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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.

 

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