Word Meanings - PAROTID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland. Parotid gland , one of the salivary glands situated just in front of or below the ear. It is the largest

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Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland. Parotid gland , one of the salivary glands situated just in front of or below the ear. It is the largest of the salivary glands in man, and its duct opens into the interior of the mouth opposite the second molar of the upper jaw.

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• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• GLANDULAR
  Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.
• FRONTIERSMAN
  A man living on the frontier.
• GLANDULOSITY
  Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands. Sir T. Browne.
• FRONTIERED
  Placed on the frontiers.
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• FRONTLESSLY
  Shamelessly; impudently.
• FRONTED
  Formed with a front; drawn up in line. "Fronted brigades." Milton.
• 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
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• FRONTAGE
  The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• GLAND
  The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing. (more info) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the
• SITUATE
  To place. Landor.
• APPLICATORILY
  By way of application.
• GLANDAGE
  A feeding on nuts or mast. Crabb.
• 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.
• GLANDERED
  Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse. Yu
• 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.
• 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
• COWPER'S GLANDS
  Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• PHOTIC REGION
  The uppermost zone of the sea, which receives the most light.
• CONFRONTATION
  Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.
• EFFRONTUOUSLY
  Impudently. R. North.