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Word Meanings - MOTOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

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  • DOWNWEED
    Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium.
  • WATER-BEARER
    The constellation Aquarius.
  • DONATOR
    One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver.
  • DOWNPOUR
    A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
  • DOG-ROSE
    A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.
  • DOG'S-EAR
    The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog. Gray. -- Dog's"-eared`, a. Cowper.
  • DOMINATIVE
    Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys.
  • DODECASYLLABIC
    Having twelve syllables.
  • DOIT
    1. A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money. Shak. 2. A thing of small value; as, I care not a doit.
  • AVAILABLENESS
    1. Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title. 2. Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended. Sir M. Hale.
  • WATERWORT
    Any plant of the natural order Elatineæ, consisting of two genera , mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste.
  • DORMANCY
    The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.
  • DOVECOT; DOVECOTE
    A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak.
  • DOGMATIC
    One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
  • DOVELET
    A young or small dove. Booth.
  • DOMITE
    A grayish variety of trachyte; -- so called from the Puy-de- Dôme in Auvergne, France, where it is found.
  • DOQUET
    A warrant. See Docket.
  • WATER SHREW
    Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew , is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.
  • WATER-TIGHT
    So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
  • WATER RAT
    The water vole. See under Vole. The muskrat. The beaver rat. See under Beaver. 2. A thief on the water; a pirate.
  • ADONAI
    A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word "Lord". The later Jews used its vowel points to fill out the tetragrammaton Yhvh, or Ihvh, "the incommunicable name," and in reading substituted "Adonai".
  • UNDERDOER
    One who underdoes; a shirk.
  • GRAMME MACHINE
    A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.
  • FORESHADOW
    To shadow or typi Dryden.
  • ADORABILITY
    Adorableness.
  • PSEUDO-MONOCOTYLEDONOUS
    Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse-chestnut.
  • PAEDOGENESIS
    Reproduction by young or larval animals.
  • PAEDOGENETIC
    Producing young while in the immature or larval state; -- said of certain insects, etc.
  • HADDOCK
    A marine food fish , allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie. Norway haddock, a marine
  • MICRODONT
    Having small teeth.
  • CONDOLER
    One who condoles.
  • ACCELERANDO
    Gradually accelerating the movement.
  • TORPEDO
    Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.
  • GRENADO
    See GRENADE

 

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