Mendacity: alternatives and connections

The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one ves…

Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.

A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergr…

The practice, habit, or work of an amateur.

A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situatio…

The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.

Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperamen…

The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant cl…

Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions.

Accustomedness; habit; habitual use.

A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of s…

To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like.

One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone sh…

The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling.

To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?

Mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug.

A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, "The itch for writing".

A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acor…