Word Meanings - LATISTERNAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.
Related words: (words related to LATISTERNAL)
- HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - HAVENER
A harbor master. - 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. - BROADLY
In a broad manner. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - 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. - HAVE
haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2. - 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. - ANTHROPOID
Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n. - HAVENAGE
Harbor dues; port dues. - ANTHROPOIDAL
Anthropoid. - BROADWISE
Breadthwise. - BROADEN
To grow broad; to become broader or wider. The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth. - HAVEN
habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave ; or akin to AS. hæf sea, 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; - HAVANA
Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n. - EPISTERNUM
One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects. (more info) A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle. Same as Epiplastron. - 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.; - MISBEHAVE
To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun. - INSHAVE
A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves. - HYPOSTERNUM
See HYPOPLASTRON - PRESTERNUM
The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium. -- Pre*ster"nal, a.