Word Meanings - COUCHANCY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
State of lying down for repose.
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- STATESMANLIKE
Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman. - LYRE BIRD
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird , inhabiting New South Wales, - LYSIMETER
An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight. - STATEHOOD
The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood. - LYCOPODE
See LYCOPODIUM - LYTHONTHRIPTIC; LYTHONTRIPTIC
See LITHONTRIPTIC - LYONNAISE
Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley. - LYMPH
An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic - LYSSA
Hydrophobia. Note: The plural has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia. - LYNCH LAW
. The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin - LYCINE
A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn . See Betaine. - LYING
of Lie, to be supported horizontally. Lying panel , a panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal. -- Lying to , having the sails so disposed as to counteract each other. - LYAM
A leash. - LYRIFEROUS
Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes. - LYMPHOGENIC
Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands. - LYCOPODIUM
A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used - LYCHEE
See LITCHI - STATE SOCIALISM
A form of socialism, esp. advocated in Germany, which, while retaining the right of private property and the institution of the family and other features of the present form of the state, would intervene by various measures intended to - LYCOPODIACEOUS
Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceæ, an order of cryptogamous plants with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves. - LYE
A falsehood. See Lie. - STILLY
Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore. - SAVELY
Safely. Chaucer. - LIVINGLY
In a living state. Sir T. Browne. - FAMILIARLY
In a familiar manner. - POLYCHROITE
The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin. - SCOLYTID
Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively. - POLYPHYLLOUS
Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth. - LAUGHINGLY
With laughter or merriment. - WHIP-TOM-KELLY
A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo. - STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
See ETC - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - SUNDRILY
In sundry ways; variously. - OVERFLOWINGLY
In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle. - POLYPODIUM
A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species. - THERMALLY
In a thermal manner. - ASSISTANTLY
In a manner to give aid. - SPANGLY
Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light. - DISREGARDFULLY
Negligently; heedlessly.