Word Meanings - UNDERGROAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To groan beneath. Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. Chapman.
Related words: (words related to UNDERGROAN)
- EARTHLY-MINDED
Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n. - EARTH FLAX
A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus. - EARTHDIN
An earthquake. - RAISE
To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. Burrill. To raise a blockade , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them. - RAISED
1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work. 2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4. Raised - EARTHSTAR
A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores. - EARTHBRED
Low; grovelling; vulgar. - RAIS
See REIS - EARTHBANK
A bank or mound of earth. - EARTHQUAVE
An earthquake. - UNDERGROAN
To groan beneath. Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. Chapman. - RAISING
1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life. 2. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising. 3. The operation of embossing sheet metal, - EARTHDRAKE
A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon. W. Spalding. - EARTHNUT
A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground; as to: The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum. The peanut. See Peanut. - EARTHEN
Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe. - BENEATH
1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. "Beneath the mount." Ex. xxxii. - EARTH SHINE
See EARTH - EARTHMAD
The earthworm. The earthmads and all the sorts of worms . . . are without eyes. Holland. - EARTHEN-HEARTED
Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. Lowell. - RAISER
One who, or that which, raises . - APPRAISER
One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates. - LIVRAISON
A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part. - HEBRAIST
One versed in the Hebrew language and learning. - MISRAISE
To raise or exite unreasonable. "Misraised fury." Bp. Hall. - PRAISEWORTHINESS
The quality or state of being praiseworthy. - UNEARTHLY
Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n. - KARAISM
Doctrines of the Karaites. - FRAISE
A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. Johnson. - ULTRAISM
The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like. Dr. H. More. - OVERPRAISING
The act of praising unduly; excessive praise. Milton. - PRAISER
1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.