degree; as in Athelstan, most ... |
51969
|
stanch |
STANCH, v.t. In a general sense, to stop; to set or fix; but applied only to the blood; to stop the ... |
51970
|
stanched |
STANCHED, pp. Stopped or restrained from flowing. |
51971
|
stancher |
STANCHER, n. He or that which stops the flowing of blood. |
51972
|
stanching |
STANCHING, ppr. Stopping the flowing of blood. |
51973
|
stanchion |
STANCHION, n. [See Stanch.] A prop or support; a piece of timber int he form of a stake or post, ... |
51974
|
stanchless |
STANCHLESS, a. That cannot be stanched or stopped. |
51975
|
stanchness |
STANCHNESS, n. Soundness; firmness in principle; closeness of adherence. |
51976
|
stand |
STAND, v.i. pret. and pp. stood. [This verb, if from the root of G., is a derivative from the noun, ... |
51977
|
stand-crop |
STAND-CROP, n. A plant. |
51978
|
standard |
STANDARD, n. [G., sort, kind.]1. An ensign of war; a staff with a flag or colors. The troops repair ... |
51979
|
standard-bearer |
STANDARD-BEARER, n. [standard and bear.] An officer of an army, company or troop, that bears a ... |
51980
|
standel |
STANDEL, n. A tree of long standing. [Not used.] |
51981
|
stander |
STANDER, n. 1. One who stands.2. A tree that has stood long. [Not used.] |
51982
|
stander-by |
STANDER-BY, n. One that stands near; one that is present; a mere spectator. [We now more generally ... |
51983
|
stander-grass |
STANDER-GRASS, n. A plant. [L.] |
51984
|
standing |
STANDING, ppr. 1. Being on the feet; being erect. [See Stand.]2. Moving in a certain direction to ... |
51985
|
standish |
STANDISH, n. [stand and dish.] A case for pen and ink.I bequeath to Dean Swift my large silver ... |
51986
|
stane |
STANE, n. A stone. [Local.] [See Stone.] |
51987
|
stang |
STANG, n. [G.]1. A pole, rod or perch; a measure of land. [Not in use.]2. A long bar; a pole; a ... |
51988
|
stank |
STANK, a. Weak; worn out. [Not in use.]STANK, v.i. To sigh. [Not used.]STANK, old pret. of stink. ... |
51989
|
stannary |
STANNARY, a. [L. See Tin.] Relating to the tin works; as stannary courts.STANNARY, n. A tin mine. |
51990
|
stannel |
STANNEL, STANYEL, n. The kestrel, a species of hawk; called also stone-gall and wind-hover. |
51991
|
stannic |
STANNIC, a. Pertaining to tin; procured from tin; as the stannic acid. |
51992
|
stanting |
SLANT, STANTING, a. Sloping; oblique; inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or ... |
51993
|
stanyel |
STANNEL, STANYEL, n. The kestrel, a species of hawk; called also stone-gall and wind-hover. |
51994
|
stanza |
STANZA, n. In poetry, a number of lines or verses connected with each other, and ending in a full ... |
51995
|
stapazin |
STAPAZIN, n. A bird, a species of warbler. |
51996
|
staple |
STAPLE, n. [G., a stake, a pile or heap, a staple, stocks, a mart. The primary sense of the root is ... |
51997
|
stapler |
STAPLER, n. A dealer; as a wool stapler. |
51998
|
star |
STAR, n. 1. An apparently small luminous body in the heavens, that appears in the night, or when ... |
51999
|
star-apple |
STAR-APPLE, n. A globular or olive-shaped fleshy fruit, inclosing a stone of the same shape. It ... |
52000
|
star-chamber |
STAR-CHAMBER, n. Formerly, a court of criminal jurisdiction in England. This court was abolished by ... |
52001
|
star-fish |
STAR-FISH, n. [star and fish.] The sea star or asterias, a genus of marine animals or zoophytes, so ... |
52002
|
star-flower |
STAR-FLOWER, n. A plant, a species of Ornithogalum. A plant of the genus Stellaria. |
52003
|
star-grass |
STAR-GRASS, n. [star and grass.] Starry duck meat, a plant of the genus Callitriche. |
52004
|
star-hawk |
STAR-HAWK, n. A species of hawk so called. |
52005
|
star-hyacinth |
STAR-HYACINTH, n. A plant of the genus Scilla. |
52006
|
star-jelly |
STAR-JELLY, n. A plant, the Tremella, one of the Fungi; also, star-shoot, a gelatinous substance. |
52007
|
star-paved |
STAR-PAVED, a. [star and paved.] Studed with stars. The road of heaven star-paved. |
52008
|
star-proof |
STAR-PROOF, a. [star and proof.] Impervious to the light of the stars; as a star-proof elm. |
52009
|
star-read |
STAR-READ, n. [star and read.] Doctrine of the stars; astronomy. [Not in use.] |
52010
|
star-shoot |
STAR-SHOOT, n. [star and shoot.] That which is emitted from a star.I have seen a good quantity of ... |
52011
|
star-stone |
STAR-STONE, n. Asteria, a kind of extraneous fossil, consisting of regular joints, each of which is ... |
52012
|
star-thistle |
STAR-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Centaurea. |
52013
|
star-wort |
STAR-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Aster, and another of the genus Iridax. The yellow star-wort is ... |
52014
|
starboard |
STARBOARD, n. [G., the rudder or helm. I know not from what particular construction of a vessel the ... |
52015
|
starch |
STARCH, n. [G., strength, starch; strong. See Stare and Steer.] A substance used to stiffen linen ... |
52016
|
starched |
STARCHED, pp. 1. Stiffened with starch.2. a. Stiff; precise; formal. |
52017
|
starchedness |
STARCHEDNESS, n. Stiffness in manners; formality. |
52018
|
starcher |
STARCHER, n. One who starches, or whose occupation is to starch. |
52019
|
starching |
STARCHING, ppr. Stiffening with starch. |
52020
|
starchly |
STARCHLY, adv. With stiffness of manner; preciseness. |
52021
|
starchness |
STARCHNESS, n. Stiffness of manner; preciseness. |
52022
|
starchy |
STARCHY, a. Stiff; precise. |
52023
|
stare |
STARE, n. A bird, the starling.STARE, v.i. The sense then is to open or extend, and it seems to be ... |
52024
|
starer |
STARER, n. One who stares or gazes. |
52025
|
stargazer |
STARGAZER, n. [star and gazer.] One who gazes at the stars; a term of contempt for an astrologer, ... |
52026
|
stargazing |
STARGAZING, n. The act or practice of observing the stars with attention; astrology. |
52027
|
staring |
STARING, ppr. Gazing; looking with fixed eyes. |
52028
|
stark |
STARK, a. [G., stark, stiff, strong; formed on the root of the G., stiff, rigid. See Starch and ... |
52029
|
starkly |
STARKLY, adv. Stiffly; strongly. |
52030
|
starless |
STARLESS, a. Having no stars visible or no starlight; as a starless night. |
52031
|
starlight |
STARLIGHT, n. [star and light.] The light proceeding from the stars.Nor walk by moon or glittering ... |
52032
|
starlike |
STARLIKE, a. [star and like.]1. Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star; as starlike ... |
52033
|
starling |
STARLING, n. 1. A bird, the stare, of the genus Sturnus.2. A defense to the piers of bridges. |
52034
|
starost |
STAROST, n. In Poland, a feudatory; one who holds a fief. |
52035
|
starosty |
STAROSTY, n. A fief; an estate held by feudal service. |
52036
|
starred |
STARRED, pp. or a. [from star.]1. Adorned or studded with stars; as the starred queen of ... |
52037
|
starring |
STARRING, ppr. or a. 1. Adorning with stars.2. Shining; bright; sparkling; as starring comets. [Not ... |
52038
|
starry |
STARRY, a. [from star.]1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars.Above the clouds, above the ... |
52039
|
start |
START, v.t. 1. To move suddenly, as if by a twitch; as, to start in sleep or by a sudden spasm.2. ... |
52040
|
started |
STARTED, pp. Suddenly roused or alarmed; poured out, as a liquid; discovered; proposed; produced to ... |
52041
|
starter |
STARTER, n. 1. One that starts; one that shrinks from his purpose.2. One that suddenly moves or ... |
52042
|
startful |
STARTFUL, a. Apt to start; skittish. |
52043
|
startfulness |
STARTFULNESS, n. Aptness to start. |
52044
|
starting |
STARTING, ppr. Moving suddenly; shrinking; rousing; commencing, as a journey, &c.STARTING, n. The ... |
52045
|
starting-hole |
STARTING-HOLE, n. A loophole; evasion. |
52046
|
starting-post |
STARTING-POST, n. [start and post.] A post, stake, barrier or place from which competitors in a ... |
52047
|
startingly |
STARTINGLY, adv. By sudden fits or starts. |
52048
|
startish |
STARTISH, a. Apt to start; skittish; shy. |
52049
|
startle |
STARTLE, v.i. [dim. of start.] To shrink; to move suddenly or be excited on feeling a sudden ... |
52050
|
startled |
STARTLED, pp. Suddenly moved or shocked by an impression of fear or surprise. |
52051
|
startling |
STARTLING, ppr. Suddenly impressing with fear or surprise. |
52052
|
startup |
STARTUP, n. [start and up.]1. One that comes suddenly into notice. [Not used. We use upstart.]2. A ... |
52053
|
starve |
STARVE, v.i. [G., to die, either by disease or hunger, or by a wound.]1. To perish; to be ... |
52054
|
starved |
STARVED, pp. 1. Killed with hunger; subdued by hunger; rendered poor by want.2. Killed by cold. ... |
52055
|
starveling |
STARVELING, a. starvling. Hungry; lean; pining with want.STARVELING, n. starvling. An animal or ... |
52056
|
starving |
STARVING, ppr. 1. Perishing with hunger; killing with hunger; rendering lean and poor by want of ... |
52057
|
statary |
STATARY, a. [from state.] Fixed; settled. [Not in use.] |
52058
|
state |
STATE, n. [L., to stand, to be fixed.]1. Condition; the circumstances of a being or thing at any ... |
52059
|
state-monger |
STATE-MONGER, n. [state and monger.] One versed in politics, or one that dabbles in state affairs. |
52060
|
state-room |
STATE-ROOM, n. [state and room.]1. A magnificent room in a palace or great house.2. An apartment ... |
52061
|
stated |
STATED, pp. 1. Expressed or represented; told; recited.2. a. Settled; established; regular; ... |
52062
|
statedly |
STATEDLY, adv. Regularly; at certain times; not occasionally. It is one of the distinguishing marks ... |
52063
|
stateless |
STATELESS, a. Without pomp. |
52064
|
stateliness |
STATELINESS, n. [from stately.] 1. Grandeur; loftiness of mien or manner; majestic appearance; ... |
52065
|
stately |
STATELY, a. 1. Lofty; dignified; majestic; as stately manners; a stately gait.2. Magnificent; ... |
52066
|
statement |
STATEMENT, n. 1. The act of stating, reciting or presenting verbally or on paper.2. A series of ... |
52067
|
stater |
STATER, n. Another name of the daric, an ancient silver coin weighing about four Attic drachmas, ... |
52068
|
states |
STATES, n. plu. Nobility. |
52069
|
statesman |
STATESMAN, n. [state and man.]1. A man versed in the arts of government; usually, one eminent for ... |
52070
|
statesmanship |
STATESMANSHIP, n. The qualifications or employments of a statesman. |
52071
|
stateswoman |
STATESWOMAN, n. A woman who meddles in public affairs; in contempt. |
52072
|
static |
STATIC, STATICAL, a. [See Statics.] Relating to the science of weighing bodies; as a static balance ... |
52073
|
statical |
STATIC, STATICAL, a. [See Statics.] Relating to the science of weighing bodies; as a static balance ... |
52074
|
statics |
STATICS, n. [L., Gr.]1. That branch of mechanics which treats of bodies at rest. Dynamics treats of ... |
52075
|
station |
STATION, n. [L.]1. The act of standing.Their manner was to stand at prayer--on which their meetings ... |
52076
|
station-bill |
STATION-BILL, n. In seamens language, a list containing the appointed posts of the ships company, ... |
52077
|
stational |
STATIONAL, a. Pertaining to a station. |
52078
|
stationary |
STATIONARY, a. 1. Fixed; not moving, progressive or regressive; not appearing to move. The sun ... |
52079
|
stationer |
STATIONER, n. [from station, a state.] A bookseller; one who sells books, paper, quills, inkstands, ... |
52080
|
stationery |
STATIONERY, n. The articles usually sold by stationers, as paper, ink, quills; &c.STATIONERY, a. ... |
52081
|
statist |
STATIST, n. [from state.] A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government.Statists indeed, and ... |
52082
|
statistic |
STATISTIC, STATISTICAL, a. [from state or statist.] Pertaining to the state of society, the ... |
52083
|
statistical |
STATISTIC, STATISTICAL, a. [from state or statist.] Pertaining to the state of society, the ... |
52084
|
statistics |
STATISTICS, n. A collection of facts respecting the state of society, the condition of the people ... |
52085
|
statuary |
STATUARY, n. [L., a statue; to set.]1. The art of carving images as representatives of real persons ... |
52086
|
statue |
STATUE, n. [L., to set; that which is set or fixed.] An image; a solid substance formed by carving ... |
52087
|
statuminate |
STATUMINATE, v.t. [L.] To prop or support. [Not in use.] |
52088
|
stature |
STATURE, n. [L., to set.] The natural highth of an animal body. It is more generally used of the ... |
52089
|
statured |
STATURED, a. Arrived at full stature. [Little used.] |
52090
|
statutable |
STATUTABLE, a. [from statute.]1. Made or introduced by statute; proceeding from an act of the ... |
52091
|
statutably |
STATUTABLY, adv. In a manner agreeable to statute. |
52092
|
statute |
STATUTE, [L., to set.]1. An act of the legislature of a state that extends its binding force to all ... |
52093
|
statute-merchant |
STATUTE-MERCHANT, n. In English law, a bond of record pursuant to the Stat. 13 Edw. 1. acknowledged ... |
52094
|
statute-staple |
STATUTE-STAPLE, n. A bond of record acknowledged before the mayor of the staple, by virtue of which ... |
52095
|
statutory |
STATUTORY, a. Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as a statutory provision ... |
52096
|
staurolite |
STAUROLITE, STAUROTIDE, n. [Gr., a cross, a stone.] The granatit of Werner or grenatite of Jameson; ... |
52097
|
staurotide |
STAUROLITE, STAUROTIDE, n. [Gr., a cross, a stone.] The granatit of Werner or grenatite of Jameson; ... |
52098
|
stave |
STAVE, n. [from staff. It has the sound of a, as in save.]1. A thin narrow piece of timber, of ... |
52099
|
staves |
STAVES, plu. of staff, when applied to a stick, is pronounced with a as in ask, the Italian sound. |
52100
|
staw |
STAW, v.i. To be fixed or set. [Not in use or local.] |
52101
|
stay |
STAY, v.i. pret. staid, for stayed. [L., to stand.]1. To remain; to continue in a place; to abide ... |
52102
|
stay-sail |
STAY-SAIL, n. [stay and sail.] Any sail extended on a stay. |
52103
|
stay-tackle |
STAY-TACKLE, n. [stay and tackle.] A large tackle attached to the main-stay by means of a pendant, ... |
52104
|
stayed |
STAYED, pp. Staid; fixed; settle; sober. It is now written staid, which see. |
52105
|
stayedly |
STAYEDLY, adv. Composedly; gravely; moderately; prudently; soberly. [Little used.] |
52106
|
stayedness |
STAYEDNESS, n. 1. Moderation; gravity; sobriety; prudence. [See Staidness.]2. Solidity; weight. ... |
52107
|
stayer |
STAYER, n. One that stops or restrains; one who upholds or supports; that which props. |
52108
|
staylace |
STAYLACE, n. A lace for fastening the bodice in female dress. |
52109
|
stayless |
STAYLESS, a. Without stop or delay. [Little used.] |
52110
|
staymaker |
STAYMAKER, n. One whose occupation is to make stays. |
52111
|
stays |
STAYS, n. plu.1. A bodice; a kind of waistcoat stiffened with whalebone or other thing, worn by ... |
52112
|
stead |
STEAD, STED, n. [G. See Stay.]1. Place; in general.Fly this fearful stead. [In this sense not ... |
52113
|
steadfast |
STEADFAST, STEDFAST, a. [stead and fast.]1. Fast fixed; firm; firmly fixed or established; as the ... |
52114
|
steadfastly |
STEADFASTLY, STEDFASTLY, adv. Firmly; with constancy or steadiness of mind.Steadfastly believe that ... |
52115
|
steadfastness |
STEADFASTNESS, STEDFASTNESS, n.1. Firmness of standing; fixedness in place.2. Firmness of mind or ... |
52116
|
steadily |
STEADILY, STEDDILY, adv. 1. With firmness of standing or position; without tottering, shaking or ... |
52117
|
steadiness |
STEADINESS, STEDDINESS, n. 1. Firmness of standing or position; a state of being not tottering or ... |
52118
|
steady |
STEADY, STEDDY, a. 1. Firm in standing or position; fixed; not tottering or shaking; applicable to ... |
52119
|
steak |
STEAK, n. [G., a piece.] A slice of beef or pork broiled, or cut for broiling. [As far as my ... |
52120
|
steal |
STEAL, v.t. pret. stole; pp. stolen, stole. [G. L, to take, to lift.]1. To take and carry away ... |
52121
|
stealer |
STEALER, n. One that steals; a thief. |
52122
|
stealing |
STEALING, ppr. Taking the goods of another feloniously; withdrawing imperceptibly; gaining ... |
52123
|
stealingly |
STEALINGLY, adv. Slyly; privately, or by an invisible motion. [Little used.] |
52124
|
stealth |
STEALTH, n. stelth. 1. The act of stealing; theft.The owner proveth the stealth to have been ... |
52125
|
stealthy |
STEALTHY, a. Stelthy. Done by stealth; clandestine; unperceived.Now witherd murder with his ... |
52126
|
steam |
STEAM, n. 1. The vapor of water; or the elastic, aeriform fluid generated by heating water to the ... |
52127
|
steam-boat |
STEAM-BOAT, STEAM-VESSEL, n. A vessel propelled through the water by steam. |
52128
|
steam-boiler |
STEAM-BOILER, n. A boiler for steaming food for cattle. |
52129
|
steam-engine |
STEAM-ENGINE, n. An engine worked by steam. |
52130
|
steam-vessel |
STEAM-BOAT, STEAM-VESSEL, n. A vessel propelled through the water by steam. |
52131
|
steamed |
STEAMED, pp. Exposed to steam; cooked or dressed by steam. |
52132
|
steaming |
STEAMING, ppr. Exposing to steam; cooking or dressing by steam; preparing for cattle by steam, as ... |
52133
|
stean |
STEAN, for stone. [Not in use.] |
52134
|
stearin |
STEARIN, n. One of the proximate elements of animal fat, as lard, tallow, &c. The various kinds of ... |
52135
|
steatite |
STEATITE, n. [Gr., fat.] Soapstone; so called from its smooth or unctuous feel; a subspecies of ... |
52136
|
steatitic |
STEATITIC, a. Pertaining to soapstone; of the nature of steatite, or resembling it. |
52137
|
steatocele |
STEATOCELE, n. [Gr., fat, a tumor.] A swelling of the scrotum, containing fat. |
52138
|
steatoma |
STEATOMA, n. [Gr.] A species of tumor containing matter like suet. |
52139
|
sted |
STED, STEDFAST. [See Stead.] |
52140
|
steddily |
STEADILY, STEDDILY, adv. 1. With firmness of standing or position; without tottering, shaking or ... |
52141
|
steddiness |
STEADINESS, STEDDINESS, n. 1. Firmness of standing or position; a state of being not tottering or ... |
52142
|
steddy |
STEADY, STEDDY, a. 1. Firm in standing or position; fixed; not tottering or shaking; applicable to ... |
52143
|
stedfast |
STEADFAST, STEDFAST, a. [stead and fast.]1. Fast fixed; firm; firmly fixed or established; as the ... |
52144
|
stedfastly |
STEADFASTLY, STEDFASTLY, adv. Firmly; with constancy or steadiness of mind.Steadfastly believe that ... |
52145
|
stedfastness |
STEADFASTNESS, STEDFASTNESS, n.1. Firmness of standing; fixedness in place.2. Firmness of mind or ... |
52146
|
steed |
STEED, n. A horse, or a hose for state or war. [This word is not much used in common discourse. It ... |
52147
|
steel |
STEEL, n. [G.]1. Iron combined with a small portion of carbon; iron refined and hardened, used in ... |
52148
|
steeled |
STEELED, pp. Pointed or edged with steel; hardened; made insensible. |
52149
|
steeliness |
STEELINESS, n. [from steely. ] Great hardness. |
52150
|
steeling |
STEELING, ppr. Pointing or edging with steel; hardening; making insensible or unfeeling. |
52151
|
steely |
STEELY, a. 1. Made of steel; consisting of steel.Broachd with the steely point of Cliffords ... |
52152
|
steelyard |
STEELYARD, n. [steel and yard.] The Roman balance; an instrument for weighing bodies, consisting of ... |
52153
|
steen |
STEEN, STEAN, n. A vessel of clay or stone. [Not in use.] |
52154
|
steenkirk |
STEENKIRK, n. A cant term for a neck-cloth. [Not now in use.] |
52155
|
steep |
STEEP, a. Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending with a great ... |
52156
|
steeped |
STEEPED, pp. Soaked; macerated; imbued. |
52157
|
steeper |
STEEPER, n. A vessel, vat or cistern in which things are steeped. |
52158
|
steeping |
STEEPING, ppr. Soaking; macerating. |
52159
|
steeple |
STEEPLE, n. A turret of a church, ending in a point; a spire. It differs from a tower, which ... |
52160
|
steeple-house |
STEEPLE-HOUSE, n. A church. [Not in use.] |
52161
|
steepled |
STEEPLED, a. Furnished with a steeple; adorned with steeples or towers. |
52162
|
steeply |
STEEPLY, adv. With steepness; with precipitous declivity. |
52163
|
steepness |
STEEPNESS, n. The state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as the steepness of a hill, a bank ... |
52164
|
steepy |
STEEPY, a. Having a steep or precipitous declivity; as steepy crags; a poetical word.No more, my ... |
52165
|
steer |
STEER, n. A young male of the ox kind or common ox. It is rendered in Dutch, a bull; but in the ... |
52166
|
steerage |
STEERAGE, n. 1. The act or practice of directing and governing in a course; as the steerage of a ... |
52167
|
steerage-way |
STEERAGE-WAY, n. In seamens language, that degree of progressive movement of a ship, which renders ... |
52168
|
steered |
STEERED, pp. Directed and governed in a course; guided; conducted. |
52169
|
steerer |
STEERER, n. One that steers; a pilot. [Little used.] |
52170
|
steering |
STEERING, ppr. Directing and governing in a course, as a ship; guiding; conducting.STEERING, n. The ... |
52171
|
steering-wheel |
STEERING-WHEEL, n. The wheel by which the rudder of a ship is turned and the ship steered. |
52172
|
steerless |
STEERLESS, a. Having no steer or rudder. [Not in use.] |
52173
|
steersman |
STEERSMAN, n. [steer and man.] One that steers; the helmsman of a ship. |
52174
|
steersmate |
STEERSMATE, n. [steer and mate.] One who steers; a pilot. [Not in use.] |
52175
|
steeving |
STEEVING, n. In seamens language, the angle of elevation which a ships bowsprit makes with the ... |
52176
|
steg |
STEG, n. A gander. [Local.] |
52177
|
steganographist |
STEGANOGRAPHIST, n. [Gr., secret, and to write.] One who practices the art of writing in cipher. |
52178
|
steganography |
STEGANOGRAPHY, n. [supra.] The art of writing in ciphers or characters which are not intelligible, ... |
52179
|
stegnotic |
STEGNOTIC, a. [Gr.] Tending to bind or render costive.STEGNOTIC, n. A medicine proper to stop the ... |
52180
|
steinheilite |
STEINHEILITE, n. A mineral, a variety or iolite. |
52181
|
stele |
STELE, n. A stale or handle; a stalk. |
52182
|
stelechite |
STELECHITE, n. A fine kind of storax, in larger pieces than the calamite. |
52183
|
stellar |
STELLAR, STELLARY, a. [L., a star.]1. Pertaining to stars; astral; as stellar virute; stellar ... |
52184
|
stellary |
STELLAR, STELLARY, a. [L., a star.]1. Pertaining to stars; astral; as stellar virute; stellar ... |
52185
|
stellate |
STELLATE, STELLATED, a. [L.]1. Resembling a star; radiated. 2. In botany, stellate or verticillate ... |
52186
|
stellated |
STELLATE, STELLATED, a. [L.]1. Resembling a star; radiated. 2. In botany, stellate or verticillate ... |
52187
|
stellation |
STELLATION, n. [L., a star.] Radiation of light. [Not in use.] |
52188
|
stelled |
STELLED, a. Starry. [Not in use.] |
52189
|
stelliferous |
STELLIFEROUS, a. [L., a star; to produce.] Having or abounding with stars. |
52190
|
stelliform |
STELLIFORM, a. [L., a star; to produce.] Like a star; radiated. |
52191
|
stellify |
STELLIFY, v.t. To turn into a star. [Not in use.] |
52192
|
stellion |
STELLION, n. [L.] A newt. |
52193
|
stellionate |
STELLIONATE, n. [Low L.] In law, the crime of selling a thing deceitfully for what it is not, as to ... |
52194
|
stellite |
STELLITE, n. [L., a star.] A name given by some writers to a white stone found on Mount Libanus, ... |
52195
|
stelochite |
STELOCHITE, n. A name given to the osteocolla. |
52196
|
stelography |
STELOGRAPHY, n. [Gr., a pillar; to write.] The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars. |
52197
|
stem |
STEM, n. [G., stock, stem, race. The primary sense is to set, to fix.]1. The principal body of a ... |
52198
|
stem-clasping |
STEM-CLASPING, a. Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole. |
52199
|
stem-leaf |
STEM-LEAF, n. A leaf inserted into the stem. |
52200
|
stemless |
STEMLESS, a. Having no stem. |
52201
|
stemmed |
STEMMED, pp. Opposed, as a current; stopped. |
52202
|
stemming |
STEMMING, ppr. Opposing, as a stream; stopping. |
52203
|
stemple |
STEMPLE, n. In mining, a cross bar of wood in a shaft. |
52204
|
stench |
STENCH, n. [See Stink.] An ill smell; offensive odor.STENCH, v.t. 1. To cause to emit a hateful ... |
52205
|
stenchy |
STENCHY, a. Having an offensive smell. [Not in use.] |
52206
|
stencil |
STENCIL, n. A piece of thin lether or oil cloth, used in painting paper hangings.STENCIL, v.t. To ... |
52207
|
stenographer |
STENOGRAPHER, n. [Gr., close, narrow; to write.] One who is skilled in the art of short hand ... |
52208
|
stenographic |
STENOGRAPHIC, STENOGRAPHICAL, a. [supra.] Pertaining to the art of writing in short hand; ... |
52209
|
stenographical |
STENOGRAPHIC, STENOGRAPHICAL, a. [supra.] Pertaining to the art of writing in short hand; ... |
52210
|
stenography |
STENOGRAPHY, n. [supra.] The art of writing in short hand by using abbreviations or characters for ... |
52211
|
stent |
STENT, for stint. [See Stint.] |
52212
|
stentorian |
STENTORIAN, a. [from Stentor.] 1. Extremely loud; as a stentorian voice.2. Able to utter a very ... |
52213
|
stentorophonic |
STENTOROPHONIC, a. [from Stentor, a herald in Homer, whose voice was as loud as that of fifty other ... |
52214
|
step |
STEP, v.i. [Gr., the foot. The sense is to set, as the foot, or move probably to open or part, to ... |
52215
|
step-brother |
STEP-BROTHER, n. A brother-in-law, or by marriage. |
52216
|
step-child |
STEP-CHILD, n. [step and child.[ A son-in-law or daughter-in-law, [a child deprived of its parent.] |
52217
|
step-dame |
STEP-DAME, n. A mother by marriage, [the mother of an orphan or one deprived.] |
52218
|
step-daughter |
STEP-DAUGHTER, n. A daughter by marriage, [an orphan daughter.] |
52219
|
step-father |
STEP-FATHER, n. A father-in-law; a father by marriage only; [the father of an orphan.] |
52220
|
step-mother |
STEP-MOTHER, n. A mother by marriage only; a mother-in-law; [the mother of an orphan.] |
52221
|
step-sister |
STEP-SISTER, n. A sister-in-law, or by marriage, [an orphan sister.] |
52222
|
step-son |
STEP-SON, n. A son-in-law, [an orphan son.][In the foregoing explication of step, I have followed ... |
52223
|
step-stone |
STEP-STONE, n. A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house. |
52224
|
stepp |
STEP, STEPP, n. In Russ, an uncultivated desert of large extent. |
52225
|
stepped |
STEPPED, pp. Set; placed; erected; fixed in the keel, as a mast. |
52226
|
stepping |
STEPPING, ppr. Moving, or advancing by a movement of the foot or feet; placing; fixing or erecting, ... |
52227
|
stepping-stone |
STEPPING-STONE, n. A stone to raise the feet above the dirt and mud in walking. |
52228
|
ster |
STER, in composition, is from the Sax. Steora, a director. See Steer. It seems primarily to have ... |
52229
|
stercoraceous |
STERCORACEOUS, a. [L., dung.] Pertaining to dung, or partaking of its nature. |
52230
|
stercoranist |
STERCORARIAN, STERCORANIST, n. [L., dung.] One in the Romish church who held that the host is ... |
52231
|
stercorarian |
STERCORARIAN, STERCORANIST, n. [L., dung.] One in the Romish church who held that the host is ... |
52232
|
stercorary |
STERCORARY, n. A place properly secured from the weather for containing dung. |
52233
|
stercoration |
STERCORATION, n. [L.] The act of manuring with dung. |
52234
|
stere |
STERE, n. In the new French system of measures, the unit for solid measure, equal to a cubic meter. |
52235
|
stereographic |
STEREOGRAPHIC, STEREOGRAPHICAL, a. [from stereography.] Made or done according to the rules of ... |
52236
|
stereographical |
STEREOGRAPHIC, STEREOGRAPHICAL, a. [from stereography.] Made or done according to the rules of ... |
52237
|
stereographically |
STEREOGRAPHICALLY, adv. By delineation on plane. |
52238
|
stereography |
STEREOGRAPHY, n. [Gr., firm; to write.] The act or art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on ... |
52239
|
stereometrical |
STEREOMETRICAL, a. [See Stereometry.] Pertaining to or performed by stereometry. |
52240
|
stereometry |
STEREOMETRY, n. [Gr., firm, fixed; to measure.] The art of measuring solid bodies, and finding ... |
52241
|
stereotomical |
STEREOTOMICAL, a. Pertaining to or performed by stereotomy. |
52242
|
stereotomy |
STEREOTOMY, n. [Gr., fixed; to cut.] The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or ... |
52243
|
stereotype |
STEREOTYPE, n. [Gr., fixed; type, form.]1. Literally, a fixed metal type; hence, a plate of fixed ... |
52244
|
stereotyper |
STEREOTYPER, n. One who makes stereotype. |
52245
|
stereotyping |
STEREOTYPING, ppr. Making stereotype plates for any work; or impressing copies on stereotype ... |
52246
|
stereotypographer |
STEREOTYPOGRAPHER, n. A stereo-type printer. |
52247
|
stereotypography |
STEREOTYPOGRAPHY, n. The art or practice of printing on stereotype. |
52248
|
steril |
STERIL, STERILE, a. [L.]1. Barren; unfruitful; not fertile; producing little or no crop; as sterile ... |
52249
|
sterile |
STERIL, STERILE, a. [L.]1. Barren; unfruitful; not fertile; producing little or no crop; as sterile ... |
52250
|
sterility |
STERILITY, n. [L.]1. Barrenness; unproductiveness; unfruitfulness; the quality or state of ... |
52251
|
sterilize |
STERILIZE, v.t.1. To make barren; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility; as, to sterilize ... |
52252
|
sterlet |
STERLET, n. A fish of the Caspian and of the rivers in Russia, the Acipenser ruthenus of Linne, ... |
52253
|
sterling |
STERLING, a. [probably from Easterling.]1. An epithet by which English money of account is ... |
52254
|
stern |
STERN, a. [G., staring; stubborn. See Stare, Starck, Stark, with which this word is probably ... |
52255
|
stern-board |
STERN-BOARD, n. [stern and board.] In seamens language, a loss of way in making a tack. To make a ... |
52256
|
stern-chase |
STERN-CHASE, n. [stern and chase.] A cannon placed in a ships stern, pointing backward and intended ... |
52257
|
stern-fast |
STERN-FAST, n. [stern and fast.] A rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel. |
52258
|
stern-frame |
STERN-FRAME, n. [stern and frame.] The several pieces of timber which form the stern of a ship. |
52259
|
stern-port |
STERN-PORT, n. [stern and port.] A port or opening in the stern of a ship. |
52260
|
stern-post |
STERN-POST, n. [stern and post.] A straight piece of timber, erected on the extremity of the keel ... |
52261
|
stern-sheets |
STERN-SHEETS, n. [stern and sheet.] That part of a boat which is between the stern and the aftmost ... |
52262
|
stern-way |
STERN-WAY, n. [stern and way.] The movement of a ship backwards, or with her stern foremost. |
52263
|
sternage |
STERNAGE, n. Steerage or stern. [Not in use.] |
52264
|
sterned |
STERNED, a. In compounds, having a stern of a particular shape; as square-sterned; pink-sterned, ... |
52265
|
sterner |
STERNER, n. A director. [Not in use.] |
52266
|
sternly |
STERNLY, adv. [See Stern.] In a stern manner; with an austere or stern countenance; with an air of ... |
52267
|
sternmost |
STERNMOST, a. [stern and most.] Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as the sternmost ship in a ... |
52268
|
sternness |
STERNNESS, n. 1. Severity of look; a look of austerity, rigor or severe authority; as the sternness ... |
52269
|
sternon |
STERNON, n. [Gr.] The breast bone. But sternum is chiefly or wholly used. |
52270
|
sternum |
STERNUM, n. [Gr., from fixing, setting. See Starch, Stark.] The breast bone; the bone which forms ... |
52271
|
sternutation |
STERNUTATION, n. [L.] The act of sneezing. |
52272
|
sternutative |
STERNUTATIVE, a. [L., to sneeze.] Having the quality of provoking to sneeze. |
52273
|
sternutatory |
STERNUTATORY, a. [L., to sneeze.] Having the quality of exciting to sneeze.STERNUTATORY, n. A ... |
52274
|
sterquilinous |
STERQUILINOUS, a. [L., a dunghill.] Pertaining to a dunghill; mean; dirty; paltry. |
52275
|
sterven |
STERVEN, to starve, not in use. |
52276
|
stethescope |
STETHESCOPE, n. [Gr., the breast; to view.] A tubular instrument for distinguishing diseases of the ... |
52277
|
steve |
STEVE, v.t. [from the root of stow.] To stow, as cotton or wool in a ships hold. [Local.] |
52278
|
stevedore |
STEVEDORE, n. One whose occupation is to stow goods, packages, &c. in a ships hold. |
52279
|
steven |
STEVEN, n. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [Not in use.] |
52280
|
stew |
STEW, v.t. 1. To seethe or gently boil; to boil slowly in a moderate manner, or with a simmering ... |
52281
|
stew-pan |
STEW-PAN, n. A pan in which things are stewed. |
52282
|
steward |
STEWARD, n. [G., a room. The steward was then originally a chamberlain or a butler.]1. A man ... |
52283
|
stewardly |
STEWARDLY, adv. With the care of a steward. [Little used.] |
52284
|
stewardship |
STEWARDSHIP, n. The office of a steward. |
52285
|
stewartry |
STEWARTRY, n. An overseer or superintendent. The stewartry of provisions. |
52286
|
stewed |
STEWED, pp. Gently boiled; boiled in heat. |
52287
|
stewing |
STEWING, ppr. Boiling in a moderate heat.STEWING, n. The act of seething slowly. |
52288
|
stewish |
STEWISH, a. Suiting a brothel. |
52289
|
stibial |
STIBIAL, a. [L., antimony.] Like or having the qualities of antimony; antimonial. |
52290
|
stibiarian |
STIBIARIAN, n. [L.] A violent man. [An improper word and not in use.] |
52291
|
stibiated |
STIBIATED, a. Impregnated with anitmony. |
52292
|
stibium |
STIBIUM, n. [L.] Antimony. |
52293
|
sticados |
STICADOS, n. A plant. |
52294
|
stich |
STICH, n. [Gr.] 1. In poetry, a verse, of whatever measure or number of feet.Stich is used in ... |
52295
|
stich-wort |
STICH-WORT, STITCH-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Stellaria. |
52296
|
stichometry |
STICHOMETRY, n. [Gr., a verse; measure.] A catalogue of the books of Scriptures, with the number of ... |
52297
|
stick |
STICK, n. [G. This word is connected with the verb to stick, with stock, stack, and other words ... |
52298
|
stickiness |
STICKINESS, n. [from stick.] The quality of a thing which makes it adhere to a plane surface; ... |
52299
|
stickle |
STICKLE, v.i. [from the practice of prize-fighters, who placed seconds with staves or sticks to ... |
52300
|
stickle-back |
STICKLE-BACK, n. A small fish of the genus Gasterosteus, of several species. The common species ... |
52301
|
stickler |
STICKLER, n. 1. A sidesman to fencers; a second to a duelist; one who stands to a judge a ... |
52302
|
stickling |
STICKLING, ppr. Trimming; contending obstinately or eagerly. |
52303
|
sticky |
STICKY, a. Having the quality of adhering to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; ... |
52304
|
stiddy |
STIDDY, n. An anvil; also, a smiths shop. [Not in use or local.] |
52305
|
stiff |
STIFF, a. [Gr.] 1. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not flaccid; rigid; applicable to any ... |
52306
|
stiff-hearted |
STIFF-HEARTED, a. [stiff and heart.] Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.They are impudent children ... |
52307
|
stiff-necked |
STIFF-NECKED, a. [stiff and neck.] Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as a stiff-necked ... |
52308
|
stiffen |
STIFFEN, v.t. 1. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with ... |
52309
|
stiffening |
STIFFENING, ppr. Making or becoming less pliable, or more thick, or more obstinate.STIFFENING, n. ... |
52310
|
stiffly |
STIFFLY, adv. 1. Firmly; strongly; as the boughs of a tree stiffly upheld.2. Rigidly; obstinately; ... |
52311
|
stiffness |
STIFFNESS, n. 1. Rigidness; want of pliableness or flexibility; the firm texture or state of a ... |
52312
|
stifle |
STIFLE, v.t. [L., stiff and stop. Gr.]1. To suffocate; to stop the breath or action of the lungs by ... |
52313
|
stigma |
STIGMA, n. [L., Gr., to prick or stick.]1. A brand; a mark made with a burning iron.2. Any mark of ... |
52314
|
stigmata |
STIGMATA, n. plu. The apertures in the bodies of insects, communicating with the trachea or ... |
52315
|
stigmatic |
STIGMATIC, STIGMATICAL, a. 1. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.2. ... |
52316
|
stigmatical |
STIGMATIC, STIGMATICAL, a. 1. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.2. ... |
52317
|
stigmatically |
STIGMATICALLY, adv. With a mark of infamy or deformity. |
52318
|
stigmatize |
STIGMATIZE, v.t.1. To mark with a brand; in a literal sense; as, the ancients stigmatized their ... |
52319
|
stigmatized |
STIGMATIZED, pp. Marked with disgrace. |
52320
|
stigmatizing |
STIGMATIZING, ppr. Branding with infamy. |
52321
|
stilar |
STILAR, a. [from stile.] Pertaining to the stile of a dial. Draw a line for the stiler line. |
52322
|
stilbite |
STILBITE, n. [Gr., to shine.] A mineral of a shining pearly luster, of a white color, or white ... |
52323
|
stile |
STILE, n. [This is another spelling of style. See Style and Still.] A pin set on the face of a dial ... |
52324
|
stiletto |
STILETTO, n. [See Style.] A small dagger with a round pointed blade. |
52325
|
still |
STILL, v.t. [G., to put, set, place, Gr., to send, and with style, stool, stall.]1. To stop, as ... |
52326
|
still-born |
STILL-BORN, a. [still and born.]1. Dead at the birth; as a still-born child.2. Abortive; as a ... |
52327
|
still-burn |
STILL-BURN, v.t. [still and burn.] To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn ... |
52328
|
still-life |
STILL-LIFE, n. [still and life.]1. Things that have only vegetable life.2. Dead animals, or ... |
52329
|
still-stand |
STILL-STAND, n. Absence of motion. [Little used.] |
52330
|
stillatitious |
STILLATITIOUS, a. [L.] Falling in drops; drawn by a still. |
52331
|
stillatory |
STILLATORY, n. 1. An alembic; a vessel for distillation. [Little used or not at all.]2. A ... |
52332
|
stilled |
STILLED, pp. [See Still, the verb.] Calmed; appeased; quieted; silenced. |
52333
|
stiller |
STILLER, n. One who stills or quiets. |
52334
|
stillicide |
STILLICIDE, n. [L., a drop, to fall.] A continual falling or succession of drops. [Not much used.] |
52335
|
stillicidious |
STILLICIDIOUS, a. Falling in drops. |
52336
|
stilling |
STILLING, ppr. Calming; silencing; quieting.STILLING, n. 1. The act of calming, silencing or ... |
52337
|
stillness |
STILLNESS, n. 1. Freedom from noise or motion; calmness; quiet; silence; as the stillness of the ... |
52338
|
stilly |
STILLY, adv. 1. Silently; without noise.2. Calmly; quietly; without tumult. |
52339
|
stilpnosiderite |
STILPNOSIDERITE, n. [Gr., shining, and siderite.] A mineral of a brownish black color, massive, in ... |
52340
|
stilt |
STILT, n. [G.] A stilt is a piece of wood with a shoulder, to support the foot in walking. Boys ... |
52341
|
stimulant |
STIMULANT, a. [L.] Increasing or exciting action, particularly the action of the organs of an ... |
52342
|
stimulate |
STIMULATE, v.t. [L., to prick, to goad, to excite; a goad.] Literally, to prick or goad. Hence,1. ... |
52343
|
stimulated |
STIMULATED, pp. Goaded; roused or excited to action or more vigorous exertion. |
52344
|
stimulating |
STIMULATING, ppr. Goading; exciting to action or more vigorous exertion. |
52345
|
stimulation |
STIMULATION, n. 1. The act of goading or exciting.2. Excitement; the increased action of the moving ... |
52346
|
stimulative |
STIMULATIVE, a. Having the quality of exciting action in the animal system.STIMULATIVE, n. That ... |
52347
|
stimulator |
STIMULATOR, n. One that stimulates. |
52348
|
stimulus |
STIMULUS, n. [L. This word may be formed on the root of stem, a shoot.] Literally, a goad; hence, ... |
52349
|
sting |
STING, v.t. pret. and pp. stung. Stang is obsolete. [G., to stick, to sting. We see that sting, is ... |
52350
|
stinger |
STINGER, n. That which stings, vexes or gives acute pain. |
52351
|
stingily |
STINGILY, adv. [from stingy.] With mean covetousness; in a niggardly manner. |
52352
|
stinginess |
STINGINESS, n. [from stingy.] Extreme avarice; mean covetousness; niggardliness. |
52353
|
stingless |
STINGLESS, a. [from sting.] Having no sting. |
52354
|
stingo |
STINGO, n. [from the sharpness of the taste.] Old beer. [A cant word.] |
52355
|
stingy |
STINGY, a. [from straitness.]1. Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; narrow ... |
52356
|
stink |
STINK, v.i. pret. stand or stunk. To emit a strong offensive smell.STINK, n. A strong offensive ... |
52357
|
stinkard |
STINKARD, n. A mean paltry fellow. |
52358
|
stinker |
STINKER, n. Something intended to offend by the smell. |
52359
|
stinking |
STINKING, ppr. Emitting a strong offensive smell. |
52360
|
stinkingly |
STINKINGLY, adv. With an offensive smell. |
52361
|
stinkpot |
STINKPOT, n. An artificial composition offensive to the smell. |
52362
|
stinkstone |
STINKSTONE, n. Swinestone, a variety of compact lucullite; a subspecies of limestone. |
52363
|
stint |
STINT, v.t. [Gr., narrow.]1. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to limit; as, ... |
52364
|
stintance |
STINTANCE, n. Restraint; stoppage. [Not used or local.] |
52365
|
stinted |
STINTED, pp. Restrained to a certain limit or quantity; limited. |
52366
|
stinter |
STINTER, n. He or that which stints. |
52367
|
stinting |
STINTING, ppr. Restraining within certain limits; assigning a certain quantity to; limiting. |
52368
|
stipe |
STIPE, n. [L.; Gr., a stake.] In botany, the base of a frond; or a species of stem passing into ... |
52369
|
stipel |
STIPEL, n. [See Stipula.] In botany, a little appendix situated at the base of the follicles. |
52370
|
stipend |
STIPEND, n. [L., a piece of money; to pay.] Settled pay or compensation for services, whether daily ... |
52371
|
stipendiary |
STIPENDIARY, a. [L.] Receiving wages or salary; performing services for a stated price or ... |
52372
|
stipitate |
STIPITATE, a. [See Stipe.] In botany, supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe; as pappus or down. |
52373
|
stipple |
STIPPLE, v.t. To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines. |
52374
|
stippled |
STIPPLED, pp. Engraved with dots. |
52375
|
stippling |
STIPPLING, ppr. Engraving with dots.STIPPLING, n. A mode of engraving on copper by means of dots. |
52376
|
stiptic |
STIPTIC. [See Styptic.] |
52377
|
stipula |
STIPULA, STIPULE, n. [L., a straw or stubble.] In botany, a scale at the base of nascent petioles ... |
52378
|
stipulaceous |
STIPULACEOUS, STIPULAR, a. [L. See Stipula.]1. Formed of stipules or scales; as a stipular bud.2. ... |
52379
|
stipular |
STIPULACEOUS, STIPULAR, a. [L. See Stipula.]1. Formed of stipules or scales; as a stipular bud.2. ... |
52380
|
stipulate |
STIPULATE, v.i. [L., to crowd; whence the sense of agreement, binding, making fast.]1. To make an ... |
52381
|
stipulated |
STIPULATED, pp. Agreed; contracted; covenanted. It was stipulated that Great Britain should retain ... |
52382
|
stipulating |
STIPULATING, ppr. Agreeing; contracting; bargaining. |
52383
|
stipulation |
STIPULATION, n. [L.]1. The act of agreeing and covenanting; a contracting or bargaining.2. An ... |
52384
|
stipulator |
STIPULATOR, n. One who stipulates, contracts or covenants. |
52385
|
stipule |
STIPULE. [See Stipula.] |
52386
|
stir |
STIR, v.t. stur. [G., to stir, to disturb.]1. To move; to change place in any manner.My foot I had ... |
52387
|
stiriated |
STIRIATED, a. [L., an icicle.] Adorned with pendants like icicles. |
52388
|
stirious |
STIRIOUS, a. [supra.] Resembling icicles. [Not much used.] |
52389
|
stirk |
STIRK, n. A young ox or heifer. [Local.] |
52390
|
stirp |
STIRP, n. sturp. [L.] Stock; race; family. [Not English.] |
52391
|
stirred |
STIRRED, pp. Moved; agitated; put in action. |
52392
|
stirrer |
STIRRER, n. 1. One who is in motion.2. One who puts in motion.3. A riser in the morning.4. An ... |
52393
|
stirring |
STIRRING, ppr. Moving; agitating; putting in motion.STIRRING, n. [supra.] The act of moving or ... |
52394
|
stirrup |
STIRRUP, n. sturup. [G., step-bow or mounting-bow. The first stirrups appear to have been ropes.] A ... |
52395
|
stirrup-lether |
STIRRUP-LETHER, n. A strap that supports a stirrup. |
52396
|
stitch |
STITCH, v.t. [G. This is another form of stick.]1. To sew in a particular manner; to sew slightly ... |
52397
|
stitch-wort |
STITCH-WORT, n. A plant, camomile. [L.] A plant of the genus Stellaria. |
52398
|
stitched |
STITCHED, pp. Sewed slightly. |
52399
|
stitchel |
STITCHEL, n. A kind of hairy wool. [Local.] |
52400
|
stitcher |
STITCHER, n. One that stitches. |
52401
|
stitchery |
STITCHERY, n. Needlework; in contempt. |
52402
|
stitchfallen |
STITCHFALLEN, a. Fallen, as a stitch in knitting. [Not in use.] |
52403
|
stitching |
STITCHING, ppr. Sewing in a particular manner; uniting with a needle and thread.STITCHING, n. 1. ... |
52404
|
stith |
STITH, a. Strong; rigid. [Not in use.] |
52405
|
stithy |
STITHY, n. [supra.] 1. An anvil. [Local.]2. A disease in oxen. |
52406
|
stive |
STIVE, v.t. [See Stuff and Stew.]1. To stuff up close. [Not in use.]2. To make hot, sultry and ... |
52407
|
stiver |
STIVER, n. A Dutch coin of about the value of a half-penny sterling, or the cent of the United ... |
52408
|
stoak |
STOAK, v.t. To stop; to choke; in seamens language. |
52409
|
stoat |
STOAT, n. An animal of the weasel king; the ermine. This animal is called stoat when of a reddish ... |
52410
|
stocah |
STOCAH, n. An attendant; a wallet boy. [Not English nor used.] |
52411
|
stoccade |
STOCCADE, STOCCADO, n. 1. A stab; a thrust with a rapier.2. A fence or barrier made with stakes or ... |
52412
|
stoccado |
STOCCADE, STOCCADO, n. 1. A stab; a thrust with a rapier.2. A fence or barrier made with stakes or ... |
52413
|
stochastic |
STOCHASTIC, a. [Gr.] Conjectural; able to conjecture. [Not in use.] |
52414
|
stock |
STOCK, n. [G., a stem, a staff, a stick, a block. This word coincides with stake, stick, stack; ... |
52415
|
stock-dove |
STOCK-DOVE, n. [stock and dove.] The ring-dove.The stock dove is the wild pigeon of Europe, ... |
52416
|
stock-fish |
STOCK-FISH, n. [stock and fish.] Cod dried hard and without salt. |
52417
|
stock-gillyflower |
STOCK-GILLYFLOWER, n. A plant, a species of Cheiranthus; sometimes written stock July flower. |
52418
|
stock-jobber |
STOCK-JOBBER, n. [stock and job.] One who speculates in the public funds for gain; one whose ... |
52419
|
stock-jobbing |
STOCK-JOBBING, n. The act of art of dealing in the public funds. |
52420
|
stock-lock |
STOCK-LOCK, n. [stock and lock.] A lock fixed in wood. |
52421
|
stock-still |
STOCK-STILL, a. [stock and still.] Still as a fixed post; perfectly still.Our preachers stand ... |
52422
|
stockade |
STOCKADE, n. [See Stoccade.]1. In fortification, a sharpened post or stake set in the earth.2. A ... |
52423
|
stockaded |
STOCKADED, pp. Fortified with stockades. |
52424
|
stockading |
STOCKADING, ppr. Fortifying with sharpened posts or stakes. |
52425
|
stockbroker |
STOCKBROKER, n. [stock and broker.] A broker who deals in the purchase and sale of stocks or shares ... |
52426
|
stocking |
STOCKING, n. [from stock.] A garment made to cover the leg.STOCKING, v.t. To dress in stockings. |
52427
|
stockish |
STOCKISH, a. Hard; stupid; blockish. [Little used.] |
52428
|
stocks |
STOCKS. [See under Stock.] |
52429
|
stocky |
STOCKY, a. [from stock.] Thick and firm; stout. A stocky person is one rather thick than tall or ... |
52430
|
stoic |
STOIC, n. [Gr., a porch in Athens where the philosopher Zeno taught.] A disciple of the philosopher ... |
52431
|
stoical |
STOIC, STOICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to the Stoics or to their doctrines.2. Not affected by passion; ... |
52432
|
stoically |
STOICALLY, adv. In the manner of the Stoics; without apparent feeling or sensibility; with ... |
52433
|
stoicalness |
STOICALNESS, n. The state of being stoical; indifference to pleasure or pain. |
52434
|
stoicism |
STOICISM, n. 1. The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.2. A real or pretended indifference to ... |
52435
|
stoke |
STOKE, is the same word as stock, differently applied. It is found in many English names of towns. |
52436
|
stoker |
STOKE, STOKER, n. One who looks after the fire in a brew-house. [Local or technical.] |
52437
|
stole |
STOLE, pret. of steal.STOLE, n. 1. A long vest or robe; a garment worn by the priests of some ... |
52438
|
stolen |
STOLEN, pp. Stoln. The passive participle of steal.Stolen waters are sweet. Proverbs 9. |
52439
|
stolid |
STOLID, a. [L., from the root of still, stall, to set.] Dull; foolish; stupid. [Not used.] |
52440
|
stolidity |
STOLIDITY, n. [supra.] Dullness of intellect; stupidity. [Little used.] |
52441
|
stoloniferous |
STOLONIFEROUS, a. [L., a sucker; to produce.] Producing suckers; putting forth suckers; as a ... |
52442
|
stomach |
STOMACH, n. [L.]1. In animal bodies, a membranous receptacle, the organ of digestion, in which food ... |
52443
|
stomached |
STOMACHED, a. Filled with resentment. |
52444
|
stomacher |
STOMACHER, n. An ornament or support to the breast, worn by females. Isaiah 3. |
52445
|
stomachful |
STOMACHFUL, a. Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse; as a stomachful boy. |
52446
|
stomachfulness |
STOMACHFULNESS, n. Stubbornness; sullenness; perverse obstinacy. |
52447
|
stomachic |
STOMACHIC, STOMACHICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to the stomach; as stomachic vessels.2. Strengthening to ... |
52448
|
stomachical |
STOMACHIC, STOMACHICAL, a. 1. Pertaining to the stomach; as stomachic vessels.2. Strengthening to ... |
52449
|
stomaching |
STOMACHING, n. Resentment. [Not in use.] |
52450
|
stomachless |
STOMACHLESS, a. Being without appetite. |
52451
|
stomachous |
STOMACHOUS, a. Stout; sullen; obstinate. [Not in use.] |
52452
|
stomp |
STOMP, for stamp, which see. |
52453
|
stond |
STOND, n. [for stand.] A stop; a post; a station. [See Stand.] |
52454
|
stone |
STONE, n. [Gr.]1. A concretion of some species of earth, as lime, silex, clay and the like, usually ... |
52455
|
stone-blind |
STONE-BLIND, a. [stone and blind.] Blind as a stone; perfectly blind. |
52456
|
stone-bow |
STONE-BOW, n. [stone and bow.] A cross bow for shooting stones. |
52457
|
stone-break |
STONE-BREAK, n. [stone and break. L.] A plant. |
52458
|
stone-chat |
STONE-CHAT, STONE-CHATTER, n. [stone and chatter.] A bird, the Motacilla rubicola. |
52459
|
stone-cray |
STONE-CRAY, n. A distemper in hawks. |
52460
|
stone-crop |
STONE-CROP, n. A sort of tree. A plant of the genus Sedum; wall-pepper. The stone-crop tree or ... |
52461
|
stone-dead |
STONE-DEAD, a. [stone and dead.] As lifeless as a stone. |
52462
|
stone-fern |
STONE-FERN, n. [stone and fern.] A plant. |
52463
|
stone-fly |
STONE-FLY, n. [stone and fly.] An insect. |
52464
|
stone-fruit |
STONE-FRUIT, n. [stone and fruit.] Fruit whose seeds are covered with a hard shell enveloped in the ... |
52465
|
stone-hawk |
STONE-HAWK, n. [stone and hawk.] A kind of hawk. |
52466
|
stone-hearted |
STONE-HEARTED, STONY-HEARTED, a. [stone and heart.] Hard hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling. |
52467
|
stone-horse |
STONE-HORSE, n. [stone and horse.] A house built of stone. |
52468
|
stone-house |
STONE-HOUSE, n. [stone and house.] A house built of stone. |
52469
|
stone-parsley |
STONE-PARSLEY, n. A plant of the genus Bubon. |
52470
|
stone-pit |
STONE-PIT, n. [stone and pit.] A pit or quarry where stones are dug. |
52471
|
stone-pitch |
STONE-PITCH, n. [stone and pitch.] Hard inspissated pitch. |
52472
|
stone-plover |
STONE-PLOVER, n. [stone and plover.] A bird. |
52473
|
stone-squarer |
STONE-SQUARER, n. [stone and square.] One who forms stones into squares. 1 Kings 5. |
52474
|
stone-still |
STONE-STILL, a. [stone and still.] Still as a stone; perfectly still or motionless. |
52475
|
stone-wall |
STONE-WALL, n. [stone and wall.] A wall built of stones. |
52476
|
stone-ware |
STONE-WARE, n. [stone and ware.] A species of potters ware of a coarse kind, glazed and baked. |
52477
|
stone-work |
STONE-WORK, n. [stone and work.] Work or wall consisting of stone; masons work of stone. |
52478
|
stonecutter |
STONECUTTER, n. [stone and cut.] One whose occupation is to hew stones. |
52479
|
stonecutting |
STONECUTTING, n. The business of hewing stones for walls, steps, cornices, monuments, &c. |
52480
|
stoned |
STONED, pp. Pelted or killed with stones; freed from stones; walled with stones. |
52481
|
stoner |
STONER, n. One who beats or kills with stones; one who walls with stones. |
52482
|
stones-cast |
STONES-CAST, STONES-THROW, n. [stone and cast or throw.] The distance which a stone may be thrown ... |
52483
|
stones-mickle |
STONES-MICKLE, n. A bird. |
52484
|
stones-throw |
STONES-CAST, STONES-THROW, n. [stone and cast or throw.] The distance which a stone may be thrown ... |
52485
|
stoniness |
STONINESS, n. [from stony.] 1. The quality of abounding with stones; as, the stoniness of ground ... |
52486
|
stony |
STONY, a. [G.]1. Made of stone; as a stony tower.2. Consisting of stone; as a stony cave.3. Full of ... |
52487
|
stony-hearted |
STONE-HEARTED, STONY-HEARTED, a. [stone and heart.] Hard hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling. |
52488
|
stood |
STOOD, pret. of stand. |
52489
|
stook |
STOOK, n. A small collection of sheaves set up in the field. [Local.] |
52490
|
stool |
STOOL, n. [G., a stool, a stock, a pew, a chair, the see of a bishop. This coincides with stall and ... |
52491
|
stool-ball |
STOOL-BALL, n. [stool and ball.] A play in which balls are driven from stool to stool. |
52492
|
stoom |
STOOM, v.t. To put bags of herbs or other ingredients into wine, to prevent fermentation. [Local.] |
52493
|
stoop |
STOOP, v.i. 1. To bend the body downward and forward; as, to stoop to pick up a book.2. To bend or ... |
52494
|
stooped |
STOOPED, pp. Caused to lean. |
52495
|
stooper |
STOOPER, n. One that bends the body forward. |
52496
|
stooping |
STOOPING, ppr. Bending the body forward; yielding; submitting; condescending; inclining. |
52497
|
stoopingly |
STOOPINGLY, adv. With a bending of the body forward. |
52498
|
stoor |
STOOR, v.i. To rise in clouds, as dust or smoke; from the Welsh ystwr, a stir. [Local.] |
52499
|
stooter |
STOOTER, n. A small silver coin in Holland, value 2 stivers. |
52500
|
stop |
STOP, v.t. [G., to stop, to check, to pose, to fill, to cram, to stuff, to quilt, to darn, to mend. ... |
52501
|
stop-cock |
STOP-COCK, n. [stop and cock.] A pipe for letting out a fluid, stopped by a turning cock. |
52502
|
stop-gap |
STOP-GAP, n. [stop and gap.] A temporary expedient. [Not used.] |
52503
|
stopless |
STOPLESS, a. Not to be stopped. [Not in use.] |
52504
|
stoppage |
STOPPAGE, n. The act of stopping or arresting progress or motion; or the state of being stopped; as ... |
52505
|
stopped |
STOPPED, pp. Closed; obstructed; hindered from proceeding; impeded; intercepted. |
52506
|
stopper |
STOPPER, n. 1. One who stops, closes, shuts or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which ... |
52507
|
stoppered |
STOPPERED, pp. Closed with a stopper; as a stoppered retort. |
52508
|
stopping |
STOPPING, ppr. Closing; shutting; obstructing; hindering from proceeding; ceasing to go or move; ... |
52509
|
stopple |
STOPPLE, n. That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; as a glass stopple; a cork stopple. |
52510
|
storage |
STORAGE, n. [from store.]1. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; or the ... |
52511
|
storax |
STORAX, n. [L.] A plant or tree; also, a resinous and odoriferous drug brought from Turkey, but ... |
52512
|
store |
STORE, n. 1. A large number; as a store of years.2. A large quantity; great plenty; abundance; as a ... |
52513
|
store-house |
STORE-HOUSE, n. [store and house.]1. A building for keeping grain or goods of any kind; a magazine; ... |
52514
|
store-keeper |
STORE-KEEPER, n. [store and keeper.] A man who has the care of a store. |
52515
|
stored |
STORED, pp.1. Furnished; supplied.2. Laid up in store; warehoused. |
52516
|
storer |
STORER, n. One who lays op or forms a store. |
52517
|
storial |
STORIAL, a. [from story.] Historical. [Not in use.] |
52518
|
storied |
STORIED, a. [from story.] 1. Furnished with stories; adorned with historical paintings.Some greedy ... |
52519
|
storier |
STORIER, n. A relater of stories; a historian. [Not in use.] |
52520
|
storify |
STORIFY, v.t. To form or tell stories. [Not in use.] |
52521
|
stork |
STORK, n. A large fowl of the genus Ardea or Heron kind. |
52522
|
storks-bill |
STORKS-BILL, n. A plant of the genus Geranium. |
52523
|
storm |
STORM, n. [G., to disturb. L. The primary sense of storm is a rushing, raging or violent ... |
52524
|
storm-beat |
STORM-BEAT, a. [storm and beat.] Beaten or impaired by storms. |
52525
|
stormed |
STORMED, pp. Assaulted by violence. |
52526
|
storminess |
STORMINESS, n. Tempestuousness; the state of being agitated by violent winds. |
52527
|
storming |
STORMING, ppr. Attacking with violent force; raging. |
52528
|
stormy |
STORMY, a. 1. Tempestuous; agitated with furious winds; boisterous; as a stormy season; a stormy ... |
52529
|
story |
STORY, n. [L., Gr.]1. A verbal narration or recital of a series of facts or incidents. WE observe ... |
52530
|
story-teller |
STORY-TELLER, n. [story and tell.]1. One who tells stories; a narrator of a series of incidents; as ... |
52531
|
stot |
STOT, n. 1. A horse. [Not in use.]2. A young bullock or steer. [Not in use or local.] |
52532
|
stote |
STOTE. [See Stoat.] |
52533
|
stound |
STOUND, n. 1. Sorrow; grief. [Not in use.]2. A shooting pain. [Not in use.]3. Noise. [Not in ... |
52534
|
stour |
STOUR, n. A battle or tumult. Stour, signifies a river, as in Sturbridge. |
52535
|
stout |
STOUT, a. 1. Strong; lusty.A stouter champion never handled sword.2. Bold; intrepid; valiant; ... |
52536
|
stoutly |
STOUTLY, adv. Lustily; boldly; obstinately. He stoutly defended himself. |
52537
|
stoutness |
STOUTNESS, n. 1. Strength; bulk.2. Boldness; fortitude.3. Obstinacy; stubbornness. |
52538
|
stove |
STOVE, n. [G., a bagnio or hot house; a room; a stove. This primarily is merely a room, a place. ... |
52539
|
stover |
STOVER, n. [a contraction of estover.] Fodder for cattle; primarily, fodder from threshed grain; ... |
52540
|
stow |
STOW, v.t. [G. L., to crowd, to stuff; the handle of a plow. The sense is to set or throw down, ... |
52541
|
stowage |
STOWAGE, n. 1. The act or operation of placing in a suitable position; or the suitable disposition ... |
52542
|
stowed |
STOWED, pp. Placed in due position or order; reposited. |
52543
|
stowing |
STOWING, ppr. Placing in due position; disposing in good order. |
52544
|
strabism |
STRABISM, n. [L., a squint-eyed person.] A squinting; the act or habit of looking asquint. |
52545
|
straddle |
STRADDLE, v.i. To part the legs wide; to stand or walk with the legs far apart.STRADDLE, v.t. To ... |
52546
|
straddling |
STRADDLING, ppr. Standing or walking with the legs far apart; placing one leg on one side and the ... |
52547
|
straggle |
STRAGGLE, v.i. stragl. [This word seems to be formed on the root of stray. G., to pass, to ... |
52548
|
straggler |
STRAGGLER, n. 1. A wanderer; a rover; one that departs from the direct or proper course; one that ... |
52549
|
straggling |
STRAGGLING, ppr. Wandering; roving; rambling; being in a separate position. |
52550
|
strahlstein |
STRAHLSTEIN, n. [G., a beam or gleam, and stone. Another name of actinolite. |
52551
|
straight |
STRAIGHT, a. [L., formed from the root of reach, stretch, right. It is customary to write straight, ... |
52552
|
straighten |
STRAIGHTEN, v.t. 1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.2. To make ... |
52553
|
straightened |
STRAIGHTENED, pp. Made straight; made narrow. |
52554
|
straightener |
STRAIGHTENER, n. He or that which straightens. |
52555
|
straightening |
STRAIGHTENING, ppr. Making straight or narrow. |
52556
|
straightly |
STRAIGHTLY, adv. 1. In a right line; not crookedly.2. Tightly; closely. |
52557
|
straightness |
STRAIGHTNESS, n. 1. The quality or state of being straight; rectitude.2. Narrowness; tension; ... |
52558
|
straightway |
STRAIGHTWAY, adv. [straight and way.] Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.He took the ... |
52559
|
straiks |
STRAIKS, n. Strong plates of iron on the circumference of a cannon wheel over the joints of the ... |
52560
|
strain |
STRAIN, v.t. [L. This word retains its original signification, to stretch.]1. To stretch; to draw ... |
52561
|
strainable |
STRAINABLE, a. Capable of being strained [Not in use.] |
52562
|
strained |
STRAINED, pp. Stretched; violently exerted; filtered. |
52563
|
strainer |
STRAINER, n. That through which any liquid passes for purification; an instrument for ... |
52564
|
straining |
STRAINING, ppr. Stretching; exerting with violence; making great efforts; filtering.STRAINING, n. ... |
52565
|
straint |
STRAINT, n. A violent stretching or tension. [Not in use.] |
52566
|
strait |
STRAIT, a. [See Straight.]1. Narrow; close; not broad.Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way ... |
52567
|
strait-handed |
STRAIT-HANDED, a. [strait and hand.] Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. [Not much used.] |
52568
|
strait-handedness |
STRAIT-HANDEDNESS, n. Niggardliness; parsimony. |
52569
|
strait-jacket |
STRAIT-WAISTCOAT, STRAIT-JACKET, n. An apparatus to confine the limbs of a distracted person. |
52570
|
strait-laced |
STRAIT-LACED, a. [strait and lace.]1. Griped with stays.We have few well-shaped that are ... |
52571
|
strait-waistcoat |
STRAIT-WAISTCOAT, STRAIT-JACKET, n. An apparatus to confine the limbs of a distracted person. |
52572
|
straiten |
STRAITEN, v.t. 1. To make narrow. In narrow circuit, straitend by a foe.2. To contract; to confine; ... |
52573
|
straitly |
STRAITLY, adv. 1. Narrowly; closely.2. Strictly; rigorously. [For this, strictly is now used.]3. ... |
52574
|
straitness |
STRAITNESS, n. 1. Narrowness; as the straitness of a place; straitness of mind; straitness of ... |
52575
|
strake |
STRAKE, pret. of strike. [See Strike.]STRAKE, n. 1. A streak. [Not used unless in reference to the ... |
52576
|
stram |
STRAM, v.i. To spread out the limbs; to sprawl. [Local and vulgar.] |
52577
|
stramash |
STRAMASH, v.t. To strike, beat or bang; to break; to destroy. [Local and vulgar.] |
52578
|
stramineous |
STRAMINEOUS, a. [L., straw.]1. Strawy; consisting of straw.2. Chaffy; like straw; light. |
52579
|
strand |
STRAND, n. 1. The shore or beach of the sea or ocean, or of a large lake, and perhaps of a ... |
52580
|
stranded |
STRANDED, pp. 1. Run ashore.2. Having a strand broken. |
52581
|
stranding |
STRANDING, ppr. Running ashore; breaking a strand. |
52582
|
strange |
STRANGE, a. [L.]1. Foreign; belonging to anther country.I do not contemn the knowledge of strange ... |
52583
|
strangely |
STRANGELY, adv. 1. With some relation to foreigners.2. Wonderfully; in a manner or degree to excite ... |
52584
|
strangeness |
STRANGENESS, n. 1. Foreignness; the state of belonging to another country.If I will obey the ... |
52585
|
stranger |
STRANGER, n. 1. A foreigner; one who belongs to another country. Paris and London are visited by ... |
52586
|
strangle |
STRANGLE, v.t. [L.]1. To choke; to suffocate; to destroy life by stopping respiration.Our Saxon ... |
52587
|
strangled |
STRANGLED, pp. Choked; suffocated; suppressed. |
52588
|
strangler |
STRANGLER, n. One who strangles. |
52589
|
strangles |
STRANGLES, n. Swellings in a horses throat. |
52590
|
strangling |
STRANGLING, ppr. Choking; suffocating; suppressing.STRANGLING, n. The act of destroying life by ... |
52591
|
strangulated |
STRANGULATED, a. Compressed. A hernia or rupture is said to be strangulated, when it is so ... |
52592
|
strangulation |
STRANGULATION, n. [L.] 1. The act of strangling; the act of destroying life by stopping ... |
52593
|
strangury |
STRANGURY, n. [L., Gr., a drop, urine.] Literally, a discharge of urine by drops; a difficulty of ... |
52594
|
strap |
STRAP, n. [L. Strap and strop appear to be from stripping, and perhaps stripe also; all having ... |
52595
|
strap-shaped |
STRAP-SHAPED, a. In botany, ligulate. |
52596
|
strappado |
STRAPPADO, n. A military punishment formerly practiced. It consisted in drawing an offender to the ... |
52597
|
strapping |
STRAPPING, ppr. 1. Drawing on a strap, as a razor.2. Binding with a strap.3. a. Tall; lusty; as a ... |
52598
|
strata |
STRATA, n. plu. [See Stratum.] Beds; layers; as strata of sand, clay or coal. |
52599
|
stratagem |
STRATAGEM, n. [L., Gr., to lead an army.]1. An artifice, particularly in war; a plan or scheme for ... |
52600
|
stratege |
STRATEGE, STRATEGUS, n. [Gr.] An Athenian general officer. |
52601
|
strategus |
STRATEGE, STRATEGUS, n. [Gr.] An Athenian general officer. |
52602
|
strath |
STRATH, n. A vale, bottom or low ground between hills. [Not in use.] |
52603
|
stratification |
STRATIFICATION, n. [from stratify.]1. The process by which substances in the earth have been formed ... |
52604
|
stratified |
STRATIFIED, pp. Formed into a layer, as a terrene substance. |
52605
|
stratify |
STRATIFY, v.t. [L.]1. To form into a layer, as substances in the earth. Thus clay, sand and other ... |
52606
|
stratifying |
STRATIFYING, ppr. Arranging in a layer, as terrene substances. |
52607
|
stratocracy |
STRATOCRACY, n. [Gr., an army; to hold.] A military government; government by military chiefs and ... |
52608
|
stratography |
STRATOGRAPHY, n. [Gr., and army; to describe.] Description of armies, or what belongs to an army. ... |
52609
|
stratum |
STRATUM, n. plu. stratums or strata. The latter is most common. [L., to spread or lay.]1. In ... |
52610
|
straught |
STRAUGHT, pp. for stretched. |
52611
|
straw |
STRAW, n. [G., L. See Strew.]1. The stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, &c. Chiefly ... |
52612
|
straw-built |
STRAW-BUILT, a. [straw and built.] Constructed of straw; as the suburbs of a straw-built citadel. |
52613
|
straw-color |
STRAW-COLOR, n. The color of dry straw; a beautiful yellowish color. |
52614
|
straw-colored |
STRAW-COLORED, a. Of a light yellow, the color of dry straw. |
52615
|
straw-cutter |
STRAW-CUTTER, n. An instrument to cut straw for fodder. |
52616
|
straw-drain |
STRAW-DRAIN, n. A drain filled with straw. |
52617
|
straw-stuffed |
STRAW-STUFFED, a. Stuffed with straw. |
52618
|
straw-worm |
STRAW-WORM, n. [straw and worm.] A worm bred in straw. |
52619
|
strawberry |
STRAWBERRY, n. [straw and berry.] A plant and its fruit, of the genus Fragaria. Strawberries are of ... |
52620
|
strawberry-tree |
STRAWBERRY-TREE, n. An evergreen tree of the genus Arbutus; the fruit is of a fleshy substance, ... |
52621
|
strawy |
STRAWY, a. 1. Made of straw; consisting of straw.2. Like straw; light. |
52622
|
stray |
STRAY, v.i. [The elements of this word are not certainly known. L., G., to wander, to strike; both ... |
52623
|
strayer |
STRAYER, n. A wanderer. [Little used.] |
52624
|
straying |
STRAYING, ppr. Wandering; roving; departing from the direct course, from the proper inclosure, or ... |
52625
|
streak |
STREAK, n. [G., a stroke or stripe. L.]1. A line or long mark, of a different color from the ... |
52626
|
streaked |
STREAKED, pp. Marked or variegated with stripes of a different color. |
52627
|
streaking |
STREAKING, ppr. Making streaks in. |
52628
|
streaky |
STREAKY, a. Having stripes; striped; variegated with lines of a different color. |
52629
|
stream |
STREAM, n. 1. A current of water or other fluid; a liquid substance flowing in a line or course, ... |
52630
|
stream-tin |
STREAM-TIN, n. Particles or masses of tin found beneath the surface of alluvial ground. |
52631
|
streamer |
STREAMER, n. An ensign or flag; a pennon extended or flowing in the wind; a poetic use of the ... |
52632
|
streaming |
STREAMING, ppr. 1. Flowing; running in a current.2. Emitting; pouring out in abundance; as ... |
52633
|
streamlet |
STREAMLET, n. A small stream; a rivulet; a rill. |
52634
|
streamy |
STREAMY, a. 1. Abounding with running water.However streamy now, adust and dry, denied the goddess ... |
52635
|
streek |
STREEK, v.t. To lay out, as a dead body. [Not in use.] |
52636
|
street |
STREET, n. [L., strewed or spread. See Strew.]1. Properly, a paved way or road; but in usage, any ... |
52637
|
street-walker |
STREET-WALKER, n. [street and walk.] A common prostitute that offers herself to sale in the ... |
52638
|
street-ward |
STREET-WARD, n. [street and ward.] Formerly, an officer who had the care of the streets. |
52639
|
streight |
STREIGHT, n. A narrow. [See Strait.]STREIGHT, adv. Strictly. [See Strait.] |
52640
|
strene |
STRENE, n. Race; offspring. |
52641
|
strength |
STRENGTH, n. [See Strong.]1. That property or quality of an animal body by which it is enabled to ... |
52642
|
strengthen |
STRENGTHEN, v.t.1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to, either physical, legal or moral; ... |
52643
|
strengthened |
STRENGTHENED, pp. Made strong or stronger; confirmed. |
52644
|
strengthener |
STRENGTHENER, n. 1. That which increases strength, physical or moral.2. In medicine, something ... |
52645
|
strengthening |
STRENGTHENING, ppr. Increasing strength, physical or moral; confirming; animating. |
52646
|
strengthless |
STRENGTHLESS, a. 1. Wanting strength; destitute of power.2. Wanting spirit. [Little used.] |
52647
|
strenuous |
STRENUOUS, a. [L.]1. Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; as a strenuous advocate for ... |
52648
|
strenuously |
STRENUOUSLY, adv. 1. With eager and pressing zeal; ardently.2. Boldly; vigorously; actively. |
52649
|
strenuousness |
STRENUOUSNESS, n. Eagerness; earnestness; active zeal; ardor in pursuit of an object, or in ... |
52650
|
strepent |
STREPENT, a. [L.] Noisy; loud. [Little used.] |
52651
|
streperous |
STREPEROUS, a. [L.] Loud; boisterous. [Little used.] |
52652
|
stress |
STRESS, n. 1. Force; urgency; pressure; importance; that which bears with most weight; as the ... |
52653
|
stretch |
STRETCH, v.t. [L.]1. To draw out to greater length; to extend in a line; as, to stretch a cord or a ... |
52654
|
stretched |
STRETCHED, pp. Drawn out in length; extended; exerted to the utmost. |
52655
|
stretcher |
STRETCHER, n.1. He or that which stretches.2. A term in bricklaying.3. A piece of timber in ... |
52656
|
stretching |
STRETCHING, ppr. Drawing out in length; extending; spreading; exerting force. |
52657
|
strew |
STREW, v.t. [This verb is written straw, strew, or strow; straw is nearly obsolete, and strow is ... |
52658
|
strewed |
STREWED, pp. 1. Scattered; spread by scattering; as sand strewed on paper.2. Covered or sprinkled ... |
52659
|
strewing |
STREWING, ppr. Scattering; spreading over.STREWING, n. 1. The act of scattering or spreading ... |
52660
|
strewment |
STREWMENT, n. Any thing scattered in decoration. [Not used.] |
52661
|
striae |
STRIAE, n. plu. [L. See Streak.] In natural history, small channels in the shells of cockles and in ... |
52662
|
striate |
STRIATE, STRIATED, a. 1. Formed with small channels; channeled.2. In botany, streaked; marked or ... |
52663
|
striated |
STRIATE, STRIATED, a. 1. Formed with small channels; channeled.2. In botany, streaked; marked or ... |
52664
|
striature |
STRIATURE, n. Disposition of striae. |
52665
|
strick |
STRICK, n. [Gr., L., a screech-owl.] A bird of ill omen. [Not in use.] |
52666
|
stricken |
STRICKEN, pp. of strike. 1. Struck; smitten; as the stricken deer. [See Strike.]2. Advanced; worn; ... |
52667
|
strickle |
STRICKLE, n. [from strike.] 1. A strike; an instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure. ... |
52668
|
strict |
STRICT, a. [L. See Strain.]1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as a strict embrace; a strict ... |
52669
|
strictly |
STRICTLY, adv.1. Closely; tightly.2. Exactly; with nice accuracy; as, patriotism strictly so called ... |
52670
|
strictness |
STRICTNESS, n. 1. Closeness; tightness; opposed to laxity.2. Exactness in the observance of rules, ... |
52671
|
stricture |
STRICTURE, n. [L. See Strike and Stroke.]1. A stroke; a glance; a touch.2. A touch of criticism; ... |
52672
|
stride |
STRIDE, n. [L.] A long step. Her voice theatrically loud, and masculine her stride.STRIDE, v.i. ... |
52673
|
striding |
STRIDING, ppr. Walking with long steps; passing over at a step. |
52674
|
stridor |
STRIDOR, n. [L.] A harsh creaking noise, or a crack. |
52675
|
stridulous |
STRIDULOUS, a. [L.] Making a small harsh sound or a creaking. |
52676
|
strife |
STRIFE, n. [See Strive.]1. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by ... |
52677
|
strifeful |
STRIFEFUL, a. Contentious; discordant.The ape was strifeful and ambitious and the fox guileful and ... |
52678
|
strigment |
STRIGMENT, n. [L.] Scraping; that which is scraped off. [Not in use.] |
52679
|
strigous |
STRIGOUS, a. [L.] In botany, a strigous leaf is one set with stiff lanceolate bristles. |
52680
|
strike |
STRIKE, v.t. pret. struck; pp. struck and stricken; but struck is in the most common use. Strook is ... |
52681
|
strike-block |
STRIKE-BLOCK, n. [strike and block.] A plane shorter than a jointer, used for shooting a short ... |
52682
|
striker |
STRIKER, n. 1. One that strikes, or that which strikes.2. In Scripture, a quarrelsome man. Titus 1. |
52683
|
striking |
STRIKING, ppr. 1. Hitting with a blow; impressing; imprinting; punishing; lowering, as sails or a ... |
52684
|
strikingly |
STRIKINGLY, adv. In such a manner as to affect or surprise; forcibly; strongly; impressively. |
52685
|
strikingness |
STRIKINGNESS, n. The quality of affecting or surprising. |
52686
|
string |
STRING, n. [G., L., drawing, stretching.]1. A small rope, line or cord, or a slender strip of ... |
52687
|
stringed |
STRINGED, a. 1. Having strings; as a stringed instrument.2. Produced by strings; as stringed noise. |
52688
|
stringent |
STRINGENT, for astringent, binding, is not in use. |
52689
|
stringhalt |
STRINGHALT, n. [string and halt.] A sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an ... |
52690
|
stringing |
STRINGING, ppr. Furnishing with strings; putting in tune; filling; making tense; depriving of ... |
52691
|
stringless |
STRINGLESS, a. Having no strings.His tongue is now a stringless instrument. |
52692
|
stringy |
STRINGY, a. 1. Consisting of strings or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as a stringy root.2. ... |
52693
|
strip |
STRIP, v.t. [G., to strip, to flay, to stripe or streak, to graze upon, to swerve, ramble or ... |
52694
|
stripe |
STRIPE, n. [See Strip. It is probable that this word is taken from stripping.]1. A line or long ... |
52695
|
striped |
STRIPED, pp. 1. Formed with lines of different colors.2. a. Having stripes of different colors. |
52696
|
striping |
STRIPING, ppr. Forming with stripes. |
52697
|
stripling |
STRIPLING, n. [from strip, stripe; primarily a tall slender youth, one that shoots up suddenly.] A ... |
52698
|
stripped |
STRIPPED, pp. Pulled or torn off; peeled; skinned; deprived; divested; made naked; impoverished; ... |
52699
|
stripper |
STRIPPER, n. One that strips. |
52700
|
stripping |
STRIPPING, ppr. Pulling off; peeling; skinning; flaying; depriving; divesting; husking. |
52701
|
strippings |
STRIPPINGS, n. The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. |
52702
|
strive |
STRIVE, v.i. pret. strove; pp. striven. [G. This word coincides in elements with drive, and the ... |
52703
|
striver |
STRIVER, n. One that strives or contends; one who makes efforts of body or mind. |
52704
|
striving |
STRIVING, ppr. Making efforts; exerting the power of body or mind with earnestness; ... |
52705
|
strivingly |
STRIVINGLY, adv. With earnest efforts; with struggles. |
52706
|
strobil |
STROBIL, n. [L.] In botany, a pericarp formed from an ament by the hardening of the scales. IT is ... |
52707
|
strobiliform |
STROBILIFORM, a. [L., supra.] Shaped like a strobil, as a spike. |
52708
|
strocal |
STROCAL, STROKAL, n. An instrument used by glass-makers to empty the metal from one pot to another. |
52709
|
strode |
STRUDE, STRODE, n. A stock of breeding mares. |
52710
|
strokal |
STROCAL, STROKAL, n. An instrument used by glass-makers to empty the metal from one pot to another. |
52711
|
stroke |
STROKE, STROOK, for struck. |
52712
|
stroked |
STROKED, pp. Rubbed gently with the hand. |
52713
|
stroker |
STROKER, n. One who strokes; one who pretends to cure by stroking. |
52714
|
strokesman |
STROKESMAN, n. In rowing, the man who rows the aftmost oar, and whose stroke is to be followed by ... |
52715
|
stroking |
STROKING, ppr. Rubbing gently with the hand. |
52716
|
stroll |
STROLL, v.i. [formed probably on troll, roll.] To rove; to wander on foot; to ramble idly or ... |
52717
|
stroller |
STROLLER, n. One who strolls; a vagabond; a vagrant. |
52718
|
strolling |
STROLLING, ppr. Roving idly; rambling on foot. |
52719
|
strombite |
STROMBITE, n. A petrified shell of the genus Strombus. |
52720
|
strond |
STROND, n. The beach. [Not much used. See Strand.] |
52721
|
strong |
STRONG, a. [G., L. The sense of the radical word is to stretch, strain, draw, and probably from the ... |
52722
|
strong-fisted |
STRONG-FISTED, a. [strong and fist.] Having a strong hand; muscular. |
52723
|
strong-hand |
STRONG-HAND, n. [strong and hand.] Violence; force; power.It was their meaning to take what they ... |
52724
|
strong-hold |
STRONG-HOLD, n. [strong and hold.] A fastness; a fort; a fortified place; a place of security. |
52725
|
strong-set |
STRONG-SET, a. [strong and set.] Firmly set or compacted. |
52726
|
strong-water |
STRONG-WATER, n. [strong and water.] Distilled or ardent spirit. [Not in use.] |
52727
|
stronger |
STRONGER, a. comp. of strong. Having more strength. |
52728
|
strongest |
STRONGEST, a. superl. of strong. Having most strength. |
52729
|
strongly |
STRONGLY, adv. 1. With strength; with great force or power; forcibly; a word of extensive ... |
52730
|
strontian |
STRONTIAN, n. [from Strontian, in Argyleshire, where it was first found.] An earth which, when pure ... |
52731
|
strontianite |
STRONTIANITE, n. Carbonate of strontian, a mineral that occurs massive, fibrous, stellated, and ... |
52732
|
strontitic |
STRONTIAN, STRONTITIC, a. Pertaining to strontian. |
52733
|
strontium |
STRONTIUM, n. The base of strontian. |
52734
|
strook |
STROOK, for struck. [Not in use.] |
52735
|
strop |
STROP, n. 1. A strap. [See Strap.] This orthography is particularly used for a strip of lether used ... |
52736
|
strophe |
STROPHE, STROPHY, n. [Gr., a turn; to turn.] In Greek poetry, a stanza; the first member of a poem. ... |
52737
|
strophy |
STROPHE, STROPHY, n. [Gr., a turn; to turn.] In Greek poetry, a stanza; the first member of a poem. ... |
52738
|
strout |
STROUT, v.i. [for strut.] To swell; to puff out. [Not in use.] |
52739
|
strove |
STROVE, pret. of strive. |
52740
|
strow |
STROW, is only a different orthography of strew. [Not in use.] |
52741
|
strowl |
STROWL, for stroll, is not in use. [See Stroll.] |
52742
|
stroy |
STROY, for destroy, is not in use. [See Stroll.] |
52743
|
struck |
STRUCK, pret. and pp. of strike. [See Strike.] |
52744
|
strucken |
STRUCKEN, the old pp. of strike, is obsolete. |
52745
|
structure |
STRUCTURE, n. [L., to set or lay.]1. Act of building; practice of erecting buildings.His son builds ... |
52746
|
strude |
STRUDE, STRODE, n. A stock of breeding mares. |
52747
|
struggle |
STRUGGLE, v.i. [This word may be formed on the root of stretch, right, &c. which signifies to ... |
52748
|
struggler |
STRUGGLER, n. One who struggles, strives or contends. |
52749
|
struggling |
STRUGGLING, ppr. Making great efforts; using violent exertions; affected with ... |
52750
|
struma |
STRUMA, n. [L.] A glandular swelling; scrofula; the kings evil; a wen. |
52751
|
strumous |
STRUMOUS, a. Having swelling sin the glands; scrofulous. |
52752
|
strumpet |
STRUMPET, n. A prostitute.STRUMPET, a. Like a strumpet; false; inconstant.STRUMPET, v.t. To ... |
52753
|
strung |
STRUNG, pret. of string. |
52754
|
strut |
STRUT, v.i. 1. To walk with a lofty proud gait and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.Does ... |
52755
|
struthious |
STRUTHIOUS, a. [L.] Pertaining to or like the ostrich. |
52756
|
strutter |
STRUTTER, n. One who struts. |
52757
|
strutting |
STRUTTING, ppr. Walking with a lofty gait and erect head.STRUTTING, n. The act of walking with a ... |
52758
|
struttingly |
STRUTTINGLY, adv. With a proud lofty step; boastingly. |
52759
|
strychnia |
STRYCHNIA, n. An alkaline substance obtained from the fruit of the Strychnos nux vomica, and ... |
52760
|
stub |
STUB, n. [L., setting, fixing. See Stop.]1. The stump of a tree; that part of the stem of a tree ... |
52761
|
stub-nail |
STUB-NAIL, n. [stub and nail.] A nail broken off; a short thick nail. |
52762
|
stubbed |
STUBBED, a. 1. Short and thick like something truncated; blunt; obtuse. 2. Hardy; not nice or ... |
52763
|
stubbedness |
STUBBEDNESS, n. Bluntness; obtuseness. |
52764
|
stubble |
STUBBLE, n. [L.] The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part ... |
52765
|
stubble-goose |
STUBBLE-GOOSE, n. [stubble and goose.] A goose fed among stubble. |
52766
|
stubble-rake |
STUBBLE-RAKE, n. A rake with long teeth for raking together stubble. |
52767
|
stubborn |
STUBBORN, a. [This word is doubtless formed on the root of stub or stiff, and denotes fixed, firm. ... |
52768
|
stubbornly |
STUBBORNLY, adv. Obstinately; inflexibly; contumaciously. |
52769
|
stubbornness |
STUBBORNNESS, n. 1. Perverse and unreasonable obstinacy; inflexibility; contumacy.Stubbornness and ... |
52770
|
stubby |
STUBBY, a. [from stub.] 1. Abounding with stubs.2. Short and thick; short and strong; as stubby ... |
52771
|
stucco |
STUCCO, n. 1. A fine plaster composed of lime, sand, whiting and pounded marble; used for covering ... |
52772
|
stuccoed |
STUCCOED, pp. Overlaid with stucco. |
52773
|
stuccoing |
STUCCOING, ppr. Plastering with stucco. |
52774
|
stuck |
STUCK, pret. and pp. of stick.Stuck oer with titles, and hung round with strings.STUCK, n. A ... |
52775
|
stuckle |
STUCKLE, n. [from stook.] A number of sheaves set together in the field. [Not in use in the United ... |
52776
|
stud |
STUD, n. [G., a stay or prop; to butt at, to gore. The sense of the root is to set, to thrust. G. ... |
52777
|
stud-horse |
STUD-HORSE, n. [L.] A breeding horse; a horse kept for propagating his kind. |
52778
|
studded |
STUDDED, pp. 1. Adorned with studs.2. Set with detached ornaments.The sloping sides and summits of ... |
52779
|
studding |
STUDDING, ppr. Setting or adorning with studs or shining knobs. |
52780
|
studding-sail |
STUDDING-SAIL, n. In navigation, a sail that is set beyond the skirts of the principal sails. The ... |
52781
|
student |
STUDENT, n. [L. See Study.]1. A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning, either in ... |
52782
|
studied |
STUDIED, pp. [from study.] 1. Read; closely examined; read with diligence and attention; well ... |
52783
|
studier |
STUDIER, n. [from study.] One who studies; a student.Lipsius was a great studier in the stoical ... |
52784
|
studious |
STUDIOUS, a. [L.]1. Given to books or to learning; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from ... |
52785
|
studiously |
STUDIOUSLY, adv. 1. With study; with close attention to books.2. With diligent contemplation.3. ... |
52786
|
studiousness |
STUDIOUSNESS, n. The habit or practice of study; addictedness to books. Men of sprightly ... |
52787
|
study |
STUDY, n. [L., to study, that is, to set the thought or mind. See Assiduous.]1. Literally, a ... |
52788
|
stuff |
STUFF, n. [G., See Stove and Stew.]1. A mass of matter, indefinitely; or a collection of ... |
52789
|
stuffed |
STUFFED, pp. Filled; crowded; crammed. |
52790
|
stuffing |
STUFFING, ppr. Filling; crowding.STUFFING, n. 1. That which is used for filling any thing; as the ... |
52791
|
stuke |
STUKE, for stucco, not in use. |
52792
|
stulm |
STULM, n. A shaft to draw water out of a mine. |
52793
|
stulp |
STULP, n. A post. [Local.] |
52794
|
stultify |
STULTIFY, v.t. [L., foolish; to make.]1. To make foolish; to make one a fool.2. In law, to alledge ... |
52795
|
stultiloquence |
STULTILOQUENCE, n. [L., foolish; a talking.] Foolish talk; a babbling. |
52796
|
stultiloquy |
STULTILOQUY, n. [L., supra.] Foolish talk; silly discourse; babbling. |
52797
|
stum |
STUM, n. [G.]1. Must; wine unfermented.2. New wine used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid ... |
52798
|
stumble |
STUMBLE, v.i. [This word is probably from a root that signifies to stop or to strike, and may be ... |
52799
|
stumbled |
STUMBLED, pp. Obstructed; puzzled. |
52800
|
stumbler |
STUMBLER, n. One that stumbles or makes a blunder. |
52801
|
stumbling |
STUMBLING, ppr. Tripping; erring; puzzling. |
52802
|
stumbling-block |
STUMBLING-BLOCK, STUMBLING-STONE, n. [stumble and block or stone.] Any cause of stumbling; that ... |
52803
|
stumbling-stone |
STUMBLING-BLOCK, STUMBLING-STONE, n. [stumble and block or stone.] Any cause of stumbling; that ... |
52804
|
stump |
STUMP, n. [G.]1. The stub of a tree; the part of a tree remaining int he earth after the tree is ... |
52805
|
stumpy |
STUMPY, a. 1. Full of stumps.2. Hard; strong. [Little used.]3. Short; stubby. [Little used.] |
52806
|
stun |
STUN, v.t. [The primary sense is to strike or to stop, to blunt, to stupefy.]1. To make senseless ... |
52807
|
stung |
STUNG, pret. and pp. of sting. |
52808
|
stunk |
STUNK, pret. of stink. |
52809
|
stunned |
STUNNED, pp. Having the sense of hearing overpowered; confounded with noise. |
52810
|
stunning |
STUNNING, ppr. Overpowering the organs of hearing; confounding with noise. |
52811
|
stunt |
STUNT, v.t. [See Stint.] To hinder from growth; applied to animals and plants; as, to stunt a ... |
52812
|
stunted |
STUNTED, pp. Hindered from growth or increase. |
52813
|
stuntedness |
STUNTEDNESS, n. The state of being stunted. |
52814
|
stunting |
STUNTING, ppr. Hindering from growth or increase. |
52815
|
stupe |
STUPE, n. [L., tow; probably allied to stuff.] Cloth or flax dipped in warm medicaments and applied ... |
52816
|
stupefaction |
STUPEFACTION, n. [L. See Stop.]1. The act of rendering stupid.2. A stupid or senseless state; ... |
52817
|
stupefactive |
STUPEFACTIVE, a. Causing insensibility; deadening or blunting the sense of felling or ... |
52818
|
stupefier |
STUPEFIER, n. [from stupefy.] That which causes dullness or stupidity. |
52819
|
stupefy |
STUPEFY, v.t. [L.]1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or ... |
52820
|
stupefying |
STUPEFYING, ppr. Rendering extremely dull or insensible; as the stupefying virtues of opium. [It ... |
52821
|
stupendous |
STUPENDOUS, a. [Low L., to astonish.] Literally, striking dumb by its magnitude; hence, ... |
52822
|
stupendously |
STUPENDOUSLY, adv. In a manner to excite astonishment. |
52823
|
stupendousness |
STUPENDOUSNESS, n. The quality or state of being stupendous or astonishing. |
52824
|
stupid |
STUPID, a. [L., to be stupefied, properly to stop. See Stop.]1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; ... |
52825
|
stupidity |
STUPIDITY, n. [L.] Extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness. |
52826
|
stupidly |
STUPIDLY, adv. With extreme dullness; with suspension or inactivity of understanding; sottishly; ... |
52827
|
stupidness |
STUPIDNESS, n. Stupidity. |
52828
|
stupor |
STUPOR, n. [L.]1. Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense; numbness; as ... |
52829
|
stuprate |
STUPRATE, v.t. [L.] To ravish; to debauch. |
52830
|
stupration |
STUPRATION, n. Rape; violation of chastity by force. |
52831
|
sturdily |
STURDILY, adv. [from sturdy.] Hardily; stoutly; lustily. |
52832
|
sturdiness |
STURDINESS, n. [from sturdy.] 1. Stoutness; hardiness; as the sturdiness of a school boy.2. Brutal ... |
52833
|
sturdy |
STURDY, a. [G., connected with; a stub.]1. Hardy; stout; foolishly obstinate; implying coarseness ... |
52834
|
sturgeon |
STURGEON, n. [Low L., G.] A large fish of the genus Acipenser, caught in large rivers. Its flesh is ... |
52835
|
sturk |
STURK, n. A young ox or heifer. |
52836
|
stutter |
STUTTER, v.i. [G., that is, to stop. Stut is not used.] To stammer; to hesitate in uttering words. |
52837
|
stutterer |
STUTTERER, n. A stammerer. |
52838
|
stuttering |
STUTTERING, ppr. Stammering; speaking with hesitation. |
52839
|
stutteringly |
STUTTERINGLY, adv. With stammering. |
52840
|
sty |
STY, n. 1. A pen or inclosure for swine.2. A place of bestial debauchery.To roll with pleasure in a ... |
52841
|
styca |
STYCA, n. A Saxon copper coin of the lowest value. |
52842
|
stygian |
STYGIAN, a. [L.] Pertaining to Styx, fabled by the ancients to be a river of hell over which the ... |
52843
|
style |
STYLE, n. [L., Gr., a column, a pen or bodkin; from the root of the Teutonic stellen, to set or ... |
52844
|
styled |
STYLED, pp. Named; denominated; called. |
52845
|
stylet |
STYLET, n. [from style.] A small poniard or dagger. |
52846
|
styliform |
STYLIFORM, a. [style and form.] Like a style, pin or pen. |
52847
|
styling |
STYLING, ppr. Calling; denominating. |
52848
|
stylite |
STYLITE, n. [Gr., a column.] In ecclesiastical history, the Stylites were a sect of solitaries, who ... |
52849
|
stylobation |
STYLOBATION, n. The pedestal of a column. |
52850
|
styloid |
STYLOID, a. [L., Gr.] Having some resemblance to a style or pen; as the styloid process of the ... |
52851
|
styptic |
STYPTIC, STYPTICAL, a. [L., Gr.] That stops bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage. |
52852
|
styptical |
STYPTIC, STYPTICAL, a. [L., Gr.] That stops bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage. |
52853
|
stypticity |
STYPTICITY, n. The quality of stanching blood, or stopping hemorrhage. |
52854
|
stythy |
STYTHY, v.t. To forge on an anvil. [See Stithy.] |
52855
|
suability |
SUABILITY, n. Liability to be sued; the state of being subject by law to civil process. [Not much ... |
52856
|
suable |
SUABLE, a. [from sue.] That may be sued; subject by law to be called to answer in court. |
52857
|
suade |
SUADE, for persuade, is not in use. |
52858
|
suage |
SUAGE, for assuage, is not in use. |
52859
|
suant |
SUANT, a. Even; uniform; spread equally over the surface. [New England, but local.] |
52860
|
suasible |
SUASIBLE, a. [L.] That may be persuaded or easily persuaded. |
52861
|
suasion |
SUASION, n. The act of persuading. [See Persuade.] |
52862
|
suasive |
SUASIVE, a. [L.] Having power to persuade. |
52863
|
suasory |
SUASORY, a. [L.] Tending to persuade; having the quality of convincing and drawing by argument or ... |
52864
|
suavity |
SUAVITY, n. [L.]1. Sweetness, in a literal sense. [Not in use.]2. Sweetness, in a figurative sense; ... |
52865
|
sub |
SUB, a Latin preposition, denoting under or below, used in English as a prefix, to express a ... |
52866
|
sub-beadle |
SUB-BEADLE, n. [sub and beadle.] An inferior or under beadle. |
52867
|
sub-brigadier |
SUB-BRIGADIER, n. An officer in the horse guards, who ranks as cornet. |
52868
|
sub-celestial |
SUB-CELESTIAL, a. [sub and celestial.] Being beneath the heavens; as sub-celestial glories. |
52869
|
sub-central |
SUB-CENTRAL, a. Being under the center. |
52870
|
sub-chanter |
SUB-CHANTER, n. [sub and chanter.] An under chanter; a deputy of the precentor of a cathedral. |
52871
|
sub-committee |
SUB-COMMITTEE, n. [sub and committee.] An under committee; a part or division of a committee. |
52872
|
sub-constellation |
SUB-CONSTELLATION, n. A subordinate constellation. |
52873
|
sub-contracted |
SUB-CONTRACTED, a. [sub and contracted.] Contracted after a former contract. |
52874
|
sub-contrary |
SUB-CONTRARY, a. [sub and contrary.] Contrary in an inferior degree. In geometry, when two similar ... |
52875
|
subacid |
SUBACID, a. [sub and acid.] Moderately acid or sour; as a subacid juice.SUBACID, n. A substance ... |
52876
|
subacrid |
SUBACRID, a. [sub and acrid.] Moderately sharp, pungent or acrid. |
52877
|
subact |
SUBACT, v.t. [L.] To reduce; to subdue. [Not in use.] |
52878
|
subaction |
SUBACTION, n. The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely, or of beating ... |
52879
|
subagitation |
SUBAGITATION, n. [L.] Carnal knowledge. |
52880
|
subah |
SUBAH, n. In India, a province or viceroy ship. |
52881
|
subahdar |
SUBAHDAR, n. In India, a viceroy, or the governor of a province; also, a native of India, who ranks ... |
52882
|
subahship |
SUBAHSHIP, n. The jurisdiction of a subahdar. |
52883
|
subaltern |
SUBALTERN, a. [L.] Inferior; subordinate; that in different respects is both superior and inferior; ... |
52884
|
subalternate |
SUBALTERNATE, a. [supra.] Successive, succeeding by turns. |
52885
|
subalternation |
SUBALTERNATION, n. 1. State of inferiority or subjection.2. Act of succeeding by course. |
52886
|
subaquatic |
SUBAQUATIC, SUBAQUEOUS, a. [L., water.] Being under water, or beneath the surface of water. |
52887
|
subaqueous |
SUBAQUATIC, SUBAQUEOUS, a. [L., water.] Being under water, or beneath the surface of water. |
52888
|
subastral |
SUBASTRAL, a. [sub and astral.] Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial. |
52889
|
subastringent |
SUBASTRINGENT, a. Astringent in a small degree. |
52890
|
subaxillary |
SUBAXILLARY, a. [L., the arm-pit.] Placed under the axil or angle formed by the branch of a plant ... |
52891
|
subcarbureted |
SUBCARBURETED, a. Carbureted in an inferior degree; or consisting of one prime of carbon and two of ... |
52892
|
subclavian |
SUBCLAVIAN, a. [L., a key.] Situated under the clavicle or collar bone; as the subclavian arteries. |
52893
|
subcordate |
SUBCORDATE, a. [L., the heart.] In shape somewhat like a heart. |
52894
|
subcostal |
SUBCOSTAL, a. [L., a rib.] The subcostal muscles are the internal intercostal muscles. |
52895
|
subcutaneous |
SUBCUTANEOUS, a. [sub and cutaneous; L., skin.] Situated under the skin. |
52896
|
subcuticular |
SUBCUTICULAR, a. [L., cuticle.] Being under the cuticle or scarf-skin. |
52897
|
subdeacon |
SUBDEACON, n. [sub and deacon.] An under deacon; a deacons servant, in the Romish church. |
52898
|
subdeaconry |
SUBDEACONRY, SUBDEACONSHIP, n. The order and office of subdeacon in the catholic church. |
52899
|
subdeaconship |
SUBDEACONRY, SUBDEACONSHIP, n. The order and office of subdeacon in the catholic church. |
52900
|
subdean |
SUBDEAN, n. [sub and dean.] An under dean; a deans substitute or vicegerent. |
52901
|
subdeanery |
SUBDEANERY, n. The office and rank of subdean. |
52902
|
subdecuple |
SUBDECUPLE, a. [L. Sub and decuplus.] Containing one part of ten. |
52903
|
subdented |
SUBDENTED, a. [sub and dent.] Indented beneath. |
52904
|
subdeposit |
SUBDEPOSIT, n. That which is deposited beneath something else. |
52905
|
subderisorious |
SUBDERISORIOUS, a. [L. Sub and derisor.] Ridiculing with moderation or delicacy. [Not in use.] |
52906
|
subdititious |
SUBDITITIOUS, a. [L., to substitute.] Put secretly in the place of something else. [Little used.] |
52907
|
subdiversify |
SUBDIVERSIFY, v.t. [sub and diversify.] To diversify again what is already diversified. [Little ... |
52908
|
subdivide |
SUBDIVIDE, v.t. [sub and divide.] To divide a part of a thing into more parts; to part into smaller ... |
52909
|
subdivided |
SUBDIVIDED, pp. Divided again or into smaller parts. |
52910
|
subdividing |
SUBDIVIDING, ppr. Dividing into smaller parts that which is already divided. |
52911
|
subdivision |
SUBDIVISION, n. 1. The act of subdividing or separating a part into smaller parts.2. The part of a ... |
52912
|
subdolous |
SUBDOLOUS, a. [L. Sub and dolus, deceit.] Sly; crafty; cunning; artful; deceitful. [Little used.] |
52913
|
subdominant |
SUBDOMINANT, n. In music, the fourth note above the tonic, being under the dominant. |
52914
|
subduable |
SUBDUABLE, a. That may be subdued. |
52915
|
subdual |
SUBDUAL, n. [from subdue.] The act of subduing. |
52916
|
subduce |
SUBDUCE, SUBDUCT, v.t. [L., sub and duco, to draw.]1. To withdraw; to take away.Or from my side ... |
52917
|
subduct |
SUBDUCE, SUBDUCT, v.t. [L., sub and duco, to draw.]1. To withdraw; to take away.Or from my side ... |
52918
|
subduction |
SUBDUCTION, n. 1. The act of taking away or withdrawing.2. Arithmetical subtraction. |
52919
|
subdue |
SUBDUE, v.t. 1. To conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent ... |
52920
|
subdued |
SUBDUED, pp. Conquered and reduced to subjection; oppressed; crushed; tamed; softened. |
52921
|
subduement |
SUBDUEMENT, n. Conquest. [Not used.] |
52922
|
subduer |
SUBDUER, n. 1. One who conquers and brings into subjection; a tamer.2. That which subdues or ... |
52923
|
subduing |
SUBDUING, ppr. Vanquishing and reducing to subjection; crushing; destroying the power of ... |
52924
|
subduple |
SUBDUPLE, a. [L., double.] Containing one part of two. |
52925
|
subduplicate |
SUBDUPLICATE, a. [sub and duplicate.] Having the ratio of the square roots. |
52926
|
subequal |
SUBEQUAL, a. [sub and equal.] Nearly equal. |
52927
|
suberate |
SUBERATE, n. [L., a cork.] A salt formed by the suberic acid in combination with a base. |
52928
|
suberic |
SUBERIC, a. Pertaining to cork, or extracted from it; as suberic acid. |
52929
|
suberose |
SUBEROSE, a. [L., gnawed.] In botany, having the appearance of being gnawed; appearing as if a ... |
52930
|
suberous |
SUBEROUS, a. [L., cork.] Corky; soft and elastic. |
52931
|
subfusc |
SUBFUSC, a. [L. Sub and fuscus.] Duskish; moderately dark; brownish; tawny. |
52932
|
subglobular |
SUBGLOBULAR, a. Having a form approaching to globular. |
52933
|
subhastation |
SUBHASTATION, n. [L., under the spear.] A public sale or auction, so called form the Roman ... |
52934
|
subhydrosulphuret |
SUBHYDROSULPHURET, n. A compound of sulphurated hydrogen with a base, in a less proportion than in ... |
52935
|
subindication |
SUBINDICATION, n. [L. Sub and indico.] The act of indication by signs. |
52936
|
subinfeudation |
SUBINFEUDATION, n. [sub and infeudation. See Feud.]1. In law, the act of enfeoffing by a tenant or ... |
52937
|
subingression |
SUBINGRESSION, n. [L. Sub and ingressus.] Secret entrance. [Not in use.] |
52938
|
subitaneous |
SUBITANEOUS, a. [L.] Sudden; hasty. |
52939
|
subitany |
SUBITANY, a. Sudden. [Not in use.] |
52940
|
subjacent |
SUBJACENT, a. [L. Sub and jaceo, to lie.]1. Lying under or below.2. Being in a lower situation, ... |
52941
|
subject |
SUBJECT, a. 1. Placed or situate under.--The eastern tower whose height commands, as subject, all ... |
52942
|
subjected |
SUBJECTED, pp. Reduced to the dominion of another; enslaved; exposed; submitted; made to undergo. |
52943
|
subjection |
SUBJECTION, n. 1. The act of subduing; the act of vanquishing and bringing under the dominion of ... |
52944
|
subjective |
SUBJECTIVE, a. Relating to the subject, as opposed to the object.Certainty--is distinguished into ... |
52945
|
subjectively |
SUBJECTIVELY, adv. In relation to the subject. |
52946
|
subjoin |
SUBJOIN, v.t. [L.] To add at the end; to add after something else has been said or written; as, to ... |
52947
|
subjoined |
SUBJOINED, pp. Added after something else said or written. |
52948
|
subjoining |
SUBJOINING, ppr. Adding after something else said or written. |
52949
|
subjugate |
SUBJUGATE, v.t. [L. Sub and jugo, to yoke. See Yoke.] To subdue and bring under the yoke of power ... |
52950
|
subjugated |
SUBJUGATED, pp. Reduced to the absolute control of another. |
52951
|
subjugating |
SUBJUGATING, ppr. Conquering and bringing under the absolute power of another. |
52952
|
subjugation |
SUBJUGATION, n. The act of subduing and bringing under the power or absolute control of another. |
52953
|
subjunction |
SUBJUNCTION, n. The act of subjoining, or state of being subjoined. |
52954
|
subjunctive |
SUBJUNCTIVE, a. [L. See Subjoin.]1. Subjoined or added to something before said or written.2. In ... |
52955
|
sublanate |
SUBLANATE, a. [L., wool.] In botany, somewhat woolly. |
52956
|
sublapsarian |
SUBLAPSARIAN, SUBLAPSARY, a. [L., fall.] Done after the apostasy of Adam. [See the Noun.] |
52957
|
sublapsary |
SUBLAPSARIAN, SUBLAPSARY, a. [L., fall.] Done after the apostasy of Adam. [See the Noun.] |
52958
|
sublation |
SUBLATION, n. [L.] The act of taking or carrying away. |
52959
|
sublet |
SUBLET, v.t. [sub and let.] To underlet; to lease, as a lessee to another person. [Unusual.] |
52960
|
sublevation |
SUBLEVATION, n. [L.] The act of raising on high. |
52961
|
sublieutenant |
SUBLIEUTENANT, n. An officer in the royal regiment of artillery and fusileers, in which are no ... |
52962
|
subligation |
SUBLIGATION, n. [L., sub and ligo, to bind.] The act of binding underneath. |
52963
|
sublimable |
SUBLIMABLE, a. [from sublime.] That may be sublimated; capable of being raised by heat into vapor, ... |
52964
|
sublimableness |
SUBLIMABLENESS, n. The quality of being sublimable. |
52965
|
sublimate |
SUBLIMATE, v.t. [from sublime.]1. To bring a solid substance, as camphor or sulphur, into the state ... |
52966
|
sublimated |
SUBLIMATED, pp. Brought into a state of vapor by heat, as a solid substance; refined. |
52967
|
sublimating |
SUBLIMATING, ppr. Converting into the state of vapor by heat, and condensing; as solid substances. |
52968
|
sublimation |
SUBLIMATION, n. 1. The operation of bringing a solid substance into the state of vapor by heat, ... |
52969
|
sublime |
SUBLI'ME, a. [L. sublimis.]1. High in place; exalted aloft. Sublime on these a tow'r of steel is ... |
52970
|
sublimed |
SUBLI'MED, pp. Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and when cooled, changed to a solid state. |
52971
|
sublimely |
SUBLI'MELY, adv. With elevated conceptions; loftily; as, to express one's self sublimely. In ... |
52972
|
sublimeness |
SUBLI'MENESS, n. Loftiness of style or sentiment; sublimity. |
52973
|
subliming |
SUBLI'MING, ppr. Sublimating; exalting. |
52974
|
sublimity |
SUBLIM'ITY, n. [L. sublimitas.]1. Elevation of place; lofty highth.2. Highth in excellence; ... |
52975
|
sublingual |
SUBLIN'GUAL, a. [L. sub and lingua, the tongue.]Situated under the tongue; as the sublingual ... |
52976
|
sublunar |
SUBLU'NAR |
52977
|
sublunary |
SUB'LUNARY, a. [L. sub and luna, the moon.] Literally, beneath the moon, but sublunary, which is ... |
52978
|
subluxation |
SUBLUXA'TION, n. [sub and luxation.] In surgery, a violent sprain; also, an incomplete ... |
52979
|
submarine |
SUBMARINE, a. [L. sub and marinus, from mare, the sea.] Being, acting or growing under water in the ... |
52980
|
submaxillary |
SUBMAX'ILLARY, a. [L. sub and maxilla, the jaw-bone.] Situated under the jaw.The submaxillary ... |
52981
|
submediant |
SUBME'DIANT, n. In music, the sixth note, or middle note between the octave and subdominant. |
52982
|
submerge |
SUBMERGE, v.t. submerj'. [L. submergo; sub and mergo, to plunge.]1. To put under water; to ... |
52983
|
submerged |
SUBMERG'ED, pp. Put under water; overflowed. |
52984
|
submerging |
SUBMERG'ING, ppr. Putting under water; overflowing. |
52985
|
submerse |
SUBMERSE |
52986
|
submersed |
SUBMERS'ED, a. submers'. [L. submersus.] Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic ... |
52987
|
submersion |
SUBMER'SION, n. [L. submersus.]1. The act of putting under water or causing to be overflowed; as ... |
52988
|
subminister |
SUBMIN'ISTER |
52989
|
subministrant |
SUBMIN'ISTRANT, a. Subservient; serving in subordination. [Not in use.] |
52990
|
subministrate |
SUBMIN'ISTRATE, v.t. [L. subministro; sub and ministro.]To supply; to afford. [Not in use.] |
52991
|
subministration |
SUBMINISTRA'TION, n. The act of furnishing or supplying. [Not in use.] |
52992
|
submiss |
SUBMISS', a. [L. submissus, submitto.] Submissive; humble; obsequious. [Rarely used, and in ... |
52993
|
submission |
SUBMIS'SION, n. [L. submissio, from submitto.]1. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to ... |
52994
|
submissive |
SUBMISS'IVE, a. Yielding to the will or power of another; obedient.1. Humble; acknowledging one's ... |
52995
|
submissively |
SUBMISS'IVELY, adv. With submission; with acknowledgment of inferiority; humbly. The goddess, Soft ... |
52996
|
submissiveness |
SUBMISS'IVENESS, n. A submissive temper or disposition.1. Humbleness; acknowledgment of ... |
52997
|
submissly |
SUBMISS'LY, adv. Humbly; with submission. [Little used.] |
52998
|
submissness |
SUBMISS'NESS, n. Humbleness; obedience. [Little used.] |
52999
|
submit |
SUBMIT', v.t. [L. submitto; sub, under, and mitto, to send.]1. To let down; to cause to sink or ... |
53000
|
submitted |
SUBMIT'TED, pp. Surrendered; resigned; yielded; referred. |
53001
|
submitter |
SUBMIT'TER, n. One who submits. |
53002
|
submitting |
SUBMIT'TING, ppr. Surrendering; resigning; yielding; referring to another for decision. |
53003
|
submultiple |
SUBMUL'TIPLE, n. [See Multiply.] A number or quantity which is contained in another a certain ... |
53004
|
subnascent |
SUBNAS'CENT, a. [L. sub and nascor.] Growing underneath. |
53005
|
subnect |
SUBNECT', v.t. [L. subnecto.] To tie, buckle or fasten beneath. [Not in use.] |
53006
|
subnormal |
SUBNOR'MAL, n. [L. sub and norma, a rule.] A subperpendicular, or a line under the perpendicular ... |
53007
|
subnude |
SUBNU'DE, a. [L.sub and nudus, naked.] In botany, almost naked or bare of leaves. |
53008
|
subobscurely |
SUBOBSCU'RELY, adv. Somewhat obscurely or darkly. |
53009
|
suboccipital |
SUBOCCIP'ITAL, a. Being under the occiput; as the suboccipital nerves. |
53010
|
suboctave |
SUBOC'TAVE |
53011
|
suboctuple |
SUBOC'TUPLE, a. [L. sub and octavus or octuple.] Containing one part of eight. |
53012
|
subocular |
SUBOC'ULAR, a. [L. sub and oculus.] Being under the eye. |
53013
|
suborbicular |
SUBORBIC'ULAR |
53014
|
suborbiculate |
SUBORBIC'ULATE, a. [L. sub and orbiculatus.] Almost orbiculate or orbicular; nearly circular. |
53015
|
subordinacy |
SUBOR'DINACY, n. [See Subordinate.]1. The state of being subordinate or subject to control; as, to ... |
53016
|
subordinancy |
SUBOR'DINANCY, n. [Not in use. See Subordinacy.] |
53017
|
subordinate |
SUBOR'DINATE, a. [L. sub and ordinatus, from ordo, order.]1. Inferior in order,in nature, in ... |
53018
|
subordinated |
SUBOR'DINATED, pp. Placed in an inferior rank; considered as of inferior importance; subjected. |
53019
|
subordinately |
SUBOR'DINATELY, adv. In a lower rank or of inferior importance.1. In a series regularly ... |
53020
|
subordination |
SUBORDINA'TION, n. [See Subordinate.]1. The state of being inferior to another; inferiority of ... |
53021
|
suborn |
SUBORN', v.t. [L. suborno; sub and orno. The sense of orno, in this word, and the primary sense, ... |
53022
|
subornation |
SUBORNA'TION, n. In law, the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes ... |
53023
|
suborned |
SUBORN'ED, pp. Procured to take a false oath, or to do a bad action. |
53024
|
suborner |
SUBORN'ER, n. One who procures another to take a false oath, or to do a bad action. |
53025
|
suborning |
SUBORN'ING, ppr. Procuring one to take a false oath, or to do a criminal action. |
53026
|
subovate |
SUBO'VATE, a. [L. sub and ovatus, from ovum, an egg.]Almost ovate; nearly in the form of an egg. |
53027
|
subpena |
SUBPE'NA, n. [L. sub and poena, pain, penalty.]A writ commanding the attendance in court of the ... |
53028
|
subperpendicular |
SUBPERPENDIC'ULAR, n. [sub and perpendicular.]A subnormal, which see. |
53029
|
subpetiolate |
SUBPET'IOLATE, a. [sub and petiole.] In botany, having a very short petiole. |
53030
|
subprior |
SUBPRI'OR, n. [sub and prior.] The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the ... |
53031
|
subpurchaser |
SUBPUR'CHASER, n. A purchaser who buys of a purchaser. |
53032
|
subquadrate |
SUBQUAD'RATE, a. Nearly square. |
53033
|
subquadruple |
SUBQUAD'RUPLE, a. [sub and quadruple.] Containing one part of four; as subquadruple proportion. |
53034
|
subquinquefid |
SUBQUIN'QUEFID, a. [sub and quinquefid.] Almost quinfuefid. |
53035
|
subquintuple |
SUBQUIN'TUPLE, a. [sub and quintuple.] Containing one part of five; as subquintuple proportion. |
53036
|
subramous |
SUBRA'MOUS, a. [L. sub and ramosus, full of branches.]In botany, having few branches. |
53037
|
subrector |
SUBREC'TOR, n. [sub and rector.] A rector's deputy or substitute. |
53038
|
subreption |
SUBREP'TION, n. [L. subreptio, from subrepo, to creep under.]The act of obtaining a favor by ... |
53039
|
subreptitious |
SUBREPTI'TIOUS, a. [L. surreptitius, supra.] Falsely crept in; fraudulently obtained. [See ... |
53040
|
subrogate |
SUB'ROGATE, v.t. [L. subrogo.] To put in the place of another. [Not in use. See Surrogate.] |
53041
|
subrogation |
SUBROGA'TION, n. In the civil law,the substituting of one person in the place of another and ... |
53042
|
subrotund |
SUBROTUND', a. [L. sub and rotundus, round.] Almost round. |
53043
|
subsaline |
SUBSALI'NE, a. Moderately saline or salt. |
53044
|
subsalt |
SUB'SALT, n. A salt with less acid than is sufficient to neutralize its radicals; or a salt having ... |
53045
|
subscapular |
SUBSCAP'ULAR, a. [L. sub and scapula.] The subscapular arteryis the large branch of the axillary ... |
53046
|
subscribe |
SUBSCRI'BE, v.t. [L. subscribo; sub and scribo, to write.]1. To sign with one's own hand; to give ... |
53047
|
subscribed |
SUBSCRI'BED, pp. Having a name or names written underneath. The petition is subscribed by two ... |
53048
|
subscriber |
SUBSCRI'BER, n. One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing.1. One ... |
53049
|
subscribing |
SUBSCRI'BING, ppr. Writing one's name underneath; assenting to or attesting by writing the name ... |
53050
|
subscription |
SUBSCRIP'TION, n. [L. subscriptio.] Any thing, particularly a paper,with names subscribed.1. The ... |
53051
|
subsection |
SUBSEC'TION, n. [L. sub and sectio.] The part or division of a section; a subdivision; the section ... |
53052
|
subsecutive |
SUBSEC'UTIVE, a. [L. subsequor, subsecutus.]Following in a train or succession. [Little used.] |
53053
|
subsemitone |
SUBSEM'ITONE, n. In music, the sharp seventh or sensible of any key. |
53054
|
subseptuple |
SUBSEP'TUPLE, a. [L. sub and septuplus.] Containing one of seven parts. |
53055
|
subsequence |
SUB'SEQUENCE, n. [L. subsequor, subsequens; sub and sequor, to follow.] A following; a state of ... |
53056
|
subsequent |
SUB'SEQUENT, a. [L. subsequens, supra.]1. Following in time; coming or being after something else ... |
53057
|
subsequently |
SUB'SEQUENTLY, adv. At a later time; in time after something else. Nothing was done at the first ... |
53058
|
subserve |
SUBSERVE, v.t. subserv.' [L. subservio; sub and servio, to serve.]To serve in subordination; to ... |
53059
|
subservience |
SUBSERV'IENCE |
53060
|
subserviency |
SUBSERV'IENCY, n. Instrumental use; use or operation that promotes some purpose. --The body, ... |
53061
|
subservient |
SUBSERV'IENT, a. [L. subserviens.] Useful as an instrument to promote a purpose;serving to promote ... |
53062
|
subserviently |
SUBSERV'IENTLY, adv. In a subservient manner. |
53063
|
subsessile |
SUBSES'SILE, a. [L. sub and sessilis.] In botany, almost sessile; having very short footstalks. |
53064
|
subsextuple |
SUBSEX'TUPLE, a. [L. sub and sextuplus.] Containing one part in six. |
53065
|
subside |
SUBSI'DE, v.i. [L. subsido; sub and sido, to settle. See Set.]1. To sink or fall to the bottom; ... |
53066
|
subsidence |
SUBSI'DENCE |
53067
|
subsidency |
SUBSI'DENCY, n. The act or process of sinking or falling, as the lees of liquors.1. The act of ... |
53068
|
subsidiary |
SUBSID'IARY, a. [L. subsidiarius. See Subsidy.]1. Aiding; assistant; furnishing help. Subsidiary ... |
53069
|
subsidize |
SUB'SIDIZE, v.t. [from subsidy.] To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of another ... |
53070
|
subsidized |
SUB'SIDIZED, pp. Engaged as an auxiliary by means of a subsidy. |
53071
|
subsidizing |
SUB'SIDIZING, ppr. Purchasing the assistance of by subsidies. |
53072
|
subsidy |
SUB'SIDY, n. [L. subsidium, from subsido, literally to be or sit under or by.]1. Aid in money; ... |
53073
|
subsign |
SUBSIGN, v.t. subsi'ne. [L. subsigno; sub and signo, to sign.]To sign under; to write beneath. ... |
53074
|
subsignation |
SUBSIGNA'TION, n. The act of writing the name under something for attestation. [Little used.] |
53075
|
subsist |
SUBSIST', v.i. [L. subsisto; sub and sisto, to stand, to be fixed.]1. To be; to have existence; ... |
53076
|
subsistence |
SUBSIST'ENCE |
53077
|
subsistency |
SUBSIST'ENCY, n. Real being; as a chain of differing subsistencies. Not only the things had ... |
53078
|
subsistent |
SUBSIST'ENT, a. [L. subsistens.] Having real being; as a subsistent spirit.1. Inherent; as ... |
53079
|
subsoil |
SUB'SOIL, n. [sub and soil.] The bed or stratum of earth which lies between the surface soil and ... |
53080
|
subspecies |
SUBSPE'CIES, n. [sub and species.] A subordinate species; a division of a species. |
53081
|
substance |
SUB'STANCE, n. [L. substantia, substo; sub and sto, to stand.]1. In a general sense, being; ... |
53082
|
substantial |
SUBSTAN'TIAL, a. Belonging to substance; real; actually existing. If this atheist would have his ... |
53083
|
substantiality |
SUBSTANTIAL'ITY, n. The state of real existence.1. Corporeity; materiality. The soul is a ... |
53084
|
substantially |
SUBSTAN'TIALLY, adv. In the manner of a substance; with reality of existence. In him his Father ... |
53085
|
substantialness |
SUBSTAN'TIALNESS, n. The state of being substantial.1. Firmness; strength; power of holding or ... |
53086
|
substantials |
SUBSTAN'TIALS, n. plu. Essential parts. |
53087
|
substantiate |
SUBSTAN'TIATE, v.t. To make to exist.1. To establish by proof or competent evidence; to verify; ... |
53088
|
substantive |
SUB'STANTIVE, a. Betokening existence; as the substantive verb.1. Solid; depending on itself. ... |
53089
|
substantively |
SUB'STANTIVELY, adv. In substance; essentially.1. In grammar, as a name or noun. An adjective or ... |
53090
|
substile |
SUB'STILE, n. [sub and stile.] The line of a dial on which the stile is erected. |
53091
|
substitute |
SUB'STITUTE, v.t. [L. substituo; sub and statuo, to set.]To put in the place of another. Some few ... |
53092
|
substitution |
SUBSTITU'TION, n. The act of putting one person or thing in the place of another to supply its ... |
53093
|
substract |
SUBSTRACT', v.t. [L. subtraho, subractum.] To subtract.Note.--Substract was formerly used in ... |
53094
|
substraction |
SUBSTRAC'TION, n. In law, the withdrawing or withholding of some right. Thus the substraction of ... |
53095
|
substratum |
SUBSTRA'TUM, n. [L. substratus, spread under; sub and sterno.]1. That which is laid or spread ... |
53096
|
substruction |
SUBSTRUC'TION, n. [L. substructio.] Under building. |
53097
|
substructure |
SUBSTRUC'TURE, n. [L. sub and structure.] An under structure; a foundation. |
53098
|
substylar |
SUBSTY'LAR, a. In dialing, the substylar line, is a right line on which the gnomon or style is ... |
53099
|
substyle |
SUB'STYLE, n. [sub and style.] In dialing, the line on which the gnomon stands. |
53100
|
subsulphate |
SUBSULPH'ATE, n. A sulphate with an excess of the base. |
53101
|
subsultive |
SUBSULT'IVE |
53102
|
subsultorily |
SUBSULT'ORILY, adv. In a bounding manner; by leaps, starts or twitches. |
53103
|
subsultory |
SUBSULT'ORY, a. [from L. subsultus, a leap, from subsulto; sub and salio.] Bounding; leaping; ... |
53104
|
subsultus |
SUBSULT'US, n. [L.] In medicine, a twitching or convulsive motion; as subsultus tendinum. |
53105
|
subsume |
SUBSU'ME, v.t. [L. sub and sumo.] To assume as a position by consequence. [Not used.] |
53106
|
subtangent |
SUBTAN'GENT, n. In geometry, the part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn ... |
53107
|
subtend |
SUBTEND', v.t. [L. sub and tendo, to stretch.] To extend under; as the line of a triangle which ... |
53108
|
subtended |
SUBTEND'ED, pp. Extended under. |
53109
|
subtending |
SUBTEND'ING, ppr. Extending under. |
53110
|
subtense |
SUBTENSE, n. subtens'. [L. sub and tenus.] The chord of an arch or arc. |
53111
|
subtepid |
SUBTEP'ID, a. [L. sub and tepidus, warm.] Moderately warm. |
53112
|
subter |
SUB'TER, a Latin preposition, signifies under. |
53113
|
subterfluent |
SUBTER'FLUENT |
53114
|
subterfluous |
SUBTER'FLUOUS, a. [L. subterfluens, subterfluo.] Running under or beneath. |
53115
|
subterfuge |
SUB'TERFUGE, n. [L. subter and fugio, to flee.] Literally, that to which a person resorts for ... |
53116
|
subterrane |
SUBTERRA'NE, n. [infra.] A cave or room under ground. |
53117
|
subterranean |
SUBTERRA'NEAN |
53118
|
subterraneous |
SUBTERRA'NEOUS, a. [L. subter, under,and terra, earth.] Being or lying under the surface of the ... |
53119
|
subterranity |
SUBTERRA'NITY, n. A place under ground. [Not in use.] |
53120
|
subterrany |
SUB'TERRANY, n. What lies under ground. [Not in use.] |
53121
|
subtil |
SUB'TIL, a. [L. subtilis. This word is often written subtle, but less properly.]1. Thin; not ... |
53122
|
subtiliate |
SUBTIL'IATE, v.t. To make thin. [Not in use.] |
53123
|
subtiliation |
SUBTILIA'TION, n. The act of making thin or rare. [Not in use.] |
53124
|
subtility |
SUBTIL'ITY, n. Fineness. |
53125
|
subtilization |
SUBTILIZA'TION, n. [from subtilize.]1. The act of making subtil, fine or thin. In the laboratory, ... |
53126
|
subtilize |
SUB'TILIZE, v.t. [L. subtilis.]1. To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.2. To ... |
53127
|
subtilly |
SUB'TILLY, adv. Thinly; not densely.1. Finely; not grossly or thickly. The opakest bodies, if ... |
53128
|
subtilness |
SUB'TILNESS, n. Thinness; rareness; as the subtilness of air.1. Fineness; acuteness; as the ... |
53129
|
subtilty |
SUB'TILTY, n. [L. subtilitas.]1. Thinness; fineness; exility; in a physical sense; as the subtilty ... |
53130
|
subtle |
SUB'TLE, a. [See Subtil.] Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; applied to persons; as a ... |
53131
|
subtly |
SUB'TLY, adv. Slyly; artfully; cunningly. Thou seest how subtly to detain thee I devise.1. Nicely; ... |
53132
|
subtract |
SUBTRACT', v.t. [L. subtraho, subtractus; sub and traho, to draw.]To withdraw or take a part from ... |
53133
|
subtracted |
SUBTRACT'ED, pp. Withdrawn from the rest; deducted. |
53134
|
subtracter |
SUBTRACT'ER, n. He that subtracts.1. The number to be taken from a larger number. [Not used.] |
53135
|
subtracting |
SUBTRACT'ING, ppr. Withdrawing from the rest; deducting. |
53136
|
subtraction |
SUBTRAC'TION, n. [L. subtractio.] The act or operation of taking a part from the rest.1. In ... |
53137
|
subtractive |
SUBTRACT'IVE, a. Tending or having power to subtract. |
53138
|
subtrahend |
SUBTRAHEND', n. In arithmetic,the sum or number to be subtracted or taken from another. |
53139
|
subtrifid |
SUBTRI'FID, a. Slightly trifid. |
53140
|
subtriple |
SUBTRIP'LE, a. [sub and triple.] Containing a third or one part of three. |
53141
|
subtriplicate |
SUBTRIP'LICATE, a. In the ratio of the cubes. |
53142
|
subtutor |
SUBTU'TOR, n. [sub and tutor.] An under tutor. |
53143
|
subulate |
SUB'ULATE, a. [L. subula, an awl.] In botany, shaped like an awl; awl-shaped. A subulate leaf, is ... |
53144
|
suburb |
SUB'URB |
53145
|
suburban |
SUBURB'AN, a. [L. suburbanus. See Suburbs.] Inhabiting or being in the suburbs of a city. |
53146
|
suburbed |
SUB'URBED, a. Bordering on a suburb; having a suburb on its out part. |
53147
|
suburbicarian |
SUBURBICA'RIAN |
53148
|
suburbicary |
SUBURB'ICARY, a. [Low L. suburbicarius.] Being in the suburbs; an epithet applied to the provinces ... |
53149
|
suburbs |
SUB'URBS, n. [L. suburbium; sub and urbs, a city.]1. A building without the walls of a city, but ... |
53150
|
subvariety |
SUBVARI'ETY, n. [sub and variety.] A subordinate variety, or division of a variety. |
53151
|
subventaneous |
SUBVENTA'NEOUS, a. [L. subventaneus; sub and ventus.]Addle; windy. [A bad word and not in use.] |
53152
|
subvention |
SUBVEN'TION, n. [L. subvenio.] The act of coming under.1. The act of coming to relief; support; ... |
53153
|
subverse |
SUBVERSE, v.t. subvers'. To subvert. [Not in use.] |
53154
|
subversion |
SUBVER'SION, n. [L. subversio. See Subvert.] Entire overthrow; an overthrow of the foundation; ... |
53155
|
subversive |
SUBVERS'IVE, a. Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin. Every immorality is ... |
53156
|
subvert |
SUBVERT', v.t. [L. subverto; sub and verto, to turn.]1. To overthrow from the foundation; to ... |
53157
|
subverted |
SUBVERT'ED, pp. Overthrown; overturned; entirely destroyed. |
53158
|
subverter |
SUBVERT'ER, n. One who subverts; an overthrower. |
53159
|
subverting |
SUBVERT'ING, ppr. Overthrowing; entirely destroying. |
53160
|
subworker |
SUBWORK'ER, n. [sub and worker.] A subordinate worker or helper. |
53161
|
succedaneous |
SUCCEDA'NEOUS, a. [L. succedaneus; sub and cedo.] Supplying the place of something else; being or ... |
53162
|
succedaneum |
SUCCEDA'NEUM, n. [supra.] That which is used for something else; a substitute. |
53163
|
succede |
SUCCE'DE |
53164
|
succeed |
SUCCEE'D, v.t. The first is the more analogical spelling, as in concede, recede. [L. succedo; sub ... |
53165
|
succeeder |
SUCCEE'DER, n. One that follows or comes in the place of another; a successor. [But the latter ... |
53166
|
succeeding |
SUCCEE'DING, ppr. Following in order; subsequent; coming after; as in all succeeding ages. He ... |
53167
|
success |
SUCCESS', n. [L. successus, from succedo.]1. The favorable or prosperous termination of any thing ... |
53168
|
successful |
SUCCESS'FUL, a. Terminating in accomplishing what is wished or intended; having the desired ... |
53169
|
successfully |
SUCCESS'FULLY, adv. With a favorable termination of what is attempted; prosperously; favorably. A ... |
53170
|
successfulness |
SUCCESS'FULNESS, n. Prosperous conclusion; favorable event; success. |
53171
|
succession |
SUCCES'SION, n. [L. successio.]1. A following of things in order; consecution; series of things ... |
53172
|
successive |
SUCCESS'IVE, a.1. Following in order or uninterrupted course, as a series of persons or things, ... |
53173
|
successively |
SUCCESS'IVELY, adv. In a series or order, one following another. He left three sons, who all ... |
53174
|
successiveness |
SUCCESS'IVENESS, n. The state of being successive. |
53175
|
successless |
SUCCESS'LESS, a. Having no success; unprosperous; unfortunate; failing to accomplish what was ... |
53176
|
successlessness |
SUCCESS'LESSNESS, n. Unprosperous conclusion. |
53177
|
successor |
SUCCESS'OR, n. [L.] One that succeeds or follows; one that takes the place which another has left, ... |
53178
|
succiduous |
SUCCID'UOUS, a. [L. succiduus; sub and cado.] Ready to fail; falling. [Little used.] |
53179
|
succiferous |
SUCCIF'EROUS, a. [L. succus, juice, and fero, to bar.] Producing or conveying sap. |
53180
|
succinate |
SUC'CINATE, n. [from L. succinum, amber.] A salt formed by the succinic acid and a base. |
53181
|
succinated |
SUC'CINATED, a. Impregnated with the acid of amber. |
53182
|
succinct |
SUCCINCT', a. ]L. succinctus; sub and cingo, to surround.]1. Tucked up; girded up; drawn up to ... |
53183
|
succinctly |
SUCCINCT'LY, adv. Briefly; concisely. The facts were succinctly stated. |
53184
|
succinctness |
SUCCINCT'NESS, n. Brevity; conciseness; as the succinctness of a narration. |
53185
|
succinic |
SUCCIN'IC, a. Pertaining to amber; drawn from amber; as the succinic acid. |
53186
|
succinite |
SUC'CINITE, n. [L. succinum, amber.] A mineral of an amber color, considered as a variety of ... |
53187
|
succinous |
SUC'CINOUS, a. Pertaining to amber. |
53188
|
succor |
SUC'COR, v.t. [L. succurro; sub and curro, to run.]Literally, to run to, or run to support; hence, ... |
53189
|
succored |
SUC'CORED, pp. Assisted; relieved. |
53190
|
succorer |
SUC'CORER, n. He that affords relief; a helper; a deliverer. |
53191
|
succorless |
SUC'CORLESS, a. Destitute of help or relief. |
53192
|
succory |
SUC'CORY, n. Wild endive, a plant of the genus Cichorium. |
53193
|
succotash |
SUC'COTASH, n. In America, a mixture of green maiz and beans boiled. The dish, as well as the ... |
53194
|
succuba |
SUC'CUBA |
53195
|
succubus |
SUC'CUBUS, n. [L. sub and cubo.] A pretended kind of demon. |
53196
|
succulence |
SUC'CULENCE |
53197
|
succulency |
SUC'CULENCY, n. [See Succulent.] Juiciness; as the succulence of a peach. |
53198
|
succulent |
SUC'CULENT, a. [L. succulentus, from succus, juice.] Full of juice; juicy. Succulent plants are ... |
53199
|
succumb |
SUCCUMB', v.i. [L. succumbo; sub and cumbo, cubo, to lie down.]1. To yield; to submit; as, to ... |
53200
|
succumbing |
SUCCUMB'ING, ppr. Yielding; submitting; sinking. |
53201
|
succussation |
SUCCUSSA'TION, n. [L. succusso, to shake.] A trot or trotting.1. A shaking; succussion. |
53202
|
succussion |
SUCCUS'SION, n. [L. succussio, from succusso, to shake; sub and quasso.]1. The act of shaking; a ... |
53203
|
suceeded |
SUCEE'DED, pp. Followed in order; prospered; attended with success. |
53204
|
such |
SUCH, a.1. Of that kind; of the like kind. We never saw such a day; we have never had such a time ... |
53205
|
suck |
SUCK, v.t. [L. sugo.]1. To draw with the mouth; to draw out, as a liquid from a cask, or milk from ... |
53206
|
sucked |
SUCK'ED, pp. Drawn with the mouth, or with an instrument that exhausts the air; imbibed; absorbed. |
53207
|
sucker |
SUCK'ER, n. He or that which draws with the mouth.1. The embolus or piston of a pump.2. A pipe ... |
53208
|
sucket |
SUCK'ET, n. A sweetmeat for the mouth. |
53209
|
sucking |
SUCK'ING, ppr. Drawing with the mouth or with an instrument; imbibing; absorbing. |
53210
|
sucking-bottle |
SUCK'ING-BOTTLE, n. A bottle to be filled with milk for infants to suck instead of the pap. |
53211
|
suckle |
SUCK'LE, n. A teat. [Not in use.]SUCK'LE, v.t. To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. Romulus ... |
53212
|
suckled |
SUCK'LED, pp. Nursed at the breast. |
53213
|
suckling |
SUCK'LING, ppr. Nursing at the breast.SUCK'LING, n. A young child or animal nursed at the breast. ... |
53214
|
suction |
SUC'TION, n. The act of sucking or drawing into the mouth, as fluids.1. The act of drawing, as ... |
53215
|
sudak |
SU'DAK, n. A fish, a species of Perca. |
53216
|
sudary |
SU'DARY, n. [L. sudarium, from sudo, to sweat.] A napkin or handkerchief. [Not in use.] |
53217
|
sudation |
SUDA'TION, n. [L. sudatio.] A sweating. |
53218
|
sudatory |
SU'DATORY, n. [L. sudatorium, from sudo, to sweat.]A hot house; a sweating bath.SU'DATORY, a. ... |
53219
|
sudden |
SUD'DEN, a. [L. subitaneus.]1. Happening without previous notice; coming unexpectedly, or without ... |
53220
|
suddenly |
SUD'DENLY, adv. In an unexpected manner; unexpectedly; hastily; without preparation. Therefore his ... |
53221
|
suddenness |
SUD'DENNESS, n. State of being sudden; a coming or happening without previous notice. The ... |
53222
|
sudorific |
SUDORIF'IC, a. [L. sudor, sweat,and facio, to make.]sweat; exciting perspiration; as sudorific ... |
53223
|
sudorous |
SU'DOROUS, a. [L. sudor, sweat.] Consisting of sweat. |
53224
|
suds |
SUDS, n. sing. Water impregnated with soap.To be in the suds, to be in turmoil or difficulty; a ... |
53225
|
sue |
SUE, v.t. su. [L. sequor. See Seek and Essay.]1. To seek justice or right from one by legal ... |
53226
|
sued |
SU'ED, pp. Prosecuted; sought in law. |
53227
|
suet |
SU'ET, n. The fat of an animal, particularly that about the kidneys; lard. |
53228
|
suety |
SU'ETY, a. Consisting of suet, or resembling it; as a suety substance. |
53229
|
suffer |
SUF'FER, v.t.[L. suffero; sub, under, and fero, to bear; as we say, to undergo.]1. To feel or bear ... |
53230
|
sufferable |
SUF'FERABLE, a. That may be tolerated or permitted; allowable.1. That may be endured or borne. |
53231
|
sufferably |
SUF'FERABLY, adv. Tolerably; so as to be endured. |
53232
|
sufferance |
SUF'FERANCE, n. The bearing of pain; endurance; pain endured; misery. He must not only die, But ... |
53233
|
suffered |
SUF'FERED, pp. Borne; undergone; permitted; allowed. |
53234
|
sufferer |
SUF'FERER, n. One who endures or undergoes pain, either of body or mind; one who sustains ... |
53235
|
suffering |
SUF'FERING, ppr. Bearing; undergoing pain, inconvenience or damage; permitting; ... |
53236
|
suffice |
SUFFICE, v.i. suffi'ze. [L. sufficio; sub and facio.]To be enough or sufficient; to be equal to ... |
53237
|
sufficed |
SUFFICED, pp. suffi'zed. Satisfied; adequately supplied. |
53238
|
sufficiency |
SUFFI'CIENCY, n. The state of being adequate to the end proposed. His sufficiency is such, that he ... |
53239
|
sufficient |
SUFFI'CIENT, a. [L. sufficiens.] Enough; equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; competent; ... |
53240
|
sufficiently |
SUFFI'CIENTLY, adv. To a sufficient degree; enough; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives ... |
53241
|
sufficing |
SUFFICING, ppr. suffi'zing. Supplying what is needed; satisfying. |
53242
|
suffisance |
SUFFI'SANCE, n. Sufficiency; plenty. [Not in use.] |
53243
|
suffix |
SUF'FIX, n. [L. suffixus, suffigo; sub and figo, to fix.]A letter or syllable added or annexed to ... |
53244
|
suffixed |
SUFFIX'ED, pp. Added to the end of a word. |
53245
|
suffixing |
SUFFIX'ING, ppr. Adding to the end of a word. |
53246
|
sufflaminate |
SUFFLAM'INATE, v.t. [L. sufflamen, a stop.] To stop; to impede. [Not in use.] |
53247
|
sufflate |
SUFFLA'TE, v.t. [L. sufflo; sub and flo, to blow.]To blow up; to inflate. [Little used.] |
53248
|
sufflation |
SUFFLA'TION, n. [L. sufflatio.] The act of blowing up or inflating. |
53249
|
suffocate |
SUF'FOCATE, v.t. [L. suffoco; sub and focus, or its root.]1. To choke or kill by stopping ... |
53250
|
suffocated |
SUF'FOCATED, pp. Choked; stifled. |
53251
|
suffocating |
SUF'FOCATING, ppr. Choking; stifling. |
53252
|
suffocatingly |
SUF'FOCATINGLY, adv. So as to suffocate; as suffocatingly hot. |
53253
|
suffocation |
SUFFOCA'TION, n. The act of choking or stifling; a stopping of respiration, either by intercepting ... |
53254
|
suffocative |
SUF'FOCATIVE, a. Tending or able to choke or stifle; as suffocative catarrhs. |
53255
|
suffossion |
SUFFOS'SION, n. [L. suffossio; sub and fodio, to dig.]A digging under; an undermining. |
53256
|
suffragan |
SUF'FRAGAN, a. [L. suffragans, assisting; suffragor,to vote for, to favor.] Assisting; as a ... |
53257
|
suffragant |
SUF'FRAGANT, n. An assistant; a favorer; one who concurs with. |
53258
|
suffragate |
SUF'FRAGATE, v.t. [L. suffragor.] To vote with. [Not in use.] |
53259
|
suffragator |
SUF'FRAGATOR, n. [L.] One who assists or favors by his vote. |
53260
|
suffrage |
SUF'FRAGE, n.[L. suffragium.]1. A vote; a voice given in deciding a controverted question, or in ... |
53261
|
suffraginous |
SUFFRAG'INOUS, a. [L. suffrago, the pastern or hough.]Pertaining to the knee joint of a beast. |
53262
|
suffruticous |
SUFFRU'TICOUS, a. [L. sub and fruticosus; frutex, a shrub.] In botany, under-shrubby, or part ... |
53263
|
suffumigate |
SUFFU'MIGATE, v.t. [L. suffumigo.] To apply fumes or smoke to the internal parts of the body, as ... |
53264
|
suffumigation |
SUFFUMIGA'TION, n. Fumigation; the operation of smoking any thing, or rather of applying fumes to ... |
53265
|
suffumige |
SUFFU'MIGE, n. A medical fume. |
53266
|
suffuse |
SUFFU'SE, v.t. suffi'ze. [L.suffusus, suffundo; sub and fundo, to pour.] To overspread, as with a ... |
53267
|
suffused |
SUFFU'SED, pp. Overspread, as with a fluid or with color. |
53268
|
suffusion |
SUFFU'SION, n. [L. suffusio.]1. The act or operation of overspreading, as with a fluid or with a ... |
53269
|
sug |
SUG, n. [L. sugo, to suck.] A kind or worm. |
53270
|
sugar |
SUGAR, n. SHUG'AR. [L. saccharum.]1. A well known substance manufactured chiefly from the sugar ... |
53271
|
sugar-candy |
SUGAR-CANDY, n. [sugar and candy.] Sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized, in which state ... |
53272
|
sugar-cane |
SUG'AR-CANE, n. [sugar and cane.] The cane or plant from whose juice sugar is obtained. |
53273
|
sugar-house |
SUG'AR-HOUSE, n. A building in which sugar is refined. |
53274
|
sugar-loaf |
SUG'AR-LOAF, n. A conical mass of refined sugar. |
53275
|
sugar-mill |
SUG'AR-MILL, n. A machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane. |
53276
|
sugar-mite |
SUG'AR-MITE, n. [sugar and mite.] A winged insect; lepisma. The lepisma saccharina, is an apterous ... |
53277
|
sugar-plum |
SUG'AR-PLUM, n. [sugar and plum.] A species of sweetmeat in small balls. |
53278
|
sugary |
SUG'ARY, a. Tinctured or sweetened with sugar; sweet; tasting like sugar.1. Fond of sugar, or of ... |
53279
|
sugescent |
SUGES'CENT, a. [L. sugens, sucking.] Relating to sucking. |
53280
|
suggest |
SUG'GEST, v.t. [L. suggero,suggestus; sub and gero.]1. To hint; to intimate or mention in the ... |
53281
|
suggested |
SUGGEST'ED, pp. Hinted; intimated. |
53282
|
suggester |
SUGGEST'ER, n. One that suggests. |
53283
|
suggestion |
SUGGES'TION, n. A hint; a first intimation, proposal or mention. The measure was adopted at the ... |
53284
|
suggestive |
SUGGEST'IVE, a. Containing a hint or intimation. |
53285
|
suggil |
SUG'GIL, v.t. [L. suggillo.] To defame. [Not in use.] |
53286
|
suggilate |
SUG'GILATE, v.t. [L. suggillo.] To beat black and blue. [Not in use.] |
53287
|
suggilation |
SUGGILA'TION, n. A black and blue mark; a blow; a bruise. [Not in use.] |
53288
|
suicidal |
SUICI'DAL, a. Partaking of the crime of suicide. |
53289
|
suicide |
SU'ICIDE, n. [L. suicidium; se and coedo, to slay.]1. Self-murder; the act of designedly ... |
53290
|
suicism |
SUICISM, for suicide, is not in use. |
53291
|
suillage |
SUIL'LAGE, n. Drain of filth. |
53292
|
suing |
SU'ING, ppr. of sue. Prosecuting.SU'ING, n. [L. sudo.] The process of soaking through any thing. ... |
53293
|
suit |
SUIT, n. [L. sequor.] See Seek. In Law Latin, secta is from the same source.] Literally, a ... |
53294
|
suitable |
SUITABLE, a. Fitting; according with; agreeable to; proper; becoming; as ornaments suitable to ... |
53295
|
suitableness |
SUITABLENESS, n. Fitness; propriety; agreeableness; a state of being adapted or accommodated. ... |
53296
|
suitably |
SUITABLY, adv. Fitly; agreeably; with propriety. Let words be suitably applied. |
53297
|
suited |
SUITED, pp. Fitted; adapted; pleased. |
53298
|
suiting |
SUITING, ppr. Fitting; according with; becoming; pleasing. |
53299
|
suitor |
SUITOR, n. One that sues or prosecutes a demand of right in law, as a plaintiff, petitioner or ... |
53300
|
suitress |
SUITRESS, n. A female supplicant. |
53301
|
sulcate |
SUL'CATE |
53302
|
sulcated |
SUL'CATED, a. [L. sulcus, a furrow.] In botany, furrowed; grooved; scored with deep broad channels ... |
53303
|
sulkiness |
SUL'KINESS, n. [from sulky.] Sullenness; sourness; moroseness. |
53304
|
sulky |
SUL'KY, a. Sullen; sour; heavy; obstinate; morose. While these animals remain in their inclosures, ... |
53305
|
sullage |
SUL'LAGE, n. [See Sulliage.] A drain of filth, or filth collected from the street or highway. |
53306
|
sullen |
SUL'LEN, a. [perhaps set, fixed, and allied to silent, sill, &c.]1. Gloomily angry and silent; ... |
53307
|
sullenly |
SUL'LENLY, adv. Gloomily; malignantly; intractably; with moroseness. |
53308
|
sullenness |
SUL'LENNESS, n. Ill nature with silence; silent moroseness; gloominess; malignity; ... |
53309
|
sullens |
SUL'LENS, n. plu. A morose temper; gloominess. [Not in use.] |
53310
|
sulliage |
SUL'LIAGE, n. Foulness; filth. [Not in use.] |
53311
|
sullied |
SUL'LIED, pp. Soiled; tarnished; stained. |
53312
|
sully |
SUL'LY, v.t.1. To soil; to dirt; to spot; to tarnish. And statues sullied yet with sacrilegious ... |
53313
|
sullying |
SUL'LYING, ppr. Soiling; tarnishing; staining. |
53314
|
sulphate |
SUL'PHATE, n. [from sulphur.] A neutral salt formed by sulphuric acid in combination with any ... |
53315
|
sulphatic |
SULPHAT'IC, a. Pertaining to sulphate. |
53316
|
sulphite |
SUL'PHITE, n. [from sulphur.] A salt or definite compound formed by a combination of sulphurous ... |
53317
|
sulphore |
SUL'PHORE |
53318
|
sulphur |
SUL'PHUR, n. [L.] A simple combustible mineral substance, of a yellow color, brittle, insoluble in ... |
53319
|
sulphur-wort |
SUL'PHUR-WORT, n. A plant, hog's fennel, of the genus Peucedanum. |
53320
|
sulphurate |
SUL'PHURATE, a. [L. sulphuratus.] Belonging to sulphur; of the color of sulphur. [Little ... |
53321
|
sulphurated |
SUL'PHURATED, pp. Combined or impregnated with sulphur; as sulphurated hydrogen gas. |
53322
|
sulphuration |
SULPHURA'TION, n. Act of addressing or anointing with sulphur. |
53323
|
sulphureous |
SULPHU'REOUS, a. Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur or brimstone; impregnated ... |
53324
|
sulphureously |
SULPHU'REOUSLY, adv. In a sulphureous manner. |
53325
|
sulphureousness |
SULPHU'REOUSNESS, n. The state of being sulphureous. |
53326
|
sulphuret |
SUL'PHURET, n. A combination of sulphur with a metallic, earthy or alkaline base; as a sulphuret ... |
53327
|
sulphureted |
SUL'PHURETED, a. Applied to gaseous bodies holding sulphur in solution; as sulphureted hydrogen. |
53328
|
sulphuric |
SUL'PHURIC, a. Pertaining to sulphur; more strictly, designating an acid formed by sulphur ... |
53329
|
sulphurous |
SUL'PHUROUS, a. Like sulphur; containing sulphur; also, designating an acid formed by sulphur ... |
53330
|
sulphury |
SUL'PHURY, a. Partaking of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur. |
53331
|
sultan |
SUL'TAN, n. [ Heb. to rule.] An appellation given to the emperor of the Turks, denoting ruler or ... |
53332
|
sultan-flower |
SUL'TAN-FLOWER, n. A plant, a species of Centaurea. |
53333
|
sultana |
SULTA'NA |
53334
|
sultaness |
SUL'TANESS, n. The queen of a sultan; the empress of the Turks. |
53335
|
sultanry |
SUL'TANRY, n. An eastern empire; the dominions of a sultan. |
53336
|
sultriness |
SUL'TRINESS, n. [from sultry.] The state of being sultry; heat with a moist or close air. |
53337
|
sultry |
SUL'TRY, a.1. Very hot, burning and oppressive; as Libya's sultry deserts.2. Very hot and moist, ... |
53338
|
sum |
SUM, n. [L. summa, a sum; L. simul, together; Heb. to set or place.]1. The aggregate of two or ... |
53339
|
sumac |
SUMAC |
53340
|
sumach |
SUMACH, n. shu'mak. A plant or shrub of the genus Rhus, of many species, some of which are used in ... |
53341
|
sumless |
SUM'LESS, a. Not to be computed; of which the amount cannot be ascertained. The sumless treasure of ... |
53342
|
summarily |
SUM'MARILY, adv. [from summary.] In a summary manner; briefly; concisely; in a narrow compass or ... |
53343
|
summary |
SUM'MARY, a. [L. summa.] Reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; ... |
53344
|
summed |
SUM'MED, pp. [from sum.] Collected into a total amount; fully grown, as feathers. |
53345
|
summer |
SUM'MER, n. One who casts up an account.SUM'MER, n. With us, the season of the year comprehended ... |
53346
|
summer-colt |
SUM'MER-COLT, n. The undulating state of the air near the surface of the ground when heated. [Not ... |
53347
|
summer-cypress |
SUMMER-CYPRESS, n. A plant, a species of Chenopodium. |
53348
|
summer-fallow |
SUMMER-FAL'LOW, n. [See Fallow.] Naked fallow; land lying bare of crops in summer.SUMMER-FAL'LOW, ... |
53349
|
summer-house |
SUM'MER-HOUSE, n. A house or apartment in a garden to be used in summer.1. A house for summer's ... |
53350
|
summer-wheat |
SUM'MER-WHEAT, n. Spring wheat. |
53351
|
summerset |
SUMMERSET, n. A high leap in which the heels are thrown over the head. |
53352
|
summing |
SUM'MING, ppr. of sum. Adding together. |
53353
|
summist |
SUM'MIST, n. One that forms an abridgment. [Little used.] |
53354
|
summit |
SUM'MIT, n. [L. summitas, from summus, highest.]1. The top; the highest point; as the summit of a ... |
53355
|
summon |
SUM'MON, v.t. [L. submoneo; sub and moneo.]1. To call, cite or notify by authority to appear at a ... |
53356
|
summoned |
SUM'MONED, pp. Admonished or warned by authority to appear or attend to something; called or cited ... |
53357
|
summoner |
SUM'MONER, n. One who summons or cites by authority. In England, the sheriff's messenger, ... |
53358
|
summoning |
SUM'MONING, ppr. Citing by authority to appear or attend to something. |
53359
|
summons |
SUM'MONS, n. with a plural termination, but used in the singular number; as a summons is prepared. ... |
53360
|
sumoom |
SUMOOM', n. A pestilential wind of Persia. [See Simoom.] |
53361
|
sump |
SUMP, n. In metallurgy, a round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its ... |
53362
|
sumpter |
SUMP'TER, n. A horse that carries clothes or furniture; a baggage-horse; usually called a ... |
53363
|
sumption |
SUMP'TION, n. [L. sumo,, sumptus.] A taking. [Not in use.] |
53364
|
sumptuary |
SUMP'TUARY, a. [L. sumptuarius, from sumptus, expense.]Relating to expense. Sumptuary laws or ... |
53365
|
sumptuosity |
SUMPTUOS'ITY, n. [from sumptuous.] Expensiveness; costliness. [Not in use.] |
53366
|
sumptuous |
SUMP'TUOUS, a. [L. sumptuosus.] Costly; expensive; hence, splendid; magnificent; as a sumptuous ... |
53367
|
sumptuously |
SUMP'TUOUSLY, adv. Expensively; splendidly; with great magnificence. |
53368
|
sumptuousness |
SUMP'TUOUSNESS, n. Costliness; expensiveness. I will not fall out with those who can reconcile ... |
53369
|
sun |
SUN, n.1. The splendid orb or luminary which, being in or near the center of our system of worlds, ... |
53370
|
sun-bright |
SUN'-BRIGHT, a. [sun and bright.] Bright as the sun; like the sun in brightness; as a sun-bright ... |
53371
|
sun-burnt |
SUN-BURNT, a. [sun and burnt.] Discolored by the heat or rays of the sun; tanned; darkened in hue; ... |
53372
|
sun-dial |
SUN'-DIAL, n. [sun and dial.] An instrument to show the time of day, by means of the shadow of a ... |
53373
|
sunbeam |
SUN'BEAM, n. [sun and beam.] A ray of the sun. Truth written with a sunbeam, is truth made ... |
53374
|
sunclad |
SUN'CLAD, a. [sun and clad.] Clad in radiance or brightness. |
53375
|
sunday |
SUN'DAY, n. The christian sabbath; the first day of the week, a day consecrated to rest from ... |
53376
|
sunder |
SUN'DER, v.t.1. To part; to separate; to divide; to disunite in almost any manner, either by ... |
53377
|
sundered |
SUN'DERED, pp. Separated; divided; parted. |
53378
|
sundering |
SUN'DERING, ppr. Parting; separating. |
53379
|
sundry |
SUN'DRY, a. Several; divers; more than one or two. [This word, like several, is indefinite; but ... |
53380
|
sunfish |
SUN'FISH, n. [sun and fish.] A name of the diodon, a genus of fishes of a very singular form, ... |
53381
|
sunflower |
SUN'FLOWER, n. [sun and flower.] A plant of the genus Helianthus; so called from the form and ... |
53382
|
sung |
SUNG, pret. and pp. of sing. While to his harp divine Amphion sung. |
53383
|
sunk |
SUNK, pret. and pp. of sink. Or toss'd by hope, or sunk by care. |
53384
|
sunless |
SUN'LESS, a. [sun and less.] Destitute of the sun or its rays; shaded. |
53385
|
sunlike |
SUN'LIKE, a. [sun and like.] Resembling the sun. |
53386
|
sunny |
SUN'NY, a. [from sun.] Like the sun; bright.1. Proceeding from the sun; as sunny beams.2. Exposed ... |
53387
|
sunproof |
SUN'PROOF, a. [sun and proof.] Impervious to the rays of the sun. |
53388
|
sunrise |
SUN'RISE |
53389
|
sunrising |
SUN'RISING, n. [sun and rise.] The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; ... |
53390
|
sunset |
SUN'SET |
53391
|
sunsetting |
SUN'SETTING, n. [sun and set.] The descent of the sun below the horizon; or the time when the sun ... |
53392
|
sunshine |
SUN'SHINE, n. [sun and shine.] The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays ... |
53393
|
sunshiny |
SUN'SHINY, a. Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm or pleasant; as a sunshiny day; ... |
53394
|
sup |
SUP, v.t. To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a ... |
53395
|
super |
SUPER, a Latin preposition, Gr. signifies above, over, excess. It is much used in composition. |
53396
|
superable |
SU'PERABLE, a. [L. superabilis, form supero, to overcome.]That may be overcome or conquered. These ... |
53397
|
superableness |
SU'PERABLENESS, n. The quality of being conquerable or surmountable. |
53398
|
superably |
SU'PERABLY, adv. So as may be overcome. |
53399
|
superabound |
SUPERABOUND', v.i. [super and abound.] To be very abundant or exuberant; to be more than ... |
53400
|
superabounding |
SUPERABOUND'ING, ppr. A bounding beyond want or necessity; abundant to excess or a great degree. |
53401
|
superabundance |
SUPERABUND'ANCE, n. More than enough; excessive abundance; as a superabundance of the productions ... |
53402
|
superabundant |
SUPERABUND'ANT, a. Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; as superabundant zeal. |
53403
|
superabundantly |
SUPERABUND'ANTLY, adv. More than sufficiently. |
53404
|
superacidulated |
SUPERACID'ULATED, a. [super and acidulated.] Acidulated to excess. |
53405
|
superadd |
SUPERADD', v.t. [super and add.] To add over and above; to add to what has been added.1. To add ... |
53406
|
superadded |
SUPERADD'ED, pp. Added over and above. |
53407
|
superadding |
SUPERADD'ING, ppr. Adding over and above; adding something extrinsic. |
53408
|
superaddition |
SUPERADDI'TION, n. [super and addition.]1. The act of adding to something, or of adding something ... |
53409
|
superadvenient |
SUPERADVE'NIENT, a. [L. superadveniens.]1. Coming upon; coming to the increase or assistance of ... |
53410
|
superangelic |
SUPERANGEL'IC, a. [super and angelic.] Superior in nature or rank to the angels. One class of ... |
53411
|
superannuate |
SUPERAN'NUATE, v.t. [L. super and annus, a year.] To impair or disqualify by old age and ... |
53412
|
superannuated |
SUPERAN'NUATED, pp. Impaired or disqualified by old age. |
53413
|
superannuation |
SUPERANNUA'TION, n. The state of being too old for office of business, or of being disqualified by ... |
53414
|
superb |
SUPERB', a. [L. superbus, proud, from super.]1. Grand; magnificent; as a superb edifice; a superb ... |
53415
|
superbly |
SUPERB'LY, adv. In a magnificent or splendid manner; richly; elegantly. |
53416
|
supercargo |
SUPERC`ARGO, n. [super and cargo.] An officer or person in a merchant's ship, whose business is to ... |
53417
|
supercelestial |
SUPERCELES'TIAL, a. [super and celestial.] Situated above the firmament or great vault of heaven. |
53418
|
superciliary |
SUPERCIL'IARY, a. [L. super and cilium, the eyebrow.] Situated or being above the eyebrow. The ... |
53419
|
supercilious |
SUPERCIL'IOUS, a. [L. superciliosus. See above.]1. Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; ... |
53420
|
superciliously |
SUPERCIL'IOUSLY, adv. Haughtily; dogmatically; with an air of contempt. |
53421
|
superciliousness |
SUPERCIL'IOUSNESS, n. Haughtiness; an overbearing temper or manner. |
53422
|
superconception |
SUPERCONCEP'TION, n. [super and conception.] A conception after a former conception. |
53423
|
superconsequence |
SUPERCON'SEQUENCE, n. [super and consequence.] Remote consequence. [Not used.] |
53424
|
supercrescence |
SUPERCRES'CENCE, n. [L. super and crescens.] That which grows upon another growing thing. |
53425
|
supercrescent |
SUPERCRES'CENT, a. [supra.] Growing on some other growing thing. |
53426
|
supereminence |
SUPEREM'INENCE |
53427
|
supereminency |
SUPEREM'INENCY, n. [L. super and emineo.] Eminence superior to what is common; distinguished ... |
53428
|
supereminent |
SUPEREM'INENT, a. Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as a supereminent ... |
53429
|
supereminently |
SUPEREM'INENTLY, adv. In a superior degree of excellence; with unusual distinction. |
53430
|
supererogant |
SUPERER'OGANT, a. Supererogatory, which see. |
53431
|
supererogate |
SUPERER'OGATE, v.i. [L. super and erogatio, erogo.] To do more than duty requires. Aristotle's ... |
53432
|
supererogation |
SUPEREROGA'TION, n. [supra.] Performance of more than duty requires. There is no such thing as ... |
53433
|
supererogative |
SUPEREROG'ATIVE, a. Supererogatory. [Not much used.] |
53434
|
supererogatory |
SUPEREROG'ATORY, a. Performed to an extent not enjoined or not required by duty; as supererogatory ... |
53435
|
superessential |
SUPERESSEN'TIAL, a. [super and essential.] Essential above others, or above the constitution of a ... |
53436
|
superexalt |
SUPEREXALT', v.t. [super and exalt.] To exalt to a superior degree. |
53437
|
superexaltation |
SUPEREXALTA'TION, n. [super and exaltation.] Elevation above the common degree. |
53438
|
superexcellence |
SUPEREX'CELLENCE, n. [super and excellence.] Superior excellence. |
53439
|
superexcellent |
SUPEREX'CELLENT, a. Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent. |
53440
|
superexcrescence |
SUPEREXCRES'CENCE, n. [super and excrescence.] Something superfluously growing. |
53441
|
superfecundity |
SUPERFECUND'ITY, n. [super and fecundity.] Superabundant fecundityor multiplication of the ... |
53442
|
superfetate |
SUPERFE'TATE, v.i. [L. super and foetus.] To conceive after a prior conception. The female is said ... |
53443
|
superfetation |
SUPERFETA'TION, n. A second conception after a prior one, and before the birth of the first, by ... |
53444
|
superfete |
SU'PERFETE, v.i. To superfetate. [Little used.]SU'PERFETE, v.t. To conceive after a former ... |
53445
|
superfice |
SU'PERFICE, n. Superficies; surface. [Little used.] [See Superficies.] |
53446
|
superficial |
SUPERFI'CIAL, a.1. Being on the surface; not penetrating the substance of a thing; as a ... |
53447
|
superficiality |
SUPERFICIAL'ITY, n. The quality of being superficial. [Not much used.] |
53448
|
superficially |
SUPERFI'CIALLY, adv. On the surface only; as a substance superficially tinged with a color.1. On ... |
53449
|
superficialness |
SUPERFI'CIALNESS, n. Shallowness; position on the surface.1. Slight knowledge; shallowness of ... |
53450
|
superficies |
SUPERFI'CIES, n. [L. from super, upon, and facies, face.] The surface; the exterior part of a ... |
53451
|
superfine |
SU'PERFINE, a. [super and fine.] Very fine or most fine; surpassing others in fineness; as ... |
53452
|
superfluence |
SUPER'FLUENCE, n. [L. super and fluo, to flow.] Superfluity; more than is necessary. [Little ... |
53453
|
superfluitance |
SUPERFLU'ITANCE, n. [L. super and fluito, to float.] The act of floating above or on the surface. ... |
53454
|
superfluitant |
SUPERFLU'ITANT, a. Floating above or on the surface. [Little used.] |
53455
|
superfluity |
SUPERFLU'ITY, n. [L. superfluitas; super and fluo, to flow.]1. Superabundance; a greater quantity ... |
53456
|
superfluous |
SUPER'FLUOUS, a. [L. superfluus, overflowing; super and fluo, to flow.]1. More than is wanted; ... |
53457
|
superfluously |
SUPER'FLUOUSLY, adv. With excess; in a degree beyond what is necessary. |
53458
|
superfluousness |
SUPER'FLUOUSNESS, n. The state of being superfluous or beyond what is wanted. |
53459
|
superflux |
SU'PERFLUX, n. [L. super and fluxus.] That which is more than is wanted. [Little used.] |
53460
|
superfoliation |
SUPERFOLIA'TION, n. [super and foliation.] Excess of foliation. [Not used.] |
53461
|
superhuman |
SUPERHU'MAN, a. [super and human.] Above or beyond what is human; divine. |
53462
|
superimpose |
SUPERIMPOSE, v.t. superimpo'ze. [super and impose.] To lay or impose on something else; as a ... |
53463
|
superimposed |
SUPERIMPO'SED, pp. Laid or imposed on something. |
53464
|
superimposing |
SUPERIMPO'SING, ppr. Laying on something else. |
53465
|
superimposition |
SUPERIMPOSI'TION, n. The act of laying or the state of being placed on something else. |
53466
|
superimpregnation |
SUPERIMPREGNA'TION, n. [super and impregnation.] The act of impregnating upon a prior ... |
53467
|
superincumbent |
SUPERINCUM'BENT, a. [super and incumbent.] Lying or resting on something else. |
53468
|
superinduce |
SUPERINDU'CE, v.t. [super and induce.] To bring in or upon as an addition to something; as, to ... |
53469
|
superinduced |
SUPERINDU'CED, pp. Induced or brought upon something. |
53470
|
superinducing |
SUPERINDU'CING, ppr. Inducing on something else. |
53471
|
superinduction |
SUPERINDUC'TION, n. The act of superinducing. The superinduction of ill habits quickly defaces the ... |
53472
|
superinjection |
SUPERINJEC'TION, n. [super and injection.] An injection succeeding another. |
53473
|
superinspect |
SUPERINSPECT', v.t. [super and inspect.] To oversee; to superintend by inspection. [Little used.] |
53474
|
superinstitution |
SUPERINSTITU'TION, n. [super and institution.] One institution upon another; as when A is ... |
53475
|
superintellectual |
SUPERINTELLEC'TUAL, a. [super and intellectual.] Being above intellect. |
53476
|
superintend |
SUPERINTEND', v.t. [super and intend.] To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee ... |
53477
|
superintended |
SUPERINTEND'ED, pp. Overseen; taken care of. |
53478
|
superintendence |
SUPERINTEND'ENCE |
53479
|
superintendency |
SUPERINTEND'ENCY, n. The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction ... |
53480
|
superintendent |
SUPERINTEND'ENT, n. One who has the oversight and charge of something, with the power of ... |
53481
|
superintending |
SUPERINTEND'ING, ppr. Overseeing with the authority to direct what shall be done and how it shall ... |
53482
|
superior |
SUPE'RIOR, a. [Sp.L. from super, above.]1. Higher; upper; more elevated in place; as the superior ... |
53483
|
superiority |
SUPERIOR'ITY, n. Pre-eminence; the quality of being more advanced or higher, greater or more ... |
53484
|
superlation |
SUPERLA'TION, n. [L. superlatio.] Exaltation of any thing beyond truth or propriety. [I believe ... |
53485
|
superlative |
SUPER'LATIVE, a. [L. superlativus; super and latio, latus, fero.]1. Highest in degree; most ... |
53486
|
superlatively |
SUPER'LATIVELY, adv. In a manner expressing the utmost degree. I shall not speak superlatively of ... |
53487
|
superlativeness |
SUPER'LATIVENESS, n. The state of being in the highest degree. |
53488
|
superlunar |
SUPERLU'NAR |
53489
|
superlunary |
SUPERLU'NARY, a. [L. super and luna, the moon.] Being above the moon; not sublunary or of this ... |
53490
|
supermundane |
SUPERMUN'DANE, a. [super and mundane.] Being above the world. |
53491
|
supernal |
SUPERN'AL, a. [L. supernus,super.] Being in a higher place or region; locally higher; as the ... |
53492
|
supernatant |
SUPERNA'TANT, a. [L. supernatans, supernato; super and nato, to swim.] Swimming above; floating on ... |
53493
|
supernatation |
SUPERNATA'TION, n. The act of floating on the surface of a fluid. |
53494
|
supernatural |
SUPERNAT'URAL, a. [super and natural.] Being beyond or exceeding the powers or laws of nature; ... |
53495
|
supernaturally |
SUPERNAT'URALLY, adv. In a manner exceeding the established course or laws of nature. The ... |
53496
|
supernaturalness |
SUPERNAT'URALNESS, n. The state or quality of being beyond the power or ordinary laws of nature. |
53497
|
supernumerary |
SUPERNU'MERARY, a. [L. super and numerus, number.]1. Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as ... |
53498
|
superparticular |
SUPERPARTIC'ULAR, a. [super and particular.] Noting a ratio when the excess of the greater term is ... |
53499
|
superpartient |
SUPERP`ARTIENT, a. [L. super and partio.] Noting a ratio when the excess of the greater term is ... |
53500
|
superplant |
SU'PERPLANT, n. [super and plant.] A plant growing on another plant; as the mistletoe. [Not ... |
53501
|
superplusage |
SUPERPLUS'AGE, n. [L. super and plus.] That which is more than enough; excess. [We now use ... |
53502
|
superponderate |
SUPERPON'DERATE, v.t. [L. super and pondero.] To weigh over and above. [Not used.] |
53503
|
superpose |
SUPERPOSE, v.t. superpo'ze. [super and Fr. poser, to law.]To law upon, as one kind of rock on ... |
53504
|
superposed |
SUPERPO'SED, pp. Laid or being upon something. |
53505
|
superposing |
SUPERPO'SING, ppr. Placing upon something. |
53506
|
superposition |
SUPERPOSI'TION, n. [super and position.]1. A placing above; a lying or being situated above or ... |
53507
|
superpraise |
SU'PERPRAISE, v.t. su'perpraze. To praise to excess. |
53508
|
superproportion |
SUPERPROPORTION, n. [super and proportion.] Overplus of proportion. |
53509
|
superpurgation |
SUPERPURGA'TION, n. [super and purgation.] More purgation than is sufficient. |
53510
|
superreflection |
SUPERREFLEC'TION, n. [super and reflection.] The reflection of an image reflected. |
53511
|
superreward |
SUPERREWARD', v.t. To reward to excess. |
53512
|
superroyal |
SUPERROY'AL, a. [super and royal.] Larger than royal; denoting the largest species of printing ... |
53513
|
supersaliency |
SUPERSA'LIENCY, n. [L. super and salio, to leap.]The act of leaping on any thing. [Little used.] |
53514
|
supersalient |
SUPERSA'LIENT, a. Leaping upon. |
53515
|
supersalt |
SU'PERSALT, n. In chimistry, a salt with an excess of acid, as supertartrate of potash. |
53516
|
supersaturate |
SUPERSAT'URATE, v.t. [L. super and saturo.] To saturate to excess. |
53517
|
supersaturated |
SUPERSAT'URATED, pp. Saturated to excess. |
53518
|
supersaturating |
SUPERSAT'URATING, ppr. Saturating or filling to excess. |
53519
|
supersaturation |
SUPERSATURA'TION, n. The operation of saturating to excess; or the state of being thus saturated. |
53520
|
superscribe |
SUPERSCRI'BE, v.t. [L. super and scribo, to write.] To write or engrave on the top, outside or ... |
53521
|
superscribed |
SUPERSCRI'BED, pp. Inscribed on the outside. |
53522
|
superscribing |
SUPERSCRI'BING, ppr. Inscribing, writing or engraving on the outside, or on the top. |
53523
|
superscription |
SUPERSCRIP'TION, n. The act of superscribing.1. That which is written or engraved on the outside, ... |
53524
|
supersecular |
SUPERSEC'ULAR, a. [super and secular.] Being above the world or secular things. |
53525
|
supersede |
SUPERSE'DE, v.t. [L. supersedeo; super and sedeo, to sit.]1. Literally, to set above; hence, to ... |
53526
|
supersedeas |
SUPERSE'DEAS, n. In law, a writ of supersedeas, is a writ or command to suspend the powers of an ... |
53527
|
superseded |
SUPERSE'DED, pp. Made void; rendered unnecessary or inefficacious; displaced; suspended. |
53528
|
superseding |
SUPERSE'DING, ppr. Coming in the place of; setting aside; rendering useless; displacing; ... |
53529
|
supersedure |
SUPERSE'DURE, n. The act of superseding; as the supersedure of trial by jury. [New.] |
53530
|
superserviceable |
SUPERSERV'ICEABLE, a. [super and serviceable.] Over officious; doing more than is required or ... |
53531
|
superstition |
SUPERSTI'TION, n. [L. superstitio, supersto; super and sto, to stand.]1. Excessive exactness or ... |
53532
|
superstitionist |
SUPERSTI'TIONIST, n. One addicted to superstition. |
53533
|
superstitious |
SUPERSTI'TIOUS, a. [L. superstitiosus.]1. Over scrupulous and rigid in religious observances; ... |
53534
|
superstitiously |
SUPERSTI'TIOUSLY, adv. In a superstitious manner; with excessive regard to uncommanded rites or ... |
53535
|
superstitiousness |
SUPERSTI'TIOUSNESS, n. Superstition. |
53536
|
superstrain |
SUPERSTRA'IN, v.t. [super and strain.] To overstrain or stretch. [Little used.] |
53537
|
superstratum |
SUPERSTRA'TUM, n. [super and stratum.] A stratum or layer above another, or resting on something ... |
53538
|
superstruct |
SUPERSTRUCT', v.t. [L. superstruo; super and struo, to lay.]To build upon; to erect. This is the ... |
53539
|
superstruction |
SUPERSTRUC'TION, n. An edifice erected on something. My own profession hath taught me not to erect ... |
53540
|
superstructive |
SUPERSTRUCT'IVE, a. Built or erected on something else. |
53541
|
superstucture |
SUPERSTUCT'URE, n. Any structure or edifice built on something else; particularly, the building ... |
53542
|
supersubstantial |
SUPERSUBSTAN'TIAL, a. [super and substantial.] More than substantial; being more than substance. |
53543
|
supersulphate |
SUPERSUL'PHATE, n. Sulphate with an excess of acid. |
53544
|
supersulphureted |
SUPERSUL'PHURETED, a. Combined with an excess of sulphur. |
53545
|
superterrene |
SUPERTERRE'NE, a. [super and terrene.] Being above ground, or above the earth. |
53546
|
superterrestrial |
SUPERTERRES'TRIAL, a. Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth. |
53547
|
supertonic |
SUPERTON'IC, n. In music, the note next above the key-note. |
53548
|
supertragical |
SUPERTRAG'ICAL, a. Tragical to excess. |
53549
|
supervacaneous |
SUPERVACA'NEOUS, a. [L. supervacaneus; super and vaco, to make void.] Superfluous; unnecessary; ... |
53550
|
supervacaneously |
SUPERVACA'NEOUSLY, adv. Needlessly. |
53551
|
supervacaneousness |
SUPERVACA'NEOUSNESS, n. Needlessness. |
53552
|
supervene |
SUPERVE'NE, v.i. [L. supervenio; super and venio.]1. To come upon as something extraneous. Such a ... |
53553
|
supervenient |
SUPERVE'NIENT, a. Coming upon as something additional or extraneous. That branch of belief was in ... |
53554
|
supervention |
SUPERVEN'TION, n. The act of supervening. |
53555
|
supervisal |
SUPERVI'SAL, supervi'zal |
53556
|
supervise |
SUPERVI'SE, n. supervi'ze. Inspection. [Not used.]SUPERVI'SE, v.t. [L. super and visus, video, to ... |
53557
|
supervised |
SUPERVI'SED, pp. Inspected. |
53558
|
supervising |
SUPERVISING, ppr. Overseeing; inspecting; superintending. |
53559
|
supervision |
SUPERVI'SION, supervizh'on, n. [from supervise.] The act of overseeing; inspection; ... |
53560
|
supervisor |
SUPERVI'SOR, n. An overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as the supervisor of a pamphlet. |
53561
|
supervive |
SUPERVI'VE, v.t. [L. super and vivo, to live.] To live beyond; to outlive. The soul will ... |
53562
|
supination |
SUPINA'TION, n. [L. supino.] The act of lying or state of being laid with the face upward.1. The ... |
53563
|
supinator |
SUPINA'TOR, n. In anatomy, a muscle that turns the palm of the hand upward. |
53564
|
supine |
SUPI'NE, a. [L. supinus.] Lying on the back, or with the face upward; opposed to prone.1. Leaning ... |
53565
|
supinely |
SUPI'NELY, adv. With the face upward.1. Carelessly; indolently; drowsily; in a heedless, ... |
53566
|
supineness |
SUPI'NENESS, n. A lying with the face upward.1. Indolence; drowsiness; heedlessness. Many of the ... |
53567
|
supinity |
SUPINITY, for supineness, is not used. |
53568
|
suppage |
SUP'PAGE, n. [from sup.] What may be supped; pottage. [Not in use.] |
53569
|
suppalpation |
SUPPALPA'TION, n. [L. suppalpor; sub and palpor, to stroke.] The act of enticing by soft words. ... |
53570
|
supparasitation |
SUPPARASITA'TION, n. [L. supparasitor; sub and parasite.] The act of flattering merely to gain ... |
53571
|
suppedaneous |
SUPPEDA'NEOUS, a. [L. sub and pes,the foot.] Being under the feet. |
53572
|
suppeditate |
SUPPED'ITATE, v.t. [L. suppedito.] To supply. [Not used.] |
53573
|
suppeditation |
SUPPEDITA'TION, n. [L. suppeditatio.] Supply; aid afforded. [Little used.] |
53574
|
supper |
SUP'PER, n. The evening meal. People who dine late, eat no supper. The dinner of fashionable ... |
53575
|
supperless |
SUP'PERLESS, a. Wanting supper; being without supper; as, to go supperless to bed. |
53576
|
supplant |
SUPPLANT', v.t. [L. supplanto; sub and planta, the bottom of the foot.] To trip up the heels. ... |
53577
|
supplantation |
SUPPLANTA'TION, n. The act of supplanting. |
53578
|
supplanted |
SUPPLANT'ED, pp. Tripped up; displaced. |
53579
|
supplanter |
SUPPLANT'ER, n. One that supplants. |
53580
|
supplanting |
SUPPLANT'ING, ppr. Tripping up the heels; displacing by artifice. |
53581
|
supple |
SUP'PLE, a.1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as supple joints; supple fingers.2. Yielding; ... |
53582
|
suppled |
SUP'PLED, pp. Made soft and plaint; made compliant. |
53583
|
supplement |
SUP'PLEMENT, n. [L. supplementum, suppleo; sub and pleo, to fill.]1. Literally, a supply; hence, ... |
53584
|
supplemental |
SUPPLEMENT'AL |
53585
|
supplementary |
SUPPLEMENT'ARY, a. Additional; added to supply what is wanted; as a supplemental law or bill. |
53586
|
suppleness |
SUP'PLENESS, n. [from supple.] Pliancy; pliableness; flexibility; the quality of being easily ... |
53587
|
suppletory |
SUP'PLETORY, a. [from L. suppleo, to supply.] Supplying deficiencies; as a suppletory ... |
53588
|
supplial |
SUPPLI'AL, n. The act of supplying. [Not used.] |
53589
|
suppliance |
SUPPLI'ANCE, n. Continuance. [Not in use.] |
53590
|
suppliant |
SUP'PLIANT, a. [L. supplico, to supplicate; sub and plico, to fold. See Comply and Apply.]1. ... |
53591
|
suppliantly |
SUP'PLIANTLY, adv. In a suppliant or submissive manner. |
53592
|
supplicant |
SUP'PLICANT, a. [L. supplicans.] Entreating; asking submissively.SUP'PLICANT, n. One that ... |
53593
|
supplicate |
SUP'PLICATE, v.t. [L. supplico; sub and plico. See Suppliant.]1. To entreat for; to seek by ... |
53594
|
supplication |
SUPPLICA'TION, n. [L. supplicatio.]1. Entreaty; humble and earnest prayer in worship. In all our ... |
53595
|
supplicatory |
SUP'PLICATORY, a. Containing supplication; humble; submissive. |
53596
|
supplied |
SUPPLI'ED, pp. [from supply.] Fully furnished; having a sufficiency. |
53597
|
supplier |
SUPPLI'ER, n. He that supplies. |
53598
|
supply |
SUPPLY', v.t. [L. suppleo; sub and pleo, disused, to fill.]1. To fill up, as any deficiency ... |
53599
|
supplying |
SUPPLY'ING, ppr. Yielding or furnishing what is wanted; affording a sufficiency. |
53600
|
supplyment |
SUPPLY'MENT, n. A furnishing. [Not in use.] |
53601
|
support |
SUPPORT, v.t. [L. supporto; sub and porto, to carry.]1. To bear; to sustain; to uphold; as, a prop ... |
53602
|
supportable |
SUPPORTABLE, a. That may be upheld or sustained.1. That may be borne or endured; as, the pain is ... |
53603
|
supportableness |
SUPPORTABLENESS, n. The state of being tolerable. |
53604
|
supportance |
SUPPORTANCE, n. Maintenance; support. [Not in use.] |
53605
|
supportation |
SUPPORTA'TION, n. Maintenance; support. [Not in use.] |
53606
|
supported |
SUPPORTED, pp. Borne; endured; upheld; maintained; subsisted; sustained; carried on. |
53607
|
supporter |
SUPPORTER, n. One that supports or maintains.1. That which supports or upholds; a prop, a pillar, ... |
53608
|
supportful |
SUPPORTFUL, a. Abounding with support. [Not used.] |
53609
|
supporting |
SUPPORTING, ppr. Bearing; enduring; upholding; sustaining; maintaining; subsisting; vindicating. |
53610
|
supportless |
SUPPORTLESS, a. Having no support. |
53611
|
supportment |
SUPPORTMENT, n. Support. [Not in use.] |
53612
|
supposable |
SUPPO'SABLE, a. [from suppose.] That may be supposed; that may be imagined to exist. That is not ... |
53613
|
supposal |
SUPPO'SAL, n. [from suppose.] Position without proof; the imagining of something to exist; ... |
53614
|
suppose |
SUPPOSE, v.t. suppo'ze. [L. suppositus, suppono.]1. To lay down or state as a proposition or fact ... |
53615
|
supposed |
SUPPO'SED, pp. Laid down or imagined as true; imagined; believed; received as true. |
53616
|
supposer |
SUPPO'SER, n. One who supposes. |
53617
|
supposing |
SUPPO'SING, ppr. Laying down or imagining to exist or be true; stating as a case that may be; ... |
53618
|
supposition |
SUPPOSI'TION, n. The act of laying down, imagining or admitting as true or existing, what is known ... |
53619
|
supposititious |
SUPPOSITI'TIOUS, a. [L. supposititius, from suppositus, suppono.]Put by trick in the place or ... |
53620
|
supposititiousness |
SUPPOSITI'TIOUSNESS, n. The state of being supposititious. |
53621
|
suppositive |
SUPPOS'ITIVE, a. Supposed; including or implying supposition.SUPPOS'ITIVE, n. [supra.] A word ... |
53622
|
suppositively |
SUPPOS'ITIVELY, adv. With, by or upon supposition. |
53623
|
suppository |
SUPPOS'ITORY, n. In medicine, a long cylindrical body introduced into the rectum to procure stools ... |
53624
|
suppress |
SUPPRESS', v.t. [L. suppressus, supprimo; sub and premo, to press.]1. To overpower and crush; to ... |
53625
|
suppressed |
SUPPRESS'ED, pp. Crushed; destroyed; retained; concealed; stopped; obstructed. |
53626
|
suppressing |
SUPPRESS'ING, ppr. Subduing; destroying; retaining closely; concealing; hindering from disclosure ... |
53627
|
suppression |
SUPPRES'SION, n. [L. suppressio.]1. The act of suppressing, crushing or destroying; as the ... |
53628
|
suppressive |
SUPPRESS'IVE, a. Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing. |
53629
|
suppressor |
SUPPRESS'OR, n. One that suppresses; one that subdues; one that prevents utterance, disclosure or ... |
53630
|
suppurate |
SUP'PURATE, v.i. [L. suppuro; sub and pus, puris.] To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess ... |
53631
|
suppurating |
SUP'PURATING, ppr. Generating pus. |
53632
|
suppuration |
SUPPURA'TION, n. [L. suppuratio.]1. The process of generating purulent matter, or of forming pus, ... |
53633
|
suppurative |
SUP'PURATIVE, a. Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration.SUP'PURATIVE, n. A medicine that ... |
53634
|
supputation |
SUPPUTA'TION, n. [L. supputatio, supputo; sub and puto, to think.]Reckoning; account; computation. |
53635
|
suppute |
SUPPU'TE, v.t. [L. supputo, supra.] To reckon; to compute. [Not in use.] |
53636
|
supra |
SUPRA, a Latin preposition, signifying above, over or beyond. |
53637
|
supra-axillary |
SUPRA-AX'ILLARY, a. [supra and axil.] In botany, growing above the axil; inserted above the axil; ... |
53638
|
supra-decompound |
SUPRA-DECOM'POUND, a. [supra and decompound.] More than decompound; thrice compound. A ... |
53639
|
supra-orbital |
SUPRA-ORB'ITAL, a. [supra and orbit.] Being above the orbit of the eye. |
53640
|
supraciliary |
SUPRACIL'IARY, a. [L. supra and cilium, eyebrow.] Situated above the eyebrow. |
53641
|
suprafoliaceous |
SUPRAFOLIA'CEOUS, a. [L. supra and folium, a leaf.] In botany, inserted into the stem above the ... |
53642
|
supralapsarian |
SUPRALAPSA'RIAN |
53643
|
supralapsary |
SUPRALAP'SARY, a. [L. supra and lapsus, fall.]Antecedent to the apostasy of Adam. |
53644
|
supramundane |
SUPRAMUN'DANE, a. [L. supra and mundus, the world.]Being or situated above the world or above our ... |
53645
|
suprarenal |
SUPRARE'NAL, a. [L. supra and ren,renes, the kidneys.]Situated above the kidneys. |
53646
|
suprascapulary |
SUPRASCAP'ULARY, a. [L. supra and scapula.] Being above the scapula. |
53647
|
supravulgar |
SUPRAVUL'GAR, a. [supra and vulgar.] Being above the vulgar or common people. |
53648
|
supremacy |
SUPREM'ACY, n. [See Supreme.] State of being supreme or in the highest station of power; highest ... |
53649
|
supreme |
SUPRE'ME, a. [L. supremus, from supra.]1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in ... |
53650
|
supremely |
SUPRE'MELY, adv. With the highest authority. He rules supremely.1. In the highest degree; to the ... |
53651
|
sur |
SUR, a prefix, from the French, contracted from L. super, supra, signifies over, above, beyond, ... |
53652
|
suraddition |
SURADDI'TION, n. Something added to the name. [Not used.] |
53653
|
sural |
SU'RAL, a. [L. sura.] Being in or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as the sural artery. |
53654
|
surance |
SU'RANCE, for assurance, not used. |
53655
|
surbase |
SUR'BASE, n. [sur and base.] A border or molding above the base. |
53656
|
surbased |
SUR'BASED, a. Having a surbase, or molding above the base. |
53657
|
surbate |
SURBA'TE, v.t. [either L. sub and battere, or solea, sole, and battere, to beat the sole or ... |
53658
|
surbated |
SURBA'TED, pp. Bruised in the feet; harassed; fatigued. |
53659
|
surbating |
SURBA'TING, ppr. Bruising the feet of; fatiguing.Surbeat or surbet, for surbate, not in use. |
53660
|
surbed |
SURBED', v.t. [sur and bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is in a position different from ... |
53661
|
surcease |
SURCE'ASE, v.i.1. To cease; to stop; to be at an end.2. To leave off; to practice no longer; to ... |
53662
|
surcharge |
SURCH`ARGE, v.t.1. To overload; to overburden; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a ... |
53663
|
surcharged |
SURCH`ARGED, pp. Overloaded; overstocked. |
53664
|
surcharger |
SURCH`ARGER, n. One that overloads or overstocks. |
53665
|
surcharging |
SURCH`ARGING, ppr. Overloading; burdening to excess; overstocking with cattle or beasts. |
53666
|
surcingle |
SUR'CINGLE, n. [L. cingulum, a belt.]1. A belt, band or girth which passes over a saddle, or over ... |
53667
|
surcingled |
SUR'CINGLED, a. Girt; bound with a surcingle. |
53668
|
surcle |
SUR'CLE, n. [L. surculus.] A little shoot; a twig; a sucker. |
53669
|
surcoat |
SUR'COAT, n. A short coat worn over the other clothes. |
53670
|
surcrew |
SUR'CREW, n. [sur and crew.] Additional crew or collection. [Not in use.] |
53671
|
surculate |
SUR'CULATE, v.t. [L. surculo.] To prune. [Not in use.] |
53672
|
surculation |
SURCULA'TION, n. The act of pruning. [Not in use.] |
53673
|
surd |
SURD, a. [L. surdus, deaf.] Deaf; not having the sense of hearing. [Not used.]1. Upheard. [Not ... |
53674
|
surdity |
SURD'ITY, n. Deafness. [Not used.] |
53675
|
sure |
SURE, a. shure. [L. assevero, and to be connected with swear, and perhaps with L. verus; s being ... |
53676
|
surefooted |
SUREFOOT'ED, a. [sure and foot.] Not liable to stumble or fall; as a surefooted horse. |
53677
|
surely |
SU'RELY, adv. Certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly. In the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt ... |
53678
|
sureness |
SU'RENESS, n. Certainty. For more sureness he repeats it. [Little used.] |
53679
|
suretiship |
SU'RETISHIP, n. [from surety.] The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for ... |
53680
|
surety |
SU'RETY, n. Certainty; indubitableness. Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a ... |
53681
|
surf |
SURF, n. The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, or upon sand banks or rocks.1. In ... |
53682
|
surface |
SUR'FACE, n. The exterior part of any thing that has length and breadth; one of the limits that ... |
53683
|
surfeit |
SURFEIT, v.t. sur'fit. [L. facio.]1. To feed with meat or drink, so as to oppress the stomach and ... |
53684
|
surfeit-water |
SUR'FEIT-WATER, n. [surfeit and water.] Water for the cure of surfeits. |
53685
|
surfeited |
SUR'FEITED, pp. Surcharges and oppressed with eating and drinking to excess; cloyed. |
53686
|
surfeiter |
SUR'FEITER, n. One who riots; a glutton. |
53687
|
surfeiting |
SUR'FEITING, ppr. Oppressing the system by excessive eating and drinking; cloying; loading or ... |
53688
|
surge |
SURGE, n. [L. surgo, to rise.]1. A large wave or billow; great rolling swell of water. [It is ... |
53689
|
surgeless |
SURGELESS, a. surj'less. Free from surges; smooth; calm. |
53690
|
surgeon |
SUR'GEON, n. sur'jen. [contracted from chirurgeon.] One whose profession or occupation is to cure ... |
53691
|
surgery |
SUR'GERY, n. Properly, the act of healing by manual operation; or that branch of medical science ... |
53692
|
surgical |
SUR'GICAL, a. Pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery. |
53693
|
surging |
SUR'GING, ppr. Swelling and rolling, as billows. Surging waves against a solid rock. |
53694
|
surgy |
SUR'GY, a. Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; as the surgy main. |
53695
|
suricate |
SU'RICATE, n. An animal like the ichneumon; the four toed weasel. |
53696
|
surlily |
SUR'LILY, adv. [from surly.] In a surly, morose manner. |
53697
|
surliness |
SUR'LINESS, n. Gloomy moroseness; crabbed ill nature; as the surliness of a dog. |
53698
|
surling |
SUR'LING, n. A sour morose fellow. [Not in use.] |
53699
|
surly |
SUR'LY, a.1. Gloomily morose; crabbed; snarling; sternly sour; rough; cross and rude; as a surly ... |
53700
|
surmisal |
SURMI'SAL, n. Surmise. [Not in use.] |
53701
|
surmise |
SURMISE, v.t. surmi'ze. To suspect; to imagine without certain knowledge; to entertain thoughts ... |
53702
|
surmised |
SURMI'SED, pp. Suspected; imagined upon slight evidence. |
53703
|
surmiser |
SURMI'SER, n. One who surmises. |
53704
|
surmising |
SURMI'SING, ppr. Suspecting; imagining upon slight evidence.SURMI'SING, n. The act of suspecting; ... |
53705
|
surmount |
SURMOUNT', v.t.1. To rise above. The mountains of Olympus, Atho and Atlas, surmount all winds and ... |
53706
|
surmountable |
SURMOUNT'ABLE, a. That may be overcome; superable. |
53707
|
surmounted |
SURMOUNT'ED, pp. Overcome; conquered; surpassed. |
53708
|
surmounter |
SURMOUNT'ER, n. One that surmounts. |
53709
|
surmounting |
SURMOUNT'ING, ppr. Rising above; overcoming; surpassing. |
53710
|
surmullet |
SURMUL'LET, n. A fish of the genus Mullus, (M. barbatus,) remarkable for the brilliancy of its ... |
53711
|
surmulot |
SUR'MULOT, n. A name given by Buffon to the brown or Norway rat. |
53712
|
surname |
SUR'NAME, n. [L. super and nomen.]1. An additional name; a name or appellation added to the ... |
53713
|
surnamed |
SURNA'MED, pp. Called by a name added to the christian or original name. |
53714
|
surnaming |
SURNA'MING, ppr. Naming by an appellation added to the original name. |
53715
|
suroxyd |
SUROX'YD, n. [sur and oxyd.] That which contains an addition of oxyd. [Little used.] |
53716
|
suroxydate |
SUROX'YDATE, v.t. To form a suroxyd. [Little used.] |
53717
|
surpass |
SURP`ASS, v.t. To exceed; to excel; to go beyond in any thing good or bad. Homer surpasses modern ... |
53718
|
surpassable |
SURP`ASSABLE, a. That may be exceeded. |
53719
|
surpassed |
SURP`ASSED, pp. Exceeded; excelled. |
53720
|
surpassing |
SURP`ASSING, ppr. Exceeding; going beyond.1. a. Excellent in an eminent degree; exceeding others. O ... |
53721
|
surpassingly |
SURP`ASSINGLY, adv. In a very excellent manner; or in a degree surpassing others. |
53722
|
surplice |
SURPLICE, n. sur'plis. [L. super pellicium, above the robe of fur.]A white garment worn by ... |
53723
|
surplice-fees |
SUR'PLICE-FEES, n. [surplice and fees.] Fees paid to the clergy for occasional duties. |
53724
|
surpliced |
SUR'PLICED, a. Wearing a surplice. |
53725
|
surplus |
SUR'PLUS, n. [L. id.,more.]1. Overplus; that which remains when use is satisfied; excess beyond ... |
53726
|
surplusage |
SURPLUS'AGE, n. Surplus; as surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted.1. In law, ... |
53727
|
surprisal |
SURPRISAL, n. surpri'zal. [See Surprise.] The act of surprising or coming upon suddenly and ... |
53728
|
surprise |
SURPRISE, v.t. surpri'ze. [L. super, supra, and prendo, to take.]1. To come or fall upon suddenly ... |
53729
|
surprised |
SURPRI'SED, pp. Come upon or taken unawares; struck with something novel or unexpected. |
53730
|
surprising |
SURPRI'SING, ppr. Falling on or taking suddenly or unawares; striking with something novel; taking ... |
53731
|
surprisingly |
SURPRI'SINGLY, adv. In a manner or degree that excites surprise. He exerted himself surprisingly ... |
53732
|
surquedry |
SUR'QUEDRY, n. [See Heed.] Overweening pride; arrogance. [Not in use.] |
53733
|
surrebut |
SURREBUT', v.i. [sur and rebut.] In legal pleadings, to reply, as a plaintif, to a defendant's ... |
53734
|
surrebutter |
SURREBUT'TER, n. The plaintif's reply in pleading to a defendant's rebutter. |
53735
|
surrejoin |
SURREJOIN', v.i. [sur and rejoin.] In legal pleadings, to reply, as a plaintif to a defendant's ... |
53736
|
surrejoinder |
SURREJOIN'DER, n. The answer of a plaintif to a defendant's rejoinder. |
53737
|
surrender |
SURREN'DER, v.t. [L. sursum, and rendre, to render.]1. To yield to the power of another; to give ... |
53738
|
surrendered |
SURREN'DERED, pp. Yielded or delivered to the power of another; given up; resigned. |
53739
|
surrenderee |
SURRENDEREE', n. In law, a person to whom the lord grants surrendered land; the cestuy que use. |
53740
|
surrendering |
SURREN'DERING, ppr. Yielding or giving up to the power of another; resigning. |
53741
|
surrenderor |
SURREN'DEROR, n. The tenant who surrenders an estate into the hands of his lord. Till the ... |
53742
|
surrendry |
SURREN'DRY, n. A surrender. [Surrender is the most elegant and best authorized.] |
53743
|
surreption |
SURREP'TION, n. [L. surreptus, surrepo; sub and repo, to creep.]A coming unperceived; a stealing ... |
53744
|
surreptitious |
SURREPTI'TIOUS, a. [L. surreptitius, supra.] Done by stealth or without proper authority; made or ... |
53745
|
surreptitiously |
SURREPTI'TIOUSLY, adv. By stealth; without authority; fraudulently. |
53746
|
surrogate |
SUR'ROGATE, n. [L. surrogatus, surrogo, subrogo; sub and rogo, to propose. Rogo, to ask or propose, ... |
53747
|
surrogation |
SURROGA'TION, n. The act of substituting one person in the place of another. [Little used.] |
53748
|
surround |
SURROUND', v.t. [sur and round.]1. To encompass; to environ; to inclose on all sides; as, to ... |
53749
|
surrounded |
SURROUND'ED, pp. Encompassed; inclosed; beset. |
53750
|
surrounding |
SURROUND'ING, ppr. Encompassing; inclosing; lying on all sides of. |
53751
|
sursolid |
SURSOL'ID, n. [sur and solid, or surdesolid.] In mathematics, the fifth power of a number; or the ... |
53752
|
surtout |
SURTOUT, n. A man's coat to be worn over his other garments. |
53753
|
surturbrand |
SUR'TURBRAND, n. Fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood; so called in Iceland. |
53754
|
survene |
SURVE'NE, v.t. To supervene; to come as an addition; as a suppuration that survenes lethargies. ... |
53755
|
survey |
SURVEY, v.t. [L. video, videre.]1. To inspect or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a ... |
53756
|
surveyed |
SURVEYED, pp. Viewed with attention; examined; measured. |
53757
|
surveying |
SURVEYING, ppr. Viewing with attention; examining particularly; measuring.SURVEYING, n. That ... |
53758
|
surveyor |
SURVEYOR, n. An overseer; one placed to superintend others.1. One that views and examines for the ... |
53759
|
surveyor-general |
SURVEYOR-GENERAL, n. A principal surveyor; as the surveyor-general of the king's manors, or of ... |
53760
|
surveyorship |
SURVEYORSHIP, n. The office of a surveyor. |
53761
|
surview |
SURVIEW', v.t. To survey. [Not in use.] |
53762
|
survise |
SURVI'SE, v.t. To look over. [Not in use.] |
53763
|
survival |
SURVI'VAL, n. [See Survive.] A living beyond the life of another person, thing or event; an ... |
53764
|
survivance |
SURVI'VANCE, n. Survivorship. [Little used.] |
53765
|
survive |
SURVI'VE, v.t. [L. supervivo.]1. To outlive; to live beyond the life of another; as,the wife ... |
53766
|
survivency |
SURVI'VENCY, n. A surviving; survivorship. |
53767
|
surviver |
SURVI'VER, n. One that outlives another. [See Survivor.] |
53768
|
surviving |
SURVI'VING, ppr. Outliving;living beyond the life of another, or beyond the time of some event.1. ... |
53769
|
survivor |
SURVI'VOR, n. One who outlives another.1. In law, the longer liver of two joint tenants, or of ... |
53770
|
survivorship |
SURVI'VORSHIP, n. The state of outliving another.1. In law, the right of a joint tenant or other ... |
53771
|
susceptibiility |
SUSCEPTIBIIL'ITY, n. [from susceptible.] The quality of admitting or receiving either something ... |
53772
|
susceptible |
SUSCEP'TIBLE, a. [L. suscipio, to take; sub and capio.]1. Capable of admitting any thing ... |
53773
|
susceptibleness |
SUSCEP'TIBLENESS, n. Susceptibility, which see. |
53774
|
susception |
SUSCEP'TION, n. The act of taking. [But little used.] |
53775
|
susceptive |
SUSCEP'TIVE, a. Capable of admitting; readily admitting. Our natures are susceptive of errors. |
53776
|
susceptivity |
SUSCEPTIV'ITY, n. Capacity of admitting. [Little used.] |
53777
|
susceptor |
SUSCEP'TOR, n. [L.] One who undertakes; a godfather. |
53778
|
suscipiency |
SUSCIP'IENCY, n. Reception; admission. |
53779
|
suscipient |
SUSCIP'IENT, a. Receiving; admitting.SUSCIP'IENT, n. One who takes or admits; one that receives. |
53780
|
suscitate |
SUS'CITATE, v.t. [L. suscito; sub and cito.] To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action. |
53781
|
suscitation |
SUSCITA'TION, n. The act of raising or exciting. |
53782
|
suslik |
SUS'LIK, n. A spotted animal of the rat kind. A quadruped of the genus Arctomys, of a yellowish ... |
53783
|
suspect |
SUSPECT', v.t. [L. suspectus, suspicio; sub and specio, to see or view.]1. To mistrust; to imagine ... |
53784
|
suspectable |
SUSPECT'ABLE, a. That may be suspected. [Little used.] |
53785
|
suspected |
SUSPECT'ED, pp. Imagined without proof; mistrusted. |
53786
|
suspectedly |
SUSPECT'EDLY, adv. So as to excite suspicion; so as to be suspected. |
53787
|
suspectedness |
SUSPECT'EDNESS, n. State of being suspected or doubted. |
53788
|
suspecter |
SUSPECT'ER, n. One who suspects. |
53789
|
suspectful |
SUSPECT'FUL, a. Apt to suspect or mistrust. |
53790
|
suspecting |
SUSPECT'ING, ppr. Imagining without evidence; mistrusting upon slight grounds. |
53791
|
suspectless |
SUSPECT'LESS, a. Not suspecting; having no suspicion.1. Not suspected; not mistrusted. |
53792
|
suspend |
SUSPEND', v.t. [L. suspendo; sub and pendo, to hang.]1. To hang; to attach to something above; as, ... |
53793
|
suspended |
SUSPEND'ED, pp. Hung up; made to depend on; caused to cease for a time;delayed; held undermined; ... |
53794
|
suspender |
SUSPEND'ER, n. One that suspends.1. Suspenders, plu. straps worn for holding up pantaloons, &c.; ... |
53795
|
suspending |
SUSPEND'ING, ppr. Hanging up; making to depend on; intermitting; causing to cease for a time; ... |
53796
|
suspense |
SUSPENSE, n. suspens'. [L. suspensus.] A state of uncertainty; indetermination; indecision. A ... |
53797
|
suspensibility |
SUSPENSIBIL'ITY, n. The capacity of being suspended or sustained from sinking; as the ... |
53798
|
suspensible |
SUSPENS'IBLE, a. Capable of being suspended or held from sinking. |
53799
|
suspension |
SUSPEN'SION, n. [L. suspensio. See Suspend.]1. The act of hanging up, or of causing to hang by ... |
53800
|
suspensive |
SUSPENS'IVE, a. Doubtful. |
53801
|
suspensor |
SUSPENS'OR, n. In anatomy, a bandage to suspend the scrotum. |
53802
|
suspensory |
SUSPENS'ORY, a. That suspends; suspending; as a suspensory muscle.SUSPENS'ORY, n. That which ... |
53803
|
suspicable |
SUS'PICABLE, a. [L. suspicor.] That may be suspected; liable to suspicion. [Not in use.] |
53804
|
suspicion |
SUSPI'CION, n. [L. suspicio. See Suspect.] The act of suspecting; the imagination of the ... |
53805
|
suspicious |
SUSPI'CIOUS, a. [L. suspiciosus.] Inclined to suspect; apt to imagine without proof. Nature ... |
53806
|
suspiciously |
SUSPI'CIOUSLY, adv. With suspicion.1. So as to excite suspicion. |
53807
|
suspiciousness |
SUSPI'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of being liable to suspicion, or liable to be suspected; as the ... |
53808
|
suspiral |
SUSPI'RAL, n. [L. suspiro, to breathe; sub and spiro.]1. A breathing hole; a vent or ventiduct.2. ... |
53809
|
suspiration |
SUSPIRA'TION, n. [L. suspiratio, suspiro, to sigh; sub and spiro, to breathe.] The act of sighing ... |
53810
|
suspire |
SUSPI'RE, v.i. [supra.] To sigh; to fetch along deep breath; to breathe. [Little used.] |
53811
|
suspired |
SUSPI'RED, pp. or a. Wished for; desired. [Not in use.] |
53812
|
sustain |
SUSTA'IN, v.t. [L. sustineo; sub and teneo, to hold under.]1. To bear; to uphold; to support; as, ... |
53813
|
sustainable |
SUSTA'INABLE, a. That may be sustained or maintained. The action is not sustainable. |
53814
|
sustained |
SUSTA'INED, pp. Borne; upheld; maintained; supported; subsisted; suffered. |
53815
|
sustainer |
SUSTA'INER, n. He or that which sustains, upholds or suffers. |
53816
|
sustaining |
SUSTA'INING, ppr. Bearing; upholding; maintaining; suffering; subsisting. |
53817
|
sustaltic |
SUSTAL'TIC, a. [Gr.] Mournful; affecting; an epithet given to a species of music by the Greeks. |
53818
|
sustenance |
SUS'TENANCE, n.1. Support; maintenance; subsistence; as the sustenance of the body; the sustenance ... |
53819
|
sustentacle |
SUSTEN'TACLE, n. [L. sustentaculum.] Support. [Not in use.] |
53820
|
sustentation |
SUSTENTA'TION, n. [L. sustentatio, sustento.]1. Support; preservation from falling.2. Use of ... |
53821
|
susurration |
SUSURRA'TION, n. [L. susurratio; susurro, to whisper.] A whispering; a soft murmur. |
53822
|
sutile |
SU'TILE, a. [L. sutilis, from suo, to sew.]Done by stitching. [Not in use.] |
53823
|
sutler |
SUT'LER, n. A person who follows an army and sells to the troops provisions and liquors. |
53824
|
sutling |
SUT'LING, a. Belonging to sutlers; engaged in the occupation of a sutler. |
53825
|
suttee |
SUTTEE', n. In the Sanscrit, or sacred language of the Hindoos, a female deity.1. A widow who ... |
53826
|
suttle |
SUT'TLE, a. Suttle weight, in commerce, is when tret is allowed; neat weight. |
53827
|
suture |
SU'TURE, n. [L. sutura, from suo, to sew.]1. Literally, a sewing; hence, the uniting of the parts ... |
53828
|
suveran |
SUV'ERAN, a. [L. supernus, superus, super. The barbarous Norman word souvereign, seems to be formed ... |
53829
|
suveranly |
SUV'ERANLY, adv. Supremely; in the highest degree. |
53830
|
suveranty |
SUV'ERANTY, n. Supreme power; supremacy; the possession of uncontrollable power. Absolute ... |
53831
|
swab |
SWAB, n. A mop for cleaning floors; on board of ships, a large mop or bunch or old rope yarn, used ... |
53832
|
swabber |
SWAB'BER, n. One that uses a swab to clean a floor or deck; on board of ships of war, an inferior ... |
53833
|
swad |
SWAD, n. A pod,as of beans or peas. [Local.]1. A short fat person.2. In New England, a lump, ... |
53834
|
swaddle |
SWAD'DLE, v.t.1. To swathe; to bind, as with a bandage; to bind tight with clothes; used generally ... |
53835
|
swaddled |
SWAD'DLED, pp. Swathed; bound in tight clothes. |
53836
|
swaddling |
SWAD'DLING, ppr. Swathing; binding in tight clothes. |
53837
|
swaddling-band |
SWAD'DLING-BAND |
53838
|
swaddling-cloth |
SWAD'DLING-CLOTH, n. A band or cloth wrapper round an infant. Luke 2. |
53839
|
swag |
SWAG, v.i. To sink down by its weight; to lean. |
53840
|
swage |
SWAGE, v.t. [probably allied to swag and weak; from falling or throwing down.] To ease; to ... |
53841
|
swagger |
SWAG'GER, v.i. To bluster; to bully; to boast or brag noisily; to be tumultuously proud. What a ... |
53842
|
swaggerer |
SWAG'GERER, n. A blusterer; a bully; a boastful noisy fellow. |
53843
|
swaggering |
SWAG'GERING, ppr. Blustering; boasting noisily. |
53844
|
swagging |
SWAG'GING, ppr. Sinking or inclining. |
53845
|
swaggy |
SWAG'GY, a. [from swag.] Sinking, hanging or leaning by its weight. |
53846
|
swain |
SWAIN, n.1. A young man.2. A country servant employed in husbandry.3. A pastoral youth. [It is ... |
53847
|
swainish |
SWA'INISH, a. Rustic. |
53848
|
swainmote |
SWA'INMOTE |
53849
|
swairth |
SWAIRTH, n. An apparition. [Not used in New England. |
53850
|
swale |
SWALE, n. [probably from vale.] A local word in New England, signifying an interval or vale; a ... |
53851
|
swallet |
SWAL'LET, n. [See Well.] Among the tin miners, water breaking in upon the miners at their work. |
53852
|
swallow |
SWAL'LOW, n. A bird of the genus Hirundo, of many species, among which are the chimney swallow and ... |
53853
|
swallow-fish |
SWAL'LOW-FISH, n. A sea fish of the genus Trigla, called in Cornwall, tub-fish; remarkable for the ... |
53854
|
swallow-fly |
SWAL'LOW-FLY, n. The name of the chelidonius, a fly remarkable for its swift and long flight. |
53855
|
swallow-stone |
SWAL'LOW-STONE, n. Chelidonius lapis, a stone which Pliny and other authors affirm to be found in ... |
53856
|
swallow-tail |
SWAL'LOW-TAIL, n. A plant, a species of willow. |
53857
|
swallow-wort |
SWAL'LOW-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Asclepias; hirundinaria. It grows in the southern part of ... |
53858
|
swallowed |
SWAL'LOWED, pp. Taken into the stomach; absorbed; received without scruple; engrossed; wasted; ... |
53859
|
swallower |
SWAL'LOWER, n. One who swallows; also, a glutton. |
53860
|
swallowing |
SWAL'LOWING, ppr. Taking into the stomach; absorbing; ingulfing; receiving implicitly; engrossing; ... |
53861
|
swallows-tail |
SWAL'LOW'S-TAIL, n. In joinery and carpentry,the same as dove-tail. |
53862
|
swam |
SWAM, pret. of swim. |
53863
|
swamp |
SWAMP, n. Spungy land; low ground filled with water; soft wet ground. In New England, I believe ... |
53864
|
swamp-ore |
SWAMP-ORE, n. In mineralogy, an ore of iron found in swamps and morasses; called also bog-ore, or ... |
53865
|
swampy |
SWAMP'Y, a. Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet and spungy; as swampy land. |
53866
|
swan |
SWAN, n. A large aquatic fowl of the genus Anas, of two varieties, the wild and the tame. The ... |
53867
|
swang |
SWANG, n. A piece of low land or green sward, liable to be covered with water. [Local in ... |
53868
|
swanimote |
SWAN'IMOTE, n. [swain and mote, meeting.] In England, a court held before the verderors of the ... |
53869
|
swansdown |
SWANSDOWN, n. A fine soft thick woolen cloth. |
53870
|
swanskin |
SWAN'SKIN, n. [swan and skin.] A species of flannel of a soft texture, thick and warm. |
53871
|
swap |
SWAP, adv. Hastily; at a snatch. [A low word and local.]SWAP, v.t. To exchange; to barter; to ... |
53872
|
swape |
SWAPE, n. A pole supported by a fulcrum on which it turns, used for raising water from a well, for ... |
53873
|
sward |
SWARD, n.1. The skin of bacon. [Local.]2. The grassy surface of land; turf; that part of the ... |
53874
|
swardy |
SWARD'Y, a. Covered with sward or grass; as swardy land. |
53875
|
sware |
SWARE, old pret. of swear. We now use swore.SWARE |
53876
|
swarm |
SWARM, n. sworm. [L. ferveo, and boiling is very expressive of the motions of a swarm of bees. See ... |
53877
|
swart |
SWART, swort |
53878
|
swarth |
SWARTH, sworth, a.1. Being of a dark hue; moderately black; tawny. A nation strange with visage ... |
53879
|
swarthily |
SWARTH'ILY, adv. [from swarthy.] Duskily; with a tawny hue. |
53880
|
swarthiness |
SWARTH'INESS, n. Tawniness; a dusky or dark complexion. |
53881
|
swarthy |
SWARTH'Y, a. [See Swart.] Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny. In warm climates, the ... |
53882
|
swartiness |
SWART'INESS, n. A tawny color. |
53883
|
swartish |
SWART'ISH, a. Somewhat dark or tawny. |
53884
|
swarty |
SWART'Y, a. Swarthy; tawny. |
53885
|
swarve |
SWARVE, v.i. To swerve. [Not in use.] |
53886
|
swash |
SWASH, n. An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. [A cant word.]SWASH, ... |
53887
|
swasher |
SWASH'ER, n. One who makes a blustering show of valor or force of arms. [Not in use.] |
53888
|
swashy |
SWASH'Y, a. Soft, like fruit too ripe. [Local.] |
53889
|
swat |
SWAT |
53890
|
swatch |
SWATCH, n. A swath. [Not in use.] |
53891
|
swate |
SWATE, v.i. To sweat. |
53892
|
swath |
SWATH, n. swoth.1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the sythe in mowing or ... |
53893
|
swathe |
SWATHE, v.t. To bind with a band, bandage or rollers; as, to swathe a child.1. To bind or wrap. ... |
53894
|
sway |
SWAY, v.t.1. To move or wave; to wield with the hand; as, to sway the scepter.2. To bias; to ... |
53895
|
swayed |
SWA'YED, pp. Wielded; inclined to one side; ruled; governed; influenced; biased. |
53896
|
swaying |
SWA'YING, ppr. Wielding; causing to lean; biasing; ruling.SWA'YING, n. Swaying of the back, among ... |
53897
|
sweal |
SWEAL, v.i.1. To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the ... |
53898
|
swealing |
SWE'ALING, ppr. Melting and wasting away. |
53899
|
swear |
SWEAR, v.i. pret. swore. [Eng. veer; L. assevero.]1. To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, ... |
53900
|
swearer |
SWEARER, n. One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.1. A ... |
53901
|
swearing |
SWEARING, ppr. Affirming upon oath; uttering a declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of ... |
53902
|
sweat |
SWEAT, n. swet. [L. sudor.]1. The fluid or sensible moisture which issues out of the pores of the ... |
53903
|
sweater |
SWEAT'ER, n. One that causes to sweat. |
53904
|
sweatiness |
SWEAT'INESS, n. The state of being sweaty or moist with sweat. |
53905
|
sweating |
SWEAT'ING, ppr. Emitting moisture from the pores of the skin; throwing our moisture; exuding.1. ... |
53906
|
sweating-bath |
SWEAT'ING-BATH, n. A sudatory; a bath for exciting sensible perspiration or sweat; a hypocaust or ... |
53907
|
sweating-house |
SWEAT'ING-HOUSE, n. A house for sweating persons in sickness. |
53908
|
sweating-iron |
SWEAT'ING-IRON, n. A kind of knife or a piece of a sythe, used to scrape off sweat from horses. |
53909
|
sweating-room |
SWEAT'ING-ROOM, n. A room for sweating persons.1. In rural economy, a room for sweating cheese ... |
53910
|
sweating-sickness |
SWEAT'ING-SICKNESS, n. A febril epidemic disease which prevailed in some countries of Europe, but ... |
53911
|
sweaty |
SWEAT'Y, a. Moist with sweat; as a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment.1. Consisting of sweat. No noisy ... |
53912
|
swede |
SWEDE, n. A native of Sweden.1. A Swedish turnep. |
53913
|
swedish |
SWE'DISH, a. Pertaining to Sweden. |
53914
|
swedish-turnep |
SWE'DISH-TURNEP, n. The ruta baga, a hard sort of turnep, of two kinds, the white and the yellow. ... |
53915
|
sweep |
SWEEP, v.t. pret. and pp. swept.1. To brush or rub over with a brush, broom or besom, for removing ... |
53916
|
sweep-net |
SWEE'P-NET, n. [sweep and net.] A large net for drawing over a large compass. |
53917
|
sweep-sop |
SWEEP-SOP, n. A name of the Annona squamosa. |
53918
|
sweeper |
SWEE'PER, n. One that sweeps. |
53919
|
sweeping |
SWEE'PING, ppr. Brushing over; rubbing with a broom or besom; cleaning with a broom or besom; ... |
53920
|
sweepings |
SWEE'PINGS, n. plu. Things collected by sweeping; rubbish. The sweepings of streets are often used ... |
53921
|
sweepstake |
SWEE'PSTAKE, n. [sweep and stake.] A man that wins all; usually sweepstakes. |
53922
|
sweepy |
SWEE'PY, a. Passing with speed and violence over a great compass at once. The branches bend before ... |
53923
|
sweet |
SWEET, a. [L. suavis.]1. Agreeable or grateful to the taste; as, sugar or honey is sweet.2. ... |
53924
|
sweet-apple |
SWEET-APPLE, n. [sweet and apple.] The Annona squamosa. |
53925
|
sweet-bread |
SWEET-BREAD, n. [sweet and bread.] The pancreas of a calf. |
53926
|
sweet-briar |
SWEET-BRIAR, n. [sweet and briar.] A shrubby plant of the genus Rosa, cultivated for its fragrant ... |
53927
|
sweet-broom |
SWEE'T-BROOM, n. [sweet and broom.] A plant. |
53928
|
sweet-cicely |
SWEET-CIC'ELY, n. A plant of the genus Scandix. |
53929
|
sweet-cictus |
SWEET-CIC'TUS, n. A shrub, the gumcistus. |
53930
|
sweet-corn |
SWEET-CORN, n. A variety of the maiz, of a sweet taste. |
53931
|
sweet-flag |
SWEET-FLAG, n. A plant of the genus Acorus. |
53932
|
sweet-gum |
SWEET-GUM, n. A tree of the genus Liquidambar. |
53933
|
sweet-heart |
SWEET-HE`ART, n. A lover or mistress. |
53934
|
sweet-johns |
SWEET-JOHN'S, n. A plant, a species of Dianthus. |
53935
|
sweet-marjoram |
SWEET-M`ARJORAM, n. A very fragrant plant, of the genus Origanum. |
53936
|
sweet-maudlin |
SWEET-MAUD'LIN, n. A species of Achillea. |
53937
|
sweet-pea |
SWEET-PEA, n. A pea cultivated for ornament, of the genus Lathyrus. |
53938
|
sweet-root |
SWEET-ROOT, n. The liquorice, or Glycyrrhiza. |
53939
|
sweet-rush |
SWEET-RUSH, n. Another name of the sweet-flag, a species of Acorus. |
53940
|
sweet-scented |
SWEE'T-SCENTED, a. [sweet and scent.] Having a sweet smell; fragrant. |
53941
|
sweet-smelling |
SWEE'T-SMELLING, a. [sweet and smell.] Having a sweet smell; fragrant. |
53942
|
sweet-sultan |
SWEET-SUL'TAN, n. A plant, a species of Centaurea. |
53943
|
sweet-weed |
SWEET-WEED, n. A plant of the genus Capraria, and another of the genus Scoparia. |
53944
|
sweet-william |
SWEET-WIL'LIAM, n. The name of several species of pink, of the genus Dianthus.The Dianthus ... |
53945
|
sweet-willow |
SWEET-WIL'LOW, n. A plant, the Myrica gale, or Dutch myrtle. |
53946
|
sweet-wood |
SWEET-WOOD, n. A plant, a species of Laurus. |
53947
|
sweeten |
SWEETEN, v.t. swee'tn. To make sweet; as, to sweeten tea or coffee.1. To make pleasing or ... |
53948
|
sweetened |
SWEE'TENED, pp. Made sweet,mild or grateful. |
53949
|
sweetener |
SWEE'TENER, n. He or that which sweetens; he that palliates; that which moderates acrimony. |
53950
|
sweetening |
SWEE'TENING, ppr. Making sweet or grateful. |
53951
|
sweeting |
SWEE'TING, n. A sweet apple.1. A word of endearment. |
53952
|
sweetish |
SWEE'TISH, a. Somewhat sweet or grateful to the taste. |
53953
|
sweetishness |
SWEE'TISHNESS, n. The quality of being sweetish. |
53954
|
sweetly |
SWEE'TLY, adv. In a sweet manner;gratefully; agreeable. He sweetly temper'd awe. No poet ever ... |
53955
|
sweetmeat |
SWEE'TMEAT, n. [sweet and meat.] Fruit preserved with sugar; as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, ... |
53956
|
sweetness |
SWEE'TNESS, n. The quality of being sweet, in any of its senses; as gratefulness to the taste; or ... |
53957
|
sweinmote |
SWE'INMOTE |
53958
|
swell |
SWELL, v.i. pret. swelled; pp. swelled. Swollen is nearly obsolete..1. To grow larger; to dilate ... |
53959
|
swelled |
SWELL'ED, pp. Enlarged in bulk; inflated; tumefied. |
53960
|
swelling |
SWELL'ING, ppr. Growing or enlarging in its dimensions; growing tumid; inflating; growing tumid; ... |
53961
|
swelt |
SWELT, for swelled, is not in use.SWELT, v.i. To faint; to swoon.SWELT, v.t. To overpower, as ... |
53962
|
swelter |
SWELT'ER, v.i. [from swelt.] To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with ... |
53963
|
sweltered |
SWELT'ERED, pp. Oppressed with heat. |
53964
|
sweltering |
SWELT'ERING, ppr. Fainting or languishing with heat; oppressing with heat. |
53965
|
sweltry |
SWELT'RY, a. Suffocating with heat; oppressive with heat; sultry. [See Sultry, which is probably a ... |
53966
|
swept |
SWEPT, pret. and pp. of sweep. |
53967
|
swerd |
SWERD, for sward, is not in use. |
53968
|
swerve |
SWERVE, v.i. swerv.1. To wander; to rove. The swerving vines on the tall elms prevail.2. To ... |
53969
|
swerving |
SWERV'ING, ppr. Roving; wandering; deviating from any rule or standard; inclining; climbing or ... |
53970
|
swift |
SWIFT, a.1. Moving a great distance or over a large space in a short time; moving with celerity or ... |
53971
|
swifter |
SWIFT'ER, n. In a ship, a rope used to confine the bars of the capstan in their sockets, while men ... |
53972
|
swiftly |
SWIFT'LY, adv. Fleetly; rapidly; with celerity; with quick motion or velocity. Pleas'd with the ... |
53973
|
swiftness |
SWIFT'NESS, n. Speed; rapid motion; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity. Swiftness is a word ... |
53974
|
swig |
SWIG, v.t. or i. To drink by large draughts; to suck greedily.SWIG, n. A large draught. ... |
53975
|
swill |
SWILL, v.t.1. To drink grossly or greedily; as, to swill down great quantities of liquors.2. To ... |
53976
|
swilled |
SWILL'ED, pp. Swallowed grossly in large quantities. |
53977
|
swiller |
SWILL'ER, n. One who drinks voraciously. |
53978
|
swilling |
SWILL'ING, ppr. Swallowing excessive quantities of liquors. |
53979
|
swillings |
SWILL'INGS, n. Swill. |
53980
|
swim |
SWIM, v.i.1. To float; to be supported on water or other fluid; not to sink. Most species of wood ... |
53981
|
swimm |
SWIMM, n. The bladder of fishes, by which they are said to be supported in water. |
53982
|
swimmer |
SWIM'MER, n. One that swims.1. A protuberance on the leg of a horse. |
53983
|
swimming |
SWIM'MING, ppr. Floating on a fluid; moving on a fluid; having a waving or reeling motion; ... |
53984
|
swimmingly |
SWIM'MINGLY, adv. Smoothly; without obstruction; with great success. [Not elegant.] |
53985
|
swindle |
SWIN'DLE, v.t. To cheat and defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out ... |
53986
|
swindled |
SWIN'DLED, pp. Grossly cheated and defrauded. |
53987
|
swindler |
SWIN'DLER, n. A cheat; a rogue; one who defrauds grossly, or one who makes a practice of ... |
53988
|
swine |
SWINE, n. sing. and plu. A hog, a quadruped of the genus Sus, which furnishes man with a large ... |
53989
|
swine-bread |
SWI'NE-BREAD, n. A kind of plant, truffle. |
53990
|
swine-case |
SWI'NE-CASE |
53991
|
swine-coat |
SWI'NE-COAT |
53992
|
swine-crue |
SWI'NE-CRUE, n. A hog sty; a pen for swine. [Local.] |
53993
|
swine-grass |
SWI'NE-GRASS, n. [L. centinodia, knot grass.] A plant. |
53994
|
swine-oat |
SWI'NE-OAT, n. [swine and oat.] A kind of oats, cultivated for the use of pigs, as in Cornwall; ... |
53995
|
swine-pipe |
SWI'NE-PIPE, n. [swine and pipe.] A bird, the red-wing. [Local.] |
53996
|
swine-pocks |
SWI'NE-POCKS |
53997
|
swine-pox |
SWI'NE-POX, n. The chicken-pocks. A variety of the chicken-pocks, with acuminated vesicles ... |
53998
|
swine-stone |
SWI'NE-STONE, n. [swine and stone.] A name given to those kinds oflimestone which, when rubbeD, ... |
53999
|
swine-sty |
SWI'NE-STY, n. A sty or pen for swine. |
54000
|
swine-thistle |
SWI'NE-THISTLE, n. A plant, the sow thistle. |
54001
|
swineherd |
SWI'NEHERD, n. [swine and herd.] A keeper of swing. |
54002
|
swines-cress |
SWI'NE'S-CRESS, n. A species of cress, of the genus Cochlearia. |
54003
|
swing |
SWING, v.i. pret. and pp. swung.1. To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to ... |
54004
|
swing-wheel |
SWING'-WHEEL, n. [swing and wheel.] In a time piece, the wheel which drives the pendulum. In a ... |
54005
|
swinge |
SWINGE, v.t. swinj. 1. To beat soundly; to whip; to bastinade; to chastise; to punish. You ... |
54006
|
swinge-buckler |
SWINGE-BUCKLER, n. swingj-buckler. A bully; one who pretends to feats of arms. [Not in use.] |
54007
|
swinger |
SWING'ER, n. One who swings; one who hurls. |
54008
|
swinging |
SWING'ING, ppr. of swing. Waving; vibrating; brandishing.SWING'ING, n. The act of swinging; an ... |
54009
|
swingingly |
SWING'INGLY, adv. Vastly; hugely. [Vulgar.] |
54010
|
swingle |
SWIN'GLE, v.i. [from swing.] To dangle; to wave hanging.1. To swing for pleasure. [Not in ... |
54011
|
swingle-tree |
SWIN'GLE-TREE, n. A whiffle-tree or whipple-tree. |
54012
|
swingled |
SWIN'GLED, pp. Beat and cleaned by a swingling knife. |
54013
|
swingling |
SWIN'GLING, ppr. Beating and cleaning, as flax. |
54014
|
swingling-knife |
SWIN'GLING-KNIFE |
54015
|
swingling-tow |
SWIN'GLING-TOW, n. The coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling. |
54016
|
swinish |
SWI'NISH, a. [from swine.] Befitting swine; like swine; gross; hoggish; brutal; as a swinish ... |
54017
|
swink |
SWINK, v.i. To labor; to toil; to drudge.SWINK, v.t. To overlabor.SWINK, n. Labor; toil; ... |
54018
|
swinker |
SWINK'ER, n. A laborer; a plowman. |
54019
|
swipe |
SWIPE, n. A swape or sweep, which see. |
54020
|
swipper |
SWIP'PER, a. Nimble; quick. [Not in use.] |
54021
|
swiss |
SWISS, n. A native of Switzerland or Swisserland.1. The language of Swisserland. |
54022
|
switch |
SWITCH, n. A small flexible twig or rod. On the medal, Mauritania leads a horse by a thread with ... |
54023
|
swivel |
SWIVEL, n. swiv'l.1. A ring which turns upon a staple; or a strong link of iron used in mooring ... |
54024
|
swivel-hook |
SWIV'EL-HOOK, n. A hook that turns in the end of an iron block strap, for the ready taking the ... |
54025
|
swob |
SWOB, n. A mop. [See Swab.]SWOB, v.t. To clean or wipe with a swob. [See Swab.] |
54026
|
swobber |
SWOB'BER, n. One who swabs or cleans with a mop. [See Swabber.]1. Swobbers, four privileged ... |
54027
|
swollen |
SWOLLEN |
54028
|
swoln |
SWOLN, pp. of swell; irregular and obsolescent. The regular participle, swelled,is to be preferred. |
54029
|
swom |
SWOM, old pret. of swim, is obsolete. We now use swum and swam. |
54030
|
swoon |
SWOON, v.i. To faint; to sink into a fainting fit, in which there is a suspension of the apparent ... |
54031
|
swooning |
SWOON'ING, ppr. Fainting away.SWOON'ING, n. The act of fainting; syncope. |
54032
|
swoop |
SWOOP, v.t. [This is probably from sweep, or the same root.]1. To fall on at once and seize; to ... |
54033
|
swop |
SWOP, v.t. To exchange; to barter; to give one commodity for another. [See Swap. This is a ... |
54034
|
sword |
SWORD, n.1. An offensive weapon worn at the side, and used by hand either for thrusting or ... |
54035
|
sword-bearer |
SWORD-BEARER, n. [sword and bear.] An officer in the city of London, who carries a sword as an ... |
54036
|
sword-belt |
SWORD-BELT, n. [sword and belt.] A belt by which a sword is suspended and borne by the side. |
54037
|
sword-blade |
SWORD-BLADE, n. [sword and blade.] The blade or cutting part of a sword. |
54038
|
sword-fight |
SWORD-FIGHT, n. [sword and fight.] Fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords. |
54039
|
sword-fish |
SWORD-FISH, n. [sword and fish.] A genus of fishes called in ichthyology, xiphias; so named from ... |
54040
|
sword-grass |
SWORD-GRASS, n. [sword and grass.] A kind of sedge, glader; the sweet rush, a species of Acorus. |
54041
|
sword-knot |
SWORD-KNOT, n. [sword and knot.] A ribin tied to the hilt of a sword. |
54042
|
sword-law |
SWORD-LAW, n. [sword and law.] Violence; government by force. |
54043
|
sword-man |
SWORD-MAN, n. [sword and man.] A soldier; a fighting man. |
54044
|
sword-player |
SWORD-PLAYER, n. [sword and player.] A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use ... |
54045
|
sword-shaped |
SWORD-SHAPED, a. [sword and shape.] Ensiform; shaped like a sword; as a sword-shaped leaf. |
54046
|
sworded |
SWORDED, a. Girded with a sword. |
54047
|
sworder |
SWORDER, n. A soldier; a cut-throat. [Not in use.] |
54048
|
swore |
SWORE, pret. of swear. |
54049
|
sworn |
SWORN, pp. of swear. The officers of government are sworn to a faithful discharge of their ... |
54050
|
swound |
SWOUND, v.i. To swoon. [Not in use.] |
54051
|
swum |
SWUM, pret. and pp. of swim. |
54052
|
swung |
SWUNG, pret. and pp. of swing. |
54053
|
syb |
SYB |
54054
|
sybaritic |
SYBARIT'IC |
54055
|
sybaritical |
SYBARIT'ICAL, a. [from Sybaritoe, inhabitants of Sybaris, in Italy, who were proverbially ... |
54056
|
sycamine |
SYCAMINE. [See Sycamore.] |
54057
|
sycamore |
SYC'AMORE, n. [Gr. a fig.] A species of fig-tree. The name is also given to the Acer majus, ... |
54058
|
sycamore-moth |
SYC'AMORE-MOTH, n. A large and beautiful moth or night butterfly; so called because its ... |
54059
|
sycite |
SYC'ITE, n. [Gr. fig.] Fig-stone; a name which some authors give to nodules of flint or pebbles ... |
54060
|
sycophancy |
SYC'OPHANCY, n. [infra.] Originally, information of the clandestine exportation of figs; hence, ... |
54061
|
sycophant |
SYC'OPHANT, n. [Gr. a fig, and to discover.] Originally, an informer against those who stole figs, ... |
54062
|
sycophantic |
SYCOPHANT'IC, a. Talebearing; more generally, obsequiously flattering; parasitic; courting favor ... |
54063
|
sycophantize |
SYC'OPHANTIZE, v.t. To play the sycophant; to flatter meanly and officiously; to inform or tell ... |
54064
|
sycophantry |
SYC'OPHANTRY, n. Mean and officious talebearing or adulation. |
54065
|
sydnean |
SYDNE'AN |
54066
|
sydneian |
SYDNE'IAN, a. Denoting a species of white earth brought from Sidney cove in South Wales. |
54067
|
syenite |
SYENITE. [See Sienite.] |
54068
|
syke |
SYKE, n. A small brook or rill in low ground. [Local.] |
54069
|
syllabic |
SYLLAB'IC |
54070
|
syllabical |
SYLLAB'ICAL, a. [from syllable.] Pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as syllabic accent.1. ... |
54071
|
syllabically |
SYLLAB'ICALLY, adv. In a syllabic manner. |
54072
|
syllabication |
SYLLABICA'TION, n. The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into ... |
54073
|
syllable |
SYL'LABLE, n. [L. syllaba; Gr. to comprehend, and to take.]1. A letter, or a combination of ... |
54074
|
syllabub |
SYL'LABUB, n. A compound drink made of wine and milk; a different orthography of sillabub. |
54075
|
syllabus |
SYL'LABUS, n. [L. from the same source as syllable.] An abstract; a compendium containing the ... |
54076
|
syllepsis |
SYLLEP'SIS, n. [Gr. See Syllable.]1. In grammar, a figure by which we conceive the sense of words ... |
54077
|
syllogism |
SYL'LOGISM, n. [L. syllogismus; Gr. with, and to speak; to think.]A form or reasoning or argument, ... |
54078
|
syllogistic |
SYLLOGIS'TIC |
54079
|
syllogistical |
SYLLOGIS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of ... |
54080
|
syllogistically |
SYLLOGIS'TICALLY, adv. In the form of a syllogism; by means of syllogisms; as, to reason or prove ... |
54081
|
syllogization |
SYLLOGIZA'TION, n. A reasoning by syllogisms. |
54082
|
syllogize |
SYL'LOGIZE, v.i. To reason by syllogisms. Men have endeavored to teach boys to syllogize, or to ... |
54083
|
syllogizer |
SYL'LOGIZER, n. One who reasons by syllogisms. |
54084
|
syllogizing |
SYL'LOGIZING, ppr. Reasoning by syllogisms. |
54085
|
sylph |
SYLPH, n. [Gr. a moth, a beetle.] An imaginary being inhabiting the air. |
54086
|
sylva |
SYL'VA, n. [L. a wood or forest.] In poetry, a poetical piece composed in a start or kind of ... |
54087
|
sylvan |
SYLVAN. [See Silvan.] |
54088
|
sylvanite |
SYL'VANITE, n. Native tellurium, a metallic substance recently discovered. |
54089
|
symbal |
SYMBAL. [See Cymbal.] |
54090
|
symbol |
SYM'BOL, n. [L. symbolum; Gr. with, and to throw; to compare.]1. The sign or representation of any ... |
54091
|
symbolic |
SYMBOL'IC |
54092
|
symbolical |
SYMBOL'ICAL, a. Representative; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; as, the figure ... |
54093
|
symbolically |
SYMBOL'ICALLY, adv. By representation or resemblance of properties; by signs; typically. Courage ... |
54094
|
symbolism |
SYM'BOLISM, n. Among chimists, consent of parts. |
54095
|
symbolization |
SYMBOLIZA'TION, n. [See Symbolize.] The act of symbolizing; resemblance in properties. |
54096
|
symbolize |
SYM'BOLIZE, v.i. To have a resemblance of qualities or properties. The pleasing of color ... |
54097
|
symbolizing |
SYM'BOLIZING, ppr. Representing by some properties in common; making to agree or resemble in ... |
54098
|
symmetral |
SYM'METRAL, a. [from symmetry.] Commensurable. |
54099
|
symmetrian |
SYMME'TRIAN |
54100
|
symmetrical |
SYMMET'RICAL, a. [from symmetry.] Proportional in its parts; having its parts in due proportion, ... |
54101
|
symmetrically |
SYMMET'RICALLY, adv. With due proportion of parts. |
54102
|
symmetrist |
SYM'METRIST, n. [from symmetry.] One eminently studious of proportion or symmetry of parts. |
54103
|
symmetrize |
SYM'METRIZE, v.t. To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry. |
54104
|
symmetry |
SYM'METRY, n. [Gr. with, together, and to measure.] A due proportion of the several parts of a ... |
54105
|
sympathetic |
SYMPATHET'IC |
54106
|
sympathetical |
SYMPATHET'ICAL, a. See Sympathy.]1. Pertaining to sympathy.2. Having common feeling with another; ... |
54107
|
sympathetically |
SYMPATHET'ICALLY, adv. With sympathy or common feeling; inconsequence of sympathy; by ... |
54108
|
sympathize |
SYM'PATHIZE, v.i.1. To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain. The mind will ... |
54109
|
sympathy |
SYM'PATHY, n. [Gr. with, and passion.]1. Fellow feeling; the quality of being affected by the ... |
54110
|
symphonious |
SYMPHO'NIOUS, a. [from symphony.] Agreeing in sound; accordant; harmonious. --Sounds Symphonious ... |
54111
|
symphony |
SYM'PHONY, n. [L. symphonia; Gr. with, and voice.]1. A consonance or harmony of sounds agreeable ... |
54112
|
symphysis |
SYM'PHYSIS, n. [Gr. together, and to grow.]1. In anatomy, the union of bones by cartilage; a ... |
54113
|
symposiac |
SYMPOSIAC, a. sympo'ziac. [Gr. a drinking together; together, and to drink.] Pertaining to ... |
54114
|
symposium |
SYMPOSIUM, n. sympo'zium. [supra.] A drinking together; a merry feast. |
54115
|
symptom |
SYMP'TOM, n. [Gr. a falling or accident, to fall.]1. Properly, something that happens in ... |
54116
|
symptomatic |
SYMPTOMAT'IC |
54117
|
symptomatical |
SYMPTOMAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; indicating the ... |
54118
|
symptomatically |
SYMPTOMAT'ICALLY, adv. By means of symptoms; in the nature of symptoms. |
54119
|
symptomatology |
SYMPTOMATOL'OGY, n. [Gr. discourse.] The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of ... |
54120
|
synagogical |
SYNAGOG'ICAL, a. [from synagogue.] Pertaining to a synagogue. |
54121
|
synagogue |
SYNAGOGUE, n. syn'agog. [Gr. together, and to drive; properly an assembly.]1. A congregation or ... |
54122
|
synagris |
SYN'AGRIS, n. A fish caught in the Archipelago, resembling the dentex. It has a sharp back, and ... |
54123
|
synalepha |
SYNALE'PHA, n. [Gr.] In grammar, a contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong ... |
54124
|
synarchy |
SYN'ARCHY, n. [Gr.] Joint rule or sovereignty. |
54125
|
synaresis |
SYNAR'ESIS |
54126
|
synaresy |
SYNAR'ESY, n. [Gr.] Contraction; the shortening of a word by the omission of a letter, as ne'er ... |
54127
|
synarthrosis |
SYNARTHRO'SIS, n. [Gr. with, and to articulate.] Union of bones without motion; close union; as in ... |
54128
|
synaxis |
SYNAX'IS, n. [Gr. to congregate.] A congregation; also, a term formerly used for the Lord's ... |
54129
|
synchondrosis |
SYNCHONDRO'SIS, n. [Gr. cartilage.] The connection of bones by means of cartilage or gristle. |
54130
|
synchronal |
SYN'CHRONAL, a. [Gr. with, and time.] Happening at the same time; simultaneous.SYN'CHRONAL, n. ... |
54131
|
synchronical |
SYNCHRON'ICAL, a. [See Synchronism.] Happening at the same time; simultaneous. |
54132
|
synchronism |
SYN'CHRONISM, n. [Gr. with, and time.] Concurrence of two or more events in time; simultaneousness. |
54133
|
synchronize |
SYN'CHRONIZE, v.i. [supra.] To agree in time; to be simultaneous. |
54134
|
synchronous |
SYN'CHRONOUS, a. Happening at the same time; simultaneous. |
54135
|
synchronously |
SYN'CHRONOUSLY, adv. [supra.] At the same time. |
54136
|
syncopate |
SYN'COPATE, v.t. [See Syncope.] To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables ... |
54137
|
syncopated |
SYN'COPATED, pp. Contracted by the loss of a letter from the middle of the word.1. Inverted, as ... |
54138
|
syncopation |
SYNCOPA'TION, n. The contraction of a word by taking a letter, letters or a syllable from the ... |
54139
|
syncope |
SYN'COPE |
54140
|
syncopist |
SYN'COPIST, n. One who contracts words. |
54141
|
syncopize |
SYN'COPIZE, v.t. To contract by the omission of a letter or syllable. |
54142
|
syncopy |
SYN'COPY, n. [Gr. to cut off.]1. In music, the same as syncopation; the division of a note ... |
54143
|
syndic |
SYN'DIC, n. [L. syndicus; Gr. with, and justice.] An officer of government, invested with ... |
54144
|
syndicate |
SYN'DICATE, n. In some countries on the European continent, a council; a branch of ... |
54145
|
syndrome |
SYN'DROME |
54146
|
syndromy |
SYN'DROMY, n. [Gr. a running together.]1. Concurrence.2. In medicine, the concourse or ... |
54147
|
synecdoche |
SYNEC'DOCHE |
54148
|
synecdochical |
SYNECDOCH'ICAL, a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche. |
54149
|
synecdochy |
SYNEC'DOCHY, n. [Gr. to take.] In rhetoric, a figure or trope by which the whole of a thing is put ... |
54150
|
syngenese |
SYN'GENESE, n. [Gr. with, and generation, origin.] In botany, a plant whose stamens are united in ... |
54151
|
syngenesian |
SYNGENE'SIAN, a. Pertaining to the class syngenesia. |
54152
|
synneurosis |
SYNNEURO'SIS, n. [Gr. a nerve.] In anatomy, the connection of parts by means of ligaments, as in ... |
54153
|
synodal |
SYN'ODAL, n. Anciently, a pecuniary rent, paid to the bishop or archdeacon at the time of his ... |
54154
|
synodic |
SYNOD'IC |
54155
|
synodical |
SYNOD'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a synod; transacted in a synod; as synodical proceedings or forms; a ... |
54156
|
synodically |
SYNOD'ICALLY, adv. By the authority of a synod. |
54157
|
synomosy |
SYNOM'OSY, n. [Gr. with, and to swear.] Sworn brotherhood; a society in ancient Greece nearly ... |
54158
|
synonym |
SYN'ONYM, n. [Gr. with, and name.] A name, noun or other word having the same signification as ... |
54159
|
synonyma |
SYNON'YMA, n. plu. Words having the same signification. But synonyms is a regular English word. |
54160
|
synonymal |
SYNON'YMAL, a. Synonymous. [Not in use.] |
54161
|
synonymist |
SYNON'YMIST, n. Among botanists, a person who collects the different names or synonyms of plants, ... |
54162
|
synonymize |
SYNON'YMIZE, v.t. To express the same meaning in different words. |
54163
|
synonymous |
SYNON'YMOUS, a. Expressing the same thing; conveying the same idea. We rarely find two words ... |
54164
|
synonymously |
SYNON'YMOUSLY, adv. In a synonymous manner; in the same sense; with the same meaning. Two words ... |
54165
|
synonymy |
SYNON'YMY, n. The quality of expressing the same meaning by different words.1. In rhetoric, a ... |
54166
|
synopsis |
SYNOP'SIS, n. [Gr. with, and view.] A general view, or a collection of things or parts so arranged ... |
54167
|
synoptic |
SYNOP'TIC |
54168
|
synoptical |
SYNOP'TICAL, a. Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as a ... |
54169
|
synoptically |
SYNOP'TICALLY, adv. In such a manner as to present a general view in a short compass. |
54170
|
synovia |
SYNO'VIA |
54171
|
synovial |
SYNO'VIAL, a. [supra.] Pertaining to synovia; secreting a lubricating fluid; as the synovial ... |
54172
|
synovy |
SYN'OVY, n. In anatomy, the fluid secreted into the cavities of joints, for the purpose of ... |
54173
|
syntactic |
SYNTAC'TIC |
54174
|
syntactical |
SYNTAC'TICAL, a. [See Syntax.] Pertaining to syntax, or the construction of sentences.1. ... |
54175
|
syntactically |
SYNTAC'TICALLY, adv. In conformity to syntax. |
54176
|
syntax |
SYN'TAX, n. [L. syntaxis; Gr. together, and to put.]1. In grammar, the construction of sentences; ... |
54177
|
synthesis |
SYN'THESIS, n. [Gr. to put or set.]1. Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, ... |
54178
|
synthetic |
SYNTHET'IC |
54179
|
synthetical |
SYNTHET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as the synthetic ... |
54180
|
synthetically |
SYNTHET'ICALLY, adv. By synthesis; by composition. |
54181
|
synthetize |
SYN'THETIZE, v.t. To unite in regular structure. [Not much used.] |
54182
|
syntonic |
SYNTON'IC, a. [Gr. with, and tone.] In music, sharp; intense. |
54183
|
syphilis |
SYPH'ILIS. [See Siphilis.] |
54184
|
syphon |
SY'PHON, n. [Gr.] A tube or pipe. More correctly siphon, which see. |
54185
|
syriac |
SYR'IAC, n. The language of Syria, especially the ancient language of that country.SYR'IAC, a. ... |
54186
|
syriacism |
SYR'IACISM, n. A Syrian idiom. |
54187
|
syrian |
SYR'IAN, a. Pertaining to Syria. |
54188
|
syrianism |
SYR'IANISM, n. A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity in the Syrian language. |
54189
|
syriasm |
SYR'IASM, n. The same as syrianism. |
54190
|
syringa |
SYRIN'GA, n. [Gr. a pipe.] A genus of plants, the lilac. |
54191
|
syringe |
SYRINGE, n. syr'inj. [supra.] An instrument for injecting liquids into animal bodies, into ... |
54192
|
syringotomy |
SYRINGOT'OMY, n. [Gr. a pipe, and to cut.] The operation of cutting for the fistula. |
54193
|
syrtis |
SYR'TIS, n. [L.] A quicksand. [Not English.] |
54194
|
syrup |
SYRUP. [See Sirup.] |
54195
|
systasis |
SYS'TASIS, n. [Gr.] The consistence of a thing; constitution. [Little used.] |
54196
|
system |
SYS'TEM, n. [L. systema; Gr. to set.]1. An assemblage of things adjusted into a regular whole; or ... |
54197
|
system-maker |
SYS'TEM-MAKER, n. One who forms a system. |
54198
|
system-monger |
SYS'TEM-MONGER, n. One given to the forming of systems. |
54199
|
systematically |
SYSTEMAT'ICALLY, adv. In the form of a system; methodically. |
54200
|
systematicical |
SYSTEMAT'IC'ICAL, a. Pertaining to system; consisting in system, methodical; formed with regular ... |
54201
|
systematist |
SYS'TEMATIST, n. One who forms a system, or reduces to system. |
54202
|
systemization |
SYSTEMIZA'TION, n. [from systemize.] The act or operation of systemizing; the reduction of things ... |
54203
|
systemize |
SYS'TEMIZE, v.t. To reduce to system or regular method; as, to systemize the principles of moral ... |
54204
|
systemized |
SYS'TEMIZED, pp. Reduced to system or method. |
54205
|
systemizer |
SYS'TEMIZER, n. One who reduces things to system. |
54206
|
systemizing |
SYS'TEMIZING, ppr. Reducing to system or due method. |
54207
|
systole |
SYS'TOLE |
54208
|
systoly |
SYS'TOLY, n. [Gr. to contract; to send.]1. In grammar, the shortening of a long syllable.2. In ... |
54209
|
systyle |
SYS'TYLE, n. [Gr. with or together, and a column.] In architecture, the manner of placing ... |
54210
|
sythe |
SYTHE, n. [Heb. an ax.]1. An instrument for mowing grass, or cutting other grain or vegetables. ... |
54211
|
sythed |
SY'THED, a. Armed with sythes, as a chariot. |
54212
|
sytheman |
SY'THEMAN, n. One who uses a sythe; a mower. |
54213
|
syzygy |
SYZ'YGY, n. [Gr. to join.] The conjunction or opposition of a planet with the sun, or of any two ... |
