Word Meanings - PETTYCHAPS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinæ, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler .

Related words: (words related to PETTYCHAPS)

• WILLOWER
  A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
• SINGLE-BREASTED
  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
• CHAFFERY
  Traffic; bargaining. Spenser.
• SINGLY
  1. Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men singly and personally good. 2. Only; by one's self; alone. Look thee, 't is so! Thou singly honest man. Shak. 3. Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed; as, to attack
• GOLDEN
  1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. 3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. Golden age. The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
• SING-SING
  The kob.
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• CHIFFONIER; CHIFFONIERE
  1. One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker. 2. A receptacle for rags or shreds. 3. A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. G. Eliot.
• SINGULAR
  Existing by itself; single; individual. The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound. I. Watts. (more info) 1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. Bacon. And
• CHAFFER
  1. To buy or sell; to trade in. He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set. Spenser. 2. To exchange; to bandy, as words. Spenser.
• WILLOW-WORT
  Same as Willow-weed. Any plant of the order Salicaceæ, or the Willow family.
• SINGLE
  1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate. Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark. Bacon. His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from
• SINGLE-ACTING
  Having simplicity of action; especially , acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• SINGSTER
  A songstress. Wyclif.
• CHAFFINCH
  A bird of Europe , having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.
• SINGLE-HANDED
  Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.
• SINGLE-HEARTED
  Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. -- Sin"gle-heart"ed*ly, adv.
• SINGHALESE
  See CINGALESE
• SINGINGLY
  With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone. G. North .
• MINNESINGER
  A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble birth, and made love and beauty the subjects of their
• LOSINGLY
  In a manner to incur loss.
• PHASING CURRENT
  The momentary current between two alternating-current generators when juxtaposed in parallel and not agreeing exactly in phase or period.
• DECREASING
  Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series , a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.
• CHASING
  The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.
• NEESING
  Sneezing. "By his neesings a light doth shine." Job xli.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• BLESSING
  A gift. Gen. xxxiii. 11. 5. Grateful praise or worship. (more info) 1. The act of one who blesses. 2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
• DEBASINGLY
  In a manner to debase.
• DISGUISING
  A masque or masquerade.
• DESPISINGLY
  Contemptuously.
• SURPASSING
  Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory crowned." Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.