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Explanation, description, examples of the random words:
| 1 | Polecat A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius
foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly
disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret. The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied
species. |
| 2 | Demander One who demands. |
| 3 | Duress Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of
liberty. The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is
influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by
actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or
to commit an offense. To subject to duress. |
| 4 | Switch A small, flexible twig or rod. A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for
transferring cars from one track to another. A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at
jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women. A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to
another circuit. To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane. To trim, as, a hedge. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer
by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a
train; to switch a car from one track to another. To shift to another circuit. To walk with a jerk. |
| 5 | Episepalous Growing on the sepals or adnate to them. |
| 6 | Chief The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an
army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority
who directs the work of others; the principal actor or agent. The principal part; the most valuable portion. The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be
composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs. Highest in office or rank; principal; head. Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most
distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important;
as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man. Very intimate, near, or close. |
| 7 | Page A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high
degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now
commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on
the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a
boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. A boy child. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the
skirt of a woman's dress from the ground. A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are
conveyed to the hack. Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths
of the genus Urania. To attend (one) as a page. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript. Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history. The type set up for printing a page. To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript;
to furnish with folios. |
| 8 | Gayness Gayety; finery. |
| 9 | Strike To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or
with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand
or with any instrument or missile. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a
bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck
a reef. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a
force to; to dash; to cast. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to
strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in
the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep. To punish; to afflict; to smite. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or
notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums
strike up a march. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike
sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to
strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the
centering of an arch. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to
affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with
surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden
impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to
strike one dead or blind. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a
stroke; as, to strike a light. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by
scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the
top. To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the
wall, or inward at a slight angle. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck
a strange word; they soon struck the trail. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck
a friend for five dollars. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. |
| 10 | Carbohydrate One of a group of compounds including the sugars,
starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon
atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but
with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose,
C6H12O6. |
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