Word Meanings - PRESIDIO - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.
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- PLACEMENT
1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place. - 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. - PLACER
One who places or sets. Spenser. - DEFENSER
Defender. Foxe. - PLACE
Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe - GUARDHOUSE
A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up. - PLACENTA
The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi - PLACEMAN
One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott. - PLACENTIOUS
Pleasing; amiable. "A placentious person." Fuller. - PLACEBO
The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead. - PLACENTIFEROUS
Having or producing a placenta. - FORTRESS
A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. Syn. -- Fortress, Fortification, Castle, Citadel. A fortress is constructed for military purposes - DEFENSE; DEFENCE
The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action. 5. Act or skill in making - PLACENTATION
The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals. - PLACE-PROUD
Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl. - PLACEFUL
In the appointed place. - PLACENTAL
Of or pertaining to the Placentalia. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal. - PLACENTIFORM
Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle. - PLACET
1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc. 2. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. Shipley. The king . . . annulled the royal placet. J. P. Peters. - OVERGARRISON
To garrison to excess. - REPLACEMENT
The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing. - COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like - APLACENTAL
Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta. - DISPLACER
The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces. - BY-PLACE
A retired or private place. - SELF-DEFENSE
The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation. In self-defense , in protection of self, -- it being permitted in law to a party on whom a grave wrong is attempted to resist the wrong, even at the peril of the life of - SELF-COMPLACENCY
The quality of being self-complacent. J. Foster. - MISPLACE
To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence. - EMPLACEMENT
A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure. - DISPLACEABLE
Capable of being displaced.