Word Meanings - INTERMEDIARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project. Intermediary amputation , an amputation for injury, performed after inflammation has set in.

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• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• COMBER
  1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave.
• COMPATIENT
  Suffering or enduring together. Sir G. Buck.
• COMMISSARY
  An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe. An officer having charge of a special sevice; as, the commissary of musters. An officer
• COMMERCIALLY
  In a commercial manner.
• COMPOSITOUS
  Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. Darwin.
• AFTERCAST
  A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.
• COMMISERATION
  The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. Shak. Syn. -- See Sympathy.
• COMMENSURABILITY
  The quality of being commersurable. Sir T. Browne.
• COMPASSIONATELY
  In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.
• PROJECTION
  The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction
• LYRE BIRD
  Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird , inhabiting New South Wales,
• COMPROMISE
  promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both
• LYTHE
  The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet.
• LYSIMETER
  An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight.
• COMPENSATOR
  An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.
• COMPREHENSIVENESS
  The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. Addison.
• COMPANIONLESS
  Without a companion.
• COMFORTLESS
  Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser. Syn. -- Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n.
• COMPARATIVELY
  According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely. With but comparatively few exceptions. Prescott.
• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• SAVELY
  Safely. Chaucer.
• LIVINGLY
  In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
• FAMILIARLY
  In a familiar manner.
• SCOLYTID
  Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.
• POLYPHYLLOUS
  Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
• POLYCHROITE
  The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.
• LAUGHINGLY
  With laughter or merriment.
• STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
  See ETC
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• THIRSTILY
  In a thirsty manner.
• OVERFLOWINGLY
  In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
• SUNDRILY
  In sundry ways; variously.
• WHIP-TOM-KELLY
  A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.