Word Meanings - BRITANNIA - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and isused for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.
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- CALLOSUM
The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus. - WHITECAP
The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead. The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head. The European tree sparrow. 2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening. - CALLOW
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play . - WHITE-FRONTED
Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose , the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow. - WHITE FLY
Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder. - TABLER
1. One who boards. 2. One who boards others for hire. B. Jonson. - CALLE
A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer. - METALOGICAL
Beyond the scope or province of logic. - WHITESTER
A bleacher of lines; a whitener; a whitster. - WHITE-HEART
A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. - TABLEAU VIVANT
See 2 - TABLEMAN
A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10. Bacon. - WHITESIDE
The golden-eye. - SILVERFIN
A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei). - WHITE-EAR
The wheatear. - METALLIC
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive. Metallic iron, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic - ALLOYAGE
The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy. - SILVERIZE
To cover with silver. - WHITEBLOW
See WHITLOW - METALLIFORM
Having the form or structure of a metal. - MOUNTABLE
Such as can be mounted. - IMPALATABLE
Unpalatable. - MISINTERPRETABLE
Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood. - GYMNASTICALLY
In a gymnastic manner. - POSTABLE
Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. W. Montagu. - UNWARRANTABLE
Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. -- Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv. - IMPREVENTABLE
Not preventable; invitable. - HYPERCRITICALLY
In a hypercritical manner. - ACCEPTABLE
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us. - UNEMPIRICALLY
Not empirically; without experiment or experience. - SUPPORTABLE
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv. - SCALLION
A kind of small onion , native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc. - INTESTABLE
Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.