Word Meanings - MARGINELLA - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas.
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- MARINE
Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits. Marine acid , hydrochloric acid. -- Marine barometer. See under Barometer. -- Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, and - POLISHMENT
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished. - SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - POLISHED
Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse. - NATIVE
1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. Cudworth. 2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances - NATIVE STEEL
A sort of steel which has been found where a burning coal seam had reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore. - SMALLCLOTHES
A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches. - POLISHABLE
Capable of being polished. - SMALLPOX
A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick - SMALL
sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity - POLISHEDNESS
The quality of being polished. - MARINERSHIP
Seamanship. Udalt. - MARINER
One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor. Chaucer. Mariner's compass. See under Compass. - UNIVALVE
A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs. Note: Most univalves are spiral and are the shells of gastropods, but many belong to cephalopods and pteropods. A large number of - SMALLAGE
A biennial umbelliferous plant native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery. - SMALLY
In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. Ascham. - MARINED
Having the lower part of the body like a fish. Crabb. - NATIVELY
By natural or original condition; naturally; originally. - NATIVENESS
The quality or state of being native. - POLISH
Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. -- n. - ELIMINATIVE
Relating to, or carrying on, elimination. - NOMINATIVELY
In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative. - EMANATIVE
Issuing forth; effluent. - DOMINATIVE
Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys. - REGNATIVE
Ruling; governing. - COORDINATIVE
Expressing coördination. J. W. Gibbs. - DISMALLY
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. - REPOLISH
To polish again. - SUBGENUS
A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron. - DENOMINATIVE
Connotative; as, a denominative name. 3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable. The least denominative part of time is a minute. Cocker. (more info) 1. Conferring a denomination or name. - GLUTINATIVE
Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous. - CONGLUTINATIVE
Conglutinant. - DEPOLISHING
The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelian. Knight. - URINATIVE
Provoking the flow of urine; uretic; diuretic. Bacon. - EMANATIVELY
By an emanation. - ALTERNATIVENESS
The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.