Word Meanings - PRUNER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner , whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly
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Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner , whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa. (more info) 1. One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.
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- WHOSESOEVER
The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever. - CAUSEFUL
Having a cause. - CIRCULARLY
In a circular manner. - CIRCULAR
1. A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular. 2. A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form. - MATURENESS
The state or quality of being mature; maturity. - CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté. - AMERICANIZATION
The process of Americanizing. - PRUNER
Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner , whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly - BEETLESTOCK
The handle of a beetle. - CIRCULARITY
The quality or state of being circular; a circular form. - SPECIES
A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, - AMERICAN
1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." Lyell. American ivy. See Virginia creeper. -- American Party , a party, about 1854, - AMERICANISM
1. Attachment to the United States. 2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea. 3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States. - AMERICAN PLAN
In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan. - MATURESCENT
Approaching maturity. - FURROWY
Furrowed. Tennyson. - NEARLY
In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost. - SEVERAL
1. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. There was not time enough to hear . . . The severals. Shak. 2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many. Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family, nor - SEVERALITY
Each particular taken singly; distinction. Bp. Hall. - LARVAL
Of or pertaining to a larva. - LIMATURE
1. The act of filing. 2. That which is filed off; filings. Johnson. - RING ARMATURE
An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors wound on a ring. - UNDERFURROW
To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure. - ACCLIMATURE
The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated. Caldwell. - WATER-FURROW
To make water furrows in. - UNCAUSED
Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. A. Baxter.