Word Meanings - MOTHER-NAKED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Naked as when born.
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- NAKOO
The gavial. - NAKED
Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales. (more info) nacchot, nahhot, Icel. nökvi, nakinn, - NAKEDNESS
The privy parts; the genitals. Ham ... saw the nakedness of his father. Gen. ix. 22. (more info) 1. The condition of being naked. - NAKEDLY
In a naked manner; without covering or disguise; manifestly; simply; barely. - NAKE
,v.t. To make naked. Chaucer. Come, be ready, nake your swords. Old Play. - NAKER
See NACRE - RATTLESNAKE
Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp ratting sound when shaken. The common - BEADSNAKE
A small poisonous snake of North America , banded with yellow, red, and black. - MANAKIN
Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridæ. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name - HOGNOSESNAKE
A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper. - KANACKA; KANAKA
A native of the Sandwich Islands. - SNAKE'S-HEAD
The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head. Dr. Prior. Snake's-head iris , an iridaceous plant (Hermodactylus tuberosus) of the Mediterranean region. The flowers slightly resemble - SNAKY
1. Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding. The red light playing upon its gilt and carving gave it an appearance of snaky life. L. Wallace. 2. Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful. So to the coast of Jordan - SNAKEHEAD
1. A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car. The turtlehead. The Guinea-hen flower. - PINAKOTHEK
Pinacotheca. - SNAKEWEED
A kind of knotweed . The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot. - MOTHER-NAKED
Naked as when born. - PHENAKISTOSCOPE
A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual - BLACK SNAKE; BLACKSNAKE
A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in the United States, the Bascanium constrictor, or racer, sometimes six feet long, and the Scotophis Alleghaniensis, seven or eight feet long. Note: The name is also applied to various other - SNAKEWOOD
An East Indian climbing plant having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent. An East Indian climbing shrub which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents. Same as Trumpetwood. A tropical - SNAKEBIRD
The wryneck. (more info) 1. Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills. Note: The American species inhabits - FALANAKA
A viverrine mammal of Madagascar , allied to the civet; -- called also Falanouc. - COACHWHIP SNAKE
A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States Note: Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name.