Word Meanings - GRUNTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, and Grunt, n., 2. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog. "Bristled grunters." Tennyson.

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• AMERICANIZATION
  The process of Americanizing.
• SPECIFICALLY
  In a specific manner.
• GRUNT
  Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Hæmulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt , of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys,
• GRUNTLE
  To grunt; to grunt repeatedly.
• BRISTLINESS
  The quality or state of having bristles.
• GRUNTLING
  A young hog.
• AMERICAN
  1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." Lyell. American ivy. See Virginia creeper. -- American Party , a party, about 1854,
• AMERICANISM
  1. Attachment to the United States. 2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea. 3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.
• 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.
• ROBINIA
  A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America .
• AMERICAN PLAN
  In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan.
• BRISTLY
  THick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough. The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat bristly. Bacon.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• MARINE
  Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits. Marine acid , hydrochloric acid. -- Marine barometer. See under Barometer. -- Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, and
• SEVERAL
  1. Separate; distinct; particular; single. Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden. Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. Pope. 2. Diverse; different; various. Spenser. Habits and faculties,
• SEVERALITY
  Each particular taken singly; distinction. Bp. Hall.
• SEVERALLY
  Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually. There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. De Quincey.
• ROBINET
  The chaffinch; -- called also roberd. The European robin. 2. A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones.
• SEVERALTY
  A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft. Estate in severalty , an estate which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in
• MARINERSHIP
  Seamanship. Udalt.
• WAKE-ROBIN
  Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint . Note: In America the name is given to several species of Trillium, and sometimes to the Jack-in-the-pulpit.
• BRISTLE
  A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. Gray. (more info) D. borstel, OHG. burst, G. borste, Icel. burst, Sw. borst, and to Skr. bh edge, point, and prob, L. fastigium extremity, Gr. brush, 1. A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.
• FUMARINE
  An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance.
• ANTI-AMERICAN
  Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.