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Tumble-down :: Tumble-down (a.) Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house..

Parietine :: Parietine (n.) A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin.

Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book..

Confound :: Confound (v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; to waste.

Accruing :: Accruing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accru.

Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin..

Cypres :: Cypres (n.) A rule for construing written instruments so as to conform as nearly to the intention of the parties as is consistent with law.

Destruction :: Destruction (n.) The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated..

Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

Brike :: Brike (n.) A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.

Restore :: Restore (v. t.) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like..

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) Destruction or injury of anything, especially by violence; ruin; as, the wreck of a railroad train..

Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of another..

Fall :: Fall (n.) Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire..

Tarente :: Tarente (n.) A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins..

Bottomry :: Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and

Ruiniform :: Ruiniform (a.) Having the appearance of ruins, or of the ruins of houses; -- said of certain minerals..

Desolation :: Desolation (n.) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.

Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. i.) To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate..

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (v. t.) To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business..

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