Remonstrance
n.
Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation. →
Governorship
n.
The office of a governor. →
Ruffle
v. t.
To discompose; to agitate; to disturb. →
Guidepost
n.
A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers. →
Full-blown
a.
Fully distended with wind, as a sail. →
Needer
n.
One who needs anything. →
Waterish
a.
Resembling water; thin; watery. →
Fidalgo
n.
The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to that of Hidalgo in Spain. →
Glairin
n.
A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; -- called also baregin. →
Ramist
n.
A follower of Pierre Rame, better known as Ramus, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians. →
Alexiteric
n.
A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. →
Zinkenite
n.
A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead. →