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Word Meanings - BASEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 .) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively. Basement membrane , a delicate membrane composed of a

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The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 .) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively. Basement membrane , a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed.

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  • OUTER
    Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump
  • TREATMENT
    1. The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment. 2. Entertainment; treat. Accept such treatment as a swain affords. Pope.
  • COMPOSITOUS
    Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. Darwin.
  • DISTINCTNESS
    1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth. 2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated
  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
  • GROUNDEN
    p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
  • STORY-WRITER
    1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. 2. An historian; a chronicler. "Rathums, the story-writer." 1 Esdr. ii. 17.
  • MEMBRANE
    A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids. Note: The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded parts, of
  • COMPOSURE
    1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure and teaching. Evelyn. 2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles.
  • DISTINCTURE
    Distinctness.
  • COMPOSSIBLE
    Able to exist with another thing; consistent. Chillingworth.
  • DISTINCTIVENESS
    State of being distinctive.
  • GROUNDNUT
    The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus
  • COLLECTIVELY
    In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
  • STORYBOOK
    A book containing stories, or short narratives, either true or false.
  • COMPOSE
    To arrange in a composing stick in order for printing; to set . (more info) 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all
  • OUTERLY
    1. Utterly; entirely. Chaucer. 2. Toward the outside. Grew.
  • COMPOSER
    1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison. His most brilliant and
  • GROUNDLESS
    Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion. -- Ground"less*ly, adv. -- Ground"less*ness, n.
  • DISTINCTIVE
    1. Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar. The distinctive character and institutions of New England. Bancroft. 2. Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. Sir T. Browne.
  • INDECOMPOSABLENESS
    Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability.
  • MISGROUND
    To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
  • CONTRADISTINCT
    Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.
  • UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
    Wildcat insurance.
  • UNDISTINCTLY
    Indistinctly.
  • SHOUTER
    One who shouts.
  • SOUTER
    A shoemaker; a cobbler. Chaucer. There is no work better than another to please God: . . . to wash dishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, -- all is one. Tyndale.
  • PLAYGROUND
    A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
  • HEREHENCE
    From hence.
  • WHENCEFORTH
    From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
  • DECOMPOSE
    To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
  • RETREATFUL
    Furnishing or serving as a retreat. "Our retreatful flood." Chapman.

 

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