Word Meanings - ARMENIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to Armenia. Armenian bole, a soft clayey earth of a bright red color found in Armenia, Tuscany, etc. -- Armenian stone. The commercial name of lapis lazuli. Emery.
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- COLORMAN
A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds. - COMMERCIALLY
In a commercial manner. - BRIGHT
See I - EARTHLY-MINDED
Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n. - STONEBRASH
A subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash. - EARTH FLAX
A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus. - EARTHDIN
An earthquake. - FOUNDATION
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, - FOUNDER
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows. - STONEROOT
A North American plant having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse. - COMMERCIAL
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. "Princely commercial houses." Macaulay. Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in commercial - EARTHSTAR
A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores. - COLORATE
Colored. Ray. - COLORIMETRY
The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid. - EARTHBRED
Low; grovelling; vulgar. - FOUND
imp. & p. p. of Find. - FOUNDATIONER
One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. - EARTHBANK
A bank or mound of earth. - STONE-STILL
As still as a stone. Shak. - FOUNDEROUS
Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. Burke. - PITCHSTONE
An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch. - CAPSTONE
A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap. - CLINKSTONE
An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite. - GRINDSTONE
A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects. To hold, pat, or bring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude. They might be ashamed, - CONFOUNDED
1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott. - CONCOLOR
Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne. - MOORSTONE
A species of English granite, used as a building stone. - RUBSTONE
A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub. - GRINDLE STONE
A grindstone. - EYESTONE
Eye agate. See under Eye. (more info) 1. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinid, used to remove a foreign sub stance from the eye. It is rut into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, - UNEARTHLY
Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n.