Word Meanings - MENTHA - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers, usually arranged in dense axillary clusters.
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- DISTRIBUTIVENESS
Quality of being distributive. - DENSE
1. Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog. All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare. Ray. - SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - FRAGRANT
fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant. Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume. Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers. Milton. Syn. -- Sweet-smelling; odorous; odoriferous; - DISTRIBUTABLE
Capable of being distributed. Sir W. Jones. - DENSELY
In a dense, compact manner. - SMALLCLOTHES
A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches. - INCLUDED
Inclosed; confined. Included stamens , such as are shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them. - 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 - PEPPERMINT
An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (M. piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery. 2. A volatile oil distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit obtained from it. 3. A lozenge of sugar flavored - 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 - SPEARMINT
A species of mint growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha. - DENSENESS
The quality of being dense; density. - DISTRIBUTION
A resolving a whole into its parts. (more info) 1. The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children. The phenomena - WIDELY
1. In a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles. 2. Very much; to a great degree or extent; as, to differ widely in opinion. - DISTRIBUTIVE
Assigning the species of a general term. (more info) 1. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. "Distributive justice." Swift. - DISTRIBUTARY
Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive. - DISTRIBUTER
One who, or that which, distributes or deals out anything; a dispenser. Addison. - 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. - EXTRAAXILLAR; EXTRAAXILLARY
Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud. - TEMPOROMAXILLARY
Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla. - SUPRA-AXILLARY
Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See Suprafoliaceous. - DISMALLY
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. - INTERAXILLARY
Situated within or between the axils of leaves. - SUBAXILLARY
Situated under the axilla, or armpit. - MISARRANGEMENT
Wrong arrangement. - 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. - SEPTOMAXILLARY
Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts. -- n. - CONDENSER
An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, condenses. 2. An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting - SUPRAMAXILLARY
Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve. Of or pertaining to the upper jaw. - SUPERMAXILLARY
Supermaxillary.