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Word Meanings - OBLANCEOLATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.

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  • REVERSED
    Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree. Reversed positive or negative , a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. Abney. (more info) 1. Turned side for side,
  • REVERSION
    The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after
  • LANCEOLATE; LANCEOLATED
    Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.
  • TOWARD; TOWARDS
    1. In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak. 2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning. His eye shall be evil
  • TOWARDS
    See TOWARD
  • POINT SWITCH
    A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail of either track.
  • REVERSIS
    A certain game at cards.
  • POINTLESSLY
    Without point.
  • POINT-DEVICE; POINT-DEVISE
    Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular. You are rather point-devise in your accouterments. Shak. Thus he grew up, in logic point-devise, Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice. Longfellow. (more info) + point point, condition + devis
  • TOWARDNESS
    Quality or state of being toward.
  • POINTAL
    The pistil of a plant. 2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages. "A pair of tablets . . . and a pointel." Chaucer.
  • POINTED
    1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. 2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. Pope.
  • REVERSIONER
    One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated. Blackstone.
  • NARROW-MINDED
    Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • POINT ALPHABET
    An alphabet for the blind with a system of raised points corresponding to letters.
  • POINTSMAN
    A man who has charge of railroad points or switches.
  • REVERSIBLE
    1. Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence. 2. Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used; -- said of fabrics. Reversible lock, a lock
  • POINTLESS
    Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark. Syn. -- Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid.
  • ORDERLY
    1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
  • NARROWER
    One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More.
  • COVER-POINT
    The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
  • IMBORDER
    To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
  • OBLANCEOLATE
    Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.
  • MISORDER
    To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
  • TROIS POINT
    The third point from the outer edge on each player's home table.
  • REAPPOINT
    To appoint again.
  • STANDPOINT
    A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
  • INTERPOINT
    To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate. Her sighs should interpoint her words. Daniel.
  • ACCORDER
    One who accords, assents, or concedes.

 

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