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ID	Word	Definition
36	abasing	[.] ABA'SING, ppr. Humbling, depressing, bringing low.
235	absinthian	[.] ABSINTH'IAN, a. [from absinthium.] Of the nature of wormwood.
236	absinthiated	[.] ABSINTH'IATED, a. Impregnated with wormwood.
237	absinthium	[.] ABSINTH'IUM, n. Budaeus in his commentaries on Theophrast, supposes the word composed of a priv. delight, so named from its bitterness. But it may be an Oriental word. [.] The common wormwood; a bitter plant, used as a tonic. A species of Artemisia.
299	abusing	[.] ABU'SING, ppr. s as z. Using ill; employing to bad purposes; deceiving; violating the person; perverting.
310	abyssinian	[.] ABYSSIN'IAN, a. A name denoting a mixed multitude or a black race.
311	abyssinians	[.] ABYSSIN'IANS, n. A sect of christians in Abyssinia, who admit but one nature in Jesus Christ, and reject the council of Chalcedon. They are governed by a bishop, or metropolitan, call Abuna, who is appointed by the Coptic patriarch of Cairo.
491	accusing	[.] ACCU'SING, ppr. Charging with a crime; blaming.
741	addressing	[.] ADDRESS'ING, ppr. Speaking or applying to, directing; courting; consigning.
1023	advertising	[.] ADVERTI'SING, ppr. [.] 1. Informing; giving notice; publishing notice. [.] 2. a. Furnishing advertisements; as, advertising customers. [.] 3. In the sense of monitory, or active in giving intelligence, as used by Shakespeare. [Not now used.]
1033	advising	[.] ADVI'SING, ppr. Giving counsel.
1190	affusing	[.] AFFU'SING, ppr. Pouring upon, or sprinkling.
1258	after-tossing	[.] 'AFTER-TOSSING, n. The swell or agitation of the sea after a storm.
1323	aggressing	[.] AGGRESS'ING, ppr. Commencing hostility first; making the first attack.
1701	all-composing	[.] ALL-COMPO'SING, a. That makes all tranquil or peaceful.
1715	all-dispensing	[.] ALL-DISPENS'ING, a. Dispensing all things; affording dispensation or permission.
1963	alphonsin	[.] ALPHON'SIN, n. A surgical instrument for extracting bullets from wounds, so called from its inventor, Alphonsus Ferrier of Naples. It consists of three branches, which close by a ring, and open when it is drawn back.
2074	amassing	[.] AM'ASSING, ppr. Collecting in a heap, or in a large quantity or number.
2137	ambrosin	[.] AM'BROSIN, n. In the middle ages, a coin struck by the dukes of Milan, on which St. Ambrose was represented on horseback, with a whip in his right hand.
2304	amusing	[.] AMU'SING, ppr. or a. s as z. Entertaining; giving moderate pleasure to the mind, so as to engage it; pleasing.
2305	amusingly	[.] AMU'SINGLY, adv. s as z. In an amusing manner.
3272	apprising	[.] APPRI'SING, ppr. Informing; communicating notice to.
3624	arising	[.] ARI'SING, ppr. Ascending; moving upward; originating or proceeding; getting up; springing up; appearing.
3701	arousing	[.] AROUS'ING, ppr. Putting in motion; stirring; exciting into action or exertion.
3883	asinego	[.] ASINE'GO, n. A foolish fellow.
3884	asinine	[.] AS'ININE, rarely. AS'INARY, a. [L. asinus.] [.] Belonging to the ass; having the qualities of the ass.
3950	assassin	[.] ASSAS'SIN, n. [.] One who kills or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault. The circumstance of surprise or secresy seems essential to the signification of this word; though it is sometimes used to denote one who takes any advantage, in killing or attempting ...
3951	assassinate	[.] ASSAS'SINATE, v.t. [.] 1. To kill or attempt to kill, by surprise or secret assault; to murder by sudden violence. Assassin as a verb is not now used. [.] 2. To way lay; to take by treachery. [.] ASSAS'SINATE, n. A murder or murderer. [not used.]
3952	assassinated	[.] ASSAS'SINATED, pp. Murdered by surprise or secret assault.
3953	assassinating	[.] ASSAS'SINATING, ppr. Murdering by surprise or secret assault.
3954	assassination	[.] ASSASSINA'TION, n. The act of killing or murdering, by surprise or secret assault; murder by violence.
3955	assassinator	[.] ASSAS'SINATOR, n. An assassin, which see.
3956	assassinous	[.] ASSAS'SINOUS, a. Murderous. [Not used.]
3957	assassins	[.] ASSAS'SINS, n. In Syria, a tribe or clan called Ismaelians, Batanists or Batenians. They originated in Persia about the year 1090; whence a colony migrated and settled on the mountains of Lebanon, and were remarkable for their assassinations. Their religion was a ...
4001	assessing	[.] ASSESS'ING, ppr. Charging with a sum; valuing; fixing; ascertaining.
4850	ballad-singer	[.] BAL'LAD-SINGER, n. One whose employment is to sing ballads.
5148	basin	[.] BA'SIN, n. basn. [.] 1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses. [.] 2. In hydraulics, any reservoir of water. [.] 3. That which resembles a basin in containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a hollow place for liquids, ...
5284	bawsin	[.] BAW'SIN, n. A badger.
6069	biasing	[.] BI'ASING, ppr. Giving a bias, particular direction or propensity; warping; prejudicing.
6471	blessing	[.] BLESS'ING, ppr. Making happy; wishing happiness to; praising or extolling; consecrating by prayer. [.] BLESS'ING,n. Benediction; a wish of happiness pronounced; a prayer imploring happiness upon another. [.] 1. A solemn prophetic benediction, in which happiness ...
6685	bocasine	[.] BOC'ASINE, n. A sort of fine linen or buckram.
6767	bombasin	[.] BOMBASIN, n. s as z. A name given to two sorts of stuffs, one of silk, the other crossed of cotton.
7170	brankursine	[.] BRANK'URSINE, n. [brank and ursus, a bear.] [.] Bear's-breech, or acanthus, a genus of plants of several species. The leaves of the common sort are said to have furnished the model of the Corinthian capitals.
7183	brassiness	[.] BR'ASSINESS, n. A quality of brass; the appearance of brass.
7525	browsing	[.] BROWS'ING, ppr. s as z. Feeding on branches, shrubs, or shoots of trees.
7533	bruising	[.] BRUISING, ppr. Crushing; breaking or wounding by a blunt or heavy instrument. [.] BRUISING, n. In popular language, a beating or boxing.
7707	bunsing	[.] BUN'SING,n. An animal found at the Cape of Good Hope, resembling the ferret, but twice as large. When pursued, it emits an intolerable stench.
7816	business	[.] BUSINESS, n. biz'ness. [See Busy.] Employment; that which occupies the time, attention and labor of men, for the purpose of profit or improvement--a word of extensive use and indefinite signification. Business is a particular occupation, as agriculture, trade, mechanic ...
7898	byssin	[.] BYS'SIN,
7899	byssine	[.] BYS'SINE, a. Made of silk.
8040	calc-sinter	[.] CALC-SINTER, n. Stalactitic carbonate of lime.
8359	canvassing	[.] CANVASSING, ppr. Discussing; examining; sifting; seeking. [.] CANVASSING, n. The act of discussing, examining, or making interest.
8538	caressing	[.] CARESSING, ppr. Treating with endearment, or affection.
8608	carousing	[.] CAROUSING, ppr. Drinking hard; reveling.
8707	casing	[.] CASING, ppr. Covering with a case. [.] CASING, n. [.] 1. The act or operation of plastering a house with mortar on the outside, and striking it while wet, by a ruler, with the corner of a trowel, to make it resemble the joints of free-stone. [.] 2. A covering; ...
8720	cassino	[.] CASSINO, n. A game at cards.
8846	catechising	[.] CATECHISING, ppr. Instructing in rudiments or principles.
8862	cater-cousin	[.] CATER-COUSIN, n. A quaere-cousin, a remote relation.
8939	causing	[.] CAUSING, ppr. Producing; effecting; bringing into being.
9004	ceasing	[.] CEASING, ppr. Stopping; ending; desisting; failing.
9075	censing	[.] CENSING, ppr. Perfuming with odors.
9139	cerasin	[.] CERASIN, n. Any gummy substance which swells in cold water, but does not readily dissolve in it.
9443	chasing	[.] CHASING, ppr. Pursuing; driving; hunting.
9461	chastising	[.] CHASTISING, ppr. Punishing for correction; correcting.
9784	choosing	[.] CHOOSING, ppr. Selecting; taking in preference; electing. [.] CHOOSING, n. Choice; election.
9821	chousing	[.] CHOUSING, ppr. Cheating; imposing on.
10129	citisin	[.] CITISIN, n. A substance of a yellow color, obtained from the seeds of the Cytisus Laburnum.
10289	cleansing	[.] CLEANSING, pp. Purifying; making clean; purging; removing foul or noxious matter from; freeing from guilt. [.] CLEANSING, n. The act of purifying, or purging. Mark 1:44; Luke 5:14.
10449	closet-sin	[.] CLOSET-SIN, n. Sin committed in privacy.
10453	closing	[.] CLOSING, ppr. s as z. Shutting; coalescing; agreeing; ending. [.] CLOSING, a. s as z. That ends or concludes; as a closing word or letter. [.] CLOSING, n. s as z. End; period; conclusion.
10482	cloud-kissing	[.] CLOUD-KISSING, a. Touching the clouds.
10532	clumsiness	[.] CLUMSINESS, n. The quality of being short and thick, and moving heavily; awkwardness; unhandiness; ungainliness; want of readiness, nimbleness or dexterity.
10574	co-sine	[.] CO-SINE, n. [See Sine.] In geometry, the sine of an arc which is the complement of another to ninety degrees.
11305	compassing	[.] COMPASSING, ppr. [.] 1. Embracing; going round; inclosing; obtaining; accomplishing; imagining; intending. [.] 2. In ship-building, incurvated; arched.
11441	composing	[.] COMPOSING, ppr. Placing together; forming; constituting; writing an original work; quieting; settling; adjusting; setting types.
11442	composing-stick	[.] COMPOSING-STICK, n. Among printers, an instrument on which types are set from the cases, adjusted to the length of the lines.
11482	comprising	[.] COMPRISING, ppr. Containing; including; comprehending.
11488	compromising	[.] COMPROMISING, ppr. Adjusting by agreement.
11795	confessing	[.] CONFESS'ING, ppr. Owning; avowing; declaring to be true or real; granting or admitting by assent; receiving disclosure of sins, or the state of the conscience of another.
12600	convulsing	[.] CONVULSING, ppr. Affecting by spasmodic contractions; shaking with violence.
12951	cosinage	[.] COSINAGE, n. [See Cousin.] In law, a writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered and abated, after the death of the tresail, or the grandfathers grandfather, or other collateral relation.
13118	counterpoising	[.] COUNTERPOISING, ppr. Balancing by equal weight in the opposite scale, or by equal power.
13182	coursing	[.] COURSING, ppr. Hunting; chasing; running; flowing; compelling to run. [.] COURSING, n. The act or sport of chasing and hunting hares, foxes or deer.
13215	cousin	[.] COUSIN, n. [.] 1. In a general sense, one collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister. But, [.] 2. Appropriately, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt; the children of brothers and sisters being usually denominated cousins or cousin-germans. ...
13519	crimosin	[.] CRIMOSIN. [See Crimson.]
13560	criticising	[.] CRITICISING, ppr. Examining and judging with regard to beauties and faults; remarking on; animadverting on.
13644	crossing	[.] CROSSING, ppr. Drawing; running or passing a line over; erasing; canceling; thwarting; opposing; counteracting; passing over. [.] CROSSING, n. A thwarting; impediment; vexation.
13715	cruising	[.] CRUISING, ppr. Sailing for the capture of an enemys ships, or for protecting commerce, or for plunder as a pirate.
13982	cursing	[.] CURSING, ppr. Execrating; imprecating evil on; denouncing evil; dooming to evil, misery, or vexation. [.] CURSING, n. Execration; the uttering of a curse; a dooming to vexation or misery.
14407	debasing	[.] DEBA'SING, ppr.
14488	deceasing	[.] DECE'ASING, ppr. Departing from life; dying. [.] [.] DECE'DENT, n. A deceased person. [.] DECE'IT,
14602	decomposing	[.] DECOMPO'SING, ppr. Separating into constituent parts. [.] DECOMPOS'ITE, a. Compounded a second time; compounded with things already composite. [.] DECOMPOSI'TION, n.
14628	decreasing	[.] DECREASING, ppr. Becoming less; diminishing; waning.
14704	deep-musing	[.] DEEP-MUSING, a. Contemplative; thinking closely or profoundly.
15180	dentato-sinuate	[.] DENTATO-SINUATE, a. Having points like teeth with hollows about the edge.
15301	deposing	[.] DEPOSING, ppr. Dethroning; degrading; bearing witness. [.] DEPOSING, n. The act of dethroning.
15342	depressing	[.] DEPRESSING, ppr. Pressing down; lowering in place; letting fall; sinking; dejecting; abasing; impoverishing; rendering languid.
15489	desinence	[.] DESINENCE, n. End; close.
15490	desinent	[.] DESINENT, a. Ending; extreme; lower-most.
15536	despising	[.] DESPISING, ppr. Contemning; scorning; disdaining. [.] DESPISING, n. Contempt.
15537	despisingly	[.] DESPISINGLY, adv. With contempt.
15733	devising	[.] DEVISING, ppr. [.] 1. Contriving; inventing; forming a scheme or plan. [.] 2. Giving by will; bequeathing.
16001	digressing	[.] DIGRESSING, ppr. Departing from the main subject.
16177	disabusing	[.] DISABUSING, ppr. Disabuzing. Undeceiving.
16300	disbursing	[.] DISBURSING, pp. Paying out, or expending.
16354	disclosing	[.] DISCLOSING, ppr. Uncovering; opening to view; revealing; making known; telling.
16388	discomposing	[.] DISCOMPOSING, ppr. Unsettling; putting out of order; ruffling; agitating; disturbing tranquility.
16446	discoursing	[.] DISCOURSING, ppr. Talking; conversing; preaching; discussing; treating at some length or in a formal manner.
16506	discussing	[.] DISCUSSING, ppr. Dispersing; resolving; scattering; debating; agitating; examining by argument. [.] DISCUSSING, n. Discussion; examination.
16530	disembarrassing	[.] DISEMBARRASSING, ppr. Freeing from embarrassment or perplexity; extricating.
16577	disespousing	[.] DISESPOUSING, ppr. Separating after plighted faith.
16597	disfranchising	[.] DISFRANCHISING, ppr. Depriving of the privileges of a free citizen, or of some particular immunity.
16627	disguising	[.] DISGUISING, ppr. Concealing by a counterfeit dress, or by a false show; intoxicating.
16671	disincarcerate	[.] DISINCARCERATE, v.t. [dis and incarcerate.] To liberate from prison; to set free from confinement. [Not much used.]
16672	disinclination	[.] DISINCLINATION, n. [dis and inclination.] Want of inclination; want of propensity, desire or affection; slight dislike; aversion; expressing less than hate. [.] [.] Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex.
16673	disincline	[.] DISINCLINE, v.t. [dis and incline.] To excite dislike or slight aversion; to make disaffected; to alienate from. His timidity disinclined him from such an arduous enterprise.
16674	disinclined	[.] DISINCLINED, pp. Not inclined; averse.
16675	disinclining	[.] DISINCLINING, ppr. Exciting dislike or slight aversion.
16676	disincorporate	[.] DISINCORPORATE, v.t. [.] 1. To deprive of corporate powers; to disunite a corporate body, or an established society. [.] 2. To detach or separate from a corporation or society.
16677	disincorporation	[.] DISINCORPORATION, n. Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation.
16678	disinfect	[.] DISINFECT, v.t. [dis and infect.] To cleanse from infection; to purify from contagious matter.
16679	disinfected	[.] DISINFECTED, pp. Cleansed from infection.
16680	disinfecting	[.] DISINFECTING, ppr. Purifying from infection.
16681	disinfection	[.] DISINFECTION, n. Purification from infecting matter.
16682	disingenuity	[.] DISINGENUITY, n. [dis and ingenuity.] Meanness of artifice; unfairness; disingenuousness; want of candor. [This word is little used, or not at all, in the sense here explained. See Ingenuity. We now use in lieu of it disingenuousness.]
16683	disingenuous	[.] DISINGENUOUS, a. [dis and ingenuous.] [.] 1. Unfair; not open, frank and candid; meanly artful; illiberal; applied to persons. [.] 2. Unfair; meanly artful; unbecoming true honor and dignity; as disingenuous conduct; disingenuous schemes.
16684	disingenuously	[.] DISINGENUOUSLY, adv. In a disingenuous manner; unfairly; not openly and candidly; with secret management.
16685	disingenuousness	[.] DISINGENUOUSNESS, n. [.] 1. Unfairness; want of candor; low craft; as the disingenuousness of a man, or of his mind. [.] 2. Characterized by unfairness, as conduct or practices.
16686	disinherison	[.] DISINHERISON, n. [dis and inherit.] [.] 1. The act of cutting off from hereditary succession; the act of disinheriting. [.] 2. The state of being disinherited.
16687	disinherit	[.] DISINHERIT, v.t. [dis and inherit.] To cut off from hereditary right; to deprive of an inheritance; to prevent as an heir from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. A father sometimes ...
16688	disinherited	[.] DISINHERITED, pp. Cut off from an inheritance.
16689	disinheriting	[.] DISINHERITING, ppr. Depriving of an hereditary estate or right.
16690	disintegrable	[.] DISINTEGRABLE, a. [dis and integer.] That may be separated into integrant parts; capable of disintegration. [.] [.] Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure to the atmosphere.
16691	disintegrate	[.] DISINTEGRATE, v.t. [dis and integer.] To separate the integrant parts of. [.] [.] Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
16692	disintegrated	[.] DISINTEGRATED, pp. Separated into integrant parts without chemical action.
16693	disintegration	[.] DISINTEGRATION, n. The act of separating integrant parts of a substance, as distinguished from decomposition or the separation of constituent parts.
16694	disinter	[.] DISINTER, v.t. [dis and inter.] [.] 1. To take out of a grave, or out of the earth; as, to disinter a dead body that is buried. [.] 2. To take out as from a grave; to bring from obscurity into view. [.] [.] The philosopher--may be concealed in a plebeian, which ...
16695	disinteressed	[.] DISINTERESSED, DISINTERESSMENT, [See Disinterested, &c.]
16696	disinteressment	[.] DISINTERESSED, DISINTERESSMENT, [See Disinterested, &c.]
16697	disinterest	[.] DISINTEREST, n. [dis and interest.] [.] 1. What is contrary to the interest or advantage; disadvantage; injury. [Little used or not at all.] [.] 2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage. [.] DISINTEREST, v.t. To disengage from private ...
16698	disinterested	[.] DISINTERESTED, a. [.] 1. Uninterested; indifferent; free from self-interest; having no personal interest or private advantage in a question or affair. It is important that a judge should be perfectly disinterested. [.] 2. Not influenced or dictated by private advantage; ...
16699	disinterestedly	[.] DISINTERESTEDLY, adv. In a disinterested manner.
16700	disinterestedness	[.] DISINTERESTEDNESS, n. The state or quality of having no personal interest or private advantage in a question or event; freedom from bias or prejudice, on account of private interest; indifference.
16701	disinteresting	[.] DISINTERESTING, a. Uninteresting. [The latter is the word now used.]
16702	disinterment	[.] DISINTERMENT, n. The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth.
16703	disinterred	[.] DISINTERRED, pp. Taken out of the earth or grave.
16704	disinterring	[.] DISINTERRING, ppr. Taking out of the earth, or out of a grave.
16705	disinthrall	[.] DISINTHRALL, v.t. [dis and enthrall.] To liberate from slavery, bondage or servitude; to free or rescue from oppression.
16706	disinthralled	[.] DISINTHRALLED, pp. Set free from bondage.
16707	disinthralling	[.] DISINTHRALLING, ppr. Delivering from slavery or servitude.
16708	disinthrallment	[.] DISINTHRALLMENT, n. Liberation from bondage; emancipation from slavery.
16709	disinure	[.] DISINURE, v.t. [dis and inure.] To deprive of familiarity or custom.
16710	disinvite	[.] DISINVITE, v.t. To recall an invitation.
16711	disinvolve	[.] DISINVOLVE, v.t. disinvolv. [dis and involve.] To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
16771	dismissing	[.] DISMISSING, ppr. Sending away; giving leave to depart; removing from office or service.
16860	dispensing	[.] DISPENSING, ppr. [.] 1. Distributing; administering. [.] 2. a. That may dispense with; granting dispensation; that may grant license to omit what is required by law, or to do what the law forbids; as a dispensing power.
16872	dispersing	[.] DISPERSING, ppr. Scattering; dissipating.
16899	displeasing	[.] DISPLEASING, ppr or a. Offensive to the eye, to the mind, to the smell, or to the taste; disgusting; disagreeable.
16900	displeasingness	[.] DISPLEASINGNESS, n. Offensiveness; the quality of giving some degree of disgust.
16918	disposing	[.] DISPOSING, ppr. Setting in order; arranging; distributing; bestowing; regulating; adjusting; governing. [.] DISPOSING, n. The act of arranging; regulation; direction. Proverbs 16:33.
16925	dispossessing	[.] DISPOSSESSING, ppr. Depriving of possession; disseizing.
16931	dispraising	[.] DISPRAISING, ppr. Blaming; censuring.
16932	dispraisingly	[.] DISPRAISINGLY, adv. By way of dispraise; with blame or some degree of reproach.
17190	distressing	[.] DISTRESSING, ppr. [.] 1. Giving severe pain; oppressing with affliction. [.] 2. a. Very afflicting; affecting with severe pain; as a distressing sickness.
17232	disusing	[.] DISUSING, ppr. Disyuzing. Ceasing to use; disaccustoming.
17848	dressing	[.] DRESSING, ppr. Adjusting to a line; putting in order; preparing; clothing; embellishing; cultivating. [.] DRESSING, n. [.] 1. Raiment; attire. [.] 2. That which is used as an application to a wound or sore. [.] 3. That which is used in preparing land for ...
17849	dressing-room	[.] DRESSING-ROOM, n. An apartment appropriated for dressing the person.
17919	drossiness	[.] DROSSINESS, n. Foulness; rust; impurity; a state of being drossy.
17938	drowsiness	[.] DROWSINESS, n. [.] 1. Sleepiness; heaviness with sleep; disposition to sleep. [.] 2. Sluggishness; sloth; idleness; inactivity.
18276	easiness	[.] E'ASINESS, n. Freedom from difficulty; ease. [.] [.] Easiness and difficulty are relative terms. [.] 1. Flexibility; readiness to comply; prompt compliance; a yielding or disposition to yield without opposition or reluctance. [.] [.] Give to him, and he shall ...
18338	eclipsing	[.] ECLIPS'ING, ppr. Concealing; obscuring; darkening; clouding.
18491	effusing	[.] EFFU'SING, ppr. effu'zing. Pouring out; shedding.
18563	elapsing	[.] ELAPS'ING, ppr. Sliding away; gliding or passing away silently, as time.
18654	eleusinian	[.] ELEUSIN'IAN, a. Relating to Eleusis in Greece; as Eleusinian mysteries or festivals, the festivals and mysteries of Ceres.
18792	embarrassing	[.] EMBAR'RASSING, ppr. Perplexing; entangling; confusing; confounding; abashing.
18856	embossing	[.] EMBOSS'ING, ppr. Forming with figures in relievo.
19083	enchasing	[.] ENCHA'SING, ppr. Inclosing in another body; adorning with embossed work.
19107	encompassing	[.] ENCOM'PASSING, ppr. Encircling; surrounding; confining.
19236	enfranchising	[.] ENFRAN'CHISING, ppr. Setting free from slavery or custody; admitting to the rights and privileges of denizens or free citizens in a state, or to the privileges of a free man in a corporation.
19296	engrossing	[.] ENGRO'SSING, ppr. Taking the whole; buying commodities in such quantities as to raise the price in market. [.] 1. Writing correct copies in large, fair characters.
19489	enterprising	[.] EN'TERPRISING, ppr. Undertaking, especially a bold design. [.] 1. Bold or forward to undertake; resolute, active, or prompt to attempt great or untried schemes. Enterprising men often succeed beyond all human probability.
19543	entransing	[.] ENTR`ANSING, ppr. Carrying away the soul; enrapturing; ravishing.
19832	erasing	[.] ERA'SING, ppr. Rubbing or scraping out; obliterating; destroying.
19974	espousing	[.] ESPOUS'ING, ppr. Betrothing; promising in marriage by covenant; marrying; uniting indissolubly; taking part in.
20229	everpleasing	[.] EVERPLE'ASING, a. [ever and pleasing.] Always pleasing; ever giving delight. [.] [.] The everpleasing Pamela.
20427	excising	[.] EXCI'SING, ppr. Imposing the duty of excise.
20503	excusing	[.] EXCU'SING, ppr. s as z. Acquitting of guilt or fault; forgiving; overlooking.
20554	exercising	[.] EX'ERCISING, ppr. Exerting; using; employing; training; practicing.
20652	exorcising	[.] EX'ORCISING, ppr. Expelling evil spirits by prayers and ceremonies.
20800	exposing	[.] EXPO'SING, ppr. Lying or laying open; making bare; putting in danger; disclosing; placing in any situation without protection; offering to inspection or to sale.
20818	expressing	[.] EXPRESS'ING, ppr. Forcing out by pressure; uttering; declaring; showing; representing.
21064	eye-pleasing	[.] EY'E-PLEASING, a. Pleasing the eye.
22038	finessing	[.] FINESS'ING, ppr. Practicing artifice to accomplish a purpose.
22419	flimsiness	[.] FLIM'SINESS, n. State or quality of being flimsy; thin, weak texture; weakness; want of substance or solidity.
24517	glassiness	[.] GL`ASSINESS, n. The quality of being glassy or smooth; a vitreous appearance.
24632	glossiness	[.] GLOSS'INESS,n. [from glossy.] The luster or brightness of a smooth surface.
24633	glossing	[.] GLOSS'ING, ppr. Giving luster to; polishing; explaining by comments; giving a specious appearance.
25080	grassiness	[.] GR`ASSINESS, n. [from grassy.] The state of abounding with grass; a grassy state.
25154	greasiness	[.] GRE'ASINESS, n. The state of being greasy; oiliness; unctuousness.
25155	greasing	[.] GRE'ASING, ppr. Smearing with fat or oily matter; bribing.
25438	guessing	[.] GUESS'ING, ppr. Conjecturing; judging without certain evidence, or grounds of opinion.
25439	guessingly	[.] GUESS'INGLY, adv. By way of conjecture.
25505	gum-resin	[.] GUM-RESIN, n. [See Resin.] A mixed juice of plants, consisting of resin and an extractive matter, which has been taken for a gummy substance. The gum-resins do not flow naturally from plants, but are mostly extracted by incision, in the form of white, yellow or red ...
25859	harassing	[.] HAR'ASSING, ppr. Tiring; fatiguing; teasing.
25959	harnessing	[.] H`ARNESSING, ppr. Putting on armor or furniture for draught.
26211	heart-easing	[.] HE`ART-EASING, a. Giving quiet to the mind.
26281	heaven-kissing	[.] HEAV'EN-KISSING, a. Touching as it were the sky.
26876	hisingerite	[.] HIS'INGERITE, n. A mineral found in the cavities of calcarious spar, in Sudermanland.
26879	hissing	[.] HISS'ING, ppr. Making the noise of serpents. [.] HISS'ING, n. A hissing sound; an expression of scorn or contempt. [.] 1. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision. [.] [.] I will make this city desolate,and a hissing. Jer.19.
26880	hissingly	[.] HISS'INGLY, adv. With a whistling sound.
27377	housing	[.] HOUS'ING , n. Among seamen, a small line formed of three strands, smaller than rope-yard, used for seizings, &c.
28177	immersing	[.] IMMERS'ING, ppr. Plunging into a fluid; dipping; overwhelming; deeply engaging.
28272	imparadising	[.] IMPAR'ADISING, ppr. Making very happy.
28444	impleasing	[.] IMPLE'ASING, a. Unpleasing. [Not in use.]
28512	imposing	[.] IMPO'SING, ppr. Laying on; enjoining; deceiving. [.] 1. Commanding; adapted to impress forcibly; as an imposing air or matter. [.] [.] --Large and imposing edifices, embosomed in the groves of some rich valley.
28513	imposing-stone	[.] IMPO'SING-STONE, n. Among printers, the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms.
28566	impressing	[.] IMPRESS'ING, ppr. Imprinting; stamping; fixing in the mind; compelling into service.
28789	incasing	[.] INCA'SING, ppr. Inclosing as in a case.
28803	incensing	[.] INCENS'ING, ppr. Inflaming to anger; irritating; exasperation.
28885	inclosing	[.] INCLO'SING, ppr. Surrounding; encompassing; shutting in; covering and confining.
29101	increasing	[.] INCRE'ASING, ppr. Growing; becoming larger; advancing in any quality, good or bad.
29239	indesinent	[.] INDES'INENT, a. [L. in and desino, to cease; de and sino.] [.] Not ceasing; perpetual.
29240	indesinently	[.] INDES'INENTLY, adv. Without cessation.
29340	indisposing	[.] INDISPO'SING, ppr. Disinclining; rendering somewhat averse, unwilling or unfavorable. [.] 1. Disordering; rendering unfit.
29736	infusing	[.] INFU'SING, ppr. Pouring in; instilling; steeping.
30108	insincere	[.] INSINCE'RE, a. [L. insincerus; in and sincerus, sincere.] [.] 1. Not sincere; not being in truth what one appears to be; dissembling; hypocritical; false; used of persons; as an insincere heart. [.] 2. Deceitful; hypocritical; false; used of things; as insincere ...
30109	insincerely	[.] INSINCE'RELY, adv. Without sincerity; hypocritically.
30110	insincerity	[.] INSINCER'ITY, n. Dissimulation; want of sincerity or of being in reality what one appears to be; hypocrisy; used of persons. [.] 1. Deceitfulness; hollowness; used of things; as the insincerity of professions.
30111	insinew	[.] INSIN'EW, v.t. [in and sinew.] To strengthen; to give vigor to.
30112	insinuant	[.] INSIN'UANT, a. [L. insinuans.] Insinuating; having the power to gain favor. [Little used.]
30113	insinuate	[.] INSIN'UATE, v.t. [L. insinuo; in and sinus, the bosom, a bay, inlet or recess.] [.] 1. To introduce gently, or into a narrow passage; to wind in. Water insinuates itself into the crevices of rocks. [.] 2. To push or work one's self into favor; to introduce by ...
30114	insinuated	[.] INSIN'UATED, pp. Introduced or conveyed gently; imperceptibly or by winding into crevices; hinted.
30115	insinuating	[.] INSIN'UATING, ppr. Creeping or winding in; flowing in; gaining on gently; hinting. [.] 1. Tending to enter gently; insensibly winning favor and confidence.
30116	insinuation	[.] INSINUA'TION, n. [L. insinuatio.] [.] 1. The act of insinuating; a creeping or winding in; a flowing into crevices. [.] 2. The act of gaining on favor or affections, by gentle or artful means. [.] 3. The art or power of pleasing and stealing on the affections. [.] [.] ...
30117	insinuative	[.] INSIN'UATIVE, a. Stealing on the affections.
30118	insinuator	[.] INSIN'UATOR, n. One who insinuates; one that hints.
30569	interposing	[.] INTERPO'SING, ppr. Placing between; coming between; offering aid or services.
30614	interspersing	[.] INTERSPERS'ING, ppr. Scattering here and there among other things.
31144	isinglass	[.] I'SINGLASS, n. i'zinglass. [that is, ise or ice-glass.] [.] A substance consisting chiefly of gelatin, of a firm texture and whitish color, prepared from the sounds or air-bladders of certain fresh water fishes, particularly of the huso, a fish of the sturgeon kind, found ...
31145	isinglass-stone	[.] ISINGLASS-STONE. [See Mica.]
31814	kissing	[.] KISS'ING, ppr. Saluting with the lips.
31815	kissing-comfit	[.] KISS'ING-COMFIT, n. Perfumed sugar plums to sweeten the breath.
31816	kissing-crust	[.] KISS'ING-CRUST, n. In cookery, the crust of a loaf that touches another.
32206	lapsing	[.] LAPS'ING, ppr. Gliding; flowing; failing; falling to one person through the omission of another.
32455	leasing	[.] LE'ASING, n. s as z. [.] Falsehood; lies. [Obsolete or nearly so.]
33328	loosing	[.] LOOS'ING, ppr. Setting free from confinement.
33363	losing	[.] LOS'ING, ppr. looz'ing. Parting from; missing; forfeiting; wasting; employing to no good purpose.
33393	lousiness	[.] LOUS'INESS, n. s as z. The state of abounding with lice.
34369	massiness	[.] M`ASSINESS
34381	master-sinew	[.] M`ASTER-SINEW, n. A large sinew that surrounds the hough of a horse, and divides it from the bone by a hollow place,where the wind-galls are usually seated.
34937	metamorphosing	[.] METAMORPH'OSING, ppr. Changing the shape.
35452	misinfer	[.] MISINFER', v.t. To draw a wrong inference.
35453	misinform	[.] MISINFORM', v.t. To give erroneous information to; to communicate an incorrect statement of facts.
35454	misinformation	[.] MISINFORMA'TION, n. Wrong informations; false account or intelligence received.
35455	misinformed	[.] MISINFORM'ED, pp. Wrongly informed.
35456	misinformer	[.] MISINFORM'ER, n. One that gives wrong information.
35457	misinforming	[.] MISINFORM'ING, ppr. Communicating erroneous information to.
35458	misinstruct	[.] MISINSTRUCT', v.t. To instruct amiss.
35459	misinstruction	[.] MISINSTRUC'TION, n. Wrong instruction.
35460	misintelligence	[.] MISINTEL'LIGENCE, n. Wrong information; disagreement.
35461	misinterpret	[.] MISINTER'PRET, v.t. To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.
35462	misinterpretation	[.] MISINTERPRETA'TION, n. The act of interpreting erroneously.
35463	misinterpreted	[.] MISINTER'PRETED, a. Erroneously understood or explained.
35464	misinterpreter	[.] MISINTER'PRETER, n. One who interprets erroneously.
35465	misinterpreting	[.] MISINTER'PRETING, ppr. Erroneously interpreting.
35584	missing	[.] MISS'ING, ppr. [from miss.] Failing to hit, to reach or to find; discovering to be wanting. [.] 1. a. Lost; absent from the place where it was expected to be found; wanting. My horse is missing; my pen or my book is missing. [.] [.] For a time caught up to God, ...
35664	misusing	[.] MISUSING, ppr. misyu'zing. Using improperly; abusing; misapplying.
36148	mortising	[.] MOR'TISING, ppr. Making a mortise; uniting by a mortise and tenon.
36160	mossiness	[.] MOSS'INESS, n. [from mossy.] The state of being overgrown with moss.
36502	musing	[.] MU'SING, ppr. Meditating in silence. [.] MU'SING, n. Meditation; contemplation.
36860	neesing	[.] NEESING, n. A sneezing.
37220	noisiness	[.] NOISINESS, n. The state of being noisy; loudness of sound; clamorousness.
37221	noising	[.] NOISING, ppr. Spreading by report.
37529	nursing	[.] NURS'ING, ppr. Tending; nourishing at the breast; education; maintaining.
38224	oppressing	[.] OPPRESS'ING, ppr. Overburdening.
39489	paraphrasing	[.] PAR'APHRASING, ppr. Explaining or translating amply and freely.
39707	passing	[.] P`ASSING, ppr. Moving; proceeding. [.] 1. a. Exceeding; surpassing; eminent. [.] 2. Adverbially used to enforce or enhance the meaning of another word; exceedingly; as passing fair; passing strange.
39708	passing-bell	[.] P`ASSING-BELL, n. The bell that rings at the hour of death to obtain prayers for the passing soul. It is also used for the bell that rings immediately after death.
39709	passing-note	[.] P`ASSING-NOTE, n. In music, a note introduced between two others for the purpose of softening a distance or melodizing a passage.
39710	passingly	[.] P`ASSINGLY, adv. Exceedingly.
39847	pausing	[.] PAUS'ING, ppr. Stopping for a time; ceasing to speak or act; deliberating.
39848	pausingly	[.] PAUS'INGLY, adv. After a pause; by breaks.
39921	pearl-sinter	[.] PEARL-SINTER, n. Fiorite; a variety of silicious sinter, the color gray and white.
40565	perusing	[.] PERU'SING, ppr. Reading; examining.
41361	pleasing	[.] PLE'ASING, ppr. Gratifying; exciting agreeable sensations or emotions in. [.] PLE'ASING, a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; agreeable to the senses or to the mind; as a pleasing prospect; a pleasing reflection; pleasing manners. [.] 1. Gaining approbation. ...
41362	pleasingly	[.] PLE'ASINGLY, adv. In such a manner as to give pleasure.
41363	pleasingness	[.] PLE'ASINGNESS, n. The quality of giving pleasure.
41591	poising	[.] POIS'ING, ppr. Balancing.
41967	posing	[.] PO'SING, ppr. Puzzling; putting to a stand; questioning closely.
41982	possessing	[.] POSSESS'ING, ppr. Having or holding by absolute right or title; occupying; enjoying.
42187	praising	[.] PRA'ISING, ppr. Commending; extolling in words or song.
42266	preasing	[.] PRE'ASING, ppr. or a. Crowding. [Not used.]
42343	precomposing	[.] PRECOMPO'SING, ppr. Composing beforehand.
42402	predisposing	[.] PREDISPO'SING, ppr. Inclining or adapting beforehand. [.] 1. a. Tending or able to give predisposition or liableness; as the predisposing causes of disease.
42581	prepossessing	[.] PREPOSSESS'ING, ppr. Taking previous possession. [.] 1. a. Tending to invite favor; having power to secure the possession of favor, esteem or love. The countenance, address and manners of a person are sometimes prepossessing on a first acquaintance.
42668	pressing	[.] PRESS'ING, ppr. Urging with force or weight; squeezing; constraining; crowding; embracing; distressing; forcing into service; rolling in a press. [.] 1. a. Urgent; distressing. [.] PRESS'ING, n. The act or operation of applying force to bodies. The pressing ...
42669	pressingly	[.] PRESS'INGLY, adv. With force or urgency; closely.
42702	presupposing	[.] PRESUPPO'SING, ppr. Supposing to be previous.
43057	professing	[.] PROFESS'ING, ppr. Openly declaring; avowing; acknowledging.
43189	promising	[.] PROM'ISING, ppr. Engaging by words or writing; stipulating; assuring. [.] 1. Affording just expectations of good or reasonable ground of hope; as a promising youth; a promising prospect. [In this sense, the word may be a participle or an adjective.]
43306	proposing	[.] PROPO'SING, ppr. Offering for consideration, acceptance or adoption.
43796	purchasing	[.] PUR'CHASING, ppr. Buying; obtaining by one's own act or for a price.
43862	pursiness	[.] PURSINESS, a mistake for pussiness. [See Pussy.]
43894	pussiness	[.] PUS'SINESS, n. [from pussy.] A state of being swelled or bloated; inflation; hence, shortness of breath.
44151	quater-cousins	[.] QUATER-COUSINS, n. ka'ter-cuzns. [L. quatuor, four, and cousin.] [.] Those within the first four degrees of kindred.
44167	queasiness	[.] QUE'ASINESS, n. s as z. [from queasy.] Nausea; qualmishness; inclination to vomit.
44475	raisin	[.] RAISIN, n. razn. [.] A dried grape. Grapes are suffered to remain on the vines till they are perfectly ripe, and then dried in an oven, or by exposure to the heat of the sun. Those dried in the sun are the sweetest.
44476	raising	[.] RA'ISING, ppr. Lifting; elevating; setting upright; exalting; producing; enhancing; restoring to life; collecting; levying; propagating, &c. [.] RA'ISING, n. [.] 1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life. [.] 2. ...
45065	reclosing	[.] RECLO'SING, ppr. Closing again.
45126	recompensing	[.] REC'OMPENSING, ppr. Rewarding; compensating; requiting.
45130	recomposing	[.] RECOMPO'SING, ppr. Rendering tranquil after agitation; forming or adjusting anew.
45144	recondensing	[.] RECONDENS'ING, ppr. Condensing again.
45218	recrossing	[.] RECROSS'ING, ppr. Crossing a second time.
45314	redemising	[.] REDEMI'SING, ppr. Reconveying.
45334	redisposing	[.] REDISPO'SING, ppr. Disposing or adjusting anew.
45365	redressing	[.] REDRESS'ING, ppr. Setting right; relieving; indemnifying.
45526	refusing	[.] REFU'SING, ppr. Denying; declining to accept; rejecting.
45644	rehearsing	[.] REHEARSING, ppr. rehers'ing. Reciting; repeating words; recounting; telling; narrating.
45655	reimbursing	[.] REIMBURS'ING, ppr. Repaying; refunding; making good, as loss or expense.
45667	reimpressing	[.] REIMPRESS'ING, ppr. Impressing again.
45767	relapsing	[.] RELAPS'ING, ppr. Sliding or falling back, as into disease or vice.
45791	releasing	[.] RELE'ASING, ppr. Liberating from confinement or restraint; freeing from obligation or responsibility, or from pain or other evil; quitclaiming.
45916	remising	[.] REMI'SING, ppr. Surrendering by deed.
45991	rendezvousing	[.] REN'DEZVOUSING, ppr. Assembling at a particular place.
46075	repassing	[.] REP'ASSING, ppr. Passing back.
46164	reposing	[.] REPO'SING, ppr. Laying at rest; placing in confidence; lying at rest; sleeping.
46172	repossessing	[.] REPOSSESS'ING, ppr. Possessing again; obtaining possession again.
46199	repressing	[.] REPRESS'ING, ppr. Crushing; subduing; checking.
46266	repulsing	[.] REPULS'ING, ppr. Driving back.
46273	repurchasing	[.] REPUR'CHASING, ppr. Buying back or again; regaining by the payment of a price.
46399	resin	[.] RES'IN,n. s as z. [L., Gr. to flow.] [.] An inflammable substance, hard when cool, but viscid when heated, exuding in a fluid state from certain kinds of trees, as pine, either spontaneously or by incision. Resins are soluble in oils and alcohol, and are said to ...
46400	resiniferous	[.] RESINIF'EROUS, a. [L. resina and fero, to produce.] [.] Yielding resin; as a resiniferous tree or vessels.
46401	resiniform	[.] RES'INIFORM, a. Having the form of resin.
46402	resino-electric	[.] RESINO-ELEC'TRIC, a. Containing or exhibiting negative electricity, or that kind which is produced by the friction of resinous substances.
46403	resino-extractive	[.] RES'INO-EXTRAC'TIVE, a. Designating extractive matter in which resin predominates.
46404	resinous	[.] RES'INOUS, a. Partaking of the qualities of resin; like resin. Resinous substances are combustible. [.] Resinous electricity, is that electricity which is excited by rubbing bodies of the resinous kind. This is generally negative.
46405	resinously	[.] RES'INOUSLY, adv. By means of resin; as resinously electrified.
46406	resinousness	[.] RES'INOUSNESS, n. The quality of being resinous.
46633	retossing	[.] RETOSS'ING, ppr. Tossing back.
46766	reversing	[.] REVERS'ING, ppr. Turning upside down; subverting; turning the contrary way; annulling.
46804	revising	[.] REVI'SING, ppr. Reviewing; re-examining for correction.
47039	rinsing	[.] RINS'ING, ppr. Cleansing with a second water.
47066	rising	[.] RI'SING, ppr. [.] 1. Getting up; ascending; mounting; springing; proceeding from; advancing; swelling; increasing; appearing above the horizon; reviving from death, &c. [.] 2. Increasing in wealth, power or distinction; as a rising state; a rising character. [.] RI'SING, ...
47284	rosin	... [.] ROS'IN, n. s as z. [This is only a different orthography of resin. ...
47285	rosiness	[.] RO'SINESS, n. s as z. The quality of being rosy, or of resembling the color of the rose.
47286	rosiny	[.] ROS'INY, a. Like rosin, or partaking of its qualities.
47367	rousing	[.] ROUS'ING, ppr. [.] 1. Awaking from sleep; exciting; calling into action. [.] 2. a. Having power to awaken or excite. [.] 3. Great; violent; as a rousing fire. [Vulgar.]
47959	sarasin	[.] SAR'ASIN,
47995	sarrasine	[.] SAR'RASINE, n. [.] 1. A plant, a kind of birth wort. [.] 2. A portcullis or herse.
48988	self-abasing	[.] SELF-ABA'SING, a. Humbling by the consciouness of guilt or by shame.
48990	self-accusing	[.] SELF-ACCU'SING, a. [self and accuse.] Accusing one's self; as a self-accusing look.
49046	self-exusing	[.] SELF-EXU'SING, a. Excusing one's self.
49073	self-pleasing	[.] SELF-PLE'ASING, a. [self and please.] Pleasing one's self; gratifying one's own wishes.
50177	sin	[.] SIN, n. [.] 1. The voluntary departure of a moral agent from a known rule of rectitude or duty, prescribed by God; any voluntary transgression of the divine law, or violation of a divine command; a wicked act; iniquity. Sin is either a positive act in which a known ...
50178	sin-offering	[.] SIN'-OFFERING, n. [sin and offering.] A sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin. Ex. 29.
50179	sinapism	[.] SIN'APISM,n.[L. sinapis, sinape, mustard.] In Pharmacy, a cataplasm composed of mustard seed pulverized, with some other ingredients, and used as an external application. It is a powerful stimulant.
50180	since	[.] SINCE,prep or adv. [.] 1. After; from the time that. The proper signification of since is after, and its appropriate sense includes the whole period between an event and the present time. I have not seen my brother since January. The Lord hath blessed thee, since ...
50181	sincere	[.] SINCE'RE, a. [L. sincerus, which is said to be composed of sine, without, and cera, wax; as if applied originally to pure honey.] [.] 1. Pure; unmixed. As new-born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word. 1 Pet. 2. A joy which never was sincere till now. ...
50182	sincerely	[.] SINCE'RELY, adv. Honestly; with real purity of heart; without simulation or disguise; to love virtue sincerely.
50183	sincereness	[.] SINCE'RENESS, n. Sincerity.
50184	sincerity	[.] SINCER'ITY, n. [L. sinceritas.] [.] 1. Honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation or hypocrisy. We may question a man's prudence, when we cannot question his sincerity. [.] 2. Freedom from hypocrisy, disguise or false pretense; as the sincerity of ...
50185	sinciput	[.] SIN'CIPUT, n. [L.] The fore part of the head from the forehead to the coronal suture.
50186	sindon	[.] SIN'DON, n. [L. fine linen.] A wrapper. [Not in use.]
50187	sine	[.] SINE, n. [L. sinus.] In geometry, the right sine of an arch or arc, is a line drawn from one end of that arch perpendicular to the radius drawn through the other end, and is always equal to half the chord of double the arch.
50188	sinecure	[.] SI'NECURE, n. [L. sine, without, and cura, cure, care.] An office which has revenue without employment; in church affairs, a benefice without cure of souls. [This is the original and proper sense of the word.] Sine die, [L. without day.] An adjournment sine die ...
50189	sinepite	[.] SIN'EPITE, n. [L. sinage, mustard.] Something resembling mustard seed.
50190	sinew	[.] SIN'EW, n. [.] 1. In anatomy, a tendon; that which unites a muscle to a bone. [.] 2. In the plural, strength; or rather that which supplies strength. Money is the sinews of war. [.] 3. Muscle; nerve. [.] SIN'EW, v.i. To knit as by sinews.
50191	sinew-shrunk	[.] SIN'EW-SHRUNK, a. Gaunt-bellied; having the sinews under belly shrunk by excess of fatigue, as a horse.
50192	sinewed	[.] SIN'EWED, a. [.] 1. Furnished with sinews; as a strong-sinewed youth. [.] 2. Strong; firm; vigorous. When he sees ourselves well sinewed to our defense.
50193	sinewless	[.] SIN'EWLESS, a. Having no strength or vigor.
50194	sinewy	[.] SIN'EWY, a. [.] 1. Consisting of a sinew or nerve. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. [.] 2. Nervous; strong well braced with sinews; vigorous; firm; as the sinewy Ajax. The northern people are large, fair complexioned, strong, sinewy and courageous.
50195	sinful	[.] SIN'FUL, a. [from sin.] [.] 1. Tainted with sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as sinful men. Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity! Isa. 1. [.] 2. Containing sin, or consisting in sin; contrary to the laws of God; as sinful actions; sinful ...
50196	sinfully	[.] SIN'FULLY, adv. In a manner which the laws of God do not permit; wickedly; iniquitously; criminally.
50197	sinfulness	[.] SIN'FULNESS, n. [.] 1. The quality of being sinful or contrary to the divine will; wickedness; iniquity; criminality; as the sinfulness of an action; the sinfulness of thoughts or purposes. [.] 2. Wickedness; corruption; depravity; as the sinfulness of men or ...
50198	sing	[.] SING, v. i. pret. sung, sang; pp. sung. [.] 1. To utter sounds with various inflections of melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune The noise of them that sing do I hear Ex. 32. [.] 2. To utter sweet ...
50199	singe	[.] SINGE, v.t. sinj. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of a thing as the nap of cloth, or the hair of the skin; as, to singe off the beard. Thus riding on his curls, he seem'd to pass A rolling fire along, and singe the grass. [.] SINGE, n. ...
50200	singed	[.] SING'ED, pp. Burnt superficially.
50201	singeing	[.] SING'EING, ppr. Burning the surface.
50202	singer	[.] SING'ER, n. [from sing.] [.] 1. One that sings. [.] 2. One versed in music, or one whose occupation is to sing; as a chorus of singers. [.] 3. A bird that sings.
50203	singing	[.] SING'ING, ppr. Uttering melodious or musical notes; making a shrill sound; celebrating in song; reciting in verse. [.] SING'ING, n. The act of uttering sounds with musical inflections; musical articulation; the utterance of melodious notes.
50204	singing-book	[.] SING'ING-BOOK, n. A music book, as it ought to be called; a book containing tunes.
50205	singing-man	[.] SING'ING-MAN, n. A man who sings, or is employed to sing; as in cathedrals.
50206	singing-master	[.] SING'ING-M'ASTER, n. A music master; one that teaches vocal music
50207	singing-woman	[.] SING'ING-WOMAN, n. A woman employed to sing.
50208	singingly	[.] SING'INGLY, adv. With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune.
50209	single	[.] SIN'GLE, a. [.] 1. Separate; one; only; individual; consisting of one only; as a single star; a single city; a single act. [.] 2. Particular; individual. No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest. [.] 3. Uncompounded. ...
50210	singled	[.] SIN'GLED, pp. Selected from among a number.
50211	singleness	... [.] SIN'GLENESS, ...
50212	singly	[.] SIN'GLY, adv. [.] 1. Individually; particularly; as, to make men singly and personally good. [.] 2. Only; by himself. Look thee, 'tis so, thou singly honest man. [.] 3. Without partners, companions or associates; as, to attack another singly. At ombre singly ...
50213	singular	[.] SIN'GULAR, a. [L. singularis,from singulus, single.] [.] 1. Single; not complex or compound. That idea which represents one determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex or compound. [.] 2. In grammar, expressing one person or thing; ...
50214	singularity	[.] SINGULAR'ITY, n. [.] 1. Peculiarity; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from most others. Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling of the seeds yieldeth corn. [.] 2. An uncommon ...
50215	singularize	[.] SIN'GULARIZE, v. t. To make single. [Not in use.]
50216	singularly	[.] SIN'GULARLY, adv. [.] 1. Peculiarly; in a manner or degree not common to others. It is no disgrace to be singularly good. [.] 2. Oddly; strangely. [.] 3. So as to express one or the singular number.
50217	singult	[.] SIN'GULT, n. [L. singullus.] A sigh. [Not in use.]
50218	sinical	[.] SIN'ICAL, a. [from sine.] Pertaining to a sine.
50219	sinister	[.] SIN'ISTER, a. [L. Probably the primary sense is weak, defective.] [.] 1. Left; on the left hand, or the side of the left hand; opposed to dexter or right; as the sinister cheek; or the sinister side of an escutcheon. [.] 2. Evil; bad; corrupt; perverse; dishonest; ...
50220	sinister-handed	[.] SIN'ISTER-HANDED, a. Left-handed. [Not in use.]
50221	sinisterly	[.] SIN'ISTERLY, adv. Absurdly; perversely; unfairly.
50222	sinistrorsal	[.] SINISTROR'SAL, a. [sinister.] Rising from left to right, as a spiral line or helix.
50223	sinistrous	[.] SIN'ISTROUS, a. [.] 1. Being on the left side; inclined to the left. [.] 2. Wrong; absurd; perverse. A knave or fool can do no harm, even by the most sinistrous and absurd choice.
50224	sinistrously	[.] SIN'ISTROUSLY, adv. [.] 1. Perversely; wrongly. [.] 2. With a tendency to use the left as the stronger hand.
50225	sink	[.] SINK, v. i. pret. sunk; pp. id. The old pret. sank is nearly obsolete. [.] 1. To fall by the force of greater gravity, in a medium or substance of less specific gravity; to subside; opposed to swim or float. Some species of wood or timber will sink in water. ...
50226	sinking	[.] SINK'ING, ppr. Falling; subsiding; depressing; declining. Sinking fund, in fiance, a fund created for sinking or paying a public debt, or purchasing the stock for the government.
50227	sinless	[.] SIN'LESS, a. [from sin.] [.] 1. Free from sin; pure; perfect. Christ yielded a sinless obedience. [.] 2. Free from sin; innocent; as a sinless soul.
50228	sinlessness	[.] SIN'LESSNESS, n. Freedom from sin and guilt.
50229	sinner	[.] SIN'NER, n. [.] 1. One that has voluntarily violated the divine law; a moral agent who has voluntarily disobeyed any divine precept, or neglected any known duty. [.] 2. It is used in contradistinction to saint, to denote an unregenerate person; one who has not ...
50230	sinoper	[.] SIN'OPER, SIN'OPLE, n. [L. sinopis.] Red ferruginous quartz, of a blood or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge or yellow. It occurs in small but very perfect crystals, and in masses that resemble some varieties of jasper.
50231	sinople	[.] SIN'OPER, SIN'OPLE, n. [L. sinopis.] Red ferruginous quartz, of a blood or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge or yellow. It occurs in small but very perfect crystals, and in masses that resemble some varieties of jasper.
50232	sinteenth	[.] SIN'TEENTH, a. The sixth after the tenth; the ordinal of sixteen.
50233	sinter	[.] SIN'TER,n. In mineralogy, calcarious sinter is a variety of carbonate of lime, composed of a series of successive layers, concentric, plane or undulated, and nearly or quite parallel. It appears under various forms. Silicious sinter is white or grayish, light, brittle, ...
50234	sinuate	[.] SIN'UATE, v.t. [L. sinuo.] To wind; to turn; to bend in and out. [.] SIN'UATE, a. In botany, a sinuate leaf is one that has large curved breaks in the margin, resembling bays, as in the oak.
50235	sinuation	[.] SINUA'TION, n. A winding or bending in and out.
50236	sinuosity	[.] SINUOS'ITY, n. [L. sinuosus, sinus.] The quality of bending or curving in and out; or a series of bends and turns in arches or other irregular figures.
50237	sinuous	[.] SIN'UOUS, a. [L. sinus.] Wind; crooked; bending in and out; as a sinuous pipe. Streaking the ground with sinuous trace.
50238	sinus	[.] SI'NUS, n. [L. a bay.] [.] 1. A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore , or an opening in the land. [.] 2. In anatomy, a cavity in a bone or other part, wider at the bottom than at the entrance. [.] 3. In surgery, a little cavity or sack in which pus is collected; ...
51830	squeasiness	[.] SQUEASINESS, n. Nausea. [Not used.] [See Queasiness.]
53389	sunrising	[.] SUN'RISING, n. [sun and rise.] The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; or more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather. [.] 1. The east.
53464	superimposing	[.] SUPERIMPO'SING, ppr. Laying on something else.
53505	superposing	[.] SUPERPO'SING, ppr. Placing upon something.
53558	supervising	[.] SUPERVISING, ppr. Overseeing; inspecting; superintending.
53617	supposing	[.] SUPPO'SING, ppr. Laying down or imagining to exist or be true; stating as a case that may be; imagining; receiving as true.
53626	suppressing	[.] SUPPRESS'ING, ppr. Subduing; destroying; retaining closely; concealing; hindering from disclosure or publication; obstructing.
53704	surmising	[.] SURMI'SING, ppr. Suspecting; imagining upon slight evidence. [.] SURMI'SING, n. The act of suspecting; surmise; as evil surmisings. 1 Tim. 6.
53720	surpassing	[.] SURP`ASSING, ppr. Exceeding; going beyond. [.] 1. a. Excellent in an eminent degree; exceeding others. [.] [.] O thou, that with surpassing glory crown'd--
53721	surpassingly	[.] SURP`ASSINGLY, adv. In a very excellent manner; or in a degree surpassing others.
53730	surprising	[.] SURPRI'SING, ppr. Falling on or taking suddenly or unawares; striking with something novel; taking by a sudden or unexpected attack. [.] 1. a. Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as surprising bravery; surprising patience; ...
53731	surprisingly	[.] SURPRI'SINGLY, adv. In a manner or degree that excites surprise. He exerted himself surprisingly to save the life of his companion.
54589	teasing	[.] TE'ASING, ppr. Combing; carding; scratching for the purpose of raising a nap; vexing with importunity.
55604	tocsin	[.] TOC'SIN, n. An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm.
55702	top-dressing	[.] TOP'-DRESSING, n. A dressing of manure laid on the surface of land.
55809	tossing	[.] TOSS'ING, ppr. Throwing upward with a jerk; raising suddenly; as the head. [.] TOSS'ING, n. The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling. [.] [.] Dire was the tossing, deep the groans.
56053	transfusing	[.] TRANSFU'SING, ppr. Pouring out of one vessel into another; transferring.
56057	transgressing	[.] TRANSGRESS'ING, ppr. Passing beyond; surpassing; violating; sinning.
56155	transposing	[.] TRANSPO'SING, ppr. Changing the place of things and putting each in the place of the other. [.] 1. Bringing any term of an equation over to the other side. [.] 2. Changing the natural order of words.
56208	traversing	[.] TRAV'ERSING, ppr. Crossing; passing over; thwarting; turning; denying.
56307	trespassing	[.] TRES'PASSING, ppr. Entering another man's inclosure; injuring or annoying another; violating the divine law or moral duty.
56670	trussing	[.] TRUSS'ING, ppr. Packing or binding closely.
57217	unamusing	[.] UNAMU'SING, a. s as z. Not amusing; not affording entertainment.
57513	uncasing	[.] UNCA'SING, ppr. Disengaging from a cover.
57519	unceasing	[.] UNCE'ASING, a. Not ceasing; not intermitting; continual.
57520	unceasingly	[.] UNCE'ASINGLY, adv. Without intermission or cessation; continually.
57606	unclosing	[.] UNCLO'SING, ppr. Opening; breaking the seal of.
57667	uncompromising	[.] UNCOM'PROMISING, a. s as z. Not compromising; not agreeing to terms; not complying.
58099	undispensing	[.] UNDISPENS'ING, a. Not allowing to be dispensed with.
58178	uneasiness	... [.] UNE'ASINESS, ...
58219	unenterprising	[.] UNEN'TERPRISING, a. Not enterprising; not adventurous.
58605	unhorsing	[.] UNHORS'ING, ppr. Throwing from a horse; dismounting.
58653	unimposing	[.] UNIMPO'SING, a. s as z. [.] 1. Not imposing; not commanding respect. [.] 2. Not enjoining as obligatory; voluntary.
59143	unpleasing	[.] UNPLE'ASING, a. Offensive; disgusting.
59144	unpleasingly	[.] UNPLE'ASINGLY, adv. In a manner to displease.
59145	unpleasingness	[.] UNPLE'ASINGNESS, n. Want of qualities to please.
59173	unpossessing	[.] UNPOSSESS'ING, a. Having no possessions.
59194	unprepossessing	[.] UNPREPOSSESS'ING, a. Not having a winning appearance.
59222	unpromising	[.] UNPROM'ISING, a. Not promising; not affording a favorable prospect of success, of excellence, of profit, &c.; as an unpromising youth; an unpromising season.
59619	unsincere	[.] UNSINCE'RE, a. [.] 1. Not sincere; hypocritical. [See Insincere.] [.] 2. Not genuine; adulterated. [.] 3. Not sound; not solid. [.] [Obsolete in the two last significations, and for the first, insincere is generally used.]
59620	unsinew	[.] UNSIN'EW, v.t. To deprive of strength.
59621	unsinewed	[.] UNSIN'EWED, pp. or a. Deprived of strength or force; weak; nerveless.
59622	unsinewing	[.] UNSIN'EWING, ppr. Depriving of strength; enfeebling.
59623	unsinged	[.] UNSING'ED, a. Not singed; not scorched.
59624	unsingled	[.] UNSIN'GLED, a. Not singled; not separated.
59625	unsinking	[.] UNSINK'ING, a. Not sinking; not failing.
59626	unsinning	[.] UNSIN'NING, a. Committing no sin; impeccable; untainted with sin; as unsinning obedience.
60099	uprising	[.] UPRI'SING, ppr. Rising; ascending. [.] UPRI'SING, n. The act of rising. [.] Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising. Ps. 139.
60156	ursine	[.] UR'SINE, a. [L. ursinus.] Pertaining to or resembling a bear.
61388	warehousing	[.] WAREHOUSING, ppr. Repositing in a store for safe keeping.
62413	witnessing	[.] WITNESSING, ppr. Seeing in persons; bearing testimony; giving evidence.

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