Word Meanings - LABURNUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A small leguminous tree , native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms. Note: Scotch laburnum is similar, but has smooth leaves; purple laburnum is C. purpureus.
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- SMOOTHEN
To make smooth. - YELLOW-GOLDS
A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye. B. Jonson. - YELLOWTOP
A kind of grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis. - YELLOWFISH
A rock trout found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel. - SCOTCHING
Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument. - SMOOTHNESS
Quality or state of being smooth. - PLANTIGRADA
A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species. - SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - PLANTULE
The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination. - PLANTIGRADE
Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright. - HANDSOMELY
Carefully; in shipshape style. (more info) 1. In a handsome manner. - REPUTATION
The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case. 3. Specifically: Good reputation; favorable - SMOOTH-CHINNED
Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton. - SIMILARY
Similar. Rhyming cadences of similarly words. South. - LABURNUM
A small leguminous tree , native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms. Note: Scotch laburnum is similar, but has smooth leaves; purple laburnum is C. purpureus. - SMOOTHLY
In a smooth manner. - PLANTOCRACY
Government by planters; planters, collectively. - YELLOWBILL
The American scoter. - NATIVE
1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. Cudworth. 2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances - PLANTERSHIP
The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies. - DISPLANTATION
The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh. - SUPPLANT
heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the - ELIMINATIVE
Relating to, or carrying on, elimination. - NOMINATIVELY
In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative. - EMANATIVE
Issuing forth; effluent. - DOMINATIVE
Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys. - REGNATIVE
Ruling; governing. - COORDINATIVE
Expressing coördination. J. W. Gibbs. - BUTTER-SCOTCH
A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. Dickens. - DISMALLY
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. - EMPURPLE
To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." Philips. - DISSIMILARLY
In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style. With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. C. Smart.