Word Meanings - DEVILTRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry. C. Reade.

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• MALIGNANT
  Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. Malignant pustule , a very contagious disease, transmitted to man from animals, characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the virus, of
• MISCHIEF
  + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by
• READERSHIP
  The office of reader. Lyell.
• READER
  1. One who reads. Specifically: One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church. One who reads lectures on scientific subjects. Lyell. A proof reader. One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.
• CONDUCTIVITY
  The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as, the conductivity of a nerve. Thermal conductivity , the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces
• MALIGNANTLY
  In a malignant manner.
• MISCHIEFFUL
  Mischievous. Foote.
• MISCHIEFABLE
  Mischievous. Lydgate.
• CONDUCTRESS
  A woman who leads or directs; a directress.
• CONDUCTOR
  The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. Dryden. 2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as
• MISCHIEF-MAKING
  Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. Rowe. -- n.
• CONDUCTIBILITY
  1. Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity. 2. Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.
• CONDUCT
  1. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management. Christianity has humanized the conduct of war. Paley. The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs. Ld. Brougham. 2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship. Conduct
• DEVILRY
  1. Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry. Stark lies and devilry. Sir T. More. 2. The whole body of evil spirits. Tylor.
• CONDUCTION
  Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity. communication from one body to another when they are in contact, or through a homogenous body from particle to particle, constitutes conduction. Amer. Cyc. (more info) 1.
• CONDUCTORY
  Having the property of conducting.
• READEPTION
  A regaining; recovery of something lost. Bacon.
• CONDUCTANCE
  Conducting power; -- the reciprocal of resistance. A suggested unit is the mho, the reciprocal of the ohm. Conductance is an attribute of any specified conductor, and refers to its shape, length, and other factors. Conductivity is an attribute of
• CONDUCTIBLE
  Capable of being conducted.
• CONDUCTIVE
  Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil. The ovarian walls . . . are seen to be distinctly conductive. Goodale
• SAFE-CONDUCT
  That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
• BREADEN
  Made of bread.
• DOUBLETHREADED
  Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. (more info) 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
• NONCONDUCTING
  Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.
• MISCONDUCT
  Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. Addison. Syn. -- Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed; delinquency; offense.
• THREADER
  1. A device for assisting in threading a needle. 2. A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.
• RADIOCONDUCTOR
  A substance or device that has its conductivity altered in some way by electric waves, as a coherer.
• DIABOLIC; DIABOLICAL
  Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wicked; as, a diabolic or diabolical temper or act. "Diabolic power." Milton. "The diabolical
• NONMALIGNANT
  Not malignant, as a disease.