Word Meanings - PEAG - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads.

Related words: (words related to PEAG)

• SHELL-LESS
  , a. Having no shell. J. Burroughs.
• WHITECAP
  The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead. The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head. The European tree sparrow. 2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening.
• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• WHITE-FRONTED
  Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose , the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.
• WHITE FLY
  Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• WHITESTER
  A bleacher of lines; a whitener; a whitster.
• UNITERABLE
  Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
• WHITE-HEART
  A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
• ABORIGINALLY
  Primarily.
• WHITESIDE
  The golden-eye.
• WHITE-EAR
  The wheatear.
• BEADSNAKE
  A small poisonous snake of North America , banded with yellow, red, and black.
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• WHITEBLOW
  See WHITLOW
• POLISHMENT
  The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
• SHELLER
  One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller.
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• WHITEWING
  The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing. The velvet duck.
• GOROON SHELL
  A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell .
• VALVE-SHELL
  Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.
• SPOUTSHELL
  Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having an elongated siphon. See Illust. under Rostrifera.
• HEPPELWHITE
  Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A.Heppelwhite & Co.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• SLIT-SHELL
  Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas.