Word Meanings - INFIBULATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

buckle, or button together; pref. in- in + fibula clasp, buckle: cf. 1. The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock. 2. The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent

Additional info about word: INFIBULATION

buckle, or button together; pref. in- in + fibula clasp, buckle: cf. 1. The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock. 2. The act of attaching a ring, clasp, or frame, to the genital organs in such a manner as to prevent copulation.

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• BUTTONHOLE
  The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• BUCKLER
  A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches. Blind buckler , a solid buckler. -- Buckler mustard , a genus of plants with small bright
• CLASPER
  1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. "The claspers of vines." Derham. One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea. One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side
• GENITALS
  The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.
• BUTTONY
  Ornamented with a large number of buttons. "The buttony boy." Thackeray. "My coat so blue and buttony." W. S. Gilbert.
• FASTENER
  One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
• PADLOCK
  opening to a path, or perh., a lock for a basket or pannier, and from 1. A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing
• PREVENTABLE
  Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
• PREVENTINGLY
  So as to prevent or hinder.
• PREVENT
  1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow
• CLASPERED
  Furnished with tendrils.
• PREVENTABILITY
  The quality or state of being preventable.
• MANNERIST
  One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
• MANNERISM
  Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
• CLASP
  1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten . 2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace. 3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. "Clasping ivy." Milton.
• ATTACH
  tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see 1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to
• FRAMEWORK
  1. The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society. A staunch and solid piece of framework. Milton. 2. Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
• GENITAL
  Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs. Genital cord , a cord developed in the fetus by the union of portions of the Wolffian and Müllerian ducts and giving rise to parts of the urogenital passages in both sexes.
• BUCKLE
  boucle, boss of a shield, ring, fr. L. buccula a little cheek or 1. A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• UNFRAME
  To take apart, or destroy the frame of. Dryden.
• URINOGENITAL
  Pertaining to the urinary and genital organs; genitourinary; urogenital; as, the urinogenital canal.
• IMPREVENTABILITY
  The state or quality of being impreventable.
• UNMANNERLY
  Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
• RECLASP
  To clasp or unite again.
• TURN-BUCKLE
  A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc. A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.
• UNFASTEN
  To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
• REATTACHMENT
  The act of reattaching; a second attachment.
• UROGENITAL
  See URINOGENITAL