Word Meanings - MARGINELLA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas.

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• MARINE
  Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits. Marine acid , hydrochloric acid. -- Marine barometer. See under Barometer. -- Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, and
• POLISHMENT
  The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• POLISHED
  Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.
• 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
• NATIVE STEEL
  A sort of steel which has been found where a burning coal seam had reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore.
• SMALLCLOTHES
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
• POLISHABLE
  Capable of being polished.
• SMALLPOX
  A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick
• SMALL
  sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity
• POLISHEDNESS
  The quality of being polished.
• MARINERSHIP
  Seamanship. Udalt.
• MARINER
  One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor. Chaucer. Mariner's compass. See under Compass.
• UNIVALVE
  A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs. Note: Most univalves are spiral and are the shells of gastropods, but many belong to cephalopods and pteropods. A large number of
• SMALLAGE
  A biennial umbelliferous plant native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.
• SMALLY
  In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. Ascham.
• MARINED
  Having the lower part of the body like a fish. Crabb.
• NATIVELY
  By natural or original condition; naturally; originally.
• NATIVENESS
  The quality or state of being native.
• POLISH
  Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. -- n.
• 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.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• REPOLISH
  To polish again.
• SUBGENUS
  A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.
• DENOMINATIVE
  Connotative; as, a denominative name. 3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable. The least denominative part of time is a minute. Cocker. (more info) 1. Conferring a denomination or name.
• GLUTINATIVE
  Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.
• CONGLUTINATIVE
  Conglutinant.
• DEPOLISHING
  The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelian. Knight.
• URINATIVE
  Provoking the flow of urine; uretic; diuretic. Bacon.
• EMANATIVELY
  By an emanation.
• ALTERNATIVENESS
  The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.