Word Meanings - SERIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to rows. Gray. Serial homology. See under Homology. -- Serial symmetry. See under Symmetry. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or
Additional info about word: SERIAL
Of or pertaining to rows. Gray. Serial homology. See under Homology. -- Serial symmetry. See under Symmetry. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication. "Classification . . . may be more or less serial." H. Spencer.
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- UNDERDOER
One who underdoes; a shirk. - UNDERBRED
Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith. - UNDERSECRETARY
A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury. - UNDERPLOT
1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden. 2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison. - UNDERNICENESS
A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety. - UNDERDOLVEN
p. p. of Underdelve. - UNDERSOIL
The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil. - UNDERNIME
1. To receive; to perceive. He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the lilies cast. Chaucer. 2. To reprove; to reprehend. Piers Plowman. - UNDERPROP
To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold. Underprop the head that bears the crown. Fenton. - UNDERCREST
To support as a crest; to bear. Shak. - UNDERSAY
To say by way of derogation or contradiction. Spenser. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - UNDERTAPSTER
Assistant to a tapster. - UNDERDELVE
To delve under. - UNDERSTOOD
imp. & p. p. of Understand. - UNDERDO
To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo. Grew. - UNDERCOAT
1. A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat. 2. A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a longer growth; as, a dog's undercoat. - CONSISTENTLY
In a consistent manner. - UNDERCAST
To cast under or beneath. - UNDERRATE
A price less than the value; as, to sell a thing at an underrate. Cowley. - DISAPPEARING
p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear. Disappearing carriage , a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing - PLUNDERER
One who plunders or pillages. - TEN-POUNDER
A large oceanic fish found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait. - DUNDERHEAD
A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. Beau. & Fl. - FOUNDER
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.