Respectable

a.

Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience.

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Adown

adv.

From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground.

Jagger

n.

One who carries about a small load; a peddler. See 2d Jag.

Advocacy

n.

The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

Fermentation

n.

A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.

Obduration

n.

A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.

Length

a.

A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.

Hanoverian

n.

A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.

Actinophorous

a.

Having straight projecting spines.

Hungerly

adv.

With keen appetite.

Warm

superl.

Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.

Joy

n.

The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.

Ratable

a.

Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate.