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Word Meanings - ENDING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5. Ending day, day of death. Chaucer. (more info) 1. Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.

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  • SHAMBLE
    One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level. 2. pl. (more info) a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum
  • ENDENIZATION
    The act of naturalizing.
  • SPREADINGLY
    , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
  • BOUNDLESS
    Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite.
  • CONCLUDENCY
    Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. Sir M. Hale.
  • CREEP
    to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately
  • ENDORSER
    See INDORSER
  • ENDOGENY
    Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.
  • SPRINGBOARD
    An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
  • ENDENIZE
    To endenizen.
  • SPRINGE
    A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
  • ENDOTHECIUM
    The inner lining of an another cell.
  • SPRINGAL
    An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
  • ENDOSCOPE
    An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
  • LIMITARIAN
    Tending to limit.
  • ENDOPLASM
    The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.
  • LIMITIVE
    Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
  • STARTLINGLY
    In a startling manner.
  • SPRINT
    To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
  • LIMITABLE
    Capable of being limited.
  • HOME-BOUND
    Kept at home.
  • AMENDFUL
    Much improving.
  • COMMENDATOR
    One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • OFFENDANT
    An offender. Holland.
  • ANTEPENULTIMATE
    Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n.
  • GENDER
    A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex. Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living
  • OUTBOUND
    Outward bound. Dryden.
  • ACCENDIBILITY
    Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.
  • INCONSEQUENCE
    The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd.
  • FRIENDLINESS
    The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
  • STIPEND
    Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.
  • DECRESCENDO
    With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff , or indicated by the sign.
  • SHENDFUL
    Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful. -- Shend"ful*ly, adv. Fabyan.
  • SEA LAVENDER
    See MARSH
  • TENDER
    A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like. 3. A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water. (more info) 1. One who tends; one who takes
  • ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
    See ASCENDENCY

 

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