Word Meanings - SUBSTITUTIONAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to substitution; standing in the place of another; substituted. -- Sub`sti*tu"tion*al*ly, adv.

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• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• ANOTHER-GUESS
  Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• STANDARD
  The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend,
• STANDPOINT
  A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
• STANDPIPE
  A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level
• SUBSTITUTIONAL
  Of or pertaining to substitution; standing in the place of another; substituted. -- Sub`sti*tu"tion*al*ly, adv.
• SUBSTITUTED
  Containing substitutions or replacements; having been subjected to the process of substitution, or having some of its parts replaced; as, alcohol is a substituted water; methyl amine is a substituted ammonia. Substituted executor , an executor
• PLACER
  One who places or sets. Spenser.
• SUBSTITUTIONARY
  Of or pertaining to substitution; substitutional.
• PLACE
  Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
• STANDAGE
  A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.
• PLACENTA
  The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi
• SUBSTITUTE
  One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else; specifically , (more info) under, put in the place of; sub under + statuere to put, place: cf.
• PLACEMAN
  One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott.
• STANDER-BY
  One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.
• STANDERGRASS
  A plant ; -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• STAND
  OS. standan, stan, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae, Sw. stå, Goth. standan, Russ. stoiate, L. stare, Gr. stha. *163. Cf. Assist, Constant, Contrast, Desist, Destine, Ecstasy, Exist, Interstice, Obstacle, Obstinate, Prest, n., Rest remainder,
• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• UNDERSTANDINGLY
  In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved.
• STILLSTAND
  A standstill. Shak.
• COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
  1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like
• BOOKSTAND
  1. A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall. 2. A stand to hold books for reading or reference.
• WASHSTAND
  A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.
• UNCIRCUMSTANDTIAL
  1. Not circumstantial; not entering into minute particulars. 2. Not important; not pertinent; trivial.
• APLACENTAL
  Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.