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. - STILLY
Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore. - LIVINGLY
In a living state. Sir T. Browne. - SAVELY
Safely. Chaucer. - FAMILIARLY
In a familiar manner. - SCOLYTID
Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively. - POLYPHYLLOUS
Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth. - LAUGHINGLY
With laughter or merriment. - 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. - OVERFLOWINGLY
In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle. - STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
See ETC - WHIP-TOM-KELLY
A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo. - SUNDRILY
In sundry ways; variously. - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - ASSISTANTLY
In a manner to give aid. - SPANGLY
Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light. - POLYPODIUM
A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species. - IMPISHLY
In the manner of an imp. - MAGNIFICENTLY
In a Magnificent manner.