Word Meanings - PERIODOSCOPE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A table or other means for calculating the periodical functions of women. Dunglison.

Related words: (words related to PERIODOSCOPE)

• TABLER
  1. One who boards. 2. One who boards others for hire. B. Jonson.
• TABLEAU VIVANT
  See 2
• TABLEMAN
  A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10. Bacon.
• OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
  Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.
• CALCULATED
  1. Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball. 2. Adapted by calculation,
• CALCULATION
  1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. "The calculation of eclipses." Nichol. The mountain is not so his calculation makes it. Boyle. 2. An expectation based on cirumstances. The lazy gossips of
• TABLESPOON
  A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.
• OTHER
  andar, Icel. annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. an, Skr. antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya other. sq. 1. Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second
• OTHERNESS
  The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness.
• PERIODICALLY
  In a periodical manner.
• CALCULATOR
  One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects. Ambition is no exact calculator. Burke.
• TABLEAU
  1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture. 2. A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and motionless.
• WOMEN
  pl. of Woman.
• TABLET
  A kind of pocket memorandum book. 5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague. (more info) 1. A small table or flat surface. 2. A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint,
• OTHERGATES
  In another manner. He would have tickled you othergates. Shak.
• OTHERWISE
  1. In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. Chaucer. Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise. Addison. 2. In other respects. It is said, truly, that
• PERIODICALNESS
  Periodicity.
• CALCULATIVE
  Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation. Long habits of calculative dealings. Burke.
• TABLECLOTH
  A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.
• CALCULATING
  1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations. 2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. Calculating machine, a machine for the
• MOUNTABLE
  Such as can be mounted.
• IMPALATABLE
  Unpalatable.
• PERIODIC; PERIODICAL
  Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. Periodic comet , a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. -- Periodic function , a function whose values
• NOTOTHERIUM
  An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.
• MISINTERPRETABLE
  Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.
• UNWARRANTABLE
  Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. -- Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv.
• POSTABLE
  Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. W. Montagu.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• ACCEPTABLE
  Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• INTESTABLE
  Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.
• MARKETABLENESS
  Quality of being marketable.
• COUNTABLE
  Capable of being numbered.
• ISOGEOTHERMAL; ISOGEOTHERMIC
  Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n.
• CONTRADICTABLE
  Capable of being contradicting.
• INEXPECTABLE
  Not to be expected or anticipated. Bp. Hall.
• SMOTHER
  Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
• IMPERSCRUTABLE
  Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. -- Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness, n.