Word Meanings - LOOKING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc.

Related words: (words related to LOOKING)

• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• LOOKDOWN
  See
• GRANDEUR
  The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• GRANDEESHIP
  The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne.
• GRANDMA; GRANDMAMMA
  A grand mother.
• GRANDUNCLE
  father's or mother's uncle.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• COMPOUNDER
  A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a
• COMPOUNDABLE
  That may be compounded.
• GRANDIFIC
  Making great. Bailey.
• LOOK
  1. To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below. 2. To
• GRANDILOQUENT
  Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
• COMPOUND CONTROL
  A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.
• HAVE
  haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
• GRANDNESS
  Grandeur. Wollaston.
• GRANDILOQUENCE
  The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense. The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. Thackeray,
• HAVENAGE
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• GRANDILOQUOUS
  Grandiloquent.
• LOOKOUT
  1. A careful looking or watching for any object or event. 2. The place from which such observation is made. 3. A person engaged in watching. 4. Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility.
• ILL-LOOKING
  Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under Ill, adv.
• ASCERTAINMENT
  The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
• ASCERTAINABLE
  That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
• GREAT-GRANDFATHER
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• FLOOKAN; FLUKAN
  See FLUCAN
• MISBEHAVE
  To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
• SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT
  The aggrandizement of one's self.
• FLOOKY
  Fluky.
• INSHAVE
  A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.