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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.

 

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