Word Meanings - PALPICORN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One of a group of aquatic beetles having short club-shaped antennæ, and long maxillary palpi.
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- HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - HAVENER
A harbor master. - SHAPE
is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and - SHORT-WITED
Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment. - BEETLESTOCK
The handle of a beetle. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - PALPIFORM
Having the form of a palpus. - SHORT CIRCUIT
A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity. - AQUATIC
Pertaining to water growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls. - SHORT-HANDED
Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers. - SHORTHEAD
A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors. - HAVE
haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2. - SHORTCAKE
An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked. - ANTENNULE
A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea. - ANTENNAL
Belonging to the antennæ. Owen. - HAVENAGE
Harbor dues; port dues. - SHORTLY
1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. Chaucer. I shall grow jealous of you shortly. Shak. The armies came shortly in view of each other. Clarendon. 2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in - SHORT-JOINTED
Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short. - HAVEN
habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave ; or akin to AS. hæf sea, 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; - SHORT-DATED
Having little time to run from the date. "Thy short-dated life." Sandys. - MISHAPPEN
To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser. - SPINDLE-SHAPED
Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle. - TEMPOROMAXILLARY
Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla. - DIAMOND-SHAPED
Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. - STRAP-SHAPED
Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla. - AWL-SHAPED
Subulate. See Subulate. Gray. (more info) 1. Shaped like an awl. - MISBEHAVE
To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun. - SWORD-SHAPED
Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like. - FIDDLE-SHAPED
Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray. - SUBGROUP
A subdivision of a group, as of animals. Darwin. - INSHAVE
A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.