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Word Meanings - ROTATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis.

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  • TURNSTONE
    Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species . They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and
  • ROLLEY
    A small wagon used for the underground work of a mine. Tomlison.
  • MOTIONER
    One who makes a motion; a mover. Udall.
  • MOTIONIST
    A mover.
  • GIVES
    Fetters.
  • ROLLABLE
    Capable of being rolled.
  • ROLLING-PIN
    A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness.
  • ROLL
    To apply to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal. 10. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve. Full oft in
  • TURNSPIT
    A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting. (more info) 1. One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office. His lordship
  • TURNSOLE
    + sole the sun, L. sol. See Turn, Solar, a., and cf. A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun. The sunflower. A kind of spurge . The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora
  • 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.
  • MOTION PICTURE
    A moving picture.
  • 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.
  • MOTIONLESS
    Without motion; being at rest.
  • ROLLWAY
    A place prepared for rolling logs into a stream.
  • ROLLER
    One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather. 4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially,
  • MOTION
    An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant. Mozley & W. (more info) 1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;
  • ROLLER COASTER
    An amusement railroad in which cars coast by gravity over a long winding track, with steep pitches and ascents.
  • ROLLY-POOLY
    A game in which a ball, rolling into a certain place, wins.
  • MUSCLE READING
    The art of making discriminations between objects of choice, of discovering the whereabouts of hidden objects, etc., by inference from the involuntary movements of one whose hand the reader holds or with whom he is otherwise in muscular contact.
  • CIRCUMROTARY; CIRCUMROTATORY
    turning, rolling, or whirling round.
  • TROLLEY; TROLLY
    A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an animal. A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes. A truck which travels along the fixed
  • EXCITO-MOTION
    Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.
  • NERVIMOTION
    The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves. Dunglison.
  • CONTROLLABLENESS
    Capability of being controlled.
  • DROLLIST
    A droll. Glanvill.
  • DROLLISH
    Somewhat droll. Sterne.
  • PROLL
    To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder. Barrow.
  • IDEO-MOTION
    An ideo-motor movement.
  • CONTROLLABILITY
    Capability of being controlled; controllableness.

 

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