Word Meanings - EQUIPOISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces. The means
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1. Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces. The means of preserving the equipoise and the tranquillity of the commonwealth. Burke. Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite attractions and desires. Longfellow. 2. Counterpoise. The equipoise to the clergy being removed. Buckle.
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- BELLMAN
A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours. Milton. - BELIAL
An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. What concord hath Christ with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15. A son of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12. - THICKENING
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker. - BESCRATCH
To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches. - THINKING
Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv. - THEBAIC
Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version. - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - BEASTLIHEAD
Beastliness. Spenser. - THERMALLY
In a thermal manner. - BEWRAP
To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax. - THORN-HEADED
Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead. - SOCIALIST; SOCIALISTIC
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism. - BERGOMASK
A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness. - BEVELMENT
The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes. - BESCATTER
1. To scatter over. 2. To cover sparsely by scattering ; to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser. - BELEAVE
To leave or to be left. May. - BETSO
A small brass Venetian coin. - BESCORN
To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer. - THIRD
The third tone of the scale; the mediant. 4. pl. (more info) 1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided. 2. The sixtieth part of a second of time. - THREE-SQUARE
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file. - GABBER
1. A liar; a deceiver. 2. One addicted to idle talk. - LETHARGIC; LETHARGICAL
Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ly, v. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ness, n. -- Le*thar"gic*ness, n. - COMBER
1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave. - ANTHEMIS
Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants. - AETHER
See ETHER - BREATHE
Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3. - POSTHUME; POSTHUMED
Posthumos. I. Watts. Fuller. - HAIRBELL
See HAREBELL - PROGNATHIC
Prognathous. - PANTHER
A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoölogists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body. - TETHYDAN
A tunicate. - DESMOGNATHOUS
Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds , including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds. - WARMTH
The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. Syn. -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement;