Word Meanings - KYRIOLOGICAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds. See Curiologic. Note: The term is also applied,
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Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds. See Curiologic. Note: The term is also applied, as by Warburton, to those Egyptian hieroglyphics, in which a part is put conventionally for the whole, as in depicting a battle by two hands, one holding a shield and the other a bow.
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- CALLOSUM
The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus. - CALLOW
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play . - APPLICABLE
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. - CALLE
A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer. - CONVENTIONALLY
In a conventional manner. - SERVING
a & n. from Serve. Serving board , a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. -- Serving maid, a female servant; a maidservant. -- Serving mallet , a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. -- Serving man, a male servant, - SERVO-MOTOR
A relay apparatus; specif.: An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve - APPLICATIVE
Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv. - DENOTEMENT
Sign; indication. Note: A word found in some editions of Shakespeare. - CONVENTIONAL
1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale. 2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by - SERVILELY
In a servile manner; slavishly. - REPRESENTABLE
Capable of being represented. - CONVENTIONALISM
The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t. (more info) 1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage. - APPLICANCY
The quality or state of being applicable. - ALPHABET
1. The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language. 2. The simplest rudiments; elements. The very alphabet of our law. Macaulay. Deaf and dumb alphabet. - KYRIOLOGICAL
Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds. See Curiologic. Note: The term is also applied, - SERVILENESS
Quality of being servile; servility. - REPRESENTANT
Appearing or acting for another; representing. - APPLICABILITY
The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied. - SERVABLE
Capable of being preserved. (more info) 1. Capable of being served. 2. Etym: - DISSERVE
To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor. (more info) Etym: - GYMNASTICALLY
In a gymnastic manner. - RESERVE
1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen. - HYPERCRITICALLY
In a hypercritical manner. - UNEMPIRICALLY
Not empirically; without experiment or experience. - SCALLION
A kind of small onion , native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc. - UNIVOCALLY
In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally. How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin Bp. Hall. - DESERVEDNESS
Meritoriousness. - PARABOLICALLY
1. By way of parable; in a parabolic manner. 2. In the form of a parabola. - STEREOGRAPHICALLY
In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane. - HEMEROCALLIS
A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily. - ABORIGINALLY
Primarily. - UNAPPLIABLE
Inapplicable. Milton. - CONSERVATIONAL
Tending to conserve; preservative.