Word Meanings - FERTILIZER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid. A. R. Wallace. 2. That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc.

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• COMMERCIALLY
  In a commercial manner.
• ORCHIDEOUS
  See ORCHIDACEOUS
• GENERALIZED
  Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type.
• COMMERCIAL
  Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. "Princely commercial houses." Macaulay. Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in commercial
• GENERALIZABLE
  Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge
• ORCHIDOLOGY
  The branch of botany which treats of orchids.
• GENERALTY
  Generality. Sir M. Hale.
• 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.
• AGENT
  Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. "The body agent." Bacon. (more info) Gr. aka to drive, Skr. aj.
• ORCHIDOLOGIST
  One versed in orchidology.
• 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.
• GENERALITY
  1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. Hooker. 2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. Let us descend from
• GUANO
  A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.
• GENERALISSIMO
  The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries.
• FERTILIZATION
  The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation. Close fertilization
• GENERALLY
  1. In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently. 2. In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively. Generally speaking, they live very quietly. Addison. 3. Collectively; as a
• FERTILIZE
  1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows. And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain. Byron. 2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize
• ORCHIDEAN
  Orchidaceous.
• GENERALIZE
  1. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera. Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton generalized them still more by referring this last to the
• AGENTSHIP
  Agency. Beau. & Fl.
• MAJOR GENERAL
  . An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
• IGUANOID
  Pertaining to the Iguanidæ.
• THOMAS PHOSPHATE; THOMAS SLAG
  See ABOVE
• INTERAGENT
  An intermediate agent.
• METAPHOSPHATE
  A salt of metaphosphoric acid.
• SELF-FERTILIZED
  Fertilized by pollen from the same flower.
• INFERTILELY
  In an infertile manner.
• POSTMASTER-GENERAL
  The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.
• PYROPHOSPHATE
  A salt of pyrophosphoric acid.