Word Meanings - ANGLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." Chaucer. 5. Etym: (more info) 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles

Additional info about word: ANGLE

A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." Chaucer. 5. Etym: (more info) 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton. The figure made by. two lines which meet. The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. 3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. Dryden.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ANGLE)

• Bent
• Inclination
• angle
• direction
• bias
• determination
• disposition
• intention
• prepossession
• propensity
• predilection
• turn
• leaning

Related words: (words related to ANGLE)

• INTENTIONALITY
  The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge.
• LEANING
  The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
• ANGLE
  A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." Chaucer. 5. Etym: (more info) 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles
• LEANLY
  Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.
• PREDILECTION
  A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality. Burke.
• INTENTIONAL
  Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental.
• LEAN-TO
  Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof. -- n.
• ANGLEWISE
  In an angular manner; angularly.
• LEANNESS
  The condition or quality of being lean.
• ANGLED
  Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right- angled, many-angled, etc. The thrice three-angled beechnut shell. Bp. Hall.
• INTENTIONALLY
  In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.
• PREPOSSESSION
  1. Preoccupation; prior possession. Hammond. 2. Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression, already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression; bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable sense; as, the prepossessions
• LEAN-WITTED
  Having but little sense or shrewdness.
• DIRECTION
  The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. Wilhelm. Syn. -- Administration; guidance; management; superintendence;
• PROPENSITY
  The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. "A propensity to utter blasphemy." Macaulay. Syn. -- Disposition; bias; inclination; proclivity; proneness; bent; tendency.
• INCLINATION
  The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23º 28'; the inclination of two rays of light. 5. A leaning or tendency of the mind, feelings, preferences, or
• INTENTION
  Any mental apprehension of an object. First intention , a conception of a thing formed by the first or direct application of the mind to the individual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone. -- Second intention , a conception generalized from
• ANGLESITE
  A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
• DETERMINATION
  A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head. (more info) 1. The act of determining, or the state of being determined. 2. Bringing to an end; termination; limit. A speedy determination of that
• DISPOSITIONAL
  Pertaining to disposition.
• CLEANSABLE
  Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
• CLEAN-CUT
  See CLEAR-CUT
• BRANGLE
  A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. A brangle between him and his neighbor. Swift. (more info) brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused
• UNTANGLE
  To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread. Untangle but this cruel chain. Prior.
• CLEANNESS
  1. The state or quality of being clean. 2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer.
• QUINQUEANGLED
  Having five angles; quinquangular.
• TRIANGLE
  A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles. Note: A triangle is either plane, spherical, or curvilinear, according as its sides are straight lines, or arcs of great circles of a sphere, or any curved lines whatever. A
• UNCLEAN
  1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate
• ACHILLEAN
  Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.
• WIDE-ANGLE
  Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; -- applied to certain lenses of relatively short focus. Lenses for ordinary purposes have an angle of 50º or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100º and are useful for photographing
• FANGLE
  Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
• NEWFANGLENESS
  Newfangledness. Chaucer. Proud newfangleness in their apparel. Robynson .
• CLEANING
  1. The act of making clean. 2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. Gardner.
• CLEANLINESS
  State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress. Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift.
• SELF-DETERMINATION
  Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
• ACUTE-ANGLED
  Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.