Word Meanings - HORSESHOE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The Limulus of horsehoe crab. Horsehoe head , an old name for the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe. Dunglison. -- Horsehoe magnet, an artificial magnet in

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The Limulus of horsehoe crab. Horsehoe head , an old name for the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe. Dunglison. -- Horsehoe magnet, an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe. -- Horsehoe nail. See Horsenail. -- Horsehoe nose , a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe. (more info) 1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof. 2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.

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• MAGNETICIAN
  One versed in the science of magnetism; a magnetist.
• MAGNETIZATION
  The act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized.
• MAGNETIZABLE
  Capable of magnetized.
• PRESENT
  one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be before; prae before 1. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. John xiv. 25.
• MAGNETOMOTOR
  A voltaic series of two or more large plates, producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of electro-magnetic phenomena.
• PRESENTIVE
  Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic. How greatly the word "will" is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. Earle. --
• PRESENTANEOUS
  Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison. Harvey.
• CONDITIONALITY
  The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
• SUTURE
  The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any
• MAGNETIC; MAGNETICAL
  1. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle. 2. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by,, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north;
• PRESENTLY
  1. At present; at this time; now. The towns and forts you presently have. Sir P. Sidney. 2. At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by. Shak. And presently the fig tree
• CONDITIONAL
  Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . .
• 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.
• SUTURED
  Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together. Pennant.
• PRESENTER
  One who presents.
• MAGNETOTHERAPY
  The treatment of disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body.
• SKULLFISH
  A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.
• MAGNETITE
  An oxide of iron occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. It is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity, being then called loadstone. It is an important iron ore. Called
• MAGNETOGRAPH
  An automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements.
• ARTIFICIALITY
  The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.
• PARAMAGNETISM
  Magnetism, as opposed to diamagnetism. Faraday.
• NONPRESENTATION
  Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.
• REPRESENTABLE
  Capable of being represented.
• OMNIPRESENTIAL
  Implying universal presence. South.
• TOTIPRESENT
  Omnipresence. A. Tucker.
• REPRESENTANT
  Appearing or acting for another; representing.
• DIAMAGNETIC
  Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism; taking, or being of a nature to take, a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force. See Paramagnetic. Diamagnetic attraction. See under Attraction.
• IRREPRESENTABLE
  Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
• DIAMAGNETICALLY
  In the manner of, or according to, diamagnetism.