Word Meanings - NOON-FLOWER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday.
Related words: (words related to NOON-FLOWER)
- WHOSESOEVER
The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever. - CLOSEHANDED
Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n. - CLOSEFISTED
Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne. - BEARDLESSNESS
The state or quality of being destitute of beard. - CLOSEN
To make close. - CLOSER
The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot. 2. A finisher; that which finishes - CLOSE-FIGHTS
Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. - CLOSEHAULED
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel. - BEARDIE
The bearded loach of Europe. - BEARDLESS
1. Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or manhood; youthful. 2. Destitute of an awn; as, beardless wheat. - MIDDAY
The middle part of the day; noon. - CLOSE-BODIED
Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe. - WHOSE
The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. Whose daughter art thou tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. Dryden. - BEARDED
Having a beard. "Bearded fellow." Shak. "Bearded grain." Dryden. Bearded vulture, Bearded eagle. See Lammergeir. -- Bearded tortoise. See Matamata. - CLOSE
to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, 1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door. 2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often - CLOSET
1. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy. A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. Goldsmith. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. Matt. vi. 6. 2. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, - CLOSEMOUTHED
Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative. - CLOSENESS
The state of being close. Half stifled by the closeness of the room. Swift. We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius. Bacon. An affectation of closeness and covetousness. Addison. Syn. - CLOSE-BANDED
Closely united. - CLOSEREEFED
Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail. - UNCLOSE
1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal. - ENCLOSE
To inclose. See Inclose. - PARCLOSE
A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook. - SEABEARD
A green seaweed growing in dense tufts. - BLUEBEARD
The hero of a mediƦval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it - INCLOSER
One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds. - GRAYBEARD
An old man. Shak. - FORKBEARD
A European fish , having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard. The European forked hake or hake's-dame ; -- also called great forked beard. - TREEBEARD
A pendulous branching lichen ; -- so called from its resemblance to hair. - PERCLOSE
See RALEIGH - INTERCLOSE
To shut in; to inclose.