| 1 | Amiable Lovable; lovely; pleasing. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper
or mood; amiable ideas. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of
temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an
amiable woman. Done out of love. |
| 2 | Methal A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in
spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as
an alcohol of the methane series. |
| 3 | Sargo Any one of several species of sparoid fishes belonging to
Sargus, Pomadasys, and related genera; -- called also sar, and saragu. |
| 4 | Oppress To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence,
to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. To ravish; to violate. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the
body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food
oppresses the stomach. |
| 5 | Shepherdism Pastoral life or occupation. |
| 6 | Apparel External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb;
external habiliments or array. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and
some other ecclesiastical vestments. The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging,
anchors, guns, etc. To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. To dress or clothe; to attire. To dress with external ornaments; to cover with
something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with
flowers, or a garden with verdure. |
| 7 | Orbulina A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular
shell. |
| 8 | Prudential Proceeding from, or dictated or characterized by,
prudence; prudent; discreet; sometimes, selfish or pecuniary as
distinguished from higher motives or influences; as, prudential
motives. Exercising prudence; discretionary; advisory;
superintending or executive; as, a prudential committee. That which relates to or demands the exercise of,
discretion or prudence; -- usually in the pl. |
| 9 | Stereotyper One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates,
or works in a stereotype foundry. |
| 10 | Lacing The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace
or laces. A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for
uniting the ends of belts. A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of
a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc. A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the
middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut. |
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