Word Meanings - MONOSTROPHIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Having one strophe only; not varied in measure; written in unvaried measure. Milton.
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- VARIFORM
Having different shapes or forms. - VARIOLATION
Inoculation with smallpox. - HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - HAVENER
A harbor master. - VARIATION
Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc. (more info) 1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; - VARIX
A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein. Note: Varices are owing to local retardation of the venous circulation, and in some cases to relaxation of the parietes of the veins. They are very common in the superficial veins of the lower - VARICOSITY
1. The quality or state of being varicose. 2. An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - VARIEGATE
To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the - VARIETY SHOW
A stage entertainment of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. Often loosely called vaudeville show. - VARI
The ringtailed lemur of Madagascar. Its long tail is annulated with black and white. - MEASURER
One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market. - 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. - VARIETAS
A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var. - VARIORUM
Containing notes by different persons; -- applied to a publication; as, a variorum edition of a book. - VARIFORMED
Formed with different shapes; having various forms; variform. - HAVENAGE
Harbor dues; port dues. - VARIOLOID
Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid. - HAVEN
habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave ; or akin to AS. hæf sea, 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; - HAVANA
Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n. - OVARITIS
Inflammation of the ovaries. - IMMEASURED
Immeasurable. Spenser. - INVARIANT
An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, when these undergo suitable linear transformations. J. J. Sylvester. - ADMEASURE
To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture. Blackstone. 2. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size. (more info) 1. To measure. - MISBEHAVE
To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun. - PREVARICATOR
A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution. 3. One who betrays or abuses a trust. Prynne. (more info) 1. One who prevaricates. - REMEASURE
To measure again; to retrace. They followed him . . . The way they came, their steps remeasured right. Fairfax. - INSHAVE
A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves. - DIVARICATELY
With divarication.