Word Meanings - FOREFINGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The finger next to the thumb; the index.

Related words: (words related to FOREFINGER)

• INDEXICAL
  Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
• THUMBLESS
  Without a thumb. Darwin.
• THUMBKIN
  An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
• FINGERED
  Having leaflets like fingers; digitate. (more info) 1. Having fingers.
• INDEXICALLY
  In the manner of an index.
• FINGERLING
  A young salmon. See Parr.
• THUMBED
  1. Having thumbs. 2. Soiled by handling.
• FINGERING
  1. The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers. The mere sight and fingering of money. Grew. 2. The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in
• FINGER
  G. finger, Icel. fingr, Sw. & Dan. finger, Goth. figgrs; of unknown 1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb. 2. Anything that does work of a finger; as, the
• THUMBBIRD
  The goldcrest.
• THUMBSCREW
  1. A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger. 2. An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
• INDEX
  The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger. (more info) 1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses. Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of
• INDEXTERITY
  Want of dexterity or readiness, especially in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness. Harvey.
• THUMB
  The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex. Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. Chaucer. Thumb band, a twist of anything as thick as the thumb. Mortimer.
• INDEXER
  One who makes an index.
• FINGERER
  One who fingers; a pilferer.
• SUBINDEX
  A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices.
• FIVE-FINGER
  See CINQUEFOIL
• BUTTER-FINGERED
  Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.
• BETHUMB
  To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books. Poe.
• NORTHUMBRIAN
  Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. -- n.
• FOREFINGER
  The finger next to the thumb; the index.
• HOP-O'-MY-THUMB; HOP-THUMB
  A very diminutive person. liwell.
• HOP-THUMB
  See HOP-O'-MY-THUMB
• LIGHT-FINGERED
  Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts. Fuller.
• WEB-FINGERED
  Having the fingers united by a web for a considerable part of their length.