Word Meanings - NICHED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Placed in a niche. "Those niched shapes of noble mold." Tennyson.
Related words: (words related to NICHED)
- PLACODERMATA
See PLACODERMI - 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. - PLACID
Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay. - NOBLEWOMAN
A female of noble rank; a peeress. - THOSE
The plural of that. See That. - PLACIT
A decree or determination; a dictum. "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn. - NOBLE
nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, 1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. Statues, - PLACOPHORA
A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura. - PLACER
One who places or sets. Spenser. - PLACIDNESS
The quality or state of being placid. - 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 - NOBLENESS
The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness. His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Jer. Taylor. - PLACOIDIAN
One of the placoids. - NICHED
Placed in a niche. "Those niched shapes of noble mold." Tennyson. - PLACABLENESS
The quality of being placable. - PLACITORY
Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law. Clayton. - 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 - PLACKET
1. A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. Beau. & Fl. 2. The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole. 3. A woman's pocket. - UNPLACABLE
Implacable. - SPATHOSE
See SPATHIC - ZARNICH
Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar, and orpiment. - 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 - IGNOBLENESS
State or quality of being ignoble. - UNNOBLE
Ignoble. Shak. - ENNOBLE
Etym: 1. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." Trench. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope. 2. To raise to the rank - MANICHEIST
Manichæan. - APLACENTAL
Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.