Word Meanings - ROLLY-POOLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A game in which a ball, rolling into a certain place, wins.
Related words: (words related to ROLLY-POOLY)
- PLACEMENT
1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place. - ROLLEY
A small wagon used for the underground work of a mine. Tomlison. - 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. - ROLLABLE
Capable of being rolled. - ROLLING-PIN
A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness. - ROLL
To apply to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal. 10. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve. Full oft in - 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. - PLACER
One who places or sets. Spenser. - 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 - CERTAINTY
Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth - 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. - 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 - ROLLWAY
A place prepared for rolling logs into a stream. - ROLLER
One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather. 4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, - PLACEMAN
One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott. - PLACENTIOUS
Pleasing; amiable. "A placentious person." Fuller. - ROLLER COASTER
An amusement railroad in which cars coast by gravity over a long winding track, with steep pitches and ascents. - CERTAINNESS
Certainty. - ROLLY-POOLY
A game in which a ball, rolling into a certain place, wins. - TROLLEY; TROLLY
A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an animal. A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes. A truck which travels along the fixed - ASCERTAINMENT
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke. - ASCERTAINABLE
That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv. - REPLACEMENT
The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing. - CONTROLLABLENESS
Capability of being controlled. - DROLLIST
A droll. Glanvill. - 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 - DROLLISH
Somewhat droll. Sterne. - PROLL
To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder. Barrow. - UNCERTAINTY
1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange. - ENROLLER
One who enrolls or registers. - CONTROLLABILITY
Capability of being controlled; controllableness. - SCROLLED
Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work.