Word Meanings - AURICLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An angular or ear-shaped lobe. 3. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet. Mansfield. (more info) The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head. The chamber, or one of the two
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An angular or ear-shaped lobe. 3. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet. Mansfield. (more info) The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head. The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart.
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- APPLICABLE
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. - ANGULARITY
The quality or state of being angular; angularness. - HEARTWOOD
The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum. - CHAMBERING
Lewdness. Rom. xiii. 13. - HEART
A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! Shak. Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle - HEARSECLOTH
A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson. - INSTRUMENTAL
Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental - SHAPE
is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and - APPLICATIVE
Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv. - CHAMBERER
1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. Chaucer. 2. A civilian; a carpetmonger. - HEARTBROKEN
Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved. - APPLICANCY
The quality or state of being applicable. - TRUMPET
A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves - HEARTGRIEF
Heartache; sorrow. Milton. - CHAMBERED
Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun. - APPLICABILITY
The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied. - HEARTEN
1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. Hearten those that fight in your defense. Shak. 2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land. - HEARTDEEP
Rooted in the heart. Herbert. - APPLICATORILY
By way of application. - TRUMPET-TONGUED
Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech. - HOLLOW-HEARTED
Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous. - MISHAPPEN
To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser. - SPINDLE-SHAPED
Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle. - SUBPENTANGULAR
Nearly or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular. - WHITE-HEART
A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. - SWEETHEART
A lover of mistress. - DIAMOND-SHAPED
Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. - STRAP-SHAPED
Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla. - UNAPPLIABLE
Inapplicable. Milton. - THEARCHY
Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy. - REAPPLICATION
The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied. - GREAT-HEARTED
1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.