Word Meanings - DIRECTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.

Related words: (words related to DIRECTER)

• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• LINGET
  An ingot.
• LINGISM
  A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics.
• LINNE
  Flax. See Linen.
• DIRECTER
  One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.
• PLANE TREE
  See PLANE
• SURFACE LOADING
  The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
• LINAGE
  See HOLLAND
• LINGUAL
  Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. Lingual ribbon. See Odontophore.
• LINNAEA BOREALIS
  The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.
• LINCHI
  An esculent swallow.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS
  The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
• LINKS
  A tract of ground laid out for the game of golf; a golfing green. A second links has recently been opened at Prestwick, and another at Troon, on the same coast. P. P. Alexander.
• LINER
  A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc., ; a shim. (more info) 1. One who lines, as, a liner of shoes. 2. A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of- battle ship; a ship of the line.
• LINOLEIC
  Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically , designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts.
• LINGUATULIDA
  See LINGUATULINA
• LINGERING
  1. Delaying. 2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler.
• LINSEED
  when oil is expressed. -- Linseed meal, linseed cake reduced to powder. -- Linseed oil, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.
• LINNAEAN; LINNEAN
  Of or pertaining to Linnæus, the celebrated Swedish botanist. Linnaean system , the system in which the classes are founded mainly upon the stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system.
• WARP KNITTING
  A kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side.
• BRANDLING; BRANDLIN
  See WORM
• COLLINEATION
  The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. Johnson.
• DUCKLING
  A young or little duck. Gay.
• TOOLING
  Work perfomed with a tool. The fine tooling and delicate tracery of the cabinet artist is lost upon a building of colossal proportions. De Quincey.
• SCRAMBLING
  Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- Scram"bling*ly, adv. A huge old scrambling bedroom. Sir W. Scott.
• MEDULLIN
  A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith, of certain plants. Cf. Lignin, and Cellulose.
• CLINKSTONE
  An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite.
• TOWELING
  Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc.
• RIDGELING
  A half-castrated male animal. (more info) castrated, a sheep having only one testicle; cf. Prov. G. rigel, rig,
• RECTILINEAL; RECTILINEAR
  Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.
• STEELING
  The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v.
• CHURCHLINESS
  Regard for the church.
• BRIGHT
  See I
• FRIENDLINESS
  The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
• INDWELLING
  Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South.
• TRICLINATE
  Triclinic.