12 new words everyday
30/09/2024
#48968
TRET
TRET
3d pers. sing. pres. of Tread, for treadeth. Chaucer.
#20186
ENSOUL
ENSOUL
To indue or imbue (a body) with soul. [R.] Emerson.
#4372
RELICLY
RELICLY
In the manner of relics. [Obs.]
#38922
INEFFICACY
INEFFICACY
Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect;inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness;as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.The seeming inefficacy of censures. Bp. Hall.The inefficacy was soon proved, like that of many similar medicines.James Gregory.
#17249
HOMOEOZOIC
HOMOEOZOIC
Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life;as, homoeozoic belts on the earth's surface. E. Forbes.
#72685
PINGUICULA
PINGUICULA
See Butterwort.
#65004
TOE HOLD
TOE HOLD
A hold in which the agressor bends back his opponent's foot.
#69
INDOXYL
INDOXYL
A nitrogenous substance, C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindol,obtained as an oily liquid.
#10873
NEPHRITIS
NEPHRITIS
An inflammation of the kidneys.
#75775
ASTEL
ASTEL
An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads ina mine.
#48050
SQUARISH
SQUARISH
Nearly square. Pennant.
#69111
SAYMASTER
SAYMASTER
A master of assay; one who tries or proves. [Obs.] "Greatsaymaster of state." D. Jonson.