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.
Related words: (words related to CONDYLE)
- 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.