Word Meanings - CREEPING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping thing." Gen. vi. 20. 2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils. Casements lined with creeping herbs. Cowper. Ceeping crowfoot
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1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping thing." Gen. vi. 20. 2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils. Casements lined with creeping herbs. Cowper. Ceeping crowfoot , a plant, the Ranunculus repens.- Creeping snowberry, an American plant with white berries and very small round leaves having the flavor of wintergreen.
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- LINGET
An ingot. - THICKENING
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker. - THINKING
Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv. - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - LINGISM
A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics. - THEBAIC
Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version. - THERMALLY
In a thermal manner. - THORN-HEADED
Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead. - THRASH; THRESH
derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. , Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. , Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, 1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of with a flail; to beat off, - LINNE
Flax. See Linen. - THEBAN
Of or pertaining to Thebes. Theban year , the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. J. Bryant. - THREE-SQUARE
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file. - THIN
thenne, thunne, AS. þynne; akin to D. dun, G. dünn, OHG. dunni, Icel. þunnr, Sw. tunn, Dan. tynd, Gael. & Ir. tana, W. teneu, L. tenuis, Gr. tanu thin, slender; also to AS. to extend, G. dehnen, Icel. , Goth. , L. tendere to stretch, tenere - THERMOPHILIC
Heat-loving; -- applied esp. to certain bacteria. - GROWLER
The large-mouthed black bass. 3. A four-wheeled cab. (more info) 1. One who growls. - THRYFALLOW
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser. - THERMOTAXIC
Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system. - THALIAN
Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic. - THEM
The objective case of they. See They. Go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Matt. xxv. 9. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father. Matt. xxv. 34. Note: Them is poetically used - THYROIDEAL
Thyroid. - BRANDLING; BRANDLIN
See WORM - COLLINEATION
The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. Johnson. - LETHARGIC; LETHARGICAL
Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ly, v. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ness, n. -- Le*thar"gic*ness, n. - BREATHE
Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3. - DUCKLING
A young or little duck. Gay. - PROGNATHIC
Prognathous. - AETHER
See ETHER - POSTHUME; POSTHUMED
Posthumos. I. Watts. Fuller. - ANTHEMIS
Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants. - DESMOGNATHOUS
Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds , including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds. - PANTHER
A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoölogists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body. - TETHYDAN
A tunicate. - FORTHPUTING
Bold; forward; aggressive. - WARMTH
The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. Syn. -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement;