Word Meanings - EIGHTEEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.
Related words: (words related to EIGHTEEN)
- EIGHTFOLD
Eight times a quantity. - EIGHTIETH
1. The next in order after seventy-ninth. 2. Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions. - EIGHTHLY
As the eighth in order. - EIGHTY
Eight times ten; fourscore. - EIGHTSCORE
Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty. - EIGHT
An island in a river; an ait. "Osiers on their eights." Evelyn. - EIGHTETETHE
Eighteenth. - EIGHTLING
A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals. - EIGHTEENMO
See OCTODECIMO - EIGHTH
1. Next in order after the seventh. 2. Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing. Eighth note , the eighth part of a whole note, or semibreve; a quaver. - EIGHTEENTH
1. Next in order after the seventeenth. 2. Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing. - EIGHTEEN
Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds. - FREIGHT
1. That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight. The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use - SLEIGHTLY
Cunningly. Huloet. - COUNTER WEIGHT
A counterpoise. - SLEIGHT
1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. "His sleight and his covin." Chaucer. 2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation. The world hath many subtle sleights. Latimer. 3. Dexterous - AFFREIGHTER
One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods. - SLEIGHTY
Cunning; sly. Huloet. - WELTERWEIGHT
1. A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a heavy welterweight) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races. 2. A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that - FREIGHTAGE
1. Charge for transportation; expense of carriage. 2. The transportation of freight. 3. Freight; cargo; lading. Milton. - WEIGHTINESS
The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness. - WEIGHTILY
In a weighty manner. - FREIGHTLESS
Destitute of freight. - OVERFREIGHT
To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or too heavily; to overload. - LANDSTREIGHT
A narrow strip of land.