54214
|
t |
T is the twentieth letter of the English Alphabet, and a close consonant. It represents a close ... |
54215
|
ta |
AZ'ERIT,'TA, |
54216
|
tabard |
TAB'ARD, n. A short gown; a herald's coat. [Not used in the U. States.] |
54217
|
tabarder |
TAB'ARDER, n. One who wears a tabard. |
54218
|
tabasheer |
TABASHEER, n. A persian word signifying a concretion found in the joints of the bamboo, said by ... |
54219
|
tabbied |
TAB'BIED, pp. Watered; made wavy. |
54220
|
tabby |
TAB'BY, a. [See the Noun.] Brinded; brindled; diversified in color; as a tabby cat.TAB'BY, n.1. ... |
54221
|
tabbying |
TAB'BYING, n. The passing of stuffs under a calendar to give them a wavy appearance. |
54222
|
tabefaction |
TABEFAC'TION, n. [L. tabeo, to waste, and facio, to make. See Tabefy.] A wasting away; a gradual ... |
54223
|
tabefy |
TAB'EFY, v.i. [Heb. to pine] To consume; to waste gradually; to lose flesh. [Little used.] |
54224
|
taberd |
TABERD. [See Tabard.] |
54225
|
tabernacle |
TAB'ERNACLE, n. [L. tabernaculum, a tent, from taberna, a shop or shed, from tabula, a board; or ... |
54226
|
tabernacular |
TABERNAC'ULAR, a. Latticed. |
54227
|
tabid |
TAB'ID, a. [L. tabidus, from tabeo, to waste.] Wasted by disease; consumptive. In tabid persons, ... |
54228
|
tabidness |
TAB'IDNESS, n. State of being wasted by disease; consumptiveness. |
54229
|
tablature |
TAB'LATURE, n. [from table.] Painting on walls and ceilings; a single piece comprehended in one ... |
54230
|
table |
TA'BLE, n. [L. tabula.]1. A flat surface of some extent, or a thing that has a flat surface; as a ... |
54231
|
table-bed |
TA'BLE-BED, n. [table and bed.] A bed in the form of a table. |
54232
|
table-beer |
TA'BLE-BEER, n. [table and beer.] Beer for the table, or for common use; small beer. |
54233
|
table-book |
TA'BLE-BOOK, n. [table and book.] A book on which any thing is engraved or written without ink. ... |
54234
|
table-cloth |
TA'BLE-CLOTH, n. [table and cloth.] A cloth for covering a table, particularly for spreading on a ... |
54235
|
table-land |
TA'BLE-LAND, n. [table and land.] Elevated flat land. |
54236
|
table-man |
TA'BLE-MAN, n. [table and man.] A man at draughts; a piece of wood. |
54237
|
table-talk |
TA'BLE-TALK, n. [table and talk.] Conversation at table or at meals. He improves by the ... |
54238
|
tabled |
TA'BLED, pp. Formed into a table. |
54239
|
tabler |
TA'BLER, n. One who boards. |
54240
|
tables |
TA'BLES, n. plu. A board used for backgammon. |
54241
|
tablet |
TAB'LET, n. A small table or flat surface.1. Something flat on which to write, paint, draw or ... |
54242
|
tabling |
TA'BLING, ppr. Boarding; forming into a table; letting one timber into another by scores.TA'BLING, ... |
54243
|
taboo |
TABOO', n. In the isles of the Pacific, a word denoting prohibition or religious interdict, which ... |
54244
|
tabor |
TA'BOR, n. [Eng. tap.] A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife.TA'BOR, v.i. To ... |
54245
|
taborer |
TA'BORER, n. One who beats the tabor. |
54246
|
taboret |
TAB'ORET, n. [from tabor.] A small tabor. |
54247
|
taborin |
TAB'ORIN, n. A tabor; a small drum. |
54248
|
tabrere |
TAB'RERE, n. A taborer. |
54249
|
tabret |
TAB'RET, n. [See Tabor.] A tabor. 1 Sam.18. |
54250
|
tabular |
TAB'ULAR, a. [L. tabularis, from tabula, table.]1. In the form of a table; having a flat or square ... |
54251
|
tabulate |
TAB'ULATE, v.t. To reduce to tables or synopses.1. To shape with a flat surface. |
54252
|
tabulated |
TAB'ULATED, pp. Having a flat or square flat surface; as a tabulated diamond. |
54253
|
tacamahac |
TACAMAHAC', n. A tree of a sweet fragrance, planted in gardens as an ornament. It is of the genus ... |
54254
|
tacamahaca |
TACAMAHAC'A |
54255
|
tace |
TA'CE, from L. taceo, a term used in Italian music, directing to be silent. |
54256
|
tacet |
TA'CET, in music, is used when a vocal or instrumental part is to be silent during a whole ... |
54257
|
tach |
TACH |
54258
|
tache |
TACHE, n. [See Tack.] Something used for taking hold or holding; a catch; a loop; a button. It ... |
54259
|
tachygraphy |
TACHYG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. quick, and to write.] The art or practice of quick writing. [We now use ... |
54260
|
tacit |
TAC'IT, a. [L. tacitus, from taceo, to be silent, that is, to stop, or to close. See Tack.] ... |
54261
|
tacitly |
TAC'ITLY, adv. Silently; by implication; without words; as, he tacitly assented. |
54262
|
taciturn |
TAC'ITURN, a. [L. taciturnus.] Habitually silent; not free to converse; not apt to talk or speak. |
54263
|
taciturnity |
TACITURN'ITY, n. [L. taciturnitas, from taceo, to be silent.] Habitual silence or reserve in ... |
54264
|
tack |
TACK, v.t. [Gr. to set,place, ordain.]1. To fasten; to attach. In the solemn or grave style, this ... |
54265
|
tacker |
TACK'ER, n. One who tacks or makes an addition. |
54266
|
tacket |
TACK'ET, n. A small nail. |
54267
|
tacking |
TACK'ING, ppr. Changing a ship's course. |
54268
|
tackle |
TACK'LE, n.1. A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and blocks, ... |
54269
|
tackled |
TACK'LED, pp. Harnessed; seized.1. Made of ropes tacked together. My man shall Bring thee cords, ... |
54270
|
tackling |
TACK'LING, ppr. Harnessing; putting on harness; seizing; falling on.TACK'LING, n. Furniture of the ... |
54271
|
tacksman |
TACKS'MAN, n. One who holds a tack or lease of land from another; a tenant or lessee. [Local.] |
54272
|
tact |
TACT, n. [L. tactus, from tango, [for tago,] to touch.]1. Touch; feeling; formerly, the stroke in ... |
54273
|
tactic |
TAC'TIC |
54274
|
tactical |
TAC'TICAL, a. [See Tactics.] Pertaining to the art of military and naval dispositions for battle, ... |
54275
|
tactician |
TACTI'CIAN, n. [See Tactics.] One versed in tactics. |
54276
|
tactics |
TAC'TICS, n. [Gr. to set, to appoint.] See Tack.]1. The science and art of disposing military and ... |
54277
|
tactil |
TAC'TIL, a. [L. tactilis, from tango,to touch.] Tangible; susceptible of touch; that may be felt; ... |
54278
|
tactile |
TAC'TILE |
54279
|
tactility |
TACTIL'ITY, n. Tangibleness; perceptibility of touch. |
54280
|
taction |
TAC'TION, n. [L. tactio, tango, to touch.] The act of touching; touch. |
54281
|
tad-pole |
TAD-POLE, n. [L. pullus, young.] A frog in its first state from the spawn; a porwiggle. |
54282
|
tadorna |
TADOR'NA, n. A name of the shel-drake, vulpanser, or borough-duck. |
54283
|
tafelspath |
TAF'ELSPATH, n. A lamellar mineral of a yellowish grey or rose white, forming masses of prisms ... |
54284
|
tafferel |
TAF'FEREL, n. The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and ... |
54285
|
taffeta |
TAF'FETA, n. A fine smooth stuff of silk, having usually a remarkable gloss. Taffetas are of all ... |
54286
|
tag |
TAG, n. [L. digitus.]1. A metallic point put to the end of a string.2. Something mean and paltry; ... |
54287
|
tag-sore |
TAG-SORE, n. A disease in sheep. |
54288
|
tag-tail |
TAG-TAIL, n. [tag and tail.] A worm which has its tail of another color. |
54289
|
tail |
TAIL, n.1. The part of an animal which terminates its body behind. In many quadrupeds, the tail ... |
54290
|
tailage |
TA'ILAGE |
54291
|
tailed |
TA'ILED, a. Having a tail. |
54292
|
tailings |
TA'ILINGS, n. plu. [from tail.] The lighter parts of grain blown to one end of the heap in ... |
54293
|
tailor |
TA'ILOR, n. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments.TA'ILOR, v.i. To practice ... |
54294
|
tailoress |
TA'ILORESS, n. a female who makes garments for men. |
54295
|
tailoring |
TA'ILORING, n. The business of a tailor. |
54296
|
taint |
TAINT, v.t. [L. tingo; Gr. to dye, literally to dip, primarily to thrust, the sense of L. tango; ... |
54297
|
tainted |
TA'INTED, pp. Impregnated with something noxious, disagreeable to the senses or poisonous; ... |
54298
|
taintfree |
TA'INTFREE, a. [taint and free.] Free from taint or guilt. |
54299
|
tainting |
TA'INTING, ppr. Impregnating with something foul or poisonous; infecting; corrupting; staining. |
54300
|
taintless |
TA'INTLESS, a. Free from taint or infection; pure. |
54301
|
tainture |
TA'INTURE, n. [L. tinctura.] Taint; tinge; defilement; stain; spot. [Not much used.] |
54302
|
tajacu |
TAJACU |
54303
|
tajassu |
TAJASSU, n. The peccary or Mexican hog. |
54304
|
take |
TAKE, v.t. pret. took; pp. taken. [L. doceo. This word seems to be allied to think, for we say, I ... |
54305
|
taken |
TAKEN, ta'kn. pp. of take. Received; caught; apprehended; captivated, &c. |
54306
|
taker |
TA'KER, n. One that takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.1. One that subdues and ... |
54307
|
taking |
TA'KING, ppr. Receiving; catching; getting possession; apprehending.1. a. Alluring; ... |
54308
|
takingness |
TA'KINGNESS, n. The quality of pleasing. |
54309
|
talapoin |
TALAPOIN', n. In Siam, a priest, or one devoted to religion; also, a species of monkey. |
54310
|
talbot |
TAL'BOT, n. A sort of dog, noted for his quick scent and eager pursuit of game. [The figure of a ... |
54311
|
talc |
TALC n. A species of magnesian earth, consisting of broad flat smooth lamins or plates, unctuous ... |
54312
|
talck |
TALCK |
54313
|
talckite |
TALCK'ITE, n. A species of talck of a loose form. |
54314
|
talckous |
TALCK'OUS, a. Talcky. [But talcous or talckous is ill formed.] |
54315
|
talcky |
TALCK'Y, a. Like talck; consisting of talck; as a talcky feel; a talcky substance.1. Containing ... |
54316
|
tale |
TALE, n. [See Tell.] A story; a narrative; the rehearsal of a series of events or adventures, ... |
54317
|
talebearer |
TA'LEBEARER, n. [tale and bear.] A person who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently ... |
54318
|
talebearing |
TA'LEBEARING, a. Officiously communicating information.TA'LEBEARING, n. The act of informing ... |
54319
|
taleful |
TA'LEFUL, a. Abounding with stories. |
54320
|
talent |
TAL'ENT, n. [L. talentum; Gr. to bear, allied to L. tollo. The word is said to have originally ... |
54321
|
talented |
TAL'ENTED, a. Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talents. |
54322
|
tales |
TA'LES, n. [L. talis, plu. tales.] In law, tales de circumstantibus, spectators in court, from ... |
54323
|
taleteller |
TA'LETELLER, n. One who tells tales or stories.Talionis, lex talionis, [L.] in law, the law of ... |
54324
|
talisman |
TAL'ISMAN, n. 1. A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the ... |
54325
|
talismanic |
TALISMAN'IC, a. Magical; having the properties of a talisman or preservative against evils by ... |
54326
|
talk |
TALK, v.i. tauk.1. To converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more ... |
54327
|
talkative |
TALKATIVE, a. tauk'ativ. Given to much talking; full of prate; loquacious; garrulous. One of the ... |
54328
|
talkativeness |
TALKATIVENESS, n. tauk'ativness. Loquacity; garrulity; the practice or habit of speaking much in ... |
54329
|
talker |
TALKER, n. tauk'er. One who talks; also, a loquacious person, male or female; a prattler.1. A ... |
54330
|
talking |
TALKING, ppr. tauk'ing. Conversing; speaking in familiar conversation. Matt.17.1. a. Given to ... |
54331
|
tall |
TALL, a. [Eng. dally; L. tollo.]1. High in stature; long and comparatively slender; applied to a ... |
54332
|
tallage |
TAL'LAGE |
54333
|
talliage |
TAL'LIAGE, n. Literally, a share; hence, a tax or toll. |
54334
|
tallness |
TALL'NESS, n. Highth of stature. [See Tall.] |
54335
|
tallow |
TAL'LOW, n. A sort of animal fat, particularly that which is obtained from animals of the sheep ... |
54336
|
tallow-candle |
TAL'LOW-CANDLE, n. A candle made of tallow. |
54337
|
tallow-chandler |
TAL'LOW-CH`ANDLER, n. One whose occupation is to make, or to make and sell tallow candles. |
54338
|
tallow-faced |
TAL'LOW-FACED, a. Having a sickly complexion; pale. |
54339
|
tallowed |
TAL'LOWED, pp. Greased or smeared with tallow.1. Made fat; filled with tallow. |
54340
|
tallower |
TAL'LOWER, n. An animal disposed to form tallow internally. |
54341
|
tallowing |
TAL'LOWING, ppr. Greasing with tallow.1. Causing to gather tallow; a term in ... |
54342
|
tallowish |
TAL'LOWISH, a. Having the properties or nature of tallow. |
54343
|
tallowy |
TAL'LOWY, a. Greasy, having the qualities of tallow. |
54344
|
tally |
TAL'LY, n.1. A piece of wood on which notches or scores are cut, as the marks of number. In ... |
54345
|
tallying |
TAL'LYING, ppr. Fitting to each other; making to correspond.1. Agreeing; corresponding.2. ... |
54346
|
tallyman |
TAL'LYMAN, n. [tally and man.] One who sells for weekly payment.1. One who keeps the tally, or ... |
54347
|
talmud |
TAL'MUD, n. The body of the Hebrew laws, traditions and explanations; or the book that contains ... |
54348
|
talmudic |
TAL'MUDIC |
54349
|
talmudical |
TALMU'DICAL, a. Pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as Talmudic fables. |
54350
|
talmudist |
TAL'MUDIST, n. One versed in the Talmud. |
54351
|
talmudistic |
TALMUDIST'IC, a. Pertaining to the Talmud; resembling the Talmud. |
54352
|
talon |
TAL'ON, n.1. The claw of a fowl.2. In architecture, a kind of molding, concave at the bottom, and ... |
54353
|
talus |
TA'LUS, n. [L. talus, the ankle.] In anatomy, the astragalus, or that bone of the foot which is ... |
54354
|
tamable |
TA'MABLE, a. [from tame.] That may be tamed; capable of being reclaimed from wildness or savage ... |
54355
|
tamableness |
TA'MABLENESS, n. The quality of being tamable. |
54356
|
tamarin |
TAM'ARIN, n. A small monkey of South America, with large ears; the great eared monkey, (Simia ... |
54357
|
tamarind |
TAM'ARIND, n. A tree, a native of the East Indies, and of Arabia and Egypt. It is cultivated in ... |
54358
|
tamarinds |
TAM'ARINDS, n. plu. The preserved seed-pods of the tamarind, which abound with an acid pulp. |
54359
|
tamarisk |
TAM'ARISK, n. A tree or shrub of the genus Tamarix, of several species. |
54360
|
tambac |
TAM'BAC, n. A mixture of gold and copper, which the people value more highly than gold itself. |
54361
|
tambor |
TAM'BOR, n.1. A small drum, used by the Biscayans as an accompaniment to the flageolet.2. In ... |
54362
|
tamborin |
TAM'BORIN, n.1. A small Drum.2. A lively French dance, formerly in vogue in operas. |
54363
|
tame |
TAME, a.1. That has lost its native wildness and shyness; mild; accustomed to man; domestic; as a ... |
54364
|
tamed |
TA'MED, pp. Reclaimed from wildness; domesticated; made gentle; subdued. |
54365
|
tameless |
TA'MELESS, a. Wild; untamed; untamable. [Not much used.] |
54366
|
tamely |
TA'MELY, adv. With unresisting submission; meanly; servilely; without manifesting spirit; as, to ... |
54367
|
tameness |
TA'MENESS, n. The quality of being tame or gentle; a state of domestication.1. Unresisting ... |
54368
|
tamer |
TA'MER,n. One that tames or subdues;one that reclaims from wildness. |
54369
|
taming |
TA'MING, ppr. Reclaiming from a wild state; civilizing; subduing. |
54370
|
taminy |
TAM'INY |
54371
|
tamkin |
TAM'KIN, n. A stopper. [See Tampion.] |
54372
|
tammy |
TAM'MY n. A woolen stuff. |
54373
|
tamper |
TAM'PER, v.i. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments;, as to tamper with a disease.1. ... |
54374
|
tampering |
TAM'PERING, ppr. Meddling; dealing; practicing secretly.TAM'PERING, n. The act of meddling or ... |
54375
|
tamping |
TAMP'ING, n. [allied probably to tame, dam, stem, stamp, &c.]The matter that is driven into the ... |
54376
|
tampion |
TAM'PION |
54377
|
tampoe |
TAM'POE, n. A fruit of the East Indies, somewhat resembling an apple. It is eaten by the ... |
54378
|
tamtam |
TAM'TAM, n. A large flat drum used by the Hindoos. |
54379
|
tan |
TAN, v.t. 1. In the arts, to convert animal skins into leather by steeping them in an infusion of ... |
54380
|
tan-pit |
TAN'-PIT, n. [tan and pit.] A bark pit; a vat in which hides are laid in tan. |
54381
|
tan-vat |
TAN'-VAT, n. [tan and vat.] A vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with tan. |
54382
|
tang |
TANG, n. [Gr. rancor; rancid.]1. A strong taste; particularly, a taste of something extraneous to ... |
54383
|
tangent |
TAN'GENT, n. [L. tangens, touching. See Touch.]In geometry, a right line which touches a curve, ... |
54384
|
tangibility |
TANGIBIL'ITY, n. [from tangible.] The quality of being perceptible to the touch or sense of ... |
54385
|
tangible |
TAN'GIBLE, a. [from L. tango, to touch.]1. Perceptible by the touch; tactile.2. That may be ... |
54386
|
tangle |
TAN'GLE, v.t.1. To implicate; to unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as ... |
54387
|
tanist |
TAN'IST, n. [Gr. a lord, to be powerful or able; L. teneo.]Among the descendants of the Celts in ... |
54388
|
tanistry |
TAN'ISTRY, n. In Ireland, a tenure of lands by which the proprietor had only a life estate, and to ... |
54389
|
tank |
TANK, n. A large bason or cistern; a reservoir of water. |
54390
|
tankard |
TANK'ARD, n. A large vessel for liquors, or a drinking vessel, with a cover. Marius was the first ... |
54391
|
tankard-turnep |
TANK'ARD-TURNEP, n. A sort of turnep that stands high above the ground. |
54392
|
tanling |
TAN'LING, n. One tanned or scorched by the heat of the sun. |
54393
|
tanned |
TAN'NED, pp. [from tan.] converted into leather. [See Tan.]1. Darkened by the rays of the sun. |
54394
|
tanner |
TAN'NER, n. One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan. |
54395
|
tannery |
TAN'NERY, n. The house and apparatus for tanning. |
54396
|
tanniers |
TAN'NIERS, n. A variety of the arum esculentum, an esculent root. |
54397
|
tannin |
TAN'NIN, n. The chimical name of that astringent substance contained in vegetables, particularly ... |
54398
|
tanning |
TAN'NING, ppr. Converting raw hides into leather. |
54399
|
tanrec |
TAN'REC, n. A quadruped of the Indies, larger than a rat. |
54400
|
tansy |
TAN'SY, n. s as z. [L. tanacetum.] A plant of the genus Tanacetum, of many species. It is ... |
54401
|
tant |
TANT, n. A small spider with two eyes and eight long legs, and of an elegant scarlet color. |
54402
|
tantalism |
TAN'TALISM, n. [See Tantalize.] The punishment of Tantalus, a teasing or tormenting by the hope or ... |
54403
|
tantalite |
TAN'TALITE, n. The ore of tantalum or columbium, a newly discovered metal. It is an iron black ... |
54404
|
tantalization |
TANTALIZA'TION, n. The act of tantalizing. |
54405
|
tantalize |
TAN'TALIZE, v.t. [from Tantalus, in fable, who was condemned for his crimes to perpetual hunger and ... |
54406
|
tantalized |
TAN'TALIZED, pp. Teased or tormented by the disappointment of the hope of good. |
54407
|
tantalizer |
TAN'TALIZER, n. One that tantalizes. |
54408
|
tantalizing |
TAN'TALIZING, ppr. Teasing or tormenting by presenting to the view some unattainable good. |
54409
|
tantalum |
TAN'TALUM, n. Columbium, the metal obtained from tantalite, newly discovered. |
54410
|
tantamount |
TANT'AMOUNT, a. [L. tantus, so much, and amount.] Equal; equivalent in value or signification; as ... |
54411
|
tantivy |
TAN'TIVY, adv. [L. tanta vi.] To ride tantivy, is to ride with great speed. |
54412
|
tantling |
TANT'LING, n. [See Tantalize.] One seized with the hope of pleasure unattainable. |
54413
|
tap |
TAP, v.t. To strike with something small, or to strike a very gentle blow; to touch gently; as, to ... |
54414
|
tape |
TAPE, n. A narrow fillet or band; a narrow piece of woven work, used for strings and the like; as ... |
54415
|
tape-worm |
TA'PE-WORM, n. [tape and worm.] A worm bred in the human intestines or bowels. The body is ... |
54416
|
taper |
TA'PER, n. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle, or a small light. Get me a taper in my ... |
54417
|
tapering |
TA'PERING, ppr. Making gradually smaller.1. a. Becoming regularly smaller in diameter towards one ... |
54418
|
taperness |
TA'PERNESS, n. The state of being taper. |
54419
|
tapestry |
TAP'ESTRY, n. [L. tapes, tapestry.] A kind of woven hangings of wool and silk, often enriched with ... |
54420
|
tapet |
TA'PET, n. [supra.] Worked or figured stuff. |
54421
|
tapeti |
TAPETI, n. An American animal of the hare kind. |
54422
|
tapir |
TA'PIR, n. A quadruped of S. America, about 6 feet long and 3 l/2 high, resembling a hog in shape, ... |
54423
|
tapis |
TA'PIS, n. Tapestry. Upon the tapis, under consideration, or on the table. |
54424
|
tapped |
TAP'PED, pp. Broached; opened. |
54425
|
tapping |
TAP'PING, ppr. Broaching; opening for the discharge of a fluid. |
54426
|
tapster |
TAP'STER, n. One whose business is to draw ale or other liquor. |
54427
|
tar |
T`AR, n. [Eng. tare, in commerce.]1. A thick resinous substance of a dark brown or black color, ... |
54428
|
tar-water |
T`AR-WATER, n. [tar and water.] A cold infusion of tar, used as a medicine. |
54429
|
tarabe |
TARA'BE, n. A large parrot with a red head. |
54430
|
tarantula |
TARAN'TULA, n. A species of spider, the Aranea tarantula, so called, it is said, from Tarentum in ... |
54431
|
tarantulate |
TARAN'TULATE, v.t. To excite or govern emotions by music. |
54432
|
taraquira |
TAR'AQUIRA, n. A species of American lizard. |
54433
|
tararean |
TARA'REAN, a. Pertaining to Tartary, in Asia.Tartaric acid, the acid of tartar. |
54434
|
tarareous |
TARA'REOUS, a. Hellish; pertaining to Tartarus. |
54435
|
tardation |
TARDA'TION, n. [L. tardo. See Tardy.] The act of retarding or delaying. [Not used. We use for ... |
54436
|
tardigrade |
T`ARDIGRADE |
54437
|
tardigradous |
T`ARDIGRADOUS, a. [L. tardigradus; tardus, slow, and gradus, step.]Slow-paced; moving or stepping ... |
54438
|
tardily |
T`ARDILY, adv. [from tardy.] Slowly; with slow pace or motion. |
54439
|
tardiness |
T`ARDINESS, n. [from tardy.] Slowness; or the slowness of motion or pace.1. Unwillingness; ... |
54440
|
tardity |
T`ARDITY, n. [L. tarditas.] Slowness; tardiness. [Not used.] |
54441
|
tardy |
T`ARDY, a. [L. tardus.]1. Slow; with a slow pace or motion. And check the tardy flight of time.2. ... |
54442
|
tardy-gaited |
T`ARDY-GAITED, a. [tardy and gait.] Slow-paced; having a slow step or pace. The mellow horn ... |
54443
|
tare |
TARE, n. [I know not the origin of this word. See the next word.]1. A weed that grows among corn. ... |
54444
|
tared |
TA'RED, pp. Having the tare ascertained and marked. |
54445
|
targe |
T`ARGE, for target, is obsolete. |
54446
|
target |
T`ARGET, n.1. A shield or buckler of a small kind, used as a defensive weapon in war.2. A mark ... |
54447
|
targeted |
T`ARGETED, a. Furnished or armed with a target. |
54448
|
targeteer |
T`ARGETEE'R, n. One armed with a target. |
54449
|
targum |
T`ARGUM, n. A translation or paraphrase of the sacred Scriptures in the Chaldee language or ... |
54450
|
targumist |
T`ARGUMIST, n. The writer of a Targum. |
54451
|
tarif |
TAR'IF, n.1. Properly, a list or table of goods with the duties or customs to be paid for the ... |
54452
|
tarin |
TAR'IN, n. A bird of the genus Fringilla, kept in cages for its beauty and fine notes; the ... |
54453
|
taring |
TA'RING, ppr. Ascertaining or marking the amount of tare. |
54454
|
tarn |
T`ARN, n. A bog, a marsh; a fen. |
54455
|
tarnish |
T`ARNISH, v.t.1. To sully; to soil by an alteration induced by the air, or by dust and the like; to ... |
54456
|
tarnished |
T`ARNISHED, pp. Sullied; having lost its brightness by oxydation, or by some alteration induced by ... |
54457
|
tarnishing |
T`ARNISHING, pp. Sullying; losing brightness. |
54458
|
tarpaulin |
T`ARPAU'LIN, n. [from tar.] A piece of canvas well daubed with tar, and used to cover the hatchways ... |
54459
|
tarrace |
TAR'RACE |
54460
|
tarragon |
TAR'RAGON, n. A plant of the genus Artemisia, (A. dracunculus,) celebrated for perfuming vinegar ... |
54461
|
tarrass |
TAR'RASS |
54462
|
tarred |
T`ARRED, pp. Smeared with tar. |
54463
|
tarriance |
TAR'RIANCE, n. [from tarry.] A tarrying; delay; lateness. [Not in use.] |
54464
|
tarrier |
TAR'RIER, n. A dog. [See Terrier.]1. [from tarry.] One who tarries or delays. |
54465
|
tarring |
T`ARRING, ppr. Smearing with tar. |
54466
|
tarrock |
TAR'ROCK, n. A sea fowl of the genus Larus or gull kind, the L. tridactylus. It is of the size of ... |
54467
|
tarry |
TAR'RY, v.i. [L. taurus, a bull.]1. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge. Tarry all night and ... |
54468
|
tarrying |
TAR'RYING, ppr. Staying; delaying.TAR'RYING, n. Delay. Ps.40.[This word is in respectable use.] |
54469
|
tarsel |
T`ARSEL, n. A kind of hawk. |
54470
|
tarsus |
T`ARSUS, n. That part of the foot to which the leg is articulated, the front of which is called ... |
54471
|
tart |
T`ART, a.1. Acid; sharp to the taste; acidulous; as a tart apple.2. Sharp; keen; severe; as a ... |
54472
|
tartan |
T`ARTAN, n. A small coasting vessel with one mast and a bowsprit, and the principal sail, which is ... |
54473
|
tartar |
T`ARTAR, n.1. An acid concrete salt, formed from wines completely fermented, and adhering to the ... |
54474
|
tartarean |
TARTA'REAN |
54475
|
tartareous |
TARTA'REOUS, a. Consisting of tartar; resembling tartar, or partaking of its properties. |
54476
|
tartaric |
TARTAR'IC |
54477
|
tartarin |
T`ARTARIN, n. [from tartar.] Fixed vegetable alkali or potash. |
54478
|
tartarinated |
T`ARTARINATED, a. Combined with tartarin. |
54479
|
tartarize |
T`ARTARIZE, v.t. To impregnate with tartar; to refine by means of the salt of tartar. |
54480
|
tartarized |
T`ARTARIZED, pp. Impregnated with tartar; refined by tartar. |
54481
|
tartarizing |
T`ARTARIZING, ppr. Impregnating with tartar; refining by means of the salt of tartar. |
54482
|
tartarous |
T`ARTAROUS, a. Containing tartar; consisting of tartar, or partaking of its qualities. |
54483
|
tartarum |
T`ARTARUM, n. A preparation of tartar, called petrified tartar. |
54484
|
tartish |
T`ARTISH, a. [from tart.] Somewhat tart. |
54485
|
tartly |
T`ARTLY, adv. Sharply; with acidity.1. Sharply; with poignancy; severely; as, to reply or rebuke ... |
54486
|
tartness |
T`ARTNESS, n. Acidity; sharpness to the taste; as the tartness of wine or fruit.1. Sharpness of ... |
54487
|
tartrateartrite |
T`ARTRATE`ARTRITE, n. [from tartar.] A salt formed by the combination of tartarous or tartaric ... |
54488
|
tartuffish |
T`ARTUFFISH, a. Precise; formal. [Not in use.] |
54489
|
task |
T`ASK, n.1. Business imposed by another, often a definite quantity or amount of labor. Each man ... |
54490
|
tasked |
T`ASKED, pp. Required to perform something. |
54491
|
tasker |
T`ASKER, n. One that imposes a task. |
54492
|
tasking |
T`ASKING, ppr. Imposing a task on; requiring to perform. |
54493
|
taskmaster |
T`ASKMASTER, n. [task and master.] One who imposes a task, or burdens with labor. Sinful ... |
54494
|
tassel |
TAS'SEL, n.1. A sort of pendant ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains and the ... |
54495
|
tasseled |
TAS'SELED, a. Furnished or adorned with tassels; as the tasseled horn. |
54496
|
tasses |
TAS'SES, n. plu. Armor for the thighs; appendages to the ancient corslet, consisting of skirts of ... |
54497
|
tastable |
TASTABLE, a. [from taste.] That may be tasted; savory; relishing. |
54498
|
taste |
TASTE, v.t.1. To perceive by means of the tongue; to have a certain sensation in consequence of ... |
54499
|
tasted |
TASTED, pp. Perceived by the organs of taste; experienced. |
54500
|
tasteful |
TASTEFUL, a. Having a high relish; savory; as tasteful herbs.1. Having good taste. |
54501
|
tastefully |
TASTEFULLY, adv. With good taste. |
54502
|
tasteless |
TASTELESS, a. Having no taste; insipid; as tasteless fruit.1. Having no power of giving pleasure; ... |
54503
|
tastelessness |
TASTELESSNESS, n. Want of taste or relish; insipidness; as the tastelessness of fruit.1. Want of ... |
54504
|
taster |
TASTER, n. One who tastes.1. One who first tastes food or liquor. Thy tutor be thy taster, e'er ... |
54505
|
tastily |
TASTILY, adv. With good taste. |
54506
|
tasting |
TASTING, ppr. Perceiving by the tongue.1. Trying; experiencing; enjoying or suffering.TASTING, n. ... |
54507
|
tasty |
TASTY, a. Having a good taste, or nice perception of excellence; applied to persons; as a tasty ... |
54508
|
tatter |
TAT'TER, v.t. To rend or tear into rags. [Not used except in the participle.]TAT'TER, n. A rag, ... |
54509
|
tatterdemalion |
TATTERDEMA'LION, n. A ragged fellow. |
54510
|
tattered |
TAT'TERED, pp. or a. Rent; torn; hanging in rags; as a tattered garment. Where wav'd the tatter'd ... |
54511
|
tattle |
TAT'TLE, v.i.1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning. Excuse it by the ... |
54512
|
tattler |
TAT'TLER, n. One who tattles; an idle talker; one that tells tales. |
54513
|
tattling |
TAT'TLING, ppr. Talking idly; telling tales.1. a. Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. |
54514
|
tattoo |
TATTOO', n. [Eng. tap.] A beat of drum at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to ... |
54515
|
tattooed |
TATTOO'ED, pp. Marked by stained lines and figures on the body. |
54516
|
tattooing |
TATTOO'ING, ppr. Marking with various figures by stained lines. |
54517
|
tau |
TAU, n. The toad fish of Carolina, a species of Gadus.(G.tau.)1. A species of beetle; also, a ... |
54518
|
taught |
TAUGHT, a. taut. [from the root of tight.] Stretched; not slack.TAUGHT, pret. and pp. of teach. ... |
54519
|
taunt |
T`AUNT, v.t.1. To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid. When I had at my ... |
54520
|
taunted |
T`AUNTED, pp. Upbraided with sarcastic or severe words. |
54521
|
taunter |
T`AUNTER, n. One who taunts, reproaches or upbraids with sarcastic or censorious reflections. |
54522
|
taunting |
T`AUNTING, ppr. Treating with severe reflections; upbraiding. |
54523
|
tauntingly |
T`AUNTINGLY, adv. With bitter and sarcastic words; insultingly; scoffingly. |
54524
|
tauricornous |
TAUR'ICORNOUS, a. [L. taurus, a bull, and cornu, horn.]Having horns like a bull. |
54525
|
tauriform |
TAUR'IFORM, a. [L. taurus, a bull, and form.]Having the form of a bull. |
54526
|
taurus |
TAUR'US, n. [L.] The bull; one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the second in order, or that ... |
54527
|
tautologic |
TAUTOLOG'IC |
54528
|
tautological |
TAUTOLOG'ICAL, a. [See Tautology.] Repeating the same thing; having the same signification; as a ... |
54529
|
tautologist |
TAUTOL'OGIST, n. One who uses different words or phrases in succession to express the same sense. |
54530
|
tautologize |
TAUTOL'OGIZE, v.i. To repeat the same thing in different words. |
54531
|
tautology |
TAUTOL'OGY, n. [Gr. the same, and word or expression.]A repetition of the same meaning in different ... |
54532
|
tavern |
TAV'ERN, n. [L. taberna; tab, the root of table, a board.]A house licensed to see liquors in small ... |
54533
|
tavern-haunter |
TAV'ERN-H`AUNTER, n. [tavern and haunt.] One who frequents taverns; one who spends his time and ... |
54534
|
tavern-keeper |
TAV'ERN-KEEPER, n. One who keeps a tavern. In the United States, one who is licensed to sell ... |
54535
|
tavern-man |
TAV'ERN-MAN, n. [tavern and man.] The keeper of a tavern. [Not in use.]1. A tippler. |
54536
|
taverner |
TAV'ERNER |
54537
|
taverning |
TAV'ERNING, n. A feasting at taverns. |
54538
|
taw |
TAW, v.t. To dress white leather or alum leather; to dress and prepare skins in white, as the ... |
54539
|
tawdrily |
TAW'DRILY, adv. In a tawdry manner. |
54540
|
tawdriness |
TAW'DRINESS, n. [from tawdry.] Tinsel in dress; excessive finery; ostentatious finery without ... |
54541
|
tawdry |
TAW'DRY, a. Very fine and showy in colors without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ... |
54542
|
tawed |
TAW'ED, pp. Dressed and made white, as leather. |
54543
|
tawer |
TAW'ER, n. A dresser of white leather. |
54544
|
tawing |
TAW'ING, ppr. Dressing, as white leather.TAW'ING, n. The art and operation of preparing skins and ... |
54545
|
tawny |
TAW'NY, a. Of a yellowish dark color, like things tanned, or persons who are sun-burnt; as a tawny ... |
54546
|
tax |
TAX, n. [L. taxo, to tax.]1. A rate or sum of money assessed on the person or property of a ... |
54547
|
taxable |
TAX'ABLE, a. That may be taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; as taxable estate. By ... |
54548
|
taxation |
TAXA'TION, n. [L. taxatio.] A taxing; the act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes on the ... |
54549
|
taxed |
TAX'ED, pp. Rated; assessed; accused. |
54550
|
taxer |
TAX'ER, n. One who taxes.1. In Cambridge, two officers chosen yearly to see the true gauge of ... |
54551
|
taxiarch |
TAX'IARCH, n. [Gr. order, and chief.] An Athenian military officer commanding a taxis or ... |
54552
|
taxidermy |
TAX'IDERMY, n. [Gr. order, and skin.] The art of preparing and preserving specimens of animals. |
54553
|
taxing |
TAX'ING, ppr. Imposing a tax; assessing, as a bill of cost; accusing.TAX'ING, n. The act of laying ... |
54554
|
taxonomy |
TAXON'OMY, n. [Gr. order, and law.] Classification; a term used by a French author to denote the ... |
54555
|
tea |
TEA, n.1. The leaves of the tea-tree as dried and imported. There are several kinds of tea, as ... |
54556
|
tea-board |
TE'A-BOARD, n. [tea and board.] A board to put tea furniture on. |
54557
|
tea-canister |
TE'A-CANISTER, n. [tea and canister.] A canister or box in which tea is kept. |
54558
|
tea-cup |
TE'A-CUP, n. [tea and cup.] A small cup in which tea is drank. |
54559
|
tea-drinker |
TE'A-DRINKER, n. [tea and drinker.] One who drinks much tea. |
54560
|
tea-plant |
TE'A-PLANT, n. The tea-tree. |
54561
|
tea-pot |
TE'A-POT, n. [tea and pot.] A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is ... |
54562
|
tea-saucer |
TE'A-SAUCER, n. [tea and saucer.] A small saucer in which a tea-cup is set. |
54563
|
tea-spoon |
TE'A-SPOON, n. [tea and spoon.] A small spoon used in drinking tea and coffee. |
54564
|
tea-table |
TE'A-TABLE, n. [tea and table.] A table on which tea furniture is set, or at which tea is drank. |
54565
|
tea-tree |
TE'A-TREE, n. [tea and tree.] The tree or plant that produces the leaves which are imported and ... |
54566
|
teach |
TEACH, v.t. pret. and pp. taught. [L. doceo; dico, dicto, and both these and the Gr. to show, may ... |
54567
|
teachable |
TE'ACHABLE, a. That may be taught; apt to learn; also, readily receiving instruction; docile. We ... |
54568
|
teachableness |
TE'ACHABLENESS, n. The quality of being capable of receiving instruction; more generally, a ... |
54569
|
teacher |
TE'ACHER, n. One who teaches or instructs.1. An instructor; a preceptor; a tutor; one whose ... |
54570
|
teaching |
TE'ACHING, ppr. Instructing; informing.TE'ACHING, n. The act or business of instructing.1. ... |
54571
|
tead |
TEAD |
54572
|
teague |
TEAGUE, n. teeg. An Irishman; in contempt. |
54573
|
teak |
TEAK |
54574
|
teal |
TEAL, n. An aquatic fowl of the genus Anas, the smallest of the duck kind. |
54575
|
team |
TEAM, n.1. Two or more horses, oxen or other beasts harnessed together to the same vehicle for ... |
54576
|
team-work |
TE'AM-WORK, n. [team and work.] Work done by a team, as distinguished from personal labor. |
54577
|
teamster |
TE'AMSTER, n. [team and ster.] One who drives a team. |
54578
|
tear |
TEAR, n.1. Tears are the limpid fluid secreted by the lacrymal gland, and appearing in the eyes, or ... |
54579
|
tear-falling |
TE'AR-FALLING, a. [tear and fall.] Shedding tears; tender; as tear-falling pity. |
54580
|
tearer |
TEARER, n. One who tears or rends any thing.1. One that rages or raves with violence. |
54581
|
tearful |
TE'ARFUL, a. [tear and full.] Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as tearful eyes. |
54582
|
tearing |
TEARING, ppr. [from tear, to rend.] Rending; pulling apart; lacerating; violent; raging. |
54583
|
tearless |
TE'ARLESS, a. Shedding no tears; without tears; unfeeling. |
54584
|
tease |
TEASE, v.t. s as z.1. To comb or card, as wool or flax.2. To scratch, as cloth in dressing, for ... |
54585
|
teased |
TE'ASED, pp. Carded.1. Vexed; irritated or annoyed. |
54586
|
teasel |
TE'ASEL, n. tee'zl. A plant of the genus Dipsacus, one kind of which bears a large burr which is ... |
54587
|
teaseler |
TE'ASELER, n. One who uses the teasel for raising a nap on cloth. |
54588
|
teaser |
TE'ASER, n. One that teases or vexes. |
54589
|
teasing |
TE'ASING, ppr. Combing; carding; scratching for the purpose of raising a nap; vexing with ... |
54590
|
teat |
TEAT |
54591
|
teathe |
TEATHE, n. The soil or fertility left on lands by feeding them. [Local.]TEATHE, v.t. To feed and ... |
54592
|
techily |
TECH'ILY, adv. [from techy, so written for touchy.]Peevishly; fretfully; forwardly. |
54593
|
techiness |
TECH'INESS, n. Peevishness; fretfulness. |
54594
|
technical |
TECH'NICAL, a. [L. technicus; Gr. art, artifice; to fabricate, make or prepare.]1. Pertaining to ... |
54595
|
technicality |
TECHNICAL'ITY, n. The quality or state of being technical or peculiar to the arts. |
54596
|
technically |
TECH'NICALLY, adv. In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms of art or the ... |
54597
|
technicalness |
TECH'NICALNESS |
54598
|
technics |
TECH'NICS, n. The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts. |
54599
|
technological |
TECHNOLOG'ICAL, a. [See Technology.]1. Pertaining to technology.2. Pertaining to the arts; as ... |
54600
|
technologist |
TECHNOL'OGIST, n. One who discourses or treats of arts, or of the terms of art. |
54601
|
technology |
TECHNOL'OGY, n. [Gr. art, and word or discourse.]1. A description of arts; or a treatise on the ... |
54602
|
techy |
TECH'Y, a. [so written for touchy.] Peevish; fretful; irritable. [More correctly touchy.] |
54603
|
tecnnic |
TECN'NIC |
54604
|
tectonic |
TECTON'IC, a. [Gr. to fabricate.] Pertaining to building. |
54605
|
ted |
TED, v.t. A spread; tedu, to distend. Among farmers, to spread; to turn new mowed grass from the ... |
54606
|
tedded |
TED'DED, pp. Spread from the swath; as tedded grass. |
54607
|
tedder |
TED'DER, n.1. A rope or chain by which an animal is tied that he may feed on the ground to the ... |
54608
|
tede |
TEDE, n. [L. toeda.] A torch; a flambeau. [Not in use.] |
54609
|
tedious |
TE'DIOUS, a. [L. toedium.]1. Wearisome; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, or slowness which ... |
54610
|
tediously |
TE'DIOUSLY, adv. In such a manner as to weary. |
54611
|
tediousnes |
TE'DIOUSNES, n. Wearisomeness by length of continuance or by prolixity; as the tediousness of an ... |
54612
|
tedium |
TE'DIUM, n. [L. toedium.] Irksomeness; wearisomeness. |
54613
|
teek |
TEEK, n. A tree of the East Indies, which furnishes an abundance of ship timber. The generic name ... |
54614
|
teem |
TEEM, v.i.1. To bring forth,as young. If she must teem, Create her child of spleen--2. To be ... |
54615
|
teemer |
TEE'MER, n. One that brings forth young. |
54616
|
teemful |
TEE'MFUL, a. Pregnant; prolific.1. Brimful. |
54617
|
teeming |
TEE'MING, ppr. Producing young. |
54618
|
teemless |
TEE'MLESS, a. Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as the teemless earth. |
54619
|
teen |
TEEN, n. [infra.] Grief; sorrow. [Not in use.]TEEN, v.t. To excite; to provoke., [Not in use.] |
54620
|
teens |
TEENS, n. [from teen, ten.] The years of one's age reckoned by the termination teen. These years ... |
54621
|
teeth |
TEETH, plu. of tooth, which see.In the teeth, directly; in direct opposition; in front. Nor strive ... |
54622
|
teething |
TEE'THING, ppr. Breeding teeth; undergoing dentition.TEE'THING, n. The operation or process of the ... |
54623
|
tegular |
TEG'ULAR, a. [L. tegula, a tile, from tego, to cover or make close.] Pertaining to a tile; ... |
54624
|
tegularly |
TEG'ULARLY, adv. In the manner of tiles on a roof. |
54625
|
tegument |
TEG'UMENT, n. [L. tegumentum, from tego, to cover.]A cover or covering; seldom used except in ... |
54626
|
teh-hee |
TEH-HEE, v.i. To laugh. [A cant word.] |
54627
|
tehhee |
TEH'HEE, a sound made in laughing. |
54628
|
teil |
TEIL |
54629
|
teil-tree |
TEIL-TREE, n. [L. tilia.] The lime tree, otherwise called the linden. |
54630
|
teint |
TEINT, n. [L. tingo, to dye.] Color; tinge. [See Tint.] |
54631
|
telary |
TEL'ARY, a. [L. tela, a web.] Pertaining to a web.1. Spinning webs; as a telary spider. [Little ... |
54632
|
telegraph |
TEL'EGRAPH, n. [Gr. at a distance, and to write.] A machine for communicating intelligence from a ... |
54633
|
telegraphic |
TELEGRAPH'IC, a. Pertaining to the telegraph; made by a telegraph; as telegraphic movements or ... |
54634
|
teleology |
TELEOL'OGY, n. [Gr. end, and discourse.] The science of the final causes of things. |
54635
|
telescope |
TEL'ESCOPE, n. [Gr. end, or at a distance, probably the latter, and to see.] An optical ... |
54636
|
telescope-shell |
TEL'ESCOPE-SHELL, n. In conchology, a species of turbo with place, striated and numerous spires. |
54637
|
telescopic |
TELESCOP'IC |
54638
|
telescopical |
TELESCOP'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope; as a telescopic view.1. ... |
54639
|
telesia |
TELE'SIA, n. Sapphire. |
54640
|
telesm |
TEL'ESM, n. A kind of amulet or magical charm. |
54641
|
telesmatic |
TELESMAT'IC |
54642
|
telesmatical |
TELESMAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to telesms; magical. |
54643
|
telestic |
TELES'TIC, n. [Gr. end, and a verse.] A poem in which the final letters of the lines make a name. |
54644
|
tell |
TELL, v.t. pret. and pp. told. [L. telum; L.appello and peal, L. pello.]1. To utter; to express in ... |
54645
|
tell-tale |
TELL'-TALE, a. Telling tales; babbling.TELL'-TALE, n. [tell and tale.] One who officiously ... |
54646
|
teller |
TELL'ER, n. One that tells, relates or communicates the knowledge of something.1. One who ... |
54647
|
tellinite |
TEL'LINITE, n. [from tellina, a genus of testaceous animals.]Petrified or fossil shells of the ... |
54648
|
tellurate |
TEL'LURATE, n. A compound of tellurium and a base. |
54649
|
tellureted |
TEL'LURETED, a. Tellureted hydrogen is hydrogen combined with tellurium in a gaseous form. |
54650
|
tellurium |
TELLU'RIUM, n. A metal recently discovered by Klaproth, combined with gold and silver in the ores, ... |
54651
|
temachis |
TEM'ACHIS, n. [Gr. a piece.] A genus of fossils of the class of gypsums, softer than others, and ... |
54652
|
temerarious |
TEMERA'RIOUS, a. [L. temerarius; from the root of time, tempest, which see. The sense is rushing or ... |
54653
|
temerariously |
TEMERA'RIOUSLY, adv. Rashly; with excess of boldness. |
54654
|
temerity |
TEMER'ITY, n. [L. temeritas; properly a rushing forward.]1. Rashness; unreasonable contempt of ... |
54655
|
temin |
TEM'IN, n. A money of account in Algiers, equivalent to 2 carubes, or 29 aspers, about 34 cents, ... |
54656
|
temper |
TEM'PER, v.t. [L. tempero, to mix or moderate]1. To mix so that one part qualifies the other; to ... |
54657
|
temperament |
TEM'PERAMENT, n. [L. temperamentum.]1. Constitution; state with respect to the predominance of any ... |
54658
|
temperamental |
TEMPERAMENT'AL, a. Constitutional. [Not much used.] |
54659
|
temperance |
TEM'PERANCE, n. [L. temperantia, from tempero.]1. Moderation; particularly, habitual moderation in ... |
54660
|
temperate |
TEM'PERATE, a. [L. temperatus.] Moderate; not excessive; as temperate heat; a temperate climate; ... |
54661
|
temperately |
TEM'PERATELY, adv. Moderately; without excess or extravagance.1. Calmly; without violence of ... |
54662
|
temperateness |
TEM'PERATENESS, n. Moderation; freedom from excess; as the temperateness of the weather or of a ... |
54663
|
temperative |
TEM'PERATIVE, a. Having the power or quality of tempering. |
54664
|
temperature |
TEM'PERATURE, n. [L. temperature.]1. In physics, the state of a body with regard to heat or cold, ... |
54665
|
tempered |
TEM'PERED, pp. Duly mixed or modified; reduced to a proper state; softened; allayed; hardened.1. ... |
54666
|
tempering |
TEM'PERING, ppr. Mixing and qualifying; qualifying by mixture; softening; mollifying; reducing to ... |
54667
|
tempest |
TEM'PEST, n. [L. tempestas; tempus, time, season. The primary sense of tempus, time, is a falling, ... |
54668
|
tempest-beaten |
TEM'PEST-BEATEN, a. [tempest and beat.]Beaten or shattered with storms. |
54669
|
tempest-tost |
TEM'PEST-TOST, a. [tempest and tost.] Tossed or driven about by tempests. |
54670
|
tempestivity |
TEMPESTIV'ITY, n. [L. tempestivus.] Seasonableness. [Not in use.] |
54671
|
tempestuous |
TEMPEST'UOUS, a.1. Very story; turbulent; rough with wind; as tempestuous weather; a tempestuous ... |
54672
|
tempestuously |
TEMPEST'UOUSLY, adv. With great violence of wind or great commotion; turbulently. |
54673
|
tempestuousness |
TEMPEST'UOUSNESS, n. Storminess; the state of being tempestuous or disturbed by violent winds; as ... |
54674
|
templar |
TEM'PLAR, n. [from the Temple, a house near the Thames, which originally belonged to the knights ... |
54675
|
temple |
TEM'PLE, n. [L. templum.]1. A public edifice erected in honor of some deity. Among pagans, a ... |
54676
|
templet |
TEM'PLET, n. A piece of timber in a building; as a templet under a girder. |
54677
|
temporal |
TEM'PORAL, a. [L. temporalis, from tempus, time.]1. Pertaining to this life or this world or the ... |
54678
|
temporalities |
TEMPORAL'ITIES |
54679
|
temporally |
TEM'PORALLY, adv. With respect to time or this life only. |
54680
|
temporalness |
TEM'PORALNESS, n. Worldliness. [Not used.] |
54681
|
temporals |
TEM'PORALS, n. Secular possessions; revenues of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, ... |
54682
|
temporalty |
TEM'PORALTY, n. The laity; secular people. [Little used.]1. Secular possessions. [See ... |
54683
|
temporaneous |
TEMPORA'NEOUS, a. Temporary. [Little used.] |
54684
|
temporarily |
TEM'PORARILY, adv. For a time only; not perpetually. |
54685
|
temporariness |
TEM'PORARINESS, n. [from temporary.] The state of being temporary; opposed to perpetuity. |
54686
|
temporary |
TEM'PORARY, a. [L. temporarius.] Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited ... |
54687
|
temporization |
TEMPORIZA'TION, n. The act of temporizing. |
54688
|
temporize |
TEM'PORIZE, v.i. [L. tempus, time.]1. To comply with the time or occasion; to humor or yield to ... |
54689
|
temporizer |
TEM'PORIZER, n. One who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions or ... |
54690
|
temporizing |
TEM'PORIZING, ppr. Complying with the time, or with the prevailing humors and opinions of men; ... |
54691
|
tempt |
TEMPT, v.t. [L. tento; teneo; Gr. the primary sense is to strain, urge, press.]1. To incite or ... |
54692
|
temptable |
TEMPT'ABLE, a. Liable to be tempted. |
54693
|
temptation |
TEMPTA'TION, n. The act of tempting; enticement to evil by arguments, by flattery, or by the offer ... |
54694
|
tempted |
TEMPT'ED, pp. Enticed to evil; provoked; tried. |
54695
|
tempter |
TEMPT'ER, n. One that solicits or entices to evil. Those who are bent to do wickedly, will never ... |
54696
|
tempting |
TEMPT'ING, ppr. Enticing to evil; trying.1. a. Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; as ... |
54697
|
temptingly |
TEMPT'INGLY, adv. In a manner to entice to evil; so as to allure. |
54698
|
temptress |
TEMPT'RESS, n. A female who entices. |
54699
|
temsebread |
TEMSEBREAD |
54700
|
temsed-bread |
TEM'SED-BREAD, n. Bread made of flour better sifted than common flour. [I know not where this ... |
54701
|
temulence |
TEM'ULENCE |
54702
|
temulency |
TEM'ULENCY, n. [L. temulentia.] Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [Not used.] |
54703
|
temulent |
TEM'ULENT, a. [L. temulentus.] Intoxicated. [Not in use.] |
54704
|
temulentive |
TEM'ULENTIVE, a. Drunken; in a state of inebriation. [Not in use.] |
54705
|
ten |
TEN, a. [L. decem.]1. Twice five; nine and one. With twice ten sail I cross'd the Phrygian sea.2. ... |
54706
|
tenable |
TEN'ABLE, a. [L. teneo, to hold. See Tenant.]That may be held, maintained or defended against an ... |
54707
|
tenacious |
TENA'CIOUS, a. [L. tenax, from teneo, to hold.]1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined ... |
54708
|
tenaciously |
TENA'CIOUSLY, adv. With a disposition to hold fast what is possessed.1. Adhesively.2. ... |
54709
|
tenaciousness |
TENA'CIOUSNESS, n. The quality of holding fast; unwillingness to quit, resign or let go; as a ... |
54710
|
tenacity |
TENAC'ITY, n. [L. tenacitas, from teneo, to hold.]1. Adhesiveness; that quality of bodies which ... |
54711
|
tenacy |
TEN'ACY, n. Tenaciousness. [Not in use.] |
54712
|
tenail |
TENA'IL, n. [L. teneo, to hold.] In fortification, an outwork consisting of two parallel sides ... |
54713
|
tenaillon |
TEN'AILLON, n. In fortification, tenaillons are works constructed on each side of the ravelins, ... |
54714
|
tenancy |
TEN'ANCY, n. [L. tenens.] In law, a holding or possession of lands or tenements; tenure; as ... |
54715
|
tenant |
TEN'ANT, n. [L. teneo; Gr. to strain, stretch, extend.]1. A person holding land or other real ... |
54716
|
tenantable |
TEN'ANTABLE, a. Fit to be rented; in a state of repair suitable for a tenant. |
54717
|
tenanted |
TEN'ANTED, pp. Held by a tenant. |
54718
|
tenanting |
TEN'ANTING, ppr. Holding as a tenant. |
54719
|
tenantless |
TEN'ANTLESS, a. Having no tenant; unoccupied; as a tenantless mansion. |
54720
|
tenantry |
TEN'ANTRY, n. The body of tenants; as the tenantry of a manor or a kingdom.1. Tenancy. [Not in ... |
54721
|
tench |
TENCH, n. [L. tinca.] A fish of the genus Cyprinus, found in ponds and rivers. |
54722
|
tend |
TEND, v.t. [contracted from attend, L. attendo; ad and tendo, to stretch.]1. To watch; to guard; ... |
54723
|
tendance |
TEND'ANCE, n. Attendance; state of expectation.1. Persons attending.2. Act of waiting; ... |
54724
|
tended |
TEND'ED, pp. Attended; taken care of; nursed; as an infant, or a sick person. |
54725
|
tendency |
TEND'ENCY, n. [from tend; L. tendens, tending.] Drift; direction or course towards any place, ... |
54726
|
tender |
TEND'ER, n. [from tend.] One that attends or takes care of; a nurse.1. A small vessel employed to ... |
54727
|
tender-hearted |
TEN'DER-HE`ARTED, a. [tender and heart.]1. Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or ... |
54728
|
tender-heartedness |
TENDER-HE`ARTEDNESS, n. Susceptibility of the softer passions. |
54729
|
tendered |
TEND'ERED, pp. Offered for acceptance. |
54730
|
tendering |
TEND'ERING, ppr. Offering for acceptance. |
54731
|
tenderling |
TEN'DERLING, n. A fondling; one made tender by too much kindness.1. The first horns of a deer. |
54732
|
tenderloin |
TEN'DERLOIN, n. A tender part of flesh in the hind quarter of beef. |
54733
|
tenderly |
TEN'DERLY, adv. With tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain. ... |
54734
|
tenderness |
TEN'DERNESS, n. The state of being tender or easily broken, bruised or injured; softness; ... |
54735
|
tending |
TEND'ING, ppr. Having a certain direction; taking care of.TEND'ING, n. In seaman's language, a ... |
54736
|
tendinous |
TEN'DINOUS, a. [L. tendines, tendons, from tendo, to stretch.]1. Pertaining to a tendon; partaking ... |
54737
|
tendment |
TEND'MENT, n. Attendance; care. |
54738
|
tendon |
TEN'DON, n. [L. tendo; teneo, tendo.] In anatomy, a hard insensible cord or bundle of fibers, by ... |
54739
|
tendrac |
TEN'DRAC, n. An animal of the hedgehog kind, found in the E. Indies. |
54740
|
tendril |
TEN'DRIL, n. A clasp or clasper of a vine or other climbing or creeping plant; a filiform spiral ... |
54741
|
tenebrious |
TENE'BRIOUS, a. [L. tenebrosus, from tenebroe, darkness.]Dark; gloomy. |
54742
|
tenebrosity |
TENEBROS'ITY, n. Darkness; gloom. |
54743
|
tenebrous |
TEN'EBROUS |
54744
|
tenebrousness |
TENE'BROUSNESS |
54745
|
tenement |
TEN'EMENT, n. [Low L. tenementum, from teneo, to hold.]1. In common acceptation, a house; a ... |
54746
|
tenemental |
TENEMENT'AL, a. Pertaining to tenanted lands; that is or may be held by tenants. Tenemental lands ... |
54747
|
tenementary |
TENEMENT'ARY, a. That is or may be leased; held by tenants. |
54748
|
tenerity |
TENER'ITY, n. Tenderness. [Not in use.] |
54749
|
tenesmus |
TENES'MUS, n. [L. literally a straining or stretching.]A painful, ineffectual and repeated effort, ... |
54750
|
tenet |
TEN'ET, n. [L. tenet, he holds.] Any opinion, principle, dogma or doctrine which a person believes ... |
54751
|
tenfold |
TEN'FOLD, a. [ten and fold.] Ten times more. Fire kindled into tenfold rage. |
54752
|
tennantite |
TEN'NANTITE, n. [from Tennant.] A subspecies of gray copper; a mineral of a lead color, or iron ... |
54753
|
tennis |
TEN'NIS, n. A play in which a ball is driven continually or kept in motion by rackets.TEN'NIS, v.t. ... |
54754
|
tenon |
TEN'ON, n. [L. teneo, to hold.] In building and cabinet work, the end of a piece of timber, which ... |
54755
|
tenor |
TEN'OR, n. [L. tenor, from teneo, to hold.]1. Continued run or currency; whole course or strain. ... |
54756
|
tense |
TENSE, a. tens. [L. tensus, from tendo, to stretch.] Stretched; strained to stiffness; rigid; not ... |
54757
|
tenseness |
TENSENESS, n. tens'ness. The state of being tense or stretched to stiffness; stiffness; opposed to ... |
54758
|
tensible |
TENS'IBLE, a. Capable of being extended. |
54759
|
tensile |
TENS'ILE, a. Capable of extension. |
54760
|
tension |
TEN'SION, n. [L. tensio, tendo.]1. The act of stretching or straining; as the tension of the ... |
54761
|
tensive |
TENS'IVE, a. Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness or contraction; as a tensive pain. |
54762
|
tensor |
TENS'OR, n. In anatomy, a muscle that extends or stretches a part. |
54763
|
tensure |
TENSURE, the same as tension, and not used. |
54764
|
tent |
TENT, n. [L. tentorium, from tendo, to stretch.]1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of ... |
54765
|
tentacle |
TEN'TACLE, n. [L. tentacula.] A filiform process or organ, simple or branched, on the bodies of ... |
54766
|
tentage |
TENT'AGE, n. An encampment. [Unusual.] |
54767
|
tentation |
TENTA'TION, n. [L. tentatio; tento, to try.]Trial; temptation. [Little used.] |
54768
|
tentative |
TENT'ATIVE, a. Trying; essaying.TENT'ATIVE, n. An essay; trial. |
54769
|
tented |
TENT'ED, a. Covered or furnished with tents; as soldiers.1. Covered with tents; as a tented ... |
54770
|
tenter |
TENT'ER, n. [L. tendo, tentus, to stretch.]A hook for stretching cloth on a frame.To be on the ... |
54771
|
tenter-ground |
TEN'TER-GROUND, n. Ground on which tenters are erected. |
54772
|
tentered |
TENT'ERED, pp. Stretched or hung on tenters. |
54773
|
tentering |
TEN'TERING, ppr. Stretching or hanging on tenters. |
54774
|
tenth |
TENTH, a. [from ten.] The ordinal of ten; the first after the ninth.TENTH, n. The tenth part.1. ... |
54775
|
tenthly |
TENTH'LY, adv. In the tenth place. |
54776
|
tentiginous |
TENTIG'INOUS, a. [L. tentigo, a stretching.]Stiff; stretched. [Not in use.] |
54777
|
tentory |
TENT'ORY, n. [L. tentorium.] The awning of a tent. |
54778
|
tentwort |
TENT'WORT, n. [tent and wort.] A plant of the genus Asplenium. |
54779
|
tenuifolious |
TENUIFO'LIOUS, a. [L. tenuis and folium.]Having thin or narrow leaves. |
54780
|
tenuity |
TENU'ITY, n. [L. tenuitas, from tenuis, thin. See Thin.]1. Thinness, smallness in diameter; ... |
54781
|
tenuous |
TEN'UOUS, a. [L. tenuis.] Thin; small; minute.1. Rare. |
54782
|
tenure |
TEN'URE, n. [L. teneo, to hold.]1. A holding. In English law, the manner of holding lands and ... |
54783
|
tepefaction |
TEPEFAC'TION, n. [L. tepefacio; tepidus, warm, and facio,to make.]The act or operation of warming, ... |
54784
|
tepefy |
TEP'EFY, v.t. [L. tepefacio.] To make moderately warm.TEP'EFY, v.i. To become moderately warm. |
54785
|
tepid |
TEP'ID, a. [L. tepidus, form tepeo, to be warm.]Moderately warm; lukewarm; as a tepid bath; tepid ... |
54786
|
tepidness |
TEP'IDNESS, n. Moderate warmth; lukewarmness. |
54787
|
tepor |
TE'POR, n. [L.] Gentle heat; moderate warmth. |
54788
|
ter-tenant |
TER-TEN'ANT , n. One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant. |
54789
|
tera |
COLEOPTER,TERA, n. The coleopters, in Linnes system of entomology, are an order of insects, having ... |
54790
|
teraphim |
TER'APHIM, n. [Heb.] Household deities or images. |
54791
|
teratology |
TERATOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a prodigy, and discourse.]Bombast in language; affectation of sublimity. [Not ... |
54792
|
terce |
TERCE, n. ters. A cask whose contents are 42 gallons, the third of a pipe or butt. |
54793
|
terce-major |
TERCE-MAJOR, n. A sequence of the three best cards. |
54794
|
tercel |
TER'CEL, n. The male of the common falcon. [Falco Peregrinus.] |
54795
|
terebinth |
TER'EBINTH, n. The turpentine tree. |
54796
|
terebinthinate |
TEREBIN'THINATE, a. Terebinthine; impregnated with the qualities of turpentine. |
54797
|
terebinthine |
TEREBIN'THINE, a. [L. terebinthinus, from terebinthina, turpentine.] Pertaining to turpentine; ... |
54798
|
terebrate |
TER'EBRATE, v.t. [L. terebro, tero.] To bore; to perforate with a gimlet. [Little used.] |
54799
|
terebration |
TEREBRA'TION, n. The act of boring. [Little used.] |
54800
|
terebratulite |
TEREBRAT'ULITE, n. Fossil terebratula, a kind of shell. |
54801
|
teredo |
TERE'DO, n. [L. from tero, to wear.] A worm that bores and penetrates the bottom of ships; or ... |
54802
|
terek |
TER'EK, n. A water fowl with long legs. |
54803
|
teret |
TER'ET |
54804
|
terete |
TERE'TE, a. [L. teres.] Round and tapering; columnar; as the stem of a plant. |
54805
|
tergeminal |
TERGEM'INAL |
54806
|
tergeminate |
TERGEM'INATE, a. [L. tergeminus.] Thrice double; as a tergeminate leaf. |
54807
|
tergeminous |
TERGEM'INOUS, a. [supra.] Threefold. |
54808
|
tergifetous |
TERGIF'ETOUS, a. Tergifetous plants, are such as bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ... |
54809
|
tergiversate |
TER'GIVERSATE, v.i. [L. tergum, the back, and verto, to turn.]To shift; to practice evasion. ... |
54810
|
tergiversation |
TERGIVERSA'TION, n. A shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. Writing is to be preferred before ... |
54811
|
term |
TERM, n. [L. terminus, a limit or boundary.]1. A limit; a bound or boundary; the extremity of any ... |
54812
|
termagancy |
TER'MAGANCY, n. [from termagant.] Turbulence; tumultuousness; as a violent termagancy of temper. |
54813
|
termagant |
TER'MAGANT, a. Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous or furious; quarrelsome; scolding. The eldest was ... |
54814
|
termed |
TERM'ED, pp. Called; denominated. |
54815
|
termer |
TERM'ER, n. One who travels to attend a court term.TERM'ER |
54816
|
terminable |
TERM'INABLE, a. [from term.] That may be bounded; limitable. |
54817
|
terminal |
TERM'INAL, a. [from L. terminus.] In botany, growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; ... |
54818
|
terminate |
TERM'INATE, v.t. [termino; terminus.]1. To bound; to limit; to set the extreme point or side of a ... |
54819
|
terminated |
TERM'INATED, pp. Limited; bounded; ended. |
54820
|
terminating |
TERM'INATING, ppr. Limiting; ending; concluding. |
54821
|
termination |
TERMINA'TION, n. The act of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding.1. Bound; ... |
54822
|
terminational |
TERMINA'TIONAL, a. Forming the end or concluding syllable. |
54823
|
terminative |
TERM'INATIVE, a. Directing termination. |
54824
|
terminatively |
TERM'INATIVELY, adv. Absolutely; so as not to respect any thing else. |
54825
|
terminator |
TERM'INATOR, n. In astronomy, a name sometimes given to the circle of illumination, form its ... |
54826
|
terminer |
TERM'INER, n. A determining; as in oyer and terminer. |
54827
|
terming |
TERM'ING, ppr. Calling; denominating. |
54828
|
terminist |
TERM'INIST, n. In ecclesiastical history, a sect of christians who maintain that God has fixed a ... |
54829
|
terminology |
TERMINOL'OGY, n. [L. terminus.] The doctrine of terms; a treatise on terms.1. In natural history, ... |
54830
|
terminthus |
TERMIN'THUS, n. [Gr. a pine nut.] In surgery, a large painful tumor on the skin, thought to ... |
54831
|
termless |
TERM'LESS, a. Unlimited; boundless; as termless joys. |
54832
|
termly |
TERM'LY, a. Occurring every term; as a termly fee.TERM'LY, adv. Term by term; every term; as a ... |
54833
|
termor |
TERM'OR, n. One who has an estate for a term of years of life. |
54834
|
tern |
TERN, n. [L. sterna.] A common name of certain aquatic fowls of the genus Sterna; as the great ... |
54835
|
ternary |
TERN'ARY, a. [L. ternarius, of three.] Proceeding by threes; consisting of three.The ternary ... |
54836
|
ternate |
TERN'ATE, a. [L. ternus, terni.] In botany, a ternate leaf, is one that has three leaflets on a ... |
54837
|
ternion |
TERN'ION, n. [L. ternarius, ternio.] The number three. |
54838
|
terrace |
TER'RACE, n. [L. terra, the earth.]1. In gardening, a raised bank of earth with sloping sides, ... |
54839
|
terraced |
TER'RACED, pp. Formed into a terrace; having a terrace. |
54840
|
terracing |
TER'RACING, ppr. Forming into a terrace; opening to the air. |
54841
|
terrapin |
TER'RAPIN, n. A name given to a species of tide-water tortoise. |
54842
|
terraqueous |
TERRA'QUEOUS, a. [L. terra, earth, and aqua, water.] Consisting of land and water, as the globe or ... |
54843
|
terrar |
TER'RAR, n. A register of lands. [Not in use.] |
54844
|
terrass |
TER'RASS |
54845
|
terre-blue |
TERRE-BLUE, n. A kind of earth. |
54846
|
terre-mote |
TERRE-MOTE, n. [L. terra, earth, and motus, motion.]An earthquake. [Not in use.] |
54847
|
terre-plain |
TERRE-PLAIN, n. In fortification, the top, platform or horizontal surface of a rampart, on which ... |
54848
|
terre-plein |
TERRE-PLEIN |
54849
|
terre-tenant |
TERRE-TEN'ANT |
54850
|
terre-verte |
TERRE-VERTE, n. A species of green earth, used by painters. It is an indurated clay, found in the ... |
54851
|
terrel |
TER'REL, n. [from terra.] Little earth, a magnet of a just spherical figure, and so placed that ... |
54852
|
terrene |
TERRE'NE, a. [L. terrenus, form terra.1. Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as terrene substance.2. ... |
54853
|
terreous |
TER'REOUS, a. [L. terreus, from terra, earth.] Earthy; consisting of earth; as terreous ... |
54854
|
terrestrial |
TERRES'TRIAL, a. [L. terrestris, from terra, the earth.]1. Pertaining to the earth; existing on ... |
54855
|
terrestrially |
TERRES'TRIALLY, adv. After an earthly manner. |
54856
|
terrestrious |
TERRES'TRIOUS, a. Earthy. [Little used.]1. Pertaining to the earth; being or living on the ... |
54857
|
terrible |
TER'RIBLE, a. [L. terribilis, from terreo, to frighten.]1. Frightful; adapted to excite terror; ... |
54858
|
terribleness |
TER'RIBLENESS, n. Dreadfulness; formidableness; the quality or state of being terrible; as the ... |
54859
|
terribly |
TER'RIBLY, adv. Dreadfully; in a manner to excite terror or fright. When he ariseth to shake ... |
54860
|
terrier |
TER'RIER, n. A dog or little hound, that creeps into the ground after animals that burrow.1. A ... |
54861
|
terrific |
TERRIF'IC, a. [L. terrifieus, from terreo, terror, and facio.]Dreadful; causing terror; adapted to ... |
54862
|
terrified |
TER'RIFIED, pp. Frightened; affrighted. |
54863
|
terrify |
TER'RIFY, v.t. [L. terror and facio, to make.] To frighten; to alarm or shock with fear. They were ... |
54864
|
terrifying |
TER'RIFYING, ppr. Frightening; affrighting. |
54865
|
terrigenous |
TERRIG'ENOUS, a. [L. terrigena, one born of the earth; terra and gigno.] Earthborn; produced by ... |
54866
|
territorial |
TERRITO'RIAL, a. [from territory.] Pertaining to territory or land; as territorial limits; ... |
54867
|
territorially |
TERRITO'RIALLY, adv. In regard to territory; by means of territory. |
54868
|
territory |
TER'RITORY, n. [L. territorium, from terra, earth.]1. The extent or compass of land within the ... |
54869
|
terror |
TER'ROR, n. [L. terror, from terreo, to frighten.]1. Extreme fear; violent dread; fright; fear ... |
54870
|
terse |
TERSE, a. ters. [L. tersus, from tergo, to wipe.]Cleanly written; neat; elegant without ... |
54871
|
tersely |
TERSELY, adv. ters'ly. Neatly. |
54872
|
terseness |
TERSENESS, n. ters'ness. Neatness of style; smoothness of language. |
54873
|
tertials |
TER'TIALS, n. In ornithology, feathers near the junction of the wing with the body. |
54874
|
tertian |
TER'TIAN,a. [L. tertianus, from tertius, third.] Occurring every other day; as a tertian ... |
54875
|
tertiary |
TER'TIARY, a. Third; of the third formation. Tertiary mountains are such as result from the ruins ... |
54876
|
tertiate |
TER'TIATE, v.t. [L. tertius, third; tertio, to do every third day.]1. To do any thing the third ... |
54877
|
tessaraic |
TESSARA'IC, a. [L. tessera, a square thing.]Diversified by squares; tesselated. |
54878
|
tesselate |
TES'SELATE, v.t. [L. tessela, a little square stone.]To form into squares or checkers; to lay with ... |
54879
|
tesselated |
TES'SELATED, pp. Checkered; formed in little squares or mosaic work; as a tesselated pavement.1. ... |
54880
|
tesselation |
TESSELA'TION, n. Mosaic work, or the operation of making it. |
54881
|
test |
TEST, n. [L. testa, an earthen pot.]1. In metallurgy, a large cupel, or a vessel in the nature of ... |
54882
|
testable |
TEST'ABLE, a. [L. testor. See Testament.]That may be devised or given by will. |
54883
|
testaceography |
TESTACEOG'RAPHY, n. [See Testaceology.] |
54884
|
testaceology |
TESTACEOL'OGY |
54885
|
testaceous |
TESTA'CEOUS, a. [L. testaceus, from testa, a shell. The primary sense of testa, testis, testor, ... |
54886
|
testalogy |
TESTAL'OGY, n. [L. testacea, or testa.] The science of testaceous vermes, or of those soft and ... |
54887
|
testament |
TEST'AMENT, n. [L. testamentum, from testor, to make a will.]1. A solemn authentic instrument in ... |
54888
|
testamentary |
TESTAMENT'ARY, a. Pertaining to a will or to wills; as testamentary causes in law.1. Bequeathed ... |
54889
|
testamentation |
TESTAMENTA'TION, n. The act or power of giving by will. [Little used.] |
54890
|
testate |
TEST'ATE, a. [L. testatus.] Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die testate. |
54891
|
testation |
TESTA'TION, n. [L. testatio.] A witnessing or witness. |
54892
|
testator |
TESTA'TOR, n. [L.] A man who makes and leaves a will or testament at death. |
54893
|
testatrix |
TESTA'TRIX, n. A woman who makes and leaves a will at death. |
54894
|
tested |
TEST'ED, pp. Tried or approved by a test. |
54895
|
tester |
TEST'ER, n. The top covering of a bed, consisting of some species of cloth, supported by the ... |
54896
|
testicle |
TEST'ICLE, n. [L. testiculus; literally a hard mass, like testa, shell.] The testicles are male ... |
54897
|
testiculate |
TESTIC'ULATE, a. In botany, shaped like a testicle. |
54898
|
testification |
TESTIFICA'TION, n. [L. testificatio. See Testify.]The act of testifying or giving testimony or ... |
54899
|
testificator |
TESTIFICA'TOR, n. One who gives witness or evidence. |
54900
|
testified |
TEST'IFIED, pp. [from testify.] Given in evidence; witnessed; published; made known. |
54901
|
testifier |
TEST'IFIER, n. [from testify.] One who testifies; one who gives testimony or bears witness to ... |
54902
|
testify |
TEST'IFY, v.i. [L. testificor; testis and facio.]1. To make a solemn declaration, verbal or ... |
54903
|
testifying |
TEST'IFYING, ppr. Affirming solemnly or under oath, for the purpose of establishing a fact; giving ... |
54904
|
testily |
TEST'ILY, adv. [from testy.] Fretfully; peevishly; with petulance. |
54905
|
testimonial |
TESTIMO'NIAL, n. [L. testimonium.] A writing or certificate in favor of one's character or good ... |
54906
|
testimony |
TEST'IMONY, n. [L. testimonium.] A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of ... |
54907
|
testiness |
TEST'INESS, n. [from testy.] Fretfulness; peevishness; petulance. Testiness is a disposition or ... |
54908
|
testing |
TEST'ING, ppr. [from test.] Trying for proof; proving by a standard or by experiment. A plan for ... |
54909
|
teston |
TEST'ON, n. A French coin, of the value of about six pence sterling. |
54910
|
testoon |
TESTOON', n. A silver coin in Italy and Portugal. In Florence, the testoon is worth two lire or ... |
54911
|
testudinal |
TESTU'DINAL, a. Pertaining to the tortoise, or resembling it. |
54912
|
testudinated |
TESTU'DINATED, a. [L. testudo, a tortoise.] Roofed; arched. |
54913
|
testudineous |
TESTUDIN'EOUS, a. Resembling the shell of a tortoise. |
54914
|
testudo |
TESTU'DO, n. [L.] A tortoise. Among the Romans, a cover or screen which a body of troops formed ... |
54915
|
testy |
TEST'Y, a. Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated. Pyrrbus cured his testy courtiers with a ... |
54916
|
tetanus |
TET'ANUS, n. [Gr. stretched.] A spasmodic contraction of the muscles of voluntary motion, ... |
54917
|
tetaug |
TETAUG', n. The name of a fish on the coast of New England; called also black fish. |
54918
|
tetchiness |
TETCH'INESS |
54919
|
tetchy |
TETCH'Y See Techiness, Techy. [corrupted from touchy, touchiness.] [Not in use.] |
54920
|
tete |
TETE, n. False hair; a kind of wig or cap of false hair.Tete-a-tete, head to head; cheek by jowl; ... |
54921
|
tether |
TETH'ER, n. [See Tedder.] A rope or chain by which a beast is confined for feeding within certain ... |
54922
|
tetrachord |
TET'RACHORD, n. [Gr. four, and a chord.] In ancient music, a diatessaron; a series of four sounds, ... |
54923
|
tetrad |
TET'RAD, n. [Gr. the number four.] The number four; a collection of four things. |
54924
|
tetradactylous |
TETRADAC'TYLOUS, a. [Gr.] Having four toes. |
54925
|
tetradiapason |
TETRADIAP'ASON, n. [Gr. four, and diapason.] Quadruple diapason or octave; a musical chord, ... |
54926
|
tetradrachma |
TETRADRACH'MA, n. [Gr.] In ancient coinage, a silver coin worth four drachmas, 3s.sterling, or 66 ... |
54927
|
tetradynamian |
TETRADYNAM'IAN, n. [Gr. power, strength.] In botany, a plant having six stamens, four of which are ... |
54928
|
tetragon |
TET'RAGON, n. [Gr. four, and an angle.]1. In geometry, a figure having four angles; a quadrangle; ... |
54929
|
tetragonal |
TETRAG'ONAL, a. Pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides. Thus a square, a ... |
54930
|
tetragonism |
TET'RAGONISM, n. The quadrature of the circle. |
54931
|
tetragyn |
TET'RAGYN, n. [Gr. four, and a female.] In botany, a plant having four pistils. |
54932
|
tetragynian |
TETRAGYN'IAN, a. Having four pistils. |
54933
|
tetrahedral |
TETRAHE'DRAL, a. [See Tetrahedron.]1. Having four equal triangles.2. In botany, having four ... |
54934
|
tetrahedron |
TETRAHE'DRON, n. [Gr. four, and side.] In geometry, a figure comprehended under four equilateral ... |
54935
|
tetrahexahedral |
TETRAHEXAHE'DRAL, a. [Gr. four, and hexahedral.] In crystallography, exhibiting four ranges of ... |
54936
|
tetrameter |
TETRAM'ETER, n. [Gr. four, and measure.] In ancient poetry, an iambic verse consisting of four ... |
54937
|
tetrander |
TETRAN'DER, n. [Gr. four and a male.] In botany, a plant having four stamens. |
54938
|
tetrandrian |
TETRAN'DRIAN, a. Having four stamens. |
54939
|
tetrapetalous |
TETRAPET'ALOUS, a. [Gr. four, and leaf.] In botany, containing four distinct petals or flower ... |
54940
|
tetraphyllous |
TETRAPH'YLLOUS, a. [Gr. four and leaf.] In botany, having four leaves; consisting of four distinct ... |
54941
|
tetraptote |
TET'RAPTOTE, n. [Gr. four, and case.] In grammar, a noun that has four cases only. As L. astus, ... |
54942
|
tetrarch |
TE'TRARCH, n. [Gr. four, and rule.] A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; a ... |
54943
|
tetrarchate |
TETR`ARCHATE, n. The fourth part of a province under a Roman tetrarch; or the office or ... |
54944
|
tetrarchical |
TETR`ARCHICAL, a. Pertaining to a tetrarchy. |
54945
|
tetrarchy |
TET'RARCHY, n. The same as tetrarchate. |
54946
|
tetraspermous |
TETRASPERM'OUS, n. [Gr. four, and seed.] In botany, containing four seeds. A tetraspermous plant, ... |
54947
|
tetrastich |
TETRAS'TICH, n. [Gr. four, and verse.] A stanza, epigram or poem consisting of four verses. |
54948
|
tetrastyle |
TET'RASTYLE, n. [Gr. four, and column.] In ancient architecture, a building with four columns in ... |
54949
|
tetrasyllabic |
TETRASYLLAB'IC |
54950
|
tetrasyllabical |
TETRASYLLAB'ICAL, a. Consisting of four syllables. |
54951
|
tetrasyllable |
TETRASYL'LABLE, n. [Gr. four, and syllable.] A word consisting of four syllables. |
54952
|
tetric |
TET'RIC |
54953
|
tetrical |
TET'RICAL |
54954
|
tetricity |
TETRIC'ITY, n. Crabbedness; perverseness. [Not in use.] |
54955
|
tetricous |
TET'RICOUS, a. [L. tetricus.] Froward; perverse; harsh, sour; rugged. [Not in use.] |
54956
|
tetter |
TET'TER, n. [L. titillo.]1. In medicine, a common name of several cutaneous diseases, consisting ... |
54957
|
tettish |
TET'TISH, a. Captious; testy. [Not in use.] |
54958
|
teutonic |
TEUTON'IC, a. Pertaining to the Teutons, a people of Germany, or to their language; as a noun, the ... |
54959
|
tew |
TEW, v.t. To work; to soften. [Not in use.] [See Taw.]1. To work; to pull or tease; among ... |
54960
|
tewel |
TEW'EL, n. An iron pipe in a forge to receive the pipe of a bellows. |
54961
|
tewtaw |
TEW'TAW, v.t. To beat; to break. [Not in use.] [See Tew.] |
54962
|
text |
TEXT, n. [L. textus, woven. See Texture.] 1. A discourse or composition on which a note or ... |
54963
|
text-hand |
TEXT-HAND, n. A large hand in writing; so called because it was the practice to write the text of ... |
54964
|
textile |
TEXT'ILE, a. [L. textilis.] Woven, or capable of being woven.TEXT'ILE, n. That which is or may be ... |
54965
|
textorial |
TEXTO'RIAL, a. [L. textor.] Pertaining to weaving. |
54966
|
textrine |
TEXT'RINE, a. Pertaining to weaving; as the textrine art. |
54967
|
textual |
TEXT'UAL, a. Contained in the text.1. Serving for texts. |
54968
|
textualist |
TEXT'UALIST |
54969
|
textuary |
TEXT'UARY , n. One who is well versed in the Scriptures, and can readily quote texts.1. One who ... |
54970
|
textuist |
TEXT'UIST, n. One ready in the quotation of texts. |
54971
|
texture |
TEX'TURE, n. [L. textura, textus, from texo, to weave.]1. The act of weaving.2. A web; that which ... |
54972
|
thack |
THACK, for thatch, is local. [See Thatch.] |
54973
|
thallite |
THAL'LITE, n. [Gr. a green twig.] In mineralogy, a substance variously denominated by different ... |
54974
|
thammuz |
THAM'MUZ, n. The tenth month of the Jewish civil year, containing 29 days, and answering to a part ... |
54975
|
than |
THAN, adv. This word is placed after some comparative adjective or adverb, to express comparison ... |
54976
|
thane |
THANE, n. The thanes in England were formerly persons of some dignity; of these there were two ... |
54977
|
thane-lands |
THA'NE-LANDS, n. Lands granted to thanes. |
54978
|
thaneship |
THA'NESHIP, n. The state or dignity of a thane; or his seignory. |
54979
|
thank |
THANK, v.t. 1. To express gratitude for a favor; to make acknowledgments to one for kindness ... |
54980
|
thanked |
THANK'ED, pp. Having received expression of gratitude. |
54981
|
thankful |
THANK'FUL, a. Grateful; impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it. ... |
54982
|
thankfully |
THANK'FULLY, adv. With a grateful sense of favor or kindness received. If you have liv'd, take ... |
54983
|
thankfulness |
THANK'FULNESS,n. Expression of gratitude; acknowledgment of a favor.1. Gratitude; a lively sense ... |
54984
|
thanking |
THANK'ING, ppr. Expressing gratitude for good received. |
54985
|
thankless |
THANK'LESS, a. Unthankful; ungrateful; not acknowledging favors. That she may feel How sharper ... |
54986
|
thanklessness |
THANK'LESSNESS, n. Ingratitude; failure to acknowledge a kindness. |
54987
|
thanks |
THANKS, n. generally in the plural. Expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment made to express a ... |
54988
|
thanksgive |
THANKSGIVE, v.t. thanksgiv.' [thanks and give.]To celebrate or distinguish by solemn rites. [Not ... |
54989
|
thanksgiver |
THANKSGIV'ER, n. One who gives thanks or acknowledges a kindness. |
54990
|
thanksgiving |
THANKSGIV'ING, ppr. Rendering thanks for good received.THANKSGIV'ING, n. The act of rendering ... |
54991
|
tharm |
TH`ARM, n. Intestines twisted into a cord. |
54992
|
that |
THAT, an adjective, pronoun or substitute.1. That is a word used as a definitive adjective, ... |
54993
|
thatch |
THATCH, n. [L. tego; Eng. deck.] Straw or other substance used to cover the roofs of buildings, or ... |
54994
|
thatched |
THATCH'ED, pp. Covered with straw or thatch. |
54995
|
thatcher |
THATCH'ER, n. One whose occupation is to thatch houses. |
54996
|
thatching |
THATCH'ING, ppr. Covering with straw or thatch.THATCH'ING, n. The act or art of covering ... |
54997
|
thaumaturgic |
THAUMATUR'GIC |
54998
|
thaumaturgy |
THAU'MATURGY, n. [Gr. a wonder, and work.] The act of performing something wonderful. |
54999
|
thaumturgical |
THAUMTUR'GICAL, a. [See Thaumaturgy.] Exciting wonder. |
55000
|
thave |
THAVE, n. An ewe of the first year. [Local.] |
55001
|
thaw |
THAW, v.i.1. To melt, dissolve or become fluid, as ice or snow. [It is remarkable that this word ... |
55002
|
thawed |
THAW'ED, pp. Melted, as ice or snow. |
55003
|
thawing |
THAW'ING, ppr. Dissolving; resolving into a fluid; liquefying; as any thing frozen. |
55004
|
the |
THE, an adjective or definitive adjective.1. This adjective is used as a definitive, that is, ... |
55005
|
thearchy |
THE'ARCHY, n. [Gr. God, and rule.] Government by God; more commonly called theocracy. |
55006
|
theater |
THE'ATER |
55007
|
theatins |
THE'ATINS, n. An order of regular priests in Naples, who have no property, nor do they beg, but ... |
55008
|
theatral |
THE'ATRAL, a. Belonging to a theater. [Not in use.] |
55009
|
theatre |
THE'ATRE, n. [L. theatrum; Gr. to see.]1. Among the ancients, an edifice in which spectacles or ... |
55010
|
theatric |
THEAT'RIC |
55011
|
theatrical |
THEAT'RICAL, a. Pertaining to a theater or to scenic representations; resembling the manner of ... |
55012
|
theatrically |
THEAT'RICALLY, adv. In the manner of actors on the state; in a manner suiting the stage. |
55013
|
theave |
THEAVE' |
55014
|
thee |
THEE, pron. obj. case of thou.THEE, v.i. To thrive; to prosper. |
55015
|
theft |
THEFT, n. The act of stealing. In law, the private, unlawful, felonious taking of another ... |
55016
|
their |
THEIR, a pronom.1. Their has the sense of a pronominal adjective, denoting of them, or the ... |
55017
|
theism |
THE'ISM, n. [from Gr. God.] The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to ... |
55018
|
theist |
THE'IST, n. One who believes in the existence of a God. |
55019
|
theistic |
THEIS'TIC |
55020
|
theistical |
THEIS'TICAL, a. Pertaining to theism, or to a theist; according to the doctrine of theists. |
55021
|
them |
THEM, pron. the objective case of they, and of both genders. [In our mother tongue, them is an ... |
55022
|
theme |
THEME, n. [L. thema; Gr. to set or place.]1. A subject or topic on which a person writes or ... |
55023
|
themselves |
THEMSELVES, a compound of them and selves, and added to they by way of emphasis or pointed ... |
55024
|
then |
THEN, adv.1. At that time, referring to a time specified, either past or future. And the Canaanite ... |
55025
|
thence |
THENCE, adv. thens.1. From that place. When you depart thence,shake off the dust of your feet. ... |
55026
|
thenceforth |
THENCEFORTH, adv. thens'forth. [thence and forth.] From that time. If the salt hath lost its ... |
55027
|
thenceforward |
THENCEFOR'WARD, adv. [thence and forward.] From that time onward. |
55028
|
thencefrom |
THENCEFROM', adv. [thence and from.] From that place. [Not in use.] |
55029
|
theocracy |
THEOC'RACY, n. [Gr. God, and power; to hold.] Government of a state by the immediate direction of ... |
55030
|
theocraticical |
THEOCRAT'IC'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a theocracy; administered by the immediate direction of God; as ... |
55031
|
theodicy |
THE'ODICY, n. [L. dico, to speak.] The science of God; metaphysical theology. |
55032
|
theodolite |
THEOD'OLITE, n. [Gr. to run, and long.] An instrument for taking the heights and distances of ... |
55033
|
theogony |
THEOG'ONY, n. [Gr. God, and to be born.] In mythology, the generation of the gods; or that branch ... |
55034
|
theologaster |
THEOL'OGASTER, n. A kind of quack in divinity; as a quack in medicine is called medicaster. |
55035
|
theologian |
THEOLO'GIAN, n. [See Theology.] A divine; a person well versed in theology, or a professor of ... |
55036
|
theologic |
THEOLOG'IC |
55037
|
theological |
THEOLOG'ICAL, a. [See Theology.] Pertaining to divinity, or the science of God and of divine ... |
55038
|
theologically |
THEOLOG'ICALLY, adv. According to the principles of theology. |
55039
|
theologist |
THEOL'OGIST, n. A divine; one studious in the science of divinity, or one well versed in that ... |
55040
|
theologize |
THEOL'OGIZE, v.t. To render theological.1. v.i. To frame a system of theology. [Little used.] |
55041
|
theologizer |
THEOL'OGIZER, n. A divine, or a professor of theology. [Unusual.] |
55042
|
theologue |
THE'OLOGUE, for theologist, is not in use. |
55043
|
theology |
THEOL'OGY, n. [Gr. God, and discourse.] Divinity; the science of God and divine things; or the ... |
55044
|
theomachist |
THEOM'ACHIST, n. [Gr. God, and combat.]One who fights against the gods. |
55045
|
theomachy |
THEOM'ACHY, n. [supra.] A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the giants with the gods. ... |
55046
|
theopathy |
THEOP'ATHY, n. [Gr. God, and passion.] Religious suffering; suffering for the purpose of subduing ... |
55047
|
theorbo |
THEOR'BO, n. A musical instrument made like a large lute, except that it has two necks or juga, ... |
55048
|
theorem |
THE'OREM, n. [Gr. to see.]1. In mathematics, a proposition which terminates in theory,and which ... |
55049
|
theorematic |
THEOREMAT'IC |
55050
|
theorematical |
THEOREMAT'ICAL |
55051
|
theoremic |
THEOREM'IC, a. Pertaining to a theorem; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems; as ... |
55052
|
theoretic |
THEORET'IC |
55053
|
theoretical |
THEORET'ICAL, a. [See Theory.] Pertaining to theory; depending on theory or speculation; ... |
55054
|
theoretically |
THEORET'ICALLY, adv. In or by theory; in speculation; speculatively; not practically. Some things ... |
55055
|
theoric |
THE'ORIC, n. Speculation. |
55056
|
theorist |
THE'ORIST, n. One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation. The greatest theorists ... |
55057
|
theorize |
THE'ORIZE, v.i. To form a theory or theories; to speculate; as, to theorize on the existence of ... |
55058
|
theory |
THE'ORY, n. [L. theoria; Gr. to see or contemplate.]1. Speculation; a doctrine or scheme of ... |
55059
|
theosophic |
THEOSOPH'IC |
55060
|
theosophical |
THEOSOPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to theosophism or to theosophists; divinely wise. |
55061
|
theosophism |
THEOS'OPHISM, n. [Gr. God, and comment; wise.]Pretension to divine illumination; enthusiasm. |
55062
|
theosophist |
THEOS'OPHIST, n. One who pretends to divine illumination; one who pretends to derive his knowledge ... |
55063
|
theosophy |
THEOS'OPHY, n. Divine wisdom; godliness.1. Knowledge of God. |
55064
|
therapeutic |
THERAPEU'TIC, a. [Gr. to nurse, serve or cure.] Curative; that pertains to the healing art; that ... |
55065
|
therapeutics |
THERAPEU'TICS, n. That part of medicine which respects the discovery and application of remedies ... |
55066
|
there |
THERE, adv.1. In that place. The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the ... |
55067
|
thereabout |
THEREABOUT' |
55068
|
thereabouts |
THEREABOUTS', adv. [there and about. The latter is less proper, but most commonly used.]1. Near ... |
55069
|
thereafter |
THERE`AFTER, adv. [there and after.]1. According to that; accordingly. When you can draw the head ... |
55070
|
thereat |
THEREAT', adv. [there and at.] At that place. Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth ... |
55071
|
thereby |
THEREBY', adv. [there and by.] By that; by that means; in consequence of that. Acquaint now ... |
55072
|
therefor |
THEREFOR', adv. [there and for.] For that or this, or it. |
55073
|
therefore |
THEREFORE, adv. ther'fore. [there and for.]1. For that; for that or this reason, referring to ... |
55074
|
therefrom |
THEREFROM', adv. [there and from.] From this or that. --Turn not aside therefrom to the right hand ... |
55075
|
therein |
THEREIN', adv. [there and in.] In that or this place, time or thing. Bring forth abundantly in the ... |
55076
|
thereinto |
THEREINTO', adv. [there and into.] Into that. |
55077
|
thereof |
THEREOF',adv. [there and of.] Of that or this. In the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely ... |
55078
|
thereon |
THEREON', adv. [there and on.] On that or this. Then the king said, hang him thereon. Esth.7. |
55079
|
thereout |
THEREOUT', adv. [there and out.] Out of that or this. Lev.2. |
55080
|
thereto |
THERETO' |
55081
|
thereunder |
THEREUN'DER, adv. [there and under.] Under that or this. |
55082
|
thereunto |
THEREUNTO', adv. [there and to or unto.] To that or this. Add the fifth part thereto. Lev.5. |
55083
|
thereupon |
THEREUPON', adv. [there and upon.] Upon that or this. The remnant of the house of Judah, they ... |
55084
|
therewhile |
THEREWHI'LE, adv. [there and while.] At the same time. |
55085
|
therewith |
THEREWITH', adv. [there and with.] With that or this. I have learned in whatever state I am, ... |
55086
|
therewithal |
THEREWITHAL', adv. [there and withal.]1. Over and above.2. At the same time.3. With that. [This ... |
55087
|
therf-bread |
THERF-BREAD, a. therf'bred. Unleavened bread. [Not in use.] |
55088
|
theriac |
THE'RIAC, n. [L. theriaca; Gr. treacle.] A name given by the ancients to various compositions ... |
55089
|
theriacal |
THERI'ACAL, a. Pertaining to theriac; medicinal. |
55090
|
thermal |
THER'MAL, a. [L. thermoe, warm baths; Gr. to warm.]Pertaining to heat; warm.Thermal waters, are ... |
55091
|
thermolamp |
THER'MOLAMP, n. [Gr. warm, from heat, and lamp.]An instrument for furnishing light by means of ... |
55092
|
thermometer |
THERMOM'ETER, n. [Gr. warm, from heat, and measure.] An instrument for measuring heat; founded on ... |
55093
|
thermometrical |
THERMOMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to a thermometer; as the thermometrical scale or tube.1. Made by a ... |
55094
|
thermometrically |
THERMOMET'RICALLY, adv. By means of a thermometer. |
55095
|
thermoscope |
THER'MOSCOPE, n. [Gr. heat, and to see.] An instrument showing the temperature of the air, or the ... |
55096
|
these |
THESE, pron. plu. of this. pronounced theez, and used as an adjective or substitute. These is ... |
55097
|
thesis |
THE'SIS, n. [L. thesis; Gr. a position, to set.]1. A position or proposition which a person ... |
55098
|
thetical |
THET'ICAL, a. [See Thesis.] Laid down. |
55099
|
theurgic |
THEUR'GIC |
55100
|
theurgical |
THEUR'GICAL, a. [from theurgy.] Pertaining to the power of performing supernatural things.Theugic ... |
55101
|
theurgist |
THE'URGIST, n. One who pretends to or is addicted to theurgy. |
55102
|
theurgy |
THE'URGY, n. [Gr. God, and work.] The art of doing things which it is the peculiar province of God ... |
55103
|
thew |
THEW, n. Manner; custom; habit; form of behavior. [Not in use.]1. Brawn. [Not in use.] |
55104
|
thewed |
THEW'ED, a. Accustomed; educated. [Not in use.] |
55105
|
they |
THEY, pron. plu.; objective case, them.]1. The men, the women, the animals, the things. It is ... |
55106
|
thible |
THI'BLE, n. A slice; a skimmer; a spatula. [Not in use or local.] |
55107
|
thick |
THICK, a.1. Dense; not thin; as thick vapors; a thick fog.2. Inspissated; as, the paint is too ... |
55108
|
thicken |
THICKEN, v.t. thik'n. To make thick or dense.1. To make close; to fill up interstices; as, to ... |
55109
|
thickened |
THICK'ENED, pp. Made dense, or more dense; made more close or compact; made more frequent; ... |
55110
|
thickening |
THICK'ENING, ppr. Making dense or more dense, more close, or more frequent; ... |
55111
|
thicket |
THICK'ET, n. A wood or collection of trees or shrubs closely set; as a ram caught in a thicket. ... |
55112
|
thickheaded |
THICK'HEADED, a. Having a thick skull; dull; stupid. |
55113
|
thickish |
THICK'ISH, a. Somewhat thick. |
55114
|
thickly |
THICK'LY, adv. Deeply; to great depth.1. Closely; compactly.2. In quick succession. |
55115
|
thickness |
THICK'NESS, n. The state of being thick; denseness; density; as the thickness of fog, vapor or ... |
55116
|
thickset |
THICK'SET, a. [thick and set.] Close planted; as a thickset wood.1. Having a short thick body. |
55117
|
thickskin |
THICK'SKIN, n. [thick and skin.] A coarse gross person; a blockhead. |
55118
|
thickskull |
THICK'SKULL, n. [thick and skull.] Dullness; or a dull person; a blockhead. |
55119
|
thickskulled |
THICK'SKULLED, a. Dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn. |
55120
|
thicksprung |
THICK'SPRUNG, a. [thick and sprung.] Sprung up close together. |
55121
|
thief |
THIEF, n. plu. thieves. 1. One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or ... |
55122
|
thief-catcher |
THIE'F-CATCHER, n. [thief and catch.] One who catches thieves, or whose business is to detect ... |
55123
|
thief-leader |
THIE'F-LEADER, n. [thief and lead.] One who leads or takes a thief. [Not much used.] |
55124
|
thief-taker |
THIE'F-TAKER, n. [thief and taker.] One whose business is to find and take thieves and bring them ... |
55125
|
thieve |
THIEVE, v.i. [from thief.] To steal; to practice theft. |
55126
|
thievery |
THIE'VERY, n. The practice of stealing; theft. [See Theft.] Among the Spartans, thievery was a ... |
55127
|
thievish |
THIE'VISH, a. Given to stealing; addicted to the practice of theft; as a thievish boy. Or with a ... |
55128
|
thievishly |
THIE'VISHLY, adv. In a thievish manner; by theft. |
55129
|
thievishness |
THIE'VISHNESS, n. The disposition to steal.1. The practice or habit of stealing. |
55130
|
thigh |
THIGH, n. That part of men, quadrupeds and fowls, which is between the leg and the trunk.As the ... |
55131
|
thilk |
THILK, pron. The same. |
55132
|
thill |
THILL, n. The shaft of a cart, gig or other carriage. The thills are the two pieces of timber ... |
55133
|
thill-horse |
THILL'-HORSE, n. The horse which goes between the thills or shafts, and supports them. In a team, ... |
55134
|
thiller |
THILL'ER |
55135
|
thimble |
THIM'BLE, n. [I know not the origin or primary sense of this word. Possibly it may be from ... |
55136
|
thime |
THIME. [See Thyme.] |
55137
|
thin |
THIN, a. [L. tenuis; Gr. narrow.]1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to the ... |
55138
|
thine |
THINE, pronominal adj. Thy; belonging to thee; relating to thee; being the property of thee. It was ... |
55139
|
thing |
THING, n. [The primary sense of thing is that which comes, falls or happens, like event, from L. ... |
55140
|
think |
THINK, v.i. pret. and pp. thought, pron. thaut. [L. duco.]1. To have the mind occupied on some ... |
55141
|
thinker |
THINK'ER, n. One who thinks; but chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as a close ... |
55142
|
thinking |
THINK'ING, ppr. Having ideas; supposing; judging; imagining; intending; meditating.1. a. Having ... |
55143
|
thinly |
THIN'LY, adv. [from thin.] In a loose scattered manner; not thickly; as ground thinly planted with ... |
55144
|
thinness |
THIN'NESS, n. The state of being thin; smallness of extent from one side or surface to the ... |
55145
|
third |
THIRD, a. thurd. [L. tertius.] The first after the second; the ordinal of three. The third hour ... |
55146
|
thirdborough |
THIRDBOROUGH, n. thurd'burro. [third and borough.] An under constable. |
55147
|
thirdings |
THIRD'INGS, n. The third year of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, ... |
55148
|
thirdly |
THIRD'LY, adv. In the third place. |
55149
|
thirds |
THIRDS, n. plu. The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which by law the widow is ... |
55150
|
thirl |
THIRL, v.t. thurl. To bore; to perforate. It is now written drill and thrill. [See these words, ... |
55151
|
thirlage |
THIRLAGE, n. thurl'age. In English customs, the right which the owner of a mill possesses by ... |
55152
|
thirst |
THIRST, n. thurst. [L. torreo.]1. A painful sensation of the throat or fauces, occasioned by the ... |
55153
|
thirstiness |
THIRST'INESS, n. [form thirsty.] The state of being thirsty; thirst. |
55154
|
thirsting |
THIRST'ING, ppr. Feeling pain for want of drink; having eager desire. |
55155
|
thirsty |
THIRST'Y, a. [from thirst.] Feeling a painful sensation of the throat or fauces for want of drink. ... |
55156
|
thirteen |
THIRTEEN, a. thur'teen. Ten and three; as thirteen times. |
55157
|
thirteenth |
THIRTEENTH, a. thur'teenth. [supra.] The third after the tenth; the ordinal of thirteen; as the ... |
55158
|
thirtieth |
THIRTIETH, a. thur'tieth. [from thirty.] The tenth threefold; the ordinal of thirty; as the ... |
55159
|
thirty |
THIRTY, a. thur'ty. Thrice ten; ten three times repeated; or twenty and ten. The month of June ... |
55160
|
this |
THIS, definitive adjective or substitute. plu. these.1. This is a definitive, or definitive ... |
55161
|
thistle |
THISTLE, n. this'l. The common name of numerous prickly plants of the class Syngenesia, and ... |
55162
|
thistly |
THISTLY, a. this'ly. Overgrown with thistles; as thistly ground. |
55163
|
thither |
THITH'ER, adv. To that place; opposed to hither. This city is near, O let me escape thither. ... |
55164
|
thitherward |
THITH'ERWARD, adv. [thither and ward.] Toward that place. They shall ask the way to Zion, with ... |
55165
|
tho |
THO, a contraction of though. [See Though.]1. Tho, for sax. thonne, then. [Not in use.] |
55166
|
thole |
THOLE, n.1. A pin inserted into the gunwale of a boat, to keep the oar in the row-lock,when used ... |
55167
|
thomaism |
THO'MAISM |
55168
|
thomism |
THO'MISM , n. The doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas with respect to predestination and grace. |
55169
|
thomist |
THO'MIST, n. A follower of Thomas Aquinas, in opposition to the Scotists. |
55170
|
thomsonite |
THOM'SONITE, n. [from Thomson.] A mineral of the zeolite family, occurring generally in masses of ... |
55171
|
thong |
THONG, n. A strap of leather, used for fastening any thing. And nails for loosen'd spears, and ... |
55172
|
thoracic |
THORAC'IC, a. [L. thorax, the breast.] Pertaining to the breast; as the thoracic arteries.The ... |
55173
|
thoracics |
THORAC'ICS, n. plu. In ichthyology, an order of bony fishes, respiring by means of gills only, the ... |
55174
|
thoral |
THO'RAL, a. [L. thorus, or rather torus.] Pertaining to a bed. |
55175
|
thorax |
THO'RAX, n. [L.] In anatomy, that part of the human skeleton which consists of the bones of the ... |
55176
|
thorina |
THORI'NA, n. A newly discovered earth, resembling zirconia, found in gadolinite by Berzelius. |
55177
|
thorn |
THORN, n.1. A tree or shrub armed with spines or sharp ligneous shoots; as the black thorn; white ... |
55178
|
thornless |
THORN'LESS, a. Destitute of thorns; as a thornless shrub or tree. |
55179
|
thorny |
THORN'Y, a. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; as a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny ... |
55180
|
thorny-trefoil |
THORN'Y-TREFOIL, n. A plant of the genus Fagonia. |
55181
|
thorough |
THOROUGH, a. thur'ro. 1. Literally, passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as a ... |
55182
|
thorough-base |
THOROUGH-BASE, n. thur'ro-base. [thorough and base.] In music, an accompaniment to a continued ... |
55183
|
thorough-bred |
THOROUGH-BRED, a. thur'ro-bred. [thorough and bred.] Completely taught or accomplished. |
55184
|
thorough-fare |
THOROUGH-FARE, n. thur'ro-fare. [thorough and fare.]1. A passage through; a passage from one ... |
55185
|
thorough-paced |
THOROUGH-PACED, a. thur'ro-paced. [thorough and paced.]Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; ... |
55186
|
thorough-sped |
THOROUGH-SPED, a. thur'ro-sped. [thorough and sped.]Fully accomplished; thorough-paced. |
55187
|
thorough-stitch |
THOROUGH-STITCH, adv. thur'ro-stitch. [thorough and stitch.]completely; going the whole length of ... |
55188
|
thorough-wax |
THOROUGH-WAX, n. thur'ro-wax. [thorough and wax.] A plant of the genus Bupleurum. |
55189
|
thorough-wort |
THOROUGH-WORT, n. thur'ro-wort. The popular name of a plant, the Eupatorium perfoliatum, a native ... |
55190
|
thoroughly |
THOROUGHLY, adv. thur'roly. Fully; entirely; completely; as a room thoroughly swept; a business ... |
55191
|
thorp |
THORP, [L. tribus.] The primary sense is probably a house, a habitation, from fixedness; hence a ... |
55192
|
thos |
THOS, n. An animal of the wolf kind, but larger than the common wolf. It is common Surinam. It ... |
55193
|
those |
THOSE, pron. s as z. plu. of that; as those men; those temples. When those and these are used in ... |
55194
|
thou |
THOU, pron. in the obj. thee. The second personal pronoun, in the singular number; the pronoun ... |
55195
|
though |
THOUGH, v.i. tho.1. Grant; admit; allow. "If thy brother be waxen poor--thou shalt relieve him; ... |
55196
|
thought |
THOUGHT, pret. and pp. of think; pronounced thaut.THOUGHT, a. thaut. [primarily the passive ... |
55197
|
thoughtful |
THOUGHT'FUL, a. Full of thought; contemplative; employed in meditation; as a man of thoughtful ... |
55198
|
thoughtfully |
THOUGHT'FULLY, adv. With thought or consideration; with solicitude. |
55199
|
thoughtfulness |
THOUGHT'FULNESS, n. Deep meditation.1. Serious attention to spiritual concerns.2. Anxiety; ... |
55200
|
thoughtless |
THOUGHT'LESS, a. Heedless; careless; negligent. Thoughtless of the future.1. Gay; dissipated.2. ... |
55201
|
thoughtlessly |
THOUGHT'LESSLY, adv. Without thought; carelessly; stupidly. |
55202
|
thoughtlessness |
THOUGHT'LESSNESS, n. Want of thought; heedlessness; carelessness; inattention. |
55203
|
thoughtsick |
THOUGHT'SICK, a. [thought and sick.] Uneasy with reflection. |
55204
|
thousand |
THOU'SAND, a. s as z.1. Denoting the number of ten hundred.2. Proverbially, denoting a great ... |
55205
|
thousandth |
THOU'SANDTH, a. The ordinal of thousand; as the thousandth part of a thing; also proverbially, ... |
55206
|
thowl |
THOWL. [See Thole.] |
55207
|
thrack |
THRACK, v.t. To load or burden. [Not in use.] |
55208
|
thrall |
THRALL, n.1. A slave.2. Slavery.THRALL, v.t. To enslave. [Enthrall is in use.] |
55209
|
thralldom |
THRALL'DOM, n. Slavery; bondage; a state of servitude. The Greeks lived in thralldom under the ... |
55210
|
thrapple |
THRAP'PLE, n. The windpipe of an animal. [Not an English word.] |
55211
|
thrash |
THRASH, v.t.1. To beat out grain from the husk or pericarp with a flail; as, to thrash wheat, rye ... |
55212
|
thrashed |
THRASH'ED, pp. Beaten out of the husk or off the ear.1. Freed from the grain by beating. |
55213
|
thrasher |
THRASH'ER, n. One who thrashes grain. |
55214
|
thrashing |
THRASH'ING, ppr. Beating out of the husk or off the ear; beating soundly with a stick or ... |
55215
|
thrashing-floor |
THRASH'ING-FLOOR, n. [thrash and floor.] A floor or area on which grain is beaten out. |
55216
|
thrasonical |
THRASON'ICAL, a. [from Thraso, a boaster in old comedy.]1. Boasting; given to bragging.2. ... |
55217
|
thrave |
THRAVE, n. A drove; a herd. [Not in use.]THRAVE, n. The number of two dozen. [Not in use.] |
55218
|
thread |
THREAD |
55219
|
threadbare |
THREAD'BARE |
55220
|
threadbareness |
THREAD'BARENESS |
55221
|
threaden |
THREAD'EN |
55222
|
thready |
THREAD'Y |
55223
|
threap |
THREAP, v.t. To chide, contend or argue. [Local.] |
55224
|
threat |
THREAT, n. thret. A menace; denunciation of ill; declaration of an intention or determination to ... |
55225
|
threaten |
THREATEN, v.t. thret'n.1. To declare the purpose of inflicting punishment, pain or other evil on ... |
55226
|
threatened |
THREATENED, pp. thret'nd. Menaced with evil. |
55227
|
threatener |
THREATENER, n. thret'ner. One that threatens. |
55228
|
threatening |
THREATENING, ppr. thret'ning. Menacing; denouncing evil.1. a. Indicating a threat or menace; as a ... |
55229
|
threateningly |
THREATENINGLY, adv. thret'ningly. With a threat or menace; in a threatening manner. |
55230
|
threatful |
THREATFUL, a. thret'ful. Full of threats; having a menacing appearance; minacious. |
55231
|
thred |
THRED, n.1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk or other fibrous substance, drawn out ... |
55232
|
thredbare |
THRED'BARE, a. [thread and bare.] Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; as a ... |
55233
|
thredbareness |
THRED'BARENESS, n. The state of being threadbare or trite. |
55234
|
threden |
THRED'EN, a. Made of thread; as threaden sails. [Little used.] |
55235
|
thredy |
THRED'Y, a. Like thread or filaments; slender.1. Containing thread. |
55236
|
three |
THREE, a. [L. tres.]1. Two and one. I offer thee three things. 2 Sam. 24.2. It is often used like ... |
55237
|
three-capsuled |
THREE-CAP'SULED, a. Tricapsular. |
55238
|
three-celled |
THREE-CEL'LED, a. Trilocular. |
55239
|
three-cleft |
THREE-CLEFT', a. Trifid. |
55240
|
three-cornered |
THREE'-CORNERED, a. [three and corner.]1. Having three corners or angles; as a three-cornered ... |
55241
|
three-flowered |
THREE'-FLOWERED, a. [three and flower.] Bearing three flowers together. |
55242
|
three-grained |
THREE'-GRAINED, a. Tricoccous. |
55243
|
three-leaved |
THREE'-LEAVED, a. [three and leaf.] Consisting of three distinct leaflets; as a three-leaved ... |
55244
|
three-lobed |
THREE'-LOBED, a. [three and lobe.] A three-lobed leaf, is one that is divided to the middle into ... |
55245
|
three-nerved |
THREE'-NERVED, a. [three and nerve.] A three-nerved leaf, has three distinct vessels or nerves ... |
55246
|
three-parted |
THREE'-P`ARTED, a. [three and parted.] Tripartite. A three-parted leaf, is divided into three ... |
55247
|
three-petaled |
THREE'-PETALED, a. [three and petal.] Tripetalous; consisting of three distinct petals; as a ... |
55248
|
three-pointed |
THREE'-POINTED, a. Tricuspidate. |
55249
|
three-seeded |
THREE'-SEEDED, a. [three and seed.] Containing three seeds; as a three-seeded capsule. |
55250
|
three-sided |
THREE'-SIDED, a. [three and side.] Having three plane sides; as a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, ... |
55251
|
three-valved |
THREE'-VALVED, a. [three and valve.] Trivalvular; consisting of three valves; opening with three ... |
55252
|
threefold |
THREE'FOLD, a. [three and fold.] Three-double; consisting of three; or thrice repeated, as ... |
55253
|
threescore |
THREE'SCORE, a. [three and score.] Thrice twenty; sixty; as threescore years. |
55254
|
threne |
THRENE, n. [Gr.] Lamentation. [Not used.] |
55255
|
threnody |
THREN'ODY, n. [Gr. lamentation, and ode.] A song of lamentation. |
55256
|
thresh |
THRESH, v.t. To thrash. [See Thrash.] The latter is the popular pronunciation, but the word is ... |
55257
|
thresher |
THRESH'ER, n. The sea fox. |
55258
|
threshhold |
THRESH'HOLD, n.1. The door-sill; the plank, stone or piece of timber which lies at the bottom or ... |
55259
|
threw |
THREW, pret. of throw. |
55260
|
thrice |
THRICE, adv. [from three; perhaps three, and L. vice.]1. Three times. Before the cock crow, thou ... |
55261
|
thrid |
THRID, v.t. To slide through a narrow passage; to slip, shoot or run through, as a needle, bodkin, ... |
55262
|
thridded |
THRID'DED, pp. Slid through. |
55263
|
thridding |
THRID'DING, ppr. Sliding through; causing to pass through. |
55264
|
thrift |
THRIFT, n. [from thrive.] Frugality; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property. ... |
55265
|
thriftily |
THRIFT'ILY, adv. Frugally; with parsimony.1. With increase of worldly goods. |
55266
|
thriftiness |
THRIFT'INESS, n. Frugality; good husbandry; as thriftiness to save; thriftiness in preserving ... |
55267
|
thriftless |
THRIFT'LESS, a. Having no frugality or good management; profuse; extravagant; not thriving. |
55268
|
thrifty |
THRIFT'Y, a. Frugal; sparing; using economy and good management of property. I am glad he has so ... |
55269
|
thrill |
THRILL, n. [See the Verb.] A drill.1. A warbling. [See Trill.]2. A breathing place or ... |
55270
|
thrilled |
THRILL'ED, pp. Penetrated; pierced. |
55271
|
thrilling |
THRILL'ING, ppr. Perforating; drilling.1. Piercing; penetrating; having the quality of ... |
55272
|
thring |
THRING, v.t. To press, crowd or throng. [Not used.] |
55273
|
thrissa |
THRIS'SA, n. A fish of the herring kind. |
55274
|
thrive |
THRIVE, v.i.1. To prosper by industry, economy and good management of property; to increase in ... |
55275
|
thriver |
THRI'VER, n. One that prospers in the acquisition of property. |
55276
|
thriving |
THRI'VING, ppr. Prospering in worldly goods.1. a. Being prosperous or successful; advancing in ... |
55277
|
thrivingly |
THRI'VINGLY, adv. In a prosperous way. |
55278
|
thrivingness |
THRI'VINGNESS |
55279
|
thro |
THRO, a contraction of through, not now used. |
55280
|
throat |
THROAT, n.1. The anterior part of the neck of an animal, in which are the gullet and windpipe, or ... |
55281
|
throat-pipe |
THROAT-PIPE, n. [throat and pipe.] The windpipe or weasand. |
55282
|
throat-wort |
THROAT-WORT, n. [throat and wort.] A plant of the genus Campanula, a perennial weed common in ... |
55283
|
throaty |
THROATY, a. Guttural. |
55284
|
throb |
THROB, v.i. [perhaps allied to drive and to drub; at least its elements and signification ... |
55285
|
throbbing |
THROB'BING, ppr. Beating with unusual force, as the heart and pulse; palpitating.THROB'BING, n. ... |
55286
|
throdden |
THROD'DEN, v.i. To grow; to thrive. [Not in use or local.] |
55287
|
throe |
THROE, n. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony. It is particularly applied to the anguish ... |
55288
|
throne |
THRONE, n. [L. thronus.]1. A royal seat; a chair of state. The throne is sometimes an elegant ... |
55289
|
throned |
THRO'NED, pp. Placed on a royal seat, or on an elevated seat; exalted. |
55290
|
throng |
THRONG, n.1. A crowd; a multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close ... |
55291
|
thronged |
THRONG'ED, pp. Crowded or pressed by a multitude of persons. |
55292
|
thronging |
THRONG'ING, ppr. Crowding together; pressing with a multitude of persons.THRONG'ING, n. The act ... |
55293
|
throngly |
THRONG'LY, adv. In crowds. [Not in use.] |
55294
|
thropple |
THROP'PLE, n. The windpipe of a horse. [Local.] |
55295
|
throstle |
THROSTLE, n. thros'l. A bird of the genus Turdus, the song-thrush. |
55296
|
throstling |
THROS'TLING, n. A disease of cattle of the ox kind, occasioned by a swelling under their throats, ... |
55297
|
throttle |
THROT'TLE, n. [from throat.] The windpipe or larynx.THROT'TLE, v.i. To choke; to suffocate; or to ... |
55298
|
through |
THROUGH, prep. thru.1. From end to end, or from side to side; from one surface or limit to the ... |
55299
|
through-bred |
THROUGH-BRED, should be thorough-bred. |
55300
|
through-lighted |
THROUGH-LIGHTED, should be thorough-lighted. [Not used.] |
55301
|
through-paced |
THROUGH-PACED. [Not used.] [See Thorough-paced.] |
55302
|
throughly |
THROUGHLY, adv. thru'ly. Completely; fully; wholly.1. Without reserve; sincerely.[For this, ... |
55303
|
throughout |
THROUGHOUT, prep. thruout'. [through and out.] Quite through; in every part; from one extremity to ... |
55304
|
throve |
THROVE, old pret. of thrive. |
55305
|
throw |
THROW, v.t. pret. threw; pp. thrown. [Gr. to run; L. trochilus.]1. Properly, to hurl; to whirl; to ... |
55306
|
thrower |
THROWER, n. One that throws; one that twists or winds silk; a throwster. |
55307
|
thrown |
THROWN, pp. of throw. Cast; hurled; wound or twisted. |
55308
|
throwster |
THROWSTER, n. One that twists or winds silk. |
55309
|
thrum |
THRUM, n. [Gr. a fragment; to break.] The ends of weaver's threads.1. Any coarse yarn.2. ... |
55310
|
thrush |
THRUSH, n.1. A bird, a species of Turdus, the largest of the genus; the Turdus viscivorus or ... |
55311
|
thrust |
THRUST, v.t. pret. and pp. thrust. [L. trudo, trusum, trusito.]1. To push or drive with force; as, ... |
55312
|
thruster |
THRUST'ER, n. One who thrusts or stabs. |
55313
|
thrusting |
THRUST'ING, ppr. Pushing with force; driving; impelling; pressing.THRUST'ING, n. The act of ... |
55314
|
thrusting-screw |
THRUST'ING-SCREW, n. A screw for pressing curd in cheese-making. [Local.] |
55315
|
thrustings |
THRUST'INGS, n. In cheese-making, the white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by ... |
55316
|
thrustle |
THRUS'TLE, n. The thrust. [See Throstle.] |
55317
|
thry-fallow |
THRY-FAL'LOW, v.t. [thrice and fallow.] To give the third plowing in summer. |
55318
|
thulite |
THU'LITE, n. A rare mineral of a peach blossom color, found in Norway. |
55319
|
thum |
THUM, n. The short thick finger of the human hand, or the corresponding member of other animals. ... |
55320
|
thumb |
THUMB |
55321
|
thumbed |
THUMB'ED |
55322
|
thumerstone |
THUM'ERSTONE, n. A mineral so called from Thus, in Saxony, where it was found. It is called also ... |
55323
|
thummed |
THUM'MED, a. Having thumbs. |
55324
|
thummim |
THUM'MIM, n. plu. A Hebrew word denoting perfections. The Urim and Thummim were worn in the ... |
55325
|
thump |
THUMP, n. A heavy blow given with any thing that is thick, as with a club or the fist, or with a ... |
55326
|
thumper |
THUMP'ER, n. The person or thing that thumps. |
55327
|
thumping |
THUMP'ING, ppr. Striking or beating with something thick or blunt.1. a. Heavy.2. Vulgarly, ... |
55328
|
thunder |
THUN'DER, n. [L. tonitru, from tono, to sound.]1. The sound which follows an explosion of ... |
55329
|
thunder-clap |
THUN'DER-CLAP, n. [thunder and clap.] A burst of thunder; sudden report of an explosion of ... |
55330
|
thunder-cloud |
THUN'DER-CLOUD, n. [thunder and cloud.] A cloud that produces lightning and thunder. |
55331
|
thunder-horse |
THUN'DER-HORSE, n. An instrument for illustrating the manner in which buildings receive damage by ... |
55332
|
thunder-shower |
THUN'DER-SHOWER, n. [thunder and shower.] A shower accompanied with thunder. |
55333
|
thunder-stone |
THUN'DER-STONE, n. A stone, otherwise called brontia. |
55334
|
thunder-storm |
THUN'DER-STORM, n. [thunder and storm.] A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder. Thunder ... |
55335
|
thunder-struck |
THUN'DER-STRUCK, pp. or a. Astonished; amazed; struck dumb by something surprising or terrible ... |
55336
|
thunderbolt |
THUN'DERBOLT, n. [thunder and bolt.]1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of the electrical ... |
55337
|
thunderer |
THUN'DERER, n. He that thunders. |
55338
|
thundering |
THUN'DERING, ppr. Making the noise of an electrical explosion; uttering a loud sound; fulminating ... |
55339
|
thundrous |
THUN'DROUS, a. Producing thunder. How he before the thunderous throne doth lie. [Little used.] |
55340
|
thurible |
THU'RIBLE, n. [L. thuribulum, from thus, thuris, frankincense.]A censer; a pan for incense. [Not ... |
55341
|
thuriferous |
THURIF'EROUS, a. [L. thurifer; thus and fero, to bear.]Producing or bearing frankincense. |
55342
|
thurification |
THURIFICA'TION, n. [L. thus, thuris, and facio, to make.]The act of fuming with incense; or the act ... |
55343
|
thursday |
THURSDAY, n. [The god of thunder, answering to the Jove of the Greeks and Romans, L. dies Jovis.] ... |
55344
|
thus |
THUS, adv. In this or that manner; on this wise; as, thus saith the Lord; the Pharisee prayed ... |
55345
|
thwack |
THWACK, v.t. To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang; to beat or thrash.THWACK, n. A heavy ... |
55346
|
thwacking |
THWACK'ING, ppr. Striking with a heavy blow. |
55347
|
thwaite |
THWAITE, n. A fish, a variety of the shad.1. A plain parcel of ground, cleared of wood and stumps, ... |
55348
|
thwart |
THWART, a. thwort. [L. verto, versus.] Transverse; being across something else. Mov'd contrary ... |
55349
|
thwarted |
THWART'ED, pp. Crossed; opposed; frustrated. |
55350
|
thwarter |
THWART'ER, n. A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling or convulsive motions. |
55351
|
thwarting |
THWART'ING, ppr. Crossing; contravening; defeating.THWART'ING, n. The act of crossing or ... |
55352
|
thwartingly |
THWART'INGLY, adv. In a cross direction; in opposition. |
55353
|
thwartness |
THWART'NESS, n. Untowardness; perverseness. |
55354
|
thwartships |
THWART'SHIPS, adv. Across the ship. |
55355
|
thwite |
THWITE, v.t. To cut or clip with a knife. [Local.] |
55356
|
thwittle |
THWIT'TLE, v.t. To whittle. [See Whittle.] |
55357
|
thy |
THY, a. [contracted from thine, or from some other derivative of thou. It is probable that the ... |
55358
|
thyite |
THY'ITE, n. The name of a species of indurated clay, of the morochthus kind, of a smooth regular ... |
55359
|
thyme |
THYME, n. usually pronounced improperly time. [L. thymus.]A plant of the genus Thymus. The garden ... |
55360
|
thymy |
THY'MY, a. Abounding with thyme; fragrant. |
55361
|
thyroid |
THY'ROID, a. [Gr. a shield,and form.] Resembling a shield; applied to one of the cartilages of the ... |
55362
|
thyrse |
THYRSE, n. [L. thyrsus.] In botany, a species of inflorescence; a panicle contracted into an ovate ... |
55363
|
thyself |
THYSELF', pron. [thy and self.] A pronoun used after thou, to express distinction with emphasis. ... |
55364
|
tiar |
TI'AR |
55365
|
tiara |
TIA'RA, n. [L. tiara.]1. An ornament or article of dress with which the ancient Persians covered ... |
55366
|
tibial |
TIB'IAL, a. [L. tibia, a flute, and the large bone of the leg.]1. Pertaining to the large bone of ... |
55367
|
tiburo |
TIB'URO, n. A fish of the shark kind. |
55368
|
tical |
OP'TIC,'TICAL, a. [Gr. from to see, the eye.]1. Relating or pertaining to vision or sight.2. ... |
55369
|
tice |
TICE, for entice. [Not in use.] |
55370
|
tick |
TICK, n. Credit; trust; as, to buy upon tick.TICK, n. A little animal of a livid color and ... |
55371
|
tick-seed |
TICK-SEED, n. A plant of the genus Coreopsis, and another of the genus Corispernum. |
55372
|
tickbean |
TICK'BEAN, n. A small bean employed in feeding horses and other animals. |
55373
|
ticken |
TICK'EN, n. Cloth for bed-ticks or cases for beds. |
55374
|
ticket |
TICK'ET, n.1. A piece of paper or a card, which gives the holder a right of admission to some ... |
55375
|
tickle |
TICK'LE, v.t. [L. titillo, corrupted.]1. To touch lightly and cause a peculiar thrilling ... |
55376
|
tickleness |
TICK'LENESS, n. Unsteadiness. [Not in use.] |
55377
|
tickler |
TICK'LER, n. One that tickles or pleases. |
55378
|
tickling |
TICK'LING, ppr. Affecting with titillation.TICK'LING, n. The act of affecting with titillation. |
55379
|
ticklish |
TICK'LISH, a. Sensible to slight touches, easily tickled. The bottom of the foot is very ... |
55380
|
ticklishness |
TICK'LISHNESS, n. The state or quality of being ticklish or very sensible.1. The state of being ... |
55381
|
ticktack |
TICK'TACK, n. A game at tables. |
55382
|
tid |
TID, a. Tender; soft; nice. |
55383
|
tidbit |
TID'BIT, n. [tid and bit.] A delicate or tender piece. |
55384
|
tidder |
TID'DER, v.t. To use with tenderness; to fondle. |
55385
|
tiddle |
TID'DLE |
55386
|
tide |
TIDE, n.1. Time; season. Which, at the appointed tide, Each one did make his bride.[This sense is ... |
55387
|
tide-gate |
TI'DE-GATE, n. A gate through which water passes into a basin when the tide flows, and which is ... |
55388
|
tide-mill |
TI'DE-MILL, n. [tide and mill.] A mill that is moved by tide water; also, a mill for clearing ... |
55389
|
tide-waiter |
TI'DE-WAITER, n. [tide and waiter.] An officer who watches the landing of goods, to secure the ... |
55390
|
tide-way |
TI'DE-WAY, n. [tide and way.] The channel in which the tide sets. |
55391
|
tides-man |
TI'DES-MAN, n. An officer who remains on board of a merchant's ship till the goods are landed, to ... |
55392
|
tidily |
TI'DILY, adv. [from tidy.] Neatly; with neat simplicity; as a female tidily dressed. |
55393
|
tidiness |
TI'DINESS, n. Neatness without richness or elegance; neat simplicity; as the tidiness of dress.1. ... |
55394
|
tidings |
TI'DINGS, n. plu. News; advice; information; intelligence; account of what has taken place, and ... |
55395
|
tidy |
TI'DY, a. [from tide, time, season.]1. In its primary sense, seasonable; favorable; being in ... |
55396
|
tie |
TIE |
55397
|
tied |
TIED |
55398
|
tier |
TIER, n. A row; a rank; particularly when two or more rows are placed one above another; as a tier ... |
55399
|
tierce |
TIERCE, n. ters. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe, that is, forty gallons; or it may be ... |
55400
|
tiercel |
TIERCEL |
55401
|
tiercelet |
TIERCELET, n. In falconry, a name given to the male hawk, as being a third part less than the ... |
55402
|
tiercet |
TIERCET, n. ter'cet. [from tierce.] In poetry, a triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming. |
55403
|
tiff |
TIFF, n. Liquor; or rather a small draught of liquor. [Vulgar.]1. A pet or fit of peevishness.[I ... |
55404
|
tiffany |
TIF'FANY, n. [According to the Italian and Spanish Dictionaries, this word is to be referred to ... |
55405
|
tifore |
TIFO'RE, prep. or adv. Before; formerly. |
55406
|
tig |
TIG, n. A play. [See Tag.] |
55407
|
tige |
TIGE, n. The shaft of a column from the astragal to the capital. |
55408
|
tiger |
TI'GER, n. [L. tigris.] A fierce and rapacious animal of the genus Felis, one of the largest and ... |
55409
|
tiger-footed |
TI'GER-FOOTED, a. Hastening to devour; furious. |
55410
|
tiger-shell |
TI'GER-SHELL, n. [tiger and shell.] A name given to the red voluta, with large white spots. In ... |
55411
|
tigerish |
TI'GERISH, a. Like a tiger. |
55412
|
tigers-foot |
TI'GER'S-FOOT, n. A plant of the genus Ipomoea. |
55413
|
tigh |
TIGH, n. In Kent, a close or inclosure. |
55414
|
tight |
TIGHT, a. [L. taceo; that is, close, closely compressed.]1. Close; compact; not loose or open; ... |
55415
|
tighten |
TIGHTEN, v.t. ti'tn. To draw tighter; to straiten; to make close in any manner. |
55416
|
tighter |
TIGHTER, n. A ribin or string used to draw clothes closer. [Not used.]1. More tight. |
55417
|
tightly |
TIGHTLY, adv. Closely; compactly.1. Neatly; adroitly. |
55418
|
tightness |
TIGHTNESS, n. Closeness of joints; compactness; straitness.1. Neatness, as in dress.2. ... |
55419
|
tigress |
TI'GRESS, n. [from tiger.] The female of the tiger. |
55420
|
tike |
TIKE, n. A tick. [See Tick.]TIKE, n.1. A countryman or clown.2. A dog. |
55421
|
tile |
TILE, n. [L. tegula; tego, to cover; Eng. to deck.]1. A plate or piece of baked clay, used for ... |
55422
|
tile-earth |
TILE-EARTH, n. A species of strong clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Local.] |
55423
|
tile-ore |
TILE-ORE, n. A subspecies of octahedral red copper ore. |
55424
|
tiled |
TI'LED, pp. Covered with tiles. |
55425
|
tiler |
TI'LER, n. A man whose occupation is to cover buildings with tiles. |
55426
|
tiling |
TI'LING, ppr. Covering with tiles.TI'LING, n. A roof covered with tiles. Luke 5.1. Tiles in ... |
55427
|
till |
TILL, n. A vetch; a tare. [Local.]TILL |
55428
|
tillable |
TILL'ABLE, a. Capable of being tilled; arable; fit for the plow. |
55429
|
tillage |
TILL'AGE, n. The operation, practice or art of preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground ... |
55430
|
tilled |
TILL'ED, pp. Cultivated; prepared for seed and kept clean. |
55431
|
tiller |
TILL'ER, n. A money box in a shop; a drawer. |
55432
|
tiller-rope |
TILL'ER-ROPE, n. The rope which forms a communication between the fore end of the tiller and the ... |
55433
|
tillering |
TILL'ERING, ppr. Sending out new shoots round the bottom of the original stem. |
55434
|
tilling |
TILL'ING, ppr. Cultivating.TILL'ING, n. The operation of cultivating land; culture. |
55435
|
tillman |
TILL'MAN, n. A man who tills the earth; a husbandman. |
55436
|
tilly-fally |
TILL'Y-FALLY |
55437
|
tilly-vally |
TILL'Y-VALLY, adv. or a. A word formerly used when any thing said was rejected as trifling or ... |
55438
|
tilt |
TILT, n.1. A tent; a covering over head.2. The cloth covering of a cart or wagon.3. The cover of ... |
55439
|
tilt-hammer |
TILT'-HAMMER, n. [tilt and hammer.] A heavy hammer used in iron works, which is lifted by a wheel. |
55440
|
tilted |
TILT'ED, pp. Inclined; made to stoop; covered with cloth or awning.1. Hammered; prepared by ... |
55441
|
tilter |
TILT'ER, n. One who tilts; one who uses the exercise of pushing a lance on horseback; one who ... |
55442
|
tilth |
TILTH, n. That which is tilled; tillage ground. [Not in use.]1. The state of being tilled or ... |
55443
|
tilting |
TILT'ING, ppr. Inclining; causing to stoop or lean; using the game of thrusting with the lance on ... |
55444
|
timbal |
TIM'BAL, n. A kettle drum. |
55445
|
timber |
TIM'BER, n. [L. domus, a house; Gr. the body.]1. That sort of wood which is proper for building or ... |
55446
|
timber-head |
TIM'BER-HEAD, n. [timber and head.] In ships, the top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, ... |
55447
|
timber-sow |
TIM'BER-SOW, n. A worm in wood. |
55448
|
timber-tree |
TIM'BER-TREE, n. [timber and tree.] A tree suitable for timber. |
55449
|
timber-work |
TIM'BER-WORK, n. [timber and work.] Work formed of wood. |
55450
|
timber-yard |
TIM'BER-Y`ARD, n. [timber and yard.] A yard or place where timber is deposited. |
55451
|
timbered |
TIM'BERED, pp. or a. Furnished with timber; as a well timbered house. In the United States, we ... |
55452
|
timbering |
TIM'BERING, ppr. Furnishing with timber. |
55453
|
timbre |
TIM'BRE,n. A crest on a coat of arms. It ought to be written timber. |
55454
|
timbrel |
TIM'BREL, n. [L. tympanum.] An instrument of music; a kind of drum, tabor or tabret,which has been ... |
55455
|
timbreled |
TIM'BRELED, a. Sung to the sound of the timbrel. |
55456
|
time |
TIME, n. [L.tempus; tempora, the falls of the head, also tempest, &c. See Tempest. Time is ... |
55457
|
time-keeper |
TI'ME-KEEPER, n. [time and keeper.] A clock, watch or other chronometer. |
55458
|
time-piece |
TI'ME-PIECE, n. [time and piece.] A clock, watch or other instrument to measure or show the ... |
55459
|
time-pleaser |
TI'ME-PLEASER, n. s as z. [time and please.] One who complies with the prevailing opinions, ... |
55460
|
time-server |
TI'ME-SERVER, n. [time and serve.] One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who ... |
55461
|
time-serving |
TI'ME-SERVING, a. Obsequiously complying with the humors of men in power.TI'ME-SERVING, n. An ... |
55462
|
time-worn |
TI'ME-WORN, a. Impaired by time. |
55463
|
timed |
TI'MED, pp. Adapted to the season or occasion. |
55464
|
timeful |
TI'MEFUL, a. Seasonable; timely; sufficiently early. [Not much used.] |
55465
|
timeist |
TI'MEIST, n. In music, a performer who keeps good time. |
55466
|
timeless |
TI'MELESS, a. Unseasonable; done at an improper time. Nor fits it to prolong the heav'nly feast ... |
55467
|
timelessly |
TI'MELESSLY, adv. Unseasonably. |
55468
|
timeliness |
TI'MELINESS, n. [from timely.] Seasonableness; a being in good time. |
55469
|
timely |
TI'MELY, a. Seasonable; being in good time; sufficiently early. The defendant had timely notice of ... |
55470
|
timid |
TIM'ID, a. [L. timidus, from timeo, to fear.] Fearful; wanting courage to meet danger; timorous; ... |
55471
|
timidity |
TIMID'ITY, n. [L. timiditas.] Fearfulness; want of courage or boldness to face danger; ... |
55472
|
timidly |
TIM'IDLY, adv. In a timid manner; weakly; without courage. |
55473
|
timidness |
TIM'IDNESS, n. Timidity. |
55474
|
timocracy |
TIMOC'RACY, n. [Gr. honor, worth, and to hold.] Government by men of property, who are possessed ... |
55475
|
timoneer |
TIMONEE'R, n. [L. temo.] A helmsman. |
55476
|
timorous |
TIM'OROUS, a. [L. timor. See Timid.]1. Fearful of danger; timid; destitute of courage; as a ... |
55477
|
timorously |
TIM'OROUSLY, adv. Fearfully; timidly; without boldness; with much fear. Let dastard souls be ... |
55478
|
timorousness |
TIM'OROUSNESS, n. Fearfulness; timidity; want of courage. |
55479
|
timous |
TIMOUS, a. [from time.] Early; timely. [Not in use.] |
55480
|
timously |
TIMOUSLY, adv. In good season. [Not in use.] |
55481
|
tin |
TIN, n. [L. stannum; stagnum.]1. A white metal, with a slight tinge of yellow. It is soft, ... |
55482
|
tinct |
TINCT,v.t. [L. tingo,tinctus.] To stain or color; to imbue.TINCT, n. Stain; color. [Obsolete. ... |
55483
|
tincture |
TINC'TURE, n. [L. tinctura.]1. The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a ... |
55484
|
tinctured |
TINC'TURED, pp. Tinged; slightly impregnated with something foreign. |
55485
|
tincturing |
TINC'TURING, ppr. Tinging; imbuing; impregnating with a foreign substance. |
55486
|
tind |
TIND, v.t. [Eng. tine; tinder.] To kindle. Obs. But hence, |
55487
|
tinder |
TIND'ER, n. Something very inflammable used for kindling fire from a spark; as scorched linen. |
55488
|
tinder-box |
TIND'ER-BOX, n. [tinder and box.] A box in which tinder is kept. |
55489
|
tinderlike |
TIND'ERLIKE, a. [tinder and like.] Like tinder; very inflammable. |
55490
|
tine |
TINE, v.t. To kindle, to set on fire. [See Tind.]TINE, v.t. [L. teneo.] To shut or inclose; to ... |
55491
|
tineman |
TI'NEMAN, n. Anciently an officer of the forest in England, who had the nocturnal care of vert and ... |
55492
|
tinet |
TI'NET, n. [tine, to shut, supra.] In old writers, brushwood and thorns for making and repairing ... |
55493
|
tinfoil |
TINFOIL, n. [tin and L. folium, a leaf.] Tin reduced to a thin leaf. |
55494
|
ting |
TING, n. A sharp sound. [Not in use. Children use ding, dong. See Tingle.]TING, v.i. To sound ... |
55495
|
tinge |
TINGE, v.t. [L. tingo; Eng. to dye.] To imbue or impregnate with something foreign; to ... |
55496
|
tinged |
TING'ED, pp. Imbued or impregnated with a small portion of something foreign. |
55497
|
tingent |
TING'ENT, a. Having the power to tinge. As for the white part, it appeared much less enriched with ... |
55498
|
tinging |
TING'ING, ppr. Imbuing or impregnating with something foreign. |
55499
|
tingle |
TIN'GLE, v.i. [L. tinnio.]1. To feel a kind of thrilling sound. At which both the ears of every ... |
55500
|
tingling |
TING'LING, ppr. Having a thrilling sensation.TING'LING, n. A thrilling sensation. |
55501
|
tink |
TINK, v.i. To make a sharp shrill noise; to tinkle. [The latter is generally used.] |
55502
|
tinkal |
TINK'AL, n. Borax in its crude state or unrefined. It consists of small crystals of a yellowish ... |
55503
|
tinker |
TINK'ER, n. A mender of brass kettles,pans and the like. |
55504
|
tinkerly |
TINK'ERLY, adv. In the manner of a tinker. |
55505
|
tinkle |
TINK'LE, v.i.1. To make small quick sharp sounds, as by striking on metal; to clink. --And have ... |
55506
|
tinkling |
TINK'LING, ppr. Making a small quick sharp noise.TINK'LING, n. A small quick sharp sound. Making ... |
55507
|
tinman |
TIN'MAN, n. [tin and man.] A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tin ware. |
55508
|
tinned |
TIN'NED, pp. Covered with tin. |
55509
|
tinner |
TIN'NER, n. [from tin.] One who works in the tin mines. |
55510
|
tinning |
TIN'NING, ppr. [from tin.] Covering with tin or tinfoil.TIN'NING, n. The act, art or practice of ... |
55511
|
tinny |
TIN'NY, a. Abounding with tin. |
55512
|
tinpenny |
TIN'PENNY, n. [tin and penny.] A customary duty in England, formerly paid to tithingmen. |
55513
|
tinsel |
TIN'SEL, n. Something very shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having ... |
55514
|
tinseled |
TIN'SELED, pp. Decorated with gaudy ornaments. |
55515
|
tinseling |
TIN'SELING, ppr. Adorning with tinsel or superficial luster. |
55516
|
tint |
TINT, n. [L. tinctus, tingo. See Tinge.] A dye; a color, or rather a slight coloring or tincture ... |
55517
|
tiny |
TIN'Y, a. [from the root of thin, which see.] Very small; little; puny. [A word used by children, ... |
55518
|
tip |
TIP, n.1. The end; the point or extremity of any thing small; as the tip of the finger; the tip of ... |
55519
|
tipped |
TIP'PED |
55520
|
tippet |
TIP'PET, n. A narrow garment or covering for the neck, worn by females. It is now made of fur, ... |
55521
|
tipping |
TIP'PING, ppr. Covering the end or tip. |
55522
|
tipple |
TIP'PLE, v.i. To drink spiritus or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and ... |
55523
|
tippled |
TIP'PLED, pp. Drank in excess.1. a. Intoxicated; inebriated. |
55524
|
tippler |
TIP'PLER, n. One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spiritus liquors; a drunkard; a ... |
55525
|
tippling |
TIP'PLING, ppr. Indulging in the habitual use of strong or spiritus liquors.TIP'PLING, n. The ... |
55526
|
tippling-house |
TIP'PLING-HOUSE, n. [tipple and house.] A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small ... |
55527
|
tipsy |
TIP'SY, a. [from tipple.] Fuddled; overpowered with strong drink; intoxicated. |
55528
|
tipt |
TIPT, pp. Having the end covered. |
55529
|
tiptoe |
TIP'TOE, n. [tip and tow.] The end of the toe. Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by.To be or to ... |
55530
|
tirade |
TIRA'DE, n.1. Formerly in French music, the filling of an interval by the intermediate diatonic ... |
55531
|
tire |
TIRE, n. [Heb. tur, a row or series.]1. A tier; a row or rank. This is the same word as tier, ... |
55532
|
tired |
TI'RED, pp. Wearied; fatigued. |
55533
|
tiredness |
TI'REDNESS, n. The state of being wearied; weariness. |
55534
|
tiresome |
TI'RESOME, a. Wearisome; fatiguing; exhausting the strength; as a tiresome day's work; a tiresome ... |
55535
|
tiresomeness |
TI'RESOMENESS, n. The act or quality of tiring or exhausting strength or patience; wearisomeness; ... |
55536
|
tirewoman |
TI'REWOMAN, n. [tire and woman.] A woman whose occupation is to make head dresses. |
55537
|
tiring |
TI'RING, ppr. Wearying; fatiguing; exhausting strength or patience. |
55538
|
tiring-house |
TI'RING-HOUSE |
55539
|
tiring-room |
TI'RING-ROOM, n. The room or place where players dress for the stage. |
55540
|
tirwit |
TIR'WIT, n. A bird. [L. vanellus.]N.B. The lapwing is called teewit in Scotland, (Ed Encyc.) and ... |
55541
|
tis |
'TIS, a contraction of it is. |
55542
|
tisic |
TIS'IC |
55543
|
tisical |
TIS'ICAL, a. s as z. [for phthisic, phthisical.] Consumptive. |
55544
|
tisri |
TIS'RI, n. The first Hebrew month of the civil year, and the seventh of the ecclesiastical; ... |
55545
|
tissue |
TISSUE, n. tish'u.1. Cloth interwoven with gold or silver, or with figured colors. A robe of ... |
55546
|
tissued |
TIS'SUED, pp. Interwoven; formed with variegated work. |
55547
|
tissuing |
TIS'SUING, ppr. Interweaving; forming with variegated work. |
55548
|
tit |
TIT, n. The projecting part of the female breast; the dug of a beast; the pap of a woman; the ... |
55549
|
titan |
TI'TAN |
55550
|
titanian |
TITA'NIAN |
55551
|
titaniferous |
TITANIF'EROUS, a. [titan or titanium, and L. fero.] Producing titanium; as titaniferous pyrites. |
55552
|
titanite |
TI'TANITE, n. An ore or oxyd of titanium, commonly of a reddish brown color,when it is opake; it ... |
55553
|
titanitic |
TITANIT'IC, a. Pertaining to titanium. |
55554
|
titanium |
TITA'NIUM, n. In mineralogy, a metal of modern discovery, and of a dark copper color, first found ... |
55555
|
titbit |
TIT'BIT, n. A tender piece. [See Tidbit.] |
55556
|
tithable |
TI'THABLE, a. Subject to the payment of tithes. |
55557
|
tithe |
TITHE, n. The tenth part of any thing; but appropriately, the tenth part of the increase annually ... |
55558
|
tithe-free |
TI'THE-FREE, a. Exempt from the payment of tithes. |
55559
|
tithe-paying |
TI'THE-PAYING, a. Paying tithes; subjected to pay tithes. |
55560
|
tithed |
TI'THED, pp. Taxed a tenth. |
55561
|
tither |
TI'THER, n. One who collects tithes. |
55562
|
tithing |
TI'THING, ppr. Levying a tax on, to the amount of a tenth.TI'THING, n. A decennary; a number or ... |
55563
|
tithingman |
TI'THINGMAN, n. [tithing and man.]1. The chief man of a tithing; a headborrough; one elected to ... |
55564
|
tithymal |
TITH'YMAL, n. [Gr. the breast.] A plant, milk thistle, of the genus Euphorbia. |
55565
|
titillate |
TIT'ILLATE, v.i. [L. titillo.] To tickle. The pungent grains of titillating dust. |
55566
|
titillating |
TIT'ILLATING, ppr. Tickling. |
55567
|
titillation |
TITILLA'TION, n. [L. titillatio.]1. The act of tickling; or the state of being tickled.2. Any ... |
55568
|
titlark |
TIT'L`ARK, n. [tit and lark.] A small bird, a species of Alauda or lark. |
55569
|
title |
TI'TLE, n. [L. titulus. This may belong to the family of Gr. to set or put.]1. An inscription put ... |
55570
|
title-page |
TI'TLE-PAGE, n. [title and page.] The page of a book which contains its title. |
55571
|
titled |
TI'TLED, pp. Called; named.1. a. Having a title. |
55572
|
titleless |
TI'TLELESS, a. Not having a title or name. [Not in use.] |
55573
|
titling |
TI'TLING, ppr. Calling; denominating; entitling. |
55574
|
titmouse |
TIT'MOUSE, n. [tit, small, and mouse.] A small bird of the genus Parus. |
55575
|
titter |
TIT'TER, v.i. To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with ... |
55576
|
tittle |
TIT'TLE, n. [from tit, small.] A small particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota. |
55577
|
tittle-tattle |
TIT'TLE-TATTLE, n. [tattle, doubled.]1. Idle trifling talk; empty prattle.2. An idle trifling ... |
55578
|
titubation |
TITUBA'TION, n. [L. titubo, to stumble.] The act of stumbling. |
55579
|
titular |
TIT'ULAR, a. [L. titulus.]1. Existing in title or name only; nominal; having or conferring the ... |
55580
|
titularity |
TITULAR'ITY, n. The state of being titular. |
55581
|
titularly |
TIT'ULARLY, adv. Nominally; by title only. |
55582
|
titulary |
TIT'ULARY, n. A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, ... |
55583
|
tiver |
TIV'ER, n. A kind of ocher which is used in marking sheep in some parts of England. ... |
55584
|
tivering |
TIV'ERING, ppr. Marking with tiver. [Local.]TIV'ERING, n. The act or practice of marking with ... |
55585
|
tivy |
TIV'Y, adv. [See Tantivy.] With great speed; a huntsman's word or sound. |
55586
|
to |
TO, prep.1. Noting motion towards a place; opposed to from, or placed after another word ... |
55587
|
to-morrow |
TO-MOR'ROW, n. [to and morrow.] The day after the present. One to-day is worth two to-morrows. |
55588
|
to-night |
TO-NIGHT, n. [to and night.] The present night, or the night after the present day. |
55589
|
toad |
TOAD, n. A paddoc, an animal of the genus Rana, the Rana Bufo of Linne; a small clumsy animal, the ... |
55590
|
toad-flax |
TOAD-FLAX, n. [toad and flax.] A plant of the genus Antirrhinum; snap-dragon; calves'snout. |
55591
|
toad-stone |
TOAD-STONE, n. [toad and stone.] In mineralogy, a sort of trap rock, of a brownish gray color. ... |
55592
|
toad-stool |
TOAD-STOOL, n. [toad and stoll.] A sort of fungous plant that grows in moist and rich grounds like ... |
55593
|
toadeater |
TOAD'EATER, n. A vulgar name given to a fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant. |
55594
|
toadfish |
TOAD'FISH, n. [toad and fish.] A fish of the genus Lophius, the fishing frog. |
55595
|
toadish |
TOADISH, a. Like a toad. [Not used.] |
55596
|
toast |
TOAST, v.t. [L. tostus.]1. To dry and scorch by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread or cheese. ... |
55597
|
toasted |
TOASTED, pp. Scorched by heat; named in drinking the health. |
55598
|
toaster |
TOASTER, n. One who toasts.1. An instrument for toasting bread or cheese. |
55599
|
toasting |
TO'ASTING, ppr. Scorching by fire; drinking to the honor of. |
55600
|
tobacco |
TOBAC'CO, n. [so named from Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, in Spanish America, where it was first ... |
55601
|
tobacco-pipe |
TOBAC'CO-PIPE, n. [tobacco and pipe.] A pipe used for smoking tobacco, often made of clay and ... |
55602
|
tobacconist |
TOBAC'CONIST, n. A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco. |
55603
|
tockay |
TOCK'AY, n. A species of spotted lizard in India. |
55604
|
tocsin |
TOC'SIN, n. An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm. |
55605
|
tod |
TOD, n.1. A bush; a thick shrub.2. A quantity of wool of twenty eight pounds, or two stone.3. A ... |
55606
|
today |
TO'DAY, n. [to and day.] The present day. |
55607
|
toddy |
TOD'DY, n. A juice drawn from various kinds of the palm in the E. Indies; or a liquor prepared ... |
55608
|
tody |
TO'DY, n. A genus of insectivorous birds, of the order of Picae; natives of warm climates. |
55609
|
toe |
TOE, n. [L. digitus . Toe is contracted from tog, the primary word on which L. digitus is formed, ... |
55610
|
toft |
TOFT, n. [probably from the root of tuft.]1. A grove of trees.2. In law books, a place where a ... |
55611
|
togated |
TO'GATED |
55612
|
toged |
TO'GED, a. [L. toga, a gown; togatus, gowned.] Gowned; dressed in a gown; wearing a gown; as toged ... |
55613
|
together |
TOGETH'ER, adv.1. In company. We walked together to the wood.2. In or into union. The king ... |
55614
|
toggel |
TOG'GEL, n. A small wooden pin tapering towards both ends. |
55615
|
toil |
TOIL, v.i. To labor; to work; to exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, ... |
55616
|
toiler |
TOIL'ER, n. One who toils, or labors with pain. |
55617
|
toilet |
TOIL'ET, n. 1. A covering or cloth of linen, silk or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or ... |
55618
|
toiling |
TOIL'ING, ppr. Laboring with pain. |
55619
|
toilsome |
TOIL'SOME, a. Laborious; wearisome; attended with fatigue and pain; as toilsome work; a toilsome ... |
55620
|
toilsomeness |
TOIL'SOMENESS, n. Laboriousness; wearisomeness. |
55621
|
toise |
TOISE, n. tois. A fathom or long measure in France, containing six feet; but the French foot is ... |
55622
|
tokay |
TOKA'Y, n. A kind of wine produced at Tokay in Hungary, made of white grapes. It is distinguished ... |
55623
|
token |
TOKEN, n. to'kn. [L. signum, dialetically varied, or from the same radix.]1. A sign; something ... |
55624
|
tokened |
TO'KENED, a. Being marked with spots. |
55625
|
tol |
TOL, v.t. [L. tollo.] To take away; a law term. |
55626
|
tol-booth |
TOL-BOOTH. [See Toll-booth.] |
55627
|
tola |
TO'LA, n. In India, a weight for gold and silver, but different in different places. |
55628
|
told |
TOLD, pret. and pp. of tell. Who told thee that thou wast naked? Gen.3. Thou hast mocked me, and ... |
55629
|
tole |
TOLE, v.t. To draw or cause to follow by presenting something pleasing or desirable to view; to ... |
55630
|
toled |
TO'LED, pp. Drawn; allured; induced to follow. |
55631
|
tolerable |
TOL'ERABLE, a. [L. tolerabilis. See Tolerate.]1. That may be borne or endured; supportable, ... |
55632
|
tolerableness |
TOL'ERABLENESS, n. The state of being tolerable. |
55633
|
tolerably |
TOL'ERABLY, adv. Supportably; in a manner to be endured.1. Moderately well; passably; not ... |
55634
|
tolerance |
TOL'ERANCE, n. [L. tolerantia, from tolero, to bear.] The power or capacity of enduring; or the ... |
55635
|
tolerant |
TOL'ERANT, a. Enduring; indulgent; favoring toleration. |
55636
|
tolerate |
TOL'ERATE, v.t. [L. tolero, from tollo, to lift.] To suffer to be or to be done without ... |
55637
|
tolerated |
TOL'ERATED, pp. Suffered; allowed; not prohibited or restrained. |
55638
|
tolerating |
TOL'ERATING, ppr. Enduring; suffering to be or to be done; allowing; not restraining. |
55639
|
toleration |
TOLERA'TION, n. [L. toleratio.] The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly ... |
55640
|
toll |
TOLL, n. [Gr. toll, custom, and end, exit, from cutting off; Eng. dole; diolam, to sell, to ... |
55641
|
toll-bar |
TOLL-B`AR, n. [toll and bar.] A bar or beam used for stopping boats on a canal at the toll-house. |
55642
|
toll-booth |
TOLL-BOOTH, n. [toll and booth.] A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or ... |
55643
|
toll-bridge |
TOLL-BRIDGE, n. A bridge where toll is paid for passing it. |
55644
|
toll-gate |
TOLL-GATE, n. A gate where toll is taken. |
55645
|
toll-gatherer |
TOLL-GATHERER, n. The man who takes toll. |
55646
|
toll-house |
TOLL-HOUSE, n. A house or shed placed by a road near a toll-gate, or at the end of a toll-bridge, ... |
55647
|
tolling |
TOLLING, ppr. Causing to sound in a slow grave manner.1. Taking away; removing.2. Sounding, as a ... |
55648
|
tolutation |
TOLUTA'TION, n. [L. toluto.] A pacing or ambling. [Not used.] |
55649
|
tomahawk |
TOM'AHAWK, n. An Indian hatchet.TOM'AHAWK, v.t. To cut or kill with a hatchet called a tomahawk. |
55650
|
tomato |
TOMA'TO, n. A plant, and its fruit, a species of Solanum. It is called sometimes the love-apple. |
55651
|
tomb |
TOMB, n. toom. [L. tumulus, a heap or hillock; tumeo, to swell.]1. A grave; a pit in which the ... |
55652
|
tombac |
TOM'BAC, n. A white allow of copper; a metallic composition made by mixing and fusing together a ... |
55653
|
tombless |
TOMBLESS, a. Destitute of a tomb or sepulchral monument. |
55654
|
tomboy |
TOM'BOY, n. [Tom, Thomas, and boy.] A rude boisterous boy; also in sarcasm, a romping girl. ... |
55655
|
tombstone |
TOMBSTONE, n. [tomb and stone.] A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the ... |
55656
|
tome |
TOME, n. [Gr. a piece or section, to cut off.] A book; as many writings as are bound in a volume, ... |
55657
|
tomentous |
TOMENT'OUS, a. [L. tomentum, down.] In botany, downy; nappy; cottony; or flocky; covered with ... |
55658
|
tompion |
TOM'PION, n. The stopper of a cannon or other piece of ordnance, consisting of a cylinder of wood. |
55659
|
tomtit |
TOM'TIT, n. A little bird, the titmouse. |
55660
|
ton |
TON, the termination of names of places,is town.TON, n. The prevailing fashion.TON, n. The weight ... |
55661
|
tone |
TONE, n. [L. tonus; Gr. sound; L. tono; Gr. to sound, to strain or stretch. The L. sonus is ... |
55662
|
tone-syllable |
TO'NE-SYLLABLE, a. An accented syllable. |
55663
|
toned |
TO'NED, a. Having a tone; used in composition; as high-toned; sweet-toned. |
55664
|
toneless |
TO'NELESS, a. Having no tone; unmusical. |
55665
|
tong |
TONG, n. [See Tongs.] The catch of a buckle. [Not used.] [See Tongue.] |
55666
|
tongs |
TONGS, n. plu. An instrument of metal, consisting of two parts or long shafts joined at one end; ... |
55667
|
tongue |
TONGUE |
55668
|
tongue-grafting |
TONGUE-GR`AFTING |
55669
|
tongue-pad |
TONGUE-PAD |
55670
|
tongue-shaped |
TONGUE-SHAPED |
55671
|
tongue-tied |
TONGUE-TIED |
55672
|
tongued |
TONGUED |
55673
|
tongueless |
TONGUELESS |
55674
|
tonic |
TON'IC, a. [L. tonus. See Tone.]1. Literally, increasing tension; hence, increasing strength, as ... |
55675
|
tonnage |
TON'NAGE, n. [from ton, a corrupt orthography. See Tun.]1. The weight of goods carried in a boat ... |
55676
|
tonsil |
TON'SIL, n. [L. tonsilloe. This word seems to be formed from tonsus, tondeo,to clip.] In anatomy, ... |
55677
|
tonsure |
TON'SURE, n. [L. tonsura, from tonsus, shaved; tondeo, to clip or shave.]1. The act of clipping ... |
55678
|
tontine |
TONTINE, n. An annuity on survivorship; or a loan raised on life-annuities, with the benefit of ... |
55679
|
tony |
TO'NY, n. A simpleton. [Ludicrous.] |
55680
|
too |
TOO, adv.1. Over; more than enough; noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short,or too wide; ... |
55681
|
took |
TOOK, pret. of take. Enoch was not, for God took him. Gen.5. |
55682
|
tookpick |
TOOK'PICK |
55683
|
tool |
TOOL, n. [In old Law Latin, we find attile, attilia, stores, tools, implements.]1. An instrument ... |
55684
|
toom |
TOOM, a. Empty. [Not in use.] |
55685
|
toot |
TOOT, v.i. [L. do, dedi.]1. To stand out or be prominent. [Not in use.]2. To make a particular ... |
55686
|
tooter |
TOOT'ER, n. One who plays upon a pipe or horn. |
55687
|
tooth |
TOOTH, n. plu. teeth. [L. dens.]1. A bony substance growing out of the jaws of animals, and ... |
55688
|
toothache |
TOOTH'ACHE, n. [tooth and ache.] Pain in the teeth. |
55689
|
toothache-tree |
TOOTHACHE-TREE, n. A shrub of the genus Zanthoxylum. |
55690
|
toothed |
TOOTH'ED, pp. or a. Having teeth or jags. In botany, dentate; having projecting points, remote ... |
55691
|
toothful |
TOOTH'FUL, a. Palatable. [Not in use.] |
55692
|
toothless |
TOOTH'LESS, a. Having no teeth. |
55693
|
toothletted |
TOOTH'LETTED, a. In botany, denticulate; having very small teeth or notches; as a leaf. |
55694
|
toothpicker |
TOOTH'PICKER, n. [tooth and pick.] An instrument for cleaning the teeth of substances lodged ... |
55695
|
toothsome |
TOOTH'SOME, a. Palatable; grateful to the taste. |
55696
|
toothsomeness |
TOOTH'SOMENESS, n. Pleasantness to the taste. |
55697
|
toothwort |
TOOTH'WORT, n. A plant whose roots resemble human teeth,such as the Lathroea squamaria, various ... |
55698
|
toothy |
TOOTH'Y, a. Toothed; having teeth. |
55699
|
tooting |
TOOT'ING, ppr. Sounding in a particular manner. |
55700
|
top |
TOP, n.1. The highest part of any thing; the upper end, edge or extremity; as the top of a tree; ... |
55701
|
top-chain |
TOP'-CHAIN, n. In ships, a chain to sling the lower yards in time of action, to prevent their ... |
55702
|
top-dressing |
TOP'-DRESSING, n. A dressing of manure laid on the surface of land. |
55703
|
top-gallant |
TOP-GAL'LANT, a. [See Top-sail.]1. Highest; elevated; splendid; as a top-gallant spark. |
55704
|
top-heavy |
TOP-HEAVY, a. top'-hevy. [top and heavy.] Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower. |
55705
|
top-mast |
TOP'-MAST, n. In ships, the second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast. Above that ... |
55706
|
top-most |
TOP'-MOST, a. [top and most.] Highest; uppermost; as the topmost cliff; the top-most branch of a ... |
55707
|
top-rope |
TOP'-ROPE, n. A rope to sway up a top-mast, &c. |
55708
|
top-sail |
TOP'-SAIL, n. A sail extended across the top-mast, above which is the top-gallant-sail. |
55709
|
topan |
TO'PAN, n. A name of the horned Indian raven, or rhinoceros bird. |
55710
|
toparch |
TO'PARCH, n. [Gr.place, and a chief.] The principal man in a place or country. |
55711
|
toparchy |
TO'PARCHY, n. A little state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a ... |
55712
|
topaz |
TO'PAZ, n. [Gr.] A mineral, said to be so called from Topazos, a small isle in the Arabic gulf, ... |
55713
|
topazolite |
TOPAZ'OLITE, n. A variety of precious garnet, of a topaz yellow color, or an olive green. |
55714
|
tope |
TOPE, n. A fish of the shark kind, the squalus galeus of Linne.TOPE, v.i. To drink hard; to drink ... |
55715
|
toper |
TO'PER, n. One who drinks to excess; a drunkard; a sot. |
55716
|
topet |
TOP'ET, n. A small bird, the crested titmouse.N.B. The crested titmouse of Latham, Parus bicolor, ... |
55717
|
topfull |
TOP'FULL, a. [top and full.] Full to the brim. |
55718
|
toph |
TOPH |
55719
|
tophaceous |
TOPHA'CEOUS, a. Gritty; sandy; rough; stony. |
55720
|
tophet |
TO'PHET, n. [Heb. tophet, a drum.] Hell; so called from a place east of Jerusalem where children ... |
55721
|
tophi |
TO'PHI, n. Ducksten; a stone formed by earthy depositions; called also tufa or trass. |
55722
|
tophin |
TOPH'IN, n. [from the Latin.] A kind of sandstone. |
55723
|
topiary |
TOP'IARY, a. [L. topiarius, ornamented.] Shaped by clipping or cutting. |
55724
|
topic |
TOP'IC, n. [Gr. place; L. topicus, topica.]1. Any subject of discourse or argument. The ... |
55725
|
topical |
TOP'ICAL, a. [supra.] Pertaining to a place, limited; local; as a topical remedy.1. Pertaining to ... |
55726
|
topically |
TOP'ICALLY, adv. Locally; with limitation to a part.1. With application to a particular part; as ... |
55727
|
topless |
TOP'LESS, a. Having no top; as a topless highth. |
55728
|
topman |
TOP'MAN, n. [top and man.] The man who stands above in sawing.1. In ships, a man standing in the ... |
55729
|
topographer |
TOPOG'RAPHER, n. [See Topography.] One who describes a particular place,town, city or tract of ... |
55730
|
topographic |
TOPOGRAPH'IC |
55731
|
topographical |
TOPOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to topography; descriptive of a place. |
55732
|
topographically |
TOPOGRAPH'ICALLY, adv. In the manner of topography. |
55733
|
topography |
TOPOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr.place, and description.] The description of a particular place,city, town, ... |
55734
|
topped |
TOP'PED |
55735
|
topping |
TOP'PING, ppr. Covering the top; capping; surpassing; cropping; lopping.1. a. Fine; gallant.[But ... |
55736
|
topping-lift |
TOP'PING-LIFT, n. A large strong tackle employed to suspend or top the outer end of a gaff, or of ... |
55737
|
toppingly |
TOP'PINGLY, adv. Proudly; with airs of disdain. [Not an elegant word, nor much used.] |
55738
|
topple |
TOP'PLE, v.i. [from top.] To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down. Though castles topple on their ... |
55739
|
toppling |
TOP'PLING, ppr. Falling forward. |
55740
|
topsy-turvy |
TOPSY-TUR'VY, adv. In an inverted posture; with the top or head downwards; as, to turn a carriage ... |
55741
|
topt |
TOPT, pp. or a. Covered on the top; capped; surpassed; cropped; having the top cut off. |
55742
|
toptop |
TOP'TOP, n. The highest or utmost degree. |
55743
|
toquet |
TOQUET, n. toka'. A kind of bonnet or head dress for women. |
55744
|
tor |
TOR, n. [L. turris.] A tower; a turret; also, a high pointed hill; used in names. |
55745
|
torch |
TORCH, n. [L. torqueo, tortus.] A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of ... |
55746
|
torch-bearer |
TORCH'-BEARER, n. [torch and bear.] One whose office is to carry a torch. |
55747
|
torch-thistle |
TORCH'-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Cactus.common name of a subdivision of the genus Cactus, ... |
55748
|
torcher |
TORCH'ER, n. One that gives light. [Not used.] |
55749
|
tore |
TORE, pret. of tear. He tore his robe.TORE, n. The dead grass that remains on mowing land in ... |
55750
|
toreumatography |
TOREUMATOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. sculpture, and description.] A description of ancient sculptures and ... |
55751
|
torment |
TOR'MENT, n. [L. tormentum.; torqueo, torno; Eng. tour; that is, from twisting, straining.]1. ... |
55752
|
tormented |
TORMENT'ED, pp. Painted to extremity; teased; harassed. |
55753
|
tormentil |
TORMENT'IL, n. A genus of plants,the septfoil. The root is used in medicines as a powerful ... |
55754
|
tormenting |
TORMENT'ING, ppr. Paining to an extreme degree; inflicting severe distress and anguish; teasing; ... |
55755
|
tormentor |
TORMENT'OR, n. He or that which torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures.1. In ... |
55756
|
torn |
TORN, pp. of tear. Neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn by the beasts in the field. Ex.22. |
55757
|
tornado |
TORNA'DO, n. [from the root of turn; that is, a whirling wind.]A violent gust of wind, or a ... |
55758
|
torous |
TO'ROUS, a. [L. torosus.] In botany, protuberant; swelling in knobs, like the veins and muscles; ... |
55759
|
torpedo |
TORPE'DO, n. [L. from torpeo, to be numb.] The cramp fish or electric ray, Raia torpedo. This ... |
55760
|
torpent |
TOR'PENT, a. [L. torpens, torpeo.] Benumbed; torpid; having no motion or activity; incapable of ... |
55761
|
torpescence |
TORPES'CENCE, n. A state of insensibility; torpidness; numbness; stupidity. |
55762
|
torpescent |
TORPES'CENT, a. [L. torpescens.] Becoming torpid or numb. |
55763
|
torpid |
TOR'PID, a. [L. torpidus, torpeo.]1. Having lost motion or the power of exertion and feeling; ... |
55764
|
torpidity |
TORPID'ITY, n. Torpidness. |
55765
|
torpidnesspitude |
TOR'PIDNESS'PITUDE, n. The state of being torpid; numbness. Torpidness may amount to total ... |
55766
|
torpor |
TOR'POR, n. [L.] Numbness; inactivity; loss of motion, or of the power of motion. Torpor may ... |
55767
|
torporific |
TORPORIF'IC, a. [L. torpor and facio.] Tending to produce torpor. |
55768
|
torrefaction |
TORREFAC'TION, n. [L.torrefacio; torridus and facio.]1. The operation of drying by a fire.2. In ... |
55769
|
torrefied |
TOR'REFIED,. pp. Dried; roasted; scorched. Torrefied earth, in agriculture, is that which has ... |
55770
|
torrefy |
TOR'REFY, v.t. [L. torrefacio; L. torridus, torreo,and facio.]1. To dry by a fire.2. In ... |
55771
|
torrefying |
TOR'REFYING, ppr. Drying by a fire; roasting; parching. |
55772
|
torrent |
TOR'RENT, n. [L. torrens. This is the participle of torreo, to parch; Eng. tear.]1. A violent ... |
55773
|
torricellian |
TORRICEL'LIAN, a. Pertaining to Torricelli, an Italian philosopher and mathematician, who ... |
55774
|
torrid |
TOR'RID, a. [L. torridus, from torreo, to roast.]1. Parched; dried with heat; as a torrid plain or ... |
55775
|
torridness |
TOR'RIDNESS, n. The state of being very hot or parched. |
55776
|
torse |
TORSE, n. [L. tortus.] In heraldry, a wreath. |
55777
|
torsel |
TOR'SEL, n. [supra.] Any thing in a twisted form; as torsels for mantle-trees. |
55778
|
torsion |
TOR'SION, n. [L. torsio, from torqueo, to twist.] The act of turning or twisting.Torsion balance, ... |
55779
|
torso |
TOR'SO, n. The trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as the torso of Hercules. |
55780
|
torsten |
TOR'STEN, n. An iron ore of a bright bluish black, &c. |
55781
|
tort |
TORT, n. [L. tortus, twisted, from torqueo. The primary sense is to turn or strain, hence to ... |
55782
|
tortil |
TORT'IL, a. [L. tortilis.] Twisted; wreathed; coiled. In botany, coiled like a rope; as a tortile ... |
55783
|
tortile |
TORT'ILE |
55784
|
tortion |
TOR'TION, n. [L. tortus.] Torment; pain. [Not in use.] |
55785
|
tortious |
TOR'TIOUS, a. [from tort.] Injurious; done by wrong.1. In law, implying tort, or injury for which ... |
55786
|
tortive |
TORT'IVE, a. [L. tortus.] Twisted; wreathed. |
55787
|
tortoise |
TORTOISE, n. tor'tis.] from L. tortus, twisted.]1. An animal of the genus Testudo, covered with a ... |
55788
|
tortoise-shell |
TOR'TOISE-SHELL, n. [tortoise and shell.] The shell or rather scales of the tortoise, used in ... |
55789
|
tortuosity |
TORTUOS'ITY, n. [from tortuous.] The state of being twisted or wreathed; wreath; flexure. |
55790
|
tortuous |
TORT'UOUS, a. [L. tortuosus.]1. Twisted; wreathed; winding; as a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf ... |
55791
|
tortuousness |
TORT'UOUSNESS, n. The state of being twisted. |
55792
|
torture |
TORT'URE, n. [L. tortus, torqueo, to twist.]1. Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; ... |
55793
|
tortured |
TORT'URED, pp. Tormented; stretched on the wheel; harassed. |
55794
|
torturer |
TORT'URER, n. One who tortures; a tormenter. |
55795
|
torturing |
TORT'URING, ppr. Tormenting; stretching on the rack; vexing. |
55796
|
torturingly |
TORT'URINGLY, adv. So as to torture or torment. |
55797
|
torturous |
TORT'UROUS, a. Tormenting. [Not in use.] |
55798
|
torulose |
TOR'ULOSE, a. In botany, swelling a little. |
55799
|
torus |
TO'RUS, n. A molding. [See Tore.] |
55800
|
torvity |
TORV'ITY, n. [L. torvitas; from twisting, supra.] Sourness or severity of countenance. |
55801
|
torvous |
TORV'OUS, a. [L. torvus, from the root of torqueo, to twist.]Sour of aspect; stern; of a severe ... |
55802
|
tory |
TO'RY, n. [said to be an Irish word, denoting a robber;perhaps from tor, a bush, as the Irish ... |
55803
|
toryism |
TO'RYISM, n. The principles of the tories. |
55804
|
tose |
TOSE, v.t. s as z. To tease wool. [Not in use or local.] |
55805
|
toss |
TOSS, v.t. pret. and pp. tossed or tost.1. To throw with the hand; particularly, to throw with the ... |
55806
|
tossed |
TOSS'ED, pp. Thrown upward suddenly or with a jerk; made to rise and fall suddenly. |
55807
|
tossel |
TOSS'EL. [See Tassel.] |
55808
|
tosser |
TOSS'ER, n. One who tosses. |
55809
|
tossing |
TOSS'ING, ppr. Throwing upward with a jerk; raising suddenly; as the head.TOSS'ING, n. The act of ... |
55810
|
tost |
TOST, pret. and pp. of toss. In a troubled sea of passion tost. |
55811
|
total |
TO'TAL, a. [L. totalis, totus.]1. Whole; full; complete; as total darkness; a total departure from ... |
55812
|
totality |
TOTAL'ITY, n. The whole sum; whole quantity or amount. |
55813
|
totally |
TO'TALLY, adv. Wholly; entirely; fully; completely; as, to be totally exhausted; all hope totally ... |
55814
|
totalness |
TO'TALNESS, n. Entireness. |
55815
|
tote |
TOTE, v.t. To carry or convey. [A word used in slaveholding countries; said to have been ... |
55816
|
totter |
TOT'TER, v.i. [This may be allied to titter.]1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; ... |
55817
|
tottering |
TOT'TERING, ppr. Shaking, as threatening a fall; vacillating; reeling; inclining. |
55818
|
tottery |
TOT'TERY, a. Shaking; trembling or vacillating as if about to fall; unsteady. [Not in use.] ... |
55819
|
toucan |
TOU'CAN, n. A fowl of the genus Ramphastos; also, a constellation of nine small stars. |
55820
|
touch |
TOUCH, v.t. tuch. [L. tango, originally tago, [our vulgar tag.] pret. tetigi, pp. tactus.]1. To ... |
55821
|
touch-hole |
TOUCH-HOLE, n. tuch'-hole. [touch and hole.] The vent of a cannon or other species of fire-arms, ... |
55822
|
touch-me-not |
TOUCH-ME-NOT, n. A plant of the genus Impatiens, and another of the genus Momordica. |
55823
|
touch-needle |
TOUCH-NEEDLE, n. tuch'-needle. [touch and needle.] Touch-needles are small bars of gold, silver ... |
55824
|
touch-wood |
TOUCH-WOOD, n. tuch'-wood. [touch and wood.] Decayed wood, used like a match for taking fire from ... |
55825
|
touchable |
TOUCHABLE, a. tuch'able. That may be touched; tangible. |
55826
|
touchiness |
TOUCHINESS, n. tuch'iness. [from touchy.]Peevishness; irritability; irascibility. |
55827
|
touching |
TOUCHING, ppr. tuch'ing. Coming on contact with; hitting; striking; affecting.1. Concerning; ... |
55828
|
touchingly |
TOUCHINGLY, adv. tuch'ingly. In a manner to move the passions; feelingly. |
55829
|
touchstone |
TOUCHSTONE, n. tuch'stone. [touch and stone.]1. A stone by which metals are examined; a black, ... |
55830
|
touchy |
TOUCHY, a. tuch'y. [vulgarly techy.] Peevish; irritable; irascible; apt to take fire. [Not ... |
55831
|
tough |
TOUGH, a. tuf.1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without ... |
55832
|
toughen |
TOUGHEN, v.i. tuf'n. To grow tough.TOUGHEN, v.t. tuf'n. To make tough. |
55833
|
toughly |
TOUGHLY, adv. tuf'ly. In a tough manner. |
55834
|
toughness |
TOUGHNESS, n. tuf'ness. The quality of a substance which renders it in some degree flexible, ... |
55835
|
toupee |
TOUPE'E |
55836
|
toupet |
TOUPET, n. A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair. |
55837
|
tour |
TOUR, n.1. Literally, a going round; hence, a journey in a circuit; as the tour of Europe; the ... |
55838
|
tourist |
TOURIST, n. One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit. |
55839
|
tourmalin |
TOURMALIN |
55840
|
tourn |
TOURN, n. The sheriff's turn or court; also, a spinning wheel. [Not American.] |
55841
|
tournament |
TOURNAMENT, n. turn'ament. A martial sport or exercise formerly performed by cavaliers to show ... |
55842
|
tournequet |
TOURNEQUET, n. turn'eket. A surgical instrument or bandage which is straitened or relaxed with a ... |
55843
|
tourney |
TOURNEY, n. turn'ey. A tournament, supra.TOURNEY, v.i. turn'ey. To tilt; to perform tournaments. |
55844
|
touse |
TOUSE, v.t. touz. To pull; to haul; to tear. [Hence Towser.] As a bear whom angry curs have ... |
55845
|
tousel |
TOUS'EL, v.t. s as z. The same as touse; to put into disorder; to tumble; to tangle. [Used by the ... |
55846
|
tow |
TOW, v.t. [L. duco.] To drag, as a boat or ship, through the water by means of a rope. Towing is ... |
55847
|
tow-line |
TOW-LINE, n. [tow and line.] A small hawser, used to tow a ship, &c. |
55848
|
tow-rope |
TOW-ROPE, n. [tow and rope.] Any rope used in towing ships or boats. |
55849
|
towage |
TOWAGE, n. [from tow, the verb.] The act of towing.1. The price paid for towing. |
55850
|
toward |
TO'WARD |
55851
|
towardliness |
TO'WARDLINESS, n. [from towardly.] Readiness to do or learn; aptness; docility. The beauty and ... |
55852
|
towardly |
TO'WARDLY, a. Ready to do or learn; apt; docile; tractable; compliant with duty. |
55853
|
towardness |
TO'WARDNESS, n. Docility; towardliness. |
55854
|
towards |
TO'WARDS, prep. [L. versus, verto.]1. In the direction to. He set his face toward the wilderness. ... |
55855
|
towel |
TOW'EL, n. A cloth used for wiping the hands and for other things. |
55856
|
tower |
TOW'ER, n. [L. turris.]1. A building, either round or square, raised to a considerable elevation ... |
55857
|
tower-mustard |
TOW'ER-MUSTARD, n. [tower and mustard.] A plant of the genus Turritis. |
55858
|
towered |
TOW'ERED, a. Adorned or defended by towers. |
55859
|
towering |
TOW'ERING, ppr. Rising aloft; mounting high; soaring.1. a. Very high; elevated; as a towering ... |
55860
|
towery |
TOW'ERY, a. Having towers; adorned or defended by towers; as towery cities. |
55861
|
towing |
TOWING, ppr. Drawing on water, as a boat. |
55862
|
towing-path |
TOWING-PATH, n. A path used by men or horses that tow boats.To wit, to know; namely. |
55863
|
town |
TOWN, n.1. Originally, a walled or fortified place; a collection of houses inclosed with walls, ... |
55864
|
town-crier |
TOWN-CRI'ER, n. [town and cry.] A public crier; one who makes proclamation. |
55865
|
town-house |
TOWN'-HOUSE, n. [town and house.] The house where the public business of the town is transacted by ... |
55866
|
townish |
TOWN'ISH, a. Pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town. |
55867
|
townless |
TOWN'LESS, a. Having no town. |
55868
|
township |
TOWN'SHIP, n. The district or territory of a town. In New England, the states are divided into ... |
55869
|
townsman |
TOWNS'MAN, n. [town and man.] An inhabitant of a place; or one of the same town with another.1. A ... |
55870
|
towser |
TOWS'ER, n. [from touse.] The name of a dog. |
55871
|
toxical |
TOX'ICAL, a. [L. toxicum.] Poisonous. [Little used.] |
55872
|
toxicology |
TOXICOL'OGY, n. [Gr. poison, and discourse.] A discourse on poisons; or the doctrine of poisons. |
55873
|
toy |
TOY, n.1. A plaything for children; a bauble.2. A trifle; a thing for amusement, but of no real ... |
55874
|
toyer |
TOY'ER, n. One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks. |
55875
|
toyful |
TOY'FUL, a. Full of trifling play. |
55876
|
toying |
TOY'ING, ppr. Dallying; trifling. |
55877
|
toyish |
TOY'ISH, a. Trifling; wanton. |
55878
|
toyishness |
TOY'ISHNESS, n. Disposition to dalliance or trifling. |
55879
|
toyman |
TOY'MAN, n. [toy and man.] One that deals in toys. |
55880
|
toyshop |
TOY'SHOP, n. [toy and shop.] A shop where toys are sold. |
55881
|
toze |
TOZE, v.t. To pull by violence. [See Touse.] |
55882
|
trace |
TRACE, n. [L. tractus, tracto. See Track, and the verb Trace.]1. A mark left by any thing ... |
55883
|
traceable |
TRA'CEABLE, a. That may be traced. |
55884
|
traced |
TRA'CED, pp. Marked out; delineated; followed. |
55885
|
tracer |
TRA'CER, n. One that traces or follows by marks. |
55886
|
tracery |
TRA'CERY, n. Ornamental stone work. |
55887
|
trachea |
TRA'CHEA, n. [Low L. from Gr. rough.] In anatomy, the windpipe. |
55888
|
tracheal |
TRA'CHEAL, a. Pertaining to the trachea or windpipe; as the tracheal artery. |
55889
|
tracheocele |
TRA'CHEOCELE, n. [trachea and a tumor.] An enlargement of the thyroid gland; bronchocele or ... |
55890
|
tracheotomy |
TRACHEOT'OMY, n. [trachea and to cut.] In surgery, the operation of making an opening into the ... |
55891
|
trachyte |
TRA'CHYTE, n. [Gr.rough.] A species of volcanic rock, composed of crystals of glassy feldspar, ... |
55892
|
trachytic |
TRACHYT'IC, a. Pertaining to trachyte, or consisting of it. |
55893
|
tracing |
TRA'CING, ppr. [from trace.] Marking out; drawing in lines; following by marks or ... |
55894
|
track |
TRACK, n.1. A mark left by something that has passed along; as the track of a ship, a wake; the ... |
55895
|
tracked |
TRACK'ED, pp. Followed by the footsteps. |
55896
|
tracking |
TRACK'ING, ppr. Following by the impression of the feet; drawing a boat; towing. |
55897
|
trackless |
TRACK'LESS, a. Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as a trackless desert. |
55898
|
tract |
TRACT, n. [L. tractus; traho.]1. Something drawn out or extended.2. A region, or quantity of land ... |
55899
|
tractability |
TRACTABIL'ITY, n. [from tractable.] The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; ... |
55900
|
tractable |
TRACT'ABLE, a. [L. tractabilis, from tracto, to handle or lead.]1. That may be easily led, taught ... |
55901
|
tractableness |
TRACT'ABLENESS, n. The state or quality of being tractable or manageable; docility; as the ... |
55902
|
tractably |
TRACT'ABLY, adv. In a tractable manner; with ready compliance. |
55903
|
tractate |
TRACT'ATE, n. [L. tractatus.] A treatise; a tract. [Not now in use.] |
55904
|
tractation |
TRACTA'TION, n. [L. tractatio.] Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion. |
55905
|
tractatrix |
TRACTA'TRIX, n. In geometry, a curve line. |
55906
|
tractile |
TRACT'ILE, a. [L. tractus.] Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. Bodies are tractile or ... |
55907
|
tractility |
TRACTIL'ITY, n. The quality of being tractile; ductility. |
55908
|
traction |
TRAC'TION, n. [L. tractus, traho.] The act of drawing, or state of being drawn; as the traction of ... |
55909
|
tractor |
TRACT'OR, n. That which draws, or is used for drawing. |
55910
|
trade |
TRADE, n. [L. tracto, to handle, use, treat.]1. The act or business of exchanging commodities by ... |
55911
|
trade-wind |
TRA'DE-WIND, n. [trade and wind. A wind that favors trade. A trade wind is a wind that blows ... |
55912
|
traded |
TRA'DED, a. Versed; practiced. [Not in use.] |
55913
|
tradeful |
TRA'DEFUL, a. Commercial; busy in traffic. |
55914
|
trader |
TRA'DER, n. One engaged in trade or commerce; a dealer in buying and selling or barter; as a ... |
55915
|
tradesfolk |
TRA'DESFOLK, n. People employed in trade. [Not in use.] |
55916
|
tradesman |
TRA'DESMAN, n. [trade and man.] A shopkeeper. A merchant is called a trader, but not a ... |
55917
|
trading |
TRA'DING, ppr. Trafficking; exchanging commodities by barter,or buying and selling them.1. a. ... |
55918
|
tradition |
TRADI'TION, n. [L. traditio, from trado, to deliver.]1. Delivery; the act of delivering into the ... |
55919
|
traditional |
TRADI'TIONAL |
55920
|
traditionally |
TRADI'TIONALLY, adv. By transmission from father to son, or from age to age; as an opinion or ... |
55921
|
traditionary |
TRADI'TIONARY, a. Delivered orally from father to son; communicated from ancestors to descendants ... |
55922
|
traditioner |
TRADI'TIONER |
55923
|
traditionist |
TRADI'TIONIST, n. One who adheres to tradition. |
55924
|
traditive |
TRAD'ITIVE, a. [L. trado.] Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age to age, by ... |
55925
|
traditor |
TRAD'ITOR, n. [L.] A deliverer; a name of infamy given to christians who delivered the Scriptures ... |
55926
|
traduce |
TRADU'CE, v.t. [L. traduco; trans, over,and duco, to lead.]1. To represent as blamable; to ... |
55927
|
traduced |
TRADU'CED, pp. Misrepresented; calumniated. |
55928
|
traducement |
TRADU'CEMENT, n. Misrepresentation; ill founded censure; defamation; calumny. [Little used.] |
55929
|
traducent |
TRADU'CENT, a. Slandering; slanderous. |
55930
|
traducer |
TRADU'CER, n. One that traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator. |
55931
|
traducible |
TRADU'CIBLE, a. That may be orally derived or propagated. [Little used.] |
55932
|
traducing |
TRADU'CING, ppr. Slandering; defaming; calumniating. |
55933
|
traducingly |
TRADU'CINGLY, adv. Slanderously; by way of defamation. |
55934
|
traduction |
TRADUC'TION, n. [L. traductio.] Derivation from one of the same kind; propagation. If by ... |
55935
|
traductive |
TRADUC'TIVE, a. Derivable; that may be deduced. |
55936
|
traffick |
TRAF'FICK, n. [L. trans.] 1. Trade; commerce,either by barter or by buying and selling. This ... |
55937
|
traffickable |
TRAF'FICKABLE, a. Marketable. [Not in use.] |
55938
|
trafficker |
TRAF'FICKER, n. One who caries on commerce; a trader; a merchant. Is.8. |
55939
|
trafficking |
TRAF'FICKING, ppr. Trading; bartering; buying and selling goods, wares and commodities. |
55940
|
tragacanth |
TRAG'ACANTH, n. [L. tragacanthum; Gr. a goat, and thorn.]1. Goat's thorn; a plant of the genus ... |
55941
|
tragedian |
TRAGE'DIAN, n.[L. tragoedus. See Tragedy.] A writer of tragedy.1. More generally, an actor of ... |
55942
|
tragedy |
TRAG'EDY, n. [Gr. said to be composed of a goat, and a song, because originally it consisted in a ... |
55943
|
tragi-comedy |
TRAGI-COM'EDY, n. A kind of dramatic piece representing some action passed among eminent persons, ... |
55944
|
tragi-comic |
TRAGI-COM'IC |
55945
|
tragi-comical |
TRAGI-COM'ICAL, a. Pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of a mixture of grave and comic scenes. |
55946
|
tragi-comically |
TRAGI-COM'ICALLY, adv. In a tragicomical manner. |
55947
|
tragic |
TRAGIC |
55948
|
tragical |
TRAG'ICAL, a. [L. tragicus.]1. Pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as a ... |
55949
|
tragically |
TRAG'ICALLY, adv. In a tragical manner; with fatal issue; mournfully; sorrowfully. The play ends ... |
55950
|
tragicalness |
TRAG'ICALNESS, n. Fatality; mournfulness; sadness. We moralize the fable in the tragicalness of ... |
55951
|
trail |
TRAIL, v.t. [L. traho.]1. To hunt by the track. [See the Norman, supra.]2. To draw along the ... |
55952
|
trailed |
TRAILED, pp. Hunted by the tracks; laid flat; drawn along on the ground; brought to a lower ... |
55953
|
trailing |
TRA'ILING, ppr. Hunting by the track; drawing on the ground; trading down; laying flat; bringing ... |
55954
|
train |
TRAIN, v.t. [L. traho, to draw?]1. To draw along. In hollow cube he train'd His devilish ... |
55955
|
train-band |
TRA'IN-BAND, n. [train and band.] A band or company of militia. Train-bands, in the ... |
55956
|
train-bearer |
TRA'IN-BEARER, n. [train and bearer.] One who holds up a train. |
55957
|
train-oil |
TRA'IN-OIL, n. [train and oil.] The oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales by boiling. |
55958
|
train-road |
TRA'IN-ROAD, n. [train and road.] In mines, a slight rail-way for small wagons. |
55959
|
trainable |
TRA'INABLE, a. That may be trained. [Little used.] |
55960
|
trained |
TRA'INED, pp. Drawn; allured; educated; formed by instruction. |
55961
|
training |
TRA'INING, ppr. Drawing; alluring; educating; teaching and forming by practice.TRA'INING, n. The ... |
55962
|
trainy |
TRA'INY, a. Belonging to train-oil. [Not in use.] |
55963
|
traipse |
TRAIPSE, v.i. To walk sluttishly or carelessly. [A low word.] |
55964
|
trait |
TRAIT, n. [L. tractus. See Tract and Treat.]1. A stroke; a touch. By this single trait, Homer ... |
55965
|
traitor |
TRA'ITOR, n. [L. traditor; trado, to deliver.]1. One who violates his allegiance and betrays his ... |
55966
|
traitorly |
TRA'ITORLY, a. Treacherous. [Not in use.] |
55967
|
traitorous |
TRA'ITOROUS, a. Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as a traitorous officer or ... |
55968
|
traitorously |
TRA'ITOROUSLY, adv. In violation of allegiance and trust; treacherously; perfidiously. They had ... |
55969
|
traitorousness |
TRA'ITOROUSNESS, n. Treachery; the quality of being treasonable. |
55970
|
traitress |
TRA'ITRESS, n. A female who betrays her country or her trust. |
55971
|
traject |
TRAJECT', v.t. [L. trajectus,trajicio; trans and jacio, to throw.]To throw or cast through; as, to ... |
55972
|
trajecting |
TRAJECT'ING, ppr. Casting through. |
55973
|
trajection |
TRAJEC'TION, n. The act of casting or darting through.1. Transportation.2. Emission. |
55974
|
trajectory |
TRAJECT'ORY, n. The orbit of a comet; the path described by a comet in its motion, which Dr. ... |
55975
|
tralation |
TRALA'TION, n. [from L. translatio.] A change in the use of a word, or the use of a word in a less ... |
55976
|
tralatitious |
TRALATI'TIOUS, a. [L. translatus, transfero.] Metaphorical; not literal. |
55977
|
tralatitiously |
TRALATI'TIOUSLY, adv. Metaphorically; not in a literal sense. |
55978
|
tralineate |
TRALIN'EATE, v.t. [L. trans and linea, line.] To deviate from any direction. [Not in use.] |
55979
|
tralucent |
TRALU'CENT, a. [L. tralucens; trans and luceo.] Transparent; clear. |
55980
|
trammel |
TRAM'MEL, n.1. A kind of long net for catching birds or fishes. The trammel differs not much from ... |
55981
|
trammeled |
TRAM'MELED, pp. Caught; confined; shackled.1. In the manege, a horse is said to be trammeled, ... |
55982
|
trammeling |
TRAM'MELING, ppr. Catching; confining; shackling. |
55983
|
tramontane |
TRAMON'TANE, n. One living beyond the mountain; a stranger.TRAMON'TANE, a. [L. trans, beyond, and ... |
55984
|
tramp |
TRAMP, v.t. To tread.TRAMP, v.i. To travel; to wander or stroll. |
55985
|
tramper |
TRAMP'ER, n. A stroller; a vagrant or vagabond. |
55986
|
trample |
TRAM'PLE, v.t.1. To tread under foot; especially, to tread upon with pride, contempt, triumph or ... |
55987
|
trampled |
TRAM'PLED, pp. Trod on; trodden under foot. |
55988
|
trampler |
TRAM'PLER, n. One that tramples; one that treads down. |
55989
|
trampling |
TRAM'PLING, ppr. Treading under foot; prostrating by treading; treading with contempt and insult. |
55990
|
tranation |
TRANA'TION, n. [L. trano.] The act of passing over by swimming. [Not in use.] |
55991
|
trance |
TR`ANCE, n. tr`ans. [L. transitus, a passing over; transeo, to pass over; trans and eo.] An ... |
55992
|
tranced |
TR`ANCED, a. Lying in a trance or ecstasy. And there I left him tranc'd. |
55993
|
trangram |
TRAN'GRAM, n. An odd thing intricately contrived. [It is said to be a cant word, and is not ... |
55994
|
tranquil |
TRAN'QUIL, a. [L. tranquillus.] Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated. The atmosphere ... |
55995
|
tranquilize |
TRAN'QUILIZE, v.t. To quiet; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to ... |
55996
|
tranquilized |
TRAN'QUILIZED, pp. Quieted; calmed; composed. |
55997
|
tranquilizing |
TRAN'QUILIZING, ppr. Quieting; composing. |
55998
|
tranquillity |
TRANQUIL'LITY, n. [L. tranquillitas.] Quietness; a calm state; freedom from disturbance or ... |
55999
|
tranquilly |
TRAN'QUILLY, adv. Quietly; peacefully. |
56000
|
tranquilness |
TRAN'QUILNESS, n. Quietness; peacefulness. |
56001
|
transact |
TRANSACT', v.t. [L. transactus, transigo; trans and ago; to act or drive through.] To do; to ... |
56002
|
transacted |
TRANSACT'ED, pp. Done; performed; managed. |
56003
|
transacting |
TRANSACT'ING, ppr. Managing; performing. |
56004
|
transaction |
TRANSAC'TION, n. The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair.1. That which ... |
56005
|
transactor |
TRANSACT'OR, n. One who performs or conducts any business. |
56006
|
transalpine |
TRANSAL'PINE, a. [L. trans, beyond, and Alpine, of the Alps.]Lying or being beyond the Alps in ... |
56007
|
transanimate |
TRANSAN'IMATE, v.t. [trans and animate.] To animate by the conveyance of a soul to another body. |
56008
|
transanimation |
TRANSANIMA'TION, n. [L. trans and anima.] Conveyance of the soul from one body to another; ... |
56009
|
transatlantic |
TRANSATLAN'TIC, a. [L. trans, beyond, and Atlantic.] Lying or being beyond the Atlantic. When ... |
56010
|
transcend |
TRANSCEND', v.t. [L. transcendo; trans and scando, to climb.]1. To rise above; to surmount; as ... |
56011
|
transcended |
TRANSCEND'ED, pp. Overpassed; surpassed; exceeded. |
56012
|
transcendence |
TRANSCEND'ENCE |
56013
|
transcendency |
TRANSCEND'ENCY, n. Superior excellence; supereminence.1. Elevation above truth; exaggeration. |
56014
|
transcendent |
TRANSCEND'ENT, a. [L. transcendens.] Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing ... |
56015
|
transcendental |
TRANSCENDENT'AL, a. Supereminent; surpassing others; as transcendental being or ... |
56016
|
transcendently |
TRANSCEND'ENTLY, adv. Very excellently; supereminently; by way of eminence. The law of ... |
56017
|
transcolate |
TRANS'COLATE, v.t. [L. trans and colo, to strain.]To strain; to cause to pass through a sieve or ... |
56018
|
transcribe |
TRANSCRI'BE, v.t. [L. transcribo; trans, over, and scribo, to write.] To copy; to write over ... |
56019
|
transcribed |
TRANSCRI'BED, pp. Copied. |
56020
|
transcriber |
TRANSCRI'BER, n. A copier; one who writes from a copy. |
56021
|
transcribing |
TRANSCRI'BING, ppr. Writing from a copy; writing copy. |
56022
|
transcript |
TRAN'SCRIPT, n. [L. transcriptum.] A copy; a writing made from and according to an original; a ... |
56023
|
transcription |
TRANSCRIP'TION, n. The act of copying. Corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions. |
56024
|
transcriptively |
TRANSCRIPT'IVELY, adv. In manner of a copy. |
56025
|
transcur |
TRANSCUR', v.i. [L. transcurro; trans and curro, to run.]run or rove to and fro. [Little used.] |
56026
|
transcursion |
TRANSCUR'SION, n. [supra.] A rambling or ramble; a passage beyond certain limits; extraordinary ... |
56027
|
transduction |
TRANSDUC'TION, n. [L. trans and duco.] The act of conveying over. |
56028
|
transe |
TRANSE, n. Ecstasy. [See Trance.] |
56029
|
transelementation |
TRANSELEMENTA'TION, n. [trans and element.] The change of the elements of one body into those of ... |
56030
|
transept |
TRAN'SEPT, n. [L. trans and septum.] In ancient churches, the aisle extending across the nave and ... |
56031
|
transfer |
TRANSFER', v.t. [L. transfero; trans and fero, to carry.]1. To convey from one place or person to ... |
56032
|
transferable |
TRANSFER'ABLE, a. That may be transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another.1. ... |
56033
|
transferred |
TRANSFER'RED, pp. Conveyed from one to another. |
56034
|
transferree |
TRANSFERREE', n. The person to whom a transfer is made. |
56035
|
transferrer |
TRANSFER'RER, n. One who makes a transfer or conveyance. |
56036
|
transferring |
TRANSFER'RING, ppr. Removing from one place or person to another; conveying to another, as a ... |
56037
|
transfiguration |
TRANSFIGURA'TION, n.1. A change of form; particularly, the supernatural change in the personal ... |
56038
|
transfigure |
TRANSFIG'URE, v.t. [L. trans and figura.] To transform; to change the outward form or appearance. ... |
56039
|
transfigured |
TRANSFIG'URED, pp. Changed in form. |
56040
|
transfiguring |
TRANSFIG'URING, ppr. Transforming; changing the external form. |
56041
|
transfix |
TRANSFIX', v.t. [L. transfixus, transfigo; trans and figo.]To pierce through, as with a pointed ... |
56042
|
transfixed |
TRANSFIX'ED, pp. Pierced through. |
56043
|
transfixing |
TRANSFIX'ING, ppr. Piercing through with a pointed weapon. |
56044
|
transform |
TRANSFORM', v.t. [L. trans and forma.]1. To change the form of; to change the shape or appearance; ... |
56045
|
transformation |
TRANSFORMA'TION, n. The act or operation of changing the form or external appearance.1. ... |
56046
|
transformed |
TRANSFORM'ED, pp. Changed in form or external appearance; metamorphosed; transmuted; renewed. |
56047
|
transforming |
TRANSFORM'ING, ppr. Changing the form or external appearance; metamorphosing; transmuting; ... |
56048
|
transfreight |
TRANSFREIGHT, v.i. transfra'te. To pass over the sea. [Not in use.] |
56049
|
transfretation |
TRANSFRETA'TION, n. [L. trans and fretum, a strait.]The passing over a strait or narrow sea. ... |
56050
|
transfuse |
TRANSFUSE, v.t. transfu'ze. [L. transfusus, transfundo; trans and fundo.]1. To pour, as liquor, ... |
56051
|
transfused |
TRANSFU'SED, pp. Poured form one vessel into another. |
56052
|
transfusible |
TRANSFU'SIBLE, a. That may be transfused, &c. |
56053
|
transfusing |
TRANSFU'SING, ppr. Pouring out of one vessel into another; transferring. |
56054
|
transfusion |
TRANSFUSION, n. transfu'zhon. The act of pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. In ... |
56055
|
transgress |
TRANSGRESS', v.t. [L. transgressus, transgredior; trans and gradior, to pass.]1. To pass over or ... |
56056
|
transgressed |
TRANSGRESS'ED, pp. Overpassed; violated. |
56057
|
transgressing |
TRANSGRESS'ING, ppr. Passing beyond; surpassing; violating; sinning. |
56058
|
transgression |
TRANSGRES'SION, n. The act of passing over or beyond any law or rule of moral duty; the violation ... |
56059
|
transgressional |
TRANSGRES'SIONAL, a. That violates a law or rule of duty. |
56060
|
transgressive |
TRANSGRESS'IVE, a. Faulty; culpable; apt to transgress. |
56061
|
transgressor |
TRANSGRESS'OR, n. One who breaks a law or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or ... |
56062
|
transhape |
TRANSHA'PE, v.t. [trans and shape.] To transform. [Not in use.] |
56063
|
tranship |
TRANSHIP', v.t. [trans and ship.] To convey from one ship to another; a commercial word. |
56064
|
transhipment |
TRANSHIP'MENT, n. The act of transferring, as goods, from one ship to another. |
56065
|
transhipped |
TRANSHIP'PED, pp. Carried from one ship to another. |
56066
|
transhipping |
TRANSHIP'PING, ppr. Carrying from one ship to another. |
56067
|
transient |
TRANSIENT, a. tran'shent. [L. transiens, transeo; trans and eo.]1. Passing; not stationary; hence, ... |
56068
|
transiently |
TRAN'SIENTLY, adv. [supra.] In passage; for a short time; not with continuance. I touch here but ... |
56069
|
transientness |
TRAN'SIENTNESS, n. [supra.] Shortness of continuance; speedy passage. |
56070
|
transilience |
TRANSIL'IENCE |
56071
|
transiliency |
TRANSIL'IENCY, n. [L. transiliens, transilio; trans and salio.]A leap from thing to thing. [Not ... |
56072
|
transit |
TRANS'IT, n. [L. transitus, from transeo.]1. A passing; a passing over or through; conveyance; as ... |
56073
|
transit-duty |
TRANS'IT-DUTY, n. A duty paid on goods that pass through a country. |
56074
|
transition |
TRANSI'TION, n. transizh'on. [L. transitio.] Passage from one place or state to another; change; ... |
56075
|
transitive |
TRANS'ITIVE, a. Having the power of passing.1. In grammar, a transitive verb is one which is or ... |
56076
|
transitorily |
TRANS'ITORILY, adv. [See Transitory.] With short continuance. |
56077
|
transitoriness |
TRANS'ITORINESS, n. A passing with short continuance; speedy departure or evanescence. Who is not ... |
56078
|
transitory |
TRANS'ITORY, a. [L. transitorius.] Passing without continuance; continuing a short time; fleeting; ... |
56079
|
translatable |
TRANSLA'TABLE, a. [from translate.] Capable of being translated or rendered into another language. |
56080
|
translate |
TRANSLA'TE, v.t. [L. translatus, from transfero; trans, over, and fero, to bear.]1. To bear, carry ... |
56081
|
translated |
TRANSLA'TED, pp. Conveyed from one place to another; removed to heaven without dying; rendered ... |
56082
|
translating |
TRANSLA'TING, ppr. Conveying or removing from one place to another; conveying to heaven without ... |
56083
|
translation |
TRANSLA'TION, n. [L. translatio.]1. The act of removing or conveying from one place to another; ... |
56084
|
translative |
TRANSLA'TIVE, a. Taken from others. |
56085
|
translator |
TRANSLA'TOR, n. One who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one ... |
56086
|
translatory |
TRANS'LATORY, a. Transferring; serving to translate. |
56087
|
translatress |
TRANSLA'TRESS, n. A female translator. |
56088
|
translocation |
TRANSLOCA'TION, n. [L. trans and locatio, loco.] Removal of things reciprocally to each others' ... |
56089
|
translucency |
TRANSLU'CENCY, n. [L. translucens; trans, through, and luceo, to shine.]1. The property of ... |
56090
|
translucent |
TRANSLU'CENT, a. In mineralogy, transmitting rays of light, but not so as to render objects ... |
56091
|
translucid |
TRANSLU'CID, a. [L. translucidus, supra.]Transparent; clear. [See Translucent.] |
56092
|
transmarine |
TRANSMARINE, a. [L. transmarinus; trans and marinus; mare, sea.]Lying or being beyond the sea. |
56093
|
transmew |
TRANSMEW', v.t. [L. transmuto.] To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose. [Not in use.] |
56094
|
transmigrant |
TRANS'MIGRANT, a. [See Transmigrate.] Migrating; passing into another country or state for ... |
56095
|
transmigrate |
TRANS'MIGRATE, v.i. [L. transmigro; trans and migro, to migrate.]1. To migrate; to pass from one ... |
56096
|
transmigrating |
TRANS'MIGRATING, ppr. Passing from one country, state or body into another. |
56097
|
transmigration |
TRANSMIGRA'TION, n. The passing of men from one country to another for the purpose of residence, ... |
56098
|
transmigrator |
TRANS'MIGRATOR, n. One who transmigrates. |
56099
|
transmigratory |
TRANSMI'GRATORY, a. Passing from one place, body or state to another. |
56100
|
transmissibility |
TRANSMISSIBIL'ITY, n. [from transmissible.] The quality of being transmissible. |
56101
|
transmissible |
TRANSMIS'SIBLE, a. [See Transmit.]1. That may be transmitted or passed from one to another.2. ... |
56102
|
transmission |
TRANSMIS'SION, n. [L. transmissio.]1. The act of sending from one place or person to another; as ... |
56103
|
transmissive |
TRANSMIS'SIVE, a. Transmitted; derived from one to another. Itself a sun, it with transmissive ... |
56104
|
transmit |
TRANSMIT', v.t. [L. transmitto; trans and mitto, to send.]1. To send from one person or place to ... |
56105
|
transmittal |
TRANSMIT'TAL, n. Transmission. |
56106
|
transmitted |
TRANSMIT'TED, pp. Sent from one person or place to another; caused or suffered to pass through. |
56107
|
transmitter |
TRANSMIT'TER, n. One who transmits. |
56108
|
transmittible |
TRANSMIT'TIBLE, a. That may be transmitted. |
56109
|
transmitting |
TRANSMIT'TING, ppr. Sending from one person or place to another; suffering to pass through. |
56110
|
transmutability |
TRANSMUTABIL'ITY, n. [See Transmute.] Susceptibility of change into another nature or substance. |
56111
|
transmutable |
TRANSMU'TABLE, a. [from transmute.] Capable of being changed into a different substance, or into ... |
56112
|
transmutably |
TRANSMU'TABLY, adv. With capacity of being changed into another substance or nature. |
56113
|
transmutation |
TRANSMUTA'TION, n. [L. transmutatio.]1. The change of any thing into another substance, or into ... |
56114
|
transmute |
TRANSMU'TE, v.t. [L. transmuto; trans and muto, to change.]To change from one nature or substance ... |
56115
|
transmuted |
TRANSMU'TED, pp. Changed into another substance or nature. |
56116
|
transmuter |
TRANSMU'TER, n. One that transmutes. |
56117
|
transmuting |
TRANSMU'TING, ppr. Changing or transforming into another nature or substance. |
56118
|
transom |
TRAN'SOM, n. [L. transenna, from trans, over, across.]1. A beam or timber extended across the ... |
56119
|
transpadane |
TRANS'PADANE, a. [L. trans and Padus, the river Po.]Being beyond the river Po. |
56120
|
transparency |
TRANSPA'RENCY, n. [See Transparent.] That state or property of a body by which it suffers rays of ... |
56121
|
transparent |
TRANSPA'RENT, a. [L. trans and pareo, to appear.]1. Having the property of transmitting rays of ... |
56122
|
transparently |
TRANSPA'RENTLY, adv. Clearly; so as to be seen through. |
56123
|
transparentness |
TRANSPA'RENTNESS, n. The quality of being transparent; transparency. |
56124
|
transpass |
TRANSP`ASS, v.t. [trans and pass.] To pass over. [Not in use.]TRANSP`ASS, v.i. To pass by or ... |
56125
|
transpicuous |
TRANSPIC'UOUS, a. [L. trans and specio, to see.] Transparent; pervious to the sight. The wide ... |
56126
|
transpierce |
TRANSPIERCE, v.t. transpers'. To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through. His ... |
56127
|
transpierced |
TRANSPIERCED, pp. transpers'ed. Pierced through; penetrated. |
56128
|
transpiercing |
TRANSPIERCING, ppr. transpers'ing. Penetrating; passing through. |
56129
|
transpirable |
TRANSPI'RABLE, a. Capable of being emitted through pores. |
56130
|
transpiration |
TRANSPIRA'TION, n. The act or process of passing off through the pores of the skin; cutaneous ... |
56131
|
transpire |
TRANSPI'RE, v.t. [L. transpiro; trans and spiro.] To emit through the pores of the skin; to send ... |
56132
|
transpiring |
TRANSPI'RING, ppr. Exhaling; passing off in insensible perspiration; becoming public. |
56133
|
transplace |
TRANSPLA'CE, v.t. [trans and place.] To remove; to put in a new place. It was transplaced from the ... |
56134
|
transplant |
TRANSPLANT', v.t. [L. planto.]1. To remove and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.2. ... |
56135
|
transplantation |
TRANSPLANTA'TION, n. The act of transplanting; the removal of a plant or of a settled inhabitant ... |
56136
|
transplanted |
TRANSPLANT'ED, pp. Removed and planted or settled in another place. |
56137
|
transplanter |
TRANSPLANT'ER, n. One who transplants.1. A machine for transplanting trees. |
56138
|
transplanting |
TRANSPLANT'ING, ppr. Removing and planting or settling in another place. |
56139
|
transplendency |
TRANSPLEND'ENCY, n. [L. trans and splendens. See Splendor.]Supereminent splendor. |
56140
|
transplendent |
TRANSPLEND'ENT, a. Resplendent in the highest degree. |
56141
|
transplendently |
TRANSPLEND'ENTLY, adv. With eminent splendor. |
56142
|
transport |
TRANSPORT, v.t. [L. transporto; trans and porto, to carry.]1. To carry or convey from one place to ... |
56143
|
transportable |
TRANSPORTABLE, a. That may be transported. |
56144
|
transportance |
TRANSPORTANCE, n. Conveyance. [Not in use.] |
56145
|
transportation |
TRANSPORTA'TION, n. The act of carrying or conveying from one place to another, either on beasts ... |
56146
|
transported |
TRANSPORTED, pp. Carried; conveyed; removed; ravished with delight. |
56147
|
transportedly |
TRANSPORTEDLY, adv. In a state of rapture. |
56148
|
transportedness |
TRANSPORTEDNESS, n. A state of rapture. |
56149
|
transporter |
TRANSPORTER, n. One who transports or removes. |
56150
|
transporting |
TRANSPORTING, ppr. Conveying or carrying from one place to another; removing; banishing for a ... |
56151
|
transportment |
TRANSPORTMENT, n. Transportation. [Little used.] |
56152
|
transposal |
TRANSPOSAL, n. transpo'zal. [from transpose.] The act of changing the places of things, and ... |
56153
|
transpose |
TRANSPOSE, v.t. transpo'ze.1. To change the place or order of things by putting each in the place ... |
56154
|
transposed |
TRANSPO'SED, pp. Being changed in place and one put in the place of the other. |
56155
|
transposing |
TRANSPO'SING, ppr. Changing the place of things and putting each in the place of the other.1. ... |
56156
|
transposition |
TRANSPOSI'TION, n. [L. transpositio.]1. A changing of the places of things and putting each in the ... |
56157
|
transpositional |
TRANSPOSI'TIONAL, a. Pertaining to transposition. |
56158
|
transpositive |
TRANSPOS'ITIVE, a. Made by transposing; consisting in transposition. |
56159
|
transubstantiate |
TRANSUBSTAN'TIATE, v.t. To change to another substance; as, to transubstantiate the sacramental ... |
56160
|
transubstantiation |
TRANSUBSTANTIA'TION, n. Change of substance. In the Romish theology, the supposed conversion of ... |
56161
|
transubstantiator |
TRANSUBSTAN'TIATOR, n. One who maintains the popish doctrine of transubstantiation. |
56162
|
transudation |
TRANSUDA'TION, n. [from transude.] The act or process of passing off through the pores of a ... |
56163
|
transudatory |
TRANSU'DATORY, a. Passing by transudation. |
56164
|
transude |
TRANSU'DE, v.i. [L. trans and sudo, to sweat.] To pass through the pores or interstices of ... |
56165
|
transuding |
TRANSU'DING, ppr. Passing through the pores of a substance, as sweat or other fluid. |
56166
|
transume |
TRANSU'ME, v.t. [L. transumo; trans and sumo, to take.]To take from one to another. [Little used.] |
56167
|
transumpt |
TRANSUMPT', n. A copy or exemplification of a record. [Not in use.] |
56168
|
transumption |
TRANSUMP'TION, n. The act of taking from one place to another. [Little used.] |
56169
|
transvection |
TRANSVEC'TION, n. [L. transvectio.] The act of conveying or carrying over. |
56170
|
transversal |
TRANSVERS'AL, a. [L. trans and versus.] Running or lying across; as a transversal line. |
56171
|
transversally |
TRANSVERS'ALLY, adv. In a direction crosswise. |
56172
|
transverse |
TRANSVERSE, a. transvers'. [L. transversus; trans and versus, verto.]1. Lying or being across or ... |
56173
|
transversely |
TRANSVERSELY, adv. transvers'ly. In a cross direction; as, to cut a thing transversely. At ... |
56174
|
tranters |
TRAN'TERS, n. plu. Men who carry fish from the sea coast to sell in the inland countries. [Not ... |
56175
|
trap |
TRAP, n.1. An engine that shuts suddenly or with a spring, used for taking game; as a trap for ... |
56176
|
trap-tuff |
TRAP'-TUFF, n. Masses of basalt, amygdaloid, hornblend, sandstones, &c., cemented. |
56177
|
trapan |
TRAPAN', v.t. To ensnare; to catch by stratagem.TRAPAN', n. A snare; a stratagem. |
56178
|
trapanner |
TRAPAN'NER, n. One who ensnares. |
56179
|
trapanning |
TRAPAN'NING, ppr. Ensnaring. |
56180
|
trape |
TRAPE, v.i. To traipse; to walk carelessly and sluttishly. [Not much used.] |
56181
|
trapes |
TRAPES, n. A slattern; an idle sluttish woman. |
56182
|
trapezian |
TRAPE'ZIAN, a. [See Trapezium.] In crystallography, having the lateral planes composed of ... |
56183
|
trapeziform |
TRAPE'ZIFORM, a. Having the form of a trapezium. |
56184
|
trapezihedron |
TRAPEZIHE'DRON, n. [L. trapezium and Gr. side.] A solid bounded by twenty four equal and similar ... |
56185
|
trapezium |
TRAPE'ZIUM, n. plu. trapezia or trapeziums. [L. from Gr. a little table.]1. In geometry, a plane ... |
56186
|
trapezoid |
TRAPEZOID', n. [L. trapezium.] An irregular solid figure having four sides, no two of which are ... |
56187
|
trapezoidal |
TRAPEZOID'AL, a. Having the form of a trapezoid.1. Having the surface composed of twenty four ... |
56188
|
trappings |
TRAP'PINGS, n. plu. [from trap. The primary sense is that which is set, spread or put on.]1. ... |
56189
|
trappous |
TRAP'POUS, a. [from trap,in geology. It ought to be trappy.]Pertaining to trap; resembling trap, ... |
56190
|
trash |
TRASH, n.1. Any waste or worthless matter. Who steals my money, steals trash.2. Loppings of ... |
56191
|
trashy |
TRASH'Y, a. Waste; rejected; worthless; useless. |
56192
|
trass |
TRASS n. A volcanic earth, resembling puzzolana, used as a cement; or a coarse sort of plaster or ... |
56193
|
traulism |
TRAU'LISM, n. A stammering. [Not in use.] |
56194
|
traumatic |
TRAUMAT'IC, a. [Gr. a wound.]1. Pertaining to or applied to wounds.2. Vulnerary; adapted to the ... |
56195
|
travail |
TRAV'AIL, v.i. [L. trans, over, beyond, and mael, work; Eng. moil.]1. To labor with pain; to ... |
56196
|
travailing |
TRAV'AILING, ppr. Laboring with toil; laboring in childbirth. Is.42. |
56197
|
trave |
TRAVE |
56198
|
travel |
TRAV'EL, v.i. [a different orthography and application of travail.]1. To walk; to go or march on ... |
56199
|
travel-tainted |
TRAV'EL-TAINTED, a. [travel and tainted.] Harassed; fatigued with travel. [Not in use.] |
56200
|
traveled |
TRAV'ELED, pp. Gained or made by travel; as traveled observations.1. a. Having made journeys. |
56201
|
traveler |
TRAV'ELER, n. 1. One who travels in any way. Job:31.2. One who visits foreign countries.3. In ... |
56202
|
traveling |
TRAV'ELING, ppr. 1. Walking; going; making a journey. Matt.25.2. a. Incurred by travel; as ... |
56203
|
travers |
TRAV'ERS, adv. Across; athwart. [Not used.] |
56204
|
traversable |
TRAV'ERSABLE, a. [See Traverse, in law.] That may be traversed or denied; as a traversable ... |
56205
|
traverse |
TRAV'ERSE, adv. Athwart; crosswise. The ridges of the field lay traverse.TRAV'ERSE, prep. [supra.] ... |
56206
|
traverse-board |
TRAV'ERSE-BOARD, n. [traverse and board.] In a ship, a small board to be hung in the steerage, and ... |
56207
|
traverse-table |
TRAV'ERSE-TABLE, n. [traverse and table.] In navigation, a table of difference of latitude and ... |
56208
|
traversing |
TRAV'ERSING, ppr. Crossing; passing over; thwarting; turning; denying. |
56209
|
travestied |
TRAV'ESTIED, pp. Disguised by dress; turned into ridicule. |
56210
|
travestin |
TRAV'ESTIN, n. A kind of white spongy stone found in Italy. |
56211
|
travesty |
TRAV'ESTY, a. [infra.] Having an unusual dress; disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous. It is ... |
56212
|
travis |
TRAV'IS, n. 1. A wooden frame to confine a horse while the smith is setting his shoes. This is ... |
56213
|
tray |
TRAY, n. [L. trua.] A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a piece of timber ... |
56214
|
tray-trip |
TRA'Y-TRIP, n. A kind of play. |
56215
|
tre |
SALTPE'TER,'TRE, n. [salt and Gr. stone.] A neutral salt formed by the nitric acid in combination ... |
56216
|
treacher |
TRE'ACHER |
56217
|
treacherous |
TREACHEROUS, a. trech'erous. [See Treachery.] Violating allegiance of faith pledged; faithless; ... |
56218
|
treacherously |
TREACHEROUSLY, adv. trech'erously. By violating allegiance or faith pledged; by betraying a ... |
56219
|
treacherousness |
TREACHEROUSNESS, n. trech'erousness. Breach of allegiance or of faith; faithlessness; ... |
56220
|
treachery |
TREACHERY, n. trech'ery. Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence. The man who betrays ... |
56221
|
treachetour |
TRE'ACHETOUR |
56222
|
treachour |
TRE'ACHOUR , n. A traitor. |
56223
|
treacle |
TRE'ACLE, n. [L. theriaca; Gr. a wild beast.]1. The spume of sugar in sugar refineries. Treacle ... |
56224
|
treacle-mustard |
TRE'ACLE-MUSTARD, n. A plant of the genus Thlaspi, whose seeds are used in the theriaca; ... |
56225
|
treacle-water |
TRE'ACLE-WATER, n. A compound cordial, distilled with a spiritous menstruum from any cordial and ... |
56226
|
tread |
TREAD, v.i. tred. pret. trod; pp. trod, troden. [L. trudo.]1. To set the foot. Where'er you tread, ... |
56227
|
treader |
TREADER, n. tred'er. One who treads. Is. 16. |
56228
|
treading |
TREADING, ppr. tred'ing. Stepping; pressing with the foot; walking on. |
56229
|
treadle |
TREADLE |
56230
|
treague |
TREAGUE, n. treeg. A truce. |
56231
|
treason |
TREASON, n. tree'zn. [L. traho. See Draw and Drag.]Treason is the highest crime of a civil nature ... |
56232
|
treasonable |
TREASONABLE, a. tree'znable. Pertaining to treason; consisting of treason; involving the crime of ... |
56233
|
treasonous |
TREASONOUS, for treasonable, is not in use. |
56234
|
treasure |
TREASURE, n. trezh'ur. [L. thesaurus.]1. Wealth accumulated; particularly, a stock or store of ... |
56235
|
treasure-city |
TREASURE-CITY, n. trezh'ur-city. A city for stores and magazines. Ex.1. |
56236
|
treasure-house |
TREASURE-HOUSE, n. trezh'ur-house. A house or building where treasures and stores are kept. |
56237
|
treasure-trove |
TREASURE-TROVE, n. trezh'ur-trove. Any money, bullion and the like, found in the earth, the owner ... |
56238
|
treasured |
TREASURED, pp. trezh'ured. Hoarded; laid up for future use. |
56239
|
treasurer |
TREASURER, n. trezh'urer. One who has the care of a treasure or treasury; an officer who receives ... |
56240
|
treasurership |
TREASURERSHIP, n. trezh'ureship. The office of treasurer. |
56241
|
treasuress |
TREASURESS, n. trezh'uress. A female who has charge of a treasure. |
56242
|
treasury |
TREASURY, n. trezh'ury. A place or building in which stores of wealth are reposited; particularly, ... |
56243
|
treat |
TREAT, v.t. [L. tracto.]1. To handle; to manage; to use. Subjects are usually faithful or ... |
56244
|
treatable |
TRE'ATABLE, a. Moderate; not violent. The heats or the colds of seasons are less treatable than ... |
56245
|
treatably |
TRE'ATABLY, adv. Moderately. [Not in use.] |
56246
|
treated |
TRE'ATED, pp. Handled; managed; used; discoursed on; entertained. |
56247
|
treater |
TRE'ATER, n. One that treats; one that handles or discourses on; one that entertains. |
56248
|
treating |
TRE'ATING, ppr. Handling; managing; using; discoursing on; entertaining. |
56249
|
treatise |
TRE'ATISE, n. [L. tractatus.] A tract; a written composition on a particular subject, in which the ... |
56250
|
treatiser |
TRE'ATISER, n. One who writes a treatise. [Not used.] |
56251
|
treatment |
TRE'ATMENT, n. Management; manipulation; manner of mixing or combining, of decomposing and the ... |
56252
|
treaty |
TRE'ATY, n. Negotiation; act of treating for the adjustment of differences, or for forming an ... |
56253
|
treaty-making |
TRE'ATY-MAKING, a. The treaty-making power is lodged in the executive government. In monarchies, ... |
56254
|
treble |
TREBLE, a. trib'l. [L. triplex, triplus; tres, three, and plexus, fold. This should be written ... |
56255
|
trebleness |
TREBLENESS, n. trib'lness. The state of being treble; as the trebleness of tones. |
56256
|
trebly |
TREBLY, adv. trib'ly. In a threefold number or quantity; as a good deed trebly recompensed. |
56257
|
treddle |
TRED'DLE, n. The part of a loom or other machine which is moved by the tread or foot.1. The ... |
56258
|
tree |
TREE, n.1. The general name of the largest of the vegetable kind, consisting of a firm woody stem ... |
56259
|
tree-germander |
TREE-GERMANDER, n. A plant of the genus Teucrium. |
56260
|
tree-moss |
TREE'-MOSS, n. A species of lichen. |
56261
|
tree-nail |
TREE'-NAIL, n. [tree and nail; commonly pronounced trunnel.]A long wooden pin, used in fastening ... |
56262
|
tree-of-life |
TREE-OF-LIFE, n. An evergreen tree of the genus Thuja. |
56263
|
treen |
TREEN, a. Wooden; made of wood.TREEN, n. The old plural of tree. |
56264
|
trefoil |
TRE'FOIL, n. [L. trifolium; tres, three, and folium, leaf.]The common name for many plants of the ... |
56265
|
treillage |
TREILLAGE, n. trel'lage. In gardening, a sort of rail-work, consisting of light posts and rails ... |
56266
|
trellis |
TREL'LIS, n. In gardening, a structure or frame of cross-barred work, or lattice work, used like ... |
56267
|
trellised |
TREL'LISED, a. Having a trellis or trellises. |
56268
|
tremble |
TREM'BLE, v.i. [L. tremo.]1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold or weakness; to quake; to ... |
56269
|
tremblement |
TREM'BLEMENT, n. In French music, a trill or shake. |
56270
|
trembler |
TREM'BLER, n One that trembles. |
56271
|
trembling |
TREM'BLING, ppr. Shaking, as with fear, cold or weakness; quaking; shivering. |
56272
|
trembling-poplar |
TREM'BLING-POPLAR, n. The aspen tree, so called. |
56273
|
tremblingly |
TREM'BLINGLY, adv. So as to shake; with shivering or quaking. Tremblingly she stood. |
56274
|
tremendous |
TREMEN'DOUS, a. [L. tremendus, from tremo, to tremble.]1. Such as may excite fear or terror; ... |
56275
|
tremendously |
TREMEN'DOUSLY, adv. In a manner to terrify or astonish; with great violence. |
56276
|
tremendousness |
TREMEN'DOUSNESS, n. The state or quality of being tremendous, terrible or violent. |
56277
|
tremolite |
TREM'OLITE, n. A mineral, so called from Tremola, a valley in the Alps, where it was discovered. ... |
56278
|
tremor |
TRE'MOR, n. [L. from tremo.] An involuntary trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or ... |
56279
|
tremulous |
TREM'ULOUS, a. [L. tremulus, from tremo, to tremble.]1. Trembling; affected with fear or timidity; ... |
56280
|
tremulously |
TREM'ULOUSLY, adv. With quivering or trepidation. |
56281
|
tremulousness |
TREM'ULOUSNESS, n. The state of trembling or quivering; as the tremulousness of an aspen leaf. |
56282
|
tren |
TREN, n. A fish spear. |
56283
|
trench |
TRENCH, v.t.1. To cut or dig, as a ditch, a channel for water, or a long hollow in the earth. We ... |
56284
|
trenchant |
TRENCH'ANT, a. Cutting; sharp. [Little used.] |
56285
|
trenched |
TRENCH'ED, pp. Cut into long hollows or ditches; furrowed deep. |
56286
|
trencher |
TRENCH'ER, n. A wooden plate. Trenchers were in use among the common people of New England till ... |
56287
|
trencher-fly |
TRENCH'ER-FLY, n. [trencher and fly.] One that haunts the tables of others; a parasite. |
56288
|
trencher-friend |
TRENCH'ER-FRIEND, n. [trencher and friend.] One who frequents the tables of others; a spunger. |
56289
|
trencher-man |
TRENCH'ER-MAN, n. [trencher and man.]1. A feeder; a great eater.2. A cook. |
56290
|
trencher-mate |
TRENCH'ER-MATE, n. [trencher and mate.] A table companion; a parasite. |
56291
|
trenching |
TRENCH'ING, ppr. Cutting into trenches; digging; ditching. |
56292
|
trend |
TREND, v.i. [This word seems to be allied to trundle, or to run.]To run; to stretch; to tend; to ... |
56293
|
trender |
TREND'ER, n. One whose business is to free wool from its filth. [Local.] |
56294
|
trending |
TREND'ING, ppr. Running; tending.1. Cleaning wool. [Local.]TREND'ING, n. The operation of ... |
56295
|
trendle |
TREN'DLE, n. Any thing round used in turning or rolling; a little wheel. |
56296
|
trental |
TREN'TAL |
56297
|
trentals |
TREN'TALS, n. [L. triginta.] An office for the dead in the Romish service, consisting of thirty ... |
56298
|
trepan |
TREPAN', n. [L. tero, terebra, on the root Rp.] In surgery, a circular saw for perforating the ... |
56299
|
trepanned |
TREPAN'NED, pp. Having the skull perforated. |
56300
|
trepanner |
TREPAN'NER, n. One who trepans. |
56301
|
trepanning |
TREPAN'NING, ppr. Perforating the skull with a trepan.TREPAN'NING, n. The operation of making an ... |
56302
|
trephine |
TREPH'INE, n. [See Trepan.] An instrument for trepanning, more modern than the trepan. It is a ... |
56303
|
trepid |
TREP'ID, a. [L. trepidus.] Trembling; quaking. [Not used.] |
56304
|
trepidation |
TREPIDA'TION, n. [L. trepidatio, form trepido, to tremble.]1. An involuntary trembling; a quaking ... |
56305
|
trespass |
TRES'PASS, v.i. [L. trans, beyond, and passer, to pass.]1. Literally, to pass beyond; hence ... |
56306
|
trespasser |
TRES'PASSER, n. One who commits a trespass; one who enters upon another's land or violates his ... |
56307
|
trespassing |
TRES'PASSING, ppr. Entering another man's inclosure; injuring or annoying another; violating the ... |
56308
|
tress |
TRESS, n. A knot or curl of hair; a ringlet. Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare. |
56309
|
tressed |
TRESS'ED, a. Having tresses.1. Curled; formed into ringlets. |
56310
|
tressure |
TRESS'URE, n. In heraldry, a kind of border. |
56311
|
trestle |
TRES'TLE, n. tres'l.1. The frame of a table.2. A movable form for supporting any thing.3. In ... |
56312
|
tret |
TRET, n. [probably from L. tritus, tero, to wear.]In commerce, an allowance to purchasers, for ... |
56313
|
trethings |
TRETH'INGS, n. Taxes; imposts. [I know not where used. It is unknown, I believe, in the United ... |
56314
|
trevet |
TREV'ET, n. [three-feet, tripod.] A stool or other thing that is supported by three legs. |
56315
|
trey |
TREY, n. [L. tres; Eng. three.] A three at cards; a card of three spots. |
56316
|
tri |
TRI, a prefix in words of Greek and Latin origin, signifies three. |
56317
|
triable |
TRI'ABLE, a. [from try.] That may be tried; that may be subjected to trial or test.1. That may ... |
56318
|
triacontahedral |
TRIACONTAHE'DRAL, a. [Gr. thirty, and side.] Having thirty sides. In mineralogy, bounded by ... |
56319
|
triaconter |
TRI'ACONTER, n. [Gr.] In ancient Greece, a vessel of thirty oars. |
56320
|
triad |
TRI'AD, n. [L. trias, from tres, three.] The union of three; three united. In music, the common ... |
56321
|
trial |
TRI'AL, n. [from try.] Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining its ... |
56322
|
triality |
TRIAL'ITY, n. [form three.] Three united; state of being three. [Little used.] |
56323
|
triander |
TRIAN'DER, n. [Gr. three, and a male.] A plant having three stamens. |
56324
|
triandrian |
TRIAN'DRIAN, a. Having three stamens. |
56325
|
triangle |
TRI'ANGLE, n. [L. triangulum; tres, tria, three, and angulus, a corner.] In geometry, a figure ... |
56326
|
triangled |
TRIAN'GLED, a. Having three angles. |
56327
|
triangular |
TRIAN'GULAR, a. Having three angles.In botany, a triangular stem has three prominent longitudinal ... |
56328
|
triangularly |
TRIAN'GULARLY, adv. After the form of a triangle. |
56329
|
triarian |
TRIA'RIAN, a. [L. triarii.] Occupying the third post or place. |
56330
|
tribe |
TRIBE, n. [L. tribus.]1. A family, race or series of generations, descending from the same ... |
56331
|
triblet |
TRIB'LET |
56332
|
tribometer |
TRIBOM'ETER, n. [Gr. to rub or wear, and measure.] An instrument to ascertain the degree of ... |
56333
|
triboulet |
TRIB'OULET, n. A goldsmith's tool for making rings. |
56334
|
tribrach |
TRI'BRACH, n. [Gr. three, and short.] In ancient prosody, a poetic foot of three short syllables, ... |
56335
|
tribracteate |
TRIBRAC'TEATE, a. Having three bracts about the flower. |
56336
|
tribulation |
TRIBULA'TION, n. [L. tribulo, to thrash, to beat.] Severe affliction; distresses of life; ... |
56337
|
tribunal |
TRIBU'NAL, n. [L. tribunal, from tribunus, a tribune, who administered justice.]1. Properly, the ... |
56338
|
tribunary |
TRIB'UNARY, a. [from tribune.] Pertaining to tribunes. |
56339
|
tribune |
TRIB'UNE, n. [L. tribunus, from tribus, tribe.]1. In ancient Rome, an officer or magistrate chosen ... |
56340
|
tribuneship |
TRIB'UNESHIP, n. The office of a tribune. |
56341
|
tribunician |
TRIBUNI'CIAN |
56342
|
tribunitial |
TRIBUNI'TIAL, a. Pertaining to tribunes; as tribunician power or authority.1. Suiting a tribune. |
56343
|
tributary |
TRIB'UTARY, a. [from tribute.] Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an ... |
56344
|
tribute |
TRIB'UTE, n. [L. tributum, from tribuo, to give, bestow or divide.]1. An annual or stated sum of ... |
56345
|
trical |
CATADIOPTRIC,TRICAL, a. Reflecting light. |
56346
|
tricapsular |
TRICAP'SULAR, a. [L. tres, three, and capsula, a little chest.]In botany, three-capsuled; having ... |
56347
|
trice |
TRICE, v.t. In seamen's language, to haul and tie up by means of a small rope or line.TRICE, n. A ... |
56348
|
trichotomous |
TRICHOT'OMOUS, a. [See Trichotomy.] Divided into three parts, or divided by threes; as a ... |
56349
|
trichotomy |
TRICHOT'OMY, n. [Gr. three, and to cut or divide.] Division into three parts. |
56350
|
trick |
TRICK, n. [L. tricor, to play tricks, to trifle, to baffle. We see the same root in the Low L. ... |
56351
|
tricked |
TRICK'ED, pp. Cheated; deceived; dressed. |
56352
|
tricker |
TRICK'ER |
56353
|
trickery |
TRICK'ERY, n. The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem. |
56354
|
tricking |
TRICK'ING, ppr. Deceiving; cheating; defrauding.1. Dressing; decorating.TRICK'ING, n. Dress; ... |
56355
|
trickish |
TRICK'ISH, a. Artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish. |
56356
|
trickle |
TRICK'LE, v.i. [allied perhaps to Gr. to run, and a diminutive.]To flow in a small gentle stream; ... |
56357
|
trickling |
TRICK'LING, ppr. Flowing down in a small gentle stream.TRICK'LING, n. The act of flowing in a ... |
56358
|
trickment |
TRICK'MENT, n. Decoration. [Not used.] |
56359
|
trickster |
TRICK'STER, n. One who tricks; a deceiver; a cheat. |
56360
|
tricksy |
TRICK'SY, a. [from trick.] Pretty; brisk. [Not much used.] |
56361
|
tricliniary |
TRICLIN'IARY, a. [L. tricliniaris, from triclinium, a couch to recline on at dinner.] Pertaining ... |
56362
|
tricoccous |
TRICOC'COUS, a. [L. tres, three, and coccus, a berry.] A tricoccous or three-grained capsule is ... |
56363
|
tricorporal |
TRICOR'PORAL, a. [L.tricorpor; tres and corpus.] Having three bodies. |
56364
|
tricuspidate |
TRICUS'PIDATE, a. [L. tres, three, and cuspis, a point.]In botany, three-pointed; ending in three ... |
56365
|
tridactylous |
TRIDAC'TYLOUS, a. [Gr. three, and a toe.] Having three toes. |
56366
|
tride |
TRIDE, a. Among hunters, short and ready; fleet; as a tride pace. |
56367
|
trident |
TRI'DENT, n. [L. tridens; tres, three, and dens, tooth.]In mythology, a kind of scepter or spear ... |
56368
|
tridentate |
TRIDENT'ATE, a. [L. tres and dens, tooth.] Having three teeth. |
56369
|
tridented |
TRI'DENTED, a. Having three teeth or prongs. |
56370
|
tridiapason |
TRIDIAPA'SON, n. [tri and diapason.] In music, a triple octave or twenty second. |
56371
|
triding |
TRI'DING. [See Trithing.] |
56372
|
tridodecahedral |
TRIDODECAHE'DRAL, a. [Gr. three, and dodecahedral.]In crystallography, presenting three ranges of ... |
56373
|
triduan |
TRID'UAN, a. [L. triduum; tres and dies, day.] Lasting three days, or happening every third day. ... |
56374
|
triennial |
TRIEN'NIAL, a. [L. triennis, triennium; tres, three, and annus, year.]1. Continuing three years; ... |
56375
|
triennially |
TRIEN'NIALLY, adv. Once in three years. |
56376
|
trier |
TRI'ER, n. [from try.] One who tries; one who makes experiments; one who examines any thing by a ... |
56377
|
trierarch |
TRI'ERARCH, n. [Gr. a trireme, and a chief.] In ancient Greece, the commander of a trireme; also, ... |
56378
|
triet |
TRIET, a. [L. tritus, from tero, to wear.] Worn out; common; used till so common as to have lost ... |
56379
|
trieterical |
TRIETER'ICAL, a. [L. trietericus; tres, three, and Gr. year.]Triennial; kept or occurring once in ... |
56380
|
trifallow |
TRI'FALLOW, v.t. [L. tres, three, and fallow.] To plow land the third time before sowing. |
56381
|
trifid |
TRIF'ID, a. [L. trifidus; tres, three, and findo, to divide.]In botany, divided into three parts by ... |
56382
|
trifistulary |
TRIFIS'TULARY, a. [L. tres and fistula, a pipe.] Having three pipes. |
56383
|
trifle |
TRI'FLE, n. A thing of very little value or importance; a word applicable to any thing and every ... |
56384
|
trifler |
TRI'FLER, n. One who trifles or acts with levity. |
56385
|
trifling |
TRI'FLING, ppr. Acting or talking with levity, or without seriousness or being in earnest.1. a. ... |
56386
|
triflingly |
TRI'FLINGLY, adv. In a trifling manner; with levity; without seriousness or dignity. |
56387
|
triflingness |
TRI'FLINGNESS, n. Levity of manners; lightness.1. Smallness of value; emptiness; vanity. |
56388
|
triflorous |
TRIF'LOROUS, a. [L. tres, three, and flos, floris, flower.] Three-flowered; bearing three flowers; ... |
56389
|
trifoliate |
TRIFO'LIATE, a. [L. tres, three, and folium, leaf.] Having three leaves. |
56390
|
trifoliolate |
TRIFO'LIOLATE, a. Having three folioles. |
56391
|
trifoly |
TRI'FOLY, n. Sweet trefoil. [See Trefoil.] |
56392
|
triform |
TRI'FORM, a. [L. triformis; tres and forma.] Having a triple form or shape; as the triform ... |
56393
|
trig |
TRIG, v.t. To fill; to stuff. [Not in use.]1. To stop; as a wheel.TRIG, a. Full; trim; neat. ... |
56394
|
trigamy |
TRIG'AMY, n. [Gr. three, and marriage.] State of being married tree times; or the state of having ... |
56395
|
trigger |
TRIG'GER, n.1. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.2. The catch of a musket or ... |
56396
|
trigintals |
TRIGIN'TALS, n. [L. triginta.] Trentals; the number of thirty masses to be said for the dead. |
56397
|
triglyph |
TRIG'LYPH, n. [Gr. three, and sculpture.] An ornament in the frieze of the Doric column, repeated ... |
56398
|
trigon |
TRIG'ON, n. [Gr. three, and angle.]1. A triangle; a term used in astrology; also, trine, an aspect ... |
56399
|
trigonal |
TRIG'ONAL |
56400
|
trigonometrical |
TRIGONOMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to trigonometry; performed by or according to the rules of ... |
56401
|
trigonometrically |
TRIGONOMET'RICALLY, adv. According to the rules or principles of trigonometry. |
56402
|
trigonometry |
TRIGONOM'ETRY, n. [Gr. a triangle, and to measure.] The measuring of triangles; the science of ... |
56403
|
trigonous |
TRIG'ONOUS, a. Triangular; having three angles or corners.1. In botany, having three prominent ... |
56404
|
trigyn |
TRI'GYN, n. [Gr. three, and a female.] In botany, a plant having three pistils. |
56405
|
trigynian |
TRIGYN'IAN, a. Having three pistils. |
56406
|
trihedral |
TRIHE'DRAL, a. [See Trihedron.] Having three equal sides. |
56407
|
trihedron |
TRIHE'DRON, n. [Gr. three, and side.] A figure having three equal sides. |
56408
|
trijugous |
TRIJU'GOUS, a. [L. tres, three, and jugum, yoke.] In botany, having three pairs. A trijugous ... |
56409
|
trilateral |
TRILAT'ERAL, a. [L. tres, three, and latus, side.] Having three sides. |
56410
|
triliteral |
TRILIT'ERAL, a. [L. tres, three, and litera, letter.] Consisting of three letters; as a triliteral ... |
56411
|
trill |
TRILL, n. A quaver; a shake of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument. [See ... |
56412
|
trilled |
TRILL'ED, pp. Shaken; uttered with rapid vibrations. |
56413
|
trilling |
TRILL'ING, ppr. Uttering with a quavering or shake. |
56414
|
trillion |
TRILLION, n. tril'yun. [a word formed arbitrarily of three, or Gr. million.] The product of a ... |
56415
|
trilobate |
TRILO'BATE, a. [L. tres and locus.] Having three lobes. |
56416
|
trilocular |
TRILOC'ULAR, a. [L. tres and locus, a cell.] In botany, three-celled; having three cells for ... |
56417
|
triluminar |
TRILU'MINAR |
56418
|
triluminous |
TRILU'MINOUS, a. [L. tres and lumen, light.] Having three lights. |
56419
|
trim |
TRIM, a. Firm; compact; tight; snug; being in good order. We say of a ship, she is trim, or ... |
56420
|
trimeter |
TRIM'ETER, n. A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures.TRIM'ETER |
56421
|
trimetrical |
TRIMET'RICAL, a. [Gr. three measures.] Consisting of three poetical measures, forming an iambic of ... |
56422
|
trimly |
TRIM'LY, adv. Nicely; neatly; in good order. |
56423
|
trimmed |
TRIM'MED, pp. Put in good order; dressed; ornamented; clipped; shaved; balanced; rebuked. |
56424
|
trimmer |
TRIM'MER, n. One that trims; a timeserver.1. A piece of timber fitted in. All the joists and the ... |
56425
|
trimming |
TRIM'MING, ppr. Putting in due order; dressing; decorating; pruning; balancing; fluctuating ... |
56426
|
trimness |
TRIM'NESS, n. Neatness; snugness; the state of being close and in good order. |
56427
|
trinal |
TRI'NAL, a. [L. trinus, three.] Threefold. |
56428
|
trine |
TRINE, a. Threefold; as trine dimension, that is, length, breadth and thickness.TRINE, n. [supra.] ... |
56429
|
trinervate |
TRINERV'ATE, a. [L. tres and nervus.] In botany, having three nerves or unbranched vessels meeting ... |
56430
|
trinerve |
TRI'NERVE |
56431
|
trinerved |
TRI'NERVED, a. In botany, a trinerved or three-nerved leaf, has three nerves or unbranched vessels ... |
56432
|
tringle |
TRIN'GLE, n. In architecture, a little square member or ornament, as a listel, reglet, platband ... |
56433
|
trinitarian |
TRINITA'RIAN, a. Pertaining to the Trinity, or to the doctrine of the Trinity.TRINITA'RIAN, n. ... |
56434
|
trinity |
TRIN'ITY, n. [L. trinitas; tres and unus, unitas, one, unity.]In theology, the union of three ... |
56435
|
trinket |
TRINK'ET, n.1. A small ornament, as a jewel, a ring and the like.2. A thing of little value; ... |
56436
|
trinomial |
TRINO'MIAL, a. [L. tres and nomen.] In mathematics, a trinomial root, is a root consisting of ... |
56437
|
trio |
TRI'O, n. A concert of three parts; three united. |
56438
|
triobolar |
TRIOB'OLAR, a. [L. triobolaris; tres and obolus.] Of the value of three oboli; mean; worthless. ... |
56439
|
trioctahedral |
TRIOCTAHE'DRAL, a. [tri and octahedral.] In crystallography, presenting three ranges of faces, one ... |
56440
|
trioctile |
TRIOC'TILE, n. [L. tres, three, and octo, eight.] In astrology, an aspect of two planets with ... |
56441
|
trior |
TRI'OR |
56442
|
trip |
TRIP, v.t.1. To supplant; to cause to fall by striking the feet suddenly from under the person; ... |
56443
|
tripartite |
TRIP'ARTITE, a. [L. tripartitus; tres, three, and partitus, divided; partior.]1. Divided into ... |
56444
|
tripartition |
TRIPARTI'TION, n. A division by three, or the taking of a third part of any number or quantity. |
56445
|
tripe |
TRIPE, n.1. Properly, the entrails; but in common usage, the large stomach of ruminating animals, ... |
56446
|
tripe-man |
TRI'PE-MAN, n. A man who sells tripe. |
56447
|
tripedal |
TRIP'EDAL, a. [L. tres and pes.] Having three feet. |
56448
|
tripennate |
TRIPEN'NATE |
56449
|
tripersonal |
TRIPER'SONAL, a. [L. tres and persona.] Consisting of three persons. |
56450
|
tripersonality |
TRIPERSONAL'ITY, n. The state of existing in three persons in one Godhead. |
56451
|
tripetalous |
TRIPET'ALOUS, a. [Gr. three, and leaf.] In botany, three-petaled; having three petals or flower ... |
56452
|
triphane |
TRI'PHANE, n. A mineral, spodumene. |
56453
|
triphthong |
TRIPH'THONG, n. [Gr. three, and sound.] A coalition of three vowels in one compound sound, or in ... |
56454
|
triphthongal |
TRIPHTHON'GAL, a. Pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of a triphthong. |
56455
|
triphyllous |
TRIPH'YLLOUS, a. [Gr. three, and leaf.] In botany, three-leaved; having three leaves. |
56456
|
tripinnate |
TRIPIN'NATE, a. [L. tres and penna or pinna.] In botany, a tripinnate leaf is a species of ... |
56457
|
triple |
TRIP'LE, a.[L. triplex, triplus; tres and plico, to fold.]1. Threefold; consisting of three ... |
56458
|
triplet |
TRIP'LET, n. [from triple.] Three of a kind, or three united.1. In poetry, three verses rhyming ... |
56459
|
triplicate |
TRIP'LICATE, a. [L. triplicatus, triplico; tres and plico, to fold.] Made thrice as much; ... |
56460
|
triplication |
TRIPLICA'TION, n. The act of trebling or making threefold, or adding three together.1. In the ... |
56461
|
triplicity |
TRIPLIC'ITY, n. [L. triplex.] Trebleness; the state of being threefold. |
56462
|
triply-ribbed |
TRIP'LY-RIBBED, a. [triple and rib.] In botany, having a pair of large ribs branching off from the ... |
56463
|
tripod |
TRI'POD, n. [L. tripus, tripodis; Gr. three, and foot.]A bench, stool or seat supported by three ... |
56464
|
tripoli |
TRIP'OLI, n. In mineralogy, a mineral originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones ... |
56465
|
tripoline |
TRIP'OLINE, a. Pertaining to tripoli. |
56466
|
tripos |
TRI'POS, n. A tripod, which see. |
56467
|
tripped |
TRIP'PED, pp. [from trip.] Supplanted. |
56468
|
tripper |
TRIP'PER, n. One who trips or supplants; one that walks nimbly. |
56469
|
tripping |
TRIP'PING, ppr. Supplanting; stumbling; falling; stepping nimbly.1. a. Quick; nimble.TRIP'PING, ... |
56470
|
trippingly |
TRIP'PINGLY, adv. Nimbly; with a light nimble quick step; with agility. Sing and dance it ... |
56471
|
triptote |
TRIP'TOTE, n. [Gr. three, and case.] In grammar, a name having three cases only. |
56472
|
tripudiary |
TRIPU'DIARY, a. [L. tripudium.] Pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. |
56473
|
tripudiation |
TRIPUDIA'TION, n. [L. tripudio, to dance.] Act of dancing. |
56474
|
tripyramid |
TRIPYR'AMID, n. [L. tres and pyramis.] In mineralogy, a genus of spars, the body of which is ... |
56475
|
triquetrous |
TRIQUE'TROUS, a. [L. triquetrus, from triquetra, a triangle.]Three-sided; having three plane sides. |
56476
|
triradiated |
TRIRA'DIATED, a. [L. tres and radius.] Having three rays. |
56477
|
trireme |
TRI'REME, n. [L. triremis; tres and remus.] A galley or vessel with three benches or ranks of ... |
56478
|
trirhomboidal |
TRIRHOMBOID'AL, a. [tri and rhomboidal.] Having the form of three rhombs. |
56479
|
trisacramentarian |
TRISACRAMENTA'RIAN, n. [L. tres, three, and sacrament.]One of a religious sect who admit of three ... |
56480
|
trisagion |
TRISAG'ION, n. [Gr. three, and holy.] A hymn in which the word holy is repeated three times. |
56481
|
trisect |
TRISECT', v.t. [L. tres, three, and seco, to cut.] To cut or divide into three equal parts. |
56482
|
trisected |
TRISECT'ED, pp. Divided into three equal parts. |
56483
|
trisecting |
TRISECT'ING, ppr. Dividing into three equal parts. |
56484
|
trisection |
TRISEC'TION, n. [L. tres and sectio, a cutting.] The division of a thing into three parts; ... |
56485
|
trisepalous |
TRISEP'ALOUS, a. In botany, having three sepals to a calyx. |
56486
|
trispast |
TRIS'PAST |
56487
|
trispaston |
TRISPAS'TON, n. [Gr. to draw.] In mechanics, a machine with three pulleys for raising great ... |
56488
|
trispermous |
TRISPERM'OUS, a. [Gr. three, and seed.] Three-seeded; containing three seeds; as a trispermous ... |
56489
|
trist |
TRIST |
56490
|
tristful |
TRIST'FUL, a. [L. tristis, sad.] Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Not used.] |
56491
|
trisulc |
TRISULC', n. [L. trisulcus.] Something having three points. [Not in use.] |
56492
|
trisyllabic |
TRISYLLAB'IC |
56493
|
trisyllabical |
TRISYLLAB'ICAL, a. [from trisyllable.] Pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three ... |
56494
|
trisyllable |
TRISYL'LABLE, n. [L. tres, three, and syllaba, syllable.] A word consisting of three syllables. |
56495
|
tritely |
TRI'TELY, adv. In a common manner. |
56496
|
triteness |
TRI'TENESS, n. Commonness; staleness; a state of being worn out; as the triteness of an ... |
56497
|
triternate |
TRITERN'ATE, a. [L. tres, three, and ternate.] Having three biternate leaves, or the divisions of ... |
56498
|
tritheism |
TRITHE'ISM, n. The opinion or doctrine that there are three Gods in the Godhead. |
56499
|
tritheist |
TRITHE'IST, n. One who believes that there are three distinct Gods in the Godhead, that is, three ... |
56500
|
tritheistic |
TRITHEIS'TIC, a. Pertaining to tritheism. |
56501
|
tritheite |
TRITHE'ITE, n. A tritheist. |
56502
|
trithing |
TRI'THING, n. [from three.] One of the divisions of the county of York in England, which is ... |
56503
|
tritical |
TRIT'ICAL, a. [from trite.] Trite; common. [Not in use.] |
56504
|
triticalness |
TRIT'ICALNESS, n. Triteness. [Not used.] |
56505
|
triton |
TRI'TON, n. In mythology, a fabled sea demi-god, supposed to be the trumpeter of Neptune. He is ... |
56506
|
tritone |
TRI'TONE, n. [L. tres and tonus.] In music, a false concord, consisting of three tones,two major ... |
56507
|
tritoxyd |
TRITOX'YD, n. [Gr. third, and oxyd.] In chimistry, a substance oxydized in the third degree. |
56508
|
triturable |
TRIT'URABLE, a. [See Triturate.] Capable of being reduced to a fine powder by pounding, rubbing ... |
56509
|
triturate |
TRIT'URATE, v.t. [L. trituro, from tritus, tero, to wear.] To rub or grind to a very fine powder, ... |
56510
|
triturated |
TRIT'URATED, pp. Reduced to a very fine powder. |
56511
|
triturating |
TRIT'URATING, ppr. Grinding or reducing to a very fine powder. |
56512
|
trituration |
TRITURA'TION, n. The act of reducing to a fine powder by grinding. |
56513
|
triture |
TRI'TURE, n. A rubbing or grinding. [Not used.] |
56514
|
triturium |
TRITU'RIUM, n. A vessel for separating liquors of different densities. |
56515
|
triumph |
TRI'UMPH, n. [L. triumphus.]1. Among the ancient Romans, a pompous ceremony performed in honor of ... |
56516
|
triumphal |
TRIUMPH'AL, a. [L. triumphalis.] Pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; as a triumphal crown or ... |
56517
|
triumphant |
TRIUMPH'ANT, a. [L. triumphans.] Celebrating victory; as a triumphant chariot.1. Rejoicing as for ... |
56518
|
triumphantly |
TRIUMPH'ANTLY, adv. In a triumphant manner; with the joy and exultation that proceeds from victory ... |
56519
|
triumpher |
TRI'UMPHER, n. One who triumphs or rejoices for victory; one who vanquishes.1. One who was ... |
56520
|
triumphing |
TRI'UMPHING, ppr. Celebrating victory with pomp; vanquishing; rejoicing for victory; insulting on ... |
56521
|
triumvir |
TRI'UMVIR, n. [L. tres, three, and vir, man.] One of three men united in office. The triumvirs, ... |
56522
|
triumvirate |
TRIUM'VIRATE, a. A coalition of three men; particularly, the union of three men who obtained the ... |
56523
|
triune |
TRI'UNE, a. [L. tres and unus.] Three in one; an epithet applied to God, to express the unity of ... |
56524
|
triunity |
TRIU'NITY, n. Trinity. [Not used.] |
56525
|
trivalvular |
TRIVALV'ULAR, a. Three-valved; having three valves. |
56526
|
trivant |
TRIV'ANT, n. A truant. |
56527
|
triverbial |
TRIVERB'IAL, a. [L. triverbium.] Triverbial days, in the Roman calendar, were juridical or court ... |
56528
|
trivet |
TRIV'ET, n. A three legged stool. [See Trevet.] |
56529
|
trivial |
TRIV'IAL, a. [L. trivialis; probably from Gr.; L. tero, trivi, to wear, or from trivium, a ... |
56530
|
triviality |
TRIVIAL'ITY, n. Trivialness. [Not much used.] |
56531
|
trivially |
TRIV'IALLY, adv. Commonly; vulgarly.1. Lightly; inconsiderably; in a trifling degree. |
56532
|
trivialness |
TRIV'IALNESS, n. Commonness.1. Lightness; unimportance. |
56533
|
troat |
TROAT, v.i. To cry, as a buck in rutting time.TROAT, n. The cry of a buck in rutting time. |
56534
|
trocar |
TRO'CAR, n. A surgical instrument for tapping dropsical persons and the like. |
56535
|
trochaic |
TROCHA'IC |
56536
|
trochaical |
TROCHA'ICAL, a. [See Trochee.] In poetry, consisting of trochees; as trochaic measure or verse. |
56537
|
trochanter |
TROCHAN'TER, n. [Gr.] In anatomy, the trochanters are two processes of the thigh bone, called ... |
56538
|
troche |
TRO'CHE, n. [Gr. a wheel.] A form of medicine in a cake or tablet, or a stiff paste cut into ... |
56539
|
trochee |
TRO'CHEE, n. [L. trochoeus.] In verse, a foot of two syllables, the first long and the second ... |
56540
|
trochil |
TRO'CHIL, n. [L. trochilus; Gr. to run.]1. An aquatic bird, a swift runner, with long legs, which ... |
56541
|
trochilic |
TROCHIL'IC, a. Having power to draw out or turn round. |
56542
|
trochilics |
TROCHIL'ICS, n. [L. trochilus.] The science of rotary motion. |
56543
|
trochilus |
TRO'CHILUS |
56544
|
trochings |
TRO'CHINGS, n. The small branches on the top of a deer's head. |
56545
|
trochisch |
TRO'CHISCH, n. [Gr.] A kind of tablet or lozenge. |
56546
|
trochite |
TRO'CHITE, n. [L. trochus; Gr. to run.]1. In natural history, a kind of figured fossil stone, ... |
56547
|
trochlea |
TROCH'LEA, n. [L. a pulley, from Gr. to run.] A pulley-like cartilage, through which the tendon of ... |
56548
|
trochleary |
TROCH'LEARY, a. [from L. trochlea.] Pertaining to the trochlea; as the trochleary muscle, the ... |
56549
|
trochoid |
TRO'CHOID, n. [L. trochus, to run.] In geometry, a curve generated by the motion of a wheel; the ... |
56550
|
trod |
TROD, pret. of tread.TROD |
56551
|
trodden |
TRODDEN, pp. of tread. Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles. Luke 21. |
56552
|
trode |
TRODE, old pret. of tread.TRODE, n. Tread; footing. |
56553
|
troglodyte |
TROG'LODYTE, n. [Gr. a cavern, and to enter.] The Troglodytes were a people of Ethiopia, ... |
56554
|
troll |
TROLL, v.t. To move in a circular direction; to roll; to move volubly; to turn; to drive about. ... |
56555
|
trolled |
TROLLED, pp. Rolled; turned about. |
56556
|
trolling |
TROLLING, ppr. Rolling; turning; driving about; fishing with a rod and reel. |
56557
|
trollop |
TROL'LOP, n. A stroller; a loiterer; a woman loosely dressed; a slattern. |
56558
|
trollopee |
TROLLOPEE', n. Formerly, a loose dress for females. |
56559
|
trolmydames |
TROL'MYDAMES, n. The game of nine-holes. |
56560
|
tromp |
TROMP, n. [See Trumpet.] A blowing machine formed of a hollow tree, used in furnaces. |
56561
|
trompil |
TROMP'IL, n. An aperture in a tromp. |
56562
|
tronage |
TRON'AGE, n. Formerly, a toll or duty paid for weighing wool. |
56563
|
tronator |
TRONA'TOR, n. An officer in London, whose business was to weigh wool. |
56564
|
tronco |
TRON'CO, n. [L. truncus.] A term in Italian music, directing a note or sound to be cut short, or ... |
56565
|
trone |
TRONE, n. A provincial word in some parts of England for a small drain. |
56566
|
troop |
TROOP, n.1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. Gen.49. 2 Sam.23. Hos.7. ... |
56567
|
trooper |
TROOP'ER, n. A private or soldier in a body of cavalry; a horse soldier. |
56568
|
trooping |
TROOP'ING, ppr. Moving together in a crowd; marching in a body. |
56569
|
trope |
TROPE, n. [L. tropus; Gr. to turn.] In rhetoric, a word or expression used in a different sense ... |
56570
|
trophied |
TRO'PHIED, a. [from trophy.] Adorned with trophies. --The trophied arches, storied halls invade. |
56571
|
trophy |
TRO'PHY, n. [L. tropoeum.]1. Among the ancients, a pile of arms taken from a vanquished enemy, ... |
56572
|
trophy-money |
TRO'PHY-MONEY, n. A duty paid in England annually by house-keepers, towards providing harness, ... |
56573
|
tropic |
TROP'IC, n. [L. tropicus; from Gr. a turning; to turn.]1. In astronomy, a circle of the sphere ... |
56574
|
tropic-bird |
TROP'IC-BIRD, n. An aquatic fowl of the genus Phaeton, with a long slender tail and remarkable ... |
56575
|
tropical |
TROP'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the tropics; being within the tropics; as tropical climates; tropical ... |
56576
|
tropically |
TROP'ICALLY, adv. In a tropical or figurative manner. |
56577
|
tropist |
TRO'PIST, n. [from trope.] One who explains the Scriptures by tropes and figures of speech; one ... |
56578
|
tropological |
TROPOLOG'ICAL, a. [See Tropology.] Varied by tropes; changed from the original import of the ... |
56579
|
tropology |
TROPOL'OGY, n. [Gr. trope, and discourse.] A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or ... |
56580
|
trossers |
TROSS'ERS, n. Trowsers. [Not used.] [See Trowsers.] |
56581
|
trot |
TROT, v.i.1. To move faster than in walking, as a horse or other quadruped, by lifting one fore ... |
56582
|
troth |
TROTH, n.1. Belief; faith; fidelity; as,to plight one's troth.2. Truth; verity; veracity; as in ... |
56583
|
trothless |
TROTH'LESS, a. Faithless; treacherous. |
56584
|
trotter |
TROT'TER, n. A beast that trots, or that usually trots.1. A sheep's foot. |
56585
|
trotting |
TROT'TING, ppr. Moving with a trot; walking fast, or running. |
56586
|
trouble |
TROUBLE, v.t. trub'l. [L. turbo; turba, a crowd, and perhaps trova, a turn. The primary sense is ... |
56587
|
trouble-state |
TROUBLE-STATE, n. A disturber of the community. [Not used.] |
56588
|
troubled |
TROUBLED, pp. trub'ld. Disturbed; agitated; afflicted; annoyed; molested. |
56589
|
troubler |
TROUBLER, n. trub'ler. One who disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as a troubler ... |
56590
|
troublesome |
TROUBLESOME, a. trub'lsome. Giving trouble or disturbance; molesting; annoying; vexatious. In ... |
56591
|
troublesomely |
TROUBLESOMELY, adv. trub'lsomely. In a manner or degree to give trouble; vexatiously. |
56592
|
troublesomeness |
TROUBLESOMENESS, n. trub'lsomeness.1. Vexatiousness; the quality of giving trouble or of ... |
56593
|
troubling |
TROUBLING, ppr. trub'ling. Disturbing; agitating; molesting; annoying; afflicting.TROUBLING, n. ... |
56594
|
troublous |
TROUBLOUS, a. trub'lus. Agitated; tumultuous; full of commotion. A tall ship toss'd in troublous ... |
56595
|
trough |
TROUGH, n. trauf.1. A vessel hollow longitudinally, or a large log or piece of timber excavated ... |
56596
|
troul |
TROUL, for troll. [See Troll.] |
56597
|
trounce |
TROUNCE, v.t. trouns. To punish, or to beat severely. [A low word.] |
56598
|
trouse |
TROUSE, n. trooz. [See Trowsers.] A kind of trowsers worn by children. |
56599
|
trout |
TROUT, n. [L. trutta.] A river fish of the genus Salmo, variegated with spots, and esteemed as ... |
56600
|
trout-colored |
TROUT'-COLORED, a. White with spots of black, bay or sorrel; as a trout-colored horse. |
56601
|
trover |
TRO'VER, n. Trover is properly the finding of any thing. Hence,1. In law, the gaining possession ... |
56602
|
trow |
TROW, v.i. To believe; to trust; to think or suppose.TROW, is used in the imperative, as a word of ... |
56603
|
trowel |
TROW'EL, n. [L. trulla.]1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking ... |
56604
|
trowsers |
TROWS'ERS, n. plu. s as z. A loose garment worn by males, extending from the waist to the knee or ... |
56605
|
troy |
TROY |
56606
|
troy-weight |
TROY-WEIGHT, n. The weight by which gold and silver, jewels, &c. are weighed. In this weight, 20 ... |
56607
|
truant |
TRU'ANT, a. Idle; wandering from business; loitering; as a truant boy. While truant Jove, in ... |
56608
|
truantly |
TRU'ANTLY, adv. Like a truant; an idleness. |
56609
|
truantship |
TRU'ANTSHIP, n. Idleness; neglect of employment. |
56610
|
trubs |
TRUBS, n. An herb. |
56611
|
trubtail |
TRUB'TAIL, n. A short squat woman. |
56612
|
truce |
TRUCE, n.1. In war, a suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders; a temporary cessation of ... |
56613
|
truce-breaker |
TRU'CE-BREAKER, n. [truce and breaker.] One who violates a truce, covenant or engagement. 2 ... |
56614
|
truchman |
TRUCH'MAN, n. An interpreter. [See Dragoman.] |
56615
|
trucidation |
TRUCIDA'TION, n. [L. trucido, to kill.] The act of killing. |
56616
|
truck |
TRUCK, v.i. [L. trochus, a round thing; Eng. truck.] To exchange commodities; to barter. Our ... |
56617
|
truckage |
TRUCK'AGE, n. The practice of bartering goods. |
56618
|
trucker |
TRUCK'ER, n. One who traffics by exchange of goods. |
56619
|
trucking |
TRUCK'ING, ppr. Exchanging goods; bartering. |
56620
|
truckle |
TRUCK'LE, n. A small wheel or caster.TRUCK'LE, v.i. [dim. of truck.] To yield or bend ... |
56621
|
truckle-bed |
TRUCK'LE-BED, n. [truckle and bed.] A bed that runs on wheels and may be pushed under another; a ... |
56622
|
truckling |
TRUCK'LING, ppr. Yielding obsequiously to the will of another. |
56623
|
truculence |
TRU'CULENCE, n. [L. truculentia, from trux, fierce, savage.]1. Savageness of manners; ... |
56624
|
truculent |
TRU'CULENT, a. Fierce; savage; barbarous; as the truculent inhabitants of Scythia.1. Of a ... |
56625
|
trudge |
TRUDGE, v.i. To travel on foot. The father rode; the son trudged on behind.1. To travel or march ... |
56626
|
true |
TRUE, a.1. Conformable to fact; being in accordance with the actual state of things; as a true ... |
56627
|
trueborn |
TRUEBORN, a. [true and born.] Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as a true ... |
56628
|
truebred |
TRUEBRED, a. [true and bred.] Of a genuine or right breed; as a truebred beast.1. Being of ... |
56629
|
truehearted |
TRUEHE`ARTED, a. [true and heart.] Being of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or ... |
56630
|
trueheartedness |
TRUEHE`ARTEDNESS, n. Fidelity; loyalty; sincerity. |
56631
|
truelove |
TRUELOVE, n. [true and love.] One really beloved.1. A plant, the herb Paris. |
56632
|
truelove-knot |
TRUELOVE-KNOT, n. A knot composed of lines united with many involutions; the emblem of interwoven ... |
56633
|
trueness |
TRUENESS, n. Faithfulness; sincerity.1. Reality; genuineness.2. Exactness; as the trueness of a ... |
56634
|
truepenny |
TRUEPENNY, n. [true and penny.] A familiar phrase for an honest fellow. |
56635
|
truffle |
TRUF'FLE, n. A subterraneous vegetable production, or a kind of mushroom, of a fleshy fungous ... |
56636
|
truffle-worm |
TRUF'FLE-WORM, n. A worm found in truffles, the larva of a fly. |
56637
|
trug |
TRUG, n. A hod. This is our trough and tray; the original pronunciation being retained in some ... |
56638
|
truism |
TRU'ISM, n. [from true.] An undoubted or self-evident truth. Trifling truisms clothed in great ... |
56639
|
trull |
TRULL, n. A low vagrant strumpet. |
56640
|
trullization |
TRULLIZA'TION, n. [L. trullisso.] The laying of strata of plaster with a trowel. |
56641
|
truly |
TRU'LY, adv. [from true.] In fact; in deed; in reality.1. According to truth; in agreement with ... |
56642
|
trump |
TRUMP, n. 1. A trumpet; a wind instrument of music; a poetical word used for trumpet. It is ... |
56643
|
trumpery |
TRUMP'ERY, n. Falsehood; empty talk.1. Useless matter; things worn out and cast side.[This is the ... |
56644
|
trumpet |
TRUMP'ET, n.1. A wind instrument of music, used chiefly in war and military exercises. It is very ... |
56645
|
trumpet-fish |
TRUMP'ET-FISH, n. A fish of the genus Centriscus, (C. scolopax;) called also the bellows fish. |
56646
|
trumpet-flower |
TRUMP'ET-FLOWER, n. A flower of the genus Bignonia, and another of the genus Lonicera. |
56647
|
trumpet-shell |
TRUMP'ET-SHELL, n. The name of a genus of univalvular shells, of the form of a trumpet,(Buccinum, ... |
56648
|
trumpet-tongued |
TRUMP'ET-TONGUED, a. Having a tongue vociferous as a trumpet. |
56649
|
trumpeted |
TRUMP'ETED, pp. Sounded abroad; proclaimed. |
56650
|
trumpeter |
TRUMP'ETER, n. One who sounds a trumpet.1. One who proclaims, publishes or denounces. These men ... |
56651
|
trumpeting |
TRUMP'ETING, ppr. Blowing the trumpet; proclaiming. |
56652
|
trumplike |
TRUMP'LIKE, a. Resembling a trumpet. |
56653
|
truncate |
TRUNC'ATE, v.t. [L. trunco, to cut off.] To cut off; to lop; to maim.TRUNC'ATE, a. In botany, ... |
56654
|
truncated |
TRUNC'ATED, pp. Cut off; cut short; maimed. A truncated cone is one whose vertex is cut off by a ... |
56655
|
truncating |
TRUNC'ATING, ppr. Cutting off. |
56656
|
truncation |
TRUNCA'TION, n. The act of lopping or cutting off. |
56657
|
truncheon |
TRUN'CHEON, n. [L. truncus.] A short staff; a club; a cudgel; a battoon; used by kings and great ... |
56658
|
truncheoneer |
TRUNCHEONEE'R, n. A person armed with a truncheon. |
56659
|
trundle |
TRUN'DLE, v.i.1. To roll, as on little wheels; as, a bed trundles under another.2. To roll; as a ... |
56660
|
trundle-bed |
TRUN'DLE-BED, n. A bed that is moved on trundles or little wheels; called also truckle-bed. |
56661
|
trundle-tail |
TRUN'DLE-TAIL, n. A round tail; a dog so called from his tail. |
56662
|
trunk |
TRUNK, n. [L. truncus, from trunco, to cut off.1. The stem or body of a tree, severed form its ... |
56663
|
trunked |
TRUNK'ED, pp. Cut off; curtailed.1. Having a trunk. |
56664
|
trunnion |
TRUN'NION, n. The trunnions of a piece of ordnance, are two knobs which project from the opposite ... |
56665
|
trunnion-plate |
TRUN'NION-PLATE, n. The trunnion plates are two plates in traveling carriages, mortars and ... |
56666
|
trunnion-ring |
TRUN'NION-RING, n. A ring on a cannon next before the trunnions. |
56667
|
trusion |
TRU'SION, n. tru'zhon. [L. trudo.] The act of pushing or thrusting. |
56668
|
truss |
TRUSS, n.1. In a general sense, a bundle; as a truss of hay or straw. A truss of hay in England is ... |
56669
|
trussed |
TRUSS'ED, pp. Packed or bound closely. |
56670
|
trussing |
TRUSS'ING, ppr. Packing or binding closely. |
56671
|
trust |
TRUST, n.1. Confidence; a reliance or resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, ... |
56672
|
trusted |
TRUST'ED, pp. Confided in; relied on; depended on; applied to persons.1. Sold on credit; as goods ... |
56673
|
trustee |
TRUSTEE', a. A person to whom any thing or business is committed, in confidence that he will ... |
56674
|
truster |
TRUST'ER, n. One who trusts or gives credit. |
56675
|
trustily |
TRUST'ILY, adv. [from trusty.] Faithfully; honestly; with fidelity. |
56676
|
trustiness |
TRUST'INESS, n. [from trusty.] That quality of a person by which he deserves the confidence of ... |
56677
|
trusting |
TRUST'ING, ppr. Confiding in; giving credit; relying on. |
56678
|
trustingly |
TRUST'INGLY, adv. With trust or implicit confidence. |
56679
|
trustless |
TRUST'LESS, a. Not worthy of trust; unfaithful. |
56680
|
trusty |
TRUST'Y, a. That may be safely trusted; that justly deserves confidence; fit to be confided in; as ... |
56681
|
truth |
TRUTH, n.1. Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or ... |
56682
|
truthful |
TRUTHFUL, a. Full of truth. |
56683
|
truthless |
TRUTHLESS, a. Wanting truth; wanting reality.1. Faithless. |
56684
|
trutination |
TRUTINA'TION, n. [L. trutina, a balance; trutinor, to weigh.]The act of weighing. [Not used.] |
56685
|
truttaceous |
TRUTTA'CEOUS, a. [from L. trutta, trout.] Pertaining to the trout; as fish of the truttaceous ... |
56686
|
try |
TRY, v.i. To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort; to attempt. Try to learn; try to ... |
56687
|
try-sail |
TRY'-SAIL, n. A sail used by a ship in a storm; literally the strain-sail. |
56688
|
trying |
TRY'ING, ppr. Exerting strength; attempting.1. Examining by searching or comparison with a test; ... |
56689
|
tub |
TUB, n.1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, heading and hoops; used for various domestic ... |
56690
|
tub-fish |
TUB'-FISH, n. [tub and fish.] A species of Trigla, sometimes called the flying-fish. |
56691
|
tubber |
TUB'BER, n. In Cornwall, a mining instrument, called in other places a beele. The man who uses ... |
56692
|
tubbing |
TUB'BING, ppr. Setting in a tub. |
56693
|
tube |
TUBE, n. [L. tubus.] A pipe; a siphon; a canal or conduit; a hollow cylinder, either of wood, ... |
56694
|
tuber |
TU'BER, n. In botany, a knob in roots, solid,with the component particles all similar. |
56695
|
tubercle |
TU'BERCLE, n.[L. tuberculum, from tuber, a bunch.]1. A pimple; a small push, swelling or tumor on ... |
56696
|
tubercular |
TUBER'CULAR |
56697
|
tuberculate |
TUBER'CULATE, a. Having small knobs or pimples, as a plant. |
56698
|
tuberculous |
TUBER'CULOUS, a. Full of knobs or pimples. 1. Affected with tubercles. |
56699
|
tuberose |
TU'BEROSE, n. [L. tuberosa.] A plant with a tuberous root and a liliaceous flower, the Polianthus ... |
56700
|
tuberous |
TU'BEROUS, a. [from L. tuber, a bunch.] Knobbed. In botany, consisting of roundish fleshy ... |
56701
|
tubipore |
TU'BIPORE, n. [tube and pore.] A genus of zoophytes or corals. |
56702
|
tubiporite |
TU'BIPORITE, n. Fossil tubipores. |
56703
|
tubular |
TU'BULAR, a. [from L. tubus.] Having the form of a tube or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; ... |
56704
|
tubule |
TU'BULE, n. [L. tubulus.] A small pipe or fistular body. |
56705
|
tubuliform |
TU'BULIFORM, a. Having the form of a tube. |
56706
|
tubulous |
TU'BULOUS, a. Longitudinally hollow.1. Containing tubes; composed wholly of tubulous florets; as a ... |
56707
|
tuch |
TUCH, n. A kind of marble. |
56708
|
tuck |
TUCK, n.1. A long narrow sword.2. A kind of net.3. [from the verb following.] In a ship, the ... |
56709
|
tucker |
TUCK'ER, n. A small piece of linen for shading the breast of women.1. A fuller, whence the name. ... |
56710
|
tucket |
TUCK'ET, n. A flourish in music; a voluntary; a prelude.1. A steak; a collop. |
56711
|
tucketsonance |
TUCK'ETSONANCE, n. The sound of the tucket, an ancient instrument of music. |
56712
|
tucking |
TUCK'ING, ppr. Pressing under or together; folding. |
56713
|
tuesday |
TUESDAY, n. s as z. The third day of the week. |
56714
|
tuf |
TUF, n. A stone or porous substance formed by depositions from springs or rivulets, containing much ... |
56715
|
tuf-taffeta |
TUF-TAF'FETA, n. A villous kind of silk. [Not in use.] |
56716
|
tufa |
TU'FA |
56717
|
tufaceous |
TUFA'CEOUS, a. Pertaining to tufa; consisting of tufa, or resembling it. |
56718
|
tuffoon |
TUFFOON', n. [a corruption of typhon.] A violent tempest or tornado with thunder and lightning, ... |
56719
|
tuft |
TUFT, n.1. A collection of small things in a knot or bunch; as a tuft of flowers; a tuft of ... |
56720
|
tufted |
TUFT'ED, pp. or a. Adorned with a tuft, as the tufted duck; growing in a tuft or clusters, as a ... |
56721
|
tufty |
TUFT'Y, a. Abounding with tufts; growing in clusters; bushy. |
56722
|
tug |
TUG, v.t. [L. duco. See Tow, to draw.]1. To pull or draw with great effort; to drag along with ... |
56723
|
tugger |
TUG'GER, n. One who tugs, or pulls with great effort. |
56724
|
tugging |
TUG'GING, ppr. Pulling or dragging with great exertion; hauling. |
56725
|
tuggingly |
TUG'GINGLY, adv. With laborious pulling. |
56726
|
tuition |
TUI'TION, n. [L. tuitio, from tueor, to see, behold, protect, &c; L. duco, to lead.]1. ... |
56727
|
tulip |
TULIP, n. [L. tulipa.] A plant and a flower of the genus Tulipa, of a great variety of colors, and ... |
56728
|
tulip-tree |
TU'LIP-TREE, n. An American tree bearing flowers resembling the tulip, of the genus Liriodendron. ... |
56729
|
tumble |
TUM'BLE, v.i. [L. tumulus, tumultus, tumeo.]1. To roll; to roll about by turning one way and the ... |
56730
|
tumbled |
TUM'BLED, pp. Rolled; disturbed; rumpled; thrown down. |
56731
|
tumbler |
TUM'BLER, n. One who tumbles; one who plays the tricks of a mountebank.1. A large drinking ... |
56732
|
tumbling |
TUM'BLING, ppr. Rolling about; falling; disturbing; rumpling.Tumbling-home, in a ship, is the ... |
56733
|
tumbling-bay |
TUM'BLING-BAY, n. In a canal, an overfall or weir. |
56734
|
tumbrel |
TUM'BREL, n.1. A ducking stool for the punishment of scolds.2. A dung-cart.3. A cart or carriage ... |
56735
|
tumbril |
TUM'BRIL, n. A contrivance of the basket kind, or a kind of cage of osiers, willows, &c. for ... |
56736
|
tumefaction |
TUMEFAC'TION, n. [L. tumefacio, to make tumid. See Tumid.] The act or process of swelling or ... |
56737
|
tumefied |
TU'MEFIED, pp. [from tumefy.] Swelled; enlarged; as a tumefied joint. |
56738
|
tumefy |
TU'MEFY, v.t. [L. tumefacio; tumidus, tumeo, and facio.]To swell, or cause to swell.TU'MEFY, v.i. ... |
56739
|
tumefying |
TU'MEFYING, ppr. Swelling; rising in a tumor. |
56740
|
tumid |
TU'MID, a. [L. tumidus, from tumeo, to swell.]1. Being swelled, enlarged or distended; as a tumid ... |
56741
|
tumidly |
TU'MIDLY, adv. In a swelling form. |
56742
|
tumidness |
TU'MIDNESS, n. A swelling or swelled state. |
56743
|
tumite |
TU'MITE, n. A mineral. [See Thummerstone.] |
56744
|
tumor |
TU'MOR, n. [L. from tumeo, to swell.] In surgery, a swelling; a morbid enlargement of any part of ... |
56745
|
tumored |
TU'MORED, n. Distended; swelled. |
56746
|
tumorous |
TU'MOROUS, a. Swelling; protuberant.1. Vainly pompous; bombastic; as language or style. [Little ... |
56747
|
tump |
TUMP, n. [infra.] A little hillock.TUMP, v.t. [L. tumulus. See Tomb.] In gardening, to form a ... |
56748
|
tumped |
TUMP'ED, pp. Surrounded with a hillock of earth. |
56749
|
tumping |
TUMP'ING, ppr. Raising a mass of earth round a plant. |
56750
|
tumular |
TU'MULAR, a. [L. tumulus, a heap.] Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock. |
56751
|
tumulate |
TU'MULATE, v.i. To swell. [Not in use.] |
56752
|
tumulosity |
TUMULOS'ITY, n. [infra.] Hilliness. |
56753
|
tumulous |
TU'MULOUS, a. [L. tumulosus.] Full of hills. |
56754
|
tumult |
TU'MULT, n. [L. tumultus, a derivative from tumeo, to swell.]1. The commotion, disturbance or ... |
56755
|
tumultuarily |
TUMULT'UARILY, adv. [from tumultuary.] In a tumultuary or disorderly manner. |
56756
|
tumultuariness |
TUMULT'UARINESS, n. Disorderly or tumultuous conduct; turbulence; disposition to tumult. |
56757
|
tumultuary |
TUMULT'UARY, a. [L. tumultus.]1. Disorderly; promiscuous; confused; as a tumultuary conflict.2. ... |
56758
|
tumultuate |
TUMULT'UATE, v.i. [L. tumultuo.] To make a tumult. [Not used.] |
56759
|
tumultuation |
TUMULTUA'TION, n. Commotion; irregular or disorderly movement; as the tumultuation of the parts of ... |
56760
|
tumultuous |
TUMULT'UOUS, a. Conducted with tumult; disorderly; as a tumultuous conflict; a tumultuous ... |
56761
|
tumultuously |
TUMULT'UOUSLY, adv. In a disorderly manner; by a disorderly multitude. |
56762
|
tumultuousness |
TUMULT'UOUSNESS, n. The state of being tumultuous; disorder; commotion. |
56763
|
tun |
TUN, n. [L. teneo, to hold; Gr. to stretch.]1. In a general sense, a large cask; an oblong vessel ... |
56764
|
tun-bellied |
TUN'-BELLIED, a. [tun and belly.] Having a large protuberant belly. |
56765
|
tunable |
TU'NABLE, a. [from tune.] Harmonious; musical. And tunable as sylvan pipe or song.1. That may be ... |
56766
|
tunableness |
TU'NABLENESS, n. Harmony; melodiousness. |
56767
|
tunably |
TU'NABLY, adv. Harmoniously; musically. |
56768
|
tune |
TUNE, n. [L. tonus.]1. A series of musical notes in some particular measure, and consisting of a ... |
56769
|
tuned |
TU'NED, pp. Uttered melodiously or harmoniously; put in order to produce the proper sounds. |
56770
|
tuneful |
TU'NEFUL, a. Harmonious; melodious; musical; as tuneful notes; tuneful birds. |
56771
|
tuneless |
TU'NELESS, a. Unmusical; unharmonious.1. Not employed in making music; as a tuneless harp. |
56772
|
tuner |
TU'NER, n. One who tunes.1. One whose occupation is to tune musical instruments. |
56773
|
tung |
TUNG, n. [Ant.L. tingua; digitus and dug. Our common orthography is incorrect; the true spelling ... |
56774
|
tunged |
TUNG'ED, a. Having a tongue. Tongued like the night-crow. |
56775
|
tungless |
TUNG'LESS, a. Having no tongue.1. Speechless; as a tongueless block.2. Unnamed; not spoken of. ... |
56776
|
tungstate |
TUNG'STATE, n. A salt formed of tungstenic acid and a base. |
56777
|
tungsten |
TUNG'STEN, n. In mineralogy, a mineral of a yellowish or grayish white color, of a lamellar ... |
56778
|
tungstenic |
TUNGSTEN'IC, a. Pertaining to or procured from tungsten. |
56779
|
tunic |
TU'NIC, n. [L. tunica. See Town and Tun.]1. A kind of waistcoat or under garment worn by men in ... |
56780
|
tunicated |
TU'NICATED, a. In botany, covered with a tunic or membranes; coated; as a stem.A tunicated bulb, ... |
56781
|
tunicle |
TU'NICLE, n. [from tunic.] A natural covering; an integument. |
56782
|
tuning |
TU'NING, ppr. Uttering harmoniously or melodiously; putting in due order for making the proper ... |
56783
|
tuning-fork |
TU'NING-FORK, n. A steel instrument consisting of two prongs and a handle; used for tuning ... |
56784
|
tuning-hammer |
TU'NING-HAMMER, n. An instrument for tuning instruments of music. |
56785
|
tunker |
TUNK'ER, n. The tunkers are a religious sect in Pennsylvania, of German origin, resembling English ... |
56786
|
tunnage |
TUN'NAGE, a. [from tun.] The amount of tuns that a ship will carry; the content or burthen of a ... |
56787
|
tunnel |
TUN'NEL, n. A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, and a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying ... |
56788
|
tunnel-kiln |
TUN'NEL-KILN, n. A lime-kiln in which coal is burnt, as distinguished from a flame kiln, in which ... |
56789
|
tunnel-net |
TUN'NEL-NET, n. A net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow at the other. |
56790
|
tunnel-pit |
TUN'NEL-PIT, n. A shaft sunk from the top of the ground to the level of an intended tunnel, for ... |
56791
|
tunning |
TUN'NING, ppr. Putting into casks. |
56792
|
tunny |
TUN'NY, n. [L. thynnus.] A fish of the genus Scomber, the Spanish mackerel. The largest weigh ... |
56793
|
tup |
TUP, n. A ram. [Local.]TUP, v.t. To butt, as a ram. [Local.]1. To cover, as a ram. [Local.] |
56794
|
tupelo |
TU'PELO, n. A tree of the genus Nyssa. |
56795
|
turban |
TUR'BAN, n. A head dress worn by the orientals, consisting of a cap, and a sash of fine linen or ... |
56796
|
turban-shell |
TUR'BAN-SHELL, n. In natural history, a genus of shells, or rather of sea urchins, ... |
56797
|
turban-top |
TUR'BAN-TOP, n. A plant of the genus Helvella; a kind of fungus or mushroom. |
56798
|
turbaned |
TUR'BANED, a. Wearing a turban; as a turbaned Turk. |
56799
|
turbary |
TUR'BARY, n. [from turf; Latinized, turbaria.]1. In law, a right of digging turf on another man's ... |
56800
|
turbid |
TUR'BID, a. [L. turbidus, from turbo, to disturb,that is, to stir, to turn.] Properly, having the ... |
56801
|
turbidly |
TUR'BIDLY, adv. Proudly; haughtily; a Latinism. [Not in use.] |
56802
|
turbidness |
TUR'BIDNESS, n. Muddiness; foulness. |
56803
|
turbillion |
TURBIL'LION, n. A whirl; a vortex. |
56804
|
turbinate |
TUR'BINATE |
56805
|
turbinated |
TUR'BINATED, a. [L. turbinatus, formed like atop, form turbo, turben, atop.]1. In conchology, ... |
56806
|
turbination |
TURBINA'TION, n. The act of spinning or whirling, as a top. |
56807
|
turbinite |
TUR'BINITE |
56808
|
turbit |
TUR'BIT, n. A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak; called by the Dutch ... |
56809
|
turbite |
TUR'BITE, n. A petrified shell of the turbo kind. |
56810
|
turbith |
TUR'BITH |
56811
|
turbot |
TUR'BOT, n. A fish of the genus Pleuronectes, [fishes which swim on the side.] It grows to the ... |
56812
|
turbulence |
TUR'BULENCE |
56813
|
turbulency |
TUR'BULENCY, n. [See Turbulent.] A disturbed state; tumult; confusion; as the turbulence of the ... |
56814
|
turbulent |
TUR'BULENT, a. [L. turbulentus, from turbo, to disturb.]1. Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; being ... |
56815
|
turbulently |
TUR'BULENTLY, adv. Tumultuously; with violent agitation; with refractoriness. |
56816
|
turcism |
TUR'CISM, n. The religion of the Turks. |
56817
|
turf |
TURF, n.1. That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold, which is filled with the roots of grass ... |
56818
|
turfed |
TURF'ED, pp. Covered with turf or green sod. |
56819
|
turfiness |
TURF'INESS, n. [from turfy.] The state of abounding with turf, or of having the consistence or ... |
56820
|
turfing |
TURF'ING, ppr. Covering with turf.TURF'ING, n. The operation of laying down turf, or covering ... |
56821
|
turfing-iron |
TURF'ING-IRON, n. An implement for paring off turf. |
56822
|
turfing-spade |
TURF'ING-SPADE, n. An instrument for under-cutting turf, when marked out by the plow. |
56823
|
turfy |
TURF'Y, a. Abounding with turf.1. Having the qualities of turf. |
56824
|
turgent |
TUR'GENT, a. [L. turgens, form turgeo, to swell.] Swelling; tumid; rising into a tumor or puffy ... |
56825
|
turgescence |
TURGES'CENCE |
56826
|
turgescency |
TURGES'CENCY, n. [L. turgescens.] The act of swelling.1. The state of being swelled.2. Empty ... |
56827
|
turgid |
TUR'GID, a. [L. turgidus, from turgeo, to swell.]1. Swelled; bloated; distended beyond its natural ... |
56828
|
turgidity |
TURGID'ITY, n. State of being swelled; tumidness. |
56829
|
turgidly |
TUR'GIDLY, adv. With swelling or empty pomp. |
56830
|
turgidness |
TUR'GIDNESS, n. A swelling or swelled state of a thing; distention beyond its natural state by ... |
56831
|
turioniferous |
TURIONIF'EROUS, a. [L. turio, a shoot, and fero,to bear.] Producing shoots. |
56832
|
turkey |
TUR'KEY |
56833
|
turkey-stone |
TUR'KEY-STONE, n. Another name of the oil-stone, from Turkey. |
56834
|
turkois |
TURK'OIS, n. A mineral, called also calaite, brought from the east; of a beautiful light green ... |
56835
|
turks-cap |
TURK'S-CAP, n. A plant of the genus Lilium. |
56836
|
turks-head |
TURK'S-HEAD, n. A plant of the genus Cactus. |
56837
|
turks-turban |
TURK'S-TURBAN, n. A plant of the genus Ranunculus. |
56838
|
turky |
TUR'KY, n. [As this fowl was not brought from Turkey, it would be more correct to write the name ... |
56839
|
turm |
TURM, n. [L. turma.] A troop. [Not English.] |
56840
|
turmalin |
TUR'MALIN, n. [probably a corruption of tournamal, a name given to this stone in Ceylon.] In ... |
56841
|
turmeric |
TUR'MERIC, n. Indian saffron; a medicinal root brought from the East Indies, the root of the ... |
56842
|
turmoil |
TURMOIL', n. [I know not the origin of this word; but it is probably from the root of the L. ... |
56843
|
turn |
TURN, v.t. [L. turnus; torniare, to turn; tornare, to return; torneare, tornire, to turn, to fence ... |
56844
|
turncoat |
TURN'COAT, n. [turn and coat.] One who forsakes his party or principles. |
56845
|
turned |
TURN'ED, pp. Moved in a circle; changed. |
56846
|
turnep |
TUR'NEP, n. [L. napus, a turnep.] A bulbous root or plant of the genus Brassica, of great value ... |
56847
|
turner |
TURN'ER, n. One whose occupation is to form things with a lathe; one who turns. |
56848
|
turnerite |
TURN'ERITE, n. A rare mineral occurring in small crystals of a yellowish brown color, externally ... |
56849
|
turnery |
TURN'ERY, n. The art of forming into a cylindrical shape by the lathe.1. Things made by a turner ... |
56850
|
turning |
TURN'ING, ppr. Moving in a circle; changing; winding.TURN'ING, n. A winding; a bending course; ... |
56851
|
turningness |
TURN'INGNESS, n. Quality of turning; tergivesation. [Not in use.] |
56852
|
turnpike |
TURN'PIKE, n. [turn and pike.] Strictly, a frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at ... |
56853
|
turnpike-road |
TURN'PIKE-ROAD, n. A road on which turnpikes or toll-gates are established by law, and which are ... |
56854
|
turnserving |
TURN'SERVING, n. [turn and serve.] The act or practice of serving one's turn or promoting private ... |
56855
|
turnsole |
TURN'SOLE, n. [turn and L. sol, the sun.] A plant of the genus Heliotropium, so named because its ... |
56856
|
turnspit |
TURN'SPIT, n. [turn and spit.] A person who turns a spit. His lordship is his majesty's ... |
56857
|
turnstile |
TURN'STILE, n. [turn and stile.] A turnpike in a foot-path. |
56858
|
turnstone |
TURN'STONE, n. [turn and stone.] A bird, called the sea-dotterel, the Tringa morinella, a little ... |
56859
|
turpentine |
TUR'PENTINE, a. [L. terebinthina.] A transparent resinous substance, flowing naturally or by ... |
56860
|
turpentine-tree |
TUR'PENTINE-TREE, n. A tree of the genus Pistacia, which produces not only its proper fruit, but a ... |
56861
|
turpeth |
TUR'PETH, n. A root brought from the East Indies, particularly from Cambaya, Surat and Goa, or ... |
56862
|
turpitude |
TURP'ITUDE, n. [L. turpitudo, from turpis, foul, base.]1. Inherent baseness or vileness of ... |
56863
|
turrel |
TUR'REL, n. A tool used by coopers. |
56864
|
turret |
TUR'RET, n. [l. turris.] A little tower; a small eminence or spire attached to a building and ... |
56865
|
turreted |
TUR'RETED, a. Formed like a tower; as a turreted lamp.1. Furnished with turrets. |
56866
|
turrilite |
TUR'RILITE, n. The fossil remains of a spiral multilocular shell. |
56867
|
turtle |
TUR'TLE, n. [L. turtur.]1. A fowl of the genus Columba; called also the turtle dove, and turtle ... |
56868
|
turtle-dove |
TUR'TLE-DOVE, n. A species of the genus Columba. [See Turtle.] |
56869
|
turtle-shell |
TUR'TLE-SHELL, n. [turtle and shell.] A shell, a beautiful species of Murex; also, tortoise-shell. |
56870
|
tuscan |
TUS'CAN, a. Pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; an epithet given to one of the orders of columns, the ... |
56871
|
tush |
TUSH, an exclamation, indicating check, rebuke or contempt. Tush, tush, never tell me such a story ... |
56872
|
tusk |
TUSK, n. The long pointed tooth of certain rapacious, carnivorous or fighting animals; as the tusks ... |
56873
|
tusked |
TUSK'ED |
56874
|
tusky |
TUSK'Y, a. Furnished with tusks; as the tusky boar. |
56875
|
tussle |
TUS'SLE, n. A struggle; a conflict. [Vulgar.] [See Touse.] |
56876
|
tussoc |
TUS'SOC, n. A tuft of grass or twigs. |
56877
|
tussuc |
TUS'SUC |
56878
|
tut |
TUT, an exclamation, used for checking or rebuking.TUT, n. An imperial ensign of a golden globe ... |
56879
|
tutelage |
TU'TELAGE, n. [from L. tutela, protection, from tueor,to defend.]1. Guardianship; protection; ... |
56880
|
tutelar |
TU'TELAR |
56881
|
tutelary |
TU'TELARY, a. [L. tutelaris, supra.] Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or ... |
56882
|
tutenag |
TU'TENAG, n. The Chinese name of zink. Sometimes the word is used to denote a metallic compound ... |
56883
|
tutor |
TU'TOR, n. [L. from tuero, to defend.]1. In the civil law, a guardian; one who has the charge of a ... |
56884
|
tutorage |
TU'TORAGE, n. In the civil law, guardianship; the charge of a pupil and his estate. In France, ... |
56885
|
tutored |
TU'TORED, pp. Instructed; corrected; disciplined. |
56886
|
tutoress |
TU'TORESS, n. A female tutor; an instructress; a governess. |
56887
|
tutoring |
TU'TORING, ppr. Teaching; directing; correcting.TU'TORING, n. The act of instructing; education. |
56888
|
tutrix |
TU'TRIX, n. A female guardian. |
56889
|
tutsan |
TUT'SAN, n. A plant, park-leaves, of the genus Hypericum. |
56890
|
tutti |
TUT'TI, n. [L. toti.] In Italian music, a direction for all to play in full concert. |
56891
|
tutty |
TUT'TY, n. [Low L. tutia.] An argillaceous ore of zink, found in Persia, formed on cylindric molds ... |
56892
|
tuz |
TUZ, n. A lock or tuft of hair. [Not in use.] |
56893
|
twain |
TWAIN, a. or n. Two. When old winter splits the rocks in twain.[Nearly obsolete in common ... |
56894
|
twait |
TWAIT, n. A fish.1. In old writers, wood grubbed up and converted into arable land. [Local.] |
56895
|
twang |
TWANG, v.i. To sound with a quick sharp noise; to make the sound of a string which is stretched ... |
56896
|
twanging |
TWANG'ING, ppr. Making a sharp sound.1. a. Contemptibly noisy. |
56897
|
twangle |
TWAN'GLE, v.i. To twang. |
56898
|
twank |
TWANK, a corruption of twang. |
56899
|
twas |
'TWAS, a contraction of it was. |
56900
|
twattle |
TWAT'TLE, v.i. To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; as a twattling ... |
56901
|
twattling |
TWAT'TLING, ppr. or a. Prating; gabbling; chattering.TWAT'TLING, n. The act of prating; idle ... |
56902
|
tway |
TWAY, for twain, two. [Not in use.] |
56903
|
tway-blade |
TWA'Y-BLADE |
56904
|
tweag |
TWEAG |
56905
|
tweak |
TWEAK, v.t. It is radically the same word as twitch, and of the same signification.] To twitch; ... |
56906
|
tweedle |
TWEE'DLE, v.t. To handle lightly; used of awkward fiddling. |
56907
|
tweel |
TWEEL, v.t. To weave with multiplied leases in the harness, by increasing the number of threads in ... |
56908
|
tweezer-case |
TWEE'ZER-CASE, n. A case for carrying tweezers. |
56909
|
tweezers |
TWEE'ZERS, n. [This seems to be formed on the root of vise, an instrument for pinching.] Nippers; ... |
56910
|
twelfth |
TWELFTH, a. The second after the tenth; the ordinal of twelve. |
56911
|
twelfth-tide |
TWELFTH-TIDE, n. [twelfth and tide.] The twelfth day after christmas. |
56912
|
twelve |
TWELVE, a. twelv. The sum of two and ten; twice six; a dozen. Twelve men compose a petty jury. |
56913
|
twelvemonth |
TWELVEMONTH, n. twelv'month. [twelve and month.] A year, which consists of twelve calendar ... |
56914
|
twelvepence |
TWELVEPENCE, n. twelv'pence. [twelve and pence.] A shilling. |
56915
|
twelvepenny |
TWELVEPENNY, a. twelv'penny. Sold for a shilling; worth a shilling; as a twelve-penny gallery. |
56916
|
twelvescore |
TWELVESCORE, a. twelv'score. [twelve and score.] Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty. |
56917
|
twentieth |
TWEN'TIETH, a. The ordinal of twenty; as the twentieth year. |
56918
|
twenty |
TWEN'TY, a. [L. decem.]1. Twice ten; as twenty men; twenty years.2. Proverbially, an indefinite ... |
56919
|
twibil |
TWI'BIL, n. [two and bil.] A kind of mattock, and a halbert. |
56920
|
twice |
TWICE, adv. [from two.] Two times. He twice essay'd to cast his son in gold.1. Doubly; as twice ... |
56921
|
twidle |
TWIDLE, for tweedle. [See Tweedle.] |
56922
|
twifallow |
TWI'FALLOW, v.t.[twi,two, and fallow.] To plow a second time land that is fallowed. |
56923
|
twifallowed |
TWI'FALLOWED, pp. Plowed twice, as summer fallow. |
56924
|
twifallowing |
TWI'FALLOWING, ppr. Plowing a second time.TWI'FALLOWING, n. The operation of plowing a second ... |
56925
|
twifold |
TWI'FOLD, a. Twofold. |
56926
|
twig |
TWIG, n. [L. vigeo, with a prefix.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no ... |
56927
|
twiggen |
TWIG'GEN, a. Made of twigs; wicker. |
56928
|
twiggy |
TWIG'GY, a. Full of twigs; abounding with shoots. |
56929
|
twilight |
TWI'LIGHT, n.1. The faint light which is reflected upon the earth after sunset and before sunrise; ... |
56930
|
twill |
TWILL, v.t. To weave in ribs or ridges; to quill. [See Quill.] |
56931
|
twilt |
TWILT, n. A quilt. [Local.] |
56932
|
twin |
TWIN, n.1. One of two young produced at a birth by an animal that ordinarily brings but one; used ... |
56933
|
twine |
TWINE, v.t.1. To twist; to wind, as one thread or cord around another, or as any flexible ... |
56934
|
twined |
TWI'NED, pp. Twisted; wound round. |
56935
|
twinge |
TWINGE, v.t. twinj.1. To affect with a sharp sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains. ... |
56936
|
twinging |
TWING'ING, ppr. Suffering a sharp local pain of short continuance; pinching with a sudden ... |
56937
|
twining |
TWI'NING, ppr. Twisting; winding round; uniting closely to; embracing.1. In botany, ascending ... |
56938
|
twink |
TWINK. [See Twinkle.] |
56939
|
twinkle |
TWIN'KLE, v.i.1. To sparkle; to flash at intervals; to shine with a tremulous intermitted light, ... |
56940
|
twinkling |
TWIN'KLING, n. A sparkling; a shining with intermitted light; as the twinkling of the stars.1. A ... |
56941
|
twinling |
TWIN'LING, n. [from twin.] A twin lamb. |
56942
|
twinned |
TWIN'NED, a. [from twin.] Produced at one birth, like twins; united. |
56943
|
twinner |
TWIN'NER, n. [from twin.] A breeder of twins. |
56944
|
twinter |
TWIN'TER, n. [two and winter.] A beast two winters old. [Local.] |
56945
|
twire |
TWIRE, v.i. To take short flights; to flutter; to quiver; to twitter. [Not in use.] |
56946
|
twirl |
TWIRL, v.t. twurl. To move or turn round with rapidity; to whirl round. See ruddy maids, Some ... |
56947
|
twirled |
TWIRL'ED, pp. Whirled round. |
56948
|
twirling |
TWIRL'ING, ppr. Turning with velocity; whirling. |
56949
|
twist |
TWIST, v.t.1. To unite by winding one thread, strand or other flexible substance round another; to ... |
56950
|
twisted |
TWIST'ED, pp. Formed by winding threads or strands round each other. |
56951
|
twister |
TWIST'ER, n. One that twists.1. The instrument of twisting. |
56952
|
twisting |
TWIST'ING, ppr. Winding different strands or threads round each other; forming into a thread by ... |
56953
|
twit |
TWIT, v.t. [L. ad, to.] To reproach; to upbraid; as for some previous act. He twitted his friend ... |
56954
|
twitch |
TWITCH, v.t. To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to ... |
56955
|
twitched |
TWITCH'ED, pp. Pulled with a jerk. |
56956
|
twitcher |
TWITCH'ER, n. One that twitches. |
56957
|
twitching |
TWITCH'ING, ppr. Pulling with a jerk; suffering short spasmodic contractions. |
56958
|
twitted |
TWIT'TED, pp. Upbraided. |
56959
|
twitter |
TWIT'TER, v.t.1. To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises; as, the swallow ... |
56960
|
twittering |
TWIT'TERING, ppr. Uttering a succession of small interrupted sounds, as in a half suppressed ... |
56961
|
twitting |
TWIT'TING, ppr. Upbraiding; reproaching. |
56962
|
twittingly |
TWIT'TINGLY, adv. With upbraiding. |
56963
|
twittle-twattle |
TWIT'TLE-TWATTLE, n. Tattle; gabble. [Vulgar.] |
56964
|
twixt |
'TWIXT, a contraction of betwixt, used in poetry. |
56965
|
two |
TWO, a. [L. duo.]1. One and one. Two similar horses used together, are called a span, or a pair.2. ... |
56966
|
two-capsuled |
TWO-CAP'SULED, a. Bicapsular. |
56967
|
two-celled |
TWO-CEL'LED, a. Bilocular. |
56968
|
two-cleft |
TWO-CLEFT, a. Bifid. |
56969
|
two-flowered |
TWO-FLOWERED, a. Bearing two flowers at the end, as a peduncle. |
56970
|
two-forked |
TWO-FORKED, a. Dichotomous. |
56971
|
two-handed |
TWO-HANDED, a. Having two hands; an epithet used as equivalent to large, stout and strong. |
56972
|
two-leaved |
TWO-LEAVED, a. Diphyllous. |
56973
|
two-lobed |
TWO-LOBED, a. Bilobate. |
56974
|
two-parted |
TWO-P`ARTED, a. Bipartite. |
56975
|
two-pence |
TWO-PENCE, n. A small coin. |
56976
|
two-petaled |
TWO-PETALED, a. Dipetalous. |
56977
|
two-seeded |
TWO-SEEDED, a. In botany, dispermous; containing two seeds, as a fruit; having two seeds to a ... |
56978
|
two-tipped |
TWO-TIPPED, a. Bilabiate. |
56979
|
two-tongued |
TWO-TONGUED, a. Double-tongued; deceitful. |
56980
|
two-valved |
TWO-VALVED, a. Bivalvular, as a shell, pod, or glume. |
56981
|
twoedged |
TWOEDGED, a. Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as a two-edged sword. |
56982
|
twofold |
TWOFOLD, a. [two and fold.] Two of the same kind, or two different things existing together; as ... |
56983
|
twy-blade |
TWY-BLADE, n. [tway and blade.] A plant of the genus Ophris; a polypetalous flower, consisting of ... |
56984
|
tye |
TYE, v.t. [L. taceo, to be silent.]1. To bind; to fasten with a band or cord and knot. My son, ... |
56985
|
tyed |
TYED, pp. Bound; fastened with a knot; confined; restrained; united, as notes. |
56986
|
tyer |
TY'ER, n. One who ties or unites. |
56987
|
tyger |
TYGER. [See Tiger.] |
56988
|
tying |
TY'ING, ppr. [See Tie and Tye.] Binding; fastening. [As this participle must be written with y, ... |
56989
|
tyke |
TYKE, n. A dog; or one as contemptible as a dog. |
56990
|
tymbal |
TYM'BAL, n. A kind of kettle drum. A tymbal's sound were better than my voice. |
56991
|
tympan |
TYM'PAN, n. [L. tympanum. See Tymbal.]1. A drum; hence, the barrel or hollow part of the ear ... |
56992
|
tympanites |
TYM'PANITES, n. In medicine, a flatulent distention of the belly; wind dropsy; tympany. |
56993
|
tympanize |
TYM'PANIZE, v.i. To act the part of a drummer.TYM'PANIZE, v.t. To stretch, as a skin over the ... |
56994
|
tympanum |
TYM'PANUM, n. The drum of the ear. [See Tympan.]1. In mechanics, a wheel placed round an axis. |
56995
|
tympany |
TYM'PANY, n. A flatulent distention of the belly. [See Tympanites.] |
56996
|
tyny |
TYN'Y, a. Small. [See Tiny.] |
56997
|
type |
TYPE, n. [L. typus; Gr. from the root of tap; to beat, strike, impress.]1. The mark of something; ... |
56998
|
type-metal |
TY'PE-METAL, n. A compound of lead and antimony, with a small quantity of copper or brass. |
56999
|
typhoid |
TY'PHOID, a. [typhus and Gr. form.] Resembling typhus; weak; low. |
57000
|
typhus |
TY'PHUS, a. [from Gr. to inflame or heat. Hippocrates gave this name to a fever which produced ... |
57001
|
typic |
TYP'IC |
57002
|
typical |
TYP'ICAL, a. Emblematic; figurative; representing something future by a form,model or resemblance. ... |
57003
|
typically |
TYP'ICALLY, adv. In a typical manner; by way of image, symbol or resemblance. |
57004
|
typicalness |
TYP'ICALNESS, n. The state of being typical. |
57005
|
typified |
TYP'IFIED, pp. Represented by symbol or emblem. |
57006
|
typify |
TYP'IFY, v.t. To represent by an image, form, model or resemblance. The washing of baptism ... |
57007
|
typifying |
TYP'IFYING, ppr. Representing by model or emblem. |
57008
|
typocosmy |
TYP'OCOSMY, n. A representation of the world. [Not much used.] |
57009
|
typographer |
TYPOG'RAPHER, n. [See Typography.] A printer. |
57010
|
typographic |
TYPOGRAPH'IC |
57011
|
typographical |
TYPOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to printing; as the typographic art.1. Emblematic. |
57012
|
typographically |
TYPOGRAPH'ICALLY, adv. By means of types; after the manner of printers.1. Emblematically; ... |
57013
|
typography |
TYPOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. type, and to write.]1. The art of printing, or the operation of impressing ... |
57014
|
typolite |
TYP'OLITE, n.[Gr. form, and stone.] In natural history, a stone or fossil which has on it ... |
57015
|
tyran |
TY'RAN, n. A tyrant. [Not in use.] |
57016
|
tyranness |
TYR'ANNESS, n. [from tyrant.] A female tyrant. |
57017
|
tyrannic |
TYRAN'NIC |
57018
|
tyrannical |
TYRAN'NICAL, a. Pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; arbitrary; unjustly severe in ... |
57019
|
tyrannically |
TYRAN'NICALLY, adv. With unjust exercise of power; arbitrarily; oppressively. |
57020
|
tyrannicalness |
TYRAN'NICALNESS, n. Tyrannical disposition or practice. |
57021
|
tyrannicide |
TYRAN'NICIDE, n. [L. tyrannus, tyrant, and coedo, to fill.]1. The act of killing a tyrant.2. One ... |
57022
|
tyranning |
TYR'ANNING, ppr. or a. Acting as a tyrant. [Not used.] |
57023
|
tyrannize |
TYR'ANNIZE, v.i. To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and ... |
57024
|
tyrannous |
TYR'ANNOUS, a. Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic. |
57025
|
tyranny |
TYR'ANNY, n. 1. Arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; the exercise of power over subjects and ... |
57026
|
tyrant |
TY'RANT, n. [L. tyrannus.] |