Word Meanings - DOMESTICATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

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• ACCUSTOMARILY
  Customarily.
• TAMARIC
  A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of heath. He shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come. Jer. xvii. 6 .
• TAMPING
  1. The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine. 2. The material used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1. Tamping iron, an iron rod
• TAMABILITY
  The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.
• ACCUSTOMEDNESS
  Habituation. Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce.
• TAMBOUR
  A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine. 2. A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a frame;
• TAM-'-SHANTER
  A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flattish top much wider than the band which fits the head, and usually having a tassel in the center.
• TAM-TAM
  A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom. A gong. See Gong, n., 1.
• TAMARIND
  tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhindi, literally, Indian date; 1. A leguminous tree cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with
• ACTION
  Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of
• TAMUL
  Tamil.
• DOMESTICATE
  1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. 2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word. 3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild
• TAMARISK
  Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species is the source of one kind of manna. Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree
• ACTIONABLE
  That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.
• TAMBOURIN
  An old Provençal dance of a lively character, common on the stage. (more info) 1. A tambourine.
• TAMBAC
  See TOMBAC
• ACCUSTOMABLE
  Habitual; customary; wonted. "Accustomable goodness." Latimer.
• TAMIS
  1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth. 2. The cloth itself; tammy. Tamis bird , a Guinea fowl.
• DOMESTICATION
  The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.
• TAMANDU
  A small ant-eater native of the tropical parts of South America. Note: It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout, small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with minute scales,
• ENSTAMP
  To stamp; to mark as It is the motive . . . which enstamps the character. Gogan.
• DICTAMNUS
  A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella , with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable.
• PENTAMERAN
  One of the Pentamera.
• DICTAMEN
  A dictation or dictate. Falkland.
• METAMORPHOSE
  To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute. And earth was metamorphosed into man. Dryden.
• SCITAMINEOUS
  Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants , mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.
• REACTIONIST
  A reactionary. C. Kingsley.
• CATAMENIAL
  Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.
• STAMIN
  A kind of woolen cloth. (more info) fr. L. stamineus consisting of threads, fr. stamen a thread. See
• MADEFACTION; MADEFICATION
  The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet. Bacon.
• AYUNTAMIENTO
  In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
• REDACTION
  The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
• CHYLIFACTION
  The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.
• HEPTAMEROUS
  Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens. Gray.