Word Meanings - ISSUANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Issuing or coming up; -- a term used to express a charge or bearing rising or coming out of another.
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- COMBER
1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave. - COMMENDATOR
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers. - COMPATIENT
Suffering or enduring together. Sir G. Buck. - COMMISSARY
An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe. An officer having charge of a special sevice; as, the commissary of musters. An officer - COMMERCIALLY
In a commercial manner. - RIS
A bough or branch; a twig. As white as is the blossom upon the ris. Chaucer. - ISSUABLY
In an issuable manner; by way of issue; as, to plead issuably. - COMPOSITOUS
Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. Darwin. - COMMISERATION
The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. Shak. Syn. -- See Sympathy. - COMMENSURABILITY
The quality of being commersurable. Sir T. Browne. - COMPASSIONATELY
In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon. - COMPROMISE
promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both - COMPENSATOR
An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices. - COMPREHENSIVENESS
The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. Addison. - COMPANIONLESS
Without a companion. - COMPARATIVELY
According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely. With but comparatively few exceptions. Prescott. - COMFORTLESS
Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser. Syn. -- Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n. - COMPARE
To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "-er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those - COMPLANATE
Flattened to a level surface. - COMMENDER
One who commends or praises. - HORRISONOUS
Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. Bailey. - ENTERPRISER
One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward. - INDECOMPOSABLENESS
Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability. - WATER-BEARER
The constellation Aquarius. - TRISYLLABIC; TRISYLLABICAL
Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word. -- Tris`yllab"ic*al*ly, adv. - GRISLY
Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. "Grisly to behold." Chaucer. A man of grisly and stern gravity. Robynson . Grisly bear. See under Grizzly. (more info) gro shudder; cf. OD. grijselick horrible, - INTERCOMMUNION
Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber. - GRISTMILL
A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill. - CHARACTERISTIC
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay. - SPAGYRIST
1. A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits. 2. One of a sect which arose in the days of alchemy, who sought to discover remedies for disease by chemical means. The spagyrists historically preceded the iatrochemists. Encyc. Brit. - LUTHERANISM; LUTHERISM
The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church. - UNBECOMING
Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n.