Word Meanings - SKILLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat. (more info) ecuelle, fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish. Cf. Scuttle
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- METALOGICAL
Beyond the scope or province of logic. - PURPOSELESS
Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n. - OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley. - METALLIC
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive. Metallic iron, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic - METALLIFORM
Having the form or structure of a metal. - SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - SCUTAL
Of or pertaining to a shield. A good example of these scutal monstrosities. Cussans. - COPPER-FACED
Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type. - PURPOSE
1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer. - STEWARDSHIP
The office of a steward. Shak. - COPPERWORM
The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper. The ringworm. - METALLIFACTURE
The production and working or manufacture of metals. R. Park. - METALLOGRAPH
A print made by metallography. - COPPER-FASTENED
Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship. - METALLOPHONE
An instrument like a pianoforte, but having metal bars instead of strings. An instrument like the xylophone, but having metallic instead of wooden bars. - HANDLESS
Without a hand. Shak. - METALLICLY
In a metallic manner; by metallic means. - METALLICAL
See METALLIC - STEWARTRY
1. An overseer or superintendent. "The stewartry of provisions." Tooke. 2. The office of a steward; stewardship. Byron. 3. In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such jurisdiction. - METALEPTIC
Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to a metalepsis. 2. Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle. - NOTOTHERIUM
An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia. - CHANDLER
of candles, LL. candelarius chandler, fr. L. candela candle. See 1. A maker or seller of candles. The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay. 2. A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by - ISOGEOTHERMAL; ISOGEOTHERMIC
Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n. - SMOTHER
Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick - ISOTHEROMBROSE
A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall. - ANOTHER-GUESS
Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot. - UNMOTHERED
Deprived of a mother; motherless. - ISOTHERMAL
Relating to equality of temperature. Having reference to the geographical distribution of temperature, as exhibited by means of isotherms; as, an isothermal line; an isothermal chart. Isothermal line. An isotherm. A line drawn on a diagram - EEL-MOTHER
The eelpout. - DISMALLY
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. - ISOTHERMOBATHIC
Of or pertaining to an isothermobath; possessing or indicating equal temperatures in a vertical section, as of the ocean. - BIMETALLIST
An advocate of bimetallism. - NONMETAL
Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals. - MOTHER-OF-PEARL
The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl. - STEW
1. A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium. Chaucer. Evelyn. 2. An artificial bed of oysters.