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Word Meanings - CATASTERISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell.

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  • PLACODERMATA
    See PLACODERMI
  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • PLACENTARY
    Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
  • PLACE-KICK
    To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
  • PLACID
    Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay.
  • PLACIT
    A decree or determination; a dictum. "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn.
  • PLACOPHORA
    A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.
  • PLACER
    One who places or sets. Spenser.
  • PLACIDNESS
    The quality or state of being placid.
  • PLACE
    Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
  • PLACOIDIAN
    One of the placoids.
  • PLACABLENESS
    The quality of being placable.
  • PLACITORY
    Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law. Clayton.
  • PLACENTA
    The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi
  • PLACKET
    1. A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. Beau. & Fl. 2. The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole. 3. A woman's pocket.
  • PLACOGANOIDEI
    A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.
  • WHEWELLITE
    Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.
  • PLACEMAN
    One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott.
  • PLACENTIOUS
    Pleasing; amiable. "A placentious person." Fuller.
  • CATALOGUER
    A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making of catalogues.
  • UNPLACABLE
    Implacable.
  • REPLACEMENT
    The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
  • COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
    1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like
  • APLACENTAL
    Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
  • DISPLACER
    The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces.
  • BY-PLACE
    A retired or private place.
  • IMPLACABLY
    In an implacable manner.

 

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