Word Meanings - LIBRA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus libra in almanacs, etc. A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

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• SCORPION
  Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post- abdomen formed of six
• MARKETABLENESS
  Quality of being marketable.
• SOUTHERNLINESS
  Southerliness.
• LIBRATORY
  Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.
• MARKETER
  One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.
• MARKETSTEAD
  A market place. Drayton.
• MARK
  A license of reprisals. See Marque.
• LIBRATION
  A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest. Libration of the moon, any one of those small periodical changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively to the earth, in consequence of which
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• MARKSMAN
  One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents. Burrill. (more info) 1. One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.
• MARKABLE
  Remarkable. Sandys.
• MARKIS
  A marquis. Chaucer.
• BALANCEMENT
  The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces. Darwin.
• SCORPIONIDEA
  See SCORPIONES
• MARKER
  One who or that which marks. Specifically: One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards. A counter used in card playing and other games. The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment. An
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• VIRGO
  A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of A constellation of the zodiac, now occupying chiefly the sign Libra, and containing the bright star Spica.
• LIBRA
  The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus libra in almanacs, etc. A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.
• SCORPIONES
  A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.
• ZODIACAL
  Of or pertaining to the zodiac; situated within the zodiac; as, the zodiacal planets. Zodiacal light, a luminous tract of the sky, of an elongated, triangular figure, lying near the ecliptic, its base being on the horizon, and its apex at varying
• SEAMARK
  Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. Shak.
• TRADE-MARK
  A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.
• LAMELLIBRANCHIATE
  Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia. -- n.
• BOOKMARK
  Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.
• SEA SCORPION
  A European sculpin having the head armed with short spines. The scorpene.
• COMMARK
  The frontier of a country; confines. Shelton.
• REMARKER
  One who remarks.
• FOOTMARK
  A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.
• SWANMARK
  A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan. Encyc. Brit.
• NEWMARKET
  A long, closely fitting cloak.
• COUNTERMARK
  An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age. (more info) 1. A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark
• LAMELLIBRANCH
  One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.