Word Meanings - MOORAGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A place for mooring.

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• MOORAGE
  A place for mooring.
• MOORSTONE
  A species of English granite, used as a building stone.
• MOORBAND
  See MOORPAN
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• 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.
• PLACER
  One who places or sets. Spenser.
• PLACE
  Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
• PLACENTA
  The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi
• MOOR
  Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion. "In Spanish history the terms Moors, Saracens, and Arabs are synonymous." Internat. Cyc. (more info) 1. One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco,
• PLACEMAN
  One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott.
• PLACENTIOUS
  Pleasing; amiable. "A placentious person." Fuller.
• MOORISH
  Having the characteristics of a moor or heath. "Moorish fens." Thomson.
• PLACEBO
  The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.
• MOORLAND
  Land consisting of a moor or moors.
• PLACENTIFEROUS
  Having or producing a placenta.
• MOORY
  Of or pertaining to moors; marshy; fenny; boggy; moorish. Mortimer. As when thick mists arise from moory vales. Fairfax.
• PLACENTATION
  The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.
• MOORBALL
  A fresh-water alga which forms a globular mass.
• PLACE-PROUD
  Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl.
• UNMOOR
  To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors. To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• 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
• APLACENTAL
  Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
• DISPLACER
  The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces.
• BY-PLACE
  A retired or private place.
• SELF-COMPLACENCY
  The quality of being self-complacent. J. Foster.
• MISPLACE
  To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
• EMPLACEMENT
  A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.
• DISPLACEABLE
  Capable of being displaced.