Word Meanings - PUFFER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A kier. (more info) 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. Bouvier. Any plectognath fish which inflates

Additional info about word: PUFFER

A kier. (more info) 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. Bouvier. Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. The common, or harbor, porpoise.

Related words: (words related to PUFFER)

• OWNER
  One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. Shak.
• PRICE
  to buy, OI. renim I sell. Cf. Appreciate, Depreciate, Interpret, 1. The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale;
• PRICEITE
  A hydrous borate of lime, from Oregon.
• EXTRAVAGANT
  + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. 1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak. 2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained;
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• PLECTOGNATHI
  An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary. Note: The upper jaw is immovably joined to the skull; the ventral fins are rudimentary or wanting; and the
• OWNERLESS
  Without an owner.
• COMMENDATION
  A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king Shak. (more info) 1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. Need we . . . epistles of
• EMPLOYER
  One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.
• PRICELESS
  1. Too valuable to admit of being appraised; of inestimable worth; invaluable. 2. Of no value; worthless. J. Barlow.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• NOISY
  1. Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd. 2. Full of noise. "The noisy town." Dryden.
• GOODSHIP
  Favor; grace. Gower.
• GOODS
  See 3
• SUCTION
  The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. Suction chamber, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers. -- Suction pipe, Suction valve, the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump,
• OWNERSHIP
  The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.
• PLECTOGNATHIC; PLEC-TOGNATHOUS
  Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi.
• PLECTOGNATH
  Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi. -- n.
• BIDDER
  One who bids or offers a price. Burke.
• EMPLOYMENT
  1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed. 2. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments;
• UNEMPLOYMENT
  Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.
• CROWNER
  A coroner. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, crowns. Beau. & FL. 2. Etym:
• DRY GOODS
  A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries.
• UNEMPLOYED
  1. Nor employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work. 2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.
• PREEMPLOY
  To employ beforehand. "Preëmployed by him." Shak.
• RUMSELLER
  One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail.
• RENOWNER
  One who gives renown.
• DISEMPLOYMENT
  The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment. This glut of leisure and disemployment. Jer. Taylor.
• LANDOWNER
  An owner of land.