Word Meanings - OCTILLION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight
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According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration.
Related words: (words related to OCTILLION)
- STATESMANLIKE
Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman. - UNITERABLE
Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne. - EIGHTFOLD
Eight times a quantity. - NUMBERFUL
Numerous. - ACCORD
1. To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks. My heart accordeth with my tongue. Shak. Thy actions to thy words accord. Milton. 2. To agree in pitch and tone. - ENGLISHWOMAN
Fem. of Englishman. Shak. - SEVENNIGHT
A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight. - FOLLOWING EDGE
See ABOVE - METHODIST
Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder. - SEVEN
1. The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects. Of every beast, and bird, and insect small, Game sevens and pairs. Milton. 2. A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii. - ENGLISH
A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball. The King's, or Queen's, English. See under King. (more info) 1. Collectively, the people of England; - ACCORDANCY
Accordance. Paley. - ACCORDANTLY
In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to. - UNITIVE
Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. Jer. Taylor. - ACCORDER
One who accords, assents, or concedes. - EIGHTIETH
1. The next in order after seventy-ninth. 2. Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions. - METHOD
Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnæan method. Syn. -- Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode; course; - UNITARIANISM
The doctrines of Unitarians. - ANNEXATION
1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold. The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. - ACCORDINGLY
1. Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak. 2. In natural sequence; consequently; so. Syn. -- Consequently; therefore; wherefore; hence; so. -- Accordingly, Consequently, indicate - FREIGHT
1. That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight. The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use - ANNEX
to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to 1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson. 2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. He - SLEIGHTLY
Cunningly. Huloet. - COUNTER WEIGHT
A counterpoise. - SLEIGHT
1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. "His sleight and his covin." Chaucer. 2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation. The world hath many subtle sleights. Latimer. 3. Dexterous - AFFREIGHTER
One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods. - SLEIGHTY
Cunning; sly. Huloet. - WELTERWEIGHT
1. A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a heavy welterweight) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races. 2. A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that - FREIGHTAGE
1. Charge for transportation; expense of carriage. 2. The transportation of freight. 3. Freight; cargo; lading. Milton. - EIGHTEEN
Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds. - TRIBUNICIAN; TRIBUNITIAL; TRIBUNITIAN
Of or pertaining to tribunes; befitting a tribune; as, tribunitial power or authority. Dryden. A kind of tribunician veto, forbidding that which is recognized to be wrong. Hare.