Word Meanings - DEFOREST - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To clear of forests; to dis U. S. Agric. Reports.
Related words: (words related to DEFOREST)
- CLEARLY
In a clear manner. - CLEARER
A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison. - AGRICOLATION
Agriculture. Bailey. - CLEAR-HEADED
Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n. - CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
Acute discernment. - CLEAR-SEEING
Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding. - AGRICULTURE
The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming. - CLEARCOLE
A priming of size mixed with whiting or white lead, used in house painting, etc.; also, a size upon which gold leaf is applied in gilding. - CLEAR-CUT
1. Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo. She has . . . a cold and clear-cut face. Tennyson. 2. Concisely and distinctly expressed. - AGRICULTURISM
Agriculture. - CLEARSTARCH
To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin. - AGRICULTURAL
Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv. Agricultural ant , a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, - CLEARSTARCHER
One who clearstarches. - CLEARNESS
The quality or state of being clear. Syn. -- Clearness, Perspicuity. Clearness has reference to our ideas, and springs from a distinct conception of the subject under consideration. Perspicuity has reference to the mode of expressing our ideas and - AGRICULTOR
An agriculturist; a farmer. - AGRICULTURIST
One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman. The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist. Crabb. - CLEARWING
A lepidop terous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Ægeriadæ, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples. - CLEARAGE
The act of reforming anything; clearance. - CLEAR-SHINING
Shining brightly. Shak. - CLEAR-SIGHTED
Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason - POLYNUCLEAR
Containing many nuclei. - PERINUCLEAR
Of or pertaining to a nucleus; situated around a nucleus; as, the perinuclear protoplasm. - CLEAR
cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L. clarus, clear, broght, loud, distinct, renownwd; perh. akin to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. 1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded. The stream is so transparent, pure, and - BINUCLEAR; BINUCLEATE
Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells. - ANTIPODAGRIC
Good against gout. -- n.