Word Meanings - PARROT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
In a general sense, any bird of the order Psittaci. (more info) pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf. Paroquet, Petrel,
Related words: (words related to PARROT)
- SENSE
A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, - GENERALIZED
Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type. - GENERALIZABLE
Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge - SPARROWWORT
An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica . - GENERALTY
Generality. Sir M. Hale. - PAROQUET
inhabiting the coast and islands of Alaska. The upper parts are dark slate, under parts white, bill orange red. Called also perroquet auk. - ORDERLY
1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good - PSITTACI
The order of birds which comprises the parrots. - GENERALITY
1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. Hooker. 2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. Let us descend from - GENERALISSIMO
The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries. - GENERALLY
1. In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently. 2. In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively. Generally speaking, they live very quietly. Addison. 3. Collectively; as a - GENERALIZE
1. To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera. Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton generalized them still more by referring this last to the - SPARROWGRASS
Asparagus. See the Note under Asparagus. - GENERALIZATION
1. The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars. Generalization is only the apprehension of the one in the many. Sir W. Hamilton. 2. - GENERAL
One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal. Note: In the United States the office - ORDERLINESS
The state or quality of being orderly. - ORDER
1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: Of material things, like the books in a library. Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource. Of periods of time or - GENERALIA
Generalities; general terms. J. S. Mill. - GENERALIZER
One who takes general or comprehensive views. Tyndall. - SENSEFUL
Full of sense, meaning, or reason; reasonable; judicious. "Senseful speech." Spenser. "Men, otherwise senseful and ingenious." Norris. - MAJOR GENERAL
. An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps. - INSENSE
To make to understand; to instruct. Halliwell. - IMBORDER
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton. - MISORDER
To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak. - ACCORDER
One who accords, assents, or concedes. - POSTMASTER-GENERAL
The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet. - NONSENSE
1. That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity. 2. Trifles; things of no importance. Nonsense verses, lines made by taking any words which occur, - PSITTACEOUS; PSITTACID
Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci. -- n. - BRIGADIER GENERAL
An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a shortening of his title, simple a brigadier. - DISORDER
1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And