Word Meanings - PATELLULA - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects.
Related words: (words related to PATELLULA)
- CERTAINTY
Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth - SUCKER STATE
Illinois; -- a nickname. - CERTAINNESS
Certainty. - CERTAIN
1. Certainty. Gower. 2. A certain number or quantity. Chaucer. - SUCKER
A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant. Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidæ; so - CERTAINLY
Without doubt or question; unquestionably. - BLOODSUCKER
Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species. 2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. Shak. 3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an - ASCERTAINMENT
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke. - ASCERTAINABLE
That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv. - GOATSUCKER
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europæus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat - SEERSUCKER
A light fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of silk and linen, usually having alternating stripes, and a slightly craped or puckered surface; also, a cotton fabric of similar appearance. - UNCERTAINTY
1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange. - WIND-SUCKER
The kestrel. B. Jonson. (more info) 1. A horse given to wind-sucking Law. - UNCERTAINLY
In an uncertain manner. - BOGSUCKER
The American woodcock; -- so called from its feeding among the bogs. - INCERTAIN
Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady. -- In*cer"tain*ly, adv. Very questionable and of uncertain truth. Sir T. Browne. - ROCKSUCKER
A lamprey. - HONEYSUCKER
See HONEY - ASCERTAINER
One who ascertains. - LUMPSUCKER
The lumprish. - MUDSUCKER
A woodcock. - INCERTAINTY
Uncertainty. Shak.