Responsible

a.

Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.

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Nectaries

pl.

of Nectary

Venture

v. t.

To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.

Unknit

v. t.

To undo or unravel what is knitted together.

Sawer

n.

One who saws; a sawyer.

Grange

n.

A farm; generally, a farm with a house at a distance from neighbors.

Unsettlement

n.

The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance.

Flash

a.

Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry.

Sacerdotally

adv.

In a sacerdotal manner.

Grahamite

n.

One who follows the dietetic system of Graham.

Reembody

v. t.

To embody again.

Nidulate

v. i.

To make a nest, as a bird.

Libertinism

n.

Licentiousness of principle or opinion.