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Word Meanings - CAECILIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Cæciliæ or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha.

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  • LIMBLESS
    Destitute of limbs.
  • ORDERLY
    1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
  • BELONG
    attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See Long, v. Note: 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain. 2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place
  • ORDERLINESS
    The state or quality of being orderly.
  • ORDER
    1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: Of material things, like the books in a library. Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource. Of periods of time or
  • BELONGING
    1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak. 2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance. 3. Family; relations; household.
  • OPHIOMORPHA
    An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes the cæcilians. Called also Gymnophiona and
  • ORDERING
    Disposition; distribution; management. South.
  • AMPHIBIAN
    Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.
  • ORDERABLE
    Capable of being ordered; tractable. Being very orderable in all his sickness. Fuller.
  • ORDERER
    1. One who puts in order, arranges, methodizes, or regulates. 2. One who gives orders.
  • ORDERLESS
    Being without order or regularity; disorderly; out of rule.
  • IMBORDER
    To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
  • MISORDER
    To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
  • ACCORDER
    One who accords, assents, or concedes.
  • DISORDER
    1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And
  • MISORDERLY
    Irregular; disorderly.
  • DISORDERLY
    Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house. Syn. -- Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous; inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious. (more info) 1. Not in order; marked by disorder;
  • SEA-BORDERING
    Bordering on the sea; situated beside the sea. Drayton.
  • RECORDER
    A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. "Flutes and soft recorders." Milton. (more info) 1. One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions. 2. The title of the
  • SUPERORDER
    A group intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass.
  • DISORDERED
    1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment. 2. Disorderly. Shak. -- Dis*or"dered*ly, adv. -- Dis*or"dered*ness, n.
  • RECORDERSHIP
    The office of a recorder.
  • REORDER
    To order a second time.
  • BORDEREAU
    A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration of documents.
  • BORDER
    bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See Board, n., 1. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink. Upon the borders

 

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