Word Meanings - MICROSEME - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having the orbital index relatively small; having the orbits broad transversely; -- opposed to Ant: megaseme.

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• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• INDEXICAL
  Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
• MEGASEME
  Having the orbital index relatively large; having the orbits narrow transversely; -- opposed to microseme.
• 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.
• OPPOSABILITY
  The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
• 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.
• OPPOSITIONIST
  One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
• 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.;
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• 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.
• BROAD-BRIMMED
  Having a broad brim. A broad-brimmed flat silver plate. Tatler.
• OPPOSITIVE
  Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.
• OPPOSELESS
  Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
• 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.
• PREORBITAL
  a. Situated in front or the orbit.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• 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.