Word Meanings - GRAYWACKE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together. Note: This term, derved from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to different grits and slates of the Silurian series; but it is

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A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together. Note: This term, derved from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to different grits and slates of the Silurian series; but it is now seldom used.

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• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• UNITERABLE
  Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
• ROUNDWORM
  A nematoid worm.
• DIFFERENTIALLY
  In the way of differentiation.
• ROUNDISH
  Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n.
• ROUNDABOUTNESS
  The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• CONSISTENTLY
  In a consistent manner.
• SERIES DYNAMO
  A series-wound dynamo. A dynamo running in series with another or others.
• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• ROUNDFISH
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• ROUND-UP
  The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in.
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• DIFFERENTLY
  In a different manner; variously.
• PEBBLESTONE
  A pebble; also, pebbles collectively. "Chains of pebblestone." Marlowe.
• GERMANIZATION
  The act of Germanizing. M. Arnold.
• CONSIST
  1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• UNITIVE
  Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. Jer. Taylor.
• CONSISTORIAN
  Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton.
• MISGROUND
  To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
• GROUNDWORK
  That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
• UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
  Wildcat insurance.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• PLAYGROUND
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• GROUNDEN
  p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• INDIFFERENTLY
  In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to