Word Meanings - EXPECTORATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting. 2. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

Related words: (words related to EXPECTORATION)

• HAWKED
  Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
• COUGHER
  One who coughs.
• SPITTLY
  Like spittle; slimy.
• EJECTOR
  A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. Ejector condenser , a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
• MUCUS
  A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.
• EJECTMENT
  A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it. Wharton. (more info) 1. A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of
• THROATLATCH
  A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.
• HAWK MOTH
  Any moth of the family Sphingidæ, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis.
• PHLEGMATICALLY
  In a phlegmatic manner.
• HAWKEYE STATE
  Iowa; -- a nickname of obscure origin.
• PHLEGMATICLY
  Phlegmatically.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• HAWK-EYED
  Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.
• SPITTED
  1. Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit. 2. Shot out long; -- said of antlers. Bacon.
• PHLEGMON
  Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• EJECTA
  Matter ejected; material thrown out; as, the ejecta of a volcano; the ejecta, or excreta, of the body.
• EXPECTORATE
  To discharge matter from the lungs or throat bu hawking and spitting; to spit.
• THROATWORT
  A plant formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.
• PHLEGMATIC
  1. Watery. "Aqueous and phlegmatic." Sir I. Newton. 2. Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. Harvey. 3. Generating or causing phlegm. "Cold and phlegmatic habitations." Sir T. Browne. 4. Not easily excited to
• DEJECTION
  1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
• DEJECTORY
  1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. 2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand.
• HAWKER
  One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman.
• BLUETHROAT
  A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia , related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler.
• MOHAWK
  One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River. 2. One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians.
• CUTTHROAT
  One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
• HOVER-HAWK
  The kestrel.
• DORHAWK
  The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. Booth.
• FISHHAWK
  The osprey , found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard.
• JASHAWK
  A young hawk. Booth.
• DEPHLEGMATORY
  Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.