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- metaphysician
- One skilled in metaphysics.
- Norman
- Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France.
- negate
- To deny.
- nectar
- Any especially sweet and delicious drink.
- missive
- A message in writing.
- masquerade
- A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised.
- mileage
- A distance in miles.
- notorious
- Unfavorably known to the general public.
- misanthropic
- Hating mankind.
- madden
- To inflame with passio,
- mania
- Insanity.
- non-combatant
- One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting.
- morale
- A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like.
- norm
- A model.
- mountaineer
- One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise.
- metaphor
- A figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other.
- material
- That of which anything is composed or may be constructed.
- mongrel
- The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.
- mystic
- One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth.
- misogyny
- Hatred of wome,
- manifesto
- A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives.
- mockery
- Ridicule.
- mistrust
- To regard with suspicion or jealousy.
- neocracy
- Government administered by new or untried persons.
- nurture
- The process of fostering or promoting growth.
- magnetize
- To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily.
- metallurgy
- The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as by smelting.
- mountainous
- Full of or abounding in mountains.
- necessity
- That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.
- neo-Darwinsim
- Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students.
- maneuver
- To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy.
- magnate
- A person of rank or importance.
- moonbeam
- A ray of moonlight.
- ministry
- A service.
- malady
- Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one.
- mediocre
- Ordinary.
- mastery
- The attainment of superior skill.
- migratory
- Wandering.
- moat
- A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall.
- nowhere ad
- In no place or state.
- nasal
- Pertaining to the nose.
- maniac
- a person raving with madness.
- nil
- Nothing
- misbehavior
- Ill or improper behavior.
- metaphysical
- Philosophical.
- naturally ad
- According to the usual order of things.
- negligent
- Apt to omit what ought to be done.
- mendacious
- Untrue.
- matricide
- The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother.
- matter of fact
- Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality.
- maharaja
- A great Hindu prince.
- negligible
- Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery.
- mantel
- The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it.
- narration
- The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence.
- mechanics
- The branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces.
- matrimony
- The union of a man and a woman in marriage.
- munificent
- Extraordinarily generous.
- municipal
- Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government.
- marvel
- To be astonished and perplexed because of (something).
- monosyllable
- A word of one syllable.
- nauseate
- To cause to loathe.
- moratorium
- An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.
- militia
- Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations.
- magnanimous
- Generous in treating or judging others.
- miser
- A person given to saving and hoarding unduly.
- monograph
- A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.
- mannerism
- Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct.
- nauseous
- Loathsome.
- manliness
- The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc.
- monstrosity
- Anything unnaturally huge or distorted.
- martyrdom
- Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle.
- necromancer
- One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.
- monologue
- A story or drama told or performed by one perso,
- neo-Latin
- Modernized Lati,
- merciless
- Cruel.
- monetary
- Financial.
- monogamy
- The habit of pairing, or having but one mate.
- manufacturer
- A person engaged in manufacturing as a business.
- meddlesome
- Interfering.
- nonentity
- A person or thing of little or no account.
- narrate
- To tell a story.
- monolith
- Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.
- maroon
- To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island.
- Newtonian
- Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.
- manlike
- Like a ma,
- maltreat
- To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively.
- maidenhood
- Virginity.
- missile
- Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be throw,
- metropolitan
- Pertaining to a chief city.
- mediate
- To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties.
- monopoly
- The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price.
- maintain
- To hold or preserve in any particular state or conditio,
- maudlin
- Foolishly and tearfully affectionate.
- medley
- A composition of different songs or parts of songs arranged to run as a continuous whole.
- malefactor
- One who injures another.
- mishap
- Misfortune.
- mausoleum
- A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions.
- muster
- An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off.
- novice
- A beginner in any business or occupatio,
- manumit
- To set free from bondage.
- muffle
- To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.
- myriad
- A vast indefinite number.
- modernity
- The state or character of being moder,
- moribund
- On the point of dying.
- micrometer
- An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions.
- medial
- Of or pertaining to the middle.
- nuptial
- Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony.
- mouthful
- As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise.
- nominal
- Trivial.
- necrology
- A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.
- monogram
- A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name.
- mercantile
- Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial.
- magician
- A sorcerer.
- nomic
- Usual or customary.
- misinterpret
- To misunderstand.
- nettle
- To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure i,
- morose
- Gloomy.
- nonchalance
- A state of mind indicating lack of interest.
- makeup
- The arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed.
- mutation
- The act or process of change.
- neural
- Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.
- manor
- The landed estate of a lord or noblema,
- nondescript
- Indescribable.
- nunnery
- A convent for nuns.
- mandatory
- Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory.
- motley
- Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements.
- mitigate
- To make milder or more endurable.
- moderator
- The presiding officer of a meeting.
- man-eater
- An animal that devours human beings.
- mundane
- Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial.
- metamorphosis
- A passing from one form or shape into another.
- meager
- scanty.
- nominate
- To designate as a candidate for any office.
- nihilist
- An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be know,
- misrepresent
- To give a wrong impressio,
- nutritive
- Having nutritious properties.
- misunderstand
- To Take in a wrong sense.
- momentous
- Very significant.
- misrule
- To misgover,
- monocracy
- Government by a single perso,
- nutriment
- That which nourishes.
- misuse
- To maltreat.
- motto
- An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith.
- navel
- The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached.
- normalcy
- The state of being normal.
- mystification
- The act of artfully perplexing.
- mead
- A meadow.
- magnificence
- The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power.
- malleable
- Pliant.
- nugatory
- Having no power or force.
- manumission
- Emancipatio,
- macadamize
- To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone.
- morality
- Virtue.
- network
- Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.
- malevolent
- Wishing evil to others.
- malaria
- A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating.
- narrative
- An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.
- momentary
- Lasting but a short time.
- meretricious
- Alluring by false or gaudy show.
- maleficent
- Mischievous.
- malevolence
- Ill will.
- numeration
- The act or art of reading or naming numbers.
- monitory
- Admonition or warning.
- misanthropy
- Hatred of mankind.
- mealy-mouthed
- Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly.
- matrix
- That which contains and gives shape or form to anything.
- minority
- The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided.
- natal
- Pertaining to one's birth.
- nestling
- Recently hatched.
- metronome
- An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music.
- minion
- A servile favorite.
- massive
- Of considerable bulk and weight.
- modish
- Fashionable.
- metonymy
- A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes.
- Martian
- Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet.
- mane
- The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lio,
- mimic
- To imitate the speech or actions of.
- modernize
- To make characteristic of the present or of recent times.
- Narcissus
- The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflectio,
- neglectful
- Exhibiting or indicating omissio,
- misapprehend
- To misunderstand.
- metal
- An element that forms a base by combining with oxygen, is usually hard, heavy, and lustrous.
- misdeed
- A wrong or improper act.
- metric
- Relating to measurement.
- muleteer
- A mule-driver.
- metropolis
- A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state.
- mellifluous
- Sweetly or smoothly flowing.
- noiseless
- Silent.
- mettlesome
- Having courage or spirit.
- monotonous
- Unchanging and tedious.
- medallion
- A large medal.
- Madonna
- A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus.
- maintenance
- That which supports or sustains.
- neuter
- Neither masculine nor feminine.
- numerical
- Of or pertaining to number.
- nebula
- A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance.
- negation
- The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a propositio,
- microscopic
- Adapted to or characterized by minute observatio,
- maxim
- A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide.
- ministration
- Any religious ceremonial.
- nit
- The egg of a louse or some other insect.
- noxious
- Hurtful.
- malediction
- The calling down of a curse or curses.
- nevertheless
- Notwithstanding.
- miter
- The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.
- millet
- A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.
- microscopy
- The art of examing objects with the microscope.
- mentality
- Intellectuality.
- narrator
- One who narrates anything.
- mettle
- Courage.
- nuance
- A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind.
- neophyte
- Having the character of a beginner.
- misogamy
- Hatred of marriage.
- nomad
- Having no fixed abode.
- malign
- To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely.
- negotiable
- To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property.
- neurology
- The science of the nervous system.
- militarism
- A policy of maintaining great standing armies.
- nominee
- One who receives a nominatio,
- miniature
- Much smaller than reality or that the normal size.
- monastery
- A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusio,
- machinist
- One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools.
- mien
- The external appearance or manner of a perso,
- maze
- A labyrinth.
- malignant
- Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief.
- misdemeanor
- Evil conduct, small crime.
- militant
- Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency.
- misnomer
- A name wrongly or mistakenly applied.
- mercenary
- Greedy
- monition
- Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof.
- mite
- A very small amount, portion, or particle.
- moccasin
- A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckski,
- messieurs
- pl. Gentleme,
- municipality
- A district enjoying municipal government.
- nostrum
- Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.
- myth
- A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact.
- misplace
- To put into a wrong place.
- maritime
- Situated on or near the sea.
- mordant
- Biting.
- mandate
- A command.
- minimize
- To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- metempsychosis
- Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast.
- nomination
- The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.
- migrate
- To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another.
- nautical
- Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigatio,
- magnet
- A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone.
- meander
- To wind and turn while proceeding in a course.
- magistracy
- The office or dignity of a magistrate.
- morphology
- the science of organic forms.
- negligee
- A loose gown worn by wome,
- mendicant
- A beggar.
- nestle
- To adjust cozily in snug quarters.
- multiform
- Having many shapes, or appearances.
- mantle
- A cloak.
- nude
- Naked.
- materialize
- To take perceptible or substantial form.
- midwife
- A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth.
- nefarious
- Wicked in the extreme.
- misty
- Lacking clearness
- magisterial
- Having an air of authority.
- microscope
- An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects.
- nectarine
- A variety of the peach.
- mobocracy
- Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace.
- meditation
- The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind.
- martial
- Pertaining to war or military operations.
- mythology
- The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.
- mnemonics
- A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances.
- memorable
- Noteworthy.
- minute
- Exceedingly small in extent or quantity.
- nameless
- Having no fame or reputatio,
- matinee
- An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime.
- medicine
- A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties.
- noisome
- Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell.
- neutral
- Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.
- negligence
- Omission of that which ought to be done.
- necessary
- Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.
- morbid
- Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.
- needlework
- Embroidery.
- melodious
- Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds.
- missal
- The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.
- memento
- A souvenir.
- mismanage
- To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully.
- meliorate
- To make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical conditio,
- metaphysics
- The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science.
- magnificent
- Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or actio,
- mawkish
- Sickening or insipid.
- necrosis
- the death of part of the body.
- nonpareil
- One who or that which is of unequaled excellence.
- misadventure
- An unlucky accident.
- neopaganism
- A new or revived paganism.
- mulatto
- The offspring of a white person and a black perso,
- moralize
- To render virtuous.
- mollify
- To soothe.
- nucleus
- A central point or part about which matter is aggregated.
- noisy
- Clamorous.
- novellette
- A short novel.
- meticulous
- Over-cautious.
- monsieur
- A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir.
- monomania
- The unreasonable pursuit of one idea.
- munificence
- A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality.
- navigable
- Capable of commercial navigatio,
- monotony
- A lack of variety.
- nowadays ad
- In the present time or age.
- necropolis
- A city of the dead.
- mislay
- To misplace.
- nationality
- A connection with a particular natio,
- naval
- Pertaining to ships.
- mete
- To apportio,
- monarchy
- Government by a single, sovereign ruler.
- naphtha
- A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints.
- niggardly
- Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)
- masterpiece
- A superior productio,
- maize
- Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply cor,
- mutilate
- To disfigure.
- non-existent
- That which does not exist.
- menace
- A threat.
- man-trap
- A place or structure dangerous to human life.
- malcontent
- One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs.
- mutiny
- Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority.
- midsummer
- The middle of the summer.
- nausea
- An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit
- menagerie
- A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibitio,
- magnitude
- Importance.
- mischievous
- Fond of tricks.
- moralist
- A writer on ethics.
- miscount
- To make a mistake in counting.
- nuisance
- That which annoys, vexes, or irritates.
- miscreant
- A villai,
- merciful
- Disposed to pity and forgive.
- molt
- To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc.
- machinery
- The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively.
- mallet
- A wooden hammer.
- muddle
- To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink.
- mordacious
- Biting or giving to biting.
- neology
- The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words.
- minutia
- A small or unimportant particular or detail.
- monotone
- The sameness or monotony of utterance.
- modification
- A change.
- Nemesis
- A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance.
- medieval
- Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages.
- non-resident
- Not residing within a given jurisdictio,
- mirage
- An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert.
- navigate
- To traverse by ship.
- macrocosm
- The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related.
- nimble
- Light and quick in motion or actio,
- massacre
- The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings.
- noticeable
- Perceptible.
- momentum
- An impetus.
- nocturnal
- Of or pertaining to the night.
- mentor
- A wise and faithful teacher, guide, and friend.
- maternal
- Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood.
- moderation
- Temperance.
- Milky Way
- The galaxy.
- masonry
- The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones.
- needy
- Being in need, want, or poverty.
- microphone
- An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds.
- modulate
- To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound.
- modify
- To make somewhat different.
- migrant
- Wandering.
- mesmerize
- To hypnotize.
- microcosm
- The world or universe on a small scale.
- melodrama
- A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents.
- multiplicity
- the condition of being manifold or very various.
- militate
- To have weight or influence (in determining a question).
- narrow-minded
- Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments.
- misbehave
- To behave ill.
- Neolithic
- Pertaining to the later stone age.
- marine
- Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea.
- necessitate
- To render indispensable.