| swell | noun (n.) The act of swelling. |
| | noun (n.) Gradual increase. |
| | noun (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance. |
| | noun (n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise. |
| | noun (n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound. |
| | noun (n.) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force. |
| | noun (n.) A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells. |
| | noun (n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor. |
| | noun (n.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign. |
| | noun (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy. |
| | adjective (a.) Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood. |
| | verb (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation. |
| | verb (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish. |
| | verb (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style. |
| | verb (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be elated; to rise arrogantly. |
| | verb (v. i.) To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand. |
| | verb (v. i.) To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount. |
| | verb (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big. |
| | verb (v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population. |
| | verb (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten. |
| | verb (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness. |
| | verb (v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note. |
| well | adjective (a.) Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered. |
| | adjective (a.) Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well. |
| | adjective (a.) Being in favor; favored; fortunate. |
| | adjective (a.) Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place. |
| | verb (v. i.) An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. |
| | verb (v. i.) A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in. |
| | verb (v. i.) A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine. |
| | verb (v. i.) Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring. |
| | verb (v. i.) An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection. |
| | verb (v. i.) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market. |
| | verb (v. i.) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of water. |
| | verb (v. i.) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; -- often called the cockpit. |
| | verb (v. i.) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries. |
| | verb (v. i.) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole. |
| | verb (v. i.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls. |
| | verb (v. i.) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. |
| | verb (v. t.) To pour forth, as from a well. |
| | verb (v. t.) In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly. |
| | verb (v. t.) Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly. |
| | verb (v. t.) Fully or about; -- used with numbers. |
| | verb (v. t.) In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently. |
| | verb (v. t.) Considerably; not a little; far. |
| bell | noun (n.) A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. |
| | noun (n.) A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved. |
| | noun (n.) Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. |
| | noun (n.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital. |
| | noun (n.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated. |
| | verb (v. t.) To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube. |
| | verb (v. i.) To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell. |
| | verb (v. t.) To utter by bellowing. |
| | verb (v. i.) To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar. |
| fell | noun (n.) A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell. |
| | noun (n.) A barren or rocky hill. |
| | noun (n.) A wild field; a moor. |
| | noun (n.) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting. |
| | noun (n.) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses. |
| | noun (n.) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft. |
| | adjective (a.) Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous. |
| | adjective (a.) Eager; earnest; intent. |
| | adjective (a.) Gall; anger; melancholy. |
| | verb (v. i.) To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down. |
| | verb (v. t.) To sew or hem; -- said of seams. |
| | (imp.) of Fall |
| | () imp. of Fall. |
| sell | noun (n.) Self. |
| | noun (n.) A sill. |
| | noun (n.) A cell; a house. |
| | noun (n.) A saddle for a horse. |
| | noun (n.) A throne or lofty seat. |
| | noun (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. |
| | verb (v. t.) To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. |
| | verb (v. t.) To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. |
| | verb (v. i.) To practice selling commodities. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price. |
| shell | noun (n.) A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal. |
| | noun (n.) The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell. |
| | noun (n.) A pod. |
| | noun (n.) The hard covering of an egg. |
| | noun (n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like. |
| | noun (n.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering. |
| | noun (n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb. |
| | noun (n.) The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms. |
| | noun (n.) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house. |
| | noun (n.) A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one. |
| | noun (n.) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell. |
| | noun (n.) An engraved copper roller used in print works. |
| | noun (n.) The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc. |
| | noun (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve. |
| | noun (n.) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell. |
| | noun (n.) Something similar in form or action to an ordnance shell; |
| | noun (n.) A case or cartridge containing a charge of explosive material, which bursts after having been thrown high into the air. It is often elevated through the agency of a larger firework in which it is contained. |
| | noun (n.) A torpedo. |
| | noun (n.) A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape. |
| | noun (n.) A gouge bit or shell bit. |
| | verb (v. t.) To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters. |
| | verb (v. t.) To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk. |
| | verb (v. t.) To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town. |
| | verb (v. i.) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc. |
| | verb (v. i.) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping. |
| smell | noun (n.) To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes. |
| | noun (n.) To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out. |
| | noun (n.) To give heed to. |
| | verb (v. i.) To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk. |
| | verb (v. i.) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny. |
| | verb (v. i.) To exercise the sense of smell. |
| | verb (v. i.) To exercise sagacity. |
| | verb (v. t.) The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense. |
| | verb (v. t.) The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint. |
| spell | noun (n.) A spelk, or splinter. |
| | noun (n.) The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead. |
| | noun (n.) The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks. |
| | noun (n.) One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells. |
| | noun (n.) A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell. |
| | noun (n.) A story; a tale. |
| | noun (n.) A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm. |
| | verb (v. t.) To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman. |
| | verb (v. t.) To tell; to relate; to teach. |
| | verb (v. t.) To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. |
| | verb (v. t.) To constitute; to measure. |
| | verb (v. t.) To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography. |
| | verb (v. t.) To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible. |
| | verb (v. i.) To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing. |
| | verb (v. i.) To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study. |
| tell | noun (n.) That which is told; tale; account. |
| | noun (n.) A hill or mound. |
| | verb (v. t.) To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money. |
| | verb (v. t.) To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge. |
| | verb (v. t.) To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform. |
| | verb (v. t.) To order; to request; to command. |
| | verb (v. t.) To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate. |
| | verb (v. i.) To give an account; to make report. |
| | verb (v. i.) To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells. |
| attach | noun (n.) An attachment. |
| | verb (v. t.) To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. |
| | verb (v. t.) To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship. |
| | verb (v. t.) To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery. |
| | verb (v. t.) To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance. |
| | verb (v. t.) To take, seize, or lay hold of. |
| | verb (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4. |
| | verb (v. i.) To adhere; to be attached. |
| | verb (v. i.) To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach. |
| attachment | noun (n.) The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party. |
| | noun (n.) That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle. |
| | noun (n.) Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.). |
| | noun (n.) A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process. |
| | noun (n.) The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking. |
| attack | noun (n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense. |
| | noun (n.) An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words. |
| | noun (n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc. |
| | noun (n.) An access of disease; a fit of sickness. |
| | noun (n.) The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent. |
| | verb (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault. |
| | verb (v. t.) To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet. |
| | verb (v. t.) To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation. |
| | verb (v. t.) To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste. |
| | verb (v. i.) To make an onset or attack. |
| attain | noun (n.) Attainment. |
| | verb (v. t.) To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest. |
| | verb (v. t.) To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. |
| | verb (v. t.) To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. |
| | verb (v. t.) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at. |
| | verb (v. t.) To overtake. |
| | verb (v. t.) To reach in excellence or degree; to equal. |
| | verb (v. i.) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach. |
| | verb (v. i.) To come or arrive, by an effort of mind. |
| attempt | noun (n.) A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight. |
| | verb (v. t.) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. |
| | verb (v. t.) To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman. |
| | verb (v. t.) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp. |
| | verb (v. i.) To make an attempt; -- with upon. |
| attendant | noun (n.) One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. |
| | noun (n.) One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting. |
| | noun (n.) That which accompanies; a concomitant. |
| | noun (n.) One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another. |
| | verb (v. t.) Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting. |
| | verb (v. t.) Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils. |
| | verb (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir. |
| attenuate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Attenuated |
| | verb (v. t.) To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts. |
| | verb (v. t.) To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken. |
| | verb (v. i.) To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen. |
