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Word Meanings - CONGRESSMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.

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  • STATESMANLIKE
    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
  • UNITERABLE
    Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
  • CONGRESSIVE
    Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.
  • HOUSEWIFE
    A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for 3. A hussy. Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. (more info) 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good
  • CONGRESSMAN
    A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.
  • HOUSEWARMING
    A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.
  • UNITIVE
    Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. Jer. Taylor.
  • UNITARIANISM
    The doctrines of Unitarians.
  • HOUSEBOTE
    Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.
  • HOUSEROOM
    Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom.
  • UNITARIANIZE
    To change or turn to Unitarian views.
  • CONGRESSIONAL
    Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates. Congressional and official labor. E. Everett. Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided ,
  • HOUSEWIFELY
    Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent. A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. Sir W. Scott.
  • HOUSEMAID
    A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms. Housemaid's knee , a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; -- so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who
  • STATESWOMAN
    A woman concerned in public affairs. A rare stateswoman; I admire her bearing. B. Jonson.
  • UNIT
    The least whole number; one. Units are the integral parts of any large number. I. Watts. 3. A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings. Camden. 4. Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat,
  • STATESMANLY
    Becoming a statesman.
  • UNITABLE
    Capable of union by growth or otherwise. Owen.
  • STATESMAN
    1. A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities. The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light
  • HOUSEMATE
    One who dwells in the same house with another. R. Browning.
  • PACKHOUSE
    Warehouse for storing goods.
  • WAREHOUSE
    A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison.
  • POSTHOUSE
    1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained. 2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office.
  • HENHOUSE
    A house or shelter for fowls.
  • MISREMEMBER
    To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly. Sir T. More.
  • SLAUGHTERHOUSE
    A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
  • TRUGGING-HOUSE
    A brothel. Robert Greene.
  • FULL HOUSE
    A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a flush and below four of a kind.
  • WATCHHOUSE
    1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed. 2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
  • TIRING-HOUSE
    A tiring-room. Shak.
  • GREENHOUSE
    A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
  • HOTHOUSE
    A heated room for drying green ware. (more info) 1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened. 2. A bagnio, or bathing house. Shak.
  • BEADHOUSE; BEDEHOUSE
    An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
  • WASHHOUSE
    An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.
  • UNHOUSED
    Driven from a house; deprived of shelter. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. Etym:
  • NEATHOUSE
    A building for the shelter of neat cattle. Massinger.
  • MUGHOUSE
    An alehouse; a pothouse. Tickel.

 

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