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Word Meanings - MOTHERED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Thick, like mother; viscid. They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil. Dryden.

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  • THICKENING
    Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
  • THICK WIND
    A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.
  • THICK
    1. Frequently; fast; quick. 2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown. 3. To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure. Thick and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. L'Estrange.
  • MOTHER-OF-PEARL
    The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.
  • MOTHER'S DAY
    A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each person of his mother through the performance of some act of kindness, visit, tribute, or letter. The founder of the day is Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, who
  • THICK-SKINNED
    Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse. Holland.
  • THICKNESS
    The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).
  • MOTHERING
    A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar.
  • VISCID
    Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid.
  • THICKSET
    1. A close or thick hedge. 2. A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen. McElrath.
  • THICK-WINDED
    Affected with thick wind.
  • MOTHERLESS
    Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.
  • THICKBILL
    The bullfinch.
  • MOTHER-OF-THYME
    An aromatic plant ; -- called also wild thyme.
  • MOTHERLINESS
    The state or quality of being motherly.
  • THICK-SKULLED
    Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.
  • MOTHER-IN-LAW
    The mother of one's husband or wife.
  • NAKOO
    The gavial.
  • THICKEN
    To become thick. "Thy luster thickens when he shines by." Shak. The press of people thickens to the court. Dryden. The combat thickens, like the storm that flies. Dryden.
  • 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,
  • 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
  • SMOTHER
    Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
  • BEADSNAKE
    A small poisonous snake of North America , banded with yellow, red, and black.
  • UNMOTHERED
    Deprived of a mother; motherless.
  • EEL-MOTHER
    The eelpout.
  • STEPMOTHER
    The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
  • 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

 

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