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Word Meanings - BINNACLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten. (more info) bin) fr. Pg. bitacola binnacle, fr. L. habitaculum dwelling place,

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  • NIGHT-FARING
    Going or traveling in the night. Gay.
  • LIGHT
    licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly
  • COMPASSIONATELY
    In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.
  • PLACODERMATA
    See PLACODERMI
  • NIGHTMAN
    One whose business is emptying privies by night.
  • BINNACLE
    A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten. (more info) bin) fr. Pg. bitacola binnacle, fr. L. habitaculum dwelling place,
  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • PLACENTARY
    Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
  • PLACE-KICK
    To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
  • PLACID
    Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay.
  • LIGHTSOME
    1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness
  • CONTAINMENT
    That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
  • LIGHTNESS
    The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility;
  • LIGHT-ARMED
    Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
  • PLACIT
    A decree or determination; a dictum. "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn.
  • LIGHTERAGE
    1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
  • LIGHT-O'-LOVE
    1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.
  • PLACOPHORA
    A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.
  • NIGHTLONG
    Lasting all night.
  • LIGHT-FOOT; LIGHT-FOOTED
    Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.
  • KNIGHTLESS
    Unbecoming a knight. "Knightless guile." Spenser.
  • ALLNIGHT
    Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. Bacon.
  • SLIGHTNESS
    The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
  • INDWELLING
    Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South.
  • UNKNIGHT
    To deprive of knighthood. Fuller.
  • UNPLACABLE
    Implacable.
  • DELIGHTING
    Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
  • DRUMMOND LIGHT
    A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called
  • MIDNIGHT SUN
    The sun shining at midnight in the arctic or antarctic summer.
  • SEVENNIGHT
    A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight.
  • FORTNIGHT
    The space of fourteen days; two weeks. (more info) nights, our ancestors reckoning time by nights and winters; so, also,
  • DELIGHTLESS
    Void of delight. Thomson.
  • REPLACEMENT
    The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.

 

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