Word Meanings - STEAMY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Consisting of, or resembling, steam; full of steam; vaporous; misty. Cowper.
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- COWPER'S GLANDS
Two small glands discharging into the male urethra. - CONSISTENTLY
In a consistent manner. - CONSIST
1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col. - CONSISTORIAN
Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton. - STEAM
smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or 1. The elastic, aƫriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor. 2. The mist formed by condensed vapor; - CONSISTENCE; CONSISTENCY
1. The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. Bacon. We - CONSISTORY
The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere. Hook. (more info) consistorium a place of assembly, the place where the emperor's council met, fr. consistere: cf. - STEAMBOAT
A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers. - RESEMBLINGLY
So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness. - VAPOROUS
1. Having the form or nature of vapor. Holland. 2. Full of vapors or exhalations. Shak. The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys. Derham. 3. Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. Bacon. The food which is most vaporous and perspirable - STEAM ENGINE
An engine moved by steam. Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the action of the valve gear, and communicates motion to the - STEAMSHIP
A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer. - RESEMBLANT
Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower. - CONSISTENT
1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. The humoral and consistent parts of the body. Harvey. 2. Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; - STEAMY
Consisting of, or resembling, steam; full of steam; vaporous; misty. Cowper. - STEAMINESS
The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistness. - MISTY
1. Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere. 2. Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight. The more - STEAMBOATING
The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards. Knight. (more info) 1. The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats. - CONSISTORIAL
Of or pertaining to a consistory. "Consistorial laws." Hooker. "Consistorial courts." Bp. Hoadley. - VAPOROUSNESS
The quality of being vaporous. - INCONSISTENTLY
In an inconsistent manner. - INCONSISTENCY
1. The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility. There is a perfect inconsistency between - INCONSISTENTNESS
Inconsistency. - INCONSISTENCE
Inconsistency. - SELF-CONSISTENT
Consistent with one's self or with itself; not deviation from the ordinary standard by which the conduct is guided; logically consistent throughout; having each part consistent with the rest. - TRUNK STEAMER
A freight steamer having a high hatch coaming extending almost continuously fore and aft, but not of whaleback form at the sides.