Word Meanings - ILEOCOLIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocæcal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.
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- COLONIZATION
Tha act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies. The wide continent of America invited colonization. Bancroft. - COLONEL
The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general. - VALVE-SHELL
Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata. - WHEREIN
1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively. Her clothes wherein she was clad. Chaucer. There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent. Swift. 2. In what; -- used interrogatively. Yet - WHEREVER
At or in whatever place; wheresoever. He can not but love virtue wherever it is. Atterbury. - WHERETO
1. To which; -- used relatively. "Whereto we have already attained." Phil. iii. 16. Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day. Shak. 2. To what; to what end; -- used interrogatively. - COLONIAL
Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars. - WHEREAS
1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow. 2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; - COLONELSHIP
Colonelcy. Swift. - COLONER
A colonist. Holland - WHERE'ER
Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form. Cowper. - COLONY
A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range. (more info) 1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent - COLONICAL
Of or pertaining to husbandmen. - WHEREINTO
1. Into which; -- used relatively. Where is that palace whereinto foul things Sometimes intrude not Shak. The brook, whereinto he loved to look. Emerson. 2. Into what; -- used interrogatively. - WHERESOE'ER
Wheresoever. "Wheresoe'er they rove." Milton. - COLONIZER
One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. Bancroft. - WHERETHROUGH
Through which. "Wherethrough that I may know." Chaucer. Windows . . . wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. Shak. - WHERESO
Wheresoever. - VALVELET
A little valve; a valvule; especially, one of the pieces which compose the outer covering of a pericarp. - ILEOCOLIC
Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocæcal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine. - INEQUIVALVE; INEQUIVALVULAR
Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster. - WHER; WHERE
Whether. Piers Plowman. Men must enquire , Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. Chaucer. - TETRACOLON
A stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines. Crabb. - PILOT VALVE
A small hand-operated valve to admit liquid to operate a valve difficult to turn by hand. - MULTIVALVE; MULTIVALVULAR
Many-valved; having more than two valves; -- said of certain shells, as the chitons. (more info) 1. Having many valves. - EVERYWHERENESS
Ubiquity; omnipresence. Grew. - PROPENSE
Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n. - ENLARGEMENT
1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an - EVERYWHERE
In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether. - FOOL-LARGESSE
Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer.