Word Meanings - FLAMBOYER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Cæsalpinia.

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• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• CERTAINTY
  Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth
• BRILLIANTINE
  1. An oily composition used to make the hair glossy. 2. A dress fabric having a glossy finish on both sides, resembling alpaca but of superior quality.
• CERTAINNESS
  Certainty.
• GIVEN
  p. p. & a. from Give, v.
• CERTAIN
  1. Certainty. Gower. 2. A certain number or quantity. Chaucer.
• BRILLIANTNESS
  Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.
• PROBABLY
  In a probable manner; in likelihood. Distinguish between what may possibly and what will probably be done. L'Estrange.
• BRILLIANT
  sparkle , fr. L. beryllus a 1. Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star. 2. Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splended; shining; as, brilliant talents. Washington was more solicitous to avoid fatal
• CERTAINLY
  Without doubt or question; unquestionably.
• BRILLIANTLY
  In a brilliant manner.
• INDIES
  A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies. Our king has all the Indies in his arms. Shak.
• ASCERTAINMENT
  The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
• ASCERTAINABLE
  That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
• UNCERTAINTY
  1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
• UNPROBABLY
  Improbably.
• UNCERTAINLY
  In an uncertain manner.
• FORGIVENESS
  1. The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses. Dan. ix. 9. In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sin. Eph. i. 7. 2. Disposition to pardon;
• INCERTAIN
  Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady. -- In*cer"tain*ly, adv. Very questionable and of uncertain truth. Sir T. Browne.
• ASCERTAINER
  One who ascertains.
• SUBSPECIES
  A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.
• CROSSTREES
  Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."
• INCERTAINTY
  Uncertainty. Shak.