Word Meanings - BACKHANDEDNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods.
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- BELLMAN
A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours. Milton. - BESCRATCH
To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches. - BELIAL
An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. What concord hath Christ with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15. A son of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12. - BEASTLIHEAD
Beastliness. Spenser. - BEWRAP
To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax. - BERGOMASK
A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness. - BEVELMENT
The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes. - BELEAVE
To leave or to be left. May. - BESCATTER
1. To scatter over. 2. To cover sparsely by scattering ; to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser. - BESCORN
To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer. - BETSO
A small brass Venetian coin. - STATESMANLIKE
Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman. - BELLADONNA
An herbaceous European plant with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due - BETOKEN
1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. Milton. 2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen - BECHE DE MER
The trepang. - BETROTHAL
The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. "The feast of betrothal." Longfellow. - BESLUBBER
To beslobber. - BENIM
To take away. Ire . . . benimeth the man fro God. Chaucer. - BESIEGER
One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged. - BELAMY
Good friend; dear friend. Chaucer. - MENISCUS
A lens convex on one side and concave on the other. (more info) 1. A crescent. - ANGUINEOUS
Snakelike. - PROTOGYNOUS
See PROTEROGYNOUS - GABBER
1. A liar; a deceiver. 2. One addicted to idle talk. - COMBER
1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave. - BUSH
The tail, or brush, of a fox. To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. -- Bush bean , a variety of bean which is low and requires no support . See - PSEUDO-MONOCOTYLEDONOUS
Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse-chestnut. - TROUSSEAU
The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride, including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that which is provided for her by her family. - RIPARIOUS
Growing along the banks of rivers; riparian. - PALACIOUS
Palatial. Graunt. - HAIRBELL
See HAREBELL - PROVENTRIULUS
The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop. - MALACOSTOMOUS
Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes. - POLYPHYLLOUS
Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth. - STEATOPYGOUS
Having fat buttocks. Specimens of the steatopygous Abyssinian breed. Burton. - DESMOGNATHOUS
Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds , including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds. - ORBED
Having the form of an orb; round. The orbèd eyelids are let down. Trench.