Word Meanings - ABSTRACTITIOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Obtained from plants by distillation. Crabb.

Related words: (words related to ABSTRACTITIOUS)

• CRABBER
  One who catches crabs.
• DISTILLATION
  The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
• CRABBISH
  Somewhat sour or cross. The wips of the most crabbish Satyristes. Decker.
• OBTAINABLE
  Capable of being obtained.
• CRABBING
  The foghting of hawks with each other. (more info) 1. The act or art of catching crabs.
• CRABBED
  1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. Crabbed age and youth can not live together. Shak. 2. Characterized by harshness or roughness;
• CRABBY
  Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing. "Persius is crabby, because ancient." Marston.
• OBTAINMENT
  The act or process of obtaining; attainment. Milton.
• OBTAIN
  1. To hold; to keep; to possess. His mother, then, is mortal, but his Sire He who obtains the monarchy of heaven. Milton. 2. To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way. Some pray for riches; riches they
• OBTAINER
  One who obtains.
• REOBTAINABLE
  That may be reobtained.
• REOBTAIN
  To obtain again.
• SCRABBLE
  1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his
• SCRABBED EGGS
  A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper. Halliwell.
• PREOBTAIN
  To obtain beforehand.