Word Meanings - GLOCHIDIUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.

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• YOUNGISH
  Somewhat young. Tatler.
• PARENTHETIC; PARENTHETICAL
  1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark. A parenthetical observation of Moses himself. Hales. 2. Using or containing parentheses.
• PARENTHESIS
  One of the curved lines which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase. Note: Parenthesis, in technical grammar, is that part of a sentence which is inclosed within the recognized sign; but many phrases and sentences which are punctuated by commas
• PARENTATION
  Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies. Abp. Potter.
• YOUNG
  , , AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva, juven. Junior, Juniper, 1. Not long born; still in the first part of
• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• PARENT
  1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. 2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. Regular industry is the parent
• YOUNGTH
  Youth. Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser.
• THOUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Think.
• THOUGHTLESS
  1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act. 2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. Johnson. 3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. Dryden. -- Thought"less*ly,
• YOUNGNESS
  The quality or state of being young.
• YOUNG ONE
  A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt.
• THOUGHTFUL
  1. Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind. War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades. Pope. 2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful
• LARVAL
  Of or pertaining to a larva.
• YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
  An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which
• MUSSEL
  Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidæ. The common mussel , and the larger, or horse, mussel , inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is
• PARENTLESS
  Deprived of parents.
• LARVA
  Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvæ of many insects are much like the adults in
• PARENTHESIZE
  To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks. Lowell.
• YOUNGLING
  A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life. "More dear . . . than younglings to their dam." Spenser. He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings. Ridley.
• YOUNGLY
  Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. Shak.
• TRANSPARENT
  transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
• BETHOUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Bethink.
• APPARENTLY
  1. Visibly. Hobbes. 2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak. 3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
• FORETHOUGHT
  Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." Bacon.
• MICROPARASITE
  A parasitic microörganism. -- Mi`cro*par`a*sit"ic , a.
• SUPPARASITE
  To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. Dr. R. Clerke.
• NEW THOUGHT
  Any form of belief in mental healing other than Christian Science and hypnotism or psychotherapy. Its central principle is affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances,