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- ABASEMENTThe act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
- ABASHMENTThe state of feeling abashed; embarrassment from shame; timid shyness as from one's modesty being challenged.
- ABOLISHMENTThe act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
- ABRIDGMENTThe act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
- ACCOUNTANTOne who renders account; one accountable.
- ACCOYTo soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue.
- ADVERTISETo give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
- AIGLETA tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing ho
- ALAMORTTo the death; mortally.
- ALERIONA heraldic eagle, especially one displayed without legs/feet or beak.
- ALINEAlternative form of align.
- AMELIORATIONThe act of making better.
- AMORTAs if dead; depressed
- AMUSEMENTEntertainment.
- ANILThe indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
- ANTECHAMBERA small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
- BANDOLIERAn ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
- BASTARDYThe condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery.
- BELLIBONEA beautiful and nice woman.
- BLONDEAlternative form of blond (“person with fair hair”).
- BLUDGEONA short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
- BOUGETObsolete form of budget (“purse, bag; etc”).
- BRANSLEObsolete form of branle.
- BRAVEStrong in the face of fear; courageous.
- BRIQUETAlternative form of briquette in all its senses.
- BROCKETA stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
- BUFFUndyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
- CALENTUREA heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics.
- CAPTAINRYPower or command over a district; chieftainship.
- CARNETA ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.
- CAROUSETo engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
- CASKA large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)
- CAUTELOUSSkillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.
- CAVALRYThe military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
- CHANDLERYThe art or trade of candlemaking.
- CHAPEAUA hat.
- CHIMEREThe upper robe worn by some bishops of the Anglican communion, usually without sleeves.
- CIRCLETA small circle.
- COACHA wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
- COINERA person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins).
- COLLETA band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually
- COMPLOTA plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
- CONFORMITYThe state of things being similar or identical.
- COUCHANTLying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching.
- COURANTEAny of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
- CUBICUsed in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
- CURATIVEPossessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
- DECISIVEHaving the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
- DECLARATIVEServing to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
- DECOMPOSETo separate or break down (something) into its components.
- DECOUPLETo unlink; to take apart or come apart.
- DENTARYRelating to, or bearing, teeth.
- DEPARTMENTA part, portion, or subdivision.
- DEPORTMENTBearing; manner of presenting oneself.
- DESERTIONThe act of deserting.
- DETESTATIONHate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
- DIOCESANPertaining to a diocese.
- DIRECTIVEThat which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
- DISCERNABLEAlternative spelling of discernible.
- DISCERNMENTThe act of distinguishing between things.
- DISFAVOURLack of favour; displeasure.
- DISGRACEThe condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
- DISINFECTTo sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.
- DISMANTLETo take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
- DISOBLIGEto be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.
- DISPLACETo put out of place; to disarrange.
- DIVERSIFYTo make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.
- DOMINEERTo rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; to tyrannize.
- DOWABLECapable of being endowed.
- DRAGONETA small dragon.
- EASEMENTAn interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to someth
- ECONOMISTAn expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.
- EGALITYEquality.
- ELABORATIONThe act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- EMBARKTo go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
- ENORMenormous
- ENTRAINTo draw (something) along as a current does.
- ESCALLOPA scallop.
- ESPERANCEExpectation, hope.
- EVOCATIONThe act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
- EXPIABLECapable of being expiated or atoned for.
- FARTHINGALEA hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
- FATUITYWeakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
- FEMINITYSynonym of femininity.
- FICTIVEHaving the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
- FIGURATIVEOf use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.
- FINALITYThe state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.
- FLATULENTAffected by gas in the intestine; likely to break wind.
- FORMALITYThe state of being formal.
- FRUGALITYThe quality of being frugal; prudent economy.
- FURNITURELarge movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
- FUSTICA tropical American tree (Maclura tinctoria), whose wood produces a yellow dye.
- GABARDINEA type of woolen cloth with a diagonal ribbed texture on one side.
- GADROONAny of a series of raised decorative curves used as adornments on the necks of vases, silverware, etc.
- GAIETYThe state of being happy or merry.
- GALLEONA large, three-masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.
- GAMBOLTo move about playfully; to frolic.
- GEANA wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit.
- GENETAny of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
- GESTA story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.