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Fortunize :: Fortunize (v. t.) To regulate the fortune of; to make happy.

Twit :: Twit (v. t.) To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood..

Casualty :: Casualty (n.) Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty..

Godsend :: Godsend (n.) Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune.

Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired..

Portend :: Portend (v. t.) To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs..

Disadventure :: Disadventure (n.) Misfortune; mishap.

Plum :: Plum (n.) A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it..

Portion :: Portion (n.) A wife's fortune; a dowry.

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize..

Shaper :: Shaper (n.) One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes..

Fortune :: Fortune (n.) The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life..

Infortune :: Infortune (n.) Misfortune.

Fortune :: Fortune (n.) To provide with a fortune.

Precarious :: Precarious (a.) Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes..

Gypsy :: Gypsy (n.) One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany..

Misery :: Misery (n.) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.

Backcast :: Backcast (n.) Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse..

Misborn :: Misborn (a.) Born to misfortune.

Narrowly :: Narrowly (adv.) With a little margin or space; by a small distance; hence, closely; hardly; barely; only just; -- often with reference to an avoided danger or misfortune; as, he narrowly escaped..

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