Word Meanings - JOINTWORM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly , which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop.
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- FIRST
Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, - FOUNDATION
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, - FOUNDER
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows. - GREAT-HEARTED
1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble. - GREAT-GRANDFATHER
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. - JOINTWEED
A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers. - AMERICANIZATION
The process of Americanizing. - SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - FOUND
imp. & p. p. of Find. - FOUNDATIONER
One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. - GREAT-GRANDSON
A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. - GREAT-HEARTEDNESS
The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity. - AMERICAN
1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." Lyell. American ivy. See Virginia creeper. -- American Party , a party, about 1854, - JOINTURELESS
Having no jointure. - AMERICANISM
1. Attachment to the United States. 2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea. 3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States. - 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. - FOUNDEROUS
Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. Burke. - ABOVEBOARD
Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke. Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands - AMERICAN PLAN
In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan. - 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, - UNJOINT
To disjoint. - 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 - CONFOUNDED
1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott. - INGREAT
To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby. - DISJOINT
Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton. - DISMALLY
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. - INDAMAGED
Not damaged. Milton. - UNJOINTED
Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem. (more info) 1. Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent. Shak. 2. Etym: - ENDAMAGE
To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. The trial hath endamaged thee no way. Milton.