Word Meanings - GARLICKY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Like or containing garlic.

CONTAINMENT
That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
CONTAINANT
A container.
GARLICKY
Like or containing garlic.
GARLIC
A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous
CONTAINABLE
Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
CONTAINER
One who, or that which, contains.
CONTAIN
1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
SELF-CONTAINED
Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.
PILLED-GARLIC
See PILGARLIC
PILGARLIC
One who has lost his hair by disease; a sneaking fellow, or one who is hardly used.