Word Meanings - MICROPHYTE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algæ, such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be.
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- INFECTIOUSLY
In an infectious manner. Shak. - PLANTIGRADA
A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species. - UNICELLULAR
Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellular organism. - PLANTULE
The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination. - PLANTIGRADE
Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright. - BELIEVING
That believes; having belief. -- Be*liev"ing*ly, adv. - PLANTOCRACY
Government by planters; planters, collectively. - INFECTIOUS
Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture. Contraband articles are said to be of an infectious nature. Kent. 4. Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth. The laughter - PLANTERSHIP
The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies. - PLANTLESS
Without plants; barren of vegetation. - MINUTELY
In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely. - BELIEVABLE
Capable of being believed; credible. -- Be*liev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Be*liev`a*bil"i*ty (, n. - CERTAINTY
Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth - PLANT-CANE
A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon. - BELIEVE
To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard - INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of bacteria or protozoans in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious. Sometimes, as distinguished from contagious disease, such a disease communicated by germs carried in - PLANTED
Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding. - BELIEVER
One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel. Thou didst open the Kingdom - PLANTAIN
A treelike perennial herb of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa. 2. The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, - CERTAINNESS
Certainty. - DISPLANTATION
The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh. - SUPPLANT
heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the - 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. - LAMINIPLANTAR
Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks. - COMMINUTE
To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. Pennant. Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture. - IMPLANTATION
The act or process of implantating. - UNCERTAINTY
1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange. - EGGPLANT
A plant , of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. - UNCERTAINLY
In an uncertain manner.