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Word Meanings - PUPPETISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resembling a puppet in appearance or action; of the nature of a puppet.

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  • ACTION
    Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of
  • ACTIONABLE
    That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.
  • PUPPET
    The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe. Puppet master. Same as Puppetman. -- Puppet play, a puppet show. -- Puppet player, one who manages the motions of puppets. -- Puppet show, a mock drama performed by puppets moved by
  • RESEMBLINGLY
    So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
  • RESEMBLANT
    Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
  • PUPPETRY
    Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation. Puppetry of the English laws of divorce. Chambers.
  • NATURED
    Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.
  • ACTIONABLY
    In an actionable manner.
  • PUPPETISH
    Resembling a puppet in appearance or action; of the nature of a puppet.
  • NATURELESS
    Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. Milton.
  • RESEMBLE
    sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
  • ACTIONARY; ACTIONIST
    A shareholder in joint-stock company.
  • RESEMBLABLE
    Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
  • PUPPETMAN
    A master of a puppet show.
  • NATURE
    1. The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe. But looks through nature up to nature's God. Pope. Nature has caprices which art can not imitate. Macaulay. 2. The personified sum and order
  • APPEARANCE
    The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or
  • ACTIONLESS
    Void of action.
  • RESEMBLER
    One who resembles.
  • RESEMBLANCE
    1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
  • REACTIONIST
    A reactionary. C. Kingsley.
  • UNNATURE
    To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them . Sir P. Sidney.
  • MADEFACTION; MADEFICATION
    The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet. Bacon.
  • REDACTION
    The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
  • CHYLIFACTION
    The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.
  • FACTION
    One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus. 2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority,
  • DISTRACTION
    1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in
  • DEMINATURED
    Having half the nature of another. Shak.
  • REFACTION
    Recompense; atonemet; retribution. Howell.
  • COLLIQUEFACTION
    A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion. The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction. Bacon.
  • DIRECT ACTION
    See BELOW
  • UNDERACTION
    Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode. The least episodes or underactions . . . are parts necessary or convenient to carry on the main design. Dryden.
  • ABSTRACTION
    The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or
  • SUBSTRACTION
    See 3 (more info) 1. Subtraction; deduction.
  • SUBTRACTION
    The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities. (more info) 1. The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
  • TIME SIGNATURE
    A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as
  • EXACTION
    1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my
  • CONTACTION
    Act of touching.
  • UNSATISFACTION
    Dissatisfaction. Bp. Hall.

 

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