Word Meanings - IMAGINAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to an imago. Imaginal disks , masses of hypodermic cells, carried by the larvæ of some insects after leaving the egg, from which masses the wings and legs of the adult are subsequently formed. (more info) 1. Characterized by
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Of or pertaining to an imago. Imaginal disks , masses of hypodermic cells, carried by the larvæ of some insects after leaving the egg, from which masses the wings and legs of the adult are subsequently formed. (more info) 1. Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.
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- FORMALITY
The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal. The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover. Fuller. 6. That which is formal; the formal part. It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while - AFTERCAST
A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower. - CARRIBOO
See CARIBOU - CARRIABLE
Capable of being carried. - AFTER
To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after- braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts - LEAVE-TAKING
Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak. - AFTERPAINS
The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth. - FORMICARY
The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill. - FORMULIZE
To reduce to a formula; to formulate. Emerson. - LEAVED
Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long- leaved. - ADULTERATION
1. The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture. The shameless adulteration of the coin. Prescott. 2. An adulterated state or product. - FORMERLY
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - ADULTERY
The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery. (more info) 1. The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman - FORMICAROID
Like or pertaining to the family Formicaridæ or ant thrushes. - FORMIDABLY
In a formidable manner. - ADULT
Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age. - FORMICATE
Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants. - CARRIAGEABLE
Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. Ruskin. - ADULTER
To commit adultery; to pollute. B. Jonson. - FORME
See PATTé - FALCIFORM
Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver. - INFORMITY
Want of regular form; shapelessness. - OMNIFORMITY
The condition or quality of having every form. Dr. H. More. - DEFORMER
One who deforms. - DIVERSIFORM
Of a different form; of varied forms. - BELEAVE
To leave or to be left. May. - VARIFORM
Having different shapes or forms. - PREFORM
To form beforehand, or for special ends. "Their natures and preformed faculties. " Shak. - RESINIFORM
Having the form of resin. - BIFORM
Having two forms, bodies, or shapes. Croxall. - VILLIFORM
Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform. - REFORMALIZE
To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness. - FULL-FORMED
Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh. The full-formed maids of Afric. Thomson. - SCORIFORM
In the form of scoria. - PENNIFORM
Having the form of a feather or plume. - MALCONFORMATION
Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts. - REFORMATIVE
Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory. Good. - WELL-INFORMED
Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.