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Word Meanings - BRONTOSAURUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.

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  • AMERICANIZATION
    The process of Americanizing.
  • JURASSIC
    Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, Oölite, and Wealden; -- named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains. -- n.
  • LENGTHFUL
    Long. Pope.
  • ATTAINDER
    Attainder is often erroneously referred to F. teindre tie stain. See 1. The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an
  • AMERICAN
    1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." Lyell. American ivy. See Virginia creeper. -- American Party , a party, about 1854,
  • AMERICANISM
    1. Attachment to the United States. 2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea. 3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.
  • BELIEVING
    That believes; having belief. -- Be*liev"ing*ly, adv.
  • LENGTHINESS
    The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.
  • THESE
    The plural of this. See This.
  • AMERICAN PLAN
    In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan.
  • BELIEVABLE
    Capable of being believed; credible. -- Be*liev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Be*liev`a*bil"i*ty (, n.
  • BELIEVE
    1. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith. Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. Mark ix. 24. With the heart man believeth unto righteousness. Rom.
  • LENGTHWAYS; LENGTHWISE
    In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.
  • ATTAIN
    atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach. See 1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest. Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the means Abp. Tillotson. 3. To get
  • ATTAINMENT
    1. The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts. The attainment of every desired object. Sir W. Jones. 2. That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; , mental
  • BELIEVER
    One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel. Thou didst open the Kingdom
  • AMERICANIZE
    To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.
  • ATTAINABLE
    1. Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object. The highest pitch of perfection attainable in this life. Addison. 2. Obtainable. country.
  • ATTAINT
    A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching. White. (more info) 1. A touch or hit. Sir W. Scott.
  • LENGTHILY
    In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.
  • REATTAIN
    To attain again.
  • LENGTHEN
    To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. What if I please to lengthen out his date. Dryden.
  • SUBGENUS
    A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.
  • ALENGTH
    At full length; lenghtwise. Chaucer.
  • HALF-LENGTH
    Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
  • REATTAINMENT
    The act of reattaining.
  • ANTI-AMERICAN
    Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.

 

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