Word Meanings - CONIROSTRES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.

Related words: (words related to CONIROSTRES)

• THOSE
  The plural of that. See That.
• STRONGYLOID
  Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n.
• PERCHANCE
  By chance; perhaps; peradventure.
• TRIBE
  A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals. Note: By many recent naturalists, tribe has been used for a group of animals or plants intermediate between order
• CONICALITY
  Conicalness.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• STRONGYLID
  Strongyloid.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• INCLUDED
  Inclosed; confined. Included stamens , such as are shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them.
• STRONG
  strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. sträng 1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily
• PERCH
  1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidæ, as the common American or yellow perch , and the European perch (P. fluviatilis). 2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging
• STRONGLY
  In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objected strongly.
• PERCHLORATE
  A salt of perchloric acid.
• PERCHROMIC
  Pertaining to, or designating, a certain one of the highly oxidized compounds of chromium, which has a deep blue color, and is produced by the action of hydrogen peroxide.
• STRONG-WATER
  1. An acid. 2. Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.
• STRONGHOLD
  A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.
• PERCHERON
  One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman.
• PERCHER
  A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the altar. Bailey. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, perches. J. Burroughs. 2. One of the Insessores. 3. Etym:
• STRONGHAND
  Violence; force; power. It was their meaning to take what they needed by stronghand. Sir W. Raleigh.
• STRONGISH
  Somewhat strong.
• CEPHALOTRIBE
  An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.
• LACONIC; LACONICAL
  1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or
• SPATHOSE
  See SPATHIC
• DIATRIBE
  A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic. The ephemeral diatribe of a faction. John Morley.
• HEADSTRONG
  1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn;
• SUBTRIBE
  A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.
• GUTTA-PERCHA
  A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, or Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves
• HEADSTRONGNESS
  Obstinacy. Gayton.
• SUPERCHERY
  Deceit; fraud; imposition.
• OVERPERCH
  To perch upon; to fly over. Shak.
• HYPERCHROMATISM
  The condition of having an unusual intensity of color.
• SEA PERCH
  The European bass ; -- called also sea dace. The cunner. The sea bass. The name is applied also to other species of fishes.