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Word Meanings - PREMORSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off. Premorse root or leaves , such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short.

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  • IRREGULARITY
    The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
  • SHORT-WITED
    Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
  • SHORT CIRCUIT
    A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
  • ABRUPTNESS
    1. The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness. 2. Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.
  • 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.
  • SHORTCAKE
    An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.
  • 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
  • TERMINATOR
    The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, terminates.
  • TERMINATIONAL
    Of or pertaining to termination; forming a termination.
  • SHORT-JOINTED
    Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.
  • SHORT-DATED
    Having little time to run from the date. "Thy short-dated life." Sandys.
  • TERMINATE
    1. To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line. 2. To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy. 3. Hence, to put the finishing touch
  • TERMINATION
    The ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection. (more info) 1. The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities. 2. That
  • TERMINATIVE
    Tending or serving to terminate; terminating; determining; definitive. Bp. Rust. -- Ter"mi*na*tive*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
  • SHORT-WAISTED
    Having a short waist.
  • RAGGIE; RAGGY
    Ragged; rough. "A stony and raggie hill." Holland.
  • SHORTENING
    That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc. (more info) 1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
  • SHORTSTOP
    The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.
  • SHORT-SPOKEN
    Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt.
  • RAGULED; RAGGULED
    Notched in regular diagonal breaks; -- said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge.
  • INTERMINATED
    Interminable; interminate; endless; unending. Akenside.
  • SCRAGGED
    1. Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone. 2. Lean and rough; scraggy.
  • DISTERMINATE
    Separated by bounds. Bp. Hall.
  • SELF-DETERMINATION
    Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
  • BRAGGINGLY
    Boastingly.
  • PREDETERMINATION
    The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.
  • FROST-BITTEN
    Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing.
  • EXTERMINATORY
    Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate. "Exterminatory war." Burke.
  • PARKLEAVES
    A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
  • CRAGGEDNESS
    The quality or state of being cragged; cragginess.

 

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