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Word Meanings - COMPOUND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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  • COLLECTIVENESS
    A state of union; mass.
  • COLLECTEDLY
    Composedly; coolly.
  • MODIFY
    1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract. 2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.
  • COMPROMISE
    promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both
  • UNITERABLE
    Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
  • MULTIFARIOUS
    Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows. (more info) 1. Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold. There is a multifarious artifice
  • HATCHURE
    See HACHURE
  • OBSCURENESS
    Obscurity. Bp. Hall.
  • PERPETUATE
    To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize. Addison. Burke.
  • OBSCURER
    One who, or that which, obscures.
  • INVOLVEDNESS
    The state of being involved.
  • ADAPTABLE
    Capable of being adapted.
  • CONCOCTER
    One who concocts.
  • ATTEMPER
    1. To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature. If sweet with bitter . . . were not attempered still. Trench. 2. To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice
  • CONSOLIDATED
    Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus. Consolidated plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dry regions; in such only they are found. Gray. The Consolidated Fund, a British fund formed by consolidating (in 1787)
  • COLLECTIBLE
    Capable of being collected.
  • ADJUSTIVE
    Tending to adjust.
  • COLLECTIVISM
    The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer.
  • CLOSEHANDED
    Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.
  • MULTIFOLD
    Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.
  • SAFE-CONDUCT
    That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
  • BORDEAUX MIXTURE
    A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons.
  • REINCREASE
    To increase again.
  • MALCONFORMATION
    Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.
  • MEGATHEROID
    One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
  • UNCLOSE
    1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
  • ENCLOSE
    To inclose. See Inclose.
  • PARCLOSE
    A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook.
  • UNTANGLE
    To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread. Untangle but this cruel chain. Prior.

 

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