APPEARANCE, _s._ the act of coming into sight; phenomenon; apparition;
presence
APPE'NDAGE, _s._ something added to another thing without being
necessary to its essence
A'PPETITE _s._ hunger; violent longing
APPLA'USE _s._ approbation loudly expressed; praise
APPLICATION, _s._ close study; intenseness of thought; attention; the
act of applying; the act of applying anything to another.
APPORTIONMENT, _s._ dividing into portions
APPRECIATE, _v.a._ set a price on anything; esteem
APPRO'ACH, _v n._ draw near; somewhat resemble
APPROBATION, _s._ the act of approving, or expressing himself pleased,
or satisfied; support
APPRO'PRIATENESS, _s._ a fitness to be appropriated
APPROPRIATION, _s._ the application of something to a certain purpose
AQUA'TIC, _a._ that inhabits the water; that grows in the water
A'QUEDUCT, _s._ a conveyance, tunnel, or way made for carrying water
ARA'TOO, _s._ a bird of the parrot kind
AR'BALIST, _s._ a naturalist who make trees his study
A'RBITRABY, _o._ despotic; absolute; depending on no rule
ARBU'TUS, _s._ a strawberry tree
ARCA'DE, _s._ a continued arch; a walk arched over
ARCHBI'SHOP, _s._ a bishop of the first class, who superintends the
conduct of other bishops
ARCHITE'CTURE, _s._ the art or science of building
A'RCTIC, _a._ northern; lying under the Arctos or Bear
A'RDUOUS, _a._ lofty; difficult
ARI'SE, _v.n._ mount upward; get up; proceed
ARMI'LLA, _s._ a bracelet, or jewel worn on the arm
A'RMY, _s._ collection of armed men; a great number
AROMA'TIC, _a._ spicy; fragrant; strong-scented
ARRI'VE, _v.n._ reach any place; happen
ARRA'NGE, _v.a._ put in the proper order for any purpose
ARRA'NGEMENT, _s._ the act of putting In proper order, the state of
being put in order
ARRA'Y, _s._ order, chiefly of war; dress
A'RROGANCE, _s._ the act or quality of taking much upon one's self
A'RROW, _s._ the pointed weapon which is shot from a bow
A'RTICLE, _s._ a part of speech; a single clause of an account; term
ARTI'CULATE, _v.a._ form words; speak as a man; draw up in articles;
make terms
A'RTIFICE, _s._ trick; fraud; stratagem; art; trade
ARTIFI'CIAL, _a._ made by art; not natural
ARTI'LLERY, _s._ weapons of war; cannon; great ordinance
A'RTISAN, _s._ professor of any art
ASCE'NDANCY, _s._ influence; power
ASPE'RSE, _v.a._ bespatter with censure or calumny
A'SPIC, _s._ the name of a small serpent
ASSA'ILANT, _s._ one that assails
ASSE'MBLY, _s._ a company met together
ASSE'RT, _v.a._ to declare positively; maintain; to defend either by
words or actions; claim
ASSIDU'ITY, _s._ diligence
ASSI'MILATE, _v.a._ bring to a likeness; turn to its own nature by
digestion
ASSISTANCE, _s._ help
ASSISTANT, _s._ a helper
ASSI'ZE, _s._ a jury; any court of justice; the ordinance or statute
ASSO'CIATE, _s._ a partner; a confederate; a companion
ASSU'RE, _v.a._ give confidence by a firm promise
ASTO'NISHMENT, _s._ amazement
ASTRO'NOMY, _s._ the science of the motions, distances, &c. of the stars
A'THEISM, _s._ the disbelief of a god
ATHE'NIAN, _s._ a native of Athens
A'TMOSPHERE, _s._ the air that encompasses the solid earth on all sides
ATRO'CIOUS, _a._ wicked in a high degree; enormous
ATTA'CH, _v.a._ arrest; fix one's interest; win; lay hold on
ATTA'CK, _v.a._ to make an assault
ATTA'IN, _v.a._ gain; procure; reach
ATTAINMENT, _s._ an acquisition; an accomplishment
ATTE'MPT, _v.a._ venture upon; try; endeavour
ATTE'NDANT, _s._ one that attends; one that is present at anything
ATTENTION, _s._ the act of attending; the act of bending the mind upon
it
ATTE'NTIVE, _a._ regardful; full of attention
ATTI'RE, _s._ clothing; dress; equipment
A'TTITUDE, _s._ position; expression
ATTRA'CT, _v.a._ draw to something; allure; invite
ATTRA'CTIVE, _a._ having the power to draw anything; inviting
ATTRIBUTE, _v.a._ to ascribe; to yield as due; to impute as a cause
AU'DITOR, _s._ a hearer
AURO'RA-BOREA'LIS, _a._ electrical light streaming in the night from
the north; the northern lights or streamers
AUSTE'RITY, _s._ severity; cruelty
AUTHENTIC, _a._ genuine
AU'THOR, _s._ the first beginner or mover of anything; a writer in
general
AUTHO'RITY, _s._ power; rule; influence; support; legal power
AU'TUMN, _s._ the season of the year between summer and winter
AVAILABLE, _a._ profitable; powerful; advantageous
AVALA'NCHE, _s._ immense mass of snow or ice
A'VERAGE, _s._ a middle proportion
AVI'DITY, _s._ eagerness; voracity; greediness
AVO'ID, _v.a._ shun; shift off; quit
AWA'KE, _v.a._ rouse out of sleep; put into new action
AW'KWARD, _a._ clumsy; inelegant; unready
A'ZURE, _s._ blue; faint blue
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BA'CCHANALS, _s._ the drunken feasts of Bacchus; fabulous personages who
assisted at the festivals of Bacchus
BALCO'NY, _s._ a frame before the window of a room
BALLO'ON, _s._ a large hollow ball of silk, filled with gas, which makes
it rise in the air
BA'NDIT, _s._ a man outlawed
BA'NISH, _v.a._ condemn to leave one's country; drive away
BA'NISHMENT, _s._ the act of banishing another; the state of being
banished
BARBA'RIAN, _s._ a savage; a man uncivilized
BA'RBAROUS, _a._ savage; ignorant; cruel
BA'RREN, _a._ unfruitful; sterile; scanty
BARRIC'ADE, _v.a._ stop up a passage; hinder by stoppage
BASA'LT, _s._ a variety of trap rock
BASA'LTIC, _a._ relating to basalt
BASTI'LE, _s._ (pronounced _basteel_) a jail; formerly the state prison
of France
BA'TTER, _v.a._ beat; shatter; beat down
BA'TTLE, _s._ a fight; an encounter between opposite enemies
BEA'CON, _s._ something raised on an eminence to direct
BEA'RABLE, _a._ that which is capable of being borne
BEAU'TY, _s._ a particular grace or feature; a beautiful person
BECO'ME, _v.a._ befit; be suitable to the person
BEDE'CK, _v.a._ to deck; to adorn; to grace
BE'DSTEAD, _s._ the frame on which the bed is placed
BEHI'ND, _ad._ out of sight; not yet in view; remaining
BEHO'VE, _v.n._ to be fit
BELI'EVE, _v.n._ to have a firm persuasion of anything
BENEFA'CTOR, _s._ one that does good
BE'NEFIT, _s._ a kindness; a favour conferred; an advantage
BENE'VOLENT, _a._ kind; having good-will
BENI'GHT, _v.a._ involve in darkness; surprise with the coming on of
night
BENI'GNANT, _a._ kind; generous; liberal
BE'NISON, _s._ a blessing
BENU'MB, _v.a._ make torpid; stupify
BESIE'GE, _v.a._ to beleaguer; to lay siege to
BESPRE'NT, _v. def._ besprinkled
BESTO'W, _v.a._ give; confer upon; lay up
BETWE'EN, _prep._ in the middle space; from one to another; noting
difference of one from another
BI'LBERRY, _s._ the fruit of a plant so called
BO'ATMAN, _s._ he that manages a boat
BO'DY, _s._ material substance of an animal; matter; person; collective
mass; main part; main army
BO'RDER, _s._ edge; edge of a country; a bank raised round a garden and
set with flowers
BO'UNTEOUS, _a._ liberal; kind; generous
BOUQUE'T, _s._ (pronounced _boo-kay_) a nosegay
BOWSPRI'T, _s._ (a sea term) the mast that runs out at the bow of a ship
BRA'CELET, _s._ an ornament for the arms
BRA'CH, _s._ a she hound
BRA'CKISH, _a._ salt; somewhat salt
BRI'LLIANCY, _s._ brightness; lustre
BRI'LLIANT, _s._ a diamond of the finest cut
BRI'LLIANT, _a._ shining; sparkling; full of lustre
BU'BBLE, _s._ a small bladder of water; anything which wants solidity
and firmness
BU'LKY, _a._ of great size or stature
BU'LWARK, _s._ a fortification; a security
BUO'YANCY, _s._ the quality of floating
BU'RDENSOME, _a._ grievous
BU'RIAL, _s._ interment; the act of putting anything under earth or
water
BU'RY, _v.a._ inter; put in the grave; conceal
BU'TTRESS, _s._ a prop; a wall built to support another
CA'DENCE, _s._ the fall of the voice; state of sinking, decline
CALA'MITY, _s._ misfortune; cause of misery; distress
CA'LCULATE, _v.a._ reckon; adjust
CAL'CULA'TION, _s._ a practice or manner of reckoning; a reckoning
CA'LEDO'NIANS, _s._ the ancient inhabitants of Scotland
CAMPA'IGN, _s._ a large, open, level tract of land; the time for which
any army keeps the field
CA'NADA, _s._ a province of the British possessions in America
CANA'L, _s._ any course of water made by art; a passage through which
any of the juices of the body flow
CANA'RY, _s._ an excellent singing-bird--so called from its native
place, the Canary Islands
CA'NNIBAL, _s._ a savage that eats his fellow-men taken in war
CA'PABLE, _a._ susceptible; intelligent; qualified for; able to receive;
capacious; able to understand
CAPA'CIOUS, _a._ wide; large
CAPA'CITY, _s._ power; ability; state; condition; character
CAPERCA'ILZIE, _s._ (pronounced _cap-per-kail-zeh_) cock of the wood
CA'PITAL, _s._ the upper part of a pillar; the chief city of a nation or
kingdom
CA'PITAL, _a._ applied to letters--large, such as are written at the
beginning or heads of books
CA'PTAIN, _s._ a chief commander
CA'PTIVE, _s._ a prisoner
CAPTI'VITY, _s._ imprisonment; subjection by the fate of war; bondage;
slavery; servitude
CA'PTURE, _v.a._ take prisoner; bring into a condition of servitude
CA'RAVAN, _s._ a conveyance; a troop or body of merchants or pilgrims,
as they travel in the East
CARE'ER, _s._ a course; full speed; course of action
CA'RGO, _s._ the lading of a ship
CARNI'VOROUS, _a._ flesh-eating
CA'ROB, _s._ a plant bearing a nutritious fruit so called
CA'RRIAGE, _s._ the act of carrying or transporting; vehicle; conduct
CA'RRION, _s._ the carcase of something not proper for food
CA'RRONA'DE, _s._ a short iron cannon
CA'RRY, _v.a._ convey from a place; transport; bring forward; bear
CAR'TILAGE, _s._ a smooth and solid body, softer than a bone, but harder
than a ligament
CARTILA'GINOUS, _a._ consisting of cartilages
CA'RTRIDGE, _s._ a case of paper or parchment filled with gunpowder,
used for greater expedition in loading
CASCA'DE, _s._ a cataract; a waterfall
CA'STELLATED, _a._ that which is turretted or built in the form of a
castle
CATAMARA'N, _s._ a rude species of boat
CA'TARACT, _s._ a waterfall
CATA'STROPHE, _s._ a final event
CATHE'DRAL, _s._ the head church of a diocese
CA'VALRY, _s._ horse soldiery
CA'VERN, _s._ a hollow place in the ground
CA'VIL, _s._ a false or frivolous objection
CA'VITY, _s._ a hole; a hollow place
CE'DAR, _s._ a kind of tree; it is evergreen, and produces flowers
CE'LEBRATE, _v.a._ praise; commend; mention in a set or solemn manner
CELE'BRITY, _s._ transaction publicly splendid
CELE'RITY, _s._ quickness
CELE'STIAL, _a._ heavenly
CE'METERY, _s._ a place where the dead are deposited
CE'NTRE, _s._ the middle
CE'NTURY, _s._ a hundred years
CEREMO'NIOUS, _a._ full of ceremony
CE'REMONY, _s._ form in religion; form of civility
CE'RTAIN, _a._ sure; unquestionable; regular; particular kind
CHAO'TIC, _a._ confused
CHA'PTER, _s._ a division of a book; the place in which assemblies of
the clergy are held
CHARACTERI'SE, _v.a._ to give a character of the particular quality of
any man
CHARACTERI'STIC, _s._ that which constitutes the character
CHARACTERI'STICALLY, _ad._ constituting the character
CHA'RITY, _s._ kindness; love; good-will; relief given to the poor
CHA'TEAU, _s._ (pronounced _shat-oh_) a castle
CHA'TTER, _v.a._ make a noise by collision of the teeth; talk idly or
carelessly
CHE'RUB, _s._ a celestial spirit, next in order to the seraphim
CHRI'STENDOM, _s._ the collective body of Christianity
CHRI'STIAN, _s._ a professor of the religion of Christ
CHRO'NICLE, _s._ a register of events in order of time; a history
CHRO'NICLER, _s._ a writer of chronicles; a historian
CHRONO'METER, _s._ an instrument for the exact measuring of time
CI'PHER, _s._ a figure, as 1, 2
CI'RCUIT, _s._ a circular band
CI'RCUIT, _s._ ring; round; stated journey repeated at intervals
CIRCU'MFERENCE, _s._ the space enclosed in a circle
CIRCUMSCRI'BE, _v.a._ enclose in certain lines or boundaries; bound;
Limit
CI'RCUMSTANCE, _s._ something relative to a fact; incident; event
CI'STERN, _s._ a receptacle of water for domestic uses; reservoir
CI'STUS, _s._ rock-rose
CI'TADEL, _s._ a fortress; a place of defence
CI'TIZEN, _s._ a freeman of a city; townsman
CI'TY, _s._ a corporate town that hath a bishop
CI'VIL, _a._ political; not foreign; gentle; well bred; polite
CIVI'LITY, _s._ politeness; complaisance
CI'VILIZA'TION, _s._ civilising manners
CI'VILIZE, _v.a._ reclaim from savageness and brutality
CLA'MOUR, _s._ noise; tumult; disturbance
CLA'RION, _s._ a trumpet
CLI'MATE, _s._ a region, or tract of land, differing from another by the
temperature of the air
CLU'STER, _s._ a bunch
CO'GNIZANCE, _s._ trial; a badge by which one is known
COLLE'CT, _v.a._ gather together; bring into one place; gain from
observation
COLLO'QUIAL, _a._ that relates to common conversation
COLO'NIAL, _a._ that which relates to a colony
CO'LONIST, _s._ one that colonises; one that dwells in a colony
COLO'SSAL, _a._ of enormous magnitude; large
CO'LOUR, _s._ the appearance of bodies to the eye only; hue; appearance
CO'LUMN, _s._ a round pillar; a long file or row of troops; half a page,
when divided into two equal parts by a line passing down the middle
COLU'MNAR, _a._ formed in columns
COMBINA'TION, _s._ a union; a joining together
CO'MFORTABLE, _a._ admitting comfort; dispensing comfort
COMMA'NDER, _s._ a general; chief; leader
COMMEMORA'TION, _s._ an act of public celebration
COMME'NCE, _v.a._ to begin
CO'MMERCE, _s._ intercourse; exchange of one thing for another; trade
COMME'RCIAL, _a._ that which relates to commerce
CO'MMINUTE, _v.a._ to grind; to pulverise
COMMO'DITY, _s._ wares; merchandise
COMMONWE'ALTH, _s._ a polity; an established form of civilized life;
public; republic
COMMU'NICATE, _v.a._ impart knowledge; reveal
COMMU'NITY, _s._ the commonwealth; the body politic; common possession
COMPA'NION, _s._ a partner; an associate
CO'MPANY, _s._ persons assembled together; a band; a subdivision of a
regiment of foot
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