Word Meanings - EQUESTRIANISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism.
Related words: (words related to EQUESTRIANISM)
- RIDGELING
A half-castrated male animal. (more info) castrated, a sheep having only one testicle; cf. Prov. G. rigel, rig, - RIDDEN
p. p. of Ride. - RIDICULER
One who ridicules. - RIDDER
One who, or that which, rids. - RIDERLESS
Having no rider; as, a riderless horse. H. Kingsley. - RIDGELET
A little ridge. - RIDDLER
One who riddles . - RIDGEBONE
The backbone. Blood . . . lying cluttered about the ridgebone. Holland. - EQUESTRIANISM
The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism. - RIDICULIZE
To make ridiculous; to ridicule. Chapman. - RIDEN
imp. pl. & p. p. of Ride. Chaucer. - PERFORMANCE
The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty. Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. Paley. - RIDDANCE
1. The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out. Thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field. Lev. xxiii. 22. 2. The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape. "Riddance from all adversity." Hooker. - RIDGEBAND
The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger. Halliwell. - RIDABLE
Suitable for riding; as, a ridable horse; a ridable road. - RIDICLE
Ridicule. Foxe. - RIDDLING
Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle. "Riddling triplets." Tennyson. -- Rid"dling, adv. - RIDGEL
See RIDGELLING - RIDGEROPE
See LIFE - RIDEAU
A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge. - PIPERIDINE
An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine. - CHLORIDIZE
See CHLORIDATE - VIRIDITY
1. Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage. 2. Freshness; soundness. Evelyn. - AUROCHLORIDE
The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate. - RID
imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted. Thackeray. - ANTHERIDIUM
The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a. - ARIDITY
1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. 2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris. - OPHIURIDA
See OPHIURIOIDEA - PERIDROME
The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple. - CUBBRIDGE-HEAD
A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship. - LUCERNARIDA
A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; - - called also Calycozoa. A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true lucernarida and the Discophora. - PTERIDOPHYTA
A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia. -- Pter"i*do*phyte`, n. Note: This is a modern term, devised to replace the older ones acrogens and vascular - ACRIDLY
In an acid manner. - VIRIDINE
A greenish, oily, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C12H19N7, obtained from coal tar, and probably consisting of a mixture of several metameric compounds which are higher derivatives of the base pyridine. - NEURIDIN
a nontoxic base, C5H14N2, found in the putrescent matters of flesh, fish, decaying cheese, etc. - AUCTION BRIDGE
A variety of the game of bridge in which the players, beginning with the dealer, bid for the privilege of naming the trump and playing with the dummy for that deal, there being heavy penalties for a player's failure to make good his bid. The score - HYBRIDIST
One who hybridizes.