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Word Meanings - CONDYLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.

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  • APPLICABLE
    Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
  • CONCAVED
    Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched.
  • ROUNDWORM
    A nematoid worm.
  • ARTICULARLY
    In an articular or an articulate manner.
  • ARTICULAR; ARTICULARY
    A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
  • ROUNDISH
    Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n.
  • SURFACE LOADING
    The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
  • CONCAVE
    1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky. 2. Hollow; void
  • ROUNDABOUTNESS
    The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
  • APPLICATIVE
    Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
  • EMINENCE
    1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke. 2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in
  • ROUNDFISH
    Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
  • ROUND-UP
    The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in.
  • ARTICULAR
    Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.
  • APPLICANCY
    The quality or state of being applicable.
  • SOMETIMES
    1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
  • APPLICABILITY
    The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
  • ROUNDSMAN
    A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.
  • APPLICATORILY
    By way of application.
  • BEARISH
    Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners. Harris.
  • WATER-BEARER
    The constellation Aquarius.
  • MISGROUND
    To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
  • UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
    Wildcat insurance.
  • SHIELD-BEARER
    Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
  • UNAPPLIABLE
    Inapplicable. Milton.
  • PLAYGROUND
    A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
  • GROUNDEN
    p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
  • REAPPLICATION
    The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.

 

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