Word Meanings - THOUSANDTH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Next in order after nine hundred and ninty-nine; coming last of a thousand successive individuals or units; -- the ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a thing. 2. Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into

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1. Next in order after nine hundred and ninty-nine; coming last of a thousand successive individuals or units; -- the ordinal of thousand; as, the thousandth part of a thing. 2. Constituting, or being one of, a thousand equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a hundredth. 3. Occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very great number; very small; minute; -- used hyperbolically; as, to do a thing for the thousandth time.

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• BELLMAN
  A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours. Milton.
• COMBER
  1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave.
• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• THICKENING
  Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
• BESCRATCH
  To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
• THINKING
  Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv.
• BELIAL
  An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. What concord hath Christ with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15. A son of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12.
• COMPATIENT
  Suffering or enduring together. Sir G. Buck.
• 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.
• THIRSTILY
  In a thirsty manner.
• COMMISSARY
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• THERMALLY
  In a thermal manner.
• BEASTLIHEAD
  Beastliness. Spenser.
• BEWRAP
  To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax.
• THORN-HEADED
  Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.
• THRASH; THRESH
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• BERGOMASK
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• COMMERCIALLY
  In a commercial manner.
• THEBAN
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• BESCATTER
  1. To scatter over. 2. To cover sparsely by scattering ; to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser.
• 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.
• GABBER
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• ANTHEMIS
  Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.
• PROGNATHIC
  Prognathous.
• AETHER
  See ETHER
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  See HAREBELL
• POSTHUME; POSTHUMED
  Posthumos. I. Watts. Fuller.
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• TETHYDAN
  A tunicate.
• DESMOGNATHOUS
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