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Word Meanings - OROTUND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance. -- n.

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  • RINGWORM
    A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties
  • SMOOTHNESS
    Quality or state of being smooth.
  • STRENGTHFUL
    Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong. -- Strength"ful*ness, n. Florence my friend, in court my faction Not meanly strengthful. Marston.
  • RINGHEAD
    An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth.
  • RINGLEADER
    1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals. A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow. 2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of
  • RING ARMATURE
    An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors wound on a ring.
  • MUSICALLY
    In a musical manner.
  • RINGER
    A crowbar. Simmonds. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
  • RINGTOSS
    A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.
  • RINGING
    a & n. from Ring, v. Ringing engine, a simple form of pile driver in which the monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.
  • STRENGTHENING
    That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. -- Strength"en*ing*ly, adv. Strengthening plaster , a plaster containing iron, and supposed to have tonic effects.
  • RINGBILL
    The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also ring-billed blackhead. See Scaup.
  • RING WINDING
    Armature winding in which the wire is wound round the outer and inner surfaces alternately of an annular or cylindrical core.
  • FULLNESS
    The state of being full, or of abounding; abundance; completeness. "In thy presence is fullness of joy." Ps. xvi. 11.
  • MUSICALE
    A social musical party.
  • RINGDOVE
    A European wild pigeon having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat.
  • MANNERIST
    One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
  • RINGBONE
    A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small pastern and the great pastern bones. J. H. Walsh.
  • RING
    1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell. 2. To make , as by ringing a bell; to sound. The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. Shak. 3. To repeat often, loudly,
  • MANNERISM
    Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
  • WRINGING
    a. & n. from Wring, v. Wringing machine, a wringer. See Wringer, 2.
  • SYRINGOCOELE
    The central canal of the spinal cord. B. G. Wilder.
  • NIGHT-FARING
    Going or traveling in the night. Gay.
  • SUSURRINGLY
    In the manner of a whisper.
  • DISAPPEARING
    p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear. Disappearing carriage , a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing
  • WEATHERING
    The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.
  • GEER; GEERING
    See GEARING
  • PORRINGER
    A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth.
  • NAVEL-STRING
    The umbilical cord.
  • PHILOMUSICAL
    Loving music. Busby.
  • TWITTERING
    1. The act of one who, or that which, twitters. 2. A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense. A widow, who had a twittering towards a second husband, took a gossiping companion to manage the
  • BURRING MACHINE
    A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
  • CHAMBERING
    Lewdness. Rom. xiii. 13.
  • EMBERINGS
    Ember days.
  • LUMBERING
    The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
  • ENCORPORING
    Incorporation. Chaucer.
  • SPRINGBOARD
    An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
  • THURINGIAN
    Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people. -- n.

 

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