Responsible

Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety.

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Wall

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale. →

Gerundial

Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use. →

Bachelorism

Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors. →

Noctidial

Comprising a night and a day; a noctidial day. →

Nominal

Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference. →

Hiss

v. i.

To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval. →

Groper

One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling. →

Uredo

One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. See Uredinales, in the Supplement. →

Jeweled

imp. & p. p.

of Jewel →

Rescue

The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. →

Hook

A snare; a trap. →

Flanging

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Flange →