Word Meanings - STARCHWORT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.
Related words: (words related to STARCHWORT)
- STARCHER
One who starches. - QUALITY
1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest - YIELDABLE
Disposed to yield or comply. -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Hall. - YIELDANCE
1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. Bp. Hall. 2. The act of yielding; concession. South. - 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. - STARCH
A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking - YIELDING
Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying , the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved. Burrill. Syn. -- - STARCHED
1. Stiffened with starch. 2. Stiff; precise; formal. Swift. - 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. - YIELDER
One who yields. Shak. - STARCHLY
In a starched or starch manner. - STARCHNESS
Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness. - STARCHWORT
The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch. - YIELDLESS
Without yielding; unyielding. - STARCHEDNESS
The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality. - STARCHY
Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise. - YIELD
pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be - CUCKOOPINT
A plant of the genus Arum ; the European wake- robin. - INEQUALITY
An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; - ARISTARCH
A severe critic. Knowles. - ARISTARCHIAN
Severely critical. - EQUALITY
Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under - CLEARSTARCH
To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin. - CLEARSTARCHER
One who clearstarches. - COEQUALITY
The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.