Word Meanings - OPPOSITIPETALOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Placed in front of a petal.
Related words: (words related to OPPOSITIPETALOUS)
- PLACODERMATA
See PLACODERMI - FRONTIERSMAN
A man living on the frontier. - FRONTIERED
Placed on the frontiers. - PETALOSTICHA
An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as the spatangoids. See Spatangoid. - PLACEMENT
1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place. - PETALITE
A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. - FRONTLESSLY
Shamelessly; impudently. - FRONTED
Formed with a front; drawn up in line. "Fronted brigades." Milton. - 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. - FRONTLET
The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles. (more info) 1. A frontal or brow band; a fillet or band worn on the forehead. They shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. Deut. vi. 8. 2. A frown . What makes that - FRONTAGE
The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front. - PLACIT
A decree or determination; a dictum. "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn. - PETALIFEROUS
Bearing petals. - 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. - FRONTIER
An outwork. Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. Shak. (more info) 1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; - FRONTLESS
Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent. "Frontless vice." Dryden. "Frontless flattery." Pope. - PETALOUS
Having petals; petaled; -- opposed to Ant: apetalous. - FRONTON
See 2 - WHITE-FRONTED
Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose , the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow. - MACROPETALOUS
Having long or large petals. - UNPLACABLE
Implacable. - CONFRONT
1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew - REPLACEMENT
The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing. - CONFRONTATION
Act of confronting. H. Swinburne. - EFFRONTUOUSLY
Impudently. R. North.