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Word Meanings - LOGICIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A person skilled in logic. Bacon. Each fierce logician still expelling Locke. Pope.

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  • STILLY
    Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
  • SKILLFUL
    1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as,
  • BACON
    The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. Bacon beetle , a beetle which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's
  • BACONIAN
    Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy. Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction.
  • STILLBIRTH
    The birth of a dead fetus.
  • PERSONNEL
    The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from matériel.
  • PERSONIFICATION
    A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopopas, the floods clap their hands. "Confusion heards his voice." Milton. (more info) 1. The act of personifying;
  • STILLSTAND
    A standstill. Shak.
  • SKILLED
    Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.
  • PERSONIZE
    To personify. Milton has personized them. J. Richardson.
  • LOCKER
    1. One who, or that which, locks. 2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock. Chain locker , a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables. -- Davy Jones's locker, or
  • STILLING
    A stillion.
  • PERSONATE
    To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. Milton.
  • LOGICS
    See LOGIC
  • SKILLIGALEE
    A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
  • PERSONATOR
    One who personates. "The personators of these actions." B. Jonson.
  • STILLAGE
    A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.
  • STILLION
    A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
  • LOCKET
    1. A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament. 2. A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.
  • STILLROOM
    1. A room for distilling. 2. An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. Floors are rubbed bright, . . . stillroom and kitchen cleared for action. Dickens.
  • MARTYROLOGIC; MARTYROLOGICAL
    Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.
  • HOROLOGICAL
    Relating to a horologe, or to horology.
  • EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
    Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology.
  • ANTHROPOLOGIC; ANTHROPOLOGICAL
    Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. "Anthropologic wisdom." Kingsley. -- An`thro*po*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • SOCIOLOGIC; SOCIOLOGICAL
    Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science. -- So`ci*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • METALOGICAL
    Beyond the scope or province of logic.
  • ONTOLOGICAL
    Of or pertaining to ontology.
  • OROLOGICAL
    Of or pertaining to orology.
  • TAUTOLOGIC
    Tautological.
  • INSTILL
    To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
  • AEROLOGIC; AEROLOGICAL
    Of or pertaining to aërology.
  • ASTROLOGIC; ASTROLOGICAL
    Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology. "Astrologi learning." Hudibras. "Astrological prognostication." Cudworth. -- As`tro*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • PISTILLIFEROUS
    Pistillate.

 

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