Word Meanings - VICTUALS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands. Then had we plenty of victuals. Jer. xliv. 17. (more info) pl. victuailles, fr. L. victualia, pl. of.
Additional info about word: VICTUALS
Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands. Then had we plenty of victuals. Jer. xliv. 17. (more info) pl. victuailles, fr. L. victualia, pl. of. victualis belonging to living or nourishment, fr. victus nourishment, from vivere, victum,
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VICTUALS)
- Ailment
- Food
- sustentation
- nutriment
- pabulum
- victuals
- provision
- meat
- sustenance
- nourishment
- Diet
- viands
- fare
- cheer
- regimen
- Provision
- Provisions
- Preparation
- arrangement
- produce
- supply
- anticipation
- food
- supplies
- edibles
- eatables
Related words: (words related to VICTUALS)
- SUPPLYMENT
A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak. - SUPPLY
LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial - AILMENT
Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Landsdowne. - PRODUCEMENT
Production. - REGIMENTALS
The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense. Colman. - REGIMEN
a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene. A syntactical relation between - CHEERINESS
The state of being cheery. - PROVISIONARY
Provisional. Burke. - PROVISIONAL
Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty. - CHEERISNESS
Cheerfulness. There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton. - CHEERINGLY
In a manner to cheer or encourage. - CHEERER
One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." Thomson. - SUSTENTATION
The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. Sustentation fund , a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the Free - REGIMENTALLY
In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally. - CHEERFULNESS
Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity. - SUPPLYANT
Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. Shak. - REGIMENT
A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten. Note: In the British army all the artillery are included in one regiment, which is divided into brigades. Regiment of - PROVISION
A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation. (more info) 1. The act of providing, or making previous preparation. Shak. 2. That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought - CHEERLESS
Without joy, gladness, or comfort. -- Cheer"less*ly, adv. -- Cheer"less*ness, n. My cheerful day is turned to cheerles night. Spenser. Syn. -- Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; dicsconsolate; dejected; melancholy; forlorn. - PRODUCER
A furnace for producing combustible gas which is used for fuel. (more info) 1. One who produces, brings forth, or generates. 2. One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude materials into articles of use. - UPCHEER
To cheer up. Spenser. - ASSAILMENT
The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson. - IMPREPARATION
Want of preparation. Hooker. - MISARRANGEMENT
Wrong arrangement. - WAILMENT
Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing. Bp. Hacket. - RESUPPLY
To supply again. - IMPROVISION
Improvidence. Sir T. Browne. - AVAILMENT
Profit; advantage.