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CO'MPARABLE, a. capable of being compared; of equal regard

COMPA'RE, v.n. make one thing the measure of another; find a likeness of one thing with another

COMPA'RISON, s. the act of comparing; state of being compared; comparative estimate

COMPE'TE, v.a. to vie; to contend; to strive; to endeavour to outstrip

COMPLA'INT, s. representation of pains or injuries; malady; remonstrance against

COMPLAI'SANCE, s. civility; desire of pleasing

COMPLE'TION, s. accomplishment; act of fulfilling

COMPLI'ANCE, s. the act of yielding to any design or demand

CO'MPLICATE, v.a. to render difficult and incomprehendable; to join one with another

COMPOSI'TION, s. a mass formed by mingling different ingredients; written work

COMPREHE'ND, v.a. comprise; include; conceive; understand

CONCE'AL, v.a. hide; keep secret; cover

CONCE'IT, s. vain pride

CONCE'NTRIC, a. having one common centre

CONCE'PTION, s. the act of conceiving; state of being conceived; notion; sentiment

CONCE'SSION, s. the act of granting or yielding

CONCI'LIATE, v.a. to gain; to win; to reconcile

CONCI'SE, a. short; brief; not longer than is really needful

CONCO'CT, v.a. to devise

CO'NCORD, s. agreement between persons or things; peace; union; a compact

CONCU'SSION, s. the state of being shaken

CONDE'NSE, v.n. to grow close and weighty

CONDI'TION, s. rank; property; state

CO'NDOR, s. a monstrous bird in America

CONDU'CT, v.a. lend; accompany; manage

CONE, s. a solid body, of which the base is circular, but which ends in a point

CONFE'R, v.a. compare; give; bestow; contribute; conduce

CO'NFERENCE, s. formal discourse; an appointed meeting for discussing some point by personal debate

CONFE'SS, v.a. acknowledge a crime; own; avow; grant

CONFI'NEMENT, s. imprisonment; restraint of liberty

CO'NFLUENCE, s. the joining together of rivers; a concourse; the act of joining together

CONFORMA'TION, s. the form of things as relating to each other; the act of producing suitableness or conformity to anything

CONFO'RMITY, s. similitude; consistency

CONGE'NER, s. a thing of the same kind or nature

CONGE'NIAL, a. partaking of the same genius

CONGLO'MERATE, v.a. to gather into a ball, like a ball of thread

CO'NICAL, a. in the shape of a cone

CONJE'CTURE, s. guess; imperfect knowledge; idea

CONNEC'TION, s. union

CO'NQUER, v.a. gain by conquest; win; subdue

CO'NQUEROR, s. a victor; one that conquers

CO'NQUEST, s. a victory

CO'NSCIENCE, s. the faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of ourselves

CO'NSCIOUS, a. endowed with the power of knowing one's own thoughts and actions; bearing witness by the dictates of conscience to anything

CONSCRI'PTION, s. an enrolling or registering

CO'NSECRATE, v.a. to make sacred; to canonize

CO'NSEQUENCE, s. that which follows from any cause or principle; effect of a cause

CO'NSEQUENT, a. following by rational deduction; following as the effect of a cause

CONSI'DERABLE, a. worthy of consideration; important; valuable

CONSI'ST, v.n. subsist; be composed; be comprised

CONSI'STENCE, s. state with respect to material existence; degree of denseness or rarity

CONSI'STENCY, s. adhesion; agreement with itself or with any other thing

CONSPI'CUOUS, a. obvious to the sight

CO'NSTANT, a. firm; fixed; certain; unvaried

CONSTELLA'TION, s. a cluster of fixed stars; an assemblage of splendours

CONSTERNA'TION, s. astonishment; amazement; wonder

CO'NSTITUTE, v.a. give formal existence; produce; erect; appoint another in an office

CONSTRU'CT, v.a. build; form; compile

CONSTRU'CTION, s. the act of building; structure; form of building

CONSTR'UCTIVE, a. by construction

CONSU'MPTION, s. the act of consuming; waste; a disease; a waste of muscular flesh

CO'NTACT, s. touch; close union

CONTA'GIOUS, a. infectious; caught by approach

CONTA'IN, v.a. hold; comprehend; restrain

CONTE'MPLATE, v.a. study; meditate; muse; think studiously with long attention

CONTEMPLA'TION, s. meditation; studious thought

CONTE'MPLATIVE, a. given to thought or study

CONTE'MPORARY, s. one who lives at the same time with another

CONTE'MPTIBLE, a. worthy of contempt, of scorn; neglected; despicable

CO'NTEST, s. dispute; difference; debate

CONTE'ST, v.a. to strive; to vie; to contend

CONTI'GUOUS, a. meeting so as to touch

CO'NTINENT, s. land not disjoined by the sea from other lands; that which contains anything; one of the quarters of the globe

CONTI'NGENCY, s. accidental possibility

CONTI'NUE, v.n. remain in the same state; last; persevere

CONTRA'CT, v.a. to shrink up; to grow short; to bargain

CO'NTRARY, a. opposite; contradictory; adverse

CONTRI'VANCE, s. the act of contriving; scheme; plan; plot

CONVE'NIENCE, s. fitness; ease; cause of ease

CONVE'NIENT, a. fit; suitable; proper; well adapted

CO'NVENT, s. an assembly of religious persons; a monastery; a nunnery

CO'NVERSE, s. conversation; acquaintance; familiarity

CONVE'RSION, s. change from one state to another

CONVE'RT, v.a. change into another substance; change from one religion to another; turn from a bad to a good life; apply to any use

CONVE'Y, v.a. carry; transport from one place to another; bring; transfer

CONVU'LSIVE, a. that gives twitches or spasms

CO'PIOUS, a. plentiful; abundant

CO'PPICE, s. a low wood; a place overrun with brushwood

CO'RDIAL, a. reviving; hearty; sincere

CORONA'TION, s. the act of crowning a King

CORPORA'TION, s. a body politic, constituted by Royal charter

CORPO'REAL, a. having a body; material; not spiritual

CORRE'CT, v.a. punish; discipline; remark faults; take away fault

CORRESPONDENCE, s. intercourse; relation; friendship

CO'UNCILLOR, s. one that gives counsel

COU'NTENANCE, s. the form of the face; air; look; calmness of look; patronage

CO'UNTRY, s. a tract of land; a region; rural parts

CO'URAGE, s. bravery; boldness

CO'VERING, s. dress; anything spread over another

CRA'FTY, a. cunning; knowing; scheming; politic

CRA'TER, s. the bowl, opening, or funnel of a volcano

CREA'TION, s. the act of creating; universe

CREA'TOR, s. the Divine Being that created all things

CRE'ATURE, s. a being created; a general term for man

CRE'VICE, s. a crack; a cleft; a narrow opening

CRI'MINAL, s. a man accused; a man guilty of a crime

CRI'MINA'LITY, s. the act of being guilty of a crime

CRI'TIC, s. a judge; otherwise a censurer

CRI'TICAL, a. relating to criticism

CRO'CODILE, s an amphibious voracious animal, in shape like a lizard

CROO'KED, a. bent; winding; perverse

CRU'ELTY, s. inhumanity; savageness; act of intentional affliction

CRU'SADE, s. an expedition against the infidels; a holy war

CRY'STAL, s. crystals are hard, pellucid, and naturally colourless bodies, of regular angular figures

CU'LPABLE, a. criminal; guilty; blamable

CU'LTIVATE, v.a. forward or improve the product of the earth by manual industry; improve

CULTIVA'TION, s. improvement in general

CU'POLA, s. a dome

CU'RFEW, s. an evening peal, by which the Conqueror willed that every man should rake up his fire and put out his light

CURIO'SITY, s. inquisitiveness; nice experiment; an object of curiosity; rarity

CU'RIOUS, a. inquisitive; desirous of information; difficult to please; diligent about; elegant; neat; artful

CU'RRENT, a. passing from hand to hand; authoritative; common; what is now passing

CU'STOM, s. habit; fashion; practice of buying of certain persons

CY'MBAL, s. a kind of musical instrument

CY'PRESS, s. a tall straight tree. It is the emblem of mourning

DALMA'TIA, s. a province of Austria

DALMA'TIAN, a. belonging to Dalmatia

DA'MAGE, s. mischief; hurt; loss

DA'NGER, s. risk; hazard; peril

DA'NGEROUS, a. hazardous; perilous

DA'STARDLY, ad. cowardly; mean; timorous

DA'UNTED, a. discouraged

DECE'PTION, s. the act or means of deceiving; cheat; fraud; the state of being deceived

DECLI'NE, v.a. shun; avoid; refuse; bring down

DE'CORATE, v.a. adorn; embellish; beautify

DECORA'TION, s. ornament; added beauty

DE'DICATE, v.a. to inscribe

DEFA'CE, v. a destroy; raze; ruin; disfigure

DEFE'CTIVE, a. wanting the just quantity; full of defects; imperfect; faulty

DEFE'NCE, s. guard; protection; resistance

DEFI'CIENCY, s. want; something less than is necessary; imperfection

 

DEGE'NERACY, s. departure from the virtue of our ancestors

DEGE'NERATE, a. unworthy; base

DE'ITY, s. divinity; the nature and essence of God; fabulous Rod; the supposed divinity of a heathen god

DE'LICACY, s. daintiness; softness; feminine beauty; nicety; gentle treatment; smallness

DE'LICATE, s fine; soft; pure; clear; unable to bear hardships; effeminate

DELI'CIOUS, a. sweet; delicate; agreeable

DELI'GHT, v.a. please; content; satisfy

DELI'NEATE, v.a. to paint; to represent; to describe

DELI'VER, v.a. set free; release; give; save; surrender

DE'LUGE, v.a. flood

DE'LUGE, v.a. drown; lay totally under water; overwhelm; cause to sink

DEME'ANOUR, s. carriage; behaviour

DEMO'LISH, v.a. raze; destroy; swallow up

DEMONSTRA'TION, s. the highest degree of argumental evidence

DENO'MINATE, v.a. to name anything

DEPA'RTMENT, s. separate allotment; province or business assigned to a particular person

DEPO'RTMENT, s carriage; bearing

DEPO'SIT, s. a pledge; anything given as a security

DEPO'SIT, v.a. lay up; lay aside

DEPRA'VITY, s. corruption

DE'PREDA'TION, s. a robbing; a spoiling; waste

DEPRI'VE, v.a. bereave one of a thing; hinder; debar from

DE'RVISE, s. a Turkish priest

DESCE'NDANT, s. the offspring of an ancestor

DESCRI'BE, v.a. mark out; define

DESCRI'PTION, s. the sentence or passage in which anything is described

DESCRY', v.a. give notice of anything suddenly discovered; detect; discover

DE'SERT, s. a wilderness; solitude; waste country

DESE'RVE, v.a. be entitled to reward or punishment

DESI'GN, s. an intention; a purpose; a scheme

DESIGNA'TION, s. appointment; direction; intention to design

DESI'RE, v.a. wish; long for; intreat

DE'SOLATE, a. without inhabitants; solitary; laid waste

DESPA'TCH, s. to send away hastily; to do business quickly; to put to death

DE'SPERATE, a. without hope; rash; mad; furious

DE'SPICABLE, a. worthy of scorn; contemptible

DESPI'SE, v.a. scorn; condemn; slight; abhor

DE'SPOTISM, s. absolute power

DESTINA'TION, s. the place where it was our destiny to go; fate; doom

DE'STINE, v.a. doom; devote

DE'STINY, s. doom; fate

DE'STITUTE, a. forsaken; abject; in want of

DESTRO'Y, v.a. lay waste; make desolate; put an end to

DESTRU'CTION, s. the act of destroying; the state of being destroyed; ruin

DETA'CH, v.a. separate; disengage

DETA'CHMENT, s. a body of troops sent out from the main army

DETE'R, v.a. fright from anything

DETERMINA'TION, s. absolute direction to a certain end; the result of deliberation; judicial decision

DETE'RMINE, v.a. fix; settle; resolve; decide

DETE'STABLE, a. hateful; abominable; odious

DETRA'CTION, s. the withdrawing or taking off from a thing

DETRU'DE, v.a. thrust down; force into a lower place

DEVASTA'TION, s. waste; havoc; desolation; destruction

DEVE'LOP, v.a. to disentangle; to disengage from something that enfolds and conceals

DEVIA'TION, s. the act of quitting the right way; wandering

DEVO'TE, v.a. dedicate; consecrate

DE'VOTEE, s. one erroneously or superstitiously religious; a bigot

DEVO'TION, s. piety; prayer; strong affection; power

DE'XTEROUS, a. subtle; full of expedients; expert; active; ready

DIABO'LICAL, a. devilish

DI'ADEM, s. the mark of Royalty worn on the head

DI'AL, s. a plate marked with lines, where a hand or shadow shows the hour

DI'ALECT, s. subdivision of a language; style; manner of expression

DI'ALOGUE, s. a discussion between two persons

DIA'METER, s. the straight line which, passing through the centre of a circle, divides it into two equal parts

DI'AMOND, s. the most valuable and hardest of all the gems; a brilliant

DI'FFER, v.n. be distinguished from; contend; be of a contrary opinion

DI'FFERENT, a. distinct; unlike; dissimilar

DIFFICULTY, s. hardness; something hard to accomplish; distress; perplexity in affairs

DI'GNITY, s. rank of elevation; grandeur of mien; high place

DILA'TE, v n. widen; grow wide; speak largely

DI'LIGENCE, s. industry; assiduity

DIMI'NISH, v.a. to make less

DIMI'NUTIVE, a. small; narrow; contracted

DIRE'CT, v.a. aim at a straight line; regulate; order; command; adjust; mark out a certain course

DIRE'CTION, s. tendency of motion impressed by a certain impulse; order; command; prescription

DIRE'CTLY, ad. immediately; apparently; in a straight line

DISAGRE'EABLE, a. unpleasing; offensive

DISA'STROUS, a. calamitous

DISCI'PLE, s. a scholar; one that professes to receive instruction from another

DISCIPLINE, s. education; the art of cultivating the mind; a state of subjection

DISCONCE'RT, v.a. unsettle the mind; discompose

DISCOU'RAGE, v.a. depress; deprive of confidence

DISCO'VER, v.a. disclose; bring to light; find out

DISCO'VERY, s. the act of finding anything hidden

DISCRI'MINATION, s. the state of being distinguished from other persons or things; the mark of distinction

DISHO'NOUR, s. reproach; disgrace; ignominy

DISLO'DGE, v.a. to go to another place; to drive or remove from a place

DISMA'NTLE, v.a. strip; deprive of a dress; strip a town of its outworks; loose

DISMA'Y, s. fall of courage; desertion of mind

DISOBE'DIENCE, s. the act of disobeying; inattention to the words of those who have right to command

DISO'RDER, s. irregularity; tumult; sickness

DISPA'RAGEMENT, s. reproach; disgrace; indignity

DISPLA'Y, v.a. exhibit; talk without restraint

DISPOSI'TION, s. order; method; temper of mind

DISQUI'ETUDE, s. uneasiness

DI'SREGARD, v.a. to slight; to neglect

DI'SSIPATE, v.a. scatter every way; disperse; scatter the attention

DISSO'LVE, v.n. be melted; fall to nothing

DISTANCE, s. remoteness in place; retraction of kindness; reserve

DISTE'MPER, s. disease; malady; bad constitution of the mind

DISTI'NCTION, s. the act of discerning one as preferable to the other; note of difference; honourable note of superiority; discernment

DISTINCTLY, ad. not confusedly; plainly; clearly

DISTRE'SS, s. calamity; misery; misfortune

DISTRI'BUTE, v.a. to deal out; to dispensate

DI'STRICT, s. region; country; territory

DIVE'RGE, v.n. send various ways from one point

DIVE'RSIFY, v.a. make different from another

DIVE'RSION, s. the act of turning anything off from its course

DIVE'RSITY, s. difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness; variety

DIVI'DE, v.a. part one whole in different pieces; separate; deal out

DI'VIDEND, s. a share

DO'CILE, a. teachable; easily instructed; tractable

DOMA'IN, s. dominion; possession; estate; empire

DOME'STIC, a. belonging to the house; private

DOME'STICATE, v.a. make domestic; withdraw from the public

DOMI'NION, s. sovereign authority; power; territory

DO'RSAL, a. pertaining to the back

DO'UBLE, a. two of a sort; in pairs; twice as much

DRAMA'TIC, a. representable by action

DRA'MATIST, s. author of dramatic compositions

DRAW'INGROOM, s. a room to which company withdraw—originally withdrawing-room

DRE'ADFUL, a. terrible; frightful

DRE'ARINESS, s. gloominess; sorrowfulness

DRE'ARY, a. sorrowful; gloomy; dismal; horrid

DU'CAT, s. a coin struck by Dukes; in silver valued at about four shillings and sixpence, in gold at nine shillings and sixpence

DURA'TION, s. power of continuance; length of continuance

DU'RING, prep. for the time of the continuance

EA'RLY, ad. soon; betimes

EA'RTHQUAKE, s. tremour or convulsion of the earth

EA'STERN, a. belonging to the east; lying to the east; oriental

EA'SY, a. not difficult; ready; contented; at rest

ECLI'PSE, s. an obscuration of the heavenly luminaries; darkness; obscuration

ECO'NOMY, s. frugality; discretion of expense; system of matter

E'DIFICE, s. a fabric; a building

EDI'TION, s. publication of anything, particularly of a book

EDUCA'TION, s. formation of manners in youth

EFFE'CT, s. that which is produced by an operating cause; success; purpose; meaning; consequence

EFFE'CTUAL, a. productive of effects; expressive of facts

EFFE'MINACY, s. softness; unmanly delicacy

E'FFLUENCE, s. what issues from some other principle

E'FFULGENCE, s. lustre; brightness; splendour

EFFU'SE, v.a. to pour out; to spill, to shed

EJA'CULATION, s. an exclamation

ELA'BORATE, a. finished with care

ELE'CTRIC, a. relating to electricity

ELE'CTRO-MA'GNETISM, s. a branch of electrical science

E'LEGANCE, s. beauty, rather soothing than striking; beauty without grandeur

E'LEGY, s. a mournful song; short poem without points or turns

E'LEPHANT, s. a large quadruped

E'LEVA'TED, a. exalted; raised up; progressed in rank

ELEVA'TION, s. the act of raising up aloft; exaltation

ELOCU'TION, s. the power of fluent speech; the power of expression; eloquence; flow of language

E'LOQUENCE, s. the power or speaking with fluency and elegance

ELU'DE, v.a. to mock by unexpected escape

E'MANATE, v.a. to issue; to flow from something else

EMBA'LM, v.a. impregnate a body with aromatics, that it may resist putrefaction

EMBA'RK, v.n. to go on board a ship; to engage in any affair

EMBROI'DERY, s. variegated work; figures raised upon a ground

E'MERALD, s. a precious stone of a green colour

EME'RGE, v.n. to issue; to proceed; to rise

EME'RGENCY, s. the act of rising into view; any sudden occasion; pressing necessity

E'MINENCE, s. loftiness; height; summit; distinction

E'MINENT, a. celebrated; renowned

EMI'T, v.a. to send forth; to let fly; to dart

EMO'LUMENT, s. profit; advantage

E'MPEROR, s. a monarch of title and dignity superior to a king

EMPLO'Y, v.a. busy; keep at work; use as materials; trust with the management of any affairs; use as means

E'MULATE, v.a. to vie

EMULA'TION, s. rivalry; desire of superiority

ENA'BLE, v.a. make able; confer power

ENCA'MPMENT, s. the act of encamping or pitching tents; a camp

ENCHA'NTMENT, s. magical charms; spells; irresistible influence

ENCI'RCLING, a. environing; surrounding

ENCLO'SE, v.a. part from things or grounds common by a fence; surround; encompass

ENCOU'NTER, v.a. meet face to face; attack

ENCRO'ACHMENT, s. an unlawful gathering in upon another man; advance into the territories or rights of another

ENDA'NGER, v.a. put in hazard; incur the danger of

ENDU'RANCE, s. continuance; lastingness; delay

E'NEMY, s. foe; antagonist; any one who regards another with malevolence

ENERGE'TIC, a. operative; active; vigorous

E'NERGY, s. activity; quickness; vigour

ENGA'GE, v.a. employ; stake; unite; enlist; induce; fight

ENGINE'ER, s. one who manages engines; one who directs the artillery of an army

ENGRA'VER, s. a cutter in wood or other matter

ENGRA'VING, s. the work of an engraver

ENGRO'SS, v.a thicken; increase in bulk; fatten; to copy in a large hand

 

ENJO'Y, v.a. feel or perceive with pleasure; please; delight

ENLA'RGEMENT, s. increase; copious discourse

ENNO'BLE, v.a. to dignify; to exalt; to make famous

ENO'RMOUS, a. wicked beyond the common measure; exceeding in bulk the common measure

ENQUI'RY, s. interrogation; examination; search

ENRA'GE, v.a. irritate; make furious

ENSNA'RE, v.a. entrap; entangle in difficulties or perplexities

E'NTERPRISE, s. an undertaking of hazard; an arduous attempt

E'NTERPRISING, a. fond of enterprise

ENTHU'SIASM, s. a vain belief of private revelation; beat of imagination; elevation of fancy

E'NTRAILS, s. the intestines; internal parts

ENU'MERATE, v.a. reckon up singly; number

ENVE'LOPEMENT, s. covering; inwrapment

E'PIC, a. narrative

EPI'STLE, s. a letter

EPI'STOLARY, a. transacted by letters; relating to letters

E'QUAL, a. even; uniform; in just proportion

EQUITY, s. justice; impartiality

ERE'CT, a. upright; bold; confident

ERE'CT, v.a. raise; build; elevate; settle

E'RMINE, s. an animal found in cold countries, of which the fur is valuable, and used for the adornment of the person. A fur worn by judges in England

ERRO'NEOUS, a. wrong; unfounded; false; misled by error

ERU'PTION, s. the act of bursting out; sudden excursion of a hostile kind

ESCO'RT, v.a. convoy; guard from place to place

ESPE'CIAL, a. principal; chief

ESPE'CIALLY, ad. principally; chiefly; in an uncommon degree

ESPLANA'DE, s. the empty space between a citadel and the outskirts of a town

ESSE'NTIAL, a. necessary to the constitution or existence of anything; important in the highest degree

ESTA'BLISHMENT, s. settlement; fixed state

ESTRA'NGE, v.a. keep at a distance; withdraw

ETE'RNAL, a. without beginning or end; perpetual; unchanging

ETE'RNALLY, ad. incessantly; for evermore

ETE'RNITY, s. duration without beginning or end

ETHE'REAL, a. belonging to the higher regions

EVA'PORATE, v.a. to drive away in fumes

E'VENING, s. the close of the day; beginning of night

EVE'NTUALLY, ad. in the event; in the last result

E'VIDENT, a. plain; notorious

EXA'CT, a. nice; not deviating from rule; careful

EXA'MINE, v.a. search into; make inquiry into

EXA'MPLE, s. copy or pattern

E'XCAVATE, v.a. hollow; cut into hollows

EXCE'L, v.a. to outgo in good qualities; to surpass

E'XCELLENCE, s. the state of abounding in any good quality; dignity; goodness

E'XCELLENT, a. eminent in any good quality; of great value

EXCE'PT, prep , exclusively of; unless

EXCE'SSIVE, a. beyond the common proportion

EXCI'TE, v.a. rouse; animate

EXCLU'DE, v.a. shut out; debar

EXCLU'SIVE, a. having the power of excluding or denying admission

EXCRU'CIATE, v.a. torture; torment

EXCU'RSION, s. an expedition into some distant part

EXCU'RSIVE, a. rambling; deviating

EXECU'TION, s. performance; practice; slaughter

EXE'MPLARY, a. such as may give warning to others; such as may attract notice and imitation

E'XERCISE, s. labour of the mind or body

EXE'RTION, s. the act of exerting; effort

EXHI'BIT, v.a. to offer to view; show; display

EXHIBI'TION, s. the act of exhibiting; display

EXHI'LARATE, v.a. make cheerful; cheer; enliven

EXI'STENCE, s. state of being

EXPA'ND, v.a. to spread; to extend on all sides

EXPA'NSE, s. a body widely extended without inequalities

EXPE'DIENT, s. that which helps forward as means to an end

EXPEDI'TION, s. an excursion

EXPE'L, v.a. drive away; banish; eject

EXPE'RIENCE, s. knowledge gained by practice

EXPE'RIENCED, a. wise by long practice

EXPE'RIMENT, s. a trial of anything

EXPI'RE, v.a. breathe out; close; bring to an end

EXPLO'SION, s. an outburst; a sudden crash

EXPO'RT, v.a. carry out of a country

EXPO'SE, v.a. lay open; make bare; put in danger

EXPRE'SSION, s. the form of language in which any thoughts are uttered; the act of squeezing out anything

E'XQUISITE, a. excellent; consummate; complete

EXTE'MPORE, ad. without premeditation; suddenly

EXTE'ND, v.a. stretch out; diffuse; impart

EXTE'NSIVE, a. large; wide; comprehensive

EXTE'RIOR, a. outward; external

EXTE'RNAL, a. outward

EXTI'NGUISH, v.a. put out; destroy; obscure

EXTI'RPATE, v.a. root out; eradicate

E'XTRACT, s. the chief parts drawn from anything

EXTRAO'RDINARY, a. different from common order and method; eminent; remarkable

EXTRA'VAGANT, a. wasteful; not saving; otherwise, improbable, false

EXTRE'MELY, ad. greatly; very much; in the utmost degree

EXTRE'MITY, s. the utmost point; highest degree; parts at the greatest distance

FACI'LITY, s. ease; dexterity; affability

FA'CTORY, s. a house or district inhabited by traders in a distant country; traders embodied in one place

FA'CULTY, s. the power of doing anything; ability

FAMI'LIAR, a. domestic; free; well known; common; unceremonious

FAMI'LIARITY, s. easiness of conversation; acquaintance

FA'MILY, s. those who live in the same house; household; race; clans

FA'MOUS, a. renowned; celebrated

FANA'TICISM, s. madness; frenzy; insanity

FANTA'STIC, a. whimsical; fanciful; imaginary

FA'RTHER, ad. at a greater distance; beyond this

FA'SHION, v.a. form; mould; figure; make according to the rule prescribed by custom

FA'TAL, a. deadly; mortal; appointed by destiny

FATI'GUE, s. weariness

FATI'GUE, v.a. tire; weary

FAUN, s. a kind of rural deity

FA'VOURITE, s. a person or thing beloved; one regarded with favour

FE'ATHER, s. plume of birds

FE'ATURE, s. the cast or make of the face; any lineament or single part of the face

FE'ELING, s. the sense of touch; sensibility; tenderness; perception

FERMENTA'TION, s. a slow motion of the particles of a mixed body, arising usually from the operation of some active acid matter; as when leaven or yeast ferments bread or wort

FERO'CITY, s. savageness; wildness; fierceness

FE'RTILE, a. fruitful; abundant; plenteous

FERTI'LITY, s. abundance; fruitfulness

FE'STAL, a. festive; joyous; gay

FE'STIVAL, a. time of feast; anniversary-day of civil or religious joy

FESTO'ON, s. In architecture, an ornament of carved work in the form of a wreath or garland of flowers or leaves twisted together

FEU'DAL, a. dependant; held by tenure

FI'BRE, s. a small thread or string

FI'CTION, s. a fanciful invention; a probable or improbable invention; a falsehood; a lie

FIDE'LITY, s. honesty; faithful adherence

FI'GURE, s. shape; person; stature; the form of anything as terminated by the outline

FI'LIAL, a. pertaining to a son; befitting a son; becoming the relation of a son

FI'RMAMENT, s. sky; heavens

FLA'GON, s. a vessel with a narrow mouth

FLA'MBEAU, s. (pronounced flam-bo) a lighted torch

FLA'VOUR, s. power of pleasing the taste; odour

FLEUR-DE-LIS, s. (French for a lily, pronounced flúr-de-lee) a term applied in architecture and heraldry

FLE'XIBLE, a. capable of being bent; pliant; not brittle; complying: obsequious; ductile; manageable

FLOAT, v.n. to swim on the surface of water; to move without labour in a fluid; to pass with a light irregular course; v.a. to cover with water

FLO'RIDNESS, s. freshness of colour

FLO'URISH, v.a. and v.n. yield; prosper; wield; adorn

FLU'CTUATE, v.n. roll to and again, as water in agitation; be in an uncertain state

FLU'ID, a. anything not solid

FLU'TTER, v.n. move irregularly; take short flights with great agitation of the wines

FO'LIAGE, s. leaves; tuft of leaves

FO'LLOWING, a. coming after another

FOME'NT, v.a. cherish with heat; encourage

FO'REFATHER, s. ancestor

FO'REIGN, a. not in this country; not domestic; remote; not belonging to

FO'REPART, s. anterior part

FO'REST, s. a wild uncultivated tract of ground, with wood

FO'RMER, a. before another in time; the first of two

FO'RMIDABLE, a. terrible; dreadful; tremendous

FORTIFICA'TION, s. the science of military architecture; a place built for strength

FO'RTITUDE, s. courage; bravery; strength

FO'RWARD, v.a. hasten; quicken; advance

FO'RWARD, a. warm; earnest; quick; ready

FO'RWARD, ad. onward; straight before

FO'RWARDNESS, s. eagerness; ardour; quickness; confidence

FOSSE, s. a ditch; a moat

FOUNDA'TION, s. the basis or lower parts of an edifice; the act of fixing the basis; original; rise

FRA'GMENT, s. a part broken from the whole; an imperfect piece

FRA'NTIC, a. mad; deprived of understanding

FREE'STONE, s. stone commonly used in building, so called because it can be cut freely in all directions

FREIGHT, s. anything with which a ship is loaded; the money due for transportation of goods

FRE'QUENT, a. often done; often seen; often occurring

FRE'SCO, s. coolness; shade; duskiness; a picture not drawn in glaring light, but in dusk

FRI'CTION, s. the act of rubbing two bodies together

FRI'VOLOUS, a. trifling; wasteful; dawdling

FRO'NTIER, s. the limit; the utmost verge of any territory

FU'RNACE, s. a large fire

FU'RNISH, v.a. supply with what is necessary; fit up; equip; decorate

GA'BLE, s. the sloping roof of a building

GA'LAXY, s. the Milky Way

GA'LLANT, a. brave; daring; noble

G'ALLEY, a. a vessel used in the Mediterranean

GA'RDEN, s. piece of ground enclosed and cultivated

GA'RMENT, s. anything by which the body is covered

GA'RRISON, s. fortified place, stored with soldiers

GAUGE, s. a measure; a standard

GENEA'LOGY, s. history of the succession of families

GE'NERAL, a. common; usual; extensive, though not universal; public

GENERA'TION, s. a family; a race; an age

GE'NEROUS, a. noble of mind; magnanimous; open of heart

GE'NIAL, a. that gives cheerfulness, or supports life; natural; native

GE'NTLE, a. soft; mild; tame; meek; peaceable

GEOGRA'PHICAL, a. that which relates to geography

GEO'GRAPHY, s. knowledge of the earth

GE'STURE, s. action or posture expressive of sentiment

GI'ANT, s. a man of size above the ordinary rate of men; a man unnaturally large

GIGA'NTIC, a. suitable to a giant; enormous

GLA'CIER, s. a mountain of ice

GLA'NDULAR, a. having glands

GLI'STER, v.n. shine; to be bright

GLO'BULE, s. a small particle of matter of a round figure, as the red particles of the blood

GLO'RIOUS, a. noble; excellent; illustrious

GLO'SSY, a. shiny; smoothly polished

GO'RGEOUS, a. fine; magnificent; gaudy; showy

GO'SLING, s. a young goose; a catkin on nut-trees and pines

GO'SSAMER, s. the web of a male spider

GOUT, s , a disease attended with great pain

GO'VERNOR, s. one who has the supreme direction; a tutor

GRADA'TION, s. regular progress from one degree to another; order; arrangement

GRA'DUALLY, ad. by degrees; step by step

GRA'NDEUR, s. splendour of appearance; magnificence

GRANGE, s. a farm

GRATIFICA'TION, s. pleasure; something gratifying

GRA'TITUDE, s. duty to benefactors; desire to return benefits

GRA'VITY, s. weight; tendency to the centre; seriousness; solemnity

GROTE'SQUE, a. distorted of figure; unnatural

GUARD, s. part of the hilt of a sword; a man or body of men whose business is to watch

GUIDE, s. director; regulator

HABITATION, s. place of abode; dwelling

HABI'TUALLY, ad. customarily; by habit

HA'GGARD, a. deformed; ugly

HARA'NGUE, v.n. make a speech

HA'RMONIZE, v.a. to adjust in fit proportion

HARPO'ON, s. a bearded dart, with a line fastened to the handle, with which whales are struck and caught

HA'ZARDOUS, a. perilous, dangerous

HE'AVY, a. weighty; burdened; depressed

HE'RALDRY, s. the art or office of a herald; registers of genealogies

HE'RBAGE, s. grass; pasture; herbs collectively

HERBI'VOROUS, a. that eats herbs

HERE'DITARY, a. possessed or claimed by right of inheritance; descending by inheritance

HE'RETIC, s. one who propagates his private opinions in opposition to the Catholic Church

HE'YDAY, s. frolic; wildness

HI'DEOUS, a. frightful; ugly

HIPPOPO'TAMUS, s. a large animal—the river horse

HISTO'RIAN, s. a writer of facts and events

HISTO'RICAL, a. that which relates to history

HI'STORY, s. narration; the knowledge of facts and events