Word Meanings - TROCHILI - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A division of birds comprising the humming birds.

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• HUMMEL
  To separate from the awns; -- said of barley.
• DIVISIONARY
  Divisional.
• DIVISIONALLY
  So as to be divisional.
• HUMMER
  A humming bird. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. Ainsworth.
• HUMMOCKY
  Abounding in hummocks.
• HUMMOCKING
  The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice. Kane.
• COMPRISAL
  The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome. A comprisal . . . and sum of all wickedness. Barrow.
• DIVISIONAL
  That divides; pas, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police. Divisional planes , planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.
• COMPRISE
  To comprehend; to include. Comprise much matter in few words. Hocker. Friendship does two souls in one comprise. Roscommon. Syn. -- To embrace; include; comprehend; contain; encircle; inclose; involve; imply.
• DIVISIONOR
  One who divides or makes division. Sheldon.
• DIVISION
  The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed. (more info) 1. The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state
• HUMMOCK
  1. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface. 2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field. 3. Timbered land. See Hammock.
• HUMMING
  Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.
• BIRDSEED
  Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.
• HUMMELER
  One who, or a machine which, hummels.
• HUMMUM
  A sweating bath or place for sweating. Sir T. Herbert.
• THUMMIE
  The chiff-chaff.
• MISDIVISION
  Wrong division.
• THUMMIM
  A mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. See the note under Urim.
• INDIVISION
  A state of being not divided; oneness. Bp. Hall.
• SUBDIVISION
  1. The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts. 2. A part of a thing made by subdividing. In the decimal table, the subdivision of the cubit, as span, palm, and digit, are deduced from the shorter cubit. Arbuthnot.