Word Meanings - SURVIVOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything. Blackstone. (more info) 1. One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing. The survivor bound In filial obligation for some term
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The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything. Blackstone. (more info) 1. One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing. The survivor bound In filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow. Shak.
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- THICKENING
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker. - THINKING
Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv. - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - THEBAIC
Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version. - THERMALLY
In a thermal manner. - THORN-HEADED
Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead. - THRASH; THRESH
derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. , Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. , Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, 1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of with a flail; to beat off, - THEBAN
Of or pertaining to Thebes. Theban year , the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. J. Bryant. - HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - THREE-SQUARE
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file. - THERMOPHILIC
Heat-loving; -- applied esp. to certain bacteria. - THIN
thenne, thunne, AS. þynne; akin to D. dun, G. dünn, OHG. dunni, Icel. þunnr, Sw. tunn, Dan. tynd, Gael. & Ir. tana, W. teneu, L. tenuis, Gr. tanu thin, slender; also to AS. to extend, G. dehnen, Icel. , Goth. , L. tendere to stretch, tenere - THRYFALLOW
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser. - THERMOTAXIC
Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system. - THALIAN
Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic. - THEM
The objective case of they. See They. Go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Matt. xxv. 9. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father. Matt. xxv. 34. Note: Them is poetically used - THYROIDEAL
Thyroid. - BOUNDLESS
Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite. - THORNBUT
The turbot. - THOMAS PHOSPHATE; THOMAS SLAG
See ABOVE - HOME-BOUND
Kept at home. - LETHARGIC; LETHARGICAL
Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ly, v. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ness, n. -- Le*thar"gic*ness, n. - POSTHUME; POSTHUMED
Posthumos. I. Watts. Fuller. - ANTHEMIS
Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants. - BREATHE
Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3. - AETHER
See ETHER - PROGNATHIC
Prognathous. - WARMTH
The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. Syn. -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement; - DELIVERANCE
Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. (more info) 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; - DESMOGNATHOUS
Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds , including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds. - FORTHPUTING
Bold; forward; aggressive. - TETHYDAN
A tunicate. - PANTHER
A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoölogists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body. - PARENTHETIC; PARENTHETICAL
1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark. A parenthetical observation of Moses himself. Hales. 2. Using or containing parentheses. - FENCE MONTH
the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or