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Word Meanings - RIGHT-ANGLED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.

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  • RIGHT-RUNNING
    Straight; direct.
  • ANGLICIZE
    To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.
  • TRIANGLE
    A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles. Note: A triangle is either plane, spherical, or curvilinear, according as its sides are straight lines, or arcs of great circles of a sphere, or any curved lines whatever. A
  • RIGHTEOUSNESS
    The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
  • CONTAINMENT
    That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
  • ANGLE
    A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." Chaucer. 5. Etym: (more info) 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles
  • ANGLO-CATHOLIC
    Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.
  • RIGHT-ANGLED
    Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
  • RIGHTEOUS
    Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton.
  • ANGLICIZATION
    The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.
  • RIGHTEN
    To do justice to. Relieve the opressed. Isa. i. 17.
  • RIGHT-LINED
    Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.
  • RIGHT-MINDED
    Having a right or honest mind. -- Right"-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • RIGHT-HANDED
    Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria. Right-handed screw, a screw, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a direction that screw advances
  • CONTAINANT
    A container.
  • ANGLICANISM
    1. Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England. 2. The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party. 3. Attachment to England or English
  • ANGLEWISE
    In an angular manner; angularly.
  • RIGHT-HEARTED
    Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness, n.
  • ANGLING
    The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line. Walton.
  • RIGHTEOUSLY
    In a righteous manner; as, to judge righteously.
  • SPANGLY
    Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.
  • BRIGHT
    See I
  • UNTANGLE
    To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread. Untangle but this cruel chain. Prior.
  • BRANGLE
    A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. A brangle between him and his neighbor. Swift. (more info) brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused
  • CARTWRIGHT
    An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
  • QUINQUEANGLED
    Having five angles; quinquangular.
  • FRIGHTFUL
    1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
  • SPRIGHTLY
    Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
  • SHRIGHT
    imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.
  • WIDE-ANGLE
    Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; -- applied to certain lenses of relatively short focus. Lenses for ordinary purposes have an angle of 50º or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100º and are useful for photographing
  • GANGLIFORM; GANGLIOFORM
    Having the form of a ganglion.
  • UPRIGHTNESS
    the quality or state of being upright.
  • OVERRIGHTEOUS
    Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.
  • FANGLE
    Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.

 

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