Word Meanings - SPELL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A spelk, or splinter. Holland. (more info) akin to D. speld a pin, OD. spelle, G. spalten to split, OHG. spaltan, MHG. spelte a splinter, Icel. spjald a square tablet, Goth. spilda a writing tablet. Cf. Spillsplinter, roll of paper, Spell to

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SPELL)

• Charm
• Spell
• incantation
• enchantment
• fascination
• attraction
• allurement
• Decipher
• Bead
• spell
• interpret
• solve
• unravel
• explain
• unfold
• Incantation
• Recitation
• charm
• invocation
• Time
• Period
• duration
• season
• interval
• date
• opportunity
• age
• era
• occasion
• term
• space
• span

Related words: (words related to SPELL)

• PERIODIC; PERIODICAL
  Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. Periodic comet , a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. -- Periodic function , a function whose values
• INTERVALLUM
  An interval. And a' shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth.
• INCANTATION
  1. The act or process of using formulas sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or affecting other magical results; enchantment. "Mysterious ceremony and incantation." Burke. 2. A formula
• OCCASIONALISM
  The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.
• PERIODONTAL
  Surrounding the teeth.
• UNFOLDER
  One who, or that which, unfolds.
• SPELLBIND
  To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er , n.
• SPACE
  One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff. Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under Absolute, Euclidian, etc. -- Space line , a thin piece of metal used by printers to open the lines of type to a regular distance
• INTERPRETABLE
  Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.
• EXPLAIN
  out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear
• DECIPHERMENT
  The act of deciphering.
• UNFOLDMENT
  The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded. The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. C. Morris.
• INTERVAL
  Difference in pitch between any two tones. At intervals, coming or happening with intervals between; now and then. "And Miriam watch'd and dozed at intervals." Tennyson. -- Augmented interval , an interval increased by half a step or half a tone.
• INTERPRETATIVELY
  By interpretation. Ray.
• SPELLFUL
  Abounding in spells, or charms. Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spellful mystery explained he views. Hoole.
• INTERPRETIVE
  Interpretative.
• SOLVEND
  A substance to be dissolved.
• CHARMLESS
  Destitute of charms. Swift.
• UNFOLD
  1. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth. Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. Herbert. 2. To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or
• UNRAVELMENT
  The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled.
• MISINTERPRETABLE
  Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.
• RESPELL
  To spell again.
• ANTIPERIODIC
  A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.
• OBDURATION
  A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.
• BECHARM
  To charm; to captivate.
• ALABAMA PERIOD
  A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.
• CHAMPLAIN PERIOD
  A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain. Note: The earlier deposits of this period are diluvial in character, as if formed in connection with floods attending
• RESOLVENT
  Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.