Word Meanings - DIFFICULTNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Difficulty. Golding.

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• GOLD; GOLDE; GOOLDE
  An old English name of some yellow flower, -- the marigold , according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.
• GOLDFINNY
  One of two or more species of European labroid fishes ; -- called also goldsinny, and goldney.
• GOLDYLOCKS
  A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup.
• GOLDEN
  1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. 3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. Golden age. The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
• GOLD-HAMMER
  The yellow-hammer.
• GOLDNEY
  See GILTHEAD
• GOLD
  A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile.
• GOLD-BEATING
  The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer. Ure.
• DIFFICULTY
  difficilis difficult; dif- = dis- + facilis easy: cf. F. difficulté. 1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty. Not
• GOLDIE
  The European goldfinch. The yellow-hammer.
• GOLDEN-EYE
  A duck , found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America is less common.
• GOLDFINCH
  A beautiful bright-colored European finch . The name refers to the large patch of yellow on the wings. The front of the head and throat are bright red; the nape, with part of the wings and tail, black; -- called also goldspink, goldie, fool's
• GOLDEN STATE
  California; -- a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits.
• GOLDCREST
  The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or R. regulus); -- called also golden-crested wren, and golden wren. The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See Kinglet.
• GOLDTIT
  See VERDIN
• GOLDSINNY
  See GOLDFINNY
• GOLDILOCKS
  See GOLDYLOCKS
• GOLDFISH
  A small domesticated cyprinoid fish ; -- so named from its color. It is native of China, and is said to have been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is often kept as an ornament, in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called
• GOLD-BOUND
  Encompassed with gold.
• GOLDEN-ROD
  A tall herb , bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. Golden-rod tree , a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles.
• YELLOW-GOLDS
  A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye. B. Jonson.
• MARIGOLD
  A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis , and the cultivated species of Tagetes. Note: There are several yellow-flowered plants of different genera bearing this name; as, the African or French
• MARSH MARIGOLD
  . A perennial plant of the genus Caltha , growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip.
• BUR MARIGOLD
  See TICKS
• MANGOLDWURZEL
  See MANGEL-WURZEL