Word Meanings - GAMASHES - Book Publishers vocabulary database
High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing.
Related words: (words related to GAMASHES)
- 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. - OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley. - RIDICULER
One who ridicules. - SHORT-WITED
Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment. - SHORT CIRCUIT
A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity. - RIDDER
One who, or that which, rids. - RIDERLESS
Having no rider; as, a riderless horse. H. Kingsley. - SHORT-HANDED
Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers. - SHORTHEAD
A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors. - RIDGELET
A little ridge. - CLOTHESLINE
A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry. - RIDDLER
One who riddles . - RIDGEBONE
The backbone. Blood . . . lying cluttered about the ridgebone. Holland. - SHORTCAKE
An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked. - SHORTLY
1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. Chaucer. I shall grow jealous of you shortly. Shak. The armies came shortly in view of each other. Clarendon. 2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in - RIDICULIZE
To make ridiculous; to ridicule. Chapman. - RIDEN
imp. pl. & p. p. of Ride. Chaucer. - SHORT-JOINTED
Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short. - OTHER
andar, Icel. annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. an, Skr. antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya other. sq. 1. Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second - NOTOTHERIUM
An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia. - 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 - SAILCLOTH
Duck or canvas used in making sails. - AUROCHLORIDE
The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate. - VIRIDITY
1. Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage. 2. Freshness; soundness. Evelyn. - ISOGEOTHERMAL; ISOGEOTHERMIC
Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n. - 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. - SMOTHER
Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick - 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. - BEDCLOTHES
Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak. - OPHIURIDA
See OPHIURIOIDEA - ISOTHEROMBROSE
A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall. - 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