Word Meanings - SILKY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster. 2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine. 3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous. Silky oak , a
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1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster. 2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine. 3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous. Silky oak , a lofty Australian tree (Grevillea robusta) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber.
Related words: (words related to SILKY)
- SMOOTHEN
To make smooth. - SILKY
1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster. 2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine. 3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous. Silky oak , a - SMOOTHNESS
Quality or state of being smooth. - COVER-POINT
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." - SURFACE LOADING
The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface. - SMOOTH
1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray. 2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii. 16. - COVERLET
The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser. - CLOSEHANDED
Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n. - COVERCLE
A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne. - SMOOTH-CHINNED
Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton. - PRESSIROSTRAL
Of or pertaining to the pressirosters. - PRESSIVE
Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. Bp. Hall. - PRESSGANG
See PRESS - CLOSEFISTED
Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne. - SMOOTHLY
In a smooth manner. - COVERT BARON
Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill. - PRESSURAGE
1. Pressure. 2. The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press. - PRESSURE WIRES
Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points. - PRESSWORK
The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done. MacKellar. - COVERTNESS
Secrecy; privacy. - RECOVER
To cover again. Sir W. Scott. - UNCLOSE
1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal. - ENCLOSE
To inclose. See Inclose. - PARCLOSE
A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook. - HOTPRESSED
Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t. - HEREHENCE
From hence. - WHENCEFORTH
From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser. - HOTPRESS
To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc. - SUPPRESSOR
One who suppresses. - INCOMPRESSIBLE
Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n. - INSUPPRESSIBLE
That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv. - REPRESSIBLE
Capable of being repressed.