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word: Vacuum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure
   below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam
   engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum
   of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch.


word: Vade mecum
definition:
A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a
   constant companion; a manual; a handbook.


word: Vagabond
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed
   dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest
   livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless person; a rascal.


word: Vagantes
wordtype: p. pl.
definition:
A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which
   take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility,
   and chase and seize their prey.


word: Vagina
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the
   external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca.


word: Vagina
wordtype: n.
definition:
The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various
   other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.


word: Vaginal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or
   sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of
   the temporal bone.


word: Vaginated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate
   stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.


word: Vagrancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering
   without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.


word: Vagrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who strolls from place to place; one who has no
   settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible
   rogue; a vagabond.


word: Vain
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose;
   fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.


word: Vain
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments;
   having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason;
   conceited; puffed up; inflated.


word: Vainglory
wordtype: n.
definition:
Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances;
   empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.


word: Vair
wordtype: n.
definition:
The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century
   as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period
   in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is
   represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close
   together, and alternately white and blue.


word: Vaisya
wordtype: n.
definition:
The third of the four great original castes among the
   Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile
   class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1.


word: Valance
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like,
   especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the
   floor.


word: Valedictorian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who pronounces a valedictory address;
   especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the
   valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually
   the student who ranks first in scholarship.


word: Valedictory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion
   of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.


word: Valedictory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A valedictory oration or address spoken at
   commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the
   graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.


word: Valence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as
   shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as
   chlorine, sodium, etc.) with which it will combine, or for which it can
   be substituted, or with which it can be compared; thus, an atom of
   hydrogen is a monad, and has a valence of one; the atoms of oxygen,
   nitrogen, and carbon are respectively dyads, triads, and tetrads, and
   have a valence respectively of two, three, and four.


word: Valenciennes lace
definition:
A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in
   France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same
   person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net.


word: Valentine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of
   a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's
   Day.


word: Valentinian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second
   century; -- so called from Valentinus, the founder.


word: Valerian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the
   officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much
   used in medicine as an antispasmodic.


word: Valerianaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a
   natural order (Valerianaccae) of which the valerian is the type. The
   order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard.


word: Valerianic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root;
   specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.


word: Valeric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three
   metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric
   acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a
   corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor
   of old cheese.


word: Valeridine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde
   with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids.


word: Valerin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter,
   dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly
   unpleasant odor.


word: Valero-
definition:
A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating
   derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as
   valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as
   the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid.


word: Valeryl
wordtype: n.
definition:
The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essential
   nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives.


word: Valhalla
wordtype: n.
definition:
Fig.: A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials
   of a nation's heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in
   Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany.


word: Valid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth;
   capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or
   defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid
   objection.


word: Valid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper
   formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as,
   a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid
   claim or title; a valid marriage.


word: Validity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being valid; strength; force;
   especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of
   an argument or proof; the validity of an objection.


word: Validity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a
   thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity
   of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.


word: Valise
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of
   other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a
   traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.


word: Valkyria
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and
   beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be
   slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla.


word: Vallecula
wordtype: n.
definition:
A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which
   separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.


word: Vallet's pills
definition:
Pills containing sulphate of iron and carbonate of
   sodium, mixed with saccharine matter; -- called also Vallet's mass.


word: Valley
wordtype: n.
definition:
The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains;
   the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a
   country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad
   alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used
   figuratively.


word: Valley
wordtype: n.
definition:
The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have
   their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a
   reentrant angle.


word: Valonia
wordtype: n.
definition:
The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and
   Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin,
   and is much used by tanners and dyers.


word: Valonia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond
   consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.


word: Valor
wordtype: n.
definition:
Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which
   enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery;
   courage; prowess; intrepidity.


word: Valuable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are
   useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable
   land; a valuable cargo.


word: Valuable
wordtype: n.
definition:
A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a
   small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural.


word: Valuation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; the
   act of setting a price; estimation; appraisement; as, a valuation of
   lands for the purpose of taxation.


word: Valuation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Value set upon a thing; estimated value or worth; as,
   the goods sold for more than their valuation.


word: Value
wordtype: n.
definition:
The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it
   is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum
   of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance.


word: Value
wordtype: n.
definition:
Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power,
   especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as
   an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything.


word: Value
wordtype: n.
definition:
The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering
   to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [/] has the value of two
   eighth notes [/].


word: Value
wordtype: n.
definition:
In an artistical composition, the character of any one part
   in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the
   plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained.


word: Value
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain
   price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power,
   importance, etc.


word: Value
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in
   respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for
   his works or his virtues.


word: Valvate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the
   sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in
   vernation.


word: Uncommon
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable;
   strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat;
   uncommon courage.


word: Unconcerned
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in
   mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has
   happened; to be unconcerned about the future.


word: Unconditional
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made
   without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional
   surrender.


word: Uncoformability
wordtype: n.
definition:
Want of parallelism between one series of strata
   and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of
   the earlier strata before the latter were deposited.


word: Unconscionable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not conscionable; not conforming to reason;
   unreasonable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable claim or
   expectation; inordinate; as, an unconscionable person or demand;
   unconscionable size.


word: Unconscious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not conscious; having no consciousness or power of
   mental perception; without cerebral appreciation; hence, not knowing or
   regarding; ignorant; as, an unconscious man.


word: Unconstitutional
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not constitutional; not according to, or
   consistent with, the terms of a constitution of government; contrary to
   the constitution; as, an unconstitutional law, or act of an officer.


word: Uncontrollable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable;
   irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.


word: Uncord
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of;
   to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package.


word: Uncouple
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set
   loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.


word: Uncouth
wordtype: a.
definition:
Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also,
   odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners.


word: Uncovenanted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not having joined in a league, or assented to a
   covenant or agreement, as to the Solemn League and Covenant of the
   Scottish people in the times of the Stuarts.


word: Uncovenanted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not having entered into relationship with God through
   the appointed means of grace; also, not promised or assured by the
   divine promises or conditions; as, uncovenanted mercies.


word: Uncover
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to
   uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.


word: Uncover
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as,
   to uncover one's head; to uncover one's self.


word: Unction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an
   unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a
   symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction.


word: Unction
wordtype: n.
definition:
That quality in language, address, or the like, which
   excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and
   tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor.


word: Unctuous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous
   speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid.


word: Uncurrent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not current. Specifically: Not passing in common
   payment; not receivable at par or full value; as, uncurrent notes.


word: Uncut
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not cut; not separated or divided by cutting or otherwise;
   -- said especially of books, periodicals, and the like, when the leaves
   have not been separated by trimming in binding.


word: Undecane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquid hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the methane series,
   found in petroleum; -- so called from its containing eleven carbon
   atoms in the molecule.


word: Undecennial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Occurring or observed every eleventh year; belonging
   to, or continuing, a period of eleven years; undecennary; as, an
   undecennial festival.


word: Undecolic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C11H18O2, of the
   propiolic acid series, obtained indirectly from undecylenic acid as a
   white crystalline substance.


word: Undecylenic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid C11H20O2,
   homologous with acrylic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline
   substance by the distillation of castor oil.


word: Undecylic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Related to, derived from, or containing, undecyl;
   specifically, designating that member of the fatty acids which
   corresponds to undecane, and is obtained as a white crystalline
   substance, C11H22O2.


word: Undeify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive of the
   character or qualities of a god; to deprive of the reverence due to a
   god.


word: Undeniable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not deniable; incapable of denial; palpably true;
   indisputable; obvious; as, undeniable evidence.


word: Under
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of
   being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood
   under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar extends under the
   whole house.


word: Under
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting relation to some thing or person that is
   superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs,
   influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection,
   subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under
   a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under
   the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes;
   to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the
   pains and penalties of the law; the condition under which one enters
   upon an office; under the necessity of obeying the laws; under vows of
   chastity.


word: Under
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or
   degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the
   less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short.


word: Under
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Denoting relation to something that comprehends or
   includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover,
   pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of
   friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep.


word: Under
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Less specifically, denoting the relation of being
   subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under
   discussion.


word: Under
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in
   subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring
   under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in
   subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail.


word: Under
wordtype: a.
definition:
Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree; subject;
   subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and written with
   or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent; undertone; underdose;
   under-garment; underofficer; undersheriff.


word: Under-age
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of
   discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish.


word: Under-arm
wordtype: a.
definition:
Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the
   elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf.
   Over-arm and Round-Arm.


word: Underbearer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who supports or sustains; especially, at a
   funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a
   bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.


word: Underbid
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bid less than, as when a contract or service is
   offered to the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a
   less price than.


word: Underbrush
wordtype: n.
definition:
Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest,
   growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.


word: Undercharge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To charge below or under; to charge less than is
   usual or suitable fro; as, to undercharge goods or services.


word: Underclay
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often
   containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.


word: Undercliff
wordtype: n.
definition:
A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material
   that has fallen from the higher cliff above.


word: Undercroft
wordtype: n.
definition:
A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a
   church (see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose.


word: Undercurrent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A current below the surface of water, sometimes
   flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.


word: Undercurrent
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion,
   or the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an
   unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong undercurrent of sentiment in
   favor of a prisoner.


word: Underditch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the
   surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm.


word: Underdo
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically,
   to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to overdo.


word: Underdrain
wordtype: n.
definition:
An underground drain or trench with openings through
   which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.


word: Underglaze
wordtype: a.
definition:
Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze,
   that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said
   of colors in porcelain painting.


word: Undergo
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass
   through; to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and
   fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe operation of
   amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion.


word: Undergraduate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of a university or a college who has not
   taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed
   his course.


word: Underhand
wordtype: a.
definition:
Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the
   shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.


word: Underhew
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to
   hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that
   it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really
   does contain.


word: Underlay
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To raise or support by something laid under; as, to
   underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2.


word: Underlay
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed
   under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring
   it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed
   back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression.


word: Underlease
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a
   lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer
   or less number of years than he himself holds; a sublease.


word: Underlie
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under;
   as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.


word: Underlie
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to
   support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.


word: Underlying
wordtype: a.
definition:
Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the
   underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.


word: Undermeal
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon;
   esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a siesta.


word: Undermine
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of,
   especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form
   a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall.


word: Undermine
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by
   clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine
   reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state.


word: Undern
wordtype: n.
definition:
The time between; the time between sunrise and noon;
   specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the
   morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because
   formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the
   afternoon; the time between dinner and supper.


word: Underpinning
wordtype: n.
definition:
That by which a building is underpinned; the material
   and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already
   constructed.


word: Underplot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally
   with the main story, and subservient to it.


word: Underrun
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass
   along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of
   examining it.


word: Undersecretary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A secretary who is subordinate to the chief
   secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the
   Treasury.


word: Undershot
wordtype: a.
definition:
Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water
   wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.


word: Understand
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended
   the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to
   know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a
   proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his
   argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a
   wink.


word: Understand
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn;
   to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed
   the bill.


word: Understanding
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense
   of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation;
   explanation.


word: Understanding
wordtype: n.
definition:
An agreement of opinion or feeling; adjustment of
   differences; harmony; anything mutually understood or agreed upon; as,
   to come to an understanding with another.


word: Understanding
wordtype: n.
definition:
The power to understand; the intellectual faculty;
   the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an
   designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to
   distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends.


word: Understanding
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of
   knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In
   this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason.


word: Understandingly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with
   full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a
   question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly.


word: Understatement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of understating, or the condition of being
   understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.


word: Understudy
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To study, as another actor's part, in order to
   be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.


word: Undertake
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon;
   to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.


word: Undertake
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or
   expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into
   stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract.


word: Undertaking
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or
   project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an
   enterprise.


word: Underwing
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of noctuid moths belonging
   to Catocala and allied genera, in which the hind wings are banded with
   red and black or other conspicuous colors. Many of the species are
   called red underwing.


word: Underwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees;
   coppice; underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural.


word: Underworld
wordtype: n.
definition:
The portion of the world which is below the horizon;
   the opposite side of the world; the antipodes.


word: Underwrite
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially
   for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to,
   as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for
   loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per
   cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of
   insurance.


word: Underwriter
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an
   insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.


word: Undifferentiated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not differentiated; specifically (Biol.),
   homogenous, or nearly so; -- said especially of young or embryonic
   tissues which have not yet undergone differentiation (see
   Differentiation, 3), that is, which show no visible separation into
   their different structural parts.


word: Undine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a class of fabled female water spirits who might
   receive a human soul by intermarrying with a mortal.


word: Undivided
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken;
   whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.


word: Undivided
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not set off, as a share in a firm; not made actually
   separate by division; as, a partner, owning one half in a firm, is said
   to own an undivided half so long as the business continues and his
   share is not set off to him.


word: Undo
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to
   untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a
   puzzling question; to undo a riddle.


word: Undo
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in
   reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by
   unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation,
   or by indolence.


word: Undoubted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not doubted; not called in question; indubitable;
   indisputable; as, undoubted proof; undoubted hero.


word: Undue
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty;
   disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue
   attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.


word: Undulate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down,
   in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate.


word: Undulated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed with elevations and depressions resembling waves;
   having wavelike color markings; as, an undulated shell.


word: Undulating
wordtype: a.
definition:
Rising and falling like waves; resembling wave form or
   motion; undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium; undulating
   ground.


word: Undulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration;
   as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of
   sound.


word: Undulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two
   tones not quite in unison; -- called also beat.


word: Undulation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side,
   in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its
   particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the
   direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration.


word: Undulatory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves;
   resembling the motion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise
   or swell and fall; pertaining to a propagated alternating motion,
   similar to that of waves.


word: Unearth
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to
   bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to
   unearth a secret.


word: Unearthly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence,
   weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound.


word: Unembarrassed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Free from perplexing connection; as, the question
   comes into court unembarrassed with irrelevant matter.


word: Unequal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length,
   breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or
   the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners
   are unequal in rank.


word: Unequal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was
   unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain.


word: Unequaled
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled;
   exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled
   excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness.


word: Unequivocal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident;
   sincere; plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words.


word: Unerring
wordtype: a.
definition:
Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure
   certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God.


word: Unessential
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something not constituting essence, or something which
   is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of
   religion.


word: Uneven
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; -- said of
   numbers; as, 3, 7, and 11 are uneven numbers.


word: Unexceptionable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not liable to any exception or objection;
   unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most
   unexceptionable character.


word: Reins
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so
   called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the
   body where the kidneys are.


word: Reinstate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To place again in possession, or in a former state;
   to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate
   again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom.


word: Reinsurance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in
   part against the risk he has incurred in insuring somebody else. See
   Reassurance.


word: Reintegrate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To renew with regard to any state or quality; to
   restore; to bring again together into a whole, as the parts off
   anything; to reestablish; as, to reintegrate a nation.


word: Reis
wordtype: n.
definition:
The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of
   account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.


word: Reis Effendi
definition:
A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish
   officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.


word: Reissner's membrane
definition:
The thin membrane which separates the canal of
   the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.


word: Rejoice
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree;
   to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.


word: Rejoint
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as
   stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the
   action of the weather.


word: Rejuvenescence
wordtype: n.
definition:
A method of cell formation in which the entire
   protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then
   develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of
   zoospores, etc.


word: Relais
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the
   scarp of the ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off
   or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch.


word: Relapse
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To slide or turn back into a former state or practice;
   to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense,
   as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse
   into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good
   sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed.


word: Relapse
wordtype: v.
definition:
A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad
   state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having
   fallen back.


word: Relapse
wordtype: v.
definition:
One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a
   backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it
   again.


word: Related
wordtype: p. p. & a.
definition:
Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance,
   particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or
   second degree.


word: Relation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of relating or telling; also, that which is
   related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of
   historical events.


word: Relation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being related or of referring; what is
   apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in
   its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the
   being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing;
   connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation
   of master to servant.


word: Relation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship;
   relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.


word: Relation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an
   act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of
   fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the
   act is said to take effect by relation.


word: Relative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having relation or reference; referring; respecting;
   standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the
   subject.


word: Relative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or
   reference to, something else; not absolute.


word: Relative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which,
   by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural
   transition from one to the other.


word: Relative
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in
   its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two
   object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation.


word: Relative
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one
   allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman.


word: Relative
wordtype: n.
definition:
A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or
   represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the
   relatives "who", "which", "that".


word: Relator
wordtype: n.
definition:
A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf,
   the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo
   warranto to be filed.


word: Relax
wordtype: n.
definition:
To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid,
   tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope
   or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.


word: Relax
wordtype: n.
definition:
To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of;
   to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to
   relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors.


word: Relax
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to
   recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.


word: Relaxation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being
   relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.


word: Relay
wordtype: n.
definition:
A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording
   relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for
   successive relief.


word: Relay
wordtype: n.
definition:
A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to
   relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay.


word: Relay
wordtype: n.
definition:
A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at
   certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continue the
   pursuit of the game if it comes that way.


word: Relay
wordtype: n.
definition:
In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which
   receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into
   action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making
   the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit
   is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing.


word: Release
wordtype: n.
definition:
To let loose again; to set free from restraint,
   confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to
   let go.


word: Release
wordtype: n.
definition:
To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or
   oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.


word: Release
wordtype: n.
definition:
To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a
   right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some
   right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases
   his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.


word: Release
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being
   let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind,
   as from confinement or bondage.


word: Release
wordtype: n.
definition:
Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt,
   penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.


word: Release
wordtype: n.
definition:
A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a
   conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has
   some estate in possession; a quitclaim.


word: Relegate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To remove, usually to an inferior position; to
   consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.


word: Relent
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become less severe or intense; to become less hard,
   harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and
   tender; to feel compassion.


word: Relentless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness;
   insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness;
   unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism.


word: Reliance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being
   reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is
   deemed sufficient support or authority.


word: Relic
wordtype: n.
definition:
The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse;
   especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or
   martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to the whole body.


word: Relic
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as,
   relics of youthful days or friendships.


word: Reliction
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water,
   leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession.


word: Relief
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the
   removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or
   burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation;
   comfort; ease; redress.


word: Relief
wordtype: n.
definition:
Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by
   the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of
   a sentry.


word: Relief
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort,
   uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the
   person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of
   another; a relay.


word: Relief
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant
   paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on
   strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death
   of the tenant.


word: Relieve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give
   prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.


word: Relieve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or
   variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.


word: Relieve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs
   down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to
   alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to
   relieve the wants of the poor.


word: Relieve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial,
   evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to;
   to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver;
   as, to relieve a besieged town.


word: Relieve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To release from a post, station, or duty; to put
   another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any
   burden, or discharge of any duty.


word: Relieve
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or
   oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal
   of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.


word: Religion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The outward act or form by which men indicate their
   recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over
   their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the
   feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman
   and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of
   rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and
   worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic
   religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the
   Jews; the religion of idol worshipers.


word: Religion
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the
   precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and
   duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice.


word: Religion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode
   of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion.


word: Religious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion;
   teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a
   religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious
   subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.


word: Religious
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from
   secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or
   friar; a nun.


word: Relinquish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from;
   to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.


word: Relish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to
   partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or
   gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food.


word: Relish
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically,
   something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate
   the appetite; a condiment.


word: Reluct
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To strive or struggle against anything; to make
   resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.


word: Reluctancy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance;
   aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or
   by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against.


word: Rely
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the
   veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of
   facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with
   on, formerly also with in.


word: Remain
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after
   others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or
   quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or
   comprised.


word: Remain
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or
   undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.


word: Remainder
wordtype: n.
definition:
An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which
   becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular
   prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for
   example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's
   life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder,
   or estate in remainder.


word: Remark
wordtype: n.
definition:
To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to
   make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.


word: Remark
wordtype: n.
definition:
To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to
   state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that
   it was time to go.


word: Remark
wordtype: n.
definition:
The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked
   or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of attention or notice;
   hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or statement; as, a
   pertinent remark.


word: Remedial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the
   removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.


word: Remediless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored
   or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss.


word: Remedy
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or
   application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with
   for; as, a remedy for the gout.


word: Remedy
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a
   corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or
   against, formerly by to.


word: Remedy
wordtype: n.
definition:
To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to
   repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.


word: Remember
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again,
   as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension
   of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I
   remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot
   remember dates.


word: Remember
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in
   mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in
   the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection,
   respect, or any other emotion.


word: Remember
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly
   messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc.


word: Remembrance
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a
   memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of
   something to be remembered.


word: Remembrancer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term applied in England to several officers, having
   various functions, their duty originally being to bring certain matters
   to the attention of the proper persons at the proper time.


word: Remind
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the
   remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).


word: Reminiscence
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or power of recalling past experience; the
   state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.


word: Reminiscence
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a
   statement or narration of remembered experience; a recollection; as,
   pleasing or painful reminiscences.


word: Reminiscent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind;
   having remembrance; reminding one of something.


word: Remiss
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or
   prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy;
   behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity;
   languid; slow.


word: Remission
wordtype: n.
definition:
Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a
   claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from
   forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.


word: Remission
wordtype: n.
definition:
A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or
   violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission,
   in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time;
   abatement.


word: Remit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in
   payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount
   by mail.


word: Remit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one)
   for information, guidance, help, etc. "Remitting them . . . to the
   works of Galen." Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave
   (something) for judgment or decision.


word: Remit
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense;
   to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the
   severity of the weather remits.


word: Remittance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp.
   to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of
   an obligation.


word: Remitter
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sending or placing back of a person to a title or
   right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of
   property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title
   by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only
   by suit.


word: Remonstrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
one of the Arminians who remonstrated against the
   attacks of the Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by
   the decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See Arminian.


word: Remonstrate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To present and urge reasons in opposition to an
   act, measure, or any course of proceedings; to expostulate; as, to
   remonstrate with a person regarding his habits; to remonstrate against
   proposed taxation.


word: Remontant
wordtype: a.
definition:
Rising again; -- applied to a class of roses which bloom
   more than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which the
   Jacqueminot is a well-known example.


word: Remora
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis,
   Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish.


word: Remorse
wordtype: n.
definition:
The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of
   guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins
   of one's past life.


word: Remorseless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being without remorse; having no pity; hence,
   destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless.


word: Remote
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; --
   said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.


word: Remount
wordtype: n.
definition:
The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting;
   specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a
   remount.


word: Remove
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To move away from the position occupied; to cause to
   change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.


word: Remove
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease
   to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to
   kill; as, to remove a disease.


word: Remove
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To change place in any manner, or to make a change in
   place; to move or go from one residence, position, or place to another.


word: Remove
wordtype: n.
definition:
The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic
   belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -- in the
   United States usually called a move.


word: Remove
wordtype: n.
definition:
The distance or space through which anything is removed;
   interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or degree in any scale of
   gradation; specifically, a division in an English public school; as,
   the boy went up two removes last year.


word: Remunerate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss,
   expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to
   remunerate men for labor.


word: Renaissance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the
   revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and
   the similar revival following in other countries.


word: Rencounter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision;
   especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or
   engagement.


word: Rencounter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight
   without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties.


word: Rend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to
   tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting;
   lightning rends an oak.


word: Render
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person
   more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.


word: Render
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as,
   an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music
   with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner.


word: Render
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from
   fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.


word: Render
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope
   through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes
   freely; also, to yield or give way.


word: Rendezvous
wordtype: n.
definition:
Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the
   ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.


word: Rendition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender,
   as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government;
   also, surrender in war.


word: Renew
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection,
   or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re/stablish; to
   recreate; to rebuild.


word: Renew
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or
   right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make
   again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent.


word: Rennet
wordtype: v.
definition:
The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the
   calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it,
   used for coagulating milk.


word: Rennin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach
   (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called
   chymosin, rennase, and abomasal enzyme.


word: Renounce
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to
   refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to
   renounce a title to land or to a throne.


word: Renounce
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To decline formally, as an executor or a person
   entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.


word: Renown
wordtype: v.
definition:
The state of being much known and talked of; exalted
   reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or
   accomplishments; fame; celebrity; -- always in a good sense.


word: Renowned
wordtype: a.
definition:
Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for
   distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king.


word: Rensselaerite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered
   pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other
   articles.


word: Rent
wordtype: n.
definition:
A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions,
   chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for
   the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant
   and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor,
   for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a
   park, etc.


word: Rent
wordtype: n.
definition:
To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to
   lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.


word: Rente
wordtype: n.
definition:
In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness;
   the bonds, shares, stocks, etc., which represent government
   indebtedness.


word: Renter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to
   sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.


word: Renunciation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formal declination to take out letters of
   administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right.


word: Rep
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having
   a transversely corded or ribbed surface.


word: Rep
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely;
   -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk.


word: Repair
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury,
   dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend;
   as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered
   fortune.


word: Repair
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent;
   to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage.


word: Repair
wordtype: n.
definition:
Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste,
   injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as,
   materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city.


word: Repair
wordtype: n.
definition:
Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as,
   a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair.


word: Reparable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good
   state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.


word: Reparation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of
   being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a
   highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used.


word: Reparation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or
   compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given;
   amends; satisfaction; indemnity.


word: Repass
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite
   direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to
   repass the sea.


word: Repay
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a
   good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury.


word: Repayable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being, or proper to be , repaid; due; as, a
   loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind.


word: Repeal
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke;
   to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as,
   to repeal a law.


word: Repealer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an
   advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain
   and Ireland.


word: Repeat
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again;
   to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.


word: Repeat
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that
   is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an
   impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).


word: Repeat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or
   often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.


word: Repeater
wordtype: n.
definition:
A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of
   a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.


word: Repeating
wordtype: a.
definition:
Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given
   result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating
   watch.


word: Repel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance
   of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.


word: Repentance
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent;
   sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition
   for sin.


word: Repercussion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of driving back, or the state of being driven
   back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.


word: Repercussion
wordtype: n.
definition:
In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting
   through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that
   it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.


word: Repertoire
wordtype: n.
definition:
A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a
   company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform.


word: Repertory
wordtype: n.
definition:
A place in which things are disposed in an orderly
   manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a book, a
   commonplace book, or the like.


word: Repetend
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of a circulating decimal which recurs
   continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the
   first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 +
   (otherwise .7/8/), the repetend is 283.


word: Repetition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same
   piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.


word: Repetition
wordtype: n.
definition:
Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same
   sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression
   on the audience.


word: Repine
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which
   preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur.


word: Replaceable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Admitting of having its place supplied by a like thing
   or an equivalent; as, the lost book is replaceable.


word: Replaceable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being replaced (by), or of being exchanged
   (for); as, the hydrogen of acids is replaceable by metals or by basic
   radicals.


word: Replenish
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fill again after having been diminished or
   emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.


word: Replevin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A personal action which lies to recover possession of
   goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a
   remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally
   now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention.


word: Replevy
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods
   and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try
   the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined
   against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied.


word: Replicated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a
   replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell.


word: Reply
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Figuratively, to do something in return for something
   done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.


word: Reply
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is
   said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.


word: Unfair
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or
   involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.


word: Unfaithful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows,
   allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous;
   perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant.


word: Unfeigned
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real;
   sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man.


word: Unfetter
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain;
   to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.


word: Unfinished
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect;
   incomplete; left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an
   unfinished house; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron casting.


word: Unfit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the
   strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to
   incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin
   unfits us for the society of holy beings.


word: Unfix
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that
   holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or
   affections.


word: Unfold
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to
   view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by
   successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to
   elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the
   principles of a science.


word: Unfortunate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky;
   attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an
   unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business.


word: Unfrequented
wordtype: a.
definition:
Rarely visited; seldom or never resorted to by human
   beings; as, an unfrequented place or forest.


word: Unfrock
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to
   deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest.


word: Unfruitful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive;
   infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal;
   unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort.


word: Unfurl
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand;
   to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.


word: Ungeld
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person so far out of the protection of the law, that if
   he were murdered, no geld, or fine, should be paid, or composition made
   by him that killed him.


word: Ungovernable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled,
   or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions.


word: Ungraceful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity;
   deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful
   manners; ungraceful speech.


word: Ungrateful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no
   returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.;
   ingrateful.


word: Unguiculata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive division of Mammalia including those
   having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals
   (Ungulata).


word: Ungula
wordtype: n.
definition:
A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of
   revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from
   its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.


word: Ungulata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive group of mammals including all those
   that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.


word: Unhandsome
wordtype: a.
definition:
Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable;
   illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct,
   treatment, or imputations.


word: Unhappy
wordtype: a.
definition:
In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad;
   sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.


word: Unheard
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not granted an audience or a hearing; not allowed to
   speak; not having made a defense, or stated one's side of a question;
   disregarded; unheeded; as, to condem/ a man unheard.


word: Unhinge
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to
   unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves.


word: Unhitch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To free from being hitched, or as if from being
   hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace.


word: Unhook
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or
   unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.


word: Unhorse
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to
   take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a
   carriage.


word: Uniate
wordtype: n.
definition:
A member of the Greek Church, who nevertheless acknowledges
   the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used
   adjectively.


word: Unicursal
wordtype: a.
definition:
That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a
   curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed
   as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter /.


word: Unifacial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having but one front surface; as, some foliaceous corals
   are unifacial, the polyp mouths being confined to one surface.


word: Unifilar
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having only one thread; involving the use of only one
   thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension.


word: Seam
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a
   floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards,
   planks, metal plates, etc.


word: Seam
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a
   stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such
   knitting.


word: Seaman
wordtype: n.
definition:
One whose occupation is to assist in the management of
   ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and
   common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or
   landsman.


word: Seamark
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to
   mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree,
   a steeple, or the like.


word: Sea mouse
definition:
A dorsibranchiate annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and
   allied genera, having long, slender, hairlike setae on the sides.


word: Sea mud
definition:
A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore,
   sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze.


word: Seance
wordtype: n.
definition:
A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of
   spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.


word: Seannachie
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved
   and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist.


word: Sea orange
definition:
A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii)
   having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated
   scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.


word: Sea otter
definition:
An aquatic carnivore (Enhydris lutris, / marina) found in
   the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the
   Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet
   more decidedly webbed.


word: Sea pass
definition:
A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of
   war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport.


word: Sea peach
definition:
A beautiful American ascidian (Cynthia, / Halocynthia,
   pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety surface, and color of a ripe
   peach.


word: Sea pie
definition:
A dish of crust or pastry and meat or fish, etc., cooked
   together in alternate layers, -- a common food of sailors; as, a
   three-decker sea pie.


word: Sea pike
definition:
A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found
   on both coasts of America; -- called also robalo.


word: Sea porcupine
definition:
Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose
   body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon.


word: Sea pork
definition:
An American compound ascidian (Amoraecium stellatum) which
   forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.


word: Seaport
wordtype: n.
definition:
A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing
   vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.


word: Sere
wordtype: a.
definition:
[OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to
   D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch,
   to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152.
   Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to
   leaves.


word: Sear
wordtype: a.
definition:
To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to
   cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or
   the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous;
   as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.


word: Sea raven
definition:
An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied
   to the sculpins, found on the northeren Atlantic coasts.


word: Search
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To look over or through, for the purpose of finding
   something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.


word: Search
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The act of seeking or looking for something; quest;
   inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.


word: Searcher
wordtype: n.
definition:
Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the
   bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.


word: Searching
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying;
   as, a searching discourse; a searching eye.


word: Sea room
definition:
Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or
   scud, without peril of running ashore or aground.


word: Sea saurian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.) the large extinct
   species of Mosasaurus, Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera.


word: Sea serpent
definition:
A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported
   to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured.


word: Seasickness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and
   prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel.


word: Sea snake
definition:
Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the
   family Hydrophidae, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the
   sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
   They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but some
   species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad.


word: Season
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in
   the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature,
   moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth
   with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons,
   namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized.
   Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and
   the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy.


word: Season
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness
   for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time;
   proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest.


word: Season
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to
   accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a
   climate.


word: Season
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural
   juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons
   in the sun.


word: Seasonable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper
   time for the purpose; suitable to the season; opportune; timely; as, a
   seasonable supply of rain.


word: Seasoning
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is added to any species of food, to give it a
   higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment.


word: Seasoning
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve
   dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation.


word: Seat
wordtype: n.
definition:
The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made
   to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.


word: Seat
wordtype: n.
definition:
The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing
   is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a
   situation.


word: Seat
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of
   a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.


word: Seat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of
   sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera
   house.


word: Seat
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like;
   to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.


word: Seat
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting
   to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.


word: Sea thongs
definition:
A kind of blackish seaweed (Himanthalia lorea) found on
   the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It has a thonglike forking process
   rising from a top-shaped base.


word: Sea trout
definition:
Any one of several species of true trouts which descend
   rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and
   salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout.


word: Sea trout
definition:
A California fish of the family Chiridae, especially
   Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also spotted rock trout. See Rock
   trout, under Rock.


word: Sea trumpet
definition:
A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a
   hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet
   long.


word: Sea turtle
definition:
Any one of several very large species of chelonians
   having the feet converted into paddles, as the green turtle, hawkbill,
   loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas.


word: Seawant
wordtype: n.
definition:
The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads
   which passed among the Indians as money.


word: Seaworthiness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to
   resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather.


word: Seaworthy
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a
   cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.


word: Sebaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat;
   having the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some
   plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals.


word: Sebacic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat;
   specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also sebic, and
   pyroleic, acid), obtained by the distillation or saponification of
   certain oils (as castor oil) as a white crystalline substance.


word: Sebesten
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian
   trees (Cordia Myxa, and C. latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in
   pectoral diseases.


word: Secant
wordtype: a.
definition:
A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one
   end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other
   end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of
   the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.


word: Secede
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association;
   to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire;
   especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body.


word: Seceder
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who
   seceded from the communion of the Established Church, about the year
   1733, and formed the Secession Church, so called.


word: Secession
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or
   association with others, as in a religious or political organization;
   withdrawal.


word: Sechium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (Sechium edule) of
   the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-shaped, and about four inches long,
   and contains a single large seed. The root of the plant resembles a
   yam, and is used for food.


word: Seckel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small reddish brown sweet and juicy pear. It originated
   on a farm near Philadelphia, afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel.


word: Seclude
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shut up apart from others; to withdraw into, or
   place in, solitude; to separate from society or intercourse with
   others.


word: Seclusion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded;
   separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to
   live in seclusion.


word: Second
wordtype: a.
definition:
Immediately following the first; next to the first in order
   of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.


word: Second
wordtype: a.
definition:
Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
   rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.


word: Second
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
   another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second
   deluge.


word: Second
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next
   and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.


word: Second
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who follows or attends another for his support and aid;
   a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in
   a duel.


word: Second
wordtype: n.
definition:
An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best;
   esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.


word: Second
wordtype: a.
definition:
The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of
   space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound
   moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten
   seconds north of this place.


word: Second
wordtype: a.
definition:
In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part
   of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.


word: Second
wordtype: n.
definition:
The interval between any tone and the tone which is
   represented on the degree of the staff next above it.


word: Second
wordtype: a.
definition:
To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to
   support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to
   encourage.


word: Second
wordtype: a.
definition:
Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by
   adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.


word: Secondary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place,
   origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first
   order or rate.


word: Secondary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some
   operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary
   salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary.


word: Secondary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by
   alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original
   rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage,
   etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.


word: Secondary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as,
   Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in
   the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.


word: Secondary
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary
   place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief
   officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London.


word: Second-class
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of the rank or degree below the best highest;
   inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class
   passage.


word: Seconder
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who seconds or supports what another attempts,
   affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a
   motion.


word: Second-rate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a
   second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion.


word: Second-sight
wordtype: n.
definition:
The power of discerning what is not visible to the
   physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a
   disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision.


word: Secret
wordtype: a.
definition:
Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general
   knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.


word: Secretage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is
   employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs.


word: Secretary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches,
   public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe,
   amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts
   other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual.


word: Secretary
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officer of state whose business is to superintend and
   manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is
   usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief
   executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence
   and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the
   secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the
   secretary of war, etc.


word: Secretary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and
   for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire.


word: Secrete
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal;
   as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.


word: Secrete
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process
   of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.


word: Secretion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of secreting; the process by which material is
   separated from the blood through the agency of the cells of the various
   glands and elaborated by the cells into new substances so as to form
   the various secretions, as the saliva, bile, and other digestive
   fluids. The process varies in the different glands, and hence are
   formed the various secretions.


word: Secretory
wordtype: a.
definition:
Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office
   secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves.


word: Sect
wordtype: n.
definition:
Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached
   to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or
   allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a
   particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in
   modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a
   denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a
   school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party.


word: Sectant
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the portions of space bounded by the three
   coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.), one of the parts of a crystal
   into which it is divided by the axial planes.


word: Sectarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect;
   bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as,
   sectarian principles or prejudices.


word: Sectarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special school,
   denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a party in
   religion which has separated itself from established church, or which
   holds tenets different from those of the prevailing denomination in a
   state.


word: Sectarianism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to
   the interests of a party; excess of partisan or denominational zeal;
   adherence to a separate church organization.


word: Sectary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or
   disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who
   separates from an established church; a dissenter.


word: Sectile
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being cut; specifically (Min.), capable of
   being severed by the knife with a smooth cut; -- said of minerals.


word: Section
wordtype: n.
definition:
A distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a
   subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a
   paragraph; an article; hence, the character /, often used to denote
   such a division.


word: Section
wordtype: n.
definition:
A distinct part of a country or people, community, class,
   or the like; a part of a territory separated by geographical lines, or
   of a people considered as distinct.


word: Section
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the portions, of one square mile each, into which
   the public lands of the United States are divided; one thirty-sixth
   part of a township. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections
   for sale under the homestead and preemption laws.


word: Section
wordtype: n.
definition:
The figure made up of all the points common to a
   superficies and a solid which meet, or to two superficies which meet,
   or to two lines which meet. In the first case the section is a
   superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point.


word: Section
wordtype: n.
definition:
A division of a genus; a group of species separated by
   some distinction from others of the same genus; -- often indicated by
   the sign /.


word: Section
wordtype: n.
definition:
The description or representation of anything as it would
   appear if cut through by any intersecting plane; depiction of what is
   beyond a plane passing through, or supposed to pass through, an object,
   as a building, a machine, a succession of strata; profile.


word: Sectionalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar
   to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from
   national.


word: Sector
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers
   connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with several scales,
   as of equal parts, chords, sines, tangents, etc., one scale of each
   kind on each arm, and all on lines radiating from the common center of
   motion. The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale.


word: Sector
wordtype: n.
definition:
An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a
   small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of
   declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used
   for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector.


word: Secular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a
   long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as,
   secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe.


word: Secular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to this present world, or to things not
   spiritual or holy; relating to temporal as distinguished from eternal
   interests; not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the
   body; worldly.


word: Secular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not
   confined to a monastery, or subject to the rules of a religious
   community; as, a secular priest.


word: Secularist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who theoretically rejects every form of religious
   faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts
   and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who
   believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be
   managed without the introduction of a religious element.


word: Secularization
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of rendering secular, or the state of being
   rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular;
   conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as,
   the secularization of church property.


word: Secure
wordtype: a.
definition:
Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having
   reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as,
   secure of a welcome.


word: Secure
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to
   make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from,
   rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt
   by a mortgage.


word: Secure
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render
   incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to
   secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.


word: Secure
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to
   acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.


word: Security
wordtype: n.
definition:
Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence
   of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty.


word: Security
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain
   the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the
   payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge.


word: Security
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself
   for the performance of another's obligation.


word: Security
wordtype: n.
definition:
An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a
   certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.


word: Sedan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single
   person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.


word: Sedate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene;
   not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or
   temper.


word: Sedentary
wordtype: a.
definition:
Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached
   to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles
   are sedentary crustaceans.


word: Sedge
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs,
   often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular
   jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves
   which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several
   hundred species.


word: Sedilia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for
   the officiating clergy during intervals of service.


word: Sediment
wordtype: n.
definition:
The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or
   any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.


word: Sedimentation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of depositing a sediment; specifically
   (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are
   formed.


word: Sedition
wordtype: n.
definition:
The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to
   insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act;
   excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to
   lawful authority.


word: Seditious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature
   of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious
   strife; seditious words.


word: Seditious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition
   to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition; as,
   seditious citizens.


word: Seduce
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any
   manner; to entice to evil; to lead astray; to tempt and lead to
   iniquity; to corrupt.


word: Seducement
wordtype: n.
definition:
The means employed to seduce, as flattery, promises,
   deception, etc.; arts of enticing or corrupting.


word: Seducer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who
   prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions.


word: Seduction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing;
   specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful
   sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the
   wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity.


word: Seduction
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of
   leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.


word: Seductive
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering
   appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer.


word: Sedulity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and
   assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry;
   sedulousness.


word: Sedulous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and
   persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily
   industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee.


word: Sedum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants, mostly perennial, having succulent leaves
   and cymose flowers; orpine; stonecrop.


word: See
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the
   jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an
   archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an
   archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or
   Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome;
   as, to appeal to the see of Rome.


word: See
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence
   and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry;
   to view.


word: See
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception
   of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to
   understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.


word: See
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with;
   hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.


word: See
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see
   one home; to see one aboard the cars.


word: See
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper
   organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees
   distinctly.


word: See
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to
   perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a
   preposition, as through, or into.


word: Seed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more
   integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By
   germination it produces a new plant.


word: Seed
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a
   pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip
   seed; thistle seed.


word: Seed
wordtype: n.
definition:
That from which anything springs; first principle; original;
   source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.


word: Seedy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from
   the weeds growing among the vines; -- said of certain kinds of French
   brandy.


word: Seedy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and
   miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked
   seedy coat.


word: Seeing
wordtype: conj.
definition:
but originally a present participle)) In view of the
   fact (that); considering; taking into account (that); insmuch as;
   since; because; -- followed by a dependent clause; as, he did well,
   seeing that he was so young.


word: Seek
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as,
   to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.


word: Seeker
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in
   Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry,
   and sacraments.


word: Seel
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing
   through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.


word: Seem
wordtype: a.
definition:
To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance;
   to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or
   fancy as being; to be taken as.


word: Seeming
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a semblance, whether with or without reality;
   apparent; specious; befitting; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth.


word: Seemly
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character;
   suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.


word: Seersucker
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of
   silk and linen, usually having alternating stripes, and a slightly
   craped or puckered surface; also, a cotton fabric of similar
   appearance.


word: Seesaw
wordtype: n.
definition:
A play among children in which they are seated upon the
   opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move
   alternately up and down.


word: Segment
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the parts into which any body naturally separates
   or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a
   segment of an orange; a segment of a compound or divided leaf.


word: Segment
wordtype: n.
definition:
A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane;
   especially, that part of a circle contained between a chord and an arc
   of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord;
   as, the segment acb in the Illustration.


word: Segment
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of
   a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim.


word: Segment
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the cells or division formed by segmentation, as in
   egg cleavage or in fissiparous cell formation.


word: Segment
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many
   animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome.


word: Segment
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo
   segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum.


word: Segmentation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of dividing into segments;
   specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of
   growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation.


word: Sego
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liliaceous plant (Calochortus Nuttallii) of Western North
   America, and its edible bulb; -- so called by the Ute Indians and the
   Mormons.


word: Segregate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To separate from a mass, and collect together about
   centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of
   crystallization or solidification.


word: Segregation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or
   into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing
   process.


word: Seigniorage
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign
   prerogative; specifically, a charge or toll deducted from bullion
   brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a
   mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it.


word: Seigniorage
wordtype: n.
definition:
A share of the receipts of a business taken in payment
   for the use of a right, as a copyright or a patent.


word: Seine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and
   the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its
   ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish.


word: Seismometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the direction, duration,
   and force of earthquakes and like concussions.


word: Seismometric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as,
   seismometric instruments; seismometric measurements.


word: Seismometry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as
   can be expressed in numbers, or by their relation to the coordinates of
   space.


word: Seize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other
   legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.


word: Seize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff,
   as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.


word: Seizin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be
   either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession,
   the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of
   law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership.


word: Seizure
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden
   and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure
   of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.


word: Selachii
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and
   rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.


word: Selachostomi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of ganoid fishes which includes the
   paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth.


word: Selaginella
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia,
   but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many
   species are cultivated in conservatories.


word: Selah
wordtype: n.
definition:
A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the
   Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical
   performance of the song.


word: Select
wordtype: a.
definition:
Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more
   valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely
   chosen; selected; choice.


word: Select
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To choose and take from a number; to take by preference
   from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors
   for perusal.


word: Selectman
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the
   New England States to transact the general public business of the town,
   and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from
   three to seven in each town.


word: Selenhydric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen selenide,
   H2Se, regarded as an acid analogous to sulphydric acid.


word: Selenic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to selenium; derived from, or containing,
   selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the
   element has a higher valence as contrasted with selenious compounds.


word: Selenio-
definition:
A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the
   presence of selenium or its compounds; as, selenio-phosphate, a
   phosphate having selenium in place of all, or a part, of the oxygen.


word: Selenious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or containing, selenium;
   specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a
   lower valence as contrasted with selenic compounds.


word: Selenium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous
   to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with
   sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark
   reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking
   substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation
   in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus.
   Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9.


word: Selenography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science that treats of the physical features of
   the moon; -- corresponding to physical geography in respect to the
   earth.


word: Self
wordtype: n.
definition:
The individual as the object of his own reflective
   consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of
   all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject
   of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a
   person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having
   personality.


word: Self-acting
wordtype: a.
definition:
Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said
   especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for
   itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a
   self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press.


word: Self-adjusting
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of assuming a desired position or condition
   with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without
   requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery.


word: Self-asserting
wordtype: a.
definition:
asserting one's self, or one's own rights or
   claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming
   manner.


word: Self-assertion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of asserting one's self, or one's own
   rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting.


word: Self-conscious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Conscious of one's self as an object of the
   observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious.


word: Self-cconsistent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Consistent with one's self or with itself; not
   deviation from the ordinary standard by which the conduct is guided;
   logically consistent throughout; having each part consistent with the
   rest.


word: Self-contained
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having all the essential working parts connected by
   a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual
   relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the
   machine itself.


word: Self-contradiction
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of contradicting one's self or itself;
   repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two
   members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at
   the same time is a self-contradiction.


word: Self-determination
wordtype: n.
definition:
Determination by one's self; or, determination
   of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; --
   applied to the voluntary or activity.


word: Self-devotion
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of devoting one's self, or the state of
   being self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or
   happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.


word: Self-evident
wordtype: a.
definition:
Evident without proof or reasoning; producing
   certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a
   self-evident proposition or truth.


word: Self-examination
wordtype: n.
definition:
An examination into one's own state, conduct, and
   motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.


word: Self-existence
wordtype: n.
definition:
Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue
   of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause;
   -- an attribute peculiar to God.


word: Self-existent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Existing of or by himself,independent of any other
   being or cause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being.


word: Self-government
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of governing one's self, or the state of
   being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.


word: Self-government
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, government of a community, state, or nation
   by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil
   body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government;
   democracy.


word: Self-importance
wordtype: n.
definition:
An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or
   merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.


word: Self-indulgence
wordtype: n.
definition:
Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or
   inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.


word: Selfish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's
   own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those
   of others.


word: Selfishness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive
   regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or
   self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the
   advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding
   those of others.


word: Self-love
wordtype: n.
definition:
The love of one's self; desire of personal happiness;
   tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage.


word: Self-opinion
wordtype: n.
definition:
Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an
   overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion.


word: Self-registering
wordtype: a.
definition:
Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so
   contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether
   continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of
   variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.


word: Self-repelling
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which
   mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling.


word: Self-repetition
wordtype: n.
definition:
Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the
   saying or doing what one has already said or done.


word: Xanthoma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A skin disease marked by the development or irregular
   yellowish patches upon the skin, especially upon the eyelids; -- called
   also xanthelasma.


word: Xanthophyll
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow coloring matter found in yellow autumn
   leaves, and also produced artificially from chlorophyll; -- formerly
   called also phylloxanthin.


word: Xanthoproteic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or derived from, xanthoprotein;
   showing the characters of xanthoprotein; as, xanthoproteic acid; the
   xanthoproteic reaction for albumin.


word: Xanthoprotein
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow acid substance formed by the action of hot
   nitric acid on albuminous or proteid matter. It is changed to a deep
   orange-yellow color by the addition of ammonia.


word: Xanthopuccine
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of three alkaloids found in the root of the
   yellow puccoon (Hydrastis Canadensis). It is a yellow crystalline
   substance, and resembles berberine.


word: Xanthorhiza
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of shrubby ranunculaceous plants of North
   America, including only the species Xanthorhiza apiifolia, which has
   roots of a deep yellow color; yellowroot. The bark is intensely bitter,
   and is sometimes used as a tonic.


word: Xanthorhoea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of endogenous plants, native to Australia,
   having a thick, sometimes arborescent, stem, and long grasslike leaves.
   See Grass tree.


word: Xanthous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Yellow; specifically (Ethnol.), of or pertaining to those
   races of man which have yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.


word: Xanthoxylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A liquid hydrocarbon of the terpene series extracted
   from the seeds of a Japanese prickly ash (Xanthoxylum pipertium) as an
   aromatic oil.


word: Xanthoxylum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and
   rots of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash.


word: Xebec
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small three-masted vessel, with projecting bow stern and
   convex decks, used in the Mediterranean for transporting merchandise,
   etc. It carries large square sails, or both. Xebecs were formerly armed
   and used by corsairs.


word: Xenelasia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from
   residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably being to
   preserve the national simplicity of manners.


word: Xenodochium
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the
   reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and for the
   relief of paupers. [Called also Xenodocheion.]


word: Xenomania
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, foreign
   customs, institutions, manners, fashions, etc.


word: Xenomi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A suborder of soft-rayed fresh-water fishes of which
   the blackfish of Alaska (Dallia pectoralis) is the type.


word: Xenopterygii
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A suborder of fishes including Gobiesox and
   allied genera. These fishes have soft-rayed fins, and a ventral sucker
   supported in front by the pectoral fins. They are destitute of scales.


word: Xenylic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, designating, certain amido
   compounds obtained by reducing certain nitro derivatives of diphenyl.


word: Xeriff
wordtype: n.
definition:
A gold coin formerly current in Egypt and Turkey, of the
   value of about 9s. 6d., or about $2.30; -- also, in Morocco, a ducat.


word: Xeroderma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous
   small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are subsequently
   mingled spots of atrophied skin.


word: Xeronic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4, related
   to fumaric acid, and obtained from citraconic acid as an oily substance
   having a bittersweet taste; -- so called from its tendency to form its
   anhydride.


word: Xerophthalmia
wordtype: n.
definition:
An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually
   by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the
   conjunctiva.


word: Xiphisternum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum;
   -- sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process,
   or xiphoid process.


word: Xiphius
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of cetaceans having a long, pointed, bony beak,
   usually two tusklike teeth in the lower jaw, but no teeth in the upper
   jaw.


word: Xiphodon
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct genus of artiodactylous mammals found in the
   European Tertiary formations. It had slender legs, didactylous feet,
   and small canine teeth.


word: Xylem
wordtype: n.
definition:
That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed,
   or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloem.


word: Xylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
   aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named because found
   in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily, inflammable liquids,
   C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes, and are called respectively
   orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene. Called also xylol.


word: Xylenol
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of six metameric phenol derivatives of xylene,
   obtained as crystalline substances, (CH3)2.C6H3.OH.


word: Xyletic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid related to
   mesitylenic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the
   action of sodium and carbon dioxide on crude xylenol.


word: Xylic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, xylene;
   specifically, designating any one of several metameric acids produced
   by the partial oxidation of mesitylene and pseudo-cumene.


word: Xylidic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or designating, either one of two distinct
   acids which are derived from xylic acid and related compounds, and are
   metameric with uvitic acid.


word: Xylidine
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of six metameric hydrocarbons, (CH3)2.C6H3.NH2,
   resembling aniline, and related to xylene. They are liquids, or easily
   fusible crystalline substances, of which three are derived from
   metaxylene, two from orthoxylene, and one from paraxylene. They are
   called the amido xylenes.


word: Xylindein
wordtype: n.
definition:
A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain
   kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as
   an amorphous powder resembling indigo.


word: Xylitone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow oil having a geraniumlike odor, produced as a
   side product in making phorone; -- called also xylite oil.


word: Xyloidin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action
   of nitric acid on starch; -- called also nitramidin.


word: Xylophagides
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe or family of dipterous flies whose larvae
   live in decayed wood. Some of the tropical species are very large.


word: Xylophagous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; -- said
   especially of certain insect larvae, crustaceans, and mollusks.


word: Xylophone
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and
   Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in
   length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with
   two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.


word: Xylopyrography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or practice of burning pictures on wood
   with a hot iron; -- called also poker painting. See Poker picture,
   under Poker.


word: Xyloquinone
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a group of quinone compounds obtained
   respectively by the oxidation of certain xylidine compounds. In general
   they are yellow crystalline substances.


word: Xylorcin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystalline
   substance which on exposure in the air becomes red; -- called also
   betaorcin.


word: Xylostein
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glucoside found in the poisonous berries of a species
   of honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum), and extracted as a bitter, white,
   crystalline substance.


word: Xylotrya
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and
   equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very
   common on the Atlantic coast of the United States.


word: Xylylene
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of three metameric radicals, CH2.C6H4.CH2,
   derived respectively from the three xylenes. Often used adjectively;
   as, xylylene alcohol.


word: Xyris
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small
   yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There
   are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States.


word: Xystus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long and open portico, for athletic exercises, as
   wrestling, running, etc., for use in winter or in stormy weather.


word: Xyster
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for scraping bones.
   Y () Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the
   beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is
   usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the
   middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide to
   Pronunciation, // 145, 178-9, 272.


word: Y
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a
   leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye.


word: Y-
definition:
A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs,
   adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was
   little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past
   participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or
   yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this
   use.


word: Yacare
wordtype: n.
definition:
A South American crocodilian (Jacare sclerops) resembling
   the alligator in size and habits. The eye orbits are connected
   together, and surrounded by prominent bony ridges. Called also
   spectacled alligator, and spectacled cayman.


word: Yacca
wordtype: n.
definition:
A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus
   coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is
   much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks.


word: Yacht
wordtype: n.
definition:
A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for
   private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey
   distinguished persons from one place to another; a seagoing vessel used
   only for pleasure trips, racing, etc.


word: Yaffle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The European green woodpecker (Picus, / Genius, viridis).
   It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole,
   highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler,
   yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack.


word: Yager
wordtype: n.
definition:
In the German army, one belonging to a body of light
   infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army.


word: Yak
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains
   of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks,
   are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy,
   often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in
   India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of
   which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri
   gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc.


word: Yakin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large Asiatic antelope (Budorcas taxicolor) native of the
   higher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains. Its head and
   neck resemble those of the ox, and its tail is like that of the goat.
   Called also budorcas.


word: Yakoots
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
(Ethnol.) A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern
   Siberia, and supposed to be of Turkish stock. They are mainly pastoral
   in their habits.


word: Yam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing
   plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly
   natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled
   leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D.
   sativa, but several others are cultivated.


word: Yama
wordtype: n.
definition:
The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek
   Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more
   exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the
   wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments,
   having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a
   buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands.


word: Yamp
wordtype: n.
definition:
An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small
   fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to California.


word: Yankee
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nickname for a native or citizen of New England,
   especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an
   inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner;
   also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United
   States.


word: Yapock
wordtype: n.
definition:
A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus)
   found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet
   do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum.


word: Yard
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six
   inches, being the standard of English and American measure.


word: Yard
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering
   toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A
   yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.


word: Yard
wordtype: n.
definition:
An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or
   around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.


word: Yarn
wordtype: n.
definition:
Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as
   of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in
   weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.


word: Yarn
wordtype: n.
definition:
A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions;
   a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.


word: Yarrow
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American and European composite plant (Achillea
   Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed
   flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is
   sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also
   milfoil, and nosebleed.


word: Yataghan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan
   nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight.


word: Yaupon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from
   Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a
   substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink
   of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea.


word: Yaw
wordtype: v. i. & t.
definition:
To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to
   deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a
   ship.


word: Yaw
wordtype: n.
definition:
A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her
   course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.


word: Yawl-rigged
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having two masts with fore-and-aft sails, but
   differing from a schooner in that the after mast is very small, and
   stepped as far aft as possible. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Yawn
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express
   desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.


word: Yawn
wordtype: n.
definition:
An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting
   of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at
   inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open.


word: Yaws
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa,
   characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious
   character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants,
   strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this
   disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.


word: Yaw-weed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing
   along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous
   flowers.


word: Ye
definition:
an old method of printing the article the (AS. /e), the "y" being
   used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (/). It is sometimes incorrectly
   pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4.


word: Yea
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an
   affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.


word: Yea
wordtype: adv.
definition:
More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the
   addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. Nay, adv., 2.


word: Yead
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, but
   sometimes mistaken for a present. See the Note under Yede.


word: Year
wordtype: n.
definition:
The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the
   ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution
   around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or
   less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure
   of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354
   days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In
   common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year
   (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to
   February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see
   Bissextile).


word: Year
wordtype: n.
definition:
The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the
   sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.


word: Yearbook
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book published yearly; any annual report or summary of
   the statistics or facts of a year, designed to be used as a reference
   book; as, the Congregational Yearbook.


word: Yearling
wordtype: n.
definition:
An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age;
   -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.


word: Yearn
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or
   rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain
   with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.


word: Yeast
wordtype: n.
definition:
The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom
   yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast
   plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation
   in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising
   dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment.


word: Yeast
wordtype: n.
definition:
A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells,
   rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of
   the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a
   yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth.


word: Yellow
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of
   gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the
   solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.


word: Yellow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other
   except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between
   the orange and green.


word: Yellowbird
wordtype: n.
definition:
The common yellow warbler; -- called also summer
   yellowbird. See Illust. of Yellow warbler, under Yellow, a.


word: Yellowfish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the
   coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel.


word: Yellowhammer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The
   color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of
   the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and
   the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark,
   and writing lark.


word: Yellowlegs
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of
   the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also
   stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See
   Tattler, 2.


word: Yellows
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the
   leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.


word: Yellows
wordtype: n.
definition:
A group of butterflies in which the predominating color is
   yellow. It includes the common small yellow butterflies. Called also
   redhorns, and sulphurs. See Sulphur.


word: Yellowtail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes
   of the genus Seriola; especially, the large California species (S.
   dorsalis) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly
   esteemed as a food fish; -- called also cavasina, and white salmon.


word: Yellowthroat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of American ground
   warblers of the genus Geothlypis, esp. the Maryland yellowthroat (G.
   trichas), which is a very common species.


word: Yellowwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wood of any one of several different kinds of
   trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called
   are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several
   species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia
   Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species
   of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus
   latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these
   Old World trees furnish valuable timber.


word: Yellowwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora
   perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used
   as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.


word: Yen
wordtype: n.
definition:
The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoption
   of the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50
   cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen.


word: Yeoman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most
   respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.


word: Yeoman
wordtype: n.
definition:
An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or
   carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the
   stores.


word: Yet
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of large marine gastropods
   belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell.


word: Yet
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; --
   and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon
   as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet. See As yet, under As, conj.


word: Yew
wordtype: n.
definition:
An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the
   pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It
   frequently grows in British churchyards.


word: Yew
wordtype: n.
definition:
The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact,
   fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of
   wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from
   Spain.


word: Yezdegerdian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian
   monarch of Persia, who was overthrown by the Mohammedans; as, the
   Yezdegerdian era, which began on the 16th of June, a. d. 632. The era
   is still used by the Parsees.


word: Yield
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as
   payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money
   at interest yields six or seven per cent.


word: Yield
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to
   make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to
   relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.


word: Yield
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a
   hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of
   opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.


word: -yl
definition:
A suffix used as a characteristic termination of chemical
   radicals; as in ethyl, carbonyl, hydroxyl, etc.


word: Ynambu
wordtype: n.
definition:
A South American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); -- called
   also perdiz grande, and rufous tinamou. See Illust. of Tinamou.


word: Yodle
wordtype: v. t. & i.
definition:
To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and
   Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or
   falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble.


word: Yoga
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in
   a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary
   expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire
   superhuman faculties.


word: Yoke
wordtype: n.
definition:
A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying
   pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke.


word: Yoke
wordtype: n.
definition:
A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a
   goose, to prevent passage through a fence.


word: Yoke
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends
   lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered
   from amidships.


word: Yoke
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a
   regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against
   unusual strain.


word: Yoke
wordtype: n.
definition:
A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to
   the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.


word: Yoke
wordtype: n.
definition:
A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is,
   to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon.


word: Yoni
wordtype: n.
definition:
The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the
   female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. Lingam.


word: York use
definition:
The one of the three printed uses of England which was
   followed in the north. It was based on the Sarum use. See Use, n., 6.


word: You
wordtype: dat. & obj.
definition:
The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative,
   dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed.
   See the Note under Ye.


word: Young
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet
   arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of
   animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn.


word: Yourself
wordtype: pron.
definition:
An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the
   second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself
   shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or
   objective case; as, you have injured yourself.


word: Youth
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of
   existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from
   childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood.


word: Youthful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to
   early life; as, youthful days; youthful sports.


word: Ypsiliform
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling the / in appearance; -- said of the germinal
   spot in the ripe egg at one of the stages of fecundation.


word: Yt
definition:
an old method of printing that (AS. /aet, /aet) the "y" taking
   the place of the old letter "thorn" (/). Cf. Ye, the.


word: Ytterbium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated
   with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite.
   Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. Yttrium.


word: Yttriferous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Bearing or containing yttrium or the allied elements;
   as, gadolinite is one of the yttriferous minerals.


word: Yttrium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare metallic element of the boron-aluminium group,
   found in gadolinite and other rare minerals, and extracted as a dark
   gray powder. Symbol Y. Atomic weight, 89.


word: Yttro-cerite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a violet-blue color, inclining to gray
   and white. It is a hydrous fluoride of cerium, yttrium, and calcium.


word: Yucca
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent,
   plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a
   more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white
   blossoms.


word: Yuen
wordtype: n.
definition:
The crowned gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), native of Siam,
   Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely arboreal in
   its habits, and has very long arms. the males are dark brown or
   blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually with a
   white band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with a
   dark spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also wooyen,
   and wooyen ape.


word: Yuga
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara,
   and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of
   the world.


word: Yulan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white
   blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia.


word: Yumas
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent
   parts of Mexico and California. They are agricultural, and cultivate
   corn, wheat, barley, melons, etc.


word: Ywis
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Certainly; most likely; truly; probably.
   Z () Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a
   vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from
   the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate
   origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related
   to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. /, L. yugum; E.
   zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 273, 274.


word: Za
wordtype: n.
definition:
An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as
   heard in the or aeolian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long
   considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat
   seventh.


word: Zachun
wordtype: n.
definition:
An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small
   thorny tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing
   ointment.


word: Zaffer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with
   sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt
   oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain
   painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is
   often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it
   contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of
   zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc.


word: Zalambdodont
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of
   Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.


word: Zamang
wordtype: n.
definition:
An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of
   Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred
   and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for
   feeding cattle. Also called rain tree.


word: Zambo
wordtype: n.
definition:
The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an
   Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.


word: Zamia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low
   palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.


word: Zamindar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now,
   usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long
   as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue.


word: Zamouse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short
   horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with
   three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also
   short-horned buffalo, and bush cow.


word: Zander
wordtype: n.
definition:
A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to
   the wall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant.


word: Zantewood
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and
   zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic.


word: Zaphrentis
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in the
   Paleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and with a
   deep pit in one side of the cup.


word: Zaratite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an
   emerald-green incrustation on chromite; -- called also emerald nickel.


word: Zati
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of macaque (Macacus pileatus) native of India and
   Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiating hairs
   on the back of the head. Called also capped macaque.


word: Zauschneria
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of flowering plants. Zauschneria Californica
   is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling
   those of the garden fuchsia.


word: Zea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays)
   is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See
   Maize.


word: Zeal
wordtype: n.
definition:
Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in
   favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness;
   enthusiasm; fervor.


word: Species
wordtype: n.
definition:
An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp.,
   one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.


word: Specific
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or
   constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties
   of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other
   things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific
   qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice.


word: Specific
wordtype: a.
definition:
Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited;
   precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.


word: Specific
wordtype: a.
definition:
Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body;
   preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general
   principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.


word: Specification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The designation of particulars; particular mention;
   as, the specification of a charge against an officer.


word: Specification
wordtype: n.
definition:
A written statement containing a minute description
   or enumeration of particulars, as of charges against a public officer,
   the terms of a contract, the description of an invention, as in a
   patent; also, a single article, item, or particular, an allegation of a
   specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct.


word: Specify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate
   in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the
   uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.


word: Specimen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number
   of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of
   what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting;
   a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.


word: Specious
wordtype: a.
definition:
Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct,
   but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as,
   specious reasoning; a specious argument.


word: Speck
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small discolored place in or on anything, or a small place
   of a color different from that of the main substance; a spot; a stain;
   a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit.


word: Speck
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially
   specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper
   specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture.


word: Speckle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance
   or color from that of the thing itself.


word: Speckle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mark with small spots of a different color from that
   of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different
   color from the ground or surface.


word: Specksioneer
wordtype: n.
definition:
The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up
   the speck, or blubber; -- so called among whalers.


word: Spectacle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Something exhibited to view; usually, something
   presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special
   notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a
   gazingstock.


word: Spectacle
wordtype: n.
definition:
An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a
   light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the
   organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.


word: Spectacular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Adapted to excite wonder and admiration by a display
   of pomp or of scenic effects; as, a spectacular celebration of some
   event; a spectacular play.


word: Spectator
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who
   is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators
   at a show.


word: Spectroscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An optical instrument for forming and examining
   spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which
   different substances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the
   position of the spectral lines, the composition of the substance.


word: Spectrum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The several colored and other rays of which light is
   composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and
   observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision,
   by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope.


word: Spectrum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has
   been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When
   the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as
   a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper.
   Called also ocular spectrum.


word: Specular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a
   smooth, reflecting surface; as, a specular metal; a specular surface.


word: Specular
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of
   a speculum; as, a specular examination.


word: Speculate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and
   viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to
   contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to
   speculate on political events.


word: Speculate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To view subjects from certain premises given or
   assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.


word: Speculate
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To purchase with the expectation of a contingent
   advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a
   somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as,
   to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.


word: Speculation
wordtype: n.
definition:
Mental view of anything in its various aspects and
   relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.


word: Speculation
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares,
   etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with
   the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on
   anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in
   which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and
   wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.


word: Speculation
wordtype: n.
definition:
A game at cards in which the players buy from one
   another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest
   trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.


word: Speculative
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods,
   shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise.


word: Speculator
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells
   goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from
   fluctuations in price.


word: Speculum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in
   reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below.


word: Speculum
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body,
   and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or
   surgical operations.


word: Speculum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings
   of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal
   portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the
   adult male than in the female.


word: Speech
wordtype: n.
definition:
The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the
   faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power
   of speaking.


word: Speed
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity;
   rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.


word: Speed
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to
   drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.


word: Speedwell
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with
   pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off.


word: Speedy
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty;
   rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.


word: Speiss
wordtype: n.
definition:
A regulus consisting essentially of nickel, obtained as a
   residue in fusing cobalt and nickel ores with silica and sodium
   carbonate to make smalt.


word: Spell
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of,
   at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.


word: Spell
wordtype: n.
definition:
The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or
   watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or
   gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the
   masthead.


word: Spell
wordtype: n.
definition:
The time during which one person or gang works until
   relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few
   hours, days, or weeks.


word: Spell
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with
   magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.


word: Spell
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a
   word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper
   letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.


word: Spell
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To discover by characters or marks; to read with
   difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an
   author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.


word: Spelt
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for
   food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also German wheat.


word: Spencer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast,
   hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no
   boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its
   inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802].


word: Spend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away;
   as, the violence of the waves was spent.


word: Spend
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use,
   waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.


word: Spend
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or
   strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.


word: Spendthrift
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a
   prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used
   figuratively.


word: Spenserian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; --
   specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faerie
   Queene."


word: Spermaceti
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the
   head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics,
   etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with
   ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after
   the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin.


word: Spermatheca
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small sac connected with the female reproductive
   organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and
   retain the spermatozoa.


word: Spermatin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A substance allied to alkali albumin and to mucin,
   present in semen, to which it is said to impart the mucilaginous
   character.


word: Spermo-
definition:
Combining forms from Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed, sperm, semen
   (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.


word: Spermatogonium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the
   seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells
   (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.


word: Spermatophore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A capsule or pocket inclosing a number of
   spermatozoa. They are present in many annelids, brachiopods, mollusks,
   and crustaceans. In cephalopods the structure of the capsule is very
   complex.


word: Spermatozoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
The male germ cell in animals and plants, the
   essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like
   particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is
   capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a
   small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or
   tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is
   antherozoid.


word: Spermist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A believer in the doctrine, formerly current, of
   encasement in the male (see Encasement), in which the seminal thread,
   or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal germ, the head being
   the true animal head and the tail the body.


word: Spermoblast
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the cells formed by the division of the
   spermospore, each of which is destined to become a spermatozoid; a
   spermatocyte; a spermatoblast.


word: Spermophyta
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Plants which produce seed; phaenogamia. These
   plants constitute the highest grand division of the vegetable kingdom.


word: Spermosphere
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated
   division of a male germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell
   (spermoblast) of which is converted into a spermatozoid; a
   spermatogemma.


word: Spermospore
wordtype: n.
definition:
The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking
   up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the
   spermatozoids; a spermatospore.


word: Sperm whale
definition:
A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus),
   having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In
   the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity,
   or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to
   the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of
   all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.


word: Sperrylite
wordtype: n.
definition:
An arsenide of platinum occuring in grains and minute
   isometric crystals of tin-white color. It is found near Sudbury,
   Ontario Canada, and is the only known compound of platinum occuring in
   nature.


word: Sphaeridium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most
   kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head
   surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an
   olfactory organ.


word: Sphagnum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged
   with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat
   moss.


word: Sphene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a
   yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and
   calcium; titanite.


word: Sphenethmoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the
   ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone;
   sphenethmoidal.


word: Spheno-
definition:
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection
   with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary,
   sphenopalatine.


word: Sphenography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art of writing in cuneiform characters, or of
   deciphering inscriptions made in such characters.


word: Sphenoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles
   triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.


word: Sphere
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body or space contained under a single surface, which in
   every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.


word: Sphere
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial
   one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth.


word: Sphere
wordtype: n.
definition:
The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be
   spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies
   appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical
   circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic,
   etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the
   astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it.


word: Sphere
wordtype: n.
definition:
In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric
   revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun,
   planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were
   carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions.


word: Sphere
wordtype: n.
definition:
The extension of a general conception, or the totality of
   the individuals or species to which it may be applied.


word: Sphere
wordtype: n.
definition:
Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence;
   compass; province; employment; place of existence.


word: Spheric
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
   spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they
   were set.


word: Sphericity
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being spherial; roundness; as,
   the sphericity of the planets, or of a drop of water.


word: Spherics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties
   and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a
   sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry and
   trigonometry.


word: Spheroconic
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nonplane curve formed by the intersection of the
   surface of an oblique cone with the surface of a sphere whose center is
   at the vertex of the cone.


word: Spherograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for facilitating the practical use of
   spherics in navigation and astronomy, being constructed of two
   cardboards containing various circles, and turning upon each other in
   such a manner that any possible spherical triangle may be readily
   found, and the measures of the parts read off by inspection.


word: Spheroid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not
   perfectly spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an
   ellipse about one of its axes.


word: Spheromere
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of the several symmetrical segments arranged
   around the central axis and composing the body of a radiate anmal.


word: Spherule
wordtype: n.
definition:
A little sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when
   poured upon a plane, divides itself into a great number of minute
   spherules.


word: Spherulite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated
   structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and
   pearlstone.


word: Sphex
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of sand wasps of the genus Sphex
   and allied genera. These wasps have the abdomen attached to the thorax
   by a slender pedicel. See Illust. of Sand wasp, under Sand.


word: Sphincter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends
   to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder.


word: Sphinx
wordtype: n.
definition:
In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a
   human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body
   of a lion.


word: Sphinx
wordtype: n.
definition:
On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually
   represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and
   breast of a young woman.


word: Sphragistics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science of seals, their history, age,
   distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of
   documents.


word: Sphrigosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
A condition of vegetation in which there is too
   abundant growth of the stem and leaves, accompanied by deficiency of
   flowers and fruit.


word: Sphygmogram
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a
   series of curves corresponding with the beats of the heart, obtained by
   the application of the sphygmograph.


word: Sphygmograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument which, when applied over an artery,
   indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse. See
   Sphygmogram.


word: Sphygmophone
wordtype: n.
definition:
An electrical instrument for determining by the ear
   the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.


word: Spica
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses,
   from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a
   spike of a barley.


word: Spiccato
wordtype: a.
definition:
Detached; separated; -- a term indicating that every note
   is to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.


word: Spice
wordtype: n.
definition:
A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic
   and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice,
   ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces,
   pickles, etc.


word: Spice
wordtype: n.
definition:
Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a
   thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which
   gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small
   quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief.


word: Spice
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic
   or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to
   spice one's words with wit.


word: Spicewood
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which
   has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and
   fever bush.


word: Spicknel
wordtype: n.
definition:
An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely
   divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, and
   bearwort.


word: Spicule
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the
   tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in
   most Alcyonaria.


word: Spider
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the
   order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs,
   or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three
   pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads
   of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young.
   Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which
   they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are
   situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.


word: Spider
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true
   spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red).


word: Spider
wordtype: n.
definition:
An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil
   in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals
   on the hearth.


word: Spider
wordtype: n.
definition:
A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members,
   often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and
   spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the
   body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a
   casting, etc.


word: Spider's web
definition:
The silken web which is formed by most kinds of
   spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric
   spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle.


word: Spiderwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica),
   with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is
   sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.


word: Spiegel iron
definition:
A fusible white cast iron containing a large amount of
   carbon (from three and a half to six per cent) and some manganese. When
   the manganese reaches twenty-five per cent and upwards it has a
   granular structure, and constitutes the alloy ferro manganese, largely
   used in the manufacture of Bessemer steel. Called also specular pig
   iron, spiegel, and spiegeleisen.


word: Spikelet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the
   ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking
   grass.


word: Spikenard
wordtype: n.
definition:
An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia
   racemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenard
   of the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of the
   Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is
   still prepared in India.


word: Spilikin
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory,
   bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score
   in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins


word: Spill
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of
   the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.


word: Spill
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or
   suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose
   particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill
   quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand
   or flour.


word: Spill
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or
   suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills
   another's blood, or his own blood.


word: Spill
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that
   it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.


word: Spilliard fishing
definition:
A system or method of fishing by means of a number
   of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called
   trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing.


word: Spillway
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a
   reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.


word: Spin
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or
   machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to
   produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.


word: Spin
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by
   degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out
   large volumes on a subject.


word: Spin
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads
   produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which
   hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the
   silkworm, etc.


word: Spin
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by
   bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool
   or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.


word: Spin
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting
   threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to
   spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.


word: Spina bifida
definition:
A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is
   cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord
   project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed.


word: Spinaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant spinach, or
   the family of plants to which it belongs.


word: Spindle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by
   which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound;
   also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in
   the shuttle of a loom.


word: Spindle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a
   lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or
   carries a tool or center, etc.


word: Spindle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to
   become disproportionately tall and slender.


word: Spindleworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which
   feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage.
   It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across
   each segment.


word: Spine
wordtype: n.
definition:
The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called
   from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.


word: Spinebill
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of Australian birds of the genus
   Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters.


word: Spinelle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and
   various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety
   being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and
   magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium.


word: Spinet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but
   smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded
   by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much
   used.


word: Spinetail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one or several species of swifts of the genus
   Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the
   tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.


word: Spinetail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of South American and Central
   American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of
   the family Dendrocolaptidae. They are allied to the ovenbirds.


word: Spinneret
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the special jointed organs situated on the under
   side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which
   they spin their webs. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, but
   some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line of the spider is
   composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from the
   spinnerets.


word: Spinozism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that
   there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of
   which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are
   only modes, and that one this one substance is God.


word: Spinster
wordtype: n.
definition:
An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal
   proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname.


word: Spinster
wordtype: n.
definition:
A woman of evil life and character; -- so called from
   being forced to spin in a house of correction.


word: Spiodea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive division of marine Annelida, including
   those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills,
   when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They
   generally live in burrows or tubes.


word: Spiracle
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the external openings communicating with the air
   tubes or tracheae of insects, myriapods, and arachnids. They are
   variable in number, and are usually situated on the sides of the thorax
   and abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are usually
   elliptical, and capable of being closed. See Illust. under Coleoptera.


word: Spiracle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of
   certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first
   gill cleft.


word: Spiraeic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the meadowsweet
   (Spiraea); formerly, designating an acid which is now called salicylic
   acid.


word: Spiral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually
   receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring.


word: Spiral
wordtype: a.
definition:
Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same
   time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw;
   helical.


word: Spiral
wordtype: a.
definition:
A plane curve, not reentrant, described by a point, called
   the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a
   mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point
   called the pole. Cf. Helix.


word: Spiralozooid
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the special defensive zooids of certain
   hydroids. They have the form of long, slender tentacles, and bear lasso
   cells.


word: Spirant
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term used differently by different authorities; -- by
   some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the
   continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further
   exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by
   others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch,
   -- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and
   semivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-208.


word: Spire
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a
   conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower
   when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the
   pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to
   have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of
   a steeple, or the steeple itself.


word: Spire
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the
   straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.


word: Spiricle
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of
   some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers.


word: Spirifer
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the
   genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and allied genera, in which the long
   calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each
   side.


word: Spirillum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of common motile microorganisms (Spirobacteria)
   having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be
   the cause of relapsing fever.


word: Spirit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Life, or living substance, considered independently of
   corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any
   physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy,
   as distinct from matter.


word: Spirit
wordtype: n.
definition:
The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the
   soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or
   subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or
   material.


word: Spirit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a
   specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.


word: Spirit
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great
   activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling
   spirit; a schismatic spirit.


word: Spirit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or
   disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as,
   to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad
   spirits.


word: Spirit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to
   formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is
   derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the
   spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.


word: Spirit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol,
   the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from
   wine): -- often in the plural.


word: Spirit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors
   having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.


word: Spirit
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac,
   quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).


word: Spirit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to
   inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private
   men; -- sometimes followed by up.


word: Spirit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if
   by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.


word: Spirited
wordtype: a.
definition:
Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit
   or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.


word: Spiritual
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the
   soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and
   affecting the spirits.


word: Spiritual
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as
   influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit;
   proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded;
   -- opposed to carnal.


word: Spiritual
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things;
   ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords
   spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.


word: Spiritualism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that
   all which exists is spirit, or soul -- that what is called the external
   world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the
   Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind
   itself, as taught by Fichte.


word: Spiritualism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with
   mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during
   abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested
   through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism;
   the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.


word: Spiritualist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who professes a regard for spiritual things only;
   one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.


word: Spiritualist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who believes in direct intercourse with departed
   spirits, through the agency of persons commonly called mediums, by
   means of physical phenomena; one who attempts to maintain such
   intercourse; a spiritist.


word: Spirituality
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which belongs to the church, or to a person as
   an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.


word: Spirituality
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy,
   as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.


word: Spiritualize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify
   from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual
   character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul.


word: Spirituous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and
   having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual;
   pure.


word: Spirituous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic (esp.
   distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as,
   spirituous liquors.


word: Spirochaete
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but
   distinguished by its motility. One species, the Spirochaete Obermeyeri,
   is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever.


word: Spirograph
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for recording the respiratory movements,
   as the sphygmograph does those of the pulse.


word: Spirometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the
   lungs, or the volume of air which can be expelled from the chest after
   the deepest possible inspiration. Cf. Pneumatometer.


word: Spirula
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal,
   siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which
   are not in contact.


word: Spiry
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender,
   and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets.


word: Spissitude
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being spissated; as, the
   spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum.


word: Spit
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow
   shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand.


word: Spit
wordtype: n.
definition:
To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to
   thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.


word: Spit curl
definition:
A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the
   temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance.


word: Spite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the
   disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge;
   rancor; despite.


word: Spiteful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex,
   annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act.


word: Spitz dog
definition:
A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair,
   usually white; -- called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup.


word: Spitzenburgh
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of red and yellow apple, of medium size and
   spicy flavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island.


word: Splanchnapophysis
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any element of the skeleton in relation with the
   alimentary canal, as the jaws and hyoidean apparatus.


word: Splanchnopleure
wordtype: n.
definition:
The inner, or visceral, one of the two lamellae
   into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the
   notochord, and from which the walls of the enteric canal and the
   umbilical vesicle are developed. See Somatopleure.


word: Splash
wordtype: n.
definition:
Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown
   from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which
   wets or disfigures.


word: Splashboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent
   splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United
   States commonly called dashboard.


word: Splay
wordtype: a.
definition:
A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or
   window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall
   than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between
   them.


word: Spleen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the
   stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the
   vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known.


word: Spleenwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any fern of the genus Asplenium, some species of which
   were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the spleen.


word: Splendent
wordtype: a.
definition:
Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as,
   splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4.


word: Splenization
wordtype: n.
definition:
A morbid state of the lung produced by inflammation,
   in which its tissue resembles that of the spleen.


word: Splice
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a
   particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being
   between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.


word: Splice
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the
   two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends,
   and then binding, or in any way making fast.


word: Spline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub
   and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both
   must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive
   such a rectangular piece.


word: Splint
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep
   in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when
   set.


word: Splinter
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood,
   bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters
   of a ship's mast rent off by a shot.


word: Split
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp.
   by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to
   cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to
   split a sheepskin.


word: Split
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by
   discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to
   disunite.


word: Split
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To divide or separate into components; -- often used with
   up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid.


word: Split
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed
   when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value.


word: Split
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specif (Leather Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made
   by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.


word: Split
wordtype: n.
definition:
A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind
   on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.


word: Split
wordtype: n.
definition:
the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's
   stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in
   proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split
   may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split.


word: Split
wordtype: n.
definition:
the division by a player of one hand of blackjack into two
   hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same
   value; the player is usually obliged to increase the amount wagered by
   placing a sum equal to the original bet on the new hand thus created.


word: Spodumene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral of a white to yellowish, purplish, or
   emerald-green color, occuring in prismatic crystals, often of great
   size. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. See Hiddenite.


word: Spoil
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; --
   with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his
   goods or possession.


word: Spoil
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin;
   to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects;
   to spoil the eyes by reading.


word: Spoil
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to
   decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.


word: Spoil
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is taken from another by violence; especially,
   the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.


word: Spoil
wordtype: n.
definition:
Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar
   property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own
   advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the
   spoils.


word: Withdraw
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or
   enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw
   aid, favor, capital, or the like.


word: Withe
wordtype: n.
definition:
An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a
   ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a
   wythe.


word: Witherite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided
   twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.


word: Withernam
wordtype: n.
definition:
A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu
   of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a
   taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in
   withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the
   action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues
   to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return
   of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of
   return.


word: Withe-rod
wordtype: n.
definition:
A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough
   osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.


word: Within
wordtype: prep.
definition:
In the limits or compass of; not further in length than;
   as, within five miles; not longer in time than; as, within an hour; not
   exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income.


word: Within
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Hence, inside the limits, reach, or influence of; not
   going outside of; not beyond, overstepping, exceeding, or the like.


word: Without
wordtype: prep.
definition:
Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of,
   separation from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of;
   independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor;
   without damage.


word: Withstand
wordtype: prep.
definition:
To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with
   physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to
   withstand eloquence or arguments.


word: Witless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence,
   indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment.


word: Witness
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or
   otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an
   earwitness.


word: Witness
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before
   a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential
   facts.


word: Witness
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
One who sees the execution of an instrument, and
   subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his
   testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like.


word: Witness
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To see the execution of, as an instrument, and
   subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to
   witness a bond or a deed.


word: Witily
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a witty manner; wisely; ingeniously; artfully; with
   it; with a delicate turn or phrase, or with an ingenious association of
   ideas.


word: Wittol
wordtype: n.
definition:
A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a
   tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the
   wittol's nest.


word: Witty
wordtype: n.
definition:
Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee;
   droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and
   the like.


word: Wivern
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice,
   but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs.


word: Woad
wordtype: n.
definition:
An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It was
   formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its
   leaves.


word: Woad
wordtype: n.
definition:
A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the
   powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It is now
   superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in
   dyeing.


word: Woad-waxen
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and
   Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also greenwood,
   greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin, wood-wash, wood-wax, and
   wood-waxen.


word: Woden
wordtype: n.
definition:
A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the
   Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin.


word: Wolf
wordtype: a.
definition:
Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores
   belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The
   best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis
   lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis), and the
   prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus
   attack large animals and even man.


word: Wolf
wordtype: a.
definition:
One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several
   species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf.


word: Wolf
wordtype: a.
definition:
Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or
   thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the
   wolf from the door.


word: Wolf
wordtype: a.
definition:
The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or
   piano tuned by unequal temperament.


word: Wolffian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Discovered, or first described, by Caspar Friedrich Wolff
   (1733-1794), the founder of modern embryology.


word: Wolframite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Tungstate of iron and manganese, generally of a
   brownish or grayish black color, submetallic luster, and high specific
   gravity. It occurs in cleavable masses, and also crystallized. Called
   also wolfram.


word: Wolfsbane
wordtype: n.
definition:
A poisonous plant (Aconitum Lycoctonum), a kind of
   monkshood; also, by extension, any plant or species of the genus
   Aconitum. See Aconite.


word: Wollastonite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow
   color, occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular
   crystals; tabular spar.


word: Woman
wordtype: n.
definition:
An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as
   distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.


word: Womanhood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character
   or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.


word: Womanish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman;
   effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See
   the Note under Effeminate.


word: Wombat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials
   of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus).
   They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots.


word: Wonder
wordtype: n.
definition:
That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the
   presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange,
   great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment;
   admiration; amazement.


word: Wonder
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck
   with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.


word: Wonder
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain
   expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came.


word: Wood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
   substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which
   is covered by the bark; timber.


word: Wood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the
   stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less
   extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or
   needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the
   shinning bands called silver grain.


word: Woodbury-type
wordtype: n.
definition:
A process in photographic printing, in which a
   relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain
   operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An
   intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be
   directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing.


word: Woodchat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds
   belonging to the genera Ianthia and Larvivora. They are closely allied
   to the European robin. The males are usually bright blue above, and
   more or less red or rufous beneath.


word: Woodchat
wordtype: n.
definition:
A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the
   head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black,
   varied with white.


word: Woodchuck
wordtype: n.
definition:
A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax).
   It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes
   extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also
   ground hog.


word: Woodcock
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline
   birds belonging to the genera Scolopax and Philohela. They are mostly
   nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds.


word: Woodcraft
wordtype: n.
definition:
Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods,
   especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods.


word: Wooden
wordtype: a.
definition:
Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling,
   wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding.


word: Woodland
wordtype: n.
definition:
Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which
   trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or timber.


word: Wood-layer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a
   hedge among the whitethorn or other plants used in hedges.


word: Woodpecker
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds
   belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae.


word: Woodroof
wordtype: n.
definition:
A little European herb (Asperula odorata) having a
   pleasant taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. See Illust. of
   Whorl.


word: Wood's metal
definition:
A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of
   cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of
   bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ to 71¡ C. See Fusible metal, under
   Fusible.


word: Wood tick
definition:
Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes
   whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the
   bodies of any animal with which they come in contact. When they attach
   themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores. The
   common species of the Northern United States is Ixodes unipunctata.


word: Woodwardia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia
   radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc.


word: Woof
wordtype: n.
definition:
The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft;
   the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.


word: Wool
wordtype: n.
definition:
The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows
   on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes
   approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep,
   which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and
   temperate climates.


word: Woold
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a
   mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been
   fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it.


word: Woolen
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen
   manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper.


word: Woolgathering
wordtype: a.
definition:
Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the
   imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.


word: Woolsack
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord
   chancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, square sack
   of wool resembling a divan in form.


word: Wootz
wordtype: n.
definition:
A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for
   making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minute portion
   of alumina and silica.


word: Word
wordtype: n.
definition:
The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or
   vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered
   by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single
   component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a
   sentence; a term; a vocable.


word: Word
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of
   characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page.


word: Word
wordtype: n.
definition:
Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the
   person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.


word: Wordle
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of several pivoted pieces forming the throat of an
   adjustable die used in drawing wire, lead pipe, etc.


word: Work
wordtype: n.
definition:
Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual
   effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment;
   sometimes, specifically, physically labor.


word: Work
wordtype: n.
definition:
The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one
   spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing
   occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's
   work.


word: Work
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is produced as the result of labor; anything
   accomplished by exertion or toil; product; performance; fabric;
   manufacture; in a more general sense, act, deed, service, effect,
   result, achievement, feat.


word: Work
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a
   composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers,
   figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery.


word: Work
wordtype: n.
definition:
Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as
   docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like;
   also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as,
   iron works; locomotive works; gas works.


word: Work
wordtype: n.
definition:
The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount
   of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the
   force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See
   Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit,
   also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg.


word: Work
wordtype: n.
definition:
To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for
   the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in the performance
   of a task, a duty, or the like.


word: Work
wordtype: n.
definition:
To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily;
   to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.


word: Work
wordtype: n.
definition:
To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a
   state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor;
   as, a ship works in a heavy sea.


word: Work
wordtype: n.
definition:
To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or
   penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a following
   preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme
   works out by degrees; to work into the earth.


word: Work
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to;
   to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.


word: Work
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or
   toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron
   into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into
   cloth.


word: Work
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring
   gradually into any state by action or motion.


word: Work
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to
   keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.


word: Workbag
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bag for holding implements or materials for work;
   especially, a reticule, or bag for holding needlework, and the like.


word: Worker
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social
   ants, bees, and white ants. The workers are generally females having
   the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, under
   White.


word: Workhouse
wordtype: n.
definition:
A house where the town poor are maintained at public
   expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.


word: Working-day
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or
   workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working.


word: Worktable
wordtype: n.
definition:
A table for holding working materials and implements;
   esp., a small table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework,
   etc.


word: World
wordtype: n.
definition:
The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the
   system of created things; existent creation; the universe.


word: World
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as
   inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human
   interests; as, a plurality of worlds.


word: World
wordtype: n.
definition:
In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its
   concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a
   division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen
   from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of
   existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World;
   the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future
   world; the heathen world.


word: World
wordtype: n.
definition:
The customs, practices, and interests of men; general
   affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a
   knowledge of the world.


word: World
wordtype: n.
definition:
Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of
   life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the
   world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew.


word: World
wordtype: n.
definition:
The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven;
   concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come;
   the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs;
   engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly
   corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind.


word: Worldliness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion
   for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness
   to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.


word: Worldling
definition:
A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal
   possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.


word: Worldly
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction
   from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this life and its
   enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly pleasures, affections, honor,
   lusts, men.


word: Worldly-minded
wordtype: a.
definition:
Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the
   affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future;
   loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and
   attention to spiritual concerns.


word: Worm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a
   serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.


word: Worm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without
   feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals;
   as, an earthworm; the blindworm.


word: Worm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew,
   used for drawing balls from firearms.


word: Worm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are
   driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust.
   of Worm gearing, below.


word: Worm
wordtype: n.
definition:
To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a
   dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation
   was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.


word: Worm
wordtype: n.
definition:
To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round,
   between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small
   rope.


word: Wormil
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of
   domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various
   species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often
   infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and
   worble.


word: Wormseed
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and
   Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling
   worms from the stomach and intestines.


word: Worm-shaped
wordtype: a.
definition:
Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but
   variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shaped root.


word: Wormwood
wordtype: n.
definition:
A composite plant (Artemisia Absinthium), having a bitter
   and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge,
   and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor
   to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison.
   The term is often extended to other species of the same genus.


word: Worry
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an
   anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble;
   to plague.


word: Worry
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest
   disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries;
   the horse worries.


word: Worry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from
   care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry.


word: Worse
wordtype: compar.
definition:
Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more
   bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; --
   used both in a physical and moral sense.


word: Worship
wordtype: a.
definition:
The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being;
   religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid
   to God, or a being viewed as God.


word: Worship
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme
   respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to
   adore; to venerate.


word: Worshipful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect;
   claiming respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect,
   sometimes ironically.


word: Worst
wordtype: a.
definition:
Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in
   a physical or moral sense. See Worse.


word: Worst
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious,
   calamitous, or wicked state or degree.


word: Worst
wordtype: a.
definition:
To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get
   the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.


word: Worsted
wordtype: n.
definition:
Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been
   combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery,
   gloves, and the like.


word: Wort
wordtype: n.
definition:
An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of
   fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms
   beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation.


word: Worth
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the
   phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb
   is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative.
   Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases.


word: Worth
wordtype: a.
definition:
That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful;
   sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought;
   value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money;
   equivalent in exchange; price.


word: Worth
wordtype: a.
definition:
Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence;
   virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of
   great worth.


word: Worthless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence,
   dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as,
   a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a
   worthless magistrate.


word: Worthy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable;
   deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.


word: Worthy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value;
   -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more
   rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as,
   worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to;
   meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.


word: Worthy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for
   useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much
   used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies;
   military worthies.


word: Would
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past
   tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.


word: Woulfe bottle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of wash bottle with two or three necks; -- so
   called after the inventor, Peter Woulfe, an English chemist.


word: Wound
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach
   of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature
   or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like.


word: Wound
wordtype: n.
definition:
An injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its
   continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of
   continuity.


word: Wound
wordtype: n.
definition:
To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of
   parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.


word: Woundwort
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have
   been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species
   of the labiate genus Stachys.


word: Wrack
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially
   plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most
   abundant on northern shores.


word: Wraith
wordtype: n.
definition:
An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen
   before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a
   vision; an unreal image.


word: Wrangler
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the
   University of Cambridge, England. They are called, according to their
   rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler, third wrangler, etc. Cf.
   Optime.


word: Wrap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to
   involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.


word: Wrap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs,
   shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.


word: Wrapper
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, a loose outer garment; an article of dress
   intended to be wrapped round the person; as, a morning wrapper; a
   gentleman's wrapper.


word: Syringe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid,
   or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical
   barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without
   valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible
   tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc.


word: Syringin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A glucoside found in the bark of the lilac (Syringa) and
   extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called also
   lilacin.


word: Syrphus fly
definition:
Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the
   genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, with
   yellow bands, and hover around plants. The larvae feed upon plant lice,
   and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture.


word: Systaltic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction
   and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.


word: System
wordtype: n.
definition:
An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination,
   or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a
   complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or
   end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged
   in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles
   or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system
   of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a
   military system; the solar system.


word: System
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as
   forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.


word: System
wordtype: n.
definition:
An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or
   plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or
   functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those
   manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular
   system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a
   functional unity.


word: System
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately
   united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of
   the common tissue of many compound ascidians.


word: Systematical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system;
   methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or
   subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole;
   as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course
   of study.


word: Systematical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Proceeding according to system, or regular method;
   as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence.


word: Systematical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Affecting successively the different parts of the
   system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration.


word: Systematize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange
   methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants
   or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas.


word: Systemic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a
   whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic
   circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic
   diseases.


word: Systemless
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not having any of the distinct systems or types of
   structure, as the radiate, articulate, etc., characteristic of organic
   nature; as, all unicellular organisms are systemless.


word: Systole
wordtype: n.
definition:
The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the
   blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; -- correlative to
   diastole.


word: Systolic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting;
   esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur.


word: Systyle
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a space equal to two diameters or four modules
   between two columns; -- said of a portico or building. See
   Intercolumniation.


word: Syzygy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which
   it is in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural.


word: Syzygy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of
   two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on
   the outer, though visible on the inner, side.


word: Syzygy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm.
   T () the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal
   consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two
   distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation,
   //262-264, and also //153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.


word: Tab
wordtype: n.
definition:
A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a
   series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.


word: Tabard
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from
   the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with
   the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment
   adopted for heralds.


word: Tabarder
wordtype: n.
definition:
A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford,
   England, whose original dress was a tabard.


word: Tabasheer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists
   largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East
   Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux,
   piles, and various other diseases.


word: Tabby
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk,
   manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is
   given to it by calendering.


word: Tabby
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal
   proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes
   as hard as rock.


word: Tabby
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of
   calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.


word: Tabellion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a
   similar officer in France during the old monarchy.


word: Tabernacle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A portable structure of wooden framework covered with
   curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish
   exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship.


word: Tabernacle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the
   consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.


word: Tabernacle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a
   partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a
   bracket, or the like.


word: Tabernacle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so
   that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.


word: Tabes
wordtype: n.
definition:
Progressive emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic
   fever, with no well-marked logical symptoms.


word: Tablature
wordtype: n.
definition:
A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece
   comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a
   picture in general.


word: Table
wordtype: n.
definition:
A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin,
   flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.


word: Table
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material,
   on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted; a tablet


word: Table
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed
   statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single view; a
   methodical or systematic synopsis; the presentation of many items or
   particulars in one group; a scheme; a schedule.


word: Table
wordtype: n.
definition:
A view of the contents of a work; a statement of the
   principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a
   table of contents.


word: Table
wordtype: n.
definition:
A list of substances and their properties; especially, a
   list of the elementary substances with their atomic weights, densities,
   symbols, etc.


word: Table
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many
   particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures,
   currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following
   some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain
   other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are
   taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines,
   tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables;
   astronomical tables, etc.


word: Table
wordtype: n.
definition:
An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board,
   or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally on legs, and
   used for a great variety of purposes, as in eating, writing, or
   working.


word: Table
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact
   bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the cranium.


word: Table
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a band of
   stone, or the like, set where an offset is required, so as to make it
   decorative. See Water table.


word: Table
wordtype: n.
definition:
The upper flat surface of a diamond or other precious stone,
   the sides of which are cut in angles.


word: Table
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plane surface, supposed to be transparent and
   perpendicular to the horizon; -- called also perspective plane.


word: Table
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by
   alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping;
   to scarf.


word: Table
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone,
   by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like)
   till called for, or indefinitely.


word: Table
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails)
   in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.


word: Tableau
wordtype: n.
definition:
A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped
   in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining
   silent and motionless.


word: Tablecloth
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which
   a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.


word: Tablespoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table;
   -- distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.


word: Tablespoonful
wordtype: n.
definition:
As much as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a
   tablespoon. It is usually reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or
   four fluid drams.


word: Tablet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint,
   draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a
   picture.


word: Tablet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were
   formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.


word: Tablet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of
   dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat
   squares; -- called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round
   or rounded form.


word: Taboo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach
   to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of
   religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of
   Polynesia; interdiction.


word: Taboo
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of;
   to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart
   as a sanctuary for criminals.


word: Taborite
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered
   persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill
   or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles.


word: Tabouret
wordtype: n.
definition:
A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a
   high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum.


word: Tabulata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An artificial group of stony corals including those
   which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and
   Favosites are examples.


word: Tacamahaca
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bitter balsamic resin obtained from tropical American
   trees of the genus Elaphrium (E. tomentosum and E. Tacamahaca), and
   also from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum; also, the
   resinous exhudation of the balsam poplar.


word: Tacamahaca
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North
   America, the balsam poplar, or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).


word: Tacet
wordtype: v.impers.
definition:
It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or
   instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.


word: Tachhydrite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hydrous chloride of calcium and magnesium occurring
   in yellowish masses which rapidly deliquesce upon exposure. It is found
   in the salt mines at Stassfurt.


word: Tachina
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to
   Tachina and allied genera. Their larvae are external parasites of other
   insects.


word: Tachometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the velocity, or indicating
   changes in the velocity, of a moving body or substance.


word: Tachometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for measuring the velocity of running
   water in a river or canal, consisting of a wheel with inclined vanes,
   which is turned by the current. The rotations of the wheel are recorded
   by clockwork.


word: Tachometer
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a
   revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum
   which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of
   speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial.


word: Tachyglossa
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny
   ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.


word: Tacit
wordtype: a.
definition:
Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent;
   as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an
   objection.


word: Tack
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of
   the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also,
   a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the
   boom.


word: Tack
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened;
   the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see
   Illust. of Sail).


word: Tack
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her
   sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is
   closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a
   vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction.


word: Tack
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty
   manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of
   a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or
   shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder.


word: Tack
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing
   closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails
   so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her
   former course.


word: Tack
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the
   position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her
   direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack,
   v. t., 4.


word: Tacking
wordtype: n.
definition:
A union of securities given at different times, all of
   which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose
   his claim.


word: Tackle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting
   of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as
   distinct from the block.


word: Tackle
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object
   is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle;
   formerly, specifically, weapons.


word: Tackle
wordtype: n.
definition:
To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler
   tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.


word: Tackling
wordtype: n.
definition:
The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he
   draws a carriage, or the like; harness.


word: Taconic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming
   the Taconic mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed
   to be older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the Lower
   Silurian and Cambrian.


word: Tact
wordtype: n.
definition:
Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice
   perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what
   is required by circumstances.


word: Tactics
wordtype: n.
definition:
The science and art of disposing military and naval forces
   in order for battle, and performing military and naval evolutions. It
   is divided into grand tactics, or the tactics of battles, and
   elementary tactics, or the tactics of instruction.


word: Tactile
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the organs, or the sense, of touch;
   perceiving, or perceptible, by the touch; capable of being touched; as,
   tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations.


word: Tadpole
wordtype: n.
definition:
The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it
   breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute
   of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog,
   porwiggle, or purwiggy.


word: Tael
wordtype: n.
definition:
A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings
   sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one
   ounce and a third.


word: Taeniata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of Ctenophora including those which have a
   long, ribbonlike body. The Venus's girdle is the most familiar example.


word: Taenidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
The chitinous fiber forming the spiral thread of the
   tracheae of insects. See Illust. of Trachea.


word: Taenioglossa
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in
   which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows
   of teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and
   fresh-water.


word: Taeniosomi
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An order of fishes remarkable for their long and
   compressed form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See Ribbon fish, under
   Ribbon.


word: Taffety
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fine, smooth stuff of silk, having usually the wavy
   luster called watering. The term has also been applied to different
   kinds of silk goods, from the 16th century to modern times.


word: Taffrail
wordtype: n.
definition:
The upper part of a ship's stern, which is flat like a
   table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail
   around a ship's stern.


word: Tag
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something
   slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.


word: Tag
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing,
   household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of
   individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment.


word: Tag
wordtype: v.
definition:
A child's play in which one runs after and touches another,
   and then runs away to avoid being touched.


word: Tagliacotain
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon;
   as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by
   him.


word: Taglioni
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named
   after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.


word: Tagsore
wordtype: n.
definition:
Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from
   excoriation produced by contact with the feces; -- called also tagbelt.


word: Taguan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large flying squirrel (Pteromys petuarista). Its body
   becomes two feet long, with a large bushy tail nearly as long.


word: Tail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in
   shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.


word: Tail
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything,
   -- as opposed to the head, or the superior part.


word: Tail
wordtype: n.
definition:
The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
   effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression
   "heads or tails," employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of
   deciding some point by its fall.


word: Tail
wordtype: n.
definition:
A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does
   not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful
   than a complete incision; -- called also tailing.


word: Tail
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To hold by the end; -- said of a timber when it rests upon
   a wall or other support; -- with in or into.


word: Tail
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of
   a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream.


word: Tail-bay
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the
   other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest
   girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay.


word: Tailboard
wordtype: n.
definition:
The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can
   be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.


word: Tailed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; --
   chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc.


word: Tailing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind the tail of
   the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed over again to secure
   whatever metal may exist in it. Called also tails.


word: Tailor
wordtype: n.
definition:
One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments;
   also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments.


word: Tailpiece
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of ebony or other material attached to the lower
   end of a violin or similar instrument, to which the strings are
   fastened.


word: Tailstock
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries
   the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live
   spindle.


word: Tailzie
wordtype: n.
definition:
An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of
   succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.


word: Taint
wordtype: n.
definition:
An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being
   broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter in a dishonorable
   or unscientific manner.


word: Taint
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to
   break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.


word: Taint
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous,
   especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to
   corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air.


word: Tait
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes
   rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long
   tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called
   also noolbenger.


word: Take
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the
   hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to
   procure; to seize and carry away; to convey.


word: Take
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the
   custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or
   will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a
   city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack;
   to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like.


word: Take
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have
   recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.


word: Take
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to
   require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat.


word: Take
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to
   one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to
   enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and
   adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a
   following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a
   resolution; I take the liberty to say.


word: Take
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to
   take the breath from one; to take two from four.


word: Take
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake
   of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.


word: Take
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to
   tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from
   no man.


word: Take
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to
   dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in
   opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to
   consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to
   be man's motive; to take men for spies.


word: Take
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept; to
   bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with; -- used in general
   senses; as, to take a form or shape.


word: Take
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or
   intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but
   the virus did not take.


word: Take
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's
   self; to proceed; to go; -- usually with to; as, the fox, being hard
   pressed, took to the hedge.


word: Take-up
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in
   a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises,
   in completing a stitch.


word: Talaria
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to
   the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.


word: Talc
wordtype: n.
definition:
A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or
   grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous
   silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular
   variety.


word: Tale
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any
   rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement;
   history; story.


word: Tale
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an
   enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number
   reckoned or stated.


word: Talebearer
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently
   or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes
   mischief.


word: Taled
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews
   when repeating prayers in the synagogues.


word: Talent
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of
   money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a
   weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver
   money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.


word: Talent
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money.
   For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal
   to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been
   variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to
   $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.


word: Talent
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental
   endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift,
   particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word
   probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt.
   xxv. 14-30).


word: Tales
wordtype: n.
definition:
Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the
   courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly
   summoned, being like, or such as, the latter.


word: Taleteller
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who tells tales or stories, especially in a
   mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.


word: Talipot
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a
   native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy
   feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used
   as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into
   strips, as a substitute for writing paper.


word: Talisman
wordtype: n.
definition:
A magical figure cut or engraved under certain
   superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which
   wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image,
   of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic
   stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its
   influence.


word: Talisman
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects,
   esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman
   to avert diseases.


word: Talismanical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties
   of a talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence;
   magical.


word: Talk
wordtype: n.
definition:
To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in
   familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.


word: Talk
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a
   subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.


word: Talk
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual
   discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation,
   or the mutual converse of two or more.


word: Talker
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power
   of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist.


word: Talker
wordtype: n.
definition:
A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler;
   also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach.


word: Tall
wordtype: superl.
definition:
High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual,
   extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter
   or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall person,
   tree, or mast.


word: Tallow
wordtype: n.
definition:
The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds,
   separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.


word: Tallow
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from
   certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of
   the sheep and ox kinds.


word: Tallowing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow;
   also, the property in animals of producing tallow.


word: Tally
wordtype: n.
definition:
Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were
   cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper,
   etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.


word: Tally
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks,
   whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in
   duplicate.


word: Taluk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or
   dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the
   collection and payment of the public revenue due from it.


word: Tamarack
wordtype: n.
definition:
The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British
   Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch.


word: Tamarack
wordtype: n.
definition:
The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California,
   etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood.


word: Tamarin
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South
   American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially M. ursulus.


word: Tamarind
wordtype: n.
definition:
A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the
   Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade,
   and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with
   wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the
   branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated.


word: Tamarind
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the preserved seed pods of the tamarind, which
   contain an acid pulp, and are used medicinally and for preparing a
   pleasant drink.


word: Tamarisk
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of
   which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and
   small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is the
   source of one kind of manna.


word: Tambour
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling
   a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of
   cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a
   frame; -- called also, in the latter sense, tambour work.


word: Tambour
wordtype: n.
definition:
A work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space
   before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is
   arranged like a stockade.


word: Tambour
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic
   membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected
   by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the
   movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery.


word: Tambourine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one
   skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a
   timbrel.


word: Tame
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness;
   accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame
   bird.


word: Tame
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Deficient in spirit or animation; spiritless; dull;
   flat; insipid; as, a tame poem; tame scenery.


word: Tame
wordtype: a.
definition:
To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and
   familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast.


word: Tammy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly
   glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.


word: Tamp
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod,
   or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the
   force of the explosion from being misdirected.


word: Tamper
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting,
   by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.


word: fibre
definition:
A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in
   making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this
   name.


word: Tamping
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling
   up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of
   blasting the rock or exploding the mine.


word: Tampoe
wordtype: n.
definition:
The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea
   Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple.


word: Tampon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of
   the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of
   medicine.


word: Tan
wordtype: n.
definition:
The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken
   by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both before and after it has
   been used. Called also tan bark.


word: Tan
wordtype: n.
definition:
To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual
   process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark,
   whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in
   several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in
   some degree impervious to water.


word: Tanager
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing
   birds belonging to Tanagra, Piranga, and allied genera. The scarlet
   tanager (Piranga erythromelas) and the summer redbird (Piranga rubra)
   are common species of the United States.


word: Tanate
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan
   and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon
   dog.


word: Tandem
wordtype: adv. & a.
definition:
One after another; -- said especially of horses
   harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.


word: Tang
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something
   extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the
   cask.


word: Tang
wordtype: n.
definition:
A projecting part of an object by means of which it is
   secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a
   tongue in form or position.


word: Tang
wordtype: n.
definition:
The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by
   which the barrel is secured to the stock.


word: Tangent
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that
   portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the
   point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example,
   the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See
   Trigonometrical function, under Function.


word: Tangent
wordtype: a.
definition:
meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that
   point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight
   line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent
   to a surface; tangent surfaces.


word: Tangerine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper
   color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America
   from the mandarin.


word: Tangible
wordtype: a.
definition:
Capable of being possessed or realized; readily
   apprehensible by the mind; real; substantial; evident.


word: Tangle
wordtype: n.
definition:
To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or
   interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot;
   to entangle; to ravel.


word: Tangle
wordtype: v.
definition:
A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so
   interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in
   tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.


word: Tangle
wordtype: v.
definition:
An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to
   which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar
   substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other
   similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.


word: Tangram
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Chinese toy made by cutting a square of thin wood, or
   other suitable material, into seven pieces, as shown in the cut, these
   pieces being capable of combination in various ways, so as to form a
   great number of different figures. It is now often used in primary
   schools as a means of instruction.


word: Tanier
wordtype: n.
definition:
An aroid plant (Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of
   which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies.


word: Tanist
wordtype: n.
definition:
In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a
   castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry.


word: Tanistry
wordtype: n.
definition:
In Ireland, a tenure of family lands by which the
   proprietor had only a life estate, to which he was admitted by
   election.


word: Tanite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement,
   used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.


word: Tank
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight;
   also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.


word: Tanka
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and
   is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.


word: Tansy
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The common tansy
   (T. vulgare) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a
   very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.


word: Tansy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs,
   sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked with butter in
   a shallow dish.


word: Tantalic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to tantalum; derived from, or
   containing, tantalum; specifically, designating any one of a series of
   acids analogous to nitric acid and the polyacid compounds of
   phosphorus.


word: Tantalism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or
   tormenting by the hope or near approach of good which is not
   attainable; tantalization.


word: Tantalite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic
   luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.


word: Tantalize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To tease or torment by presenting some good to the
   view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations
   by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment.


word: Tantalum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as
   tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder
   which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0.
   Formerly called also tantalium.


word: Tantalus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by
   being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin
   but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his
   head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded
   whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them.


word: Tanystomata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of dipterous insects in which the
   proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The
   horseflies and robber flies are examples.


word: Tap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to
   rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.


word: Tap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe
   in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.


word: Tap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in
   soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a
   quarter of an hour after tattoo.


word: Tap
wordtype: n.
definition:
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality
   of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.


word: Tap
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting
   of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have
   cutting edges.


word: Tap
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to
   tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap
   the treasury.


word: Tapa
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner
   bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.


word: Tapayaxin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Mexican spinous lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) having
   a head somewhat like that of a toad; -- called also horned toad.


word: Tape
wordtype: n.
definition:
A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven
   fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.


word: Tapeline
wordtype: n.
definition:
A painted tape, marked with linear dimensions, as inches,
   feet, etc., and often inclosed in a case, -- used for measuring.


word: Taper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an
   elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.


word: Taper
wordtype: a.
definition:
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward
   one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.


word: Tapestry
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen
   or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less
   pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The
   term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery.


word: Tapetum
wordtype: n.
definition:
An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the
   eye in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and
   helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the
   whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid.


word: Tapeworm
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to
   Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of
   numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end
   of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and
   containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small,
   destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which
   vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with
   hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in
   which they are parasitic. The larvae (see Cysticercus) live in the
   flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the
   right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See
   Illustration in Appendix.


word: Tapioca
wordtype: n.
definition:
A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and
   thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of
   the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups.
   See Cassava.


word: Tapir
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of large odd-toed ungulates
   belonging to Tapirus, Elasmognathus, and allied genera. They have a
   long prehensile upper lip, short ears, short and stout legs, a short,
   thick tail, and short, close hair. They have three toes on the hind
   feet, and four toes on the fore feet, but the outermost toe is of
   little use.


word: Tapish
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To lie close to the ground, so as to be concealed; to
   squat; to crouch; hence, to hide one's self.


word: Tapoa tafa
definition:
A small carnivorous marsupial (Phascogale penicillata)
   having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs
   at the end; -- called also brush-tailed phascogale.


word: Tappen
wordtype: n.
definition:
An obstruction, or indigestible mass, found in the
   intestine of bears and other animals during hibernation.


word: Tapper
wordtype: n.
definition:
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); --
   called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker,
   wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.


word: Tappet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam,
   or intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to produce
   change or regulate motion.


word: Tappit hen
definition:
A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some,
   three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble
   a crested hen.


word: Taproot
wordtype: n.
definition:
The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly
   downward to a considerable depth without dividing.


word: Tar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of
   wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the
   temperature and material employed in obtaining it.


word: Tarantass
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage
   box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the
   hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body
   is mounted on a sledge.


word: Tarantella
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8
   time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular
   notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the
   tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia.


word: Tarantism
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an
   uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the
   bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by
   protracted dancing to appropriate music.


word: Tarantula
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of large spiders, popularly
   supposed to be very venomous, especially the European species
   (Tarantula apuliae). The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are
   large species of Mygale.


word: Tarboosh
wordtype: n.
definition:
A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations,
   sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make
   a turban. See Fez.


word: Tardigrada
wordtype: a.
definition:
A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are
   noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See
   Sloth, 3.


word: Tardigrada
wordtype: a.
definition:
An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also
   bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.


word: Tare
wordtype: n.
definition:
A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by
   modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel.


word: Tare
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the
   genus Vicia; especially, the V. sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.


word: Tare
wordtype: n.
definition:
Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of
   the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is
   weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight
   or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the
   weight of such cask, bag, etc.


word: Tared
wordtype: a.
definition:
Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight;
   as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.


word: Tarente
wordtype: n.
definition:
A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus
   Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries,
   especially among old walls and ruins.


word: Target
wordtype: n.
definition:
A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the
   accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.


word: Target
wordtype: n.
definition:
The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a
   marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.


word: Targum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old
   Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.


word: Tariff
wordtype: n.
definition:
A schedule, system, or scheme of duties imposed by the
   government of a country upon goods imported or exported; as, a revenue
   tariff; a protective tariff; Clay's compromise tariff. (U. S. 1833).


word: Tarnish
wordtype: a.
definition:
To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an
   alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish,
   dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to
   tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.


word: Tarnish
wordtype: n.
definition:
A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a
   slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in
   columbite.


word: Taro
wordtype: n.
definition:
A name for several aroid plants (Colocasia antiquorum, var.
   esculenta, Colocasia macrorhiza, etc.), and their rootstocks. They have
   large ovate-sagittate leaves and large fleshy rootstocks, which are
   cooked and used for food in tropical countries.


word: Tarpaulin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof
   composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats,
   etc.


word: Tarpum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the
   Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or
   more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a
   staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon,
   sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish.


word: Tarsale
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of
   the series articulating with the metatarsals.


word: Tarsiatura
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in
   the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and
   sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the
   like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and
   shades into panels usually of walnut wood.


word: Tarsius
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large
   eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; --
   called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier.


word: Tarso-
definition:
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,
   or relation to, the tarsus; as, tarsometatarsus.


word: Tarsometatarsus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird.
   It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the
   metatarsus.


word: Wrasse
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of
   the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the
   Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species
   are bright-colored.


word: Wreak
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl
   or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.


word: Wreath
wordtype: n.
definition:
An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting
   the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of
   two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other
   like the principal color in the arms.


word: Wreck
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on
   shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds
   or waves; shipwreck.


word: Wreck
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Destruction or injury of anything, especially by
   violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train.


word: Wreck
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks
   or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and
   fracture; as, they burned the wreck.


word: Wreck
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by
   driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become
   unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck.


word: Wreck
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To involve in a wreck; hence, to cause to suffer ruin; to
   balk of success, and bring disaster on.


word: Wrecker
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of
   vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose
   of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a
   wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West.


word: Wren
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging
   to Troglodytes and numerous allied of the family Troglodytidae.


word: Wren
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small singing birds more or
   less resembling the true wrens in size and habits.


word: Wrench
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or
   an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting
   a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw
   key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of
   different sizes.


word: Wrench
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in
   a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any
   points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a
   wrench.


word: Wrest
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence;
   to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.


word: Wrest
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper
   use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.


word: Wrestle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or
   throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.


word: Wrestle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the
   other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.


word: Wretch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable
   person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.


word: Wretched
wordtype: a.
definition:
Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep
   affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous;
   woeful; very afflicting.


word: Wriggle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To move the body to and fro with short, writhing
   motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.


word: Wright
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing
   business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a
   worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright,
   wheelwright, etc.


word: Wrightine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare alkaloid found in the bark of an East Indian
   apocynaceous tree (Wrightia antidysenterica), and extracted as a bitter
   white crystalline substance. It was formerly used as a remedy for
   diarrh/a. Called also conessine, and neriine.


word: Wring
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence;
   to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.


word: Wring
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to
   squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or
   against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form.


word: Wringbolt
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the
   planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or
   treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt.


word: Wringer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly
   from clothes after they have been washed.


word: Wrinkle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the
   shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a
   crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth.


word: Wrinkle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a
   wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow.


word: Writ
wordtype: n.
definition:
That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied
   especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New
   testaments; as, sacred writ.


word: Writ
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form,
   issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or
   nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a
   writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of
   return, of summons, and the like.


word: Write
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To set down, as legible characters; to form the
   conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable
   instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write
   figures.


word: Write
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To set down for reading; to express in legible or
   intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a
   bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to
   communicate by letter.


word: Write
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's
   own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.


word: Write
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To form characters, letters, or figures, as
   representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by
   written signs.


word: Write
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying,
   or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of
   the public offices.


word: Write
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written
   words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.


word: Writer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East
   India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a
   factor.


word: Writing
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper,
   wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas
   which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others
   by visible signs.


word: Writing
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary
   production; a book; as, the writings of Addison.


word: Wrong
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or
   human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right;
   deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not
   legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and
   desires.


word: Wrong
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for
   an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper;
   incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the
   wrong way.


word: Wrong
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent;
   not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.


word: Wrong
wordtype: a.
definition:
Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or
   human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right.


word: Wrong
wordtype: a.
definition:
Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that
   involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person;
   any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation
   of right.


word: Wrong
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to
   withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal
   unjustly with; to injure.


word: Wrymouth
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine
   fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially C. maculatus of the
   American coast. A whitish variety is called ghostfish.


word: Wryneck
wordtype: n.
definition:
A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck
   is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of
   the neck; torticollis.


word: Wryneck
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus
   Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European
   species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck
   around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird,
   summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.


word: Wulfenite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Native lead molybdate occurring in tetragonal crystals,
   usually tabular, and of a bright orange-yellow to red, gray, or brown
   color; -- also called yellow lead ore.


word: Wyvern
wordtype: n.
definition:
Same as Wiver.
   X () X, the twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, has three
   sounds; a compound nonvocal sound (that of ks), as in wax; a compound
   vocal sound (that of gz), as in example; and, at the beginning of a
   word, a simple vocal sound (that of z), as in xanthic. See Guide to
   Pronunciation, // 217, 270, 271.


word: Xanthamide
wordtype: n.
definition:
An amido derivative of xanthic acid obtained as a white
   crystalline substance, C2H5O.CS.NH2; -- called also xanthogen amide.


word: Xanthian
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Xanthus, an ancient town on Asia
   Minor; -- applied especially to certain marbles found near that place,
   and now in the British Museum.


word: Xanthic
wordtype: a.
definition:
Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors,
   green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as scarlet,
   orange, etc.


word: Xanthidium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of minute unicellular algae of the desmids.
   These algae have a rounded shape and are armed with glochidiate or
   branched aculei. Several species occur in ditches, and others are found
   fossil in flint or hornstone.


word: Xanthin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A crystalline nitrogenous body closely related to both
   uric acid and hypoxanthin, present in muscle tissue, and occasionally
   found in the urine and in some urinary calculi. It is also present in
   guano. So called from the yellow color of certain of its salts
   (nitrates).


word: Xanthin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow insoluble coloring matter extracted from yellow
   flowers; specifically, the coloring matter of madder.


word: Xanthin
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the gaseous or volatile decomposition products of
   the xanthates, and probably identical with carbon disulphide.


word: Xanthinine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A complex nitrogenous substance related to urea and
   uric acid, produced as a white powder; -- so called because it forms
   yellow salts, and because its solution forms a blue fluorescence like
   quinine.


word: Xanthium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the
   involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur.


word: Xantho-
definition:
A combining form from Gr. xanqo`s yellow; as in
   xanthocobaltic salts. Used also adjectively in chemistry.


word: Twenty
wordtype: n.
definition:
The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and
   eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.


word: Twenty-fourmo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A book composed of sheets, each of which is folded
   into twenty-four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a
   size of book whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 24mo, or
   24¡.


word: Twibil
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of mattock, or ax; esp., a tool like a pickax, but
   having, instead of the points, flat terminations, one of which is
   parallel to the handle, the other perpendicular to it.


word: Twice
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum;
   he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.


word: Twiddle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl;
   as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.


word: Twilight
wordtype: n.
definition:
The light perceived before the rising, and after the
   setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18¡ below the
   horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by
   the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.


word: Twill
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
An appearance of diagonal lines or ribs produced in
   textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under
   two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of over
   one and under the next in regular succession, as in plain weaving.


word: Twilly
wordtype: n.
definition:
A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of
   a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or
   willying machine; -- called also twilly devil, and devil. See Devil,
   n., 6, and Willy.


word: Twin
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the
   relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with.


word: Twin
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal that
   ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth; -- used chiefly in the
   plural, and applied to the young of beasts as well as to human young.


word: Twin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts
   of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.


word: Twine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or
   strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding
   small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.


word: Twinge
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to
   suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.


word: Twinge
wordtype: n.
definition:
A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary
   continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.


word: Twining
wordtype: a.
definition:
Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by
   winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.


word: Twinkle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering
   light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.


word: Twinning
wordtype: n.
definition:
The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of
   crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in
   accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning
   (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this
   reversal is brought about.


word: Twist
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert;
   as, to twist a passage cited from an author.


word: Twist
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part
   relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to
   torsion; as, to twist a shaft.


word: Twist
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as,
   avarice twists itself into all human concerns.


word: Twist
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible
   substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate
   things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread.


word: Twist
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion;
   to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as,
   some strands will twist more easily than others.


word: Twist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding
   strands or separate things round each other.


word: Twist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel
   twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.


word: Twister
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation
   is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in
   weaving.


word: Twit
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault,
   defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to
   taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.


word: Twitch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick
   motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing
   out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.


word: Twitch
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden,
   quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.


word: Twitch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a
   simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the
   side.


word: Twitch
wordtype: n.
definition:
A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop,
   which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By
   twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep
   the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.


word: Two
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and
   next less than three; two units or objects.


word: Two-lipped
wordtype: a.
definition:
Divided in such a manner as to resemble the two lips
   when the mouth is more or less open; bilabiate.


word: Twopence
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small coin, and money of account, in England,
   equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for
   almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.


word: Tyburn ticket
definition:
A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to
   conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices.


word: Tycoon
wordtype: n.
definition:
The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief
   of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.


word: Tye
wordtype: n.
definition:
A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and
   is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a
   tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.


word: Tylosis
wordtype: n.
definition:
An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of
   another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells.


word: Tympan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank
   sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed.


word: Tympanize
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to
   make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum.


word: Tympano
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the
   kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum.


word: Tympano-
definition:
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection
   with, or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal,
   tympano-Eustachian.


word: Tympanohyal
wordtype: n.
definition:
The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a
   part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man.


word: Tympanum
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the
   prairie chicken and other species of grouse.


word: Tympanum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by
   the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or
   table.


word: Tympanum
wordtype: n.
definition:
The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a
   subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.


word: Tympanum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by
   which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the
   lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water,
   as for irrigation.


word: -type
wordtype: n.
definition:
A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print;
   type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype phototype,
   ferrotype, monotype.


word: Type
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a
   sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.


word: Type
wordtype: n.
definition:
A general form or structure common to a number of
   individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or
   other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or
   plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a
   species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals
   having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained
   within the group.


word: Type
wordtype: n.
definition:
The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or
   conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on
   the face of a medal or a coin.


word: Type
wordtype: n.
definition:
A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other
   compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which
   they may be actually or theoretically derived.


word: Type
wordtype: n.
definition:
A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in
   metal or cut in wood, used in printing.


word: Type
wordtype: n.
definition:
Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity
   of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of
   such letters or characters, however disposed.


word: Typewriter
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument for writing by means of type, a
   typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of
   keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon
   paper.


word: Typhlosole
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of
   the intestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes, and
   some other animals.


word: Typhoean
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to Typhoeus (t/*f/"/s), the fabled giant
   of Greek mythology, having a hundred heads; resembling Typhoeus.


word: Typhomalarial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to typhoid fever and malaria; as,
   typhomalarial fever, a form of fever having symptoms both of malarial
   and typhoid fever.


word: Typhon
wordtype: n.
definition:
According to Hesiod, the son of Typhoeus, and father of the
   winds, but later identified with him.


word: Typhotoxin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A basic substance, C7H17NO2, formed from the growth of
   the typhoid bacillus on meat pulp. It induces in small animals
   lethargic conditions with liquid dejecta.


word: Typhus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three
   weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and
   marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called
   jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail
   fever, under Jail.


word: Typical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form,
   model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative.


word: Typographical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to the act or act of representing
   by types or symbols; emblematic; figurative; typical.


word: Typography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or art of expressing by means of types or
   symbols; emblematical or hieroglyphic representation.


word: Typothetae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
Printers; -- used in the name of an association of
   the master printers of the United States and Canada, called The United
   Typothetae of America.


word: Tyrannical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant;
   unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel;
   arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical
   government.


word: Tyrannize
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to
   rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not
   permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not
   necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will
   often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over
   their servants or apprentices.


word: Tyranny
wordtype: n.
definition:
The government or authority of a tyrant; a country
   governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of
   power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not
   authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of
   government.


word: Tyrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses
   power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful
   authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by
   taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable
   services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control,
   which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of
   government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor.


word: Tyrant
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds
   belonging to the family Tyrannidae; -- called also tyrant bird.


word: Tyro
wordtype: n.
definition:
A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any
   branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a
   novice.


word: Tyrolite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A translucent mineral of a green color and pearly or
   vitreous luster. It is a hydrous arseniate of copper.


word: Tyrosin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small
   amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from
   the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by
   pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of
   boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and
   amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or
   some other benzol derivative.


word: Tyrotoxicon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A ptomaine discovered by Vaughan in putrid cheese and
   other dairy products, and producing symptoms similar to cholera
   infantum. Chemically, it appears to be related to, or identical with,
   diazobenzol.


word: Tysonite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A fluoride of the cerium metals occurring in hexagonal
   crystals of a pale yellow color. Cf. Fluocerite.


word: Tzetze
wordtype: n.
definition:
Same as Tsetse.
   U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form
   of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both
   letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now,
   however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and
   V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in
   Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the
   languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in
   wood, answering to the French ou in tour. Etymologically U is most
   closely related to o, y (vowel), w, and v; as in two, duet, dyad,
   twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice, aviary. See V, also O and Y.


word: Ubiquitarian
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a school of Lutheran divines which held that
   the body of Christ is present everywhere, and especially in the
   eucharist, in virtue of his omnipresence. Called also ubiquitist, and
   ubiquitary.


word: Ubiquity
wordtype: n.
definition:
Existence everywhere, or in places, at the same time;
   omnipresence; as, the ubiquity of God is not disputed by those who
   admit his existence.


word: Uckewallist
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a sect of rigid Anabaptists, which originated
   in 1637, and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the
   Mennonists. In addition, however, they held that Judas and the
   murderers of Christ were saved. So called from the founder of the sect,
   Ucke Wallis, a native of Friesland.


word: Udder
wordtype: n.
definition:
The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; --
   popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma.


word: Ugh
wordtype: interj.
definition:
An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil.
   Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder.


word: Ugly
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of
   disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.


word: Uhlan
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first
   introduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed with lances,
   pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers.


word: Uintatherium
wordtype: n.
definition:
An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to
   Dinoceras. This name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species
   of the group. See Dinoceras.


word: Ulcer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the
   body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one
   of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a
   constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished
   from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the
   tissues.


word: Ulceration
wordtype: n.
definition:
The process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming
   ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.


word: Ule
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilloa elastica and C.
   Markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice contains
   caoutchouc. Called also ule tree.


word: Ulema
wordtype: n.
definition:
A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the
   hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or
   doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.


word: Ulexite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral occurring in white rounded crystalline masses.
   It is a hydrous borate of lime and soda.


word: Ullmannite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brittle mineral of a steel-gray color and metallic
   luster, containing antimony, arsenic, sulphur, and nickel.


word: Ulna
wordtype: n.
definition:
The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium,
   corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius.


word: Ulnare
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, which
   articulates with the ulna and corresponds to the cuneiform in man.


word: Ulterior
wordtype: a.
definition:
Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior
   demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be
   adopted is uncertain.


word: Ultimate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended
   toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.


word: Ultimate
wordtype: a.
definition:
Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further
   division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate
   constituent of matter.


word: Ultimately
wordtype: adv.
definition:
As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as,
   afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove
   blessings.


word: Ultimatum
wordtype: n.
definition:
A final proposition, concession, or condition;
   especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by
   either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable
   terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an
   end to the hesitation.


word: Ultimo
definition:
In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the
   1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. Proximo.


word: Ultra-
wordtype: a.
definition:
A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having
   in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly
   when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine,
   ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it
   has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common,
   natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic,
   ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.


word: Ultra
wordtype: a.
definition:
Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme;
   fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.


word: Ultramarine
wordtype: n.
definition:
A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis
   lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica,
   alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the
   sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively.


word: Ultramontane
definition:
Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond
   the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.


word: Ultramontanism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The principles of those within the Roman Catholic
   Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so
   used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; --
   rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those
   living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf.
   Gallicanism.


word: Ultrared
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated
   rays of the spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red.


word: Ultratropical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics;
   extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer
   than the tropics.


word: Ultraviolet
wordtype: a.
definition:
Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end;
   -- said of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the
   spectrum.


word: Ultra vires
definition:
Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used
   frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess
   of their chartered or statutory rights.


word: Ultrazodiacal
wordtype: a.
definition:
Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the
   heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as,
   ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their
   orbits go beyond the zodiac.


word: Ulula
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of owls including the great gray owl (Ulula cinerea)
   of Arctic America, and other similar species. See Illust. of Owl.


word: Umbel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate
   from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or
   compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel,
   called umbellet, or umbellule.


word: Umbelliferone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3,
   found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also
   obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as
   galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also
   hydroxy-coumarin.


word: Umbelliferous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferae)
   of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are
   well-known examples.


word: Umbellularia
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a
   cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long,
   slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous
   base.


word: Umber
wordtype: n.
definition:
A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water
   colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the
   oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before
   being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is
   called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below.


word: Umber
wordtype: n.
definition:
An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the
   storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital
   crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird.


word: Umbilicated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower,
   fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated
   smallpox vesicle.


word: Umbilication
wordtype: n.
definition:
A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the
   center of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle;
   also, the condition of being umbilicated.


word: Umbilicus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The depression, or mark, in the median line of the
   abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated
   from the fetus; the navel.


word: Umbilicus
wordtype: n.
definition:
An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each
   end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.


word: Umbilicus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the
   normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere may be osculatory
   to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus. Called also umbilic.


word: Umbo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression,
   in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the
   larvae of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear.


word: Umbra
wordtype: n.
definition:
The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on
   the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no
   portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra.
   See Penumbra.


word: Umbra
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the
   genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa),
   which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and
   umbrine.


word: Umbraculiform
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as
   a tree top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having the
   form of an umbrella; umbrella-shaped.


word: Umbrage
wordtype: n.
definition:
The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as
   standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong;
   offense; resentment.


word: Umbrella
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for
   sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow.
   It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of
   whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to,
   a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow
   of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.


word: Umbrella
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus
   Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella
   shell.


word: Umbriere
wordtype: n.
definition:
In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of
   a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes
   fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised
   like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril.


word: Umhofo
wordtype: n.
definition:
An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus, / Rhinoceros,
   simus); -- called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros.


word: Umlaut
wordtype: n.
definition:
The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the
   influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly
   followed.


word: Umpire
wordtype: n.
definition:
A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question
   between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the
   rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly
   observed.


word: Umpire
wordtype: n.
definition:
A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question
   submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement.


word: Un-
definition:
An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To
   verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the
   action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold.
   (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality,
   or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild,
   unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this
   prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see
   2d Un-); as in undone (from undo), meaning unfastened, ruined; and
   undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not done, not finished. Un- is
   sometimes used with an intensive force merely; as in unloose.


word: Un-
wordtype: adv.
definition:
An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying not; in-;
   non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or else to words
   formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application, and is
   attached at will to almost any adjective, or participle used
   adjectively, or adverb, from which it may be desired to form a
   corresponding negative adjective or adverb, and is also, but less
   freely, prefixed to nouns. Un- sometimes has merely an intensive force;
   as in unmerciless, unremorseless.


word: Un-
wordtype: adv.
definition:
To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy
   of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state
   expressed by them


word: Un-
wordtype: adv.
definition:
To present particles which come from intransitive verbs, or
   are themselves employed as adjectives, to mark the absence of the
   activity, disposition, or condition implied by the participle; as, -
   ---- and the like.


word: Un-
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of
   a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable,
   unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed
   not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined,
   undoubted, unsafe, and the like.


word: Un-
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as
   the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least
   much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable,
   undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or
   inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning
   of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the
   latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending,
   unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and
   familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as,
   uncertain, uneven, and the like.


word: Un-
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other
   reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for
   impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for
   inexpressible, and the like.


word: Un-
wordtype: adv.
definition:
Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the
   contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith,
   unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like.


word: Unable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge,
   skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually
   followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work;
   unable to bear fatigue.


word: Una boat
definition:
The English name for a catboat; -- so called because Una
   was the name of the first boat of this kind taken to England.


word: Unabsorbable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not absorbable; specifically (Physiol.), not capable
   of absorption; unable to pass by osmosis into the circulating blood;
   as, the unabsorbable portion of food.


word: Unalloyed
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not alloyed; not reduced by foreign admixture; unmixed;
   unqualified; pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness.


word: Unanimous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being of one mind; agreeing in opinion, design, or
   determination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious;
   as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were
   unanimous.


word: Unanimous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Formed with unanimity; indicating unanimity; having the
   agreement and consent of all; agreed upon without the opposition or
   contradiction of any; as, a unanimous opinion; a unanimous vote.


word: Unappealable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not appealable; that can not be carried to a higher
   tribunal by appeal; as, an unappealable suit or action.


word: Unappropriate
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To take from private possession; to restore to
   the possession or right of all; as, to unappropriate a monopoly.


word: Unappropriated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not granted to any person, corporation, or the
   like, to the exclusion of others; as, unappropriated lands.


word: Unappropriated
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not granted for, or applied to, any specific
   purpose; as, the unappropriated moneys in the treasury.


word: Unassuming
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or
   presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth;
   unassuming manners.


word: Unau
wordtype: n.
definition:
The two-toed sloth (Cholopus didactylus), native of South
   America. It is about two feet long. Its color is a uniform grayish
   brown, sometimes with a reddish tint.


word: Unavoidable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or
   prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.


word: Unbalanced
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality
   of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books.


word: Unbalanced
wordtype: a.
definition:
Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence,
   disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced
   mind.


word: Unballasted
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by
   ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits.


word: Unbelief
wordtype: n.
definition:
Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or
   in a divine providence or scheme of redemption.


word: Unbeliever
wordtype: n.
definition:
A disbeliever; especially, one who does not believe
   that the Bible is a divine revelation, and holds that Christ was
   neither a divine nor a supernatural person; an infidel; a freethinker.


word: Unbelieving
wordtype: a.
definition:
Believing the thing alleged no to be true;
   disbelieving; especially, believing that Bible is not a divine
   revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a supernatural person.


word: Unbend
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease
   for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care.


word: Unbending
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to
   pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.


word: Unbending
wordtype: a.
definition:
Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or
   influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.


word: Unbind
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or
   fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets;
   to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.


word: Unbosom
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as
   secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's
   self.


word: Unbridled
wordtype: a.
definition:
Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence,
   unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions.


word: Uncharitable
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not charitable; contrary to charity; severe in
   judging; harsh; censorious; as, uncharitable opinions or zeal.


word: Uncial
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of
   letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin
   manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and
   downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used
   as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th
   century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.


word: Uncinata
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of marine chaetopod annelids which are
   furnished with uncini, as the serpulas and sabellas.


word: Uncinus
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large
   numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.


word: Uncivilized
wordtype: a.
definition:
Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude;
   barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa.


word: Unclasp
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is
   fastened, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp one's
   heart.


word: Uncle
wordtype: n.
definition:
The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an
   aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and
   niece in relationship.


word: Unclog
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and
   obstructions; to free from encumbrances; to set at liberty.


word: Zealot
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause,
   and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who
   is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion
   to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.


word: Zebra
wordtype: n.
definition:
Either one of two species of South African wild horses
   remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and
   conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.


word: Zebrawood
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown,
   and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus
   Guianensis).


word: Zebu
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in
   India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short
   horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large,
   prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in
   different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common
   ox to that of a large mastiff.


word: Zechstein
wordtype: n.
definition:
The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. The
   prevailing rock is a magnesian limestone.


word: Zedoary
wordtype: n.
definition:
A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having
   a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in
   medicine as a stimulant.


word: Zein
wordtype: n.
definition:
A nitrogenous substance of the nature of gluten, obtained
   from the seeds of Indian corn (Zea) as a soft, yellowish, amorphous
   substance.


word: Zemni
wordtype: n.
definition:
The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern
   Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft
   and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive
   burrows.


word: Zend
wordtype: n.
definition:
Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv/resh, or
   literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred
   writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect)
   in which the Avesta is written.


word: Zend-Avesta
wordtype: n.
definition:
The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion,
   attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.


word: Zendik
wordtype: n.
definition:
An atheist or unbeliever; -- name given in the East to
   those charged with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused of
   magical heresies.


word: Zenick
wordtype: n.
definition:
A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla),
   allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse
   stripes on the back. Called also suricat.


word: Zenith
wordtype: n.
definition:
That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is
   vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead;
   -- opposed to nadir.


word: Zenith
wordtype: n.
definition:
hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest
   height; the height of success or prosperity.


word: Zeolite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A term now used to designate any one of a family of
   minerals, hydrous silicates of alumina, with lime, soda, potash, or
   rarely baryta. Here are included natrolite, stilbite, analcime,
   chabazite, thomsonite, heulandite, and others. These species occur of
   secondary origin in the cavities of amygdaloid, basalt, and lava, also,
   less frequently, in granite and gneiss. So called because many of these
   species intumesce before the blowpipe.


word: Zephyrus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and
   made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities.


word: Zest
wordtype: n.
definition:
A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which
   may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.


word: Zest
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or
   the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.


word: Zest
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon,
   etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.


word: Zeuglodon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of extinct Eocene whales, remains of which have
   been found in the Gulf States. The species had very long and slender
   bodies and broad serrated teeth. See Phocodontia.


word: Zeugma
wordtype: n.
definition:
A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a
   nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more
   remote; as, "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;" where fuit, which
   agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.


word: Zeus
wordtype: n.
definition:
The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world
   (cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter.


word: Zeuzerian
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of a group of bombycid moths of which the genus
   Zeuzera is the type. Some of these moths are of large size. The goat
   moth is an example.


word: Zibeth
wordtype: n.
definition:
A carnivorous mammal (Viverra zibetha) closely allied to
   the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the body less
   distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on the tail more
   numerous.


word: Zilla
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla
   myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in
   water, and eaten, by the Arabs.


word: Zimb
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is
   allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to
   cattle.


word: Zinc
wordtype: n.
definition:
An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted
   principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and
   franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is
   malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist
   air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It
   is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also
   largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9.


word: Zincification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act or process of applying zinc; the condition
   of being zincified, or covered with zinc; galvanization.


word: Zincite
wordtype: n.
definition:
Native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of an
   orange-red color; -- called also red zinc ore, and red oxide of zinc.


word: Zinco-
definition:
A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as
   an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively.


word: Zincography
wordtype: n.
definition:
The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in
   which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest
   of the ground being eaten away by acid.


word: Zincoid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or resembling, zinc; -- said of the
   electricity of the zincous plate in connection with a copper plate in a
   voltaic circle; also, designating the positive pole.


word: Zinco-polar
wordtype: a.
definition:
Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc
   presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity.


word: Zingel
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small, edible, freshwater European perch (Aspro zingel),
   having a round, elongated body and prominent snout.


word: Zingiberaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe
   (Zingibereae) of endogenous plants of the order Scitamineae. See
   Scitamineous.


word: Zinnia
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with
   opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the
   commonest species in cultivation.


word: Zion
wordtype: n.
definition:
A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by
   the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors.


word: Zirco-
definition:
A combining form (also used adjectively) designating
   zirconium as an element of certain double compounds; zircono-; as in
   zircofluoric acid, sodium zircofluoride.


word: Zircofluoride
wordtype: n.
definition:
A double fluoride of zirconium and hydrogen, or some
   other positive element or radical; as, zircofluoride of sodium.


word: Zircon
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a
   brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety,
   used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or
   smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon.


word: Zirconia
wordtype: n.
definition:
The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and
   possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its
   infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as
   an ingredient of sticks for the Drummomd light.


word: Zirconium
wordtype: n.
definition:
A rare element of the carbon-silicon group, intermediate
   between the metals and nonmetals, obtained from the mineral zircon as a
   dark sooty powder, or as a gray metallic crystalline substance. Symbol
   Zr. Atomic weight, 90.4.


word: Zirconoid
wordtype: n.
definition:
A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with
   tetragonal crystals; -- so called because this form often occurs in
   crystals of zircon.


word: Zither
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has
   from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board,
   which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both
   hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped
   cittern, or cithern.]


word: Zoanthacea
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A suborder of Actinaria, including Zoanthus and
   allied genera, which are permanently attached by their bases.


word: Zoanthropy
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of monomania in which the patient believes
   himself transformed into one of the lower animals.


word: Zoanthus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of Actinaria, including numerous species, found
   mostly in tropical seas. The zooids or polyps resemble small, elongated
   actinias united together at their bases by fleshy stolons, and thus
   forming extensive groups. The tentacles are small and bright colored.


word: Zobo
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of domestic cattle reared in Asia for its flesh and
   milk. It is supposed to be a hybrid between the zebu and the yak.


word: Zodiac
wordtype: n.
definition:
An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16¡ or 18¡ broad, in the
   middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve
   constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the
   twelve signs of the zodiac.


word: Zoetrope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the
   inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference,
   appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions
   as if animated or mechanically moved.


word: Zohar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi
   Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d.
   Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century.


word: Zoilean
wordtype: a.
definition:
Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious,
   unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.


word: Zoisite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grayish or whitish mineral occurring in orthorhombic,
   prismatic crystals, also in columnar masses. It is a silicate of
   alumina and lime, and is allied to epidote.


word: Zokor
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling
   the mole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains.


word: Zollverein
wordtype: n.
definition:
Literally, a customs union; specifically, applied to
   the several customs unions successively formed under the leadership of
   Prussia among certain German states for establishing liberty of
   commerce among themselves and common tariff on imports, exports, and
   transit.


word: Zonar
wordtype: n.
definition:
A belt or girdle which the Christians and Jews of the Levant
   were obliged to wear to distinguish them from Mohammedans.


word: Zone
wordtype: n.
definition:
The portion of the surface of a sphere included between two
   parallel planes; the portion of a surface of revolution included
   between two planes perpendicular to the axis.


word: Zone
wordtype: n.
definition:
A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of
   evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the
   ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of
   mountains which is above the limit of tree growth.


word: Zoochemistry
wordtype: n.
definition:
Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of
   the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal
   body, in distinction from biochemistry.


word: Zoochlorella
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the small green granulelike bodies found in
   the interior of certain stentors, hydras, and other invertebrates.


word: Zoocyst
wordtype: n.
definition:
A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants
   which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of
   which becomes a germ.


word: Zoogloea
wordtype: n.
definition:
A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous
   gelatinous substance. The zoogloea is characteristic of a transitory
   stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of
   their evolution. Also used adjectively.


word: Zooid
wordtype: n.
definition:
An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as
   one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.


word: Zooid
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of
   Anthozoa, Hydroidea, and Bryozoa; -- sometimes restricted to those
   individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.


word: Zoology
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom,
   including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits,
   and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.


word: Zoomorphism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The representation of God, or of gods, in the form, or
   with the attributes, of the lower animals.


word: Zoonomy
wordtype: n.
definition:
The laws of animal life, or the science which treats of
   the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.


word: Zoophorous
wordtype: n.
definition:
The part between the architrave and cornice; the
   frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.


word: Zoophyta
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
An extensive artificial and heterogeneous group of
   animals, formerly adopted by many zoologists. It included the
   c/lenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa, Protozoa, etc.


word: Zoophyte
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals
   which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as
   the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges,
   etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a
   branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids.


word: Zoopraxiscope
wordtype: n.
definition:
An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the
   phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are
   made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like.


word: Zoospore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the
   vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoospores are produced by
   many green, and by some olive-brown, algae. In certain species they are
   divided into the larger macrozoospores and the smaller microzoospores.
   Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.


word: Zorilla
wordtype: n.
definition:
Either one of two species of small African carnivores of
   the genus Ictonyx allied to the weasels and skunks.


word: Zoroastrianism
wordtype: n.
definition:
The religious system of Zoroaster, the legislator
   and prophet of the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of
   Persia; mazdeism. The system presupposes a good spirit (Ormuzd) and an
   opposing evil spirit (Ahriman). Cf. Fire worship, under Fire, and
   Parsee.


word: Zostera
wordtype: n.
definition:
A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family.
   Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass.


word: Zouave
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French
   service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the
   Arab dress.


word: Zouave
wordtype: n.
definition:
Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and
   drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in
   the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65.


word: Zuchetto
wordtype: n.
definition:
A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta.
   The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's
   black.


word: Zulus
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The most important tribe belonging to the Kaffir race.
   They inhabit a region on the southeast coast of Africa, but formerly
   occupied a much more extensive country. They are noted for their
   warlike disposition, courage, and military skill.


word: Zumbooruk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back
   of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East.


word: Zygapophysis
wordtype: n.
definition:
One of the articular processes of a vertebra, of
   which there are usually four, two anterior and two posterior. See under
   Vertebra.


word: Zygenid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of moths of the family
   Zygaenidae, most of which are bright colored. The wood nymph and the
   vine forester are examples. Also used adjectively.


word: Zygobranchia
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A division of marine gastropods in which the
   gills are developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are
   also paired. The abalone (Haliotis) and the keyhole limpet (Fissurella)
   are examples.


word: Zygodactylae
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense
   applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets, toucans,
   honey guides, and other related birds.


word: Zygodactylous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; --
   applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the
   parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc.


word: Zygomorphous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Symmetrical bilaterally; -- said of organisms, or
   parts of organisms, capable of division into two symmetrical halves
   only in a single plane.


word: Zyophyte
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any plant of a proposed class or grand division
   (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists
   in the union of two similar cells. Cf. Oophyte.


word: Zygosperm
wordtype: n.
definition:
A spore formed by the union of the contents of two
   similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants.
   Zygosperms are found in certain orders of algae and fungi.


word: Zygosphene
wordtype: n.
definition:
A median process on the front part of the neural arch
   of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a
   fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front.


word: Whirligig
wordtype: n.
definition:
Anything which whirls around, or in which persons or
   things are whirled about, as a frame with seats or wooden horses.


word: Whirligig
wordtype: n.
definition:
A mediaeval instrument for punishing petty offenders,
   being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender
   was whirled round with great velocity.


word: Whirligig
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to
   Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form,
   and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live
   mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a
   gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim
   rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and
   whirlwig beetle.


word: Whirlpool
wordtype: n.
definition:
An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water
   where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression
   or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any
   body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its
   flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing
   currents, or the like.


word: Whirlwind
wordtype: n.
definition:
A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado,
   characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward
   current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid
   progressive motion.


word: Whisk
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of
   something light; a sudden motion or quick puff.


word: Whisk
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like,
   used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn.


word: Whisk
wordtype: n.
definition:
To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as,
   to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth.


word: Whisker
wordtype: n.
definition:
That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the
   face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers.


word: Whiskey
wordtype: n.
definition:
An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes,
   etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the
   United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat,
   but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley.


word: Whisper
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard
   only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk
   without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal,
   sound. See Whisper, n.


word: Whisper
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the
   breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a
   whisper.


word: Whisper
wordtype: n.
definition:
A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be
   heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only
   breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal
   cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the
   cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound
   produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by
   friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to
   Pronunciation, // 5, 153, 154.


word: Whisperer
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tattler; one who tells secrets; a conveyer of
   intelligence secretly; hence; a backbiter; one who slanders secretly.


word: Whist
wordtype: n.
definition:
A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires
   silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who
   sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of
   fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are
   played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and
   distributed.


word: Whistle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds,
   by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the
   lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth
   or beak, as birds.


word: Whistle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument,
   somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone.


word: Whistle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp,
   shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air.


word: Whistle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by
   forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or
   instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman
   in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle
   of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle.


word: Whistle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or
   through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly
   through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by
   steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the
   edge of a metallic bell or cup.


word: Whistle
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a
   cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that
   made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's
   whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle (see Steam whistle,
   under Steam).


word: Whit
wordtype: n.
definition:
The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an
   iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.


word: White
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
   combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures;
   having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark;
   as, white paper; a white skin.


word: White
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge
   of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.


word: White
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish,
   or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.


word: White
wordtype: n.
definition:
The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies,
   yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite
   of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.


word: White
wordtype: n.
definition:
Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which
   was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is
   shot.


word: White
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to
   Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See
   Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.


word: Whitebait
wordtype: n.
definition:
The young of several species of herrings, especially of
   the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.


word: Whitebait
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small translucent fish (Salanx Chinensis) abundant at
   certain seasons on the coasts of China and Japan, and used in the same
   manner as the European whitebait.


word: Whitebeam
wordtype: n.
definition:
The common beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria); -- so
   called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves.


word: Whiteboy
wordtype: a.
definition:
One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose
   in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes,
   the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in
   their nocturnal raids.


word: White-eye
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of small Old World singing of
   the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z.
   c/rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white
   feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed
   tit.


word: White-face
wordtype: n.
definition:
A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending
   almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.


word: Whitefish
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of
   excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of
   the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and
   most important American species (C. clupeiformis) is abundant in the
   Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake
   whitefish, and Oswego bass.


word: White friar
definition:
A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from
   the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.


word: Whiten
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as,
   the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in
   spring whiten with blossoms.


word: Whiteness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being white; white color, or
   freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.


word: Whitethroat
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp.
   the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear,
   nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden
   warbler (S. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (S. curruca).


word: Whitewash
wordtype: n.
definition:
A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and
   water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of
   lime.


word: Whitewash
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make white; to give a fair external appearance to;
   to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt)
   from obligation to pay debts.


word: Whiteweed
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perennial composite herb (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum)
   with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass
   lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.


word: Whitewood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
   (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.


word: Whither
wordtype: adv.
definition:
To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design;
   whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.


word: Whiting
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of North American marine
   sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus Menticirrhus, especially M.
   Americanus, found from Maryland to Brazil, and M. littoralis, common
   from Virginia to Texas; -- called also silver whiting, and surf
   whiting.


word: Whiting
wordtype: n.
definition:
Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and
   repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for
   cleaning silver, etc.


word: Whitleather
wordtype: n.
definition:
Leather dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc.,
   remarkable for its pliability and toughness; white leather.


word: Whitlow
wordtype: a.
definition:
An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the
   last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may
   occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied
   to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone.


word: Whitlow
wordtype: a.
definition:
An inflammatory disease of the feet. It occurs round the
   hoof, where an acrid matter is collected.


word: Whitsun
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as,
   Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.


word: Whitsunday
wordtype: n.
definition:
The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter;
   a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy
   Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said,
   because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized
   appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.


word: Whitsuntide
wordtype: n.
definition:
The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first
   three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time
   of Pentecost.


word: Whitten tree
definition:
Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus),
   so called on account of their whitish branches.


word: Whittle
wordtype: n.
definition:
A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in
   the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.


word: Whittle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife;
   to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp
   knife or pocketknife.


word: Whiz
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball
   flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or
   whistling sound.


word: Who
wordtype: object.
definition:
Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative
   pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or
   plural. See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns,
   who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and
   whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of
   persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are
   sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc.
   Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of
   persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that;
   whosoever.


word: Whoever
wordtype: pron.
definition:
Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one
   who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be.


word: Whole
wordtype: a.
definition:
Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all
   the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole
   earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.


word: Whole
wordtype: a.
definition:
Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or
   fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg
   is whole; the vessel is whole.


word: Whole
wordtype: n.
definition:
The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality;
   all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in
   itself.


word: Wholesale
wordtype: a.
definition:
Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or
   large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to
   consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.


word: Wholesome
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable
   to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound;
   as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome
   laws.


word: Whoop
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm,
   or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to
   hoot, as an owl.


word: Whoop
wordtype: n.
definition:
A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness,
   enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a
   hoot, or cry, as of an owl.


word: Whore
wordtype: n.
definition:
A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men,
   especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a
   harlot.


word: Whoreson
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used
   generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively.


word: Whorish
wordtype: a.
definition:
Resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to
   unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste.


word: Whorl
wordtype: n. & v.
definition:
A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other
   organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.


word: Whorled
wordtype: a.
definition:
Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or
   whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.


word: Whortleberry
wordtype: n.
definition:
The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus
   Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry.


word: Whur
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To make a rough, humming sound, like one who pronounces
   the letter r with too much force; to whir; to birr.


word: Why
wordtype: adv.
definition:
For what cause, reason, or purpose; on what account;
   wherefore; -- used interrogatively. See the Note under What, pron., 1.


word: Why
wordtype: adv.
definition:
The reason or cause for which; that on account of which; on
   what account; as, I know not why he left town so suddenly; -- used as a
   compound relative.


word: Wichitas
wordtype: n. pl.
definition:
A tribe of Indians native of the region between the
   Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.


word: Wich
wordtype: n.
definition:
A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work,
   or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as,
   bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick.


word: Wick
wordtype: n.
definition:
A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord,
   tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by
   capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the
   melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for
   illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned.


word: Wicked
wordtype: a.
definition:
Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality;
   contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful;
   immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and things; as, a wicked king;
   a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs.


word: Wickedly
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a wicked manner; in a manner, or with motives and
   designs, contrary to the divine law or the law of morality; viciously;
   corruptly; immorally.


word: Wickedness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being wicked; departure from
   the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or
   practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.


word: Wicket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or
   placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in
   or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such
   entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman.


word: Wicket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is
   emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is
   regulated.


word: Wicket
wordtype: n.
definition:
A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists
   of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two
   short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top.


word: Wide
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having considerable distance or extent between the
   sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to
   that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide
   highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.


word: Wide
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious;
   broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide
   difference.


word: Wide
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a
   direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet
   wide.


word: Wide
wordtype: superl.
definition:
On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise
   from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.


word: Wide
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and
   relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used
   by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as
   explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the
   pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action
   of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd),
   etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15.


word: Widely
wordtype: adv.
definition:
In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far;
   extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles.


word: Widen
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase
   the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a
   stocking.


word: Wideness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great
   extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room.


word: Widespread
wordtype: a.
definition:
Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending
   far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.


word: Widgeon
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks,
   especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas.
   The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon
   (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called
   also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat,
   duck, and whitebelly.


word: Widmanstatten figures
definition:
Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric
   iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstatten, of Vienna, who first
   described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite.


word: Widow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not
   married again; one living bereaved of a husband.


word: Widow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a
   husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.


word: Widow
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything
   beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.


word: Widowhood
wordtype: n.
definition:
The state of being a widow; the time during which a
   woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.


word: Width
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality of being wide; extent from side to side;
   breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.


word: Wield
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To use with full command or power, as a thing not too
   heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ;
   as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.


word: Wife
wordtype: n.
definition:
A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in
   certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the
   like.


word: Wife
wordtype: n.
definition:
The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man
   in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; -- correlative
   of husband.


word: Wig
wordtype: n.
definition:
A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or
   united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth,
   or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of
   natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a
   part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in
   England by judges and barristers.


word: Wigan
wordtype: n.
definition:
A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and
   protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's
   dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in
   Lancashire, England.


word: Wiggle
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend
   rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to
   squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles
   in the water.


word: Wight
wordtype: n.
definition:
A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used
   chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language.


word: Wigwag
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side
   according to a code adopted for the purpose.


word: Wigwam
wordtype: n.
definition:
An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made
   of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called
   also tepee.


word: Wike
wordtype: n.
definition:
A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in
   marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in
   common ground, etc.; -- called also wicker.


word: Wild
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts,
   as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily
   approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild
   ox; a wild cat.


word: Wild
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared
   without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth
   by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip,
   wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey.


word: Wild
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious;
   rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.


word: Wild
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation;
   turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate;
   disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.


word: Wild
wordtype: n.
definition:
An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or
   desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of
   Africa.


word: Wild-cat
wordtype: a.
definition:
Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to
   have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in
   Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.


word: Wildering
wordtype: n.
definition:
A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one
   which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.


word: Wilderness
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and
   uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain;
   a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.


word: Wilding
wordtype: n.
definition:
A wild or uncultivated plant; especially, a wild apple
   tree or crab apple; also, the fruit of such a plant.


word: Wildness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or
   untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness;
   savageness; irregularity; distraction.


word: Wile
wordtype: n.
definition:
A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a
   sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.


word: Will
wordtype: v.
definition:
The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul
   by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by
   which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring
   or selecting one of two or more objects.


word: Will
wordtype: v.
definition:
The choice which is made; a determination or preference which
   results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.


word: Will
wordtype: v.
definition:
The choice or determination of one who has authority; a
   decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.


word: Will
wordtype: v.
definition:
The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in
   which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death;
   the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes
   disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament;
   devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.


word: Will
wordtype: adv.
definition:
As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent
   on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness,
   consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes
   determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at
   all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct
   volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is
   appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes
   a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to
   the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination.


word: Will
wordtype: n.
definition:
To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath;
   to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or
   direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his
   watch.


word: Willemite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A silicate of zinc, usually occurring massive and of a
   greenish yellow color, also in reddish crystals (troostite) containing
   manganese.


word: Willet
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); --
   called also pill-willet, will-willet, semipalmated tattler, or snipe,
   duck snipe, and stone curlew.


word: Willful
wordtype: a.
definition:
Governed by the will without yielding to reason;
   obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful
   man or horse.


word: Willing
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not
   opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse;
   desirous; consenting; complying; ready.


word: Willingness
wordtype: n.
definition:
The quality or state of being willing; free choice or
   consent of the will; freedom from reluctance; readiness of the mind to
   do or forbear.


word: Willow
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many
   species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of
   sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my
   forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having
   lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.


word: Willow
wordtype: n.
definition:
A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by
   the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within
   a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having
   been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some
   derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing,
   action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and
   devil.


word: Willow-herb
wordtype: n.
definition:
A perennial herb (Epilobium spicatum) with narrow
   willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes
   made to include other species of the same genus.


word: Wilt
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To begin to wither; to lose freshness and become flaccid,
   as a plant when exposed when exposed to drought, or to great heat in a
   dry day, or when separated from its root; to droop;. to wither.


word: Wilton carpet
definition:
A kind of carpet woven with loops like the Brussels,
   but differing from it in having the loops cut so as to form an elastic
   velvet pile; -- so called because made originally at Wilton, England.


word: Wily
wordtype: superl.
definition:
Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or
   stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle.


word: Wimple
wordtype: n.
definition:
A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck
   and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still
   retained in the dress of nuns.


word: Wimple
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to
   cause to ripple or undulate; as, the wind wimples the surface of water.


word: Win
wordtype: a.
definition:
To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by
   victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to
   win money; to win a battle, or to win a country.


word: Win
wordtype: a.
definition:
To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or
   obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.


word: Win
wordtype: a.
definition:
To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor,
   friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win
   an enemy; to win a jury.


word: Wince
wordtype: n.
definition:
A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch.
   It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to
   allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will.


word: Winch
wordtype: n.
definition:
An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by
   power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines,
   etc.; a windlass.


word: Wincopipe
wordtype: n.
definition:
A little red flower, no doubt the pimpernel, which, when
   it opens in the morning, is supposed to bode a fair day. See Pimpernel.


word: Wind
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to
   turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about
   anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread
   on a spool or into a ball.


word: Wind
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's
   pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.


word: Wind
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about
   anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a
   pole.


word: Wind
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend;
   to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.


word: Wind
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and
   that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.


word: Wind
wordtype: n.
definition:
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as,
   the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.


word: Scold
wordtype: v. i.
definition:
To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to
   utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; --
   often with at; as, to scold at a servant.


word: Scolecite
wordtype: n.
definition:
A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups
   of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called
   also lime mesotype.


word: Scolex
wordtype: n.
definition:
The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic
   series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See
   Illust. of Echinococcus.


word: Scolithus
wordtype: n.
definition:
A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and
   believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.


word: Scolytid
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles
   of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.


word: Sconce
wordtype: p. p.
definition:
A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for
   a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.


word: Scoop
wordtype: n.
definition:
A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping
   liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.


word: Scoop
wordtype: n.
definition:
A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and
   dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a
   dredging machine.


word: Scoop
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a
   motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling.


word: Scoparin
wordtype: n.
definition:
A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in
   broom (Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine.


word: -scope
definition:
A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing
   (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope,
   altoscope, anemoscope.


word: Scope
wordtype: n.
definition:
That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind
   directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished;
   hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.


word: Scope
wordtype: n.
definition:
Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for
   action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range
   of view, intent, or action.


word: Scope
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with
   out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.


word: Scopeloid
wordtype: a.
definition:
Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or
   family Scopelodae, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of
   which are phosphorescent.


word: Scops owl
definition:
Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus
   Scops having ear tufts like those of the horned owls, especially the
   European scops owl (Scops giu), and the American screech owl (S. asio).


word: Scopuliped
wordtype: n.
definition:
Any species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush
   of hairs used for collecting pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees.


word: Scorbutical
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or
   resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person;
   scorbutic complaints or symptoms.


word: Scorch
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface
   of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture
   without consuming; as, to scorch linen.


word: Score
wordtype: n.
definition:
A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally
   mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.


word: Score
wordtype: n.
definition:
The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or
   tally; hence, in pl., a large number.


word: Score
wordtype: n.
definition:
The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of
   them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.


word: Score
wordtype: n.
definition:
The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a
   composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices
   written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a
   glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn
   through all the parts.


word: Score
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches
   or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for
   hewing; to score the back with a lash.


word: Score
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches,
   for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.


word: Score
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or
   account of; to set down; to record; to charge.


word: Score
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to
   score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.


word: Score
wordtype: n.
definition:
To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of
   New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.


word: Scoria
wordtype: n.
definition:
The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected
   after the reduction of metallic ores; dross.


word: Scoriaceous
wordtype: a.
definition:
Of or pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the
   recrement of metals; partaking of the nature of scoria.


word: Scorification
wordtype: n.
definition:
The act, process, or result of scorifying, or
   reducing to a slag; hence, the separation from earthy matter by means
   of a slag; as, the scorification of ores.


word: Scorifier
wordtype: n.
definition:
One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small
   flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove
   the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead
   button.


word: Scorify
wordtype: v. t.
definition:
To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying,
   to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax,
   lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button;
   hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.


word: Scorn
wordtype: n.
definition:
Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain
   which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness
   of an object.


word: Scorn
wordtype: n.
definition:
To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of
   regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.


