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Costive :: Costive (a.) Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding.

Mise :: Mise (n.) Expense; cost; disbursement.

Cottise :: Cottise (n.) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close..

Buy :: Buy (v. t.) To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain..

Tout-ensemble :: Tout-ensemble (n.) All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts..

Drape :: Drape (v. i.) To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc..

Subcostal :: Subcostal (a.) Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles..

Estimate :: Estimate (v. t.) To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land..

Greet :: Greet (v. t.) To accost; to address.

Profit :: Profit (n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods..

Taxation :: Taxation (n.) The act of taxing, or assessing a bill of cost..

Opera :: Opera (n.) A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama..

Accost :: Accost (v. i.) To adjoin; to lie alongside.

Crebricostate :: Crebricostate (a.) Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.

Whitsunday :: Whitsunday (n.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments..

Costellate :: Costellate (a.) Finely ribbed or costated.

Address :: Address (v.) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost..

Blood Money :: Blood money () Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser..

Rich :: Rich (superl.) Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents..

Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast..

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