Word Meanings - JOINHAND - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Writing in which letters are joined in words; -- distinguished from writing in single letters. Addison.
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- WRITING
1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or - SINGLE-BREASTED
Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast. - JOINTWEED
A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers. - WRITATIVE
Inclined to much writing; -- correlative to talkative. Pope. - WORDSMAN
One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. "Some speculative wordsman." H. Bushnell. - SINGLE
1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate. Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark. Bacon. His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from - SINGLE-ACTING
Having simplicity of action; especially , acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc. - WRITER
1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They that handle the pen of the writer. Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer - JOINTURELESS
Having no jointure. - 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. - SINGLE-HANDED
Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted. - JOINER
1. One who, or that which, joins. 2. One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork necessary for the finishing of buildings. "One Snug, the joiner." Shak. 3. A wood-working machine, for - WRIT
3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth. Chaucer. - SINGLE-HEARTED
Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. -- Sin"gle-heart"ed*ly, adv. - JOINTING
The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced. Jointing machine, a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc. -- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2. -- Jointing rule , a long straight rule, - WRITHLE
To wrinkle. Shak. - 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. - DISTINGUISHABLE
1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub. A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is not distinguishable into different ideas. - DISTINGUISH
1. To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle. 2. To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self - SINGLE-MINDED
Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single- hearted. - CONTRADISTINGUISH
To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke. - UNJOINT
To disjoint. - INDISTINGUISHABLE
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form - STRAIGHT-JOINT
Having straight joints. Specifically: Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Brandle & C. In the United States, applied to planking or flooring - REWRITE
To write again. Young. - TYPEWRITING
The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter. - PLAYWRITER
A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky. - DISJOINT
Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton. - STORY-WRITER
1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. 2. An historian; a chronicler. "Rathums, the story-writer." 1 Esdr. ii. 17. - UNDERWRITING
The business of an underwriter, - UNJOINTED
Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem. (more info) 1. Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent. Shak. 2. Etym: - SWORDSMANSHIP
The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper. - UNDERWRITER
One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer. - INDISTINGUISHING
Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as, indistinguishing liberalities. Johnson.