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Word Meanings - DETERRATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground. Woodward.

Related words: (words related to DETERRATION)

  • BURINIST
    One who works with the burin. For. Quart. Rev.
  • EARTHLY-MINDED
    Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • EARTH FLAX
    A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.
  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
  • TAKING
    1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting. Subtile in making his temptations most taking. Fuller. 2. Infectious; contageous. Beau. & Fl. -- Tak"ing*ly, adv. -- Tak"ing*ness, n.
  • EARTHDIN
    An earthquake.
  • COVER-POINT
    The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
  • GROUNDEN
    p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
  • COVERLET
    The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
  • COVERCLE
    A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
  • GROUNDNUT
    The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus
  • EARTHSTAR
    A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
  • EARTHBRED
    Low; grovelling; vulgar.
  • EARTHBANK
    A bank or mound of earth.
  • GROUNDLESS
    Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion. -- Ground"less*ly, adv. -- Ground"less*ness, n.
  • TAKE
    Taken. Chaucer.
  • EARTHQUAVE
    An earthquake.
  • ANYTHINGARIAN
    One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.
  • TAKE-OFF
    An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
  • COVERT BARON
    Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.
  • MISGROUND
    To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
  • RECOVER
    To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
  • UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
    Wildcat insurance.
  • UNMISTAKABLE
    Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.
  • PLAYGROUND
    A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
  • LEAVE-TAKING
    Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.
  • DANBURITE
    A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form. Dana.
  • MISTAKING
    An error; a mistake. Shak.
  • UNEARTHLY
    Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n.
  • MISTAKINGLY
    Erroneously.

 

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