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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.

 

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