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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- 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. - COMMENDATOR
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers. - 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. - 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, - 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 - 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. - COMPARATIVELY
According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely. With but comparatively few exceptions. Prescott. - 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. - SAVELY
Safely. Chaucer. - FAMILIARLY
In a familiar manner. - STILLY
Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore. - LIVINGLY
In a living state. Sir T. Browne. - POLYPHYLLOUS
Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth. - LAUGHINGLY
With laughter or merriment. - SCOLYTID
Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively. - 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. - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - SUNDRILY
In sundry ways; variously. - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - WHIP-TOM-KELLY
A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo. - STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
See ETC - OVERFLOWINGLY
In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle. - PRECIPITATELY
In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift. - SPANGLY
Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.