Word Meanings - RECLINING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular. Recumbent. Reclining dial, a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center. Davies & Peck .
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- LYRE BIRD
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird , inhabiting New South Wales, - LYTHE
The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet. - LYSIMETER
An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight. - LYCOPODE
See LYCOPODIUM - LYTHONTHRIPTIC; LYTHONTRIPTIC
See LITHONTRIPTIC - LYONNAISE
Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley. - LYMPH
An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic - LEANING
The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism. - LYSSA
Hydrophobia. Note: The plural has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia. - HORIZONTALLY
In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally. - LYNCH LAW
. The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin - RECLINING
Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular. Recumbent. Reclining dial, a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center. Davies & Peck . - RECLINATE
Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base. - LYCINE
A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn . See Betaine. - LYAM
A leash. - LYRIFEROUS
Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes. - LYMPHOGENIC
Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands. - LYCOPODIUM
A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used - LEANLY
Meagerly; without fat or plumpness. - LYCHEE
See LITCHI - STILLY
Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore. - LIVINGLY
In a living state. Sir T. Browne. - SAVELY
Safely. Chaucer. - FAMILIARLY
In a familiar manner. - SCOLYTID
Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively. - LAUGHINGLY
With laughter or merriment. - POLYPHYLLOUS
Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth. - POLYCHROITE
The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin. - STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
See ETC - SUNDRILY
In sundry ways; variously. - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - WHIP-TOM-KELLY
A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo. - OVERFLOWINGLY
In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle. - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - DISREGARDFULLY
Negligently; heedlessly. - PRECIPITATELY
In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift. - ASSISTANTLY
In a manner to give aid. - MAGNIFICENTLY
In a Magnificent manner. - SPANGLY
Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.