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.
Related words: (words related to PREMORSE)
- 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.