Sacrilege

n.

The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses.

Next Word

Upwards

adv.

Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

Unsoutcheoned

a.

Destitute of an escutcheon.

Force

n.

Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence.

Hackneyman

n.

A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.

Air chamber

A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.

Hunting

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Hunt

Hispidulous

a.

Minutely hispid.

Renegade

n.

One faithless to principle or party.

Wanderer

n.

One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.

Flunky

n.

One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.

Earnest

v. t.

To use in earnest.

Neuter

n.

An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.