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Word Meanings - UNDERLAID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lying underneath.

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  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • LYRE BIRD
    Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird , inhabiting New South Wales,
  • PLACODERMATA
    See PLACODERMI
  • LYTHE
    The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet.
  • LYSIMETER
    An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight.
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • LYCOPODE
    See LYCOPODIUM
  • LYTHONTHRIPTIC; LYTHONTRIPTIC
    See LITHONTRIPTIC
  • LYONNAISE
    Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.
  • LYMPH
    An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic
  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • LYSSA
    Hydrophobia. Note: The plural has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia.
  • 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.
  • PLACID
    Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay.
  • LYNCH LAW
    . The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin
  • LYCINE
    A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn . See Betaine.
  • HAVELOCK
    A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
  • LYAM
    A leash.
  • LYRIFEROUS
    Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.
  • FAMILIARLY
    In a familiar manner.
  • LIVINGLY
    In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
  • STILLY
    Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
  • SAVELY
    Safely. Chaucer.
  • POLYPHYLLOUS
    Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
  • LAUGHINGLY
    With laughter or merriment.
  • SCOLYTID
    Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.
  • POLYCHROITE
    The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.
  • WHIP-TOM-KELLY
    A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
    See ETC
  • OVERFLOWINGLY
    In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
  • SUNDRILY
    In sundry ways; variously.
  • THIRSTILY
    In a thirsty manner.
  • IMPISHLY
    In the manner of an imp.
  • THERMALLY
    In a thermal manner.
  • DISREGARDFULLY
    Negligently; heedlessly.
  • ASSISTANTLY
    In a manner to give aid.
  • PRECIPITATELY
    In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. Swift.

 

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