Word Meanings - PECTINAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to a comb; resembling a comb.

RESEMBLINGLY
So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
RESEMBLANT
Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
RESEMBLE
sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
RESEMBLABLE
Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
RESEMBLER
One who resembles.
RESEMBLANCE
1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach
NONRESEMBLANCE
Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.