Word Meanings - PAUNCHY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Pot-bellied. Dickens.
Related words: (words related to PAUNCHY)
- BELLING
A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. Johnson. - BELLIC; BELLICAL
Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. "Bellic Cæsar." Feltham. - BELLICOUS
Bellicose. - BELLIPOTENT
Mighty in war; armipotent. Blount. - BELLIBONE
A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. Spenser. - BELLIGERENTLY
In a belligerent manner; hostilely. - BELLIED
, a. Having a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied. - DICKENS
The devil. I can not tell what the dickens his name is. Shak. - BELLIGERENCE; BELLIGERENCY
The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare. - BELLICOSELY
In a bellicose manner. - BELLICOSE
Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. W. Irving. - BELLIGERENT
1. Waging war; carrying on war. "Belligerent powers." E. Everett. 2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights. - SABELLIANISM
The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n. - CORBELING; CORBELLING
Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems. - KOBELLITE
A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead. - EMBELLISH
To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. Syn. -- To adorn; beautify; deck; - FLABELLIFORM
Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate. - SABELLIAN
Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n. - UMBELLIC
Pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants; as, umbellic acid. Umbellic acid. Anisic acid. A yellow powder obtained from umbelliferone. - REBELLION
Among the Romans rebellion was originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by nations that had been subdued in war. It was a 1. The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes - ISABELLINE
Of an isabel or isabella color. - DISEMBELLISH
To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle. - COBELLIGERENT
Carryng on war in conjunction with another power. - TABELLION
A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy. - SWAG-BELLIED
Having a prominent, overhanging belly. Shak. - IMBELLIC
Not warlike or martial. R. Junius.