Word Meanings - ANTI-TRADE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.

Related words: (words related to ANTI-TRADE)

• TRADE-MARK
  A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.
• TRADESFOLK
  People employed in trade; tradesmen. Swift.
• BLOWTUBE
  A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of "metal" , and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe. (more info) 1. A blowgun. Tylor. 2. A similar instrument,
• TROPICALLY
  In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically.
• BLOWFLY
  Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvæ upon meat or other animal products.
• TRADESPEOPLE
  People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.
• BLOWN
  1. Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas. 2. Stale; worthless. 3. Out of breath; tired; exhausted. "Their horses much blown." Sir W. Scott. 4. Covered with the eggs and larvæ of flies;
• BLOWTH
  A blossoming; a bloom. "In the blowth and bud." Sir W. Raleigh.
• BLOWEN; BLOWESS
  A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet. Smart.
• BLOWZED
  Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered. Huge women blowzed with health and wind. Tennyson.
• TRADED
  Professional; practiced. Shak.
• BLOWPOINT
  A child's game.
• BLOWER
  A device for producing a current of air; as: A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a
• BLOW
  To flower; to blossom; to bloom. How blows the citron grove. Milton. (more info) pluojan, MHG. bl, G. blühen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath
• TRADELESS
  Having no trade or traffic. Young.
• BLOWSE
  See BLOWZE
• TRADES-UNIONIST; TRADE-UNIONIST
  A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.
• STEADILY
  In a steady manner.
• BLOW VALVE
  See VALVE
• BLOWGUN
  A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and
• SOLE TRADER
  A feme sole trader.
• WHITEBLOW
  See WHITLOW
• BALUSTRADE
  A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
• INTERTROPICAL
  Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse.
• FLYBLOWN
  Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. Thackeray.
• EXTRATROPICAL
  Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell.