Word Meanings - EXTANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. 1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded. That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. Ray. A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. Bentley. 2. Still

Additional info about word: EXTANT

extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. 1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded. That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. Ray. A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. Bentley. 2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding. Writings that were extant at that time. Sir M. Hale. The extant portraits of this great man. I. Taylor. 3. Publicly known; conspicuous. B. Jonson.

Related words: (words related to EXTANT)

• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• FORTHPUTING
  Bold; forward; aggressive.
• STILLBIRTH
  The birth of a dead fetus.
• 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.
• PARTLY
  In part; in some measure of degree; not wholly. "I partly believe it." 1 Cor. xi. 18.
• PROTRUDE
  1. To thrust forward; to drive or force along. Locke. 2. To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth. When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems. Thomson.
• EXTANT
  extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. 1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded. That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. Ray. A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. Bentley. 2. Still
• FORTHCOMING
  Ready or about to appear; making appearance.
• FORTHY
  Therefore. Spenser.
• STANDARD
  The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend,
• STILLSTAND
  A standstill. Shak.
• STANDPOINT
  A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
• STILLING
  A stillion.
• STANDPIPE
  A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level
• STILLAGE
  A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.
• FORTHWARD
  Forward. Bp. Fisher.
• IMMERSIBLE
  Capable of being immersed.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• FORTHRIGHTNESS
  Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness. Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase. Hawthorne.
• STILLION
  A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
• INSTILL
  To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
• PISTILLIFEROUS
  Pistillate.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• DISTILLABLE
  Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
• DISTILLATION
  The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• FINESTILLER
  One who finestills.
• SEPIOSTARE
  The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish.
• UNDERSTANDINGLY
  In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved.