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Word Meanings - LIFETIME - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The time that life continues.

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  • PERIODIC; PERIODICAL
    Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. Periodic comet , a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. -- Periodic function , a function whose values
  • BREVIARY
    summary, abridgment, neut. noun fr. breviarius abridged, fr. brevis 1. An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary. A book entitled the abridgment or breviary of those roots that are to be cut up or gathered. Holland. 2. A
  • BREAKMAN
    See BRAKEMAN
  • LIFETIME
    The time that life continues.
  • STOCKER
    One who makes or fits stocks, as of guns or gun carriages, etc.
  • BREAKABLE
    Capable of being broken.
  • BREADEN
    Made of bread.
  • BREECHCLOTH
    A cloth worn around the breech.
  • STOCKWORK
    A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.
  • BREADBASKET
    The stomach. S. Foote.
  • STOCK-BLIND
    Blind as a stock; wholly blind.
  • BREWER
    One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
  • PERIODONTAL
    Surrounding the teeth.
  • BREADFRUIT
    The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree. (more info) 1. The fruit of a tree found
  • BREQUET CHAIN
    A watch-guard.
  • BRETFUL
    Brimful. Chaucer.
  • EPOCHA
    See ADAMS
  • BRENNAGE
    A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.
  • BREVITY
    1. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life. 2. Contraction into few words; conciseness. Brevity is the soul of wit. Shak. This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity.
  • STOCK
    1. To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like. 2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply
  • BREATHE
    Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
  • UNDERBRED
    Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.
  • MAKE AND BREAK
    Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
  • CHICKEN-BREASTED
    Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.
  • LIBRETTO
    A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music. The words themselves.
  • LAWBREAKER
    One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
  • MALCONFORMATION
    Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.
  • SABRE
    See SABER
  • SPANKING BREEZE
    a strong breeze.
  • TIMBREL
    A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity. Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Ex. xv. 20. (more info) typmanum, Gr. tabl a drum; cf. Per. tambal
  • SINGLE-BREASTED
    Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
  • BROKEN BREAST
    Abscess of the mammary gland.
  • CROSSBRED
    Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.
  • BARLEY-BREE
    Liquor made from barley; strong ale. Burns.

 

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