Word Meanings - MACRON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A short, straight, horizontal mark , placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame; e, in seam, etc.

Related words: (words related to MACRON)

• 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
• PLACODERMATA
  See PLACODERMI
• STRAIGHT-OUT
  Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing. Straight-out and generous indignation. Mrs. Stowe.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• HORIZONTALLY
  In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally.
• SHORT-WITED
  Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
• DENOTEMENT
  Sign; indication. Note: A word found in some editions of Shakespeare.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• PLACID
  Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay.
• SOUNDER
  One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
• SHORT CIRCUIT
  A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
• PLACIT
  A decree or determination; a dictum. "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn.
• STRAIGHTENER
  One who, or that which, straightens.
• SOUNDLESS
  Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak.
• PLACOPHORA
  A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.
• SHORT-HANDED
  Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
• STRAIGHT-PIGHT
  Straight in form or upright in position; erect. Shak.
• SHORTHEAD
  A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors.
• PRONOUNCER
  One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a pronouncing book.
• UNPLACABLE
  Implacable.
• HIGH-SOUNDING
  Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
• RESOUND
  resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• MISPRONOUNCE
  To pronounce incorrectly.
• COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
  1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like