Word Meanings - OPENER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, opens. "True opener of my eyes." Milton.

WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
OPENER
One who, or that which, opens. "True opener of my eyes." Milton.
MILTONIAN
Miltonic. Lowell.
MILTONIC
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as, Miltonic prose.
PROPENSE
Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
PROPENSION
The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.
EYE OPENER
That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence, or , a drink of liquor, esp. the first one in the morning.
HAMILTON PERIOD
A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.
PROPENSITY
The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. "A propensity to utter blasphemy." Macaulay. Syn. -- Disposition; bias; inclination; proclivity; proneness; bent; tendency.