Word Meanings - LAMINARITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A broad-leafed fossil alga.

Related words: (words related to LAMINARITE)

• BROADSWORD
  A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
• BROADBILL
  A wild duck , which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; - - called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.
• FOSSILIZATION
  The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
• LEAF
  A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage. Note:
• BROADLY
  In a broad manner.
• BROADCLOTH
  A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width ; -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
• BROADCAST
  1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused. 2. Scattering in all directions ; -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
• BROAD-BRIMMED
  Having a broad brim. A broad-brimmed flat silver plate. Tatler.
• FOSSILIZE
  1. To become fossil. 2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.
• BROAD CHURCH
  A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied
• BROADBRIM
  1. A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends. 2. A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker.
• BROAD-HORNED
  Having horns spreading widely.
• FOSSIL
  Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks. whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by
• FOSSILIST
  One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist. Joseph Black.
• FOSSILIZED
  Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions. A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. Earle.
• BROADWISE
  Breadthwise.
• LEAFED
  Having a leaf or leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.
• BROADEN
  To grow broad; to become broader or wider. The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth.
• BROADSEAL
  To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant. Thy presence broadseals our delights for pure. B. Jonson.
• BROADLEAF
  A tree of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit.
• TWINLEAF
  See JEFFERSONIA
• CORK FOSSIL
  A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork.
• BROAD
  Characterized by breadth. See Breadth. 9. Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor. 10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent. Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.;
• FIVE-LEAFED; FIVE-LEAVED
  Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.
• STRIP-LEAF
  Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.
• FIVE-LEAF
  Cinquefoil; five-finger.