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Word Meanings - PRYTANY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.

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  • PERIODIC; PERIODICAL
    Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. Periodic comet , a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. -- Periodic function , a function whose values
  • DURAMEN
    The heartwood of an exogenous tree.
  • SECTIONALITY
    The state or quality of being sectional; sectionalism.
  • DURIO
    A fruit tree of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.
  • DUROUS
    Hard.
  • PERIODONTAL
    Surrounding the teeth.
  • SECTIONALIZE
    To divide according to gepgraphical sections or local interests. The principal results of the struggle were to sectionalize parties. Nicilay & Hay .
  • DURANTE
    During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.
  • DURANCY
    Duration. Dr. H. More.
  • SECTIONALISM
    A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national.
  • SECTIONIZE
    To form into sections.
  • DURRA
    A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • DUR
    Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.
  • DURABILITY
    The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness. A Gothic cathedral raises ideas
  • PERIOD
    One of the great divisions of geological time; as, the Tertiary period; the Glacial period. See the Chart of Geology. 4. The termination or completion of a revolution, cycle, series of events, single event, or act; hence, a limit; a bound; an end;
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • PERIODICALLY
    In a periodical manner.
  • DURATION
    The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists. It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should be limited. Macaulay. Soon shall have passed our own human duration. D. Webster.
  • BELONG
    attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See Long, v. Note: 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain. 2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place
  • REVERDURE
    To cover again with verdure. Ld. Berners.
  • PODURA
    Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail. Podura scale , one of the minute scales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used as test objects for the microscope. (more info) podo`s,
  • ANTIPERIODIC
    A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.
  • OBDURATION
    A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.
  • ORDURE
    1. Dung; excrement; fæces. Shak. 2. Defect; imperfection; fault. Holland.
  • BORDURE
    A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.
  • SULPHARSENATE
    A salt of sulpharsenic acid.
  • ENDURANT
    Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc. The ibex is a remarkably endurant animal. J. G. Wood.
  • ADUROL
    Either of two compounds, a chlorine derivative and bromine derivative, of hydroquinone, used as developers.
  • ALABAMA PERIOD
    A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.

 

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