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A(prep.) In
Able(a.) To make able
(superl.) Fit
About(adv.) Here and there
(prep.) Around
Above(adv.) Earlier in order
(prep.) Figuratively, higher than
Abruptly(adv.) In an abrupt manner
Absorbedly(adv.) In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
Account(n.) An estimate or estimation
(v. i.) To give a satisfactory reason
(v. t.) To place to one's account
Accusingly(adv.) In an accusing manner.
Ace(n.) A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
Ache(n.) A name given to several species of plants
(v. i.) Continued pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. "Such an ache in my bones
Across(adv.) From side to side
(n.) From side to side
Act(n.) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.
(v. i.) To behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices
(v. t.) To assume the office or character of
Action(n.) An act
Advance(a.) Before in place, or beforehand in time
(v.) A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan
(v. i.) To increase or make progress in any respect
(v. t.) To accelerate the growth or progress
Advantage(n.) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end
(v. t.) To give an advantage to
After(a.) Hinder
(adv.) Subsequently in time or place
(prep.) According to
Again(adv.) Another time
Ageless(a.) Without old age limits of duration
Ago(a. & adv.) Past
Ahead(adv.) Headlong
Ai(n.) The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America.
Air(n.) Air in motion
Alarm(n.) A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention
(v. t.) To call to arms for defense
Alfalfa(n.) The lucern (Medicago sativa)
Alive(a.) Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings
All(a.) Any.
(adv.) Even
(conj.) Although
(n.) The whole number, quantity, or amount
Almost(adv.) Nearly
Alone(a.) Hence
(adv.) Solely
Along(adv.) By the length
(prep.) By the length of, as distinguished from across.
Aloof(adv.) At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance
(prep.) Away from
Already(adv.) Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future
Also(adv. & conj.) Even as
Although(conj.) Grant all this
Always(adv.) At all times
American(a.) Of or pertaining to America
(n.) A native of America
An(conj.) If
Ancient(a.) Dignified, like an aged man
(n.) An aged man
And(conj.) A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence
Anger(n.) A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury
(v. t.) To excite to anger
Angrily(adv.) In an angry manner
Angry(superl.) Inflamed and painful, as a sore.
Another(pron. & a.) Any or some
Answer(n.) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings
(v. i.) To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
Any(a. & pron.) One indifferently, out of an indefinite number
(adv.) To any extent
Anybody(n.) Any one out of an indefinite number of persons
Anything(adv.) In any measure
(n.) Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever
Anyways(adv.) Anywise
Apologetically(adv.) By way of apology.
Apple(n.) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple
(v. i.) To grow like an apple
Appreciation(n.) Accurate perception
Apprehension(n.) Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable
Apprehensive(a.) Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming
Approaching(n.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock
Approval(n.) Approbation
Apron(n.) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.
Arch(a.) Chief
(n.) A chief.
(v. i.) To form into an arch
(v. t.) To cover with an arch or arches.
Are(n.) The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length
Arm(n.) A branch of a tree.
(v. i.) To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance
Arms(n.) Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with
Arose(imp.) of Arise
Around(adv.) In a circle
(prep.) From one part to another of
Arouse(v. t.) To excite to action from a state of rest
As(adv. & conj.) As if
(n.) An ace.
Ash(n.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F
(v. t.) To strew or sprinkle with ashes.
Ashamedly(adv.) Bashfully.
Ashes(n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when "returned to dust" by natural decay
Ask(n.) A water newt.
(v. i.) To make inquiry, or seek by request
(v. t.) To interrogate or inquire of or concerning
Asleep(a. & adv.) In a state of sleep
At(prep.) A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on, something
Ate(imp.) of Eat
(n.) The goddess of mischievous folly
Attack(n.) An access of disease
(v. i.) To make an onset or attack.
(v. t.) To assail with unfriendly speech or writing
Attempt(n.) A essay, trial, or endeavor
(v. i.) To make an attempt
(v. t.) To attack
Attention(n.) An act of civility or courtesy
Attract(n.) Attraction.
(v. t.) To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind
Auburn(a.) Flaxen-colored.
Aunt(n.) A bawd, or a prostitute.
Authority(n.) A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.
Automatically(adv.) In an automatic manner.
Averted(a.) Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling
Away(adv.) Absent
Awful(a.) Frightful
Baby(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant
(n.) An infant or young child of either sex
(v. i.) To treat like a young child
Back(a.) Being at the back or in the rear
(adv.) (Of time) In times past
(n.) A ferryboat.
(v. i.) To adjoin behind
Bacon(n.) The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked
Bad(imp.) Bade.
(superl.) Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral
Bag(n.) A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack
(v. i.) To become pregnant.
(v. t.) To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.
Bait(v. i.) A light or hasty luncheon.
(v. t.) To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
Bald(a.) Destitute of a beard or awn
Bale(n.) A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation
Ball(n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air
(v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay
(v. t.) To form or wind into a ball
Ban(n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service
(v. i.) To curse
(v. t.) To curse
Bank(n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley
(v. i.) To deposit money in a bank
(v. t.) To deposit in a bank.
Bar(n.) A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation
Barely(adv.) But just
Barley(n.) A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky
Barn(n.) A child.
(v. t.) To lay up in a barn.
Barrel(n.) A jar.
(v. t.) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
Baseball(n.) A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball
Bastard(a.) Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony
(n.) A "natural" child
(v. t.) To bastardize.
Be(v. i.) To exist actually, or in the world of fact
Beak(n.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy
Beam(n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving
(v. i.) To emit beams of light.
(v. t.) To send forth
Bean(n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos
Bear(n.) A bier.
(v. i.) To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else
(v. t.) To admit or be capable of
Beat(a.) Weary
(imp.) of Beat
(n.) A recurring stroke
(p. p.) of Beat
(v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade
(v. t.) To cheat
Beauty(n.) A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
Became(imp.) of Become
Because(conj.) By or for the cause that
Become(p. p.) of Become
(v. i.) To come
(v. t.) To suit or be suitable to
Bed(n.) (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
(v. i.) To go to bed
(v. t.) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
Bedding(n.) A bed and its furniture
Been(p. p.) of Be
Before(adv.) Earlier
(prep.) An advance of
Began(imp. & p. p.) of Begin
Behind(a.) Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement
(adv.) After the departure of another
(n.) The backside
Being(adv.) Since
(n.) An abode
(p. pr.) Existing.
Believe(n.) To exercise belief in
(v. i.) To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion
Belligerently(adv.) In a belligerent manner
Belly(n.) That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines
(v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly
(v. t.) To cause to swell out
Belong(v. i.) To be a part of, or connected with
(v. t.) To be deserved by.
Belt(n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other
(v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt
Bench(n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public
(v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice.
(v. t.) To furnish with benches.
Bent(a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight
(n.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp
(v.) A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Bere(n.) Barley
(v. t.) To pierce.
Berry(n.) A mound
(v. i.) To bear or produce berries.
Beside(adv.) More than that
(n.) Aside from
Best(a.) Having good qualities in the highest degree
(n.) Utmost
(superl.) In the highest degree
(v. t.) To get the better of.
Bet(a. & adv.) An early form of Better.
(imp. & p. p.) of Bet
(n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue
(v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue
Better(a.) Greater in amount
(compar.) In a higher or greater degree
(n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory
(v. i.) To become better
Between(n.) Intermediate time or space
(prep.) Belonging in common to two
Bewildered(a.) Greatly perplexed
Beyond(adv.) Further away
(prep.) At a place or time not yet reached
Big(superl.) Great with young
Biggest(a.) superl. of Big.
Bill(n.) A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.
(v. i.) To join bills, as doves
(v. t.) To advertise by a bill or public notice.
Bind(n.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
(v. i.) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
Bird(n.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings.
(v. i.) Hence: To seek for game or plunder
Bit(imp.) of Bite
(n.) In the British West Indies, a fourpenny piece, or groat.
(v.) A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth
(v. t.) To put a bridle upon
Bitch(n.) An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman.
Bite(v.) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper
(v. i.) To cause a smarting sensation
(v. t.) To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to
Black(a.) Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it
(adv.) Sullenly
(n.) A black garment or dress
Blame(v.) An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong
(v. t.) To bring reproach upon
Blanket(a.) A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing
(v. t.) To cover with a blanket.
Blankly(adv.) Directly
Blaze(n.) A bursting out, or active display of any quality
(v. i.) To be resplendent.
(v. t.) To designate by blazing
Blew(imp.) of Blow
Blind(a.) Abortive
(n.) A blindage.
(v. t.) To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel
Blood(n.) A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.
(v. t.) To bleed.
Blow(n.) A blossom
(v. i.) To be carried or moved by the wind
(v. t.) To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion
Blue(n.) A pedantic woman
(pl.) Low spirits
(superl.) Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker
(v. t.) To make blue
Board(n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness
(v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
(v. t.) To approach
Body(n.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness
(v. t.) To furnish with, or as with, a body
Boil(n.) Act or state of boiling.
(v.) To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point
(v. t.) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation
Bone(n.) Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
(v. t.) To fertilize with bone.
Bony(a.) Consisting of bone, or of bones
Booby(a.) Having the characteristics of a booby
(n.) A dunce
Book(n.) A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together
(v. t.) To enter, write, or register in a book or list.
Boots(n.) A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
Boring(n.) A hole made by boring.
Born(p. p.) of Bear
(v. t.) Brought forth, as an animal
Boss(n.) A head or reservoir of water.
(v. t.) To ornament with bosses
Both(a. or pron.) The one and the other
(conj.) As well
Bottle(n.) A bundle, esp. of hay.
(v. t.) To put into bottles
Bottom(a.) Of or pertaining to the bottom
(n.) A ball or skein of thread
(v. i.) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder
(v. t.) To found or build upon
Bounce(adv.) With a sudden leap
(n.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).
(v. i.) To boast
(v. t.) To bully
Bout(n.) A conflict
Box(n.) A blow on the head or ear with the hand.
(v. i.) To fight with the fist
(v. t.) To boxhaul.
Boy(n.) A male child, from birth to the age of puberty
(v. t.) To act as a boy
Brain(n.) The affections
(v. t.) To conceive
Brake(n.) A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the P. aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches
(v. t.) A baker's kneading though.
Brass(n.) A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc
Brawn(n.) A boar.
Break(v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties
(v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction.
Breathless(a.) Dead
Breeze(n.) A light, gentle wind
(v. i.) To blow gently.
Bright(a.) Having a clear, quick intellect
(adv.) Brightly.
(n.) Splendor
(v. t.) To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops.
Brilliant(a.) A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant
(p. pr.) Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration
Brim(a.) Fierce
(n.) The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it
(v. i.) To be full to the brim.
(v. t.) To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
Bring(v. t.) To cause the accession or obtaining of
Bristly(a.) Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles
Brittle(a.) Easily broken
broke(imp.) of Break
(v. i.) To act as procurer in love matters
Broom(n.) An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle
Brought(imp. & p. p.) of Bring
Brown(n.) A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow
(superl.) Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.
(v. i.) To become brown.
(v. t.) To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface
Brush(n.) A bundle of flexible wires or thin plates of metal, used to conduct an electrical current to or from the commutator of a dynamo, electric motor, or similar apparatus
(v. i.) To move nimbly in haste
Brutally(adv.) In a brutal manner
Buck(n.) A frame on which firewood is sawed
(v. i.) To copulate, as bucks and does.
(v. t.) To break up or pulverize, as ores.
Buggy(a.) Infested or abounding with bugs.
(n.) A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and with or without a calash top.
Build(n.) Form or mode of construction
(v. i.) To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
(v. t.) To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind
Built(a.) Formed
(imp. & p. p.) of Build
(n.) Shape
Bull(a.) Of or pertaining to a bull
(n.) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
(v. i.) A grotesque blunder in language
(v. t.) To endeavor to raise the market price of
Bum(n.) A humming noise.
(v. i.,) To make murmuring or humming sound.
Bunch(n.) A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together
(v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance
(v. t.) To form into a bunch or bunches.
Bunk(n.) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
(v. i.) To go to bed in a bunk
Bunt(n.) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust
(v. i.) To swell out
(v. t. & i.) To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it
Burlap(n.) A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging
Burned(p. p.) Burnished.
Burst(imp. & p. p.) of Burst
(n.) Any brief, violent exertion or effort
(v. i.) To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way
(v. t.) To break.
Bus(n.) An omnibus.
Business(n.) Affair
Bust(n.) A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast
But(adv. & conj.) Except
(n.) A limit
(prep., adv. & conj.) The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house
(v. t.) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering
Butt(n.) A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.
(v. i.) To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity
Buzz(n.) A continuous, humming noise, as of bees
(v. i.) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings
(v. t.) To sound forth by buzzing.
By(a.) Out of the common path
(adv.) Aside
(pref.) Against.
Bye(n.) A dwelling.
Cage(n.) A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals
(v. i.) To confine in, or as in, a cage
Calculating(a.) Given to contrivance or forethought
(n.) The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.
Call(n.) A divine vocation or summons.
(v. i.) To make a brief visit
(v. t.) To command or request to come or be present
Calm(n.) Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance
(super.) Not stormy
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